Chapter 39: Catching a Son-in-law
The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.
The new science and technology jinshi, all dressed in red and purple, rode a high-headed horse, and as usual they had to parade through the streets and accept the worship of the people of Bianjing.
In the guild hall, several officials who were in charge of leading the parade suddenly found that they could not find the first two. This made the Jinshi, who were originally ready to go, have to stop.
Waiting left and right, a jinshi shouted: "Forget it, let's go first." ”
The official Xu breathed out of his nostrils: "Go first?" The champion and the leader are not there. Who do you want the mighty nations to look at? Look at your sixth place? ”
These words were indeed a bit direct, which made the Jinshi's face a little unbearable. He muttered to himself, "Isn't it just a champion......
But that official Xu is also a more sincere person, and he replied: "Isn't it just a champion? This Great Song Dynasty examines tens of thousands of people every year, and there is such a champion. In addition, they are not only champions, but also triple yuan......"
"Alright, alright, let's hurry up and find the champion. Those powerful people are in a hurry. Another official smirked.
Where did Liu Ming and Su Shi go?
They are now hiding in the hut of the guild hall. Su Shi dragged Liu Ming out, but the latter stubbornly grabbed the wall with one hand, but he didn't comply.
"Hurry up, everyone else is waiting. You are the new champion, if you don't go, how can you do it? Su Shi couldn't help but laugh as he spoke.
"Look at ...... Su Shi, I know you're also waiting for me to make a fool......" Liu Ming immediately shouted.
"It's not that I watched you make a fool of yourself, it's a good thing......" Su Shi still had a wicked smile on his face.
"A good thing? You say it's a good thing that I'll go out and be chased and intercepted? ”
Su Shi tried his best to pretend to be serious, "Look at you, this kind of thing is what the whole world expects." Catch a son-in-law under the list, a large group of powerful men are waiting to marry their daughters to you, isn't this good? ”
The Song Dynasty has always had the habit of catching sons-in-law under the stick, and on the day of the list, the rich gentry from all over the country went out with their families to compete to choose Dengdi Shizi as their sons-in-law.
"But...... I'm already married......" Liu Ming smiled bitterly. A smart and clever apricot in the family, he is already content.
"It's okay to marry their daughter as a concubine......" Su Shi was a little gloating, he saw that he couldn't drag Liu Ming alone, so he simply didn't do anything, and shouted directly: "Come on, Zhuangyuanlang is here!" ”
"Su Zizhan, you and I are all friends, cut off the relationship!" Liu Ming said hurriedly.
A few stout officials came to the thatched house, and heard that Zhuang Yuanlang was afraid of catching his son-in-law under the list, and all of them giggled on their faces, divided by two by three, and put Liu Ming on a tall horse.
When the jinshi in the back saw that the champion had arrived, he also rubbed his hands and became excited. In addition to Liu Ming, most of the single jinshi are still looking forward to catching their sons-in-law under the list. To be able to marry the daughter of a dignitary, what is more attractive to scholars to work hard?
"Slow down! Champion Lang goes first! The official Xu stood behind Liu Ming, looked at the jinshi who wanted to walk according to the bridle, and announced the rules: "It has always been the top three in front, and the people behind follow a hundred steps away." ”
Liu Ming rode a tall horse, like a duck being driven to the shelf, and walked at the front of the team. Before he could leave the hall, he heard a lot of noise outside.
A long-faced official led Liu Ming's horse, and with a gong sounded, he shouted, "Evade, evade!" The champion is parade through the streets. ”
The long-faced little servant, triumphant, seemed proud that he was able to lead the champion horse.
A group of more than 20 jinshi, under the escort of the forbidden army, began to parade around Bianjing.
"Look...... See! That's the new champion! ”
"He's really handsome."
"Whoever can find him as a son-in-law is really a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes."
Those big girls and little daughters-in-law on the side of the road, although they knew that they had no good chance of being chosen, still painted with grease and powder, wore red and green, hoping for good luck from heaven. And the restaurants and teahouses on the roadside, the medical hall cloth shop, and those who have daughters at home have hung banners, most of which mean that as long as they marry his daughter, the whole industry will be sent immediately.
Liu Ming's face was terrified, and his horse reins were held in the hands of the officials in front of him, as if he had become an animal to watch in the zoo in his previous life. He saw that those big girls and little daughters-in-law were all affectionate, secretly sending autumn waves, and he had a chill on his body. Even if you are handsome, even if you are a champion, you have to be reserved. In fact, how did he know that for the daughters of ordinary people, it would only be a few seconds to attract the attention of the new science and technology scholars, how could those dignitaries and nobles have enough time to invite them to the mansion to pour tea and talk slowly. Therefore, it is natural to seize every minute.
Liu Ming went all the way forward, turned his head to look, and found that there were a few fewer Jinshi behind him, and several horses were empty.
Su Shi said with a smile on the side, "You, the champion, are the target of the dignitaries, and there are more than a dozen forbidden soldiers around to protect you, and those who rob your son-in-law dare not do it." But the Jinshi behind this had no one to protect, and two of them were directly dragged off the horse by the family members of the two rich families. ”
"So brutal?" Liu Ming said.
"Brutal?" Su Shi looked at Liu Ming, and was about to say something, his eyes moved, and he pointed to the side and said, "Here it is again, here it is again!" ”
I saw seven or eight stout family members, cut out of the crowd, carrying ropes, staring straight at the jinshi. The forbidden army next to him smiled and let go, everyone knows the customs, and it is not surprising that as long as the other party does not touch the top three, the others will turn a blind eye.
"This is the family member of the troupe...... I don't know who shouted.
Suddenly the men and horses neighed, and several jinshi immediately shook the reins, clamped their legs on the horse's belly, and prepared to escape. Three teachings and nine streams, this stage team is the most unpopular, the jinshi all want to marry a high-ranking official, no matter how bad it is, it must be a huge wealth on the rich side, this theater team, the owners of the prostitute brothels all come to rob the jinshi, and it is not a joke to say it.
The ladies skillfully waved the ropes and looked at the silent jinshi.
The jinshi all fled. With great difficulty, several members of the family surrounded an older, slower Jinshi and tied him off his horse. The white-bearded jinshi didn't resist much. But a family member suddenly hesitated and said: "Big brother, our master's daughter is twenty-eight years old, and this Jinshi master ......" means that she is older.
The leader wiped the sweat from his head, "Okay, don't worry about it. This Jinshi is only so much, how many dignitaries and nobles are there in the capital? There are more monks and less porridge, and you can catch a good one. Anyway, the master said that he was twenty or thirty years old, no problem. The leader asked with a smile, "What do you think of this Jinshi master?" How old are you? ”
The older Jinshi, who was tied hand and foot, couldn't struggle, and now someone asked him for his opinion, he could only smile bitterly and say, "Read all the paperwork for a hundred loads, and you will get a green shirt when you are old." The matchmaker asked Yu how old he was, forty years ago and thirty-three. ”
A group of people next to him laughed, Liu Ming and Su Shi were also happy, it seems that under the aura of this Jinshi, even if he is seventy or eighty, he is still charming.
Along the way, there were fewer and fewer Jinshi, and they were all caught along the way.
Soon, the team came to the front of the royal street, and the official turned back with a smile and said, "Champion Lang, the princes and ministers in front are all guarding." Are you going? ”
Liu Ming felt like a lamb to the slaughter, and when he saw the official Xu asking himself like this, he said helplessly, "Do I want to go, is this up to me?" ”
The official Xu smiled: "Of course, of course." I've heard that several generals are guarding there with their own soldiers. Those generals, who were rude in catching their sons-in-law, rode over, like eagles catching chickens on the battlefield, hugged the jinshi around their waists, and then went straight to their own mansions to marry their daughters. ”
Su Shi laughed and said, "You little man with a knife and pen, scare us all day long." You think it's a war. I don't believe it! ”
Before he finished speaking, Su Shi only heard a black shadow floating on the right, and before he could react, he instantly felt that the world in front of him was crooked, and his whole person rose into the air and was placed on horseback.
In a panic, he looked back and saw a black-faced and bearded general galloping on the reins.
Su Shi was stunned, and he said in a crepe manner: "Dare to ask Your Excellency's honorable name?" ”
The bearded general laughed and said, "Good son-in-law! I am your father-in-law, General Taishan Huaide, and my family name is Guo. ”
When Su Shi heard this, he thought to himself that it was over, how could he say hello like this? As soon as he opened his mouth, he was a good son-in-law. Su Shi thought to himself, this general was born so burly, and his daughter is estimated to be crooked and cracked, and he is still counting on marrying a woman who is as talented and beautiful as Liu Xing'er, and she lives and flies, but the result is good, and she married the daughter of Wei Chi Jingde.
"This general, you and I have never known each other in our lives, this is a bit ......" Su Shi held a fluke mentality and wanted to persuade the other party to let him go.
"His grandmother's!" General Guo swallowed like a tiger, "You don't know the Sprinkle family, the Sprinkle family knows you, you are the talented Dongpo meat." ”
When Su Shi heard this, he said aggrievedly, "It's exactly below." ”
"Good son-in-law, the official residence of the Sprinkle family is three products, and there is a fief. As long as you marry my daughter, you will enjoy endless glory and wealth. This transaction is not a loss. "General Guo began to understand and reason, and moved with affection.
Su Shi had never been placed horizontally on a horse like this, his chest was resting on the saddle, and his internal organs were about to come out. His eyes were black, and he thought to himself that he had no choice but to accept his fate, and he had to marry the daughter of this general like Wei Chi Jingde.
If you knew today, why bother in the first place? Su Shi's intestines were all repentant.
Unbeknownst to him, the suffering on the horse's back was not over, and suddenly Su Shi felt the inertia moving forward, and the horse suddenly stopped. Su Shi muttered in a low voice, "General, I have promised to be your son-in-law, so don't torture me like this." ”
The general didn't pay attention to Su Shi on horseback, but looked ahead with his eyes, his eyebrows raised, his eyes widened, and shouted: "General Che Cai, why did you stop the general?" ”
Sure enough, a general on the opposite side, who was also wearing armor, immediately stopped in the middle of the road with a horizontal sword.
"General Guo, less nonsense! You are moving very fast, we made an appointment at the beginning, waiting for the jinshi to enter the royal street, and then each of them grabbed a son-in-law with their own ability, but why did you take the lead? "The general of the chariot still seems to be quite angry.
General Guo looked up to the sky and smiled: "You are still a general." Have you ever studied the Book of War? Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: A soldier is also a trick. The soldiers do not tire of deceit. ”
"Fart! That's combat. What you're doing now is a villain. The general scolded.
"What?" General Guo was furious, "You actually scolded the old man? Do you dare to fight the old man for 300 rounds. ”
"The battle is a battle, and the winner can take this Dongpo meat genius away." The general shouted.
"That's fine!"
Su Shi's eyes were almost desperate.
"You put down that Dongpo meat genius first."
"No, are you stupid to be an old man? Put it down, and you send someone to snatch it away. If you want to fight, you can fight, less nonsense! ”
The two swords intersected, making a "Zheng Zheng" sound.
Su Shi was distressed, he was tied to a horse like a cargo, not to mention, but also to appreciate the sword and sword. Listening to the sound of the sword breaking through the air beside him, he was anxious and shouted:
"Generals...... No, ladies and gentlemen! Please keep people under the knife, don't hurt your son-in-law! ”