Chapter 129: Encountering Huo Yuan
Brother Parrot was injured yesterday, very badly injured, when Changmei found it, it was hanging on a tree, dying, almost dying, fortunately there was an old turtle, so he struggled to snatch it back from the ghost gate.
After being rescued, Brother Parrot cried and cried at Cai Wei: "I want revenge, I want revenge......"
So, Cai Wei assured it that when the barbarian left for the capital to ask for marriage from the Great Jin Kingdom, he would kill him on the way, and he would definitely be told that he would never return.
When Brother Parrot heard this, he quieted down and gave up.
Under the care of Nangong Yi, Cai Wei's family lived in the best inn in Qingxian County, and lived a comfortable life of stretching out their hands for clothes and opening their mouths for food.
Every day, there are doctors with excellent medical skills to diagnose Mu Zhongqing's pulse and see a doctor, prescribe the right medicine, Zhongqing and his wife are grateful to Nangong Yi, Nangong Yi often comes to the backyard to talk to Mu Zhongqing when he has nothing to do, the two talk quite speculatively, and gradually become friends who are irreversible.
Wen'er also took the opportunity to get close to Nangong Yitao, wanting Nangong Yi to accept him as an apprentice, Nangong Yi was very good at talking, seeing Wen'er's sincerity in learning art, he accepted him, and in the past few days when Mu Zhongqing was recuperating from his injury, he really taught him a few times, and he was so happy that he almost couldn't find the north, and he respected Nangong Yi even more, as long as he spoke, three sentences would not leave my master's three words!
During this period, Cai Wei has been living quietly in the backyard, avoiding meeting Nangong Yi, not because she is hypocritical, but since she already knows that the two of them will not have results, she doesn't want to have too much to do with him, and the more times the two meet, the more entangled they will be, so as long as it can be avoided, she will try not to meet him.
Within a few days, Mu Zhongqing's injury was healed, and Cai Wei's injury was also recovered under someone's silent attention.
One day, Nangong Yi and Mu Zhongqing discussed and decided that the two families would leave together on the tenth day of the first lunar month and go to the capital together.
Cai Wei was not surprised by this decision, as early as when their family lived in the inn under Nangong Yi's charter, she thought that this would be the case.
Moreover, she is not resistant to this decision, I heard that Saknu will also go to Beijing to ask for marriage from the Great Jin Kingdom in the future, she can go with Nangong Yi, at least she can dispel the evil thoughts of the barbarian about her, and maybe she can also take the opportunity to avenge herself and Brother Parrot!
After getting along for the past few days, the Mu family and Nangong Yi are already very familiar, although they still don't know Nangong Yi's identity, they can see that he is not an ordinary person, at least a clan nobleman.
He was able to condescend to live with them, take care of them in every way, work hard to lower his status, and mingle with them, which touched the Mu family very much.
Of course, Mu Zhongqing and his wife also doubted his motives for trying to get along with them. Having seen the fear of his subordinates, the couple was like a mirror, this son was by no means as gentle as jade as he seemed on the surface, but why would he deign to befriend them so hard, sometimes he was simply deliberately currying favor with them? And what did they have to do with him?
Could it be for their daughter?
The Du family once tried to test her daughter, but the daughter's temptation to her mother made it clear that she would never marry the noble sons of those clans, even if she married her as a wife, she would not do it, so it was impossible to be with that Nangong son.
Mu Zhongqing also tactfully and implicitly inquired about Nangong Yi's marriage, and Nangong Yi gave him the answer that he was destined to be unable to marry the woman he loved in this life, so it didn't matter who he married, it was all up to the family.
After receiving the answers of these two people, Mu Zhongqing and his wife put their hearts at ease and determined that Nangong Yi helped them out of kindness and love for their apprentices, and nothing else, so the husband and wife were even more grateful and respectful to him!
When the tenth day of the Lunar New Year arrived, Mu Zhongqing's family packed their bags, bid farewell to Qingxian, and went straight to the capital surrounded by the Nangong Yi brigade.
Along the way, I crossed mountains and mountains, passed through many states and counties, and saw many customs and customs in different regions, which opened the eyes of the family and increased their knowledge.
After five days, the group arrived at Lin'an Mansion, which is 800 miles away from Qingxian County, Lin'an Mansion is the rich land of the Great Jin Kingdom, with prosperous economy and developed commerce, except for Kyoto, the most prosperous city in the country should belong to it.
This day happened to be the Lantern Festival, and there were lanterns on the streets of Lin'anfu, Mu Zhongqing and Du Shi felt that it was rare for the children to catch up with such a grand event, so they had the intention to stay for one night, so that the children could open their eyes before leaving.
Nangong Yi also had the heart to stay and watch the lanterns before leaving, so they chartered an inn in the center of Lin'an Mansion and stayed there, planning to see the lanterns at night and leave tomorrow morning.
After settling down, Mu Zhongqing took his wife and children out and went outside to hang out.
It's still early, and the streets are already full of people, traffic, and crowds. There are men, women and children in the crowd, many of them travel as a family, and from time to time there are a few merchants passing by with burdens, and the things sold are also rich and diverse, such as noodles, sugar people, tassels, sugar balls, and some cute little hats, it is cold today, I am afraid that the little babies will not be able to stand it, the tiger head hat sells quickly, Du Shi also bought one for Wen'er and Wu'er, and stayed on their heads, Cai Wei couldn't help but sigh, these people are really good at business.
Mu Zhongqing saw that his wife bought things for Wen'er and Wu'er, and he was afraid that the two daughters would be too careful, so he also wanted to buy one for each of them, so as to show that the daughters were as important as their sons in their father's heart.
Cai Wei knew her father's thoughts, and she didn't be polite with her father, if she didn't want anything, her father and mother would be sad, so on the burden of a merchant, she chose a Kunlun slave's mask, and Fei'er picked a sachet embroidered with lotus flowers.
After buying, the family walked with the crowd, strolling around with great interest, and suddenly heard a few people in front of them discussing.
"Hey, have you heard, the prefect has an order, this year's lantern riddle conference, the color head is fifty taels of silver, double last year!"
"Hey, even if it has multiplied tenfold, we flat-headed people, and we don't understand those sour poems, and we can't guess those strange riddles, even if there are thousands of 20,000 taels of color, we can't compete for it......"
"Hey! That's right, but if anyone can get the color of this lantern riddle, they can get the reward issued by the prefect himself, the silver is small, everyone has seen it, and it is rare to see the dignity of the ancestors.... ”
A few people were talking, Mu Zhongqing looked at Du Shi and said with a smile: "Meiniang, did you hear what those people said, can you try it for your husband?" ”
Du Shi said softly: "Okay! ”
Cai Wei heard the discussion, and also became interested, followed her father, and came to the place where she guessed the lantern riddle excitedly, ready to join forces with her father and win the championship in this year's lantern riddle conference.
The lantern riddle conference is set at the door of the yamen of the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, when the Cai Wei family came, it was already full of people, crowded with people, in addition to those who were ready to guess the lantern riddles, there was a large group of people who watched the excitement, everyone was noisy, and they guessed who would win the championship this year.
Mu Zhongqing squeezed in with his family and wandered in front of the many lanterns. Start guessing the lantern riddles.
Most of the lantern riddles in the lantern riddle conference are made by the staff of the prefect, and some are the students of the Tianfeng Academy in Lin'an Prefecture, the literary color is quite strong, all of them are some extremely beautiful rhetoric, the meaning of the poems is very deep, of course, there are also some easy-to-understand, very down-to-earth lantern riddles, which are the merchants who sponsor the lantern riddle conference, but the lantern riddles are called vulgar by the literati and ink guests. Therefore, no one patronized the lanterns in front of the merchants, and the literati who were going to participate in the lantern riddle meeting gathered in front of the lantern riddle made by the prefect, thinking hard, planning to guess the lantern riddle made by the number one person in Lin'an Mansion and have a blockbuster!
Cai Wei felt that since it was a lantern riddle conference, she would not win the championship because of who guessed a riddle, and she had to rely on both quantity and quality to win the championship.
Therefore, she went off the beaten track and guessed in front of the lanterns of the unpatronized merchants.
The first lantern riddle she guessed was written on a rabbit lamp, and the riddle was: when drawing, it is round, writing is square, it is warm, and it is not cold
Cai Wei smiled, this is simply a free question, it seems that she chose to guess the merchant's riddle first, she wanted to use a pen and paper, easily write down the riddle, and ordered the little guy who was guarding the lamp to pass the riddle in.
After a while, the little girl came out with a smile, holding a brocade box in his hand, handed the brocade box to Cai Wei, and the rabbit lantern was also taken off, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the girl for guessing our lantern riddle, according to the rules, this rabbit lamp is yours, and this box of rouge powder for wiping your face is considered the color head given to you by the small shop, please smile and accept." ”
Cai Wei took the rabbit lamp, handed it to Wu'er, and gave the box of delicate rouge powder to Fei'er, and said with a smile: "Next time, I'm winning some lottery for my mother and Wen'er!" ”
Wen'er looked at the lanterns, pointed to a lantern with Erlang God painted on it, and said to Cai Wei: "Eldest sister, I want that!" ”
When Cai Wei looked at the lamp, she saw that it was written: Born in a rich family since childhood, I often go in and out to enjoy glory. Long live has also passed on the holy decree, and generations of children and grandchildren have been exploring flowers.
After reading it, Cai Wei couldn't help but smile, who said that the ancients were pedantic and old-fashioned, look at this lantern riddle, how witty and humorous it is!
She took a pen and paper, wrote out the riddle, sealed it, and asked the little guy who made the riddle to take the answer to show his master, and the little guy took the answer and trotted away.
Wen'er blinked her eyes and asked, "Eldest sister, can you really guess this lantern riddle?" ”
Cai Wei raised her chin and said proudly: "Guessing these riddles, for your sister and me, it is simply easy, sister, I can guess all the riddles here in minutes!" ”
Wen'er said excitedly, "Really? ”
"Of course it's true, it's more real than pearls!"
Cai Wei was in a good mood and made a rare joke. Who knows, as soon as the words fell, a laughing voice sounded behind him: "Hehe, whose girl, what a big breath!" ”
Cai Wei listened, and hurriedly turned to look, but saw that it was Cao Jin walking over unhurriedly, followed by the little guy who was sent in by Cai Wei to deliver the answer.
"Uncle Cao, it's you?" Cai Wei was pleasantly surprised.
Cao Jin said with a smile: "I heard that a girl guessed the lantern riddle made by Cao, and I still muttered in my heart, which girl is so smart, and I guessed the lantern riddle that Cao has been thinking about for a few days, it turned out to be the daughter of the nephew, no wonder this riddle was guessed at once!" ”
Cai Wei laughed and said: "Since I guessed it, I don't know if Uncle Cao has a lottery to reward me, so I guessed the lantern riddle of Zhiyanzhai, but people have a lottery head!" ”
Cao Jin smiled and said: "Caitou, naturally you are indispensable, if you can guess the Huo family's lantern riddle in one fell swoop, Huo Yuan will definitely reward you with a bigger Caitou!" ”
Cai Wei was surprised: "Is Brother Huo also in Lin'an Mansion?" ”
She remembered that when she was in Yushu County, Huo Yuan had said that she was going to return to Kyoto after the Lantern Festival in Bianzhou, why did she suddenly change her itinerary and come to Lin'anfu?
Cao Jin said: "The Huo family has business all over the country, and Lin'an Mansion naturally has it, and I heard that the Lin'an Prefect is going to hold a lantern riddle conference, so he pulled me to join in the fun." ”
As he spoke, Cao Jin looked at Du Shi who was holding Wu'er again, politely hugged his fists, and said, "Hello Mrs. Mu!" ”
Du Shi was busy with the lower body and returned the salute.
Wen'er and Cai Fei behind him also saluted Cao Jin, and Cao Jin ordered the little girl to go in, took a few gold bills and came out, ready to give a few rewards to Cai Wei's sister and brother.
Soon after the little guy entered, he came out, holding a few golden gold bills in his hands, and behind him, there was an old man he knew!
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