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In the sixth year of Tiancang calendar 240, the tenth day of March.

On this day, everyone in Fuchun City knew that among the thirteen clans, the Fu family and the Fan family were about to form an in-law alliance.Moreover, the two newcomers in this marriage are extremely prominent.

The groom is the recognized future heir of the Fu family; the bride is the head of the new generation of the Fan family.

With such an important marriage, even people who don't care about the politics in the city can more or less predict the future situation in the city and the turmoil caused by it.

Because next year will be the year of the city lord election.Fuchun City elects a city lord every ten years, and the person who is elected as the city lord can serve a maximum of two consecutive terms, that is, 20 years.

The family currently controlling the position of the city lord is the Zhou family among the thirteen clans.But that city lord of Zhou was a bit unlucky, because Fuchun City was besieged by the army of demons last year, which not only caused a great loss of public opinion, but also made enemies with many families invisibly, making it almost impossible for him to be re-elected.

The Zhou family was eliminated early, and among the remaining [-] families, the Fan family, which was reorganizing itself, was unable to run for the election.But the status of the Fan family is very delicate, because in that catastrophe, the two Patriarchs of the Fan family both died in battle because of defending the city. They were regarded as heroes by the people and widely praised by songs.

Now that the Fu family has won over the Fan family, it is very likely that they will become the masters of this city in the coming year.Not to mention 20 years, as long as ten years are properly planned, it will be enough for the two families to flourish quickly.

Moreover, the Fu family was originally a powerful family ranked among the top three in terms of comprehensive strength. Once the opportunity of ten years of glory comes, it may not be difficult for them to still be at the top after many years!

The wedding was really grand. In order to allow the wedding procession to pass through unimpeded, a total of more than a dozen avenues in the inner city and outer city were closed.The wedding team consisted of 81 horse-drawn carriages, [-] of which were responsible for pulling the bride price.

The leading wedding car is a nine-dragon golden chariot, which is driven by twelve golden-maned white horses with the blood of dragon descendants. It is magnificent and luxurious!

And in order to let the common people participate in this grand event, the rich and powerful Fu family distributed happy money to all the common people in the city.As long as you can prove that you are a registered resident of Fuchun City with your household certificate, you can receive a piece of pure gold laurel leaf in each district's household courtyard within three days before and after the wedding date.This is a handwriting that costs millions of taels of gold, it's really grand!

Although this move is suspected of canvassing votes in advance for next year's general election, it is precisely because of such things as a big wedding for favors that the charges cannot be implemented.In this marriage, the taste of politics is getting stronger and stronger!

At noon that day, Li Weizhen, Luo Yicheng, and Duan Tianqing were still staying in the wing room of Changchun Building.

Li Weizhen meditated cross-legged on the bed, while Luo Yicheng set up an altar in the room and devoted his energy to painting symbols.

Only Duan Tianqing was bored and restless.

After Luo Yicheng finished drawing the three talismans again, he was planning to meditate and rest for half an hour before continuing to work.

Duan Tianqing saw that the two senior brothers were so calm and relaxed, as if they had forgotten what day it was like today, he was a little annoyed, and finally couldn't hold back and asked: "Why are we still here? Brother Luo , look, what time is it?"

Duan Tianqing pushed open the window and pointed at the bright sunshine outside, as if to prove that he was not unreasonable.

Luo Yicheng said indifferently: "It's noon! It's neither early nor late, are you hungry?"

Duan Tianqing said angrily: "I'm hungry? How can I still be in the mood to eat and drink? I mean, when do we have to wait until we start? Are we going to drink wedding wine after the worship?"

Luo Yicheng said with confidence: "It's still early to worship! The time of worship is very particular, and it depends on the day of the big wedding to calculate. Today is Yimao Day in the Ganzhi calendar. The god of joy appears at Xushi, which is It’s dusk. So, if we set off at the unitary hour, there’s still time.”

Duan Tianqing half-believingly said: "Why don't they be in a hurry and visit the church at noon or in the afternoon?"

Luo Yicheng shook his head and said, "It's hard for ordinary people to say, but this kind of wedding held by a big family is very particular about the auspicious day and the auspicious day. It's less than a quarter of an hour, and the bride and groom will not walk into the lobby to worship."

In fact, on the big red invitation card, it was written: Attend the table at [-]:[-] pm.

It's just that Duan Tianqing simply thought that it was just the time for the dinner party to start, and didn't think deeply about why it was set at this point in time.

"Well, anyway, I've been waiting for so long, I'll wait another two hours!" Duan Tianqing took out the futon, and began to fight in a similar manner.

Duan Tianqing wished that two hours would pass in the blink of an eye, while Luo Yicheng looked at the incense candles on the altar, his eyebrows and eyes could not hide his sorrow, how he hoped that there would be thousands of hours apart.

In fact, it was three quarters of an hour before You Shi, and the three people in the room were shouted out of the room by Fu Jingzhang who hurried back.

Previously, for the sake of caution, Luo Yicheng asked Fu Jingzhang to check the route outside.

As a result, as expected, because many road sections were closed by roadblocks.Now that they want to arrive at the Fu family's suzerain's mansion in the inner city, they have to detour a lot, and the plan has to be changed accordingly.

The person who drove the carriage this time was not the professional coachman in Huamanlou, but the seemingly gentle young master - Fu Jingzhang.

As a well-known rich man in Huafang District, Fu Jingzhang would naturally participate in some dandy entertainments in the past, such as: horse racing and car racing.

Fu Jingzhang, who yearned for riding horses when he was young, is actually quite good at riding, far from being as weak as he looks.As for the thing derived from horse racing: racing car, although it does not often win the championship, it seldom falls behind in the middle and lower reaches. It can be seen that the driving skills are also good.

Li Weizhen didn't want to involve Fu Jingzhang, on the one hand, he was out of consideration for his personal safety, and on the other hand, he was afraid that it would be difficult for this kid to explain to his family.After all, he is also surnamed Fu.

But Luo Yicheng gave remonstrance that it is even more inappropriate to bring outsiders in now, and it is better to do things by yourself!

Fu Jingzhang was naturally very happy to hear that, his identity was already "one of his own" before he knew it!

More than a dozen avenues were closed. Although the traffic in the whole city would not be paralyzed, traffic jams were unavoidable.Fortunately, Fu Jingzhang did prove that his driving skills are not exaggerated. He can always speed up and change lanes at the right time, and "stop" the front of other people's carriages.

This approach naturally brought a lot of scolding, and even led to several rear-end collisions after them.But if he fails to arrive at the mansion within the time limit, the really bad thing will be expected from Duan Tianqing's "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Two quarters of an hour before Xushang, Fu Jingzhang was lucky enough to take the three people in the car to the mansion.

After getting out of the car, Li Weizhen walked to the driver's seat in front of the car, and said to Fu Jingzhang who was looking for a place to park: "I have already left a bag in the car, I have wronged you once. If you hear something later Quiet, drive back immediately!"

Fu Jingzhang nodded solemnly and said, "Boss, don't worry! I won't hold you back!"

Li Weizhen patted Fu Jingzhang on the shoulder, nodded and said, "You are very helpful! Take care!"

Fu Jingzhang felt inexplicably uncomfortable, so he endured crying and said, "Boss, you must also take care of yourself!"

Li Weizhen didn't reply, but turned around silently, and walked side by side with the other two, walking towards the gate of the mansion together.Now, thousands of words are never enough.Letting go is also an inevitable choice.

When they arrived, the red invitation card was handed out in front of the door. The guards just politely bowed out of habit, and invited the three of them in without any questioning as imagined.

It is not difficult to understand that the mansion received hundreds of guests on this day, and most of them were distinguished people from the city.If it was an outsider, it would be even more difficult. How could these little guards have the right to put on a show?

As for worrying about troublemakers?I'm afraid there are a few people who are not afraid of death, which will add to the fun.You know, among the guests inside, there is more than one Jindanke alone.Therefore, these guards let the visitors pass with peace of mind.

Even those who don’t have an invitation card, as long as they can hand over a card to prove their identity, they can come in and ask for a glass of wedding wine to drink, to be happy and to enhance friendship!

The grandeur of Fu's Suzerain's mansion is no less than that of the imperial palace, and the place where the wedding ceremony is held is called Ziguang Hall.It is a large palace covering an area of ​​three acres, covered with golden glazed tiles, with two golden chi kisses on the highest ridge and ten beasts on the eaves and corners.

The entire palace and the base are as high as ten feet, and the base that carries the palace in a three-story pattern is made of white jade that can show beauty even without relief.

As for the square under the palace, it is even more majestic and magnificent. More than 30 acres of land are built with white stone bricks, without any flowers, plants or trees. It is vast and spacious, showing majesty and awe!

There are more than 30 buildings on the east and west sides of the square. Most of the guests who arrived early before the dinner was held were in these high-rise buildings, either with acquaintances or acquaintances, or alone to watch the scenery.

There are also some guests who have been in close contact with the Lord's house in the past, and they have already entered the Purple Light Hall, and even on the platform outside the hall, many people have gathered.

After passing through the main entrance of the square, the three members of Taiyimen who were standing on the red carpet of hundreds of feet looked up for the first time and saw Fu Lichi who was at the end of the red carpet outside the Ziguang Hall, dressed in a red bridegroom suit.

At this time, Fu Lichi was entertaining several elders who were quite important in the city, and had no time to look around.But when he invited the guests into the hall and turned around, he froze immediately.

When Fu Lichi calmed down a little, the three people who were firmly locked by his eyes had already walked nearly half of the way on the red carpet.His first reaction was to walk aside in a little panic, attracting Feng Botao, his close confidant, and asked in a low voice: "You'd better explain to me, why is he here?"

Feng Botao, who was ordered by Fu Lichi to be in charge of monitoring, obviously had to be responsible for this matter.

But when faced with Fu Lichi's questioning, Feng Botao showed a look of shock and embarrassment, "Reporting to the eldest son, the younger one did see that Mr. Li had left the city five days ago. Later, the master asked the younger one to take care of the marriage. Part of the matter, and no longer distracted to go to the outer city!"

Fu Lichi said sternly: "What I want is not an excuse, but an explanation, the truth is right in front of me!"

Feng Botao wiped his forehead, and added cautiously: "By the way, the relationship between Mr. Li and Mrs. Young is pretty good, isn't it? Maybe it's..."

Feng Botao didn't continue talking, because Fu Lichi's face turned dark all of a sudden.

However, looking at the three people who were getting closer and closer to the steps in his line of sight, Fu Lichi did not continue to stay on the platform, but stepped forward to meet them quickly, and stopped in front of the first step at the bottom of the base, facing each other one step away. Li Weizhen nodded his head and said: "I didn't expect you to come, I'm really pleasantly surprised!"

Hearing this sentence, Li Weizhen frowned slightly and said, "You surprised me too, but I didn't come here for you!"

This time, it was Fu Lichi's turn to frown uncontrollably, but he turned his gaze slightly away, smiled at Duan Tianqing and said, "Junior Brother Duan, it turns out that you are still alive. We didn't get along very well, so I must toast you a few more glasses of wine later!"

Duan Tianqing rolled his eyes, and said contemptuously: "It's hypocritical, I'm still alive if you die!"

In view of his previous impression of Duan Tianqing, Fu Lichi didn't think much about it, he just thought that he was misled by what Li Weizhen said before, so that he said the wrong thing now.On the wedding day, he didn't want to take the initiative to quarrel, so he could only continue to look for opportunities to exchange pleasantries.He turned to look at Luo Yicheng, then gave Li Weizhen a look to hint, and asked, "Who is this fellow Taoist?"

Hearing this, before Li Weizhen could speak, Luo Yicheng introduced himself: "I have met Senior Brother Fu, I am Luo Yicheng, and I am at the same time as Senior Brother Li!"

Fu Lichi looked solemn, nodded his head and said: "So you are that Junior Brother Luo from Tiangong Academy. I have heard about it for a long time. It's a pleasure to meet you!"

Back in the Taiyi Sect, although Luo Yicheng was not a man of the hour, he was an outstanding person after all, and it was not surprising that he had a reputation and was known by word of mouth.

However, Duan Tianqing became more and more displeased, he secretly raised his elbow to push Luo Yicheng's back, and said in a low voice, "Why are you so close to him?"

Although the voice was small, it was hard not to be caught by Fu Lichi at such a distance. He became more and more puzzled, why did he offend this kid again?

But despite this, Fu Lichi still tried his best to deal with the three former fellow students with a smile on his face, "We are all brothers from the same sect, let's not stand here so arrogantly. The ceremony is about to start, please come inside! You are all my distinguished guests today, Watching the ceremony cannot be done without your presence!"

Li Weizhen didn't speak, and passed Fu Lichi blankly, and went straight up the white jade steps, followed by the two people beside him.

The bridegroom officer, who was left behind all of a sudden, smiled awkwardly, not to get angry at such anti-customer-oriented behavior.

On the high platform, there was a young guest who noticed this scene, and asked the companion beside him in amazement: "Who are those three people from, and why are they so airy?"

The man's companion shook his head and said: "I don't know, it shouldn't be a nobleman in the city, but a high-ranking student from a big sect!"

The curious young guests were about to nod their heads in agreement, but at this moment, a young man in Chinese clothes holding a goblet walked up to the white jade railing, leaning on the railing, shaking the wine glass in his hand, and said with a half-smile: " It's not a famous disciple! The leader is named Li, and he is a direct disciple of Master Chunxian."

As soon as the words fell, the young guest's surprised eyes gradually turned into contempt, and he said with a sneer, "What! It turns out that they are the remnants of the Taiyi Sect. This air is really bluffing!"

The man in Chinese clothes didn't continue to get involved in this kind of behind-the-scenes criticism. He put his elbows on the railing and looked sideways at Li Weizhen who was climbing up the steps, his gaze was very focused.

Li Weizhen, who was so focused on his body, seemed to feel something, and subconsciously turned his head to look sideways at the viewing platform.

At this time, the young man in Chinese clothes raised his wrist very discreetly, and nodded slightly.

Is it a provocation?Is it a toast?No one notices, no one cares except those who are eye-to-eye!

But if some fragments of time from the night before yesterday could be pieced back together in front of people, that would be the exact opposite reaction!

At that time, men in Chinese clothes did not dare to be as high-profile as they are now. When he appeared in the guest room of Changchun Building in black, anyone would define him as an uninvited guest.And beside him was a companion who was dressed similarly, both of them looked like killers doing things for others.

At that time, after the man in Chinese clothes met Li Weizhen, the first thing he said was: "Don't get me wrong, although we are not good people, we are not what you think. In Guangju next week, this is my business partner, He Chaoyuan!"

Zhou Guangju, the eldest son from the city lord's mansion, is the most famous dude in the inner city. He claims to be the second in terms of dudes, and no one dares to rank him in the forefront.

He Chaoyuan, the titular owner of the largest casino in the city, "Jinhaojing".Always humble: I am not interested in money at all!

Of course, to Li Weizhen, who is a foreigner, these two names are just names.He neither understands nor is interested in the weight behind the name.

"I don't care who you are, just explaining why you are here is the only advice I can give you!"

"Okay, refreshing! We are here, just hoping that the "Crown of Silence" can remain silent forever!"

"Well, do you two have tea?"

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