The sunset gradually fell over the mountains, and the afterglow of dusk sprinkled in the city of Chang'an.

"Gentlemen, get ready, let's go out to watch the ceremony......" Zhang Anshi saw this situation, stood up and said.

The pre-Qin ritual generally has no fixed time.

But there is a fixed standard - both two quarters after sunset and nightfall.

Take the meaning of yang to yin.

Today, although Huo Guang is just a continuation of the strings, this rule still has to be observed.

Zhang Yue stood up with everyone, followed Zhang Anshi, stepped out of the small building, and talked quietly and talked about the topic of Fang Cai as he walked.

In the past half an hour or so, Zhang Yue had a very pleasant communication with everyone.

Although it did not touch on specific issues, it was almost as clear as to their tendencies and opinions.

For example, Jun Budo and Bingji obviously like and are keen on the 'Three Worlds Theory' proposed by Zhang Yue and the path of the well-off and peaceful worlds.

Others are mostly just enthusiastic on the surface, but in fact they just want to rub the heat or see if there are any opportunities for speculation.

But overall, the atmosphere is good, and everyone knows each other.

For the Han Chinese, this is enough.

As long as you know each other and have this relationship, you will naturally become good friends or good friends in the future.

After all, on this earth, when it comes to interpersonal relations, Chinese consider themselves second, and it is almost impossible for anyone to snatch the first crown.

Walking and talking all the way, I soon arrived at the main hall of Huo Mansion.

At this moment, there are already many feather crowns here, and the ministers are full.

The tall lanterns were lit one after another.

Three large tripods are placed in the east of the hall, and the tripods are filled with all kinds of meat and meat sauce.

Although there were many servants coming and going, there was no noise.

Even Zhang Yue and the others stopped talking, and were invited into the main hall by several subordinates who served as praise from the Huo Mansion.

Zhang Yue looked at all this, full of curiosity and novelty.

This was the first time he had witnessed the fainting ceremony of the scholars and nobles of the pre-AD era.

It's even more shocking than what you see in a book or on TV.

The entire hall and outside the hall are filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere at this moment.

The bright oil lamps reflect the entire Huo Mansion into a city that never sleeps as if it were day.

Although it was only a continuation, Huo Fu handled it as if it were a new marriage.

As Zhang Yue can see, there is almost no pickiness in terms of etiquette and rituals.

It's just that......

Is this what Mrs. Huo meant, or is it Huo Guang's own arrangement?

Zhang Yue couldn't help but have some reverie.

If it was arranged by Mrs. Huo, it would be interesting.

Because that would reveal a fact - the famous general, Bo Lu Hou Huo Guang is a rake ear!

While thinking like this, a soft drum spring sounded, and the fainting prayer began.

In the high-spirited music of "Deer Song", two men in ceremonial dresses walked in, and then bowed to the guests on the left and right, and saluted: "The gift of the lady begins with the crown, the original is in the dusk, the respect is in the sacrifice, and the shooting!" Today's auspicious day, today's good day, there are guests in front, the temple is on top, heaven and earth are witnessed: Huo's will accept the bride, the bride Huo's, the name is said: Xian, in order to tell the guests, heaven and earth, the spirit of the temple! ”

Zhang Yue saw it, and there was some emotion in his heart.

Who said that Chinese weddings are messy and bad?

Such a solemn and sacred ceremony can far surpass the ceremonial, pictorial and solemn degree of ceremony, picture and solemnity compared to those weddings held in churches in later generations!

In fact, before the Two Song Dynasty, the Chinese scholars' rituals were known for their rigor, solemnity and solemnity.

It's much higher than those tricks of the Guys!

Thinking of these in my heart, the music has changed from "Deer Song" to "Peach", in the thick drum and reed ensemble, there are immature children in chorus: "The peach is dying, scorching its flower, the son is home, and the family room is ......"

Amid the chorus, several oil lamps were lit outside the door, illuminating the path in front of the main hall.

The groom in a knight's dress pulled a beautiful woman in a pure robe, with her hair tied and a long skirt, and walked in with a spring breeze on her face.

The guests stood up and greeted them slightly.

Because it is a continuation of the string, all the ceremonies before Miami and the previous have been omitted.

You don't even need a personal greeting.

That's why they can appear together in this way, otherwise, they need a whole set of rituals to honor the bride's status - and that's important!

In the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, the status of husband and wife was still relatively equal.

Especially under the influence of the current school of thought of the Ram School, the wife is regarded as one of the two poles within a family.

The husband is yang and the wife is yin.

The harmony of yin and yang is the family.

Therefore, the powerful women of the Han Dynasty were often able to suppress their husbands.

Especially those women from educated scholarly families usually have a strong sense of independence.

If the husband can't suppress them after getting married, sooner or later the grass will be green on his head.

It is precisely because women in the Han Dynasty had a strong sense of independence that since the Eastern Han Dynasty, some scum began to promote the so-called female virtue.

But in contemporary times, what is the so-called female virtue?

That's something that doesn't exist.

Therefore, there are many strong women in the Han family.

There are even more women with wisdom and skill.

Not to mention the Liu family, it is a folk, there are many women with names and surnames, and even respected.

For example, Ti Ying, Zhuo Wenjun, and Xu Cheng have all left their names in history.

In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was even a female literary scholar - Ban Chao!

As far as Zhang Yue knows, in today's society, there are not a few women who take on the responsibility of a family.

For example, Zhang Yue's sister-in-law, before he crossed over, took on the burden of the family as a woman.

And in this Chang'an City, there are more such examples.

You may not believe it when you say it - the vast majority of technological progress in the textile industry in the Han Dynasty was driven by women.

It is recorded in the Han Book that Zhang Anshi invited a female craftsman to invent and manufacture a new type of jacquard machine, which is making gold every day, so that Fubi General Guang.

The silk clothes that were as thin as cicada wings unearthed in Mawangdui in later generations were also woven by female weavers.

At present, there are East and West weaving rooms in the Shaofu institutions, which employ tens of thousands of female workers, weaving all kinds of silk fabrics day and night, supplying the state and the government, and even selling them to the Western Regions.

Therefore, in the Western Han Dynasty, women had a very high status.

From the court to the people, there are records and examples of women in power.

Women in the Han Dynasty didn't say that they could hold up half of the sky, at least a third!

Therefore, the state has not forgotten them in collecting taxes - women have to pay a poll tax just as well.

Therefore, one of the most important parts of the contemporary mourning ceremony is when the husband welcomes his wife into the hall in front of the guests.

It is the most crucial part of the whole prayer, which symbolizes the respect of the male master for the female master of the family.

But I can't see it today.

Because it is a chord continuation, many steps are omitted.

…………………………………………

Huo Guang is now full of spring breeze.

He took his wife's hand, walked to the middle of the hall, faced the guests, and arched his hand: "Today's good day, I will not abandon the public, humiliate the burrow, and be extremely ashamed. ”

As he spoke, he bowed deeply.

The Mrs. Huo Xianhuo, who was standing next to Huo Guang, also opened her lips and bowed: "The concubine has the posture of a willow, a dull talent, and she is appreciated by the public, and she is personally humiliated in the cold house, and she is a guest, and I am grateful to watch the ceremony!" ”

Everyone hurriedly returned the salute and bowed: "Don't dare!" Huo Gong is benevolent and virtuous, Mrs. Shuyuan is polite, we can be invited to watch the ceremony, fortunately! Luckily! ”

As he spoke, everyone bowed together and said: "Congratulations to Gong Huo and Mrs. Huo, for tying the knot and the alliance of the white head!" ”

At this point, the ritual of the prayer has actually ended.

This is also the original meaning of the pre-Qin and Han ceremonies.

Marrying a bride is a family affair within a family.

Guests are invited to come as witnesses and notaries.

It's not about messing around or making fun.

For a family, marrying a bride is to reproduce offspring, marry two surnames, inherit the temple, and inherit the future generations.

Not a dime to do with others.

However, there was still something to eat, and the host family had to come out to thank and thank the guests.

This is the same as that of the afterlife.

While he was talking, a servant came in carrying two roasted golden roast pigs.

The two men who presided over the ceremonies, holding knives, stood in the hall, and then began to disassemble the roast pig.

Plates of pork were cut and distributed to the seated guests.

Then, one by one, the big tripods were opened, and plates of dishes and jars of wine were taken out.

And Huo Guang took the new lady and toasted from the beginning.

When he came to Zhang Yue, Huo Guang deliberately raised his glass to Zhang Yue and said: "Guang is busy with official business, only free time, visit the service, do not give up in the service today, humiliate the cold house, come in person, only drink this cup to serve!" ”

As he spoke, he drank it all.

Zhang Yue was also the first time to meet this powerful minister who influenced the history of the entire Western Han Dynasty.

In the history books, he is as famous as Yi Yin, and he is a powerful minister.

He is about forty years old, with a strong figure, and he looks powerful, but his whole temperament is elegant, and he looks pleasant, just like those good old people in the TV series, and even the tone of his speech is warm, which makes people can't help but want to be close and befriended.

But......

Zhang Yue knew that Huo Guang had never been a good gentleman.

More than ten years ago, he almost fed Li Yu to the tiger - if Han said he wasn't lying!

And in history, what this Bo Luhou did is enough to show his personality - a tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, and a retribution.

Fu Jiezi's assassination of the king of Loulan and Chang Huibing's siege of Qiuzi were all instructed by him.

And in internal affairs, all those who want to sing against him will die in the whole family!

Even Emperor Xuan trembled beside him, feeling 'like a thorn in his back'.

It can be seen that his character and personality are not at all like what he is doing now.

Obviously, he must be afraid and scruples about maintaining such a character now.

So the question is, who is he afraid of? Who is he watching out for? Who is he concerned about?

Thinking about these questions in his heart, Zhang Yue picked up his wine glass and hurriedly said, "An dare to be a toast to Lingjun?" Fearful! As he spoke, he raised the bottle and drank it all.

In front of Huo Guang, Zhang Yue didn't dare to take it big at all.

Because, Zhang Yue knows very well that the person in front of him now is one of the most outstanding politicians and military strategists in the history of the Han Dynasty.

Huo Guang saw it, but he smiled, he was very satisfied with Zhang Yue's performance, and felt that this young man still gave him face, and he was not pampered and arrogant, let alone felt that he was great.

"Perhaps, you can try to contact him more in the future......" Huo Guang thought secretly in his heart.

What he has to do requires many, many like-minded friends to work together.

In the past, Zhang Anshi has always persuaded him to bring this lieutenant in and everyone to do it together.

But he was cautious and careful, and felt that he had to be tempted.

In the past two months, this young man's performance has been qualified.

Especially the theory he released recently, which made Huo Guang also greedy and thought so.

Now that I have seen him in person and his attitude, I am even more satisfied.

So, Huo Guang asked softly, "When will the servant return to Xinfeng?" ”

"Hui Lingjun, in about four or five days, right?" Zhang Yue thought for a moment and replied.

He still has things to do in Chang'an - mainly because the matter of the white paper and the dragon kiln has not been completed, and he will only return to Xinfeng if he has to deal with these two things.

"Oh......" Huo Guang smiled and said, "Then before the servant returns to Xinfeng, I don't know if I would like to go to the forest garden with me?" ”

This is the most common thing that the people of Huo Guangla do when they join the gang - take him with him to go on a safari in Shanglinyuan.

Huo Guang felt that in the process of hunting, he could see a person's true nature and desires.

How much prey will he hunt? The prey's escape or the choice made when it encounters some special circumstances can reflect its true character.

Just like when he dragged Zhang Anshi to hunt and encountered an injured doe, Zhang Anshi put down his bow and arrows, and instead ordered someone to treat his wounds - because he saw a young deer wailing near the doe.

This made Huo Guang immediately accept Zhang Anshi and make him a confidant.

Because Huo Guang knows that a person who can have compassion for wild beasts will definitely be righteous to his friends, responsible to the country, and close to the world.

This can be more useful than just talking and observing.

After all, there are too many acting schools in this world - such as himself, and many people he has ever met.

A humble gentleman on the surface, but behind the scenes, the ghost knows whether he is a gentleman or a villain?

Zhang Yue listened, but didn't have too many doubts, so he agreed: "If you are invited by the king, how dare you refuse?" ”

"Good!" Huo Guang listened and nodded with satisfaction.

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The banquet ended quickly, and everyone was sent to the door by Huo Guang's son-in-law, Fan Mingyou.

"Your Excellency......," Fan Mingyou said softly in Zhang Yue's ear: "Tomorrow, Mingyou will come to visit as a relative to talk about today's ......"

Zhang Yue looked at him and nodded, it was indeed a bit unfortunate today, he was pulled away by Zhang Anshi in the middle, and he didn't have time to have a friendly talk with Fan Ming to understand the situation of the Qiang people in the Han Dynasty.

That's fine, just right, Zhang Yue has a lot of time tomorrow, maybe he can go to Shiqu Pavilion to get a map of Tianshui, Anding and Hexi, and have a good relationship with Fan Ming.