"Old man, are you kidding me? Didn't you hear that old thing just now or what happened? This thing is only worth ten thousand yuan."

Hao Huai didn't understand why the old man offered a 100,000 yuan offer. Because Mr. Wang had already said the matter, there was no need to hide it, so he confirmed the reason for his behavior with the old man.

"Young man, I'm a man of age. Do you think I'll really joke with you?"

The old man put down his love for the agate snuff bottle, raised his eyes and looked at Hao Huai with a smile, and reiterated that he really wanted to buy the snuff bottle for 100,000 yuan.

"Why? I want to know the reason?"

Everyone has a curiosity, and Hao Huai is no exception. He always thinks that he understands things and sometimes there are unexpected benefits, so he is not in a hurry to agree to the old man's proposal.

"Have you heard of 'returning the mirror'?" The old man asked Hao Huai with a smile.

"Reunion of the broken mirror? Isn't it just an idiom? Is there anything special?" Hao Huai didn't understand what the old man meant.

"Most Chinese idioms have stories, and 'Breaking Mirror Reunion' is a very interesting story. Do you want me to tell you?" The old man had a kind face and without waiting for Hao Huai to speak, he told the idiom story about Breaking Mirror Reunion with great interest.

The word "returned mirrors" comes from Li Zhiyuan's "Blue Peony" in the Song Dynasty. "Returned mirrors, reorganized hairpins, combined with jewels, and re-looking for embroidered beads and foils." This is a metaphor for reuniting and reconciliation after a couple is separated or broken.

The idiom story of "The Beautiful Adult" by "Yang Su" from Huayin and the Duke of Yue of Sui.

"Princess Lechang" is the daughter of Emperor Xuan of Chen and the sister of Chen Shubao, the latter ruler of the Southern Dynasty. Although she grew up in the royal family, she did not have the arrogance of ordinary golden branches and jade leaves. She was praised by everyone for her gentle and virtuous temperament in the palace.

Princess Lechang has a dignified and beautiful appearance, elegant and generous manners, and has profound literary attainments. For this reason, she chose her husband's unique side, not to care about the nobles of the marquis family, but only valued poetry and prose.

Princess Lechang, as an adult, even took the initiative and married the talented man from Jiangnan, "Xu Deyan".

Xu Deyan can be said to be a happy event for people. Not only did he get a talented and beautiful princess, but he also became a "son-in-law" and became a court attendant. Therefore, the eldest princess was naturally very caring for her. The couple respected and loved each other, and the husband followed her. This pair of talented and beautiful couples also made people envious of them at that time.

But who would have thought that the good times would not last long? "Yang Jian" with the help of resourceful and talented "Yang Su" eliminated the Chen State and established the Sui Dynasty.

According to ancient customs, the kings and their relatives who lost their country were not allowed to live in their original homeland in order to prevent them from gathering the remaining troops and rekindling. Therefore, the Chen Houzhu and the royal family who were destroyed were captured and went north to Chang'an, the capital of the Sui Kingdom.

Princess Lechang is naturally among the captives, and she and her beloved husband "Xu Deyan" are about to be broken up.

Before leaving, Princess Lechang threw a bronze mirror on her dressing table in half, leaving half for Shi Jun and half in her arms. She also agreed with Xu Deyan that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year, she would sell bronze mirrors along the streets of Chang'an Street, hoping that he would come to Chang'an one day and reunite with his husband.

Xu Deyan held half of the bronze mirror in his hand and was heartbroken. He wanted to die as a minister of the devastated country, but then he thought of his wife's earnest instructions when he was leaving, so he decided to survive and go to Chang'an to find Princess Lechang.

Xu Deyan survived with humiliation and finally waited until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the following year. After a lot of hardships and displaced, he finally arrived at Chang'an Street. But after searching for a long time, he could not see the shadow of Princess Lechang.

Just when Xu Deyan was heartbroken, he saw an old man selling the half bronze mirror, which was expensive and he was afraid to ask about it.

When Xu Deyan saw half of the bronze mirror, he knew that his wife had a whereabouts and couldn't help but burst into tears. He did not dare to neglect, so he quickly gave the money at the price the old man asked for, and immediately took the old man to his residence.

After eating and drinking, Xu Deyan told the old man about breaking the mirror a year ago, and took out his other half of the bronze mirror. The two halves of the bronze mirror had not yet matched, Xu Deyan had already cried...

The old man selling mirrors was moved by their deep feelings and burst into tears. He promised Xu Deyan that he would convey the message between them and let them reunite as soon as possible. Xu Deyan wrote a poem in the moonlight, "The mirror and the others leave, but the mirror returns, but the others don't return. There is no longer the shadow of Chang'e, and the bright moon shines in the sky." He handed over to the old man.

It turned out that in the ninth year of Kaihuang in the Sui Dynasty, after the royal family of Chen State arrived in Chang'an, Princess Lechang was given to the founding hero "Yang Su" as a concubine by Emperor Yang Wen.

Yang Su admired Princess Lechang's talent and was greedy for Princess Lechang's beauty, so she loved her even more and also specially built a house for Princess Lechang. However, Princess Lechang was depressed all day long and silent, and naturally thought about her husband "Xu Deyan".

The old man tried every means to send Xu Deyan's poem to Princess Lechang. When she saw her husband's poem, she thought that she was far away from her husband and was difficult to meet. Princess Lechang even made a sad voice, her face was miserable all day long and she didn't get into the water and rice.

After repeated interrogation, Yang Su learned the reason for the love, and was deeply moved by the true love between them. He immediately sent someone to summon Xu Deyan to the mansion to reunite him. Princess Lechang saw the handsome Xu Deyan at that time, with gray hair, and Xu Deyan was filled with emotion when she saw Princess Lechang who had become someone else's concubine.

Seeing this, Yang Su asked Princess Lechang to write a poem about this scene, so Princess Lechang chanted: "Where will you move today? The new official dares to laugh and cry at the old official, and it is difficult to be a human being."

After hearing this, Yang Su was very moved, so she decided to be a beautiful woman in adulthood, and sent Princess Lechang back to Xu Deyan, and gave them money to return to their hometown to retire.

The whole mansion sighed at the grandeur and beauty of Xu and Chen's "reunited mirror" and the grandeur of the Duke of Yue Yang Su. At the celebration of gratitude, the couple returned to their hometown together.

This story has been spread everywhere, so the allusion of "reunite mirror" has been created, and it has been passed down to this day.

After the old man who was overjoyed told the story of reunion with a broken mirror, his face was filled with a hint of affection.

After listening to the old man's story, Li Dun'er couldn't help but step forward and laughed: "It turned out to be an idiom story, but what does this story have to do with you? Could it be that you are reunited with broken pots?"

Li Dun'er's words made everyone laugh, especially the little chicken man. His smile was a little different from others, especially when laughing for nonchalantly, it sounded more like a mourning sound.

"Are you two finished? If you are laughing randomly, I will just put your tongue on you." Although Hao Huai tried his best to make them not laugh, he almost couldn't help laughing.

"Old man, forgive my brothers for being rude." After apologizing to the old man, Hao Huai said softly: "I think you should have a similar story to the broken mirror, right?"

"That's right, but my story is more miserable than a broken mirror. Xu Deyan can see his love after seeing half a bronze mirror, but when I see the lost property, my wife is gone."

When the old man was talking, he took out a brocade box from his pocket and took out something from it.

"It's an agate snuff bottle, exactly the same as mine?" Hao Huai and others were surprised to find that the old man also had a snuff bottle with the same chance, which made everyone think of something.

"These two snuff bottles were originally from the same agate raw stone, and after making a pair, the patterns were basically the same."
Chapter completed!