Bear again, tell your mother to beat you [Comprehensive]

"Have you heard? A family has moved to the north of Chang'an Lane. It seems to be Cui Lingling, the eldest lady who eloped from the Cui family back then."

"Who is Cui Lingling?"

"Looking at your ignorance, you don't even know that Cui Lingling, a rich girl who made a splash five years ago, broke up with her father in order to marry Yuen Long back then, and everyone in Chang'an city knew about the trouble. Therefore, the Cui family stayed in Chang'an I'll go back to my hometown in Nanling."

"Oh, that's Cui Lingling who eloped thousands of miles away! I heard that she is a beauty, but she is just blind. She will take a fancy to the poor family and make her family angry!"

"That's right, she didn't like how many noble sons in Chang'an asked to marry her, but she only fell in love with Yuen Long, who could compose poems. After being hooked up by him with a few poems, she ran away. When the Cui family chased her back, she still wanted her." Those who are not willing to live and die want to follow the poor and white Yuen Long, and the angry Cui family doesn't care about her and let her live a hard life with Yuen Long. I sigh that she is blind, but this time Cui Lingling returned to Chang'an in a very good manner."

"Beautiful, but is Yuen Long developed? Bringing Cui Lingling to Chang'an?"

"Yuen Long is prosperous? How is this possible? Yuen Long died long ago. Cui Lingling remarried a certain richest man in Southwest China with a wealth of wealth. Now that she came back to Chang'an, the richest man died in an accident. There was no one in the richest man's family. Cui Lingling completely inherited that rich man. The property of the richest man, she was not familiar with the places in the Southwest, so she couldn't hold on to the property, so she sold it and returned to Chang'an to live."

"Oh, the family is rich. This Cui Lingling is also lucky. She went to Yuen Long in such a down-and-out way, but she has become a rich woman when she comes back... Do you think she still wants to marry?"

"Why do you ask her if she will marry? Why do you want to marry her?"

"That's right, Cui Lingling is alone now, but she is the wealthiest man in Southwest China. If I marry her, I can... Hehe, brother, you understand!"

"Hehe, I understand, I understand, it's just that you are like this, you have no looks, no talents, how can you make Cui Lingling like you? You should stop daydreaming!"

"Don't underestimate brother, how will you know if you have a chance if you don't try! You said that Cui Lingling lives in Chang'an West Lane now..."

……

Sima Xiangru was sitting in the teahouse with Zhuang Ji, drinking tea and discussing Fu with some literati students, when he heard two men at the other table talking back and forth about Cui Lingling, a newly moved widow in Chang'an. .

At the beginning, Sima Xiangru heard about Cui Lingling, knowing that she had eloped with a poor boy and didn't take it seriously. Later, I heard that she married another rich man and later became a widow and inherited all the property of the rich man. Sima Xiangru Only then did he prick up his ears to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two.

"Cui Lingling in West Lane of Chang'an, is that right?" Sima Xiangru looked at the two who left after drinking tea, remembered in his mind that he had heard something that might change his fate today, and then continued to chat and laugh with Zhuang Ji and the others.

"Brother Changqing's "Zixu Fu" is rich in words, beautiful in description, and mixed with scattered rhymes. It is really a rare and excellent Fu. It is a pity that Brother Changqing cannot be appreciated by the emperor!"

"Yes, I read Brother Changqing's "Zixu Fu" for the first time, and I was really shocked. I thought it was made by the ancients. I wish I could be in the same period as Brother Changqing. "It's what Changqing did, it's really wonderful!"

Sima Xiangru listened to other people's compliments with some satisfaction in his heart, but on the surface he said humbly that his literary talent was very ordinary.

"Changqing's literary talent is still average, so we are all without literary talent! Changqing is just too self-effacing!"

"That's right, Changqing is too self-effacing!"

"Changqing is only a matter of time. When you meet someone who really appreciates Changqing's literary talents, Changqing will definitely make a difference in my big man."

Several literati, including Zhuang Ji, felt sorry for Sima Xiangru's unrecognized talent and said a lot of hard work for Sima Xiangru. Sima Xiangru continued to be modest, but with a "wry smile" on his face, showing the sorrow of his unrecognized talent to the outside world He received sympathy from many literati, and some of them even began to advise Sima Xiangru.

"Emperor Jing doesn't like Ci Fu, and brother Changqing's literary talent is difficult to develop, but the current Emperor Wu heard that he is a good Ci Fu, so why don't Brother Changqing try and find someone to recommend you to Emperor Wu, I want to use Brother Changqing's literary talent It will be appreciated by Emperor Wu!"

"Yes, Emperor Wu is very fond of Fu, and has been promoting and reusing many talents with outstanding literary talents. Changqing, please ask someone to try it!"

"It's so easy to find someone, but Changqing would like to thank you for your kindness!" Sima Xiangru still had a 'wry smile' on his face, but he remembered what they said in his heart, and began to inquire from the next day The preferences of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, knowing that he was different from Emperor Han Jing who did not appreciate him back then, was an emperor who liked Ci Fu very much, so he was overjoyed, but after the joy, he suffered from having no way to catch up with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

"The courtiers of these powers have to pay for tea money even to ask questions. The money I saved in Chang'an was just a few questions, and it was completely wiped out. Afterwards, I asked someone to recommend me. It's not tens of thousands. Gu Qian, how can I invite them!" Sima Xiangru stood outside the palace, cursing angrily, very annoyed at those palace people who looked down on others, and at the same time worried about how he would raise money.

He has participated in many family banquets with Zhuang Ji, but Chang'an is no different from Linqiong's customs, not to mention that it is difficult for him to meet the rich girls of these families, but he has seen them, and he has no chance to hook up. Back then, he was able to hook up with Zhuo Wenjun , all thanks to Wang Ji's cooperation at the beginning.

Knowing that Zhuo Wenjun loves the piano, he not only went to Zhuo's house, but also invited him to play for him, and asked him to play the piano on purpose.

With these foreshadowings, he was able to pick Zhuo Wenjun, who loves the sound of the piano, from the seven-inch Yiqin.

But now in Chang'an, Zhuang Ji is at Zhuang Ji's house. Zhuang Ji's personality is very different from Wang Ji's. He never thought of marrying a rich girl. He only takes him to make friends with literature every day. In order to maintain his image, he also pretends to be He is very indifferent to fame and fortune, and he dare not show his desire to marry a lady from a rich family, for fear of being ridiculed by Zhuang Ji and some literati.

Eating soft rice was not a glorious thing in that era. Even if he wanted to marry a rich lady, he couldn't show his thoughts nakedly. To show his behavior with the rich lady in the end, only then can he have the "strength of character" of a literati and be a rich man at the same time.

Sima Xiangru couldn't show his desire to eat soft food, and he couldn't get someone to match him up like Wang Ji, so he could only act secretly by himself, but it was very difficult to get information from the rich lady, and it was also difficult to meet a "Zhuo Wenjun" 'Being plotted by him to fall in love with him.

"It's been almost three months, and I can't marry a rich girl, and I don't have the face to stay in Zhuang Ji's house!" Sima Xiangru was very upset. to those who can support him.

"In front of Cui Lingling's house, there are many people wandering around, just to let Cui Lingling meet! But Cui Lingling is far away from her eyes, and she doesn't look down on those people at all. Everyone drove away! But it still can't stop many people coming to her door to propose marriage to her!"

Just as Sima Xiangru was sitting in a corner suffering, two men walked past him while talking.

"Then Cui Lingling was a talented woman in Chang'an back then, and she loved men with outstanding literary talents the most. Didn't Yuen Long rely on the song "Beauty Fu" to impress Cui Lingling to abandon her identity as the eldest lady of the Cui family and elope with her?" Is it? Now those who go to marry Cui Lingling are crooked melons and jujubes, few of them can read the whole word, and there are a few literati whose Fu is not as good as Cui Lingling. How can Cui Lingling be moved. Can't be moved Cui Lingling, how can I get Cui Lingling to marry with a generous dowry? Cui Lingling doesn't ask for money now, she only asks for talents. Those who ask for money, how can they succeed without talents? If you want to marry the richest woman in Chang'an, you have to be pressured You have to be as talented as Cui Lingling."

"That's right, Cui Lingling's talent is overwhelming, how can she see those crooked melons and cracked dates!"

"However, I heard that in the West Lane of Chang'an, I can often hear Cui Lingling's somewhat resentful piano sound. I heard the news from Cui Lingling's domestic slaves. I don't know if I'm complaining that I can't find a good husband!"

"Who knows! I'm a rough man, and I don't have much literary talent. Otherwise, I'll try it at the gate of Cui's house and see if I can get Cui Lingling's favor. If I can marry Cui Lingling, I don't have to worry about it for the rest of my life. Every day I become a slave. The group is waiting..."

The two men talked and walked, and disappeared before Sima Xiangru's eyes after a while, but Sima Xiangru was caught by their words and thought of Cui Lingling's current worth.

"Is it love?" Sima Xiangru stood up and patted his clothes, and walked towards the west alley with bright eyes, wanting to go there to inquire about Cui Lingling himself.

"This Cui Lingling is too arrogant, she doesn't pay attention to us at all!"

"That's right, it's great to be rich, those dozens of house slaves have been driving us out!"

"I saw Cui Lingling who went shopping in a carriage yesterday. She is very rich in gold and silver. I don't know what her dead ex-husband left for him..."

"You're talking about Cui Lingling's ex-husband, he's an amazing person in the Southwest. It's said that he started his business as a salt seller, the number one salt merchant in the Southwest..."

……

Sima Xiangru pretended to be passing by Cui Lingling's house, listening to the surrounding discussions about Cui Lingling, he knew a little about Cui Lingling's wealth in his heart, blushed with excitement and continued to listen, but heard a shout.

"Cui Lingling is out, out!"

When Sima Xiangru heard these words, he planned to leave and plan slowly, but he planned to get closer to understand Cui Lingling's worth.

And this plan made Sima Xiangru completely overwhelmed by Cui Lingling, who was dressed in rich and noble clothes, and at the same time, he was fascinated by Cui Lingling's beautiful face and figure.

"I thought it was a faceless girl, but I didn't see it was a beautiful woman!" Sima Xiangru was ecstatic at this discovery. He had heard that Cui Lingling had a lot of money before, so he embraced it no matter what the other person looked like, he would treat himself as blind Go to ask for a marriage, get over the current difficulties first, use Cui Lingling's money to pave the way for him to join Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, find a good official position, and deal with Cui Lingling slowly when he has power and power.

Now it is Cui Lingling who is so beautiful and charming, she is not the faceless girl he thought, and he needs to compromise.

"In this way, I married the beautiful Cui Lingling, and no one would say that I was trying to get rich! Very good, very good!" Sima Xiangru chanted these words excitedly, turned back to Zhuang Ji's house, and began to think about what to do that night. Design for Cui Lingling to marry him.

***

In a second-entry house in West Lane of Chang'an, Cui Lingling with a cold face was playing the piano in the yard according to her daily habits, and the maidservant next to her was quietly waiting for Cui Lingling to come forward to serve her when she finished playing, but she found that Today, when Cui Lingling was playing the piano in the middle, among the several piano sounds that came intermittently from outside the yard, suddenly there was a piano sound that overwhelmed the other piano sounds.

"Red Pearl!"

Cui Lingling heard the piano sound that was much higher than the other piano sounds, and continued to play the piano without stopping, but called the maid Hongzhu softly. As soon as he opened his mouth to order something, he spontaneously went down and sent someone to find out who played the distinctive piano.

"Miss Lingling, it's him!" Hongzhu went and came back quickly, and when she came back, she whispered this nonsensical words in Cui Lingling's ear excitedly, but it made Cui Lingling understand the meaning inside. And Gou Lips smiled coldly, and played a difficult piece of music more dexterously with the hand caressing the strings, making many piano players outside who wanted to meet her with the piano unable to keep up. They didn't play the piano anymore. There were a few piano players who could continue to keep up. Among them, the highly skilled piano player who just appeared today performed even better and overwhelmed the remaining few piano players.

"It seems that you really have some ability!"

At the end of the song, Cui Lingling listened to the only qin sound that followed her, and said to Hong Zhu on the side, causing Hong Zhu to curl her lips mockingly.

Seeing Hongzhu like this, Cui Lingling didn't say anything, but looked at the eaves and listened to the sound of the piano playing outside, and said to Hongzhu without turning her head.

"Tell Zhuo Gong, the fish is hooked!"