Second-hand lady

Chapter 4

In front of the Duke of Zhen’s mansion, the sound of firecrackers was loud, and the Duke of Zhen and his wife, who were dressed in joyful new clothes, stood in front of the door to entertain the guests. Although the Duke of Zhen was still habitually keeping his face on the floor, the guests who came to congratulate It can still be seen that he should be in a good mood, and it seems that he is not opposed to this marriage as rumored.

The guests were thinking secretly in their hearts, but they didn't show the slightest strangeness on their faces. They all greeted Lord Zhen Guo with smiles on their faces and said congratulations.

Soon, someone came to report that the bridal sedan chair was only one block away, and the steward of the Duke of Zhen's mansion hurriedly sent someone to prepare it.

When the sedan chair appeared bustlingly in front of the door, someone lit the firecrackers again, and the drums and music made the sky loud. The people around were infected by the atmosphere and laughed.The bridegroom officer on the horse got off the horse under the attention of everyone, and kicked the sedan chair door according to Xi Niang's words.However, before Xi Niang helped the bride out, he had already lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, stretched out a slender hand like jade, and helped the bride inside out.

Such a behavior that does not follow the etiquette naturally makes Zhen Guogong have a smile on his face, and the wife of Zhen Guogong quickly concealed the surprise on her face, smiled nonchalantly, and said: "Brother Liang, I feel sorry for myself. The daughter-in-law is gone."

When everyone heard the words, they also let out good-natured laughter and exposed the matter.

Only Ru Cui, who was grabbed by the hand, was a little strange, and Wen Liang held it very tightly, as if afraid of any accident.

Entered the doorstep, stepped over the brazier, all the way to the Xitang.

At this moment, in the wedding hall, Duke Zhen Guo and his wife were already sitting in the elders' seat, and King Su and his wife were sitting on the other side.When the guests who came to watch the ceremony saw King Su, their hearts skipped a beat, and they realized once again how much King Su valued this righteous sister. Didn't they come here to save face for her?Therefore, even though they knew that the bride's status was low before, no one dared to speak harsh words now.Also because of King Su's appearance, the people in Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion couldn't help raising their heads and chests up, looking like they were withered.

In addition, everyone found that the ceremony officials sent by the emperor came to watch the ceremony, and they came here on behalf of the emperor. Shut up, all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred are left in my heart.

"Baitang!" Xi Niang yelled loudly, stepped forward to support the bride who was wearing a red hood, instructed her to move, and began to shout: "Bow to heaven and earth!"

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

"Bye husband and wife!"

After the husband and wife had finished worshiping and Xi Niang was about to shout "Li Cheng", suddenly there was a change, and several men dressed as guards of the Duke of Zhen's mansion stabbed at the couple with long swords.

The guests were in an uproar, and Duke Zhen stood up nervously, yelling in shock: "There are assassins! Stop them!"

Su Wang got up suddenly, and shouted coldly: "Come here! Take it down for this king!"

The moment those assassins appeared, several guards outside also came to stop them, but there was still one assassin who escaped the guards' blocking and came to kill Wen Liang.Wen Liang's reaction was not slow, he made a wrong step and dodged the sharp sword that was coming, but the assassin was relentless, and his moves were fierce, as if he wanted to kill him before giving up.

Because of the sudden assassin, the wedding hall was in chaos, and the affected guests panicked.With a pale face, Xi Niang wanted to retreat to a safe place while protecting the disabled bride, but unexpectedly, an assassin got rid of the guards and turned around.

"what--"

Xi Niang screamed, seeing that the sword was about to stab the bride, she subconsciously closed her eyes.

However, the imaginary scene where the bride's blood stained the wedding hall did not happen, only a bang sounded, and when Xi Niang opened her eyes, she happened to see the assassin lying on the ground, and the sword pierced her chest. The raised face was full of disbelief, and then his head tilted, and he died of anger.

This scene also caught the eyes of many people, who couldn't help but widen their eyes, and they only had one thought: this is too lucky!
It turned out that when the assassin came, amidst Xi Niang's screams, the red satin in the hand of the bride covered with a red handkerchief was pulled, and the other end of the red satin was still held in Wen Liang's hand. Unscientifically, he tripped the assassin to the ground, and because of the obstruction of the chasing guard, the sword in the assassin's hand turned into a sword flower. He originally killed the guard who slid in, but because of this The fall caused the sword to miss its aim and directly pierced into his chest.

Isn't it too embarrassing to die?

Soon, the guards restrained the assassins, except for one who seemed to "suicide" and died, all the others were detained.Because today is the big day for the son of Lord Zhen Guo, it is inappropriate to see bloodshed, so the guards obediently did not kill these assassins on the spot.

Seeing that the assassin was subdued, the guests regained their composure, but their expressions were still a little frightened.I'm afraid no one would have thought that someone would make trouble at the wedding at the Duke of Zhen's mansion.Fortunately, because the assassin's target was the bridegroom, there were no casualties, but there were quite a few shocks.

King Su came over, seeing his expression, the people present couldn't help but shuddered, not daring to look at him.

When he came in front of those assassins, King Su said coldly: "Investigate this matter thoroughly for me! I want to see who ate a leopard and dared to cause trouble at the wedding!"

Seeing Su Wang's furious look of "the son's wedding was ruined", they all glanced at the old Zhen Guogong sitting in the high hall, and couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic: Sure enough, it was rumored that Zhong Su Wang was the son of Zhen Guogong's son. Father, the world does not deceive me!
The guards took the assassin down, and at this moment Wen Liang also asked a certain lucky bride: "Girl, are you alright?"

The person under the red handkerchief shook his head lightly and stood upright.Everyone couldn't witness the bride's true face, but after this experience, they were somewhat curious about the bride. Just because of her inexplicable luck and her calm appearance when facing the assassins, she felt that this woman was not simple. No wonder he was adopted by King Su as his adopted sister and promised to marry him as a cheap son.

The servants tidied up the wedding hall, hand-picked the injured, and finally continued with the last procedure of the wedding.

Xi Niang was also terribly frightened just now, her round face could be seen to be pale even with makeup on, and her reaction was a bit slow, until King Su glanced over coldly, and hurriedly shouted: "Li Cheng—sent into Bridal chamber!"

Hearing Xi Niang's words, Wen Liang's eyes brightened slightly, and a faint joyful smile appeared on his face, which almost blinded the eyes of those present, and then watched Wen Liang lead the bride on the red silk side to the new house in a daze. and go.

After the newcomers left, the guests began to move to the Baitao Garden in the Duke's mansion, where the banquet had already been prepared, and only the guests were waiting for their seats.

Not long after, the guard came to report that the identity of the assassin had been found out.

The guests who were close to him immediately stretched their ears, wanting to hear who was so bold that he dared to assassinate the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, even on the day of his wedding, no matter how they looked at it, they felt that the instigator behind the scenes was extremely sinister , It's really unlucky to pick this kind of time.And some families and officials who had a gap with the Zhen Guo Mansion also widened their eyes, wondering which enemy of the Zhen Guo Mansion specially came to entertain them.

Duke Zhen also noticed the expressions of those guests and was extremely angry.Although he intends to resolve this matter privately, almost everyone saw the scene at Xitang. If he concealed it and made it worse, it would be better to deal with it openly. He would like to see who dares to despise Huangwei so much , assassinated his son-in-law at the feet of the emperor.

After hearing the guard's answer, everyone present showed surprised expressions.

It turned out that today's assassin was an assassin sent by North Vietnam.

Although the royal court of North Vietnam bowed their heads to Great Chu, some princes and nobles who escaped from the royal court could not accept this result. They united with some tribes in the eastern part of North Vietnam and began to resist the rule of the royal court, and even defeated the king with even more hatred. Great Chu of the court.As we all know, the destruction of the North Vietnamese royal court was a strategy offered by Wen Liang.After this battle, Wen Liang became famous and became an enemy that the North Vietnamese wanted to get rid of quickly.

The North Vietnamese had been planning for this assassination for a long time. They wanted to kill Wen Liang unexpectedly before his wedding.

It's a pity that the assassination failed, but instead revealed the whereabouts of the fleeing North Vietnamese.

At that moment, King Su immediately sent people into the palace to report the matter to the emperor, and sent troops to arrest the North Vietnamese who were hiding in Dachu.

Seeing King Su's face was cold and frightening, all the people present were sitting in a well-behaved manner, not daring to show any emotions, for fear that they would accidentally offend King Su who was in a rage and suffer innocent disasters.

(End of this chapter)