Chapter 2 Childhood sweethearts

In Pingling County, Fufeng County, a palatial mansion suddenly opened the main entrance

A middle-aged man in rich clothes hurriedly walked out of the house

At the door stood an old man with a quaint appearance, dressed in a crane, and quite a bit of fairy bones

The middle-aged man looked very respectful and bowed to the old man: Mr. Qingzhu is here, and the humble house is shining, please.

The old man didn't answer, and entered the mansion with a slight smile.

Looking at the old man's back, the neighbors discussed:

Dou Mansion invited Xiangshi again?

How many are these?

Who knows, anyway, Lord Dou thinks that his daughter is not ordinary

Maybe there can really be a mother in the family

You manage people, you don't have that life anyway

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The name of Lord Dou in the mouth of the crowd is Dou Xun, who is the grandson of the late Sikong Dou Rong, married the daughter of the clan Princess Yuyang, although the family background is noble, but at that time Dou Rong has passed away for a long time, and his father Dou Mu also died in prison for his crimes, and the family has begun to fall.

Not long ago, Mrs. Dou gave birth to a daughter, named Lihuan, although she was still in infancy, she was very cute, adding a lot of joy to this family that began to decline.

However, due to the fact that the Dou family was in the middle of the road at this time, Dou Xun was also worried about his daughter's fate, so he called Xiangshi many times to meet Li Huan, and this time he invited Mr. Qingzhu, who was famous in Gyeonggi.

Mr. Qingzhu was noncommittal when he saw Dou Xun's other children, but when he saw Li Huan, he couldn't help but stand up

Dou Xun and his wife were a little nervous, not knowing what Mr. Qingzhu wanted

Mr. Qingzhu looked at Li Huan for a long time: Ling Qianjin is not the wife and concubine of ordinary officials, and she will definitely be honored and noble in the future.

Dou Xun was overjoyed when he heard this, and gave Mr. Qingzhu a thick seal of thanks.

Seeing off Mr. Qingzhu, Dou Xun walked around the house excitedly: When Huan'er is six years old, I will hire a famous teacher to teach her poetry and articles

Mrs. Dou couldn't help laughing and said: Her daughter's family is still learning from female workers, and she just knows how to read and write, why do you still want her to make articles, do you still want her to enter the court and govern?

Dou Xun Zhengse said: Mr. Qingzhu said that Huan'er will be honored in the future, if you don't know poetry and articles, how can you match the honor in the future?

Mrs. Dou smiled silently

Time is like an arrow, time is like a shuttle, in a blink of an eye, Li Huan is already six years old, and Dou Xun is ready to teach her to read and write.

Unexpectedly, Li Huan entered the study, picked up "Chu Ci" and read it aloud, Dou Xun was surprised: Daughter, can you read?

Li Huan nodded proudly

Dou Xunwu didn't believe it, picked up "Chu Ci", flipped it open and pointed at it: You read it

Li Huan: Gou Yu is upright, although it is far away.

Dou Xun was a little incredulous, and pointed again: What about this sentence?

Li Huan: I also have the good heart of the rest, although I have not regretted it after nine deaths.

Dou Xun Daqi: What else have you read?

Li Huan is very proud: I've read a lot, I take a long breath to hide my tears, and mourn how difficult the people's livelihood is... I can't change my mind and conform to the vulgar, and I will be miserable and end up poor...

Dou Xun hugged Li Huan tightly in his arms, with an excited face: This woman should be in my family

Li Huan winked proudly at the little scholar in the study who was waiting for pen and ink

The little scholar smiled proudly at Lihuan, and then lowered his eyebrows and returned to normal

At night, Li Huan quietly slipped out of the room and came to the study, where the little scholar was already waiting for her at the door

The two entered the study, Li Huan: Brother Wang, teach me what to read today

Scholar: Today let's read "Historical Records"

Li Huan: Last time you taught me "Chu Ci", my father was very happy when he heard it, why did you teach me to read "Historical Records" today

Scholar: Last time, Master Dou was happy because he didn't expect you to be literate, not because he liked "Chu Ci". I heard my mother say that you will be honored and noble in the future, so if you want to learn, you must learn some real skills, otherwise, there will be disasters if you are not worthy of virtue.

Li Huan seems to understand whether he understands or not: Is there any real ability in "Historical Records"?

Scholar: "Historical Records" is the masterpiece of Ma Qian of my Han Taishi Company, which tells the history of more than 3,000 years from the Yellow Emperor to the first four years of Emperor Xiaowu of this dynasty (Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty), and describes the lives of the sages of the past dynasties. Let's learn from the sages of the past generations, are we afraid that we won't be able to learn the real skills?

Li Huan clapped his hands and applauded: Okay, let's read "Historical Records"

The scholar hurriedly grabbed Li Huan: Be quiet, don't let others find out, we can't read books at night after we find out

After speaking, the scholar began to explain the "Historical Records" to Li Huan, although Li Huan was young, he listened very carefully, and asked questions from time to time when there were difficulties, and the scholar patiently explained to her.

The scholar's name is Wang Tuo, born in a peasant family, and he is the son of Lihuan's nurse. Because his father died early, there was no one to take care of him at home, so the nurse took him with her when she entered the Dou Mansion. Wang Tuo has been smart and clever since he was a child, and the Dou family likes him very much. Li Huan is getting older and no longer needs a nurse, but Mrs. Dou likes the nurse to be simple and hardworking, so she left her in Dou's mansion and gave her an errand. Wang Tuo also stayed and became a scholar in Doufu.

Because Wang Tuo's mother worked as a nurse for Li Huan, Li Huan and Wang Tuo have been very close since childhood, and no one calls Wang Tuo 'Brother Wang', and Wang Tuo calls her 'Sister Huan'.

Wang Tuo is a few years older than Li Huan, he likes to read since he was a child, and he has read poetry and books after serving Dou in the study for a few years. One day, Li Huan came to the study to find her father, but her father was not there, but she found that Wang Tuo was reading, and she asked Wang Tuo to teach her to read and write under curiosity. Wang Tuojiao was overjoyed and couldn't help but teach him. Since then, Li Huan has been even more energetic in learning, and he has finished reading Chu Ci at the age of six. Reading in the middle of the night has also become a little secret for the two.

Reading "Historical Records" until late at night, Li Huan was a little sleepy, and the two went back to rest.

Lying on the bed, Wang Tuo pondered what to teach Li Huan tomorrow, and couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Suddenly, I heard shouts outside, it was on fire...

Wang Tuo hurriedly got out of bed, only to see that the fire was raging, spreading from the kitchen to the embroidery building where Li Huan lived.

The embroidery building has two floors, Li Huan lives on the second floor, and the maid who serves her lives on the first floor. The maid rushed out of the first floor in disheveled clothes at this time, but there was no one in sight. Everyone shouted, 'Miss, come downstairs', but the fire was fierce, who dared to go upstairs?

Wang Tuo was only 12 years old at this time, but he was not afraid of danger, took out a silk scarf, dipped it in water in front of the water tank, and rushed upstairs...

At this time, Dou Xun and his wife also rushed out of the bedroom and came to the courtyard. Dou Xun commanded the firefighting, Mrs. Dou saw that the embroidery building was on fire, her liver and gall were broken, and she turned around and was about to rush to the embroidery building, but she was hugged tightly by Dou Xun, seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Mrs. Dou was grief-stricken, hiding her face and crying...

Dou Xun hugged his wife, and his heart was like a knife, and he slowly turned his head, and couldn't bear to look at the embroidery building again

At this time, I heard everyone's voices: Miss, Miss is out...

Dou Xun and his wife turned their heads in disbelief, only to see the young Wang Tuo rushing out of the building with Li Huan on his back, Li Huan's mouth and nose were covered with Wang Tuo's silk scarf that was dipped in water just now, and it was not smoked by the smoke.

Li Huan took down the silk scarf: Dad, mother, I'm fine...

Dou Xun and his wife came over and hugged Li Huan tightly in their arms

Since then, Dou Xun and his wife have also looked at Wang Tuo differently, and did not treat him as an ordinary subordinate, and also looked for a famous teacher to teach him to read, preparing to give him a good future in the future.

Wang Tuo studied during the day and taught Li Huan to read at night, and the two enjoyed it, their knowledge grew day by day, and their relationship became deeper and deeper.

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Lihuan is already twenty-eight years old, and her eyes are bright and moving

Wang Tuo has also grown into a young man, in addition to reading poetry and books, he is also elegant and danqing, and all kinds of portraits are painted lifelike.

The two are childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses, and they have been getting along for so many years

On Li Huan's 16th birthday, Li Huan's mother ordered Wang Tuo to paint a portrait of Li Huan as a commemoration of Li Huan's adulthood. The two of them can be alone again, and they can't ask for it. So they both came to the studio.

Wang Tuo prepared pen and paper, Li Huan sat on the chair, and the two prepared portraits. But in this preparation, both of them were a little embarrassed, and they both felt that the atmosphere was different from usual.

It is necessary to know that desire comes from human nature, and the two have been together day and night for 16 years, and they have long been secretly in love, and the love seedlings are deep, and the love is sincere. It's just that I was young and didn't know it before. At this time, Fang Dang Miaoling was in the same room for the first time in broad daylight, and he couldn't help but be excited about his true feelings, and he really understood his heart, and it turned out that he was so inseparable from the other party.

Li Huan sat on the chair and looked at this brother who had been with him for 16 years, and for a while, his affection was like a tide, like an embankment bursting, and all kinds of thoughts came to him.

Li Huan couldn't control the distractions in his heart, stood up, and walked around the studio.

Wang Tuo saw that her cheeks were flushed and her expression was excited, and she couldn't help but be sluggish, she wanted to look but didn't dare to look at it, remembering what her wife had explained, she bit her tongue fiercely, and lowered her head to study the ink.

Li Huan walked for a while, sat on the chair again, and looked at Wang Tuo, only to see that although he lowered his head to study ink, he looked up at himself from time to time, and found that he was looking at him, he quickly lowered his head and pretended to study ink, but his hands began to tremble, and a lot of ink stuck to his hands.

Li Huan suddenly moved: Brother Wang must also like me, we have been together for 16 years, and he once sacrificed his life to save me, how can we share any young lady, if he comes to hug me, I will never push away, so let him hug me tightly.

Wang Tuo bit his tongue fiercely, slowly calmed down, and prepared to paint. But as soon as he looked up, he saw Li Huan standing up from his seat and walking over slowly

Wang Tuo was surprised, Li Huan walked up to Wang Tuo and took out a silk scarf from his arms.

Wang Tuo was stunned, and immediately recognized that this was the silk scarf that protected Li Huan's mouth and nose when he rescued Li Huan from the fire

Li Huan: Do you know why I took out this silk scarf? Because this silk scarf left me the deepest impression and the best memory, because this is my brother Wang gave it to me, and it was also wrapped by Brother Wang himself, so I have always stayed by my side, every time I see this silk scarf, I feel that Brother Wang is by my side, very warm, very safe...

Wang Tuo's cheeks flushed, but he didn't know how to speak

Li Huan: Brother Wang, do you like me or not?

Wang Tuo: Of course, for so many years, you have been like my family

Li Huan: If there was another woman who treated you like me, would you treat her well?

Wang Tuo: Whoever treats me well, I will treat him well

Wang Tuo suddenly found that Li Huan's face changed, and his originally bright red face suddenly turned pale

Wang Tuo hurriedly said: Sister Huan, I treat them well, which is different from you. If there is another woman who treats me like you, I will treat her as a good person, but only a good friend. But if I can't be with you, then I might as well die

Li Huan: Why? Is it because I treat you well?

Wangto: I like to see you and be by your side. What does this have to do with whether you treat me well or not? I really love you, only I am qualified to love you, others are not. Because I've taken care of you for sixteen years, and I've cared for you for sixteen years, no one else can replace me... Besides, I don't worry about who loves you, I only identify with you, and I will spend my life protecting you

The two had a heart-to-heart connection, surging affection, and hugged each other tightly

At this moment, there was a cough from outside the door

The two hurriedly separated, pretending to be portraits.

The door opened, and Mrs. Dou walked in with a smile on her face: Hurry up and draw, today the house is full of guests and friends, and I want to congratulate my baby daughter on her birthday

Li Huan was also smiling, Wang Tuo didn't dare to say much, and worked hard

At the night banquet in Dou Mansion, all relatives and friends celebrated Miss Dou's 16th birthday.

During the banquet, he talked about Miss Dou's fate, and Dou Xun mentioned what the Xiangshi said back then: Ling Qianjin will definitely be honored and noble, not the appearance of the wife and concubine of ordinary officials.

All relatives and friends were envious, and Dou Xun was also smiling, and everyone was happy.

Only Li Huan was unhappy, and Wang Tuo, who was waiting for the banquet, was also stunned.

Since his 16th birthday, Dou Xun began to worry about Li Huan's lifelong affairs, and he was very strict with Li Huan, and Li Huan could no longer meet Wang Tuo at night as before.

Both of them are full of hearts but have nothing to do.

One day, Dou Xun went out on business, and the two finally found an opportunity to meet at night.

Li Huan: Brother, Daddy is now starting to list my life's events, what do you say?

Wang Tuo: Although I am not from a wealthy family, I am also a good family, and I have read poetry and books since I was a child, and I will not be able to make achievements in the future. Lord Dou and Mrs. Dou have always been fond of me... I want to ask my mother to propose to Master Dou.

Li Huan thought about it: My mother has always loved me, why don't I confide in my mother first, if my mother agrees, and then my mother mentions this matter to my father, and my father agrees that you will come to the door to propose marriage, so that everything can be guaranteed.

Wang Tuo Daxi: It's still thoughtful

But Wang Tuo suddenly became worried: Lord Dou always thought that you would be honorable... What if he doesn't?

Li Huan gritted her teeth: If Daddy doesn't agree, you will take me away

Wang Tuo was incredulous: Do you really want to?

Li Huan nodded firmly: Brother, after so many years, don't you still know my mind? With you, I am willing to beg for food.

Wang Tuo was greatly moved and hugged Li Huan tightly into his arms

Early the next morning, Li Huan came to find her mother, and drove away her mother's maids, and served her mother to wash herself

The mother was a little surprised, and then asked, "Little ghost, just say something."

Li Huan's cheeks suddenly dizzy when she heard this, and she told her mother about her and Wang Tuo with affection and shame

Wang Tuo was on duty in the study, but he was always restless, looking out the window from time to time

Seeing that it was already noon, Wang Tuo was even more anxious, and at this time he saw Mrs. Dou's personal maid come in: Mrs. is looking for you

Wang Tuo followed the maid to see his wife, and he was uneasy along the way, his heart went up and down, and he stumbled on the road

When I came to the hall, I saw my wife sitting in the middle, and Li Huan standing on the side.

Seeing Wang Tuo come in, Li Huan's face suddenly flushed

Wang Tuo was still apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't dare to look at Li Huan at all, and saluted his wife respectfully

Madame: Wang Tuo, I watched you and Huan'er grow up, and I already know what you two are thinking...

Wang Tuo didn't expect Madame to say this, and raised his head: Madam

Seeing that he was embarrassed, the lady smiled slightly: How can there be a portrait that has not been painted for so long without even grinding the ink?

Wang Tuo's face suddenly turned red

Mrs. looked at Wang Tuo with a loving face: You are a good boy, simple, ambitious and talented, and you are also deeply affectionate to Huan'er, otherwise, you would not have given up your life to save her back then. Huan'er is with you, and you will definitely treat her well. I have answered your things. Tomorrow Huan'er's father will come back, and I will tell him that Yucheng is a good thing for the two of you.

Wang Tuo was overjoyed, and he didn't know what to say when he was so happy that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to his wife

When Li Huan saw his stupid appearance, she not only laughed, but also moved in her heart: my brother really has a deep affection for him

In the afternoon of the next day, Dou Xun came back, and Mrs. Dou personally came to the hall to serve tea.

Wang Tuo and Li Huan hid in the dark outside the hall, and saw what their mother was saying to their father from a distance, and their father was surprised at first, and then felt inexplicable, but under the continuous persuasion of his mother, his face slowly became softer, and finally nodded slowly.

The mother beckoned to the two, and Wang Tuo and Li Huan came to their parents

Dou Xun smiled: My mother told me everything about you...

Dou Xun turned to Wang Tuo: Although you are not from a famous family, you are eager to learn and progress, and you will not be a pillar of talent in time. And I have been in my Dou family for more than ten years, and I once sacrificed my life to save Huan'er, I have always regarded you as my own son.

Dou Xun turned to Li Huan as he spoke, and his face became kind: How can a father not want his daughter to be happy, I agreed to your business. Choose a good day and an auspicious day, and I will marry you.

Wang Tuo and Li Huan were suddenly overjoyed and prepared to kneel down and kowtow

At this moment, a voice came from outside: the Holy Decree has arrived

The Dou family set up the incense case to receive the order

The eunuch in the palace read the holy decree: ... Dou Xun has a woman who is orderly, very prosperous, and has excellent literary talents, and is specially selected into the palace...

Hearing the holy decree, the Dou couple was quite surprised, and Li Huan's eyes widened

Wang Tuo buried his head deeply, and his hands were deeply grasped in the dirt...