Chapter 116: Bad News
On August 16, when Yutang was on duty, everything was appropriate, and he did not avoid jealousy. On this day, he avoided Sanqijiu, avoided Sanniangsha, and married Huang Daoji, a talented man with a beautiful woman, it is also a match made in heaven, although the Gao family is not an official eunuch, but it is also a solid family, Gao Gongzi is a scholar and sensible, Yu Niang married in the past, and he can't endure hardship, which is also a comforting thing for Liu Laosan.
This time, inside and outside the house, there are red lanterns hanging everywhere, and one hundred and eighty people in the village have come to watch, and they have seen dozens of black lacquer boxes of the Liu family, with red characters pasted on them, and they all praise the handwriting, not to mention those copper mirrors, copper basins, and quilts, which are all laid out, which is definitely the only one in the village in recent decades.
The big red wedding word, the big red wedding dress, and the pillows, quilts, handkerchiefs, shoes, purses and other embroideries that have been prepared for a long time. All of them are of the highest quality, and the embroidery is also a good flower full moon, five sons Dengke, mandarin ducks playing in the water, magpies Dengmei, white-headed old together, and there is such an auspicious wish in the celebration.
Outside the door, the sound of children's play, the congratulatory sound of congratulatory gifts, the sound of firecrackers, laughter, and drum music. Yu Niang covered her head, listening to the lively sounds outside, she couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, she was a little reluctant to let her father and mother go, and she had some expectations for the future, after all, women are going to get married.
The quiet waiting made her feel so tormented, as if she had passed a lifetime, until the sound of firecrackers outside the door was endless, and some children shouted: "Welcome the bride!" "Suddenly, it's finally come to this point.
"Sister, the greeting is here, if the red envelope is not enough, we will not let it in." Several female companions from the same village laughed, happy for Yu Niang, but also envious of her for finding a good mother-in-law. The bride has a female companion, the bride naturally has a male companion, followed the groom to the outside of the house, urged, threatened not to come out, just hit in, the women will be afraid of this, hee hee tossed a stick of incense time, the red envelope was satisfied, and then helped the jade lady to go out.
In everyone's attention, Yu Niang wears a phoenix crown on her head, a red scarf on her face, a red juan shirt on her upper body, a red robe embroidered on her coat, a collar on her neck, a heavenly official lock on her neck, a demon mirror on her chest, a shawl on her shoulder, a bag on her shoulder, a "silver hand" wrapped around her arm, and a red skirt, red pants, and red satin embroidered shoes.
The hijab blocked Yu Niang's eyes, but she knew that there must be many people watching at this time, a woman is like this once in her life, so she took a small step and walked very carefully, but she didn't expect that when she walked outside the door, a breeze suddenly blew, and she lifted the hijab, revealing a beautiful face, and the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, not only the person who married was stunned, but even the female companion who accompanied her was stupid.
Gao Gongzi rode a high-headed horse, and when he saw this scene, he was also surprised, he didn't see Yu Niang, but he didn't expect that the Yu Niang dressed up was so beautiful and so exciting...... I couldn't help but hold my breath. Some are embarrassed to see it, but they are reluctant to watch it.
The Gao family welcomes relatives, unlike ordinary small households, who only use donkeys and horses to fill things, but set up a big cart with two white horses drawn by red and hung colors, and the carriage is equipped with soft cushions and stoves.
"Send your family!" With a shout from a half-sized son, fifty or sixty people rushed up, rushing to carry all kinds of dowries, hugging, carrying, and carrying...... There are men, women and children, each following the carriage around, giggling and laughing along with the carriage, this famous hall is called marriage, welcome the kiss said, the woman borrowed the daughter to be reluctant to the parents, sent to the man, the main purpose is to ask for red envelopes, if you don't give, don't mind sending the bride to your house, and then eat and drink for a few days, you still control, you can't marry the daughter-in-law, you forget the mother's family.
This is the custom, when a man marries a daughter-in-law, he will bring a lot of possessions, wine and food, and give them to the people brought by the man, so that he is willing to put down the dowry and pretend to be reluctant to go back.
At first, everyone really went to send the bride, reluctant to marry her elsewhere, often went to live for a few days, eating and drinking is naturally the man's hospitality, if the big family is fine, the small family so tossed down to have to raise debts, after a long time, they figured out such a way, bring money, wine and meat, on the way to send one by one, and then persuade one by one to go back, in the long run it has become such a custom, so many years, everyone is doing this, although it is noisy, but it is also festive.
The group of people made such a fuss, blowing and blowing, turning over a mountain, the Gao family began to take out the prepared belongings, wine and food, one by one to send, one by one to persuade, to this place is just right, the distance is close, there is no reluctance to marry the girl, far away, go home but have to walk more.
was making a commotion, when suddenly, a black shadow flashed in front of him, and from the woods on the side of the road, more than twenty black-clothed people jumped out. These people are all strong men, wearing black power suits, carrying bright steel knives, covering their faces with black cloths, and everyone's eyes are cold and ruthless.
"Bandits who cut the path!" I don't know who shouted, greeting relatives, sending relatives, there are more than 100 people together, no one expected that under the blue sky, under the bright sky, there would be someone so bold and come out to loot. Suddenly there was a mess, more than a dozen robbers were fierce and abnormal, seeing a lot of people, not only did not retreat, but cut with a knife, the first to lead the horse to the groom was hacked to death, a ball of blood splashed, sprinkled the groom's face, he was a scholar, there had seen this face, in the panic there was nothing to care about, the horse ran away.
The groom has run away, what are the others staying for? The folk customs here are not strong, and the excellent life has long made them lose their blood surname, not to mention the blood, these robbers are all ruthless, one after another knife light is lit up, and people continue to wail and fall to the ground, and suddenly there is a bang, and they scatter and flee like a frightened bird.
It was still a lively and festive marriage just now, and immediately the carriage in which the bride was riding was left, and even the coachman abandoned the carriage and fled, Yu Niang's whole body trembled, and she hurriedly shouted loudly, but who would save her at this time? As soon as she shouted, a man in black lifted the curtain, stepped up, and covered her mouth tightly. Yu Niang saw a pair of blood-red eyes, she struggled desperately, and the hairpin ring on her head fell to the ground, however, as delicate as her, how to break free, the man in black stood up with one hand, turned into a palm knife, and cut off the back of her neck.
Yu Niang's eyes were dark, and when she lost consciousness, the man in black picked up Yu Niang and got out of the carriage, cut the reins of the horse with a steel knife in his hand, and put Yu Niang on the horse's back, and the remaining robbers looted the money, whistled, and drilled into the mountains, and there was no figure.
Fleeing home to send relatives, there are feet hurriedly rushed towards Liu Laosan's house, to the door, can still smell the smell of artillery burning, can also see a place of red confetti, a few hours ago still feel festive, now it seems, but it is a place of desolation, Liu Laosan's relatives and friends have not dispersed, around the lantern hall of the ancestral hall with Liu Laosan and his family to say joy.
"His third uncle, it's not good, Yu Niang was robbed by robbers, take someone to see it......"
"Bang dang!" The teacup in Liu Laosan's hand fell to the ground, stared at the person who reported the news, and asked in a dumb voice, "What did you say?" ”
"His third uncle, we sent Yu Niang over the mountain, and when we arrived at Erdaoliang, we were robbed by a group of robbers, this group of more than 20 people, each with a long knife, we don't have a guy in our hands, we can't fight them, I have a fast leg, come back and report to you......"
When Liu Laosan heard this, his face turned pale with shock. Liangchen Ji said, such a thing happened, how can he explain to his in-laws? It's good that the daughter wants to come back safe and sound, in case something goes wrong, it's a matter of incomprehension. Yu Niang's old mother, at that time was paralyzed on the ground, her eyes rolled white, only the breath out, there was no breath in, this frightened relatives and friends, hurriedly gathered around, shouted people, pinched people, tossed for a while, the old lady woke up, opened her eyes, and cried out in her throat: "My poor girl! But how is it good......"
After all, Liu Laosan has seen the world, while sending people to gather manpower, while secretly thinking to himself, there are no cottages in the two nearby mountains, strongmen, maybe someone inquired about my marriage with the Gao family, and the two families are solid, so some people have bad intentions and want to kidnap Yu Niang and ask for money.
If that's the case, then it's nothing, it's considered to be ruined and avoided, who let themselves be so careless, but Yu Niang is so beautiful, if the strongman has other thoughts, it will be very bad, thinking about it, the more I think about it, the more confused my heart becomes, and more and more people are sending their relatives back at this time.
came back, and felt ashamed of Liu Laosan, Yu Niang, this girl, not only has a handsome face, but also a first-class surname, when she meets, she doesn't smile or speak, who has a problem, there is a disaster, Yu Niang also went out to see it, such a good girl suffered, and no one could not go in her heart. What's more, I went to send my relatives, took the Gao family's silver, and gave it to this appearance, how can I see people in the future?
After relieving himself, he immediately called his friends and friends, volunteered, carried a gun and a stick, gathered the young men of seventy or eighty, and took Liu Laosan straight to Erdaoliangzi, but when he arrived at the place, there was only a mess left, and there was still a strong man there.
Liu Laosan was unwilling, and led everyone to look around, from the day to the twilight, from the fall, until the second half of the night. The mountains where Yu Niang disappeared were all found, the mountains were full of sparkling firelight, shouts came and went, after such a toss, everyone was exhausted, but even Yu Niang's shadow was not seen.
Liu Laosan's face was as straight as a dead man, but he still sent someone to the county to report to the official, and sent someone to his in-laws' house, so that his family also sent someone to find it.
The two groups of people got together and searched for seven days, almost all over the radius of a hundred miles, but Yu Niang was like disappearing from the world, no one was alive, no corpse was dead, and so a month passed......
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