The wedding date was set, and the Geng posts were changed. Ding Mujie thought that he would marry Lin Wan and spend the rest of his life together, but three days later, his mother suddenly found him and said with a sad face, "Son, I Just now I asked someone to give you and Lin Wan a relationship, you are the fire in the sword, she is the water in the sky, the two of you are incompatible with each other, and if you insist on being together, there will be troubles in the future."
"How is that possible!" Ding Mujie subconsciously denied.
His younger sister Lilac immediately echoed: "Mother, which goddess are you looking for? How could you come to such a result? My brother and sister Lin Wan are in love with each other, and they are both talented and beautiful. I don't know how well they match!"
Mother Ding knocked on her forehead and reprimanded: "What a god, don't talk nonsense! I'm looking for Master Jingxu Taihe's eight characters, how can I be wrong?" Yu Xuanxue is very proficient. The wealthy people in Beijing like to ask her for fortune-telling, and almost every calculation is accurate. If it wasn't for the Lin family to help Ding's mother, she would not be qualified to meet with Jingxu Shitai.
Hearing that Master Jingxu was too careful about the eight characters, Lilac was instantly dumbfounded, and looked at her brother cautiously, her eyes full of sympathy.
Somehow, Ding Mujie suddenly remembered one thing: In his previous life, Master Jing Xu once accepted Lin Wan as his apprentice to help her gain a firm foothold in King Kang's backyard, otherwise Lin Wan would not be able to live well after the Lin family was in ruins. Ding Mujie didn't know how and when she got the favor of Master Jing Xu, only that Master Jing Xu loved her like her own daughter.
Now that there is a problem in the hands of Master Jingxu, Ding Mujie has to think a little more, but secretly blames himself for being too suspicious.
He said warmly: "Mother, you can find a few more people to combine the eight characters. What if Master Jingxu miscalculated too much?"
But Mother Ding shook her head and said, "Master Jingxu said too much, if I don't believe it, I can press your Geng Tie in front of the statue of the God of the Kitchen Lord to test the will of the gods. Don't worry about it anymore, it's definitely the two of you who are making a fuss."
It was an old custom to put Geng Tie under the statue, and Ding Mujie had no reason to stop him, so he nodded and said, "Alright, let's test the will of God." Act, don't be fussy. He believed that as long as the family was calm, his mother would not stop him from marrying Lin Wan.
He is only a white man now, and he can only enter the official post after the imperial examination, but Lin Wan is the daughter of the general's mansion. If the Ding family and the Lin family were still in their prime, he would not have been able to marry Lin Wan. It's a bit harsh to say, even if there is really a problem with the two characters, for the sake of the power and power of the Lin family, the mother is at most uncomfortable, but she will not cancel the marriage.
Ding Mujie believed that everything was under his control, so he was not worried at all. But what made him suspicious was that in the past three days, a lot of strange things happened in the Ding family. First, the cats and dogs in the family became weird and irritable, barking and biting people at every turn, and then the fish in the pond overnight. He turned his stomach and died.
Mother Ding was so frightened that she had no masters, and she believed even more in Shitai Jingxu's words. If it wasn't for Lin Wan being the young lady of the General's Mansion, her status was too precious to offend, and Mother Ding would break off the marriage as soon as the three days passed. But after thinking about it again and again, it was her son's future that was more important in the end. She gritted her teeth and concealed the conflict between the two.
The Lin family also found someone to match the eight characters, but General Lin's face was bigger, and it was calculated by the senior official of the Qin Tianjian, and he did not take it to the temple outside. ” critique.
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Ding Mujie was falsely alarmed by the inconsistency of the eight characters, and Mother Ding felt uncomfortable. It took a long time before she went to the Lin Mansion to make a decision.
On this day, I heard that Zhu County mainly held a flower banquet in a village in the suburbs, and invited famous ladies and young talents in Beijing to participate. Ding Mujie finally put down the book and took time to go to the banquet. He knew that Lin Wan would be invited, and if he went, he might be able to meet her. The two of them have wasted their whole lives, and they both end with hatred, and they will definitely be together in this life.
Lin Dan also got the invitation and didn't want to go, but her wounds had already healed. Mrs. Lin was afraid that she would be bored at home and would force her to go no matter what.
The Pearl Princess has always been at odds with Lin Dan, and dislikes her for being vulgar and ignorant, but because of the power of the Lin family, she has to associate with her. As soon as the two met, it was like a needle pointed at Maimang. After a few words, they would quarrel, and sometimes they would even strike. But this time, Lin Dan was very silent, just sitting on the side eating cakes, ignoring the spying of the Pearl Princess.
The Pearl County Master took out a horse whip and showed off: "This is the horse whip given to me by the emperor. It was used by him when he was young, so that it was very convenient."
"Yeah, this is actually an object used by the emperor!" Several ladies who were still stroking the horse whip quickly retracted their fingertips and praised: "No wonder there are many rubies inlaid on the handle, and the tassel at the top is so smooth, Craftsmen outside can't make something so ingenious."
Lin Wan let out a "huh" and said bluntly, "My sister also got a royal whip, which is better than this."
The Princess Mingzhu exploded upon hearing it, and said aggressively, "My whip is unique in the world. How could Lin Dan's whip be better than mine! I don't believe it, or you can take it out and let me take a look!"
Lin Dan said slowly and deliberately, "Do I have any relationship with you? Why should I show it to you?" It took more than an hour to walk back and forth from Lin's residence to this village in the suburbs.
The Pearl County Lord stepped forward with a whip, "Will you take it or not? If you don't take it, it will prove that you are lying!"
Lin Dan took a few steps back to avoid being swept by the tail of the whip, but unexpectedly Lin Wan suddenly rushed over and said anxiously, "Don't hit my sister, my sister's leg injury has just been healed..."
"When did I hit her?" The Pearl County Lord reflexively pushed Lin Wan, but she didn't expect Lin Wan to retreat and fall into the lake. She couldn't swim, but raised her hands and shouted for help, and the more she struggled, the more she drifted to the center of the lake.
In order to increase the fun of the banquet, the host of Mingzhu County arranged the male and female guests on both sides of the lake, and they could see each other across the sparkling lake, which was very interesting. Because of this, the male guest on the other end immediately noticed the movement here and looked over.
Lin Dan quickly took off his heavy robe and was about to jump into the lake to save people, but suddenly stopped. She squinted at Lin Wan with an unpredictable expression, and after a while she put on her coat again.
A man quickly ran out from the other side of the lake. Before he could take off his clothes, he jumped into the lake and swam towards Lin Wan. A man ran out later, swimming at a faster pace. The man earlier had already taken Lin Wan into his arms and was about to drag him to the shore, but the man later snatched Lin Wan away and said solemnly, "King Xie Kang, but Wan'er is my fiancee, so I should hold her. Go up, or it will be a hindrance to her reputation."
His reasons were too good for King Kang to refuse, so he let go of the woman and swam ashore alone.
Ding Mujie looked at his back and looked at Lin Wan, who had a pale face in his arms, before swimming towards the female guest. After the two of them landed, Lin Dan handed over his coat and explained, "Her clothes are all attached to her body. To prevent them from disappearing, you can cover her with this. I'll inform my mother that you Take her to the carriage outside and wait, we'll be out soon."
Ding Mujie quickly took the jacket and covered Lin Wan tightly. When he was leaving the lake, he heard the princess of Mingzhu ask: "Lin Dan, why didn't you jump down to save your sister? She protects you like that, but you stand on the shore and watch the fun!"
Lin Dan's tone was extremely calm: "How do you know that she needs my help?"
Hearing this, Ding Mujie paused slightly before continuing to walk forward. Lin Wan seemed to be frightened and ashamed to see others, but just covered her face and hid in his arms, refusing to say a word. Ding Mujie carefully put her on the carriage, and then stood outside the carriage and comforted her softly. After a while, Lin Dan and Mrs. Lin hurried out. In order to prevent Lin Wan from catching a cold, they didn't say much to Ding Mujie, thanked them and left.
Ding Mujie stood on the side of the road and looked at their carriage, his eyes were dark. After a long time, he rolled up his sleeves and checked the bloody wounds on his forearm that were scratched by Lin Wan. In her last life, Lin Wan was rescued by King Kang after falling into the water. In order to keep her fame, she had to marry King Kang as a concubine. Although the time in this life is not right, he will not let her end in the same way. But he didn't expect that when he swam to Lin Wan's side and tried to take her over, she would resist like that.
She clearly had her eyes open at the time, and could see who was who, but why... As soon as this thought came to her mind, Ding Mujie pressed her down. After returning home, he urged his mother to go to the Lin Mansion to propose a marriage and set the wedding date. Mother Ding dragged herself on for more than a month, and didn't come to the door with a gift until she couldn't wait any longer.
The wedding date is finally set in the spring of the following year, and there are still eight or nine months, which is enough for Ding Mujie to prepare. But even so, he still felt very uneasy, so he told his sister to go to the Lin Mansion more often to take care of Lin Wan.
Lilac liked Lin Wan very much, and she promised, but she didn't expect to come back crying one day, as if she was wronged by the sky. Ding's mother lost her husband at an early age, and she worked hard to raise her children by herself. How could she tolerate them being bullied, so she immediately grabbed her daughter and questioned, "Say, did Lin Dan bully you again?"
"No, it's not the eldest lady," Lilac said while burping, "It's me who didn't live up to my expectations and caused a big disaster!"
"What, what happened to you?" Mother Ding's heart jumped fiercely.
Ding Mujie, who had just entered the door, also lowered his face and said, "Don't worry, tell us slowly, if there is something wrong, brother will help you solve it."
"Brother, I really didn't do it on purpose. Today I wanted to take a look at the Hundred Flowers Group Phoenix Golden Buyao that the old lady left with Aunt Shi, but I didn't expect to use too much force and broke the phoenix's wings. The old lady's dowry is very valuable. The old lady was very angry when she learned about it. No matter how I apologized, she ignored me. Brother, I really didn't mean it, and I didn't expect it!"
Hearing this, Mother Ding was so angry that she beat her daughter again and again, blaming her for being careless, but Ding Mujie's eyes darkened as he remembered a long-standing incident.
In a previous life, Lin Wan was seriously ill and was abandoned by King Kang in Zhuangzi in the suburbs. He quietly went to visit and listen to her reminiscences. She held his hand and sighed, "If I wasn't stubborn back then, I would have helped my sister take the blame, and now I won't be rejected by my ancestors. I'm so sick, but I can't even go home. If I could come back again. Once, I must bravely tell my ancestors that it was my sister who broke Bu Yao, not me. I miss my ancestors, I miss my parents, and I want to go home..."
She was so pitiful and weak, and so eagerly missed her family and longed for affection, which made Ding Mujie's disgust for Lin Dan deepen. But now, how could that Bu Yao be broken by his sister