Chapter 45: Marriage

It had just fallen at night, but it was raining heavily. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Huo Lianjue finally came out of the study after a busy day, he held an oil-paper umbrella and slowly walked along the bluestone road to the inner courtyard.

The water splashed like white beads and gravel from the heavy rain, splashing in all directions, and soon wet his shoes and socks and the hem of his robe. Huo Lianjue frowned, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.

Walking along the courtyard wall to the inner courtyard, a cold wind blew through, blowing the raindrops from the corners of the eaves into his neck. The cold rain made Huo Lianjue feel excited, and he walked a few steps and finally returned to the East Wing bedroom.

There was a charcoal basin in the bedroom early, and the oncoming heating made him sneeze several loud times before he gradually eased up.

"What the hell!" Huo Lianjue muttered as he changed out his almost soaked shoes and socks, as well as his robe that had been half wet by the rain.

After changing his clothes, he suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps, and it seemed that someone was walking under the verandah outside the house. Huo Lianjue subconsciously looked up, and by the dim candlelight, he saw a slender figure with a shadow, holding an oil-paper umbrella, passing by the window.

Huo Lianjue frowned, didn't think about it, and directly raised his voice: "Don't hide outside and pretend to be a ghost, come in quickly." ”

The curtain of the door was lifted, and a thin woman walked in from outside the house, carrying a food box with black lacquer and silver foil. She opened her mouth and said with a smile: "My lord, you haven't had dinner yet, have you?" Today there are fresh roast lamb legs, spiced sauce chicken, and hot taro duck, which are the most delicious to drink. ”

Seeing this rice delivery woman, Huo Lianjue slapped his forehead. He suddenly remembered that Hua Lianyue was gone, and he would no longer be weird and swaggering in front of his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a little stunned.

The mother-in-law didn't see his abnormal expression, and still chattered: "There is also this Wensi tofu, but Hua Zhukuai specially taught the old man to make it." It's a pity that the old knife work can't be compared with the little girl, so please make do with the adults to try it first. ”

"Put it down!" Huo Lianjue's voice was faint, not angry. The mother-in-law immediately silenced, and after putting out the dishes in the food box, she quietly withdrew.

Huo Lianjue was already hungry in his stomach, but at this moment, he smelled the aroma of the food, but he had no appetite. He set aside half a bowl of japonica rice for himself, poured a few spoonfuls of taro and duck soup, and ate it in three or two bites. As for the bowl of fragrant Wensi tofu, he didn't even touch it.

Before you know it, the rain is getting lighter, but the wind is getting tighter. Walking through the branches, the sound of the wind under the eaves seemed to linger in his ears, like the whimper of a beast, and like the cry of thousands of unjust souls.

Huo Lianjue listened silently to the terrible wind, but many old things appeared in his mind. That night, he slept very restlessly, and when he was half asleep and half awake, there always seemed to be a woman who sighed in his ear.

When Huo Lianjue woke up the next day, he was a little lightheaded and weak. I read the official documents for most of the day, and in the afternoon, I finally couldn't resist anymore and fell ill completely.

His illness made the yamen busy for a while. It is also to ask a doctor to grab medicine, and it is to boil porridge and decoction. Fortunately, he had a good foundation, drank medicine, and sweated. When I woke up the next day, I felt much more relaxed.

Huo Lianjue wore an eight-ball bat-patterned silver ratskin cloak and paced slowly in the courtyard. Although it was already early hour, the sky was still gloomy, like a bright blue gem, covered with a light veil. The yard was littered with dead branches and leaves that had been knocked down by the rain, and before they could be cleaned, they were piled under the trees and waiting to rot slowly.

Perhaps people who have just recovered from a serious illness are especially prone to sadness. Huo Lianjue always felt that his eyes were full of depression and shrinkage, which made his mood inexplicably low.

Outside the courtyard, there was a sudden sound of festive and noisy suona. The shrill voice instantly broke the rare silence, and he stroked the rough trunk of the tree, and couldn't help but say in a daze: "Is this someone marrying?"

He forgot that today was the day of the second lady of Li Fu's marriage, and perhaps it should be said that he had never taken this matter to heart.

The Li family's marriage is really extraordinary. The endless stream of ten-mile red makeup almost attracted the envy of all the people in Meiling County.

The first is a three-foot-high red coral tree, followed by the warm and crystalline jade carving Fu Lu Shou three stars, all of which are feet high. Next is all kinds of Ruyi, there are red gold inlaid gemstone Ruyi, there are mutton fat jade Ruyi, there are enamel Ruyi, there are agarwood Ruyi and so on......

Seeing these various kinds of wishful thinking, Hua Lianyue, who was crowded in the crowd, couldn't help but sneer. It seems that Mrs. Li, who is dedicated to paving the way for her son, still feels guilty about her only daughter, so she searched for so many Ruyi.

It's just that no matter how precious these wishes are, they are just dead things after all, can they really ensure that Li Ruolan can do everything well and be auspicious in the future? Hua Lianyue didn't want to think about it anymore, she still hoped that Li Ruolan could be happy.

Li Ruolan, who was wearing a red phoenix crown and a veil, sat in an eight-lift sedan chair embroidered with bats and peony patterns. A cold wind blew the bright red soft satin sedan curtain, and also blew open the corner of the hijab that covered her face.

She inadvertently showed a half-cut beautiful face and a beautifully curved jaw in front of people. In a dazzling bright red, it is extraordinarily snow-white and crystalline, and it is also extraordinarily ...... Stiff.

Hua Lianyue looked upset after all, she sighed, and whispered to the big and small pairs beside her: "It's good to keep until she gets married smoothly, let's retire successfully, let's go!"

It wasn't until she left Meiling County and walked along the river for a long time that Hua Lianyue's stiff eyes and eyebrows gradually eased up, and her steps were much brisker. Dashuang, who had been holding his breath and not daring to laugh wantonly, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When the three of them came to the ferry, there were already boatmen waiting here. Hua Lianyue bought a painting boat and prepared to go north by water, taking a look at the scenery along the way. As for the silver taels of the chartered boat, it is naturally from the unlucky fortune gambling house.

It's also strange to say that Hua Lianyue won an hour in a row in the gambling house last night. The big double, the small double counted the silver until the hands were soft, and they didn't see the Shen Xu, who was said to be black-hearted, come forward. It seems that some people are born destined to have no fate, not that you can see it if you want to.

The boat is two stories high, and the wooden planks of the hull are oily and black, making it sturdy when you look at it. What the hell are those colorful silks hanging outside the painting boat? They always succeed in reminding Hua Liyue of certain places of sound and color.

She sat in the cabin for a moment with a blank face, feeling the boat beneath her move steadily. After only a few moments, Hua Lianyue stretched, yawned, and said lazily: "I'm sleepy, I'll go back to my room and sleep." ”

"Hey!" Xiaoshuang held a fishing rod that he found out of nowhere, and said with great interest: "Miss, you go to sleep first, I'll go fishing on the bow of the boat." When you wake up, you'll have a fresh, hot fish soup to drink. ”

The corners of Hua Lianyue's mouth twitched, and she was fishing on the painting boat ahead, I don't know if it was the whimsical little girl in front of her, or the fish in the river who were about to be caught.

Hua Lianyue looked at Xiaoshuang sympathetically, clenched her hands into fists, and encouraged kindly: "Come on, I'm optimistic about you!"

With the encouragement of Hua Liyue, Xiaoshuang dragged the fishing rod and walked away with great interest.

Hua Liyue yawned and came to the room on the second floor, just folded her clothes and lay down, and before she could close her eyes, she heard Xiao Shuangxing laughing excitedly from outside: "Sister, quickly bring the net, I caught a big fish......"

Hua Lianyue sat up with a "whoosh", she plucked out her ears, and said in disbelief: "There are really fish ...... more stupid than this girl."