Chapter 142: Waiting for One (I)
No one knows, am I waiting for a story, or a person.
"And the knife is like water, Wu Yan wins the snow, and the fingers break the new orange. At the beginning of the brocade temperature, the beast fragrance continues, and the relative sits on the sheng. Whisper and ask: To whom do you stay? There have been three shifts in the city. The horse is slippery and the frost is thick, so it is better to go to rest, and there are few people. ”
This is a very popular song "Youth Tour" in Shilin in the early years of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is said to have been composed by Su Wei, the founding prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Su Wei's life ruled the warp and weft, and it was a prosperous era for China. After his death, the Son of Heaven issued a special instruction to show his merits, and the post of prime minister would no longer be set up in the year of Zhou, so those in power in later generations would be called the first assistant. Before the Great Zhou Dynasty, orange was used for its fragrance and was mostly used as an aroma for the emperor's tomb. Zhou Shi began to be popular with the palace gate of the royal court, with its deliciousness, often accompanied by Wu salt food.
Orange's real name is Cheng Feng, and the nickname Orange was given to him by Shen Jin, who has never been funny. Of course, this nickname is not a bad taste, its original intention was to praise it as a wonderful fruit, and when it was later combined with Yang Xiao's scum and his face shape, it was a later story.
Speaking of Cheng Feng's father, Cheng Xiping, he is a well-known figure in the history of China, and he is a famous man who is known as a chess and calculation double saint even in the world. Legend has it that Cheng Xiping traveled alone in Dongting in the sixteenth year, and met Master Cao, but he didn't want to talk to each other very happily, and the master saw his talent and quick thinking, so he decided to ask him with chess. So there was a hundred years of Danghu ten games, and the result turned out to be that the two people who were half a year apart had a tie in victory. Later, a chess observer described: "The master's chess moves smoothly as before, except that when he falls, he is more than three points than usual." The young man's layout is like a hastily sloppy at first, inadvertently, and as soon as he lands on the slab, the rubble, insects and sand turn into wind, clouds, thunder and lightning, and he begins to see its majestic weather. ”
Later, whenever someone mentioned this matter to the master, he replied, "There are too many victories, so I can't comment on it." ”
Or geniuses are always jealous, or maybe there are many strange people who walk alone. Cheng Xiping, who became famous all over the world at the age of sixteen and was invincible at the age of the weak crown, disappeared inexplicably in the ninth year of his fame. No one knows where this merry genius, known as the double saint of chess, has gone and what he has done?
In a small house six miles east of Xuanwu Lake in Jinling, a young man in brocade clothes paced repeatedly in the house, and finally stopped for a long time and looked at the handsome man who was drinking tea with burning eyes, and said in a slightly hurried voice: "Mr. Shen! My father's physical condition is declining, and my second brother is now full of henchmen, so it will be too late if we wait like this! ”
The man who was called raised his head when he heard this, smiled at the brocade-clothed boy, and then waved his hand to signal him to sit down. The boy in brocade seemed to listen to Mr. Shen's words very much, although he was still unhappy, but he sat quietly next to the man and said no more, but his burning gaze did not change in the slightest. For this Mr. Shen, he admires it from the bottom of his heart. Originally, the best ending of his life was just to wait for his father to die, and then be sent to a wild and smoky place to be an idle prince, not to mention coveting that position, it is even a luxury to return to the capital. And in the short two years that he has been with this Mr. Shen, he has not only become one of the strong contenders for the throne, but in the eyes of all other princes, few people still regard him as an opponent.
This gentleman surnamed Shen is naturally Shen Jin's father, Shen Wansan, the current wealthy Jinling City Lord. The queen died early, so she had no heirs with the emperor. If there is no concubine, then the rest of the princes will theoretically have a chance for everyone. At that time, Concubine Hua, who was favored, was at a prime age, and she had no wings in the court, and with the emperor's physical condition at that time, her chances of giving birth to a dragon seed were also very small. The mother of the brocade boy was originally a disliked Jieyu, but his health was weak and he died when he was still a child.
At that time, Li Huaier was the most humble among many princes, and if his biological mother had not given birth to a prince, she would probably be the kind of ordinary woman who could not surpass the sky until she died. The emperor was drunk, the spring breeze was once, and a competitive stomach made this a woman who could not leave a name in the history books for the emperor in the future, and the second half of her life was not so bleak.
Although the imperial examination system has been implemented for hundreds of years, the real noble son of a poor family is finally a very rare type of person, not to mention the royal family with a strict hierarchy? There is no Olympic aid, which makes him put more thoughts on the mountains and rivers, and that modest and tranquil temperament has finally fallen into a good relationship in the impersonal royal family.
No one knows how Shen Wansan chose him, and no one knows the day he began to fall in love with Concubine Hua, who was actually only a few years older. It's just that the man whose name no one dares to mention now still clearly remembers that on that snowy night, he personally presented himself to a man named Cheng Xiping who was about the most favorite woman in his life.
The snowy night in Jinling was not cold but frozen, and as soon as the door creaked, a young man dressed in a suit slowly walked into the house with a penetrating chill. Shen Wansan, who was calm and relaxed a moment ago, hurriedly stepped forward and said with surprise on his face: "Shixun, tell me to wait!" ”
The Shixun in Shen Wansan's mouth is the man named Cheng Xiping. It's just that his name is too big, that is, as the prince, Li Huaier heard that it was him, and he also swept away the previous gloom and miser, and he didn't care that Shen Wansan had not yet been introduced, so he immediately bowed down and said: "Huaier sees Mr. Cheng!" "The ancients regarded his name as disrespectful, and calling himself was to put his own stature very low, and he respected a scholar so much as a prince, and the influence of this person can be seen.
Shen Wansan was more engaged in business, laughed to hide his embarrassment, and said: "Shixun, this is His Royal Highness the Ninth Emperor Prince, why don't you hurry up and see the courtesy?" ”
When Li Huaier heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "No, Mr. Cheng was talented at the time, so he tortured Huaier!" ”
Most of the people who are good at chess are thoughtful but are not interested in words and deeds, Cheng Xiping was really a little dazed by the singing and harmony of these two people, of course, he was very "sincere" and did not return the salute to His Royal Highness the prince, but coughed dryly twice, and asked puzzledly: "I don't know what Brother Shen invited late at night?" ”
Shen Wansan glanced at Li Huaier when he heard this, which meant to tell him, you listen first, don't talk, and smiled at Cheng Xiping casually and said, "Of course it's not playing chess, and no one has played you!" I invited you to come this time to bother Se-hoon to plan for me! ”
"What's the matter?" He has used arithmetic many times to make a profit for Shen Wansan, and he has not been able to calculate everything, so it is not surprising to see that he has something to ask for.
"If it involves the warp and weft of heaven and earth, I don't know if Shixun dares to count it?" Shen Wansan asked tentatively.
"Why don't you dare? It's just that what rare things did you prepare for me this time? Cheng Xiping smiled mischievously, he was not a philistine, and he never asked for anything in return every time he designed with Shen Wansan. It's just that Shen Wansan is too thoughtful, and every time he gives back to him, he can always do what he likes, which makes him have some expectations.
"Shall I ask His Highness to be a matchmaker for you and Tang Wan?" Shen Wansan said half-truthfully. Tang Wan is a talented girl in that life, and her talent and appearance are almost the same as Shen Xiruo's eldest daughter Shen Wansan, and she is also a wonderful person who has made countless romantic scholars fall in love with her, of course, Cheng Xiping, who is not in words, has been in love with her for a long time, and the two have been in contact many times, but her mouth is too stupid, and she always misses opportunities.
"Really?" This time it was Cheng Xiping's turn to be surprised, and he said at a loss: "As long as Brother Shen can help me facilitate this matter, I will only plan for you in this life, and it will be fine!" ”
"I don't count if I say it!" Shen Wansan said and set his eyes on Li Huai'er, and said with a smile: "You have to go and ask Your Highness!" ”
The smile on Li Huaier's face was a little stiff at the moment, Tang Wan? Isn't the woman he fell in love with at first sight when he first met in the capital also called Tang Wan?