Kong Qiu and Peng Yu'er faced each other in the Peng Mansion, and they didn't dare to speak to each other. Although they are usually very close and familiar, Kong Qiu is naturally good at etiquette, and he never acts and words too affectionately. At this time, the two knew that they were about to become husband and wife, but they became more and more at a loss.

Peng Yu'er was okay, and she could still talk to Kong Qiu about Master and Mao, but Kong Qiu became more and more flustered, and suddenly thought of a big thing: "Senior sister, I'm ...... I have to go home, I haven't told my mother about it, and I still have to make some preparations. ”

When he said this, Peng Yuer was also stunned for a moment, and she had forgotten about it when she was happy before. How can you get married without the order of your parents? Peng Yu'er asked worriedly: "Your mother, she won't disagree, right?" ”

Kong Qiu waved his hand again and again: "How can this be, mother likes you very much." Although you don't see each other much, she always mentions you. She'll be happy. I'll go home and ask my mother to prepare the dowry. “

He took two steps, turned back again, and said uneasily, "It's not good for you to be home alone." ”

Peng Yu'er said angrily: "What's wrong, that cowherd has run away, and who will dare to come to the door to find trouble for no reason." You go early and come back before dark. ”

When Kong Qiu arrived home, the family had just had lunch. My mother was weaving in the house, and my brother Meng Pi was chopping wood in the yard. When he saw his brother, Kongqiu's heart sank. My brother is not married yet, so he got married first, which is unreasonable. He knew that his brother had a good girl, the daughter of a carpenter at the head of the village, but in order to take care of his mother, his brother had not yet married, and he had to marry first, which was really difficult to say.

My mother and brother were very happy to see Confucius return. Ask him why he came home at this time. Kong Qiu hesitated for a long time, but still did not hide it, and said it truthfully. The mother happily went to the offering table and saluted the ancestors: "Ancestors bless, Qiu'er is about to get married." She wiped her tears and said to Kongqiu, "Yu'er is a good child, and your master's willingness to marry her to you is really a great kindness." Our family must not lose to others. You don't have to worry about the dowry, my mother has saved money. ”

Kong Qiu saw that his mother kept coughing while talking, and his face turned a little pale, and asked worriedly, "Mother, are you not well?"

Mother waved her hand again and again: "I'm in good health, I'm just too happy and a little flustered." ”

Meng Pi hesitated and nodded. He put down his axe, came over and said, "Mother, I have money. I have all the monthly money paid by the errand place. ”

Mother hesitated: "You have to keep your money, didn't I urge you to propose to Master Lu's family a long time ago, why did you keep delaying it." ”

Meng Pi smiled: "No hurry. Kong Qiu shook his head and said, "Brother, if you don't get married, I won't get married, and I don't have this etiquette." ”

Meng Pi was angry: "I didn't say I wouldn't get married." All you have to do is prepare your business. You are a scholar, and you want to marry a girl with the gift of a scholar. Lu Xuan'er and I are both civilians, everything can be simple. I'm going to propose marriage in the afternoon, and I'm sure I'll get married before you, so you're relieved, right?"

Kong Qiu's nose was sour, and he couldn't help but cry. Meng Pi patted him on the shoulder: "Leave it to me here, you just go back and wait." When your master comes back and you are going home, I promise to prepare everything and let you go over to propose marriage with the etiquette of the Shi clan!"

When Kong Qiu returned to his master's house, he was stunned when he was far away. A large group of people surrounded Peng's house and shouted noisily, which was very lively. The gate is draped in red and hung with colors, which is a posture of doing happy events.

Kong Qiu immediately thought that the master must have come back to handle his marriage with Yu'er. His face turned red, and he walked forward slowly, afraid that he would be laughed at by the people outside the door.

The people around the door were begging for cakes to eat, and when they saw Kong Qiu coming, no one joked with him, but they knew that he was a disciple of Peng Keng, so they let him go inside. Kong Qiu breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly walked towards the door, but was unexpectedly dragged by someone.

When Kong Qiu looked back, it was Yang Hu. Yang Hu looked angry and said to Kong Qiu: "Unexpectedly, a flower is inserted in cow dung. I don't know if I can't get it, I can't imagine that Master's vision is so poor. ”

Kong Qiu knew that he liked Yu'er, and it was normal for his heart to be pantothenic at this time. I didn't want to have a verbal battle with him, so I smiled and threw off my sleeves and walked in. Later, Yang Hu shouted: "You can still laugh? If I were you, I would just hit my head and die." ”

Kong Qiuxin said, how can I be the same as you. You died because you couldn't get Yu'er, what reason do I have to kill you? I want to grow old with Yu'er and live happily ever after.

Kong Qiu walked to the door of the main house, suddenly stopped, and the whole person was like a clay sculpture and wood carving, fixed on the spot.

Peng Yuer covered her head, and with the support of several mothers-in-law, she seemed to be unstable and swaying. Peng Keng's face was expressionless, and he sat on the chair behind him, also like a sculpture. When he saw Kong Qiu coming in, his eyes jumped slightly, and he closed his eyes again.

Standing opposite Peng Yuer was a Mao dressed in auspicious clothes. The expression on his face was extremely complicated, with a satisfied ecstasy, with a hint of guilt in the face of Kongqiu, and from time to time he peeked at the master, as if he was worried that the master would do something at any time. But what Confucius could see more on his face was confusion, an indescribable confusion. It seems to have gained everything, and it seems to have lost everything.

Kong Qiu stood on the ground in a daze. The noise and cheers that filled the courtyard seemed to be far away. He looked at Yu'er, although through the hijab, Yu'er also felt it, and turned in his direction.

As if irrepressible, Kong Qiu's flying soul surged out and rushed into Yu'er's shrine. Yu'er's body trembled slightly, and people only felt a breeze passing by, and there was nothing unusual.

The sky is raining. Yu'er stood on the walls of the palace, her whole body drenched in the rain. She looked at the hole mound standing beneath the city wall, also soaking wet. They all had no intention of turning on the Soul Protector Light, and it seemed that this was the only way to be happy.

The city gate was not opened, and Yu'er looked at Kong Qiu with a wry smile on the city wall. This is the inner world, she can't clearly know what is happening outside, she only knows that she is someone else's wife, and the door of this palace can never be opened again.

Kong Qiu walked towards the wall door, and he didn't know what he wanted to do. He only wanted to know the reason, but he knew that the jade in this temple could not be explained. But who else could he ask?

There was an angry roar from behind him: "Senior brother, what are you doing?" Kong Qiu turned around and looked at Mao behind him. His body glowed with a white light, and the rain could not penetrate it, only slowly flowing down the white light.

Kong Qiu didn't speak, just forced his gaze. Mao took a step back with a weak heart: "Senior brother, this is Master's decision. If you don't believe me, you can ask Master!"

Kong Qiu believed that if it weren't for Master's decision, Yu'er would not have agreed. But why did Master suddenly change his mind? Before leaving, Master said so surely, when they came back from Mount Tai, they would marry themselves and Yu'er. Why? Why did it suddenly change?

Kong Qiu gritted his teeth and moved forward step by step, standing on the ground, resisting the desire to retreat. The distance between the two is getting closer and closer, and the white light on Mao's body is sheng: "Senior brother, don't go any further, otherwise I'm welcome!"

With a flash of white light, Yu'er leaped down from the city wall, like a Lingbo fairy. She stood between the two, just like she had done every time there was a conflict before.

Mao looked at Yu'er and asked tremblingly, "Yu'er, will you help him or me?" Kong Qiu didn't speak, but also looked at her.

Yu'er's voice trembled, but the cold feeling even turned the surrounding rain into ice: "Senior brother, Mao is my husband, you can't do it." This is my world, and you can't do it here. ”

Mao was overjoyed, stepped forward excitedly, and hugged Yu'er. Yu'er stretched out her hand and pushed him away: "This is not outside, I don't know why I became your wife." But here, I have my own freedom. ”

Mao was stunned, took a step back, and clenched his fists: "I will let you accept me, I will love you for the rest of my life." ”

Kong Qiu took a step back, took another step back, his body spun, and one last glance at Yu'er, which slowly dissipated.

Kong Qiu's body shook and looked up at his master. Peng Keng seemed to be unconcerned about what had just happened, his gaze went over Kong Qiu's head and looked at the sky in the distance.

Kong Qiu stepped forward and bowed to the Master. He didn't know why he was doing this, it was a feeling that he was going to lose more than Yu'er today.

Peng Keng stood up slowly, his voice was not loud, but everyone present could hear it clearly: "Fellow villagers, please witness it." Today is the day of my daughter's marriage to her eldest disciple. Mao is my eldest disciple and my son-in-law. From now on, all my family inheritance will be inherited by him. ”

People looked at each other, because many people knew that Kong Qiu was Peng Keng's big disciple. Yang Hu was the first to lose his breath and shouted: "When did Mao become a big disciple?"

Peng Keng said proudly: "Kong Qiu has ordinary qualifications, is lazy and industrious, and has long been removed from my disciples. I am under Peng Keng, and there is no useless person. You can go to various countries and ask which of the disciples that I Peng Keng admits is not a talent. ”

Yang Hu knew that what Peng Keng said was true, last time he was scared and sick, his father wanted to trouble Peng Keng, but he didn't expect that the generals and ministers of several countries wrote to Ji's family, saying that Peng Keng was his own teacher, and asked Ji to take care of him. For this reason, the Ji family also wanted to invite Peng Keng out of the mountain, but Peng Keng politely declined. Otherwise, with his father's temper, how could he be so kind?

This is also the reason why Yang Hu was scared when he saw Peng Keng later. Armed with spells and well-connected, he must not be offended.

Yang Hu asked loudly: "Master, I am recuperating at home because I am sick, but I have not left the master's door." ”

Peng Keng nodded: "You can also be regarded as a material that can be made, so let's contribute to the country in the future." ”

Yang Hu is overjoyed, with Peng Keng's words, his future worth will be much higher. He looked around proudly, wishing that Ji Sun's family was at the scene and heard it with his own ears. 's father is Ji's confidant, and Ji Sun's also values himself a lot, and with Peng Keng's approval, he is just around the corner.

People are even more discussed, and everyone knows whether Kong Qiu is working hard to study, but in terms of character, Yang Hu must have been thrown out of more than a dozen streets by Kong Qiu. Yang Hu can be regarded as a disciple by Peng Keng, Kong Qiu was expelled from the school, so how bad did he learn?

Kongqiu's face was pale, and the successive blows were already too much for him to bear. He insisted on finishing the apprenticeship and staggered away from Peng's house.

Peng Keng looked at Kong Qiu's distant back, his face turned from pale to iron-blue, and he looked at Mao, like a fierce tiger and poisonous dragon that had just come out of the hole.

Mao couldn't help but shudder, and involuntarily stepped forward, holding Peng Yu'er's hand with one hand, and putting the other hand on the stone covered with red cloth on the table.

Peng Keng sighed, closed his eyes, and the strength of his whole body dissipated.

Mao was shocked, looked at the mother-in-law who was supporting Peng Yu'er, and shouted: "Don't continue, I'm going to miss the auspicious time!"

The drums started again, drifting over Peng's house. A few blackbirds circled in the sky and scattered in all directions.