Tang riddles

It was not early, and Li Jinyue was going to be on duty in the imperial city later. Shen Sui found a piece of his own clothes to change for her, and asked Hutuo to fetch a basin of water to wash his dirty feet. , Put on your shoes and socks, and re-do your hair in a bun.For the exhibition of the Holy Grail, she didn't feel at ease if she didn't sit in the town in person. This month, she could only be so nervous. She didn't stay in the princess mansion every night, but only set up a room in the turret of the imperial city for the soldiers on duty. come and live.Shen Sui asked her some basic information about the Holy Grail exhibition, kept her for dinner, and then sent her out.

Before leaving, Shen Sui remembered something and reminded Li Jinyue:

"Princess, do you still remember the matter of Yang's uncle and concubine that I mentioned to you earlier?"

"I remember, what's the follow-up of this matter? Has the Helan family ever troubled you?"

"Not yet. Yang's uncles and nieces are actually living in my house at present, and the Helan family has not found them yet. And because of the recent Holy Grail exhibition, the Helan family has never come to trouble Changfengtang again. I heard that He Lan's family has hoarded a lot of viewing volumes, and recently that kid He Lanzhe is selling some of them among dudes, so he has no time to pay attention to Yang Yuhuan's matter. But there is no guarantee that he will think about it again someday. Get rid of the root cause."

"They live in your house?" Li Jinyue subconsciously glanced at the yard behind her. Of course, she didn't see anything.

"Princess, hurry up on this matter. In a day or two, I'll be in better health. Let's settle this matter according to what we discussed before." Shen Sui said.

"Okay, I will find time to come over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, and we will talk about it in detail then." After finishing speaking, Li Jinyue neatly stepped on the horse that Shen Sui lent her, and rode out the door.

Shen Sui watched her leave, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Yang Yuhuan standing by the pillar under the porch, looking here.Shen Sui stood on the spot for a while, and then walked back.When she got closer, she smiled and asked Yang Yuhuan:

"How about it, Miss Yang, that is the princess of the Jin Kingdom that you admire the most. Today, how do you feel after watching it?"

"The eldest princess is gentle, straightforward and heroic, daring to love and hate." Yang Yuhuan lowered her head slightly, her cheeks were rosy and she replied, her evaluation was still very high.

"Hehehehehe..." Shen Sui laughed out loud, shook his head, did not respond to Yang Yuhuan's evaluation, and went straight back to the courtyard.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning was April [-]th, which was also the day that Shen Sui had decided to propose marriage at the Zhang Mansion.She had sent a post to Zhang's House before and said hello, and Zhang's House also wrote back, expressing their welcome at any time.Therefore, the Zhang family must be prepared today.

Shen Sui still has injuries on his shoulder, but as long as he doesn't lift heavy objects, his actions are no different from ordinary people.Huyan Zhuoma specially went out of the city and shot a pair of live geese for Shen Sui.Shen Sui originally wanted to fight with her own hands, but in the end she was stopped by her family, who advised her to just do it if she wanted to, and not to pay too much attention to form.Shen Sui had no choice but to accept it reluctantly, but he still felt a little helpless in his heart.

It is really rare for the groom to come to propose marriage in person.But because both of Shen Sui's parents died, and there was no order from his parents, it made sense for him to come to the door himself, and he seemed to take it seriously.However, Shen Sui still specially found the best matchmaker in Luoyang City to accompany her to the door. This matchmaker's words are still necessary.

Although the sage had already done the part of proposing marriage for her, she still had to complete it by herself.In fact, there are two steps to propose a marriage. To propose a marriage is to ask a matchmaker to go to the woman's door to propose marriage. Only when the woman is interested can she accept it. That is, the man prepares a pair of live geese and presents them at the woman's door.Shen Sui combined these two things into one thing.And the sage has even completed the six rites to the fifth rite for her, and the final wedding ceremony is short of it.

Shen Sui went to Zhang's mansion that day, and saw Zhang Ruohan's grandmother Lu Shi, second uncle Zhang Jiuzhang, and second aunt Wang Shi, but Zhang Ruohan was the only one who didn't meet.This is natural, Zhang Ruohan is also a woman who is about to marry now, how can she meet the "man" at will.Therefore, since Shen Sui left Yaowangtang and returned home, Zhang Ruohan was confined to the Zhang residence and could no longer go out.

The old lady Lu has always been very happy, looking at Shen Sui's eyes, she likes it more and more, and in the end she can't bear to let Shen Sui go.Zhang Jiuzhang and his wife examined the new son-in-law for Brother Jiuling, but they couldn't find any faults.He has excellent facial features, clear tongue, extraordinary conversation, straight posture and excellent temperament.He is very insightful when speaking, a character like green pine and red plum, Yun Wen Yun Wu.He is such an extraordinary and intelligent person who has solved major cases in a row and has a bright future.I just feel that this young man is so beautiful, no wonder he can capture Sanniang's heart.

A few days ago, after Zhang Jiuzhang heard about Zhang Ruohan and Shen Sui from Zhang Shuo, he immediately wrote a letter to Lingnan and reported it to his eldest brother Zhang Jiuling.Zhang Jiuling wrote back, leaving everything to his mother, Lu Shi, to make decisions, and what his mother meant was what he wanted.There is joy between the lines, and it can be seen that Zhang Jiuling is still very happy after hearing the news of his daughter's marriage.

In addition, Zhang Jiuling also revealed that he may return soon, perhaps in the middle of the year.

The marriage proposal went smoothly, and the Zhang family was not afraid of being said to be impatient, so they combined their names and horoscopes on the spot, recalculated the wedding date, and it was consistent with the sage's calculation, so they set up an incense table and sacrifice on the spot, Shen Sui and Zhang Jiuzhang together Kneel down and pray to heaven and earth.It can be regarded as having completed four of the six rites, namely: nacai, asking for names, najib, and asking for a date.Shen Sui only needs to be hired the next day to complete the recruitment, and finally he can welcome his relatives.

The wedding day is set on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month. It's a coincidence that according to Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan's horoscope, this auspicious day is just now. The matchmaker Shen Sui invited said in succession: "It's a match made in heaven. It's better not to get married at this moment." when.The good words made Lu Shi even happier, his wrinkles were all smiles, as if he was ten years younger.

The next day, Shen Sui really sent the betrothal gift right away. She was a big businessman with a lot of money, and she was unambiguous at all. There were many treasures in the betrothal gift, which even the Zhang family had never seen before.Shen Sui is from the south of the Yangtze River, and it is considered vulgar to send Suzhou embroidery silk, East China Sea night pearls, crystal agate, etc., the most eye-catching thing is a treasure that Shen Sui called "aquarium".It is full of marine life captured alive, such as jellyfish, seahorses, etc., which are extremely beautiful in glass tanks.The glazed water tank is like a miniature underwater world, and there is a palace like the Dragon Palace in it, which is unique and extraordinary.

There are also a lot of tricks and tricks in the dowry gift, among other things, let’s just talk about the cabinets. The cabinets with the four treasures in the southeast, north and west sent by Shen Sui are full of creativity and thoughtfulness, except for the exquisite materials used. Variety of fun.

On the day of the engagement, there was a stream of people coming and going outside the gate of the Zhang Mansion, a long line of horses and horses for the bride price, and a large number of onlookers gathered.All the brothers from the Luoyang branch of Qianyumen came, and all kinds of treasures were moved into Zhangfumen.In fact, Shen Sui didn't send much, she knew that Luoyang Zhang's Mansion was too small, there was no place to put it, Chang'an Zhang's Mansion, and a large part of it had been sent there at the same time.Even in Zhang's Mansion in Lingnan, brothers from the Lingnan branch of Qianyumen were hired at the same time.

In the end, the carriage used to carry the betrothal gift was also a part of the betrothal gift. It was Shen Sui's improved carriage, which was light, comfortable and had a large interior space. There were only four of them at once, and all of them were given to the Zhang family, so that the Zhang family did not have much space. The stables are full.

Just like that, Shen Sui still felt that it wasn't enough. Originally, she had personally made a long list of gifts. If Shen Jin hadn't forcibly cut her in half, she might have given something more exaggerated to the Zhang family.

After the day of Nazheng, the worst thing was not the brothers who carried the dowry, but the Zhang family who accepted the dowry advocated Jiuzhang, and was so scared that his chin and eyeballs almost didn’t belong to him. After a day, his hands were soft , The whole person collapsed.He works as Hongluqing, and he thinks he has seen all kinds of treasures, but today he opened his eyes.These betrothal gifts even left far behind the palace items such as silk and satin rewarded by saints.

Who is his niece and son-in-law? !It's scary!

That day, although Zhang Ruohan was not in the front hall, she witnessed the betrothal gifts piled up at home afterwards.To be honest, as a bride, she is still very sweet in her heart.But what Shen Sui did made her a little dumbfounded.Their Zhang family has always been peaceful and never poor, but they have never been rich, let alone pursue those extravagant treasures.The Zhang family really couldn't bear so many treasures.But one thing, Shen Sui didn't just pile up treasures blindly to show off his financial strength.Every dowry gift she gave was full of her heart, and all of them were exquisitely transformed by her hands, making them lively and interesting.

At the end of the dowry list was a letter, which was written by Zhang Ruohan personally, and that letter was given to Zhang Ruohan by Zhang Jiuzhang.Zhang Ruohan opened it, and there was only one sentence:

Seventeen years of longing crystallization, all with you.

So tears filled Zhang Ruohan's eyes.

On her birthday this year, she made a "Xinlian Bliss" for herself, and these betrothal gifts are made for her whenever she misses Zhang Ruohan in the past 17 years. There are birthday gifts, Shangyuan Festival and Qiqiao Festival , Obon Festival and other festival gifts, of course, there are also non-special days, she makes the things she has accumulated.Now these are all dowry gifts.

In this world, I am afraid that there is no such a dowry gift, which has condensed her thoughts for 17 years. As Shen Sui himself said, it is the crystallization of her thoughts.In the inconspicuous corner of each item, there is the last lotus pattern engraved by Shen Sui, which is exactly the same as "Xinlian Bliss", which means that they all belong to Zhang Ruohan.

Those same lotus flower engravings were actually discovered by the careful Zhang family, but they didn't think much about them, they just thought that they were specially customized by Shen Sui and were made by the same craftsman.Even so, the Zhang family was completely moved. In this world, I haven't heard of any betrothal gifts. All the betrothal gifts are specially customized, engraved with patterns that symbolize the bride.This one is enough to represent the groom's intentions.

On the day of the engagement, Zhang said that he was also in Zhang's house, but he was the only one. After seeing these betrothal gifts, he was happy and relieved, but inexplicably confused.He found that these betrothal gifts were old and new, and although they were all in good condition, some of them were clearly aged, but what was the reason for this unified lotus flower pattern?He is confused.

The most heartless is Wu Ya, this girl is as happy as a holiday, looking at all the treasures, her eyes are straight.In the past, when mentioning Shen Sui, it was always a little awkward, but now he said "Hello, uncle", "Great uncle", "My uncle is the best".Ask Zhang Ruohan to say that this girl is a money fanatic, and she is looking for money.

That night, under the light of the Rudou fire, Zhang Ruohan cut the last thread with the small scissors.Caressing the peony pattern under her hand, she smiled softly.She has loved lotus all her life, but she embroidered peonies on her wedding dress, but this peony has become her favorite flower at the moment.

"San Niang? You haven't slept yet." Wu Ya, who was lying on the side, woke up from a nap, and saw Zhang Ruohan softly touching the wedding dress that she had been embroidering for several days.

"Well, there is still a pattern missing, I hurriedly embroidered it."

"Embroidered?!" Wu Ya got up quickly, her eyes shining under the firelight, she hurriedly said:

"San Niang, try quickly, try quickly!"

"Try what, you girl." Zhang Ruohan's face turned red.

"San Niang~~~ I want to see you in your wedding dress, it must be very beautiful." Wu Ya said coquettishly, tugging on her sleeve.

Zhang Ruohan refused to agree, so Wu Ya stalked her, but Zhang Ruohan couldn't hold her back, so she reluctantly agreed to give it a try.

The bright red wedding dress, embroidered with colorful peonies, is as gorgeous as clouds. The belt is fastened, and the red gold silk buckle belt is tied, revealing a slim waist.In addition, you have to put on a Xiapei, which is complicated to wear, so I won't wear it tonight.But if this is the case, it also makes Wu Ya look crazy.

Zhang Ruohan, who had always dressed in light tones and used to give people the impression of Shengxue in white clothes, was probably the first time in her life to wear such colorful clothes.Because of this, it gives people a strong sense of contrast. Da Hong makes her so beautiful, so beautiful that even though Wu Ya has been with Zhang Ruohan for more than 20 years, getting along day and night, and getting used to her face, she still seems to be so beautiful. Totally amazed at first sight.She never knew that her third wife could be so charming and charming. It was a kind of beauty that overwhelmed the country and the city, just like the golden lotus in nirvana.

Wu Ya was at a loss for words, she didn't know how to describe the beauty of her third mother in her wedding dress.

But when Zhang Ruohan stood in front of the bronze mirror and looked at her appearance in her wedding dress, she suddenly smiled.That smile completely took away Wu Ya's soul, she was suddenly afraid, if outsiders saw Sanniang at this moment, something bad would happen.But at this moment, Sanniang is just in a state of not putting on makeup, nor having her hair up.If everything is tidied up, the whole city will be a sensation on the wedding day.

Fortunately, the bride covered her face the whole time.But for such a peerless beauty, just a back view can kill someone.

Zhang Ruohan didn't think as much as she thought. She was probably also surprised by her own appearance, and suddenly laughed, just because she felt that the person in the mirror was red all over, as if she had seen Chishi for the first time back then. Somewhat funny.Inadvertently thinking of a poem, when she got up, she shook the hem of her wedding dress, danced slightly, and sang slowly:

"Why do you punch? You have two golden rings on your arms.

Why be courteous?About a pair of silver.

Why is it so mere?Double pearls in the ears.

Why knock knock?The sachet is tied behind the elbow.

Why is it so broad?Double jump around the wrist.

How to make kindness?Beautiful jade decorated with Luo Ying.

Why knot the center?Plain strands with double needles.

Why do we get along with each other?Jin Bohua scratched his head.

Why do you feel goodbye to leave?Tortoiseshell hairpin behind the ear.

Why answer Huanxin?Wan brocade chixia skirt. "

The author has something to say: Oh my god, Sanniang, my little heart, Chishi will soon accept this fairy.

The last poem Sanniang sang is from "Poetry of Destiny of Love" - ​​Wei Jin Fanqin. The last line "Why answer Huanxin? Wanjin Chixia Skirt" was changed by me. The original sentence is "Why answer Huanxin ?Three skirts."