Da Wei Chun

Chapter 139 Blind Date
After some delay, it was almost night before I knew it.

Zhang Jingzhi kept him for dinner, but Li Chengzhi agreed without thinking too much.

He didn't know until before the table that this was not just a "meal", but a "feast".

All the children of Zhang's family came out to greet him one after another. After seeing Zhang Jingzhi's two sons and several grandsons, Li Chengzhi knew that he was a real junior.

Zhang Jingzhi has just passed forty, yet his eldest grandson is already twelve?

Look at his eldest son, only 25?
After thinking about it carefully, I feel that it is a matter of course. Even the laws of the Northern Wei Dynasty stipulated that if a woman over [-] years old is not married, her family will sit with her, and those who hide will be sentenced to death.

Looking at the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, most of the emperors were thirteen or fourteen years old, the prince was born, and there were sons at the age of 12...

People in this era marry early and have children early, to an outrageous degree: regardless of men and women, the average marriage and childbirth is between 13 and [-] years old!

No wonder Guo Cunxin felt that marrying his 12-year-old cousin was a matter of course. Just when he said he wanted to find a seventeen-year-old, his leg was almost broken...

Li Chengzhi returned the salute one by one, as gentle and elegant as jade.

Seeing that he was so humble without a hint of arrogance, Zhang's children immediately liked him very much.It was still during the filial piety period, otherwise I would definitely get drunk with him.

There is no way, Li Chengzhi's name is too big.

Put aside those saint-like deeds such as being high-spirited, caring for all people, hating evil like hatred, and wholeheartedly serving the public.It's just that from scratch, in just two months, tens of thousands of soldiers can be gathered, and they can win all battles, which makes these children of the same generation admire them all.

At this time, Li Chengzhi thought belatedly: Before he knew it, he was already so outstanding?
In addition to the children, there are also many female family members. Except for a few maids, most of them are women.

But Li Chengzhi was not surprised.

Isn't this like the dynasties after the Song Dynasty, where female relatives were not allowed to see foreigners?

In terms of atmosphere, China has never been more open than during the Southern and Northern Dynasties in the past 5000 years, not even in the 21st century.

The main reason is that from the end of the Han Dynasty to the present, the world has been in chaos for 300 years. As the Hu regime entered the Central Plains one after another, the rules and rituals were destroyed in a mess, and all kinds of things that were inferior to animals happened.

All gatherings and crowds are trivial. Before Kou Qianzhi reformed the way of heavenly masters, even Zhengyi had "The Art of Harmony between Men and Women". No matter how big or small a family is, they always meet each other honestly...

The Taoist official and the head of the Taoist priest are even more cool: Taoists respect their wives and concubines, not just talking about it.

The human relationship in the world is even more indescribable:

Not to mention the folks, even in the royal family, incest between brothers and sisters happens from time to time.

Queens and concubines do not abide by women's morals, and it is not uncommon to see promiscuous palaces: for example, Emperor Xiaowen's Empress Feng (the niece of Empress Dowager Feng), when Emperor Xiaowen led the army to go out, let monks enter the palace in the name of preaching scriptures, and stayed in the palace. night fun.

After the incident, the queen was only deposed and became a nun by Jin Ling.

This will be put into the later dynasties, not to mention the queen's life, the nine clans may have to be barbarian.

It's just because the atmosphere is like this, such as Li Shixian's fiery temper, who can't rub the sand in his eyes, and kills two corpses and three lives after a few stabs, although there are some, but they are not many.

It is an open secret that the empress dowager raises noodles, such as the late Empress Dowager Feng and the empress dowager Hu who will take over in a few years.

Yang Shu's seven brothers are all of extraordinary appearance. His three elder brothers, who are the three biggest officials, started their business during Emperor Xiaowen's time. It was Empress Dowager Feng.

According to both the court and the people, these three are the face of Empress Dowager Feng.But the problem is that these three, including Yang Shu, are all cousins ​​of Empress Dowager Feng (the grandmother of Empress Dowager Feng and the mother of the Yang brothers are sisters).

I don’t want to mention this, let’s talk about Li Chong, the famous official of the Northern Wei Dynasty: it was this one who, with his own strength, insisted on promoting the Li family of Longxi as the top family, and was later regarded as the ancestor by Li Tang.

He has been in the court for 30 years, but he has been favored by the Empress Dowager Feng for nearly 20 years. He often stays in the Empress Dowager's palace at night, which is well known in the court.

As for those who are less famous than Li Chong and Yang Shu brothers, it is not recorded in the history books, God knows how many more.

This is still royalty.

Like the Xianbei and the Di people (the ethnic minorities who have been completely sinicized, gave up nomadism, and completely chose farming), etc., the wives and concubines of ministers and outsiders are even more commonplace.

But no matter whether it is in the court or among the people, no one thinks there is any problem. Even Emperor Xiaowen, the nominal grandson of Empress Dowager Feng, takes it for granted?

Just because the customs of the nomads are like this, although the Northern Wei Dynasty has begun to sinicize, it has only been three to forty years. How can it be changed so quickly?

But the family of the Han family is okay, after all, the inheritance has not been broken, at least they know what "propriety, righteousness, integrity, filial piety, loyalty and trust" represents.

As for the Southern Dynasties... there is no worst, only worse.

The Northern Dynasties only "stealed", and most of them happened between Xianbei and clans. The Han family still knew how to be ashamed.

The Southern Dynasties directly "replaced"...

Even the emperor sent the queen out to borrow the seed, but what caught people's eyes was: when everyone knew about it, the prince born from the borrowed seed still became the emperor?

In Li Chengzhi's view, these three views have been shattered beyond the earth, and the degree of openness is simply the highest in the universe.

But even so, there are still people on the Internet who say, "The most beautiful is the Southern and Northern Dynasties!"

Li Chengzhi felt that the person who said this was either copying what others said and didn't know what to say, or they were wearing too many green hats...

With strange thoughts in his mind, Li Chengzhi greeted the female relatives respectfully, without even raising his eyelids.

Afterwards, Li Chengzhi went to Houya specially to greet Zhang Jingzhi's father, and put a stick of incense in front of Zhang Huanzhi's tablet.

Strictly speaking, this person died because of him, but after careful observation, Li Chengzhi, including Zhang Huanzhi's sons, had no resentment toward him...

After a long commotion, the seats were opened.

Because in Shouxiao, all the dishes are vegetarian, and the taste is relatively light. Several dishes do not even add salt, and there is not even wine, only a few vegetarian soups.

But what Li Chengzhi ate was extremely sweet.

One is that the cooking methods in this era are either boiled or roasted, not even fried, let alone marinated to remove fishy smell, the meat produced is not as delicious as boiled vegetables.

The second is that the salt used for seasoning is extremely poor, and Li Chengzhi feels that the bitter taste is stronger than the salty taste.

This is because the filtration process is unqualified and the nitrate is not filtered out.

Li Chengzhi also finally knew why the average life expectancy of the ancients was not high?

One is that the medical conditions are poor, and the other is that the problem of diet is also very serious.

He thought that if he had time, he could get some refined salt as soon as possible, not to mention making a fortune with this, at least he could live for a few more years.

You need enough time, and then you have to train the cook at home well, not to mention delicacies from mountains and seas, at least you have to know how to make a few stir-fries, right?

By the way, there are chairs.

He asked a carpenter to make a few, but they were only used in the barracks.In this way, he was reprimanded several times by Guo Cunxin, saying that he did not abide by the etiquette.

There is a long way to go...

……

It may be that knowing that Li Chengzhi has a big appetite, the Zhang family prepared a lot of meals, and the table in front of him was filled in a short time.

There was a woman about sixteen or seventeen years old serving rice and soup for him.Because the whole family of the Zhang family was observing filial piety and most of them wore sackcloth, Li Chengzhi couldn't guess at first which son's concubine it was, or the servant girl of the Zhang family.

Taking a glance inadvertently, he realized that this person was extremely beautiful, with skin as white as snow and exquisite facial features.Wearing plain clothes and no powder or daisy, she has a somewhat empty orchid, quiet and elegant temperament.

Even if it's just serving a meal, there seems to be some elegance in every gesture.

Can ordinary people raise such a woman?

Only then did Li Chengzhi realize that what kind of concubine Ji, which child's regular wife this eighth success is, maybe he is still the first son.

No matter how open the atmosphere is, there is no reason for the hostess to add soup to the guests. Li Chengzhi was flattered immediately.Afraid of breaking a taboo, he didn't even raise his head much, and just ate with his head covered.

How good-looking he is, he still has some doubts in his heart...

After a long time, whether it was intentional or unintentional, Li Chengzhi only heard a crisp sound in his ear, he raised his head instinctively, and found that it was a woman who accidentally touched the bowl and urn when serving soup for him.

The sound was loud, clearly audible in the hall where only the sound of chewing was heard.Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked this way.

Li Chengzhi saw that just in the blink of an eye, a few traces of mist gushed out of the woman's eyes, like dark autumn water, sparkling.

His face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if he had put on a layer of light powder, his face was like a peach blossom, tender and charming.

Even though she was overwhelmed with shame, the woman still did not lose her manners. She bowed profusely, said faux pas like a mosquito, and left in a hurry.

Li Chengzhi had a question mark in his head.

It's just because the bowls and cups are making a little noise, what's there to be rude about?
It's fine to leave, to save myself from seeing no evil, not even daring to lift my head
He was stunned for a moment, then started to eat again with his head covered, but he didn't realize that Guo Cunxin on the opposite side gave Zhang Jing a hard look.

Zhang Jingzhi stroked his beard and smiled silently.

The meal was eaten silently, but Li Chengzhi felt a little weird.

It was because when he was seeing him off, he felt that the attitude of those Zhang's children towards him had obviously changed.

If it was envy and admiration before, how much closer was it before leaving?

No food, no sleep, no words, except when seeing the ceremony, he didn't even say a few words. How could there be such a big change?

Li Chengzhi got on the horse in a daze.

……

The wild sky is low and the trees are low, the river is clear and the moon is close to people!
The moonlight was like water, as if a layer of silver powder had been thrown on the ground.Smelling the faint smell of water vapor and green grass, Li Chengzhi felt relieved for no reason.

There was no urgent matter, so he reined in the horse and left the city. A group of personal guards guarded him and Guo Cunxin, and walked slowly towards the barracks.

"It's a good day!" Guo Cunxin burst out two words suddenly.

what's good?
Li Chengzhi instinctively said "Yes".

"That's the eldest brother's daughter-in-law, Jingmo..."

Guo Cunxin pondered for a moment, "Brother is too upright. After his grandmother passed away, even his great-great-grandson had to perform the ceremony of beheading (27 months of filial piety), so the marriage between Jingmo and Jingmo has been delayed until now. Now that the elder brother has a new funeral, Jing Mo has to keep his filial piety for another three years, and can only get married after three years, so he is not a good match for you..."

Li Chengzhi was so shocked that he couldn't close his jaw, and he was stunned for a long time before he realized: After a long time of trouble, today's meal is for my blind date?
It's really hard for you, I just said something casually, did I really find myself a similar age?

It turns out that woman... no, girl, is actually Zhang Huanzhi's prostitute?

No wonder the temperament is so elegant...

(End of this chapter)