I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

On the fifth day of July, a middle-aged woman dressed in brocade, red beige, and purple head covering came to Cui's house.Even if people who don't know see her, they will know that this is a matchmaker, and it is the highest-ranking official matchmaker.In this official media, only the upper class and the middle class pay attention to clothing, and people can tell it at a glance.The middle-class ones wear crowns and yellow buns, and the clothes are not as gorgeous as the first-class ones, but they are also clean and tidy.The lower the level, it doesn't matter about these, it's just an ordinary woman's dress.

Mrs. Cui, Xiao Ma and others suddenly saw the official media come to their door. They were surprised, but also happy.

They thought that Han Qi was a boy in Beijing, his father and aunt were not there, and his biological mother was in Quanzhou, so they might not be able to take care of them here.After all, when it comes to family affairs, men are always easy to be careless, and the two children are anxious to get engaged, so they thought that they might not think about it thoroughly.They planned to recruit a matchmaker themselves, and told Han Qi later that it was all right.But I didn't expect that they only wanted to make appointments here, and the official media who came from Bianjing came to the door.

Because the two parties had already passed through each other earlier, the matchmaker's visit was just a formality.

Write Han Qi's and Cui Tao's birthday horoscopes on the cursive posts respectively, and send them together to Guannei for calculation and signing.

The Cui family had already found someone to do the calculation, so the horoscope calculation was delivered on the same day, and a good result was produced on the same day.

The next day, that is, the sixth day of July, the Han family came to deliver 'Xukoujiu'.

Early in the morning, both Zhang Chang and Cook Fang were dressed in bright and festive clothes, and brought Xukou wine to Cui's house.This wine bottle is exquisite, with eight big red flowers inserted and covered with a red stopper.There are also several loads of things, in which there are many silks and eight beautifully carved silver coins.Red flowers should be inserted on this burden like a wine bottle, so it is called 'payment red'.

After the Cui family received the Xukou wine, they would "return fish chopsticks", pour two bottles of fresh water into the original wine bottle, then put five fresh red koi in it, insert a pair of chopsticks, and send it back to the original wine bottle. The Han family.

Originally, any kind of live fish could be placed here, so Mrs. Cui Tao, Mrs. Ma and the others naturally felt that choosing the red koi was the most auspicious.The two of them personally went to the garden pond to pick out the five most handsome and beautiful red koi.When talking about fishing, the two of them were splashed with water in order to confirm that the koi was really a lively fish, but they also smiled happily from ear to ear.

An outsider who didn't know, saw that the Cui family had a matchmaker who came to the door to propose a marriage, gave him a lot of wine the next day, and actually settled the marriage, and couldn't help but sigh that the speed was too fast.

Everyone speculated, could it be that the Cui family was worried that Cui Qiniang's past experience was too complicated for her to get married, so they quickly agreed when they came to ask for a kiss?The young men who speculated about this situation felt a pity. If they had known that he would try it, they might be able to marry the famous Cui family.

"Forget it, that Cui Qiniang is beautiful, but you can bear dealing with dead people all day long?"

"But I don't know what you guys are like. I can bear it. Cui Qiniang came back to handle a case last month, so I had the opportunity to take a look at it from a distance. As long as I see her lovely face, there is really nothing wrong with the dead body." , I can’t remember! Besides, his background is more than enough for my identity and appearance, how can I dislike it.”

"Really, that's not bad when you say it!" The person who asked the question rubbed his chin and agreed happily.

The rest of the teasing was quite lively, and they also booed, shouting regretfully that they should also try to propose marriage earlier.Once the blind cat hits the dead mouse, it will really get the beautiful girl.

"You guys are so beautiful, you really dare to think about this. Use your stupid heads to make it work! That's official media coming to your door, how can ordinary people like us afford it!" Sun Erniang, the tea seller, couldn't bear the stinking of these rough guys. Feet dreaming.

A single word awakened the dreamer, and several young men shut their mouths in embarrassment.That's right, it's not ordinary people who can afford official media.So they became curious again, which person who had something to do with the 'official' wanted to marry Cui Qiniang.Maybe it's some dandy; maybe that low-ranking, extremely ugly petty official; or maybe it's an older one who needs a sequel...

But it didn't take long for this kind of malicious speculation to spread, and another new news came from that side, saying that the matchmaker came to say that the matchmaker was the Han family.

"The Han family? Which Han? Who is it?"

"It's probably Han Tuiguan who came to our Anping last time!"

There was an explosion in the tea shop immediately, and some people shouted in disbelief, there are so many people surnamed Han, it must not be him.But it didn't take long for these shouters to be slapped in the face again.

Someone saw Han Tuiguan come to Cui's house with his own eyes.

How can there be such a coincidence?Just now a matchmaker came to the door to propose marriage and gave Xukou wine, then Han Tuiguan came to the door, and the proposer was still surnamed Han.No matter how stupid a person is, he would know that the person who proposed to marry Cui Qiniang must be Han Qi, and it was a certainty.

What's wrong, old, ugly, and dandy, there's nothing like that in him, on the contrary, he's unmarried, young, talented, and his appearance surpasses all men...

He actually wants to compare himself with someone like Han Qi, Xiao Xiang, who wants to marry a wife who enters the door, how big is his face! ?The few rough guys who shouted and regretted not going to Cui's house to propose marriage before were ridiculed until they lost their faces and slipped away with their heads in their arms. Before leaving, they were spat on by the tea shop proprietress.

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Originally, this was an exchange of detailed posts, even if the intention to get engaged has been initially reached, there is actually no need for the two parties to meet immediately.But the situation of Han Qi and Cui Tao is special. In another family, the two young people who are engaged don't want to see each other, so their parents will make arrangements for them.They just happened to be the opposite, the two of them always met, and they made up their own minds, but the parents were passive, so taking this opportunity to come back can be regarded as meeting the parents in person and having an explanation.

Naturally, Cui Tao couldn't come to Cui's house with Han Qi.Han Qi walked through the front door, and she quietly walked through the back door.

Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ma got the news early, and they stretched their necks to wait when they got up early in the morning. Live happily.

"Mother-in-law! Mother!" Cui Tao was a little embarrassed to see Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ma actually welcoming her out, and rushed to greet her.

"Good boy, you must be tired after rushing here. Come in and rest quickly. Tell us about your affairs with him. If you can't say it well, I can't spare you!"

Mrs. Cui said this, but she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and she smiled happily.All the female relatives in the house also had a lively atmosphere because of Mrs. Cui.

Cui Tao briefly talked about how she and Han Qi worked together to investigate the case and fell in love with each other.Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ma heard that it was Han Qi who took the initiative to express his feelings to Cui Tao first, so they were relieved.Men should always take the initiative and take more responsibility.For the sake of their daughter's reputation, it's better to publicize this fact, so as not to be a little bit bad-hearted, and arrange that it was their daughter who seduced Han Qi.

"Mouth grows on other people. If you like to talk about it, just say it. It doesn't affect our life. If someone really spreads serious rumors, he will be punished according to the law. But you shouldn't spread it out to protect me and make it difficult for him."

The Cui family did this kind of thing on purpose, and they definitely couldn't hide it from Han Qi.Han Qi would definitely not argue with her about this matter, but it was not very good after all.Besides, it is not the case that outsiders have a good opinion of her, and it is nothing if there is more of this.What's more, this kind of discussion is relatively small, and it will die down soon. Instead, it is deliberately publicized, which is easy to attract attention.

Mrs. Cui thought for a while and nodded. He originally wanted to protect his daughter.But after Cui Tao refused, she changed her mind, Han Qi is such a smart person, how could he not be aware of Cui's behavior?Even if he doesn't care about it, this move will still make the original pure and beautiful engagement mixed with other things.

"It's because we didn't think carefully. From now on, we should protect the two children." Mrs. Cui smiled and hugged Cui Tao in her arms, and patted her on the shoulder.

Mrs. Ma and the others also understood what Mrs. Cui meant. "Two people" naturally referred to Cui Tao and Han Qi, not "one person".Since the two are going to be married, elders like them should not look at the two children separately and only protect the interests of one side.

Afterwards, under the leadership of Cui Lao and Cui Mao, Han Qi came to visit Mrs. Cui.

His hair is tied with a white jade crown, and his blue pleated shirt is made of luxurious satin, which shows that he attaches great importance to today's occasion.This attire makes others look as clear as jade, with an awe-inspiring look, but many girls in the room look straight at them. It is the scholarly upbringing that makes them calm down in time, but it is the maids in the room who are suffering. It is really hard to control myself The eyes are gone.

Who doesn't like this handsome man, an old man like Mrs. Cui loves such a good-looking junior even more.Seeing Han Qi like this, there is no need to ask, he is already full of joy and satisfaction.The same is true for Mrs. Ma, who can't help but sigh how wonderful it would be for his son to be like this.But as a human being, one should be content. It is great to have a son-in-law, it is already lucky.

Han Qi paid respects to all the elders in the house in a polite manner, and even the brothers and sisters of the same generation greeted them one by one without being rude.The Cui family is prosperous, and there are many children in the fifth room. Han Qi was able to recognize each of them clearly without special introduction, which is amazing.Although he also came to the Cui family last time, but in order to investigate the case, the younger generations of the Cui family did not dare to run up to him to make trouble.

Cui Yuan and Cui Xi were also happy to see that their own sister could find such a good man. The two brothers were even so happy that they smiled happily after seeing each other.

Han Qi not only has good looks, but also has good manners and a good voice, and the promised words are especially sweet when he speaks them.Hearing that everyone had no opinion, they all nodded in agreement.

Both Cui Qiao and Cui Zhi were happy for Cui Tao and congratulated her.Both of them couldn't help but envy Cui Tao for finding such a near-perfect husband.

"It would be great if we could find such a person." Cui Zhi casually sighed to Cui Qiao.

Cui Qiao sneered suddenly, lowered his eyes and picked at his fingers and said: "Ninth sister works hard, maybe there is a chance to find it, but I can't do it. I am born, even if I have the ability of Seventh sister, I am afraid Couldn't find it, let alone none."

"But don't say that, what happened to the concubine, isn't Han Tuiguan also a concubine, how is it now?" Cui Zhi advised.

"How can a man be like a daughter? No matter how good I am at school, I can still get a job in the exam?" Cui Qiao saw that Cui Zhi wanted to say more, and waved her hand to signal her to stop, "I should be happy for Seventh Sister today, let's not Say something else."

After the dinner, the whole family was busy again, Cui Tao had no time to talk to Han Qi alone, so he could only look at each other in the air, and smiled slightly with the corners of their mouths pursed to understand each other's meaning.

On the second day, it coincides with Qixi Festival, which is one of the most grand and lively festivals of the year.Before the festival, it is customary for each household to give red chicken and fruit points to each other.On the day of the festival, all the women and children in Anping City will wear new clothes.

The Cui family built the Qiqiao building in the courtyard early in the morning, with mohele, flower melons, wine roasting, pens and inkstones, needlework, and women burning incense and worshiping, implying "Qiaoqiao".Everyone will look at the moon and thread a needle, put a small spider in the box, and wait until the next day to see if the net is round and straight, to verify whether it is a "coincidence". ②

Both Wang Siniang and Ping'er followed Cui Tao to Cui's house, so they are naturally indispensable for this Qiqiao Festival.There is nothing special about burning incense and worshiping, and threading needles, and there is no distinction between others.But this spider is trying to show itself if it spins a web in a box. In order to make a beautiful web, Wang Siniang caught a total of thirty spiders for a long time, which is not too small.

"I guess all the spiders in this city will be caught by women from other families, so I only caught a few." Wang Siniang sighed repeatedly that her harvest was not good.

Cui Tao and Ping'er looked at the black hairy-legged spiders she had caught in a box full of them, but they really didn't want to take a second look.

Wang Siniang was not polite this time, she had to choose the biggest and strongest one and put it in the box, and let Cui Tao and Pinger choose the rest.

Infected by Wang Siniang's atmosphere, Ping'er took a small wooden stick to choose for a long time before she picked out a spider that she thought was handsome and good at weaving webs.

When she put the spider into the box, Cui Tao and Wang Siniang put their faces in front of the box to observe at the same time.

Cui Tao: "Where do you see that this spider is handsome?"

"That's right, if you want to talk about beauty, you have to look at Han Tuiguan's face." Wang Siniang agreed.

Cui Tao immediately hit Wang Siniang on the head, "What nonsense!"

"Yes, yes, I will never dare to talk nonsense about Mrs. Cui's husband." Wang Siniang immediately admitted her mistake with a smile.

"He's not handsome, but handsome and extraordinary." Cui Tao corrected.

Wang Siniang: "..."

Pinger: "..."

The two of them looked at Cui Tao with the small eyes of "you have changed".These two people are engaged, it's fair and aboveboard, but it's different, to praise her future husband in front of them so frankly.Dreadful!

Wang Siniang beat her chest with her fist, and exaggeratedly sighed to Ping'er: "I don't think the two of us will have an easy life in the future, maybe in the end because of envy and jealousy, we will die too soon!"

Pinger nodded in agreement.

"If you don't mention it specifically, I won't say it. Whoever brings it up will suffer the result." Cui Tao smiled 'friendly', patted Wang Siniang on the shoulder, and then chose one that was in the middle of everyone. The little spider crawling fast on the spider's body into the brocade box.

Wang Siniang regretted, "Oh, this one is really good, why didn't I see it just now—"

"No change."

After Cui Tao finished speaking, she held her head high and left with her small box.

The grand festival dinner is naturally rich. Cui Taoyin has been fed by Mrs. Cui and Mrs. Ma in turn with delicacies since she came home. Every meal has a round stomach, but she is not interested in delicacies of mountains and seas. She is rather partial A emerald green gantry is placed in front of the eyes.

The tender green lettuce is peeled, blanched and cut into small pieces with a specially prepared sauce. It is light and refreshing.

When it was late at night, Cui Tao had time to spend time with Han Qi alone. The two of them held hands and sneaked to sit on the wall in the back garden of Cui's house, admiring the stars.The surrounding area is covered by weeping willows, and now it is the beginning of the month, there is only a small crescent crescent, under the cover of the tree shadow, this place is remote and not very clear, no one will find them here.

"Last night, I searched out the place specially, but this place is the best," Cui Tao leaned against Han Qi's arms, leaning on Han Qi's face, and whispered, "It's suitable for cheating."

"We're legal."

"Hush! I just got engaged right now, so it's not completely legal, it can still be considered stealing." Cui Tao corrected.

Han Qi chuckled, took out a booklet from his sleeve, and handed it to Cui Tao.

"What is this?" Because it was too dark, Cui Tao couldn't see what this book was and what was written in it.

"You'll know when you go back and look."

"Can't you tell me now?" Cui Tao couldn't hold back her curiosity, and regretted that she had found such a dark place.

"It's useless to look at it now, don't worry." After Han Qi said, he smiled and kissed Cui Tao's forehead lightly.

Cui Tao could hear his breathing getting heavier, and when his body got closer to the tip of her nose, the smell that was very personal came to him, not only the cold sandalwood scent, but also the masculine scent that made her blush and heartbeat.

"It's the first time when I was receiving a gift, I heard the other party say, 'It's useless to read it now'. You probably gave me a book like "The Commandments of Women"?"

Since it was something like a book, Cui Tao would inevitably guess in this direction.Originally, she guessed that it might be a whole book of love letters written by Han Qi, but if it was a love letter, Han Qi would never say, "It's useless to read it now", so she is quite looking forward to it. was ruled out.

"So curious? Huh?" Han Qi's voice was deep and magnetic, but he turned his head sideways and said it into Cui Tao's ear, which was even more fatal.

"Don't 'um', you are not suitable for 'um'." Cui Tao covered her ears with her hands.

"Who is that suitable, are you?" Han Qi wanted to avoid Cui Tao's hand, and moved closer to her ear, hugging him even tighter.It can be felt that the matter of legality has stimulated him to be more active than before.

Said she was suitable for... huh?

Cui Tao felt inexplicably that Han Qi was driving, but she had no evidence.

"I also have a gift for Liu Lang." Cui Tao took out the pair of heart-shaped jade pendants and handed them to Han Qi.

Han Qi groped for the lines on the jade pendant, and his slender fingers touched the tassels on the bottom of the jade pendant, "Ancient Han Yu, did you weave the tassels?"

"I can't see clearly, but I can guess so accurately." Cui Tao agreed with a smile.

"Han jade carvings are special. My elder brother likes to collect ancient jades. I met some with him when I was young. You are a rare pair of jade pendants." Han Qi explained.

"Well, the rare thing is given to the rarest person."

Cui Tao took advantage of the opportunity to talk about love, which is most suitable for the atmosphere of this Qiqiao Festival.What's more, if the book Han Qi gave him is really a book like "Women's Commandments", make him feel guilty!Let him compare the gifts given by the two of them, make a difference, and then teach him to be a qualified fiancé who can give gifts.

After hearing Cui Tao's words, Han Qi's chest trembled, and he laughed softly. Then he wrapped his arms around the waist of the charming girl in his arms, hugged him even tighter, and kissed Cui Tao's neck fiercely. Take a sip.This is really the first time that Cui Tao experienced him kissing hard in the history of getting along with Han Qi. Usually, it was soft and soft, like a dragonfly on the water, and it was the same when he kissed her forehead just now.

It seemed that he liked the gift she gave him very much, that's why he was so excited.

Cui Tao didn't move for the time being, leaning against Han Qi's arms, looking at the star-studded Milky Way in the sky, and asked Han Qi how he dealt with the Song family later.

"She didn't come to the door again, and I didn't see her either." Han Qi said, "It was because I couldn't get through that I ran to find you."

"Then she is quite miserable. I didn't expect that there would be no way for me." Cui Tao answered.

The two immediately laughed.

Han Qi mentioned to Cui Tao about Song's personality, "She has no great evil, but she also has no kindness. She is good at calculating, and she is a follower of vulgarity—"

"That's easy!" Cui Tao said immediately.

Han Qi deliberately explained this to Cui Tao, originally wanting to comfort Cui Tao not to worry about it, he can deal with it, but he didn't say anything, but was comforted by her straightforward promise.How can she be so understanding?The more this is the case, the more people feel sorry for her.

As the night darkened, the two had to part.

After Cui Tao was hugged off the wall by Han Qi, they bid farewell to each other.

Cui Tao turned around and took a few steps, then turned around to find Han Qi standing still.

Cui Tao ran back in two or three steps, threw herself into Han Qi's arms, and hugged his neck and kissed him on the lips. When she was about to part, Cui Tao found that her shoulders were suddenly held down, and then Han Qi moved Pressed down, deepening their kiss just now.The two soft lips rubbed against each other, most of the time they were gentle, but later they became overbearing, as if they were exploring in a gentle way at the beginning, and then they seemed to be proficient in their business, and then they began to be unscrupulous.

In short, when she stopped, Cui Tao felt that her lips didn't even look like her own.And in this kiss, she actually felt Han Qi's whole process from beginner to mastering the skill.

I have to say that this guy's learning ability is too strong.

"What are you thinking?" Seeing Cui Tao touching her lips without speaking, Han Qi asked her a little nervously, "But did I hurt you just now?"

"Ah—" Cui Tao covered her ears and reminded Han Qi, "Liu Lang can't say such things for the time being."

The magnetic, low-pitched, pleasant male voice, coupled with this kind of imaginative sentence, is simply tempting people to commit crimes!It is easy to think of the picture in the head...

Han Qi let out a laugh. He didn't think much about it at first, but he vaguely realized something from Cui Tao's reaction, and realized that it really couldn't go on, otherwise it would be difficult to control.

After the hatchback really said goodbye this time, Cui Tao hurried back to her room.

Finally seeing the light, Cui Tao immediately took out the brochure Han Qi gave her earlier.

On the cover of the booklet, you can see the Qingjun Xiaokai written by Han Qi himself: "Bianjing Cuisine Record".