Tang riddles

The drunken gray-robed scholar squinted his willow-leaf eyes, looking at the handsome gentleman in white clothes riding a horse in front of him.With a big tongue, he asked:

"Do you know Mr. Li?"

"I heard that Mr. recited a poem just now. It is probably a newly created poem. The style is very familiar to me. If it is written by Mr., I am very sure of my guess." Shen Sui explained.

The gray-robed scholar laughed loudly when he heard the words, and said:

"Haha, I really didn't expect that I would run into someone who knows someone on the way. Ah Yan, you said you hit me all day long, look, I'm really proud today." Said the attendant on the horse.

The attendant on horseback kept a straight face and didn't speak.The attendant driving the carriage behind suppressed a smile and shrugged his shoulders, looking a little hard.

Shen Sui also laughed, and said: "Mr. Taibai's reputation is far and wide, and I remember the song the most: The wind blows willows and flowers all over the store, and Wu Ji presses the wine to invite guests to taste. The children of Jinling come to see each other. May I ask Dong Liushui, do you want to be short or long with whom?"

Li Bai shook his head and listened to Shen Sui finish reciting his poems, as if he had returned to the moment when he was writing poems.After thinking about it for a while, he asked:

"Why this one?"

"People from Taicheng, Jinling." Shen Sui replied with a smile.

Li Bai laughed loudly: "No wonder!"

This is a song "Farewell to Jinling Wine Shop" written by Li Bai in Jinling in the 14th year of Kaiyuan. At that time, he was about to leave Jinling and go to Yangzhou.

"In 13 years, I stayed in Jinling for more than half a year. Before traveling to Yangzhou in the spring of the next year, the friends I met in Jinling saw me off." The poet briefly explained the background of this poem, "It's all The bold people, reciting this poem with one step today reminds me of them."

Having said this, he sighed, got off his horse, and his movements were a little staggering, which showed that the alcohol had not passed.Seeing this, Shen Sui hurriedly got off his horse to show respect.Li Bai stepped forward and said:

"Ms. Li is impolite. I don't know the surname of Gao. Did you and I meet in Jinling?"

"I met my husband for the first time today. When my husband went to Jinling, I was not in my hometown." Shen Sui explained, "My surname is Shen, and my name is Bozhao, which means Suijing. Sir, I am older than me." years old, be your elder brother."

"So it's Shen Sizhi from 'Snow Dao Ming Jue', I'm so disrespectful." He had been attracted by the beautiful snow-white horizontal knife on Shen Sui's waist for a long time, but now he heard Shen Sui's self-introduction, and finally realized it. He had heard of the name "Snow Dao Ming Jue". Although he was not on the same side as him, he was very famous in official circles, especially in recent days.

Shen Sui shook his head humbly, and the two formally greeted each other.

In fact, among the friends Li Bai made in Jinling, there were also friends who Shen Sui had known. They were friends of friends, and today they were officially acquainted.However, their relationship doesn't stop there.The first time Shen Sui knew Li Bai's name was from her master Sima Chengzhen.

That happened in the 12th year of Kaiyuan, when Sima Chengzhen was going to Nanyue Hengshan, passing through Jingzhou Jiangxia area.It happened that Li Bai had been living here, so he went to see Sima Chengzhen.At that time, Sima Chengzhen's court was bustling with visitors, and there was an endless stream of visiting guests every day, but what he talked about was nothing more than some yellow and white tricks and vulgar things. Just when he was bored, Li Bai's arrival could be said to be a breath of fresh air.Sima Chengzhen felt that this young gentleman was quite immortal and had a good relationship with Taoism.Talk to him and give him advice.Li Bai respected Sima Chengzhen very much, and seeing that such senior scholars looked favorably on him, the young people would inevitably feel a little smug.After returning home, I couldn't help but express my emotions, and then I had a whim, thinking of the Kunlun Mountain roc mentioned in "Shen Yi Jing", so I began to conceive a Fu, which was later "Rat Peng Yu Xi You Bird Fu".

Another point of connection between this Fu and Shen Sui is that Li Bai really likes birds.When he settled in Mianzhou, he often went to the mountains to seek Taoism. He was very surprised when he met Dongyanzi taming birds.This reclusive Taoist priest named "Dongyanzi" is also the bird trainer of Qianyumen.

After all, Li Bai and Shen Sui have been inextricably linked for a long time.

After "The Ode to the Birds in the Great Peng" was circulated, Sima Chengzhen once showed it to Shen Sui in a playful way.Shen Suichu read it with gusto, but when she read, "Why is the yellow swan in Fu Penglai boasting gold clothes and chrysanthemum clothes? The black phoenix that is ashamed of Cangwu shines in quality and brocade badges." She couldn't help being furious. It is too much to boast about the roc, how can the roc bird be compared with the yellow swan on Penglai Island, and let people boast about the tops decorated with gold and the bottoms made of chrysanthemums?Dapeng is ashamed to imitate the phoenix on Cangwu Mountain to show off the colorful texture and beautiful patterns on his feathers.

Why did Phoenix ever show off Caiyu?This person compares himself to Dapeng and looks down on all birds including phoenixes, how arrogant!As a little phoenix, Shen Sui was very dissatisfied.

From then on, the name Li Bai left a deep impression on Shen Sui, she would pay attention to his latest works from time to time, and as she grew older, she gradually felt that this person was talented, and secretly admired him.

It is better to meet each other than to be famous, and after a few words, the two hit it off so much that they chatted freely.Then they walked together in bridles to Jiangling City.Zhang Ruohan who was sitting in the carriage slightly opened the curtains, saw Shen Sui and Li Bai chatting passionately, smiled lightly, did not speak a word, just sat quietly in the carriage, as if he did not exist.

"Brother Bo Zhao, what do you think of the song "Journey to Jiangxia" just now?" As expected of a great poet, he did not forget to ask Shen Sui to comment on his poems.

Shen Sui thought for a while and said:

"It's wonderful, but I think it's not as good as "A Journey to Changgan." Both "Journey to Changgan" and "Journey to Jiangxia" are Yuefu poems about business women. They are on the same theme and written by the same person. sex.

Li Bai looked a little embarrassed, thought for a while, then smiled openly, and said:

"Indeed, it's not as good. But Brother Bo Zhao, let's just say something. Don't say it's because you are from Jinling." Li Bai joked.

"Changgan Journey" is written about the situation of the people in the city of Jinling, especially the sentence "Lang rides a bamboo horse and grows green plums around the bed. Living together in Changgan, the two little ones have no doubts." It's really wonderful!Shen Sui also changed his opinion of Li Bai because of reading this Yuefu poem.She copied this poem on purpose, and she had the urge to send it to Zhang Ruohan and Li Jinyue anonymously many times, but in the end she gave up.When she read this poem, didn't she feel that it was about her, Zhang Ruohan, and Li Jinyue?Back then, they were exactly "living together in Chang'an, the two little ones have no suspicions".

But now?She and Zhang Ruohan didn't mention it, but Li Jinyue made her sad every time she thought about it.

""The Long Journey" is vividly described, touching people's emotions." Shen Sui's evaluation is very plain and simple, and he speaks the truth that cannot be truer.

"Hahaha, Brother Bo Zhao, you are really an interesting person." Li Bai smiled, and said, he looked at the carriage where Zhang Ruohan was behind Shen Sui, and smiled ambiguously.

This time it was Shen Sui's turn to be embarrassed.

"On Zhang Huatai, someone seems to have seen brother Bo Zhao behaving intimately with a beautiful woman in white clothes. Is that brother Bo Zhao's wife?" Seeing Shen Sui's embarrassed expression, Li Bai became more energetic and asked blatantly.Zhang Ruohan was not wearing a woman's attire, nor was she wearing a woman's hair bun. If Li Bai didn't see clearly, then he did it on purpose.

"Not yet." Shen Sui replied directly without coddling.

"If not, then it will definitely be in the future?" Li Bai smiled, and then said, "That beautiful woman is Brother Bo Zhao's childhood sweetheart, a childhood sweetheart?"

Shen Sui looked at Li Bai and said, "Yes."

Li Bai laughed loudly, and said repeatedly: "Cheer up!"

Shen Sui also let go at this moment, with a free and easy smile on his face.

Sitting in the carriage, resting her eyes with one hand on her forehead, Zhang Ruohan heard Li Bai's loud voice outside, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she slowly recited the phrase "Childhood sweetheart, childhood sweetheart." I found it quite interesting.

Li Bai was not a relentless person, after knowing the relationship between Shen Sui and the beauty in white, he didn't ask any more questions.Shen Sui knew that Li Bai had just married the late Prime Minister Xu Yushi's granddaughter Xu Shi two years ago, and now he is living in Anlu, his wife is pregnant, and it is the time when the couple are most inseparable, so there will inevitably be some affection, so he doesn't care too much.

"Mr. Taibai is not in Anlu, why is he traveling?" Shen Sui asked.

"After getting married the year before last, my wife and I went north to Luoyang and Chang'an to ask for respect, then detoured to Shu, and then to Jiangxia, and recently arrived in Jiangling. Yesterday I sent my wife to her sister's husband's house for a short stay. When I came back, I saw Zhang Huatai enjoying the spring scenery. Great, let's go to play. After a while, we will go home." Li Bai said.

Shen Sui frowned indiscriminately, and sent his wife to live with his sister-in-law, so Li Bai came back alone.Who is the so-called "woman" in the carriage mentioned by Li Bai before?But she didn't delve into it, and said instead:

"Since Mr. Taibai went to the country with a sword and left his relatives to travel far away, he has traveled all over many great rivers and mountains. Sui is very envious. I don't know when he will be as comfortable as Mr. Taibai."

Li Bai smiled lightly and said:

"Bai Tian is a loose person by nature. Although he has the heart to serve the country, he suffers from not being able to find the freedom I want in the temple. Brother Bo Zhao envies me, and you must know that Bai also admires you very much."

Shen Sui didn't speak for a while.After Li Bai got married, he took his wife to visit high-ranking officials and nobles in Chang'an and Luoyang to show off their talents and make friends.No one belittled his talent, everyone thought he was extremely talented.But it is limited to this, because no one thinks he is suitable for officialdom.As he said, he was born a loose person, and the temple could not satisfy his inner pursuit.

"If Mr. Taibai has lofty aspirations, and just recently, Mr. Zhang is in Jiangling, why don't I recommend him, what do you think, sir?" Shen Sui said.

Li Bai's eyes lit up, and he quickly confirmed:

"Mr. Zhang, but Zhang Daoji and Prime Minister Zhang?"

"Exactly."

Li Bai was visibly excited, but he tried his best to suppress his emotions, and bowed to Shen Sui, almost fell off his horse, but fortunately Shen Sui helped him, he said:

"So, thanks to Brother Pei Bozhao for his support."

Just this bow, something suddenly fell out of Li Bai's sleeve, and landed on the yellow ground of the official road. Shen Sui looked at it, and immediately showed suspicion, and hurriedly reined in his horse, and shouted:

"stop!"

Qianhe and Wuya who were driving behind hurriedly reined in their horses, and the entire caravan stopped.

Shen Sui jumped off the horse, walked back to pick up the thing, looked it over carefully, and found that he was right.

She turned around, facing Li Bai who was riding a horse and looking at her in a daze, and said:

"Mr. Taibai, can you take a look at this thing?"

Li Bai said: "Yes, Brother Bo Zhao, take it."

Shen Sui took the thing and walked to the side of Zhang Ruohan's carriage, stood outside the window and said:

"Lotus maid, look at this."

The curtain was lifted, and Zhang Ruohan saw the things in Shen Sui's hands through the gap.It was a kit, Shu Brocade and Shu Embroidery, with a white crane embroidered on the blue background, very elegant.

"I'll take a closer look." Zhang Ruohan said with a shudder in his heart.

"Okay." Shen Sui handed in the kit.

Zhang Ruohan took the kit, opened it and examined it carefully, but there were only some loose coins in it.She poured out the money, and turned the inside and outside of the kit to look at the stitches inside.Zhang Ruohan was sure that he had seen this embroidery technique before. The brocade pouch from Fufeng Famen Temple had exactly the same embroidery technique as this brocade pouch, and there was no difference in the way the needles were moved.In addition, the brocade pouch presented by Shi Li Zhongyuan, the governor of Yizhou Metropolitan Government, was also embroidered in the same way as this brocade pouch.Although Zhang Ruohan hadn't checked Li Zhongyuan's kit so carefully, this embroidery technique was easy to identify, and the embroidered pattern was very three-dimensional, and she was sure that she would not admit it wrong.

"I'm [-]% sure, you and I feel right." Zhang Ruohan said softly when she repacked the money and handed it back to Shen Sui.

Shen Sui nodded to show that she understood, took the kit and went back to Li Bai, and returned the kit to him, then she got on the horse and continued on the road.

"Brother Bo Zhao, what's wrong with my kit?" Li Bai couldn't help asking.

"It's like this. I've seen a similar kit before, and it's familiar for a while. Just now I showed it to my fiancee to confirm that the embroidery techniques are indeed the same." Shen Sui explained.

"Oh?" Li Bai became interested and said, "Dare to ask Brother Bo Zhao where he has seen a similar kit. This is the logo of our Jianmen Poetry Club."

"Jianmen Poetry Club?" Shen Sui was surprised, this was a brand new clue.

"Yes, it is a loose organization of poetics. Most of the members of the poetry club are poets from the Sichuan region. There are wanderers and officials, and I am among them. Every member of the poetry club, the badge of joining the club is to distribute such a Shu brocade Most people carry the kits of Shu embroidery with them," Li Bai explained.

"Then, is Shi Li Zhongyuan, the governor of Yizhou, also a member of Jianmen Poetry Society?" Shen Sui asked.

"Yes, he is the general manager of Jianmen Poetry Club, and he organizes some activities of our poetry club." Li Bai laughed, "It seems that the kit that Brother Bo Zhao saw was Zhong Yuan's kit Yes. Our kits were all made by him, and it is said that they were all made by a embroiderer he knew well."

Embroidery lady?Isn't it a brothel girl?Shen Sui didn't change his expression, but doubts arose in his heart.But Li Bai's next sentence resolved her doubts:

"It's just that the embroidered mother's family was not well-off, and later she fell into prostitution. Zhong Yuan's family didn't allow him to marry that embroidered mother, so he didn't marry and stayed with her all the time." Li Bai seemed to be a little emotional.

Shen Sui was thinking about other things, and his face could not help but calm down.

The author has something to say: I made a mistake, let me summarize it here. In Chapter 30, I mentioned that the sisters Shen Sui and Shen Jin were not born to the same parents. At that time, I wrote "same mother and half father" , I made a mistake, it is actually "half mother", it has been revised, please pay attention.

The title of this chapter is "Tai Bahuang", which comes from the author's bad taste.Because the pronunciation of the three characters "Brother Taibai" in Tang Dynasty Mandarin is very similar to "Taibahuang", hahahaha...

A poem is attached here, can you understand what it is? ——The gun really looks so light, and the mud is fragrant.Gadou python fairy socks, you have to think about it.

It's very interesting to check out Forest Deer's "Tang Dynasty Crossing Guide".