Chapter 81: Quietly Changing
"I'm sorry!" the old scholar took a big sip of disdain, and then slapped it on the table hard, "He is just a well-fated mountain, relying on his own good skin with a pair of fine skin and tender meat, and won the green eyes of the Xiangye's daughter, plus the Xiangye appreciates his knowledge, this is not today, I heard that he is going to invite him to the Xiangye's mansion, hey, I'm afraid that this banquet is a marriage banquet, he is a little poor and sour Wending really wants the carp to jump over the dragon gate, and he will be in the clouds!"
Teng Tian's heart chuckled, smacking the sour taste in their tones, she forcibly suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, stepped forward, and asked politely and gently: "May I ask the two eldest brothers, do you recognize that Shangguan Nianchen?"
Such a beautiful and beautiful girl suddenly stepped forward to talk, and the old and young scholar Quanjue seemed to have a light flashing in front of him, and he hurriedly put down the wine glass in his hand.
The first to speak was the young scholar who came back to his senses first: "I don't recognize it, but I know it!"
The older scholar also reacted at this time, took over the conversation, and said with a smile: "He is very famous now, and he is the first champion in the imperial examination this year, don't say that in our capital, I am afraid that there is no one in the north and south of the river who does not know, but this girl inquired about this person, what is the matter?"
"So, can the two eldest brothers tell me where to find this person?"
Xu had the news of Shangguan Nianchen, and Teng Tian was so excited that he grabbed the young scholar's wide sleeves.
The young scholar's face turned red to the root of his ears all of a sudden, and he hurriedly replied: "Right now, Shangguan Nianchen is a red man in the eyes of Xiangye, and I am afraid that I am poor and difficult to know where he is!"
His hands slipped down his sleeves, and a look of disappointment gradually appeared on Tengtian's pretty face.
He slapped the young scholar back, and the old scholar reproached in a strange tone: "How can you make people so frustrated, the girl doesn't want to listen to him, it's just that I heard that Shangguan Nianchen is going to Xiangye's Mansion for a banquet today, if you can get in there, you must be able to see him in person!"
Before his words fell, Tengtianren had already rushed downstairs, leaving only a "thank you" that echoed in the ears of the old and young scholars for a long time.
With full joy ran out of the tea house, Teng Tian thought of the "Xiangye daughter" in the mouth of the previous pair of scholars, but he was even more worried about Shangguan Nianchen's well-being, seeing that the night was sinking, he hurriedly inquired about Xiangye's mansion, fortunately, no matter how big the imperial city was, there was only one Xiangye with high authority, so it didn't take long for her to stand under the red lantern of Xiangye's mansion.
It was obviously a red lantern hanging high and it was supposed to look warm, but it was lined with extraordinary majesty by the two guards standing under the two huge white marble lions who were not angry and held red tassel spears.
"Who are you?"
Teng Tian was nervous, but he still couldn't stop the urge to see Shangguan Nianchen. As a result, before he stepped on the first white marble step, he was loudly reprimanded by a guard.
The night was already quiet, and this sound really scared her a lot, so she hurriedly stopped her steps, and didn't dare to make any more mistakes.
Seeing that she stopped but refused to leave, another guard followed and asked: "Today's Prime Minister's Mansion has a banquet for distinguished guests, and idle people are not allowed to enter, besides, why are you coming to our Prime Minister's Mansion if you don't go home at this hour?"
Swallowing his saliva, Teng Tian raised his eyes to look at the two fierce guards, his voice so low that it almost disappeared into the night wind.
"I, I'm here to find Brother Shangguan, he, is he the distinguished guest in your mouth, if so, please ask the eldest brother of the guard to help me spread the word, saying that Tian'er is coming!"
A guard came down from the steps, up and down and looked at Tengtian carefully, thinking that such a fairy-looking woman came to find Shangguan Nianchen, it must be that the person who came was not good, if he was shocked by Xiangye and Miss, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat and walk around, so he was alert and interrogated.
"Why are you here to find the champion?"
"Tian'er is his wife, he has not returned from Beijing for several months, he is very worried and came to Beijing to find him, and he also bothered the guard brother to help me pass the word, if Brother Shangguan knew that I was coming, he would definitely come to meet!"
Tengtian has never really been involved in the world, where can he see what the other party wants, and his face is red.
Unexpectedly, the guard turned his face, and the red tassel spear was horizontal, and his expression was fierce like a demon from hell.
"What a bold son, where did the village woman come from, dare to come here to pretend to be the wife of the champion, the emperor has moved the holy decree to match my young lady to the Shangguan champion, today is the Xiangye banquet to invite the virtuous son-in-law to discuss the day of the wedding, I see that you are not very old, so I will not pursue it, you and leave quickly!"
A few words were not loud, but Teng Tian heard it really, at this time she seemed to have been struck by lightning, her brain was chaotic, and she muttered in her mouth: "You lied to me, the gang lied, Brother Shangguan said let me wait for him to come back, he said that he would only marry me in his life, he wouldn't want me, I don't believe it, I don't believe a word of what you say!"
The other guard, as if he could not take it any longer, also walked down the steps with a contemptuous smile on his face.
"My young lady is beautiful and fragrant, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, virtuous character, and noble birth. Look at you, although she is also a beautiful girl, but after all, she is a mountain village woman, how can she compare? Besides, that champion Shangguan Nianchen and my young lady are in love, just like a mandarin duck floating in the water, you should retreat quickly, don't entangle yourself again, otherwise don't blame me for locking you in prison with a flail!"
Teng Tian couldn't hear how he scared himself, but he turned around slowly, as if he was suffering from a heartbreak disease, and his mouth was chattering: "Brother Shangguan is going to be a son-in-law to Xiangye, Brother Shangguan is going to marry someone else, he doesn't want Tian'er......"
Seeing her go away step by step, the faces of the two guards also showed a little compassion, and they sighed helplessly and shook their heads and returned to their previous posts.
I don't know how I left the Imperial City, let alone how I walked all the way back to the shore of the East China Sea. She just walked like this, walking in despair, her chest was like a raging fire, the hustle and bustle of the world seemed to be no longer related to her, she just wanted to walk like this, she picked mountain fruits to satisfy her hunger when she was hungry, and when she was thirsty, she held the mountain spring stream water to quench her thirst.
Just went down all the way, and the time was only a few months, and the whole person was so thin that he looked almost withered, and his clothes, which were not gorgeous, were also in tatters.
Finally standing on the shore of the East China Sea, she sank her mind and plunged into the sea.
When she returned to the deep ditch palace, she walked along the river, not to see the calm and similar on the sea, but the world did not know that the world under the sea was also different. Now Tengtian has chosen the most difficult current.
Halfway through the swim, the water flow changed suddenly, and the large and small whirlpools taught people to avoid it, Tengtian was thrown by one whirlpool to another, but she didn't feel sad. The fire in her chest tormented her heart, so in order not to teach this unspeakable pain to continue to spread, she chose to torture her body, suppressing the pain with pain, not only accidentally dodging the whirlpool, but hitting it more and more.
The whirlpool shook her around and finally got out of this dangerous place, but she reached the ravine where the footed seaweed was grown, and she was dragged into the trench again and again, and climbed up again and again.
Tengtian's body was hit by a rock and hurt but he didn't care about it, no matter how cheap this life is, he can't suppress the sorrow from his heart.
Instead of being dragged into the deep sea to starve to death, or being thrown on a rock to death, Tengtian came to his own door.
Looking at the beautiful palace gate, she leaned down on it and cried sadly: "Mother, mother, Tian'er, Tian'er is back!"
After a while, Tengtian's mother, the beautiful woman, rushed out, helped her daughter who fell at the door, and hugged her tightly in distress and suspicion.
"My God, what happened to you, what's wrong with you, don't scare your mother!"
Snuggled in her arms, Tengtian's tears were finally uncontrollable.
"Mother, Shangguan's brother Jinbang is the top student in high school, and now he is going to marry Xiangye's daughter, Tian'er, he, he doesn't want Tian'er!"
Shook her head helplessly, stroked her daughter's hair distressedly, and the beautiful woman sighed: "Don't be sad, child, men in this world are probably like this, you should be relieved, don't think about her anymore, stay in the palace to cultivate, cut off this idea of love, he will fly towards the dragon, wouldn't it be happy to be a free and easy immortal!"
"Mother, I don't want it!" Struggling to lift his head from her arms, Teng Tian's watery tears cried into red walnuts, and his head shook into a rattle, "Brother Shangguan said that he would come back and marry me, he said that he would not bear me in his life, and Brother Shangguan would not lie to Tian'er, but, mother, you tell Tian'er, can those Uncle Wei be serious?"
The beautiful woman's apricot eyes widened, and her voice became louder: "Are you really stupid kid? If he is really willing to come back and marry you, he will already come back, and now don't say that he has come back, he has not even given you a letter, isn't it enough to prove that he has already changed his mind and will not come back to marry you, so you can be a real dragon and a god after you cultivate?"
"I don't, I don't!" vigorously wanted to push away his mother's arms, Teng Tian cried, "Brother Shangguan is not that kind of person, he said that if he wants to come back to marry me, he will definitely come back to marry me, I will go to his house and wait, until he comes back to marry me, it is really as my mother said, he no longer wants me, I also want him to say to me personally, that is, to let me forget, at least let my heart die!"
When the words fell, she violently pushed the beautiful woman away, stood up, and turned to swim to the surface.