The emperor flipped through the articles and paintings in his hands, and put them down after a long time, "I see that the brushstrokes on these are different, who painted them all?"
Man Bao's heart was beating violently, and he said quickly: "Your Majesty, we have asked Mr. Fang for help, and many people have been invited to help draw and copy."
The emperor thought that the manuscript was drawn by a different person, nodded, looked at Bai Erlang with a little appreciation, and asked, "You wrote this article and these stories?"
Bai Erlang replied "Yes", and then said: "Bai Shan pointed out the article, he wrote down a lot of information, more than half of the story was told by Zhou Man."
The emperor glanced at Zhou Man next to him, and said to him, "Why is it so rude to call senior sister and senior brother?"
Bai Erlang: "... Senior Sister."
Man Bao shuddered, glanced at Bai Erlang, and replied hesitantly in front of the emperor, "Huh?"
The emperor was very satisfied with this, and said to them: "Senior sisters and brothers should be brothers and sisters. Well, you have done a good job on this matter, Erlang, you can spend these few days with Xue Gui. Write down the results of Wagyu Governor's raid and attach it to the article, so you two should prepare everything well, and get everything ready before noon the day after tomorrow."
It's already afternoon now, so it's not two days at all, okay
At most one and a half days, that time is too tight, the two were about to bargain, the emperor said: "All the literate people in the army will be dispatched by you."
So in the afternoon, many people were called to copy stories and articles, and those who knew how to draw had to paint, and artisans in the army were recruited to make Kongming lanterns.
At noon the day after tomorrow, the wind was sunny and there was no wind at all. The official of Qintianjian said, "If you put it on at this time, the Kongming lantern will not be able to fly into the city."
The emperor was a little unhappy, and asked, "When will it be released?"
He deliberately rushed to the main camp from the small town, not to blow the wind, so he forced the officials of the Qin Tianjian with his eyes.
Qin Tianjian official: ...he can't make wind out of thin air, can he
So he ignored the emperor. Anyway, there is no wind now, and it is useless to force him.
The emperor could only wait with Zhou Man Bai Erlang and others, waiting for the wind to come.
Fortunately, this is winter, and the wind is still common.
The officials of Qin Tianjian felt the direction of the wind, and said to everyone: "This position is not suitable, we have to change it."
You can change it, anyway, now the outside of the three sides of the domestic city are occupied by the Jin army, as long as he doesn't say that he wants to go to the easternmost place to put Kongming lanterns, the emperor can satisfy him.
So the group of people changed places under the guard of the forbidden army. Half an hour later, a few lanterns floated up unsteadily, carrying Bai Erlang's efforts for many days to the inner city...
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Kongming lantern floated into the domestic city, and the specially wound rope inside was burnt, and the half-open cloth bag tied under the rope fell with the rope, and was blown by the wind in the air, rolling over Lots and lots of paper flew out.
The papers fluttered down, some flew to farther places, and some fell directly...
Naturally, Bai Erlang and the others couldn't see them. In order to ensure that the Kongming Lantern flew over the domestic city before burning the rope, they chose a place far away under the guidance of Qin Tianjian, and only saw the Kongming Lantern flying into the domestic city from a distance. City, do not know the outcome.
So they stood there and waited for a long time, and the imperial guard came back to report, saying: "Your Majesty, I saw that the articles on the Kongming lanterns flew down."
The emperor asked excitedly, "Are you sure?"
"Sure!"
"Okay," the emperor was overjoyed, and immediately said, "Release all the Kongming lanterns."
So everyone went to light the Kongming lanterns together.
Bai Erlang and Man Bao were the most excited. One of them was carrying a Kongming lantern while the other was lighting it. They also whispered, "It's a pity that Bai Shan can't come to light the Kongming lantern."
You know, even in the capital, they rarely have the opportunity to put lights on. Unlike today, they can put on as many lights as they want.
Man Bao and Bai Erlang worked together to release twelve lamps at one go, watching them fly up into the sky staggeringly, feeling very refreshed.
Every time a Kongming lantern is released, the two of them have to make a wish. There are twelve wishes for each of the twelve lanterns, so there are no duplicates.
The emperor put up three lanterns, turned his head and saw that they were still chanting, and couldn't help but said, "This is not a Kongming lantern for wishing."
Man Bao asked: "They are all Kongming lanterns, isn't it just that there is an extra rope underneath? What's the difference?"
The emperor couldn't tell the difference, so he could only say: "If you have nothing to do, don't make a wish. Even if you make a wish, you should break through the inner city as soon as possible, and the Eastern Expedition will end. This Kongming lantern was originally set up for war. You make private wishes indiscriminately. Be careful it's too heavy to fly."
Zhou Man and Bai Erlang: ... Maybe they have this wish, okay, and if the wish is heavy, they will lose it. This wish is even heavier, okay
There were eighty or ninety Kongming lanterns that rose into the sky, and the emperor purposely made up ninety-nine lanterns for good luck.
They flew in the air with difficulty along the wind, and then at a certain moment, they were shaken all over, the whole lamp became much easier, and flew faster and farther...
Meanwhile, paper rain began to fall in the domestic city, and many, many articles and paintings floated down from the sky and fell into various streets.
At this time, it was the afternoon when ordinary people had finished their work and went home for dinner. Although there were fewer pedestrians on the street than usual because of the siege, there were still quite a few people.
These people bent down to pick up the paper that fell on the ground, and subconsciously looked up into the air. Some of them saw nothing, while others saw the Kongming Lantern floating in the air.
"It's broad daylight, who is setting off the Kongming lanterns?"
Shouldn't this be left at night
You Ling shouted in horror: "Isn't this a signal for the Jin army to attack?"
"Then is this paper poisonous?"
As soon as this remark came out, many people who had picked up things were frightened and threw away the paper in their hands, with horrified expressions on their faces.
The literate person scanned the article on the paper, and said in a complicated manner: "It's not a signal, there is a crusade written on it."
"What is a crusade book?"
Literate people read out the articles, and the vernacular written by Bai Erlang is easy to understand, and ordinary people can understand it as soon as they hear it.
Not everyone is literate. Many people picked up pictures of figures. The people on them were doing well at first, then got worse and worse, and finally almost starved to death. After that, the emperor of Jin State asked people to cook porridge for relief …
This painting is very easy to understand. Although there is not a single word on it, but the familiar clothes let them recognize it as a government servant at a glance. The protagonist who is getting more and more bent let them know that this is three additional donations.
The people in the city instantly felt the same when they saw these paintings. Some people couldn't help crying when they saw the people in the paintings pushing their daughters out and handing them over to someone to take away.
In order to cope with the war, many of them need to sell their sons and daughters to raise taxes, and this war should not have started, if their king hadn't taken the initiative to attack Jin's Yingzhou...
written request for leave
I have something to do during the day today, I will update it at 8:00 pm See you in the evening