XXXV. Escape from marriage

The Peacock King carried Granny Li Yunuma and me through the valley in the dark night and landed into a canyon. The canyon is surrounded by mountains and is very hidden, the green pines and cypresses in the canyon, and the waterfalls become streams. The Peacock King put us into the canyon and spread his wings and soared, flying into the clouds and then unable to see.

Li Yu took me through the path between the pines and cypresses, and bypassed a meandering stream, and the water surface gradually widened up, and the source of the stream was a rushing river. The river is wide and the water is raging. There was a creaking old wooden bridge on the water, the bridge was very thick, and Li Yu led me across the old wooden bridge to a large mansion with hidden trees.

The door of the house is crimson, tall and big, Li Yu motioned for me to buckle the door, and it was an old man who opened the door, and as soon as the old man saw the swamp mother-in-law in Li Yu's arms, he immediately called out a black-clothed young man to the courtyard, and the black-clothed young man did not smile, and came over to take the swamp mother-in-law in Li Yu's arms and turned away.

I followed Li Yu through the front yard and walked through two doors to a backyard, the yard was exquisite, with a thick shaded cypress tree planted on each side, and the tables and chairs in the small hall were parked, and calligraphy and paintings were hung in the hall. Entering the hall, there are wings on both sides. One is for living and the other is for study.

Li Yu took me into the living room and said to me: "You take a rest here first, and then I will have someone come and ask you to wash and bathe, you look at the dirt and straw on your body, you really look like a weasel that has just come out of the chicken coop and has been beaten." Then he went out of the room.

I looked down at my dirty clothes, hands and feet, walked to the bed, and then walked to the door frame and sat down, I really didn't want to stain the brocade quilt on the bed, nor did I want to stain the clean table and chairs, leaning on the door frame and looking up at the cypress trees that covered the sky, I didn't know where I should be.

After sitting in a daze for a while, two maid-like girls in pink came up with a smile, and one of them said to me, "Niangniang, the water is already boiling, go and bathe." I saw that she didn't move, and she shouted to me again: "Mother, the water is already boiling, please go and bathe." ”

I sighed and said to the girl, "You're calling the wrong person, I'm not your mother." ”

"That's right, the king said that you are our mother, absolutely right. The other girl nodded at me.

"Your king?" I asked the two girls, confused.

"Yes, our king is Li Yu, he is the leader of our Black Prison Country. One girl said.

I nodded and asked the girl, "Who are you, how old are you?"

The girl said, "My name is Lingzhi, and her name is Samnu." Another girl, Ginseng, took over and said, "Niangniang, go and take a bath, don't wait for the water to be cold." ”

I didn't want to go, but I saw that I was really dirty, so I had no choice but to go to the bath room with the two girls.

Lingzhi and the women served me in the bath, and they sent me back to the bedroom and went back, and I felt very tired, so I fell down on the bed and fell asleep. I didn't dare to sleep in the fog, but I was groggy and groggy.

When the birds chirped, someone came into the room and touched my forehead, helped me cover the brocade quilt and walked out.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I opened my eyes again, I saw that it was already dawn, and Lingzhi and Samsao were cleaning the room in my room. When the cleaning stopped, they brought in a pile of red silk and a couple of red candle wax stands, and hung the red silk on the head of the bed in my room, and the red wax table was placed on the table.

"What are you doing here, is there anything happy here?" I asked them.

Lingzhi and the ginseng girl came around me: "Congratulations to Niangniang, the king said that he will have a wedding banquet with Niangniang tonight, and today the whole house is happy to congratulate the king and Niangniang." I wish Niangniang and the king eternal union and hand in hand for thousands of years. ”

I was so scared that I couldn't hold my hands on the bed and fell down: "What? What are you talking about?"

"Congratulations to Niangniang and the king for tying the knot and tying the knot forever. From now on, you will be the true head of our Black Prison Country. Lingzhi and Samsin congratulated me happily.

I hurriedly looked for my shoes, lifted my skirt and ran out. Behind the Lingzhi ginseng girl shouted: "Niangniang, where are you going? ”

I just ran forward, ignoring them. The old man who was guarding the courtyard saw me and bowed to me and asked, "I don't know what happened to my mother who was so flustered?"

I ran as hard as I could, not daring to turn my head back, but I heard many footsteps chasing after me.

I ran to the pine and cypress road out of breath and ran head-on, and when I met Li Yu head-on, I was in a hurry for a while, and my eyes fell to the ground.

I was carried back to the yard by Li Yu, lying on the bed I closed my eyes and didn't wake up, there were two little maids next to me, Lingzhi and the ginseng girl knelt on the ground and cried: "Niangniang woke up and we just said congratulations to Niangniang and the king for their marriage, who knew that Niangniang rolled off the bed as soon as she heard it, put on her shoes and ran away." If it weren't for the housekeeper yelling, we wouldn't know that Niangniang was going to run away, and we would definitely take good care of Niangniang in the future and wouldn't let her run away again. ”

The two maids walked out of the courtyard gate, Li Yu walked around the bedside, was silent for a long time, and shouted to the door: "Li Cheng, tell the housekeeper that tonight's marriage ceremony will be carried out as usual." He stood at the head of my bed and leaned down: "Are you so unwilling to marry me?" But this is destined by God, and no one can change it, even if you die, you will be my wife. After saying that, he walked out the door and left me to continue lying on the bed and pretending to be dead.