Chapter 219 Don't Tell the Boss
After the Mohist elders discussed for a night, Mo Yue gave Meng Shanchuan an answer.
He asked his eldest disciple Shen Pingzhi to take a few outstanding young people back to the capital with Meng Shanchuan, and the rest of the people would wait until after the New Year before moving out together.
Shen Sida found that his name was not on the list of people going to Beijing, and went to look for his father angrily.
"Father, why don't you let me enter the capital?"
"You have a frivolous personality and are not suitable to come to Beijing. Moreover, you have a grudge against Mo Ju. If you come to Beijing and fight with him, we in the Mo family will be laughed at." Shen Pingzhi decisively refused.
"Father, I promise that I will never quarrel with Mo Jue after entering Beijing." Shen Sida looked at his father pitifully, hoping that he would change his mind.
"Yes, Uncle Shen, please let Sida go with us." His friends also helped to plead.
"The capital city is different from Mo Village. If there is any mistake, everyone's lives will be implicated." Shen Pingzhi's serious face made the young men nervous.
"I swear in the name of the ancestors, I will never do anything rash." Shen Sida tried his best to go to the capital, and only after he swore and cursed many times did Shen Pingzhi give in.
"Okay, then you can come with us to Beijing."
After being beaten by him, the other teenagers also calmed down.
Shen Pingzhi had originally planned to send his younger son to the capital, but he and Mo Ju were sworn enemies, and he was afraid that the two would cause trouble in the capital, so he gave him an advance warning.
My son’s talent cannot be buried in this small mountain village.
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[Not bad, General Meng did a great job, convincing the Mo family so quickly. ]
[You're right, the Mohist mechanical skills are amazing. ]
[If I didn’t know how to move the mechanism to open the door, I’m afraid no one would know that there were hundreds of people living in that mountain.]
Lu Li looked at the situation in Mojia Village in amazement.
Lu Yanshi learned from her inner voice that Meng Shanchuan had convinced the Mo family, and he felt much better.
At this time, Qu Fufeng ran over happily holding his new invention.
"Your Majesty, the firecrackers and fireworks that I ordered the Ministry of Works to improve are now ready. During this year's New Year, the people of the capital can see the fireworks!"
Lu Yanshi learned from Qu Fufeng about their later New Year customs, including setting off firecrackers and fireworks, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and watching various programs.
This year is the first Spring Festival after the unification of Great Xia, and Lu Yanshi decided to make a big fuss about it, so he ordered Qu Fufeng to make these little gadgets so that the people could have fun together.
"Okay, then you set off the fireworks and let me see what's going on." Lu Yanshi was also a little curious.
"You can set off firecrackers now, but fireworks look best at night." Qu Fufeng didn't want to waste the fireworks he had worked so hard to research.
"Okay, then after dinner, when it gets dark, let's get the princesses and princes to the Weiyang Palace to watch the fireworks together." Lu Yanshi made arrangements.
During the Daxia New Year, in addition to sacrificial activities, people also beat drums to drive away the so-called "epidemic ghosts", exorcise evil spirits and ward off disasters, and pray for good health in the coming year.
If it was replaced with firecrackers and fireworks as Qu Fufeng mentioned, it would definitely be more lively.
Lu Li began to look forward to the arrival of night.
Hearing that they could watch fireworks, the other children came running over happily.
Even Lu Qiongying came wearing a veil.
After returning to the palace, she used the plaster given by her second sister, but it did not remove the scars. The imperial doctors were also helpless.
Although her mother and sister comforted her, she was still too shy to go out and usually stayed in Shouxi Palace and would not step out of the palace.
Because only in Shouxi Palace would people not look at her in a strange way.
But this time, the fireworks that Lu Li came talking about were so tempting that she couldn't help but followed her out.
Lu Li urged anxiously: "Everyone is here, Master Qu, please set off the fireworks."
"Okay, but we have to set off firecrackers first!" Qu Fufeng smiled and placed the firecrackers on the ground twenty meters away.
"Your Majesty, Empress, and other princes and princesses, please cover your ears. The firecrackers are about to be lit." Qu Fufeng motioned for them to cover their ears.
Several children obediently covered their ears.
Lu Yanshi and Xia Shuyi did not move.
One of them is the emperor and the other is the empress. They both have to maintain their own image and don't want to be looked down upon, so they tacitly agree not to cover their ears.
After all, that posture is not very elegant.
After giving the reminder, Qu Fufeng directly lit the firecrackers.
"Crack!" There was a loud noise and the children all screamed.
Even though Lu Yanshi was mentally prepared, he was still shocked.
He subconsciously raised his hands to cover his ears, and saw the queen looking at him calmly. She was a little surprised to see him raise his hands.
Lu Yanshi covered her ears silently.
"Your Majesty, there is no need to be afraid. I am here."
Xia Shuyi: ...
Don't think she didn't notice it. It was clearly the emperor himself who was afraid just now.
But she didn't say it out loud, she just said lightly: "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty."
"Assassin, is there an assassin coming?" When the firecrackers went off, Secret Guard Eighteen was so frightened that he wanted to rush out to protect the Ninth Princess.
Dark Guard Eleven reached out, grabbed his collar and rolled his eyes.
How come he is put in the same group with that idiot Eighteen?
Eleven gritted his teeth and said, "Are you stupid? Which assassin would make such a big scene? This is obviously something new that Master Qu created."
"I just fell asleep, so I didn't hear it." Eighteen answered aggrievedly.
Last time he avenged the second princess, the boss was very satisfied with him and did not ask him to pick up the shit. Instead, he asked him to go to the training camp to compete with the candidate secret guards.
If he can't beat everyone, he'll stay there.
Until yesterday, he had just come out of the training camp.
He was too tired, so he was a little distracted and sleepy just now, and didn't hear what Qu Fufeng and the others were saying.
"Weren't you closing your eyes just now?" Eleven was shocked.
This guy can sleep so well that he can even fall asleep while standing with his eyes open?
"Don't tell the boss!" Eighteen shouted anxiously.
There were sounds of firecrackers being set off, and in order for Eleven to hear clearly, he had to raise his voice.
But unfortunately, when he shouted this sentence, the firecrackers ended.
Everyone present heard him shout at the top of his voice: Don’t tell the boss!
Chuyi, who was standing behind Lu Yanshi, gritted his teeth and silently mouthed something in the direction of the two of them: Eighteen, picking up big shit!
This subordinate really brings shame to him.
Eighteen wanted to cry but had no tears. No way, he had just come out of the fighting in the training camp and now he had to pick up shit again?
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Lu Yanshi released his hands that were covering the Queen's ears, ignored Eighteen's words, and looked at Qu Fufeng.
"Yes, the sound sounds lively and is very suitable for warding off evil spirits during the New Year." He nodded with satisfaction.
When this formation was put together, people knew it was New Year's Day.
"Set off fireworks, set off fireworks!" Lu Liya was not afraid at all, she was already excited.
If firecrackers are so fun, wouldn’t fireworks be even more fun?