Chapter 55
V4 Chapter 1
Late at night, almost morning.
The sound of beating gongs and drums and blowing suona came bursts, the sound was sharp, and it seemed a little scary in such a quiet environment.
Today’s night is terribly dark, not to mention the moon, there are not even stars, and there is still a little chill in the sky, which makes people shiver inexplicably.
It seems that someone is getting married.
The sedan chair parked safely in the middle of the yard, and the style of the whole yard was inexplicably strange.
Double Happiness was clearly posted on the windows, but the layout of the entire courtyard was not as simple as a simple red.
Red and white lanterns, red and white ribbons, it is obviously a day of great joy, but it is a combination of white decorations that are only used when the dead are used.
The intertwining of happiness and mourning seemed very abrupt at first glance, and what was even more strange was that the lanterns were clearly hung, but they were not lit at all. The whole yard was completely dark and lifeless.
The sedan chair finally stopped, and the matchmaker who was walking in front of the sedan chair at the beginning had a face as pale as a white wall, with a strange red paint on her cheeks, her expression was so numb that she didn’t seem to be holding a wedding.
The person next to him quickly handed the matchmaker a rooster and a kitchen knife.
The matchmaker plausibly chanted something like a spell, and kept moving her hands, directly cutting the rooster’s head with a knife, and spilling the rooster’s blood all over the ground.
After a series of ceremonies were done properly, the matchmaker continued to say to the bearers carrying the sedan chair with her pale face, “Please come out with the bride.”
The four bearers looked at each other left and right, with unconcealable horror in their eyes, they looked at each other, and finally hesitated for a moment, then peeled off the door screen of the sedan chair together, and “invited” the people inside out.
This “invitation” is not strictly an invitation, because the bride in the sedan chair is **** with red strings and cannot move at all.
The bride wore a red silk scarf on her head, so she couldn’t see the quality of the bride’s facial features at all. She could only vaguely feel that the bride was tall and fragile.
The bride’s lining is a gorgeous red blouse, and she is wearing an embroidered red gown. The dress has wide sleeves and a narrow waist. The waist and chest are also inlaid with many exquisite and delicate patterns, which looks very delicate.
The bearers looked at each other a few times, swallowed their saliva, thought of today’s exorbitant reward, looked at each other, ruthless, and all pressed them out, regardless of other things.
There is a wrong and a debtor, anyway, it can’t be blamed on them.
The matchmaker opened the door of the room, shook her head, and made a bow, motioning for someone to press in, and the bearer got the instructions and followed them one by one.
Su Jingyan was dizzy the whole time, he just felt that he was picked up by someone and sent somewhere, and then someone pressed his head and kowtowed three times.
Immediately afterwards, a sharp female voice was heard, shouting two words loudly, “Li Cheng—!”
Immediately afterwards, he was picked up again, and thrown mercilessly onto a sandalwood bed, his hands and feet were still tied, unable to move, unable to break free.
He could only vaguely hear the footsteps in the room that were originally thin and broken, going out one after another, gradually drifting away, leaving him alone.
After a while, the surroundings became completely silent, and all sounds disappeared.
Su Jingyan moved his hands and feet uncomfortably, unable to break free at all.
He struggled for a while, and finally gave up struggling. He lowered his head and rested his head on the bed. The red silk scarf blocked his face, and he couldn’t see what the surrounding environment was like.
As he was distracted, he thought, wasn’t he invited to dinner by the eldest lady of the Zhou residence? Why was he carried here so dizzy?
I don’t know if he was drugged. He didn’t have any strength in his body, his whole body was limp, he was very collapsed, and his brain was a little swollen. He couldn’t hear anything when he was lying on the bed, only his own breathing was so quiet. sound and heartbeat.
A gust of wind blew, and the wooden windows in the room also swayed left and right, making crackling noises, and the lantern outside the door also swayed with the wind, making a rustling sound.
Su Jingyan blinked his heavy eyelids, feeling drowsy and about to faint, but it seemed that his brain was still awake.
The door of the room was opened with a “click” sound.
Su Jingyan raised his head, then lowered it again, moving his body uncomfortably.
Can’t help but think, who is here?
The man was also wearing a festive big red robe, with a white cloud pattern belt tied around his waist, black pattern cloud sleeves, and a tall and slender figure.
The man strode in.
But what was strange was that the man couldn’t hear the slightest sound when he walked.
The man glanced at the unknown object lying on the bed, squinted his eyes, and there was half a bit of coldness in his eyes, and he looked like a stranger who should not get close to him.
The man no longer remembered how many “brides” Zhou Zhai sent over.
I don’t know if there is something wrong with the people in Zhou’s house. A hundred years earlier, they invited his soul here to make a fortune. In order to serve him, they would send him a “bride” almost every ten years. Just to please him.
In this regard, men have always sneered and dismissed it.
In the depths of his memory, he had long felt that he had someone he loved deeply, and it was impossible for him to get married to anyone except that person.
Therefore, the ending of these brides was without exception. The people in Zhou’s house threw them here, without water or food, locked the door, and starved to death one by one.
And he was just summoned by the Lingma.
Ah.
The man slowly approached the bed, his eyes were filled with chills.
To him, the person in front of him was nothing more than a living corpse.
Su Jingyan felt uncomfortable, and forced himself to raise his head. He knew someone had entered the room, shook his head, and said, “Who are you? Can you untie the rope for me?”
The man’s outstretched hand trembled slightly when he heard this voice, like the numb feeling of ants biting his heart, which made his soul sigh comfortably.
It was Su Jingyan’s sound that made the man’s actions, which were already ready to silence him, stop.
Su Jingyan felt aggrieved when he found that the person did not help him, and his voice became softer, and continued, “Hello! Are you there?”
The man still didn’t move, quietly listening to the voice made by the person on the bed, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was enjoying something, and his expression was slightly softer, not as cold as it was at the beginning.
Tsk.
It’s so nice to hear that he only wants this voice to be heard only for himself.
Su Jingyan felt that the red silk scarf on his head was too troublesome, and after recovering most of his consciousness, he shook his head, trying to tear off the annoying silk scarf.
But the silk scarf is too long, no matter how he shakes it, the red silk scarf is still on his head, Su Jingyan sighed aggrievedly, “Then can you help me to pull off the thing on my head?” Come down? It’s uncomfortable to wear.”
The man finally recovered from his distraction for a moment, his eyes were dim and changing, and he didn’t know what kind of emotion flashed in his heart.
Hearing the begging voice of the man on the bed, the man paused, stretched out his hand, and rubbed it against his neck in a small arc for a while, squinting his eyes, as if he was weighing whether to let the man in front of him follow him directly. The end of the bride, to help him to give birth early, from the suffering of hunger.
Finally, the man’s hand was fixed on the position of the red ribbon, he bent down, paused, and tore off the man’s red ribbon, just like the groom’s official going to uncover his bride’s red hijab on the wedding night, ambiguous extreme.
There was a white candle and a red candle lit in the room, flickering weak candlelight, although not enough to illuminate the entire room, but basically able to see the surrounding furnishings.
Su Jingyan’s eyes blinked, and his eyelashes swept up and down, like a butterfly caressing. He raised his head and met the man next to the bed.
As soon as he saw the man’s facial features clearly, Su Jingyan’s mouth opened slightly, his heart was shocked, and he was dumbfounded.
The man’s facial features are very sharp, his hair is very long, almost reaching his waist, his whole face is very white, his eyebrows are very thick, his temperament is very dull, and his lips are extremely thin.
Because Su Jingyan was lying on the bed, he raised his head to look at the man’s face, and because the candlelight in the room was very dim, he couldn’t see it very clearly, but this did not affect his feeling of the man’s face. The man is very good looking.
He didn’t read much, and he didn’t know any modifiers. After holding back in his mind for a long time, he only had the word “good-looking”.
The man paused on the spot, and the moment he saw the face of the person on the bed, his eyes shrank suddenly, as if the whole person had been greatly stimulated, he subconsciously clenched his teeth.
The man’s Adam’s apple also squirmed up and down, and his hands even trembled uncontrollably.
“…”
“…”
Surprisingly, the two of them looked into each other’s eyes so affectionately without speaking, as if they had seen each other for thousands of years.
The man’s body finally moved, as if he had been relieved from the stimulation, and sat directly next to the man on the bed, caressing the young man’s face with his fingers uncontrollably, feeling the smooth and delicate skin in the palm of his hand.
The man in front of him had red lips and white teeth, and his eyes seemed to have sparkles, which were sparkling and pure. The red dress on his body made his already fair skin even fairer.
The next moment, he noticed the ropes that bound the young man’s hands and feet, squinted his eyes, and could vaguely see the red marks on his wrist that seemed to be abused.
His brain was stimulated even more, as if he had discovered some peerless treasure, his eyes couldn’t move away from him at all.
With a big wave of his hand, the rope that bound Su Jingyan was automatically untied. Su Jingyan’s body softened and he collapsed directly on the bed.
The man held Su Jingyan’s two hands in his own, looked at the traces left by restraint on the other’s wrist, and squinted his eyes. Apart from distress, there was even some great pleasure in his eyes.
Su Jingyan opened his deer eyes, looked at the man in front of him innocently, and without knowing why, he subconsciously said, “It hurts.”
Hearing his voice, the man trembled uncontrollably. He grabbed the young man’s hand, but he didn’t dare to use force, as if he was afraid that if he exerted a little force, the man in front of him would not be able to bear it.
The thumb of the man’s hand was rubbing against Su Jingyan’s wrist, his voice was hoarse, gentle and doting, “It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt.”
Sure enough, the marks on Su Jingyan’s hand disappeared without a trace after the man finished speaking.
Su Jingyan blinked, staring at the man’s handsome face, and realized that what he was wearing and what the other was wearing were the big red robes that he would only wear when he got married, and they were obviously the same.
He’s not very smart, but he still has basic common sense. He blinked Xiaolu’s eyes and asked, “I, are we married?”
When the man heard the word “marriage”, his expression changed more obviously, like a jackal, tiger and leopard, staring at him with a look that Su Jingyan couldn’t understand, as if he would pounce on him in the next second.
After a long time, the man replied, “Yes, we are married.”