The day after Cold Food Festival is Qingming Festival.
This is the second Qingming Festival that Zhao Hao has spent in the Ming Dynasty.
Hmm, why does this statement feel a bit weird?
So when he saw countless people, in carriages and on foot, traveling in groups, carrying baskets and talking and laughing, leaving the city from Fuchengmen, he would no longer be surprised and ask, "Is it so exciting to just visit a grave?"
Because Qingming Festival is a day for people to go outing, have picnics and purify themselves.
Many people even move their original main task - visiting ancestor graves - to the Cold Food Festival, so that they can be free of worries and have fun all day long!
"Brother!" A joyful call brought Zhao Hao back from his distracted state.
Then he saw Li Mingyue, the Lady of Lanling County, sticking her head out of the carriage and waving at him happily.
The young master rode a tall horse, following beside him with high spirits...
Last night, after visiting his deceased father’s grave, he went to play money with an old senior and won several hundred taels in one go. He was so happy that he almost died!
There was just one thing he didn't quite understand, which was why the old man kept looking behind him yesterday.
There is no one behind me...
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When the carriage came closer, Li Mingyue jumped up.
But when she saw Qiaoqiao and Ma Xianglan beside Zhao Hao, she slowed down her pace involuntarily. She got out of the car gracefully, first greeted Zhao Hao, and then greeted the two girls warmly.
"You're showing off in public!" Li Chengen gasped and sighed secretly: "The girl is becoming more and more like a mother..."
"Brother, shall we go?" After the greetings, Li Mingyue couldn't wait to go see the flowers.
Yes, I went to see the flowers with Brother Zhao.
"Wait a moment, there are a few more." Zhao Hao said with a smile, and then he heard the clear and pleasant sound of horse bells in the distance.
The crowd moved aside as the horse bells rang.
Then they saw a dozen young men from Wuling dressed in fashionable clothes, talking and laughing loudly on horseback, as if no one was around.
"It's really outrageous! How can others walk?" Li Mingyue couldn't help but say angrily when she saw the common people trying to avoid the traffic.
Li Chengen glanced at her when he heard that and thought to himself, you have always been one of them, okay?
But today he was in a good mood, so he agreed with his sister and said, "That's right, it's so uneducated."
Zhao Hao glanced at Li Chengen when he heard this. He remembered that last winter, this guy was even more outrageous at Fuchengmen. He led his men to run out of the city, scaring many camels and spilling coal.
He was just about to give a sermon when those people saw them.
"They are there!" Li Maocai, the son of Li Chunfang, who was in the lead, shouted excitedly. Everyone rode their horses and rushed over.
At this time, Li Chengen and Li Mingyue realized that the people who came were Xu Yuanchun's old acquaintances.
Li Mingyue couldn't help but blush, thinking to herself, it seems that I used to be annoying in this way. I just wonder if Big Brother has seen it?
She turned to Li Chengen and said, "Brother, you can't do this again in the future."
"Hey." Li Chengen shrank his neck and did not retort because of his sister's kind look.
At this time, Xu Yuanchun also saw Li Mingyue, and immediately dismounted, trotting over and saying:
"Sister County Lord, have you been waiting for me for a long time?"
"Brother, did you call them?" Maybe it was too noisy at the city gate, Li Mingyue seemed not to hear him and asked Zhao Hao who was standing beside him.
"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded and smiled at Xu Yuanchun, "Master Xu, we meet again."
Only then did Xu Yuanchun see that Zhao Hao and Li Mingyue were paired together again, and his face turned pale immediately... The scene of the two of them going out together, flirting with each other, and playing the musical instrument in harmony under the flowers and the moon appeared in front of him.
With beautiful music in his ears, he just wanted to play the suona...
At this time, the Zhang brothers stepped forward and saluted respectfully to Zhao Hao.
Zhang Xiaojing also got off the carriage at the back, first bowed to Zhao Hao with a smile, and then paired up with Li Mingyue.
Li Mingyue looked at her brother and younger brother strangely, and actually showed respect to Brother Zhao as a disciple.
"What's going on? Have they also accepted my eldest brother as their master?"
"Father asked Master Zhao to teach science to them. It doesn't count as a formal apprenticeship." Zhang Xiaojing leaned close to her ear and smiled softly, "Anyway, I won't acknowledge him. Otherwise, wouldn't I be a generation younger than Master Zhao for nothing?"
"Will Brother Zhao come to your house every day from now on?" Li Mingyue asked absentmindedly.
"No, there is only one class every five days." Zhang Xiaojing said with a smile: "Besides, it doesn't necessarily have to go to my house. I guess for the convenience of teaching, it will probably be at Mr. Zhao's house."
"Why didn't I think of that..." Li Mingyue couldn't help but feel annoyed, thinking that she should have pestered her elder brother to study science a long time ago!
As the two of them were whispering, the newly-appointed Jinshi Chen Yubi also dismounted from his horse, bowed politely to Zhao Hao, and then asked with a smile:
"May I ask Young Master Zhao, are you going to fulfill the bet today?"
Hearing this, the young masters became excited.
Many of them were not present during the Lantern Festival, but were called by Xu Yuanchun. Their purpose, of course, was to spoil the show and make fun of it.
"Hey, I heard that the Kongming lantern you made can carry people into the sky?"
"Is it real? Is it a paper dummy?"
"I think it must be a trick. A person is so heavy and a Kongming lantern is so light. How can it possibly carry a person up to the sky?"
Master Xu also walked out of the sad scene, smiled and waved his hands to everyone, saying: "Don't make a fuss, Master Zhao just said something big, and you all took it seriously."
"I said I didn't brag," but Zhao Hao behind him said calmly, "Please use your poor little brains to think about who set up this bureau. Am I doing this to humiliate myself?"
Yes, ever since he offended the young cabinet minister, Zhao Hao has completely let himself go and doesn't want to be angered by anyone anymore.
"Who knows what you're up to?" Liu Si De curled his lips and said, "I won't believe it even if you kill me."
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not." Zhao Hao turned around with a smile and looked at Xu Yuanchun, Li Maocai and Chen Yubi and said, "Three of you, do you remember our bet?"
"Of course I remember." Xu Yuanchun nodded and smiled: "If you win, we will worship you as our master. If you lose, you will worship us as our masters."
Li Maocai and Chen Yubi also smiled and nodded. Although they had a good impression of Zhao Hao, how could they believe that a Kongming lantern could carry people into space?
"You have to worship us too." Liu Side and others cheered.
"Sorry, science has its own threshold. I won't accept everyone." Zhao Hao smiled and refused, then said to Xu Yuanchun and the other two, "Come on, I'll take you to open your eyes."
After saying this, he took the lead and left the city.
Everyone got on their horses and carriages and followed Zhao Hao to Yuyuantan.
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Yuyuantan is only five miles away from Fuchengmen, and it will arrive in a moment if you gallop.
At this time, the outside of Yuyuantan was already filled with young men and women who came to enjoy the cherry blossoms, but the inside was a royal place and ordinary people could not enter.
Since Li Chengen had called in advance, the farmhands guarding the garden would not stop them. They opened the gate and let the group in to the Yuyuantan, which was full of spring scenery.
When they arrived at the lake, they saw a beautiful colorful big ball, firmly placed on a bamboo frame, quietly waiting for their arrival.
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