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Text Chapter 1319: Carrying on the Past and Forging into the Future (9) Celebration (Part 1)

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    Ding Shang came to Jicheng from Cangzhou two years ago. In Cangzhou, he owned a silk and satin shop. When he arrived in Jicheng, he still started his old business. He rented a storefront in the city and started his old business.  With the expansion of Jicheng, the location of his shop has changed from a somewhat remote area to one of the most prosperous commercial areas. With the breakthroughs in silk reeling and satin weaving technology in the past two years, the development of silk and satin has also increased.  Prices have fallen sharply, and in the Han Dynasty, there are no restrictions on the wearing of clothes like in other countries. As the Han people become rich, more and more people wear silk and satin. Ding Shang's business is much better than before. In the past, he was alone.  Well, now we have hired two helpers.  Ding Shang is in his early forties this year. In the eyes of ordinary people, he is a successful man. Although he is a bit old, he is alone and very wealthy. Naturally, he has become a favorite in the eyes of many people.  Young matchmakers came to propose marriage, but to everyone's surprise, all proposals were rejected by Ding Shang.  Although Ding Shang runs a silk and satin shop, he usually wears very ordinary clothes. But today, for the first time, Ding Shang put on a silk and satin jacket. The two helpers usually lived in the shop, so they also helped him at this time.  Ding Shang asked Ding Shang to button his coat and tie his belt. He also brought a velvet hat and put it on for Ding Shang.  After getting dressed, Ding Shang looked at the two helpers and smiled, patted them on the shoulders, turned around, opened the door, and walked out.  "Oh, Boss Ding, you are so strange today. Are you dressed so well? I have never seen you dressed like this during the Chinese New Year in previous years!" As soon as he stepped out of the threshold, a familiar voice came to his ears.  Ding Shang looked back at Yi Anlin, the owner of the silk and satin business next door, who was looking at him with a smile.  "Today is a special day!" Ding Shang said with a smile, "Of course you have to dress better, isn't it the same with Boss Yi?" Yi Anlin laughed: "Yes, yes, this is the first time since the founding of our country.  During the celebration, I heard that the King will come out at that time. To be honest, ordinary people like us don¡¯t have many opportunities to see the King in our lives. Naturally, we have to dress better, maybe the King can also see us.  Well, if we don¡¯t dress appropriately, we will inevitably disappoint the king!¡± ¡°With so many people, how could the king see us?¡± Ding Shang shook his head.  "We are united!" Yi Anlin patted Ding Shang on the shoulder. Ding Shang couldn't help but trembled, and his shoulders slumped downward.  "What's wrong, Boss Ding?" Yi Anlin looked at him strangely.  "No, my shoulders have always been a little sore these days. Boss Yi has strong hands, so I can't stand the slaps!" Ding Shang explained.  "Oh, that's it. Boss Na Ding needs to be more careful and see a doctor early. It's freezing out here, and it will be troublesome if he develops an old disease." "Yes, yes, but these two days  , I can¡¯t find a doctor either!¡± Ding Shang said with a smile.  "That's true." Yi Anlin smiled.  The two of them walked towards the assembly point, talking and laughing.  This time the celebration parade is based on blocks. After the people allowed to participate in the parade in a block gather, they set off together.  When we arrived at the gathering place, it was already bustling with people.  But Ding Shang only glanced at it, and then his expression changed drastically.  Because two railings have been erected there, one after another people are being checked there before entering the street in front.  "Weird. Why do we still need to be examined?" Yi Anlin muttered to himself, turning to look at Ding Shang, "Boss Ding. What's wrong with you? You look a little ugly?" "My shoulder hurts a little." Ding Shang whispered.  "It doesn't matter." "It's nothing!" Ding Shang gritted his teeth and followed Yi Anlin.  In the front, Li Xu from the National Security Bureau was holding a big dog in his hand. He stood on the edge of the fence and stared at the people undergoing inspection one by one. This block is Jicheng Old Street, and the permanent residents living here are  I have lived in Jicheng for at least two years. There was no such strict security check in the first place, but last night, I suddenly received a notice from my superiors that all people participating in the parade must undergo security checks before setting off, and he is affiliated with  A special department of the National Security Agency.  The big dog he was holding was very quiet all the time. He was lying on the ground with his eyes half open and half closed, as if he hadn't woken up yet.  Ding Shang walked to the fence and raised his hands high. A soldier fumbled up and down and nodded to indicate that he could pass. Ding Shang breathed a sigh of relief, stepped over the fence in one step, and walked inside.  Go, when he walked to the big dog, he glanced at the huge dog curiously.  At this moment, the big dog that looked half-dead suddenly stood up, whining, standing up on its front legs, and put its two dog legs on Ding Shang's body.  ? ?Shang was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground. Before he could react, Li Xu's eyes widened and he yelled, "Hold him, hold him." Although several soldiers didn't know why, they still  He rushed forward as quickly as possible and held down the struggling Ding Shang's legs and feet.  "My lord, my lord, this is Ding Shang from our neighborhood, an old neighbor. What's going on?" Yi Anlin, who was behind Ding Shang, was so shocked by this sudden turn of events that his face turned pale and he looked at the big dog's tongue.  He swept it back and forth on Ding Shang's face, fearing that the beast would bite him in one bite.  Li Xu ignored Yi Anlin's shouting and groped around Ding Shang's body for a long time. He found nothing, and he couldn't help but look puzzled. However, the big dog still clung to Li Shang's body, purring lowly.  He bit Ding Shang's jacket and kept tearing it.  Li Xu's mind flashed, he pulled out the knife with a choking sound, and with a squeak, he cut open the satin side of Ding Shang's coat and tore it apart suddenly.  Seeing Li Xu¡¯s actions, Ding Shang closed his eyes in despair.  Among the thick cotton wool in the coat, packages of things were carefully sewn into it. Li Xu tore off a small package, put it between his nose and smelled it, and his expression suddenly changed.  ¡°Drag this bastard up.¡± He yelled.  Several soldiers stood up Ding Shang. Li Xu took off Ding Shang's cotton-padded jacket and took out a package of things. This was nothing else. This was a package of gunpowder. If this bastard was allowed to use such a large amount,  Bring the gunpowder to the square of the Parliament Building and detonate it with a bang, which will be great fun.  Ding Shang, who had his cotton-padded jacket taken off, closed his eyes, his body shivering from the cold wind in the early morning, but the despair inside was ten times more piercing than the cold outside.  In the end it was not successful.  "You bastard, spy." Li Xu went up and said, "Someone, take him away." Yi Anlin stared at all this in stunned silence, "How is this possible?" Not far away from the parliament building  In an inconspicuous small building far away, Shangguan Hong and Cao Tianci were sitting opposite each other. From time to time, someone would run in in a hurry and whisper something to Cao Tianci.  "Another one!" Cao Tianci raised a finger and said to Shangguan Hong.  "Eight have been arrested." Shangguan Hong shook his head.  "Are you sure that no one will slip through the net?" "Absolutely impossible. This time, the number of people who can enter the Parliament Square after participating in the parade and celebration is limited. These people are from the neighborhoods of the old city. If they want to enter, they must  It has to go through my inspection, maybe they can hide it from people, but they can't hide it from a dog's nose. "How did you come up with this trick, actually training a dog to smell the smell of gunpowder?" Shangguan Hong asked with interest.  .  "I didn't come up with it. The king told me. The king said that dog noses are many times more sensitive than our human sense of smell, so training some dogs like this can help us do what many people can't do.  That's why our National Security Bureau trained a group of dogs because gunpowder is so destructive. I originally wanted to be prepared, but I didn't expect to use these spies this time. It would be great if I didn't have these.  Dogs can really let them sneak in." Cao Tianci stood up.  He stretched and said, "Okay, Shangguan, everyone has passed the inspection now and should be fine. You can go about your business. I want to interrogate these people who were caught to see who they are."  "Is this still a trial?" Cao Tianci smiled and turned around and walked out.  This small building is the headquarters for security protection of this celebration.  For ordinary people, they naturally have no idea how strict the security procedures for this celebration are.  In the parliament building, Gao Yuan was chatting and laughing with Fan Zhuo, the envoy from Chu. Fan Zhuo's mission to Han this time was not for the celebration of the Han Kingdom. He was actually here to propose marriage to Princess Shuyu, but it happened to be the meeting.  He also became a guest invited by Gao Yuan.  The infantryman was already in his thirties, but he had never married. This was originally a problem for Gao Yuan, but he was a little surprised when a Chu man came to propose marriage, but he smiled when he heard the reason. Back then, the infantryman had been escorting Shuyu from Jicheng.  The princess was escorted back to Yingcheng, Chu State. Or at that time, Princess Shuyu remembered this iron-footed general. The infantry had been ordered by him to return from Jinyang. If the infantry himself agreed, then the marriage would be considered a success.  Fan Zhuo had a relatively deep relationship with the Han State. He was the backend boss of the largest silk and satin merchant in the Chu State, and the Han State happened to be the largest importer of silk and satin. Naturally, he was sent here because he had a relatively good relationship with the Han State.  Easy to talk to.  Fan Zhuo was very happy, because judging from Gao Yuan's tone, as long as the infantry agreed, there would be no problem with the marriage. The princess of Chu married into Han, even though she was only married to a general.??But the relationship between this general and the king of Han Dynasty is extraordinary. It can be regarded as adding a little weight to the peace between Han and Chu, and it may play a role in the future.  Just as he was talking happily, Cao Tianci strode in, "Your Majesty, all the people participating in the parade have entered the designated area, and it will start in half an hour." "Well, everything is going well, right?  ?¡± ¡°It¡¯s okay. We caught some people who were planning to cause trouble, and a group of them actually carried gunpowder. If they were allowed to sneak into the parliament building square, they would probably cause a lot of casualties.¡± Cao Tianci turned around with a smile.  Fan Zhuo, "After our interrogation, some of these people actually said that they were sent by Da Chu." "This is absolutely impossible." Fan Zhuo stood up abruptly, "Minister Cao, you can't joke about this.  How could our great Chu do such a thing?" Cao Tianci chuckled, "Yeah, I also thought they were talking nonsense, so after torture, they confessed that they were sent by Lu Chao with the purpose of sabotaging it.  This is our celebration." Fan Zhuo looked relieved and said with a wry smile, "Minister Cao, you can't joke like that. You scared me to death." "Master Fan was so nonchalant. It was really a joke.  Yes." Cao Tianci said calmly.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!
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