Chapter 45: Bless the Liar

The Dragon Boat Festival first originated in the Spring and Autumn Period, according to legend, it was originally used to commemorate the grave digging master Wu Zixu, but later the famous angry young and literary youth Qu Yuan also happened to commit suicide by throwing himself into the river on the fifth day of the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and it has the meaning of commemorating Qu Yuan, and gradually replaced the meaning of commemorating Wu Zixu, and evolved into customs such as eating zongzi and dragon boat racing. The Xiang family is a Chu person with pure blood, and of course they have to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.

Not only the Xiang family celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival, because the lower prime minister had been Chu for a long time, the people of Xia Xiang County had the Dragon Boat Festival, and even the lower minister Zhou County, whose ancestors were Zhou people, could only follow the customs, and personally came forward to hold a dragon boat race on the shore of Surabaya, calling on the people of each township and pavilion to participate spontaneously.

The county order personally came forward to call, Shiling Pavilion of course, also very face-saving organization of the dragon boat team to participate in the dragon boat race, since moving to the Shiling Pavilion since the Yu family sisters rarely show their heads, also rarely out of the house together, and brother Yu Zhi took a carriage to the shore of Surabaya to watch the excitement. However, what makes the Yu family sisters very strange is that in the crowd of people on the shore of Surabaya, it is unprecedented that they have not seen the children of the Xiang family, who are famous for their love of traveling around, let alone Xiang Kang, who is relatively peaceful, and this also makes the Yu family sisters with different minds a little disappointed.

Unable to hold back the doubts in her heart, Yu Jiao's little girl couldn't help but ask Yu Zhi next to her: "Brother, why didn't you see the broken children of the Xiang family today?" Such a big scene, such a big excitement, it is impossible for them not to come? ”

I still had to be reminded by my sister, and Yu Zhi, who didn't care much about the children of the Xiang family, found that the situation was wrong, and said in surprise: "Yes, why didn't I see them today?" It stands to reason that with their temper, it's impossible not to come and see the excitement today? ”

Unwilling to give up and tried to look for it, but still did not find Xiang Kang and the children of the Xiang family, the little girl Yu Yao, who had been moved by Xiang Kang's infatuation, was inevitably a little lost, and Yu Miaoge on the other side was even more careful, and suddenly said: "Strange, why didn't Brother Feng Zhong Feng come?" He is a wanderer, and he is also the pavilion chief of the Shiling Pavilion, why is the dragon boat of the Shiling Pavilion coming, and he will not come? ”

After taking a closer look, seeing that there was indeed no Feng Zhong in the dragon boat team of Shiling Pavilion, Yu Jiao's little girl inevitably began to worry, and said to her sister: "Sister, is something wrong?" Why don't we go back and see how it goes? ”

Yu Miaoge, who has been deliberately avoiding Xiang Kang since he moved to Shiling Pavilion, was a little hesitant, and wanted to agree but couldn't pull his face, but fortunately, Yu Zhi next to him spoke in time to help Yu Miaoge get rid of the embarrassment, and said: "When you go back after watching the dragon boat, go and have a look, anyway, it won't take long to race the dragon boat." ”

nodded logically, but Yu Miaoge no longer had the heart to enjoy the wonderful dragon boat performance, and at the same time, what made Yu Miaoge strange was that her sister Yu Ji, who had always liked to be lively, was also restless, constantly looking for it in the crowd, and was in no mood to pay attention to the dragon boat competition, and then thought of the strange actions between her sister and Xiang Kang before, Yu Miaoge, who was delicate, couldn't help but be a little vigilant in her heart, and said secretly: "No, isn't it my sister that she ...... too." ”

The dragon boat is just a relatively long time to prepare, but the process is very short, after the victory and defeat are basically not interesting, although many young men and women who came to see the excitement are still left at the scene to play, but the Yu sisters are not interested in participating in the past, and soon Yu Jiao's little girl came forward, forcing Yu Zhi to accompany his sisters back to Shiling Pavilion, Yu Zhi, who wanted to play for a while, couldn't resist his sister, so he had to obediently board the carriage and return to Shiling Pavilion with the two sisters.

When I returned to Shiling Pavilion, the time was only half of the afternoon, and it was still early, but it was very strange that Yu Zhi was forced by his two younger sisters to go to the blacksmith shop to understand the situation, and when he came back, he said: "The apprentices in the blacksmith shop are all sleeping, I heard that it was arranged by the Xiang Kang brothers, they were not allowed to go to see the dragon boat, and they were asked to sleep during the day and get up in the evening, saying that there was something to do tonight." Xiang Kang was not in the blacksmith shop either, saying that he had gone home to sleep. ”

"Strange thing, in broad daylight, what do you sleep?" The more Yu Ji listened, the more strange she became, and she couldn't help but ask her sister, "Sister, why don't we go to Xiang Kang's place together?" ”

Yu Miaoge's face was slightly red and silent, and Yu Ji, who had her sister as a shield, couldn't help but say, pulled up her sister and left, and said: "Let's go, it's not far anyway, that place is also where you want to live in the future, it's not bad to go and see it first." ”

I pulled my red-faced sister to the door of the dilapidated courtyard where Xiang Kang lived, the courtyard door was really closed, and Yu Ji, who had my sister as an excuse, was not polite, and knocked heavily on the door when she went up, and then after a while, Xiang Kang really walked out with sleepy eyes, and when he opened the courtyard door, he saw that it was the Yu family sisters and Yu Zhi, Xiang Kang couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you go to see the dragon boat, what are you doing here?" ”

"I should have asked you that, right?" Facing Xiang Kang, Yu Ji's little face was also a little red, and said: "Today, the sun is coming out in the west, and the dragon boat race is so lively, you Xiang brothers can actually not go to see the excitement?" Got the wrong medicine? Also, how come the apprentices in the blacksmith shop are all sleeping and not striking iron? ”

"I have something to do tonight." Xiang Kang yawned and said, "You guys came just in time, I also made up my mind to go to your house to find you in a while, sit inside, you go to my second uncle's house for dinner tonight, and I will go to invite Yu Gong in a while." ”

"The sun is really coming out of the west today, will you invite us to dinner? Did I hear me right? Yu Ji asked in surprise.

"Please, who called you my future sister-in-law?" Xiang Kang smiled and said casually: "It is only natural for my brother-in-law to invite my sister-in-law to dinner in the future. ”

Hearing Xiang Kang's words, Yu Miaoge, who was very thin-skinned in the back, of course blushed to the base of his neck all of a sudden, but Yu Ji was stunned all of a sudden, looking at Xiang Kang almost couldn't believe his ears, and said in his heart: "Future sister-in-law? Didn't he ...... all the time? Could it be that he has changed his mind? ”

Finding the strange expression of Yu Jiao's little girl, Xiang Kang, who is good at observing words and feelings, couldn't help but be stunned, saying that he didn't expect that his casual joke would make this little girl have such a big reaction, but the words were out and could not be taken back, Xiang Kang could only continue to maintain a gentle smile, and affectionately invited the three brothers and sisters of the Yu family to enter the room and sit down, but Yu Zhi nodded in agreement, Yu Miaoge also blushed and walked into the door, Yu Jiao, who was still laughing freely before, had a complicated expression, until Xiang Kang opened his mouth again to invite, Only then did he silently follow Yu Miaoge into the door, and there was no longer any smile on his face.

Or after inviting the Yu family brothers and sisters into the room, Xiang Kang had a showdown with the Yu family brothers and sisters, saying that Feng Zhong had received a tip report that a group of bandits from Weiqiu, who had been rampant in Maling Mountain recently, were going to come to Shiling Pavilion to rob the Yu family. At the same time, Xiang Kang also told the Yu family brothers and sisters that he and Feng Zhong would invite Yu Gong in a while, so that the Yu family would temporarily live in their own home, so as not to be accidentally injured during the fight.

After listening to Xiang Kang's introduction, Yu Miaoge was of course discolored, and the mediocre Yu Zhi was even more pale, and said, "Brother Xiang, is this news accurate?" You know that the bandits are coming to rob my house, why don't you do it elsewhere, or go directly to Maling Mountain to exterminate that gang of bandits, why do you want to do it in my house? ”

"I don't dare to say that the news is completely accurate, but at least seventy or eighty percent of it is true." Xiang Kang replied casually, and said: "Originally, we didn't want to do it in your house, but there was no way, we didn't know which way the bandits were going to come, and Maling Mountain was too big, and it was too difficult for us to find them, so we could only set up an ambush at your house." But don't worry, if there is any dead corpse and blood at that time, Brother Feng and I will arrange someone to deal with it, and it won't scare you. ”

After that, Xiang Kang added: "Brother Feng and I are also for your good, Weiqiu's gang of bandits is getting bigger and bigger now, sooner or later one day they will target Shiling Pavilion, and if they target Shiling Pavilion, they will definitely target your family first, so we had better kill this gang of bandits first, lest they lose their tail and make your family live in peace at all times." ”

"Also, Wei Qiu's gang is now considered a group of thieves, according to the laws of Great Qin, whether we catch them alive or kill them, we have a reward, so even if we break something in your house, we can reward you with money, and we won't let your family suffer any losses."

Hearing Xiang Kang's reasoning, Yu Zhi also nodded, and urged Xiang Kang to hurry up and invite Yu Gong, so as not to hurt Yu Gong in advance, Xiang Kang looked at the tattered water leakage meter in the corner of the room, and saw that the time was indeed not early, so he also agreed, got up and went to find Feng Zhong, preparing to pull Feng Zhong to invite Yu Gong together. The little girl Yu over there opened her mouth and said, "I'll go with you, I have some things to pack in my room." ”

Glancing at the little girl who had been silent, Xiang Kang nodded subconsciously, and when Xiang Kang and Yu Jiao went out together, they rushed to the pavilion of Shiling Pavilion first. As a result, when she arrived on the road, the little girl who had been walking behind Xiang Kang with her head hanging suddenly opened her mouth and said viciously: "Liar! ”

"And what do you tell me to do?" Xiang Kang replied without replying: "Insist on getting married to your sister, and then ask you for marriage, how will your sister feel?" How could your father say yes? ”

The little girl was silent, Xiang Kang sighed, and said: "Little sister, accept your fate, unless it is a miracle, otherwise we are fated, use what you said to me last time, forget me." ”

"Don't talk like I've been thinking about you!" The little girl roared in her heart, but when she looked up and saw Xiang Kang's thin and straight back, the little girl's heart suddenly felt like a knife, which hurt her heart and went deep into her bone marrow......

Of course, what the little girl didn't know was that Xiang Kang's heart couldn't stand it at the moment, but there was no way, as the signs of chaos in the world became more and more obvious, Xiang Kang had no time to think about what kind of love between children and daughters, so he quickly got the Yu family's money and prepared for himself to meet the troubled times, which is Xiang Kang's top priority now. So even if he actually loves this naughty little girl behind him more in his heart, Xiang Kang can only choose to accept the arrangement of the two uncles and the Yu family, and decides to give up his true beloved person out of conscience.

After finding Feng Zhong and going to Yu's house with Feng Zhong to explain the situation, the frightened Yu Jian of course immediately accepted Xiang Kang's arrangement, hurriedly arranged the family affairs to the servant, and immediately followed Xiang Kang to Xiang's house to live temporarily. Then Xiang Kang and Feng Zhong went their separate ways, Feng Zhong went to organize the pavilion guards to ambush in the courtyard of the Yu family, and waited for Wei Qiu to come and send him to death at the Yu family, while Xiang Kang first had dinner with the children of the Xiang family, brought dry food, and then went to the blacksmith shop to explain the situation, promised rewards, and distributed weapons to about 30 apprentices, and led them to ambush around the old mansion of the Feng family where the Yu family temporarily lived, and surrounded Wei Qiu and a group of bandits when the opportunity came.

That night, the four fathers, sons and sisters of the Yu family all lived in Xiang Kang's second uncle and mother's house, although the younger Xiang Yang and Xiang It and other Xiang family children stayed here with weapons, but none of the four members of the Yu family dared to sleep soundly, and only listened to the movement in the direction of their own house with their ears pricked up. However, from the time it was all dark until the second watch, there was no sound from the Feng family's old house, and Yu Jian's father and son and Yu Miaoge, who were not used to staying up late, also fell asleep one after another, only the eyes of Yu Yu's little girl flashed and shone brightly, radiating a complex light.

When the third watch was approaching, Yu Jiao's little girl couldn't resist the negrosam, and couldn't help but close her eyes and fall asleep, but just when the little girl closed her eyes, there was a sudden noise in the direction of the Feng family's old house, and there was a terrible sound of a dog barking. Yu Jiao's little girl was awakened together with Yu Jian and others, and hurriedly put on her clothes and went out, and followed Xiang It and others to the courtyard to check the situation.

The noise was even louder, and Yu Jian and Yu Zhi's father and son prayed to the heavens again and again, praying for God's blessing, so that Xiang Kang, Feng Zhong and others could successfully kill the Weiqiu gang of bandits who were targeting their own family, and also bless their own assets and losses. Yu Miaoge clasped her hands together and muttered silently in her mouth, Yu Jiao's little girl stood closer, and vaguely heard her sister praying for the blessing of the past gods, so that Xiang Kang would not be injured in the fight and return safely.

Hearing her sister's prayer, the feeling of being like a knife appeared again in Yu Jiao's little girl's heart, but the little girl still learned to put her hands together like her sister, silently prayed to the sky, and said in her heart: "Heaven and earth gods, please bless that liar to come back safely, don't let him get hurt." Although he lied to me, I didn't want him to get hurt, let alone lose his life. ”

It was also at this time that Yu Jiao's little girl suddenly realized that she may have hated Xiang Kang, but she has never forgotten Xiang Kang, and she has been remembering this man who was once infatuated with her, this man who once loved her sincerely, and maybe she is still really loving herself......