The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 178
On New Year's Eve, the palace was decorated with lights and festoons, and it was very lively. Everyone wore new clothes and greeted each other when they met. There are spring posters, and on both sides of the gate outside, there are red spring couplets written by Zhao Tun himself.

Since the morning, the sound of firecrackers in Tokyo city has been constant, and Suiyulou naturally called Jian Suyi to come to celebrate the New Year, and Qi Hongyu also came, and the two of them took care of the affairs of the palace, and it took most of the day to be busy.

There was a banquet in the afternoon, and no matter what status they were in the mansion, they had to serve at the table. Although the number of people here was far smaller than that of other princes and ministers, there seemed to be about 200 people.

More than a dozen tables of banquets are lined up in order from the inside of the central hall to the outside, and everyone has a place no matter whether they are in charge of the guards, servant girls, or handy cooks.

Zhang Xian and Lei San led people to set off firecrackers outside, Jin Er followed to watch, and came back to sit after a while of "clinking".

Before the banquet, Zhao Yu began to give out annual rewards, everyone had a share, everyone thanked them, and then ordered the next annual banquet to start.

Zhao Tun sat at the head of the main table, and Zhenniang, Zhang Xian, Coach Zhang, Qi Hongyu, Jian Suyi, Su Shi, and Lei San all sat at this table.

Qi Hongyu and the others were originally unwilling, and said to themselves that they were subordinates, how could they break the rules, Zhao Tuo was just ordering, and they dared not disobey.

A banquet lasted until night, and when the lights of thousands of houses outside and the sound of firecrackers sounded again, Fang Zi slowly dispersed.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhao Tun brought a large cart and a small cart of gifts into the palace to pay New Year's greetings, Su Shi and Yulongzhi guards followed.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, he saw Zhang Di waiting here. Emperor Daojun was a lively person, knowing that there would be many people coming to the palace today, he asked Zhang Di to bring dozens of eunuchs to welcome them here.

Seeing Zhao Tun, Zhang Di hurried over to pay New Year's greetings, Zhao Tun smiled and said, "Zhang's class is very busy today."

Zhang Di couldn't help covering his face and shouting "Your Majesty, I'm ashamed". Ban, still concurrently serving as Yanfu palace envoy.

The Governor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is equivalent to the Marquis of Du Yu of the Mansion, and has great power. In this position, it is probably no problem to be the Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the future.

First went to the Daojun Emperor's place to pay New Year's greetings, but a large group of officials were there, so Zhao Tang left in a hurry, and then went to Zheng Niangniang's place, but it turned out to be even more headache.

The concubines and concubines in the palace brought their children and daughters here to pay New Year's greetings, and there were actually more people than the Emperor Daojun. After putting down their things, they waited to turn around. Okay? Why don't I introduce you?"

Concubine Wang is Zhao Kai's mother, one of the two female officials given to King Duan by the Queen Mother back then, one is now Zhao Tun's mother Zheng Niangniang, and the other is Wang Guifei, the head of the four concubines.

Hearing this, Zhao Tuo didn't dare to answer, so he smiled and pleaded guilty before leaving, Zhao Fujin said behind him, "Second Brother, I'll see you off."

After leaving the Hall of Renming, Zhao Tuo saw that Zhao Fujin had combed two buns, tied red ribbons on each, and was wearing a red dress, with picturesque eyebrows, very festive. , will become a big girl."

Zhao Fujin smiled and said, "Second brother was joking."

Zhao Tong said: "This is no joke, by the way, I have written names on the candied cakes and candied fruit I brought, and hurry up to take your share away, otherwise Zhao Hu'er will see it and snatch it away."

Zhao Fujin nodded, took out a red purse from his body, held it in his hand and said, "Second brother, this is for you."

Zhao Tang looked exquisite, and couldn't help laughing: "Is it a New Year's gift for the second brother? Bought from outside?"

Zhao Fujin said: "The sisters made it at home together, the elder sister did the best, but I was poor."

The eldest sister is Zhao Yupan, the eldest daughter of the emperor. Zhao Tun's mother and sister are now married.

Zhao Tang put the purse in his arms, and said: "Second brother took it, it's cold outside, hurry back."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, people from Suiyulou came to pay New Year's greetings, and Zhao Tuo held a banquet.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, officials at all levels under the Department of Guards, including senior officers in the army, came to pay New Year's greetings, but the number of people was too many. Zhao Tang continued to hold a banquet, but received gifts as well.

In this way, it was not until the seventh day of the lunar new year that the mansion gradually quieted down, but it became lively again when the Shangyuan Festival came.

There is a lantern festival in Tokyo City, and the scale is not small, it is roughly divided into three places.

There is one place on the side of Zhouqiao, one place in Baotou on Maxing Street, one place in Zhuque Gate in the south of the inner city, and one place in Zhuque Street.

Among them, Zhuque Avenue has the largest scale, because it connects the inner and outer cities, and you don’t have to go in to enter the outer city, you can just enjoy the lanterns here, but there are more shops and beds in Zhouqiao and Baotou shops, which are not as spacious as here, so the inner city Many people would like to come here.

The Lantern Festival has already started on the evening of the [-]th. Everywhere in Tokyo is even more lively than New Year’s Eve. Not only the Bian River and other rivers are covered with colorful lights, even some big trees on the roadside, Lanterns were also hung up, illuminating the surroundings like daylight.

On the afternoon of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, outside the Suzaku Gate, the Yuelai Inn.

Pleasure Inn is the largest inn in the outer city of Tokyo. It not only has one-story bungalows, but also a two-story long building. There are several independent courtyards behind it, which are specially designed for businessmen from other places to rest.

Because of the Chinese New Year, most businessmen have returned to other places, so there are not many people living in the inn at the moment, and there are only a dozen or so people in the shop and the long building.

As for those small courtyards, only one is inhabited.

In this small courtyard, near the horse corridor, there are two large carts of goods covered by a shed. Judging from the corners of the goods exposed in the bag, they seem to be some wood carvings or the like.

There are seven or eight rooms in the small courtyard, there are front and side rooms, and in one of the rooms at the moment, several people are sitting and discussing matters.

The leader was a middle-aged man in a purple robe. This man had thick eyebrows, his temples were slightly bulging, his eyes were shining brightly, and there was a beard under his chin.

There were seven or eight people sitting in front of him, all of them were very fit, with strong arms, unlike ordinary people.

Among them was a woman who was tall and tall, with big eyes and big mouth, and slightly fair skin. She could not be called pretty, but she was not ugly when she looked closely. Who could it be if it wasn't Fang Baihua.

One of them clasped his fists at the middle-aged man in the purple-red robe and said, "Sheng Gong, this is a big matter. If this lantern festival really happened and Tokyo was set on fire, how would you escape from the city?"

The middle-aged person in the Zihong robe said: "It's okay, Tian Hu's people will meet you at the Lantern Festival tonight. They have a place to hide. They will go out of the city in a few days and go to Heimuya, Hebei. Then they will see Tian Hu."

Another person said: "Sheng Gong, Tian Hu is just a hunter, and he is not a member of my Mingjiao. We do things on our own, why go to see him?"

Fang Baihua's eyes flickered at this moment and said: "Brother, I think it's okay to make a scene at the lantern festival, but why burn Tokyo?"

Fang La looked at her and frowned and said, "Bai Hua, since you came back from the last fight, you have had some different thoughts about the court of Zhao Song. Could it be that you were bewitched by a traitor during the fight?"

Fang Baihua bowed his head hastily and said: "Light is in the sky, darkness is in the earth, good and evil are eliminated, but because of the light, joy, sorrow and sorrow all return to dust."

(End of this chapter)