Zuo Shaoyang looked at it carefully for a moment and said, "No wonder it's so expensive, after wearing this jade, it's really good-looking, not an ordinary one that can be compared." ”

"Really?" Bai Zhihan couldn't see it himself, but he could see from Zuo Shaoyang's eyes that he really liked it, and he couldn't help but be happy.

The two continued to walk next to each other in the East Market, and at this moment it was already in the West Mountain, and not long after they walked, they heard the sound of four gongs. All the pedestrians on the street began to walk out, and the shops began to close.

Zuo Shaoyang knew that the sound of the gong should be a signal to close the market, so he took Bai Zhihan out of the south gate, found a rental carriage, and returned to the Penglai Inn where they lived.

The next day, Zuo Gui's father took Zuo Shaoyang, Bai Zhihan and Ding Xiaosan out to find the shopkeeper Bao of the Jishi Pharmacy recommended by the medicine cabinet to discuss the matter of asking the media to talk about kissing.

After the shopkeeper Bao read the letter of recommendation of the medicine cabinet, as well as the inscription and gift of the sword of Zhao Wangye, he was very enthusiastic, saying that the Zuo family has a solid family, thousands of acres of fertile land, and a large mansion, and a few shops, especially with the relationship of Zhao Wangye, it is not too difficult to find a satisfactory daughter-in-law, I don't know what special requirements the Zuo family has for family affairs.

This Zuo Shaoyang has already discussed with his father, and there are three requirements: first, it must be an official eunuch family and a scholarly family; the second is that he has no disability and is dignified and virtuous; The third is that the woman must agree that Zuo Shaoyang can take a concubine one year after marriage.

Listening to the three conditions, Bao shopkeeper is very embarrassed, saying that the first two are easy to do, that is, the third, although the big family said that three wives and four concubines are also a common thing, but this kind of thing will be done in the future They can acquiesce, but now let the family nod and promise to take a concubine in the future, and marry far away to the remote Hezhou, I am afraid that there are some difficulties, but since it is recommended by the medicine cabinet, Bao shopkeeper still patted his chest and said that he must do his best. Let them wait for news.

Then there was only waiting, and there was no news from Mrs. Qu's side, and it was not easy to inquire, so the family began to visit the capital.

I walked around the East Market, and then I went to the West Market.

The people around the West Market live in well-off homes, with a little money but not much, so there are high, medium and low-end things in the West Market, which are more lively than the East Market.

This time, Bai Zhihan was prepared, and said that she didn't want Zuo Shaoyang to buy anything again, and she didn't want to buy it forcibly. Zuo Shaoyang actually doesn't have much money to buy valuables, but fortunately, there are a lot of cheap and high-quality things in the West Market, and there are a lot of delicious foods, and the family is mainly full of mouths and eyes.

Just after they visited all the places in the capital, Shopkeeper Bao finally brought good news.

That afternoon, when they came back from shopping outside with large bags of things, the innkeeper told them that the shopkeeper of Jishi Medicine Store had been waiting in the waiting room of the inn for a long time, and hurriedly invited them to sit down in the house and serve tea and talk.

The shopkeeper Bao said: "I have protected the media for people more than once or twice, and this time you are the most difficult, yes, it has finally been done!" ”

Zuo Gui was pleasantly surprised: "Whose daughter?" ”

"Xicheng Wang's family. The ancestor once made a school book from the Hongwenguan of the nine products. It is a tribute. ”

"From the ninth grade?" Zuo Gui obviously felt that this official position was a bit low, but it was also the home of the official eunuch, and he was a scholar, so he asked: "How does the talent look?" ”

"Contemptible people have seen it, the appearance cannot be said to be beautiful, but it is not bad, it can definitely be said that the appearance is dignified."

"That's good, did that family agree to marry and take a concubine for a year?"

"This is a lot of trouble for me, people absolutely disagree before, I said that your Zuo family's power in Hezhou, thousands of acres of fertile land, the largest pharmacy, and a big mansion, and Xiao Langzhong has been canonized by Zhao Wangye as the title of 'model for supporting the army', and has been rewarded with countless treasures. In addition, the contemptible people are looking for the most famous matchmaker in the capital, and a three-inch tongue is said to be out of the blue, so I finally said that I was tempted, and said that since it is so good, as long as I am good to my daughter in the future, a big family will accept a concubine. So I agreed. ”

"Great!" Zuo Gui said happily, thinking that although the introduction of his own family by the shopkeeper Bao was exaggerated, it was basically true, and others would not say that he was cheating on marriage, and said: "What about the dowry?" How much is the dowry? ”

Shopkeeper Bao raised a slap: "Thirty times!" It was supposed to be fifty, but we also grinded our lips for a long time, and in the end it became thirty. ”

Zuo Gui's father breathed a sigh of relief, he could still get this dowry, nodded and asked, "Okay, thank you, when will we meet?" - The marriage must be nodded by Zhong'er herself. ”

"People say it, you can do it at any time, it's right to look at each other, they also have to look at each other Xiaolangzhong to see if it's as good as they say."

"Hehe, how about tomorrow in the morning?"

"Okay! I'll talk back to them, and tomorrow morning, we'll come to visit. Let the two meet and talk. ”

The matter finally has an eyebrow, the Zuo family is very happy, Zuo Shaoyang has never seen this woman, and he can't talk about any opinions, but people can promise to take a concubine, this is not easy, at least the women's road is no problem. I have some good feelings in my heart.

I didn't expect to meet the next day, which surprised Zuo Shaoyang, this woman's appearance is still in the past, but she talks vulgarly, and from time to time she also makes one or two swear words, and she is very interested in the Zuo family's property and house, and she has never left the money in her mouth. made Zuo Shaoyang uninterested, and shook his head secretly.

After saying goodbye, Zuo Shaoyang shook his head at the shopkeeper Bao and said, "This woman is not suitable for me." Can you find another one? ”

"Not suitable?" Shopkeeper Bao and Daddy Zuo Gui were very surprised, Daddy Zuogui asked, "Why is it not suitable?" ”

"Too greedy for money, vulgar talk, full of dirty words. It's not like everyone else at all. ”

Shopkeeper Bao smiled bitterly: "Well, I don't know, I can only look at how the girl looks and what her family background is. ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Otherwise, the next time I talk about matchmaking, I will ask the woman if she is literate and hyphenated, and whether she can recite poems and write poems, and that's it, but any woman who is knowledgeable and talented, her conversation and cultivation will not be bad." ”

Shopkeeper Bao scratched his head: "This is even more difficult, because the daughters of the eunuch's house are almost all literate and hyphenated, but if you want to say that you are good at chanting poetry, I am afraid that there are very few." After all, women don't take the tribute exam, and they just need to be blind if they can't read and hyphenate properly, so why bother to recite poems? - Otherwise, Zuo Gongzi, you write a poem, and when I say matchmaking, show it to the girl, whether you can understand it, if you can't understand it, I'm afraid that the knowledge won't be very good, and if you can understand it, you should be able to get along with Gongzi. ”

"That's a good idea!" Zuo Gui's father stroked his beard and said with a smile, turning his head to look at Zuo Shaoyang, "It's good, I don't know if Zhong'er can write a poem that can be used, don't make a fool of it." Or, Zhi'er, you have a double masterpiece of calligraphy and painting, you can write a poem for him. ”

Bai Zhihan hurriedly smiled and said: "Master, you don't know, Gongzi's poetry is literary and talented, which can be comparable to today's most famous poets!" Zhi'er's poetry can't be compared with the young master. ”

"Oh?" Zuo Gui's father smiled, "What kind of poetry has he done that makes you respect him so much?" ”

Bai Zhihan recited the famous poems of later poets such as Lu You, who had been copied by Zuo Shaoyang before.

Bao's shopkeeper's literary style is average, but he doesn't feel surprised, Zuo Gui's father is full of poetry and books, and he stared at Zuo Shaoyang in surprise: "Zhong'er, these poems are really made by you?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang smiled bitterly: "I told Zhi'er, I didn't write it, it was written by a friend of mine." ”

"Who is it?"

"This ......" Zuo Shaoyang said, "his surname is Du, his name is Fu, his character is beautiful, and his name is Shaoling Ye Lao." ”

"Oh? Du Fu Du Zimei, Shaoling Ye Lao? Father Zuo Gui twisted his beard and groaned, frowning and thinking about the poets he knew, without a clue, and looked at Bai Zhihan again.

Bai Zhihan stuck out his tongue and said in a low voice: "Master, this person Zhi'er has never heard of it, such a poetic talent should have been famous for a long time, but for some reason it is unknown!" ”

Bai Zhihan's words obviously meant that Zuo Shaoyang was lying, and Zuo Gui's father sank: "Zhong'er, you made this person up, right?" ”

"Not really."

"No, well, where is he?"

"This, I also have a relationship with him, I don't know where he went."

Zuo Gui's father ran out of ideas again, Bai Zhihan said in a low voice: "Master, regardless of whether the young master's poems were written by this apocryphal person, just let the young master copy it and show it to the other party, which can not only determine the woman's knowledge, but also show the young master's literary talent, so that the other party can be more assured to marry." ”

"Well, that's a good point!" Zuo Gui's father nodded frequently, and said to Zuo Shaoyang, "I don't care if these poems are made by yourself or by others, you can write a poem on the spot and give it to the woman for the blind date examination." That's your own wish. Write it! ”

Zuo Shaoyang laughed dryly: "Then, let me think about reading the poems that my friend recited before, and plagiarize one of them to use." ”

"Do you want to go down and think slowly?"

Zuo Shaoyang saw that his head was already westward, and there were not many poems and songs in his stomach anyway, if there was no suitable one, he couldn't think of it when he went back, so he said: "No need, I'll think about it here." ”

Zuo Gui's father was even more surprised, the ancients Cao Zhi became a poem in seven steps, could it be that his son also has such a genius? He twisted his beard and said to Bai Zhihan: "Zhi'er, prepare pen, ink, paper, and inkstone." ”

"Okay!" Being able to see Zuo Shaoyang writing poems on the spot was an exciting thing, and Bai Zhihan began to prepare with his hands and feet quickly.

Zuo Shaoyang put his hands behind his back, lowered his head and paced and thought, the poems used for blind dates, if you want to test the other party's understanding of poetry, you can't use too simple things like "bright moonlight in front of the bed", nor can you use sad poems such as "Zhumen wine and meat stinks", spoil the scenery, of course, it is not appropriate to use heroic poems such as "counting the romantic characters and looking at the present dynasty", lest people say that they are arrogant, so that the court officials can see it, and maybe it will cause a basket. It's best to write poems about scenes, so that they don't show any traces and don't get boring.

(To be continued)