Chapter 245: Fake Marriage
The red line? Xu Mo was stunned for a moment, thinking: Could it be that the red line in the Tang legend is not successful? But this is the world in the painting, maybe it is just the same name.
While she was thinking about it, the girl saw that he didn't answer, and asked, "Uncle, what about you?"
Xu Mo came back to his senses and replied, "My name is Xu Mo." ”
"Oh! it turned out to be Uncle Xu. Red Line nodded, urged the deer, and followed next to Xu Mo's donkey.
Xu Mo knew what she meant by following her, in fact, she wanted to let herself help find the Taoist priest, and reminded: "Little sister of the red line, it's not impossible for you to follow me, but there is one thing, I want to explain it to you clearly in advance." ”
Hongxian was stunned when she heard this, and said with some grievances: "Uncle, you say." ”
Xu Mo nodded, and then said, "I can only do my best, but I can't guarantee that I will be able to help you find that Taoist." If you can't find it, don't blame me. ”
Lei Yuan looked at Xu Mo with an anxious look, as if reminding him that he shouldn't take things on himself, but Xu Mo just didn't see it.
Hongxian was stunned again, and then nodded aggrievedly.
The three of them rode along the path until they reached a village, and at the entrance of the village stood a monument with the words 'Xinghua Village' written on it. There was a large group of people standing in the distance, there was a sedan chair parked in front, the sedan curtain hung down, and it was impossible to see what was in the sedan chair, next to the sedan chair was a horse, and there was a group of blowers next to it, which was very lively. It's like someone is doing a happy event.
When Lei Yuanwai saw this group of people, his face couldn't help but change, he glanced at Xu Mo, and then said, "It's not good, it's the Liu family who is doing a happy event." I actually forgot about it. Xu Gongzi, let's take a detour. ”
Xu Mo only felt an indescribable strangeness. I thought: What does the Liu family have to do with us for a happy event. Why do you have to take a detour? Could it be that Lei Yuanwai has something to do with this family?
When those people saw a few of them, they suddenly made a noise, and the sedan chair carrying the sedan chair and the horse leading the horse quickly greeted them. When they got closer, they stopped, and out of the crowd came a middle-aged man, about forty years old, wearing a Confucian shirt and a clear face. behaved quite politely, walked up to Xu Mo's donkey, and bowed down.
Xu Mo returned the salute on the donkey, "What's the matter?"
The middle-aged man asked, "Is the son married?"
Although Xu Mo saw that he asked strangely, he still subconsciously replied, "Not yet." Lei Yuan looked at him urgently, but it was too late.
The middle-aged man's face immediately showed joy, and he glanced at Xu Mo again, stroked his palm and smiled: "Wonderful! Then he turned away. He beckoned to the nearby group of people and said loudly, "It's done." ”
The crowd erupted in cheers as they were neutral, and they all rushed up. Several middle-aged men walked up to Xu Mo's donkey and couldn't help but speak. The gripper of the gripper, the puller of the foot, pulled the foot from the donkey. A few big-footed women came over and said congratulations. While putting a dress on his body, he tied a big red flower on his chest.
Xu Mo arrived at this time. finally reacted, looking at the scene, these people seemed to be trying to rob their relatives, and they couldn't help crying and laughing. But these people are just robbing relatives, and there is no malice, and he is not good at attacking with the whip of the mind or psychic vision, and he said loudly: "Hey, you have found the wrong person, I have been married." ”
Several strong men next to him were stunned when they heard this, and one of them said to the middle-aged man: "Uncle Liu, this person said that he was married." ”
The middle-aged man Uncle Liu said: "I asked just now, he said that he was not married, and now he suddenly changed his words, either he was telling a lie, or he really became a widow, but he was either divorced or widowed." ”
A few older people had already called Lei Yuanwai over and asked Xu Mo about his origin, and Lei Yuanwai told everything he knew, only concealing the fact that the golden gun would not fall Dan.
The red line has always followed Xu Mo. A big-footed woman saw her and said with a smile: "Eighty percent is widowed, you see, this little aunt has been following the new aunt, and it must be his child." As soon as the bride passes through the door, she will be a mother, which is very lucky. ”
A middle-aged beautiful woman stepped forward surrounded by several maids, probably the bride's mother, her eyes did not blink, staring straight at Xu Mo, Xu Mo was a little embarrassed by her. The middle-aged beauty smiled, looking at the look on her face, she seemed to be very satisfied with Xu Mo. Then he turned to the red line and stroked her little head gently, and a maid next to her reminded the red line: "Girl, this is grandma, call grandma." ”
The red line was young and ignorant, looked up at the middle-aged beauty, couldn't recognize who it was, saw so many people around, and couldn't help but be a little flustered, and heard the maid's reminder, so he subconsciously called out: "Grandma." ”
The beautiful woman smiled and said, "This child is so good, Xiaohuan, give her our osmanthus candy to eat." ”
There was a little maid holding a brocade box, sending it to the red line, and said with a smile: "Little Miss, Madame will give you candy." ”
Red Line smelled a sweet smell coming from the box, she hadn't eaten, she was already hungry, and picked up a piece of candy and put it in her mouth. She was a child with a sweet tooth, and although the food she came from was beautiful, no one had the time to make it. The sweetness of osmanthus candy covers up all kinds of bad tastes, and I only think it is delicious, so I can't help but pick up another piece and put it in my mouth.
The maid said, "Take it." "Give her the whole box. The red thread was held in her hand, and the maid reminded her again: "Say thank you, thank you, grandma." ”
The red line said: "Xie Lu Xie Grandma." ”
Xu Mo saw it from a distance, and his heart became more and more anxious, and he said loudly: "Hey, you are mistaken, let me go, otherwise I will be unwelcome." ”
The middle-aged man walked outside Lei Yuan and said a few words to him, the voice was noisy, and he didn't know what to say, but he pointed at Xu Mo from time to time. Not long after, the two walked over together, and the middle-aged man waved at Xu Mo again, and Lei Yuan said: "Master Xu, that's the case, today is Miss Liu's eighteenth birthday, if you can't get married, you will be taken away tonight." ”
Xu Moqi said: "Abducted? Who was kidnapped? Someone robbed someone, you reported to the official, can it be effective if you get married?"
The middle-aged man sneered, "That's the case, Xu Gongzi doesn't know anything......"
Lei Yuanwai helped him introduce. "This is Liu Juren, the old man of Liu, and the father of the bride. ”
The middle-aged man took the conversation. introduced himself: "The cheap name Yu is the thirteenth year of Qichu. Xu Gongzi came from out of town. You may not know the situation here, since seventy years ago, a strange thing suddenly appeared in Luhuazhou, but if any girl reaches the age of eighteen, she can't marry Lu, and on the night of her birthday, she will disappear inexplicably. ”
Xu Mo was surprised when he heard this, "Where did you go?"
Liu Yu shook his head and sighed: "No one knows when the girl disappears." I saw only a cloud of smoke coming, and the people were gone. ”
Xu Mo remembered what the man he met in Yu Lu had said to him when he first came in, "Maybe it's a monster, hasn't anyone invited a mage to catch a monster?"
Liu Yu said: "It's useless, someone invited it earlier, but no matter what kind of mage it is, what kind of mana it is, it can't stop the girl from disappearing." Later, there was no choice but to find a way to marry the girl out of Lu before the age of eighteen. ”
Xu Mo said: "Then what's the use of you arresting me? I'll leave in a few days." Mistaken for your girl. Let's find another suitable one. ”
"This ......" Lei Yuanwai hesitated, as if he didn't know whether to say it or not.
After the last, Liu Yu took the words, and his expression seemed a little embarrassed. "This ...... The right one can't be found for a while, since Luhua except for this kind of weirdness. No one who waits until the age of eighteen to marry a girl is married at the age of fifteen or sixteen......"
It turned out that this Liu Juren had only one daughter under his knees. Regarded as the pearl of the palm, because there is no son, he raised his daughter as a son, and taught her to learn literature from an early age. She has talent, and her heart is also high, and idle men can't look down on her. Liu Juren and his wife regarded their daughter as a treasure and did not force her, so that by the age of eighteen, they had not yet married. Seeing that today is her eighteenth birthday, and if she can't marry again, she will be gone, so she has no choice but to take care of her family.
Even if there are people of the same age, they have already been married, and when they are a little younger than one or two years old, they have also been married. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, Liu Juren had no choice but to wait at the entrance of the village with his family and neighbors, planning to see one, as long as there is no family, then the marriage will be done first, at most survive tonight, the two will be reconciled, and then slowly Zhang Luo for his daughter in the future.
When Xu Mo heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry. Na Liu Juren said sincerely: "No matter what, please ask Gongzi Xu for a small favor and survive tonight, whether to go or stay is up to Gongzi Xu." Alas, in fact, with the appearance of Xu Gongzi, he is suitable for the little girl, but he can get by. ”
Lei Yuanwai also helped to persuade, "Xu Gongzi doesn't have a wife, so he might as well really ...... , The girl of the Liu family, I have seen it, she is really a rare beauty, I don't know how many people in the state begged her before, and wanted to be close to the Liu family. ”
Xu Mo said: "Liu Juren can wait a little longer, and maybe he can meet a better one." ”
That Liu Juren said helplessly: "It's getting dark, I can't wait, and I ask Gongzi Xu for help." ”
Xu Mo frowned and said, "Can't you find anyone else? Isn't Miss Liu begged by many people?" This sentence was not finished, which means that since Miss Liu is talented and beautiful, so many people like it, find someone who is younger and has not been engaged, and people must be willing to do it.
Liu Judao: "In a hurry, where can I find someone again?"
Xu Mo said again: "I am almost thirty years old, much older than Miss Liu, and even more inappropriate compared to others. ”
Liu Juren was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't see that Xu Mo was thirty years old. In fact, Xu Mo is one heaven and man, and after the tactile psychic, the speed of aging is obviously slower than that of ordinary people, and it does look younger than his actual age.
That Liu Juren was stunned for a moment, then immediately thought of something, gritted his teeth, and pleaded again: "Be sure to ask Gongzi Xu for help and survive tonight." ”
Lei Yuanwai also persuaded on the side.
Xu Mo looked over at the sedan chair, and there were several beautiful maids standing next to the sedan chair. The sedan curtain suddenly lifted a corner, and one eye looked over from behind the sedan curtain, which happened to be the same as Xu Mo's eyes, and seemed to be frightened, so he hurriedly took it back, and the sedan curtain was lowered again.
Xu Mo thought about it for a while, he wanted to help with this, but he was afraid of getting into trouble, so he asked, "Are you sure you will survive tonight and let me do my bidding?"
Seeing that he had the intention of agreeing, Liu Juren was overjoyed and said: "There is no lie, and you can make a contract to prove it." As he spoke, he clapped his hands, and someone sent a contract over. In addition, there is a marriage contract. It was written a long time ago.
Xu Mo took it and looked at it, needless to say, the marriage contract. That contract explained what happened after getting married, it was clear, and there were no pitfalls. If he wishes, he can use this contract to break the marriage contract and leave freely the next day.
Xu Mo finally reluctantly agreed, and signed his name on both contracts. Liu Juren was overjoyed and made a gesture to the others, and a few people came over to ask Xu Mo to get on the horse. The drummer blows. Crowded and walked to Liufu, and when they arrived at Liufu, it was a series of marriage ceremonies, not to mention the cumbersome procedures in between.
After worshipping heaven and earth, the young lady was sent to the cave room, and the Liu family opened hundreds of tables of flowing water seats, and invited everyone from Hecun to come to eat and drink. The commotion did not disperse until evening. Xu Mo was taken to toast dozens of times in a daze, and Lei Yuanwai didn't know where he had gone, only the red line was still by his side.
I saw that the sky was darkening. One by one, the guests dispersed. A little maid greeted Xu Mo with a smile, "Uncle, come here." ”
Xu Moqi said: "Where have you been?"
The little maid said, "Go to the new house." ”
Xu Mo frowned and thought: This is a show. Miss shouldn't be here.
At that moment, he followed the maid to a large house, which seemed to have been converted from the young lady's embroidery room. Xu Mo couldn't help but be shocked again. The maid led him into the main door, and reached out and pointed to one of the side doors. He smiled and said, "Uncle, you can go in by yourself." I won't be with you. ”
"Hey, is Miss in there?" asked Xu Mo.
The maid laughed again when she heard this, "What my uncle said is so strange, since you have become a parent, you said that the young lady is not there?"
As soon as he said that, he pulled the red line, whispered something to her, and the red line followed her.
"It turns out that the young lady is inside, since it is a fraud, she must have to do something like this, well, stay in a house for one night, maybe everything will pass. Xu Mo looked in the main room and saw that there were tables and chairs, so he sat down on the chairs. I drank too much wine, felt thirsty, and when I saw tea on the table, I took a cup and poured myself tea to quench my thirst.
There seemed to be movement behind the side door, and Xu Mo didn't pay attention to it. After a while, I saw a maid coming from the side door, holding a tray with pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the tray, and walked up to Xu Mo, squatted down and saluted, and shouted, "Uncle." ”
Xu Mo put the cup down and asked, "What's the matter?"
The maid put the tray on the table and continued, "Miss said that she wanted to test my aunt's article." ”
"Test me?" Xu Mo looked weird, turned his face and glanced at the tray, but saw that a neat line of block letters was written on the paper with a brush - Zi said: A gentleman is not a weapon.
He knew that Lu Dao was a passage from the Analects, and he generally knew what Lu Dao meant, but he didn't know what Miss Liu wanted to do, so he had to say, "I won't make a fuss." ”
The maid smiled and said, "Uncle is too modest. ”
Xu Mo said: "I really won't." ”
When the maid saw that he didn't look like he was lying, she suddenly became anxious and asked, "Has my uncle never studied?"
Xu Mo smiled: "I have read some books, but they are different from your young lady." ”
The maid said, "That aunt should write it." ”
Xu Mo asked rhetorically, "What do you write?"
The maid shook her head, "Uncle looked at the writing, so I wrote a few words." ”
"Okay. Xu Mo had no choice but to pick up the pen and write a few words on the paper casually, in fact, he copied the words written by Miss Liu. He hasn't touched the brush a few times since he was a child, and although the writing of the brush is not extremely ugly, it is not much better, and after writing, he is slightly embarrassed.
Fortunately, he was open in his heart, and he didn't have any demands for that Miss Liu, but he didn't take it very seriously.
The maid looked strange, and after he had put down his pen, he took the tray back into the side room, and soon heard someone whispering in the side room. After a few words, I heard the sound of crying.
The maid was persuading just now, "Miss, watch your body, don't cry, today is a big day, my uncle is still outside, crying like this is not good after all." ”
Miss Liu didn't listen, just cried, and said: "I was looking for a good person, but I ended up being a beetle, I only hate that I am not a man, if I am a man, I will come back with ten champions." ”
Xu Mo laughed secretly when he heard this.
The maid said, "Miss, my uncle is outside, don't let him hear these words." ”
Miss Naliu said: "I don't care, I just deliberately let him hear it." "I'm still crying.
Xu Mo couldn't help but answer, "Don't worry, after tonight, I'll leave tomorrow." ”
Miss Liu was puzzled when she heard this, and subconsciously asked, "...... you" and then suddenly remembered something, and said to the maid: "Xiaofeng, you tell him that I won't talk to him." Ask him why he waited until tomorrow, and he left. ”
The maid raised her voice and said, "Uncle, Miss asked me to ask you, why did you wait until tomorrow for you to leave?"
Xu Mo told Liu Juren how to pray for himself and fake marriage. When Miss Liu heard this, she cried even more, "My father...... My daddy...... How can he make a joke about my marriage?"
If not, tomorrow may not even be your man. Xu Mo thought so in his heart, but he didn't say it.
I heard Miss Liu suddenly say, "No, I'm going to ask my father why he is doing this." There was a clanging sound in the room, and it seemed that Miss Liu had knocked her chair to the ground when she stood up.
The maid hurriedly persuaded, "Miss, it's getting late, and the lord and lady may have already fallen asleep." Besides, on such a day, it is not appropriate to run over and ask. (To be continued......)
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