Not long after the hour, the morning meal just after, just when the Taoist preaching “group of dragons row rain”, Jiajing Emperor began to pray for the people of the jiao-festival ceremony, and soon the whole of the West Garden long shrouded in the curling incense and candles in the smoke and flames.
Zhu Pingan and other ministers who were seconded to present the green words were also left at the altar to transcribe the green words.
Burning incense, transforming talismans, keeping thoughts, reciting incantations, pinching, knocking on the teeth, going to the chapter, reciting sutras, praising, lamps and candles, yubu ……A series of tedious, solemn and extremely uninteresting jiao-festival ceremonies lasted until noon.
After the Jiaojiao ceremony was over, Zhu Pingan, like the last time he transcribed the words of the Qing dynasty, carried thirteen brushes dipped in gold dust in his sleeves and walked down the altar with a flourish. This was not because Zhu Ping An was greedy for money, but mainly because he did not want to take advantage of Tao Zhongwen, the old godly man. Because after the Jiao-festival, the gold powder used as ink will all belong to Tao Zhongwen.
This old clergyman is too greedy, the last “Dragon Bone” event, this old clergyman on the pretext of the Wudang Mountain Jian Yuan Yue performs the rituals of the gods, at once from the Jiajing Emperor that pulled away more than 200,000 taels of silver.
He also often instigated the Jiajing Emperor to hold a variety of jiao-festival, and every time the jiao-festival, this old clergyman are raking in a pot full of money.
Zhu Pingan to Tao Zhongwen this old clergyman, not at all good feeling, this old clergyman on the surface look a faction of the immortal style, in fact, is a disaster of the country and the people, more than the corrupt officials ever. Not to say that the cost of alchemy and cultivation of those costs, alone set up the altar of the cost of this item of the Bun Festival, each time easily have to spend seven or eight thousand, tens of thousands of taels of silver, these money should have been taken from the people to the people, and now they are all the scourge of the.
The gold dust left over from these Bun Festival activities, they don’t take it for nothing, can’t be cheaper than this old clergyman.
“Heh heh heh ……Ta-Jen Zhu, it’s summer, you still have cold ears, look at your ears covered.”
After the end of the Jiao-festival, Zhu Pingan returned to the Hall of No Ease, and as he walked along the road, he heard a sneering voice coming from behind him.
Zhu Pingan twisted his head and looked back, then he saw Yuan Wei who had a face of envy and jealousy.
Seeing Zhu Pingan turning back, Yuan Wei reached out and pointed to Zhu Pingan’s ear, his face was a mixture of envy, jealousy, hatred, and mocking sneer, these expressions mixed together made Yuan Wei’s face a little distorted.
Zhu Ping An’s head was wearing the Fragrant Leaf Crown given by Emperor Jiajing in the morning.
The most suitable scenario for this Fragrant Leaf Crown is Taoism related activities, such as today’s Jiao-festival ceremony. It would be a political mistake to say that he didn’t wear the Fragrant Leaf Crown during today’s jiao-festival.
This is not just talk.
Several years ago, the predecessor Xia Yan proved this with his personal experience. At that time, Xia Yan was still the first cabinet minister, Yan Song was still only the second minister, the two were successively awarded a fragrant leaf crown by Emperor Jiajing. Xia Yan has always been very opposed to the superstitious activities of the Jiajing Emperor, so after obtaining this top Taoist incense leaf crown, Xia Yan never brought. The difference is that Yan Song not only in the jiaojiao and other Taoist activities to wear the incense leaf crown, every audience with the Jiajing Emperor, Yan Song will deliberately put the incense leaf crown on, but also wiped clean, and covered with a light veil to prevent dust and damage. In contrast, Jiajing emperor on Yan Song greatly appreciated, Xia Yan increasingly distant. Eventually, Xia Yan fell to the point of being abandoned to death, while Yan Song was favoured by the Jiajing Emperor, to the cabinet chief minister.
Therefore, this incense leaf crown Zhu Pingan must wear.
However, because the fragrant leaf crown is green, and the green hat ……is a man would not wear.
So, Zhu Pingan made a cover for the Fragrant Leaf Crown by himself with black gauze by hand before the Jiaojiao.
However, because Zhu Pingan handmade is not good, do the hood big circle, go to the jiaojiao before, Zhu Pingan also deliberately put the extra circle stuffed into the crown hat, did not expect to jiaojiao on the kneeling and kneeling up and up a movement, the half circle of gauze at the back of the hat fell down. Because the gauze is relatively thin, coupled with the front half circle has been well in the hat, Zhu Pingan has not been aware of the back half circle of gauze fell down, like an ear warmer to cover half of the ear.
Therefore, Yuan Wei mocked Zhu Ping An’s cold ears, ridiculed Zhu Ping An for wearing the Fragrant Leaf Crown in an unorthodox manner, and in his words, ridiculed Zhu Ping An for being a rhesus monkey and a crown.
Zhu Pingan heard Yuan Wei’s mockery, and only then did he realise that the back half of the hood had fallen down to cover his ears.
“Heh heh heh, in the middle of summer to have cold ears, Lord Zhu is really ……Tsk ……”
Yuan Wei tsked twice, pulling the corner of his mouth and shaking his head, his words mocked Zhu Pingan macaque monkey and crown. Yuan Wei, who was envious and jealous of Zhu Pingan’s reward for the Fragrant Leaf Crown from Emperor Jiajing, now has a chance to mock Zhu Pingan and naturally won’t let go of this opportunity.
Nima!
You’re sick, aren’t you?
I’m not sure what I’m talking about, but I’m not sure what I’m talking about!
Listening to Yuan Wei’s more and more eccentric ridicule, Zhu Ping An did not know whether to speak or not to speak the three sutras in his heart.
At this moment, the surrounding ministers who were returning to the Hall of No Ease together had already stood still in twos and threes and were looking this way.
“What’s the matter, Lord Zhu, you still really have cold ears ah, heh heh heh ……Coincidentally, I know an imperial physician surnamed Li who specialises in treating ……”
Seeing that some people stopped to watch, Yuan Wei he was even more energetic, opened his mouth and once again ridiculed Zhu Pingan.
This time, Yuan Wei went further, directly recommending the imperial doctor to Zhu Pingan, secretly mocking Zhu Pingan for being sick.
“Hehe, Lord Yuan, my ears are not cold, it’s your eyes that are hot, isn’t it?!!!”
Zhu Pingan couldn’t help but pull the corner of his mouth downwards, arched his hand towards Yuan Wei and faintly replied back.
My ears aren’t cold, it’s your eyes that are hot.
You red-eye!
Zhu Pingan this light sentence directly Yuan Wei blocked speechless, mouth opened a few times did not make a sound, a face instantly red like pig liver, swish red to the root of the ear.
This picture is ridiculous, just now Yuan Wei expressive, emotional spit Zhu Ping An so many sentences, and Zhu Ping An just faintly returned such a sentence, instantly ko Yuan Wei. It’s just like a strong man with teeth and claws and a flurry of flowery fists, only for the other party to stretch out a finger and be pressed down.
Who am I, where am I, my face is so hot……
At this moment, Yuan Wei’s brain a blank, blushing, face stiff, do not know what to do, embarrassed than, hate to find a crack in the ground to drill in.
“Oh ……”
“The ear is not cold, it is your eyes hot …… huh ……”
Yuan Wei this is really a typical strong annihilation can not be anti-poster ah, the crowd of onlookers see this, can not help but laugh.
“Since Lord Yuan knows Imperial Doctor Li, then Ping An won’t be redundant and recommend a good doctor for Lord Yuan, I would like to wish Lord Yuan a speedy recovery.”
Zhu Pingan arched his hand towards Yuan Wei, shrugged his shoulders, added a light sentence, and then leisurely turned to leave.
Yuan Wei was left in place to receive the attention of the crowd.
