Chapter 170: Xia Houxuan Jiulong met friends, Xun Fengqian tied the knot
By the side of Tongtuo Road, there is Huanggong Wine Co., Ltd.
Several young gentlemen, dressed in casual clothes, were sitting on a high building, raising their glasses and chatting happily.
After many years, friends Xia Houxuan, Cao Xi, Xun Can, Fu Gu, Zhuge Dan and Wei Lie gathered together again to have a drink and talk.
But Xia Houxuan felt that many things seemed to have changed over the years.
Although Fu Gu still likes to study antiquities and ancient books as before, he seems to be a lot estranged from him. Xia Houxuan knows very well that Fu Gu was no longer close to him until he became Sikong Chenqun's subordinate a few years ago.
Coming and going.
And everyone knows that Sikong Chenqun and Taiwei Sima Yi have been as close as brothers for decades since they assisted the late emperor together in the East Palace until now they are both assistant ministers.
Xia Houxuan couldn't help but sigh slightly.
Although Fu Gu deliberately distanced himself from Xia Houxuan, he still got along well with Xun Can.
"Xun Fengqian, I heard that you recently collected a complete bamboo slip of "The Book of Shang Jun". Can you lend it to me to copy it someday?" Although Fu Gu didn't drink much at this moment, he talked a lot about antiques.
Words from ancient books.
Xun Can, who has long been accustomed to Fu Gu, an "ancient idiot", deliberately smiled and teased: "Fu Lanshi, do you have no other hobbies in your life besides copying ancient books? I think you'd better ask your uncle to give it to you as soon as possible.
Talking about a marriage will distract you, so that every time I come to see you in the future, I won’t have to carry a lot of bamboo slips, hahaha..."
Fu Gu, who had a somewhat old-fashioned personality, did not adapt to Xun Can's jokes, and his face turned red with embarrassment.
The originally dull and awkward atmosphere between the few people became instantly relaxed when Xun Can made such a fuss.
Before Cao Xi drank much wine, his brother-in-law Wei Lie forcibly sent him home to accompany his wife Wei Yuan.
Among the people, except for Xia Houxuan, who is currently serving as the Yulin Supervisor, Cao Xi, who is the deputy general of the Wuwei in the Forbidden Army, and Fu Gu, who is a subordinate of the Sikong Mansion, all the others have no official positions.
Zhuge Dan was originally quite talented, and his political achievements were quite impressive when he served as minister after graduating from Imperial College. However, it was a pity that many years ago, He Yan, the husband of the princess of Jinxiang, and a group of flashy scholars exchanged random compliments, which made him and Wei Lie et al.
He was accidentally involved in the so-called "glorious case", so he was dismissed from his post by Emperor Cao Rui and has not been reinstated to this day.
Xun Can, on the other hand, does not like to be restrained by nature, so he has always been unwilling to accept Zongzheng's conquests and recommendations, but he is happy to be free.
Fu Gu blushed and thought for a long time before finally thinking of a way to refute Xun Can. He smiled and said, "Don't worry about me yet. Look at you, you have been crowned for several years and you don't even know how to take it anymore."
With your philandering heart, no girl from any family dares to marry you."
Xun Can was embarrassed this time. He coughed dryly and said with a smile: "Tsk, is there any girl in this world that I can't catch up with? It's just a pity that the girl who really breaks my heart is not here.
In Luoyang City..."
After hearing these words, Xia Houxuan understood in his heart that Xun Can still remembered his childhood playmate, the daughter of Cao Hong, the general of the Hussars, and the sister of Cao Fu, the Marquis of Lecheng.
Zhuge Dan, who has always been the elder brother of everyone, has long been accustomed to the laughter and curses of these young men, but he has never been able to imitate their free and uninhibited attitude. At this moment, he just watched everyone talking and laughing, while he looked at them.
With a smile, no words.
Xia Houxuan couldn't help but laugh when he looked at Xun Can, who was so boastful. He smiled and said deliberately: "Then what kind of girl do you think is worthy of your eldest son, Mr. Xun?"
"Well, let me think about it..." Xun Can also deliberately pretended to be racking his brains. When Fu Gu saw it, he couldn't help laughing again.
Xun Can continued to shake his head and said: "I think that for girls, if their talents are not enough, they should focus on their beauty."
"erotic!"
Fu Gu couldn't help laughing and mocking Xun Can again. When he picked up the wine bottle and was about to drink, he was retaliated by Xun Can: "What are you talking about, Fu Lanshi!"
Xun Can flicked a chestnut on Fu Gu's forehead with his fingers, which made Fu Gu grin from the pain.
At this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from under the attic:
"I heard that recently, the daughter of the Marquis of Lecheng who studied at Longhu Mountain has returned north to Luoyang!"
"Really? The Marquis of Lecheng is still young, only in his twenties. He already has such a big daughter, and he went to Longhu Mountain?"
"Hi! I'm talking about the daughter of General Cao Zilian, the Gonghou of Gulecheng, and the sister of Cao Wenyu, the Marquis of Lecheng.
The attentive Wei Lie immediately realized that something was wrong with Xun Can when he heard these words. But he didn't know why. Among all the people present, only Xia Houxuan understood why Xun Can was so absent-minded.
Immediately afterwards, accompanied by a crisp sound of horse hooves, everyone in the shop downstairs began to exclaim in surprise.
When Xia Houxuan, Xun Can and others lowered their heads to look, they found a girl wearing a red Hu costume and a red veil, riding a horse and whipping her whip, driving from the south of the avenue. Her every move
, both are heroic and yet charming.
"Look at you, you can't take your eyes away when you see a beautiful girl." Fu Gu took the opportunity to give Xun Can a chestnut in return, but this time, Xun Can did not fight back for the first time.
He just stared blankly at the thousands of red figures retreating on the avenue, and murmured to himself: "You don't know, she is the daughter of the late Cavalry General Cao Hong, and she is exactly the person I miss day and night...
..."
Among the people, Xun Can was the only one with true temperament who dared to express his feelings so boldly.
When Xia Houxuan heard this, memories from nearly ten years ago suddenly came to his mind. He also recalled the scene in the early Huangchu years when he and Xun Can spent a long night drinking in Qingqing Garden.
[The past is vague]:
"Brother Xun, I heard that on that day, you actually rejected the invitation from Miss Xiao, the oiran?"
...
"There is such a thing."
...
"Brother Xun once said in the past that beauty is the most important thing among women in the world. At the meeting in Mangshan, Brother Xun also raised his wine and shouted that he would marry a most beautiful woman in the world one day, but why did Brother Xun reject Luoyang again?
The oiran's invitation? Xuan is quite puzzled by this and is also very curious."
...
"Among my friends, I am Brother Xiahou. Anyway, today, Chan, I will take advantage of this fine wine and the bright moon to talk about romance and the past with Brother Xiahou."
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"Since Brother Xun is willing to speak, Xuan dares not to listen attentively."
The crisp sound of jade cups clinking against each other that day is still heard in Xiahou Xuan Er Middle School, but the carefree young man back then had already gone through a lot of hardships and hardships, and became what their parents were like back then.
At this moment, Xuncan thought of that autumn day in the first year of Huangchu's reign.
Leaping out of thin air, Cao's white swan.
Although the girl in red is only eight or nine years old, she is already able to control her father's cavalry general Cao Hong's sacred war horse "White Bird" with ease.
"Xuncan, I'm leaving. Remember to wait for me. When I finish my studies, I will leave Longhu Mountain and come to the Central Plains to find you!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you, I'll wait for you!"
Looking at the red color that was gradually disappearing, Xuncan waved the willow branch in his hand desperately and shouted loudly until he could no longer see the girl's shadow.
Childhood sweethearts, they had been separated for years and there was no news, but today, suddenly, she in his heart suddenly appeared in front of him, how could he not be in a trance?
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Half a month later, Xia Houxuan heard in the market that Xun Can, the young master of the Xun family, had invited a famous matchmaker in the capital to go to the house of Cao Fu, Marquis of Lecheng, to propose marriage in person.
Lecheng Hou Cao Fu is the eldest son of the late Lecheng Hou Hussar General Cao Hong. He is also the brother of the female knight in red that day and is now the head of the Lecheng Hou Mansion.
Probably because he heard about Xun Can's romantic temperament, Cao Fu didn't agree with it at first, but Xun Can acted like a swindler and set up a tent directly outside the gate of Lecheng Hou Mansion and stayed there.
Then he went to Lecheng Houfu to pay a visit.
Not only that, there was also an astonishing news that Cao Fu, the Marquis of Lecheng, was afraid of Mr. Xun or was moved by Mr. Xun’s sincerity. He finally agreed to the marriage!
Xia Houxuan didn't know whether this rumor was true or not. But on the third day after he heard the news, his family received a wedding invitation from the Xun family.
"Xun Fengqian, that's okay." Xia Houxuan looked at the wedding invitation just sent by Gu Ting in his hand and murmured with a smile. At this moment, his heart was really full of expected but unexpected joy.
As expected, Xun Can and Miss Cao were in love with each other. They were childhood sweethearts, a talented man and a beautiful woman. As long as Xun Can did not give up easily, they would naturally achieve success. But what surprised Xia Houxuan was that Xun Can succeeded so quickly.
Got what I wanted.
A few days later, the Xun Mansion and the Lecheng Hou Mansion officially tied the knot.
Xia Houxuan and Wei Lie, Fu Gu, Cao Xi, Zhuge Dan and other old friends who had met in Taixue, as well as Sima Zhao, Li Feng, Xu Yun, Cui Zan, Xiahou Xian, Xiahou Feng, Yu Huan and Chen
None of the new friends Tai made acquainted with later were left behind, and they all came to the two houses one after another to express their happiness.
The wedding that day was very lively, and there was definitely a lot of joy among the guests, relatives and friends.
I don’t know whether Xun Can really changed his romantic temperament after getting married, or whether his wife Cao was too strict. Since the wedding, Xun Can, who had no official position and no worries about money, just accompanied his wife to the wedding all day long.
Traveling around the Central Plains, reciting poems and composing poems, the two of them were so inseparable that people could not stop envying them.
Even old friends like Xia Houxuan and Fu Gu would find it difficult to successfully ask Xun Can out when he was busy accompanying his wife, so let alone any other women who could take away Xun Can's heart.
In this way, the half-awake and half-asleep emperor continued to build his gorgeous palace, the frustrated but smug scholars continued to drink their fine wine, and the people of Luoyang, who were living a relatively leisurely life, also continued to live their comfortable days.
Until one day, the shocking news from the north finally came as many people expected, like a violent storm, suddenly sweeping over.