The girl fell softly into Lu Yuan's arms, curling up like a kitten. The tears on her face were still wet, but her body was no longer trembling.
Although Lu Yuanman held out hope during this trip, he still couldn't find his identity.
If a person does not know who he is, where he comes from, and what kind of people he has known, his life in this world will be meaningless.
If a person has no one to care about, he will always be like a duckweed in this world, without a place to live, and he will never belong to this world.
But now, as he gently stroked his long, soft hair, Lu Yuan felt that he had care and responsibility.
A burst of cheerful suona sound woke the two of them up.
Not far away, gongs and drums roared, firecrackers blasted, and the sound of the King of Baile resounded throughout the sky, creating a feeling of joy.
"What are you doing, Juju, let's go, I'll take you to see the excitement." Lu Yuan said.
Lu Yuan wanted to take Juju to see it. He wanted to let Juju see happy things and make her sad less.
"No, Sister Xiaodie, don't go!"
Unexpectedly, Juju looked very panicked, grabbed Lu Yuan's hand and shook his head desperately.
"What's wrong? It sounds like it should be a happy thing. Let's go. It's okay. I'm here." Lu Yuan couldn't help but feel a little more curious.
"Don't go, don't go, that's why my sister left home..." Juju said.
Lu Yuan was stunned and felt even more strange and curious about what those suona firecrackers were for. What's more, after hearing what Juju said, these things were related to Yuanyuan, Lu Yuan certainly wanted to find out more.
"You stay here and don't move. I'll go take a look and come back." As he said that, Lu Yuan stood up.
"I'll go with you!" Seeing Lu Yuan stand up, Xiaodie also looked braver.
Soon, Lu Yuan saw clearly that there was a team in front of him.
The team was dressed in festive clothes and played music. In the middle of the team, there was a sedan chair covered with red brocade, and many people from the town were watching around it.
Lu Yuan frowned, this must be someone who is getting married, this kind of thing should be normal, why should Xiaodie be afraid, and why is it related to Yuanyuan leaving home?
"Daughter, my daughter..."
Suddenly, a burst of miserable crying came, and then the team suddenly became chaotic. Lu Yuan saw a middle-aged woman staggering towards the sedan, with tears on her face.
"Take it down, take down this unruly man for me!"
In the crowd, there was a man in gorgeous clothes, with trembling fat all over his body, and a dark cloud on his face.
Suddenly, several strong men rushed up and pushed the middle-aged woman to the ground.
"Wang Yuanwai, I beg you, please let my daughter go." The woman lay on the ground, her tears mixed with the dust on the ground, making her look very embarrassed. The tears flowed down her cheeks and into her mouth.
, "I'm sorry for my daughter. She has lost her father since she was a child and has suffered so much with me. She has never had a good day. She hasn't even reached the age of eighteen yet, and now she has to..."
"What's wrong? You still want to go back on your word? This was the agreement we all made at the beginning. Why are you crying and making trouble now? If you are crying and making trouble here, just ask the villagers if they will agree!" Wang Yuanwai said,
Looking around at the townspeople around him, "Can you please let her daughter go?"
"No, of course not!"
"Why? Stop talking nonsense to her. Just carry the sedan and leave. We're in a hurry!"
"It's just that one of them ran away last time. We can't forget it this time."
"Really, who is this person? You can't break the rules just for one's own selfish interests!"
"If something goes wrong, can she bear the consequences?"
The townspeople who were watching said all kinds of things.
"Did you hear that? Let me tell you, if you continue to make trouble, you will not be in trouble with me, but with the whole town!" Wang Yuanwai finished speaking coldly, no longer paying attention to the middle-aged woman on the ground, "Get up the sedan!"
"Is this why your sister left?"
At this moment, Lu Yuan also understood in his heart that it was nine out of ten.
"Yes." Juju nodded, "Last month it was my sister's turn. Grandma asked someone to talk to Master Qingzhu about her love, so my sister left overnight. I was still asleep at that time. My sister must not have the heart to wake me up.
I, all, was just snoozing, and I didn’t even see the last scene of my sister before she left..."
Having said this, tears began to well up in Juju's eyes again.
Lu Yuan's eyes suddenly shrank.
If it weren't for this member Wang, if it weren't for these things, the girl named Yuanyuan would not have to leave her relatives in a hurry, nor would she encounter such misfortune in the mountains.
The root of all tragedies lies in the sedan in front of you!
"Wait a moment!"
With a sudden shout, everyone couldn't help but stop.
When they saw this strange young woman appear in front of them, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and for a moment they didn't know what was going on.
"She looks pretty good, with fine skin and tender flesh." Wang Yuanwai, as the local governor here, walked up with a shy belly. A pair of small eyes kept turning on Lu Yuan's face, "But the face looks raw, you
What do you want to do?"
"I want to change the girl in the sedan chair." Lu Yuan had already made up his mind to pay attention.
"Okay, you can change." Wang Yuanwai rolled his eyes and agreed readily.
Of course he had made up his mind. If Lu Yuan was replaced this time, he could come and capture the girl Lu Yuan replaced next time.
"Sister Xiaodie, no!" Juju rushed up when he saw Lu Yuan was about to get on the sedan.
"Jiuju, don't worry, I'm fine. Just wait for me to come back." Lu Yuan hugged Juju, comforted her in her ears, and then got on the sedan.
Originally, the girl inside was wearing a phoenix crown and a rosy veil, and was dressed very richly, but her face had already turned pale with fright, and she huddled up.
Wang Yuanwai asked his men to drag her out, and then dressed Lu Yuan up in all the phoenix crowns and rosy colors.
"Get up the sedan!"
Everyone went away whistling again.
"Daughter, daughter..." The middle-aged woman looked at all this as if in a dream. She didn't wake up until her eyes fell on her daughter, and hugged the stunned girl.
"Mom!" The girl finally became conscious and cried loudly.
"Quickly, kowtow to your benefactor."
The middle-aged woman hurriedly pulled her daughter and kowtowed in the direction of the sedan chair.
Lu Yuan was sitting in the sedan, his whole body tense, and his mind kept recalling the exercises he had learned with Chu Hong in the Zhuli Pavilion the previous month.
Although the techniques are very basic, it should not be a problem to deal with these ordinary people.
The sedan jolted and trembled, and Lu Yuan felt as if he had been walking for a long time.
Finally, it stopped.
"Please get off the bride's sedan chair!" Someone shouted outside.
The curtain was opened, someone put a red hijab on Lu Yuan, and then helped Lu Yuan down.
As soon as he got off the sedan, Lu Yuan felt something was wrong.
As for what was wrong, he couldn't tell for the moment because his head was covered.
"Perfume the bride!"
"Wear a sachet for the bride!"
"Hang the incense chain for the bride!"
Next, it was all a set of procedures anyway. Lu Yuan let others manipulate him without saying anything, and just endured it for the time being.
"Lift off the red hijab!"
Following these words, Lu Yuan felt that his hijab was being pulled off, and his eyes suddenly opened up.
At this moment, he immediately understood why he felt something was wrong just now.
Because this is not a worship room or hall, this is a wilderness. In front of Lu Yuan is a big river. At this time, many people including Wang Yuan and others who are welcoming the bride are standing on the bank of the river.
The one closest to the river was a Taoist-like man wearing long robes and chanting something.
On the river, a raft made of wood and straw was floating, and the raft was filled with various flowers and plants.
"Okay, the auspicious time has come. Please come to Sendai and marry the river god!" someone shouted.
"The bride is dedicated to the River God. Please, the River God, bless the local area with good weather! Ula, Ula, Ula..." the Taoist priest muttered.
At the same time, several strong men had already rushed up and lifted Lu Yuan onto the raft. Then someone pushed hard and the raft floated forward.