Qin Shu nodded, and then asked in surprise, "Why are you in such a hurry?" ”

Qin Youan didn't want to hide it, and told Qin Shu about it.

It turned out that You'an wanted to subdue the Chaohu Water Army, but the leader of the Chaohu Water Army originally disagreed, but seeing You'an's huge power, he didn't dare to refuse, so he could only deal with the Qin Army.

The Chaohu Water Army is a big leader, and the wealthy families in the Chaohu area, such as the Zhao family, the Yu family, the Liao family, the Li family, etc., elected Zhao Lexian, the head of the Zhao family, as the big leader, and Yu Chengshan of the Yu family as the second leader. There were thousands of large and small ships, and more than 30,000 sailors.

But these more than 30,000 people, against Qin Youan's army of two or three hundred thousand, are not worth mentioning.

Although Qin Youan's army is an army, he is already forming a naval army, attracting other naval forces, and even letting people build ships, even if they can't help it for a while. When they develop, why can't they help it?

Moreover, they are not without enemies and enemies, in case the Qin army forms an alliance with the enemy in anger, it is useless for them to cry. So they really didn't dare to offend the Qin army too hard.

Besides, the Qin family has always been court-oriented towards them, and their attitude is very good, and they even promised them many conditions, which made them very excited. The Qin army has become a climate, and they may not be able to claim the king and hegemony in the future, and they are also very tempted.

Sun Ji, who was in charge of subduing the navy, was also a well-spoken and eloquent person, and drew a big pie for them, which finally made them make up their minds to surrender to Qin Youan.

It's just that in order to reassure their hearts and let them work for Qin Youan wholeheartedly, whether it is Chen Xiuyuan or Sun Ji, they all build the daughter of Zhao Lexian, the leader of the Chaohu Water Army, as a concubine.

Qin Youan agreed, but he could only take a concubine after marrying a wife.

Subsequently, he revealed his tone to the Zhao family.

Although the Zhao family has some nostalgia for not being Marshal Qin's wife, it is acceptable to be a concubine, besides, the marshal also has a marriage contract, presumably Marshal Qin will not regret marrying his own daughter, so he can only agree.

The daughter of the Zhao family, named Zhao Hanqiu, has just turned seventeen years old this year, and her appearance is extremely beautiful, she has been ambitious since she was a child, and she will marry a big hero who stands up to the sky as his wife, and the head of the Zhao family loves her very much, and has always been by her temperament, so it has been delayed until now.

Of course, this kind of statement also came out of the Zhao family, and it also sought after Qin Youan in disguise, which is also good to say.

It doesn't make people think that Miss Zhao has a problem, she can't get married when she is so old.

Seventeen years old, in this era, is already considered an older leftover girl.

However, I heard that Miss Zhao is indeed very good-looking, and she has a good reputation in this area.

Since she was thirteen or fourteen years old, there have been many people asking to marry.

If you take her as a concubine, you can appease these water troops, so why not!

It's much easier than in a previous life.

In his previous life, Qin Youan also subdued the Chaohu Water Army. It's just a few years later than now, and the leader is not Zhao Lexian, because the Chaohu Water Army has split due to different opinions, and its power has been greatly reduced compared to now, even so, Qin Youan's strength at that time was not enough to subdue them, so he could only cooperate with them temporarily. Then crossed the river and demolished the bridge, killed the leader of the Chaohu Water Army, except for the second leader at that time who fled, the other generals and the water army could only take refuge in Qin You'an, and there was a water army under him.

And this time, Qin Youan took down the entire water army in one fell swoop.

Therefore, Qin Youan was in a hurry to marry a wife.

After Qin Shu heard this, she didn't make a fuss, she was now very calm, and she understood this.

"Okay, leave it to me." Qin Shu said.

When Qin Youan heard this, he was relieved.

The next day, Qin Shu opened a draft post, wrote the number of dowry, discussed with the Xu family, and then invited a matchmaker to send a message to reconcile.

Regarding the dowry, Qin Shu had already discussed with You'an, and the dowry was definitely not light, but the number of courtesies still had to be walked.

The Xu family was very happy to receive the straw post sent by the Qin family, they have been waiting for this day! They can't put their minds at ease until they are actually married.

After carefully reading the dowry prepared by the Qin family, the Xu family was still very satisfied, and they had no intention of making it difficult, let alone delaying, in order to show their importance to their daughter, after thinking about it, they still added a few of their own opinions, and asked the matchmaker to send it back.

After going back and forth, the dowry was finally discussed and written in the gift book.

Gold and silver silk Luo, tea and wine, three animals and even number of gifts, cakes, various gifts, etc., the book of gifts lists all kinds of gifts, and then, then choose an auspicious day, ask the matchmaker to accompany them, and invite the two Quanfu ladies of the local wang clan, with the bride money and many gifts to the woman's house to be hired, and the Xu family points to receive the dowry.

After the completion of the employment, it is time to apply.

After the auspicious day, the male and female students were written on red paper, which was called the invitation letter, and was brought to the woman's house by the matchmaker to discuss the date of marriage with the owner of the woman's family. With the consent of the woman's reply, the man's family will send the woman's family with gift books, candles, salutes, etc., and the woman's family will give gifts to relatives and friends with gift cakes, and tell the sù on the date of return.

You'an's marriage to Shen Jingfang was scheduled for ten days later.

It's an auspicious day in the last month.

It's kind of in a hurry.

But whether it is the Qin family or the Xu family, there are no complaints, they all want to do their best to complete the marriage.

After the date was set, the Marshal's Mansion was busy.

Marrying a wife is much more solemn and cumbersome than when taking concubines at that time.

Fortunately, there are many people, Qin Shu only needs to move her mouth, not to mention, with the help of Shi Shi Mama Zhang and the housekeeper, it can be regarded as handy.

Whether it is arranging the wedding room, pasting the happy words, sending invitations, or setting up the wedding shed, or arranging the wedding personnel, blowing classes, wedding sedan chairs, various honor guards, etc., Qin Shu asked them one by one, and it was quite smooth.

Time passed day by day, and finally it was the wedding day.

Prior to this, the bride's dowry had been moved, and the Xu family sent people to the new house to lay curtains, bedding and other utensils in the house, and then guarded the house with a trusted woman or a bride maid, and was not allowed to go outside

The female envoy guarded the room and did not allow outsiders to enter, so as to wait for the newcomers. The shopkeeper must be a blessed person with a rich family background to take auspicious meaning.

After making the bed, he also invited the zodiac to turn the bed for the dragon's child, which means "early birth of a noble son".

On the day of greeting relatives, the whole Hezhou was almost boiling, because the route of greeting relatives had already been set, and people were standing on both sides of the street.

Looking at the support of the family, it was grand and lively. From front to back, there are gunners, open gongs, open road flags, "quiet", "avoid" Zhu pai, palace lanterns, gourds, axes, stirrups, dragon and tiger flags, group fans, sun covers, etc., of course, there are beautiful and exquisite sedan chairs, the sound of gongs and drums, endlessly.

Qin Youan was dressed in groom clothes, sitting on a tall horse, his expression was majestic but a little festive, although he was not handsome enough, but he also had his unique charm. What's more, he is still the generalissimo in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, which is even more admirable and fascinating.

In a teahouse, in a private room on the third floor, a beautiful woman sat against the window, with a pair of beautiful almond eyes, and looked at the groom on a tall horse without blinking. He wore a bun with clouds on his head, a pink and white pile of yarn and silk flowers on his head, and a gorse hairpin in his bun. She propped her chin with one hand, revealing a pair of silver twisted bracelets on her slender wrists.

It wasn't until the people who greeted the relatives walked away that the woman withdrew her eyes and said with a sigh: "This is Marshal Qin, I originally thought it was an old man in his forties or fifties!" I didn't expect to be such a young man. ”

When a green-clothed maid beside her heard this, she immediately said: "Now Miss should rest assured, how can the master be willing to deceive Miss?" ”

Another girl in blue also nodded and said, "That's it, Miss also said that she wants to marry a big hero, how can Marshal Qin be stronger than a big hero!" The young lady can be regarded as having fulfilled her wish. ”

This girl is Zhao Hanqiu, Zhao Lexian's favorite daughter.

Because I want to see my future husband with my own eyes, I will appear here.

In order to reassure his daughter, Zhao Lexian connived at her behavior.

When Zhao Hanqiu heard this, he glared at the two of them without much power, and his face was a little shy, obviously very satisfied with this husband. At least, he fulfilled her fantasies about heroes. It's better than her marrying an old man.

Although her father loves her, he will never be soft when he should give up.

She understands this very well.

"It's a pity that our young lady is one step late, otherwise, she will be able to be Marshal Qin's leading lady." The green-clothed maid said with some pity.

Zhao Hanqiu's eyes were slightly dark, how could she feel sorry in her heart?

But now that it has become a fact, it is useless to say any more, otherwise, it will only add sadness and unwillingness, and resentment breeds because of unwillingness, and she doesn't want to live in resentment all day long.

What's more, this situation is much better than she imagined.

Now, she only hopes that this housewife is good-tempered, at least she won't be mean to the concubine.

The blue-clothed girl Lan Xin seemed to see Zhao Hanqiu's thoughts, and comforted her: "The slave maid has already ordered someone to inquire about this Miss Xu family." This Miss Shen is the righteous daughter of the Xu family, it is said that she is very gentle and amiable, and she is dignified and generous, although she treats her subordinates strictly, she is not harsh, looking at her style of acting, she is obviously not a mean person. Presumably for the concubine room, it won't be too bad. Even if she is mean, when she hears that Old Madam Qin is still there, she will never cover the sky with one hand. Even the master will make decisions for the young lady. ”

Zhao Hanqiu was only a little worried, hearing her say this, even that worry was gone, she stretched out her hand and smiled at her: "You girl, you can see through people's hearts, you even know what I think." ”

Lan Xin smiled: "The slave maid is just a little empathetic, to put it mildly, if the slave maid is in the position of a young lady, she will also worry about this." ”

The three of them laughed for a while, and Zhao Hanqiu said, "People have also seen it, we should also go back." ”

"Isn't Miss waiting for the welcoming party to come back?" Green Ring asked, just now the marshal just went to greet his relatives, picked up the bride, and was going back.

Zhao Hanqiu shook his head and said, "No, anyway, we can't see what the bride looks like." ”

Even if you see it, you can't change the facts.

When she gets married, she'll see her sooner or later.

She's going back to get married.

……

The Marshal's Mansion is also divided into three roads: east, west and middle, with many courtyards.

Qin Shu lives in the main courtyard of the middle road, which is also a backyard, and there is a back garden at the back. The front yard has a lobby, a meeting room, a living room and so on. The many courtyards on the East Road are for You'an and his wives and concubines, as well as You'an's study, guest rooms, etc. In the courtyard of the West Road, there are some cronies and generals and the staff of the Marshal's Mansion and their families.

The main house on East Road is the happy house, and it will also be Shen Jingfang's yard in the future.

The lobby in the front yard of the middle road has been set up, and this will be the place of worship.

Offerings, red candles, happy words, lanterns, red carpets, and countless guests with heads and faces.

After the bride and groom are seated, they are guided by two male guests to kneel three times and bow nine times, and pay homage to heaven and earth, ancestors and parents. Then the women in the east and the men in the west, the husband and wife bow to each other.

Qin Shu also officially appeared in front of everyone for the first time.

As the mother of the groom, she is also dressed up in a very festive manner.

Wearing a red carved silk peony flower open sleeve jacket, a dark purple horse-faced skirt, combing a fallen horse bun, and wearing a red gold rank bead step shake, red gold ruyi hairpin, red gold bead hairpin, jade ginkgo earrings, and red pomegranate silk flowers, since she appeared, her face has been smiling.

Obviously, he is still very happy about his son's wife.

Although everyone was surprised by her youth and beauty, they were calm when they thought that the marshal was not very old.

When her son and daughter-in-law knelt down in front of her and bowed, Qin Shu was in a complicated mood and couldn't speak.

After You'an married a wife, he officially grew up and had his own family.

While she was relieved, she was also a little inexplicably sad.

Anyway, she was happy for him.

After the husband and wife worshiped each other and were sent to the cave room, Qin Shu also reached the time to leave.

There's no need for her to greet here.

On the other day, not long after Qin Shu got up, You'an brought Shen Jingfang over to invite An to tea.

Shen Jingfang was wearing a silver-red embroidered gold placket, and her appearance was dignified and soft, although she tried her best to be calm, but with a touch of the shyness and anxiety of a bride.

After the two of them first bowed down to Qin Shu and saluted, You'an got up, Shen Jingfang was still kneeling on the ground, and she still had to offer tea to Qin Shu.

She took the tea tray from the maid's hand, on which was the sweet tea brewed with red dates and dried longan, held it high above her head respectfully, presented it to Qin Shu, and said in her mouth: "Mother, please use tea." ”

Qin Shu took a sip and put it on the table next to her, and then put the gift she prepared for her on the tea tray, which was a pair of gold-inlaid jade bracelets, and said: "I hope you can respect and love each other in the future, and grow old." ”

At this time, Shen Jingfang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Yes, daughter-in-law remember, thank you for your mother's teachings." ”

Qin Shu nodded and said, "Get up!" ”

After Shen Jingfang thanked her, she stood up respectfully and stood aside.

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Haha, I can't believe I'm changing! Let me hide my face and cry for a while. It's not easy. It's been a long time.