Chapter 15: Smoke Lock Pond Willow
Li Dacai finally bought a house in Xiaoyu Street, and for her husband going to a brothel, Dacai said that if her husband wants to go after marriage, let alone live in Xiaoyu Street, even if he lives outside Xuanhua Gate, he should go.
The atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty at this time was like this, there were regulations for women [seven outs] inside, and there was a social atmosphere outside. Seven acts: childlessness, unfilial piety, jealousy, excessive speech, fornication, evil disease, and theft. Any one of these seven offences can be divorced by a husband and is a unilateral divorce. Among them, jealousy refers to the fact that the wife must be tolerant and cannot compete with the concubine for favor.
As for the social atmosphere, Li Qingzhao's circle of friends are all literati, and when he has nothing to do, he goes to a brothel to chant poems and do things, eat, drink and chat.
Even if she doesn't want her husband to be romantic, Li Qingzhao can't say it, she is a smart person, so she will naturally have a smart way to entrap her husband. What's more, this little Wang Han behaved extremely well-behaved in front of Li Qingzhao, and he was not the kind of romantic character he was.
After booking the house, Wang Han asked Li Qingzhao about the implementation of his plan, Li Qingzhao was slightly embarrassed, and replied: "Father has not spoken yet." ”
said that Wang Han gave an idea.
According to Wang Han's thoughts, Li Qingzhao hates to marry, and he desperately needs a chance to become famous, can he find a way to do these two things together?
After a little thought, let him really come up with a trick.
Li Qingzhao marries, and he must not marry an ordinary man, but Wang Han has neither fame nor errands, and his family has no money, so no matter how you look at it, it is not the right household. If he went to propose to the Li family like this, Li's father would definitely not agree.
How do you make yourself extraordinary? Wang Han estimated that he would reapply and borrow the name of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, but this time he asked Li Qingzhao to deceive.
Li Qingzhao got up early one day and reported to his father, saying that he had a strange dream, went to the fairyland in the dream, and drank with the Xuannu Niangniang, and the wine was half drunk.
Li Qingzhao prides herself on being a talented woman, and the couplets are not a problem, who knows, Niangniang has an absolute, Li Qingzhao didn't come up with it after thinking about it all night, and finally Niangniang smiled: "The person who can make the next couplet should be your husband." ”
Li Qingzhao's father is a member of the Ministry of Rites Li Gefei, born in 1045, thirty-one years old in the Jinshi, born Li Qingzhao was already forty years old, old and daughter, very happy, very loved, taught her to write and read, taught her to chant poetry and do Fu, so it is the same that created the name of Li Qingzhao's first talented woman through the ages.
As for Li Gefei's personality, he is a bit of a nerdy old-fashioned, but at the same time, he also attaches importance to science and reason, and especially hates superstitious activities. It is said that when Li Gefei was appointed as a general judge in the Guangxin Army, he had beaten the Taoist priest who bewitched the public with a cane, you know, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty all called themselves the emperor of Taoism, and attached great importance to superstition, but he beat the Taoist priest with a cane, obviously he was a person who did not know how to be an official, so he could only do some work of writing and painting, and could not get real power.
Seeing that his daughter was getting older and older, but he didn't want to get married, Li Gefei, who was nearly sixty years old, was very anxious, and when he heard Li Qingzhao say this, he was immediately surprised, according to what he thought, he was afraid that his daughter had a sweetheart, and he didn't want to say it clearly, so he pretended to be the name of the Nine Heavens Xuannu.
The daughter's mind was not broken, so she asked her daughter: "What is the absolute?" ”
Li Qingzhao said five words: "Smoke lock pond willow, please father." ”
Smoke lock pond willow!
These five words are nothing at first glance, but they can't be seen carefully, the five words allude to the combination of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, so the next link must also correspond to gold, wood, water, fire and earth. In addition, the artistic conception of the willows in the smoke lock pond is also very charming, making people close their eyes and think of the quiet pond, surrounded by willow trees and shrouded in mist.
This pair was made by the Ming Dynasty, and no one has ever paired it for more than 200 years since the Ming Dynasty, so it is absolute in history. At first, Wang Han didn't think of using couplets to show off, but he was purely forced by Li Qingzhao to think of this method.
An absolute that has not been shown by anyone for more than 200 years, in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, how can it set off a trend, especially after the rendering of a talented woman like Li Qingzhao, it will definitely move all the literati in Tokyo.
Wang Han didn't know what the other literati were when they heard about this absolute, anyway, Li Qingzhao was shocked for a long time and couldn't react, pacing back and forth to think, but he couldn't get the next link, and asked Wang Han: "What is the next link?" ”
Wang Han smiled and didn't answer, "Little sister, don't worry, if it's so easy to come out, where does it seem that the Xuannu Niangniang is powerful, you just use this uplink as a guide, the more people who pass it on, the better, and when the fire comes, I will naturally have the next link." ”
is also the same, Li Qingzhao believed in his evil and agreed to play with him.
Li Qingzhao took the Shanglian, but he was not satisfied at first, and he thought hard for three days, and only then told his father that he was really right.
Li Gefei was also stunned after hearing this, and he was also thinking about it when he was on duty, and it took a day to be helpless. After returning home, he called Li Qingzhao, "Do you have a link?" ”
Li Qingzhao shook his head, "My daughter has been thinking hard for three days, and she can't come out." ”
Li Gefei fell into his heart, frowned, and asked: "If no one can match, will you never marry?" ”
Li Qingzhao was embarrassed, "How can no one be right?" ”
Li Gefei said: "This couplet implies the five elements, the artistic conception is elegant, the movement and the static are combined, to the next couplet, it must be the five elements of the restraint, the movement and the static are combined, and the artistic conception can not be bad. ”
Don't blame Li Gefei for sighing, the smoke lock pond willow is absolute, even in the later generations of Wang Han, it is only barely enough to make a living, to say that the real five elements are the same as the same lower link, there is still no.
It is said that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Qianlong personally went to the south of the Yangtze River for scientific research, and there were two people who raised people regardless of high and low, and Qianlong came out of this absolute, and one of them thought for a while, turned around and left. The remaining one thought for a long time and had no choice but to give up. Qianlong appointed the first to go first.
Because, those who can see at a glance that this is absolute must be highly talented, and it takes a long time to judge that this is absolute, and they must be slightly inferior.
Therefore, Li Gefei only thought about it for a day, and then said that this is absolute. Therefore, ask Qingzhao, if no one can do it, will you not marry in your life?
Li Qingzhao had Wang Han as an endorsement, so he naturally did not panic, and said: "Xuannu Niangniang, no one can do it within half a month, you can set up a platform outside Donghua Gate, and the daughter chooses a husband with hydrangea, and at that time, someone must be right." ”
Saying this, Li Gefei was speechless and asked, "Could it be that you already know who can be right?" ”
Li Qingzhao panicked, but he concealed it for Wang Han, shaking his head and denying it.
Li Gefei snorted angrily, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but when his daughter said so, there must be difficulties, how can people who are over the age not see this? I think it's not the right family, otherwise why would my daughter come up with the trick of throwing hydrangea and choosing a husband.
At the moment, I didn't say I agreed, I didn't say I didn't agree, and I walked away with my hands behind my back.
The next day, Li Gefei arrived at the Taixue Museum, and during the lunch break, he told this absolutely, asked the talented people to help, and told the princes, "This Shanglian is made by my daughter Li Qingzhao, and the one who can deal with the above can be my son-in-law." ”
There are many students in the Taixue Museum, all of whom are highly talented, and I heard that it was Li Qingzhao who gave the Shanglian, and everyone was eager to try, discussed with each other, and wrote one after another, all of which were far from each other.
The students couldn't say it, so they spread it to the outside world, the Great Song Dynasty had a literati talent, and in a few days, the entire Tokyo city was shaken, and all literate people heard about the smoke lock pond willow, but unfortunately no one could do it.
It's not that the Great Song Dynasty has no talents, one is that it is absolutely difficult, and secondly, Zhao Ji of Song Huizong is an artist, who is best at writing and painting, but he is not good at poetry. He likes to write and paint, and the promotion of talents is also carried out according to his own preferences, regardless of whether he is talented or not, as long as he can write and paint, he can be an official, what level can a painter and calligrapher have? Of course, there is no such absolute.
If it was one or two decades earlier, with Wang Anshi, Su Shi, Sima Guang and others, there might be one or two couplets that could be touched by artistic conception.
For a time, the streets and alleys of Tokyo City were talking about the five-character absolute, and the fiery degree was no less than that of the X-Zhaomen of later generations. A few days later, there was even more shocking news that Li Qingzhao, the first female talent in Beijing, decided to throw hydrangea to choose a husband, and the time was half a month later, outside the Donghua Gate.
Compared with absolutely, Li Qingzhao's matter of throwing hydrangea to choose a husband is more explosive, everyone knows that the Li family has a talented woman, and she is both talented and beautiful, and she is a figure that all unmarried and married men think about for a long time, and they want to throw hydrangea to choose a husband.
You must know that since Li Qingzhao was fifteen years old, he has continuously rejected various young talents, which has broken the hearts of many infatuated men.
Hydrangea husband selection, it sounds romantic, but it is actually a helpless move, the real lady show, where can you use throwing hydrangea.
But Li Qingzhao is a talented woman, and it is normal to act boldly and behave strangely.
The city of Tokyo is a sensation again, not only the readers, but also those ordinary people who don't know how to read, those who sell and beg along the streets, those who carry water and dig ditches, and those who dig dung and sell vegetables, are all hotly discussed. As long as it is a man, whether it is fat, thin, tall, beautiful or ugly, whether there is a marriage match, you can go, as long as you catch the hydrangea, you will marry him.
In addition, he has become the fast son-in-law of the East Bed, not only to get a beauty, but also to get a real estate.
Li Gefei didn't say anything about the house, it was Li Qingzhao who said it himself, and it was Wang Hanfei who asked her to add it, saying that in this way he could expand the benefits and cause a sensation.
Li Qingzhao doesn't understand, why does a mere marriage cause a sensation in the city?
Wang Han poured ecstasy soup, "How can the first talented woman in the ages marry without causing a sensation in the city?" and see my means in that day. Saying this and this made Li Qingzhao impressed, it turned out that Lang Jun, who was hand-picked by Xuannu, was really not an ordinary person.
Such a big event happened in the city, and Zhao Ji, an official in the imperial city, had also heard of it, especially the smoke-locked pond willow, he also pondered it carefully, and had no answer, and even called Li Gefei out alone at the court meeting, and asked with a smile: "Can someone say the next couplet?" ”
Li Gefei replied, "No one has come out yet." ”
Zhao Ji joked, "Could it be that Ling Yan wants to be a widow for the rest of her life?" ”
Li Gefei was embarrassed and argued: "It is said that this couplet is made by the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and no one can do it within half a month, so he will set up a table outside the Donghua Gate to throw the hydrangea, and someone will definitely be able to do it at that time." ”
Who is Li Gefei? It was a well-known anti-superstition and anti-pseudoscience, and today he said this paragraph in the court, which surprised everyone, especially Zhao Ji. Hurriedly asked in detail, how did the Nine Heavens Xuannu hold her dreams, how did she say it, and after listening to it, she clapped her hands and laughed, saying that it was interesting, and she would like to see who was right and what kind of name she could be.
In this way, Li Qingzhao had a marriage, and even the emperor paid attention to it.
These are all in Wang Han's plan, and this is what he wants. If not, how can you reach the sky in one step?
According to what he thought, as soon as he came out, Tokyo shook, and he couldn't say that there were many talented people to interact, and he became a celebrity, so it was inevitable to know some academics, big officials, move around more, hook up and hook up, it's not easy to want an official?
There is such a way, why bother to find Lu Qian's kind of goods, Captain Jiupin? Phew! Lao Tzu is rare?
Li Qingzhao threw the hydrangea and chose a husband, but Wang Han was quiet, just busy decorating the new family and new house, and said to his mother: "This house was purchased by the sister of the Li family with private money, in order to see the light on the face of her father-in-law and mother-in-law in the future, otherwise, how can you be a family member with a foreigner?" ”
Saying this, the Zhang family was excited, wiping the corners of his eyes, "The little lady of the Li family has a heart, and my son has cultivated the blessings of several lifetimes." ”
In addition, Wang Han didn't go to the Royal Boxing Gym, and Zhou Tong sent someone to look for him and asked him what his plans were. Wang Han personally went to reply to Zhou Tong, not saying that he refused in person, but said: "The big wedding is coming, so I am busy, but please rest assured that the master will be at least three or five months, and at most one or two years. ”
In this way, Zhou Tong has nothing to say, let him be busy first, after all, it is a major event in life.
Wang Han is clear in his heart, invincible iron crotch skills? It's impossible, it's impossible to learn in this life, and you won't learn it in death.
In the blink of an eye, January has passed, and it is the day when Li Qingzhao throws hydrangea and chooses a husband.
It is also God's face, this day is sunny and sunny. Early in the morning, the Fengle Building outside the Donghua Gate was crowded with water, and everyone was waiting for Li Dacai to appear upstairs.
Let's talk about Fengle House first. Donghua Gate is the Imperial City, from Donghua Gate to the east is Donghua Gate Street, on both sides of the forest all kinds of large and small goods stores, the street is also more than 100 steps wide, the goods stores on both sides look at each other from afar.
In the early years, the goods stores on both sides of Donghuamen Street were only two stories high, with the development of society, the Great Song Shi people became more and more rich, so they desperately increased the height of the restaurant stores, and in the Zhezong period, the restaurants on both sides of the street were already three or four stories high. For this reason, the Great Song Dynasty had to issue a notice to all restaurants and goods stores outside the imperial city, and they were not allowed to look at the third floor or above at will after night.
Why? Because the restaurant is already higher than the wall of the imperial city, the common people can see the emperor's house by shaking their fans, so the people of the Great Song Dynasty affectionately call the emperor an official, and they also come.
Especially during the Huizong period, Fengle Building became the champion building, with five floors high, and it was the first of the 72 restaurants in Tokyo.
In the past dynasties, all the students are standing outside the Donghua Gate and waiting for the results, and Fengle Building has naturally become the first place for students to live. There is a big exam in three years, and there is a champion in the examination, so Fengle Building is also called the champion building.
Although Fengle Building is high, a shield has been added above the third floor, in order to prevent guests from secretly looking at the official house, and in the middle of the night, the concubines of the official family are not wearing clothes to enjoy the coolness.
Li Qingzhao wants to throw hydrangea to choose a husband, such a big thing, of course, to choose a place with an outstanding reputation, Fengle Lou is naturally the first choice.
Especially Fengle Tower and the imperial city are far away, Wang Han thought about such a big thing, Zhao Ji, the emperor who did not learn and did not know how to learn, would definitely come to see, either standing on his own city tower and watching, or sneaking out of Donghua Gate to see, no matter what, he could make a name for himself.
But said that Fengle Lou was crowded in front of the water, most of them were bad boys, although they had no money and were illiterate, they also thought that they would take shit luck, in case the hydrangea hit their heads?
It was bustling, shoulder to shoulder, and thousands of people were crowded, not to mention that there were thousands of people on the periphery. On the periphery, there are seven or eight forbidden troops guarding it, obviously because they have been ordered by their superiors to come over to maintain order, and don't make trouble.
In front of the cloth merchant house farther away, there were seven or eight strong men, surrounded by a fat young man with fine skin and tender meat, who looked this way for a long time. The closest to the boy is also an acquaintance, it is Lu Qian and Lu Yuhou, who are under the control of the North Gate Infantry Army, wearing a gorgeous costume with a red face, and whispering to the fat round young man: "Just rest assured, no matter where the hydrangea floats today, it will eventually fall into the hands of the Yanei." ”
Hearing this, the fat young man grinned, the fat on his face swayed, his eyes followed the lust, and he rubbed his hands and said, "Li Qingzhao, Li Qingzhao, see where you want to escape......