If the courtyard is like a city, the four friends come together, the gongs and drums are noisy, and the piano is beautiful.

For the vast majority of women, the wedding ceremony is undoubtedly the most beautiful and unforgettable thing in their lives.

Mandarin ducks play in the water, phoenixes fly, fish and water meet, and Qin Se is the same.

The most enviable thing for women in the world is this moment when the golden wind and jade dew meet.

Under the big red hijab, Shen Ling's face was a little flushed with excitement or shyness.

In short, she is beautiful today, more beautiful than ever.

Whether it's others or herself, she thinks so.

As the saying goes, 'With a good wife in company, there is no worry about the world,' not only Shen Ling, but Li Ting, who never thought that one day he would be able to wear this big red robe in person, the joy in his heart was the same.

Although it was a good day, Li Ting, who was still fragile and weak, insisted on personally greeting the guests outside the gate and welcoming them, Li Lin agreed, on the condition that if he felt uncomfortable, he would stop immediately and return to his side to rest.

The auspicious words came one after another, and the congratulatory gifts were also soft.

Li Ting lived in a simple house due to illness, and the people who came to congratulate him really didn't know a few, but he still greeted everyone cordially with a gentle and sincere smile.

It is no secret that the second father of the Li family lingers on the sickbed all year round, in fact, even if Li Ting does not come out to welcome guests, everyone can understand that this action has undoubtedly added a lot of fame to the Li family in Jingyuan County.

"Look at the second son of Li, who is clearly seriously ill, but he still worked hard to come out to greet the guests in person, what a polite and humble young man!"

"Indeed, because of the family education, Second Master Li not only has a good character, but even the two sons under his knees are also dragons and phoenixes among people, especially these two sons, if it weren't for God's discancy... Hey, that's a pity. ”

"There are no waves in the blue sea, and there is a road in Yaotai. Now that the second son has found a good family, it can finally be regarded as a happy event!"

When others heard this, they all seemed to empathize and echoed it.

Lujiang County, Lei Family.

Lei Fengheng, the contemporary head of the family, was sitting in the study, concentrating on the rice paper spread on the table.

The painting is only a small one, but the brush is strong and delicate, and the outline has already appeared, and it is obvious that it is a beautiful woman wearing a white jade hairpin with a double flying on her head.

The old housekeeper, who had followed the previous generation of the head of the family, bent over, and dragged his old body in with slow steps, and his worries were clearly on his face.

The old housekeeper held a hot gold invitation in his hand, stared at Lei Fengheng, who was standing behind the table and pondering the position of the next stroke, hesitated again and again, but still interrupted, and said bitterly: "Family master, I heard Xiao Qi say that the Li family sent an invitation to the wedding banquet early in the morning, why didn't you go to the banquet?" The lord of the Li family in the court is indeed the master's protégé, even if he doesn't go, nothing will happen, but he can't be so neglected for no reason, no matter what, over the years, our Lei family's business in the county and the capital, the uncle and second master of the Li family have been secretly taking care of the people, we really shouldn't act like this!"

Hearing this, Lei Fengheng really stopped moving the pen, smiled calmly, and said amazingly: "Good sleep."

Uncle Wang knew that it was because of this that I couldn't go. ”

The old butler's wrinkled old face was a little red with anger, and he aggravated the tone of questioning with some pain, and he was already half-talking and half-shouting: "But why?"

"Uncle Wang has followed his father for so many years, never abandoned, now that his father is gone, he has to worry about Feng Heng, the Lei family owes Uncle Wang a lot, and now, looking at our Lei family, only Uncle Wang dares to reprimand me in person, you still have to take care of your body and bones, don't rush to find your father first, such a reprimand, Feng Heng still wants to listen to it for a few more years. Lei Fengheng still smiled gently, without the slightest sign of annoyance.

The old housekeeper let out a long sigh when he heard this, and his face became slightly softened, but the worry in his cloudy eyes did not subside by half, but he softened his tone slightly, and said earnestly: " I am an old slave, such a reprimand of the head of the family, it is already arrogant, it is rare to have a large number of family masters, do not care about me, the old man, but Uncle Wang still wants to say a few words, the head of the family has never liked to socialize, even when the master is alive, there is nothing to do, the old slave naturally can't manage it, but the people next to you, you just ignore it, after all, the Li family has an inextricable relationship with our business, and the adult of the Li family in Beijing has also taken care of our Lei family over the years. ”

The old housekeeper stepped forward and stuffed the gilded invitation into Lei Fengheng's hand with his own hands, with a smile of some hope: "The eldest son of the Li family has already been married, and the marriage of the second son of Li is the biggest happy event of the Li family in these years, how about going to have a glass of wedding wine?"

Lei Fengheng still had a faint smile on his face, but in the end, he still shook his head calmly.

"I know that Uncle Wang is doing this for our good," Lei Fengheng said with a smile: "But this time, our Lei family does have a reason why we can't go." ”

The old housekeeper has been conscientious all his life, no children and no daughters under his knees, more than 70 years, alone, his hometown in the early years has never been back since he came out, since he came to the Lei family, this is his home, although Lei Fengheng is called Uncle Wang, but in his heart, this junior is like his own son.

Knowing that Lei Fengheng still had no intention of going to Li's house to drink the wedding wine, the old man's face turned completely cold, and he didn't care about the identity difference between the master and servant, and said in a stern tone: "Then I want to listen, what is your reason?"

Lei Fengheng smiled: "I won't go, first of all, because I haven't finished painting yet." ”

Although the person in the painting only has a rough outline, Lei Fengheng's painting is so fine and realistic that the old man recognized the person in the painting at a glance as the current mother of the Lei family.

"Moth eyebrows and teeth, the axe of cutting, you have been studying since childhood, this point of truth, do you need me to say more?"

When the old man heard such absurd and blunt words from his mouth, the anger in his heart burned even more fiercely, and he suddenly had a feeling of hatred for iron but not steel, and was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by the gesture of Lei Fengheng.

"Secondly, it's naturally because I don't want to go," Lei Fengheng's eyes flashed with a trace of undisguised disdain, and said: "

Jingyuan Li family, there are two brothers, in Beijing, deceive the superiors and subordinates, form a party for personal gain, in the county, disregard the law, secretly Chen Cang, those visible businesses, just for their disgraceful things to cover up, such a person, if his father Quanxia knows, he will not want to recognize his Li family as his protégé. ”

A hint of surprise flashed on the old man's face, Li Jiaming was doing serious business on his face, but as for the shady business that Lei Fengheng said in his mouth, he didn't know it at all after so many years. It's just that he understands Lei Fengheng, this young master didn't say anything about it, he didn't lie since he was a child, if he said that there was, then he must have already reached a positive conclusion.

Lei Fengheng paused slightly, and then continued: "As for the third, this wedding is indeed a wedding, but this happy event may not really be a happy event, don't go, don't go." ”

Under the kind words and persuasion of the head of the family, the elderly housekeeper finally walked out of the study in disbelief, but at this moment, the old man was a little confused about what Lei Fengheng had just said to him, if a happy event is not a happy event, can it become a funeral?

Wait a minute!

Funeral.

Thinking of this, the old man's footsteps stopped, turned around with a little confusion, and glanced in the direction of the study, once that bold idea rose in his mind, it was strangely unable to stop.

The second son of the Lei family was born weak, and in the process of growing up, his condition continued to deteriorate, and he encountered countless crises.

But in such a situation, if he does it again on top of the wedding, will he really be able to survive it?

Happiness begets sorrow, happiness begets sorrow.

Marriage is a happy thing in the world, the old man has stopped in place for a long time, and it was originally groundless, but after Lei Fengheng mentioned it, he felt more and more unreasonable in his heart that these were not impossible.

...

The wedding was a success, the wedding banquet was the same, the wine and food were on the table, the troupe, the dance troupe, and the performance were also wonderful at a large price invited from all over the country.

The sky is getting dark, after three rounds of drinking, the second master Li Lin gradually got a little drunk, but he still didn't forget the business, doubled himself, and got up, regardless of whether it was relatives and friends or simply eating and drinking, they all had the vision to stand up, and they all knew that the wedding had come to an end, and it was time to pat their butts and leave, so that the small two people could spend a moment of candle in the cave room.

Li Lin's face was slightly drunk, and he said with a long nasal smile: "This marriage word is recorded in "Dusk Yi", on the day of the wedding, when the ceremony is completed, it is dusk, it is not that I Li Lin is unwilling to keep everyone happy again, it is really my son who is weak, and it is a waste for him to sit so plainly, this rare red candle night of the cup, let's disperse, give them a little time for the little two, what do you think?"

After a day, although there was good wine and food to entertain, in fact, most of the guests were tired and tired, and they had a homecoming early in the morning, but the host did not speak

Seeing off the guests, they were embarrassed to leave the venue early, but now that Li Lin had spoken, many people packed up their things and prepared to leave.

In the meantime, someone suddenly said, 'Surrender the cup, hand over the glass!', and the people below were also interested and echoed loudly.

Li Lin frowned slightly, his son's health is not good, although the doctor's advice has never said to avoid alcohol, but he has never had the habit of drinking alcohol in the past, and it can even be said that for many years, his son Li Ting has almost not drunk a drop of alcohol.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to shirk, Li Ting stood up from his seat and said with a smile: "On the big day, it's not good to brush off the kindness of friends, but Li Ting is sick and weak, and he is not good at drinking, so he only takes a sip, what do you think?"

All the guests said 'yes'.

Li Lin, who was worried about his son's health, breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Ling, who was still wearing a red hijab and waited alone in the boudoir after worshipping heaven and earth, was finally led outside by the Li family's maid.

Both hands are double, and the gooseneck is twisted.

After drinking the elixir in the cup, in the backyard of the Li family, in the courtyard belonging to Li Ting, the tall spruce that was half withered and half glorious, lived for more than 8,000 years, and after a gust of wind, the trunk broke without warning and fell into the courtyard.

Li Ting, who had just drunk a little wine, trembled, seemed to notice something, smiled slightly, raised his head and drank the remaining wine in the jue, and in front of everyone present, he lifted the bride's red hijab, smiled lightly, and read word by word: "If you have to become a fool, why die, I am willing to be a mandarin duck and not an immortal." ”

Finally, after looking at the delicate face of the person in front of him, Li Ting slowly closed his eyes and fell softly on the seat.

The whole house was shocked.

"Call the doctor! Call the doctor!" Li Lin was drunk and instantly sobered up, and shouted like crazy.

The cold wind rose, the snow fell, and the people in the courtyard came and went, only Shen Ling, who was wearing a wedding dress, was still standing in place, his red robe covered with falling snow and turned into a white robe.

The girl somehow remembered the words that her father used to say at her mother's grave, and repeated in the snow:

"The concentric knot of the Luo belt has not been completed, and the tide of the river has flattened. ”

(End of chapter)