Xia Yan also saw the changing clouds. Lead clouds press down on the forest, so low that it looks like dark clouds before a midsummer shower, and it is not like a common scene in winter.

For some reason, Suzaku didn't come out for a long time. He sat at the edge of the forest, bored with dry grass for divination. Of course, before the trip, he calculated the good luck, even if he didn't do it himself, there was also a matchmaker aunt who was in charge of talking about marriage and discussed with him in detail about auspicious days, three books and six ceremonies. He was in a good mood when it came to marriage, and it was not too cumbersome, everything was solemnly and carefully discussed and chosen, and the matchmaker always talked a lot, and the same was true along the way, and he did not feel noisy, but felt that someone could suppress his worries.

He scattered a few wisps of withered grass at will, wanting to use the state of landing to divinate the way forward and seek peace of mind. The north wind suddenly showed a wild roar, the light grass suddenly lost its trace, and the dead leaves swirled in the dust from afar, slapping their faces, and breathing was difficult for a while.

He subconsciously turned his face sideways to hide his face from the wind. Looking up at the sky, the long-pressed lead cloud also rolled in mid-air with the change of the wind, as if to indicate that the future may be a rare blizzard.

There is a little bit of coolness, I don't know if it's rain or ice, and it flutters on the face coldly, about, it's the prelude.

"Lord Jun Li," there were still two relatives who came out of the Suzaku Mansion by his side, and he couldn't help but speak at this time, "I think the innocence is going to change, do you want to go first?" ”

Before Jun Li could respond, the sound of "Dede" sounded, and the team disappeared for a long time, and Zhang Ting returned again. "Lord Jun Li!" he shouted before he got close, "Hasn't Lord Zhu come out yet?"

"No, I was about to go in and look for him. Xia Yan untied the horse, "I think it's almost over, I'll urge him." ”

"Your Excellency. Zhang Ting rolled the saddle and fell off the horse, stepped forward to grab him, "Don't go first!"

"What?" Xia Yan wondered.

"Ahead, a single pioneer, is said to have been waiting at Taniguchi for a long time. We went immediately, and before we arrived at the agreed place, we met his people to meet us, and he knew that we were coming today, and sent someone to meet us early. I was worried about the rudeness, so I asked the matchmaker to hand over the book first, and the things were sent in first, saying that Lord Zhu and Lord Jun Li will arrive later, but--I thought it was not appropriate to ask Shan Xianfeng to wait all the time, so I came back quickly, Lord Jun Li should not go and see him first, Zhang is waiting for Lord Zhu here. ”

Xia Yan hesitated slightly, "According to the etiquette, it should be the master who took me to meet him......"

"That being said...... No matter what, it's better than letting the 'father-in-law' wait for a long time, and it's still like this. Zhang Tingdao, "Lord Junli is no better than the Shan family, and he has not seen Shan Xianfeng and Shan Girl, so look at it and don't have to be too stubborn." ”

Xia Yan looked into the forest. Suzaku's temper is not deliberately to make Shan Jiquan wait for a long time? If he knows that he doesn't listen to him and goes to see him alone, he will definitely be angry. But--Is there less when Suzaku is angry? In his selfish heart, he is actually a little worried that Suzaku and Shan Jiquan will meet face to face, and the atmosphere must be a little uncomfortable, and it may not be bad to find a clever way to reduce the embarrassment, at most ask him to say a few words afterwards. Anyway, the book ceremony has already entered, and the matchmaker must have said everything that should be said, as long as Suzaku comes, he doesn't care about morning or evening.

After thinking about it, he said: "Then I'll go first-Master Zhang will also go with me, there are two of them here." So he ordered two of his relatives to stay where he was, and the other went into the forest to find the Suzaku and speak.

The two rode side by side, although they were a little hurried, but they couldn't go too fast. "By the way, is King Yi still waiting?" Xia Yan said.

"I'm probably already in by now. Zhang Ting said, "Since the people from Qinglong Valley have come out, they can't still force them to stop them. ”

"I didn't think they would come out to greet them. Xia Yan didn't know whether to be worried or happy, and casually broke his thoughts, "Master, too, I've been here for a long time—the weather has become fast—in short, I want to have some differences with me, and I don't want to do it all." ”

Zhang Ting smiled: "This is a good thing and a lot of grinding-only in the unexpected." If it is too smooth, where can we show our sincerity of 'overcoming obstacles'. ”

Xia Yan smiled. That's what he thought in his heart. As long as the result is as good as it should be, none of this has to be taken to heart.

When I was in a hurry, I saw Xiang Liuyu and people waiting on the side of the road. The raindrops have become bigger, hitting the surface like a grain of frozen ice slag, and the people waiting have pulled up the hats one by one, and the sound of the freezing rain hitting it "click" shows that the sky has really changed.

Sent to greet Liuyu three miles away from the valley, this kind of etiquette is compared to the past, Shan Jiquan has really given himself enough face. Xia Yan hurriedly approached and dismounted, and saluted forward, "I dare not wait for my predecessors for a long time." ”

Xiang Liuyu has never liked to welcome guests with a smile, even if it should be a happy day, it is also wooden, indifferent, and his face is not good, but he just pulled the corners of his mouth a little and saluted back: "Prince Jun Li is polite." Didn't Master Zhu come with you?"

"Master is close to the left, and he will be here soon. Xia Yan said, "In such weather, I'll go to the valley with my seniors first." ”

Xiang Liuyu glanced at him hesitantly, nodded and said, "Okay." ”

He didn't seem to be in a hurry, and he seemed to have something else on his mind, leading Xia Yan and Zhang Ting, and he didn't walk fast. Xia Yan wanted to ask about the stabbing several times, but he didn't look at him, thinking that he didn't treat him so well when he first met, and he didn't feel very happy to talk to him, so he just did.

As a result, the mood cooled down a little. Even if Shan Jiquan and his wife agreed to their proposal this time, it would not be easy to really change the attitude of everyone in Qinglong Valley. But in the future, anyway, I won't have to deal with these people more, and now everyone can do this kind of etiquette.

Cheng Ping had already entered the valley with his new concubine, and the three hundred government troops stood upright at the mouth of the valley, facing the guards of Qinglong Valley. Xia Yan couldn't laugh or cry a little, "Master Zhang, you told them not to have a black face and a white blade, just go a little farther away and take a rest, what are you doing so viciously." ”

Zhang Ting smiled bitterly and whispered: "It's not that Lord Junli doesn't know what this army is doing when he comes along...... Originally, he was still waiting to enter the valley, but then King Yi insisted that someone wait for him outside, I thought that there would be no fault in the Qinglong Valley, and it would be inconvenient to embarrass me today, so I asked someone to stay outside, but ...... If King Yi really has something, we still have to do what we have to do. ”

Xia Yan understood what he meant. When the prince goes out on patrol or travel, of course, there must be guards, but there are about 100 ordinary people, and more than 300 people such as King Yi are following, not so much to protect him, but to deter him, telling him not to go back if he wants to stay in Qinglong Valley. If Qinglong Valley really has any bad intentions, these hundreds of people, plus Suzaku, Xia Yan, and Zhang Ting, will always make the Qinglong Sect unable to please him.

He still smiled and said: "King Yi agreed to come and return with me, these are just a formality, and I really need to use it to pay it back." ”

Zhang Ting dismounted and said a few words to several captains of the guards. Only then did the three hundred people disperse a little to the side.

The ice rain became heavier and heavier, and Xia Yan and the others had no choice but to put on the rain hat. Xiang Liuyu led him through the valley, he didn't know why he felt that the atmosphere in this valley was a little weird, but he couldn't see anything when he looked closely, and when he carefully distinguished, he gradually felt that it seemed to be because the color of Qinglong Valley today was too dark.

It's hard to explain, but a cloudy, freezing and rainy day will eventually look bleak on a cloudy, rainy day, no matter how verdant and colorful this valley used to be. The trees that had fallen their leaves were bare, and those that had not fallen were depressed, and everything that was cheerful was damp and darkened, and even snakes and insects did not have any life in such weather.

It must be because what I've seen along the way is too glamorous. He said in his heart. Everyone in the march was dressed in festive clothes, every cart of gift boxes was painted in bright colors, and even the saddle hangings of the horses under them were decorated - and after these were out of sight, and then looked around, everything naturally looked bleak, and it was definitely not that there was anything strange about this Qinglong Valley.

However, for a moment, something finally stung his eyes. He subconsciously pulled the reins, stopped, and looked into the distance through the hazy rain and mist. It should—that's right, on that treetop, a strand of dark gray cloth was blowing heavily in the wind. It was pure white the color of wind and rain and dirt. He jerked his head to look around, and was shocked to find that he had already been surrounded by such a gray and white. He had watched the event from the Storm Cliff more than two months ago. Dozens of days and nights, in the midst of the freezing rain, still clinging to the same gray background, drooping or swaying between the trunks and branches of trees near and far.

The boy's death is far from being forgotten.

"Jun Li Gongzi, what's wrong?" Xiang Liuyu realized his sudden pause.

Xia Yan followed up again, a few strands of wet hair that were rubbed by the rain hat stuck to his upper cheeks, and his expression turned a little pale.

"To seniors, am I ...... Too anxious?" he bowed his head and muttered as if to himself.

"What?" Xiang Liuyu didn't understand too much.

Before Xia Yan could answer, a loud laugh suddenly came from the front: "It's coming, it's coming." ”

He looked up with a shock in his heart, and Shan Jiquan was hurrying in. He didn't wear a hat and hat, he always stood under an umbrella. The umbrella with him was Shan Heng, a young man of about fifteen years old who was probably not fully grown, and he seemed a little lower and thinner beside his father, and he had to stretch out his arms with all his strength to cover the wind and rain.

- If it weren't for the accident, he would have been a little taller than his father. The figure with broad shoulders and thin waist - probably the most anticipated appearance of all parents in the world.

Xia Yan was in a trance for a moment, and then came back to his senses. There were only two people who came, Shan Jiquan and his son, who did not accompany him, did not have Gu Xiaomeng, and of course did not have thorns.

Probably because of the weather, this path in Qinglong Valley is quiet and quiet, and there is no more figure. Shan Jiquan's personal welcome - although it should have been grand and warm, it also seemed cold and deserted, and there was not much welcome.

"Single Pioneer. Xia Yan let go of the rain hat and saluted forward. He didn't wonder that the father and son would come to greet him halfway, but he wondered why Shicai's many bride prices were moved so quickly, and the matchmaker who talked a lot, shouldn't he follow Shan Jiquan to gossip?

After thinking about it, Gu Xiaomeng and Thorn should also be waiting. Rather than gossip with Shan Jiquan, the matchmaker probably still likes to stay at home and chat with the female dependents.

He took out the lacquer seal from his bosom. "This is my master's post to present the Shan Pioneer - although it should be his old man's personal service, but he-there is something delayed, but I dare not delay the business, so - I over-the-top the offer, and I hope that the Shan Pioneer will not be surprised. ”

"Well said. Shan Jiquan didn't care, smiled and stretched out his hand to take it, "Lord Zhu must have gone to the 'old man'?"

"Yes. Xia Yan said. "I originally wanted to wait for him to come, but I didn't expect to hear that Shan Xianfeng was already waiting in the rain, so he came first as soon as possible. It's because I didn't plan well, and I still want to be a pioneer......"

"It's all here. Shan Jiquan said lightly, "Let's go home first, it's not easy to talk here." ”