禮成。三人上來恭賀，沈玨取了酒，將酒盞斟滿，五人各自飲了，老仙與許明世飲完便要散去。都知道這一雙新人不易，誰也不忍心叨擾。
伊墨送客到門外，老仙遲疑著道：“你再想想，若是改主意了，一年後你便跟我走，如何？”
伊墨知他好意，點頭應了。
老仙明知希望不大，卻也還是欣慰，笑了一下，身影倏忽不見。
許明世拱手道：“我也該走了，再去遊玩一年，等我日子近了，再來看你們。”雖未明言，卻也是道別了。不能成仙的道士，最後也免不了一死。肉體凡胎，總會有這麼一遭。
正說著話，柳延從裡屋出來，望著許明世道：“你竟老成這樣了。”
許明世哼哼一聲，望著對方年輕光滑的臉，忿忿道：“你也會老的。”略頓，又指著伊墨：“再老也老不過你家這老妖怪！”
柳延眯起眼，戲謔著道：“他是妖怪，老又何妨，你是人，卻老成這模樣，豈不知有一句話嗎？”
“什麼？”許明世傻傻的往陷阱裡跳。
柳延笑眯眯地道：“老而不死，是為賊。”
許明世一呆，反應過後幾乎跳了起來，喊道：“你才是賊，你才是賊！”
那老小孩的模樣，倒是把旁人都惹笑了，柳延也笑著，忍不住推他一把道：“這脾性卻沒變。天色已晚，我這院子小，沒你住的地方，趕緊下山找家客棧歇息吧。”
許明世不跳了，站住了身子“嘿嘿”怪笑一聲，指著他鼻尖道：“這麼急著趕我走，當我不知道嗎？”
“什麼？”柳延莫名其妙的問。
許明世說：“你不就是想洞房了麼。”
光影重重的院子裡，柳延耳根一下子紅了，斥道：“胡說八道！”
許明世還欲說話，被一旁沈玨喝了一聲：“還不快走，要我攆你嗎？！”也算是替柳延圓場。
要說許明世，這些年誰也不懼，獨怕惹惱沈玨，實在是當年弑人父母，心中慚愧的狠了。加上兩百多年過去，沈玨也沒有找他償命，心裡益發愧疚的厲害，所以沈玨一惱，他就乖了，連忙告辭。
客人們散了，關上門只剩一家人，回到屋裡，燭火搖曳中沈玨望著柳延，許久方喊了一聲：“爹。”
這一聲似帶著泣音，透著一股可憐的委屈，讓柳延瞬間難過起來。兩百年前抱在懷中的嬰孩已然成了挺拔青年。這中間，只有第一世相陪的十三年，而第二世，卻連十年都無有。他在眼前青年的生命裡，缺席了大半。
“小寶，”柳延低喚一聲，道：“你受委屈了。”
怎麼會不委屈呢？捧在手心裡長大的孩子，尚未成年便被丟下，又跟著伊墨跋山涉水，尋尋覓覓，好不容易找到，自己卻又不相識。
三世記憶回來，柳延撫著他的發頂，只餘一句：你受委屈了。
伊墨在一旁看著，因徹頭徹尾經歷了整樁事件，又是局中人之一，所以一時也分不清，究竟是誰委屈了誰。
或許誰都委屈。也或者，誰都不委屈。
沈玨抬起臉，破啼為笑語：“我願意，沒什麼委屈。”
願意，所以苦也不是苦。委屈也不是委屈。
再多血淚掙扎，也抵不過一句：我願意。
甘之如飴。
柳延攥緊了伸過來的手，用力握住，側臉凝望著身旁男子，面露微笑。
“你將他教的很好。”回到喜房，柳延如是說，心中愈發不舍起來，深知經了許多磨礪，才將冷情的蛇妖轉成合格的父親。而這些苦，都是自己鑄就的。
有些話縱然他不說，伊墨也猜到大半，拉過他的手來，坐在床邊道：“我哪裡教過他，一切都是他自己學來的。”
“學什麼？”柳延問。
伊墨笑，學什麼還用說嗎？教他再多，也不過是記住而已。唯有自己所學，才能刻進心裡。
一世沈清軒，富貴公子，極要強的性子，十三年中狡詐奸佞之處只用在商賈之中，為族人造福，與人為善，也會對著外人低頭，人言侮辱時寬容大度。只要不傷及親人，他所作所為，無一不是君子。
二世季玖，生來富貴榮耀，心中家國天下，忠貞不二。鐵馬冰河征戰一生，寵辱不驚。也是要強到了極致，不該低頭時決不妥協，該妥協時也無猶豫。始終是非分明，活的明明白白，一點不肯含糊，果決幹練。
兩世為人，其實都是同一個秉性：該護著的，絕對不棄。
一世護家，二世護國。他都不曾背棄過。所以沈玨，毋須去教誨什麼，自有人做給他看，一言一行，為人為事。
柳延取過紅蓋頭，抓在手裡低低笑，輕聲道：“卻都不好，否則怎麼兩世，都未娶到你。”說著手腕一掀，喜帕罩住了伊墨的臉。
伊墨不動，任紅色撲襲過來，在眼前籠罩的嚴嚴實實。他自知此刻端坐在床畔，頂了紅蓋頭的自己十足一個新娘模樣，卻不覺尷尬。曾經這人要娶，他不屑嫁，一面是眼高於頂，一面也是始終想像不出自己嫁人的模樣。
而今大紅喜色籠罩在眼前，他卻想著，總算還來得及。總算沒有辜負的徹底。
心中歡喜仿佛小小石塊拋入湖底，水面漾起的一圈圈逐漸擴大的波紋。
輾轉三世，他終於圓了他的夢，對方歡喜，他就歡喜。
喜帕外的世界，站在他面前的人，卻漸漸通紅了眼。仿佛身處夢中，卻又深知是現實。
他們成親了。
柳延捏住蓋頭下方，手指顫抖著，紅布在他手下顫巍巍的掀起一角。
紅帕下先露出了一截下顎的曲線，接著是單薄的唇，而後是鼻，最後是一雙異常漆黑卻溫柔的眼。風華內斂，絕世無雙。
柳延傾身過去，額抵著額，鼻頂著鼻，抬手，他將那方紅帕罩住了兩人。
喜慶的紅成了他們的世界。
“我喜歡你。”柳延說。
伊墨抬手將他擁入懷裡，應道：“我也喜歡你。”
“第一世喜歡你，第二世也喜歡你，”柳延眨了眨眼，淚珠滾落下來，低聲道：“一直都喜歡。”
伊墨“嗯”了一聲，露出笑容。往昔壓抑的悵然與苦澀，長久的封存在心底，仿佛被光陰釀成了一壇酒，只為今天的啟封。
封印被打開，那些磋磨與苦痛，已經成了一壇甘甜的酒。
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The ceremony was over. Three people came up to congratulate, Shen Jue took the wine and filled the cups, and the five people drank separately. The old immortal and Xu Mingshi finished drinking and were about to leave. Everyone knew that it was not easy for the newlyweds, and no one had the heart to disturb them.
Yi Mo saw the guest off to the door. The old immortal hesitated and said, “Think about it again. If you change your mind, you can come with me in a year. How about that?"
Yi Mo knew his good intentions and nodded in agreement.
Although the old immortal knew that there was little hope, he was still relieved. He smiled and then disappeared in a flash.
Xu Mingshi bowed and said, “It’s time for me to go too. I’ll go travel for another year. I’ll come back to see you when my time is near." Although he didn’t say it explicitly, it was a farewell. A Taoist who can’t become an immortal will eventually die. As a mortal, this will always happen.
As they were talking, Liu Yan came out from the inner room, looked at Xu Mingshi and said, “You have aged so much."
Xu Mingshi snorted, looked at the other person’s young and smooth face, and said angrily: “You will get old too." After a pause, he pointed at Yi Mo and said: “No matter how old you are, you will never be older than this old monster of yours!"
Liu Yan narrowed his eyes and said jokingly , “He is a monster, so it doesn’t matter if he is old. But you are a human, but you are so old. Don’t you know a saying?"
“What?" Xu Mingshi jumped into the trap stupidly.
Liu Yan smiled and said, “If an old man refuses to die, he is a thief."
Xu Mingshi was stunned for a moment, then he almost jumped up and shouted, “You are the thief, you are the thief!"
The old child’s appearance made everyone around him laugh. Liu Yan also laughed and couldn’t help but push him and said, “Your temper hasn’t changed. It’s getting late. My yard is small and there’s no place for you to stay. Hurry down the mountain and find an inn to rest."
Xu Mingshi stopped jumping, stood still, laughed strangely, pointed at his nose and said, “You are in such a hurry to get me out, don’t you think I don’t know?"
“What?" Liu Yan asked in confusion.
Xu Mingshi said: “You just want to have your wedding night."
In the courtyard filled with light and shadow, Liu Yan’s ears suddenly turned red and he shouted, “Nonsense!"
Xu Mingshi was about to say something when Shen Jue at the side shouted at him: “Why don’t you leave quickly? Do you want me to chase you away?!" This was to save the situation for Liu Yan.
As for Xu Mingshi, he was not afraid of anyone these years, but he was afraid of angering Shen Jue. He was really ashamed of killing someone’s parents. In addition, more than 200 years had passed, and Shen Jue had not asked him to pay for his life. He felt even more guilty, so when Shen Jue got angry, he behaved and left quickly.
The guests dispersed, and only the family was left behind after the door was closed. They returned to the house. In the flickering candlelight, Shen Jue looked at Liu Yan, and after a long while he called out , “Dad."
This cry was like a sob , revealing a pitiful grievance, which made Liu Yan sad instantly. The baby in his arms two hundred years ago had grown into a tall young man. In between, he had only been with him for thirteen years in the first life, and in the second life , he had not even been with him for ten years. He had been absent for most of the life of the young man in front of him.
“Xiaobao," Liu Yan called out softly, “You’ve been wronged."
How could he not feel wronged? The child he had raised in his hands was abandoned before he reached adulthood, and he followed Yi Mo through mountains and rivers, searching for him, and finally found him, but he didn’t recognize him.
of three lives came back, Liu Yan stroked the top of his head and said only: You have been wronged.
Yi Mo was watching from the side. Since he had experienced the whole incident from beginning to end and was also one of the people involved, he couldn’t tell who had wronged whom.
Maybe everyone feels wronged. Or maybe no one feels wronged.
Shen Jue raised his face and smiled, “I am willing. I don’t feel wronged."
I am willing, so suffering is not suffering. Injustice is not injustice.
No matter how much blood, tears and struggle you put in, it cannot compare to one sentence: I do.
I enjoy it.
Liu Yan clenched the extended hand and held it tightly, then stared at the man beside him with a smile on his face.
“You taught him well." Liu Yan said this when he returned to the bridal chamber, feeling even more reluctant to let him go. He knew that it took a lot of hardship to turn the cold-hearted snake demon into a qualified father. And all these hardships were caused by himself.
Even if he didn’t say some of the things, Yi Mo guessed most of them. He took his hand, sat on the bed and said, “I never taught him. He learned everything by himself."
“What to learn?" Liu Yan asked.
Yi Mo smiled. Do I need to tell him what to learn? No matter how much I teach him, he will just remember it. Only what I learn can be engraved in my heart.
In this life, Shen Qingxuan was a rich and noble man with a very strong character. In the past thirteen years, he only used his cunning and treacherous ways in business. He worked for the benefit of his clansmen and treated people kindly. He would also bow his head to outsiders and be tolerant when people insulted him. As long as he did not hurt his relatives, everything he did was gentlemanly.
The second generation, Ji Jiu, was born into wealth and glory. He was loyal to his country and the world. He fought on the battlefield all his life, and was not surprised by praise or criticism. He was also extremely strong. He would never compromise when he shouldn’t, and would never hesitate when he should. He always distinguished right from wrong, lived clearly, refused to be ambiguous, and was decisive and capable.
In both lives, I have the same character: I will never abandon those who should be protected.
protected his family in his first life and his country in his second. He never betrayed them. So Shen Jue didn’t need to be taught anything. Someone would show him how to behave and what he did.
Liu Yan took the red veil, held it in his hand, smiled softly, and said softly: “It’s not good, otherwise why haven’t I married you in two lifetimes ." As he spoke, he lifted his wrist and the veil covered Yi Mo’s face.
Yi Mo did not move, letting the red color rush over him and cover his eyes tightly. He knew that he looked like a bride sitting on the bed with a red veil on his head, but he did not feel embarrassed. He had disdained to marry this man before, because he was too proud and could not imagine himself getting married.
Now that the bright red joy was in front of him, he thought, after all, it was not too late. After all, he did not let her down completely.
The joy in my heart is like a small stone thrown into the bottom of a lake, causing ripples to gradually expand on the surface of the water .
After three lifetimes , he finally realized his dream. When the other party was happy, he was happy too.
outside the veil , the person standing in front of him, gradually had red eyes. It was as if he was in a dream, but he knew it was reality.
They got married.
Liu Yan pinched the bottom of the veil, his fingers trembling, and a corner of the red cloth was lifted up under his hand.
Under the red scarf, the curve of the jaw first appeared, followed by thin lips, then nose, and finally a pair of unusually dark but gentle eyes. The elegance was restrained and unparalleled.
Liu Yan leaned over, forehead against forehead, nose against nose, raised his hand, and covered both of them with the red handkerchief.
The festive red became their world.
“I like you." Liu Yan said.
Yi Mo raised his hand and hugged him in his arms, and replied: “I like you too."
“I liked you in my first life, and I like you in my second life too," Liu Yan blinked, tears rolling down his cheeks, and whispered, “I have always liked you."
Yi Mo said “hmm" and smiled. The suppressed sadness and bitterness of the past had been sealed in his heart for a long time, as if it had been brewed into a jar of wine by time, just to be opened today.
The seal was opened, and all the suffering and pain had turned into a jar of sweet wine.
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