Sun Daocun then delivered a speech and said: "Sun Mou is the weight of the couple, plus Hui Lan Yunjie, and leads the ceremony. If there is a coin that is not shy, dare to ask for it. ”

The guest of honor said: "A certain person is a heavy courtesy, and a certain person dares not to accept it." ”

Sun Daocun took out the letter and 'handed it over' to the guest of honor, and the guest of honor also took out the reply letter and 'handed it over' to the guest of honor and the matchmaker.

After receiving the letter, the matchmaker said: "An envoy asks October 28 to be an auspicious day." ”

Sun Daocun said: "A certain solid obeys orders. ”

The matchmaker said, "Please marry on the 28th of October." ”

Sun Daocun said: "Dare not accept orders." ”

The matchmaker and a few of the helpers retreated.

Wei Yunqing left Sun Daocun and Xing Zhiwei to dine with the guest of honor, which can be regarded as a very simple thing to complete a set of procedures, and it is often very troublesome.

I don't drink a lot of wine at the banquet, which means that Wei Yunqing and Sun Daocun are also acquaintances, everyone is from Jinshi, and even Xing Zhiwei will be familiar with each other for a while, chatting about the anecdotes of officialdom for a while, and then discussing tomorrow's wedding.

"Master Sun, you have worked hard this time, Yun Jie has no relatives and no reason, you have to take care of it more." Wei Yunqing said politely to Sun Daocun. Although Wei Yunqing's official position in the Ministry of Officials is very important, and there are many people who come to ask him, relatively speaking, although Sun Daocun's Guozi Priest Wine is noble, but the real power is not large, but there is a lot of room for the rise of Guozi Priest Wine, Sun Daocun's next step may be a Shangshu or 'Servant' Lang, and it is still the prince's master who can't 'get it', so everyone respects Sun Daocun very much.

"Lord Wei is polite, it is an honor for the old man to be the officiant of Lord Lan's wedding, besides, Lord Lan is still a student of Lord Zhang, and I have a 'friendship' with Lord Zhang for many years, since Lord Zhang has spoken, the old man can't refuse. Don't look at Lord Lan is a military general, but he does things well, and he has deep trust from the emperor, the emperor came to attend the wedding, this is not a trivial matter, this is a great joy, and the old man is also touched by Lord Lan's joy. ”

A few people were polite, and Sun Daocun took Xing Zhiwei and the family who went over to deliver the gift box back to the new mansion next door. Don't look at it next door, it's only a hundred steps away from it, but the sedan chair still has to be sitting, it's a matter of identity.

Lao Liu was also waiting at the 'gate' on our side, and when he saw Sun Daocun coming out of the Wei Mansion, he came in to inform me and Liu Taoran.

The two of us came to the 'door' to welcome the two of them in, Sun Daocun did not rush into the hall, but first took a turn in the courtyard, in the courtyard, many temporary hired short-term workers, in the construction of temporary sheds, tomorrow's banquet should be prepared in advance, the shed should be set up, and the tables and chairs that had been prepared long ago should be arranged, tomorrow will come are officials, but they can't be allowed to sit on the stool, at least there must be a Taishi chair to sit on.

Sun Daocun turned around and said: "Lord Lan, it's almost ready, don't just think about the adults who came to congratulate you, but also think about the family members who came with you, I don't think Lord Lan is prepared." Sun Daocun is right, one who comes to congratulate him, often plus the sedan chair and the gift box, is more than a dozen, this is not a small number, if so many people stand on the road in winter, it is too bad, and I don't know if others will care if they get married.

"Lord Sun, thank you for really forgetting this, the eunuchs and palace 'women' in the palace will come over in the afternoon, Lord Sun, you can see that there is something wrong there, and I will arrange for my family to prepare as soon as possible."

"Yes, the old man has nothing to 'hand' over again, I don't see anything to do with me today, and the old man will come over early tomorrow morning."

There was no humility with Sun Daocun, knowing that people were also busy, we sent him outside the 'door' again, and watched the sedan chair leave, and the three of us returned to the hall.

The three of us sat down again, and I asked, "My lords, what about the entourage of these adults who have come to congratulate you?" ”

"Yes, these entourages can't let people be outside like this, I think so, in order to show the kindness of our Lan people, set up a row of sheds on the street, and then contact a few restaurants, just like a rural water banquet, I don't know what the two adults think." After Xing Zhiwei finished speaking, he looked at the two of us.

"Okay, just do it, Steward Liu, you go and do it immediately, prepare more, and the wine and food will be ordered from the restaurant." Lao Liu went out to arrange this new task.

Let's analyze it three by one to see what is still lacking. The first is the guard, tomorrow the emperor will come up, and the internal responsible for entertaining all the family members who know the roots, it seems that there is no problem, for safety, they also put the three tigers in them to monitor.

The second is wine and food, these chefs are all 'fine' carefully selected and have been the imperial chef for many years, trust is no problem, vegetables 'meat', these are also with the palace a channel in, although it is a little expensive, but safe, in order to supervise them, but also let the second senior brother close for two days, my nephews also followed the second senior brother here to help, the second senior brother is responsible for the safety of the kitchen.

The third is the guard outside, as soon as noon, there are a lot of people in Jinyiwei, although the street is not closed, but it is also stationed in every household Jinyiwei personnel, this is arranged by Chen Jiu, the emperor travels, there are 'guards' arranged, I don't know why this time used, idle for a long time Jinyiwei.

The fourth is tomorrow's ceremony, everything that should be prepared is ready, even the incense case that is ready to receive the holy decree is also 'got' to come, although I don't know if the emperor will come tomorrow, whether there is a holy decree, but it is always good to be prepared, even the 'door' is responsible for registering the account of the officials who came to congratulate him, and the palace sent three eunuchs to serve, for this time my wedding, Chen Jiu can be regarded as doing his best.

The three of us did the math from the beginning to make sure that there were no mistakes.

Now, just waiting for the arrival of tomorrow, the most "exciting" is me, Zihan and I are also lovers and eventually married, thinking back to the acquaintance with Zihan in June to the current wedding, a few months, just like a dream, I am a little Taoist, I didn't think that I still have a day to start a family. Life changes too fast, it's too fast, it's too fast, and it's too fast to be promoted and groomed.

In the evening, the Wei Mansion sent four servants and women to make the 'beds' for us and make up the bedrooms, which is the old rule, watching those servants and 'women' muttering something while making the 'beds'.

I asked Liu Taoran beside me curiously: "Lord Liu, what are they muttering in their mouths?" ”

Liu Taoran said with a smile: "Lord Lan, they will send you blessings again, bless you and Miss Wei, and give birth to a noble son early." ”

I also smiled and didn't say anything, I have been in the mountains for a long time, and I know too little about worldly things, and I am afraid that I will make a fool of myself if I ask again, so it is better to be silent.

After making the 'bed', the servant 'woman' who took the lead said: "Lord Lan, the 'bed' has been made, tonight I also ask Lord Lan to rest early, tomorrow there will be a 'spirit' to welcome my young lady through the 'door', Lord Lan remember, tonight to sleep on the new 'bed'." ”

I promised, let Lao Liu bring the silver, and one person rewarded one or two silver, and these servants and 'women' left happily. The rest of us checked again to see if there was nothing wrong, and then we went to the hall to eat.

The next day, before dawn, we just got up, we heard the family outside come in to report that Zhang Juzheng was coming, we didn't expect Zhang Juzheng to come so early, the time passed the 'door', and now there are still two hours, I thought that Zhang Juzheng would come at that hour, who would have thought that he would come so early.

Since people are coming, we can't help but greet them, I took the two of them to the big 'door', Zhang Juzheng just got down the sedan chair, the sky outside is still very dark, fortunately, there are four big red lanterns hanging at the 'door', the light is very clear.

I stepped forward and then Zhang Juzheng saluted: "Teacher, you are here so early. ”

"Today is a good day for you, can I not come early as a teacher, I originally wanted to come last night, considering that you have no place to rest, I can't help when I come, I can only make trouble for you, so I didn't come, Yunjie, it's all ready."

"Qiyu, teacher, everything is ready, please sit in the teacher's room, it's really cold this morning."

"Yes, everyone is in the house, butler, don't be idle, you will help greet the guests later, you don't have to go to the courtyard, I believe that Lord Liu and they have already arranged it, just arrange the sedan chair that came to congratulate you outside." Zhang Juzheng turned back and said to the housekeeper and more than a dozen family members who came over.

On the side of the street, yesterday according to our final arrangement, Lao Liu set up a shed, Lao Liu said: "Housekeeper, there are a few big brothers, it's cold outside, let's sit in the shed first." ”

Zhang Juzheng followed us to the hall, brought the family to the outside of the shed, today the East Factory sent a eunuch, specially arranged in the big 'door' four, the special 'door' is responsible for guarding the big 'door', as long as it is a subordinate and a stranger, one is not allowed to come in, come to congratulate, is also registered outside, gifts and family entourage, are also outside, only I can go in and out. For the sake of safety, Wei Yunqing specially sent the secretary who quarreled with me last time from the ministry, and the secretary came a little earlier than Zhang Juzheng, and when I came in, I was stunned. The clerk didn't understand me, and said after saluting: "Lord Lan is like this, my family sent me over to help, mainly to see the officials who came to congratulate him, the little one has been in the household department for many years, and knows almost all the officials, so today, my family, let me go to the registration office to help." ”

We accompanied Zhang Juzheng and just sat down in the hall, and someone outside came in to report, saying that Sun Daocun was coming, and I was just about to get up and go out to greet him, Zhang Juzheng pulled me down and said: "Yunjie today is the day of your wedding, except for the emperor, the rest of the people don't need you to go out to greet them, just have Lord Liu and Lord Xing do it for you." ”

"Yes, Lord Lan, what Lord Zhang said is right, you can accompany Lord Zhang here, and the two of us will go out to meet Lord Sun."

Liu Taoran and Xing Zhiwei went outside to welcome Sun Daocun in, and after greeting each other, Sun Daocun said, "Master Zhang, you came 'quite early'." ”