On the Chinese New Year Festival, the whole world celebrates together, and even Hongcheng, far south of the Yangtze River, was no exception. Although the Turks rebelled before the Chinese New Year, Zhao Deyan swept the rebellious Turks with a thunderous force. All the implicated Turks were excavated one by one, and then their heads were cut off and hung on the city gate to show their public. For a moment, the Hongcheng wall was hung with heads.

Although this time, all the Turks who had resisted secretly were unable to eliminate all the Turks, their power was also hit extremely severely. After all, almost all the power accumulated for several years was destroyed by the Tang army, and some important figures were also captured and executed. The remaining power was probably less than one in ten. Moreover, as time went by, the Tang Dynasty's control over the Turks would only become more and more strict. It was almost impossible for them to restore their previous power, and the rest was just to survive.

When the Lantern Festival came, the rebellion in Hongzhou had basically been put down. Although the heads on the head of Hongcheng City were still hanging there, and the soil on the streets still had some faded blood, Zhao Deyan announced to celebrate the rebellion, and even the government paid for the huge giant lanterns on several streets. When night came, the entire Hongcheng City was brightly illuminated by the lights.

Hongcheng is not just lights, there are also many pedestrians on the streets. Although some people died in the previous rebellion, and even some Han people died by the rebellion of the Turks, the number is not large. After all, as soon as the Turks rebellion was launched, it was quickly knocked out of the inner city. Therefore, the Han people in the inner city suffered little losses, but many Turks in the outer city were killed or injured.

The Lantern Festival is a festival for the Han people. Therefore, when night falls, the Han people in the inner city also take their families to travel with lanterns. The number of Han people in Hongcheng is not small, more than 10,000. Of course, there are more Turkic people in the outer city. The population of the entire Hongcheng is about 40,000 to 50,000. This may be just a small city that cannot be smaller in later generations. However, during the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Chang'an and Luoyang, most cities had a population of only tens of thousands.

Xue Rengui walked on the street holding a carp lamp, and there was a beautiful girl beside him. I saw that this girl looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a green dress and tall figure. She stood with the extremely burly Xue Rengui, but she looked very petite.

"Brother Shi, let's go there and have a look!" At this moment, the girl next to Xue Rengui pointed to a tall beast lamp in front of her and said. However, the girl's expression was a little shy when she spoke, but she still forced herself to look calm, which looked extremely interesting.

"Okay, the place here in Hongcheng is really lively. I am much more beautiful than the lantern festival in Longmen County, my hometown!" Facing this girl, Xue Rengui also smiled and said.

"That's natural, but Hongcheng is just a newly built small town, and it's impossible to compare with Taiyuan. When I was in Taiyuan, the lantern festival there was really lively. However, if it was a lantern festival, the most lively one in the world would probably be Chang'an City. It's a pity that I have never been to Chang'an."

When the girl talked about Chang'an, her eyes also showed a look of yearning. After all, Chang'an is the center of the Tang Dynasty and the most lively city in the world. The population alone exceeds one million. A small city like Hongcheng may not even be as good as a corner of Chang'an.

"When we get married, we will go to Chang'an together. The Duke of the State said he would recommend me to study in the military academy. We can live in Chang'an for a few more years!" Xue Rengui said excitedly when he saw the girl liked Chang'an, but his words were too straightforward. The girl lowered her head shyly when she heard this, and she never dared to look at him again.

This girl is Liu Xiaozi, the expectant wife of Xue Rengui since childhood. This time, Xue Rengui came to Hongcheng. Before he could find them, he encountered a rebellion from the Turks. As a result, Xue Rengui made great contributions to quelling the rebellion and was specially summoned by Zhao Deyan. If Xue Rengui had not been ordered by Li Xiu and wanted to send him to the military academy to study, I am afraid Zhao Deyan would really directly take Xue Rengui, a powerful general.

However, Zhao Deyan could only be jealous now, and he also knew that being brave and resourceful like Xue Rengui and having a backer like Li Xiu behind him would definitely have a bright future in the future. So he also turned to make friends with Xue Rengui, took the initiative to help Xue Rengui find Liu Shilin's family, and personally helped Xue Rengui become a lobbyist. After all, Liu Shilin's daughter had been engaged to others before.

Speaking of the marriage of the young lady of the Liu family, it was really a confusing account. The young lady of the Liu family originally had a baby marriage with Xue Rengui, and both parties exchanged birthdays and tokens. However, Xue Rengui's father died early and he never contacted the Liu family. Moreover, the young lady of the Liu family waited for Xue Rengui for an additional year. It was not until last year that the young lady of the Liu family was almost seventeen, so she got engaged with another family. She planned to get married in the spring, but she didn't expect Xue Rengui to come back again. Even if she sued such a thing, no one could clear it up.

Facing Xue Rengui's sudden son-in-law, Liu Shilin was not sure about it for a moment. In fact, he was still very satisfied with Xue Rengui. Although the Xue family declined, Xue Rengui made great contributions this time when he suppressed the rebellion. Zhao Deyan also told him privately that Xue Rengui had a great backer, Li Xiu, and his future was unlimited. What's more, Liu Shilin and Xue Rengui's deceased father were friends for many years, so no matter from any aspect, he was more inclined to Xue Rengui.

However, Miss Liu had been engaged to another family before, and Liu Shilin dared not break the marriage. After all, this was related to the reputation of their Liu family. If one thing was wrong, the reputation of the entire Liu family would be bad. After all, the impact of breaking the marriage was too bad.

However, Zhao Deyan personally came forward to make peace this time. The family who was engaged to the Liu family was also an official in Hongcheng, so he naturally wanted to give Zhao Deyan a little face. It happened that Liu Shilin had a niece, two years younger than Liu Xiaoma, so the two families finally decided not to cancel the engagement, but let Liu Shilin's niece marry instead of the Liu family's little lady. Speaking of which, Liu Shilin's niece's family was not well off. This time, he could marry Liu Xiaoma to an official family instead of Liu Xiaoma, which made Liu Shilin's niece very happy.

It is precisely because of this that Miss Liu resumed her engagement with Xue Rengui, and Liu Shilin wanted them to go to Chang'an after marriage, so Xue Rengui temporarily stayed at the Liu family. Today, on the Lantern Festival, he asked his fiancée to come and enjoy the Lantern Festival.

Xue Rengui and Xiaoma Liu chatted while walking, and finally climbed a section of the city wall open in the inner city of Hongcheng, admired the lights of Hongcheng from a high place, and looked at the dazzling lights below. Xue Rengui suddenly thought of the more prosperous Chang'an City, and the lantern festival that Chang'an is a hundred times more lively than here, and he also showed an intoxicated expression for a moment.
Chapter completed!