Li Shiyin is nineteen years old this year. Li Shiwen is four years older than her and is already twenty-three years old this year.
Northern Chu was a feudal country. Although there were immortals and gods, Li Shiwen was a mortal, so at his age, he should have been married long ago. In fact, if nothing unexpected happened, Li Shiwen would have been married three years ago.
but……
Three years ago, when the Devouring Demon Willow erupted, Li Shiwen led the Tiance Army to guard the Hengduan Mountains and intercept the monsters in the Hengduan Mountains, but the entire army was eventually wiped out. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured in the southwestern border where he was guarding, and the economic losses were incalculable.
He deserves to die as a token of thanks to the world.
But in the end, after many games of interests, the other person did not die, but his heart died.
A 20-year-old young general, who was in great shape and had the potential to be made a marquis and a prime minister, suffered a sudden defeat, turning him into a criminal of Northern Chu and being despised by the world. Only Li Shiwen knew how it felt.
For someone like Li Shiwen, he even felt that living was a torment, let alone getting married and starting a family? ..
But now he is getting married.
It wasn't because he was too old and had to get married, but because the war was about to start and he wanted to leave a descendant for the Li family before going to the battlefield.
On the sixth day of the eleventh month, Li Shiwen got drunk in the heavy snow, knelt in the snow, and kowtowed 18 times towards the southwest. His head was broken and bleeding, and he knelt in the snow.
How similar is the snow tonight to the willow catkins three years ago?
Li Shiwen was not dead, and he was going to marry and have children. On the southwestern border, 73,814 soldiers were buried forever in the "heavy snow". They were as young as him, but they had no chance to get married and have children.
It was he who overestimated his own capabilities, it was he who was arrogant, it was he who wanted to take them to their deaths, it was he who let them down, and he would never be able to forgive himself.
He was the one who deserved death the most, but he didn't die. So he had to live with 73,814 souls, carry their legacy, and continue to defend his country.
On the seventh day of the eleventh month, with the help of his maids, Li Shiwen cut his hair, shaved his beard, changed his clothes, and shed his sloppy image of the past three years, regaining a little bit of his youthful general style.
He wore his festive wedding gown and brought his bride back in the early morning of November 8th.
In the past three years, the Danyang Li family has experienced ups and downs. First, the backbone of Northern Chu, General Li Konghe, passed away, and the Li family suffered a heavy blow; then the shame of Northern Chu, General Li Shiwen, lost, and most of the Li family's power collapsed. Seeing that the Li family was about to fall apart, suddenly the peerless swordsman Li Shiyin appeared, and he fought against the Sword God of Northern Chu with one sword, and won back decades of luck for the Li family.
Therefore, until now, the Danyang Li family is still the most powerful military family in the Northern Chu court.
But even in such a family, when the only heir got married, the wedding was extremely simple.
All etiquette should be kept simple and all guests should be treated as close relatives.
The format of a wedding of a royal family is almost the same as that of ordinary people.
As for the guests, the civil officials received basically no invitations, and the military officials only invited some close confidants and some veteran generals.
It was a wedding banquet with hundreds of people dining, and the huge Li Mansion seemed a little empty.
The girl Li Shiwen married was not from a big family, but from a small family, with the surname Yuchi, which could barely be called a family of scholars. The girl's name was Yuchi Zhen.
But Li Shiwen was seen wearing a bright red robe and riding a tall horse. He was tall and strong, and had a dignified appearance. Even though he looked less energetic, he still looked the same.
He led the wedding procession to the gate of Li's family, and amid the sound of firecrackers, he led the bride Yuchi Zhen into the gate with a red silk ribbon.
The ceremonial officer gave the order, and Li Shiwen and Yuchi Zhen first bowed to heaven and earth, then to their parents, and finally to each other as husband and wife. Finally, the ceremony was completed.
From this moment on, they are husband and wife, recognized by both parents, protected by secular laws, and witnessed by the laws of heaven and earth.
Li Shiwen straightened his bent back. He looked at the woman on the other end of the red ribbon, the woman covered with a red veil, the woman he didn't know at all, the woman he had never seen before. But at this moment, it was as if there was a connection between heaven and earth, and their lives were connected together.
It seemed as if the red ribbon in their hands was the connecting thread of their destiny.
This is his wife, he thought, and his heart skipped a beat.
When he looked at her, he found that she was also looking at him through the veil. He seemed to be able to see through the red veil, a pair of eyes that were as deep and affectionate as autumn water.
This made him feel itchy. He thought, this must be a very beautiful woman.
"Don't look at it, there will be plenty of time to look at it later. Some people's eyes are about to fall out!"
At this moment, an inappropriate joking voice came from the side, affecting the wonderful atmosphere between them. As soon as he heard it, he knew it was his unreliable sister.
He turned his head and saw his peerless sword fairy sister walking out from the side queue with a smile on her face.
This girl's outfit today was simple and plain, and she obviously wanted to keep a low profile so as not to steal their limelight. But...
This girl has become more beautiful since she started practicing. Even the simplest clothes can't hide her extraordinary beauty.
As an older brother, he had always disliked his sister, but he had to admit that his sister was like a fairy.
Li Shiyin walked downstairs and asked the newlyweds to face her.
She looked carefully at the bride in the red veil. Unlike Li Shiwen, she could see the bride. The bride was very beautiful, with a kind of gentle beauty that came from being well-educated and well-mannered, a beauty that she had failed to acquire even after twenty years of study.
"Sister-in-law is so beautiful." She praised.
She looked at Li Shiwen again. Li Shiwen was half a head taller than her. She half raised her head and sighed:
"Alas, time is unforgiving! In the blink of an eye, you are getting married. I am not mentally prepared at all. As far as I can remember, when you were eleven or twelve years old, you dragged me to the Jiaofangsi to listen to the beautiful sister singing..."
Li Shiwen's face darkened. He squinted at Li Shiyin and said, "You don't have to speak if you don't know how to speak."
"Okay, everything is fine, as long as we get married." Li Shiyin finally gave Li Shiwen face. She did not recount the incidents of him visiting brothels and being beaten by his father for visiting brothels, nor did she talk about the incidents of Li Shiwen peeing and getting covered in mud when he was younger.
To liven up the atmosphere a little, Li Shiyin rummaged through the earthy bag on her waist, pulled out a light green, jade-like, little finger-sized bead and handed it to the bride, saying:
"This is the Beauty Bead. Tushan Youyou said it can keep you young forever. She gave it to me and told me to be beautiful even after getting married. Oh, and Tushan Youyou is a fox spirit, the kind in vernacular novels. She has five tails and is very beautiful."
The pearl that can keep you young forever is a fairy item to mortals. It is too precious. Yuchi really dare not accept it. She looked at Li Shiwen through the veil and silently asked Li Shiwen's opinion.
Li Shiwen felt Yuchi Zhen's gaze, his heart pounding, and nodded, "Take it, it's not for us, it's actually for Shiyin."
There is a woman who focuses on herself. This kind of attention is different from the attention of the soldiers when she was a general, which makes Li Shiwen feel nervous.
After hearing what Li Shiwen said, Yuchi Zhen hesitated for a moment before taking the beads.
Li Shiyin had a telepathic eye and could see Li Shiwen's nervousness and heartbeat clearly. She held back her laughter and secretly raised her eyebrows at Li Shiwen.
Then, without waiting for Li Shiwen to react, she took out a willow branch from her Qiankun bag and handed it to Yuchi Zhen, introducing it:
"This is a branch of the Devouring...Danfeng Sacred Tree. It can calm the mind, exorcise evil spirits, and exorcise demons. It has many magical effects." She almost didn't react and mentioned the Devouring Demon Willow in front of Li Shiwen. "You can hang it in the room, or try to plant it. If it grows, it will be a sacred tree!
"This is a gift from the spirit of the sacred tree. It's a very cute little creature."
Li Shiwen didn't hear anything wrong in Li Shiyin's words. He just thought it was really Danfeng's willow branch and let Yuchi Zhen take it.
When Yuchi Zhen had it steady, Li Shiyin took out a small jar of wine. She knew that Li Shiwen liked to drink recently, so she handed it to him and said with a pout:
"This is the wedding wine Qiqi gave you. Qiqi is the most insincere person. This wine was actually given to her by someone else, but she gave it to you instead.
"But this wine is a spiritual wine. It can improve physical fitness. It's very useful. Brother, drink it carefully and don't get drunk..."
Although they had a very close relationship, she still didn't say the word "death" in this situation.
"Wine?" Li Shiwen took it happily and said with a smile, "I like this very much."
"Drink less!" Li Shiyin warned again. As she spoke, she took out another porcelain bottle and handed it to Li Shiwen, explaining,
"There is a drop of blood inside, it is Zhuifeng's own blood. Alas, Zhuifeng is the poorest, so I give you my blood as a treasure.
"But Zhuifeng is an eighth-level monster, and his blood is indeed precious. Brother, you can use it to strengthen your own physique, or you can use it to improve your child's physique in the future."
"Chasing the wind?"
Li Shiwen still remembers the big cat in Danfeng, whose name was the same as the dog they had grown up with. He knew that it was Li Shiyin who gave it the name.
"Zhuifeng also gave me a gift?" he asked.
The willow trees in Xianmen will give gifts, and the cats in Xianmen will also give gifts.
"If I have a chance, I'll bring Zhuifeng out to play and let you see him now. Zhuifeng is almost ten feet tall now..." Li Shiyin stretched out her hand to show Li Shiwen the height of Zhuifeng's head.
"Chasing the Wind?" Li Shiwen nodded. That guy was an eighth-level monster. He could only imagine how terrifying an eighth-level monster was.
Li Shiyin took out another porcelain bottle, from which she poured out a thumb-sized water-patterned pill, handed it to Yuchi Zhen, and introduced it:
"This is the elixir refined by my master. He said it is good for the next generation. I didn't understand it clearly, but it seems to say that when you get pregnant, the baby will be protected and will be nurtured in your belly, ensuring that the baby is born safely. It also seems to say that the mother will also be nurtured with the baby and her body will get better."
Although wishing the newlyweds a baby soon is a normal blessing, it is still embarrassing to give a pill like this as a gift.
Yuchi really didn't feel comfortable asking Li Shiwen for his opinion, so he asked softly, "Should I take it now?"
"Yes! Master said to take it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be snatched away by others." Li Shiyin nodded, but was worried that Yuchi really didn't believe it, so she added, "My master is very powerful."
Yuchi Zhen smiled, reached out to take the pill, and swallowed it without hesitation.
To her, Li Shiyin was like a fairy. Although this fairy looked easygoing, everything she took out was a rare treasure. She had only seen such a fairy-like person in her life, so she could only think that she was blessed with a deep fate, so how could she doubt it?
"Okay!" After giving the gift, Li Shiyin stopped rummaging through her bag and bowed to her brother and sister-in-law to congratulate them. "I wish you a happy wedding, a long-lasting marriage, a son soon, and a long life together..."
However, before she finished her messy congratulations, Li Shiwen interrupted her expressionlessly: "So what about yours?"
"What mine?" Li Shiyin played dumb.
"Where's the gift you gave me?" Li Shiwen asked, "Everyone else gave me one, but you didn't, right?!"
"Hehe!" Li Shiyin gave a sly laugh, raised her eyebrows at Li Shiwen, and said, "Stupid Li Shiwen, I'm just teasing you! How could there be no such thing?"
As she spoke, she raised her beautiful right hand, interlacing her white, tender fingers like bamboo shoots in spring...
“Bang!”
She snapped her fingers.
Then the whole lobby went dark, and the roof suddenly turned into the night sky. When everyone in the lobby was panicking, two Milky Ways meandered down from the night sky, circling the room, turning into two swords, and then entering the bodies of Li Shiwen and Yuchi Zhen.
The night fell and then receded. Li Shiyin turned her back to the others in the hall and faced her parents and brother and sister-in-law, and said:
"The sword energy I comprehended is the star sword energy, and the sword intent I comprehended is the guardian sword intent. These two original sword energies will protect you like the stars. As long as the galaxy is not destroyed, the sword energy will not dissipate."
She looked up at Li Shiwen, reached out and grabbed Li Shiwen's hand, then took Yuchi Zhen's hand, and overlapped their hands in her own. She said more seriously and firmly than ever before, "I will protect you forever."
Such a silly sister... Li Shiwen was touched, his eyes turned red, and he hugged Li Shiyin into his arms, without saying a word for a long time.
Until the ceremonial officer shouted: "The auspicious time has arrived, the bride and groom enter the bridal chamber."
He then let go of Li Shiyin and went into the bridal chamber holding his new young wife's hand.
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