Bright moon out of Tianshan

Xiao Jian entered the room and saw the girl from the Liu family leaning on a soft couch, covering her face with her sleeves, she seemed to be in pain.Xiao Jian was afraid of being rejected by others, so he stood far away and bowed deeply, saying: "Miss, marriage is a matter of destiny. I don't want you and me to have such a fate, so I can't force it. The two of us did not pay homage. All the congratulators in the hall today can testify. I will send back your dowry and other things to you. In turn, the marriage certificate and other things will be returned together with the dowry. Just go home."

Liu Zhuyu choked up and remained silent, Xiao Yao, who was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, followed in during the stalemate.Xiao Yao has the distinctive characteristics of the children of the Xiao family. She is slim and slender, with white teeth, willow brows and phoenix eyes, beautiful and fierce, with her hands on her hips in a fierce look: "If you don't want to marry, go quickly, and don't delay me." Brother then find me a good sister-in-law. Hmph, I'm afraid I won't be able to attract a golden phoenix if I have a sycamore tree, it's so rare!"

Xiao Jian glanced at her, and said in a low voice: "Shut up!" He saluted Liu Zhuyu again, and said, "Miss, please go home now."

Everyone was silent for a moment, Liu Zhuyu stood up with the support of the maidservant and went out, when she passed by Xiao's brothers and sisters, Xiao Jian pulled her sister back a step to make way for her.Liu Zhuyu glanced at him slowly, but suddenly froze for a moment, then covered her face again and cried loudly: "My life is so hard! It's so hard!"

Xiao Jian was surprised, and hurriedly explained: "I'll go and tell my grandparents, let's leave this matter at this point, and I will never settle accounts after the autumn. Miss, please rest assured and go home."

But Liu Zhuyu kept crying while supporting the doorpost, Xiao Jian was puzzled and at a loss.After a stalemate for a while, the young lady suddenly threw off her sleeves and walked away surrounded by the crowd, and faintly heard the voice of "My life is so miserable! My life is so miserable!" came from.

Xiao Yao suddenly sneered and said, "Brother, she regretted it!"

Xiao Jian said: "Nonsense, why didn't I see it."

Xiao Yao said: "That's because you didn't look at him directly, but I could see clearly. She was determined to leave, but after she took a look at you, she was obviously stunned, and then she didn't want to leave. Waiting for you to keep her. But you keep pushing her out, so she has no choice but to leave again."

Xiao Jian didn't bother to talk to her, just bowed his head and said nothing, feeling very lost and depressed, but he heard Ding Wuxia say outside the door: "Yaoyao's words make some sense. Maybe Miss Liu's family really regretted seeing you looking so beautiful. Do you want me to chase her back for you? I bet she will come back as soon as she chases her!" He walked into the room while talking.

Xiao Yao said: "I also bet that she will come back as soon as she chases her. I bet five taels of silver!"

Ding Wuxia smiled and said, "I bet ten taels of silver! Tiantian, what are you betting on?"

Xiao Jian said angrily: "Don't bet on me! Don't you feel annoyed when encountering such a thing? You are all gloating!" Turning around, he walked away angrily, and Ding Wuxia took a handful but didn't take it. Wait, this time it really made him run out.

This run led to the bank of the Qinhuai River.

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the mist and light clouds slipped past lightly like a dream of a painting boat, and scattered some fragmentary laughter.Xiao Jian stared blankly, remembering what Miss Liu said before hitting the post: "I will not marry the second minister until I die!" He and Xiao Jian heard it, and Xiao Jian stayed there at the time, but she even forgot to pull it when she bumped into the pillar.

Xiao Jian's grandfather, Xiao Run, was not only a second minister, but also a treacherous minister.In the early years, he teamed up with General Liang Fei and followed the great prince Gao Hong to stir up trouble in the Eastern Qi Dynasty and harmed many people.Three years ago, Gao Hong and Liang Fei set out to conquer Southern Shu, and Xiao Run was singled out.That's all, unfortunately, as soon as the eldest prince left, the second prince became mad. Once in the palace, he saw Xiao Yao who was going to visit the noble lady and aunt, and wanted to marry back to be a side concubine. The second prince already had a concubine. You Cheng's eldest daughter.

At that time, Xiao Run couldn't hold back his feelings, and almost agreed, but Xiao Yao had another favorite, but he was unwilling.Xiao Jian protects his younger sister, and even refuses to accept life and death. He said clearly: "I would rather be a lone bird in the sky than a concubine on the ground! My sister will not be treated as a concubine!" He blocked it lukewarmly, which caused the second prince to be very dissatisfied with the Xiao family in recent years, and often made trouble behind his back to hurt others.Xiao Jian knows all these messy things, but grandpa is his relative, and the badness of relatives can sometimes be ignored.

Xiao Jian stood there in a daze for a while, feeling a pang of sorrow in his heart, he knelt down, buried his head and began to cry.While crying, I thought: "If things go on like this, I won't be able to marry a wife in this life. I can't really go and grab the women of the people, can I?"

He didn't know how long he had been crying, he was tired from crying, he couldn't hold back his grief, and choked up weakly, when someone patted his shoulder lightly.He raised his head in a daze, and saw a young man standing beside him, he seemed to be about 25 or [-] years old, wearing a large black robe with a dark purple hem.His appearance was extremely beautiful, and he stared at him with two dark eyes, full of curiosity.A boat was parked by the river, and it seemed that he had just got off the boat.

Seeing him looking up, the man asked, "Why are you crying? Why are you so sad? Or is there something wrong? Do you want me to show you?" Two people followed behind him, one of whom held a medicine box in his hand, He also looked at Xiao Jian suspiciously.

Xiao Jian said: "I'm not uncomfortable. It's just that I feel uncomfortable, so I started to cry."

The young man looked him up and down, and asked tentatively, "Your clothes..."

Xiao Jian came to his senses and put on a groom's red dress. He squatted foolishly by the Qinhuai River and let out a mournful cry. It was indeed a little weird. He immediately took off his clothes and said, "This dress can't be worn anymore! It is absolutely impossible to wear it." !" He took off his outer robe and threw it into the Qinhuai River, then began to take off his middle clothes, and threw them away, and then only his inner clothes were left. He stood there with bare arms and legs, and suddenly his body felt cold, and he felt that something was wrong. Come on, suddenly embarrassing.

Then the group of people looked at him and were stunned.The man frowned slightly, and said after a while: "Are you cold?"

Xiao Jianna said: "I didn't feel cold either." Seeing that the attendant behind the man had already smiled, he suddenly felt extremely embarrassed and shy, his face flushed a little bit, and he said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I lost my mind. .”

The man didn't care, and said: "I have clothes on the boat, do you want to go up and put them on first?"

Xiao Jian said: "That's fine, thank you brother." Then he got on the boat with him, and entered the cabin, he saw that the boat looked like an old boat, but the furnishings in the cabin were very elegant and clean.

The man ordered his attendants to bring a set of black clothes to Xiao Jian. Xiao Jian quickly put them on, and he asked again: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so sad?"

Xiao Jian bowed his head and said nothing for a moment, "It's okay to say, I... I was disliked by my bride, she looked down on me, and she wanted to show her ambition by death during the worship. How dare I show people! "While speaking, tears flowed down involuntarily.

The man persuaded: "If you don't think about yourself, there is no one else? If she doesn't like you, there will naturally be other women who like you. With your talent, are you afraid that you won't find a better girl? Hiding here by yourself What are you crying for?"

Xiao Jian shook his head and sighed, remembering that since he was sixteen or seventeen years old, his grandmother had started to discuss his life-long affairs.Now it has been more than two years, how many family relatives have been mentioned in the middle, but they all died without any cause, really miserable and lonely.He saw that this man was gentle and kind. Although it was the first time they met, he couldn't help expressing his inner complaints: "This year, my grandma went to that fortune teller to find more than a dozen people. They all said that I am a red luan, but it turned out like this." It seems that fortune tellers are all liars! Later, I will go to Jinling City and smash ten fortune-telling stalls on him to express my anger!"

The man said with a smile: "The fortune tellers are just relying on nonsense to make ends meet, so why do you bother with them?"

Xiao Jian thought about it, so he raised his head and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't mention the past, thank you for the gift of the robe. Brother, can you leave your name and the location of the mansion, so that I can visit to thank you someday?"

The man said: "My house is far away, so I don't need to thank you. My name is Lin Zaichun, how about you? What's your name?" He asked straightforwardly, Xiao Jian said: "I'm Xiao Jian."

The man hummed, and said: "You and my elder brother have the same surname, maybe they belong to the same family. You haven't had lunch yet, how about you have dinner together?"

Xiao Jian hesitated for a moment, he got married today, he didn't even eat breakfast because of his excitement, he is really hungry now.Seeing his hesitation, Lin Zaichun said, "Young master, why should you stick to worldly views? It's just a meal together."

Xiao Jian said: "That's good, it's such a bother."

When Lin Zaichun heard his promise, he smiled slightly, but he was elegant and handsome, gentle and pleasant, obviously sincerely happy, and said: "I often come to Jinling, but this time I am alone, and the person I want to meet just happened to go out again. , I feel lonely eating by myself, it’s nice to have someone to accompany me.” Immediately when he called the attendant to bring lunch, Xiao Jian was not polite to him, although the two met by chance, there was no delay in pushing the cups and changing the cups. Jian Lin Zaichun said: "I'm not leaving these two days, if you don't have anything important, how about coming over to have dinner with me tomorrow?"

Xiao Jian said: "Okay, I'll come if I have nothing to do. Can I bring my friends and sister over tomorrow? I'll be the host tomorrow."

Lin Zaichun said with a smile: "The more people there are, the better. I like excitement."

The two chatted very happily, and Lin Zaichun's gestures were soothing and elegant, with a pleasant demeanor, reminiscent of the legacy of the Wei and Jin dynasties.He slowly persuaded Xiao Jian, and Xiao Jian listened to his soft voice, and his resentment gradually subsided. Before he knew it, it was already sunset, but Xiao Jian still didn't want to go back, didn't want to face that Looking at the heart-warming reality anxiously, he heard someone trotting over from the river bank, calling out as he ran, "Master Xiao! Master Xiao! Where are you?"

Xiao Jian was taken aback, and ran to the bow of the boat to look, but it was Xiao Fu, Ding Wuxia's personal servant, who immediately agreed: "Here! Why do you want me?"

When Xiao Fuzi saw him, he beat his chest and stamped his feet: "Young Master Xiao, you guys are crazy about looking for you, but you are happy here! Come back quickly, Grand Master's Mansion... Something serious happened to Grand Master's Mansion!"