Chapter 368 New Year
The New Year is approaching, and the whole city of Luoyang is filled with a joyful atmosphere.
After years of famine and chaos, the people of Luoyang can finally have a satisfied New Year. Although they are not rich, being able to eat and wear well is a surprising joy.
On the streets of Luoyang, beggars from the East are still inevitable. However, under Huang Shang's governance, these beggars would be taken away by officials in the court and sent to build roads. Although they had to do heavy talk every day, being able to eat and wear thick winter clothes is already a beautiful view of those beggars' dreams.
On the New Year, civil and military officials submitted memorials to praise the merits of the Empress Dowager, the Young Emperor, the King of Wuwei, and the Prime Minister, and to praise them for their abilities. The people also burned incense and worshipped at home and on the streets, thanking them for the happy life they brought to themselves.
On the New Year, the kitchen of the Wuwei Prince's Mansion made a meal of dumplings according to Fengsha's instructions, which was provided to the people and the people in the mansion for food. The delicious food made the maids and slaves kowtow to thank the king for their grace.
Feng Sha and his princess sat in the back hall, with steaming dumplings in front of them. These dumplings were carefully made in the kitchen of the royal palace, and were extremely delicious. They were brought up by the maids and respectfully respected King Shi and Wang Ji.
Looking at the beautiful beauty who was as beautiful as a fairy surrounded her, Feng Sha smiled quietly, holding Gan Tian'er in her arms, gently caressing her slightly raised belly, and her heart was filled with joy.
The raccoon cicada ran around the house, carefully directing the maids to take care of the sisters. Although the sisters called her to stay and rest, she just smiled and thanked her, and still ran to serve the dumplings and delivered them to the king and the sisters.
Feng Sha smiled and watched her busy, and understood in her heart that she was using actions to express her apology.
After Wang Yun's conspiracy was exposed, that night, the raccoon cicada knelt in the palace courtyard and expressed repentance to the sisters.
The sisters, who heard the sudden recovery of the madness, sighed and told the tragic past of the raccoon cicada, and couldn't help but burst into tears, sighing for her miserable life experience. A girl like Xiaoman and Gan Tianer who has experienced all the sufferings has caused her sad things. While shed tears of sympathy, she was even more sympathetic to Diao Chan.
In addition to sympathy, the sisters respected her wish to endure humiliation and sacrifice her life for the country. Although she was fooled by others, it seemed a bit ridiculous, after laughing, the sisters couldn't help but feel respect and sighed for this girl who bravely took on the safety of the people of the world as a weak woman.
Huang Shang's description was vivid and full of tears. In addition to expressing his bravery and wit, he also tried hard to get rid of the raccoon cicadas to avoid the dissonance of his sister-in-law. He also caused the boss to be angry and he suffered. The princesses of Fengsha learned that he was not only not crazy, but instead used the trick. They made Wang Yun and raccoon cicadas look so funny that they were all blamed for doing too much, making raccoon believe it. Half of his poor appearance is thanks to Huang Shang.
The raccoon cicada kneeling in the courtyard was helped up by the sisters. He helped him to the room to report a long talk, and when he talked about the sadness, he sighed. However, when he talked about Huang Shang's talent when he was playing, he couldn't help but sigh and laugh, and he only regretted that he had not seen his uncle's ridiculous appearance at that time with his own eyes.
Since then, the sisters have lost all their grudges and serve the king wholeheartedly, so that he can live a comfortable life and handle major affairs in the world. Zou Jia, Xiaoman and others have carefully managed the Detachment of Women and worked hard to build them into an elite army. Fortunately, in the future, they will share the worries of the king on the battlefield.
The parents of Raccoon were given a mansion not far from the mansion. Fengsha sent someone to take care of them, allowing them to live with the brothers and sisters of Raccoon to share family life. The two old men suffered all their lives, and now they have been happy with their hardships. They live in this spacious and bright big house. Looking at the rich clothes and food, they are happy with her children, as if they are in a dream.
Since then, the Raccoon was grateful to Fengsha, and felt deeply guilty in his heart. Facing Fengsha and his sisters, they always flattered and tried to make them live a better life. That night, she managed the maids carefully and let them prepare everything for the time being, so as not to be used temporarily and could not be found.
Seeing her busy appearance, Feng Sha called her over and sat beside him.
The raccoon cicada dared not refuse to obey, so she had to hand over the affairs to a larger maid, and carefully snuggled up to Fengsha, serving him carefully, bringing wine and tea, and caring for him.
Outside the mansion, a series of explosions suddenly came from a series of sounds of explosions. The sound was crisp and spread from afar in the night sky.
The footsteps came, and then Huang Shang shouted happily outside the door: "Boss, it's snowing outside, don't you come out to play with the snow?"
He walked in with snowflakes all over his body, walked to Fengsha, picked up the hot tea, drank it in big gulp, put down the tea cup, bowed around, and smiled and said, "Hello, sister-in-law, uncle is here to greet you early years!"
Feng Sha smiled and said, "Where are you naughty again? You have brought so many firecrackers."
Huang Shang looked at the large string of firecrackers hanging on his shoulders and smiled and said, "This is not too many. I still have a full car outside the mansion. Today I will go around Luoyang and put a string everywhere on the streets so that all the hundreds of animals in Luoyang can feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year!"
"I'm afraid that all the hundreds of animals in Luoyang can't sleep." Feng Sha smiled, but saw Huang Shang laughing: "Anyway, the New Year is about staying up all year round, so let them hear it so that they won't be so bored. The first time they heard this new firecracker, it's time to thank me."
He said hello and walked out with a covered in firecrackers, full of joy.
This time, he had already seen the scene he wanted to do. The boss was happy to sit at home, surrounded by beauties. Such a scene could make him so excited that he would not sleep all night.
Of course, he doesn't sleep on weekdays, but tonight he has a open reason to lead the people all over the city to stay up to the new year, and drive away their sleepiness with the high-quality firecrackers he has made that transcends the times, creating a sleepless city.
This New Year, in Luoyang City, firecrackers were heard all night. When Huang Shang set off firecrackers proudly on the street, many people ran out and looked at the violent double sounds. The dazzling sparks made them stunned. At this smile, the Prime Minister was in great awe.
For the people in Luoyang City, this New Year was the happiest and most amazing time they had in the years.
Among the snowflakes in the sky, a fiery red horse with a divine horse was racing in the snow.
On the horse, a man with a green robe with a red face and a long beard. His eyes were slightly closed, and a green dragon and moon sword was hung, which looked very heavy. On the edge of the blade, there were still blood that had not solidified, dripping to the ground.
The carriage speeds, leaving deep marks of horse hooves in the snow, running through a long journey and catching up with a carriage in front.
The carriage slowly walked forward in the snow. Around the carriage, dozens of people were riding horses, guarding with swords and guns. When they saw the man coming, they bowed and looked respectful.
The curtain of the car was lifted, and a middle-aged man with a gentle appearance poked his head out, bowed and smiled, "General Guan, what's the situation?"
Guan Yu closed his eyes slightly and said with a polite voice: "Mr. Chen, don't worry, all the thieves on the road have been killed by me. We will not reveal our request to Bingzhou."
Chen Gong looked at the frozen blood clots on the Qinglong Yanyue Sword, then looked at Guan Yu's indifferent expression, and his heart was slightly cold, and he smiled and said, "General Guan is indeed brave, we can rest assured."
He returned to the carriage, closed his eyes and rested, allowing the carriage to squeak forward.
On this day, Chen Gong went to Bingzhou under the order of Liu Bei, the governor of Wuzhou, to discuss alliance matters with Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan was originally a Yellow Turban thief, but later the Yellow Turban was destroyed. He formed a group of Black Mountain bandits and occupied the Taihang Mountains. The nearby prefectures and counties were short of enough troops and could not protect themselves, so he had no spare energy to fight him. In recent years, he usually occupied the mountains, and sometimes he plundered the prefectures and counties. The nearby refugees rushed to join him, causing his power to rise sharply. Most of the Bingzhou area was included in his control.
His old friend, Zhang Rao, whom he met among the thieves in Huangzhong, had been sent by Liu Bei to Bingzhou to meet him a few days ago, and first talked about friendship and then talked about cooperation. However, Liu Bei was worried that Zhang Rao would not know much about negotiations, so he sent Chen Gong to Bingzhou to discuss the details of the cooperation with Zhang Yan.
Chen Gong had just finished the Senate reform these days, and Liu Bei begged to embark on his journey to Bingzhou. Liu Bei was also worried that something would happen on the road, so he ordered his second brother, Guan Yu, Guan Yunchang, to follow him to protect his safety.
Just now, he encountered dozens of bandits in the snow, and stopped them and wanted to ask for travel expenses. Guan Yu rushed out and killed more than ten people on the spot. Among the bandits, the sharp-eyed ones recognized that the man was Guan Yu who fought against Lu Bu and fled in panic. Guan Yu refused to let go. While ordering his subordinates to escort Chen Gong forward, he chased them alone, killed them one by one, killed them one by one, killed them, and killed them to silence them, so as not to be aware of the incident of his group going to Bingzhou, and they would be affected by another.
Not to mention anything else, Yuan Shao and Zhang Yan of Heishan have a rift. If they knew that they were alliance with Zhang Yan, they would probably force the emperor of Xindu to refute and threaten them not to destroy the court's dignity in this way. Huang Shang of Luoyang was full of tricks. If he knew about this, he might have some tricks.
The group walked forward in the snow. When they saw a village ahead from afar, they walked there and waited for the snow to stop before they set off.
When we walked halfway, we suddenly heard a sound of blowing and beating. People from afar saw a joyful atmosphere in front of the village gate. Someone came up and invited them to have a glass of wedding wine. It turned out that Qin, a wealthy family in the village, was holding a wedding for his son.
According to the people who came to treat the guests, the groom went dozens of miles away and took the wedding team to pick up the bride. This is the tradition in their area. No matter how far away, the groom should be asked to pick up the bride in person to get married.
Listening to the familiar local accent, Guan Yu couldn't help but smile on his cold face.
This area is not too far from his hometown, and its accent is almost the same, which makes Guan Yu, who has been away from his hometown for a long time, feels close.
Sitting in the hall of Qinjiazhuang, Chen Gong and Guan Yu sat opposite each other, drinking warm wine, and looking at the joyful people in the hall with a smile.
Although it was in troubled times, the people here could grow enough food, which could barely continue. The territory of Zhang Yan in Heishan seemed to be no worse than the places governed by various princes. These hospitality people made them feel more favorable.
Suddenly, a panic scream came from outside the village gate, and someone was vaguely hearing loudly crying, shouting something like "Huns".
Guan Yu's face was slightly cold, and he stood up and walked out the door.
Looking at them, I saw three or five people, covered in blood, holding them, saying something intermittently. Judging from their outfits, it was obvious that they were the team to go to greet the bride.
There were a few people behind, who seemed to be injured, and carried a young man's body and walked over cryingly.
Pressing tightly, an old man stumbled out of the village, rushed to the corpse, shouted "Yi Lu Wuer!" and fell headlong into the snow and fainted on the spot.
In the Qinjiazhuang, there was a lot of crying. Men, women, young and old were crying loudly. On the way home, the wedding was attacked by the Huns' horse team. Most of the men were killed and injured, and the bride and maids were taken away. The survivors only fought their best to steal the groom's body.
Guan Yu frowned, and a murderous aura shot out from his slightly narrowed eyes. Fang's hand tightly clamped the hilt of the knife around his waist.
The Huns often go to the Han area to plunder, which is well known. This time, they rushed too far and rushed to the hinterland of the Han people and made this blood rope. Could it be that it was because the Huns had no food to eat in winter that they were so crazy?
Chapter completed!