Yin marriage, also known as underworld marriage, has existed since ancient times. The earliest and most famous should belong to Cao Cao for his son Cao Chong.

Cao Chong was born to Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan, and was very smart since he was a child, knowing how to weigh an elephant at the age of five or six. But the talented child died early.

Cao Cao was so grief-stricken that he held a secret marriage for him, marrying a daughter of the Zhen family who specialized in beauty, who died early.

It can be said that the rise of secret marriage is also related to Cao Cao's doting on children.

Jiang Wanbai knew that the secret marriage was still because of the Jiang family. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek's mother also married his younger brother Jiang Ruiqing. Of course, this kind of big family matter is just a legend, who can really be sure.

But there is one thing that Jiang Wanbai is sure of, that is, this underworld marriage does exist, and even in modern times, there is still this custom in some places.

I had only heard of it before, but today it fell on her, Jiang Wanbai had a strange and ridiculous feeling.

"Old lady, look at this matter......" Yang Quan is actually nine out of ten about this matter.

Who is the Zeng family, what kind of person is the Tian family, if it weren't for the time of Tian Liu's death, it would be a bit too coincidental, Mrs. firmly believes that this matter is the daughter-in-law chosen by the little son of his family, this kind of good thing, where is the turn to get a peasant girl from the Tian family.

"I think it's better to forget it." Jiang Wanbai is not very interested in this kind of thing. Two people who are alive are married and can still live together, but when this person dies, everything disappears, so why bother tossing them.

"What did you say?" Yang Quan was so surprised.

"I said, forget it." Jiang Wanbai said a little impatiently.

"Old lady, my little son is a talent, worthy of your granddaughter, I will never wronged her." As he spoke, he pulled out a scroll from his sleeve, "Look, this is a portrait of my little son." ”

Jiang Wanbai looked at his hand. A young man with clear eyebrows may be a little weak between his eyebrows because of a long-term illness. But I have to admit that he is a beautiful boy. If you are alive, standing with Tian Liu is really a match made in heaven.

It's a pity......

"I didn't plan to marry Liu'er." Jiang Wanbai decided to cut through the mess and make things clear.

"But why not, the two of them ......"

"Alright. If you're here to offer your condolences, you're welcome, and if you still want to talk about it, then I'm sorry. Second, send off. ”

"You, you, it's unreasonable." As the saying goes, Yang Quan, as the butler of the Zeng family, has never been rejected by anyone so much, and he suddenly couldn't hang his face. With a flick of his sleeves, he walked away.

When he left, Zhang plucked up his courage several times, and then walked to Jiang Wanbai's side on his knees and begged, "Mother, Liu Er didn't enjoy any blessings when she was alive, my biggest wish is to find her a good relative, and now that she is dead, I beg my mother to fulfill her." As she spoke, she kowtowed to Jiang Wanbai.

"Hurry up, what are you doing?" Jiang Wanbai really didn't expect that the Zhang family was so keen on this marriage that they dared to ask her.

"Mother, I also saw the portrait of that little boy, and he is indeed very handsome. I think if I can marry him, Liu Er must be willing. Ask for a mother to be fulfilled. Tian Laosan also changed his previous dullness and came over to beg Jiang Wanbai.

"This ......" Jiang Wanbai was a little dumbfounded, just now she just took it for granted that this yin marriage was ridiculous, but she didn't expect that things would be like this.

"Mother, Liu Er died horizontally. If we don't find her a family affair, something may happen to our family. It would be different if she got married, Liu Er was a member of the Zeng family, she was no longer a lonely ghost, and she could be regarded as having a settlement in her life. Tian Lao Er also came over to persuade Jiang Wanbai.

When the others heard this, they looked like this, but Jiang Wanbai was very strange.

"Mother, you can pity poor Liu'er, fulfill her." Zhang's tears fell like rain and fell at Jiang Wanbai's feet.

"Mother's ......" Tian Laosan was also in tears.

Forming such a relationship is the last thing they can give Tian Liu, no matter what, they want to make it.

Jiang Wanbai herself didn't have much opposition or approval of this yin marriage, and now that they were like this, she didn't want them to regret it for life, so she said: "Since you all say so, then I don't have any opinion."

It's just that the butler is gone......"

"I'll go talk to him." Zhang's really became a lot more tenacious, and he even offered to go. With that, she ran out the door.

However, as soon as she arrived at the door, she was stunned.

I don't know when three sedan chairs were parked outside, and there were many servants around the sedan chairs. That Yang Quan was standing next to the first sedan chair at this time, whispering something.

Yang Quan also saw Zhang, paused for a moment, and talked to the people in the sedan chair again.

Almost immediately, the curtain of the palanquin was lifted, and out of it came an old woman with silver hair. The old woman looked sad, and when she saw Zhang's, she immediately said, "My family, where is Liu'er's child, I want to go and see her." ”

Before her words fell, the curtains of the two sedan chairs behind her were lifted, and a middle-aged man and a beautiful woman walked down.

The beautiful woman's eyes were swollen like walnuts, and she leaned on the shoulders of the middle-aged man.

Zhang couldn't react.

At this time, everyone in the Tian family also followed out and saw these people outside.

Yang Quan hurriedly came up to introduce, "This is Mrs. Zeng, this is my son-in-law, this is my wife." After the introduction, he introduced Jiang Wanbai and others to the Zeng family.

After the introduction of the two phases, Mrs. Zeng took Jiang Wanbai's hand, "Originally, I sent Yang Quan, but the more I was worried at home, I came by myself." Fortunately, I came, Yang Quan is also old, and the older he gets, the more confused he becomes, and this little thing can't be done. ”

Yang Quan hurriedly nodded yes.

"In-laws, Yang Quan may not have made my meaning clear. Our Zeng family is sincere in marrying Liu'er, if you have any requirements, just mention it. The old lady continued.

"Although our Tian family is not a rich and noble family, we have never thought of relying on our granddaughter's marriage to make a profit. Needless to say, the main thing is that if it's good for both children, I'll agree. Jiang Wanbai saw that the Zeng family was indeed sincere, so she also got off the donkey down the slope.

"Okay, good ......" Old Madam Zeng agreed, her eyes turned red again, "Now, Cheng'er finally has a companion below." ”

Speaking of her grandson, the tears of the beautiful woman in the back began to flow uncontrollably.

Since both sides had the will, they couldn't talk at the door, so Jiang Wanbai invited them in. However, Mrs. Zeng insisted on meeting Liu Er, her granddaughter-in-law. There was no way, Jiang Wanbai could only take them to see it.

Tian Liu died before she was thrown into the sea, and the body was quickly fished up, so the body was not swollen like a normal drowned person, but slightly white, which did not damage her delicate appearance.

In addition, she wore a black and white uniform, and her cold face lined the black and white, as if she was so cold and jade, and she did not eat the fireworks of the world.

When Mrs. Zeng saw it, she cried and laughed at the same time, saying that Liu Er was born to be a member of their Zeng family, but it was a pity that the two children had short lives.

The beautiful woman was also very satisfied with the willows, and the pear blossoms that cried brought rain.

After reading Tian Liu, the two families sat together and first talked about the lives of the two children.

Needless to say, Tian Liu was the little son of the Zeng family, as Jiang Wanbai guessed, a premature baby. Since childhood, he has been weak and sickly, with a minor illness in five days and a major illness in ten days.

At the end of last year, the Zeng family moved from the capital to Yancheng, and the little boy didn't know if he was tired from the hard work of the journey, or because he didn't adapt to the water and soil of Yancheng, and fell ill as soon as he arrived in Yancheng.

I have seen a lot of doctors and taken a lot of medicines, but his illness has not improved, and finally ...... yesterday

Mrs. Zeng and Mrs. Zeng both thought that the move had harmed the little son, and they felt very guilty, and Mrs. Zeng felt that she was incompetent, and let her son give birth prematurely to hurt him.

The whole family regards Zeng Xiaogongzi as a treasure, so today, in addition to the old lady Zeng, so many people came to propose to the Tian family.

After saying this, the two families began to talk about the yin marriage. Yin marriage is different from normal marriage, there are not so many cumbersome steps, as long as the "ghost matchmaker" says and makes a decision, and changes the dragon and phoenix post.

Today, the Zeng family brought a ghost matchmaker, so these things are more convenient. According to the days calculated by the ghost matchmaker, today is tomorrow, which is a good day to make, and the day after tomorrow is a good day to marry.

The two families had no opinion, so they decided on the spot and went to prepare relevant things.

The next day, the Zeng family sent a gift to the Tian family, there were nine large boxes, half of which were real silk rulers, gold and silver jewelry, and half were papier-mâché clothes and utensils.

Among them, there are several brocade boxes, which contain the jewelry given by the Zeng family to Tian Liu, including earrings, bracelets, rings and hairpins, etc., and a pair of emerald green jade bracelets, which are said to be the family heirlooms of the Zeng family, specially sent over for Tian Liu's funeral.

And the Tian family also sent the dowry for the escort, which was half real and half papery.

That night, according to custom, the Tian family incinerated all these things, except for those few brocade boxes, at the door, and the fire burned for three hours before it was slowly extinguished.

On the third day, it is the day of the two families, the two families are high in the greenhouse, banquet relatives and friends, the sedan chair in front of the door, a qiē is just like a normal marriage, but you can't see the groom, the bride, there is no joy at all.

Friends and relatives dispersed after dinner.

When the evening came, when everyone was asleep, a burst of drum music sounded, and the Zeng family carried eight sedan chairs and all the golden lamp deacons to marry Tian Liu.

The Tian family had already made preparations, helped Tian Liu into the sedan chair, and cried to send her to get married. This kind of crying is not the same as the joyful cry of marriage, it is a real sad pain, which is particularly obvious in this silent night.

The Zeng family received someone, and carried the sedan chair away.

The empty streets were full of festive but desolate tones, and all the surrounding residents closed their doors, and none of them came out to see the excitement.

The whole yin marriage process is both lively and desolate, and it is so weird that people who watch it are shocked.

Jiang Wanbai stood at the door, silently looking at the red street illuminated by the red lanterns, and the sedan chair that gradually disappeared into the night, only to feel as if she had a dream, a strange and absurd dream.

And what is even more peculiar is that she is awake the whole time in this dream, and she knows what she is doing.

I pinched my arm with my hand, and it hurt. Jiang Wanbai lowered her eyes and decided to go and get a good night's sleep. Perhaps, when I get up tomorrow, I will return to normal.

When the sun rose the next day, the Tian family began to get busy again. They don't have to handle Tian Liu's funeral, but Tian Laosi's still has to do it. In addition, it was discussed before that Tian Laosi would get a tiled house for the tablet, and the Tian family was busy with their feet not touching the ground.

In the middle, Tian Miao and Ling Changwei also returned. heard about what happened in the past few days, and the two of them were also embarrassed.

After being busy for several days, they were finally busy and waiting for the burial, and the Zeng family sent someone to invite them to attend the funeral of Zeng Xiaogongzi and Tian Liu.

The Tian family naturally wanted to go, and watching the coffin buried by the two slowly buryed, they couldn't help but cry.

The next day was Tian Laosi's funeral, and the Tian family, who had not yet recovered from their grief, cried again. In just a few days, the Tian family seemed to be draining all the tears of their lives.

In this funeral, Tian Chengbao undertook all the things that his son should do, and he didn't know if Tian Laosi underground could see this scene, and if he could, how would he feel.

The son he longed for was right in front of him, but he was reluctant to seek the near and far, and finally ended up like this. After burning the last bit of paper money, Jiang Wanbai took the Tian family to support each other and walked back. As she walked, she heard people around her talking about something.

Looking around, I noticed that there were a lot of onlookers today, and many of them were pointing in this direction.

Finding that Jiang Wanbai looked at them, they all lowered their fingers, but the words in their mouths did not stop.

"I said that this Ah Cai is a mourning star, and within a month of passing the door, two people were killed one after another, and the good Tian family was made like this by her, it's really pitiful."

"I wanted to go to her house for my son to propose, but fortunately I didn't. Not to mention the two half-dead fathers and mothers in their family, even this woman's rejection of people, I can't stand it. ”

"yes, you're glad you didn't go. You don't know, after I went, I stepped on shit as soon as I went out the next day. I didn't realize anything at the time, but now that I think about it, it was all from her. ”

"Actually, you should have found out a long time ago, you see, before this woman was born, their family was also wealthy in our place, and his father and his mother were in good health. But as soon as she was born, his father immediately broke his leg, and their family's life immediately fell into ruin. ”

"According to what you say, the Tian family's unfortunate days have not come to an end yet."

"Not really. The Tian family looks very good now, I dare to guarantee that as long as this woman is here, it won't take two years to live, and the family will be busy. ”

"Hey! O iniquity, such a woman, it is time to take a break from the house, drive her out of the house, and let her fend for herself. ”

……

The people around were talking, but the object of the discussion was all about Ah Cai. I don't know who said it first, and I don't know who passed it on, but now Ah Cai seems to be the murderer of the Tian family.

Ah Cai wears filial piety, and her apple-like ruddy face is pale. She can have her own opinions, but she is brave enough to face many things, but at this time, she is also afraid.

I'm afraid that the Tian family will believe those words and believe that she is an ominous person. If that's the case...... There were tears swirling in Ah Cai's eyes.

"You long-tongued women, you have nothing to talk nonsense, be careful that you will go to hell after death, and the little ghost will pull out your tongues one by one and put them in the oil pot." The sea and the Tian family are in-laws, so he also came to see Tian Laosi's funeral, and when he heard the people around him say this about his sister, where could he hold back, and immediately shouted.

He was so unkind, and the people around him were also a little annoyed, and responded: "Who said nonsense? We're telling the truth. I advise you, the sea, you'd better stay away from that woman, otherwise, you will have to be beaten sooner or later. ”

"You long-tongued woman. She's my sister, my own sister. The sea shouted.

"The more this happens, the stronger the gram becomes. Look at you, you can't marry a daughter-in-law until now, every time you say kiss, it's either because of this, or because there's a mistake there, I think, it's all because of this woman.

Fortunately, there is no girl to marry you, otherwise you may not be able to be restrained. It is estimated that whether he can live or not is a question.

If you don't break off the relationship with her, I think you're going to be a bachelor in your life. A woman said very viciously.

After hearing this, the other woman seemed to be quiet, but in fact she said clearly, "I heard that the one who died today, this woman's father-in-law, has thought about marrying this woman."

What is the result, the person did not marry, and he lay in the coffin. This woman, whoever has anything to do with her is unlucky. ”

"My father-in-law and daughter-in-law still have such a leg, what's the matter?" Everyone is obviously more enthusiastic about this kind of peachy news.

"What else can it be, it's just a little thing about men and women." The speaker speaks in a voice you understand.

"It turns out that this woman is not only a restraint, but also not clean." Everyone seemed to have found a new handle, began to make all kinds of conjectures, and finally began to sympathize with Tian Chengbao, saying that he had really fallen into eight lifetimes of blood mold and married such a woman.

Ah Cai couldn't stand it anymore and rushed to the crowd, "I'll tear your mouths." ”

"Oh, you dare to do it." People are saying, go and push Ah Cai. A Cai is a woman, where can she beat these people, she is pushed around, and the wolf is bèi.

"My Tian family is from outside, but I don't allow you to bully like this. I'll see who dares to do it again! Jiang Wanbai shouted, and her voice ran through the entire wilderness.

The people around were still very jealous of the Tian family, and even some had to rely on the Tian family to live, so they retreated to the side.

There were a few people who were used to oiling, and they were afraid that Jiang Wanbai would be angry, so they hurriedly said: "Old lady, we are also for your good, don't be angry."

What is foreign or not foreign, when you say this, you will see the outside. We admire your Tian family very much. ”

"Yes, yes." A few people quickly chimed in.

The Tian family is mixing well now, that's why you say this, if the Tian family is poor, you don't know what to do! Jiang Wanbai pursed her lips, not taking their words seriously at all.

"We will solve the affairs of our Tian family ourselves, and you don't need to think about it for us. Today, I will put my words here, Ah Cai is the granddaughter-in-law of our Tian family, and she will always be, whoever talks about her and slanders her in the future will be the enemy of our Tian family.

When the time comes, don't blame me for being unkind. Jiang Wan said loudly.