Go back to the Song Dynasty as a broker

It was the twelfth lunar month of winter, and there was another light snowfall in Bianjing City this day.Dongjiaolou Street is still full of people, people are selling charcoal with carts, and there are horse-drawn carts passing by. There are business discussions from the shops and stalls on the street, and the sound of music and singing from the distant Goulan.

Noisy, noisy, so lively!

Suddenly, I saw a team dressed in bright red playing the flute, beating gongs and drums passing by, their faces were full of smiles and they were very festive.

Mrs. Chen was dressed brightly and beautifully, wearing light vermilion clothes and an official matchmaker in brightly colored clothes, twisting her body, happily walking at the front of the line, with Xiao Tong's elder sister-in-law and Xiao Zhen beside her, and six musicians playing behind her, The handyman walking behind, or carrying baskets hung with red satin, or pulling a large wooden box with red satin and happy words on it in a carriage, these are dowry gifts.

A group of people swaggered past, extending back and forth for a mile.

Although this kind of marriage proposal is not as good as the family of princes and high officials, it is still very rare in the market!Therefore, many pedestrians stopped to watch, and people in the shops also came out to watch the excitement.

The whole street knows that today is the day when Xiao Tong, deputy envoy of Jiaofang, and Si Qinghu get engaged.Many people looked at the team and couldn't help but sigh with emotion as they reminisced about the past.

A beggar man with a broken bowl and a bamboo pole, dressed in rags and dirty clothes, said to his companion: "Oh, this Xiao Silang has been pestering Si Qinghu for so many years, I never thought she would marry him! I like it." The little flower at the street corner has been doing art for a long time, and it seems that she will have to persist for a few more years."

The companion sneered and said: "Who likes you, a stinky beggar, let's wait until you become an official!"

Who doesn't know that Xiao Silang was able to marry Si Qinghu not because of his stalking, but because of a change in his family's fate.After walking through the ghost gate, Xiao Tong changed his mind. Not only did he rely on his ability to revive his family business and get an official position, but he also restrained himself, never going to gambling houses and brothels.

When they arrived at the gate of Xiao's dental shop, Aunt Ruyi, Jia Luo and the handymen of the dental shop had already been waiting outside, welcoming the engagement team with beaming smiles.

Earlier, Si Qinghu thought that he didn't have an elder family member, and the matter of getting married was a bit unfair, so after discussing with Aunt Ruyi, he recognized her as his aunt, and let her take charge of the marriage matters.And Jia Luo just happened to recognize Aunt Ruyi as a godmother, so he and Si Qinghu became sisters.

Zhang Yuan, the daughter of the tailor's extravagant owner, stood at the door, leaning on the door frame and holding the silk scarf, watching the engagement procession enter the dental shop one after another, her delicate face showed a mournful look, and she was about to cry.

Boss Zhang stood beside her, sighed and said, "I told you that Mr. Xiao will become an official, so I asked you to walk around more. Do you regret crying now?"

Two tears fell from his eyes, Zhang Yuan wiped them, sniffled and said, "My sister Qinghu!"

The betrothal team stopped in the inner hall of the dental office, and the betrothal gifts were filled to the brim.According to the etiquette, Si Qinghu is not suitable to show up, so Aunt Ruyi and Jia Luo, two newly-acquainted relatives, received him.

Aunt Ruyi, members of Jia Luo and Xiao's family, and the matchmaker sat together and chatted happily.

Aunt Ruyi glanced at the betrothal gifts in the room, and said politely: "The Xiao family values ​​my niece so much, so I, as an aunt, can rest assured."

Chen Shi also smiled and said: "Auntie, you are being polite. Today, Shiro and Qinghu's two children have also completed their engagement ceremony. As for asking for a date to welcome their relatives, you also know Shiro's father... I am afraid it will take some time."

Aunt Ruyi said: "As long as the two children agree with each other, waiting will be fine."

Everyone chatted for an hour until the kitchen at the dental office prepared the banquet.

There are six ceremonies for getting married, which are Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming the relatives. The first three steps have been completed. Today is the last link of marriage engagement, Nazheng, which is the day of the next engagement.In addition to the dowry, the bride also needs to return a certain amount of gold, silver and silk.Extravagant weddings are prevalent in this world, and the dowry is even more important than the dowry, so almost all the savings Si Qinghu saved during these days are used for the dowry.

After sending off the Xiao family, Aunt Ruyi asked the handyman to move all the betrothal gifts back to the warehouse in the Siqing Lake yard. The lid of the box was opened, and there were gold and silver jewellery, pearls and jade, brocade and silk, and some melons and fruits that were necessary according to etiquette.

Jia Luo was dazzled by the sight, and couldn't help sighing: "Si Lang married Sister Qinghu, what a waste of money!"

The Xiao family had just experienced disaster at the beginning of the year, and they were so poor that they almost couldn’t get rid of it. Although the dental shop made a lot of money in one year, looking at the dozen or so big boxes, even if the Xiao family was not emptied, at least half of it was emptied.

Ling'er showed Si Qinghu two bolts of blue embroidered brocade, and said happily: "Miss, the Xiao family is really hardworking, and even prepared the wedding dress fabric for us!"

Si Qing smiled calmly on the lake, but in his heart he was excitedly looking forward to the word wedding dress.After waiting for more than a year, she will be able to pay homage to the person she loves and become a husband and wife.

She said: "The days are still far away, so please take good care of it first."

Jia Luo also walked to Si Qinghu with great interest, took the brocade from Linger's hand and looked at it, and suddenly asked: "By the way, Qinghu, Shiro is also a woman, why did you marry her, why can't she marry you? "

Si Qinghu's red lips raised slightly.

I remembered that one night, after they had been lingering, they lay on the bed covered with a quilt, wearing only an underwear.

Xiao Tong held her in his arms, kissed her hair, and thought: "We are both women, when we get married, do you want you to marry me, or I to marry you?"

Si Qinghu thought, aside from that strange and annoying Li family, she is a wanderer without a home, and she also likes the Xiao family very much.So he rubbed against Xiao Tong's neck, and said, "I have already regarded your home as my own."

Jia Luo was envious, and fell into melancholy while hugging the two pieces of brocade, thinking that he also liked Xiao Tong once, and imagined marrying into the Xiao family, but so what, Xiao Tong has always only had Si Qinghu in his heart.Although she let go of Xiao Tong now, she couldn't help sighing when she thought that she was still alone, "Oh, when will my true destiny girl appear?"

Aunt Ruyi poked her on the head and said: "You, don't think about these things when you first joined the Jiaofang Division, and think about how to stand up!"

Jia Luo pouted and said, "Okay, I see."

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On the day of the engagement, Xiao Tong was on errand as usual, busy with the Spring Festival banquet.In the evening, when many officials left the building one after another from the south gate, Xiao Tong walked up to Li Zao and expressed that he wanted to talk to him. Li Zaoru took her to the Xuande Tower where there were few people last time.

The sky was gloomy, and the light snow that had fallen all day had stopped, and the Xuande Tower was covered with a thin layer of snow.

Xiao Tong and Li Zao stood beside a battlement far away from the guard, Xiao Tong handed Si Qinghu's letter to Li Zao, and said: "Qinghu entrusted me to give it to you."

Li Zao took it apart and took a closer look, the fingers holding the white paper became more and more forceful, finally the joints were exposed, and the hand trembled.

Xiao Tong looked at the person reading the letter in front of him, his gentle and elegant face was flushed with anger, he was breathing heavily, unable to speak a word, feeling a little pleasure in his heart.

Si Qinghu thought that Li Zao was his biological father, and he still had a conscience, so he wanted to take her back to the Li family. Out of respect, he wrote a letter to tell him about his engagement with Xiao Tong, hoping that he would make it happen.

Not a solicitation, just a notice.

Xiao Tong had already expected that Li Zao would be angry, and sure enough, after a while, Li Zao shunned his breath and stared at her fiercely, and uttered four words, "It's a mess!"

Xiao Tong was fearless, and said with a smile on purpose: "The official invited the official matchmaker seriously, and followed the engagement etiquette step by step. Why did Mr. Xiangguo say such a thing?"

"A marriage without the orders of parents is nothing but nonsense!"

"Master Xiangguo, why doesn't he look down on officials? Now that the engagement ceremony has been completed and the deal is done, why don't you accept it?"

"Shut up!" Li Zao scolded angrily, "If you make trouble, keep messing around. Your unmarried wife is just Si Qinghu, and when she returns to Li's house, she will just be Li Che."

Li Zao's eyes suddenly filled with ridicule, Xiao Tong was born in the market, and now he is just a small official who makes fun of others, he is far from his standard for choosing a son-in-law!Since ancient times, major matters of marriage have been decided by parents. How can parents decide their lives privately while they are still alive?When Si Qinghu regains Li Che's identity, he can completely deny this marriage!

Xiao Tong smiled, "Go back to Li's house? Now that the situation is tense, does Li quite dare to do this?"

She worked in Ouchi for many days, and brought geisha into the palace to perform two operas in front of the officials. When watching the official dinner, she also frowned and sighed frequently in front of the relaxed and cheerful operas. She guessed that the situation in the court was not smooth sailing.

Later I heard from Huaelou that after the Xinglong Festival banquet that day, the officials asked the officials in the hall to express their views on her being the deputy envoy of the Jiaofang, and found out many old-fashioned factions lurking in the new party, trying to find a way to deal with them one by one. When encountering a very difficult situation, it is natural to be distressed.It is said that the handling is almost done, and the big tree of Chu Guogong is almost toppled!

At the last moment, the situation was so tense that Xiao Tong did not believe that Li Zao dared to interfere with her marriage with Si Qinghu at this moment. Once Si Qinghu's identity was known by the Duke of Chu, he would definitely become Li Zao's handle. big picture!

Li Zao said calmly: "You are very clear, because of this, I turn a blind eye to your nonsense. You remember Xiao Tong for me, protect my son during these days, in case she makes any mistakes , I am asking for you!"

Li Zao also understands that the Duke of Chu may suspect Si Qinghu's identity, and in order to contain him, he has black hands against Si Qinghu, exposing the scandal of his betraying his wife and forcing his own daughter to run away from home, so as to impeach him Step down, so a few more people have been sent to guard around Siqing Lake during this period to prevent Chu Guogong from doing anything.

Xiao Tong sneered, this Li Zao, obviously because of his own black hat, these words seem to care about Si Qinghu very much!

"She is the wife of a subordinate official, so I will protect her without Xiangguo reminding me!"

After Xiao Tong left Da Nei, he went back to the dental shop first. Xiao Zhen waited for her in the front yard, took her into the study room, and surrounded her with a pot of charcoal fire to keep warm.

Xiao Zhen said: "Should the matter of your engagement to Qinghu be published in tabloids?"

Xiao Tong thought about it, the city of Bianjing is so big, she and Si Qinghu are both celebrities in the world, and all the neighbors witnessed the engagement today, but it will definitely spread throughout Bianjing in a few days, and spread to the Siqinghu fan club .

The love affair has been announced, so it's not a matter of marriage!

Besides, Yaxing's new opera "The Lady of the Tang Dynasty" is about to be staged, and it doesn't matter if the news is announced to stir up the excitement.

This may be Si Qinghu's last performance!