When Guan Yan heard this, he thanked Cai Yong again and again with a sneer.

Huangfu Song clapped his hands and said: "Then this matter is so decided, choose a good day another day, and the old man will bring gifts to your old man Cai's door to propose marriage!" ”

"Okay, okay, then let's say so, come on, come on, do this glass!" Cai Yong was in a good mood and raised a glass to Huangfu Song. Guan Yan was also smiling happily on the side, slowly filling the two of them and serving the two elders wholeheartedly.

Cai Yong is a great Confucian in the world, and he also attaches great importance to etiquette. The wedding includes Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, inviting and welcoming at the time of the main marriage, which is synthesized into the "Six Rites".

Nacai is the first step in courtship. On July 15, Huang Fu Song and Lu Zhi both acted as matchmakers, and Huang Fu Song held a live goose as a gift, why did he use a live goose as a gift? Because geese are migratory birds, they fly south in autumn and return to the north in spring, come and go sometimes, and never lose their faith as a symbol of unswerving commitment for both men and women; He also took geese to fly into a row and stop in a row, so as to make it clear that the marriage must be orderly and cannot be exceeded.

Cai Yong opened the door and went out of the house to greet him. Huangfu Song formally expressed the meaning of going down to the ceremony, Cai Yong smiled and accepted the live goose, stood at the door and stroked his beard and began to talk.

Originally, it would have been good for the director to be modest after accepting the live geese, but Cai Yong was in a wonderful mood today, and Cai Yong, who was full of economic wealth, opened his mouth like a surging river, and he spoke for nearly half an hour.

Huangfu Song forced a smile on his face, gritted his teeth and whispered: "Old man Cai, it's almost enough, how long do you want the two of us to stand?" ”

Cai Yong snorted, and then officially agreed. Huangfu Song wiped the sweat from his forehead and began to perform the next etiquette: asking for names.

Immediately after the end of Nacai, the messenger asked the name of the woman's parents, the woman's own name, rank, and date of birth.

The saying of divination is very suspenseful, and the birthdays of both men and women do not match, is it not a sentence of the diviner? Generally speaking, if the identity of both men and women is more noble, even if the two characters are incompatible, the soothsayer will say that they are compatible!

For Guan Yan's divination, it is a thin old man who has read the sixtieth birthday, the old man's surname is Chen, and no one remembers his name, everyone calls him "Chen Yisuan"!

That's because this old man only counts one hang a day, that is, ten thousand gold, and it is never the second hexagram. Maybe Chen Yisuan's qualifications are very old, maybe Chen Yisuan is very unique every day, if the magnates in Luoyang City have divination, they are all proud to invite Chen Yisuan. Therefore, this Chen Yishu is very sought-after in Luoyang City.

Guan Yanguan is the pastor of Jizhou, and he is also a big member of the party, so it is natural to invite Chen Yisuan to come.

Chen Yisuan rolled his eyes, his right hand quickly pinched and calculated, and there were words in his mouth.

Guan Yan propped up the table with both hands and stared at Chen Yisuan.

After about a quarter of an hour, Chen Yisuan finally saw black eyeballs in his white eyes: "Oh, the general Yu Miss Cai's eight characters complement each other, it's a match made in heaven!" ”

After listening to this, Guan Yan laughed, whether it is true or not, this is always a good thing. Guan Yan rewarded Chen Yisuan with a big red envelope, which made Chen Yisuan smile from ear to ear, and his beard trembled under his chin.

After asking for the name, the following is Najib, Huangfu Song came to Cai Yong's mansion again with the results of the divination, and informed the two of them that their marriage was auspicious, this matter must be decided, and the marriage of the two is basically decided.

When Najib ends, it is Najib. In modern parlance, a levy is a bride price.

Whether the man is rich or poor, this levy is indispensable. What's more, Guan Yan can be said to be quite wealthy, and immediately prepared six boxes of jewels and asked Huangfu Song to go to Caifu to collect money.

In this ritual, both men and women are required to write gold and red calligraphy in red and green, write auspicious language, and bow to each other.

Guan Yan thought about it for a long time, and wrote on the bookpost: "Su Yang Hufan, Jiuqin Side, Qianjin Yinuo, Guangsheng Pengbi." ”

Cai Yan has Cai Yong's true biography, and this literary talent is naturally not under Guan Yan, so he replied: "One branch is fortunate, three lives are compatible, seven are extremely ashamed, and nine are like celebrations." ”

In this way, the gift of conscription is over.

The following "question period" is relatively simple, which is to discuss the day when the two get married.

Cai Yong is also proficient in the law of the celestial calendar, and is now discussing with Huangfu Song that the second day of October is the time for marriage.

The last part of the six ceremonies is "personal welcome", which is also the most important and lively scene. So this link is still used today.

"Welcome" is the last procedure of the six ceremonies, that is, the groom personally goes to the woman's house to marry the bride. There are two meanings of proximity: one is to show the inheritance of matrilineal customs after the change from the wife-residence system to the husband-residence system. The man personally goes to the woman's house to greet the bride and shows respect for the woman. But at the same time, it also contains the fact that the marriage system is irreversible, showing the strong desire of men to live with their husbands. In the pre-Qin era, people attached great importance to welcoming each other, from the Son of Heaven to the common people. Wending is auspicious, and welcomes Yu Wei in person. "It is an auspicious omen for King Wen of Zhou, and after the marriage of Na Zheng, he welcomes the princess on the shore of Weishui." Han Hou greeted and stopped, in the middle of the trip, a hundred Peng Peng, eight Luan Qiangqiang". It is a grand scene for the princes to welcome in person. On the other hand, if you do not marry through the ceremony of personal welcome, it is considered unorthodox and will be ridiculed by the world.

In ancient times, it was not like on TV, and it was not a husband and wife who had gone through the church service.

In ancient times, the relationship between husband and wife was determined after the completion of the "intimate welcome".

Kissing is seen as the basic basis for whether the relationship between husband and wife is fully established. If the husband dies without welcoming her, the woman can remarry. However, once the husband dies after the wedding ceremony, according to the rules of etiquette, the bride can only accept her fate and "start from the beginning".

Cai Yong is out of courtesy, of course, to complete this ceremony. And Guan Yan was influenced by later generations, so he was naturally willing to "welcome"

The welcome ceremony is not like getting up early in the morning to take the bride home, but the bride goes to the woman's house at dusk to greet her. It is said that marrying a wife at dusk is the original meaning of marriage as "marriage".

At dusk on the second day of October, as the sun sets in the west, the earth gradually falls into chaos. But this time is when Guan Yan is in high spirits!

Guan Yan refreshed himself and changed into a festive robe embroidered with red tuanyun on a black background, and stepped on the fiery red red rabbit horse. That's called a heroic sass.

Luoyang City, which has been chaotic for more than a year, has not had such a festive moment for a long time. Although it was sunset, there were a lot of people crowded with Suzaku, and the wedding of the newlyweds was always the most blessed by passers-by. What's more, Guan Yan is now one of the most prominent figures in Luoyang City, and Cai Yan's name as a talented woman has been spread in Luoyang for a long time.

Guan Yan looked at the team behind him, waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go!" ”

Lile remembered that Guan Yan kicked the horse's belly lightly, feeling the joyful atmosphere around him, Guan Yan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and read aloud: "The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Luoyang flowers in one day!" ”