Tang riddles

In October of the first year of Shengong, Shen Yu, the young patriarch of Yanling's Shen family for two decades, brought several capable generals under his command, and went south from Jinling to Wu Xing, Huzhou, to negotiate with Wu Xing's Shen family.

The negotiations were protracted and the two sides were at a stalemate.Shen Yu urged the Yanling Shen family to halve the supplies enshrined to Wu Xing Shen's family in previous years, but Wu Xing Shen's family was unwilling, and the two sides fell into a situation of see-saw negotiation.

Shen Yu is not in a hurry, she has full confidence to complete this negotiation.Between negotiations, she often visited the beautiful landscapes of Huzhou and traveled all over Huzhou.When I don't go out, I live in a small water town in Wuxing County, choose a house near the water, write poems and paint every day, warm wine and drink tea, leisurely and self-sufficient.

In the third year of the negotiations, Wu Xingshen finally couldn't stand it anymore and showed signs of loosening up.In recent days, Shen Yu has been running around Wu Xing and Shen's more frequently.One day, she missed lunch and was hungry, so she happened to pass by the most famous restaurant in Wuxing County—Baiquelou.I heard that the rice wine in this restaurant is the most beautiful. If it can be paired with freshly caught plump crabs, even the naughtiest tongue can be conquered.

She tied up her horse, hurried into the restaurant, picked up a clean seat in the corner, ordered a jug of wine, three crabs, and first a plate of pastries and side dishes to fill her stomach.

The waiter had never seen such a handsome man, he was stunned, and even stuttered when talking to Shen Yu.In addition, it was already past the meal time, and there were not many diners left in the store, and the man ordered so many foods, it was really impressive.

While waiting for the food to be served, Shen Yu sat in the corner and looked around the scene of the shop, then lost interest, and her attention gradually turned to the window.The location she chose was near the water level, and there was a trickling river outside the window.Wuxing has a well-developed water system and vertical and horizontal river courses, so it has formed a unique water-facing architectural style.There are many small bridges in the water port, and all the people sleep in the river.The night market sells water chestnut lotus root, and the spring boat carries Qiluo.While thinking about it, a small boat rowed over outside the window.

The punter was a woman from the south of the Yangtze River, dressed in the bunt of a fisherman's daughter, fresh and elegant, wearing a bamboo hat with lotus leaves on her head, and holding a penny in her hand.The woman raised her bamboo hat, revealing an incomparably beautiful face.With a smile on her face, she raised her head and shouted to the top of the restaurant:

"Father! I'm here to bring you food!" The soft and waxy Wu Yin called out from her mouth, and the incomparably sweet voice made people clear their souls.

As he spoke, he carried a bamboo basket, stood firmly on the board of the boat, and looked up.

Not long after, Shen Yu noticed that a window on the second floor of the restaurant was opened, and a long rope tied with a hook was hanging down.Shen Yu has lived in the water town for a long time, and has long been accustomed to the scene of delivering meals.This is how people in water villages do business. Merchants take boats along the river to sell goods, and people along the river can buy what they need without leaving home.It's just that she was so curious that she couldn't help leaning out of the window and looking up.Then he saw a man in his forties who looked like a scholar, with a handsome face, almost exactly similar to that woman's eyebrows.It was he who lowered the hook rope and lifted up the bamboo basket containing the food.

"Lianniang, go back to rest earlier, don't be busy anymore." The scholar urged.

"Hey, I'll send this boat of water chestnuts, and I'll be back." The woman replied briskly, then got up the pole, propped the boat and continued to walk along the river.

Shen Yu's gaze was so glued to the woman, and for some reason he couldn't move it away.The woman's voice and smile are as elegant as the scenery of the water town, which is not enough to surprise people at first glance.But there is an indescribable beauty that makes people feel happy physically and mentally.It's like a sweet spring that flows into the bottom of your heart, and then settles down in your heart, never to be forgotten.

The woman seemed to have noticed that Shen Yu by the window had been looking at her. Out of her daughter's shyness, she gave Shen Yu a polite smile, then put on a bamboo hat to cover her face, and left slowly on the black-covered boat.

Shen Yu has been possessed since then.

She would come to Baique Tower almost every day at this time, so she chose to sit by the window, and almost every time she would meet the woman who brought her father meals.Whenever they meet, they always look at each other and smile.Later, when Shen Yu took the initiative to say hello, the woman would also talk to her a few words.Come and go, get to know each other slowly.

It's funny to say that lunch is included when working in a restaurant, and sometimes dinner is also included.The woman's father is the accountant of this restaurant, and it should be the case, but he discounted his meals for wages.It just so happened that her daughter picked water chestnuts and sold lotus seeds to support her family, so she had to walk this waterway every day, so it was a convenient way to deliver food.The accountant's name is Qin Zhen, a well-known fish seller in Huzhou. He got a fortune in his early years, but he was educated and self-taught.It's a pity that my family is poor and I have no money to catch up with the exam, so I wasted until I was in my 40s.Poor, his wife was seriously ill in the early years, and the medical expenses used up the savings of the family. Now that his wife died of illness, only father and daughter are left to depend on each other.The daughter always said that she wanted her father to take the imperial examination once, and she couldn't give up. Right now, both father and daughter are trying to save money.

His daughter, whose name is Lian, is called "Lian Niang", and she has just reached the age of Ji, and is just at the age when she is looking for someone to marry.

Shen Yu found out the backgrounds of the father and daughter very easily, she couldn't help feeling sympathetic and wanted to help them.Finally one day, she took the initiative to invite Qin Zhen to drink.Only then did Shen Yu understand how appropriate the phrase "see each other late".Qin Zhen is a man of great talent. If he can become an official, his future will be limitless.

It's just a pity that Qin Zhen's scholar is angry, and if he wants to help him, it will probably make him more uncomfortable than killing him.Shen Yu could only temporarily slow down the funding and think of other ways.

At that time, the time has come to the second year of Wu Zhou Jiushi, Shen Yu has been in Huzhou for four years, and the negotiation with Wu Xing Shen's is coming to an end.In this negotiation, Shen Yu really won the opportunity for the Yanling Shen family to have an equal dialogue with the Wu Xing Shen family, and from then on, the Yanling Shen family completely got rid of Wu Xing Shen's control.

According to the plan, she should return to Jinling.But she continued to stay in Huzhou, for a father and daughter, for...the love of her life from now on.

She realized that she fell in love with Qin Lian, and wanted to be by her side all the time. If she didn't see her for a day, she would feel restless and lovesick.She desperately wanted to know how Qin Lian felt about her.But she disguised herself as a man and always presented herself as a man, which inevitably became an obstacle between the two.Within Luanhuang Yin's family, marriage between women and women is nothing new, and the family also allows it.But for outsiders, this is undoubtedly a huge impact.

Qin Lian, can you really accept her love?She had already reached the threshold, and saw that the threshold was broken by the people who proposed marriage, and Shen Yu was destroyed.

She remembered that the day she mustered up the courage to confess to Qin Lian was the hottest summer season, and Qin Lian was busy picking lotus seeds in the lotus pond and lotus fields every day in a small boat.She offered to ask for help, and she really changed her bunt, and got on the boat with bare feet.It turned out that she was picking lotus seeds for the first time, and she was clumsy, which caused Qin Lian a lot of trouble.One morning, Qin Lian would be able to pick a boatload of lotus seeds by himself, but because he wanted to teach her, he only picked half of the boatload, and because Shen Yu was not used to taking a boat, even though he was not weak, he couldn't. Still in a hurry, he overturned the boat and fell into the lotus pond, stained with mud.

But Qin Lian was really happy, and the silver bell-like laughter never stopped.Since Shen Yu met her, he had never seen her smile so happily.

She has such a beautiful smile...

In order for Shen Yu to take a bath and change clothes as soon as possible, Qin Lian deliberately punted her back to the temporary house.Shen Yu left Qin Lian to wait outside, and went to change clothes.When Shen Yu reappeared, she had her hair loose and was dressed in women's clothing.

It turned out that the handsome boy was actually a daughter.

Qin Lian smiled as if he was relieved.

"Why are you laughing?" Shen Yu asked her.

"You think I don't know that you are a woman? You fool, you pretend to be pretty, but after being in touch with you for a long time, I can still feel it. Today I can confirm my own guess." Qin Lian replied.

"You... don't you find it strange?" Shen Yu asked again.

"Strange what?" she wondered.

Shen Yu's throat twitched, and he said softly: "Your mother...you really don't understand why I want to tell you about my daughter's body?"

Qin Lian's smile gradually subsided, and the crimson color on his face gradually faded.She bit her red lips lightly, lowered her head, not daring to look at her again.

"Even if I'm a woman, would you...marry me?" Shen Yu asked seriously.

On that day, Qin Lian ran away in despair.

For the next few days, Shen Yu never appeared again.

Seven days later, Qin Zhen found Shen Yu who was drunk on the roof of his house.

"Brother Changheng...you are such a weirdo!" Qin Zhen took great pains to carry Shen Yu off the roof and put him on his dilapidated little bed, panting, wiped his sweat and said angrily.Even if Shen Yu couldn't hear what he was saying.

Qin Lian had already boiled hot water, moistened the handkerchief and wiped off the sweat and tears on her face, the pain in her eyes turned into tears rolling down.

"Lianniang, you...why are you crying?" Qin Zhen, who hadn't noticed the love between the two, was frightened by her daughter's tears.He hadn't seen his daughter cry since her mother died.

"Father... I want to marry her..."

Qin Zhen was completely dumbfounded.

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Ah... When did she tell herself about Luanhuang's bloodline?Probably not long after that.They were really young at that time.Unbelievably young, more than 30 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Time flies, fate is like a knife.The world is white clouds and dogs, and the world is full of vicissitudes.

Chang Heng...you left me alone in this world, how cruel...

On a spring day, it was almost dusk, in Qin Lian's courtyard in Shen's residence in Jinling, on the wide beard bed, she leaned against it and closed her eyes for a rest.Tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, and she slowly opened her eyes.Recently, I always dream about the past. What is wrong with this?

Unexpectedly, a small hand wiped away the tears sliding down her face, and a childish voice rang in her ears.

"Grandma, are you crying?"

Qin Lian hurriedly sniffed and wiped away the tears on her face.He sat up, touched Huang'er's head, and said:

"Son, why are you here at this time?"

The seven-year-old girl's body has been raised a long way, and the baby fat on her once lovely face has gradually faded, and now she has initially shown a beautiful appearance, slim and graceful, looking forward to life.She showed a smile, knelt down grinning, held a brocade box in her arms to Qin Lian, and said:

"Grandmother, I wish you Mount Tai never grows old, Song He prolongs life."

Qin Lian suddenly felt very pleasantly surprised. After thinking about it carefully, today is not his birthday, but tomorrow is.

"Good boy, what are you...why, grandma's birthday is tomorrow."

"Grandmother, the things in this box can't wait until tomorrow, grandson can only wish you a birthday in advance." Huang'er smiled and opened the brocade box, and there was a strange-looking blood-colored wild ginseng lying inside.

"You bite off the skin and suck the juice inside. Let's mash the remaining skin and make it into a soup. This blood ginseng is very precious. It was sent by my father in a hurry. After tonight It doesn’t work anymore. You are not in good health, and Father said that he must heal you.”

Tears accumulated in Qin Lian's eyes.

"Aniang, eat quickly." Shen Sui did not know when she appeared at the door and stepped into the courtyard. Behind her, Zhang Ruohan, Yingniang, Wuya, Hutuo and others all walked in, and surrounded Qin Lian. in the center.

Qin Lian's tears flowed down, Shen Sui knelt down, wiped away the tears for his mother, and said:

"Mother, tomorrow is your fiftieth birthday, you should forget about it yourself." While speaking, he picked up the blood ginseng in the brocade box, pinched the skin, and fed the juice into Qin Lian's mouth.Seeing her drink it all, she was relieved.

Qin Lian's complexion became ruddy visibly with the naked eye, and his breath seemed to be much more comfortable.

"I don't have anything to give you, so I found this blood ginseng to help you strengthen your foundation and strength. The daily massage will continue. Your legs and feet have improved a lot recently. I believe you will be able to stand up soon. When you stand up Alright, I'll take you to visit the mountains and rivers, we have to go all over the [-] miles of beautiful rivers and mountains in the Tang Dynasty. Aniang, if you want to live a long life, I will be satisfied. " Shen Sui said with a smile.

"Mother, I asked the kitchen to prepare a lot of dishes. The whole family will celebrate your birthday tomorrow. How do you think?" Zhang Ruohan also squatted down and asked.

"Okay, okay." Qin Lian's tears were filled with joy, she stroked Shen Sui's face and Zhang Ruohan's hair.

Shen Sui cast a look at everyone, except for the frowning mother, all the juniors knelt down in front of Qin Lian, and cupped their hands to congratulate:

"Ma'am, Taishan will not grow old, Songhe will prolong the life." The voice was loud and tidy, and there were joyful smiles on every young face.

That smile infected Qin Lian, she broke into a smile through tears, and couldn't help but look up at the sky.

Changheng, wait for me, wait for me, when I can no longer accompany these children, I will go to see you.Let's meet in the sky, shall we?

The author has something to say: After thinking about it, I decided to write the chapter of Yu Lian as the last Chapter 2, because I have long expected that no matter how happy I want to write this chapter, I can't help but cry.I did cry.Tang riddles still have to end in a joyful and hopeful atmosphere, so the past must be written first, and then the future.

The next chapter will be dedicated to Huang'er.