On the second day of the second month of the twelfth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

At this time, the wedding process of Daming is very particular, divided into three books and six ceremonies, even if it is a family of ordinary people:

Nacai, Xiangming, Najib, Nazheng, Invitation, and Greeting are the six rites, and the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcome are the three books.

It is estimated that it will take more than half a year to go through this whole process, but it is necessary and indispensable.

At this time, in the Ming Dynasty, if the "three books and six ceremonies" are incomplete when someone marries, it is not considered a large cost, and the eight sedan chairs are not married by the Ming media, not to mention the responsibilities of others, and the identity of Liu Juntao will also make the outside world suspicious, release wrong signals, and cause some unnecessary trouble.

However, Liu Juntao didn't want to wait until more than half a year later to hold the wedding, and now he couldn't wait to marry Guo Muying home immediately, so he ordered all the procedures to be simplified on the basis of completeness, so as to save time, and completed all the processes in a month.

On the day when Erlong raised his head in early February, the streets and alleys of the entire Yushan Town were crowded with people, and almost the men, women and children of the entire Yushan Town gathered on the street, wanting to see the scene of Liu Juntao's wedding.

At this time, Liu Juntao was talking and laughing at home with Hu Dexing, Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, Zhou Zongsheng, Liu Zi'an and others, and there were many heroes and gentry around Yushan Town who were congratulating, and even Qingzhou Mansion, Jinan Mansion, Dongchang Mansion and other places had many heroes and gentry to congratulate.

And Liu Juntao's home is also full of lights and joy, and the chill of early spring has been dispelled a lot by this red and festive atmosphere.

At this moment, I only heard the deacon in the courtyard singing loudly: "The Confucian Mansion Yan Shenggong of Qufu County has sent a congratulatory gift!" Mr. Shan, the housekeeper, came to congratulate and congratulate Mr. Liu Lian on his new marriage! ”

Only this singing, hundreds of people in the entire courtyard suddenly fell silent, all the guests and friends looked at Liu Juntao with a shocked face, everyone never imagined that the dignified Yan Shenggong would also send people to congratulate, and it was also the famous Mr. Shan in Shandong!

"This Liu Juntao actually has such a big face!"

"Liu Lian is always so powerful, it's incredible!"

Liu Juntao looked at Mr. Shan who came to congratulate him, laughed and walked forward quickly, took Mr. Shan's hand to the lobby, introduced the guests and friends to Mr. Shan one by one, and then pulled Mr. Shan to the upper seat to watch the tea, and personally accompanied him to talk about the old days.

Immediately afterwards, the deacon sang again: "Zheng Zhixian of Dong'e County sent a congratulatory gift!" Tianzhi County, Ningyang County, sent a congratulatory gift, wishing Liu Lian a good marriage! ”

At this moment, the whole courtyard exploded, and all the guests and friends who came to congratulate them were talking about it, and the courtyard was buzzing.

Previously, Yan Shenggong represented Taoism in the eyes of everyone, and if he came to congratulate Liu Juntao, it could also be seen that the two had a deep personal relationship.

And the two magistrates of Dong'e County and Ningyang County came to congratulate them with different meanings, this is the attitude of the officials with real power in the imperial court, which is enough to show the strength of Liu Juntao's backers!

So, everyone present began to reassess Liu Juntao's strength, and everyone suddenly discovered that Liu Juntao not only has a lot of people and a lot of money, but also has the government and Yan Shenggong as a backer behind him, which can really be said to be the first in Shandong!

At this moment, all the guests and friends became more enthusiastic, and they rushed forward, scrambling to get close to Liu Juntao, for fear that Liu Juntao would not see him at a glance.

Liu Juntao also returned the salute one by one, chatting and laughing with everyone, without the slightest arrogance, very friendly.

After a while, Tang Yu squeezed through the crowd and walked over quickly, and said, "Mr. Lian, the auspicious time is almost here, it's time to change into a wedding robe." ”

Liu Juntao nodded, and then confessed to the surrounding guests, and then returned to the backyard room to change clothes accompanied by Hu Dexing, Zhang Xiaojun, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng, leaving only Liu Zi'an to entertain the guests and friends in the lobby.

And Tang Yu rushed to the middle courtyard again, busy with the wedding banquet in the evening.

Backyard.

Liu Juntao was wearing a wedding robe in the new house, Yan Hu and Zhang Xiaojun were helping to tidy it up, and then helped Liu Juntao put it on in the clothes mirror.

Gao Ran looked at Liu Juntao, who was dressed in a red wedding robe, and couldn't help but admire: "Today, when I saw Lian always wearing a wedding dress, I felt that it was like the fairy and virtuous in the play, which was really spiritual." ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

Zhang Xiaojun also sighed with emotion: "Jun Tao, it's not easy for our brothers to have today, I'm really happy for you!" ”

Yan Hu's eyes were also slightly red, and he said, "Big brother, brother, I'm really happy!" ”

Liu Juntao patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, "Our brothers, our Yushan Town will get better and better!" ”

After a while, Liu Juntao took Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Hu Dexing and others into the main hall, and the guests in the hall were also quite knowledgeable, but they still couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations, I didn't expect Liu Juntao to be so radiant and extraordinary, even Mr. Shan of Confucius was stunned and admired.

The heroic Liu Juntao stood on top of the main hall energetically, the bright red dress was reflected in the sun, and the entire main hall was reflected red.

Next, the process of greeting your parents begins, and the first thing is to bow to your parents.

Since Liu Juntao did not have his parents alive, he put the tablet of Liu Juntao's parents on the offering table, and the deacon on the side saw that the groom had arrived, so he sang loudly: "The high hall is above, a salute to congratulate, parents Xianyou, burn incense and worship!" Bow, bow, bow, flatten. ”

Liu Juntao bowed to his parents' tablet and bowed under the deacon's singing.

After the ceremony, the deacon handed over a glass of wine, Liu Juntao got up and took the wine glass, offered a little wine to worship the gods, and then took a shallow sip, and handed the wine glass to Yan Hu on the side.

After that, Liu Juntao arched his hand and confessed to the full house, leaving Liu Zi'an here to take care of his guests and friends, and then took Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, Chen Ziping, Gao Ran, and Zhou Zongsheng to greet his relatives.

Tang Yu was busy with the banquet in the middle courtyard and it was inconvenient to go with him, while the matchmaker Zhang Baigui had already arrived at Guo's house early and stood up for Liu Juntao in advance.

After Liu Juntao and the others exited the main hall, they came to the door, only to see that a welcoming team of more than 200 people on the long street outside the door was ready to go.

The streets in front of the door were crowded with people watching the excitement, all vying to see if the famous young heroes in Shandong were born with three heads and six arms as rumored.

At this time, seeing the groom's official come out, the onlookers suddenly boiled, and the crowd kept surging forward. The young guards on both sides of the street who maintained order tried their best to stop the crowd, and finally stopped the crowd, but they couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the crowd.

"The groom!"

"Liu Lian is always overjoyed."

"Congratulations to Mr. Liu Lian."

Liu Juntao laughed when he heard the congratulatory words, his face was red, as if he was drunk, and he thanked the people around him again and again: "Thank you, old folks, thank you, old folks!" ”

Liu Juntao has been an orphan since he was a child, and he has never experienced the warmth of home.

At this time, under the greeting of Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu, people scattered candy and sealed red envelopes to the crowd, and the people were boiling again.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Juntao took a look at the welcoming team:

At the front of the line were fifty drummers dressed in red; After that, Zhang Xiaojun, Yan Hu, and Hu Dexing were three, among which Zhang Xiaojun held the wild goose in his arms, and Yan Hu and Hu Dexing were on both sides of a carriage to welcome relatives; After that, there were ten coachmen, driving ten carts, all of which were dowry; In the end, it was Zhou Zongsheng who selected one hundred and fifty riders from the horse team to serve as the escort.

The rest of Chen Ziping and Gao Ran were guarding Liu Juntao on the left and right, serving left and right.

At this time, the deacon who followed Liu Yunwei saw that the auspicious time had arrived, so he sang loudly: "The dragon horse is on the horse, the phoenix is the phoenix, the new monarch is the luan, and the lady is welcome!" ”

In the harmony of the deacon's singing, Liu Juntao first went up to the carriage to welcome the relatives, symbolically drove the carriage, raised the whip three times to drive the horses that drove, and stopped after the wheels rotated for three weeks, and then got off the carriage and got on the horse to prepare to set off, and the carriage was handed over to the coachman to drive.

"The auspicious time has arrived, welcome the kiss!" The master of ceremonies sang.

The 50 drummers in the welcoming procession played joyful music, and in the auspicious music, the welcoming procession set off towards the Guo family.

The surrounding people suddenly erupted in bursts of cheers.