In the Song Dynasty, there was an extremely famous family, the Su family. Among the eight great families of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Su family accounted for three of them, Su Xun, Su Che, and Su Shi, commonly known as the "Three Sus". It is obvious that this is a family w

In Song Dynasty, there was an extremely famous family, the Su family.

Among the eight famous families of the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Su family accounted for three of them, Su Xun, Su Che, Su Shi, commonly known as "三苏". Obviously, this is a family with cultural heritage. .

However, there are not only three talented people in the Su family. There is also one person who can carve out an acre of private land of her own under the aura of these people. She is Su Shi's sister - Su Xiaomei .

Su Xiaomei did not leave a real name in history. Some unofficial histories called her Su Zhen. Not to mention that this name is somewhat meaningful. After all, Su Xun, as a cultural person, gave his sons names with the meaning "Che". Next to the word "car", this daughter cannot be missing "car".

But the name is just a code name. We only need to know that Su Shi has a younger sister, who is also a very talented woman. That is enough.

Su Xiaomei is a very famous talented woman in history. She has been reading and writing with her brothers since she was a child, which allowed her to live a different life in that era where boys were valued over girls.

Talented women are all arrogant, and Su Xiaomei is no exception. The only people who could be admired by her at that time were probably his father and brothers.

However, men should marry when they are young and women should marry when they are young. No matter how talented Su Xiaomei is, she will still have to get married, just like Li Qingzhao, a talented woman who came after her and is famous in the Chinese literary world. Li Qingzhao will inevitably embark on this path.

When Su Xiaomei grew up, Su and his son also began to look for a suitable husband for Su Xiaomei. After all, Su Xiaomei, who was proficient in poetry, lyrics and songs, was not a casual person.

In addition, Su Xiaomei is smart, naughty and informal. Her temperament is naturally very different from that of ordinary women at that time, so it is really difficult to arrange her marriage soon.

Just when the Su family was searching hard, a talented man named Qin Guan appeared and got a ticket to marry the talented woman. However, on the wedding night, Su Xiaomei was in trouble with her newlywed husband. Qin Guan racked his brains to find her husband. Be able to consummate the marriage.

Su Xiaomei is in trouble with Qin Guan

Qin Guan, also known as Shaoyou, is a famous poet in the middle and late Northern Song Dynasty. He is also one of the "four bachelors of Su family". He is very appreciated by Su Shi. On weekdays, Qin Guan is indispensable. Going in and out of Su's house, one has already heard about Su Xiaomei's reputation.

In order to bring the two of them together to get married, Su Shi also showed Qin Guan's poems to Su Xiaomei. After reading it, Su Xiaomei greatly appreciated it and said bluntly:

was not at the same time as San Su, who was very popular at that time.

Looking at Su Xiaomei's evaluation of Qin Guan, Su Shi was also very happy. After all, Su Xiaomei rarely praised others. Since she could take a fancy to Qin Guan's article, it was natural that she had already become 80% satisfied at this time.

So Su Shi entrusted Huang Tingjian to be the matchmaker and finalized the marriage between the two.

Since the Su family has many relatives and friends, Su Xiaomei's marriage has become a relatively grand event, so after discussion between the two families, their marriage was scheduled to be held at the Su family.

Qin Guan married a talented woman as he wished, which also made his relationship with the Su family closer. This can really be regarded as a blessing for him.

But after the two of them had paid their respects to heaven and earth, Su Xiaomei refused to enter the bridal chamber. She asked Qin Guan to solve three questions in order to enjoy the beauty of the consummation on the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber.

Qin Guan was not a playboy, but he also had talent. Without thinking, he agreed to Su Xiaomei's request. After all, he couldn't let his newlywed wife look down on him.

Su Xiaomei first gave Qin Guan a riddle from an ancient poem. The title was:

Copper and iron are cast into the furnace, and ants coat the walls;

Yin and Yang are indistinguishable, and I am at the center of heaven and earth.

Su Xiaomei's Dilemma Qin Guan

After Su Xiaomei's ancient poem riddle was uttered, everyone was confused and had no idea what Su Xiaomei meant, let alone what these four lines of ancient poems implied.

After Qin Guan meditated, he suddenly realized that the first sentence "copper and iron are put into the oven to be smelted" means "transformation", and the second sentence "the ants climbing up the snow-white wall" means "along", "along" and "along" In the third sentence, there is only one meaning in yin and yang, which is "Tao". In the fourth sentence, there is only "man" in the middle of the heaven, earth and universe.

In other words, this ancient poem by Su Xiaomei is mysterious. The answer is "Alchemy Taoist".

Qin Guan burst out laughing after guessing the answer, because these four words were mocking what Qin Guan had done.

In ancient times, men and women could not meet each other before they got married. Qin Guan agreed to marry Su Xiaomei. After that, he often thought about whether Su Xiaomei would have protruding forehead and sunken eyes as mentioned in the message.

Once, at Su's house, he accidentally heard that Su Xiaomei was going to the temple to fulfill her vows, so he dressed himself as a "begging priest" and went to the temple in advance. Waiting in front of the temple, he wanted to see with his own eyes what Su Xiaomei looked like.

After Su Xiaomei arrived, Qin Guan struck up a conversation with Su Xiaomei in the name of asking for alms. After a back-and-forth conversation between the two, Qin Guan saw her. Su Xiaomei is not ugly, but Su Xiaomei also found out that this fake Taoist was her fiancé, so she hurriedly returned home.

Now Su Xiaomei used the word alms Taoist to ridicule Qin Guan's shallowness. Naturally, she wanted to give Qin Guan a disgrace., by the way. Listen to how he explained the matter of pretending to be a Taoist.

Qin Guan thought about it and wrote a poem seriously:

Why does chemical industry urge spring? It is because the flowers in the famous garden bloom by themselves;

Taoism is the original owner of the east wind. , no one dared to go to the flower bed.

This poem was written very humbly, and it also apologized to Su Xiaomei. The first four words even answered the riddle. Su Xiaomei was very satisfied after reading it, so she asked the second question.

This time it is still a riddle from an ancient poem, but it is written about four historical figures, titled:

The strong man conquered the ancestors and did something good, so he cut the wall to steal the light and read at night;

The threads of stitches often remember the mother, and the old man all day long Yimenlu.

Su Xiaomei's Three Difficulties Qin Guan

This poem was much less difficult for Qin Guan. After all, he was a talented man at that time, and he was well versed in ancient and modern history.

He didn't hesitate at all. , and answered the riddle:

The first sentence of the first sentence refers to Sun Quan , the second sentence is Kuang Heng who cut through the wall and stole the light, and the third sentence comes from the threads of sutures, which means "threads in the hands of a loving mother, "The clothes on the wanderer's body are tightly packed before leaving, and I fear that I will return late." This refers to Zisi. In the fourth sentence, the old man leaned against the door all day long, which naturally means "Wang", which naturally refers to Taigong Wang.

Qin Guan successfully passed the second level, which also aroused everyone's curiosity. They were all waiting for Su Xiaomei to ask the third question. Su Xiaomei's last question came up with a couplet, namely:

behind closed doors and pushed out the window Yue, Yue Xingxing It's sparse, it won't rain tonight.

This first couplet is actually very interesting, implying the beautiful thing of "making love with clouds and rain", but "rain" is also a homophonic pronunciation of "language". This is what Su Xiaomei told Qin Guan, the night of flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, if you can't answer this first couplet , let alone Yunyu having sex, I won’t even tell you.

Qin Guan naturally understood Su Xiaomei's first couplet. He racked his brains and thought for a long time, and finally came up with the second couplet:

Throwing stones breaks the sky under the water. The sky is high and the air is refreshing. Tomorrow will definitely become frost.

This second line cannot be explained in words. Readers will surely understand it at a glance. It really responds to Su Xiaomei’s words. The last word "shuang" is also a homophone for "double", implying that he and Su Xiaomei are made in heaven. of a pair.

After hearing this couplet, Su Xiaomei's face flushed, and the door of the bridal chamber opened. Qin Guan stepped in, and the two naturally spent a wonderful night...

Reference: "History of the Song Dynasty" , "Dongpo Questions and Answers", etc.

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