Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 22

After the woman thanked her timidly and went back, Li Ruoxu still stood there looking at her back for a long time, and asked, "Brother Zhao, do you know which family member belonged to just now?" He pointed to the yellow shirt just now Zhao Xingde looked towards the direction where the girl in the green skirt was going back, and saw a circle surrounded by about a hundred people, the scene was very grand, inside were beautiful and delicate ladies, and outside were holding each other with their hands. The servant guard of the 'se' banner, he saw that several guards were all in the uniform of the Royal Dragon Imperial Army, and said in a deep voice, "maybe it is a relative of the royal family." After a pause, he continued Asked: "Do you think she is beautiful?" Li Ruoxu nodded and sighed, Zhao Xingde patted him on the shoulder.

"Ruoxu, come quickly." Li Ruoxue's exclamation sounded from the side, Zhao Xingde and Li Ruoxu looked together, and saw her kite was suddenly blown crookedly by a gust of wind, and it was getting lower and lower. "Take up the string!" Zhao Xingde hurriedly said, seeing that the siblings seemed to be inexperienced, he took the kite string wheel from Li Ruoxue, and quickly took the string back.

Seeing that the slanting kite was pulled by the silk thread, and with the help of the wind, it rose up little by little, and finally floated up again steadily, Li Ruoxue just pressed his chest and took the thread from Zhao Xingde's hand wheel.At this time, the wind direction has stabilized, and I saw that the kite was getting higher and higher, and finally the silk thread was used up, so I let it float away far away, which made the sorrow and troubles of the year go with the wind. "Thank you Yuanzhi." Li Ruoxue glanced at Zhao Xingde, Mrs. Wang had already told her that she would arrange a marriage after the Ching Ming Festival, but she didn't know how to deal with Zhao Xingde when she was with Zhao Xingde, so she casually called him by his name according to the rules of classmates.

The soft spring light shone on her cheeks, reflecting the crystal clear beads of sweat on her forehead, her face was delicate and beautiful, and her white wrists were 'shown' from her sleeves, making her skin look like snow.This situation made Zhao Xingde feel a little uncontrollable, his eyes subconsciously moved down his neck, and the soft ups and downs could be vaguely seen.Zhao Xingde was distracted when he suddenly heard Li Ruoxue gritted her silver teeth and said in a low voice, "What are your eyes looking at?"

Zhao Xingde's face was red and red, he didn't dare to look directly at the beautiful woman beside him, but looked at the rolling hills in the distance, and replied in a strange way: "Xiaoxue first condenses and stuffs the cake."

He suddenly uttered a half-line of poem, Li Ruoxue didn't expect him, and followed Zhao Xingde's eyes to look into the distance, it was already Qingming, the snow on the hills had already turned into beautiful spring water to moisten the earth, how could there be anything Stuffed with crisp snow.She thought carefully about the meaning of the sentence, and immediately understood, shy and uncontrollable for a moment, she stretched out her foot and stomped on Zhao Xingde's foot, the sharp teeth of the wooden clogs that were specially worn for outings almost pierced Zhao Xingde's foot .She didn't watch Zhao Xingde make a pained expression, and walked away angrily, thinking as she walked, it's not that this person can't write poetry, it's just that he doesn't use his mind on the right way.

Zhao Xingde looked at the beautiful woman's delicate back, four points of regret, three points of sweetness, and three points of unresolved doubts.Although the pain in her instep was severe, the beauty's reaction seemed to be affectionate.His heart was agitated, and suddenly he thought about the prime minister Zhao Guangshi asking for marriage in his dream, he pulled Li Ruoxu away two steps, and said in a low voice: "Recently there was a rumor in the capital that an immortal asked for marriage in a dream, I don't know if the family heard about it. Already?"

Li Ruoxu was taken aback, he also had a group of friends of the same age in Bianliang, this rumor was somewhat heard, but the rest of the Li family neither discussed with him nor came to tell him that they had rejected Zhao's marriage proposal thing.He had a vague feeling that his parents were interested in Zhao Xingde, so he nodded and said in a low voice boldly: "Brother Zhao, don't worry." Zhao Xingde smiled and said, "Thank you." The two looked at Li Ruoxue who was two or three steps away at the same time At a glance, there is a feeling of guilty conscience.

Tired of playing, the three of them returned to the grassland where the Li family's ox cart was parked, "Let's play horse racing." Li Ruoxu took out a large chessboard from the ox cart and placed it on the silk carpet on the floor, placed the pieces on it, and pulled it out again. Lai Chao Buzhi and Li Gefei participated, while Mrs. Wang sat beside her husband to watch the battle.Each person holds a chess piece called a "horse", throws it in turn, and marches from the starting point to the end point on the chessboard.The rules of this kind of chess game are complicated, and it takes a lot of brainpower. Li Ruoxue has nothing to do in her boudoir and spends her free time, but she is a master of this game, with accurate calculations and good luck.

Near the grassland where the Li family stayed was the place where the imperial students gathered for an outing. Some of the scholars were still arguing with each other, some were throwing pots and playing games, and some were toasting and drinking. There is also a large field where scholars 'shoot' willows for a show, and some of them have exquisite arrow skills, which arouse the cheers of the onlookers.Even the vendors selling snacks, and the gentry returning to the city from worship gathered around, it was really lively, the crowd gathered more and more, like a market, everyone was drinking and having fun while discussing current affairs, the atmosphere was already extremely lively within a short time.

Chen Dong raised his wine glass, stood on a temporary platform, drank the wine in the glass, and then shouted loudly: "Where does he live in the world, make rituals and play music, respect the old and respect the virtuous, and educate the people with etiquette?" Sifang?" A few scholars next to him replied loudly: "Da Song!" The voices of many singers and dancers who laughed and echoed in the middle made it even more lively.

Chen Dong nodded, and asked again: "Where is the source of chaos in the Five Dynasties, resting with the world, practicing the rule of literature and education, and advocating the style of morality, benevolence and righteousness?" Deng Su rolled up his sleeves and took the lead in shouting: "Da Song!"

Chen Dong drank the fine wine in his cup again, and asked again: "How did the emperor inherit the rule of Yao and Shun, and he did not commit any crimes and rebelled in order to persuade the admonishers, to become a good man, to open up a way of speaking, and to make the people of the world move toward rule?" The Tai students and common people below were infected by this warm atmosphere, toasted and drank each other, and chanted the title of the Great Song Dynasty.Even Gao Ze, a Xuanwei soldier selling cooking cakes, punched the ground with his fist and shouted loudly with thousands of people: "Da Song!"

Not far away, Prince Zhao Ke, who was walking in low clothes, looked at Chen Dong among the crowd, and murmured: "Chen Shaoyang, the pillar of the real country!" , I will have it!"

Soon, Zhang Bing climbed up the steps with a toast again, wishing loudly: "Scholars in my life, I only hope that things will flourish and the people will be prosperous, and the world will enjoy peace and prosperity!" More scholars cheered: "Great Song Dynasty!" After coming down, scholars stood up and toasted loudly, and the people not far away were also inspired by the atmosphere here, and cheered continuously one after another.

Only one person drunkenly raised his wine glass, climbed onto the high platform, and praised loudly: "If Yao and Shun are reborn today, Cai Xiangru is like Yi Yin, and Guan Zhong is reborn!" This time, there were only a few sparse voices of catering, and Chen Dong was even more stern. ’ Putting down the wine glass, he fell to the ground and retched, causing all the scholars around him to burst into laughter.The man was so boring that he had no choice but to step down from the stage.

Seeing the jubilation of the supervisors and scholars of Taixue, a middle-aged man said: "Liao, Song and Xia stand side by side, and they are all powerful countries in the world. A group of scholars are arrogant here, which makes people laugh out loud." He has a short beard, a rather burly figure, a blue-gray cotton shirt, a bow and quiver hanging from his waist, his arms folded, and his eyes are full of disdain.Standing next to him was a man dressed in brocade clothes, who was displeased when he heard the words, and was about to speak to stop him, but Chen Dong had already turned his face away.