23 Chapter 23
As soon as Uncle Shitang spoke, the scene immediately cooled down.
On the contrary, Cui Xu glanced at him reproachfully: "What is this for, on today's happy day, where can I say that the guest is not a guest?" Come, let's raise a glass together. ”
As he spoke, he looked at Huo Tan: "Niece and son-in-law, today you accompanied your second niece back to the door, and you also prepared a rich return gift to prove that you have a second niece in your heart." ”
"I hope you will treat her well in the future, and the husband and wife will be harmonious and beautiful, and grow old together."
That's a decent thing to say.
So everyone raised their glasses together, and Cui Yunzhao also followed Huo Tan with a red face and ate a small half glass of wine.
Cui Xu wants to face, today's wine is very good, and it is made of apricot blossoms from Xinghualou.
Huo Tan was pulled by his cousins one by one, and he ate wine cup by cup, and soon blushed.
Cui Yunzhao knew that he drank a lot of alcohol and rarely ate sin, but at this moment he still showed worry, and hurriedly stopped his cousins: "Don't pour him wine." ”
So the cousins laughed: "I know that I feel sorry for people." ”
The table was staggered, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Huo Tan seemed to be one with the family all of a sudden, and instantly integrated into the lintel of the Cui family.
Cui Yunzhao only ate a glass of wine, then put down the wine cup and sat on the side to eat quietly.
After three rounds of wine, the hall was lively, and Uncle Liutang, who had already been blessed, immediately pointed to the white porcelain plate on the table: "Eat vegetables and eat vegetables, this is the secret roast duck sent by Baiwei Zhai in the morning, I remember that the second niece likes to eat it the most." ”
Cui Yunzhao then sensibly sandwiched a piece of roast duck to Huo Tan.
Huo Tan pinched his hand with chopsticks and paused, and then said, "There is a lady Lao." ”
Seeing the two of them like this, Cui Xu narrowed his eyes and suddenly spoke: "I am very relieved to see that you husband and wife are so close, there is actually another secret in this marriage at the beginning, but I am afraid that the second niece will be hearty, so I didn't say it." ”
"Now that I see that you are in a good relationship, I will tell you the truth."
Cui Yunzhao saw Huo Tan looking at her and raised a beautiful sword eyebrow.
Cui Yunzhao couldn't help but smile and asked, "Second uncle, what is the truth?" ”
Cui Xu didn't care about everyone's gaze watching the play, and still said indifferently: "Actually, your marriage has been decided a long time ago, when the in-laws were familiar with the eldest brother, and the marriage was orally agreed, but it was too hurried to make a note, leaving only a pair of jade pendants as tokens." ”
Cui Xu took out the pair of jade pendants and looked at Cui Yunzhao and Huo Tan quite lovingly.
"Now it seems that your marriage is really a match made in heaven."
He stretched out his hand, expecting the two to take over the most perfect evidence of this scene.
However, Cui Yunzhao and Huo Tan did not move.
Cui Xu's face stiffened, and Helan also helped on the side: "Are you happy and stupid?" Why don't you take this token soon? ”
Cui Yunzhao lowered his head suddenly.
At this moment, Huo Tan raised his eyes and looked at Cui Xu with great sharpness.
The ferocious aura that had just been restrained by him resurfaced, and in an instant, he seemed to be a different person.
is no longer the calm young groom officer, but a battle-hardened veteran.
I only heard Huo Tan's voice sound in a low voice: "Second uncle, why don't I know about this?" ”
"When my father was dying, I personally sent him, I asked my father if he had his last words, and my father said no, my father is the pillar of the country, loyal to the country, and died without regrets.
"As a child, you should be filial to your parents, even if your father has long since passed away, you can't be maliciously slandered like this."
Huo Tan's voice was calm and powerful, and it reverberated clearly in the hall.
"Second uncle, where did you get this jade pendant? Blinded by villains? ”
When Huo Tan said this, he didn't give Cui Xu a chance to defend himself at all, and directly smashed a hammer in the silent hall.
"It seems that I misunderstood the second uncle, the second uncle pinched the marriage of the lady to find General Lu, it turned out that it was not for Boling's political participation, but because he was deceived."
Huo Tan said and sighed, but then his tone became sharp.
"Who is so bad, dare to fiddle with the patriarch of the Cui clan at will, and slander the late assassin Shi indiscriminately, second uncle, you tell me the name, and I will kill this person, so as to clear the stigma of my father and second uncle."
In just a few words, the image of a decisive young general is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
The needle drop could be heard in the hall, and the young people at the two tables next door didn't dare to take a breath.
And here at the main table, Cui Xu was already pale.
The other uncles were all silent, their eyes lowered.
Huo Tan talked about killing, his tone was contemptuous, and he had a sense of lightness.
Killing someone is not a thing for him at all.
Cui Xu obviously didn't expect Huo Tan to react like this, not only did he not believe his words at all, but with this happy scene, he actually flipped the table directly.
This result was something he didn't expect at all.
He married his niece low, and Huo Tan married a noble wife for the sake of Cui's lintel, does his reputation sound good?
He didn't know if Huo Tan was stupid or upright, so he told the truth clearly on the table, not only did he not leave room for himself, but he also slapped him in the face.
At this moment, Cui Xu only felt pain all over his body.
He didn't know how to answer, no one dared to say anything, and the hall was eerily quiet.
At this moment, a low cry suddenly sounded.
Cui Xu's heart jumped, and an unknown panic instantly grabbed his heart.
Sure enough, when I looked up, I saw that Cui Yunzhao had already burst into tears.
She hung her head slightly, tears pouring down from those phoenix eyes, looking pitiful and fragile.
Cui Yunzhao gently wiped his cheeks with a handkerchief, but he didn't wipe the tears off his face, leaving half of them hanging there, making him look more and more weak and deceitful.
"I see," she said in a choked voice, "it turns out that my uncle actually listened to the slander of the villain, so he decided my marriage, and I blamed my uncle and aunt for it, it turned out that it was not you who were greedy for vanity, for the official position of participating in politics." ”
The husband and wife sang and harmonized, and sat down on the inexplicable villain, but everyone present knew that Cui Xu was for the position of participating in politics.
If he can't confess the villain today, naturally there will be no way to rumor that it is because of the baby, and in the end, this scene still can't be performed.
He is still the patriarch of the Cui clan who sold his daughter for glory.
Cui Xu's face was extremely ugly, knowing that neither Cui Yunzhao nor Huo Tan were willing to cooperate with him in this matter.
Helan Clan's face was pale, and he wanted to speak at this moment, but he was glared at fiercely by Cui Xu.
He reluctantly hooked the corners of his lips, sighed, and said, "It's because I'm so old and confused that I actually listened to such slander, but by mistake, I actually achieved a good marriage." ”
This cheeky person is really thick-skinned, and he doesn't want to admit his greed and vanity anyway.
That ethereal villain definitely doesn't exist, Cui Xu simply unveiled it neatly, and then raised his wine glass: "On the day of great joy, don't mention such unpleasant things, come, drink." ”
Huo Tan couldn't help but admire him.
He glanced at Cui Yunzhao and saw that she was still crying, so he didn't move.
The little couple didn't move, and the other uncles and aunts also sat there and didn't move.
Everyone knows that these two protagonists are today.
The Cui family is a famous family, but Huo Tan is a rookie general, and now the Son of Heaven is the power of the rebel, and the feudal town is called the emperor, who will be rude to the military general in person?
Huo Tan sighed, and his voice became soft: "Lady, since the second uncle admitted his mistake, then don't cry anymore, cry carefully and break your eyes." ”
Cui Xu's ambiguous two sentences, when they reached Huo Tan's mouth, became an admission of mistakes to their juniors.
But Cui Xu was at a loss, and he couldn't get any villain, so he could only sit on the side and laugh.
Cui Yunzhao raised his eyes and looked at Huo Tan, Jian Shui's eyes contained a river of spring water, hazy and pitiful.
She said softly: "But husband, I'm afraid." ”
Huo Tan asked, "What are you afraid of?" Isn't this having me? ”
"But the second sister and San Lang are still at home, in case there are villains framing them, I really feel uneasy."
Cui Yunzhao's words made Helan's lips tremble.
She hung her handkerchief so hard that she didn't let herself scold.
She ate and drank well and raised those two little ones, how did she get into the mouth of this dead girl, and she became a villain who wanted to frame them? Those two little talents don't need her to frame them at all, and they will definitely not be able to become big things in the future.
Helan was surrounded by Cui Yunzhao all of a sudden, and his thoughts were confused all of a sudden.
Cui Yunzhao raised his eyes and looked at Cui Xu with teary eyes.
Immediately after, she looked at the elders in the family one by one.
"My father passed away early, my mother also passed away, and the three of us sisters and brothers rely on the elders to take care of them at home," Cui Yunzhao's voice was sad, "But I also know that the second uncle is the patriarch, and he also holds an important position in Boling's participation in politics. ”
"I'm not that ignorant."