I heard you have nine tails

Mr. Yao Zhiyuan, lecturer of Zhan Shifu, is very troubled recently.

Mr. Yao is young, living in the Hanlin Academy and Zhan Shifu, two noble places that scholars all over the world yearn for, and he is also the emperor's confidant known throughout the court. His life is going smoothly, so there should be no troubles .But helplessly, he has an unreliable master and an unreliable colleague, but these two also have an equally unreliable big backer, which troubles him constantly.

Of course, this is something he is used to. His main annoyance recently is urging marriages.

In his early years, Mr. Yao was a dandy, bohemian, but later his family fell into poverty and he studied hard behind closed doors, so he was still alone when he was in his 20s.Now that he has made a fortune, there are all kinds of people coming to his door to propose marriage to him, and there are even some who recommend themselves as pillow mats.Yao Zhiyuan was very annoyed.

After the snow fell, Crown Prince Li Jingzi saluted and thanked his husband earnestly, and personally sent him out of Xianyang Palace—there was no concubine in the palace, and His Royal Highness was raised in Qianqing Palace from a young age until last year.

In the eyes of the officials, this is Emperor Guangning's intention to elevate the status of the prince, but as a person who knows the inside story, Yao Zhiyuan knows well that their Majesty has long deliberately turned off this small light bulb, but it is because Tan Chang is not at ease. , it was delayed so far.

Hey, sometimes knowing too much is really troublesome.

Yao Zhiyuan didn't go back to the house after he left, but changed into civilian clothes and walked to the market with ease.

Yao Xinjun acquiesced to his promising son's occasional rebellion, so in order to avoid those countless visitors, Yao Zhiyuan simply didn't go home after finishing the work, and went home to sleep after dinner and it was already late.

He was in the market, where flowers, birds, insects and fish were mostly sold, Yao Zhiyuan saw a small stall at a glance.Inside the bamboo cages are rabbits, big and small, black, white and gray.

After Yao Zhiyuan had an accident at Yao's house, he scattered all the pets in his house, and now he looked at it with itch, licked his lips, walked closer and squatted down to observe.

Yes, there are indeed young rabbits. The appearance is very good, the hair is thin and soft, even in length, clean and bright, and well cared for.

"How do you sell this rabbit?" Yao Zhiyuan finally raised his head and noticed the stall owner.

He was slightly taken aback.

The owner of the stall is a young girl, about 20 years old, wearing a simple dark blue sarong, with a girlish bun, her face is beautiful, and her eyes are black and bright.On another occasion, Yao Zhiyuan might have praised the beauty, but those eyes were fixed on him, Yao Zhiyuan was startled, and didn't say anything after that.

Dazhao's restrictions on women were looser than those of the previous dynasties, but it was indeed rare for a girl of this age to show up and set up a stall.However, it is indeed such a careful girl who can take care of this rabbit so meticulously.

Yao Zhiyuan attributed his abnormality to surprise, and heard the other party reply: "The big ones have ten pennies, and the small ones have five pennies."

The girl finally lowered her head when she spoke, but Yao Zhiyuan was startled again when she heard it.The voice was not very soft, but slightly hoarse, with a familiar accent.

"Are you from Huaiyang?" Yao Zhiyuan asked subconsciously.He hadn't heard Huaiyang dialect for a long time, so he missed it slightly.

As soon as the woman's expression changed, she lowered her head and covered the bamboo cage with a cloth towel, and turned to pack her things. "Not for sale."

Yao Zhiyuan regretted his gaffe.Business is business, and he strikes up a conversation, which seems to be indifferent, like an apprentice playing a hooligan.

"Girl, I was rude, I will apologize to you." Yao Zhiyuan took two steps back and bowed to the other party.After straightening up, he picked up another piece of broken silver from his sleeve and put it on the stall as an apology, then turned and left.

He also noticed just now that the cloth towel wrapped the girl's hair was a little faded, but the texture was excellent.Yuemo used to be a wealthy family, but it fell into decline.

What a pity.Such a girl.

Yao Zhiyuan didn't know if he felt the same way, he sighed for a moment, felt that it was boring to go to the market again, so he went straight home, ate and fell asleep.

Yao's mother looked strange, and said to Yao Xinjun: "This child, why does he seem to have lost his soul today?"

Yao Xinjun shook his head, "Leave him alone, let him go."

Early the next morning, Yao Zhiyuan got dressed and was about to go to the Imperial Academy, but when he went out, he was stunned.On the threshold of Yao's house stood a cage with a cloth towel on it.Yao Zhiyuan felt his heart beating a little fast, and when he got closer and opened it, he realized that it was not a rabbit, but a pair of parrots.

Yao Zhiyuan was a little surprised, but also a little regretful.

He likes furry animals that are soft to the touch, so he has never had a bird.But looking at the parrot, he felt a little strange.This should be given by the girl, but how did she know where she lived, and how could she send a pair of parrots?

Yao Zhiyuan and the parrot stared wide-eyed, and the last bird flapped its wings and called, "Auspicious Ruyi! Auspicious Ruyi!"

Yao Zhiyuan chuckled.

Yao Zhiyuan was in a good mood throughout the day.Tan Chang laughed at him when he saw him, "What's wrong with you today, you're very happy, did you pick up money, or did you meet a beautiful girl?"

"I have a pair of parrots." Yao Zhiyuan decided not to argue with him, and replied happily.

"Parrot?" Tan Chang was a little strange, "Don't you keep one without hair?"

"Why doesn't the parrot have hair?" Yao Zhiyuan pouted, Tan Chang shook his head, thinking that this person was hysterical, and left.

Yao Zhiyuan endured it all day, and went straight to the market when he was on duty.Unfortunately, he searched around, but didn't see the girl.Yao Zhiyuan didn't give up, walked the market from the east to the west, ate whatever he wanted, and then walked back, but the girl didn't show up until the end of the market.

Yao Zhiyuan had no choice but to go home dejectedly, the pair of parrots had already been hung in his room.However, Yao Zhiyuan didn't find anyone, and lost interest in seeing the pair of sleek birds, and just lazily listened to their chirping: "Good luck!" "Four Seasons Kangtai!"

Yao's mother went around her son's house, saw the bird, and joked, "It's a prodigal again, why did you raise a parrot?"

"I bought it for five taels of silver." Yao Zhiyuan leaned lazily on the chair.

"Are you kidding? This parrot looks old, but it looks good. To be honest, how much did it cost?"

Yao Zhiyuan didn't even blink his eyes.

Yao Zhiyuan has always been persistent, so he went to the market for five days in a row, and finally met the girl again.

She was still wearing that blue sarong, and she was sitting there quietly. There were still cages of rabbits on the stall in front of her. It seemed that not many were sold.

"Miss, we met again." Yao Zhiyuan arched his hands before going forward, still pretending to squat down to look at the rabbit, twiddling the rabbit's fur with his fingers, as if casually asking: "Do you still have a parrot?"

"I raise it myself, I don't sell it." The girl replied, her voice was still hoarse, but she lowered her head and didn't look at him.She also seemed to have asked casually: "Are parrots inferior to rabbits?"

Yao Zhiyuan stopped his movements and raised his head with complicated eyes. "Girl, did you know me before?"

He really didn't want to be so abrupt.But the girl spoke Huaiyang dialect and knew where his home was, so she took five taels of silver and sent her the expensive parrot raised by her family.Yao Zhiyuan really had to be paranoid.

The girl's lips were tightly pursed, and it took a long time before she looked directly at her and said, "Master Yao really forgot."

She didn't blink her eyes, she looked disappointed, but also a little grateful.

Yao Zhiyuan had already racked his brains to recall what absurd things he did when he was young, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't remember such a beauty.

The girl didn't say a word, and started to pack her things again. Yao Zhiyuan was afraid that she would not know when she would come back after leaving, so he quickly pressed a cage, "Miss cut off love, I am ashamed to accept it, and I will send the parrot tomorrow. I am sorry that the girl is here." Wait for a day."

He doesn't even know the girl's name,

The girl didn't say a word, just focused on packing things, Yao Zhiyuan watched, his eyes changed - the girl undoubtedly saw a bruise on her exposed wrist when she rolled up her sleeves.

what happened! ?

Yao Zhiyuan finally became more cautious and didn't ask questions directly. He pretended to get up and go home, but walked around to a teahouse and watched from a distance on the second floor.

Not long after, a carriage came and stopped by the stall, and a three-year-old woman jumped out and roughly pulled the girl into the carriage.

Yao Zhiyuan fully understood that the injury on the girl's hand might be caused by this way!

He immediately jumped up, called a carriage to follow, and followed all the way until the carriage stopped at a house with big words on it: "Lin House".

The Lin family... Yao Zhiyuan was thoughtful, and when he returned to the house, he was still thinking. He didn't even bother to tease the parrot, so he fell on the bed.

After all, Yao's mother was worried and asked the maid to bring hot soup.The maid came in with the soup and shouted, "Master, at least use something!"

The maid's words startled the parrots that had finally calmed down, and the pair of parrots immediately yelled one after another: "Mo Shangren is like jade!" "Young master is unparalleled in the world!"

Yao Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat, the Lin family, that girl, the parrot...he remembered them all!

Not caring about anything else, he rushed out of the house immediately, asked for a horse, and rushed out in one breath.When he rushed to the door of someone's house, he realized later that Tan Chang might be in the palace?Still, he jumped off his horse and knocked on the door.

The door opened.

Fortunately, Tan Chang was at home, and unfortunately, His Majesty the Emperor was also there.

Yao Zhiyuan was speechless, and quickly said, "I'll just ask one thing and leave!" Tan Chang patted the impatient His Majesty's face, fed him a piece of snack, and said, "What do you want to ask?" Yao Zhiyuan's teeth were sore from watching.

"Do you know what happened to the Lin family among the merchants disposed of in Huaiyang back then?"

It was Emperor Guangning who answered. "I remember that the Lin family in Huaiyang was sentenced to confiscate their property, but there is also a Dali Temple Zuosi Cheng among his brothers, who should have entered Beijing."

It's all connected!

Yao Zhiyuan rolled up his sleeves, gritted his teeth, "I beg Your Majesty to grant you a marriage!"

After all, Yao Zhiyuan was not so impulsive. Under Tan Chang's persuasion, he went to the market again. After waiting for a few days, he waited for the girl from the Lin family, Lin Fu again.He strode forward and said, "You moved to the capital, and they still bully you like this?"

Lin Fu was stunned.

"Back then...they forced you to go to my house?" Yao Zhiyuan gritted his teeth.

Yao Zhiyuan was only seventeen that year, and he was a romantic boy.The Lin family and the Yao family have been friends for generations, but they are still dissatisfied and want to take a share of the Yao family.The head of the Lin family came to the door that day and brought a girl who he said was his niece.

The girl is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she is taciturn.Yao Zhiyuan had no interest at all, he just showed the girl around according to the etiquette of hospitality.The girl brought a cage with her, and the two parrots yelled crisply: "Moshang is like jade, you are unparalleled in the world!"

Yao Zhiyuan had never seen such a scene before, he felt a burst of contempt, he put oil on his feet, and slipped away.

Later he forgot about the girl and that face, but he remembered those dark and bright eyes.

With tears in Lin Fu's eyes, she whispered: "No, I had a crush on you before that." She was a lady from a family who didn't leave home, but she knew from her uncle that this lawless man smiled wantonly. The young master of the Yao family, but that young master was not as presumptuous as the rumors said, she fell in love with a pair of parrots, but forgot to bring the money.Mr. Yao family readily paid for her, "It's just a pair of parrots, you don't have to worry about it."

Yao Zhiyuan didn't remember this incident, he asked, "Why are you selling rabbits here?"

"I... I remember you liked these." Lin Fu's face gradually lost color.She lost her father since she was a child, and several uncles used her as a marriage partner. However, following the Huaiyang Incident, the marriage was repeatedly postponed.She gets older and loses value day by day.In the end, she offered to do some small business to subsidize her family.However, she is used to tweaking, and the business is not good.She just wanted to look at him one more time, just one more look.

"How did you get the hand injury?" Yao Zhiyuan asked.

Lin Fu didn't speak, but subconsciously held her wrist.

Yao Zhiyuan's eyes were red, he saluted seriously, posing as a gentle gentleman, he said: "Miss Lin, the two families discussed the marriage six years ago, it's not too late now, would you like it?"

Lin Fu's eyes widened in an instant, and Yao Zhiyuan continued: "I really don't like parrots, they are not as good as rabbits, they are more comfortable to touch."

"Unless it's your parrot."