Chapter 146: Gao Yulou, Your Mother Called You Home for Dinner (1/2)
Chapter 146: Gao Yulou, Your Mother Called You Home for Dinner
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September 9th, by the lunar calendar, was good for getting married but traveling should be avoided.
Getting up early in the morning, Junior Leopard tore an almanac page off in front of the bed and looked at it, which read: ”Good for getting married but avoid traveling”. He became sullen at once.
He was a staunch communist and an atheist in his previous life, but he became somewhat superstitious after his soul had experienced time-travel. He would check out the almanac before he was going to do something.
Today's almanac made him very uneasy.
In a sense, they who had set their hearts on bride kidnapping were traveling. The word ”avoid” on the almanac was a taboo to Junior Leopard.
”Nothing is a taboo! Nothing is a taboo!” He muttered, crossed his fingers and bowed in all directions. Then he picked out a big parcel from under the bed and went out.
Today was the wedding day of Governor Ma's daughter. For Qinlingjun City, even for the whole Yunzhou, there was no difference between the wedding of Governor Ma's daughter and the Emperor's daughter. Today's wedding was even grander. After all, the wedding of the emperor's daughter had nothing to do with the people of Yunzhou. However, Governor Ma, who brought security, prosperity, and hope to them, was different. Although the official did not ask the people of Yunzhou to do anything, now every family in Qinlingjun City was decorated with lanterns and streamers spontaneously, and big red lanterns had been hung on the whole street. The pedestrians were beaming with joy, especially the middle-aged women, as if it was their son was going to be married.
Just at dawn in the early morning, Wuyang Door Street was bustling. A large procession from there was marching toward the Governor Mansion. Lu Shaoyou was dressed in wedding clothes, with a big red flower on his chest. His face was white, and it was clear that he had painted it slightly with pink powder. So now he was just like a toy boy with pink cheeks and white teeth.
He rode on a tall chestnut horse, and behind the horse there was a large sedan chair carried by eight people. A few rows of people were banging away around the sedan chair, and the sound of the trumpets almost spread through half of Qinlingjun City. Dozens of people, who carried a variety of gifts, wobbled and followed the sedan chair, which stretched hundreds of feet. Beside them, on both sides of the line, there were several knights dressed in black clothes, with a touch of deterrence. Some nosy men in the crowd were excited to be closer. However, before they had come half a step nearer, they were turned back by these knights which made them turn pale and frightened. They had to be honest in the crowd and dared not to behave excessively.
In addition to the bearers, the ones who carried the gifts, and others who played music, there was a man who followed the sedan chair.
The man looked about 40. His red dress looked jubilant as well, but all the jubilation was dispelled by his sinister expression. The most exaggerated part being that he held a long sword in his arms. He saw everything with cold eyes, and was incompatible with the surroundings. What was more, he had an air of gloominess, which made the strong man who picked the gift next to him subconsciously keep away from him.
”Gao Yulou is still the same. I don't understand why you don't want to fight with him. Was it because he had courted you?”
On the second floor of Yunlai Building about a mile from Wuyang Gate, Wang She and Nian Wushuang were standing in front of the window and looking at the procession, which was marching on the Governor Mansion. Wang She's appearance did not change, while Nian Wushuang was covered with a filmy veil, which added a mysterious beauty to her, and made her more remarkable.
”If I don't want to fight with him, I have a reason, but there's no need to report to you!” Nian Wushuang answered dryly. ”You are very quiet today. There're so many mice around, but you ignore them!”
”Yeah, mice!” Wang She's mouth corners bent back a little. ”Today is a great day. I don't want to get too much blood!”
”A great day!” Nian Wushuang looked thoughtfully at Wang She and then set her eyes on the other side of Wuyang Gate at a large mansion. ”That must be Lu Mansion?”
”Yes, it's Lu Mansion. In Yunzhou, in addition to the Governor Mansion and the Wu Residence, only the Lu Mansion is so imposing. It seems that the Mingyi School really wants to regard Lu Shaoyou as a nail and stick him in Yunzhou!” Wang She sighed. His voice was not low, and not only did Nian Wushuang hear it clearly, but the diners in Yunlai Building heard it clearly. Hearing the conversation, several diners who had some evil ulterior motives changed their expressions. At a table near the corner, a young man in green stood up quietly and went downstairs, but he stopped when his feet had not yet set on the first steps. Then, with a ”bang!” his body burst like a broken watermelon. The blood was mixed with bones and meat, and it was splashed not only on the floor and table, but also in cups and bowls...
After a short period of silence, a scream burst out from the second floor of Yunlai Building.
”Don't cry. It's no use!”
In the chaos, the insipid voice of Wang She came into everyone's ears. ”Just stay here. No one is allowed to leave before we leave, including the three mice on the beam and four on the roof. If you move, I'll kill you!”