As the sun sets, the streets and alleys of Zhanghe Town are selling their last hard work of the day. The vendors are waiting for the last thing in their hands to be sold, and the children in the study are waiting for the grandfather at the door to ring the bell. The owner and cook of the inn were waiting for the first batch of guests from the evening market to enter. The originally lively and festive Liang Mansion was now empty of people. The red lanterns hanging on the pillars looked surprisingly bright.
After hearing the ins and outs of the incident, Liang Yesheng, the head of the Liang Mansion, stood up and bowed three times to everyone.
"I, Mr. Liang, would like to thank many benefactors here. The first bow is to thank you, Master, for allowing a few children to help send dreams of lotus lanterns to the Bodhisattva. The second bow is to protect my home even after the monsters appeared. The dog and the people in my house. Next, I may have to ask my benefactors to rescue my daughter-in-law. I am very grateful. The third bow is to thank the benefactors for preventing my dog from doing stupid things. I don’t want to Let him switch with my daughter-in-law, otherwise, I will probably be lying in the room now."
After Liang Yesheng finished speaking, when he wanted to bow to everyone again, he was stopped by his master. It is reasonable to say that if it were others, they would do the same thing.
Liang Yesheng is a tea merchant in Zhanghe Town. There are two tea farms in and outside the town. He is considered a small wealthy businessman in the town. Moreover, Liang Yesheng was considered a philanthropist in the town. He often helped the poor people, recruiting them to work in his tea farm, and sending those children who did not have books to study in the study room. The adults were indeed very grateful to him, but the children found it hard to say.
The groom walked into the main room and looked at the young man in red. His eyes lost his soul. Chen Hongjing thought of himself inexplicably. When the old man left, was the change on his face the same as the groom's? Or, Is he even more miserable than the groom? I can have a large group of friends to cheer me up and support each other, but what about the groom? Who can support him?
Chen Hongjing seemed to have remembered something and looked at Liang Yesheng. By the way, at least at this moment, the groom has family members by his side at this moment.
"Mom has fallen asleep. It's nothing serious. Dad, you don't have to worry so much," the groom said.
Liang Yesheng nodded. Just now, after his wife heard that her daughter-in-law was snatched away by a monster, she fainted and kept mumbling her daughter-in-law's name. He himself almost fainted, but he still held it back. He was the backbone of this family. He had to stay calm when his son was in despair and when his wife fainted.
He had heard some rumors that people captured by monsters had a high chance of being eaten. He was mentally prepared, but he didn't know if his son and wife could bear it. After all, Xinyi was the child they had seen since childhood.
"Dad, I also have something to give you. Go back and rest. You can look at this thing anytime." The groom handed the thing over.
"Okay, okay, okay." Liang Yesheng was about to pick up the things when he glared.
A slap sounded throughout the main room.
"Liang Chunsheng, you want our Liang family to have no heirs, don't you?" Liang Yesheng finally couldn't help the grief and anger in his heart, pointing at his son and angrily yelled.
What the son handed to his father was a suicide note.
"I'm going to save Xinyi. Without Xinyi, I can't live." Liang Chusheng fell to the ground and murmured in a low voice.
"Then have you ever thought about your mother? Have you ever thought about me? Your body and skin are affected by your parents. If you really choose to die? Do you think your mother and I will live happily? Your mother The first person will go crazy, and I will be the second.”
"Besides, there is no way to be sure that Xinyi is dead now. Why do you have this idea?"
"Moreover, if Xinyi really, really dies, then would she want you to accompany her? Doesn't she know your mother's physical condition? Do you want your mother to not only lose a daughter-in-law? I also lost my only son. You tell me!" Liang Yesheng blushed and tore up the suicide note.
"I want to save Xinyi myself. I want to see the person alive, and I want to see the corpse when she dies." Liang Chunsheng said, staring at his father.
"Bastard, what are you talking about? How can you help? When the time comes, you will even push your benefactors into the water, and you will not be the only one who will die. You are an adult, can you think about things more carefully? ." Liang Yesheng's fists were clenched tightly. He wanted to slap his son again, but he felt that giving him another slap would only make him more determined in his choice.
"Old Xu, lock the young master in the room. Don't let the young master step out of the room without my order." Liang Yesheng roared angrily.
Lao Xu slowly walked to Liang Chunsheng, and Liang Chunsheng also roared: "That's enough! Dad! I just ask you, if the person captured by the monster is mother, what will you do?"
This time, Liang Yesheng was blocked, and the whole main room became quiet again.
"Oh, don't be impatient. Don't be impatient. If you have something to say, I've been walking around the world for so many years. Injured monsters are the most unsuitable to eat people for nourishment, because it will be counterproductive. And the monster captures the bride. A bride, a woman, mainly has feminine energy, and is not suitable for nourishing. If a monster wants to eat the bride, it must at least wait until its body's injuries heal. And the time for the monster's body to heal is exactly four to five days. time."
"And it's just right, just right. The monster was injured by the hero in white. So hero in white, according to your strength, will it take four or five days for this monster to recover?" Aqiang prescribed a soothing medicine. He nodded and suddenly changed the topic to the hero in white and asked him to answer. Aqiang nodded, he is very smart.
"My name is Ling Fenglan. Moreover, with my strength, it will take at least seven days for the monster to recover. Therefore, we have seven days to rescue the bride. Therefore, the head of the Liang family and the groom do not have to worry about the safety of the bride for the time being. .”
Ling Fenglan was silent for a moment, then continued: "However, I also suggest that it would be better for Young Master Ling not to go. He clearly had a chance to save the woman he said he loved, but he hesitated. It would be a bit of a joke to say it now. ?"
Ling Fenglan stood up and walked towards the door. When he reached the door, he turned to everyone and said: "When a person is rescued, I will tell the girl whether I want to continue to choose you to be his companion." I have been here for a lifetime. I won’t rest in your residence, so I’ll take my leave first.”
Everyone watched Ling Fenglan leave without saying anything. Aqiang bumped Jiang Zhi's shoulder and said in his heart: "Don't be stunned and follow. If anything goes wrong then, help him. Also, if you can't find that uncle, use This is the spell I will teach you next.”
Aqiang taught the spell to Jiang Zhi in a heartfelt voice. He recited it several times silently in his mind. After making sure he had memorized it, he said goodbye to everyone.
"Now that you've come, let's live in peace. Being here now won't help. Lao Xu, take these benefactors to the guest room to rest. Let's talk about tomorrow's matters tomorrow." Liang Yesheng finished speaking to the housekeeper Lao Xu , glanced at Liang Chunsheng, sighed, put his hands behind his back, and left the main room.
Liang Chunsheng looked at his father's retreating back, then he said hello to everyone and left.
"Chen Hongjing, let me ask you, if one day, like today, the girl you like is held hostage by a very powerful monster, or the choice you make today, will you exchange your own life for your beloved girl? Life?" Liang Siheng asked.
"Yes, why not? If I have the strength, I will protect her well and prevent that powerful monster from catching her in front of me. If she is really caught accidentally, I will be willing to I would exchange my life for her." Chen Hongjing said with a smile.
Zhong Xiaofan punched Liang Siheng on the head and said a little angrily: "You really don't mention which pot is boiling. Have you forgotten something? If you can't speak, say less."
Just when Liang Siheng was about to curse, his mind seemed to be suddenly enlightened by Zhong Xiaofan. Chen Hongjing did not have to make a choice because he had already missed some choices. To be precise, he had no choice at all, but just watched. He looked at the choices given to him.
"I'm sorry, Chen Hongjing, I seem to have mentioned some things that shouldn't be mentioned." Liang Siheng couldn't see the expression on Chen Hongjing's back, and felt very uneasy.
Chen Hongjing turned around and said with a smile: "It's nothing. Although we can't protect you, at least we still have hope and a purpose."
"Yeah, well, if it were me, I would be the same as you. I would rather let myself get hurt than let the person I like get hurt. Master, I said this, right?" Liang Siheng Seeing that Chen Hongjing was not angry, he quickly praised Chen Hongjing, not forgetting to ask his master to praise him at the end.
As expected, the master praised Liang Siheng and followed the housekeeper Lao Xu to the guest room. Lao Xu also talked about the acquaintance between the young master and the young lady in this mansion.
The story of Liang Chunsheng, a young master of the Liang Mansion, and Zhu Xinyi, a rural girl, actually begins with childhood sweethearts.
When the two of them met for the first time, it was because their parents had business contacts. At that time, Liang Chunsheng's father only owned a small tea farm. Zhu Xinyi's father happened to also own a small tea shop, and after going back and forth, the two parties became familiar with each other. The newly ignorant teenagers and girls were also in the tea garden, sometimes playing around, sometimes studying which kind of tea tastes better and how to drink it without bitter taste.
Huang Yixiao yawned, and Zhong Xiaofan saw it. Zhong Xiaofan quickly sat next to him and said, "Sleepy? What a coincidence, so am I."
"Why do I feel that the story told by the butler is more procrastinating and boring than the story told by the smelly scholar?" Huang Yixiao said, yawning again.
"Stinky scholar? You mean Brother Aqiang?" Zhong Xiaofan asked.
Huang Yixiao shook his head and said: "No, no, no, it's not him. The stinky scholar is the scholar I hired before to help several children read and write. As for Brother Aqiang, well, it was purely a sword accident."
"Bitch? You're a bit bitch, but you still do things in a very measured way." Zhong Xiaofan said.
"Fart, that's not what I said." Halfway through Huang Yixiao's words, he remembered what happened when he went out with Aqiang that day. Some things were none of his business, so he should just ignore them. "Forget it, he's not cheap."
The housekeeper Lao Xu continued: "It's a pity that the good times didn't last long. Just when the young lady's parents planned to finish a big business and asked the master whether they should let these two babies get together, everything changed. "
"It was because that business was a huge scam. The small tea shop in the young lady's family was completely deceived. And the young lady's father and mother could not bear the debt collection from outsiders and chose to commit suicide. At that time, , The young lady also wanted to go to hell with her parents, but fortunately the young master arrived in time and stopped her."
"Moreover, the master also helped the young lady pay off the debt. However, since that time, the relationship between the young lady and the young master has changed. Although the change is very small and subtle, all of us have noticed it. "
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In a cave in the mountain forest, a firewood was burning. A big man handed a cup of tea to a girl in wedding clothes.
After the girl took the tea, she took a sip. He smiled and said, "This tea is so delicious. My dear friend, this is the bag of tea I gave you last time."
The big man nodded and continued: "I'm sorry, I scared you and hurt you."
The bride shook her head, looked at the big man and said, "If it weren't for my benefactor, I would have died long ago."
It turns out that the person behind the scam was interested in Xinyi. I want to marry Xinyi back home as a concubine. After the person behind the scenes saw the two elders committing suicide, they told Xinyi the matter in person.
"If you hadn't arrived in time, my benefactor, I would have been insulted by the three of them in the mountains and forests. I don't have the shame to see Chun Sheng. Maybe I really just want to go down and reunite with my parents." Xinyi moved toward He breathed a sigh of relief into his own palm.
After seeing this, the big man threw two or three branches into the firewood. "But, in the end, it was that boy who saved you. If anything, I still owe you. After all, it was hundreds of years ago that your ancestors saved my life, and I was able to transform into a human form."
"Okay, benefactor, you've said this hundreds of times, why do you keep saying it? Are you tired of saying it? I'm tired of hearing it," Xinyi said.
"Okay, let's not talk about it. Originally, I just wanted to fly over from that direction and take a look at your wedding day. Who knew, suddenly an internal problem broke out. I accidentally fell down." The big man scratched his head. He also took a sip of tea.
"How about that boy? Is that boy treating you badly? Do you want your benefactor to help you beat him up? Don't worry, he will never be hurt. You can still consummate the marriage." The big man said with a smile.
Xinyi's face turned red all of a sudden and she said hurriedly: "My dear friend, what are you talking about? You are hundreds of years old, why are you still so unruly?" After Xinyi finished speaking, she fell silent. After a while, he continued: "Actually, there is something wrong between us. I feel like he doesn't love me, but just admires me. Since the death of my parents, the way he looks at me has changed. Although the movement was very slight, I could still detect it. I don’t know why.”
The flames of the firewood illuminated their faces.
"Is he related to those behind the scenes?" The big man picked up the thick wooden stick on the ground and crushed it with one hand.
"How is that possible! My dear, you are thinking too much." Xinyi said decisively.
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"How is it possible, how could I not like her, how could I not love her." Liang Chunsheng roared at Aqiang and Chen Hongjing in a small courtyard on one side of the Liang Mansion.
Originally, he wanted to sit here quietly for a while, but two people, one large and one small, came and said that the stories told by the butler over there were too boring and wanted to come and listen to the stories. After all, this was his benefactor and a child, so he couldn't refuse.
But the words of these two people were too venomous. It didn't mean that he was a coward, or that he didn't love his bride deeply enough. Hence Liang Chunsheng's roaring words.
"Actually, I also know that my own feelings for her have changed. Although it is very subtle and has almost no impact on the love between the two of us, every time I see her and want to tell her that I will take care of her for the rest of my life, then This subtle feeling began to amplify.”
"That feeling is that I don't know if I have the ability to take good care of her. And, until now, I don't know what I think in my heart."
Liang Chunsheng is a filial child. He has listened to his parents' words and done things since he was a child. There is nothing he does that goes against his parents. Because he also feels that everything his parents have done for him is right and the future is good. No matter how much he doesn't like it, no matter how much he wants to leave, he will endure it on his own.
There was one thing that really made him feel happy and sad at the same time. That is the matter of liking Xinyi.
Falling in love with Xinyi was originally his own little secret that no one knew about. Others regarded them as childhood sweethearts, but in fact, Chunsheng had already begun to like this little girl from the first time he saw Xinyi. Although he is from the countryside and although his clothes are a bit rustic, he just likes her.
When his parents told him that they wanted him to marry Xinyi, he was very happy at first. It was the best thing he had ever heard. However, he didn't realize it until he stopped her from committing suicide at Xinyi's home. , all of this is not what I have fought for, it is all given by my parents.
He started to panic. He didn't know whether Xinyi liked Liang Chunsheng who only liked to obey his family members.
"My dear friend, please tell me whether he/she likes me in his/her heart."
The two of them looked at the bright moon at the same time. He was in the town, and she was in the mountains and forests. The breeze just brushed their cheeks.
