Chapter 152: Marriage

The number of personnel is the same as the lineup at the time of the crown salute, there are only a few. And Wei Chigong, the master, became the representative of the man.

Personnel is not a problem, but the trouble is the process of getting married.

The ancients said that weddings are divided into six steps, which were called "six rites" in ancient times, namely Nacai, asking for names, Naji, Nazheng, inviting dates, and greeting in person. Since the Zhou Dynasty, in the marriage according to the six rites, in addition to the levy ceremony, the rest of the five rites need to be given to the woman's family by the man's envoy. Therefore, it takes a total of five live geese to get married today.

However, it is early spring, where can this live goose be found? So Zhang Yunwen pretended to be a public beneficiary and ordered the detectives of the Kannai Provincial Investigation Institute to collect live geese for a time limit of two days.

Two days later, the entire investigation hall was filled with the sound of geese.

In addition to finding five fatter live geese as gifts, the remaining more than 20 live geese were also taken away by Zhang Yunwen. It is believed that at the wedding banquet in the near future, there will be dishes with goose meat as the main ingredient.

On the fifth day of April, they got married, but the other five ceremonies except for the kiss were to be carried out in advance. The so-called Nacai, that is, the man's family invites the matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage. If the female family agrees to the marriage, the male family formally proposes to the female family, and the formal proposal must be based on the words of the goose as a courtesy, and the stalks will go at dusk on an auspicious day, so that people can accept the meaning of their choice.

As for the matchmaker, when Zhang Yunwen was looking around, Tang Jian sent it to the door himself. Remembering that he was the matchmaker for Zhirou last time, Zhang Yunwen was a little skeptical that this Guogong was bored, so he went to be a matchmaker.

When Tang Jian appeared in the newly given Runan Princess Mansion with a group of male representatives carrying live geese, a vote of the Li clan had already gathered inside.

Zhang Yunwen took a look, heh, what a strong lineup. Among them are a large number of princes of the clan such as Li Xiaogong, King of Hejian, and Li Daozong, King of Jiangxia.

First, Wei Chigong presented the marriage book, and Li Xiaogong read the marriage book in public, and then returned to the princes with the rice paper with Zhang Yunwen's birthday written on it. After discussing it with each other, the princes handed out another copy of the birth date. That one is Li Yu's.

Then, wearing a wide road robe, Yuan Tiangang, who walked up and shook three times in one step, looked like a fairy wind and bones, walked out with a whisk in his hand, took two copies of the eight characters, put them in front of him, and then closed his eyes slightly, pinched his fingers with his left hand, and muttered in his mouth, and after half a quarter of an hour, he suddenly opened his eyes and announced that the eight characters on the two pieces of paper fit very well. This situation is clearly a copy of the original marriage for the Liu brothers.

Then, Tang Jian, who was a matchmaker, handed over the live goose, held the goose as a gift, and gave it to the woman's home. The princes who took over the wild goose gathered here and muttered for a while, and then took out a marriage letter. Li Xiaogong recited the marriage answer letter again. Then the man and the woman discussed the date of the next hiring, and it was completed

Before dawn on the second day, the thirty-two dowry gifts were slowly sent from Zhang Yunwen's mansion to Princess Runan's mansion. In this dowry, there are not only living creatures such as geese and elk, but also food such as wine and vegetables, as well as ritual utensils such as jade and jade. In order to get enough of these things, Zhang Yunwen rummaged through the cabinets, and even did not let go of the rewards of Wei Chigong's family, and finally made up enough thirty-two dowries.

And after the princess of Runan's mansion received the dowry, the marriage relationship was officially confirmed. As soon as this procedure is gone, it is like receiving a marriage certificate in later generations, and it has a real legal effect.

Yuan Tiangang came out again, and under the attention of both men and women, he calmly pinched his fingers and calculated that the most auspicious day for welcoming him was the afternoon of the fifth day of the fourth month.

This is the same day that Yuan Tiangang said to Zhang Yunwen in private before.

On the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, Zhang Yunwen was called up early in the morning, and then several middle-aged women who were said to be in the palace who specialized in makeup for the queen's concubines surrounded Zhang Yunwen for a morning. Looking at the bronze mirror, Zhang Yunwen couldn't help but be taken aback by his own image in the bronze mirror, this, this is clearly a white impermanence! He had no doubt that with a frown or a grin, the thick foundation would fall like snow. If a delicate flower is not between the temples, it is the so-called hairpin.

As for the prime minister, Zhang Yunwen finally decided to let Han Shiliang still serve as the minister. Looking at the young people around him, there are almost no little white-faced people like Han Shiliang. Han Shiliang, who is wearing makeup, looks much better than Zhang Yunwen.

Surrounded by a crowd of people, he left the mansion, and there was a surge of people at the door. Well, there has been no shortage of people watching the excitement in China since ancient times. Seeing Zhang Yunwen wearing a red wedding robe, his face was as white as snow, and he couldn't help but point his fingers.

"See, that's the groom today, but the princess!"

"Cut, what's so strange about this! Didn't the princess get married last month? ”

"It's different! The colt last time only became a colt by relying on the shadow of his father's generation! And this one is a hard work! What people have is a real skill! ”

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Although the whisper below was small, Zhang Yunwen vaguely heard it clearly, and couldn't help but smile slightly. At that moment, the white powder puff on his face fell down. Hurry up and keep it like this, so as not to make any more big movements around the corners of your mouth.

When I came to the princess's mansion, I found that the door was not so easy to enter. A group of female guests stood at the door, and they had to let Zhang Yunwen recite poetry before letting him in.

Zhang Yunwen immediately cleared his throat and recalled in his mind for a long time before he read: "The red candle was stopped in the cave room last night, and I will pay my respects to my aunt in front of Xiaotang." Makeup asked her husband in a low voice, and the thrush was not deep or shallow. ”

As soon as this poem came out, the group of female guests who stopped at the door giggled together, but their faces were slightly flushed. After all, some of them haven't married yet.

"Hee-hee, I didn't expect my brother-in-law to know the joy of thrushes!" The female guests laughed, but they made a way out.

Entering the princess's mansion, I met Li Shimin and the eldest grandson queen who were sitting in the main hall, and then bowed down in turn, all of them were the Li clansmen.

When he bowed down to Li Daozong and Li Daoxuan, Li Daoxuan sighed and sighed: "Alas, I want you and I to fight side by side back then, and when we fought against Liu Heimin, we still called brothers and sisters together, and now, you are still a generation lower than me!" Hey, hey, come on, call Uncle Listen! Speaking of the back, there was already an irrepressible smile.

Zhang Yunwen rolled his eyes and stretched out his right hand to make a bright fist. Li Daoxuan suddenly stopped talking and stopped talking.

After worshipping, Zhang Yunwen was already a little dizzy, looked at the lanterns lit around, and walked to the backyard with Han Shiliang. It was the boudoir of Runan.

However, on the way to the backyard, I encountered a group of "roadblockers", and it was the group of female guests at the door.

Zhang Yunwen had already dealt with it for a while, so he kicked Han Shiliang and asked him to go out and deal with it. Han Shiliang had a bitter face, and was just about to go out to deal with it, when he saw those female guests say in unison: "The groom, if you want to pick up the bride, you have to show sincerity!" “

Sincerity? Do you want red envelopes? Zhang Yunwen was thinking like this, and the female guests said again: "The groom, if you don't make one, no, two festive poems, don't want to bring Runan back today!" ”

Hearing that it was a poem, Zhang Yunwen put his mind at ease and made a reflection. Half a day before he said: "The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time, and the lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night." The candle is full of mercy, the clothes are dewed, the hands are unbearable, and the dream is good. ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen make a poem, all the female guests were reading, at this time, a crisp cry came: "The bride is here!" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked over and saw that Li Yu was wearing a tender green wide and complicated palace dress, on which the fish and bird patterns were drawn with gold and silver threads, and the skirt that was nearly a foot long was dragged to the ground, and the two palace maids leaned down and picked up the skirt.

The cloud temples are stacked high, and the jade hairpin and phoenix hairpin are inserted on it, and the ornaments on the head look brilliant under the light. There was a hint of blush on a delicate face that was white and red, and as he approached Zhang Yunwen, the blush became more and more. The whole face was covered with rouge.

Zhang Yunwen knew that Li Yu was shy by nature, so he didn't tease her, so he stepped forward directly, grabbed Li Yu's jade hand, and slowly walked towards the lobby.

After listening to a word of blessing in the lobby, Zhang Yunwen successfully welcomed Li Yu to the pick-up team.

Then, this kissing team, together with the woman's send-off team, walked towards Zhang Yunwen's mansion.

The wide avenue was lined with neighbors, pointing and talking. Occasionally, you can hear "It's so beautiful!" Words like that. And several young children ran after the bride and groom, and at the same time exclaimed: "Look at the bride, look at the bride!" ”

entered the hall, greeted Wei Chigong and other elders, and then went directly into the cave room.

As for the huge team of guests, Wei Chigong and the Liu brothers were there to drink and eat.

The so-called cave room is actually the room where Zhang Yunwen used to live, but it has been redecorated and all the furniture in it has been replaced, and it looks brand new.

On a red table, there is a set of red magnetic wine utensils. Just about to get up and pour wine, Li Yu held his hand, smiled slightly, and said softly: "This should be done by me!" Brother Yunwen! ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled "haha": "Sister Runan, why do you still call me brother, remember, you have to be called husband or husband!" ”

Li Yu lowered his head and said softly: "Xiang, well, Xianggong!" He didn't stop in his hand, and gently poured two glasses of wine.

The two of them each took a glass of wine and drank it with their heads up. Suddenly, Li Yu's face flashed red, and he didn't know if it was because he was drinking or because he remembered what was about to happen.

Grabbing Li Yu's jade hand, Zhang Yunwen gently stroked his face: "Sister Runan, now you are my person!" Hey, let's go! ”

picked up Li Yu at once, and walked towards the carved bed with a pink gauze tent hanging in her low exclamation. Li Yu immediately buried his head in Zhang Yunwen's arms, and the towering hair like a cloud and the things inserted on it reflected the light in the light. Relying on Zhang Yunwen's solid muscles and smelling the faint body odor coming from his body, Li Yu couldn't help but be a little intoxicated, only to feel a hot current surging in his body.

The pink gauze tent slowly fell, the clothes flew one after another, and the red was turned over the waves.

Outside the window, a crooked moon hangs high, and the entire Chang'an City is shrouded in silence.