"Be quick with your hands and feet. Hurry up and stuff your uncle into the sedan chair! Don't delay the auspicious time to pay your respects to the church!"
"Quick, quick, start blowing the suona!"
"Huagu and erhu, let's play together!"
"...Wang Daniu, I don't want the money anymore, so I played "Feng Qiu Huang", who told you to cry out in mourning... Why did you play it like the little widow went to the grave again, hurry up, "Feng Qiu Huang"! Be festive, louder! Use it.
Be more energetic!"
"Then why don't you light the firecrackers quickly!"
In Wuning City, there is the sound of suonas, trumpets and firecrackers, adults are noisy and children are laughing, and the whole scene is chaotic and joyful.
"..."
Listening to the commotion around him, Su Wen felt as if his head was going to explode. He opened his eyes and felt a chill coming from the bottom of his heart.
"Who am I, where am I, what am I doing..."
Su Wenzhi instantly dealt three consecutive blows to his soul.
At this time, he was wearing a brand-new brocade with big red flowers hanging on it; his body was tied up in an extremely shameful way, and a bulging hemp core was stuffed in his mouth. He was carried by four strong men.
Standing, stuffing into the sedan chair...
There was severe pain in his forehead. When he raised his eyes, he saw from the corner of his eye a big bulging lump, as big as a goose egg!
I don’t know who did it, but the swelling is still dripping with blood!
"I...I have traveled through time!"
Another consciousness quickly came to his mind, and he immediately understood his situation. Now he was an unnamed scholar in the Liang Dynasty. His parents were dead, and he was alone, with only an old ancestral house and a few acres of thin farmland.
Live a life of farming and studying.
And today...
he!
Being robbed of a kiss!
A few days ago, news came from nowhere that His Majesty the Emperor was going to open up the harem and adopt beautiful girls!
In Jiangnan alone, there are three thousand beautiful girls!
When the wind came, the entire Jiangnan Road was suddenly in chaos.
The old emperor is already sixty-nine this year, and he is buried up to his neck in dirt, but he still has thoughts about the draft!
Whose daughter is willing to be sent to the palace to be spoiled by the old emperor?
It's nothing more than a waste. The old emperor has always been cruel and perverse. Once he dies, his concubines and palace maids may be buried. The children of the family are sent to the palace, and they don't enjoy a few days of happiness, but they have to be buried with them. Which parent wants such a thing?
Happened to your own daughter?
Then the whole Jiangnan was suddenly in chaos.
Countless families with daughters of the right age, in order to prevent their daughters from falling into the fire pit, are looking for sons-in-law. They are panicking and not choosing what to eat. Countless old bachelors have reached the peak of their lives.
It was in this environment that Su Wen suffered.
There was a man named Xu Bancheng in the city, who had a fortune of tens of millions and no children. He only had two daughters. The eldest daughter was sixteen years old and the second daughter was only nine years old. This time he was looking for a husband for the eldest daughter.
Xu Bancheng had no children, so he naturally did not want to marry off his daughter, so he thought of recruiting a son-in-law.
It's just that Xu Bancheng has a really picky eye, and naturally he is not willing to give in. So he sets his sights on Su Wen, who is seventeen years old, has a dignified appearance, and is half a scholar!
Xu Bancheng was also quite particular. Knowing that Su Wen's family was poor, he first sent a matchmaker to talk to Su Wen so that Su Wen could come to his house and become his son-in-law.
But he was rejected by Su Wen.
This has nothing to do with the character of a scholar!
Rumor has it that the royal daughter is eight feet tall, but her waistline is also eight feet!
Su Wen, who has skinny arms and legs, can’t handle it!
But!
Xu Bancheng was not a vegetarian. Seeing that Su Wen didn't know what was good or bad, he chose an auspicious day to steal the bride!
Su Wenwen also heard the news and ran to his friend's house in advance to take shelter. Unexpectedly, his every move was closely watched by Xu Bancheng's men, who found him without any trouble!
A sap hits the head, and the Xu family wakes up!
"let me go!"
Su Wen woke up in a cold sweat.
He knows very well that these days, a married woman has no status. No matter what the reason is, if she gets married, she will lose her legal status and no one will care if she is beaten to death!
"Let me go!"
Su Wen spit out the numbness in his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs: "I am a scholar! You can't insult Su Wen!"
"Oh, my silly uncle..." Standing outside the sedan chair, Manager Xu of the Xu Mansion heard Su Wen's protest and said with a smile: "You are not even a student of the academy. You only know a few words. According to Daliang law,
Fa, you can't be considered a true scholar...I can't insult you even if I insult Si Wen..."
Although Xu Bancheng's family has a big business, he is still quite cautious in this matter. When choosing his son-in-law, he went through a long list of people who had a good reputation, a family background, and relatives and friends who had some ability.
Eliminate them one by one.
There are not many choices left. According to Xu Bancheng's original words, it is "picking the taller one among the short ones". As long as he can get by, Su Wen is the one who gets pushed aside. But Su Wen's qualifications do not count.
Too bad. With his level, it was only a matter of time before he was admitted to the academy. This was also the reason why Xu Bancheng chose Su Wen in the end. After all, he was a potential stock.
"You are forcing people to do something difficult, forcing good people into prostitution, and persecuting pure good people... The government will not ignore it!"
Su Wen was furious.
"The governor, Mr. Xie, is waiting for you and the eldest lady's wedding at the Xu Mansion... Do you think the government has nothing to do with it?"
Manager Xu responded to Su Wen's words with a smile, and then raised his voice: "Keep playing music, keep dancing! If you all work harder, the rewards will be doubled, doubled!"
Hearing the sound, the surrounding musicians worked harder. For a moment, the sound of Su Wen struggling in the sedan chair was drowned in the wave of joy.
"...The little brother of the Su family is so lucky that he was chosen by the eldest daughter of the Xu family. He is really envious of others..."
On the third floor of the "Zui Xian Building" facing the street, guests looked down and looked at the noisy "welcome" team, commenting endlessly.
"Oh, you're lucky? Did you know that the eldest daughter of the Xu family has a nine-foot waist and needs to eat half a cow for one meal! I have seen that Su Wen who got married, he is a scholar, with thin arms and thin legs, and he is in the big family of Xu
In the hands of the young lady, it will be good if you can survive the bridal night tonight!"
"Hey, I'm good at this as Tieniu... It's a pity that people don't like me..."
Among the spectators, there were some who were envious and jealous, and some who shook their heads in regret, with mixed emotions.
"Uncle Liu, should we take care of it?"
The three gray-clothed guests at the table facing the street did not make noises like the others, but one of the guests, who looked like a young man with a calm personality and was equipped with a long sword, frowned and asked his companions.
"How to care?"
There was a long scar on Uncle Liu's face, which went from the middle of his left eyebrow down to his nose and straight through his cheek. It was very scary. His big copper bell-like eyes were slightly closed. He shook his head and sighed: "In the entire Jiangnan Dao, similar things have happened this month.
Hundreds of incidents have happened, and we cannot control them, and they are not under our control. Qing ministers, please don’t cause trouble."
"But……"
After all, Gu Qingchen was a young man and could not bear to see injustice in the world. He thought for a moment and said, "Isn't this a rumor spread by that monster? Why isn't it under our control?"
But the companion next to him knocked on the table lightly and said: "Then our duty is only to catch monsters and suppress evil spirits, and the rest will be handled by the government."
The speaker was a woman, her face covered with a black gauze, and her appearance could not be clearly seen. From the sound of her voice, she must be very young.
"But local government officials allow rumors to spread without even refuting them. It's really hateful!"
Gu Qingchen said bitterly: "When I return to the capital, I have to go to the Neihang Province and sue Jiangnan Dao severely!"
"Why do you want to refute the rumors?"
Uncle Liu shook his head, crossed his legs, revealed a pair of worn-out straw sandals, and laughed: "The Jiangnan area is rich and frivolous. Marriage has always been a heavy matter. The amount of money the woman asked for was so high that it was shocking.
Clicking the tongue. Rich people are hired with gold and silver, and married with a red dress. It is extremely luxurious. Naturally, it goes without saying, but the sinking trend of exaggeration is already a very big hidden danger.
A well-off family can spend everything they have, or they may be able to marry a wife, but most people have to bear heavy debts when they get married, and it often takes decades to pay off. Therefore, there are many older women in Jiangnan Dao, and even more bachelors...
The court has been troubled a lot, and this wave of rumors has solved a big problem."
"...Uh...Uncle Liu, according to you, this is a good thing? Could this rumor be..."
Gu Qingchen was startled.
"What are you thinking about..."
Uncle Liu rolled his eyes, touched the big scar on his face, and said calmly: "It's that monster's fault. The court wouldn't be so cruel... Just increase the late marriage tax a little more, and it will be almost the same."
The effect can also increase the revenue of the treasury..."
"It should be a condition for that monster to advance. I heard that there are some inexplicable behaviors when monsters advance."
The woman next to Gu Qingchen responded: "The strange thing is that we followed the evil spirit to Wuning City, but the evil spirit disappeared..."
"It seems that he is about to transform and control his demonic aura. Yan Duo, at the critical moment, I have to rely on your compass."
Uncle Liu looked at the woman and sighed.
"good."
Yan Duo's face was hidden in the veil. She didn't know what to think. She reached for her waist and picked up a rusty compass. She said with some hesitation in her voice: "The demon fixing plate can only be used twice."
"It's enough to use it once... I can also use my ghost-clearing technique once. When the compass cooperates, the monster's position can be completely locked, and it will be dead."
"Oh, my uncle has run away!"
Just when Uncle Liu was speaking confidently, there was a sudden commotion in the wedding team.
Su Wen, who was in the sedan chair, broke free from the rope and took advantage of the smoke caused by setting off firecrackers to escape. First he kicked steward Xu over, then pushed down two servants, and fled for his life.
"Hurry up and chase!"
Manager Xu was furious. There was a banquet in the house, and they were waiting for my uncle to come and get married. If my uncle ran away, I would not be surprised if I killed him.
Su Wen, who was dressed in a wedding dress, was like a firefly in the dark, with nowhere to hide, and he actually dived into Zuixian Tower.
The servants of the Xu Mansion are chasing after their uncle and they have lost their uncle. The punishment they will receive will only be more severe!
Manager Xu was afraid that the servants in the mansion would not be able to stop Su Wen, so he shouted loudly: "My fellow neighbors, whoever can stop my uncle will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver!"
Fifty taels of silver is a huge sum of money, enough to cover the expenses of a family of five for several years!
The melon-eaters who were watching the excitement were immediately incited and surrounded the Zuixian Tower. Many people even chased them in, creating a chaotic mess.
Su Wen was chased and had no choice but to run to the top floor.
After running up, he discovered that there was only one stairway and no place to go down.
"Don't come over here!"
In desperation, Su Wen immediately jumped onto the fence, held on to the pillar with one hand, and shouted sternly: "If you dare to come over, I will jump down!"