Liu Defu was wearing a purple dark flower robe with a jewel-inlaid melon-skin hat, sitting in the main seat in the main hall, with several local squire accompanying him to compliment him.

Liu Defu was extremely satisfied with his life. He was a tumbler. From the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, he changed his mind and made great progress. He expanded his family business more than ten times, and married his wife from the fifth house.

When the Japanese came, he became even more like a fish. His eldest son studied at the University of Tokyo, Japan and met many people in the military and political circles of Japan. With this relationship, he immediately defected to the Japanese, and his third son also became the captain of the security army. The Liu family is still very popular and has a much greater power than before. Now he is over 60 years old and can still marry a 17 or 18-year-old girl in her life. There is nothing dissatisfied with this life.

At this moment, he was waiting for the sedan chair to pick up the bride, his face flushed with joy.

At this time, the butler Wang Fengnian came over. He was originally going to pick up the bride, but looking at his face, there seemed to be something wrong. He walked to Liu Defu and whispered: "Master, please borrow a step to speak."

Liu Defu said to the gentry: "Please sit down, I'll go."

After entering the inner room, Liu Defu said with a stern face: "Didn't you ask you to pick someone up? Why are you back by yourself?"

Wang Fengnian accompanied him to carefully and said, "Master, the sixth concubine refused to get into the sedan chair and had to see his father first."

Liu Defu said unhappily: "Just bring him here, come and ask me about this."

Wang Fengnian hesitated a little and said hesitantly: "Master, something happened. I died in prison the night before yesterday. It was the third young master who was worried about being on your festive day, so he hid it down."

Liu Defu felt unlucky, so he said "hey" and frowned and said, "What a fucking unlucky."

Wang Fengnian asked, "Master, the sixth concubine refuses to get into the sedan chair. What do you think?"

The banquet was already on, and the guests had arrived. The bride could not pick it up, and Liu Defu's old face had no place to put it. He thought for a while and said, "You make up a reason to hide it from her. If it doesn't work, you must tie her up."

Zhao Xuemei is such a beautiful girl. Although her family is poor, she is still graceful and charming.

At this moment, she looked at her flower-like appearance in the mirror, and two lines of tears flowed through her snow-white cheeks and dripped down her pointed jaw.

She was really unwilling to give up. She was only 18 years old and her age was ruined by the old man like Liu Defu, who was over 60 years old. But what could she do? The old father who depended on each other is now in prison. Liu Defu is rich and powerful. He himself is the mayor, his third son is the captain of the security army, and he also has an eldest son studying in Japan. Even the county magistrate dared not refute his face. It can be said that he can cover the sky in this radius of hundreds of miles.

A commoner like Zhao Xuemei could not beat Liu Defu, so she had to swallow her anger and wanted to rescue her father first. Not long ago, she proposed to Liu Defu's butler Wang Fengnian to see her father first before she was willing to get into the sedan chair. At this moment, she was waiting for Wang Fengnian to reply.

Wang Fengnian came back, and he smiled and said, "Mrs. Sixth, I just heard good news. The Third Young Master took your father and said he wanted to take him to the provincial capital for medical treatment. Jinan Prefecture is a big place, and there is a Japanese hospital there. Your father's illness will definitely be cured."

He wanted to trick Zhao Xuemei over and complete the wedding ceremony first.

Zhao Xuemei Bingxue is smart. She doesn't believe that Liu Defu is so kind. Moreover, this is a coincidence. At this critical moment, they took their father to treat the disease. The only condition she promised to marry Liu Defu was to rescue her father. She would never be carried into the Liu family compound in a daze.

She wiped her tears, shook her head and said, "Butler Wang, don't say it. If you can't see my father, I won't be in the sedan chair no matter how I say."

Wang Fengnian was slandering, but Zhao Xuemei made up her mind and firmly disagreed.

Wang Fengnian was a little embarrassed. According to Liu Defu's instructions, he could forcefully tie Zhao Xuemei away. However, Zhao Xuemei was the future sixth concubine after all, and she offended her. If she was favored, and the wind blew by the pillow, he, the housekeeper, would probably be an outsider, and he would probably not be able to take it.

He patiently persuaded again: "Mrs. Sixth, the auspicious time has arrived, and the guests have arrived. If you don't give the master face, your father's affairs will be even more troublesome."

Zhao Xuemei thought he was noisy and simply covered her ears with her hands.

The two evils are the least. Wang Fengnian knew that if he could not invite Zhao Xuemei over and let Liu Defu lose face in front of everyone, he would not be able to explain it anyway. So he said cruelly: "Mrs. Sixth, that villain will offend."

He shouted to the outside, "Come on! Please come on Mrs. Sixth."

As soon as he finished speaking, three old mothers with a wide face and a big waist came in outside the door. Without saying a word, they tied Zhao Xuemei's hands behind her back, stuffed a towel into her mouth, wrapped it in a big red cloak, forced it out, and stuffed it into the sedan chair. In order to prevent her from struggling, she was tied to the chair and her feet were also fixed on the legs of the chair with ropes.

Zhao Xuemei struggled desperately, but to no avail, and could only watch herself being carried up.

When Wang Fengnian saw the newlyweds getting into the sedan chair, he shouted loudly: "Get up the sedan chair and play music."

Amid the loud music of the drummers, eight strong sedan chairmen lifted the sedan chair and walked towards the Liu family compound.

The children watching the fun were playing and making noise, but Zhao Xuemei was crying in the sedan chair.

The drums and music were noisy and firecrackers were roaring, and the Liu family courtyard was very lively.

Seeing the bride being carried in, the guests were very excited and wanted to see what the bride looked like.

Zhao Xuemei was tied up and was carried in with the support of the two old mothers' strong arms.

During the Republic of China, the wedding customs in the rural areas of southern Shandong were quite complicated and complicated. In this case, it was obviously impossible for Zhao Xuemei to complete so many actions. The person who served as the wedding ceremonial had already received a prompt in advance, so he simplified the wedding procedures as much as possible, but the procedure of crossing the brazier and worshiping the world when entering the door was inevitable.

The bride's movements were extremely stiff. With the support of two big and round-hearted old mothers, many guests had already seen something strange about the program. However, it was not up to me, and no one came out to find it uncomfortable.

Zhao Xuemei was locked up in her new house, not only was she still tied up, but she was still under her care. At this time, she had guessed that something had happened to her father. Her heart was full of hatred and she had lost the desire to live. She just waited for her to recover her freedom and looked for an opportunity to kill Liu Defu and then commit suicide.

She no longer feared or shed tears, only a cloud of anger burned in her chest.

At this time, Zhending, who was standing guard at the north gate of Taoyuan Town, saw a group of people coming from the front, with three Japanese soldiers leading by. They quickly stood up and welcomed the arrival of Taijun.

The team came to the gate of the town, and the tall Japanese officer leading the team in front said a few words. The traitor translator wearing a top hat said, "The king said that he is going to attend your Mayor Liu's wedding in person, and lead the way quickly."

The townsmen did not dare to neglect them. A small leader nodded and led the way in front of him. He also sent a townsmen to run to the Liu family compound to report the message to Mr. Liu.

In the Liu family courtyard, there is a festive scene at this moment.

Liu Defu was very proud of his face. All the gentry came, and even many officials from Shouyang County came. The county magistrate agreed to come, but he has not arrived yet.

Liu Defu's third son, who was the captain of the security army, did not come, but sent his adjutant to bring a squad of soldiers to send gifts. He was still filial to his father on weekdays. However, he is 35 years old this year and is unwilling to come and call this 18-year-old sixth concubine mother. In addition, Zhao Xuemei's father died in prison, so it would be very embarrassing to see her.

At the banquet in the Liu family courtyard, there were glasses and laughter, and it was very lively. People toasted the groom and congratulated him on his wedding.

People came again in the county. The county magistrate was unable to come in person because of a temporary matter, but he sent his secretary to send a generous gift. Yang Jiong, the county magistrate's secretary, sang the gift list sent by the county magistrate. The gifts were so rich that it was amazing. The county magistrate gave Liu Defu enough face.

Liu Defu's face was shining and proud. The guests were flattering, and the atmosphere at the scene became more and more lively.

At this moment, another better news came.

A servant who was welcomed by the gate of the courtyard hurriedly ran in and muttered a few words in the ear of the butler Wang Fengnian.
Chapter completed!