Guo Caiwei also washed up and got up soon after, and called the green dance forest tiger to have breakfast together. The golden millet porridge with all kinds of delicate dim sum was specially bought by the servants from outside early in the morning. It's not just any dim sum, it's all very famous dim sum in Beijing. Kaifeng Mansion fills soup dumplings, the skin is thin and the soup is thick, and the taste is exquisite. Wanglou plum blossom buns, the noodles are fine and fragrant, and it is the first store in the capital to make breakfast. Granny Wang's meatloaf is also a time-honored dim sum that has been passed down for a hundred years, and there are ice and snow bean sprouts from Fanlou, sweet and sour bean brains, etc., which are full of tables.

Lu Wu only asked casually: "This table of dim sum breakfast costs a few taels of silver." ”

Guo Caiwei smiled slightly and stretched out two fingers. Green Dance nodded and said, "Two taels of silver, it's so expensive." ”

Guo Caiwei said with a smile: "Sister Green Dance, it's twenty taels of silver." You said two taels of silver, but you can't buy this plate of ice and snow bean sprouts alone. ”

Lu Wu was holding a few snow-white crisp bean sprouts into his mouth, and when he heard this, he quickly put down his chopsticks and said, "It's amazing, I have to eat hundreds of dollars in this bite, but I can't afford to eat it." ”

Guo Caiwei pursed her lips and laughed. Lin Jue also felt that this meal was too expensive, and he ate twenty taels of silver for one meal early, which was the cost of eating ordinary people for several months. It's just too extravagant.

"Little county lord, we are here, you don't have to spend so much. The home-cooked meal is ready, and you can't eat it with peace of mind. Lin Jue said with a smile.

Guo Caiwei smiled: "I don't have anything special for you, I also eat breakfast like this on weekdays." Every morning, I eat half a bowl of brain flowers, a soup dumpling, a Granny Wang meatloaf, and half a plum blossom bun. Eat a few bites of crispy bean sprouts. If you don't have one, you won't be happy to eat, so it will cost about twenty taels of silver. ”

Lin Jue's master and servant were stunned. Green Dance thought to herself: The rich and noble are really extravagant, where did they get so much money to spend. Xiaohu thought to himself: Isn't it after eating so many good things? What Lin Jue thought was: The little county lord can spend money so much, if he marries her in the future, how can he support her. I'm afraid it's a big problem.

Guo Caiwei didn't care about the expressions of Lin Jue's master and servant, she had long been accustomed to this kind of life where spending money was not considered at all. In her upbringing, she had never struggled with silver. All her expenses will reach tens of thousands of taels a month. This does not include the private money of 5,000 taels per month that King Liang specially gave her. For her, money is actually just a prop to buy things, just like the water in a well, which is inexhaustible.

"Let's eat quickly, let's go to the temple fair when we're done." It's fun outside today, and there is a temple fair in Daxiangguo Temple. Guo Caiwei urged with a smile.

"A temple fair? Why is there a temple fair today? It's not a year's worth of festivals. Lin Jue was surprised.

"Today is the Shangsi Festival, the third day of the third month of March. The Shangsi Festival in the capital is lively, unlike Hangzhou Mansion, which has long been just the Shangsi Festival. Listen, the sound of gongs and drums outside has already begun, and it should have begun. Guo Caiwei said with a smile.

Lin Jue suddenly realized that the third day of the third month of March is indeed the traditional Shangsi Festival. Shangsi Festival is actually a very ancient festival, in ancient times, on the third day of the third month of March, men and women gathered in spring. It is a very romantic and wild festival. It continued until the Tang Dynasty, and this custom remained unchanged. As the saying goes, 'the weather is new on the third day of the first month of March, and there are many beautiful people on the waterside of Chang'an', which is talking about the wild tour of the Shangsi Festival in the Tang Dynasty. It is recorded in the Analects: Those who are in the twilight of spring, the spring clothes are completed, the crown is five or six, and the boy is six or seven. That is to describe the scene of the master and his disciples gathering in Yishui to bathe in the late spring of the third day of the third month of the third month.

However, after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, etiquette became stricter, and the defense of men and women gradually became stricter. Naturally, things that are in harmony are strictly forbidden. However, the Shangsi Festival still has to be celebrated, so it has evolved into a grand occasion of participating in the temple fair after bathing at home. In Hangzhou City, the Shangsi Festival is basically not taken seriously, while in Bianliang City, the big temple fair is the main program of today's Shangsi Festival.

Everyone hurriedly ate breakfast, and each went back to change their clothes and prepare to go out. Lin Jue actually wanted to rest in the house, but when he saw that everyone was in high spirits, he refused to spoil the scenery. So he went back to a courtyard separated by a wall from the little county lord, which was the residence arranged by the little county lord for Lin Jue's master and servant, and the courtyard of the little county lord was side by side, and there was a hanging flower door in the middle of it, which was actually no different from living in a courtyard.

Soon after, everyone gathered in the antechamber and changed into new clothes. Guo Caiwei is wearing a set of lake green long skirts, with goose yellow spring clothes on her upper body, and the whole person is as delicate as a tall flower tree in spring. Green Dance only wears an ordinary plain skirt, but she also has red lips and bright teeth, a clever smile, and is extremely cute.

The two women walked out arm in arm, and Lin Jue followed behind and looked at the pair of beautiful people, feeling extremely satisfied. These two women are both the best in the world, and they are both their own women. Although Lin Jue would never compare his ability to conquer women with others, at this moment, it was inevitable that like any man, he would have some vanity in his heart.

The group left the mansion and found themselves in a wide alley. Although the location of this mansion is not the main street, the alley in front of the door is still wide enough for several carriages and horses to enter and exit. In fact, there are only a dozen family courtyards in this alley, all of which are the properties of wealthy families, so although the road is wide, there are no idle people passing by.

Standing in the alley, I could already hear the sound coming from the alleys on both sides, which was the noise of gongs and drums and people. It's just that the sound is a little faint through the walls of the tall houses and the trees, and it is as loud as the background sound, and it is not really audible. But just listening to this voice makes people look forward to it. Guo Caiwei, who loves to be lively, has already pulled the green dance and rushed out, heading straight to the alley in the east. More than a dozen palace guards in civilian clothes who were in charge of following the protection hurriedly followed. Lin Jue and Lin Hu also had to trot to catch up.

At the moment when everyone walked out of the alley, what seemed to be an invisible barrier of sound waves rushed over, and in an instant, the distant gongs and drums and noises turned into huge and complex sounds, which filled everyone's senses in an instant.

But on the street, there was a crowd of people, and the voices of people were boiling. On the wide Bianhe Street, the crowd of people is surging towards the north like a raging river. Red men and green women, old men hang down, drag children and daughters, and call friends. Among them, there are many small businesses, some carrying tall bamboo poles, and the grass above the bamboo poles is inserted with colorful faces. Some of them held a large pile of colorful ribbons in their hands, and the small windmills tied around them spun slightly. There are also a lot of colorful kites. With a snack box on his head. In short, what you see in front of you and what you hear in your ears is dizzying and lively.

Most of the people were dressed in new spring clothes, with bright smiles on their faces, and chattering. As citizens of the capital, they obviously live a much more comfortable and happy life, and their faces are more confident and proud than those from other places.

Lin Jue and Guo Caiwei and their group slowly moved north with the flow of people, and finally, after walking to the land of Lixu, a huge red building appeared in the field of vision beyond the gap in the treetops in front of them. Suddenly, the crowd in the street thinned out, and the crowd turned eastward into a huge square. At the same time, a heat wave gushes in the air, bringing with it all sorts of smells and sounds. And the huge red building finally fell into view completely.

It is the Great Xiangguo Temple, a magnificent temple built during the Northern Qi Dynasty more than 500 years ago. After more than 500 years of wind and rain, it is still glamorous and majestic. The eaves of this mountain gate facing are like hooks, the red wall is like the glow, and the green tiles are like scales, which is beautiful. There is a bell and drum tower on each side, which is equally tall and majestic. The ochre-red walls stretch in waves to both sides, surrounding the entire monastery. Through the sky above the wall, you can see the eaves and green tiles on the top of the second floor of the Tianwang Treasure Hall in the temple, as well as the Rui beasts on the roof ridge and the copper bells hanging at the eaves corners.

In Bianliang City, there are as many as 100 temples, and there are only more than 10 famous temples, and Daxiangguo Temple is undoubtedly the first of all temples. It is second to none in terms of scale and history. Of course. What makes the Great Xiangguo Temple even more famous is that the incense of this temple is prosperous, and the Buddhism is profound, and almost all the famous monks of the Great Zhou Dynasty come from this temple.

From a distance, at this moment, the huge square in front of the mountain gate is crowded with people. A huge incense burner in front of the mountain gate is filled with green smoke, and the people who make incense are like ants prostrate in front of the steps in front of the mountain gate and kowtow to pray. Lit incense is constantly being inserted into the giant incense burner, which is already full of incense. After the kowtow was completed, it was immediately replaced by a pious pilgrim. In the merit tray visited on both sides of the incense burner, the sound of copper coins being thrown in was tinkling, and there was an endless stream.

On the square, a little away from the mountain gate, rows of stalls are lined up along the edge of the square, boiling oil, and various ingredients are rolling out of the oil pot, exuding an alluring luster and fragrance. The smell of food is intertwined in the air, stimulating people's noses and taste buds. In addition to food stalls and trading stalls, there are all kinds of tricks and fun items on the small turf in the square. What fire, changing faces, juggling, swallowing swords, gravel, playing with knives, dancing guns, whipping, crawling fibers, lion dances, dragon dances, cockfights, monkeys, etc., there are also lantern riddles, couplets, poems, lyrics and other literary and ink ingenuity, Sao Ke Hongru, all to attach, show your talents. At this time, it is really a gathering of three religions and nine streams, and all kinds of people are equally happy, which is a picture of the joy of the market in the world.