Chapter 32: Marriage
"The Book of Rites" says: "Those who marry will be good with the two surnames, go up to the temple, and go down to the future generations." "Han people have always attached great importance to marriage etiquette. Although there are slight differences in customs, they are largely the same. Before marriage, you can only get married after the five steps of "Nacai", "Asking for a Name", "Najib", "Najib", "Nazheng" and "Asking for a Date". These six steps are the "six rites" mentioned in the "Taxi Wedding", and only when the six ceremonies are prepared can they be regarded as officially married.
Early this morning, Su Yun was dressed up, and the big and small people in the county government came to congratulate and present congratulatory ceremonies one by one from dawn. Although this Su County Order is a mud bodhisattva, it also has to be offered.
From morning to noon, Su Yun greeted the people who came to congratulate him, and he did not rest for a moment. As soon as he took the time to come to the back hall, he saw Cao Hong sitting on a chair looking at him with a smile.
Su Yun's old face turned red, and he pretended to be angry and said: "Your Highness, this marriage is more tiring than a fight with his mother, these families still engage in so many gimmicks, "six rites" or something, as well as welcoming relatives, visiting the church, going out, returning to the door, and returning to Ning. Lao Su I listened to my head big, when I married Canaan and her mother, I ran directly to my father-in-law's house on two legs, and went home with the bride on my back. Where is there so much trouble. ”
Cao Hong laughed and said: "Uncle Su, this wedding ceremony was made by Zhou Tianzi when he was the son of Zhou, but it is not the Xu family who makes things difficult for you." ”
Su Jianan quipped: "Dad, you're going to do business today, don't really marry me a stepmother." ”
Su Yun was even more embarrassed when he heard this, coughed and said, "I just said that this is not good, you have to say that this plan is very good." Now that the city is full of wind and rain, everyone knows that I Su Yun will marry again, and where will my old Su face be put in the future. ”
When Cao Hong and Su Jianan heard this, they burst into laughter again.
Cao Hong smiled and said: "Uncle Su, there are three benefits of this plan, one is that the Xu family is less wary of us, and the other is that there are many people in the Xu family, Xu Zhengtai except for the eldest son who follows him all the year round, and the other sons are all engaged in the Xu family's industries in various places, and the family rarely gathers in one place. This third, forgive me for selling it. ”
Su Jianan said angrily: "When is it, you still sell Guanzi." ”
"You'll find out in the evening." Cao Hong smiled at Su Jianan and said.
Su Yun smiled bitterly at this time and said, "Your Highness, this time I also let Lao Su out, and all the brothers I brought from the army will be handed over to you." ”
Cao Hong nodded solemnly.
At the beginning of the unitary hour, the welcoming team set off. Su Yun took the lead, riding a jujube red horse, followed by the wedding car pulled by the ox and the flag gong umbrella cover, and should be blown, Cao Hong followed the person who picked up the relatives and walked at the end of the team, blowing and blowing along the way, and the pedestrians on the road all stopped, pointing and looking at the excitement.
Finally got out of Mengjin, and the team picking up relatives sped up their pace, and after a while, they came to Xujiabao.
I saw that Xu Jiabao, big and small, was greeted at the gate of the fort, and sure enough, several other sons who were rarely seen on weekdays came back. When everyone saw that Su Yun had arrived, Xu Zhihai, who was standing in front, walked out of the crowd that greeted him, smiled at Su Yun, leaned over and saluted: "Su County Order, we will soon become a family!" Zhihai is really happy in his heart. ”
Su Yun saw that Xu Zhihai's fat bending was difficult, and he got off the horse and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, there is no Su County Order today, only family and relatives." ”
After hearing this, Xu Zhengtai's sons thought about it today, and they were going to call this Han Ling their little uncle, and they all scolded their mothers in their hearts.
Xu Zhihai saw that he wanted to call Su Yun, who was about the same age as himself, his uncle, his face was also blue and white, and he squeezed out a little smile and said, "Exactly, please Su ...... Uh, please come in, please come in. ”
When Su Yun and the others entered the fort gate, they saw that most of the people in the Xu family fort had vegetables, and most of the places where the fort people lived on both sides were shacks made of wooden planks. Not long after, I saw a large courtyard standing abruptly in this shack, the yard has five entrances, everyone just arrived at the gate of the courtyard, only to see Xu Zhengtai from the inside to welcome out.
Xu Zhengtai saw Su Yun and saluted: "From today on, Su County Ling is family." It is even more convenient for the two families to move back and forth in the future, and CHINT is really happy in his heart. ”
Su Yun said: "I didn't expect that I was nearly half a hundred years old, and I could still marry such a beautiful woman, I really can't bear to let the sect master have a heart." ”
Xu Zhengtai shook his hand and said: "If you lose your wife and have no children, you will not marry in the end, and the commentators will eventually be wrong." Su County's order is very affectionate, but it also has to consider the criticism of the world and the descendants of the Su family. ”
Everyone walked into the main hall while talking, because the wedding date was set in a hurry, and the people of the Xu family disliked Su Yun from being born in a pawn and had no family status. So there were not many guests, and only the sons of the Xu family accompanied Su Yun to talk to Xu Zhengtai in the house.
While he was talking, Jia Yi came in from outside and said, "Sect Master, the auspicious time has arrived, please ask Su County to order the beautiful woman to return to the mansion to salute." ”
Xu Zhengtai listened, nodded and said to Su Yun: "Brother Xian, today is your big day, I won't keep you more, from now on, our Xu Su family will become one family, watch and help each other, my little sister will please." ”
Su Yun laughed and said: "In the past, there was less movement, since I have become the son-in-law of this Xu Jiabao, I will naturally come and go often in the future, Brother Xu, don't dislike Su Mou's vulgarity, don't recognize this family!" ”
Xu Zhengtai smiled reluctantly: "How dare you." ”
At this time, Su Yun saw two middle-aged servants outside the house carrying a veiled woman into the ox cart, so he arched his hand to everyone in the Xu family and said, "Lao Su will take the bride back to salute, and it will not be good if the time is missed." ”
Everyone in the Xu family nodded yes, and together they sent Su Yun and the ox cart out of the fort.
Everyone in the Xu family was about to salute and say goodbye, when suddenly Su Yun asked Xu Zhengtai: "Why don't you see my little nephew today." ”
Xu Zhengtai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Little nephew?" ”
Su Yun laughed and said, "Xu Zhi'an? Why isn't he there? ”
Xu Zhengtai smiled reluctantly and said: "Zhi'an was sent to Taiyuan by me to collect an account, and he has not returned yet, it seems that he can't catch up with his sister-in-law's happy event!" ”
The corners of Su Yun's mouth pulled out a little smile, and he was about to speak, when he saw Jia Yi say something in Xu Zhengtai's ear. Xu Zhengtai's face changed greatly. Hurriedly said to Xu Zhihai: "That slut Fluttershy is gone, is there any news of your brother in the past two days?" ”
Xu Zhihai was in a daze, and when he heard his father ask, he said: "There has been no news, so there must be somewhere to eat and drink." ”
Su Yun saw Xu Zhengtai frowning, so he smiled and said: "I thought that the one I arrested was Xu Zhi'an, but I didn't expect Zhi'an to be sent to Taiyuan by the sect master, it seems that I arrested the wrong person." ”
Xu Zhengtai trembled as if he had been struck by lightning, and asked sharply: "The surname Su, how did you do with it?" ”
Su Yun smiled and said: "It's okay, this Xu Zhi'an raped ** girl and induced others to kill people, and he has been arrested by me, and now it is estimated that he is writing the crimes committed by your Xu family over the years." ”
Xu Zhengtai stretched out a trembling finger at Su Yun and said, "Su Yun, I married my sister to you, are you so kind of revenge?" ”
Su Yun snorted coldly when he heard this: "Grace will take revenge? When you asked the thief to kill my wife, you should have thought of it today. What is grace and what is hatred, you Xu family is good at it. ”
Xu Zhengtai was surprised: "It turns out that you already knew." Su Yun, I see you vulgar and unwritten on weekdays, but it turns out that you villain is full of calculations. ”
Su Yun laughed: "Calculation? In front of you, Xu Zhengtai and Xu Great Sect Master, what other calculations do I talk about? ”
Xu Zhengtai snorted angrily and said: "The surname is Su, you are ruthless, what, what tricks do you have today, just come to my Xu family." In this Xujiabao, I see who dares to take me! ”
Su Yun waved his hand, and saw Cao Hong suddenly rush out of the family welcoming team with a group of Mengjin County Ya's catchers, surrounding everyone in the Xu family.
At this time, Xu Zhihai suddenly exclaimed: "Secretary Li, why are you ......?"
Cao Hong saw that he was recognized by Xu Zhihai, so he walked up to the person and said, "Eldest son, don't come to harm?" ”
Xu Zhihai scolded: "Yeluxi, this little maid, took our Xu family's land, and also teamed up with Su Yun, the old man, to harm our Xu family. ”
Cao Hong was happy to be blamed by Ye Luxi, so he smiled and said: "Offering bribes to court officials, fishing in the township, bullying men and women, and conspiring to rebel, today is the time when your Xu family is defeated." Do it. ”
I saw that the more than 20 trappers that Su Yun brought to Mengjin from the army pounced into the crowd like wolves and tigers, and kicked everyone in the Xu family to the ground one after another, all tied up with ropes.
Xu Zhengtai's eyes seemed to be about to erupt with fire, and he sneered: "The surname Su, you are so ruthless, you and Yeluxi came to deceive our Xu family together." But do you think you'll be able to get away with it by yourself if you capture our father and son? ”
At this time, I saw more than 100 fort soldiers pouring out of the fort, and surrounded Cao Hong and his cadres.
Xu Zhengtai laughed wildly and said, "Jia Yi, you guessed it, this Su Yun didn't have a good heart." ”
The fort soldiers dodged a passage, and Jia Yi walked in from the outside and said: "I'm afraid that there will be fraud today, and I have already ambushed people everywhere inside and outside Xujia Fort. After saying that, Jia Yi waved his hand, and the fort soldiers held weapons in their hands and pressed towards Cao Hong and the others step by step.
The situation was urgent, Su Yun broke out in a cold sweat, and looked at Cao Hong.
Cao Hong didn't expect that Xu Jiabao would be wary of them on the day of the wedding, but at this point, Cao Hong could only bite the bullet and say: "What? Are you going to kill the officials and rebel? ”
Jia Yi sneered and said: "We don't dare to rebel, when the time comes, we will kill you one by one, and say to the above, You colluded with thieves and wanted to rob our Xujiabao." Su County's order to marry the bride of the Xu family coincided with the change, and he was also brutally killed by you, and what you did was really outrageous. ”
Seeing that the surrounding fort soldiers surrounded Cao Hong, Su Yun and others, Xu Zhihai breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing that Cao Hong was also there, he jumped to his feet and scolded: "Little thief Li, is Yeluxi's dog thief also involved?" The money we give him every year is enough for his grandchildren to eat and drink. How do you get it today? Turn your face and don't recognize people, don't you? ”
Cao Hong saw that he still thought he was Yeluxi's person, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he whispered to Su Yun and said, "Uncle Su, we have hostages in our hands, and they will definitely throw a mouse trap and dare not move lightly." Drag it until dark, I have my own way. ”
Su Yun nodded after hearing this, and whistled at the hunters, only to see that those old soldiers were agile, carrying the Xujiabao people and others in front of him, and their eyes were blazing on guard against the fort soldiers.
Jia Yi looked at it, sighed lightly, smiled and said: "Procrastination, want to wait for it to get dark, create chaos and take the opportunity to slip away?" Die to this heart! After speaking, he shouted at the fort soldiers around him: "The Heavenly Master has granted you and other talismans, and ordered you to slaughter all the demons in the world, what are you waiting for?" ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw that the momentum of the fort soldiers changed sharply, lifted the weapons in their hands, and forced towards the circle with murderous energy.
Xu Zhihai saw that those fort soldiers suddenly seemed to be a different person, and there was only madness and killing in their eyes, so he couldn't help but be afraid, and shouted to Jia Yi: "Jia Yi, tell them not to move, we are still in their hands." ”
Jia Yi stretched out his hand and carefully examined his palm, as if there was some rare famous painting on the palm, but his mouth said coldly: "Kill all, don't leave a single one." ”