Chapter 9: The Eve of the Wedding
The maddening heat of the day gradually cooled down as the flesh-red sunset set. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the night is fluttering, stretching out the dark blue feather veil, reflecting the endless stars overhead, shining, staring at the faint and slow flow of the muddy red Wei River. The shore is a gentle high and low mountain, with juniper and bamboo forests. Mosquitoes and moths buzz around dwarf shrubs with fallen leaves, crickets chirp in the fields, and frogs chirp deep in the low-hanging rice fields. In the distance, in a gentle and wide mountain col, from a large manor, there were bursts of noisy gongs and drums and laughter, which seemed out of place.
The lively place is the location of Qinjiazhuang, which is seven or eight miles away from Huayin City.
Tomorrow is the time for the wedding, so all the important relatives and martial arts friends of Qinjiazhuang who come tonight are them. Of course, it is natural to be lively and happy, and the whole estate is full of lights, gongs and drums, and people come and go. Especially the people in Zhuangzhong, their faces are full of joy, and the posture of walking is not more than before, they are so energetic, and their voices are so excited and urgent, just like their own happy events.
After all, Qinjiazhuang has some fame in the martial arts, the manor is still small and large-scale, and the stone and wood structures in the front and back are two: the front village is the hall and living room that manages the affairs of the village, and the place where the people in the village live and stay, there is a rockery garden with trees and green cages; the back village is divided into two large courtyards, one on the left and one on the right, separated by a stone slab road, among which the courtyard on the left side of the mountain has a large patio, two tall willow branches, and the wind ripples; on the small flower bed half a person high, the flowers are slightly opened, and the fragrance is overflowing.
Almost every house in the whole manor is lit up, this hour, the lively and festive dinner has passed, the front hall is full of friends, laughter and joy, the village personnel shuttle back and forth, send tea and water, shouting and screaming, what is busy with the mess of the appearance of people hot.
In this happy time, on the slightly clean Houzhuang Yong Road, there is a maid named "Yuchun", who came out of the Zhuangzi house on the right, with two jade hands holding a plate of red melon and fruit pastries, and the lotus steps are fluttering. Just after walking a few steps, a strong force hit him from behind, and he stumbled under his feet, and his whole delicate body bent forward with a plate of delicate snacks, and he couldn't avoid falling. What a pretty girl, the delicate body that rushed forward swayed without a shadow, her hands clasped the tray, and the soles of her legs and feet bent forward again and again, her kung fu was good, "Bang-" leaned softly against the door frame of the side house in the left courtyard. Fortunately, it was stopped in time, otherwise it was inevitable that the body would have suffered.
Yu Chun turned around angrily and glared, seeing that it was a little girl of the same age who ran from the hall of Qianzhuang, her face changed, and she scolded: "Die, Yuxiang! Where are your eyes, little girl! I don't want to live, do I?"
Yuxiang almost crashed, frightened to the point that her face was discolored, her hands waved hurriedly, and she hurriedly defended and flattered: "Sister is angry, my little sister's eyes are clouded with oil! I'm sorry, Sister Chun is a good sister with a lot of benevolence, and my little sister is wrong, I will apologize to you!"
Yuchun is a little older than her, seeing her obedient appearance, I can't hold back my heart, "poof" a happy sound, looking at her, raising her feet and pretending to kick, laughing and scolding: "Dead girl, your mouth is smeared with honey! Forget it, what's the hurry? Is it that the master has found your in-laws' house for you!"
Yuxiang's face was flushed with shame, and she stomped her feet and argued: "Don't come, Chunchun is bullying people!" I kindly heard a shocking news to tell my sisters and increase my knowledge. That's good, but you're making fun of me. Okay, let's not talk about it, I'll go back to the master. Before he finished speaking, he pretended to be angry and turned around to act.
Yuchun is a maid with a good nature, how can she leave without saying the good thing, and her hands are not idle and can't pull, so she has to beg loudly: "Good sister, don't go, you are also stingy." I didn't care if you almost broke my bones just now, look at you!Okay, I'll give you a canary to play with later, but ......."
"Really?" Yuxiang was impatient, and was particularly happy to interrupt her.
"Fake, if you lie to me. Yu Chun chuckled teasingly, waving the snack plate in his hand.
Yuxiang was laughed at by her, her face pretended to change, and she was about to be angry, but in the room with the lights in front of her, there was a crisp shout: "Yuchun, Yuxiang, come in! ”
"Oops, the canary is flying. Yuxiang rolled her eyes a little disappointed and muttered in a low voice, but she didn't dare to speak loudly.
"It's okay, as long as the young lady is happy, the canary will spread its wings and fly to Qing's side like your dream brother. Hee hee ...... "Yuchun stubble joked straight, twisted his waist and held the plate, and said in his heart: I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Then, with one free hand, he lifted the curtain of the door and dodged into the house.
This is a renovated boudoir, with a new look, simple furnishings, and sandalwood, which makes the guests in the house feel plain.
At this time, the atmosphere in the room was warm and lively, on the high wooden chair in the center, a middle-aged beautiful nun with a smile was sitting, and two old people who were also nuns were standing behind her, and on the chairs on the left and right beside her, Cui Xiaohui and Qin Sujuan sat respectively. Now, the two daughters have been slim, one is like a red rose blooming in the mountains, and the other is a hibiscus from the lotus pond in the garden.
There were also five frolicking girls in the house, and two old women with big feet.
Cui Xiaohui is about to expire, and tomorrow is the big day for her to get married, but she still likes to wear the purple and red dress. Because she is an orphan, she is too much to be a teacher, and Qin Sujuan is a sister, and they are also lay female disciples of Putuo Mountain, so they don't need to be shaved. Due to Bai Wenyu's disappearance, her spirit was hit, and she did not leave Qinjiazhuang for the time being, but the master took time to come here every year to teach Putuo the mastery. This stay is three years, and today the master made a special trip to send him to get married.
Qin Shikai, the young owner of Qinjiazhuang "Haifeng Sword", has long been devoted to Cui Xiaohui, and has been carrying out a love offensive in the past three years, perhaps because of the passage of time, the pain in Cui Xiaohui's heart has gradually faded, and finally agreed to the marriage, which is also due to the master's persuasion.
At this moment, Cui Xiaohui's cheeks are glowing, her thoughts are like wisps, she should smile and brow, her red lips are lightly opened, and she wants to speak. However, the eyebrows still can't stop a cloud of sorrow and sentimentality, and some of them suffer from gains and losses. Its appearance and temperament are very different from the ambition of three years ago, and it looks much more mature and well-behaved.
Tonight's Qin Sujuan, dressed in a sky blue and green silk dress, has a melon-seed-like jade face full of smiles, and her bright eyes are filled with naughty and happy brilliance;
Yuchun and Yuxiang entered the house one after another, Qin Sujuan's eyelashes fluttered, and she said with a smile in her eyes: "Two stinky girls, what are you yelling about? ”
"Poor mouth, you bad girl who chews the root of your tongue, will I spare you?" Cui Xiaohui was full of anger, jumped up from the sandalwood chair, pretended to be angry, and pounced on her two jade hands in a scratching shape.
Qin Sujuan jumped up in shock, hurriedly walked around the back of the chair, her cheeks were crimson, her smile was like a flower, but her mouth was coquettish: "Ouch, sister-in-law is so powerful, my brother is in trouble, he actually married a mother or something......
"Hui'er, don't make trouble, tomorrow is your best ceremony, and you are still playing with children's tempers? Let's listen to Yuxiang and them, what 'earth-shattering' news do they bring?"
"Yes, master. Cui Xiaohui first restrained her delicate body and hurriedly agreed to the master, but Zhenshou faced Qin Sujuan, pretended to glare at her disobediently, stomped on the ground, returned to her seat, and sat down with her cheeks puffed out.
Qin Sujuan stood behind her seat, holding the back of the chair with her two jade hands, proud in her heart, and couldn't help panting and laughing: "Master, what good news can that stinky girl bring? Could it be that my father has found her a good mother-in-law's house, waiting to marry her junior sister." Giggled, laughed to death. ”
"Dead girl, I want you to be poor. The teacher couldn't help but laugh and scolded.
"Tsk, Miss provoked me and made fun of us. Hmph, in the future, I don't know which big man with a big head and no eyes will marry the young lady of our family, but he will be unlucky, hehehe. Probably Ping Suri was used to joking with the young lady, so the maid Yuxiang dared to fight back, endured it to the end, and even amused herself, and couldn't help laughing with the people in the house.
"Wow, little hooves have learned to hurt people. Be careful Ming'er, I asked my father to send you out, marry an old man with a big head, lack of heart and lack of morality, do you dare to go against me?" Qin Sujuan laughed and panted, sat on the chair, stroked her chest, pointed at the orchid in one hand, and tried her best to pretend to be angry at the girl.
"If you get married, you will get married, sooner or later, everyone will be the daughter-in-law of a man's family, and Miss may be the same as us!" Yuxiang looked at the young lady's jade face with her slippery eyes, knowing that she was pretending to be angry, and she was bold, she couldn't hold it, and when she said it, Qin Sujuan was stunned for a moment, and she couldn't say a word. reacted immediately, and couldn't help but be happy, laughing with everyone, leaning back and forth, the flowers and branches trembling, and gasping for fragrance.
"Retribution, retribution, it's right away!" Cui Xiaohui clapped her hands gloatingly, and her face was full of gloom for a while.
At this moment, the whole room is filled with an atmosphere of joy and comedy.
Everyone was very happy for a while, and Yuxiang cleared her throat and said under the urging of Yuchun: "Mrs. Shi, Miss, Young Grandma, before, the old man of the 'Three Friends of Fangwai' only came to the village when he was dark, and he was dining alone at this time." The old man asked him, why did he come so late? The old man said that he had met the three demons of Zhongtiao Mountain near Huashan......
"Ah, what's wrong with him?" asked Mrs. Sadhana in shock.
"No," Yuxiang shook her head, and then she took the Confucian Gu Yunpiao into encountering the "Three Demons of Zhongtiao" and was lured to a secluded woods to take revenge. Helpless, I had to fight with the three monsters, but unexpectedly, fortunately, a handsome young man who fell from the sky used earth-shattering peerless martial arts to defeat the three demons, and the old man was spared.
After all, Yuxiang has never gone to school, has read books, and the story is a little messy, and in some places there is a little color of her own understanding. However, the general plot of the matter, everyone still barely understood.
After hearing this, the teacher was too shocked to hear it, thinking that the "Three Demons of Zhongtiao" were notorious, and their martial arts were as famous as the "Three Friends of Fangwai". If it's a one-on-one fight, it's just between the two and the middle, and the same is true for yourself. Therefore, even if she counts the agarwood Buddha beads on her hands, she can't think of any master in today's martial arts who can train such a talented young man.
Qin and Cui's two daughters, like several young girls, listened to it yearningly, and they were surprised and envious, and they couldn't wait to see that handsome young man immediately. Qin Sujuan, in particular, had the idea of being competitive for no reason, and made up her mind to find him for a duel to see how he was able to defeat the fierce villain.
As soon as Yuxiang finished speaking, and was about to drink saliva to moisten her throat, the girls hurriedly asked who the young man was, and what was his name?
Helpless, she had to stand in front of the coffee table, looked at the cup of cold water, pursed her thirsty lips and agreed: "'Heavenly Absolute Hero'! That young man called himself 'Heavenly Absolute Hero', the old man asked his master, but he didn't say." ”
"Heavenly Peerless Hero!" was too surprised by the love teacher, and the famous characters in the martial arts kept coming to his mind, but he couldn't match and associate with this person, not to mention that the martial arts today had never heard of this person, and it must have been a young person who had just debuted. However, his martial arts are also amazingly high.
"That's right, he's just called 'Heavenly Peerless Hero'!" Yuxiang looked at everyone's surprised expressions proudly, and then her face darkened, and her eyes were a little damp and said, "Strange things are still to come." Do you remember the beautiful young scholar who came to our village with Miss Cui three years ago? ”
Yu Xiangqiao's face turned red for no reason, and her eyes glanced at Cui Xiaohui, the young grandmother of the future village, and saw that her expression was gloomy by her own words, and she hurriedly stopped talking. Half of the crowd nodded, and the rest were at a loss.
Cui Xiaohui heard Yuxiang's reminder at first glance, and suddenly recalled the sad past in her heart, and she couldn't help but have a pink peach face that was pale and miserable, and burst into tears. Fortunately, seeing this, Qin Sujuan hurriedly shouted at Yuxiang: "What does he have to do with this?
Yuxiang found that her young lady was as excited as Miss Cui, and she was so frightened that she didn't dare to say it anymore. After some urging from everyone, Fang Qi Ai said: "His name is Bai Wenyu, according to speculation, it may be him!"
There was a thunderclap on the ground, "Ah!" Qin and Cui Ernu suddenly threw up the seat, and rushed to Yuxiang in unison, grabbed one arm each, and asked excitedly, "Is it really him?!"
"Ouch, let go! Are you practicing claw skills or kneading dough, it hurts me to death, let go!" Yuxiang screamed at them so hard that her nose was sour and her eyes were filled with chili pepper water. I can't stop crying in my heart: this time it's a big loss.
Yuxiang screamed in pain, but made the two infatuated girls stunned, came back to her senses, and found that everyone looked at her gaffe, her cheeks were crimson, and she hurriedly let go. They glanced at each other with a wry smile, and hurriedly hid their emotions and sat down in a panic, seeing that everyone was inexplicable, and the embarrassed teacher also frowned, wondering why the two beloved disciples were so strange?
"Don't be verbose, what's going on?" Yuchun saw that she provoked the young lady's gaffe, and she was a little annoyed, and she couldn't help but drink in an aggravated tone.
"What's going on? That's it-" Yuxiang was in pain, in a bad mood, and some of her mouths rushed out of her mouth. Suddenly woke up, hurriedly stopped talking, frowned, and reluctantly changed his words: "At that time, the old master and the young master of the village were also taken aback when they heard his name. After asking about his appearance and dress, I was sure that the 'Heavenly Peerless Hero' might be Bai Xianggong, but I couldn't figure it out, how did he come from such profound martial arts?"
The sudden news made Qin Cui's two daughters get different reactions, and a mist rose in front of their eyes, and they sat on the spot: one was trembling with a delicate body and shedding tears, and the other was with a mysterious smile on the corner of his mouth, and his heart was flying. Three years have passed, Bai Wenyu, who has fallen asleep, has been resurrected in a high-profile manner, and the two daughters who were deeply saddened by his early death are so excited and shocked that they are haunted by their dreams.
In fact, Cui Xiaohui's marriage was a last resort, and Bai Wenyu's sudden disappearance really made the "invincible swordsman" Qin Da's family worry and anxious. At that time, their group of people stayed and searched for a few days in the hunting place, and finally found some torn clothes in the black forest that Bai Wenyu entered, which were torn off by branches on Bai Wenyu's body. Then, not far away, his mount was seen, bloody, torn to pieces by an unknown beast and fell to the ground. Judging from this, he may have been devoured by the beast, and he felt sorry in his heart.
At that time, Cui Xiaohui almost had a nervous breakdown, crying and crying all day long, but fortunately, she was persuaded by the lover master who came to Qinjiazhuang to teach art, and accepted her as a closed disciple, so her mood eased a little. Therefore, together with his senior sister Qin Sujuan, he immersed himself in practicing martial arts, reading and learning calligraphy in Houzhuang, so as to forget the sad past that was difficult to make up.
Clinker, "Haifeng Sword" Qin Shikai fell in love with her, and two and a half years later, he begged his father to propose to Shitai. Because of a special relationship, Mrs. Shi agreed, so she proposed and persuaded her beloved apprentice. Perhaps it was the passage of time, the glimmer of hope in his heart was completely shattered, coupled with his good impression of Brother Qin, and finally acquiesced with tears in his eyes.
At this moment, Cui Xiaohui is the girl in the house with the most complicated and unspeakable mood. In her mind, she was trying her best to control the boiling love, her heart was trembling violently and painfully, crying sadly, and her mind was full of bits and pieces with Bai Wenyu. The more I thought about it, the more sad I felt in my heart, and the more I was so confused and confused.
Hearing Bai Wenyu's message, Qin Sujuan's heart was infinitely mixed with joy and sorrow, and in the hazy lake of love, which had gradually fallen asleep due to Bai Wenyu's disappearance, a fierce hurricane suddenly blew, setting off a monstrous wave that was difficult to calm down. This strange feeling, just like when she first saw Bai Wenyu, she fell in love at first sight, which made her heart shake and it was difficult to control.