Standing in the courtyard and eavesdropping for a long time, Cheng Yanjin shook his head helplessly. I thought I could hear some earth-shattering secrets, but after a long time, the three brothers were mysteriously talking about family affairs.

Although the three people inside were not tall when they spoke, under the cover of Cheng Yanjin's heavenly sight and hearing miracles, the voice was as clear as if it was in the ears. Through the conversation between their brothers, Cheng Yanjin understood why Li Yuan agreed to Li Shimin's self-assertion so easily.

It turned out that their brother's mother, Dou, had been bedridden for several years, and now the situation is becoming less and less optimistic. Originally, Li Yuan knew about Li Shimin from his wife's mouth, and he was about to be furious at the moment, but Dou Shi said a word, which meant that she was afraid that she would not live long, and it was also a comfort for her to be able to watch her second son get married.

It's just that what the Dou family doesn't know is that Li Yuan has another plan, since the second son has found the person he likes and wants to start a family, the sooner the better. Li Yuan meant that his son was going to get married anyway, so he would have done it earlier, and he would be able to make his wife happy, and maybe he would be able to make her better.

It's just a marriage event, not a child's play, although the second son's family letter has clearly explained the background of the woman's family, but Li Yuan is still not at ease, and immediately sent the eldest son out.

It is said that the eldest brother is like a father, not to mention that his eldest son Li Jian is straightforward, does not know pretentiousness, is easy to get angry, and is in words, although he is a little lustful and extravagant, but he is generous, willful, and has no pretentious character, and often gives courtesy to others, let him replace him with the girl of the eldest grandson's family to see if he can match Li Shimin, so that he can rest assured.

Li Jiancheng explained the matter clearly in the room, and finally said to Li Shimin, "Second brother, although you said in your letter to the eldest grandson that the girl of the eldest grandson is rare in the world, and there is no one on the ground, but I, the elder brother, still have to take good care of it, otherwise it is not easy to explain to my father, even my brother and I have a lot of sins!" ”

Li Shimin said confidently: "Brother, but please rest assured, just see the eldest grandson girl, you will know that what the younger brother said is true." It's just that if it's getting late today, how about the elder brother and the fourth brother rest for the time being, and wait for tomorrow morning to go? ”

"Very good, anyway, we came here on a light ride this time, and the gifts we brought are still on the way, and when everything is arranged tonight, we will go tomorrow!"

As Li Shimin's nominal housekeeper, he commanded a few subordinates to arrange the residence of the two sons of the Li family, vacated a few empty rooms, and waited for the follow-up people of the Li family to arrive, and instructed them to carry a large number of gift boxes in. Then he arranged for these people to go to a restaurant to eat, and sent them to the inn under the charter, and Cheng Yanjin came back to sleep.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Cheng Yanjin got up and asked the cooks to hurry up and cook. When the meal was served and he went to call the three brothers of the Li family, Li Shimin pushed open the door and looked at Cheng Yanjin's tired face and blank eyes, and he was immediately startled, but in front of his two brothers, he didn't dare to show the slightest thought. However, Li Jiancheng appreciated Cheng Yanjin's hard work, and praised Li Shimin during the meal, saying that he had found a good housekeeper and was very conscientious. It's just that when Li Jiancheng said this, Cheng Yanjin, who was waiting on the side, was furious in his heart, and wanted to throw the empty plate in his hand in his face. This shit, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, if you really want to praise Lao Tzu, let out a fart and let Lao Tzu go down to rest and rest!

After serving the three brothers of the Li family to eat, Cheng Biting Jin took two bites indiscriminately, led the way in front of him, and led the three brothers of the Li family to Gao Shilian's house. Seeing them walk in, Cheng Yanjin turned around and went back to Li Shimin's residence, lying on the bed and sleeping well.

When Cheng Yanjin woke up in the afternoon, the three brothers of the Li family still hadn't returned. It wasn't until the time of the lamp that Cheng Yanjin was drinking with side dishes in the side room, and the three brothers of the Li family came back.

Following Li Shimin into the room with him, seeing that there was no one left and right, Li Shimin turned around, and without waiting for Cheng Yanjin to ask, he suppressed his voice and said excitedly to Cheng Yanjin, "Brother, I can teach you to know that the matter of the younger brother is done." ”

Looking at his happy expression, Cheng Yanjin asked carefully, only to know that he went to the Gao family today to meet the eldest grandson Wenxiu and her family, after a day of getting along and talking, Li Jiancheng was very satisfied with this family, thinking that no matter in terms of family background or character, the eldest grandson Wenxiu is a good match for Li Shimin.

Just after lunch, Li Jiancheng had already discussed the matter of marrying with Gao Shilian. According to the custom, tomorrow will officially invite the matchmaker to the woman's house to propose, and at the same time hug a white goose and send the gift this time. Because both sides are eunuchs, and the Li family is one of the four major lords, they are figures with heads and faces, and this wedding ceremony cannot be sloppy at all, so they discussed there for a long time, and they didn't come back until the arrangements were made.

Looking at Li Shimin's happy smile, Cheng Yanjin said, "Congratulations brother, brother Hexi, brother has finally come true now, and he is about to hug the beauty, my brother is here to wish my brother a big fat boy in the coming year!" ”

Li Shimin was even more excited, and replied to Cheng Yanjin, "Little brother, thank you big brother, if it wasn't for my brother's idea, my little brother wouldn't be where he is today." Besides, my brother is running around for the little brother's things, and he is very tired, these days are hard for the brother, the little brother is really grateful, and the little brother will not say it politely, if the brother needs the help of the little brother in the future, even if he speaks, as long as the little brother can do it, he will never refuse! ”

"Hehe, brother, where are you talking about, we are not outsiders, why are you so polite!"

The two talked for a while, and Cheng Yanjin said goodbye. Early the next morning, he got up early, commanded his subordinates to pack up their things, and prepared to follow Li Jiancheng to the Gao family to formally propose marriage. According to his marriage customs here, Li Shimin wants to marry the eldest grandson Wenxiu home, and he needs to go through six procedures.

These six procedures are evolved from the ancient six rites, which are one Nacai, two Naji, three Naji, four Nazheng, five invitations, and six greetings. The marriage of men and women has been a serious and important topic since ancient times, and a whole set of customs and habits have naturally formed accordingly.

Nacai is the man who asks the matchmaker to propose to the woman, express the request to conclude a marriage with the other party, and bring gifts when he goes. If the woman accepts the man's dowry, she agrees to the marriage. This is where the second step comes in.

Asking for a name is to ask the matchmaker to exchange the names, birthdays, places of origin, and names and official positions of the three generations of men and women. That is, to inform each other of the "eight characters of Nian Geng". After asking the name, the man and woman have to exchange "eight characters". This kind of "eight characters" is written on a piece of red paper, about one inch wide and eight inches long, and the year, month, day, and hour of birth of both men and women are written on it.

The man first writes the eight characters and sticks them on the left, leaving the right side to the woman to show courtesy. After receiving the eight characters, the woman's family returned to Geng, moved the man's eight characters to the right, and pasted the woman's Geng on the left to show respect for the man. This question should also be given as a gift to the woman.

After getting the other party's eight characters, press the Geng post under the clean teacup in front of the statue of the stove monarch to measure the divine will. Look at the family within three days, whether there are any abnormal situations such as bad food, broken dishes, family quarrels, cats and dogs are uneasy, etc. As long as one of these situations occurs, the marriage should not be continued.

During these three days, Cheng Yanjin only slept for one or two hours every day, and spent the rest of the time supervising his subordinates, for fear of an accident or something. Although it is said that this is just a situation, but just in case, Cheng Yanjin gave a gag order to the subordinates here and gave him a hush money, so he survived the three-day period without danger.

Then ask the fortune teller to divinate the other party's birth date, only the hexagram result is 'auspicious', then both parties can continue to get married, otherwise they can only find another home. Fortunately, when it was time to carry out divination, Cheng Yanjin had already prepared, whether it was the fortune teller invited by the eldest grandson's family, or the Taoist priest hired by the Li family, they were all bought by Cheng Yanjin, ten gold bars per person, and the final divination results of the two families were naturally 'good luck'!

Seeing that Gao Shilian took over the big white goose in his hand, Cheng Yanjin finally breathed a sigh of relief, and it can be said that half of the matter has been done so far. All that remains is to wait for Li Shimin's son, Li Yuan, and his other relatives to come here, and then go to the Gao family in person to make a marriage.

Just when Cheng Yanjin thought that he could be relaxed for a few days, news came from Li Shimin's side, saying that his parents were going to arrive tomorrow, and he wanted Cheng Yanjin to take care of him at that time. kicked out the subordinate who passed the word, Cheng Biting Jin sat on the bed with a sad face, hey, what kind of sin did grandpa create, he actually wanted to run around for that Li boy, tired and tired?

Seriously, as long as Li Shimin, the kid, and the eldest grandson Wenxiu look at each other, there will be nothing to do with grandpa, but when did he even implicate grandpa, making grandpa more tired than this janitor dog now, it really makes sense. It's just that things have come to this point, but he can't let it go, otherwise once something goes wrong, the previous hard work will be in vain.

Standing respectfully at the door, looking at Li Yuan who walked down from the carriage, Cheng Yanjin secretly exclaimed, this old guy is compared with the appearance he saw when he first came last time, but there is not much change, and the life of this old guy in the past few years is still very comfortable.

Following Li Yuan's worried gaze, Cheng Yanjin saw a noble lady who was helped down from the carriage behind him, and he immediately frowned unconsciously, although the distance was far away, but with his sharp eyes, he had already seen the gray look on the face of the noble lady in front of him, obviously sick to the bone marrow, and he was not far from death!

Looking at Li Yuan looking at this noble lady with concern, Cheng Yanjin suddenly understood, this person is only afraid that it is Li Shimin's mother, looking at her appearance now, it is obviously very likely that she will return to the West at any time, it is no wonder why Li Yuan, who has always been known for his old-fashionedness, agreed to Li Shimin's marriage so easily.

The commanding maid carefully helped the mother of the Li family brothers, Dou Shi, into the house, and saw that the three brothers of the Li family were happily gathering in front of their mother to ask for warmth, Cheng Yanjin quietly retreated and closed the door.

As soon as he turned around, Cheng Yanjin's smile froze. I saw that Li Yuan was standing at the door of the courtyard, staring at him with interest. Cheng Yanjin hurriedly took three steps and made two steps, came to Li Yuan's side and saluted, turned his head and wanted to slip away.

As soon as he turned around, he heard Li Yuan ask lightly behind him, "You gave Shimin an idea and asked my wife to say good things to Shimin?" ”

Cheng Yanjin's cold sweat suddenly flowed down, only the two of them were present when he gave Li Shimin an idea, it can be said that only God knows, they know that it is impossible for Li Shimin to tell his father about this kind of thing, so where did Li Yuan know.

Just when Cheng Yanjin hesitated, Li Yuan's voice came over again, "Look at your appearance, obviously that idea is really yours, hmph, the old man's son and the old man himself know that Shimin is so honest that he can't think of that kind of ghost idea at all, and during this time, Shimin has only one stranger like you, not to mention that the old man listened to people's reports, you actually called Shimin a brother in private, and your friendship is extraordinary."

You dare to hit the old man on the head, the old man originally wanted to kill you, but for the sake of you really thinking about the people, I will spare your life, and remember in the future, if you dare to have such a plot again, the old man will definitely take your head! ”