Chapter 1: Forced Marriage
On the fifth day of the first month, everything is not appropriate.
The clouds are light and the winter sky is cold.
Quwo County, Jiangzhou, is holding a marriage that has caused a sensation in the whole county, Xu Daoyun, the third son of the Xu family, and married Xie Fenghua, the second lady of the Xie family.
The streets are full of people and noisy.
The shouts and firecrackers resounded together, and it was clearly the marriage of the two largest forces in Quwo County, but the honor guard was not as grand as imagined, and the sedan chair was just an ordinary mahogany sedan chair carried by four people.
There are only two papier-mâché red lanterns hanging in front of the Xu Mansion, swaying in the wind, shabby and shabby.
The county citizens who followed the wedding team to see the excitement discussed in private, and the discussion was nothing more than the groom and bride of this marriage, but most of them were not optimistic about the newlywed couple.
A thin young man limped into Quwo County, his eyes were empty, his face was dazed, he looked up at the familiar and unfamiliar street scene, and walked slowly in the direction of Xufu.
He was alone on the deserted street, looking lonely.
This lame young man is the third young master of the Xu family - Xu Daoyun.
He should have dressed in a red and festive wedding dress, standing in front of Xu's mansion to greet his bride, and accepting everyone's blessings and envy.
But before that, a letter lured Xu Daoyun to the cemetery on the south mountain of Quwo County, unexpectedly, four young people who were so arrogant that they were not masked were already waiting there for Xu Daoyun to throw himself into the net, and after beating him and laughing at him for wanting to eat swan meat, he turned around and left with a smile.
After so many years, Xu Daoyun has no other skills, but his kung fu after being beaten is first-class, so far I don't know how many times he has been fisted and kicked, but he can always hold his breath to come back to life.
Now it was different from the past, and the four young men were killed, and although they were not so mad as to use their swords, they also used clubs.
smashed Xu Daoyun to death completely, if it weren't for the rescue of the tomb keeper who lived in Muliao, I am afraid that he would have returned to the west long ago, and this happy event would have become a funeral.
Xu Daoyun, who suffered a big loss, seems to be a lot smarter, and his heart is like a mirror, thinking back to the letter, the notes on it do belong to Xie Fenghua, the second lady of the Xie family, but this is simply a trap set by her, luring him to take the bait, the purpose is to make him retreat in the face of difficulties, and even a hundred.
The young man who struggled to move forward in the darkness had a hideous expression on his face, the feeling of the stick and kicks falling on his body was still fresh in his memory, and the pain of his fingernails piercing his palms made him gradually sober up.
Although Xu Daoyun is full of resentment, he knows the truth that people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and now he is still too weak, fearless resistance will only bring humiliation on himself, if you want to take revenge, you must first learn to forbear, he has endured it for fifteen years, and it doesn't matter if he endures it for a while.
Xu Daoyun knew that his patience must be rewarded, because the unusual-looking grave keeper in the cemetery said that he could teach him how to stop being bullied.
The condition is that after he dies, he will help him to enter the earth and be safe, and when he is empty, he will bring fragrant wine to worship and worship.
Xu Daoyun agreed, but freezing three feet is not a day's cold, practicing martial arts is by no means something that can be achieved overnight, he needs more patience and more patience to swallow his anger in order to be ashamed.
There are thousands of thoughts in my heart, and when I look up, I see that Xu Mansion is twenty zhang away, tall and magnificent, flying to the corner of the eaves, and the style is very great.
The sedan chair has fallen in front of the Xu Mansion, and the honor guard invited to pack up the guys and go home, and the county citizens who came to see the excitement also left, and the marriage of the two largest forces in Quwo County is so deserted.
Xu Daoyun stared at Xu's mansion and walked over for a long time.
Climb the stone steps, stand in front of the red lacquered door, and knock on the knocker.
The guard removed the deadbolt and yawned open the heavy door, and suddenly felt a thrill and exclaimed, "Three... Third Young Master, what's wrong with you?"
Xu Daoyun shook his head, stepped over the threshold into Xu's mansion, and walked towards his small courtyard alone.
Seeing him limping, as if he was going to fall down at any time, the guards hurriedly chased him and hugged him, and said with concern: "Third young master, let me help you go back." ”
Xu Daoyun smiled at him, withdrew his hand and said, "Brother Zheng, I'm fine, I can go, you go and rest." ”
Ah Zheng was one of the very few people who had a sense of respect for Xu Daoyun, he looked at the young man who gradually disappeared into the dark path, shook his head and sighed, and turned to leave.
Xu Daoyun lives in Biting Courtyard, which is a partial courtyard in the outer courtyard of Xu's Mansion, which is not luxurious or simple, and is decent.
This is also his last face as the third young master of the Xu family.
There are four houses in the courtyard, a room, a bathhouse, a storehouse, and a bedroom.
Today's Bitingin is a little different from the past, not because the display has changed, but because the candle in the bedroom is lit.
Xu Daoyun rubbed his somewhat dazed head, thinking that since Xie Fenghua wanted to let herself retreat, she also instructed someone to beat herself, just to break up this marriage, but what was going on?
Immediately, he was relieved that the news of the marriage between the Xu family and the Xie family had spread all over Quwo County half a month ago, and it could be said that everyone knew that it was a matter of face for the two families.
But superficial kung fu is only superficial kung fu, Xu Daoyun is not naïve enough to believe that the woman with eyes on the top of her head will really come, and the people in the bedroom are eighty percent of the stand-ins she found or grabbed to replace.
Xu Daoyun took a deep breath and whispered to himself: "I'm a big man, and I'm afraid that she won't be a little woman?
He plucked up his courage and limped towards the bedroom.
Pushing open the door, everything was the same, except for a man wearing a wedding dress and a red hijab sitting next to the bed, with his hands folded in front of his belly, and his toes in red embroidered shoes were facing inward, which should be a woman.
When Xu Daoyun pushed open the door of the house, he clearly found that the woman with the hijab trembled, obviously nervous to the extreme.
This made Xu Daoyun, who was afraid that it was Xie Fenghua's woman's trick again, to settle down.
Taking another deep breath, he picked up the wedding scale from the tray on the wooden table, walked to the woman step by step, and gently lifted the hijab.
The delicate chin made Xu Daoyun frown, wondering how Xie Fenghua could suddenly find out with his conscience and find a beauty to be his bride?
The hijab continued to be lifted upward, and Xu Daoyun also saw the whole picture of the woman, she was about seventeen or eighteen years old, three or two years older than Xu Daoyun, with delicate facial features and a pretty look.
It was supposed to be an unforgettable beauty at first sight, but there was a bruise and ugly birthmark from the left cheek to the root of the ear, which destroyed the whole face beyond recognition.
Xu Daoyun was mentally prepared, and he was not too surprised, he had long expected that Xie Fenghua was not so kind. Now I find that the facts are the same as what I predicted, but I feel like I take it for granted.