Chapter 374
Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself that it was just a copy of the future generations, and no one could know it. Niuwen Novel~ Read novels online [-ttzw365.-] Free text update! I thought that Bai Zhihan was right. Anyway, he has been practicing calligraphy in Wu Shu's font every day in the past few months. Although he is far inferior to Wu Shu and the others, he can barely read it. So he sat down and picked up the pen to write the poem. After all, it was plagiarized, and he was embarrassed to sign and stamp it. He handed it to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper took it and set it off, said a few more gossips, and then said goodbye and left.
When I didn't write poetry, I waited for more than ten days before I finally got together. Now, with the poem Zuo Shaoyang, the shopkeeper of the cannon came to them on the third day and said happily as soon as I met, "Oh, my brother-in-law, I only now know the value of your two poems. Good guy, I used these two poems to talk about the matchmaker these two days, and nine out of the ten nodded. They all said that if I don't take a concubine, I can get engaged immediately. I have a clear idea in my heart, and I don't say much. Anyway,
There are not many other places in the capital. This official family has many scholarly families. I have found several more families, and some people agree to take a concubine, but the woman is not satisfied. It is either too ugly or can't understand Mr. Zuo's poems, and it is said that it is wrong, or it is just a good one, but it can't tell what the good is. I gave up all these and searched for them. Finally, I found a family that admired the literary talent of the young master and agreed to take a concubine after getting married. Before I could tell you, the person I had found before figured out again.
, came to us again and said that we could agree to take concubines in the future, so there were three families in total. Hehehe, you can choose them yourself." Zuo Gui's father was overjoyed and found three families in just two days. It was really unexpected. It seems that the medical skills are so that they will not be able to see them for a while. But the literary talent is so good that you can tell if there is any. Thanks to his son's literary talent, why didn't he pay attention to him before? Haha, it seems that Guangzong Yaozu was counting on his son. It turned out that he wanted to make do
It’s okay to find a daughter from an official family. "Now it seems that you can’t be so hasty. You must find a daughter-in-law who is satisfied with your wife. When your son becomes an official in the future, you will be good at winning his wife and a son-in-law. It’s better to find a family that will help your son’s future career. Zuo Gui’s father was thinking in his mind, but he didn’t know that Zuo Shaoyang was not interested in being an official at all. He didn’t know that his expectations for his glorious ancestors might be just a dream. Zuo Gui’s father asked, “Which three families are they?”
"They are all from Lifang, the Gao family, the Li family and the Sun family. They are all ancestors or current officials in the capital. In terms of official positions, the Gao family ranks first. His father is the chief of the Taimiao Mausoleum Office. From the seventh rank, the Li family is the eighth rank. The last of the Sun family is just a second-class official...." Zuo Gui's father said decisively: "Forget this inequality official, I won't consider it."
"Okay" Let's choose from the Gao family and the Li family. Both of these daughters are good. I have seen them. In terms of appearance, the Li family's beautiful ones are better, but "I heard that the Gao family's literary talent is better. Not only did I tell the story of the young master's poem ", but I also burst into tears after reading it. I admire the young master's talent and knowledge very much. I also evaluate the young master's poem written by Chang'an, saying that it was the layout of Chang'an and the grand occasion of the morning court." He also said a lot of praise in a literary way, but I can't remember it. They are all good words anyway. A couple, and the daughter of the family pointed out a small problem in the young master's poem." Zuo Shaoyang said strangely: "Is that so? What a madman?"
"She said that the last sentence of the young master's poem was written, "The star is in the west of the five gates" should be about the scene of entering the Tai Chi Hall in the morning. There are only three gates in the Tai Chi Hall. "It seems inappropriate to say that the five gates are."
Bai Juyi was a poet of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Daming Palace had been repaired and opened as the place where the emperor's morning court was held. This poem actually describes the ministers entering the Daming Palace. The Daming Palace has five gates, so the five gates are written in the poem. "During the Li Shimin in the early Tang Dynasty, he attended the court in Taiji Hall, and the Taiji Hall had only three gates at the beginning of Zhenguan, namely Chengtian Gate, Yong'an Gate on the left and Changle Gate on the right, and later expanded to five gates. Shaoyang left did not know about this detail, so he did not modify it.
After hearing this, Zuo Shaoyang was embarrassed and said embarrassedly: "I made a mistake, no, no, it should be my friend who wrote it wrong. He may have not actually been to the palace city behind, so he didn't know how many gates it was. He randomly guessed that it should be five gates, so he just wrote it." Zuo Gui's father smiled and said, "This shows that the girl read your poem seriously and pointed out your mistakes. Whose family is this girl?"
"Her family is a famous old miracle doctor, the granddaughter of the old miracle doctor Zhen Quan of the Zhen Clinic." Zuo Shaoyang widened his eyes in surprise: "The granddaughter of the old miracle doctor Zhen? Is it the one with a thin neck, a big mouth, and no eyebrows, but she is wearing a jewelry?"
The shopkeeper was amused: "The granddaughter of the Zhen family is a little bit ugly. Haha," said Zuo Gui's father: "If you don't have to be beautiful, at least you have to be dignified. If you are too ugly, forget it."
The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "That's right? One of the three conditions is this. But this family was said by the matchmaker. I have never met their granddaughter before. When I met this time, I really felt that it was not worthy of the young master. So after meeting, I didn't regard her family as my wife. Besides, they didn't let her take concubines." Zuo Shaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if he wanted to marry such a woman as his wife, he would have nightmares every day, and his wealthy look was very unaccustomed to seeing her. Zuo Gui's father nodded: "Then let's talk about the Gao family and the Li family first, who will meet first? Or should we meet the Gao family first?"
"It's okay to just look at it and then decide." Zuo Shaoyang said with a smile.
"Nonsense! When you meet someone you like, you can just stitch it. How can you just read it all? Is there any daughter in so many officials in the capital? Is it really necessary to meet each other?"
Zuo Shaoyang felt a little embarrassed: "Okay, if the daughter of the Gao family is satisfied, you will make up."
After we agreed, we agreed to meet again the next day.
The next day, the meeting went very smoothly. Although the Gao family's daughter looked ordinary, she was well-educated and elegant, and she talked about poetry with Zuo Shaoyang, which was quite speculative. Zuo Shaoyang asked the girl about the attitude of taking a concubine. Gao girl shyly said that she would be married and was not a word. Zuo Shaoyang secretly asked Bai Zhihan what she thought. Bai Zhihan also felt that this girl was kind-hearted and should be better. Although Zuo Shaoyang was not very satisfied with the other person's appearance
But this was the first family to like after countless blind dates, so he nodded in agreement. Zuo Gui's father was also quite satisfied with the girl. After the other party looked at Zuo Shaoyang, he was also very satisfied. The two families immediately asked the matchmaker to get a matchmaker and there was no conflict. They were even more happy, so they agreed to get engaged. The betrothal fee was 50 cents. Zuo Gui's father was worried about the long night and dreaming, so he immediately went back to the inn and took fifty taels of silver to the Gao family for employment.
The Gao family accepted the bride price and agreed to request a date for the wedding the next day.
Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.
When Zuo Gui's father took Zuo Shaoyang and others to the Gao family to ask for the date with the matchmaker and shopkeeper Bao, the Gao family actually told the Zuo family in panic that the marriage would not be settled. He immediately returned the 50 taels of betrothal gifts and apologized. Zuo Gui's father was a little angry and asked the reason repeatedly. The other party only said that his daughter had repentance and disagreed. Zuo Shaoyang knew that this was definitely an excuse, and the Gao family looked frightened. Something must have happened, but the Gao family refused to say it. Although Zuo Gui's father was very angry, he also saw that the other party had a difficult time. Anyway, his family did not worry about not being able to find a wife for his own conditions, so he took the betrothal gift and said goodbye and left.
When he left the door, Zuo Gui's father said with a gloomy face: "What's wrong with the people in the capital? The promised marriage can be retired. Do you deliberately look down on Lou people?"
The matchmaker said, "Master Zuo is not willing to withdraw from this marriage?"
"Yes, I clearly agreed, why should I withdraw?"
The matchmaker stamped his feet and said, "Then Master Zuo, you shouldn't have received this returned betrothal gift! You should go to the yamen to sue them!" Zuo Gui's father didn't understand this and asked, "Say? What are you suing him?"
"I have sued him for marriage and regretted it! A girl's family cannot regret it on their own, otherwise the official will beat him and even award his daughter to your family!" Zuo Gui's father was very surprised: "There is such a thing? Why didn't you say it earlier?"
The matchmaker said angrily: "I thought you knew it. Besides, as soon as they apologized, you didn't say anything, and then took out the betrothal gift. I thought you were willing to break off the engagement."
I rarely encounter such things as breaking off the engagement, so the shopkeeper didn’t know that, so he asked the matchmaker: “Is it okay if I just gave a betrothal gift and didn’t write a wedding letter?”
"Of course!" The matchmaker was very familiar with the rules of the Datang Law on the engagement and said, "Our Datang Law said: Although it is not a marriage book, it is also true that you receive a wealth of grooming. This is called grooming as a wife. That is to say, as long as the girl receives the betrothal gift in front of the matchmaker, even if she is married, she cannot regret the marriage."
"What if you regret the marriage? What punishment will you be punished?"
"The Tang Dynasty law stipulates: Those who regret the marriage are 60 sticks, and the marriage is still as promised. If a man regrets himself, he will not be guilty and will not pursue his wealth. That is to say, if the man regrets the marriage, he cannot get a betrothal gift, but if the woman regrets the marriage, it will be different. If he sues the yamen, he will not only beat his parents for 60 sticks, but also maintain the engagement and award his daughter to you!"
The shopkeeper stamped his feet and said, "Oh, is it okay to sue now?"
"Of course not! If you accept the returned betrothal gift, even if you agree to break the engagement, you won't be able to sue it." Zuo Gui's father forced a smile: "Forget it, it's not sweet to make me want. Since they don't want to, forget it. Let's look for it again, isn't there still the Li family?"
"Yes!" The shopkeeper and the matchmaker nodded repeatedly, and the matchmaker smiled, "Actually, in his opinion, the daughter of the Li family is much more beautiful than the Gao family. Fortunately, they regret the marriage. We marry a more beautiful wife, which makes them angry! Huhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Zuo Gui's father also nodded and said yes. So, the group immediately rushed to the Sun's house without stopping!~!
Chapter completed!