But he said that Mrs. Li was fair to Mr. Hui and said that Mr. Hui was the matchmaker, and Mr. Hui was also invited to be the matchmaker, and he gave three hundred taels of silver as a thank you gift on the spot.

Mr. Hui was full of joy when he saw that the family affair was completed, and said, "Xie Media's matter is not in a hurry, I'll talk about it later." "I don't accept it. Mrs. Li had no choice but to obey, ordered the silver to be collected, personally sent Mr. Hui out of the door, and looked at the sedan chair before leaving.

Li Xianzhi was sitting idly in the study, and the old lady called Li Ruyi to call. Li Ruyi rushed over, and shouted when he entered the door: "Son, you are going to be a groom." The old gentleman and the old lady who just came have set up a family affair for you, and are asking me to invite you. ”

When Li Xianzhi heard this, he chuckled in his heart, got up and straightened his clothes, and came to the main hall to see his father. The old lady happily told her son about it, and the old man was proud and smiled.

This Li Xian is old, and when it is time to get married, it is not easy to shake off the happiness of his father's long-cherished wish, and he only mutters silently over and over again: "My brother will never lie to my ......" and still did not speak. The old lady saw it, and when the son acquiesced, the matter was decided. The old lady was like a teenager younger, and personally urged the housekeeper Li Fang and other subordinates to buy a dowry. It was nothing more than gold, silver, beads, and emerald jewelry, silk and satin clothes, a whole box of gold and silver ingots, plus some sheep, wine, and fruits, filled with dozens of large boxes.

After some time, the purchase was completed, an auspicious day was chosen, Mr. Hui was invited to the house, a banquet was set up, and then three hundred taels of thanks, and the old man was invited to the He Mansion to be hired. The old gentleman smiled and took the money, and let the little servant with him carry a burden.

Master Li specially ordered a large sedan chair to be prepared, tied to it with red silk into flowers, and hung two strings of red lanterns. personally sent Mr. Hui to the sedan chair, and the housekeeper Li Fang followed him with a wedding card for marriage. A group of family members carried the boxes in the back, the big four people lifted, the small two people lifted, one lifted and one lifted, the long queue was like a long line, which made the neighbors hot, and they went out to see.

This Li Mansion and He Mansion are only two streets apart, but they walked for an hour to arrive. He Renlong waited in front of the door early, took Mr. Hui's car, invited him into the house, took some scattered silver and rewarded the little maids who carried the dowry, and sent them back. Then, a banquet was also held to entertain the old gentleman and Li Fang, the housekeeper of the Li Mansion, and after the banquet, he changed the permission post and handed it to Li Fang to bring back. Both sides asked the old gentleman to choose the auspicious period of the candle, and the old gentleman thought about it for a while, and set it on the ninth day of the seventh month, the auspicious day.

Li Fang took the permission post and returned to the house on the auspicious period and reported to the old lady. When Master Li saw it, he was overjoyed, and counted the days, it was less than a month, so he ordered Li Fang and the whole family to prepare for the wedding.

Time flies, and the auspicious period is coming in a blink of an eye. I got up early this morning, and the Li Mansion put on the lights, and more than a dozen maids went in and out of Li Xianzhi's room like a marquee, cleaned their faces, combed their hair, changed their clothes, and put on boots for a morning, dressed up, ate two snacks, drank a cup of strong tea, and sat and waited.

Here, Mr. Hui was invited early, and a few learned and well-known squires in the neighborhood were invited to accompany him to the banquet. After eating for a day, at dusk, a group of musicians boasted loudly, and dozens of small servants with red silk tied around their waists took out strings of lanterns and hung them, hung them in front of the Li Mansion, crossed the streets and alleys, and hung them directly in front of the He Mansion, attracting people to remember them on the side of the street and open their eyes.

At this time, Li Xianzhi was wearing a gauze hat, wearing a red satin patch uniform, a pair of black silk official boots, and holding the sweat of each palm, and was helped out by two maids to get on the horse, and went on three times before sitting on the saddle.

As soon as the groom officially got on the horse, the musicians seemed to have added five points of strength, and the drums sounded like a shock, leading the way. Li Xianzhi rode a horse to follow, followed by a large sedan chair to pick up relatives, and then a sedan chair of Mr. Hui and a few squires, and followed to Hefu. At the head of the door, more than a dozen open door money were sent, the door was opened, and a group of musicians went in, and then the matchmaker Mr. Hui and a few squires entered the house. In the end, everyone gathered Li Xianzhi inside, arrived at the main hall, first laid the goose ceremony, and then congratulated Renlong.

After a while, an adoptive lady dressed in red and green and a few maids came out with the bride. Li Xianzhi peeked at it, but his gait was light and his figure was graceful. Then, the drums played in unison. In the order of entering the house, the bride left the house. Waiting for the bride to get into the sedan chair, the greeting team turned back to the Li Mansion and returned.

After returning home, he worshiped heaven and earth and high hall, and the two personal maids and brides were sent into the cave room. Li Xianzhi accompanied the guests outside. The hall is full of red candles, and the lights are bright. After the tea, the table was served. Mrs. Li accompanied Mr. Hui and a few valuable squires to sit in the chief, Li Xianzhi finished toasting next to the table, and came back to worship his father, matchmaker and several squires, and also sat down.

At this time, the drum music stopped, and the noisy generals began to sing, and Li Xianzhi accompanied him to watch two plays. Mr. Hui put a handful of white beards one by one, and joked: "It's late at night, the groom official goes to the cave room to accompany the bride, don't follow us to boil wax here." Several squires also laughed and urged Li Xianzhi to leave.

A group of half-sized children rushed up and sent Li Xianzhi into the cave room in a hurry, and as soon as they entered the cave room, the room was full of red decorations and dozens of candles dazzling. Those boys were about to squeeze in to make trouble, but they were beaten out with a broom by the adoptive mother, and they were dispersed, and they went out and closed the door.

Li Xianzhi stood on the ground, and Miss He's two personal maids came over, dragged him to the side of the bed left and right, stuffed a small scale in his hand, and ran out with a smile.

After a while, Li Xianzhi calmed down, and had the courage to take the scale pole and gently pick up the bride's red hijab, revealing her face, but seeing her peach cheeks and apricot face, her lips were slightly closed, her bright eyes were circulating, and Liu Dai was slightly frowning, like a fairy in the sky, and she was quiet and idle.

Li Xianzhi was stunned, and Miss He blushed shyly, like a rising cloud, and lowered her head slightly.

For a long time, Li Xianzhi still didn't come back to his senses, the weighing rod in his hand was taken off, and he fell to the ground with a hijab, and the sound of "pop" woke him up. Seeing this, Miss He whispered, "I think the slave family is ugly and scares the officials?" ”

Li Xianzhi hurriedly picked up the scale and put it aside, and said, "None, none." The girl looks like a fairy, and it is difficult to find in the world, so she was stunned for a while. ”

When Miss He heard this, she laughed and said, "Is there anyone in the world who calls your own lady like this?" ”

These words made Li Xianzhi blush. He knew that he was out of shape, so he calmed down, and sat down next to Miss He gently, looking at the beauty under the lamp, as if he was in Penglai Pavilion, Luopu Wushan, fluttering like a fairy. That night, it was a beautiful night, and there is no need to mention it.

Early the next morning, the husband and wife got up early, went to the hall to thank their relatives, set up a table to drink, and returned to the new house, where several maids took turns to serve and put tea. Miss He was waited by two personal maids to go into the room to put on makeup, and after a while, she changed into a light green light silk dress, took off the pearl and emerald jewelry, washed heavy makeup, and walked out lightly, elegant and tranquil, which made Li Xianzhi drunk again.

The husband and wife sat opposite each other to eat tea, and Miss He's two maids served left and right. One of these two maids is called Rouju, and the other is called Yicui, who grew up with Miss He since childhood.

After a cup of tea, the two of them led from gossip to poetry, and said some poems by Li Du, Su Xin, and Liu Wen, and one person and a few.

Since the newlywed, Li Xianzhi has been greedy for laughter, neither studying nor going out, and only raising eyebrows with Miss He every day, staying together. Unconsciously more than ten days later, Hu Jinshun came to report for his father again: "Hui Ye, who came here before, is here again, and he also brought He Yi." ”

Li Xianzhi sent Jin Shun away, and said to himself: "Brother Hui's kindness, I haven't repaid it, when he was newly married, he went out on a business trip, and was thinking about how to remedy it, and now he is here, and I am right." ”

Miss He listened and asked, "Which Hui Ye is here?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "It's my brother." ”

Miss He asked again: "What kind of kindness and officials did he have?" ”

Li Xianzhi just smiled, did not answer, and said, "Madame, wait a minute, I'll go for a while." "With that, I went out. Miss He groaned to herself, in the clouds.

Li Xianzhi welcomed Hui Xianyang into the house, invited him to sit down in the study, and served tea. Hui Xianyang said: "Military business, you can't shirk it, you missed the wedding banquet of the virtuous brother, you really shouldn't be, today you have a thin gift to worship, one is to congratulate, and the other is to make amends." ”

Li Xianzhi hurriedly said: "What did Brother Hui say, I should thank Brother Hui again." With that, the two laughed together. Li Xianzhi said again: "Brother Hui will sit down for a while, and I will go and order the preparation of wine and food." ”

Hui Xianyang said: "Don't be in the mansion, so as not to disturb the old lady's purity, why don't we go outside and call Brother He to find a hotel to eat and drink together?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "This discussion is very good, just go." He put away the teacup and went out with Hye Hyun Yang. The four scholars are here, vying to be together. Li Xianzhi said: "Just walk with me as you wish, and the three of you will take care of it in the house." Tell the old lady, I'm going to meet guests outside. ”

Li Ruyi went to prepare the horse first, and the three bosses Li Xi'er, Jin Shun'er, and Han Chu'er reluctantly stayed. Li Xianzhi said again: "I also tell my wife, so as not to worry." After the instructions were finished, he went out with Hui Xianyang, Li Ruyi had prepared the horse and brought Hui Xianyang's horse with him. The two got on their horses and walked together, and Li Ruyi rode a pony not far or close, following behind.

After a moment to the He Mansion, the gatekeeper recognized that the new aunt had arrived, and did not report, opened the door wide, nodded and let him in, and then ran forward to congratulate Renlong.

Li Xianzhi and Hui Xianyang went to the door of the main hall, He Renlong greeted him, and Li Xian came forward to worship his wife and uncle. Get up, and say that you are going out to eat and drink. This He Renlong is also a gluttonous person, so he immediately agreed, and he was not polite, and pulled the two of them out.

When they went out, they also rode horses, and the three of them gossiped while looking for the hotel along the street. It's nothing more than the affairs of Hui and He in the army. Hui Xianyang said: "Now that the military salary is paid later than the time, and the salary is less than the time, the soldiers cannot receive the salary, and they cannot support the family. ”

He Renlong continued: "Don't say that you want them to sell their lives, if you continue like this, I'm afraid there will be no one who can even wield a knife and gun." Now that I am clearly leading more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in the imperial court, I can use them, that is, two or three hundred private soldiers raised by myself, and the rest of the people are only praying not to mutiny and make trouble, and they are already burning high incense. ”

Hui Xianyang said: "What Brother He said is right, I have to use private soldiers, and the soldiers of the court will never be trusted." ”

The two of them said one by one, but "the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart", Li Xianzhi heard it in his ears and entered his heart, he knew the earth-shattering changes soon after, but he couldn't say it, even if he said it, what was the use of adding to the conversation?

Hui and He talked lively, but Li Xianzhi only listened silently and didn't say a word. After a while, I found a hotel, and when I went inside, it was quite bright, so I found a secluded place, asked for wine and food to eat, and ate until dusk, and the three of them were happy. Li Xianzhi met the wine money, came out separately, and went home with a little drunkenness.

Among the three, Li Xianzhi drank the worst and was the deepest, so he reluctantly returned home, rolled off the saddle, and died of drunkenness. Li Ruyi hurriedly shouted and got in. When I met Li Fang in the courtyard, I saw that the new master was drunk and unorthodox, so he counted down his son and said: "You don't know how to do things, the young man has just been newly married, you don't stop it, what do you look like if you eat so drunk?" As he spoke, he raised his hand to fight.

Li Ruyi had already shrunk into a ball, and said aggrievedly: "The three of them want to drink by themselves, and I also go to other people's houses, how can I stop them?" ”

When Li Fang heard this, he felt reasonable, so he put down his hand and sent Li Xianzhi back to the room with everyone. When they arrived at the door, Yi Cui and Rou Ju dragged the new master to bed with their adoptive mother. Fang Yi lay down and flipped up with a "vomit" and vomited on the ground.

Miss He first let the adoptive mother rest, cleaned up the vomit with the two maids, and helped her husband untie his clothes, wiped his hands and face, burned his feet, and went to sleep. I was busy until midnight, and let the two maids go to sleep too. He also lit the incense burner, burned some sandalwood and agarwood, and pressed the smell of wine all over the house. Then he leaned beside his husband and took a slight nap.

In the second half of the night, Li Xianzhi woke up slightly, felt dry mouth, and wanted to get up and drink water. Miss He got busy, made fragrant tea, and fed and drank it.

When she got up early the next morning, Miss He asked, "Where did your husband get drunk after eating?" ”

Li Xianzhi said: "Brother Hui invited me, I had to go, and I met your brother again, so I ate a few more cups." ”

Miss He hesitated for a moment and said, "The slave has a saying, I don't know if to say it or not?" ”

said the tenderness, Li Xianzhi's bones were crispy when he listened, and he couldn't help but reach out and hold Miss He's hand, drag him to his side and sit down. Yi Cui and Rou Ju were waiting in the house, Li Xianzhi was enthusiastic in person, Miss He's face was red with shame, and she tried hard to pull her hand back, but Li Xianzhi held her hand tightly.

Li Xianzhi said: "What does Madam want to say?" ”

Miss He half-leaned on Li Xianzhi and said: "The husband is from a human background, but since he got married, he has not seen a single book, if it is passed out, the Tao is that the husband is greedy and loves to laugh, and he is intoxicated with gentleness, so he is afraid of making people laugh." ”

Li Xianzhi said with a smile: "From childhood to adulthood, I have read the sage books for more than ten years, and hundreds of articles by Wang, Tang, Qu, Xue and others have been memorized in my heart. But now, there is something more important to do. ”

Miss He asked what was the matter, and Li Xianzhi fell into deep thought, but did not speak.