The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen's wife is naturally Chen's daughter.

Hanging the seal on the branch of the tree, he wrote a note of resignation and ordered someone to send it to the prefecture. Xuankang and Li Bo got the news and wanted to go back with him, but he refused. Xuan and Li were only minor officials, so the prefect should not embarrass them.

Outside the city of Yangzhai, the expanse of fields and fields, galloping on the straight official road, although the hot wind is blowing, Xun Zhen only feels happy.

He said to Cheng Yan and others that he "missed the lady", and it wasn't all joking.

He and Chen's daughter got married in August last year, and it has only been more than half a year now, which is the time of newly married love. He has been a human being in two lifetimes, with a deep-seated city and a stable temperament. Although he doesn't see his newlywed wife like a young man who sees his newly-married wife every day, he hasn't gone home for the last few days. He went to Xixiang. I haven't seen Chen's daughter for half a month, and it's impossible to say that I don't miss her at all.

On the way home, he suddenly thought of Chen's daughter.

Chen's female name is Ruo, the word is Shaojun, she is indeed a woman of the Chen family, and her character is virtuous and kind. Although Xun Zhen often does not go home, and the two get together less often, she has no complaints about it. Not only did she have no complaints, but whenever Xun Zhen returned home, she would "dress up as a bride", earnestly make up her appearance, and greet Xun Zhen with the most beautiful side of herself.

The husband and wife sing along, and the case is raised. Having a wife like this, what can a husband ask for?

Xun Zhen remembered the scene when she married her last year.

The customs of marriage in the Han Dynasty are roughly the same as in later generations, and there is also the saying of welcoming relatives. On the day of the wedding, the man will go to the woman's house to welcome the bride.

On that day, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Cheng, Xun Qi, Xi Zhicai, Wen Ping and other close relatives and friends all went to Chen's house with Xun Zhen. In order to gain momentum, he selected twenty handsome and handsome men from Xixiang's light warriors and warriors to serve as cavalry slaves and servants. Seven or eight carriages, thirty or forty relatives and friends attendants, making the Chen family very lively.

After picking up the bride and returning to his home in Yingyin Gaoyangli, it was even more lively.

According to etiquette and customs, the woman must send her relatives, and the person who sends her must be an important member of the woman's family. This task must be done by Chen Qun's brothers. Chen Qun also followed. Xun Zhen was the postal supervisor in the north at that time, and the Xun family and Chen family were both high-ranking gates in the county. Apart from the Xun and Chen families, there were also some colleagues of Xun Zhen and many children of the gentry in the county, such as Zhong Yao. , Du You, Guo Jun, Yingyin Liu, Xiangcheng County Li Xuan, etc., the prefect Yin Xiu also sent people to congratulate him, and Zhu Chang, who was the county magistrate at the time, even came to Xun's house for a banquet in person.

Guests and party members gathered together. Deng and Hu, who lived one mile with the Xun family, also came. Du Mai, Chen Bao, Gao Su, Feng Gong, Liu Weng from Xixiang, including Yuan Pan from Fanyang Pavilion, also came.

How many people came that day? Xun Zhen didn't know either, but only knew that the guests' carriages and horses filled the entire Gao Yangli. Afterwards, when the gift money was liquidated, the sum total of the sum totaled as much as ten gold, hundreds of thousands of dollars. Although the gifts in this world are very heavy, usually more than 100 yuan, and most of them are from famous people in the county, and most of their families are rich, but a hundred thousand yuan is still an astonishing figure. It can also be seen from this side that the prestige of the Xun clan and Xun Zhen in the county is high.

To this day, the people of Yingyin County are proud of Xun Zhen's marriage every time they mention Xun Zhen's marriage.

...

"Xunjun, what are you laughing at?"

"Ah?" Xun Zhen returned to her senses, "It's nothing, I remembered an interesting old thing."

"What old thing?"

"Ayan, do you know that you have a problem?"

"What's wrong?"

"Like breaking the casserole and asking to the end."

"..., Xun Jun."

"what?"

"What is a casserole? What does it mean to break the casserole and ask?"

Xun Zhen opened her mouth and said nothing to Cheng Yan, ignored him, and immersed herself in her memories again.

...

He laughed out loud just now, because he remembered the charming and naive attitude of the Chen family daughter during the wedding ceremony.

On that day, Chen's daughter was very beautifully dressed, "a beautiful woman is dressed like a spring flower", wearing a black dress, lacquer sandals on her feet, five-color belts around her waist, bright moon on her earlobes, and jingle bells on her rings. On this day, she was only sixteen years old. No matter how mature and beautiful she was, she was still a girl. Even if she had a good impression of Xun Zhen, even if she was quite knowledgeable, she was comparable to an extraordinary girl. As a woman, it is inevitable to be embarrassed and shy.

When she was washing her hands and washing her face, she almost knocked over the lacquer basin held by the maid. After doing the same prison ceremony, she sat opposite Xun Zhen at the same table, and when she ate millet, rice and other food, she was so shy that she didn't dare to lift her head. When they were drinking together with Xun Zhen again, she only took a sip before coughing, her face flushed red. When she was bowing her hair again, her hands trembled so much that she didn't cut a strand of hair for a while.

The first ceremony after the entrance: meet the in-laws. Xun Zhen's parents died early, and there were no elders in the family, no in-laws to worship, only the patriarch Xun Hao. Xun Zhen still remembered that when Chen's daughter bowed down to Xun Lingying, she looked like a shy little girl who was strong and calm, which made him involuntarily feel a deep sense of pity.

All kinds of things, looking back now, makes people smile.

And that night, after the banquet, in the bridal chamber, sitting on the bed with a bowed head and shyness, after being embraced by Xun Zhen, the fear that he would not refuse, finally took off his clothes, closed his eyes and frowned. When he was under the impact, he couldn't help but sighed in pain, and after the cloud and rain blended, he grabbed Xun Zhen's arm and asked timidly: "Is there a rudeness today?"

When the bride started, she was apprehensive, and when she first experienced the cloud and rain, when her body was in pain, the husband and wife whispered, and the first thing they asked was nothing else, but: Is there any rudeness? Xun Zhen wanted to laugh at that time, and it was too embarrassing for this little girl.

...

On the road, Xun Zhen smiled as she recalled the wedding day.

He thought: "How did I answer her at that time? By the way, my answer was 'this is the first night of the Qingqing, the husband and wife are talking at night, just talk about love, not poetry'. She didn't understand what I meant at first. , stared blankly and cutely, and then understood the meaning of the first night and poetry, and immediately blushed and buried his little head in my arms. Haha, haha."

"Xunjun, why are you smiling again?"

"Ayan, can you stop talking at inappropriate times? It's scary."

"I'm relieved to see Xun Jun happy."

"What are you worried about?"

"Xun Jun resigned for no reason, which makes us all worried."

"You should worry about the future."

"What's the meaning?"

"I hung up my seal and resigned from office. From now on, I will have a lot of time to practice you! The ugly words come to the fore. In the future, when you practice cavalry and archery or learn the art of war, whoever wants to be lazy, I will be welcome to him!"

Cheng Yan scratched his head, and said with a smile, "When did I get lazy?"

Xun Zhen took care of herself, looked at his stupid appearance, thought of his beautiful wife, and smiled: "In Yangzhai for more than a year, you have served me almost every day, and today I resigned from office, and I also I'll give you a vacation. You don't have to go to Yingyin with me, just go directly to your house later, and accompany your wife well, the old man is not young, it's time to give birth to a son for your Cheng family! "

Thinking of his own wife from Cheng Yan's beautiful wife, Xun Zhen secretly said: "Aruo is all good, but there is a fly in the ointment, she is too young. She was only sixteen when she got married, and she is less than seventeen this year, so she is more than charming. , not enough."

After running for half a day, in the evening, I saw Ying Yin in the distance.

Cheng Yan was reluctant to go home and was forcibly driven away by him. He also ordered the other Qingxia entourage to return to Xixiang first. He only brought Xiao Ren, rode a horse, drove the ox cart that Tang Er was riding, and drove straight along the official road, crossed the moat, and entered Yingyin County.

He is now well-known in the county, and many people know him, and many people on the street greet him. There are those who know him, and those he doesn't know, whether he knows him or not, he politely returns the salute. When he was about to reach Gaoyangli, he met Wenpin head-on.

"Zhongye? What are you doing?"

"I heard from the county people that Xun Jun is back, and I came here to greet you." Wen Pin looked at Tang Er who was sitting on the ox cart, and at Xiao Ren, who was accompanying Xun Zhen, and asked strangely, "Xun Jun asked. , didn't you just take a bath yesterday? Why did you come back today?"

Wen Pin and Xun Zhen have known each other for a long time, and their relationship is getting closer and closer. When Xun Zhen is taking a bath, he often quits his schoolwork and accompanies Xun Zhen around. Yesterday, he followed Xun Zhen to hunt in Xixiang for a long time.

"I resigned."

"Resign?" Probably because he had been with Xun Zhen for a long time, and under the influence of Xun Zhen, Wenpin's temperament was much more stable than before, but at this time, he suddenly heard Xun Zhen's resignation, and he could not care about being stable anymore. He opened his eyes and asked incredulously, "Why did you resign? Why?"

It may be that the galloping all the way has broadened his mind, or it may be that he has thought about Chen's daughter all the way. Compared with the feeling of loneliness before resigning, Xun Zhen is in a good mood at the moment, he joked: "'Hey, be a man Well, the most important thing is to be happy'. I was unhappy with what I did in the county court, so I resigned."

It's a pity that this joke of his is too far ahead of the times, and the Hong Kong and Taiwan accents he learned are different. Hearing it into Wenpin's ears, it's completely like chickens and ducks.

Wen Pin also knew that his distant relative, Prefect Wen, didn't like Xun Zhen very much, and said anxiously: "Is it because of the mansion? Xun Jun, or else, I will write a letter to my father, asking him to..."

"Please ask him what? Zhongye, do you think I'm like a jerk?"

"Although Bao is young, he knows heroes. You are full of heroism, and you are also a hero. How can you be a villain when you act as a person with Su Mujun!"

"That's it. How can my husband bow down for five buckets of rice! The postal supervisor in the district, Bai Shi Xiaoli, since I can't stretch my ambitions, why don't I just put a seal on my back instead of embarrassing the county? What a pity? Besides, supervising the post is a chore. As soon as the government has an order, he has to go to the county in the wind and rain. To be honest, I have long been tired of it. To be honest with you, today Before resigning, I was unhappy, and after resigning, I felt refreshed. The poem said: 'After a long time in the cage, I will return to nature', which is exactly what it means."

"'In the cage for a long time, I can return to nature again'. . . . Xun Jun, is this your new poem?"

Xiao Ren interrupted and said, "Jun Xun wrote another poem before resigning today."

"What poem?"

Xiao Ren had a good memory and said: "'Life is not satisfactory, and the Ming Dynasty distributed a flat boat'."

Wenpin was under Xun Qu, and he studied scriptures and poetry. He tasted it and said, "Good poetry, good poetry. It's just Xunjun, why are these two poems only one sentence?"

Xun Zhen couldn't tell them that these two poems were written by later generations, so after hesitating for a while, he brought up the topic and said with a smile, "I'm resigning from office and returning home, so I'll have more free time in the future. Zhongye, your uncle With the former county magistrate Zhu Gong taking office elsewhere, it’s boring for you to live by yourself, why don’t you move to my house? It’s convenient for you to study under Brother Zhong’s house, and it’s convenient for you and me to accompany you day and night.”

Wenpin's family is a noble family in Nanyang. In order to facilitate his study tour in Yingyin, the family bought him a house in Yingyin. After Wen Zhi left, he was left to live alone with a few servants. He was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately put Xun Zhen's resignation to the back of his mind, and said, "It's just what you want, I don't dare to ask your ears!" He got on and left.

Xun Zhen stopped him: "Where are you going?"

"I'll go back and pack my things, and move to Xun Jun's house tonight."

Xun Zhen was amused and relieved at the same time. The funny thing is that he can't wait, and the good thing is that the hard work of the past few years has not been in vain, and finally made him intimate with himself.

...

After entering Gaoyangli, Xun Zhen didn’t go home first. It was a big deal to resign, so Xun Hao had to be told. He ordered Xiao Ren and Tang Er to drive the car and ride home first, and came to Xun Qian's house to report their resignation.

It was Xun Yu who opened the door. Xun Yu also got married last year. Seeing that Xun Zhen came, he was quite surprised: "Zhenzhi, why are you back?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I have resigned."

"..., but because of drought relief?"

"Those who know me are Wen Ruo. Two months ago, when you resigned from office, I also wanted to put a seal on my resignation, so those who didn't want to leave were afraid of the prefect's anger and wanted to do something for the people. Over the past few months, I have written to the prefect many times, asking the county government to buy food for the disaster relief.

Both brothers are smart people, they know the principle of "one emperor and one courtier", and today the prefect is stubborn and pedantic. It is very likely that you will be in trouble. In such a situation, resigning and returning home is the best option. Therefore, Xun Yu didn't say anything, didn't make a fuss like Wenpin, smiled slightly, and said, "Brother is going home today, and Yu has a company to study."

Xun Wan had personally experienced the party's confinement, knew the risks in the officialdom, and was well versed in the way of self-protection.

After leaving Xun Qian's house, Xun Zhen went to Xun Qu's house again.

Xun Qu and Xun Lai had the same opinion and agreed with Xun Zhen's decision. He said, "It's alright to resign, although you are well-known in the county now, I have heard that many people criticize your lack of knowledge, your name is not true, and you are indeed not proficient in classics, so you can take this opportunity to study and support yourself. see."

After leaving Xun Qu's house, it was night.

Xun Zhen walked back home under the moonlight, knocked on the door, and the delicate face of a sixteen-year-old girl appeared behind the door. The two looked at each other, a smile, a joy that could not be concealed, the moonlight melted, and the warm wind blew their faces.

...

From then on, Xun Zhen began to study at home, and from the morning, read with Xun Yu, Xun You, Xun Yue, Xun Qi, Xun Cheng and other clansmen of the same age; and slept at night, having fun with Chen's daughter and Tang Er's boudoir. Wen Pin moved to his house and stayed with him day and night. Cheng Yan, Xiao Ren and others also accompanied him day and night.

Every few days, he would go to Xixiang on the grounds of practicing horsemanship and archery. He would spend two or three days in Xinzhuangzi located in Fanyangting, or train with Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin, Chen Bao and others to practice light chivalry, Li Min, or explain the art of war to the Qing Xia, and deduce the sand table. Sometimes they drink and gather with old acquaintances from Xixiang, such as Yuan Pan, Shi Diao, Zuo Ju, Gao Su, Feng Gong, etc.; Yamano. When it comes to festivals, they wear crowns and belts, and offer wine in front of the seats of the elders of the Xunlu, Xunqu and other clans.

Sometimes I receive letters from Tieguan from Le Jin, Xiao Xia, and Jiang Hu, and when it is mentioned that Tieguan's disciples have any requests and needs, as long as they can do it, they will do their best. Sometimes I listen to Xu Fu and Guo Jia's daily trivia in Yangzhai. Although I can't get close to them, I also have a little evil taste to spy on the privacy of celebrities. Occasionally, former colleagues and friends from other places came to visit, such as Zhong Yao and Li Xuan, and held a banquet to entertain them and drink heartily.

The days seem to be free and easy, but as time goes by day by day, as the light and seven years are approaching little by little, under this surface comfort ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ The urgency and pressure that cannot be told to outsiders become heavier and heavier.

This year, there was a severe drought in summer and a poor harvest in autumn. The county government had no preparations for disaster relief, the government treasury was empty, and there was no food for relief. Many people in the seventeen counties of Yingchuan were displaced. Only in Xixiang, Xunzhen sent Xiao Ren and others to the rich and famous counties such as Sanhe and Sanfu to buy some food. Thanks to his kindness, the villagers survived this disaster year safely.

In autumn and September, I heard from the merchants: The bank of Wuyuan Mountain collapsed. In December of winter, the ice in the East China Sea, Donglai, and Langxiejing is more than a foot thick. This year's winter in Yingchuan is also very cold. First in the year of disaster, and then in the great cold, on the road, he died of hunger on the road.

In this famine and bitter cold, amidst all the sorrows and sorrows, after the New Year's Eve, the New Year is ushered in.

In the seventh year of Guanghe, on the 23rd of the first month, Xun Zhen was shocked by a news from Kyoto that morning. After listening to the news, his heart rose to his throat, and while he was nervous, there was also a sense of relief.

The time has finally come: Tang Zhou, a man from Jiyin, wrote to the court and sued Zhang Jiao, a man from Julu, for treason. Ma Yuanyi, a member of the Zhangjiao Party, ordered Zhou Bin to put the rafters of the three houses under the chariot of the imperial court.

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1. This year, there was a severe drought in summer and a poor harvest in autumn.

"Lingdi Ji of the Later Han Dynasty" said that in the sixth year of Guanghe, "Summer was a severe drought. . . . A great year."

"Great Years" means a good harvest. It was a drought and a bumper harvest, which was strange. Drought is usually written in two ways, one is "drought" and the other is "great drought". The five-year period of Guanghe was a "drought", and the six-year period of Guanghe was a "serious drought", which was obviously more severe than the five-year period of Guanghe. I don't know how this "old age" came about. In the years before the Yellow Turban Uprising, there were many epidemics and disasters. From this perspective, whether the year was a bumper harvest or not, it seemed irrelevant.