The Prequel of Baolian Lantern Konghouyin

Datang Tianbao 15th year, June [-]th.

In the evening of June in Chang'an, the midsummer sunset had not yet dissipated his heat, the little Golden Crow rested lazily on the cornice of Yanqiu Gate, like a blood-red eye, scanning every place the light irradiated with a vicious expression corner.

In November last year, An Lushan, who was also the Jiedushi of Fanyang, Pinglu, and Hedong counties, raised 15 troops from Fanyang under the banner of "the Qing emperor's side". However, Luoyang, the eastern capital, was captured in Miyue.On the day Luoyang City was broken, An Lushan sent troops to plunder the treasury and robbed him of the title of "Emperor Dayan". In June, he went to Shan County, broke through Tongguan, defeated Gao Xianzhi, captured Ge Shuhan alive, and scared the emperor to go west in a hurry. Hunting, Cui Guangyuan and Bian Lingcheng, the left-behind officials in Chang'an, surrendered in hopelessness, and the rebels entered Chang'an, the western capital, without any effort.So far, the two capitals of the Tang Empire and the treasures of gold and soft cultural relics accumulated over a hundred years have all fallen into the hands of An Lushan.

The emperor left before dawn.He only had time to take away the noble concubines and the young royal family who were still in the palace.Accompanied by Yang Guozhong, Wei Jiansu, Wei Fangjin, Chen Xuanli and a few trusted eunuchs, the prince Kaifu Jianya and their families who have already left the palace and lived in the palace cannot be taken into account. There are nearly a million soldiers and civilians in the city who are panicking.

The Zuozang Daying Treasury inside the Yanqiu Gate was in flames, and the imperial city, which was cleaned up on weekdays, was in chaos. The palace guards who had no time to escape no longer prevented the mountain people from entering and leaving the palace and stealing treasures—they themselves were dying , where is there any mood to care whether the emperor's treasure house is safe?

The smug An Lushan has no intention of going west, his heart is still in Luoyang, the new imperial concubine Duan Shi just gave birth to a fat boy for him, and he has not yet named it, waiting for him to go back and see it for himself Row order teeth.Therefore, His Majesty the "Emperor of Great Yan" had no intention of falling in love with the inn, and hurriedly ordered people to kill all the men, women and children of the Li Tang royal family who were too late to escape in Chongrenfang, and then rushed back to the Eastern Capital with treasures and belongings all the way.

When An Lushan had an audience with Xuanzong, he would definitely attend every big banquet.Xuanzong, who was fond of sensuality by nature, thought flying and drinking would not be enough, so he insisted that all the disciples of the Liyuan in the palace come out, master the jade flute and phoenix flute, the golden bell and jade chime, the Jiegu pipa, first play the Taichang elegant music, and then perform the western region music, and then teach Fang Wu Ji sings and dances, with indescribable postures of demons and sounds of cracking rocks, and enjoys endless wealth, romance, leisure and leisure.At that time, An Lushan, who was still the side general of Miner, could not enjoy himself freely because he was hindered by the emperor and his concubine, but the scene of the feast with tortoiseshell mattresses and hibiscus was deeply etched in his mind.

Now An Lushan's army is as powerful as a broken bamboo, and it is in the limelight for a while, and it is also a time when people are proud of their lives. Who doesn't want to make fun?Because he mentioned the wonderful scenery in the palace that day, a student named Lu Yan offered a plan to hold an unprecedented banquet on the basis of An Lushan's youngest son's Xisan ceremony, so that King Youyanrong and Fanhu who came to congratulate him The chiefs were eye-opening.

That Lu Yan is a shameless person. To welcome An Lushan back to the city, he said that Xuanzong had sprinkled Yuan Tongbao on the Chengtian Gate, causing the soldiers and civilians in the city to scramble to pick it up for fun. Now, "How can I be a descendant of my big Yan?" , It also caused the rebels to put copper coins in baskets and sprinkle them on the market during the "triumph" of Anlu Mountain.Those first-class foolish men and women naturally rush forward to shout long live, and even some small officials who have surrendered, forgetting their shame and humiliation, also rush to collect money in the crowd.This kind of arrangement naturally made An Lushan full of arrogance, and when he met someone who looked sideways, he said, "Li Sanlang has done it, why can't I do it?" Therefore, he rewarded Lu Yan heavily.

On the night of Xisan, huge candles as thick as arms were lit in the Vientiane Shrine, and the traitors who had been killed all the way from Beijun gathered together. Sit around and play dice with a gilt silver bowl with double lion patterns.In the orchestra pit, musicians and kabuki played and sang vigorously.Although it was a party of singing and dancing, but they remembered that the masters of these hundreds of majestic palaces had long since disappeared, so there was inevitably a sympathetic expression on someone's face.

An Lushan, who was busy trying on the Queen's Crown for Concubine Duan Gui, could not see it, but Lu Yan, who was smiling obsequiously, turned his face down.He leaned forward and whispered something in An Lushan's ear, and saw that An Lushan was furious, and threw the crown on the ground, and several pearls the size of hazelnuts rolled down. Come, everyone around was startled, and the hall, which was originally as noisy as a market of cattle and horses, suddenly became silent.

"Have you lived enough?" An Lushan's voice echoed in the hall like a bull's roar, "A few little musicians dare to frown and cry on my happy day, how bold they are!"

His roar made the hall buzzing, and everyone was stunned by the sudden change, only Lu Yan who was standing by the throne bowed upwards and said: "Your Majesty, the day you first entered Luoyang, the auspicious snow was full of feet, and it was full of snow." The land is pure and white—the so-called "take the world immediately, and face the god of the sea in the snow", these four seas and nine states will definitely be the world of Dayan in the future! Wherever my great army of Dayan went, the old officials of Li and Tang were all invincible, but these musicians dared to come here Walking against the sky in front of you, you really don't know how to fall!"

An Lushan glanced at him impatiently and said, "What do you want to do with this big talk?"

Lu Yan smiled: "Your Majesty, I think you are still too merciful. Although it is inappropriate to kill them today, if you indulge them today, it is inevitable that there will be people who are not afraid of your might and will make trouble in the future."

As soon as he said this, the musician who had awakened earlier threw away his flute, knelt down on the ground and begged tremblingly.Before An Lushan could speak, he saw a person coming out of the crowd, cupped his hands upwards and said: "Your Majesty and Your Majesty are happy to have a son, and the founding of the Yan Dynasty is a grand event, which is a time of universal celebration. The Jiaofang has been working day and night recently. The practice is just to wait for His Majesty to come back, to show singing and dancing to add to the fun." He turned sideways slightly, and pointed to the musicians and singers behind him, "Who would have thought that we practiced too much and didn't eat well, so we were exhausted, The skills are much worse than before, so I worry in my heart, lest His Majesty will be punished, so I am not in danger, not to disobey His Majesty's intention."

An Lushan squinted his eyes and looked at the man at the bottom of the steps, and saw that he was dressed in a green shirt, with an unremarkable appearance, holding a pitch-black Guqin in his arms, with neither humble nor overbearing expression on his face, and very calm when speaking, amidst the trembling crowd Stands out among the trembling musicians.An Lushan stared at him for a long time, seeing this man without any fear, he asked, "Who are you? I have had dozens of banquets with you, why have I never seen you before?"

The man bowed slightly and said: "Your Majesty, my surname is Yu, and I am just a small luthier. My piano skills are not outstanding, so I have no chance to win your favor."

"Oh, surname Yu?" An Lushan looked up and thought for a while, and then asked: "I heard from the old palace that during the reign of Tianshou, there was a luthier in Luoyang Palace, named Yu Sinian, who was famous all over the capital. Who are you?"

The young luthier smiled: "It's the little uncle."

Lu Yan, who was silent at the same time, observed the words and expressions, and knew that the luthier had got An Lushan's favor.He originally intended to use killing to gain prestige, but at this moment he had no choice but to wave his hands, signaling the rest of the musicians and the singer to step down, then bowed to An Lushan and said: "Your Majesty, those musicians are useless. How about Just ask this luthier to present a song for you, to try his skills?"