boyutpedia Chapter 402 has a script, but only a tiny bit.
Chapter 402 has a script, but only a tiny bit.
The travelers on the pleasure boat looked in the direction of the child's voice, and Lin Lezhi was also drawn to the sound.
One of the many small boats slowly approached their pleasure boat. The entire boat was decorated festively, with red ribbons tied everywhere.
The red silk fluttered in the evening breeze.
In the darkness, illuminated by the lights, it appeared exceptionally red and dazzling.
However, at first glance, the bride could not be seen; all that could be seen were the bridal sedan chair and several locked chests on the boat, with several burly men sitting around the sedan chair.
There were also people holding suonas and gongs at the bow and stern of the boat.
Everyone on the boat was dressed festively, their faces beaming with joy as they chatted and laughed.
This entire small boat is the whole wedding procession.
This is the first time I've ever seen a wedding procession like this.
"There are even wedding processions like this."
The fellow travelers, seeing such a wedding procession for the first time, were equally amazed and asked questions.
Several frequent travelers who often used this boat were sitting nearby, drinking and eating with their friends. One of them explained, "You may not know this, but Zecheng is crisscrossed by 136 waterways. Getting married by boat is a local custom; their weddings and funerals all take place by boat. Because they are surrounded by mountains and have difficulty communicating with the outside world, they rely on boats to travel to other towns. Many people know about this custom and also know that the scenery here is beautiful, so they come here for a short stay."
The speaker explained the custom clearly and logically.
At this moment, the child who had just discovered the bride said with a mixture of curiosity and regret, "I really want to see what the bride looks like. I can't see her even sitting in the sedan chair."
The man continued, “They don’t use sedan chairs in their area. The bride wears a red dress and a veil over her head. They decorate their everyday boats as wedding boats, and with the gongs, drums, and firecrackers, the scene is incredibly lively. In wealthy families, the wedding boats can even stretch for miles, which is quite a spectacle. I was fortunate enough to witness it once a few years ago, and I still can’t forget it.”
The person accompanying her chimed in, "That's right. The reason for using a wedding sedan chair is that the bride is marrying into a town outside the city. Most other towns are not built along the water like this Zecheng. This is also to integrate the customs of the two places."
Just as these older brothers said.
Many travelers get off at this stop, presumably because they came here because of its reputation.
As a result, nearly a third of the people on the pleasure boat were gone, and they were all crowded at the disembarkation area. Because the pleasure boat was too large to sail into the dock of Zecheng, the area around the pleasure boat was full of boatmen waiting to pick up travelers.
However, very few people were waiting to board the ship.
Only four small boats sailed toward the pleasure boat, one of which was the wedding boat.
When they reached a suitable distance, all four small boats stopped at roughly the same position.
Seeing that Xiao Yihuo hadn't said a word since earlier, Lin Lezhi rolled her eyes, a teasing look on her face, and joked, "Why aren't you saying anything? Could it be... that the scene has stirred up some memories?"
His first meeting with Xiao Yihuo was when he was dressed in a wedding gown and bound to a sacrificial boat.
Xiao Yihuo quickly turned his face away and said in a muffled voice, "No."
Xiao Yi Huo turned his face away, clearly unwilling to discuss the matter.
But Lin Lezhi wasn't about to let this opportunity slip by. He caught up with Xiao Yihuo's averted face and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, shouldn't you also thank me? I was the one who saved you that day."
I thought Xiao Yihuo would be full of displeasure and shame, but when I caught up with him, I saw that Xiao Yihuo's eyes were filled with heaviness and sadness, and his eyes also showed a hint of evasion.
"Are you...worried?"
Lin Lezhi was also a straightforward person, so she immediately stopped smiling and asked with concern in her eyes. But after asking, a thought suddenly struck her, and she immediately widened her eyes, wanting to slap herself.
I go.
How could he have forgotten about that?
Although everything that happened since he came into this world was different from the original story, the key event that led Xiao Yihuo to decide to rebel was the same.
That was Nan Rongyi's death.
Because of the great defeat of the Yunqiang Kingdom, the Northern Qi emperor, in order to test Xiao Yihuo and to humiliate the Yunqiang Crown Prince Nan Rongyi, ordered Xiao Yihuo, the unfavored prince, to marry Nan Rongyi.
The moment the order was given, it became known throughout the entire city.
Later, on the night of his wedding, Nan Rongyi set himself on fire in Xiao Yihuo's palace.
Thinking about it this way, Xiao Yihuo decided to lend a helping hand in Yulong Village, and dressed in a wedding dress to board the sacrificial boat for Sun Wan'er, perhaps because he thought of Nan Rongyi.
Previously, he had asked Xiao Yihuo at the earthen temple in Huaifeng Village why he had helped him, and Xiao Yihuo only said that there was no reason, he just wanted to help.
It was something that almost all the people of Northern Qi knew about, and he was the one who wrote about it. It was also the only event besides Xiao Yihuo himself that could overlap with the story of the author being framed. Why didn't he think of this sooner?
When he was most vulnerable after being poisoned, he still joked about wearing women's clothing.
He acted like he didn't mind at the time, but he must have been heartbroken inside.
No one can fall into pitfalls every day, but how come he keeps dancing in Xiao Yihuo's minefield even though he has a few useful scripts at his disposal?
It's over.
He even went so far as to say something about being moved by the scenery.
"that……"
I was trying to figure out how to smooth things over, or maybe just apologize directly.
At this time.
Xiao Yihuo, who was standing next to him, suddenly chuckled. He then looked at Lin Lezhi with an expression that seemed to say, "Why did you do that? It was perfectly reasonable. Even if you hadn't helped me that day, I could have gotten away safely. It was because of you that I was slowed down and it was difficult for me to escape. That's why they caught up with me."
"you…!"
Although Xiao Yihuo's words were quite infuriating, they were all true, leaving Lin Lezhi speechless.
Xiao Yihuo then looked at the plum blossom hairpin in Lin Lezhi's hair, smiled gently, and then looked at Lin Lezhi again, his eyes gentle yet serious, and said, "However, if it weren't for your help, even if I had saved her, I wouldn't have been able to resolve her inner conflict. It's because you saved her that her inner conflict is so difficult to resolve."
One second he was all smiles, deliberately making fun of her. The next second, Lin Lezhi was caught off guard by Xiao Yihuo's sudden gentleness and stood there stunned.
In his eyes, the night breeze gently stirred Xiao Yihuo's hair and clothes, making him appear even more gentle. After a brief pause, Lin Lezhi's breathing seemed to be stirred again by the gentle night breeze, and even quickened a bit.
“However…” Xiao Yihuo asked, his eyes filled with puzzlement and doubt, “It is only natural for Sun Wan’er to thank you, so why should I thank you?”
Meeting Lin Lezhi's eyes, which were clearly stunned and contained a hint of resentment, he raised one eyebrow slightly and smiled, reminding him, "Don't forget, you owe me more than five coins."