Tang riddles

In the middle of the night, Zhang Zheng returned from a banquet and entered the guest courtyard.Glancing at his sister and brother-in-law's house from afar, seeing that the lights had gone out, he sighed and walked back to his own house.

For several days in a row, he and his father were rejected by the lotus maid, and his father and himself were extremely anxious, wanting to confirm with their own eyes whether she was fine, but how could this child of the lotus maid be so lucky.In the end it was the water thrown by the married daughter, alas...

When Jiang saw him push the door in, she seemed to be taken aback, and accidentally dropped the needlework she was doing on the ground.

"Yuan Niang?" Zhang Zheng was puzzled by Jiang's reaction.Jiang's small character Yuan'er, hence the name.

"Zheng Lang is back." Jiang smiled, picked up the stretcher that fell on the ground, got up and went to pour tea for him, "I'm thirsty."

As soon as he approached him, a strong smell of alcohol came over his face, Jiang frowned: "Why did you drink so much again?"

"Alas..." Zhang Zheng sighed and took the teacup, "I can't help it. My father and I have just arrived in Fanyang. Fanyang's various families, gentry, and generals have banquets every day. My father and I are newcomers. It's so hard to refuse, so I have to go to the banquet every day."

"How many more are there?" Jiang Shi went to twist the veil to clean his face again.

"What's the matter, there are still five or six families." Zhang Zheng estimated, put down the teacup, and took the hot handkerchief to wipe his face.

"You are not good at drinking. How can you stand it if you drink like this day and night?" Jiang complained.

Zhang Zheng took her into his arms and comforted her with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just a few days, it will be over soon. By the way, the children should all go to sleep."

"Go to bed early." A smile finally appeared on Jiang's face.

Zhang Zheng loves her gentle and pleasant temperament, now, taking advantage of the strength of wine, he leaned over to kiss her, and said softly:

"Yuan Niang, let's have another fat boy." He has been busy with official duties these years, and he is a clean and honest official, so he doesn't have much savings.The family can't keep many slaves and maidservants, and Jiang needs to do many things by himself.After having two children, Zhang Zheng cherished the Jiang family, and for so many years, he never wanted a third one.

"Don't make trouble, the children are all in the back room, this is someone else's house, not like our own, please restrain yourself." Jiang pushed him.

Zhang Zheng was a little embarrassed, and said: "After two days, the house will be settled, and I will move out."

Jiang shi chuckled, and Zhang Zheng scratched his dark face embarrassingly.Recently, he and Jiang Shi have been concluding that it is time to have a third child, and he feels a little itchy in his heart.

After the couple washed up, they leaned on the bed and talked softly. Zhang Zheng was a little sleepy, but suddenly he heard Jiang saying to him:

"Zhenglang, there's something that I don't know how to tell you, and I've been hesitating for several days."

"What is it?"

"That's right, about my aunt and Bo Zhao."

When Zhang Zheng heard this, he frowned and looked at Jiang Shi.

"The little aunt accidentally took the medicine. On the day of the accident, I saw Bo Zhao carrying her back to the guest house. At that time, the little aunt was unconscious. Under the influence of the medicine, she kept pulling on Bo Zhao's lapel. The whole skirt was unraveled. Then I...I saw..." Jiang hesitated, unable to speak.

"See what?" Zhang Zheng asked.

"I saw that Bozhao seemed to have a chest wrap wrapped around his chest." Jiang said, and quickly added, "But I'm not sure if I made a mistake, maybe Bozhao was injured... I heard that When they had sex that day, Bo Zhao bled a lot, probably because he was injured."

Zhang Zheng was a little confused: "Wrapping the chest cloth? What do you mean?"

Jiang patted him, and said: "You are really drunk, how can there be a gentleman who wears cloth around his chest all day long? It's a hot day, I wish I could open my arms."

"Ah?" Zhang Zheng almost jumped up, "You mean Bo Zhao is...a woman?"

"Hush!" Jiang hurriedly covered his mouth, "Didn't I say that? I'm not sure, maybe Bo Zhao was injured."

Zhang Zheng frowned, and said after a while, "Don't think about it, how could Bo Zhao be a woman... He must have been injured. Otherwise, how could the lotus maidservant be with a woman..." Speaking of this, Zhang Zheng suddenly stopped , did not go on.

"Yeah, I also think I was wrong." Jiang said, not paying attention to her husband's strange expression.But deep in her heart, there was always a voice telling her that she was not mistaken, and things were just as she thought.

"Go to sleep." Zhang Zheng fell down, turned sideways and closed his eyes.Jiang Shi pursed her lips and lay down too.

In the night, Zhang Zheng's eyes slowly opened again.He raised his hand and touched his bearded face, carefully contemplating Shen Bozhao's fair and beautiful face, a seed fell in the bottom of his heart and took root.

……

Five days have passed since the accident on July [-], and it has entered August.

These five days, Shen Sui hardly ever went out, and was always by Zhang Ruohan's side to accompany her.On the way, Li Jinyue visited them several times, seeing that Shen Sui didn't want to move at all, she felt a little helpless.Shen Sui's body was indeed weakened, that heavy bleeding caused her to move slowly and listlessly for five consecutive days.Thirsty sleepy every day, always sleep seven or eight hours.

Li Jinyue also took time to visit Li Jiulang, Li Jiulang also suffered a severe loss of energy and had been recuperating from his illness.Li Jiulang hoped that Li Jinyue would convey his apology to Zhang Ruohan on his behalf.Zhang Ruohan just smiled and shook her head, she didn't care.

The summer sun is very good, but Shen Sui's body is a bit weak, his hands and feet are always cold in hot days, so he moved a big bearded bed that can be half-lyed, and lay down on the porch to bask in the sun.Li Jinyue sat on another bed beside her, and a small table was placed between the two of them, on which was the nourishing herbal tea prepared by the bride.

"The house has been selected. A wealthy businessman in Fanyang sells the house. The house is very large, with six entrances and eighteen courtyards. I have visited it. The Feng Shui is very good, the scenery is elegant, and it can be lived for a long time. It has been cleaned out now. Just wait for someone to live in." Li Jinyue said, taking a sip of tea.

"Then move in as soon as possible." Shen Sui leaned on the slum, squinted his eyes lazily like a cat and said.

Li Jinyue pursed her lips, she could not see the urgency conveyed by the word "as soon as possible".

"Are you going to take your father-in-law and elder brother's family in?" Li Jinyue asked.

"That's natural. There's no reason for a family to live separately." Shen Sui said naturally.

Li Jinyue pondered, and slowly leaned into her ear and said:

"Don't forget your identity, is it really good to live together?"

Shen Sui just shook his head: "It's nothing, don't worry."

"Alas..." Li Jinyue sighed.

"Why are you sighing so much?" Shen Sui squinted at her.

"I feel like I'm really worrying about others for nothing, and I'm not pleasing you." Li Jinyue was very depressed.

"Pfft hahaha..." Shen Sui laughed out loud, and put his arms around her shoulders, "Thank you princess for your care, Sui will remember it in my heart."

"Fuck you!" Li Jinyue opened her arm with a look of disgust.

"Hahaha..." Shen Sui smiled brightly, her beautiful eyes were bent into crescent moons, the sun reflected on her body, and there was a comfortable and bright breath.Li Jinyue gritted her teeth, deeply feeling that this guy seemed to be getting more and more beautiful.

Behind him, Zhang Ruohan and Wuya arrived at some unknown time.Wu Ya placed a mat behind Shen Suihu's bed, Zhang Ruohan sat down, took the silver iron pot with hot water from Wu Ya, and added water to the teapot.

Misty mist rose up, Shen Sui stared at the iron and silver pot in Zhang Ruohan's hand, and murmured: "The silver pot..."

"Huh? What?" Li Jinyue looked at her strangely.

"It's nothing..." Shen Sui shook his head and smiled.

Silver jug?Yinhuzhai, old man Yinhu, Chishi is missing grandpa... Zhang Ruohan understands.

"By the way, maidservant lotus, I have something to tell you, and it just so happens that Maomao is here." Shen Sui said, "Tomorrow we will move out of the Li residence, and the house has been prepared. Let’s live together. Maomao, you live in the barracks on weekdays, and it’s rare to come out again. I’ll give you an independent yard. If you want to stay in the future, come to me.”

"Aren't you afraid of suspicion?" Li Jinyue raised her eyebrows and asked.

"I'm not afraid, I can't hide it anymore." Shen Sui said with a smile.

Zhang Ruohan smiled faintly and listened quietly.

"After moving tomorrow, I want to take you out to see Changfeng Hall and Thousand Feather Gate. Are you interested?"

Zhang Ruohan's eyes lit up, but Li Jinyue waved her hand and said, "No, I'm busy with military affairs tomorrow, so I don't have time."

"Okay." Shen Sui patted her, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Well, the Xue brothers are not easy to get along with, and dealing with them is quite annoying recently. I have also tried it several times, and these two brothers say that they don't know anything about the cult, and they have nothing to gain. There is also Xue Chuyu. The youngest son, Xue Song, I played Cuju with him once, and he has been pestering me every day since then, which is really annoying."

"What's the matter, you have a new suitor?" Shen Sui teased her.

"Bah!" Li Jinyue couldn't help spitting regardless of her manners, probably because she had been in the military camp for a long time, and her vulgar soldier's habits were on her body, "This guy is a deadly enemy with Shibalang of the Cui family of Qinghe, so Cui Shi Balang loves me and pursues me, this guy also came to pursue me out of the desire to compete for comparison. Tell me, what is this called?"

"Haha, interesting." Shen Sui gloated.

Li Jinyue scratched the top of her hair irritably, her bun was a little tight today, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, Miss Yang has disappeared recently, but is it with you?"

"She pestered me and insisted on going to the Gongyue army camp with me. I had no choice but to follow her. And this little girl didn't know what was going on. She followed me wherever I went."

"Hehe, there is another person pestering you. Maomao, you have had a lot of luck recently." Shen Sui said.

"Nonsense! Yuhuan is only a little older, how can she understand those things. Don't talk nonsense." Li Jinyue frowned.

"Okay, okay, I said something wrong." Shen Sui laughed.

Zhang Ruohan smiled slightly behind them, listening to them bickering with each other, felt that the time had returned to 17 years ago in a trance, carefree young people were playing with each other, never thinking about the future.

A breeze blows by, and the wind chimes in the corridor jingle, like the laughter of children.

……

At noon of the next day, Shen Sui stood panting under the shade of the eaves of the new house, already sweating a lot.Fanning the wind with her sleeve, she said:

"It's almost autumn, why is it still so hot today?"

"Don't stick around, there's a box over there, help carry it in!" Xiong Niang greeted her from a distance.

"Okay!" Shen Sui wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and walked over.

The Qianyumen team has been participating in the big search in the past few days, there is not enough manpower, and Shen Sui needs to do a lot of trivial matters by himself. This move is also done by Hutuo and a few brothers who guard her personally.Fortunately, there wasn't much luggage, and the father-in-law Zhang Jiuling and a few servants from Zhang Zheng's side came to help, and they were all moved in a while.

Shen Sui broke a big watermelon, and the men sat on the porch and ate the watermelon. After Shen Sui ate two slices, he took four slices and went to his room.

At that time, Zhang Ruohan had already packed clothes and other necessities with his sister-in-law, Jiang Shi, with the maidservants, and was not in a hurry for the rest.The maid retreated, sister-in-law Jiang Shi and Zhang Ruohan had just sat down and had a sip of tea when Shen Sui came in.

"Sister-in-law, lotus maid, eat melon." She smiled and put the melon plate on the table beside the two of them.

"Why are you sweating so much?" Zhang Ruohan saw that she was sweating profusely, and her robe was soaked with sweat, so she quickly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to help her wipe off the sweat.

"I don't know. In previous summers, no matter how hot it was, they wouldn't sweat so much. Today, they just moved a little, and they kept sweating." Shen Sui said depressedly.

Zhang Ruohan listened worriedly: "You have to show the girl again, it's not all over yet, so don't always try to be brave."

"I can save it." Shen Sui smiled at her.

On the side, Jiang Shi, who had been silent since Shen Sui came in, pretended to inadvertently land on Shen Sui's throat, looked carefully for a moment, and then landed on her cheeks, jaw and around her chin.Then, she shifted her gaze down, looking at Shen Sui's sweat-drenched front.

At this moment, Shen Sui's gaze suddenly came over, Jiang Shi was startled for a moment, and quickly shifted his gaze, trying his best to hide his expression.

"Sister-in-law, eat melons. It's hot today, so you've sweated a lot."

"Many, thank you." Jiang said with a smile, she picked up a piece of melon, looked away, and slowly ate it.

Such a sharp person...Jiang's back was already soaked in cold sweat.

"Bo Zhao, I heard that you bled a lot that day, but were you injured?" Jiang asked.

Zhang Ruohan paused when he went to fetch the melon, but Shen Sui still smiled calmly.

"Yeah, I got hurt a little bit." Shen Sui smiled, raised his right hand which was still wrapped in bandages, and said, "I accidentally cut my hand that day, and a few days ago, I met a bad guy in the Cui family in Qinghe , I was cut in the back, and it’s still not healed.” She pointed back to her back again.

Zhang Ruohan picked up the melon slices and ate them in small bites, expressionless.

"Hey, look at you, you have a big injury and a small injury, is there a serious problem?" Jiang's face showed concern.

"It's okay, it's just that I've lost a lot of blood recently, maybe a little anemic." Shen Sui said with a smile.

"Be careful. I heard from Zheng Lang that you are an official who specializes in investigating major and important cases. You have come into contact with some vicious criminals all day long. Whether or not the case is solved is not the most important thing. You have to protect yourself," Jiang urged. .

"Thank you sister-in-law, I'll save it." Shen Sui was kind and kind, with a gentle smile.

Jiang ate the melon in a hurry, got up and said goodbye.Shen Sui and Zhang Ruohan sent her out of the room, watching her leaving back, Zhang Ruohan held Shen Sui's shoulders, tiptoed and whispered in her ear:

"Sister-in-law suspects you..."

"That day, I was disheveled and she saw me." Shen Sui said in a low voice.

"What should I do..." Zhang Ruohan pressed against Shen Sui, her body trembling, it was all her fault.

Shen Sui turned around and embraced her in his arms, with a calm and calm voice, which made people feel at ease: "Don't worry... In terms of concealing identity, there is no one in this world who is better at this than me."

The author has something to say: It's really a time of internal and external troubles and difficulties.

Someone asked the lotus maid when she fell in love, and I can only answer: I don't know where it started, and it goes deeper and deeper.But she matured precociously and fell in love earlier than Shen Sui.