There is a home in the depths of the white clouds

Chapter 169 Lion Dance

Wantong choked when he heard this, bullying?

him?

Ever since he became a Jinyiwei, he has always been the one who bullied others, and he has never been bullied... The task he took back then was also the most difficult task he took on, and he rose up step by step, all because of his accumulated strength. Jinyiwei is also a bit military The style in the middle is about strength!Second, is power.

Especially the Fusi of Nanbei Town, the division is particularly obvious.

And since the emperor resumed his position as prince, their Wan family has never been bullied again.

Although Zhou Ying was shocked by Wu Youwei's divine statement, he wanted to slip away very quickly. He was just a messenger, okay?

After Zhou Ying left, Wantong said: "Baizhen is the commander, and my elder brother is also the commander. It's just that Baizhen is in Beizhen Fusi, and my elder brother is in Nanzhen Fusi. But I don't belong to Baizhen. He is not convinced, he is also a relative of the imperial concubine, and he is also the biological father of Concubine Bai, but he is at the same level as Concubine Wan's younger brother, so he has been restless.

Wu Youwei understood: "Is he envious and jealous?!"

Jin Yiwei's command is of the fourth grade, and he is the son of the emperor's army, and the emperor's close minister, but Bai Zhen is the father of the concubine Bai, while Wanxi is the concubine of the ten thousand concubines... This makes the Bai family feel embarrassed. It doesn't look good.

Moreover, Concubine Bai's background is obviously much higher than Concubine Wan's, she competed for the queen's position back then!

It was rare for Wantong to say such a lot of words, and upon hearing that Wu Youwei summed it up very brilliantly, he rarely smiled: "Yes.

Wu Youwei looked at Wantong's short-lived smiling face, and thought that it really looks good when he smiles!

The two of them didn't continue talking about this episode, but they kept it in their hearts. They went to a few shops selling overseas toys and bought some gadgets from overseas. Unfortunately, there was nothing Wu Youwei wanted.

Wantong pursed his lips and said nothing, but turned around and wrote an urgent letter, and sent it to the south through Jinyiwei's channel.

In the evening, after dinner, the two of them continued to take people out to go shopping and enjoy the lanterns.

It may be that it is getting closer and closer to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the lanterns are hanging more and more, and the more they hang, the more interesting they are.

There is a shop that sells toys for children, and there are doll lights hanging at the door.

In a colorful lantern, it looks extraordinarily pure and lovely.

Wu Youwei fell in love with it at the time, and immediately squeezed in, rolling up his arms and sleeves and began to guess: "I have suffered so much...it is Gu!"

"Looking for the root... beat a mythical figure...Pangu!"

"The fragrance of spring is setting on the river, Ye Zhanchu is thick and half drunk...a drink...Qinchi ancient wine!

At the beginning of the night, Wu Youwei made a big killing and won a doll lamp for everyone. He guessed the riddle quickly and attracted a large crowd of people watching. The boss in the store was even more cheerful. Such a person, his shop is famous.But Wu Youwei didn't always guess riddles. He also went into the store and bought a lot of children's toys, planning to go back and distribute them to the children of the family and his nephew and daughter. He even brought the unborn child in Miss Qianqian's stomach. one serving.Moving on to the next venue, this is a street that I haven't visited yesterday, and the street that sells seasonings and wine.Oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, alcohol, etc.

Wu Youwei also bought these things, especially sugar. He found that the sugar here is still made in ancient times, and there is no white sugar!

There are more rice sugar, honey and reddish-brown sucrose that has been processed for the first time. This kind of sugar is very popular for making candies.

Wu Youwei stared at the candies for a while, and then bought a lot. Anyway, if he has money and someone, he can buy it for his family if he doesn't eat it himself.

In this way, Wu Youwei felt very happy when he stayed at home to catch up on sleep or went shopping during the day, and took people out with him at night, and lived shopping all day long!

Until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, at this time, the streets are full of lanterns, and each family has produced many newer lanterns to attract customers.

Especially the big brothels and Chu halls, in order to compete for the new year's oiran, all kinds of strange tricks.

The lantern wanted to be erected in the sky, it was particularly eye-catching when viewed from a distance, Wu Youwei and Wantong didn't pass because they had a lot of family members with them, they left after looking at it from a distance.

The female relatives didn't know what it was for the first time, but they heard about it after they went back. Although there were a lot of rouge and gouache there, no one mentioned it anymore.

In addition to lanterns, there are also lion dances here on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is very lively.

Generally, two people play a big lion (called Taishi in some areas), one person plays a small lion (called Shaoshi in some areas), and the other person plays a warrior, holding a hydrangea ball as a guide, and punches first. Kick and beat, to lure the bow|The lion dances.According to the speed, slowness, lightness, and heaviness of the drumbeat, the lion sometimes looks up, turns its head and looks down, turns its head and prostrates, and sometimes shakes its head and tail. , Pilgrimage, rolling and other actions; in terms of skills, there are going up the stairs, crossing the bridge, crossing three mountains, going out of the cave, going down the mountain, rolling the ball, spitting the ball and picking greens.

All kinds of tricks were flying around, and someone came out with a dustpan and bowed in circles. This is to collect money.

There are a lot of rich and leisure people in Beijing, and it's the New Year's Eve. If one person gives some, it's enough for the lion dancer to make a lot of money.

However, the lion dance is too lively and there are too many people. It is inconvenient for them to have such a large group of people, especially if there are female relatives among them. In principle, I take care of them instinctively, and don't want people to take advantage of them.

Or Wantong directly found a teahouse and asked everyone to go there.

The teahouse is three floors high, and on the first floor there is only one passageway where people can walk side by side, and the other places are full of people; the second floor is a variety of elegant seats, and there are quite a few families.

Only the third floor is divided into three large private rooms, one bigger than the other, one of which has been occupied by a group of literati; the other seems to be a rich family, and there are still servants standing at the door.

The last one is the best private room in the middle, which was taken by Wantong with people.

The three private rooms all have open railings and are separated by carved patterns in the middle. You can overlook the streets downstairs from upstairs. Many people also watch lion dances in the teahouses and restaurants on both sides.

Lion dances don’t stay in place. Teams perform on foot. Many of the wonderful things are because your family is good at going up stairs, and my family may be good at crossing overpasses.

The shape of the lions of each family is also different, and the colorful ones are very beautiful.

Every time at the door of a teahouse or restaurant, there will be waiters in the restaurant collecting money in the building, and then take the money rewarded by the family to send to the lion dance team.

"How did you find this place?" After Wu Youwei came up, he finally had a place to rest. It may be that there are more and more people on the street recently, and there is almost no place to stand outside.

"I booked it very early." Otherwise, they would have no place to come here at this time.

"You booked it very well! Book early next year. If you don't go out for a stroll, just watch the excitement." Wu Youwei took off his cloak. Although it was warm, it was very inconvenient to wrap it around.

The female relatives also took off their big clothes after they came in, but they were still holding the hand stove. A woman from the shop came up and changed the charcoal fire in the hand stove for the female relatives.

Then the female relatives did not take off their veils, but huddled together and looked down. The streets below were full of people, and there were waves of lion dance teams in the middle, which was very lively.

A lot of literati gathered at the railing of the private room next to it. Wu Youwei was afraid that some self-proclaimed wit would harass his female family members, so he and Wantong took over this side. If there are female relatives in this family, let your own female relatives come over, and the two female relatives can still chat for a day through the carved door.

The downstairs is lively, and the upstairs is also busy.

"It is said that in May of the 23rd year of Yuanjia, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, Shanhezhi, the governor of Jiaozhou in the Song Dynasty, was ordered to attack Linyi. Fan Yang, the king of Linyi, also used an elephant army to participate in the battle. This elephant army was riding on a tall and tall mountain with spears. The elephant has a big elephant on its back, so it is very difficult for an enemy with only short weapons to get close to it. The soldiers of the Song Army began to suffer a lot. Later, the vanguard officer Zhenwu General Zongxi thought of a way. He said, All beasts are afraid of lions, and elephants are probably no exception. Therefore, many fake lions were made overnight with flour and hemp, painted with colorful colors, and opened their mouths. Each "lion" was draped by two warriors. He was still hiding in the grass. He also dug many deep and large traps around the predetermined battlefield. When the enemy drove the elephant army to attack, Zongxi released a fake lion with a bow. With a big bloody mouth turning, it bared its fangs and claws and went straight to the elephant.

The elephants turned around in fright, and Zongxi took the opportunity to command the soldiers to unleash their crossbows. The frightened elephants ran around desperately, and many fell into traps. Both humans and elephants were captured alive... From then on, Lion dance was first popular in the army, and then spread to the folk.....

Standing upstairs, there was a talented man next to the railing talking loudly, and the winter one was holding a fan and shaking it, and at the same time he shook his head and said something to show off his literary talent.

Others praised him one after another, saying that he was very knowledgeable.

Wu Youwei didn't think so, Wantong saw it, and turned to him and asked, "What do you think?"

"In "Xiliang Envoy" by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, there is a masked barbarian with a masked lion, with carved wood as the head and tail; gold-plated eyes and silver teeth, and a sweater with a double... It can be seen that in the Tang Dynasty There is already a similar lion dance. It did not exist in the Song Dynasty, and seriously, this lion dance should have originated in the Southern and Northern Dynasties..." Wu Youwei has more evidence for what he said, after all, there is Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty. Poetry evidence.

It is more believable than the one who speaks with empty teeth.

The man was not convinced, because Wu Youwei inadvertently stole his limelight: "I don't know how to call this brother?"

"Before asking others, do you want to introduce yourself first?" Wu Youwei thought this person was too rude, so why don't you introduce yourself?

And through the carved door, is this a meeting?

"I'm in Borong, named Wenbin." After the other party choked, he announced his family name.

Wu Youwei immediately looked at Wantong: Bo Rong?Is it that Bo Rong?

Wantong nodded.

Then I heard Bai Rong continue to introduce himself: "Shuntian Prefecture is a scholar.

Wu Youwei is happy, is this raising his status in front of literati?

Instead of reporting his family name as the son of Jin Yiwei's commander, he said that he was a "scholar" with a reputation.

interesting.

So Wu Youwei also reported calling the door: "Shuntian Mansion Juren Wu servant, courtesy name Youwei, owner of Moling Villa."

Well, his Moring Villa is now quite famous... a little famous. In the small circle he knows, everyone knows that the watermelons grown in his villa are delicious.

Even if you don't want to eat it in winter, the smell can make you feel good!

Especially during the Chinese New Year period, all kinds of greasy and greasy, eat a mouthful of watermelon to relieve the greasy!

Over there, Bo Rong choked up immediately. He recruited these people, but they were actually all scholars, and they didn't raise anyone.

Because juren is qualified to be an official, and he is more qualified to take the test. In other words, he pays more attention to his own reputation. Even if he contacts with people, he will choose a few times to avoid making friends carelessly.

A person like Bo Rong is indeed very different among the dudes in Beijing, and he actually got the honor of being a scholar by himself.

Although a scholar is not valued by the dudes in the dandy circle, it would be different if he passed the exam by himself.

At least it can prove that he is not ignorant...a dude!

Bo Rong just wanted to show off his status as a scholar, but he didn't expect the other party to be a juren!

Maid Wu?

Wu Youwei?

Why is this name so... familiar?

The face of a person standing next to him changed drastically!

If Wu Youwei could see through the Gehuamen and all the literati and scholars, he would find that he was too familiar with this person, his elder nephew who had already divided the clan, Wu Ying, Wu Qingyu.