I heard you have nine tails

The second prince Li Yun's wedding was a lively affair.

Li Yun and his concubine's mother and son used to be invisible people in the harem.And the concubine's family is not obvious, in order to make face for the second prince, Empress Xu chose the concubine to be the granddaughter of Wu Zijiang, a former scholar of the Imperial Academy.Wu Zijiang has retired.The only son's official voice is not obvious, and he has no real power in the court.But his family background is noble, and he has many disciples, so it is suitable for Li Yun's status.Miss Wu's face is beautiful, she is a talented woman, her personality is gentle, and she is a good match with Li Yun.

With the help of disciples from the Wu family, the marriage naturally became lively.When Li Lin went to Kunning Palace to visit Empress Xu, Empress Xu repeatedly asked him to drink a few glasses of wine and help out.

Needless to say, Li Lin has a good friendship with this second brother.

The second prince has not yet been conferred, and the marriage is also in the palace.

On the auspicious day, the imperial city was bustling with activity.The second prince originally lived in Jingyang Palace, which is remote and quiet, no doubt like the Leng Palace.Now it's not suitable to live there after getting married, so Li Lin proposed to move to Shou'an Palace.

The Shou'an Palace has now been decorated with new decorations, with lanterns and festoons everywhere.Li Yun was dressed in a bright red wedding dress and entertained guests.

When Li Lin came, the other two princes had already arrived.A group of people knelt down to salute, Li Lin hurriedly excused, "Today is a good day for the second brother, so there is no need to be strict."

"His Royal Highness is different from others, and the day of great joy is long overdue." The third prince's mouth was full of yin and yang, and his attitude was even worse than before.

The atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.The second prince cast an apologetic and pleading look at Li Lin.His mother's family is no better than the third prince, and she is used to cowardice in front of the third prince, and she doesn't want to have any trouble today.

It's okay for Li Lin, he knows that the third younger brother is hated because of the Yao family's affairs, and was about to laugh it off, but he heard an immature voice said in a serious manner: "Second brother forgot, the Xianyang Palace of the prince's brother is in the east. It’s natural to come over slower than us.”

After the fourth prince finished speaking, he blinked at Li Lin.

Li Lin hasn't seen his fourth brother since he returned to Beijing, so he smiled when he saw him come out to smooth things over, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and my fourth brother has grown taller again."

The second prince was also very grateful for the fact that this matter has been resolved, so he said casually: "No, not only has he grown taller, but his knowledge has also improved. His father also praised him in the early court, and the gentleman in the Shangshufang praised the fourth brother for his extraordinary talent. .”

Li Lin glanced at his fourth brother, then quickly looked away. "Very good, since ancient times heroes come out of youth." The fourth prince rubbed the back of his head and smiled a little embarrassedly.Suddenly he put down his hand again, and asked curiously: "Brother Prince, who is following you today? Why isn't it Father Deshan?"

Li Lin turned sideways calmly, blocking the people behind him. "I picked it at random, and asked Deshan to look at the temple."

Putting on the clothes of a little eunuch, Tan Chang looked curiously at the palace that he had never been to before, and only after hearing the conversation between the two brothers did he realize that something was wrong with him, he looked away, and lowered the eunuch's hat again Some to cover the face.

Fortunately, that topic was quickly brought to the past, and the Fourth Prince smiled and asked about Li Lin Huaiyang.Li Lin answered patiently one by one, while the third prince Li Ji clicked his tongue impatiently and drank bowl after bowl of tea.His marriage was also discussed.

A lot of officials came, most of them came to help the situation in the face of His Royal Highness.The four brothers sat together and talked, but they were not very speculative.

When the auspicious time comes, the bridegroom goes out in red and green. The attendant brings a tall horse, helps the bridegroom sit on it, and goes out of the palace to welcome the relatives.Although the prince is a dignitary, he still has to personally welcome the bride through the door.

"Are you hungry?" Li Lin took the opportunity to ask Tan Chang while the Fourth Prince was being greeted by the groom's official to attract attention.Tan Chang shook his head lightly, and Li Lin moved the plate of dim sum in front of him to Tan Chang's side.The top two pieces are pea yellow.

Tan Chang quietly squeezed a piece in his hand, and smiled gratefully at Li Lin.

The fair and delicate face burst into a smile, a beauty that even the eunuch's clothes could not hide.

Li Lin clenched his arm, "Tan Chang, you..."

Before the words were finished, there was a burst of cheers from the crowd, the silk and bamboo string music was so lively, and the big red sedan chair was carried to the gate of the palace.Li Lin looked at the bright red, but for some reason, he thought of Tan Chang's fur.

This is Tan Chang's first time participating in a wedding, so he is very interested in watching it.Seeing the second prince get off the horse, take over the longbow from the palace man, and draw the bow and set an arrow at the sedan chair, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

The second prince's bow was fully drawn, and three arrows were shot out one by one, and they were firmly fixed on the top of the sedan chair.The officials all applauded loudly, cheering and booing.

The third prince seemed even more dismissive.Yet the cheers trumped his complaints.

Tan Chang subconsciously looked at his thin arms, feeling a little distressed.Back then, Mr. Tan also advised him to practice riding and archery, but he was just lazy and read books reluctantly, so how could he endure such hardships, claiming that he had magic spells at his side?No wonder he couldn't beat Li Lin back then, but now he couldn't even beat the weak-looking Second Prince?He was complaining to himself, when he heard Li Lin muttering: "That bow has only three strengths, you can draw it to full strength after practicing."

Tan Chang suddenly felt a great comfort in his heart.As for the real practice, it's still free.

In a blink of an eye, the second prince led the red silk and helped the bride into the palace, ready to salute.After Emperor Jinghe practiced Taoism, he disliked such lively occasions even more, and his son didn't even show up when he got married.He concubine was unable to show up to the foreign ministers because she was a concubine, so she and Empress Xu entertained the female relatives in Kunning Palace.Only Li Lin stepped forward to read the imperial decree, and the national teacher presided over the worship.

Li Lin stepped forward, and Tan Chang followed closely behind him.

The content of the imperial decree is nothing more than a routine of bestowing gold, silver and jewels to encourage newcomers, but to the second prince who has never been taken seriously, it is already a great gift.

The chubby national teacher was wrapped in a red robe, no matter how disdainful Li Lin was, he had no choice but to condescend to stand with him.

The groom's clothes were red, and his face was also red.

"Worship the heavens and the earth-"

"Second worship high hall-"

"Husband and wife greet each other—"

The maid helped the bride who was covered with a hijab to complete the salutes, and was finally sent to the apse by the second prince to rest in person.Tan Chang looked at the pair of beauties and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

He couldn't help but turned his head to look at the person presiding over the ceremony: Li Lin changed into a black robe today, with a dark red dragon pattern embroidered on the front and back of his chest, looking handsome and straight, yet simple and generous.When he was away, Tan Chang noticed the vague eyes of his daughter's family. From this point of view, although Li Lin was not as good-looking as her, he was still very good-looking.

When will Li Lin get married? Will his bride be this good-looking?

Tan Chang was lost in thought for a moment, and felt that someone had patted his head.

"Why are you in a daze?" Li Lin tugged him, and the two returned to the table.

After the new couple salutes, it is the link for the guests to toast.The fourth prince was too young to drink alcohol. After watching the excitement, he drank a few glasses of fruit juice and was taken back to Kunning Palace by the palace servants.There are only two brothers who are not speculative left on the table.

Li Lin's status was very high, and there were very few people who dared to pour him alcohol.The third prince, on the other hand, had to help the groom guard the wine, and reluctantly got up to greet him.There were quite a few guests from the imperial family, including the sons of several uncles including King Lu and King Jin, as well as the son-in-law Yuanshan and the son-in-law Jiangye.Princess Yuanshan is the elder sister of the third prince Li Ji, and uncle Lang and uncle were talking and laughing when they were drinking, and they looked very harmonious.

Li Lin was the only son of the previous empress, and he had no biological siblings. He was sitting alone at the table, aloof and lonely.

Tan Chang felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, like the strong wine, it smelled tangy, and it was burning and numb only after pouring it into his belly.He involuntarily moved closer and asked Li Lin, "Do you want a drink?"

"Impatient?" Li Lin misunderstood his meaning, "Wait a little longer, I can leave soon."

The high-ranking and powerful veterans began to leave one after another. They came here to save face, and there was no need to do anything.Most of the people who stayed were young and energetic young men who were about to have a bridal chamber.Li Lin finally got up and walked towards the second prince. "I still have something to do, so I'll take my leave first. Congratulations to my second brother for bringing home a beautiful woman."

If the prince stays in this kind of occasion, it will affect other people's drinking mood.Li Lin's positioning of himself is very accurate.The second prince was already in a daze, he nodded indiscriminately and said over and over again: "Thank you, brother." Li Lin winked at Tan Chang, and the two turned and walked out of Shou'an Palace.

Cassia had already prepared the carriage, and Li Lin left the palace directly.

Nowadays, there are wedding events in the palace, which are lively and lively, and no one pays attention to them.When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Jue Ming took out his badge and threw it to the guard, "The guard of Xianyang Palace, run errands for His Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Brother, you have worked hard. His Royal Highness still sent you to run errands on such a happy day?"

The guards ordered people to let them go, and while joking, Jue Ming took a piece of silver from his pocket and threw it over, "Thank you, I invite your brother to have a wedding wine too!"

According to Li Lin's order, the carriage drove directly to the suburbs of Beijing.

Tan Taifu lost his wife in middle age, his only son died young, and he has no close relatives.He came from a poor family and had no family, so according to his last wish, Li Lin buried him, his wife and son next to a mountain temple in the suburbs of Beijing.

Tan Chang listened to Li Lin's talk all the way, feeling at a loss in his heart, Li Lin took his own initiative to hold his hand, and the warm touch made him tremble. "Tan Chang, I'll be with you, don't be afraid."

Tan Chang nodded.

Early spring is rainy.Today is the auspicious time selected by the national teacher, but when they arrived in the suburbs of Beijing, the sky was gloomy and there were two or three drops of rain.

"Master, I don't know if it will be big or not, I'd better go back to the palace earlier." Jue Ming said.Li Lin pointed to the robe on the cushion and said to Tan Chang, "No hurry, just change into the clothes first."

Li Lin got out of the carriage first and held up his umbrella.Looking around, the scenery on the mountain is just right, and the lush green shoots have just emerged.After a while, it will be Qingming, and I could have waited until then to come over in an open and aboveboard manner.But he still couldn't wait.

I want Tan Chang to worship Master openly.

I want to tell Master that I have finally found my Junior Brother.

Tan Chang took off the eunuch's clothes and put on the plain white robe prepared by Li Lin.As soon as he got out of the car, he was held by a strong hand and led under the umbrella.

The drizzle was vast, one black and one white, walking side by side in the mountains, while Jue Ming followed far behind holding the sacrificial utensils.

The stele of Tan Taifu was also erected by Li Lin himself.Li Lin put down his umbrella, led Tan Chang closer, and read to him word by word. "The tomb of Prince Taifu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and his former teacher Tan Clan Bingyuan."

Tan Chang knelt on the futon and looked at the inscription silently, without saying a word, the aura around him had been released, covering the tombstone and tomb, praying with the mana of the nine-tailed fox: May Mr. Tan's spirit in heaven, soon...

wrong!

Tan Chang got up suddenly and quickly walked around the tomb.Li Lin followed behind and looked at him puzzled.Tan Chang was not in a hurry to explain, but searched around the small cemetery for a long time, and finally followed the faint evil spirit, and found a stone carved symbol under the stone table where the tribute was piled up.After touching it a few times, he was sure what it was engraved on, and stood up with his hand drawn. "Who carved this?"

Li Lin felt a thump in his heart, walked quickly in the rain, and reached out to touch it. "What's this?"

Tan Chang looked at him with an unprecedented solemn expression. "This is the town spirit talisman."