Chapter 22: Encounter in the Rain
Only someone who knows how to make a medicine can combine several different drugs to achieve the desired effect. And dispensing is not an overnight thing, and the test must be constantly adjusted in the process, which in addition to taking time, it is also easy to leave traces.
Wei Qian lived directly in the Buddhist hall that night, looking for traces in the courtyard, Xie Hao was anxious to know the cause of his sister's death, and moved in.
There were only two people in the entire Buddhist hall, the first half of the night was better, and then the wind rose, and the courtyard whimpered like a ghost, Xie Hao always felt that it was his sister's grievance, and it was very unpleasant to listen to it. He tossed and turned on the couch alone, and finally could not sleep, so he put on his clothes and wanted to sit in the courtyard.
As soon as Wei Qian opened the door, he suddenly saw a white shadow in the courtyard, which frightened him so much that he hurriedly took two steps back, and when he calmed down and looked carefully, he found that it was a person.
The man sat on the stone pier wrapped in a thin quilt, his face was handsome, his long hair was half draped behind him, and he was disheveled by the wind, like a refugee, and the whole person was immersed in his own thoughts, as if he had melted into the night. When he heard the door open, he turned his head to look, his eyes were cold and thorough, as if he was looking at Xie Hao but didn't seem to be looking.
Xie Hao saw that he chin slightly as if to say hello, and then buried his chin in the thin quilt to continue to ponder.
In Xie Hao's impression, Wei Qian is generally relatively silent, but there is never a shortage of etiquette, and it is rare to see him like now without even moving his fart.
Xie Hao didn't want to disturb him, so he went to the old lady's room alone to have a look.
There were no lights, only the moonlight that came in through the window, and the furnishings in the house could be faintly seen. He took out a book and walked to the window, and read a few pages in the moonlight, his eyes slowly moistened.
The book is a bit old, as if it was copied a few years ago, and the words on it are no longer as sharp and exposed as before, and on the surface they have tended to be sleek and calm, but the muscles and bones are clear and strong through the back of the paper, and they can always reveal the sharpness in some subtleties. It can be seen that time has not smoothed her edges and corners, but just made her hide herself.
Xie Hao wiped the corners of his eyes, put the book back in its place, and then turned around and walked out of the room.
"Seniors. Wei Qian stood up, wearing a smoke-colored robe, and the thin quilt had already been neatly folded and placed on the stone table.
"If you don't dislike it, call me uncle. Xie Hao said.
It is said that one day is a teacher and a father for life, a close friend of the master, it is not too much to call an uncle, Wei Qian is as good as a stream, "Uncle." ”
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Hao sat down across from him, "You sit too." ”
"I thought about the case. Wei Qian saw that his eyes were slightly red, and he knew that he was secretly sad again, "Uncle mourns, for many people, the mortal world is a cage and shackles, and the old lady drives the crane west, free like the wind, it is not a blessing for her." ”
If you think of this as a comfort, if you are sad, you can understand that he does not have a backache when he stands and talks.
But Xie Hao was a little surprised, "How do you know my sister's temperament." ”
Immediately, it became clear that there were so many books in the house, which one was not my sister's favorite? After reading those, you can roughly know that she is a person who yearns for freedom.
"How did the old lady marry into the Cui clan back then?" Wei Qian asked.
Xie Hao sighed, "Back then, there were dozens of people who asked to marry their sisters, not a hundred, but they picked and chosen, and it was like this!"
"My sister has been smart since she was a child, she can recite at the age of three, she can write poems at the age of five, and she can write a good article when she is a teenager. The deceased is like this, there is no turning back, and he looks forward to going to Baishou with deep affection. It's easy to say, but it's a pity that I chose the wrong person from the beginning!"
This kind of exclamation really didn't mean anything to Wei Qian's ears, but he still listened quietly and didn't interrupt.
Xie Hao looked at the black and white eyes on the other side, perhaps the gaze in those eyes was too rational and calm, and the sadness in his heart dissipated a lot, "My sister has made her own rules since she was fourteen years old, and she can only consider proposing marriage if she can pass the three levels. The so-called three levels are actually just her own casual examination of the other party. It's generally about poems, harmonies, and some weird questions. She said that she can see whether this person has a tacit understanding with her in poems and songs, not just the right wonderful, as for those questions, they have always been tricky and weird, and few people can understand guò. I still remember that day I accompanied my mother and sister to incense, and it happened to be raining heavily, so we huddled in a tea room with a group of students from Guozijian to avoid the rain. ”
Mrs. Xie is okay, she is just a woman, but Xie Chengyu is a lady in the boudoir, not to mention that the other party is a large group of young men, so the screen prepared in the temple separates the two sides.
Xie Chengyu has a slightly plump figure, but he is not obese, he has a large breasts, a thin waist and round buttocks, a very delicate figure, and a face like a hibiscus, a pair of eyes reveal wisdom, but as long as he looks at it, he will never forget it.
Her beautiful appearance is not a country or a city, it is a very dignified appearance, but in this dignified there is a kind of agility, men not only want to marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, but also desire that the wife can communicate with their hearts, and the husband and wife can be happy when they are together. Most people have only one wife in their lives, and the status of a wife in a man's heart is far from being comparable to a concubine, who doesn't want to have a wife who can understand themselves?
Xie Chengyu's appearance can arouse their hope the most.
At that time, the group of students of Guozijian advanced to the tea room, and when they saw the monks coming in with a screen, they knew that they were afraid that some female dependents would come to hide from the rain, and they all stretched their necks to stare at it.
Xie Chengyu is a lively person, and when he entered the house, he looked inside curiously.
It was this sight that excited a group of young people who had not yet married their wives. Then when he wrote poems and essays in the face of the heavy rain, he worked very hard, and even began to ask the youngest Cui Xuanbi to invite Xie Hao to come over to play.
Cui Xuanbi invited Xie Hao.
His embarrassment could be heard through the screen, and Xie Chengyu chuckled lowly. Cui Xuanbi was very close to the screen, and when she heard this laughter, her face turned red.
The first time Xie Hao saw Cui Xuanbi, his impression of him was that he was a big persimmon.
Xie Hao is only ten years old, but he already has the name of a prodigy, and he can write poetry. The students of that group of Guozijian originally asked Xie Hao to come over and get close, so that they could inquire about the family, but they turned out to be more and more surprised, his poems were amazing, and he often had a stroke of genius, which had faintly suppressed many people.
Those students thought to themselves, this can't be, even my brother can't compare, how can I have the face to hit my sister?
Cui Xuanbi has never liked to write poetry, every time she writes something is very simple, she never pursues gorgeous rhetoric, nor is she disease-free**, when she feels something in her heart, the artistic conception is moving, and if she doesn't feel it, it will look mediocre.
Xie Chengyu listened to it for a long time, and finally fell in love with this young man.
Facts have proved that in fact, later events proved that Xie Chengyu was indeed very discerning in terms of seeing people, Cui Xuanbi became a squire in the military department before he was thirty years old, if it were not for the illness and weakness of the first emperor, his official career would be far more than that. Once the son of heaven and a courtier, not to mention anything else, just look at how many people were removed after the empress ascended the throne and he always stayed in the military department, it can be seen that he is one in a million talents in terms of strength and behavior. Even now, Cui Xuanbi is not without the possibility of going further. After all, he is not yet fifty years old, and there are still a few years before he returns to his hometown.
Xie Hao also felt that Cui Xuanbi was very good, and the age difference between the two was five years, so he took the initiative to report to the family, and at the same time learned that he was the second son of the Cui family in Qinghe.
Since the Tang Dynasty, the Cui family has been extremely prosperous, and the gate valve clan has been reshuffled, and the Cui family has been the leader.
Today's Chenjun Xie clan is not as supported by as many high-ranking officials as the Cui clan, but as an old scholar, in the Tang Dynasty, where the concept of gate valves was quite strict, it obviously has an unshakable position.
As the first surname of the gate lord clan, the Cui family, the family is so high, even the royal family is not very eye-catching, in contrast, they value the Xie family, the Wang family and so on these old clans, only by getting the recognition of these arrogant old clans, can they really lay the first position in the circle of the scholars, and marriage is the best way, and what is even more rare is that the Xie girl's reputation is quite good.
As soon as everyone in the Cui family heard the news, they all felt that it was a good fate, and they corresponded with the Xie family a few times in private, and when they learned that the Xie family wanted to see each other first, the Cui family agreed.
This is a very normal thing, Jiang Zuo Xiaoxie's rules are very clear to everyone, and Cui's is very confident in his son-in-law. Moreover, marrying the Qinghe Cui clan is also of great benefit to the Xie family.
On the day of the meeting, Xie Chengyu stroked the piano in the attic, Cui Xuanbi sat under the paulownia tree not far away, and when the Xie family brought up many musical instruments, he chose Guxun.
Xie Chengyu frowned slightly when she saw him Xuanxun from the crack in the window, her song sounded a little melancholy at first glance, but if you are careful, it is not difficult to hear the liveliness and chicness revealed in it, and Xun's own voice is whimpering, it is difficult to control zhì, and if you are not careful, it will reveal a sense of desolation, how to deal with it?
Who would have thought that Cui Xuanbi had this ability, he didn't echo the whole piece, but chose to enter when the piano was gentle, and as soon as the piano sounded, his tune was flattened, as if they were confiding in each other and complementing each other. And there is no poignancy in his Xunqu, only an open atmosphere, with her chic and free, just like the roc spreading its wings and soaring in the wind in the endless sky, which simply complements each other.
In addition, she had a very good impression of Cui Xuanbi on that rainy day, and she was very happy.
Cui Xuanbi is changeable, and he can always solve Xie Chengyu's tricky questions, even if he can't answer them, he is not as embarrassed as other people who claim to be talented, but he cleverly rounds the past, and he can always make Xie Chengyu laugh.
It is said that two people like this who have a perfect encounter and are very like-minded should live very happily after marriage, why did they come to this point?
Xie Hao saw Wei Qian's doubts, and without waiting for him to ask, he said, "After they get married, it will be better for a while, otherwise, with my sister's stubborn nature, I am afraid that I would rather be reconciled than have children for him." Afterward...... I don't know why......"
Xie Hao had a little suspicion in her heart that her sister had done something sorry for Cui Xuanbi, so when the Xie family supported her, she blocked back, after all, her sister is not the kind of person who is willing to suffer dumb losses. Or perhaps, my sister thinks that she has chosen the path to go down even if she is kneeling?
Xie Hao only knew that his sister had a strong temperament, but he didn't know which one was strong and what he would think.
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