Ye Youyuan, the clapper beeps twice short and once long, it's the third watch.

An Shaohua woke up from the dream, sweating profusely.

Dog days, even at night, are annoying enough.An Shaohua got up, and as soon as he opened the window, there was a figure in the room. "Master An, please give me instructions."

Taking a closer look, it was the second prince's secret guard. I can't remember the name clearly, but I vaguely remember it was a summer solar term. "Nothing, I just open a window to get some air."

The dark guard took a look at An Shaohua, and then flew out to hide again. "Farewell, you can rest in my room."

"Thank you, Mr. An, I have the responsibility." After finishing speaking, the hidden guard cupped his hands and disappeared again.

An Shaohua sat in front of the window.There was a layer of thin clouds in the sky, which made it look even more sweltering, and the moon could not be seen clearly.

More than half a month has passed since the day when I accidentally heard Gu Li singing a ditty.

That day, An Shaohua left early from duty, and was about to pick up Gu Zhen and Jing He to go to the Eight Immortals Building for a tooth-beating ceremony, but unexpectedly, he ran into Gu Zhen and burst into grief.In the evening, An Shaohua didn't say anything about her going home early, but said that there are many mosquitoes in the heat today, so it's better to move back to my study place.Gu Cheng immediately agreed.Two days later, An Shaohua said that he wanted to demolish the Qushang Pavilion and build a warm pavilion. It must be a good place to go in winter, but Gu Cheng thought it was extravagant and refused to let him say anything.

An Shaohua knew his thrifty temperament, so he didn't insist.It's just that this matter is in his heart, just waiting for the right time.

During those days, the situation in Yong'an was changing, and Zheng Jijiu took the blame, and many sons of the Zheng family were impeached.Five surnames, Qiwang, and several other second-rate families, except the Wang family, are all waiting and watching.

It's frightening to say, watching the Zheng family's trees fall and the monkeys scattered overnight, no one can say that they don't feel touched.It's just that other aristocratic families haven't settled down yet. The head of the Wang family has already told the disciples not to hide their clumsiness, and took over several academies from the Zheng family in a short time.By the time the other companies reacted, the opportunity had already been lost.

The Wang family has a clean and upright family style, is rigorous in scholarship, and pays attention to practicality. He never lets his disciples read by rote, and promotes the unity of action and knowledge.The so-called unity of knowledge and action means that if you want to serve the country in your heart, you are not serving the country, but you are truly serving the country if you do deeds to serve the country.A filial son is not considered a filial son if he has filial piety in his heart. Even if he does not lie on the ice to beg carp, he must personally serve soup and medicine and do everything personally.

Emperor Kailong originally thought that those students were foolish and hot-headed, making troubles all day long.Now that the Patriarch of the Wang family has just said this idea, Emperor Kailong feels that it is suddenly enlightened!This is how learning should be done!Immediately praised him greatly, and specially ordered the Patriarch of the Wang family to give lectures in the Baijia Academy for a month.

After all, the old man is old, he is seventy years old.On the first day, he himself spoke for half an hour, and then the eldest son gave lectures on his behalf.In the next few days, the old man was on the sidelines, and it was Wang's eldest son and Lu Zhongyuan who actually went up to give lectures.

For a while, Lu Zhongyuan was in the limelight.His knowledge, demeanor, conduct, and handling of affairs, even his status as a merchant, and his stubborn refusal to adopt him are all commendable.How many families tried their best to get acquainted with him, and let him teach the children of the clan.Unfortunately, Lu Zhongyuan refused.

He is going to get married, and after getting married, he will take over the family business, and he will no longer study or give lectures.Maybe I will discuss the Tao with others when I am interested, but I am not going to be a teacher.

In the middle of last month, Lu Zhongyuan's wedding date was fixed, and the master of the Lu family was very satisfied with Qiao Lai. He asked the master to advance the wedding date again and again during the Hegeng post, and finally set it on the twelfth of this month—less than a month before the engagement date.

At that time, Lu Zhongyuan was already a celebrity in Beijing, and his wedding date caused people to have different opinions.Lu Zhongyuan himself was very indifferent, and said with a smile that he was just a merchant, and he didn't pay much attention to getting married.

Thinking of this, An Shaohua laughed.

Lu Zhongyuan didn't care about this, and there was another person who didn't care about it.

Zhu Yu was pregnant, and Yin Yun couldn't let the world know how beautiful he was, which made him jump up and down and couldn't live in peace.

First, he pestered Yuan Langzhong every day.He was afraid that Zhu Yu's body would not be able to survive the whole day's ceremony, he was afraid that not eating or drinking for a whole day would be bad for the child, he was also afraid that Zhu Yu would show his pregnancy, he was afraid that his corset would be improper, and he was afraid... that he would forcefully annoy Yuan Langzhong. Packed up and returned home, he said he was sick and closed the door to thank the guests.

Who knew that Yin Yun was an idiot, and thought of such a trick of changing the marriage period, and ran to Qintian prison every day.

After the emperor knew about it, he called him into the palace and laughed at him fiercely, and finally told him with a stern face to stop making trouble and wait.

When the son of a prince gets married, the six ceremonies of Nacai, Wenming, Najib, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming each other must respect the ancestor system, and follow the selected auspicious day step by step. How can he be allowed to change it at will?It's child's play!

Only then did Yin Yun stop.

Unexpectedly, Yin Yun stopped, and Li Meng started to toss again.

At the beginning of the year, Li Meng, the general soldier of Shizhou, was escorted to Beijing and imprisoned directly in Zhao Prison. Unexpectedly, he was so stubborn that he kept silent since he was imprisoned.Perhaps because he knew that his crimes were so serious that he could not escape death, he simply sacrificed himself to save his comrades.In order to hope that the party can take care of his descendants in the future.

But who knew that not long after Lin Xiang "got sick", Li Meng was about to speak.

Li Meng's testimony was heard from Zhao Prison directly to Datian. The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation.

That night, the second prince took the lead and took some officials from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and inspectors to Cangzhou.

Cangzhou was indeed involved in the ghost soldier case in the previous life, but Zhao Baihu, the general soldier of Cangzhou who was most involved at that time, had not yet taken office at this time. Although Zhao Jun, the general soldier of Cangzhou, was coerced by Li Meng and others, he did not collude with him.It's just - An Shaohua looked at the dossier in his hand. In his previous life, Zhao Jun had shot a cold arrow when he died in the Pingshan Bandits, and that cold arrow was actually shot by Zhao Jun's deputy, Zhao Baihu himself.

An Shaohua originally thought that Li Meng's downfall would have given them no reason to kill Zhao Jun, and Zhao Jun would be safe and sound.Unexpectedly, the ghost soldier case made the official circles of these counties panic, and the situation was tense, and it was about to explode.

The arrival of the second prince and others made all the monsters, ghosts, and snakes show their original forms, and it was really the Eight Immortals crossing the sea for a while.

An Shaohua has the memories of her previous life, so she can tell who is who without looking. After getting angry with the second prince, the group quietly watched them show off their abilities, until they bit the dog and showed their feet, and then shot them all. .

It's just that An Shaohua didn't expect that Zhao Baihu was actually Zhao Jun's cousin. Thinking of what happened in his previous life, An Shaohua couldn't help but feel sad.Although Zhao Jun has a violent personality and is not good at words, he is loyal and courageous.He has met Gu Cheng a few times before, and he is a man worthy of friendship.But now the two brothers are not involved in the case, and An Shaohua can't tell Zhao Jun that your cousin will kill you in the future.

Dilemma.

In half a month, the case was almost settled, and the complicated Cangzhou officialdom allowed the second prince and Gu Feng to manage it clearly and clearly.

When corrupt officials were executed and stolen money was investigated, the people of Cangzhou clapped their hands and told each other.

On this day, an old man came to the government office of Cangzhou.

Lu Zhongyuan.

It turned out that Lu Zhongyuan was from Cangzhou, and his family business was also in Cangzhou. He came back to his hometown to get married.Knowing that An Shaohua was in Cangzhou at the moment, Lu Zhongyuan invited him to a wedding banquet.

An Shaohua and Lu Zhongyuan got along very well in the first place, and this meeting is even more favorable at the right time and place.The two chatted from the local marriage customs in Cangzhou to getting along with each other as husband and wife, and then to the business of the Lu family, the officialdom in Cangzhou and Yong'anjing... From the morning until the lights came on, Lu Zhongyuan got up to leave.When parting, Lu Zhongyuan said that it would be great if Mr. Gu could come.The "Thousand Flowers Festival" in Cangzhou will open in a few days.

This Wanhua Festival is not a festival for viewing flowers, but a local folk custom in Cangzhou.There is no fixed day for the Wanhua Festival. Only one night in the dog days is selected. Special craftsmen scoop up hot molten iron and lift it over the city wall. The molten iron blooms thousands of flowers at night, which are gorgeous and charming, so it is called the Wanhua Festival.

An Shaohua lit the lamp, took a pen and wrote a letter to Gu Cheng, asking him to bring Jing He to see the Wanhua Festival.

It rained all day on the eighth day of the eighth day, and I thought it would be cooler after the rain.Unexpectedly, the sun came out early in the morning, and it took only half an hour before and after, and the sky became unbearably hot.It was even hotter in the afternoon, the poisonous sun was shining unobstructed, and the cicadas were screaming weakly.

At the gate of the city, there were several people waiting in line to enter the city, and a small carriage lined up behind the team entering the city.

Gu Cheng took Jinghe to Cangzhou.

After receiving the letter, Gu Li went to the Second Prince's Mansion, intending to take Xiao Dou Miao and Xiao Dou Sprout to Cangzhou.But Xiaodou Miao was tight with his homework, An Shaoguang forbade him to leave.The small bean sprouts are too small, and there will inevitably be barren mountains and mountains with no villages or shops along the way. I am afraid that the child will suffer from heat stroke, so after thinking about it, I brought Jinghe.

There is a saying that it is better to come early than coincidentally, and there will be a performance of the Wanhua Festival that night.

When it was getting dark, several craftsmen first brought out something like a big bucket, and then a master craftsman yelled: "The wind and rain are good!"After finishing speaking, he scooped up a spoonful of molten iron and swung it with the strength he picked up. Tens of thousands of golden flowers bloomed in the air, and Gu Cheng was dumbfounded.

The master master hit flowers, splashed flowers, patted flowers, tree flowers, dragon gates, flying fire meteors, all kinds of tricks, and the cheers of the crowd were louder and louder.

Jing He had never traveled far before, and it was the first time seeing him at the Wanhua Festival. He was very excited.He chattered non-stop, and still refused to sleep until three o'clock.

Gu Li was exhausted from the journey, so he just touched the pillow.Looking at Gu Cheng's sleeping face, An Shaohua felt at ease in his heart.

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The author has something to say:

The Wanhua Festival comes from the folklore of "Da Tiehua".But it's almost lost.

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