Chapter Seventy-Five: Marriage
A few people went all the way, and soon arrived at Phantom Moon Town.
He Xu took Su Zhiya back to his home, because it was already on the border between Loulan and Phantom Moon, so it was close to the Gobi Desert, but the people were simple, everyone knew that He Xu brought his new daughter-in-law back, and they all greeted He Xu.
"He Xu is back, come back to get married? When the time comes, remember to ask us to drink the wedding wine? The villagers all asked.
"Okay, I'll be sure to come then." He Xu also showed the most simple smile, and his eyes kept looking at Su Zhiya when he spoke.
"Congratulations, He Xu! I actually brought back a new daughter-in-law. ”
Everyone said that it was not a ridiculous blessing, which made Su Zhiyuan feel very good.
She remembered her days in Funan City again, and she didn't know what happened to Shangguan Yan, who had good archery skills, and whether she had found her sweetheart.
The sunset near the desert was like a huge duck egg yolk, not too hot, and the afterglow was sprinkled on people's faces, making the faces of this most simple group of people show a happy color.
"Ya'er, this is my hometown, if you like here, we will live here for a long time, but if you don't like here, when we get married, we can also go where you want to go, I can accompany you to go anywhere you want to go, and then find a place you like to live." He Xu looked at Su Zhiya, for fear that she would not like it here.
"It's good here." Su Zhiya also had a shyness on her face, and such a smile made Su Zhiya envious.
He Xu's parents are very honest people, and they were so happy to see that their son from a distance had brought back such a charming and gentle daughter-in-law.
He Xu's family only has a small yard, He Xu's mother raises a flock of chickens and three sheep in the yard, He Xu's father goes back to the outside every day to collect grass to feed them, today he returned home and saw so many people, and was shocked.
"Old man, come quickly, our son is back." He Xu's mother happily called out to her husband and asked him to quickly put down all the work in his hand and come to talk to the guests.
Seeing so many people, He Xu's father's detention hand had no place to put it, and He Xu walked up to his father: "Dad, my son has brought his daughter-in-law back to get married." ”
"Really?" He Xu's father looked at his son, who was half a head taller than him, and then looked at Su Zhiya, and he couldn't stop talking.
"Old man, go and kill a chicken, I'll prepare dinner, He Xu, you go to Uncle Sun's house in front to see if they still have any meat to buy back." He Xu's mother also kept laughing and began to get busy.
He Xu asked Su Zhiya to rest first and go out to buy things by themselves.
Su Zhiya took the initiative to stand up and went to help He Xu's mother: "Auntie, can I help you?" ”
"Oh, you hurry up and put it down, you're still a guest, how can you let you work, you talk to your sister, I'll be fine soon." He Xu's mother snatched the things from Su Zhiya's hand, and then pushed her out of the small kitchen.
When Su Zhiyuan saw this scene, she was also sincerely happy for Su Zhiya, she met a good family.
After dinner, it was already dark, but He Xu only had two rooms in his house, He Xu said: "Sister Kite and Ya'er live in my room at night, I live in the firewood room, His Royal Highness King Qi, you ...... There's an inn in town, shall I take you there? ”
Su Zhiyuan originally wanted to take Su Zhiya to the inn together, but since He Xu had already arranged it like this, Su Zhiyuan was not polite.
Two days later, He Xu's father chose a good day, the family was busy, and the neighbors came to help, preparing a simple but lively wedding for He Xu and Su Zhiya.
When Su Zhiyuan saw that their family was working hard to give Su Zhiya the best wedding with the best things, Su Zhiyuan was envious in her heart.
When the newcomer entered the cave room, Su Zhiya also went to the small cave room with the people in the town to join in the fun, Su Zhiya simply held the mandarin duck bun and wore the simplest phoenix crown on her head, these were all bought back from a farther place after He Xu ran back and forth for a day, and the red wedding dress took advantage of Su Zhiya's charming face to reflect the happiest smile.
Sikong Mubai quietly held Su Zhiyuan's hand, led her out of the cave room, saw that there was still a smile on the corner of her mouth, and asked, "Do you envy your sister?" ”
"That's right, she met what she wanted the most, even if she had to face the chicken feathers of life tomorrow, she was the happiest at the moment today, wasn't she?" Su Zhiyuan had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were shining.
"You'll have it too." Sikong Mubai saw that she liked it so much, and he already thought in his heart that he must give her the best wedding.
"Yes." Su Zhiyuan suddenly blushed.
Sikong Mubai didn't know what she was thinking, so he took her into his arms and asked, "What did you think of?" ”
"Nope." Su Zhiyuan didn't admit that he thought of marrying him!
Originally, after Su Zhiya and He Xu got married, Su Zhiyuan should have accompanied Sikong Mubai back to the capital of Xuanyue Kingdom, but Su Zhiya was really reluctant to let her sister go, so Su Zhiyuan decided to stay for two more days.
He Xu said: "Sister stay for two more days, tomorrow night is our moon prayer festival here, it will be very lively." ”
"It's a rare festival, so let's stay and see." Su Zhiyuan was also reluctant to Su Zhiya in his heart, so he just used this excuse to stay for two more days.
"Okay."
Sikong Mubai naturally agreed to Su Zhiyuan's small requests.
When it came to the Moon Festival, Sikong Mubai asked Su Zhikite to come out after the sun went down, but I didn't expect this town to be quite lively today, many people who sell lanterns, and the girls will take a small lamp.
He Xu told Sikong Mubai: "This is our custom here, if you like someone's girl, make a lamp or buy a lamp for her, if she accepts it, take the lantern, and wait for the girl to take the lantern back, discuss it with the family, if the parents are also satisfied with the young man, they will hang the lantern in front of the door in a few days, and the young man will see it, and go back to prepare to propose."
"That is, if you like someone, you can give her a lantern?" Sikong Mubai thinks this custom is quite funny.
"Well, then you guys have a good time." He Xu said that he went home to pick up Su Zhiya.
Sikong Mubai received Su Zhiyuan, and the two walked side by side on the street, the handsome men and beautiful women were eye-catching, and an old man who sold lanterns greeted Sikong Mubai: "Young man, buy a lantern for the girl, I will bless you." ”
"Then you can pick one." Sikong Mubai motioned for Su Zhiyuan to pick one.
Su Zhiyuan saw that those little girls were holding lanterns in their hands, and they were also excited to pick one, but at this time, the procession just passed and broke up the two.
When Su Zhiyuan turned around, she couldn't see Sikong Mubai anymore, she hurriedly went to find it, but the flow of people was a bit big, and there were many children, so it was inconvenient for her to squeeze around, and then an older child suddenly pushed her, Su Zhiyuan stumbled and almost fell, but was helped up by a pair of warm hands: "Be careful." ”
This person's voice was also very gentle and magnetic, which made Su Zhiyuan unconsciously look up.
At this glance, she was stunned, and her eyebrows were too similar to herself.
Is it the person in the painting?
Su Zhiyuan's mind swayed for a while, and he didn't know what to say or not to say, but in just an instant, the person had already merged into the flow of people.
"Wait......" When Su Zhiyuan was about to ask him, the other party was gone.
His disappearance was like his arrival, like a gust of wind, and Su Zhiyuan felt like he had a dream, but this dream was very real.
Sikong Mubai finally broke away from the crowd, and then turned back to look for Su Zhiyuan, but saw that she was in a trance, as if she had something on her mind.
"What's wrong with you? Did something happen? Wasn't it okay just now? ”
Sikong Mubai couldn't help but feel nervous when he saw her like this.
"I just saw a guy who looked like me, like the person in that painting." Su Zhiyuan hurriedly said to Sikong Mubai: "You help me find it, I have a feeling, he and I must have something to do with it, I want to know what our relationship is." ”
Looking at the incoherent Su Zhiyuan, Sikong Mubai hurriedly promised her: "Okay, I promise you, I will help you find this person tomorrow, let's go back first." ”
Sikong Mubai really began to ask about this person the next day, and asked He Xu to help find this person, He Xu's parents are very familiar in the town, but after asking around, they said that they had never seen such a person.
Sikong Mubai was a little helpless, how could no one have seen it?
But Su Zhiya didn't seem to be so nervous at this time, she had been accompanying Su Zhiya and giving her a lot of practical things, which Su Zhiya usually didn't use, but in the future, Su Zhiya would have to live on her own, and she could use all of this.
He Xu's father saw that Sikong Mubai was very anxious, so he prompted: "Sikong Gongzi, you might as well go and listen to Xuelou and ask, Tingxue Lou was suddenly established by a noble son more than ten years ago, just on the border between Loulan and Phantom Moon, maybe they will know more news." ”
"I've heard of this organization, but I don't know much about it, because they rarely appear in the realm of the Heavenly Domain." Sikong Mubai thought for a while and nodded: "Thank you, uncle, I will pay attention." ”
"It's nothing, Childe, you are all from Ya'er's hometown, we can't help you much, and we've always felt guilty." Father He looked a little embarrassed.
"You're polite, then I'll discuss it with Kite."
Sikong Mubai was about to discuss with Su Zhiyuan, whether to listen to Xuelou to inquire about the news, but He Xu said: "I can know a little bit about this news, if you want to sneak in to listen to Xuelou to inquire about the news, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, but if you want to get close to them, you can go directly to the imperial capital of Xuanyue, I heard that this year's Xuanyue Emperor Wanshou Festival, the people who listen to Xuelou will also go." ”
"Really?" Sikong Mubai considered that what He Xu said made sense, after all, this is someone's territory, if he rashly went to investigate, once he was startled, there would be no way to find out if there was a misunderstanding, it was better to go to the imperial capital of Xuanyue, in this way, maybe he could really get in touch with more news.
Sikong Mubai discussed the news with Su Zhiyuan: "Do you think we should go directly to the Xuanyue Imperial Capital or should we go directly to Tingxue Tower?" ”
"Safety is the most important thing, let's go to the imperial capital of Xuanyue." Su Zhiyuan also thought that he was weak here, so he still went to attend Emperor Xuanyue's birthday banquet, so maybe he could learn more things.
Seeing that Emperor Xuanyue's premiere was not long away, the two hurriedly said goodbye to Su Zhiya and He Xu and rushed all the way to Xuanyue's imperial capital.
Sikong Mubai changed his identity back, and made Su Zhiyuan into his personal servant, so that the two of them went directly to Emperor Xuanyue's birthday banquet.
Because of Situ Chuhan's death before, many people have prejudices against Tianyu, especially Zhao Jinlan, the son of King Yucheng, who was bent on pursuing Situ Chuhan before, but the other party ignored him, and even directly stated his heart and said that he liked His Royal Highness King Qi in Tianyu.
At that time, Zhao Jinlan was full of hatred and resentment towards Sikong Mubai, and now when he thinks of Situ Chuhan's death, he hates Sikong Mubai even more, and when he saw Sikong Mubai at the palace banquet, Zhao Jinlan wanted to go up to him to theorize, but because of his identity, he didn't find a chance until the palace banquet began.
Finally, the Emperor of Xuanyue spoke: "I am in a good mood today, if you have any projects, you can bring them out to make me happy, right?" ”
Zhao Jinlan finally found an opportunity and stood up directly: "Your Majesty, I saw that His Royal Highness King Qi of the Heavenly Domain is also here, I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Qi is known as the God of War in the Heavenly Domain, and the ministers are not talented, I want to try it with His Royal Highness the King of Qi, and I hope that His Majesty will approve it." ”