Tang riddles

"San Niang, nothing is left behind." Wu Ya put on the last burden and walked to Zhang Ruohan's side.

"Let's go." Zhang Ruohan stepped out of the gate of the west courtyard, followed by Wu Ya, and finally scanned the courtyard where he had lived for more than half a year, and closed the gate.

Today, Zhang Ruohan is wearing a light blue narrow-sleeved cross-collar right lapel jacket, a white fur cloak, long hair tied up, a veiled cap, and a draped veil to cover her face.With this attire, it seems that he is about to travel far away.

A master and a servant walked westwards, walked through the corridors, and passed the houses. After a while, the eyes opened up, and you could see the westernmost side passage of the Ci'en Temple. wait there.

"Qianhe, let's go." When the master and servant passed by her, Wu Ya greeted.In fact, Yuan Qianhe's sense of smell and hearing have already reached the peak without her calling, and he can completely see them for his eyes, and he has already known that they are coming.In particular, Zhang Ruohan's faint and faint fragrance, which seems to be absent, is very representative, and she will never admit it.

One master and two servants walked north along the west side road for a few shots, and the west side gate of Ci'en appeared in front of them.After going out, there was a cart and two horses parked outside the door, and another male servant was waiting outside the door.Seeing Zhang Ruohan coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute:

"Servant Zhang Yi, please greet the third young lady."

"Brother Yi, it's been a long time." Zhang Ruohan's faint smile could be seen on the corners of Zhang Ruohan's lips under the veil.

"The third young lady has gone home, and the family misses her very much."

Zhang Yi showed a naive smile on his face, and it was a great blessing for him to have such a friendly chat with the third young lady.

"How is grandma?" Zhang Ruohan asked.

"The old lady is fine, but she just misses you coming home every day."

Zhang Ruohan asked again:

"Has Second Uncle coughed again?"

"It was damp and cold when we came in, and Erlang was really uncomfortable. In addition, at the end of the year, Honglu Temple was busy with affairs, and these days he became thinner and thinner. Today's New Year's Eve, Erlang can't go home, so he has to stay in the palace. He still needs to preside over the court meeting."

Zhang Ruohan sighed lightly, and said, "Let's go." After speaking, Zhang Ruohan got into the carriage with Wu Ya's support.

Wu Ya and Yuan Qianhe also got on their horses and guarded the two sides of the carriage. Zhang Yi drove the carriage and left the Ci'en Temple slowly.

After Shen Sui broke the case of Ci'en, Ci'en was lifted and Zhang Ruohan was finally free.Shen Sui promised Zhang Ruohan to rescue her out of the temple as soon as possible, so he did it in this way.It's just that Zhang Ruohan is so smart, she naturally knows that Shen Sui's is just a stopgap measure, this case is definitely not what Murong Fu made up, there is something else going on.Shen Sui's actions were very thought-provoking, which made Zhang Ruohan's inner suspicion even more serious.

After the ban was lifted, Zhang Ruohan did not leave the temple immediately, but participated in the Water and Land Ceremony where the Princess of Jin prayed for blessings and cleansing evil spirits on the 29th.It was not until today's New Year's Eve that she packed her luggage and left the Ci'en Temple.There are two main reasons for leaving Ci'en.One was that her grandmother missed her and sent a letter asking her to go home for the New Year. Zhang Ruohan was close to her grandmother and respected her, so she really couldn't violate her old man's love.The second is that she also has to leave the Ci'en Temple. The current situation has changed, and she is no longer allowed to practice self-enclosed in the Buddhist gate. She has been dormant for many years, and some things should be put on the agenda.

The Zhang family's mansion is located in Liquanfang in the northwest of Chang'an City, which is already very close to the Jinguang Gate at the west end of Zhuque Avenue.Just to the south of Liquanfang across Zhuque Street is the famous West Market.From Jinchangfang in the southeast of Chang'an City all the way to Liquanfang, it takes more than half of Chang'an City.Zhang Ruohan and his party set off early in the morning and walked until noon before arriving near Huaiyuan and Yankangfang.

Just as they were about to cross the intersection at the northwest corner of Yankang Square, a group of people came flying from the east of the intersection.Get ahead of Zhang Ruohan's chariot and horse team, and take the lead in plundering towards the West Market.In fact, the speed of the horse is not very fast, the horse trots.The reason for saying Feiyang is because one of the riders laughed and talked wantonly, and his demeanor was too dazzling.

Zhang Ruohan's carriage is not a fully-wrapped carriage, but a carriage with a canopy in the style of retro Spring and Autumn. There are wooden pillars at the four corners of the carriage, surrounded by a canopy, crowned with an umbrella cover, and the edge of the cover hangs down in a circle. The gauze curtain, the breeze blowing, the gauze is graceful, and the figure is graceful.But in winter, a thick layer of felt is wrapped around the light gauze to keep warm.

Zhang Ruohan, who was sitting in the carriage, heard the sound of Zhang Yi who was driving the carriage outside urgently pulling the reins and whistling, so he lifted the felt curtain and looked outside.At a glance, I saw a handsome young man in a sapphire blue crotchless robe, holding a knife and holding the rein, with a smile on his face.

"San Niang, it's that Shen Sui!" The sharp-eyed Wu Ya immediately recognized Shen Sui, lowered his body, moved to the side of the carriage, and said.

Shen Sui?Chizuru raised an eyebrow.Although she had never met this person, she had heard of her name.The most rumored person in Chang'an City recently, everyone is talking about this person, it is difficult for her not to know.It's just that she didn't expect that her wife would have contact with the rumored Shen Sui, and her wife never told her about it.

Zhang Ruohan's eyes under the veil had emotional fluctuations, as if he was aroused by the scene that Shen Sui passed by just now, but he was quickly suppressed.She said:

"Brother Yi, follow that blue-robed youth, and we'll go home later."

"Here."

After the horses and chariots started, Zhang Ruohan also headed towards the West Market along the road where Shen Sui and the others rode their horses.

Not long after, Zhang Ruohan saw Shen Sui dismounting at the gate of the West Market. She was followed by two girls in men's clothing. The leader was a capable middle-aged man, followed by a slave from the Western Regions, and a group of five.They tied their horses outside the east gate of the West Market and entered the West Market on foot.When they entered, Zhang Ruohan also got out of the car, took Wuya and Qianhe into the West Market on foot, leaving Zhang Yi outside to watch the carriages and horses.

Shen Sui and the others entered the West Market, and within a few steps, they entered the first spice shop on the street.I didn't stay in it for long, I came out, and then went into several spice shops repeatedly, and didn't stay for long.The funniest thing is that Shen Sui was held back by the elderly orchid proprietress in a certain spice shop, and kept saying: "Jun Lang, Jun Lang, you have to buy some for your concubine."

Shen Sui repeatedly refused: "I don't even have a wife, how can I have a concubine, the proprietress can spare me."

The proprietress quit, she put her hips on her hips, and said in her official language that tasted like pepper noodles from the Western Regions: "Your gentleman has a good face, why are you lying and making fun of others? If I am not married, I will cry and cry to get married." Here you are, how come you don't even have a wife?"

Shen Sui really couldn't laugh or cry.She wanted to ask for help from Cui Qian, Li Qing and Yang Ye who were beside her, but the three of them actually stood aside to watch the fun, indifferent to her plea for help.Even Khuta pretended to be absent.

In the end, there was no other way, Shen Sui still bought some dill, a specialty of the Western Regions, and was able to escape from the clutches of the devil.Wuya watched happily from behind, because Qianhe couldn't see, so she acted as a commentator, describing the scene to Qianhe vividly.After finishing speaking, he smiled and said:

"I didn't expect that Shen Yihui, who is so talented, is still a bachelor. Could it be that the ladies feel inferior when they see him, and they are afraid that they will lose color if they marry him?"

Qianhe answered: "Then you have to have a lady with an extremely good appearance to dare to marry him."

Wuya rolled his eyes and looked at Zhang Ruohan, but he didn't dare to say what was in his stomach.In fact, she wanted to say that her own wife is the most beautiful in the world, she is proficient in everything from composing poems and paintings to singing, dancing and musical instruments.The lady is also very old, and she is still unmarried, and few people would be willing to marry her.It just so happened that Shen Sui was also an older bachelor, and he seemed to have a good relationship with his wife.But after all, she couldn't express this idea. She knew that the lady had someone in her heart, and it was absolutely impossible for her to marry someone else.

"In the past, we could see that Pan Yue and Wei Jie also had wives." Zhang Ruohan opened Tan's mouth lightly and said such a sentence.

Before Wu Ya realized what the lady was talking about, Qianhe asked suspiciously: "My lady suspects that Shen Sui actually has a wife?"

"No, it's true that he hasn't married yet. It's just that he... has someone in his heart..." Zhang Ruohan said.

Qianhe pursed her lips, but did not answer.Wuya also fell silent, feeling slightly sour.

After walking through the spice shop along the street, Shen Sui and his party entered the restaurant, probably about to have lunch.Wu Ya also felt that his stomach was empty and he was very hungry.Zhang Ruohan took the two of them into a Hushi shop opposite the restaurant, picked a clean place to sit down, ordered food, ate and waited.

Wu Ya wolfed down the last mouthful of Hubing in his hand, took a sip from the Hoto soup bowl, and wiped his mouth.Without wiping it clean, Zhang Ruohan raised her hand and tapped her lips, reminding her that a sesame seed was missing.Wu Ya hurriedly raised his hand to wipe it, but couldn't find the right place for a long time, Zhang Ruohan sighed, untied the silk handkerchief, stretched out his hand to wipe the sesame seed, and said leisurely:

"Whenever you can learn the word elegant, I will be very pleased."

Wu Ya pouted and said, "San Niang is in charge of Ya, and Wu Ya is responsible for protecting and taking good care of San Niang."

"Look at Qianhe, why don't you know how to study hard?" Zhang Ruohan teased Wuya with a smile.

At the moment Qianhe is sipping the mustache, looking very elegant.Hearing what the lady said, Wu Ya was even more unconvinced, and said:

"Qianhe was taught by someone when he was a child, but I didn't..." As he said that, thinking of his miserable childhood, his eyes were red with grievance.

"Oh... why did you cry, you, you are too irritable, and I usually indulge you too much." Zhang Ruohan sighed.

"I'm sorry Sanniang, I didn't... didn't mean to cry..." As she spoke, she cried even harder.

Seeing her crying, the shopkeeper rushed over quickly. A tall and tall barbarian man rubbed his hands in trepidation and said:

"Why does this little lady shed tears like this? Didn't I put so much pepper in this flax cake?"

"Pfft..." Wu Ya broke his tears into laughter, crying and laughing at the same time, which confused the shopkeeper.

After the shopkeeper left, Qianhe wiped the corners of his mouth, tidied up the black cloth covering his eyes, and said softly:

"Wuya should not envy me, I should still envy Wuya. You can see all the colors in this vast world, but I can't see them anymore. At least you can still stand on the land of your hometown, but I can't see it anymore. I can't return home, and I have no home. How can it be called happiness?"

Wu Ya wiped away tears, said: "Qianhe, you are a good person, and good people will always be rewarded."

Qianhe smiled: "I, Qianhe, have behaved well all my life. I will treat those who treat me well. I have good fortune, new relatives and hometown, and I am not sad in my heart."

Hearing her touching words, Wu Ya was really moved, he quickly took her hand and said, "Then I will treat you even better in the future."

"Hahaha." Qianhe laughed loudly.

Zhang Ruohan listened to their conversation, and there was warmth in his eyes.Although Wuya is reckless, the most valuable thing is that innocence; Qianhe has gone through vicissitudes, the most respectable thing is a grateful heart.Isn't she lucky to have these two followers?

While speaking, Shen Sui and his party came out from the main entrance of the opposite restaurant.The three of Zhang Ruohan quickly settled the bill and followed.Shen Sui and others left the West Market all the way, got on their horses at the east gate, rode their horses again and left.The three of Zhang Ruohan also got into the car and mounted the horse, and continued to follow.Shen Sui walked along Xishi East Street, all the way east, passing Taiping, Guanglu, Xingdao, and Wuben four squares. Just when Zhang Ruohan and the three thought she was going back to Daozhengfang where she lived temporarily, Shen Sui and his party suddenly dialed Turning the horse's head, it stopped at the west gate of Pingkangfang.

Wu Ya showed a strange expression on his face, seeing Shen Sui and the others got off the horse, he couldn't help saying contemptuously:

"I don't know what a noble person is, but in the end, a disciple is still a disciple."

Zhang Ruohan watched Shen Sui enter Pingkangfang expressionlessly, and her smiling side face seemed disgusting for no reason.She lowered the curtain and said:

"Go home."

Zhang Yi turned his horse's head and was about to drive when he suddenly heard Zhang Ruohan say:

"Qianhe, please stay a little longer."

"Here." Qianhe understood, Gu Zi dismounted, and led the horse to Pingkangfang.But Zhang Yi was still driving the carriage, and brought Zhang Ruohan and Wuya back to the mansion.

"San Niang..." Wu Ya was about to ask, but was interrupted by Zhang Ruohan:

"Don't ask too many questions."

"Here."

About two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Ruohan's carriage and horses arrived at the gate of Zhang's Mansion in Liquanfang.Just as she got out of the car with Wu Ya's support, she heard the sound of horseshoes not far away. A heroic woman in purple military uniform and holding a sword led a group of personal guards over. Nobility is approaching from afar.

Zhang Yi and Wu Ya hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Meet Your Excellency Princess Jin."

Zhang Ruohan stood there without moving, with his eyes lowered, seemingly humble, but always arrogant.

Li Jinyue, the Princess of Jin, didn't care, jumped off the horse, and walked quickly to Zhang Ruohan, smiling all over her face:

"Lotus Maid, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you very much."

"Don't dare to worry about the princess." Zhang Ruohan said lightly.

Li Jinyue's eyes darkened, and then she said cheerfully:

"Today is New Year's Eve, I brought you...and your family some food." After saying that, he raised his hand, and a guard came up with a food box.Li Jinyue took it, held it in front of Zhang Ruohan like offering a treasure, and said:

"Your favorite cherry, Bi Luo, has just been steamed by the cook in the mansion, and it's still warm, so I brought it to you quickly."

Zhang Ruohan waited for a while without responding, and finally sighed:

"Don't dare to neglect the princess, please go inside and talk about it."

Li Jinyue's expectant and apprehensive eyebrows instantly relaxed, and she was as happy as a child, and said:

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you."

The author has something to say: Cherry 饆饠 (Bi Luo), is actually a kind of pie, which is probably the most frequently photographed food in the texts of the Tang Dynasty.The main reason is that the 饆饠 of cherry stuffing was created by a scholar-bureaucrat named Han Yue in the late Tang Dynasty, which is quite literary.