Tang riddles

The time goes back to the second day after the Shangyuan Festival, which is the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.Liquanfang, Zhangfu.

The morning sun dispelled the coldness of the night, and the back kitchen of Hanqing Courtyard, where the third wife of Zhang's inner house lived, was steaming.Wu Ya, who was wearing a bunt, had just boiled hot water and poured it into a copper pot with a thin mouth and a big belly.He carried it to the outside of the main house, knocked on the door, and asked softly:

"Sanniang, the hot water is here."

There was a clear and weak voice from inside the door:

"Come in."

"Here."

Pushing open the door and entering, a strong herbal smell hits the face, and just two steps in, I heard the unstoppable coughing of the people in the room.Wuya walked quickly to the side of the couch, worried and distressed, said:

"San Niang, are you feeling better? Or, let's invite the doctor."

"Don't...cough cough cough...don't be fussy, these few days, I will keep a low profile. It's just a cold, it will be fine in a few days."

Zhang Ruohan was leaning weakly against the head of the bed on the couch with the curtains hanging down. She hadn’t moved for a long time since she danced wildly that night in Shangyuan. She suddenly sweated violently, was blown by the cold wind, and was emotionally excited. After returning home, I felt dizzy and had a fever that night, and I couldn't get sick.His condition became severe, and on the seventeenth day, he was already lying on the bed and unable to get up.The high fever is accompanied by coughing, and I am still out of mind, full of thoughts, and can't rest well every night.

Wu Ya was very anxious, and wanted to invite a doctor to see it, but Zhang Ruohan refused.Helpless, Wu Ya had no choice but to go to the pharmacy to grab the medicine according to the old prescription prescribed by the doctor before, and decoct it for Zhang Ruohan himself.But this time it seemed to be different from the usual wind and cold, the condition did not improve after taking the medicine, which made Wu Ya very worried.

Regardless of his illness, Zhang Ruohan repeatedly told Wu Ya not to disclose the news of his illness to his family members.What happened that night in Shangyuan, she didn't tell her family.He only said that after being dispersed by the flow of people, he went home after looking at the lanterns.She was originally cold-tempered, and her family did not suspect her.The family members would never be happy to see her entangled with the Princess of Jin, adding Shen Sui's unstable factor made it even worse.The Zhang family is now in a period when they must keep a low profile and protect themselves wisely. As the daughter of the Zhang family, how can she cause such two hidden dangers for the Zhang family?

Zhang Ruohan's original intention was to secretly investigate Shen Sui.She went to Lutai that night because she wanted to meet the rumored "brother" Shen Jin.Unexpectedly, the atmosphere that night was too exciting. She had cultivated her mind for many years, but she was unable to control her emotions and accidentally got the limelight.She also provoked Li Jinyue and Shen Bozhao to "compete for popularity" for her. After regretting, she only wanted to avoid this period of limelight and never attract attention again.

She is firm and indifferent at heart, and is difficult to be moved by external objects. Only the knots in her heart over the years can easily affect her emotions.The reason why she lost control of her emotions that night was because she had an amazing guess.This conjecture can be seen from Shen Sui's weak and charismatic younger brother Shen Jin.When this conjecture first came out, she couldn't restrain the excitement in her heart. Since then, she went home and thought about it over and over again, and it became more and more possible.

Akashi, originally had a half-sister, who disappeared together with Akashi in the fire, and there were no bones or living people.And Shen Sui also has a younger brother who is half-disabled, unable to speak, and can only sit in a wheelchair.Such a coincidence was unusual to Zhang Ruohan.What's more, Akashi's younger sister is also a piano fanatic. She has been obsessed with rhythm since she was a child, and she is a genius in this respect.The most frightening coincidence for her is that Chishi's younger sister is the same person as Zhang Ruohan's rhythm teacher, and Zhang Ruohan knows Chishi's younger sister's piano style very well.And this "Idiot Qin Meilang" Shen Jin's piano style is too similar to Chishi's younger sister, especially in the vibrato fingering, which is a characteristic of their lineage, which is not found in other families.This kind of fingering can't even be imitated the day after tomorrow. Only when I started practicing boy kungfu in childhood, can I become so proficient and familiar with it and get into the habit.

But what annoyed Zhang Ruohan was that her Yin lawyer Fu had disciples all over the world, and they were not the only disciples, so Zhang Ruohan could not fully confirm that Shen Jin was Chishi's younger sister.If it can be confirmed that Shen Jin is Chishi's younger sister, then there will be no suspense if it is confirmed that Shen Sui is Chishi, which is really a pity.Even so, Zhang Ruohan's suspicion of Shen Sui and Shen Jin's brothers has risen sharply, and has reached the point of blindness.

But she still hasn't solved a huge problem, that is why Shen Sui, Shen Jin, Chishi and Chishi's younger sister are so different in appearance from each other.This is not something that can be explained by a simple sentence of disguised as a man or a disguise. This is a change from the core, almost not alone.

Is there anyone in this world who can do such an incredible thing?

In the past few days, she was perplexed by this problem, thinking day and night, and her mood was uncertain, which actually aggravated her condition.Now bedridden, it is really self-inflicted.But she really couldn't restrain herself from thinking about these issues. This was the thing she cared about most in this world besides her family.

Wu Ya waited for Zhang Ruohan to wash up and took the medicine.He boiled porridge again and fed Zhang Ruohan half a bowl.Seeing Sanniang's thin, morbidly red cheeks, and her difficulty in swallowing food, Wu Ya felt extremely distressed.But the phrase "Sanniang, let's invite the doctor to take a look." But she couldn't say it anymore, she didn't want to make Sanniang waste her time and worry about it.

After Xu Shi ate some hot food, Zhang Ruohan regained some strength and cheered up.Ask Wu Ya to take the low case to the bed, add water and rub the ink, and plan to write the letter by himself.

"San Niang, what are you trying to write... You are so sick..." Wu Ya was about to cry.

"I'm not going to write a long essay, but a brief letter of three or two characters will be ready soon." Zhang Ruohan insisted.

There is no limit but to obey.

Wu Ya rubbed the ink, Zhang Ruohan thought for a moment, picked up the pen and put the paper down, and quickly wrote two letters.Fold them all into the envelope, seal the seal, and ask Wu Ya:

"Where's Qianhe? Have you ever come back?"

"I just came back yesterday. Sanniang is sick, so she came to see her."

"Did you say something?"

"Just talk about the results of the two-day follow-up and investigation. Shen Sizhi has been engrossed in his official duties, and there is no movement. The princess is also very quiet. He trains in the school ground every day, and there is nothing unusual."

"Did she say when she would return?"

"I didn't say that, I think it might not be possible to come back today." Wu Ya reckoned.

"Since that's the case, why don't you make a trip for me. The cover of this letter says 'I offer a great enlightenment from a great master', and you send it to a master of Qinglong Temple for me. This letter with a white cover, You send me to the Princess Mansion of the Jin Kingdom, and the princess must personally sign it. This matter is urgent, so you go out immediately, and send it to the Princess Mansion first, and then to the Qinglong Temple."

"Here." Wu Ya quickly took the two letters and hid them close to his body.Then he said to Zhang Ruohan worriedly:

"But Sanniang..."

Zhang Ruohan knew that she was worried about herself, so she smiled weakly and said:

"Don't worry about me, I'm a patient, what can happen if I lie on the couch and rest."

Wu Ya pursed his lips, and said in a muffled voice: "I'll go quickly, and I'll come back as soon as possible." Saying this, Wu Ya made up his mind, desperate to be punished by Sanniang in the future, and also go to invite After the doctor came back to see Sanniang, she couldn't let Sanniang get sick like this.

Looking at her expression, Zhang Ruohan knew what she was thinking.How could Wu Ya's thoughts be hidden from her eyes, this girl has been straight-hearted since she was a child, and she couldn't hide her emotions.Zhang Ruohan sighed faintly, that's all, she's tired, let's go with this girl, at least this girl is not so confused as to invite the best doctor in Chang'an.As for not being able to hide it from her family, it doesn't matter, she didn't even go to greet her grandmother and the elderly yesterday, it was so abnormal, it probably wouldn't be able to hide it for a long time.

Thinking like this, at some point, Wu Ya had already left, and she was left alone in the room.Quiet, thin smoke rose from the Suanni incense burner not far away, and the charcoal stove beside the couch was warm.Outside the half-opened window, a stalk of red plum leaned obliquely, and a faint fragrance wafted from it.

Zhang Ruohan's head was heavy, and the pillow behind her head was soft, trapping her in it.My thoughts are no longer under my control, and my consciousness is far away.In the dark, through the light veil, Zhang Ruohan seemed to see a man in red sitting sideways beside her couch.The man took her hand, warm, rough, and callused.That hand caught her pulse just like that, as if it was signaling her pulse.

Zhang Ruohan didn't know if he was dreaming or awake.At this moment, everything is illusory, but it is incomparably real.

Soon, the hand slowly left her wrist and attached to her cheek.Under the gentle touch, Zhang Ruohan seemed to have returned to her childhood. At that time, she was often seriously ill, and her mother always sat by her couch like this, taking care of her in undressed clothes.

"Mother..." she called unconsciously.

The hand seemed to have stagnated for a moment, trembling slightly, but it was calm after all.In a daze, Zhang Ruohan felt that the clothes on his chest were untied and his sleeves were pulled up.Then, there was a slight stabbing pain, as if someone had stuck a needle in her body.

She wanted to struggle to open her eyes to see who that person was, but her eyelids were too heavy, drooping low, half asleep, half awake, if it wasn't for the willpower still resisting, she might have lost consciousness, and even more so No one knew there was such a man in red.She couldn't even tell if she was dreaming, otherwise, if she closed her eyes, why would she be able to see the man in red by the couch?

The slight tingling didn't last long and passed quickly.She felt those hands dress her and cover her quilt.After a while, she heard the sound of pen and ink writing in the distance, and someone picked up a pen and wrote.

After the sound of writing fell, Zhang Ruohan heard the sound of the door opening, and the man left.The corners of the red clothes are fluttering, like a butterfly wearing a flower, making her confused, recalling a morning more than ten years ago, a girl in red broke into her boudoir and called her to get up. .

"Akashi... Akashi..."

Two lines of clear tears slipped from the corners of the eyes into the temples.

In the past, I woke up early in the morning, but now I look forward to your return at dusk.Twilight Three Thousand Years, Hu Bugui, Hu Bugui?I am alone in this world, lonely and lonely, never to be forgotten.

***

In the evening of that day, in the small courtyard of the Shen family.

Shen Sui was reading a book in his study when there was a knock on the door, Shen Sui said:

"Come in."

Yiyan, who was wearing a light red skirt, pushed the door open and entered, then turned around and closed the door.

"Xiaoniang..." Shen Sui put down the book in his hand, and called out in a low voice, "How's the lotus maid?"

"I was seriously ill. Fortunately, it didn't take long, and the needles were given to control it. I pretended to be the doctor invited by the old lady of the Zhang family, and left the prescription there. I hope they can use it. It doesn't matter if you don't need it. I have given it. The needle should be fine."

Shen Sui's throat choked, and finally he just said: "That's good."

Tiaoniang looked at Shen Sui steadily, and said for a long while:

"Aren't you going to see her in person? I was so worried that I took all the books down."

Shen Sui lowered her head to look at the book in her hand just now, it was indeed upside down, she didn't read it at all, she just pretended nothing had happened, and waited wholeheartedly for Yingniang's return.

Shen Sui smiled wryly: "She sent a blind girl to watch me all day long, that blind girl is extraordinary, I can only restrain myself. How can I watch her at this juncture?"

"Why do you keep it from her, it makes her jealous, it's useless." Liao Niang frowned.

"Before the time comes, don't tell her. I don't want to involve her too early." Shen Sui bowed his head.

"Do you think this is protecting her? With her stubborn nature, no one can pull her back. If she does something that endangers our plan without knowing it, what should you do? Akashi, She has been involved, and you must be responsible for her safety and the future of all of us." It is rare for Ying Niang to talk to Shen Sui with such earnestness, this time, she was really angry and distressed.The "A Niang" on the sickbed pierced her heart, tears almost fell down.She loves Zhang Ruohan so much, every time this child mentions her, it brings tears to the eyes of her mother.

Shen Sui tilted his head and stared at the snow knife hanging on the wall not far away, his lips were pursed into a tight thin line, and he clenched his fists without saying a word.

After a long time, she let out a long sigh and said:

"Xiaoniang, let me think about it. But no matter what, now is not the time. I must first establish a relationship with Jinyue before I can consider future issues. And Jinyue and her are constantly cutting things off. Before that, we We can't recognize her, otherwise, how should we face Jinyue? Without Jinyue, where should we start talking about our major issues?"

Tiao Niang helplessly shook her head and said:

"Forget it, you always have your plans, and I shouldn't use emotions to influence your decision. Chishi, I hope you won't be blinded by hatred, don't forget, there will always be such a person waiting for you, she After waiting for you for 16 years, this heavy feeling is the last thing you can live up to."

After the bride left, Shen Sui got up, came to the half-open window, looked at the green bamboo outside the window, and sighed deeply.On the bird stand next to the window, a white-tailed swift with black bean-like eyes was looking at the man in front of him suspiciously.Shen Sui turned around and went to the bird stand, took the bird food to feed the swifts, held the bird with one hand, and said:

"Good Yan'er, thank you for reminding me that she is ill this time. I will ask you to take care of her carefully for me. If there is anything not thoughtful about her, you must tell me."

After saying that, he raised his hand, and the white-tailed swift spread its wings and flew away again.

Thousands of miles away from people will eventually return, old people meet each other but don't know each other.One farewell to three thousand autumns, endure heartbreak, endure heartbreak!In the blink of an eye, the dust of the past has been wiped out, and the blade is facing the net of slashing revenge, and I dare not forget.

The author has something to say: This chapter is dedicated to Sister Lian Maid.Although the article is only thirty chapters, it is still short.However, Zhang Ruohan's character image has been established.In my mind, she is an extremely rebellious woman, an extremely strong woman, an extremely stubborn woman, and an extremely dedicated woman.Such a woman is powerful, but also vulnerable.She may have lacked resilience, so she could not bear the blow when she was hit, and even suffered from mental illness.

Zhang Ruohan 16 years ago is different from her now. Now she undoubtedly has a lot more resilience, but she is still fragile. This kind of fragility will naturally be revealed during illness.

Well, I will do some character analysis when I see the opportunity in the future. Sister Lian Mai still has a lot to analyze.I love this woman so much.