Lunar New Year's eve.
The flavor of the New Year is already overflowing in Zichen Palace.
Hundreds of palace lanterns were hung high, illuminating the entire palace as bright as day. On the red pillars, there are couplets that welcome the spring and pray for blessings.
Gu Xu and the concubines had dinner together in Jiangyun Palace.
This New Year’s Eve dinner is not complicated. It mainly consists of dumplings with various fillings, accompanied by some snacks and desserts.
Of course, judging from Shi Xiaohan's recent rapid increase in appetite, the dumplings on the table were obviously not enough to satisfy her appetite, so several buckets of rice were specially prepared for her nearby.
After dinner, Gu Xu took the concubine and the palace people to the front of the palace to watch the "Spring Festival Gala".
The Spring Festival Gala in the wild world is actually Nuo dance.
This is a sacrificial ceremony to drive away evil spirits and diseases and pray for Najib.
The hundreds of actors in the Jiaofang Division put on ferocious masks and wore eye-catching red and black clothes. Along with the passionate music, they beat the drums and jumped, looking majestic.
In addition, Gu Xu also followed the tradition and wrote more than a hundred words of "福" in his own handwriting with a splash of brush and ink, and presented them to the civil and military officials of Daxia.
As a strong saint and a master of Fu Tao, the word "福" written by Gu Xu now is not just a simple word, but a kind of character that contains profound Taoist charm and can truly give people A special talisman that brings good luck.
With the authority of "Destiny", it is not difficult for him to use the word "福" to affect a person's luck.
All the officials who received the word "blessing" from the emperor felt flattered.
They all carefully framed the word "福" and hung it respectfully on the wall, as if enshrining a treasure, hoping to get its protection.
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The imperial family is busy bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, while ordinary people are also celebrating New Year's Eve.
Thousands of miles away on the East China Sea, there is a small town where fishermen live called Chaoyin Town.
In this small town lived an ordinary fisherman named Bao Sanshui.
Like thousands of families in the wilderness, Bao Sanshui was very lucky on this day. He caught a big fish and shared a sumptuous meal with his wife and children.
After the meal, he walked outside the door and set off a bunch of bright red firecrackers amidst the exclamations of the children.
Looking at the shining fire and the rising thick white smoke, Bao Sanshui's heart was filled with ups and downs.
Recalling that during the Spring Festival last year, he offended a subordinate in the Daqi government office because he refused to pay bribes, so the person lightly changed the file and recorded his two underage children as two A man in his prime caused a sudden increase in his family's taxes.
All the fish he worked hard to catch were used to pay taxes. As a result, on New Year's Eve, they could only rely on the dried fish they had saved to satisfy their hunger.
However, this year, with the fall of Da Qi and the ascension of the new emperor, no subordinate officials dared to play such little tricks in front of civilians.
Bao Sanshui heard that in neighboring Hailing County, a tax collector habitually used the method of pouring water and kicking the dendrobium branches when collecting taxes - that is, in order to collect more rice, he deliberately kicked the dendrobium branches with his feet to pile up the grain on top of the dendrobium branches. If it is spilled, the people are not allowed to recover the spilled food, and it is counted as loss and becomes an extra income for the officials.
This seemingly insignificant move was actually seen by the emperor thousands of miles away. The petty official was dismissed on the spot, and the local county magistrate was also punished.
This incident undoubtedly had the effect of killing the chicken to scare the monkey.
As a result, the local officials became much more polite, and even behaved extremely politely when facing ordinary people like Bao Sanshui, for fear of being noticed by the emperor who was far away in Luojing.
A portrait of Emperor Ziwei has already been hung in Bao Sanshui’s room.
Every day before meals, he would devoutly offer incense and worship in front of the portrait.
His heart was undoubtedly filled with gratitude for the emperor who helped his family escape from suffering and provide them with food and clothing.
......Just when the firecrackers were about to burn out, a strange thing happened on the East China Sea.
A dazzling lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, as if a crack had been torn open in the sky.
Then, silvery white light poured out from the crack, instantly lighting up the entire East China Sea.
The fishermen in Chaoyin Town were obviously shocked by this sudden vision. They left their houses one after another and gathered at the coast with shocked faces.
"Dragon! Dragon! That's a dragon!"
Beside Bao Sanshui, his seven-year-old son was tightly tugging on his clothes. He was extremely excited and screamed loudly. shouted.
When the silver light faded slightly, Bao Sanshui vaguely saw a huge figure looming in the night sky. It is covered in silver-white scales, and a cold light shines through the flashes of electric light, just like a star falling from the sky and descending into the mortal world.
It rushed straight to the sea at an extremely fast speed.
As the distance got closer, Bao Sanshui gradually saw its true appearance -
The horns are like a deer, the neck is like a snake, the belly is like a mirage, the scales are like a fish, and the claws are like Eagle, palms like tiger.
This is actually a real dragon!
Although the Daqi Dynasty in the past used the five-clawed golden dragon as its totem, the dragon, a legendary creature belonging to the fairy world, only existed in people's word-of-mouth. No one had ever seen it with their own eyes in the wild world. Pass.
But today, a dragon really fell from the sky!
Although the flying posture of this dragon is quite strange - it does not hover lightly among the clouds and mist as described in the legend, but instead falls heavily from the sky like a meteorite.
But no matter what, this is indeed a real dragon.
"When the Holy King is alive, the real dragon will appear!" Suddenly someone not far away shouted, "This is auspiciousness from heaven!"
In legends, dragons are known as spiritual beings. The head of the beast is a symbol of peace and prosperity, indicating that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the river is clear and the sea is clean.
Only when a wise monarch is in charge of the government, will the true dragon soar into the clouds and ride on the mist and descend to the mortal world.
"Could it be that the legendary prosperous age has really arrived?" Bao Sanshui looked at the silver dragon, recalling the recent changes in his life, and felt a trance in his heart.
Looking around, he saw that many people nearby were bowing devoutly in the direction of Luojing City, shouting "Long live the emperor".
A moment later, the silver dragon suddenly plunged into the East China Sea, causing waves to rise into the sky.
Logically speaking, a dragon can go up to the sky and go down to the sea.
It is not a strange thing for this silver dragon to dive into the deep sea.
But for some reason, when seeing the silver dragon entering the sea, Bao Sanshui always felt that it looked a little embarrassed - as if it did not fly into the sea freely, but seemed to have lost its balance and fell heavily from the sky. Fall in.
Bao Sanshui shook his head, trying his best to dispel this slightly disrespectful thought from his mind.
The dragon is a legendary sacred beast with endless power, symbolizing the majesty and dignity of the monarch. How can it show its embarrassment in front of the world?
He thought to himself that this must be his illusion.
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Zi Chen Palace.
When Gu Xu was setting off firecrackers with his concubines in the imperial garden, the eunuch Han Shun walked up to him with a beaming face and said excitedly:
"Your Majesty, there is auspiciousness in the East China Sea! ”
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