Datang romantic little landlord

637 Cross Talk

Although it is the Shangyuan Festival, after all, the palace must be careful of candlelight, so all the lanterns are placed in the imperial city.

There is also a wide street between Taiji Palace and the Imperial City. This is also for the safety of Taiji Palace. Therefore, a [-]-meter-wide road is reserved on the side of the Imperial City close to Taiji Palace.

At this time, all kinds of lanterns brought from the mansion of Baiguan Xungui lined up in a long line, filling the road between Anfumen and Yanximen in the imperial city.

Li Er led the Empress Changsun, the concubines of the harem, and a group of officials and nobles, out of the Chengtian Gate of Taiji Palace, and saw the lanterns sent by various prefectures.

At this time, the oil lamps on these lanterns had already been lit by the servants of the various prefectures, and they emitted various bright lights in the night, even dazzling.

Li Er was not in a hurry, and pointed at these lanterns with Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, evaluating which lantern was more delicate and clever.

There are ghost mother lamps, screen lamps, pagoda lamps, car lamps, carp lamps, jade lamps, bead lamps, sheepskin lamps, Luobo lamps and so on.For the Shangyuan Festival, each mansion has also racked their brains.

Ingenious lamp-making craftsmen cleverly use animal horns, feathers, silk, etc. to make lamps into shapes such as lotus, peony, and chrysanthemum, which are colorful, colorful, and contain different auspicious meanings.

"Good! This year's lantern is really exquisite, compared to previous years, but it is a bit more exciting." Li Er nodded in praise.

The eldest grandson Wuji who was at the side immediately interjected: "Your Majesty, this is naturally because our Tang Dynasty is now rich and peaceful, so skilled craftsmen emerge in endlessly. Now our Tang Dynasty has the aura of prosperity, which is really an achievement of Your Majesty!"

"Haha, what the auxiliary machine said makes some sense." Li Er accepted Changsun Wuji's flattery without blushing.It can be seen that he is also in a very good mood today during the Lantern Festival.

Li Wangyou secretly gave the eldest grandson Wuji a thumbs up. As expected of Uncle Guo, this flattery and slapstick, to Li Er's words is just like Uncle Yu complimenting Uncle Guo on stage.

Everyone watched the lanterns all the way, chatting and laughing, but it was very lively. When they walked in front of a lantern, Li Er couldn't help but stop, frowning slightly.

Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang couldn't help being dumbfounded. Whose house sent this lantern, why is it so "special"?

Needless to say, the lantern placed in front of Li Er was naturally the marquee lantern that Li Wangyou ordered someone to bring in.The difference is that the servants have already lit the oil lamps in the lanterns of other houses, but his house is still dark and has not yet been lit.

Naturally, this was Li Wangyou's order to Niu Wu and the others not to rush to light the oil lamp. He wanted to light the oil lamp himself in front of Li Er to surprise everyone.

How did Li Er know his "careful thinking", he frowned and looked at the extremely clean lantern for a while, and thought of the laughter of the officials in the hall before, but couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, if I guess correctly, Ziyou must have carried this lantern into the palace, right? It really is 'special'. Come on, tell me, what do you say about this lantern?"

Li Wangyou walked out of the line with a smile, and bowed: "Hey, uncle has good eyesight, so you can tell it at a glance. Yes, this is the lantern specially made by my nephew for my uncle. This lantern has ruined my nephew a lot Think about it, this is the only one in the whole world. Uncle, take a look, is my nephew's lantern today the leader?"

Li Er looked at each other with Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang, and thought to himself, could there be some mystery behind this kid's lantern?

He was not in a hurry to speak, and looked around the lantern several times, but he didn't see anything special about it. No matter how you looked at it, it was just an ordinary lantern that was extremely elegant.Except for the slightly larger size, I didn't see any abnormalities.

And Baiguan was originally a lantern to make fun of Li Wangyou, but hearing him say the same in front of Li Er, he couldn't help being a little puzzled.

Could it be that there is really something in this ordinary lantern that they haven't seen?

But no matter how many officials gathered around and studied it, it was just an ordinary lantern that couldn't be more ordinary.

Changsun Wuji suddenly slapped his hands: "Ziyou's meaning is to use this lantern as a metaphor for our Tang Dynasty, just like this simple and elegant lantern, it looks like a piece of white paper now, but you can let your Majesty splash ink on it. Draw a picturesque picture scroll of prosperity?"

His words made the sweat on Li Wangyou's forehead almost drop.Uncle Guo, are you really talking about cross talk?This flattery is really too big.

Before Li Wangyou could shake his head, all the officials on the side nodded and praised: "That's right, that's what I mean when I want to come to Huxian Bo. Hehe, Huxian Bo, you are playing tricks, the leader of this year's Lantern , I can’t give it to you because of this, haha.”

"Straight mother thief, boy, why are you so playful? It's really unpleasant to beat around the bush!" Cheng Yaojin also scolded with a smile: "But just relying on this, you boy can't even think about taking it down. The leader of this year's lantern."

Although Li Er didn't say anything, he nodded secretly, with a smile on his lips.In his opinion, this nephew of his should mean what Changsun Wuji guessed.

Among the hundred officials, there were many who secretly admired Li Wangyou, thinking that the Huxian uncle would really flatter him.Other families are all carefully crafting lanterns, but he wants to do the opposite.It's really amazing to make a plain lantern and still attract His Majesty's appreciation.

Li Wangyou had black lines all over his head, but he could only grumble and say, "Uh, that, nephew, um, that's probably the case. But uncle, the lantern will naturally have to be lit before you can see the effect. Why don't you let nephew Light this lantern, and invite uncle and princes to have a look."

After getting permission from Li Er, Li Wangyou hurried forward, and with the assistance of the servants in the palace, he blew on the torch and carefully lit the oil lamp in the lantern.

When the lantern was lit, Li Er and Baiguan looked at it carefully again, but they were still ordinary...

It's just that through the white gauze lampshade, it seems that there is something in the lantern, but it is not really seen, other than that, there is nothing surprising.

Li Er didn't understand, so he asked, "Ziyou, what kind of medicine are you selling in the gourd?"

"Hey, Uncle, you can tell just by looking at it. My nephew dares to say that this lantern is the only one in the world."

Li Wangyou was not in a hurry, the oil lamp in the lantern had just been lit, and because the size of the lantern was too large, it would take a little time for the hot air to drive the wheel to rotate, and let the flame of the oil lamp burn to heat the air.

Everyone watched for a while, but there was no reaction, they couldn't help but frowned, wondering what the hell Li Wangyou was up to?

Before the others could speak, they saw Yu Zhining, the prince's concubine Zuo, standing up again: "Your Majesty, Huxian Bo is obviously playing tricks to deceive His Majesty, when..."

He was halfway through the conversation, but couldn't continue, his eyes were wide open and he looked at the lantern...

638 Eternal Absolute

Everyone stared in amazement, but they saw something in the lantern slowly began to rotate.

In the lantern, the light of the oil lamp casts the shadow of the object on the plain white gauze lampshade, reflecting the pattern.

Cross talk actor Zhang Sun Wuji saw the pattern clearly and gasped: "Hiss...this is His Majesty!"

"Wahhahaha, not only His Majesty, but also Lao Tzu's appearance! Old man Yuchi is also in it! Second brother, and you!" Cheng Yaojin shouted towards Qin Qiong.

Through the white gauze, the continuously rotating and running patterns are reflected. It is the Tang Emperor Li Er and a group of military generals and princes, all riding on horses, waving weapons in their hands, and charging in the battlefield. appearance.

The imaging of the marquee is similar to that of the shadow puppetry of later generations, in which the skin is irradiated by the light source and the image is projected on the screen.

In the marquee lantern made by Li Wangyou's craftsmen, there are twelve patterns carved out of cowhide that are constantly rotating inside.With the promotion of the hot air, the effect of "turning shadows riding vertically and horizontally" is achieved. It seems that Li Er and his subordinates are galloping on horses, repeatedly entering and exiting the stage, chasing horses and changing places.

This scene fell into the eyes of Li Er and all the hundreds of officials and nobles, and immediately shocked the audience. No one spoke for a while, and they all stared stupidly at the spinning lamp shadow.

After a while, Li Ercai let out a long breath and sighed: "This lamp is really ingenious. Ziyou, I don't know how you made such a heavenly thing. It's really a miracle, it's incredible."

Yu Zhining, the crown prince Zuo concubine who had just said that he wanted to sue him, now his old face was flushed, as if someone had slapped him suddenly.He didn't dare to say any more, and retreated quietly, for fear of causing more trouble.

Li Er glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and didn't bother to talk to this person anymore.

And a group of hundreds of officials and nobles surrounded the lantern presented by Li Wangyou, and everyone was full of admiration.

"Wahhahaha, I just said that the leader of today's lantern is Li Ziyou. How about it, do you have any opinions? Is my old Cheng a discerning eye?" Cheng Yaojin suddenly laughed again, With a look that I knew a long time ago, everyone who saw it wished they could kick this shameless old man.

You really said that in the Tai Chi Hall, but did you mean that when you said that at the beginning?

Li Wangyou also silently rolled his eyes, he also has a deep understanding of Cheng Yaojin's thick skin, so he is no stranger to it.

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm for the marquee, Li Wangyou suddenly remembered a folk story about the marquee, and couldn't help laughing: "Uncle, gentlemen, I have an upper couplet for couplets here. Uncle and gentlemen, would you be interested?" Right to the second line?"

The Lantern Festival during the Lantern Festival, guessing lantern riddles and couplets are all very popular among Tang people. Hearing what he said, everyone naturally smiled and nodded.

Li Wangyou coughed lightly, pointed at the marquee and said: "My upper line is, revolving lanterns, revolving lanterns, revolving lanterns, and turning off the horses to stop."