Tang riddles

Chapter 98

On the [-]th day of April, at the Grand Court Meeting, the sage was overjoyed when he got the Holy Grail, a treasure offered by Fufu missionaries.In order to allow the royal relatives and common people to have a glimpse of the rare treasures presented by this distant western empire, so as to show the national prestige of the Tang Dynasty.The sage decided to exhibit this cup in the Vientiane Pavilion, Beishendu Garden, Shangyang Palace, from April [-]th to May [-]th, a whole month.People in Luoyang City can go to Duanmen to get viewing tickets and enter the pavilion to watch.But each person is limited to one coupon, and when receiving the coupon, it will be marked and recorded, and its appearance will be drawn.Those who repeat multiple collars will be punished as a crime.

Shendu Garden, formerly known as Xiyuan, is a royal forbidden garden established in the former Sui Dynasty.In the Sui Dynasty, Xiyuan reached Xin'an in the west, Mangshan Mountain in the north, and Yique Mountains in the south. It was hundreds of miles away on Tuesday and had a vast territory. Sixteen courtyards were built in it, and Longlin Canal was bent around.The gate of the courtyard is close to the canal, and the flying bridge is crossed above. There are willows and bamboos, famous flowers and beautiful grasses, hidden and hidden.The Longlin Canal pours into the artificial sea with a radius of ten miles, and the sea is more than ten miles around. There are Fangzhang, Penglai, and Yingzhou mountains, each of which is [-] steps away from each other, and the mountains rise more than [-] feet from the water.After the Tang Dynasty, Xiyuan was renamed Shendu Garden. Although the overall area has been reduced by more than half, it is still unspeakably large.

And this Vientiane Pavilion is a royal treasure pavilion. It is on the east bank of the artificial sea, relying on the Xuanhui Gate. The common people outside the city can enter the imperial city from the right side of the Duanmen, and go north along the narrow road inside the city wall. Go through Xuanhui Gate and enter the area of ​​Shendu Garden.

For this reason, the Royal Wanqi Battalion and the Flying Cavalry Battalion, the two imperial guards, began to patrol the city in large numbers and closely guarded the area around the imperial city.Within three days from the [-]th to the [-]th, the entire imperial city was as indestructible as an iron barrel.The people in Luoyang were overjoyed, boiling like celebrating the Lantern Festival.For the sake of comparison or curiosity, everyone scrambled to go to the Duanmen to get viewing tickets. If it weren't for the strict guards of the imperial guards to prevent accidents, someone would have been beaten to the ground to fight for the first place.Even so, every day there is a packed line outside Duanmen, it is really hard to find a ticket.

Some people even became speculative because of this. They didn't look at it themselves, but they got a coupon to sell it, and they could sell it at a good price.Some rich and noble families reported all the names of all the deceased ancestors in their ancestors, and asked a large number of their own servants to collect the tickets. Lots of money.

Anyway, one ticket per person, and the sage didn't say that dead people can't be exchanged for tickets.However, this kind of thing can't be done in the later stage, because the sage added an order that it is not allowed to exchange viewing tickets in the name of the dead, so that the Henan government moved all the household registration books registered in the entire Luoyang City, and checked them one by one. What a spectacle.As a result, the process of receiving the coupons for each person was lengthened again, and the number of people queuing up was not less, but more and more.

In the middle of this process, there were really people who were lucky enough to get away with it, but were found out.He was dragged down by the forbidden army on the spot, and it really played the role of killing chickens and monkeys.Those who think carefully are much more honest.

The sage does not seem to regret holding such an exhibition with such a large number of people, and he is determined to make this exhibition a success.He also specially entrusted Li Jinyue with the security and defense during the exhibition period, and she was responsible for mobilizing the imperial army during this period.On the surface, the sage seemed to have changed his gender, and suddenly he favored himself, the eldest daughter who had been disliked for many years.But those who knew the inside story knew that this was the saint's punishment for Li Jinyue.

Recently, although the holy grail exhibition is regarded as a top priority in Luoyang City, there is another romantic scandal that is also secretly circulating.It is said that Xuedao Mingduan Shen Bozhao fell in love with Ruohan, the daughter of Zhang Sanniang, the daughter of Zhang Jiuling in Qujiang, and asked the saint for a marriage, and the saint agreed.Li Jinyue, Princess of Jin State, was furious because of this, and she fought bloody battle with Shen Bozhao on the Tianjin Bridge, arguing with jealousy, causing Shen Bozhao to be seriously injured.Let the saint know about this matter, and the saint couldn't hold back his face, and he couldn't punish Li Jinyue openly, so he admitted it.He then punished Li Jinyue to undertake the Holy Grail exhibition.This is a thankless job. If you don't bother to talk about it, if you don't do it well, you will offend many people. Even if you do it well, you may not be rewarded.

These rumors spread like wildfire in the tea shop and restaurant, and people accused Li Jinyue one after another.The dignified eldest princess of the empire, who doesn't cultivate her personal virtues, is just playing with things like grinding mirrors, but she still brings it to the table, she has no shame.The most abominable thing is that she still wants to break up the decent men and women. She is really an adulterer and immoral.

There are also people who abuse Zhang Ruohan, saying that this woman is a troublesome woman, and she is not married when she is nearly thirty years old. Taste.

And people generally sympathized with Shen Sui, lamenting that she is a good "man", but it is so difficult to marry a wife, and she has to bear the burden of the princess of Jin's sword.There are also people who stand and talk without pain in their backs, saying that Shen Sui is a bitch, has a problem with his eyesight, saw a disaster, and even offended the princess of the Jin Kingdom, and finally succumbed to the lustful power of a woman, really losing the majesty of a man. I look down on her very much.

Oh, what people say is scary.

These random rumors will not bother Shen Sui.These days, she concentrates on recuperating from her injuries every day, ignoring worldly affairs.Her wounds healed quickly, and by about the seventh day, the worst sword wound on her left shoulder had healed.Both Junzi Zhao and Yi Yan felt that she could leave Yaowangtang and return home, and there was no need to stay here anymore.From then on, he only needs to recuperate at home quietly, without doing heavy work, and he will recover in another [-] days.

During these seven days, many people came to see Shen Sui.Shen Jin and Yingniang have already moved into Yaowangtang, guarding Shen Sui every day. Most of the brothers from Qianyumen, headed by Huyan Zhuoma and Liu Li, have also visited her. Although they didn't stay for long, every one of them The caring expression made Shen Sui warm.

Zhang Ruohan didn't need to mention it, he would come every day, for most of the day, and he didn't go back until dusk.For the first two days, Shen Sui was in a coma, and she slept directly in the Yaowang Hall every day.Later when Shen Sui woke up, her family urged her to go home again. An unmarried girl stayed out overnight for her lover. It was really shameful for her to go home every day.It's also very good to guard Shen Sui during the day, talk to her, or not communicate with her, just sit beside her with a scroll and read it.When it was time to eat and feed medicine, she would always bring medicine and food on time, and feed Shen Sui carefully.Shen Sui was about to go to the latrine, so she also helped her up with difficulty and let her sit on the barrel.In the end, he personally lifted the bucket out and poured it out.She would also personally wring a hot handkerchief to wipe Shen Sui's body. These dirty and meticulous tasks would make her sweaty and exhausted every time she finished them.

She didn't even allow Wuya or Yingniang to help, and she did everything herself.That level of meticulousness made Wu Ya feel distressed, so much so that even the girl who took care of Shen Sui and grew up felt sorry for herself.Shen Sui was often so moved that he couldn't speak, and even wanted to cry.She is such a noble person, with delicate hands that should be pinching the pen, playing the piano, and holding the scroll, but doing these trivial, messy and humble things for herself, Shen Sui's heart hurts too much.But she never tried to persuade her not to do it, because she knew that she was not feeling well, she was doing these things to vent her inner depression, how could Shen Sui stop such things?She only blamed herself for recovering too slowly, so she couldn't marry her home, take good care of her, and let her enjoy life.

In addition, Wuya and Qianhe would come here often.Wu Ya would come every day, Zhang Ruohan wanted to serve Shen Sui personally, but someone had to come to serve Zhang Ruohan, she couldn't do without.

On the other hand, Qianhe, after a series of major incidents happened, she dangled around the edge as if it had nothing to do with her, and she didn't know where she went on the day of the accident.These days, he would occasionally come with Zhang Ruohan's master and servant, but he didn't stay for long, and left soon, and he didn't know what he was busy with.Zhang Ruohan didn't care about her either, her mind was all on Shen Sui.For Zhang Ruohan, Qianhe is actually a relatively free person, there is no master-servant contract between them, and Qianhe's identity is not a slave, she is a good citizen and has a household registration in Datang.Therefore, the relationship between Zhang Ruohan and Qianhe is more like an employment relationship where she can come and go freely. Zhang Ruohan doesn't care much about her, and she can go wherever she likes.

Besides Zhang Ruohan's people, Qin Zhen and colleagues from Dali Temple also came to see Shen Sui.After Qin Zhen knew the ins and outs of the matter, he was furious, pointed at Li Jinyue and scolded him, even the saints were taken by him, saying that their Li family was not upright, they didn't cultivate their personal morals, they were all a bunch of corrupt ethics and shameless guy.Hearing these words, Shen Sui broke into a cold sweat, and managed to dissuade Duke Qin.

On the sixth day of recuperation, Ming Yu came to see Shen Sui, Shen Sui dictated, Ming Yu took notes, and recorded the details of Zhu Yuanmao's case in detail, finally he had an explanation to his superiors.Ming Gui looked at Shen Sui who was lying on the couch, slightly depleted of energy and blood, and said with a smile:

"Brother Bo Zhao, congratulations, the moment you see popularity, a happy event really comes."

After teasing Shen Sui, he left.However, Shen Sui felt that this was not just a joke, Ming Gui was a member of the imperial court, he was stable, he rarely teased others, and he was her immediate boss.Suddenly saying such a sentence probably means that the sage is ready to give her an explanation.

Sure enough, on the eighth day of her recuperation, she had just moved back to her home in Shen's Mansion, and she was greeted by the edict-delivering inner eunuch in the palace.Shen Sui was even allowed not to kneel to receive the order, but to stand and bow to receive the order.The guard of honor who delivered the decree came in a mighty way, for fear that others would not know it.The content of the decree is detailed and detailed, and it is another decree referring to marriage, but this time, the saint has almost arranged everything.He had already gone to Zhang's house to propose marriage for Shen Sui, and gave him a pair of wild geese for the sake of the geese.The ceremonial officer has already combined Zhang Ruohan and Shen Sui's birthdays, calculated the auspicious time, and set the date and time for each step of the next wedding step. Shen Sui and the Zhang family only need to follow the rules given by the sage.

Shen Sui really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, it seems that the saint was really in a hurry this time, so he did such a mother-in-law thing.Even so, Shen Sui still planned to go to Zhang's mansion to propose relatives and hire her, otherwise she would be too neglectful of the newlywed mother. She didn't want to feel wronged by Zhang Ruohan, and she didn't want people in Zhang's mansion to be hostile to her.Those are all her future relatives!

However, Shen Sui was still very worried about Li Jinyue's current situation.Although she did not destroy the imperial decree, she intended to kill herself and was known by the saint.I am afraid that I touched the saint's scales.This matter will be made up for later.Now, while she is recovering from her injuries, she is secretly thinking about how the story of her duel with Li Jinyue on the Jinqiao got to the ears of the sage in the heavy rain that day.She was sure that no one passed by on the bridge that day, but in the end it was Li Bai who came and took her away.After that, she seemed to get off the bridge in a trance, and saw Zhang Shuo, and there was no one else besides that.The place where they fought could not be seen no matter from the turret in the far distance of the imperial city or from a tall building in the south of the bridge. not see.So only those who came to cross the bridge that day could do it.

Li Bai didn't have the possibility to inform the saint. The remaining possibilities were Zhang Shuo and Li Jinyue herself.Both of them are likely to inform the saint about this, but Shen Sui thinks that Li Jinyue may be more likely, if she is not stupid enough to wait for Zhang Shuo to report her.

The sage also had an ambiguous attitude towards her, probably because he wanted to suppress the matter.After all, they are their own father and daughter, even if they don't want to see them, they don't allow their daughters to tarnish their face.

Thinking of Li Jinyue gave her a headache.This stupid woman is really stupid.But if she wasn't so stupid, she wouldn't have that kind of true temperament, and maybe she wouldn't be Li Jinyue.This time, Li Jinyue's reaction was actually within her expectation.She knew that Zhang Ruohan couldn't stop her, so she would definitely find herself.She also sees clearly what Li Jinyue is thinking.In her mind, Zhang Ruohan is not only Zhang Ruohan, but also the embodiment of beautiful childhood memories. She even entrusts her longing and guilt for Chishi to Zhang Ruohan.Therefore, it doesn't matter if Zhang Ruohan is not with her, she knows that Zhang Ruohan is missing Chishi, that is enough, and she is also used to this kind of relationship and getting along.

Think about it, if it was me, one day, a "man" named "Shen Sui" suddenly rushed out halfway, and directly wanted to snatch Zhang Ruohan away, I am afraid that my performance would not be much better than her.They are all people with true feelings, so why bother to be harsh on others.

But she was determined to kill herself, but it was unexpected.To be honest, looking back on this incident, Shen Sui's heart still hurts.She is really ruthless, this kind of ruthlessness, once you are recognized as an enemy by her, she will definitely kill you.

At the end of the battle, she had no choice but to reveal her identity, and Li Jinyue probably already guessed who she was.Next, it depends on how she behaves.Until now, there has been no news of her identity being exposed. Presumably, she passed this level safely, and perhaps soon, Li Jinyue will come to her.

Shen Sui predicted things like a god, on the second day after the sage delivered the decree to grant her marriage, that is, on the ninth day of her recuperation, in the evening, Hutuo came to report:

"Da Lang, the princess...she is asking to see you outside the door." When he spoke, he was a little hesitant and also a little scared.

"Please come in." Shen Sui said calmly.

"Dalang... that... the princess, she has a bit of a special dress, don't be scared later." Hutuo said falteringly.

Special dress?Shen Sui looked at Hutuo inexplicably.

"Okay, please invite her in quickly."

Not long after, Shen Sui saw a tall woman in plain clothes walking in with bare feet.She only had a thin underwear on her body, her hair was not tied up, nor was she wearing any jewelry, just a simple ponytail.As soon as she walked in, she knelt by the threshold, lying on the ground, with a thorn on her back.

Shen Sui was startled, and hurried forward to help her.But she shouted:

"Don't move! I'll go over."

Saying that, he walked on his knees, and slowly came to the side of the couch where Shen Sui was leaning on, and under Shen Sui's shocked eyes, slowly said:

"Mr. Shen, Jinyue hurt you, and there is no way to ask for forgiveness. I will plead guilty today, and I will let you handle it."

After all, kneel down again.

The author has something to say: everyone knows the story of pleading guilty, so I won't tell it.

Seeing that some friends misunderstood that the saying about Shen Sui's special blood was made up to deceive Mr. Zhao Shijun, I must explain, of course it was not a lie.With Zhao Shijun's skill, even if he couldn't tell that Shen Sui was a daughter, he should understand when he unbuttoned his clothes to treat the wound, what's the point of lying to him?

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