My years in the Northern Song Dynasty Guozijian

April, Cold Food Festival.Although this festival has little sense of existence in modern times, it was very important in the Song Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, there were three major Golden Weeks every year, namely Yuanri, Winter Solstice, and Qingming, each of which was given seven days off.The Cold Food Festival is close to Qingming Festival, so the cold food is the center, and it will be held for three days before and after.

People in the Song Dynasty worshiped their ancestors during their holidays, but unlike the 21st century, there was no custom of burning paper.Due to the cold food and fire ban, people only eat cold food, and when they go to the grave, they only hang strings of paper money on the tree next to the grave.

Ye An's rouge shop also took advantage of the golden week to develop many new products.Because women in the cold food festival have to pick willow branches to weave laurel wreaths and pick wild vegetables to fight herbs, so Ye An saw the timing and launched the "Elegant Nude Makeup" series.The jasmine powder applied to the face is further made delicate and light. Although it is not white enough, it is more natural.Even with the rouge and lipstick, I choose light orange and light bean paste colors, which are completely different from the bright red water red that is popular in the market today.Freshness coupled with marketing brainwashing, soon swept the whole Bianliang.

This made Heng Zhiqingfen, whose business has been flat recently, once again appear in the public eye, and has completely secured her position as the leader in the beauty industry.Ye An made a lot of money, even his classmates in the Imperial College knew about it.No way, whoever made the women of their family talk about the rouge shop, heard that the boss was studying in the Imperial College, and even sent himself to ask if they could grab some limited editions.

Because there were too many breaks in the prison some time ago, the Cold Food Festival only had two days off.Faced with the pretentiousness of the people around him, Ye An forced a smile, and assured everyone that there was something for everyone, and then fell silent again.

Fan Chunren and the others looked at each other worriedly, found a hidden corner, and got together to discuss what to do.Di Yong frowned and said, "Why don't we go find some specialty products, Ye An seems to be very curious about new things."

Fan Chunren shook his head: "The key is that I haven't figured out why Brother An behaved like this."

"It's probably because I was tired from catching the King of Xiangyang before. Also, isn't Dr. Pan transferred? Ye An usually has a good relationship with him, so maybe it's hard to bear." Zhao Zongshu guessed wildly.

"No, Ye An is the kind of indecisive person, not to mention have you ever seen him shout tired?"

Zhao Zongshu was at a loss for words. Indeed, Ye An was able to gain a firm foothold in Beijing from an ordinary farm boy. Although the help of others was indispensable in the process, it was also inseparable from his own efforts.In just one year, the sugar factory, the rouge shop, the library, and Baiyi had to stay up all night to memorize books while they were busy every day. It was heard that he had recently learned horseback riding and archery, and all the students of the Imperial College admired him very much.

"So, what's the matter?" Zhao Zongshu scratched his head, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and clapped his hands: "I know! The British government must have come to harass him again! It's unreasonable, I'll go to the old witch to clarify !” As he spoke, he lifted his legs to leave.

"Come back!" Fan Chunren hastily stretched out his hand to pull him, but he didn't understand why he was so impulsive!Just about to call Di Yong to come over and give him a hand, when he turned his head and saw that the other party was also eager to try.

"..." Fan Chunren was speechless, and the three of them were in a mess.

But at this moment, Wang Anshi, who accidentally ran into this scene, scolded angrily: "You guys, why are you hiding here if you don't go to class!"

The teenagers were taken aback, and under the pressure of Jijiu, they faltered and faltered and told what happened.

After listening to it, Wang Anshi remained expressionless: "Does this have something to do with studying? Discuss the matter between you in private. What time is it now? Hurry up and go back to class!"

After hearing this, Fan Chunren left in despair.

When no one was around, Wang Anshi sighed heavily.Regarding Pan Yuanqing's matter, although the higher-ups issued a death order and were not allowed to disclose any information, Wang Anshi, as the manager of the Imperial College, knew more or less about it.

After thinking about it for a while, he had a plan in mind.After teaching the students, Wang Anshi said calmly: "Everyone, get ready and go for an outing in the outskirts of the city tomorrow."

The teenagers were stunned by the sudden news and didn't react for a long time.Wang Anshi saw the stupefied faces of these foolish boys, and said impatiently: "It's not because of the sour poems you wrote. Although there are fewer courses in poetry and prose now, the people who spread it at such a level will be thrown into the Imperial Prison. After returning to prison this time , each of them will teach you a spring appreciation poem."

The students were terrified when he was friendly, but they were relieved after the cold confrontation, and discussed what to bring for the spring outing.

"By the way," Wang Anshi seemed to think of something, and added: "Because the kitchen will be short-staffed tomorrow, you have to prepare some of the food yourself." After saying that, he left leisurely, leaving the dumbfounded young man behind.

In fact, Ye An only listened to the general idea, and then leaned on the table with a sleepy look.Seeing that the sacrificial wine was gone, he wanted to go back to the dormitory to rest for a while, and as soon as he looked up, he saw the classmates all around him looking at him, with a dog-like light in their eyes: "Brother An, help qaq"

Ye An: "..."

……

Wang Anshi, as the Imperial Academy offering wine, naturally would not take the initiative to let the students cook.

In fact, there is a lot of food in schools these days.In the Song Dynasty, people who are hungry are waiting for the cold food festival.Although the cold food festival does not allow fire and only eats cold food, it sounds miserable, but it is not.According to the custom, the [-]rd day after the winter solstice is the "cooking day". The cooks in the house have prepared a lot of food in advance on that day, and reserved it for the students to enjoy.But now that the Cold Food Festival has passed, those fried and smoked things don't taste very good.

It was a rare group spring outing, and the students naturally wanted to have a good time.So he rushed to the kitchen with great interest, and then...he was kicked out by Ye An with black lines all over his head.Clumsy and messy, after thinking for a while, Ye An found a few prudent ones to buy some materials.Although there are a lot of students in Guozijian, since there is food on campus, and the outing is not mainly for eating, so the food does not need to be too much, it is good to carry it.

After being busy for a long time, it was finally ready.

The next day, just after dawn, the students of the Imperial College lined up at the gate with their schoolbags on their backs.When Wang Anshi came out, he was stunned for a moment. This was much better than the chaos they had in the palace on Qianyuan Festival.

Xiao Jingjing stepped forward with some embarrassment and said: "How about it, offering wine. We performed well today." This was suggested by Ye An, after all, the scene of being sprayed with blood by Wang Anshi after returning from the palace is still vivid in my memory , so the teenagers are determined not to be scolded again this time!

Wang Anshi put away the slightly upturned corners of his mouth, and said with a stern face: "Hurry up, why are you dawdling?"

Everyone responded with a smile, and set off in a mighty way.

Dozens of people wearing Guozijian school uniforms walking together on the street are still very eye-catching.Everyone is a young man, just when they are full of vitality, no matter how they look, they all look so handsome.Coupled with the bonus of the Imperial College school uniform, people around gave out admiration, while the students became more and more complacent as they listened, and their chests became more and more puffy.So when he was about to go to the place where the king offered wine and turned his head, he saw a group of arrogant little roosters.

Wang Anshi: "..." Forget it, I'm so tired, I don't bother to talk to them.

Although there are no mountains around Kaifeng Mansion, the scenery is still beautiful.Especially nowadays, it is popular to build some exquisite small pavilions in the Northern Song Dynasty, so there is no need to worry about places to rest.Before he had taken two steps, the students behind him began to cry for hunger. Knowing that half-sized children digested quickly, Wang Anshi chose an open place near a stream and asked the students to clean it up.Then he led everyone to make a simple sacrifice to the saint, and then spread the tablecloth, and then began to "scatter blessings": remove the food and "eliminate" on the spot.

The students cheered and couldn't wait to open the food box, then they were stunned... Why are these all flowers?They were still stuck in the soil, so they cast doubtful glances at Ye An.

Before Ye An could speak, Xiao Jingjing said first: "No way, no way, you are not so stupid, are you? Haven't you heard of 'put flowers into vegetables'?" He shook his head proudly, because the Xiao family's property There are a large number of flower shops, so this time he helped provide materials and watched the whole process.

hateful!I really want to hit him!The other students complained in their hearts, but they still patiently asked what this thing was.

Fan Chunren has more knowledge, looked at the "soil" inserted under the flowers, and asked doubtfully, "Is this... green rice?"

"Not bad!" Xiao Jingjing said first, the so-called green rice refers to the juice from the leaves of Nanzhu tree, soaked white rice, steamed and dried.Nine times of steaming and nine times of drying, it can be stored for a long time without spoiling.After it's done, it's black and green, and there's still a faint fragrance, eating it can strengthen the foundation and build up the vitality. These are Ye An's family's stocks, thinking that I can't eat them myself, so I took advantage of the spring outing to share some.

"The flower branches below are made of caramel, and the green rice is filled with pickled peony and white plum fillings. Take a bite, it's sweet and fragrant. And the water in your kettle is made by Ye Ante Jasmine and Kumquat Drink is made from the last batch of kumquats this year, smoked and made into cakes. Then powdered jasmine is added, mixed with honey, and brewed with boiling water. It is sweet and sour, invigorating the spleen and appetizing."

The students were itchy by what he said. They opened the second layer of the food box and found another universe. They pointed to the row of colorful food and asked: "What is this? It feels like a spring plate, but the outside is transparent. .”

"Uh..." Xiao Jingjing couldn't speak, he was busy washing vegetables at the time, so he didn't have time to ask this question.

At this time, Ye An said: "It's a spring plate, but it's the way of Jiaozhi. The outside is rice skin made of rice flour, and there are shrimp, fish and vegetables in it. You can eat it with sauce."

The teenagers nodded wildly, picked up the spring plate and started eating.

To be honest, in Ye An's eyes, this meal was a bit flashy and flashy.Food with flowers is indeed pleasing to the eye, but to him, it may not be as delicious as the roadside stalls on Bianliang Snack Street. In addition, he doesn't like sweets very much, so he thinks it's just for fun.

But the reaction of the students surprised him. Not only were they full of praise, some even squinted their eyes and recited poems.Perhaps this is the difference between liberal arts students and science students. The literati and bureaucrats in the Northern Song Dynasty valued this "taste".Even Wang Anshi couldn't help composing a poem and praised Ye An for the first time.Then he said with a bit of resentment: "Since you are so elegant, why don't you go to the right place! Look at the poems you wrote!" He was ashamed to call them poems!

Ye An lowered his head in guilt, not daring to refute what the teacher said.

Wang Anshi gave him a complicated look, and said again: "I don't care what you think about all day long, but you are Wang Jiefu's student. I remember I taught you in the first class, manly man, worthy of heaven and earth, Just do whatever you think of, don’t act like a child.”

Ye An's body trembled, and he couldn't help but said, "Jijiu, I..."

Wang Anshi waved his hand, thinking about what he said, "I'll give you half a day off when I return to the Imperial College later, and I'll have a good class tomorrow after I've dealt with it."

"Yes!" Ye An nodded with his eyes gradually firm.

In the whole morning afterward, Ye An regained his strength for a while, chatting and laughing with his classmates normally, Fan Chunren and the others were finally relieved seeing this scene.

After the teenagers have had enough fun, they simply clean up and prepare to return.Ye An couldn't wait that long anymore, he couldn't wait to carry the food he had specially left before, greeted the people around him, and ran away.

When I returned to the city, I left and went to Dali Prison.The guard at the gate stopped him, and Ye An breathlessly took out the badge of Kaifeng Mansion, which Zhan Zhao handed to him just in case he was afraid of making a mistake during the previous action.The guards were still hesitant to check repeatedly. After all, all the important criminals in the capital area were detained here. In the end, Ye An was allowed to stay for two quarters of an hour after stuffing each of them with a large ingot of silver.

Ye An expressed his gratitude and entered Dali Temple Prison under the leadership of two jailers.The Song Dynasty did not promote torture and interrogation, but the environment in prisons and prisons was not very good, and it was very dark and humid inside.

Several people turned around and walked to the end of the cell.The courage that Ye An finally mustered up became smaller and smaller along the way, and his pace gradually slowed down.Finally, under the impatient urging of the jailer, he gave up his heart and stepped forward quickly.

Pan Yuanqing was sitting inside through the iron fence. When he saw Ye An approaching, he glanced at him calmly.

"Teacher," Ye An greeted in a very soft voice.

Pan Yuanqing didn't speak. Although his hair was disheveled and his hands and feet were bound with thick iron chains, he didn't look embarrassed at all.On the contrary, probably due to the removal of the disguise, the whole person is like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath, cold and sharp.

In this extremely oppressive atmosphere, Ye An didn't know what to say anymore, and he was so anxious that he was about to sweat for a long time.

"If you ask about the antidote, I don't have one." At this moment, Pan Yuanqing spoke first.

Ye An was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Why not? Didn't you poison it?"

Pan Yuanqing's expression remained unchanged: "I have no intention of keeping alive."

"What should I do?" Ye An turned around anxiously, "If Second Brother Han can't be rescued, how can I get you out."

Pan Yuanqing made a movement for the first time since Ye An came, turned to look at Ye An, and frowned slightly: "Do you know what you are talking about?"

"Of course I know." Ye An looked at the other party, "I've been thinking these days whether there are other better ways." Theoretically speaking, Pan Yuanqing is a bad guy, but he has known each other for so long, and he has repeated it over and over again. He extended a helping hand to himself, so Ye An was always conflicted and guilty.At that time, because he heard the news that he was leaving the Guozijian, he panicked and went to Renzong to borrow soldiers. After that, it was beyond his control.

"I, I will come up with many ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army, all of which will be dedicated to the imperial court, so you, teacher..." Ye An tried to explain, hoping that the other party could tell him the antidote, otherwise no matter what, Bai Yutang's test would be of great help to him. Can't pass.However, before he finished speaking, Pan Yuanqing's eyes changed, and he said coldly, "Come out."

Ye An paused and looked back, only to see Renzong and his class teacher Dr. Zhu Qianzhu standing behind.

The author has something to say: Chunpan is the Northern Song name for spring rolls.