My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Tomorrow is a day off, and it is also the day when Chang An and Gu Li are going to get married. After Chang An took a day off from school, he made an appointment with Du, Cui, Zhang, and Zhao, and then went home with Huaiqin.

After several days of decoration, the house already has a wedding feel - red cloth and big red lanterns are hung at the door, and even the two stone lions at the door are hung with a red hydrangea each; there is also a rolled-up red carpet next to the door, waiting to be rolled out tomorrow.

Walking into the door, the pillars and eaves around were hung with red cloth and red lanterns, and on one side of the courtyard there was a green tent-like thing, which was the Qinglu. The maids and servants in the house were also busy at this time, preparing for tomorrow's wedding.

After Chang An was dragged by his father to worship his ancestors, he returned to his own courtyard. Because his room was a wedding room, the red "囍" character was pasted on the window paper and the door. Chang An returned to the room and came to the desk and sat down on it to rest for a while.

"Sir, you are getting married tomorrow." Huaiqin came to the table and planned to tidy up.

"You should take a rest today, as you will still have to work hard tomorrow." Chang An stretched and said.

"The young master's room has not been made yet. Later, the Gu Mansion will send someone to help with the decoration." Huaiqin said, her hands moving non-stop, "Wait until the young master's room is made, Huaiqin can rest."

"Okay, okay, I can't beat you." Chang An smiled, then seemed to have thought of something and shouted, "Huaiqin?"

"Sir, I'm here." Huaiqin responded.

"How old are you this year?" Chang An asked.

"Sixteen."

Sixteen years old, it is indeed the right age to get married, and then Chang An asked: "Do you have a favorite man?"

"No." Huaiqin hadn't reacted to Chang'an's words, but soon she felt something was wrong. She straightened her back, still holding a few cups in her hands, and turned around to ask, "Why are you asking Huaiqin this, sir?"

"Nothing, just go ahead and do your work." Chang An originally wanted to arrange a marriage for her, but when he heard that she didn't have anyone she liked, he had to give up.

"Oh." Huaiqin didn't doubt it much and turned around to continue cleaning up.

Huaiqin was tidying up there, while Chang'an was taking a nap at the desk. Huaiqin looked at the sky outside, then came over and patted Chang'an gently, saying:

"Sir, the time is almost up. You should go and meet up with the other gentlemen."

Chang An opened his eyes, stood up and nodded in response. Then Huaiqin walked to the sword rack, picked a sword, and hung it around Chang An's waist, still mumbling:

"Sir, remember to eat something before you go to Zuiyun Tower. Drinking on an empty stomach is uncomfortable. After you've drunk, send someone to find Huaiqin, and Huaiqin will come to take you home. Also, don't stand by the river after drinking, otherwise you will fall into the water..."

"ok, ok, I got it."

Chang An looked at the little girl who was a head shorter than him, smiled and touched her head.

Only after Huaiqin stuffed some banknotes and silver into Chang'an's clothes and purse did she feel satisfied and brought him to the door, watching him get on the carriage and leave.

When Chang An got off the carriage with a bun in his hand, Du Chengming and others were already waiting at the door.

"Sorry for the long wait, brothers."

"Not long ago, we just arrived."

"We're already at the door, let's go in." Chang An stuffed the last bit of bun into his mouth and walked into Zuiyun Tower.

When the waiter standing at the door saw Chang An, he hurried forward to greet him and led him to the private room on the second floor that had been booked long ago. Everyone took off their weapons and sat down together. Chang An glanced at the waiter beside him and said:

"I will be getting married tomorrow. If you have any food or wine that represents a good omen, please bring them all up."

"Okay, Mr. Chang, please wait a moment."

After the waiter left, Cui Hujin teased, "It seems that Brother Chang attaches great importance to the wedding tomorrow. He invited us out for a drink and even ordered these dishes."

"Have a laugh."

"What are you laughing at? We just need to eat, and you, Brother Chang, will be responsible for paying the money." Zhao Guanzhong also laughed.

As they were talking, the waiter came into the private room with two jugs of wine. At this time, Zhang Rusi glanced at Chang An and asked, "Doctor, what is the name of this wine? Does it mean anything good?"

"Mr. Zhang, this wine is called Zhuangyuanhong."

"Oh?" Du Chengming looked at Chang An meaningfully and said, "Then why is this Zhuangyuanhong called Zhuangyuanhong?"

"This 'number one scholar red', firstly, means that Mr. Chang may become the number one scholar in the imperial examination in the future, and secondly, 'red' refers to Mr. Chang's happy event tomorrow." The waiter said respectfully.

"What a great prize! Here's your reward!" Du Chengming slapped the table, threw out a piece of silver, and said, "Go get two more pots."

As soon as the waiter took the silver, he was delighted and quickly said, "Okay, gentlemen, wait here for a moment."

Chang An looked at them, chuckled, took one of the pots and poured it into his own cup, and the other four also took it one after another and poured a cup each. After the five people's glasses were filled, they all raised them to the middle of the table.

"With this wine, we would like to wish Brother Chang'an a happy wedding tomorrow!"

"Thank you for your good words, let's do it!"

"Dry!"

As they drank, the waiter placed the dishes in front of them one by one, and they began to eat. But halfway through the meal, Chang An suddenly put down his chopsticks, and the four of them were a little confused when they saw this.

Cui Hujin asked, "Brother Chang, why don't you want to eat? Is this food not to your liking?"

"No," Chang An picked up the wine glass and said, "It's really boring to just eat and drink... This is my last dinner before I get married. It's really boring if I don't play something."

"Oh? I wonder what Brother Chang wants to play?" Zhang Rusi asked.

"We are all scholars, good at both literature and martial arts. But this private room is too small, so we can't use martial arts." Chang An glanced at everyone and said, "Then let's do the literary thing and make drinking games with poems!"

"That's fine. Let's do as Brother Chang said and play some drinking games," said Zhao Guanzhong.

"Brother Chang is the chief, so Brother Chang will be the commander. Let him speak first."

"No problem!" Chang An said. He looked around and didn't see anything suitable for writing a poem. After thinking for a while, he said, "So I'll use bamboo as the theme: deep roots, strange joints, and it can stand up to wind and snow."

Chang An's successor was Du Chengming. Du Chengming thought for a moment and said, "One or two poles, thousands of leaves. I should have a plan in mind."

"Although it is a drinking game, your poem, Brother Du, is far inferior to Brother Chang's," said Zhang Rusi.

"That's right. Brother Chang's words don't have the word "bamboo" in them, but every sentence he writes is about bamboo. There's also the story of "bamboo stands proudly in the wind and snow". You are still far behind him." Cui Hujin also teased.

"But at least I've come out right. Can you guys do it? If not, just drink." Du Chengming said with some dissatisfaction.

Turning to Zhao Guanzhong who was in the lower position, Zhao Guanzhong thought for a while, then smiled and picked up the wine glass and said, "I don't think I can answer it right, I'll drink!"

......

After a few rounds, everyone was having fun. The drinking game was not limited to poetry, but also guessing objects. Later, they even took an empty pot and played pitching pot. In this way, even Chang An drank several cups because he couldn't throw the pot into the pot.

"Hey, brother Chang, tell me the truth, do you really like that lady from the Gu family?" Zhao Guanzhong approached Chang An and asked in a low voice, while the other three also came over, "Or did you have some interactions with that lady Gu before, and Dr. Chang urged you so hard that you agreed to the marriage."

"Yes, yes, you are not usually so easy to give in." Zhang Rusi also said.

"Tell us quickly if there is any story behind this."

Chang An smiled, picked up a wine glass in front of him and said, "Actually, I first met Madam Gu during my last vacation. Because my father was really pressing me, I had no choice but to agree to this marriage."

"I remember that my father pressed me for this marriage for more than a year. Later, I couldn't stand it anymore and agreed."

"Is this true? You are still making up stories here. Tell the truth." Even though Chang An and Du Chengming had said it last time, he still didn't quite believe it.

"It's indeed true." After Chang An drank the wine, he poured another glass.

"Does Brother Chang like Madam Gu?" Cui Hujin asked again.

"Actually, that great scholar Chang doesn't like Madam Gu."

Just when Chang An hadn't figured out how to answer, the sound from the private room next door suddenly reached the ears of Chang An and others, making them very confused. The five of them looked at each other for a few seconds, then stopped talking and started listening to the conversation in the private room next door.

The people in the private room next door had just arrived and sat down while talking. The two private rooms were separated by a screen instead of a wall, so everything they said could be heard by the people next door.

"If Chang Langjun didn't like Madam Gu, why did he marry her?" Different from the previous voice, "I remember someone saying that Chang Langjun and Madam Gu have been meeting from time to time recently. How can there be talk of not liking her?"

"Do you remember that Mr. Chang is a man who hates business?" The first voice continued to be heard, a female voice, "It is said that Mr. Chang has never met any businessmen, but why is he willing to marry a merchant's daughter this time?"

"In fact, some people say that Mr. Chang was forced to get married by his own doctor Chang."

"Forced? Why?"

"You haven't seen that Madam Gu. She is so beautiful that she can make fish sink to the bottom of the water and geese fall to the ground. She is extremely beautiful even without any makeup. I guess it was Madam Gu who took advantage of Mr. Chang's drunkenness and seduced him with her beauty. In the end, she turned around and falsely accused Mr. Chang of defiling her innocence, so she forced Mr. Chang to agree to this marriage."

As Chang An listened, he clenched his fists unconsciously and gritted his teeth, as if he was suppressing his anger as he continued to listen.

"That's not right. I heard that Mr. Chang had no contact with Madam Gu before." The third voice came.

"Do you remember that more than a year ago, Mr. Chang got drunk and fell into the water here, and Ms. Gu was also there at the time. Ms. Gu probably had an affair with him before that."

The four people here were more and more surprised as they listened. Du Chengming looked at Chang An who was trying hard to suppress his anger and asked tentatively in a low voice: "Brother Chang, is what they said true?"

"Of course not," Zhang Rusi retorted in a low voice, "Brother Du, you forgot that Brother Chang was drinking with us before he fell into the water, but we didn't see any beautiful lady enter our private room."

"In other words... this is a rumor?" Du Chengming asked again.

But this time, before Zhang Rusi could answer, Chang An picked up his sword, stood up and walked towards the private room. The four of them looked at each other, secretly thinking that something was wrong, and followed him.

The three people in the compartment were talking excitedly and did not notice that Chang An had come over. It was not until Chang An drew his sword that the sound of the sword attracted their attention.

"Hey, Chang...Mr. Chang." The three people present, two men and one woman, all saw Chang An. They didn't know whether he had heard what had just been said, so they could only greet him stiffly.

Chang An did not respond to them, but smiled. He slowly walked to the table of several people, raised his sword and knocked the wine glasses and side dishes in front of them to the ground, then stepped on the table.

"What's wrong? Don't worry about me," Chang An smiled, but his eyes were filled with anger, and he almost raised his sword to chop them on the head. "You guys continue talking, I'm also curious about how this story develops later."

"Mr. Chang...Mr. Chang..." The woman sitting in the main seat, who was facing Chang An, was so frightened that she couldn't speak clearly.

"Go ahead, I won't eat you..." Chang An just smiled, looking straight at the woman, "After all, I also want to hear some interesting stories about myself that I don't even know."

The four people standing behind Chang An were also nervous, fearing that Chang An would suddenly jump up and do something out of line at any time.

"Since you guys don't want to talk anymore, it's my turn to talk..." Chang An saw that everyone was too scared to speak, so he said, "There was no dirty behavior between Madam Gu and me as you said. I was drinking with the four gentlemen behind me that day. If that really happened, do you think they wouldn't know about it?"

"Mrs. Gu is a clean, gentle and virtuous woman. It is not your turn to point fingers at our marriage and make up rumors about it." Chang An raised his sword, pointing the tip of the sword at the tip of the nose of the woman who spread the rumors.

"If I find out that you guys are making up stories again and ruining Madam Gu's reputation..."

"I have plenty of ways to make you disappear in Chang'an City..."