After being mistaken for a fellow by Long Aotian

The noise of Yingtian spread from the north to the east of the city. The Zhou Mansion, which had collapsed by one-eighth in the past, has now been completely renovated, and it is decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere.The faces of people coming and going have nothing to do with truth or falsehood, they are all beaming.

"Keep the clouds open to see the moonlight..."

"Genius and beauty..."

"Congratulations, Congratulations, Master Zhou, Congratulations, Shangshu Yan!"

Zhou Cai was wearing the groom's official dress.The half a year in the northwest did not damage his demeanor at all, and the vermilion wedding gown against the background made his face like a crown of jade, and his hair like black sandalwood.He is much calmer in dealing with people than before, and he is dignified and generous. Even people who used to feel that Zhou Cai was a bit awkward and at odds with him, when they saw him, they had to think in their hearts that the business in the Northwest is indeed Exercise people.

This high platform in the Zhou Mansion was originally used for admiring the moon, but now it has been arranged as a wedding hall for him and Miss Yan.The red silk ties filled with gold powder, "beautiful as a flower, like a year like water", flutter in the breeze, and several folds of embroidered screens divide the space of the high platform properly. On both sides of the high platform are tall peach trees, with peach petals falling , Falling on the stage.The guests sat on the mahogany chairs, sighing the groom's intentions and today's good weather.At the auspicious time when Zhou Cai and Ms. Yan pay their respects, the setting sun will just sink on the high platform, and the two will kowtow to each other in the golden sunset, and go down from the high platform hand in hand, step by step into the bridal chamber.

Faintly in the distance, the sound of seeing off the relatives can already be heard.Zhou Cai turned his head, smiled at Yan Jia, and said, "Your sister is coming soon."

The young man like Songzhu nodded slightly.He stood there with no joy on his face, just a light and restrained expression.Zhou Cai didn't mind this, she just put her hand on his shoulder and pressed it.

His eyes searched among the passing guests.As a groom officer, all he should have looked at was the direction his bride was going to arrive in, but he didn't.

Until he heard another voice in the crowd.

"Is it Zhou Zhuangyuan? Zhou Zhuangyuan is also here today?"

The person who made the sound was Gu Dashi, who had selected Zhou Xun as the number one scholar in the palace examination that day.He has some kind of friendship with Yan Shangshu, so he also came to Zhou Mansion today.The people who were surrounding and admiring the groom's demeanor also turned their heads one after another, as if something had to attract their attention, and even the eyes on today's groom were taken away.They looked at the door of the Zhou Mansion, and at the door of the Zhou Mansion, a person stepped into the threshold.And that thin and tall figure was the one who took away all this.

"Zhou Zhuangyuan?" A guest who just returned to the capital the day before yesterday glanced at Zhou Cai in confusion, "Isn't Zhou Cai here?"

"Master Zhou was the Zhuangyuan Zhou three years ago, and now this is the Zhuangyuan Zhou this year." Madam Gu was cheerful. He liked Zhou Xun in the first place, so he dragged Zhou Xun in together, "It's a coincidence, Mr. Zhou was admitted to be the number one scholar back then, and he was also at the age of Mr. Zhou? He is also the number one scholar, and he is also a good-looking talent."

Sticking to the brush, Zhou Xun, who signed his name on the gift slip, also raised his eyes at this moment.Across the heavy red shadows, he and Zhou Cai, who was dressed in groom's attire, looked at each other at this moment.

Zhou Cai heard the sound of his heart beating violently.He thought, this is his brother.

This is the enemy he hasn't seen in half a year, and his "brother".

"The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and now I am the front wave." He said with a smile, "This new 'Zhou Zhuangyuan' is really a good-looking talent, not inferior to my old demeanor."

"It is the waves behind the Yangtze River pushing forward the waves ahead, but Mr. Zhou, don't underestimate yourself." Zhou Xun walked towards him, and Shi Shiran said, "Mr. Zhou has devoted himself to the imperial court for three years. , unknown, and never complained. Only now returned to Beijing, Mr. Zhou's experience and character are incomparable to my younger brother."

Zhou Cai's smile froze on his face.

When Zhou Xun said this, he was undoubtedly saying that the only highlight of Zhou Cai's life was the day when he won the title of No. [-] scholar.

Others didn't know the entanglement between Zhou Cai and Zhou Xun, and they all praised the new champion. Occasionally, some people said that they were like two brothers, but they were interrupted by another person.The person who interrupted him whispered in his ear: "Now Zhou Zhuangyuan is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and Mr. Zhou... who doesn't know that he was demoted when he went to the northwest... It is not known whether he can get up now." , Aren’t you saying this to add bad luck to Zhou Zhuangyuan and curse him for his failure in official career?”

The man spoke very quietly, but there were always interested people who heard it, including Zhou Cai.Soon, they no longer compared these two champions, both new and old, with the same surname of Zhou, but they were afraid of accidentally offending Zhou Xun.

"You're dressed normally today." Zhou Cai whispered in Zhou Xun's ear as the crowd gradually dispersed to greet the bride who came from the end of the alley, "I thought you wouldn't come back, or, I thought you would wear a full suit." Black or all white to make trouble?"

Zhou Xun was indeed dressed normally today.He was wearing an apricot-colored shirt, with his black hair pulled back, and it seemed that he really came to congratulate him.

"Someone kindly invited me to watch the fun, of course I want to come." Zhou Xun smiled at him, "As for black or white, today..."

He looked at the red silk in the room and said with a smile, "Isn't it a happy event?"

Zhou Cai frowned, he wanted to say something, but Miss Yan's sedan chair was already approaching.He left here in a hurry amid shouts.

A servant said: "Young Master Zhou, please."

Zhou Xun followed him to the high platform.Now that his every move is being watched by others, Zhou Cai doesn't dare to play with the idea of ​​pushing him into the lake, or leading him to do something in the back house.Therefore, he dared to come here by himself.

When he was sitting in his seat, he heard Yan Jia's voice: "I didn't expect the seat he arranged for you, it's not bad."

From Zhou Xun's current perspective, he can indeed see the whole Xitang.He then said: "He originally invited me to take a good look at his happy event, so how could he not give me a special seat where I can see everything clearly?"

Yan Jia said nothing.

The two of them sat, as if they had nothing to say, and the former friends were now strangers.Yan Jia said: "I know he will invite you to come, but I don't understand why you came? You should be unhappy to see his big day..."

Joy resounded in the Zhou Mansion. It turned out that the bride had got off the sedan chair, and was walking up to the high platform step by step under the leadership of the bridesmaids.Zhou Cai is walking beside his fiancée. They will reach the bottom of the high platform together, and then walk up to the high platform step by step, and they will worship and get married under the afterglow of the setting sun.

"Today is your sister's big day. You should pay more attention to your sister than an ordinary guest." Zhou Xun said, "For example. Is your sister happy?"

Yan Jia was taken aback.At the same time, the two people in wedding clothes had already arrived under the high platform.He stared blankly at the woman in the red hijab under the high platform. He couldn't see her face, but he knew it was his sister.

Does he remember what his sister was like?Ever since he thought that Zhou Xun approached him and persuaded him to help his sister cancel the marriage just for revenge, since he broke up with Zhou Xun, since he was persuaded by his father that letting his sister marry Zhou Cai was the best choice, and since he put I shut myself in the study and studied hard, followed my father to various poetry gatherings and receptions began...

How long has it been since he took a good look at his sister?

A woman should always marry.There is nothing more happiest for a woman to be chaste for the sake of morality. Having a good sister who has the name of "chaste" is the most beneficial to the Yan family's reputation and his own career. This is the simplest thing up.His father told him that in order to choose something, you have to give up something.In order to abide by the "propriety" of a gentleman, to abide by the "righteous way" in his heart, and to become a worthy successor of the Yan family, at the age of seven, he gave up the kite that was torn by his father and chose the Four Books and Five Classics. At the age of 12, he gave up the first friend he met in school, and now, he is about to give up his sister.

He once ran all over the streets and alleys with his father on his back, just to find a book to please her.Now he is no longer the powerless child who has been torn from the kite and can only cry in the study.He is the second place in the list. Although he didn't get the number one prize, he is worthy of his father's teaching. Who in the capital would not say that he is a modest gentleman who behaves in accordance with the etiquette of a gentleman in the future?

But why is he suddenly so powerless at this moment?Why did he just think of himself when he was seven years old, the self whose father tore up the butterfly kite?The nurse who bought him the kite was kicked out of the mansion by his father in the name of spoiling the young master. He ran in countless corridors, but he could never catch up.

The two newcomers walked towards the steps step by step, and in the wedding hall, Yan Shangshu lifted the red silk covering the painting.

"Today, I present this family painting as a dowry to my son-in-law Zhou Cai. This painting is "Smoke Wave Picture" made by Lin Mingxi, a master of the former dynasty. Lin Mingxi presented this painting to Emperor Wu as a gift. Seeking to live in seclusion shows his integrity of not going with those who deviate from the orthodoxy. Even if a villain gets lucky with the emperor for a while, he is still a sycophant all his life. I believe that when the clouds are cleared, the truth will be revealed one day, and the evil will never be overthrown." He sonorously said As he spoke, Zhou Xun knocked on the teacup, lowered his eyes, and smiled slightly at the corners of his mouth, as if he didn't know that he was alluding to himself, "Lin Mingxi's heart is for the old master, it's for loyalty. Women keep chastity, it's for chastity. The little girl has a relationship with the Zhou family. Marriage contract, no matter high or low, there is absolutely no reason to break one's promise, this is the Yan family's family precepts and family tradition. Today, I finally keep the cloud to see the moonlight!"

Everyone was shocked by Yan Shangshu's big handwriting, and they raised their necks to look at the painting, and their words were full of praise for Yan Shangshu.Only the well-known Master Gu, who has done a lot of research on this Tao, has always stuck his head out.He was extremely excited at first, but then he looked at the painting suspiciously, as if he was thinking about something.

"Bride and groom—to—"

The crimson skirt was dragged on the ground, beside her was another handsome groom.They walked step by step from under the high platform amidst people's praises.

"I can't help it. I can't help it. And..." Yan Jia whispered amidst the waves of voices.

He raised his eyes and looked at the painting: "What my father said always makes sense. I..."

"Actually, it's not because you are afraid of your father, but because you have already identified with him." Zhou Xun said, "Otherwise, you will always have a way."

Yan Jia was silent for a long time, he watched the couple slowly walk up the steps, he suddenly smiled: "Yes, I think what my father said is right, what's the problem? And, what can I do? The fault is not my father, but my sister, if she was willing to marry well from the beginning, how could she become like this?"

At the end, his voice seemed to be crying: "How could this happen? But now there is no other way..."

"Stop pretending to be pitiful here!" Zhou Xun suddenly sneered, and he said slowly, "Have you received that letter? A few days ago, I asked someone to write the truth about your sister and Zhou Cai. I put that letter in your letterbox. You saw it. I gave you a chance. I gave you a chance to save your sister. Why didn't you come forward and tell everyone that this engagement Is it a scam from beginning to end?"

Yan Jia was completely stunned, with trembling lips, staring at Zhou Xun, as if Zhou Xun, who cruelly stripped his mind of his thoughts, was his father-killing enemy: "You..."

"Stop acting like a victim here. Yan Jia, your sister is a victim, and you—did you tell Yan Shangshu the contents of that letter? I guess, you didn't. So today he Only then can you stand there and talk about your acts of kindness openly. You keep saying that your father is the perpetrator, as if you are a complete victim. But didn't you also choose to remain silent? Yan Jia, your sister Standing here today, paying homage to a liar, is your own choice."

The newlyweds have already stood on the wedding hall, and the auspicious time is approaching, it is time to pay their respects.Everyone looked at the couple with relief.At this moment, Yan Jia lowered her head dejectedly.

He saw that his vision became blurred, and he couldn't see his sister's face through Xipa.And now he doesn't dare to visit her at all - as early as a few days ago, when he seized that letter, he no longer had the right to bless his sister's marriage as a younger brother.

He betrayed her.

He thought of the kite again.The kite that was torn apart by the father and thrown in the woods.He couldn't get the nanny back, in fact, he knew that if he fought hard, he could get her back, but he didn't dare.It's like he ran all over the capital, daring to find a book for his sister to make her happy, but he didn't dare to face his father and question the nature of his sister's sadness.

However, at this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes.

The crisp sound of hooves.

How could there be the sound of horseshoes at the big wedding?

"If you want to save your sister, there is still time." Zhou Xun suddenly whispered in his ear.

Yan Jia turned his head, and the next moment, he and all the guests were shocked by the scene he saw.

A fine horse suddenly appeared in the Zhou Mansion. It passed through the gates of the Zhou Mansion, through the gardens, and through countless corridors. At this moment, it was facing the direction of the high platform, like a horse who was not afraid of all knives and arrows. The charging general gallops forward.

It was sunset at this moment, and the woman on the horse seemed to be wearing a bright red war robe.She was also wearing a wedding dress, but the corners of the dress were covered with a layer of gold rims born of the setting sun, rolling like layers of red lotuses on a pond blown by the wind.Her long black hair tied behind her head fluttered in the wind like a banner.

This scene was really absurd, but no one dared to accuse the woman of being rude.At that moment, she looked like an ancient god riding a horse from the sun, and her awe-inspiring beauty shocked all the guests.No ancient god would wear a wedding gown that looked like fire, but she wore a wedding gown that seemed to be burning.

"It's the eldest princess..." someone said.

"Could it be for Mrs. Zhou Cai..." Someone obviously noticed that she was wearing a red dress. "I heard that the princess and Mrs. Zhou Cai have always been at odds, but many women will always be like this when they face the person they like."

The woman known as the eldest princess stopped her horse by the high platform. She was riding on the horse, and behind her was the servant who hurriedly caught up with her.She casually threw something on the ground, raised her head, looked at the crowd on the high platform and said, "I'm not here today to congratulate, but to expose a story."

As she spoke, she looked at the figure in the wedding dress in the setting sun, with her back turned to her, and said loudly, "Yan Ruoqi, I am the one who saved you! The one who rescued you from the bandits that day , not Zhou Cai, but me who went to Baiyun Temple in men's clothing! Yan Ruoqi, you are going to marry this liar..."

"Or come with me?" Her voice was clear and clear, piercing clouds and breaking stones, "I have a good horse that can travel thousands of miles a day. There is still an hour before the city gate is locked, do you want to go with me to see the clouds outside the Great Wall? "

Everyone looked at the woman in the wedding dress on the high platform—including Zhou Cai who was standing beside her.And that thin, motionless body...

The bright red wedding dress ran towards the high platform, she turned around a little hesitant at first, then ran faster and faster, the corners of her skirt fluttered in the twilight, outlining gold-rimmed traces, like a flower Blooming flowers.

"Yan Ruoqi!"

Yan Shangshu shouted angrily, and at this moment Yan Jia stood up.At first he seemed to want to chase her back, but he saw the one that fell to the ground slowly, following her running, Xipa.

And the face under the hipa...was actually full of tears!

Countless memories flooded back at that moment.He thought of his childhood again. At that time, he was still a child, and his sister was also a child.My sister is always gentle and good-tempered, smiling at everyone.Only when Yan's father was about to hit him for that kite, she cried, crying so sadly...

He remembered, the kite, and later returned to his room.By his door, it was repaired by someone, and even the embroidery on the wings was restored to perfection.

He remembered who that person was, that person was his sister!

That's his elder sister, the elder sister who is connected with him by blood, because of strict Shangshu's strict defense between men and women, they are not as close as ordinary siblings, but she is always the elder sister who grew up with him.But he wanted to betray her for the so-called "propriety" of a gentleman!

He heard a voice in his throat, like a heart-piercing howl.He thought he had finally and completely lost a loved one.But it was not because of his sister's departure, but because of his cowardice in hiding the letter.

Zhou Xun was right, he is the one who is not qualified to be the victim here.

What kind of gentleman's etiquette, what etiquette, what loyalty, what reputation... He was admitted to the second place, so what if he has everything?Under that heavy packing, he has nothing left.

He remembered that when he was a child, he told his sister that he wanted to be a great hero.The older sister at that time nodded to him with a smile, and said, "It's great that Xiao Jia wants to become a great hero."

Now he is the so-called "big hero" who has achieved great success.But it wasn't until he saw the tearful face that he realized that his sister had been waiting for a hero to save her.And he is not that hero.

Even the one who had the courage to leave with the eldest princess at that moment, her sister's back looked more like a hero than him.

He promised to be her hero, but he missed the appointment.His sister has been waiting for someone, until when it was time, she burst into tears.But that person was no longer the younger brother who had promised to protect her, but another person who was willing to give her his heart despite being neither relative nor relative.

Or, she was always just waiting for that person.She came here expressionless like a puppet to accept her fate of being betrayed by everyone, but when she heard her voice, she knew that there was another person who had never given up on her, and she burst into tears and made up her mind.

There is still one person in this world who has never given up on you, but how can you not walk with her?No matter what she wants to show you is the clouds beyond the Great Wall, or mountains of swords and seas of fire.

Yan Ruoqi landed on the horse amidst the great silence and his father's roar, like a flower.The eldest princess tightened the reins and said to her, "Hold on to me."

Yan Ruoqi leaned her face on her shoulder, hugged her waist tightly, nodded, and burst into tears.

"I told you a long time ago not to cry. Your face is full of tears on the day of great joy. It's so ugly." The eldest princess said, "We are going to see the cloud. How can we be unhappy?"

Yan Ruoqi nodded vigorously.The eldest princess said again: "On our day of great joy, why are you crying?"

Saying that, she laughed and turned the horse's head, took a last look at someone in the crowd on the high platform, gave him a deep nod, and galloped towards the main entrance of Zhou Mansion!

The two red clothes just disappeared at the gate of Zhou Mansion.The crowd was in an uproar, not only because of this absurd scene, but also because of the words left by the eldest princess.

Amidst all the noise, Zhou Cai looked at Zhou Xun. Zhou Xun took a sip of tea and looked at him calmly.

"You did it." Zhou adopted the mouth shape and said so.