Chapter 61: Yanyan's Return (I)
Huai Mountain is faint, thousands of miles of clouds and peaks are hated. Huaishui is long, thousands of miles of smoke and thousands of sorrows.
The mountains and rivers are far away, blocking the eyes of pedestrians looking eastward. Hate the old and worry about the new, there are tears and no words for late spring.
Regardless of whether Mingsa's state of mind at this time was as desolate as the unmelted glacier in early spring, or as dazed as a migratory bird with nowhere to shelter from winter, Yanzhou was even more joyful after receiving the affirmative reply from Lord Yunling, and prepared a dowry for her relatives.
The lord of the country also solemnly divined the most auspicious day and hour of marriage to the gods, and held a solemn tree sacrifice ceremony on the day of the wedding.
The tree totem is the belief of the people of Yanzhou, and the tree sacrifice ceremony is also held once a year in Yanzhou, but it is usually held on the very important day of the victory of the war and the birthday of the head of the country.
Now it seems that the lord of Yanzhou really puts his hope on Mingsa alone, if she can be favored, then Yanzhou can be safe under the protection of Yunling.
However, if the lord of the country Yue An knew that the princess sent by the Western Regions was still being hung in the post house outside the Imperial City of Yunling, it is estimated that he would suddenly feel desperate and smoke in his seven orifices.
Minsa also asked the lord for permission to send him off on the day of the wedding, and everything else was arranged by the lord without any objection.
All the dowry, the tribute to Yunling, and the attendants who accompanied the dowry, Mingsa didn't care or care, and now his heart is dead from ice, do he still care about those things outside his body?
No matter how many marriages there are, no matter how big the pomp is, can you get back the warm companionship of the past home!
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That day, Gu Ting saw Minsa coming back from the lord's main palace from a distance, and he saw the white Han horse at a glance. At that moment, there was an indescribable sourness in his heart.
This complicated taste is not only the jealousy of the emotions between Mingsa and Mingshou, but more of a pity for Mingsa, she obviously has feelings for Mingsa, but she wants to marry to be the concubine of the lord, and she will definitely be hung in the post house, maybe just like that to live the second half of her life.
How can it not be regrettable and painful that such a beautiful female middle school dangui, the quality of gold and jade, has fallen into such an encounter?
Minsa didn't see Gu Ting, who hurriedly hid after seeing herself from a distance, but in the past few days, she was also thinking about her life after going to Yunling.
In his heart, he decided to rely on his own wisdom to enter the Imperial City of Wanling no matter what, and to exert his wits and sacrifice all his strength in the situation of the confrontation between Wanling and Qingcheng, so that he could have the opportunity to defeat Qingcheng and avenge the blood revenge of the Ming family.
As for still speaking, maybe the encounter between himself and him was the beginning of a fate, if this fate was only enough to enjoy the sun and moon for a few days, how could he have the luxury of stepping on the road of red dust with him?
Floating like a dream, everything in the dream is something that a living person in reality can't grasp, and it's also unpredictable in the world, and what I can do now is to look down on the throbbing in my heart, and calmly face the unknown life in the future.
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It's been more than a month.
Today is the day of Minsa and Qinyunling.
And Gu Ting had already asked the Lord Wanfu for his will, so out of courtesy, he did not return to the tomb first, but stayed to escort the county lord of Yanzhou and his relatives to return together.
Early this morning, under the leadership of Yue'an, the lord of Yanzhou, Mingsa sacrificed to the heavens, the earth, and the gods according to the grand ceremony of the marriage of the county lord, and then the grandest ceremony of worshipping the clan tree.
I saw that the people of Yanzhou all wore festival costumes, put up lanterns, and gathered under the altar of the Yanzhou clan tree.
This is called the clan tree of the Holy Wood Mandui, reaching the sky and the earth, nearly 100 meters high, Yanzhou City has been enshrined as a clan tree after settling down, it is absolutely forbidden to harm, this is their belief, it is the tree totem of Yanzhou.
The people of Yanzhou even preached that taking the leaves of the holy wood mandui can make people holy and wise, and said that the top of the tree that no one can see is the abode of the gods.
The top of the altar of this tree is round, and the base is square, symbolizing the roundness of the heavens.
In the altar, around the clan tree, but also with the branches to insert a complex divination chart, Yanzhou people around the altar, singing about the opening of heaven and earth, meteorological changes, phenological operation of the ballad, praying for the gods to bless Yanzhou side of the water and soil wind and rain, six animals prosperous, the clan stretched.
The wizards stood on the first floor under the altar, their drums spinning wildly, the ribbons on each man's robes fluttering in the wind, and it seemed as if they were dancing in the wind, with some ability to ride the clouds.
Young men flex their toned muscles and ride the best horses, symbolizing vitality and health.
Young women carry buckets and stir the water in the buckets with long spoons, and the clear water droplets splash into the air in the sunlight, symbolizing purity and happiness.
The old people of Yanzhou hold jade in their hands, and they keep tapping to play a chaotic but crisp sound, symbolizing the fulfillment of their wishes.
Gu Ting looked at the ancient tree sacrifice ceremony in Yanzhou, and he was shocked by the directness and enthusiasm of the Rong people towards their beliefs, but he was even more shocked by the indifference and atmosphere of Minsa.
Since the lord of Yunling did not send an envoy to greet her relatives, in fact, Mingsa was not considered to be married at this time, so she did not wear a fiery phoenix crown and xia veil today, but wore a magnificent robe, such a beautiful color set off her coquettishness that is rarely seen on weekdays.
This cangjiao dress seems to be a few feet of fairy satin cut from the loom of the fairy in the sky, which is dazzling and splendid.
Her plum blossom makeup today is even more vivid, and the plum blossom petals that seem to be real fly lightly to the center of the beauty's eyebrows and stop, causing all the flowers to be jealous.
The fiber is heartfelt, and the fit is shortened.
If the shoulders are cut, the waist is as plain.
Looking at it from afar, it is as bright as the sun rising to the morning glow; Forced to observe it, the green waves are scorching.
He watched Minsa calmly step out of the boudoir, worship, and finally bid farewell to the titular "father" lord Yue'an, such a beauty made Gu Ting's eyes redden.
Minglie only came out of the inner city this morning, and Mingsa has been busy worshipping with the lord of the country, so he entrusted Gu Ting to inform Minglie that this time he can get out of prison safely in exchange for the Yun family's handle, and in the future, he will be alone in this inner city of Yanzhou, and this handle is the only way out for him to keep himself.
After the tree sacrifice ceremony, Minsa began to officially embark on the road to leave the inner city of Yanzhou, and the red carpet was also laid on the road, and the red lights and colorful silks that could be seen everywhere were hanging high, and Minglie followed closely behind Mingsa, followed her, and watched her, wanting to give her one more ride, one more ride.
Minsa also looked back at Minglie from time to time, he hadn't seen him for nearly two months, he seemed to have grown taller, and the stubble on his face looked like his brother, and it seemed to be more like a father.
In the future, the only man in the Ming family will be Minglie, and Mingsa hopes that he can take on the burden of the entire family as soon as possible, but he also hopes that he will not have to work so hard.