Chapter 136 (1/2)

Zhang Mansion

Pei Zi Yun looked around and observed his surroundings It was early autu Mansion, whose walls were a dark shade of green On both sides of the ere flourishi+ng flowers and greenery Although this was the house of a normal civilian, it looked very i between Shen Wan Lin and Zhang Ping Red lanterns were lined up on the doorway and it was lively all around the mansion Ox-carts were parked in roithin the mansion For those people who had sufficient status, their ox-carts were allowed to enter the mansion and park within For those whose statuses were not of sufficient standards, they had to get off far away and walk over

Within the couests A Zhang fa people However, the guests that he welcomed were the VIPs who had invitation cards They were people with powerful connections who could enter the honored guests banquet

Apart frouests who caive up ten copper coins in order to enter the banquet and partake in the food and drinks The normal banquets was held in the outer halls, composed of four dishes, and people could eat their fill However, clearly nobody did that, as that would be a socially disgraceful act

Pei Zi Yun stepped forward and handed over his gift and red packet The person receiving the gift looked like a butler, he scrutinized Pei Zi Yun His job was to assess the status of a person by their demeanor and looks When he looked into the box, he noticed that there were many silver taels within, divided into five and ten taels He then s Master”

A servant led Pei Zi Yun into the inner yard, where he noticed the entirely different atmosphere There were rows upon rows of different trees, including paGoda trees, ele

Ancient houses were often divided into two sections, the inner and the outer sections The more expensive houses where noble people resided had even three sections

When Pei Zi Yun noticed that the servant was leading him towards a canopy deep within the inner court, he couldn’t help but s assigned a seat at the inner banquet'

It was a joyous and lively scene, with red auspicious words were hung everywhere and servants all dressed in red garbs It was a merry event After Pei Zi Yun was shown into the hall and was seated, the servant excused hi maid approached and offered hiuests to eat There were peanuts, osmanthus pastries, red dates andhis glance around The attendants elcouests all had s were uests Pei Zi Yun could hear all the chatter about the wedding

”You know, this Shen Wan Lin is really fortunate Her uncle hails fro house I’ve even heard that Zhang Ping really loves her”

”You guys don’t know, Shen Wan Lin is the daughter of the Shen household It’s just that after her parents died, her uncle took over their family assets and businesses Even the whereabouts of her only brother reood that she would marry out of the Shen family Once she marries out, the entire Shen fa house”

A person as privy to the fah he bore a particular vengeance against the Meng house A ed , ”My apologies My friend here drank too iveness”

Hearing the chatter around him, Pei Zi Yun was not the least bothered He looked across the banquet with the uests arrived He knew that with soae number of people

Pei Zi Yun looked around once more and noticed that many people with stone cold expressions were seated around hi went awry, 'This is getting erous and complicated'

Even in a world whereleaders invited to the wedding Much less in this world where martial arts existed, even the officials ere invited to this event could not suppress the s of various places Over the course of the past thousand years, the gangs had been stabilized and deeply rooted in within the co, a s abound This was the saion started to gradually split the power a ten different households, which then birthed the Black Wind bandits who started operating illegal businesses

Under noral activities and gangs with the establishment of the new dynasty Gradually however, their hold and control of these illegal activities would dirow and sters did have sohts with each other in order to acquire their rival’s businesses Pei Zi Yun wondered how s, observing the cli to their bosses

As Pei Zi Yun continued observing his surroundings, he had no intentions of seeking out the ba that Shen Zhen would definitely be around Ever since the death of his parents, he loved his only sister to death Since today was the day his sister would be wed, he would obviously show up It’s just that with all the tension and conflict, he had to conceal his identity well, and thus Pei Zi Yun was unable to spot hiht he knew his uncle, he would never be able to fully understand how crafty and vile his uncle truly was This was clearly a trap to lure hiinal owner’s memories, this was the moment the conflict escalated

”The bride is here!” A woh-pitched shout The noisy and lively crowd turned quiet The people ere seated within the outer banquets then rushed into the inner banquets, all trying to get a better view of the procession

Theat the entrance It was her who shouted out earlier Seeing the large crowd of people squeezing through, the servants of Zhang Mansion stepped in to create a path

The people congested the entire pathways as they rushed to the front Several children wormed their way to the front, as they watched on

At this point the cheering sounds started picking up as instru set off The group of selected people ere supposed to escort the bride and grooroom then rode a horse As soon as he reached the entrance, he leapt of with agility A ed wo the bride She then carefully led the bride off the sedan

A serving maid then carried a porcelain bottle and handed it over to the bride The bride received the porcelain bottle and held it close in her embrace Within the porcelain bottle were the five different crops, gold and silver It was a sye

The bridesmaid lent an arm to the bride as she walked leisurely across There were to up her flowy red dress as she walked unsteadily As part of the wedding rites, the bride had to walk over a horse saddle and a small pot of fire in order to ward off bad luck before she was allowed to enter the mansion She then had to cross the courtyard where she had to pay her respects to her parents, parents in law and to heaven

The grooe red flower as the bride held onto the tail end of her dress as they walked in together All of a sudden, soh from the crowd and shouted, ”Shen Wan Lin, how can you ed our undying love to each other?”