The New Year's Day celebration in Kaifeng Prefecture of the Northern Song Dynasty began with the "Da Nuo ritual". The so-called "Nuo" is the legendary god of the god of exorcising plagues - Nuo. The Da Nuo ritual is a ritual held by the palace to expel plagues. The imperial city department, the Jiaofang department and the troupes in front of the hall came on stage in person, wearing masks, wearing embroidered painting costumes, dressed as generals, judges, door gods, Zhong Kui, land gods, stove kings and other gods, more than a thousand people protected the pretended Nuo god, blowing and playing with Xuande Gate, and heading south along the Yu Street, heading straight to Nanxunmen, leaving Nanxunmen and then walking to Zhuanlongwan, digging a pit there to bury the diseased ghosts, called "burying Chong". Only then did the Da Nuo ritual end.

After the Danuo ceremony, it was the ceremony of congratulations by officials and envoys of various countries on the New Year. The so-called ceremony of congratulations by officials and envoys of various countries on the New Year was actually a replacement for the grand ceremony of the New Year. The Song Dynasty inherited the system of the previous dynasty and performed the ceremony of the grand ceremony on the first day of the New Year on the first day of the May, and the winter solstice. The imperial throne was set up in the Daqing Hall, and the Huang guard was set up inside and outside the hall, and the tribute was held in the south of the palace. The officials, royal families, and envoys were all given their clothes. The Secretariat presented the case of various places to the ministers and gave the officials auspicious cases. The emperor was dressed in a heavenly crown and a crimson robe.

Congratulations... In short, there is a lot of red tape, but there is no way to see the great court ceremony on Pan Tower. Only officials and envoys pass through the imperial streets in a mighty manner, and there are also imperial soldiers escorting them in armor. By the way, the students from the Imperial College, Imperial College, Martial Arts, and elementary school will also participate in the great court ceremony. If the imperial examinations are in the year of the imperial examination, there will be no candidates from all over the country to participate. For the unmarried beauty of Yunying in Kaifeng Prefecture, this is a good scenery.

However, the ceremony of the grand dynasty meeting is not held every year on the New Year. There are six situations where the grand dynasty meetings are not allowed, namely: 1. The emperor is in poor health; 2. The royal family is in bad health; 3. The restrictions are limited by uniforms (such as the empress dowager wearing mourning clothes when she died); 4. There are military actions; 5. There are major disasters, and the people are hungry and cold; 6. The weather is not suitable. Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty only held fifty grand dynasty meetings in total.

This year, because the war in the northwest was still underway, the ceremony of the grand ceremony was not carried out, and the emperor climbed to Donghua Gate and was worshipped by white officials and envoys. However, the only ones who save trouble were the emperor, all officials, envoys and students still had to stay up all night (not get up, but not sleep at all). It was quite tiring to go to Donghua Gate along the Imperial Street to pay congratulations.

Wu Haogu was not an official, so he was not qualified to participate in the congratulations. Before Ji Yi and Zhang Yi arrived at Panlou, they had already ordered people to send the full set of court uniforms to Panlou. As soon as the Great Nuo ceremony was over, they both had to change into court uniforms to worship the emperor.

Now the time for worshiping the emperor is not yet here, and the team of the Da Nuo ritual is coming out of Xuande Gate. The high terrain of the Yujie Avenue from Xuande Gate to Nanxun Gate, either the restaurant or the pavilion, has been occupied by wealthy and powerful people in Kaifeng Prefecture. Some people in their family are sick and unable to cure them, so they place tributes for incense tables, called "invitation for Nuo", which means to treat dead horses as living horses. Others put side dishes, warm some wine, or family members or friends, gather together and talk big, waiting to see the civil and military officials, foreign envoys and imperial guards pass by in a mighty manner.

The idle people in Kaifeng City don’t have so much spare money in their pockets, so they squeeze together along the street, gathering together and watching. There are also many vendors carrying baskets and carrying loads to sell food and steaming tea along this avenue. Some vendors set up colored sheds on the roadside and set up various things, such as crowns, collars, satin, flowers, toys, etc., and the song is called Guanpu. Guanpu is a kind of gambling that uses goods as bait. Gamblers can gamble for luck by spending money far lower than the value of the goods. If they are lucky, they can get the goods. If they are not lucky, they will belong to the seller. Every year from the New Year to the third day of the New Year, Guanpu pavilions are everywhere in Kaifeng’s inner city.

Some of the three imperial guards in Kaifeng Prefecture have already taken to the streets to pay their respects. Although these military men don’t usually train very much, they are all careless, but today they are different. They are all full of energy. They wear red battle jackets, Fan Yang hats, swords and guns, and stand from Nanxun Gate to Xuande Gate, and look like they are truly elites.

In the private room No. 3 of Tianzi in Panlou, Ma Zhi had already gotten close to Ji Yi and Zhang Yi at this time, and was talking to them about the situation of the New Year and New Year in Yanjing City.

"Yanjing is so miserable. Even the New Year's Eve and New Year's Day did not have as much food, drink and fun as possible. No one has money. The rich are not much to play outside. There are only groups of beggars outside!"

"Yes, it's just beggars. Kaifeng Prefecture can occasionally see it, but it can't be compared with Yanjing... Yanjing is a beggar city! Especially around the New Year, beggars who beggars almost burst into pieces and they can't even get out of the door!"

"No matter what the Khitans don't care. They didn't let beggars enter the city a hundred decades ago, but now they don't care. Now the Khitan nobles eat vegetarian food and chant Buddha's name, and they are kind-hearted. How can they drive beggars to the ice and snow outside the city? Not only are they not rushing, but the major temples and wealthy families have to open porridge scenes since the beginning of the night. But even so, many people starve to death and freeze to death! Every morning, they can see dead people on the streets!"

"Beggars are all farmers outside the city, all customers. There are no self-cultivating farmers in the Liao Kingdom for a long time. The land is either from temples, from Khitan nobles, or from Han people, from the Bohai tribe. Han people and Bohai farmers are all customers. They work all year round and have no income. They have no choice but to go to the city to beg during the slack farming period. If they can't go on, they have to sell their children, or from slaves, and the real hell on earth..."

It turns out that the people in the Great Liao Dynasty are really in vain!

Wu Haogu did not participate in the discussion, nor did he care about these things. He was admiring his just obtained slave - a beautiful mixed-race beauty with light golden hair, curved eyebrows, big and bright eyes, high and pointed nose, white as snow, and his chest was even more impressive. What's even more wonderful is that this mixed-race girl can sing with a nice Gusu accent, which is very interesting.

What’s even more interesting is that she is also Wu Haogu’s slave... It sounds evil!

But that's the fact. The girl named Ying'er was not a Song Dynasty man, but a Japanese prostitute in Mingzhou. Her father was a white-family merchant and had long disappeared. The Japanese prostitute was also cruel. When she returned to China, she did not take her daughter away, but sold it to Ji Yi. Because she was not a Song Dynasty man, she was a legally traded commodity - she was a private slave, not a contract slave.

In other words, after Ji Yi gave her to Wu Haogu, legally speaking, she will always belong to Wu Haogu, and Wu Haogu can do whatever she wants...

Last time, he had let Madam Mo go, but this time he couldn't let Ying'er go. Wu Haogu secretly made up his mind while looking at Ying'er.

I have been traveling for so long and have become a super rich man in the Song Dynasty. I still live like a poor loser... I just have a bigger house.

No, I must be corrupt this time! I must be a very corrupt slave owner! I will be corrupt when I go back!

"Wulang, Wulang, what are you thinking?" The pretty face of the mixed-race beauty Xiaoyinger came over, with a fragrant smell. Wu Haogu only realized that the wine glass he was holding was tilted, and the wine was spilled on the table, obviously he had been distracted for a long time.

Ji Yi, Zhang Yi and Ma Zhi had already finished the conversation. Ji Yi and Zhang Yi had changed their court clothes at some point. They had their collar collars and sleeves, put on their horizontal slings, tied them with leather belts, topped their heads, and put on black leather boots.

This outfit is probably ready to worship the emperor.

Wu Haogu only then realized that the Great Nuo ceremony had ended and it was time for the officials of the Song Dynasty to come on stage. He hurriedly stood up and bowed to Ji Yi and Zhang Yi with a smile, "Official Zhang, Brother Yizhi, I will send you downstairs."

"I'll give you a gift, too." Ma Zhi also said.

As she spoke, a few people left the private room one after another, and the beauty Ying'er followed Wu Haogu happily. She knew who Wu Haogu was? And she could see that Wu Haogu was fascinated by her... She would have a good life in the future!

Wu Haogu also took two steps and looked back from time to time to see the little beauty slave he just got... so beautiful! His family must have been lucky in the past two days, and his single life has finally come to an end.

Just as he was proud, he suddenly heard Pan Qiaolian's voice: "Brother Dawu! Why don't you come to find a slave?"

Is it Pan Qiaolian? Why is she here?

By the way, this Panlou is her family’s property...

Wu Haogu looked back and saw Pan Qiaolian standing outside the door of the No. 7 private room with a smile on her face.

"Brother Yizhi, Zhang Guanren, has some mundane affairs, so I won't give it to you. Brother Ma, let's leave for now." Wu Haogu first greeted Ji Yi, Zhang Yi and Ma Zhi, and then quickly walked towards Pan Qiaolian, and his slave Ying'er also happily followed him.

"Hey, what a beautiful female genius, are you new?" Pan Qiaolian also noticed the mixed-race beauty behind Wu Haogu, but she had no intention of being jealous - people with some status in the Song Dynasty would ask female genius to accompany them when they went out to drink with their friends. If they were jealous, they would have to marry a poor person...

Ying'er probably didn't know the relationship between Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian. When Pan Qiaolian asked, she smiled and said, "I am not Pan Lou's gangster, I am a gangster outside of the gangster."

Family trick?

Wu Haogu’s family trick?

Pan Qiaolian was stunned now. Before she had married, Wu Haogu actually started to accumulate family tricks, and she was such a beautiful family trick.

"No, no, no, she is not a family guru." Wu Haogu felt guilty when he saw Pan Qiaolian getting angry, "She is just a maid. Ji Yizhi gave me just now. I want her to serve you. Sister 18, can you see she still pass by?"

"The maid Ji Yizhi just gave?" Pan Qiaolian was stunned, "Is there such a beautiful maid?"
Chapter completed!