"Erya, do you believe me?" Li Wen looked at her expectantly, his eyes full of love.
"Yes." Erya hugged him happily, "Brother Li Wen, I believe you!"
Li Wen also hugged her with his backhand and rested his chin on her neck: "Don't worry, Erya, I will definitely send you away from here."
"Okay." Erya was looking forward to it. Where she couldn't see, the corners of Li Wen's mouth slowly raised, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.
The news quickly spread throughout the village, and the villagers all started busy preparations. The mountain god's wedding ceremony was very complicated, and everyone took a full day to prepare.
The fifth day was the day Erya officially married the mountain god, and it was also her eighteenth birthday.
Early in the morning, when it was just dawn, the whole village began to get busy. Children dressed in colorful clothes ran along the country roads with paper pinwheels in their hands, full of laughter and laughter.
There are red lanterns hanging everywhere in the village, with big 囍 characters written on them. The villagers are all wearing red clothes that represent the festival. They are talking and laughing, with smiles on their faces. The whole village is full of joy. Scenes.
Erya was wearing a bright red bridal dress, embroidered shoes, and a red hijab. She folded her hands on her chest and was sitting on a bench in the house.
The door was closed tightly, and the dim light in the room shone on her. Erya couldn't see the scene outside. She could only hear the loud gongs, drums, and suonas outside.
Not long after, I heard a shout from outside, "The sedan chair has arrived, the bride is coming out-".
The door of the room creaked open from the outside. Two doormen stood on both sides of the door, and Xipo walked in with a smile.
"Hurry, hurry, bride, the time has come, we should get into the sedan chair."
Erya stretched out a hand and put it on Xipo's arm, letting Xipo lead her out slowly.
Outside the door, when the villagers saw the bride coming out, they all cheered enthusiastically and loudly.
The bright red sedan chair was parked steadily in the courtyard, with the bearers standing by. Xipo took Erya's hand and led her to sit in the sedan chair.
"Get up the sedan——"
The curtain was lowered, and as Po Xi finished speaking, eight strong men steadily lifted the sedan chair up.
Jinyang Village is located in the deepest part of Jinyang Mountain, halfway up the mountain. It takes about half an hour to walk from the entrance of the village to the top of the mountain via a trail.
The red carpet was laid all the way to the mountain temple at the top of the mountain. The musician walked at the front, followed by eight strong men carrying a sedan chair, followed by the procession of sending off the bride, and finally the people from the village who followed.
Amid a burst of laughter, a group of people set off from the entrance of the village to the top of the mountain. Along the way, gongs and drums were playing loudly, and suonas were blasting. Cheers and suona sounds lingered in the mountains.
The children followed at the end of the wedding ceremony, holding paper pinwheels high as they trotted along, humming nursery rhymes as they ran.
"Marry the bride, marry the bride, the bride sits in the red sedan chair, the suona sounds, the mountain gods welcome the bride."
"Hehehe, come on, let's watch the mountain god marry his bride!"
"Okay, let's watch the mountain god marry his bride!"
"Marry a bride, marry a bride, you will be blessed with a good match from God, and you will be blessed with happiness and good health by the mountain god..."
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The sedan chair slowly approached the top of the mountain while bumping along the way. It was still early in the morning, and the air on the top of the mountain was particularly good. Birds chirped from time to time, and crystal clear dewdrops dripped from the tips of the leaves and sank into the soil.
A breeze blew by, lifting the curtains on both sides of the sedan.
Erya stretched out her hand to lift a corner of the red hijab and looked back. The whole village gradually shrank in her field of vision. With her hand back, she sat quietly in the sedan chair.
Although she was very scared, Erya couldn't help but feel happy when she thought that she and Brother Li Wen could leave the village after the wedding.
The group of people soon arrived in front of the mountain temple. With Xipo's voice "Get off the sedan -", the sedan stopped steadily in front of the mountain temple.
The sedan curtain was opened again, Xipo stretched out her hand with a smile, and Erya held Xipo's hand and walked out slowly.
The wedding joy continued to be played, and only the bride, the bride, the person playing the music at the front, and the bearers were left in the group.
Xipo led her up the steps and did not stop until she reached the door of the Shanshen Temple. Xipo pulled away the red hijab on her head.
This is the first time Erya has seen the so-called mountain temple. Usually in the village, she has endless laundry and endless firewood to chop. She has no time to come to the top of the mountain to see the so-called mountain temple. She can only stay at home. Pay homage to the mountain god.
Now that the red hijab was no longer blocking her, she could see clearly that the entire mountain temple was very large. It was built on the edge of the cliff on the top of the mountain. There were protective fences near the cliff. The mountain temple had red walls and blue tiles. The innermost part was A majestic statue of a mountain god stands in front of the temple, and incense is offered in front of the statue.
Before Erya could take a closer look, Xipo pulled her to the statue of the mountain god, and then shouted: "Bow down to heaven and earth——"
As Xipo's words fell, Erya turned around and bowed down to the door.
"Two bows to the high hall——"
Because Erya has no father or mother, she worships Xi Po. She then turns around and bows down to Xi Po.
Xipo opened her mouth and smiled, and finally shouted: "Husband and wife say goodbye——"
Erya turned around again to face the mountain god statue and bowed down.
"The ceremony is completed - send the bride to you!"
The red hijab was put back on, Xipo led her out, and finally took her back to sit in the sedan chair.
According to the itinerary, the team sending the bride off now only needs to return the way they came.
"Get up the sedan——"
As Xipo's words fell, several strong men lifted the sedan chair again. The difference was that this time Erya was heading towards the end of her happiness.
Because Erya and Li Wen had already agreed that when they returned to the village, he would take her away from here, leave this place of right and wrong, and live a life that belongs only to them from now on.
The sedan chair was lifted up and headed slowly down the mountain.
The accident also happened at this time. A bearer walking in front suddenly slipped. He fell weightlessly forward and the sliding pole fell out of his hand.
After losing the strength on one side, before the other bearers could react, the sedan instantly tilted and fell towards the cliff.
Seeing that they couldn't save it, the other bearers could only let go and let the sedan fall down.
"Ah——!" The feeling of weightlessness came instantly. Erya screamed and fell to the bottom of the cliff together with the sedan chair.
Seeing this scene on the edge of the cliff, the smile on Xipo's face froze instantly. She quickly ran over and grabbed the protective fence to look down. The bottom of the cliff was bottomless, and the sedan chair was no longer visible at this moment.
The accident happened so fast that no one had time to react.
At this moment, the bearer who had fallen down in front also stood up from the ground. He looked at the accident caused by him, and his whole body was stunned in place.
