Episode 5: The man loves the bride, and the woman despises her ex-husband 1

In recent days, the capital has been full of joy. First, it was the birthday of Emperor Xuanping last month, and then people from all over the world gathered in the capital to participate in the examination and palace examination. People competed to bet in Tengyunju to bet on who will win this year's champion.

"Xincheng Ge Baiguang, Fushun Lu Zidan, Ochre Mountain Zou Jun," Wei Tanyi looked up at the three names with the most people on the wooden plaque and nodded slightly. "There are still some people with good vision." With that, he lowered his head and counted the silver.

There is a lot of noise in the restaurant. There are not only the famous tributes on the apricot list who are getting acquainted with each other, but there are also good people from near and far to gather to drink and discuss the past meeting and who is more likely to win the top three tributes.

Wei Tanyi was handing the silver to the shopkeeper when he suddenly bumped into his back. The man casually apologized and asked loudly, "Shopkeeper, who is the most bet now?"

"Now there are the most people who bet on Zou Jun, more than twice that of Ge Baiguang, who ranked second!" The shopkeeper raised his head with a smile, "Lord Han, don't you also buy two bets?"

Han Ruqi shook his head: "I don't have that spare money." Just as he was about to turn around and walk, he suddenly found Wei Tanyi, and his expression suddenly became bad: "Why are you so haunted?"

Wei Tanyi shook the money bag: "Lord Xu Han, if you just say or don't do it, don't allow me, like me, to spend money for fun?"

"Just buy yours. It's best to lose all." Han Ruxu is not angry.

"How can Lord Han say that? Naturally, the bet is to analyze the ability of the tribute before you can act. Even if you take action, you will only pay 70%, and you can easily lose everything. It's not the businessman's work.

Han Ruqi was too lazy to listen to his theory of profiteers and was about to leave. Wei Tanyi deliberately said loudly, "The shopkeeper, ten taels of silver to bet Lu Zidan."

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"Delicious and lazy! Eat and be lazy!" Welcome, welcome!" Waste! Waste!" Have vision! Have a vision!"

Yuezhai has been full of such strange shouts, sometimes praising and sometimes belittling, all idle and boring parrots in the corner practicing speaking. Han Ruxu doesn't know if this hairy bird is so noisy at ordinary times. Isn't it because he doesn't welcome him to deliberately bark at the top of his voice?

"All's it! It's annoying!" Finally, I couldn't stand it anymore, and the teacup rested heavily on the desk.

Wei Tanyi was leisurely stirring up a fire on the stove without looking back: "Lord Han is really angry today. Why are you still not satisfied with the money?"

Han Ruqi didn't answer with a black face. The parrot was too scared to say anything by his roar just now, and the store quieted down.

That day in Tengyunju, after Wei Tanyi left, he couldn't help itching and bought Lu Zidan. If you want to say why, he probably felt that he was not the only one who lost money. It was this guy who had no eyes. After buying it, even if he lost it, he could laugh at him as if he had never bought it, and if he made money... with his profiteer. I'm afraid I won't buy it if I can't make money.

As a result, Lu Zidan really unexpectedly won the title of champion. When he saw his vigorous crossing the street, Han Ruqi didn't know whether he should be happy to make a small profit or lost the opportunity to satirize Wei Tanyi.

Lu Zidan is the younger one in the top three, and the only one who participated in the trial for the first time. Emperor Xuanping praised him, and the ministers also saw the wind one after another. The matchmaker broke through the threshold of Teng Yunju and wanted to recruit him to be a son-in-law.

"Which one did the Lu Zhuangyuan choose in the end?"

"Huh? It seems to be the family of Lord Dong Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Wei Tanyi nodded thoughtfully and suddenly smiled deeper: "Lord Dong will probably come and invite me to the engagement bar."

"Well, I haven't heard that Lord Dong is also good at antique calligraphy and painting. Don't think that everyone in the capital wants to please you." Han Ruqi said contemptuously.

"Naturally, not everyone in the capital wants to please me. If I don't get promoted or get rich," Wei Tanyi poured water into the bowl, "But Lord Dong is hard to say."

Han Ruxu couldn't understand his meaning, and saw that he smiled extremely strangely. He thought it was better not to ask, otherwise it was difficult to say that he would be ridicule. He was not here to suffer.

"Yes, Lord Han, you have been staying in Tengyunju for the past few days, but can you smell a strange fragrance?"

Exorormal fragrance? Han Ruxu recalled it carefully and didn't seem to be impressed. He shook his head and said, "No." He asked, "What kind of fragrance is called a different fragrance?"

Wei Tanyi did not answer him immediately. He frowned as if there was something inexpinable, but he didn't figure it out for a while, so he only replied, "Isn't the rare fragrance that people want to pursue?" After saying that, he asked again, "Are you really not smelling anything?"

"Why did I lie to you?" Han Ruxuan stared unhappily.

Wei Tanyi smiled calmly: "That's really thanks to Lord Han for answering truthfully."

A feeling of being teased made Han Ruxu feel very uncomfortable. He didn't wait for the next cup of tea to leave.

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There are not many people who want to stun an antique dealer, but there are many people who want to stun the imperial guard with knives. Han Ruxu and Dong Jian have never said a word. This time, they still received an invitation and invited him to drink the engagement wine.

Lu Zidan, whose wife is in sight on the golden list, wandered around among the senior officials, which not only made his future father-in-law Dong Jian shine on his face, but also made the scholars who came to congratulate him on the same list sigh. Naturally, there was Miss Dong who came out to receive congratulations together. At this time, she was also full of joy and more beautiful.

After meeting with the officials he knew, Han Ruxu shrinked into an inconspicuous corner boredom. He wanted to find a reason to reject the banquet, but the prince insisted that he would come. The reason was that Dong Jian, as one of the few neutrals, would choose the master he would serve in the future sooner or later. At this time, he never If Han Ru, who has had a good time, has the possibility of obeying the prince, so he must not let go.

"Coverty people pay a visit to Lord Dong." A different greeting absorbed Han Ruxu's attention. He turned his head and saw that Wei Tanyi, who was despised by himself, really came, and saw Dong Jian smile so happily, as if he wanted to take a concubine.

That guy is really popular. Han Ru smacked his tongue.

Over there, Wei Tanyi complimented Lu Zidan and Miss Dong, and finally was invited aside by Dong Jian. Han Ruxu was very curious about their relationship. If they were very close, why did the prince still attract Dong Shangshu through himself? Or even the prince doesn't know that Wei Tanyi and Dong Jian have something to do with him?

"Miss Dong." After getting rid of Dong Jian, Wei Tanyi went through the crowd to meet Miss Dong in the hall. Miss Dong knew that he had a close relationship with his father, and he also politely saluted.

"Please excuse me for taking the liberty. Can you borrow the incense bag worn by the lady?"

Miss Dong was stunned, and then covered her mouth and said with a smile, "Mr. Wei is indeed an snoy. Does he know that the thing the slave family admires is an antique just by his fragrance?"

Wei Tanyi didn't joke with her, but just said to the end: "Miss, please take a look." Miss Dong agreed, so she took out the sachet from her arms and handed it over.

A fragrance bag that is not fancy in style, embroidered with green lotus and entangled lotus, faintly revealing a strange fragrance. Wei Tanyi sniffed it close to his nose and unconsciously said, "Do you smell it?"

Miss Dong said strangely, "Mr. Wei knows the name of this sachet?" When Wei Tanyi heard the words, he turned over the incense bag and saw the word "smell the fragrance" embroidered on the back. It made me see the real product." Wei Tanyi looked at the sachet carefully in disbelief, and then returned it.

"What Mr. Wei said is that there are many forewords when you smell the fragrance?"

Wei Tanyi nodded: "Smell the fragrance is produced from Yutian. It was introduced to the Central Plains more than a thousand years ago and fell into the hands of a princess in Xijing. There are many beautiful legends about smelling incense, so there are also many folk fakes. Many people have never seen smelling incense, but have made strange sachets to pretend.

Miss Dong looked at her sachet and asked, "How does Mr. Wei know that the Nu family has the real product?"

"Before I saw it, I was not sure that I could recognize it. It is said that the smell is special, and its fragrance can't be described in any words. You just need to smell it. Just now, I couldn't smell the spices in it, so I wondered why it smelled. As for the forewords circulating in the world, no one will embroider the word "scent" directly on it, which is tantamount to telling people that it is a fore. I didn't expect that the real smell of incense would reveal his name without hesitation. Wei Tanyi sighed.

After listening to his words, Miss Dong put the sachet in her arms more carefully, and the color of happiness dyed her cheek red: "This sachet is a love token given to me by Zidan."

"Is that right?" Although Wei Tanyi's tone was faint, his eyes flashed. "Such a valuable thing must be the heirloom of Lord Lu. It can be seen that Lord Lu's deep affection for the young lady is enviable."

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In the new house, a new couple is holding hands and looking at each other, and the corners of their eyebrows and eyes are full of joy.

At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the old woman with red hairpins rushed in angrily: "You can't be husband and wife!"

Both of them were shocked. The groom stood up puzzledly and greeted the old woman: "Mother, what are you talking about? I have worshipped you. How can you suddenly change your mind?"

The old woman stared at her son fiercely: "What do you know!" Then he strode to his daughter-in-law and asked harshly, "Where did your sachet come from?"

The bride held the letterpress in her hand at a loss: "Yes, it was given to me by my mother. She said it was a love token that my father gave her before she was alive." Seeing that she was afraid, the groom quickly hugged her and comforted her softly.

"Rong'er, come here! Don't touch her again!" The old woman was furious.

"Mother! What on earth do you want to do on this happy day!" The groom also frowned and questioned his mother loudly.

The noise in the new house shocked the others in the house. The bride's mother also hurried over and asked, "Mother-in-law, it's so late. Let them both rest early." He said he was going to take her by the shoulder.

"Rong'er, come with me immediately. Even if you don't marry her for life, you will never marry her!" The old woman dodged without mercifulness and scolded her son.

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Original poem: Yu Linlang, a man loves the bride, and a woman loves her ex-husband.