Embers of the Huntress

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Spring breeze, the sky is clear, Tong family side is again surrounded by villagers. Welcome the marriage team stepped on the auspicious time and arrived, the groom Xiao Jing rode a black-headed mule horse in the forefront, and brought three younger brothers accompanied, are riding a mule. Behind them were four strong men carrying a large red sedan chair, and Matchmaker Fang walked alongside with two suona players. “How come all four of these brothers are so handsome, I don't know which one to look at.” “I like the youngest one, the older ones all have a murderous aura, strangely fierce.” “That's because the older brothers have all been to war, the youngest one hasn't been practiced.” The several brothers of the Xiao family who had been to war were not timid of such a scene of being surrounded by people, and arrived in front of the Tong family's gate, dismounting their horses in unison. The Tong family set up three hurdles to test the groom, Tong Youyu is responsible for archery, Tong Gui is responsible for arm wrestling, and his brother-in-law, Tong Shan, is responsible for the literature hurdle. Xiao Zhen is a martial arts practitioner, the first two passes easily. Only Tong Shan here, twelve-year-old brother-in-law was looked at by the crowd of red face, eyes flickering, suddenly on the crowd in the middle of Song Zhishi. Song Zhishi's face showed encouragement. Tong Shan remembered Big Brother Song's instructions and tilted his head towards Xiao Jian and smiled, “I'll quote a line from the Poetry Scripture, if you can recite the next line, you'll be considered to have passed.” Zhou Qing's face changed, how did it turn into a pair of poems, she clearly taught her son to guess a simple lantern riddle! The three Xiao Ye brothers standing behind Xiao Jing had different looks, some were puzzled, some frowned, and one was giggling. Xiao meticulously swept back along the line of sight of his brother-in-law, and found that he had once met the Song family scholar with a different look, and in his heart, he said to Tong Shan: “I don't read much, so I'll give it a try for the time being, and in case I can't answer it, can I please ask the virtuous brother to change another question?” Tong Shan then felt that this cold-faced brother-in-law was quite gentle, and after thinking about it, he changed his mind and said, “How about we guess a lantern riddle?” Although Brother Song said that those two verses were good lines to congratulate the newlyweds, it was more important to take care of brother-in-law's face. Xiao Jian laughed and said, “Let's pair up the poems first, and then guess the lantern riddles if you lose.” Tong Shan didn't know whether his brother-in-law was confident or open-minded, so he coughed cooperatively and said, “It is appropriate to say drink wine and grow old with your son.” Villagers who have never read a book: ...... Xiao Jing touched his brother-in-law's head, his voice was not too high and not too low: “The qin and the se are in the Royal Palace, and there is nothing that is not quiet and good.” Tong Shan's eyes lit up, adding more admiration to this brother-in-law.

The three hurdles have been passed, the groom and the others formally entered the door, and began to eat the lunch banquet. After eating and drinking enough, Matchmaker Fang helped the bride walk out and paid farewell to her parents with the groom. Tong Sui covered her red head, looking at the hem of her parents' clothes and feet, teardrops rolled down uncontrollably, and despite holding back, the trembling of her shoulders let everyone know that the bride was crying. Zhou Qing inclined his head, after holding back his tears, said to his son-in-law, who had only met him for the second time, “The world is difficult, our Ah Man's life is good, for the time being, she has not suffered any great hardships, and now she has married a good son like you who is brave and resourceful, we do not want anything else, we only hope that you treat her well, and no matter what the situation is, you will take her with you and will not leave her on her own.” Xiao Jian looked at his new wife next to him, bent down and kowtowed, promising, “Don't worry father-in-law and mother-in-law, as long as I Xiao Jian have food to eat, I will not let Aman starve, as long as I still have a breath left, I will definitely try my best to protect Aman's safety.” Zhou Qing burst into tears. Tong Youyu's eyes turned red: “Good, good, we believe you!” After paying homage to her parents, Matchmaker Fang picked up the bride who choked up her voice and handed her over to Tong Gui to carry her to the sedan chair. From the east room to the courtyard door, Tong Sui's tears to the elder brother behind the neck of a piece of clothing are hit. Tong Gui teased his sister in a low voice: “Second brother still has to accompany you to the Xiao family to eat the banquet, get like this, people still think I love sweating.” Tong Sui burst out laughing. Tong Gui continued to the sedan chair: “This is right, you are to go to the husband's home over the good son, there is nothing to cry, really aggrieved, run back to find me, second brother is not afraid of them, to ensure that for you to seek justice.” Tong Sui: “Stop, say I'm going to cry again.” Tong Gui hurriedly shut up and slowly put his sister into the sedan chair. Knowing that the sedan chair curtains are about to be lowered, Tong Sui can't help but raise her head and see her brother, who has not yet exited the sedan chair at hand, as well as her mother and father standing side by side in front of the house, and her younger brother, who is being held by her mother in front of her. The tears that overflowed the eyes fell again, like a stream breaking its banks. And this scene, coincidentally, was also caught in the eyes of the groom, Xiao Jian, who casually swept over, and his cousin, Xiao Yan, who stood at his side. “Alright, alright, time to go, don't delay the auspicious time!” With Matchmaker Fang's pull and tug, the big red sedan chair curtains fell, blocking the bride's tearful eyes, and also blocking the gazes of the people outside the sedan chair with different emotions.