Say bizarre things, Taoist human feelings, here is a strange talk.
According to legend, at the end of the Song Dynasty, there was a reader surnamed Zhao in Kunshan County, Pingjiang Province, who was elegant and elegant, brilliant in literature, wrote a good article, and became famous in the township at the age of fourteen, and was a famous local talent.
Zhao Sheng believed in the words of the saint who "read ten thousand books and traveled thousands of miles", and after several years of hard study, he planned to go out and travel.
Coincidentally, there was a local businessman surnamed Qian, who was preparing to go to Changguo County, which is now The Zhoushan area, to do business, and after consultation, the two decided to travel together, and there was a good care on the road.
After arriving in Changguo County, the business of the merchant surnamed Qian was doing very smoothly, and both of them were in good mood. One day, a businessman surnamed Qian asked Zhao Sheng to go boating at sea, wanting to enjoy some coastal scenery, and the two hit it off and set off early in the morning.
When I first set out, the sky was high and cloudy, and the sea breeze was gentle, which was very pleasant. But I didn't expect that in just two hours, the sea was foggy. Foggy at noon was really strange, and the two were afraid of accidents and were ready to fight back home.
But the fog was so great that they unconsciously lost their way back.
When the two were dazed, they suddenly saw a small island through the thick fog, so they were overjoyed and sailed towards the island.
When the two landed on the island, they both froze. The island is full of green grass, which looks like a velvet green blanket on the ground from a distance. The path above the green carpet is winding and twisting, all paved with clean white stone, and the small flowers dotted with sporadic dots sway left and right with the breeze, as if stretching the waist, dancing lightly.
The most amazing thing is the large area of lotus flowers on the island, pink and white lotus flowers competing to open, as if they have opened to the sky, like a fairyland on earth.
Seeing this beautiful view, Zhao Sheng was very happy, beckoned the merchant surnamed Qian, and walked along the white stone path to the island together.
The two were strolling along the lotus pond, when they suddenly saw dozens of floats on the road to the west, and many people were tailing and watching, curious, so they also followed up.
Looking closer, it turned out that there was a young woman sitting in each car. These young women, at first glance, have been carefully dressed, no matter beautiful or ugly, they are all beautifully dressed and feminine.
However, if you look closely, you can find the difference, some women wear gold and silver, and they are obviously girls from rich and noble families. Although some of them are also neatly dressed, they are coarse cloth and linen, and they are obviously poor women.
One of the floats is particularly eye-catching, the woman inside is wearing a big red silk dress, wearing five or six gold noodles, a string of jade bracelets on her arms jingles, and the thick pink aroma on her face washes her nose, and she knows that she is a girl from a rich family.
Look at her looks, squinting eyes, figure-eight eyebrows, shoehorn face, rosacea. When she found that others were looking at her, she threw the handkerchief around, twisted her head, opened her mouth and smiled, revealing her huge teeth, which was really difficult for people to look at directly. Zhao Sheng and the merchant surnamed Qian looked at her, and they really didn't know what kind of expression to make.
The convoy slowly drove by, and when they saw the last car, the two froze again. I saw that although the woman in the car was wearing a coarse cloth shirt, her face was extremely beautiful, such as a delicate lotus flower, but it added a little more style than the lotus flower. Even Zhao Sheng, who learned to be rich in five cars, could not find the right words to describe her beauty.
The two were amazed and unconsciously followed the convoy forward.
Finally, the convoy stopped in front of the official gate, and the women in the car got out of the car one after another and entered the official palace.
Zhao Sheng and the merchant surnamed Qian were busy asking the people around them what was going on, and when they asked, they realized that the original island was called Heyouzhou, and every year when the lotus flowers were in full bloom, that is, when the islanders were married.
Marriage on the island pays attention to the appearance of men and women, and at this time of year, the officials will gather women of the right age and let them come to the gate in a float and register and rank according to their posture.
The next day is the men's examination, the main test is the "talent", according to the men's literary knowledge, the same registration ranking.
After the end of the examination for both men and women, the officials will arrange marriages for them according to the registered ranks, and the woman with the first appearance will be assigned to the man with the first knowledge, and the woman with the second appearance will be assigned to the man with the second knowledge, and so on, in order to seek the appearance of the male talent and the woman.
Such a thing, both of them are unheard of, and it is inevitable to be surprised after listening to it. An old man looked at them with surprise and smiled, "Seeing that the two are young, if they are not yet married, it is better to try it tomorrow." ”
Zhao Sheng's heart moved, and he even agreed to find a place to live. At night, he pondered on his own, looking at the faces of the women in the dozens of floats today, the woman in the last float will inevitably be rated as the first, and his literary talent is outstanding, and the teenager becomes famous, presumably it is very likely to take the first chip. If you get married in this way, you can also fulfill your wish to ask for a lady from all over the world.
He told the businessman surnamed Qian that he was going to take the exam tomorrow. Unexpectedly, after he finished speaking, the businessman surnamed Qian said that he also wanted to go, and Zhao Sheng asked: "Brother Qian, you don't know Wenmo, why do you want to join this hilarity?" The businessman surnamed Qian did not answer, but insisted on going.
So, the next day, the two of them took the exam together.
In the examination room, Zhao Sheng's thoughts surged with thoughts, and if he had divine help in writing, he wrote a good article with remarkable literary style not long ago. The businessman surnamed Qian looked at the exam questions, he frowned bitterly, never knew how to answer, and finally the time came, and when he was about to close the exam papers, he scribbled two strokes of the difference.
No matter how well answered, the exam was exhausting after all, and the two returned to the inn without much talk.
In the evening, Zhao Sheng suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, opened the door and looked at it, it turned out to be a small history seen in the examination room today. After That Xiao Shi entered the door, the god mysteriously told Zhao Sheng that the lord of the examination asked him to come to the news, if Zhao Sheng could take three hundred taels of silver, the custody would let him sit firmly in the first place.
After Zhao Sheng listened, he said angrily, "Don't say that I am wandering away now, there are no three hundred taels of silver at all, even if there is, I will not give it to this corrupt official, so that he can fill his own pockets!" ”
Xiao Shi looked at his reaction and scolded angrily: "Don't give your face a face, I'm sorry!" Then slammed the door and went away.
But Zhao Sheng did not expect that his conversation with Xiao Shi was overheard by the businessman surnamed Qian who lived next door. Hearing Xiao Shi slamming the door and leaving, the merchant surnamed Qian was busy following Xiao Shi, and after walking to no man's land, he quietly gave Xiao Shi three hundred and two pieces of silver.
On the day of Zhang Bang, the two went to see the list together, and they did not expect that the businessman surnamed Qian was actually the first, and Zhao Sheng was the last. The merchant surnamed Qian was overjoyed, thinking that he would marry the beautiful woman. Zhao Sheng was dejected, lest he deserve to be worthy of that rich and ugly woman.
It didn't take long for the official to marry according to his rank. That night, Zhao Sheng rubbed and dragged until very late before reluctantly going to the new house. Looking at the new person sitting on the edge of the bed, I only felt that my hands were shaking and my feet were weak, and I wanted to break the door and escape.
Finally gritting his teeth, shaking his hands and unveiling the hijab, he did not expect that the beautiful woman who came into his eyes was the beautiful woman he was thinking about. In the light of the red candle, the woman's face is shy, feminine and moving. Zhao Sheng was ecstatic and in a dream.
Excited, he asked what was going on, and the woman replied, "My family is poor and has no money left." On that day, the chief examiner sent someone to my house to inform me that only by taking out three hundred taels of silver could I be ranked first, and I was angry and blasted the people out of the house. They held a grudge against me and put me last. ”
Zhao Sheng listened to Ha HaHaha and said while laughing: "Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing." ”
The next day, Zhao Sheng went to the merchant surnamed Qian to celebrate, but he did not expect that the merchant surnamed Qian, who was angry before, had a brain, and asked the reason to know that the merchant surnamed Qian had married the rich and ugly woman, and the woman's family had money, and like the merchant surnamed Qian, she bought a first with three hundred and two silver.
Zhao Sheng comforted a few words, and came back to sigh at the newly married woman: "Right and wrong are reversed, the world is like this, only by keeping to oneself in peace can you invite blessings and wishes." ”
Folk tales are told every day, there are many strange things in the past and the present, welcome to pay attention to the strange talk, say strange things, and taoist feelings.