At this time, Zhang Yunwen's mansion was full of acquaintances. There are Wei Chigong and his wife, Liu and his wife, Yang Chang and his son, Han Shiliang, Ma Wangshan, and four newly recruited apprentices.

At this time, Zhang Yunwen's mansion had been renovated once, the walls were repainted, the furniture was renewed, even the bare tree trunks in the courtyard were retouched, and the old tangerine peels were removed. Mei Xiang said that it was unsightly.

Today is the second day of the second month of February, I looked through the calendar, and found Yuan Tiangang to come and pinch my fingers, and finally came to the conclusion that February 13 was the best day in the entire first half of the year. Therefore, Zhang Yunwen's crown ceremony was set for February 13.

According to the weekly ceremony, the crown ceremony needs to be held at the Jongmyo Temple. However, Zhang Yunwen's father died early, his mother died even earlier, and the war was chaotic, I am afraid that even the bones will not be found, let alone the temple. Therefore, the place where Zhang Yunwen performed the crown ceremony was chosen in the wide courtyard of the mansion.

As for the guest who presided over the crown ceremony, it should have been Zhang Yunwen's father's relatives, but looking at Chang'an, Zhang Yunwen's elders only had Wei Chigong, the master. The latter turned down the opportunity to be a guest, and said to everyone: "My Wei Chi Gong is a reckless man, where can I have any ability to preside over the crown ceremony!" ”

Therefore, the people had no choice but to follow the weekly ceremony, and three days before the crown ceremony, the method of divination was used to select the guest of honor and praise the crown. Of course, this heavy responsibility falls on Yuan Tiangang. However, before divination, Yuan Tiangang quietly asked Zhang Yunwen: "I don't know which one Yunwen wants to be the big guest and which one is the praise crown?" ”

Zhang Yunwen thought for a moment and said, "Let Tang Jian and Tang Shangshu serve as the guests, and Lord Fang Xuanling will serve as the praise crown!" ”

So, Yuan Tiangang divined the two very smoothly. On the same day, two invitations were delivered to their residences.

Zhang Yunwen was very depressed and bathed and fasted for three days, ate some vegetarian meals every day, and quietly waited for the crown ceremony three days later.

February 13.

Since the morning, the carriages and horses near Zhang Yunwen's mansion have gradually increased, and guests from all directions have come to the vicinity of this mansion, and the traffic on all sides has gradually become blocked. Many guests sighed and got out of the carriage and walked to the door.

At this time, there were two big men standing at the gate on the left and right, who were born three or five thick, and they were the Liu brothers. They had stiff smiles on their faces, and every time they saw someone, they politely said, "My lord, please come in, please come in!" "It doesn't matter if they're adults or not. Therefore, when they said this to Runan and Zhirou, the two daughters giggled, and then said to the Liu brothers: "Two brothers, why are you standing outside the door to welcome guests?" ”

The two smiled embarrassedly: "It's not that we can't help inside, so we came out to welcome guests!" ”

When the second daughter entered the house, she saw that it was busy, and Mei Xiang commanded the maid and the servants to pour tea and water everywhere and arrange the position. Walking up to Mrs. Wei Chi, the second daughter looked at this somewhat chaotic scene with a smile.

On the other side, Zhang Yunwen was wearing a dress under the guidance of Han Shiliang. The knots were tangled one by one, which only made Zhang Yunwen angry, and Han Shiliang smiled: "Yunwen, as an important minister of the imperial court, this dress is much more complicated than the one I wore back then!" Yes, that's it, put that knot on! Well, that's pretty much it! Look, what a handsome young man! ”

Zhang Yunwen put on the dress, and slowly looked at the bronze mirror, only to see that a bright red robe was suitable for wearing on his body. He asked, "When will the crown ceremony begin?" ”

Han Shiliang smiled: "It's almost there! Now that Yunwen is ready, let's go out first! ”

Immediately, the two went out of the room and waited at the scene.

At this time, the guests were like a cloud, the officials of the fourth rank and above sat inside, and the officials below the fourth rank stood outside the circle, watching the situation here from afar.

Looking at these guests carefully, most of the civil officials who came from the Qin Palace's family were promoted during the Zhenguan period. And the old ministers in the Wude period were represented by Qu Tutong, but there was also a Pei Ju. As for Pei Lin and some other old ministers, only one servant was sent to come.

didn't wait long, only to hear Yuan Tiangang shouting loudly: "The auspicious time has arrived, salute the crown!" ”

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Yunwen slowly approached Tang Jian and Fang Xuanling in the field, and after a long pause, he knelt in front of Tang Jian.

Tang Jian stroked his beard and smiled: "When I met Yunwen four years ago, Yunwen was only a half-sized young man, but he was able to sneak into the enemy camp with the old man all the way. Time flies, the world is negligent, and before you know it, Yunwen is already about to perform the crown salute, alas, the old man is also old! ”

Fang Xuanling next to him said with a smile: "Lord Tang said that he was joking, the country is in the prime of life, when it is the time when the bird spreads its wings and soars thousands of miles, why bother talking about old age!" ”

Tang Jian responded with a smile: "Look at Yunwen's young appearance, and see that the old man is now white-bearded, has relatives in his heart, and feels self-pity in the south!" ”

Zhang Yunwen heard the two of them blowing there, and couldn't help rolling his eyes and coughing lightly. That Tang Jiandun made a solemn appearance. Yang Shi, who was holding a lacquered wooden plate, walked to Tang Jian's side. In the wooden plate are placed scarves, deep coats, large belts, and shoes.

Fang Xuanling untied the scarf on Zhang Yunwen's head, Tang Jian picked up the cloth crown and chanted loudly: "On the auspicious day of the month, the first plus yuan is served, and the young character is abandoned, and Shuner becomes virtuous." Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. In the same way, he dressed several objects in the wooden plate for Zhang Yunwen one by one.

This is called "Chu Jia".

Yang Shi went down the tray, and Han Shiliang came up with another wooden plate, in which were placed hats, shirts, leather belts, and shoes.

Tang Jianlang chanted: "Jiyue Lingchen, Nai Shen Erfu, Jing Eryi, Shu Shen Erde." Eyebrows live for 10,000 years, and will always be blessed by Hu. He put on the objects in Han Shiliang's tray one by one.

This is called "add-and-add".

Han Shiliang also went down, but it was Liu Renshi who came up with the wooden plate in the end. Looking at the friends made by Zhang Yunwen, Cheng Chumo and Cheng Chuliang looked too fierce, while the Wei Chi brothers were too dark and young, and they were not so familiar with the children of civil officials such as Fang Yizhi, so they had to choose Liu Renshi. This guy is much more eye-catching than the Cheng brothers.

Liu Renshi held the wooden plate and walked up with a solemn expression. Zhang Yunwen clearly saw the corners of Liu Renshi's mouth upturned, obviously smiling. In the wooden plate, there are heads, official clothes, leather belts, and boots.

Tang Jian picked up the contents in the same way, and recited at the same time: "With the righteousness of the year, with the order of the month." Salty gar suit. The brothers are there, in order to become a virtue, Huang Lao has no borders, and he is celebrated by the sky. ”

Zhang Yunwen slowly finished dressing.

This is called the "three pluses".

After the three additions are completed, it is time to give Zhang Yunwen a table word. Tang Jian said with a smile: "Fang Da Wen is very good, this table word will be taken by Fang Daren!" ”

Fang Xuanling didn't shirk either, and said: "Yunwen ranks third, so you should take the word 'uncle'." And Yunwen is strong in martial arts, outstanding in writing, and it is not good to take literature and martial arts. According to the old man's view, he took the word 'disease', which was as fast as thunder and called 'disease'. Yun Wen acted plainly, more than cautious and steady, but not enough to develop. Taking the word 'disease' today is to hope that Yunwen can act like a wind sweeping leaves! ”

Uncle disease, Zhang Yunwen's table was settled in this way.

After taking the table words, Zhang Yunwen should worship in all directions. First, they paid homage to the tablets of their parents. Looking at the two spirit tablets placed in the room, the smoke in the incense burner in front of the spirit cards rose, and the whole room was filled with a solemn and solemn atmosphere.

Although Zhang Yunwen's memory of this father is very vague, he still worships religiously. This worship not only represents Zhang Yunwen, but also Zhang Wenji in the previous life, as well as the Liu brothers, Runan and Zhirou who stood in the courtyard and looked blankly at this room.

After paying homage to the deceased, Zhang Yunwen toasted to the elders in the courtyard one by one and presented bundles of silk skins. Finally, the feast was announced.

The things used for the crown ceremony were removed, and tables of wine and banquets were set up, from the lobby and the side hall to the courtyard, and dozens of maids and maids shuttled from table to table, bringing up the wine and food on the tray like flowing water.

The feast lasted a long time, from noon to afternoon. Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, everyone sent the guests away from this place one by one.

And Zhang Yunwen was already drunk and unconscious because of the toasting and drinking at the table. is also drunk, and there are a group of young men studying in military schools. They finally found an opportunity to drink wildly, so they pulled Yang Chang to fight for wine, so they all lay down under the table one by one.

That night, Runan, Zhirou and Mei Xiang presided over the maids and servants to clean up the mess all over the ground.

On the second day, Zhang Yunwen woke up with a terrible headache. After a hangover, I could barely get up the next day.

Reluctantly got up, sat on the bed, shook his head, and looked at the familiar room, his eyes falling on a new set of clothes hanging on the wooden shelf next to him and the crown on the table. Only then did I realize that I had already performed the crown ceremony and was already an adult.

With the help of Mei Xiang, she put on her wide clothes, put on a slightly heavy hair crown, and prepared to eat in the dining room.

When I arrived at the dining room, I found that it was full of people. It turned out that after the group of sons got drunk, they rested in Zhang Yunwen's house that night. At this moment, they were sitting at the table in high spirits, shouting outside the dining room: "Serve the food, I'm starving!" ”

At the same time, Zhang Yunwen was also surprised to find that Runan and Zhirou's children were also sitting at a table, drinking gruel lightly. But the two of them were the only ones at the table, and no one dared to sit with them.

Zhang Yunwen sat at the table and said to the second daughter, "What, didn't you go back last night?" ”

Zhi Rou snorted: "You still say, I sleep like a dead pig, no matter the housework, I throw it all to Mei Xiang alone, if it weren't for our help, Mei Xiang would probably be busy all night!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly thanked. At this time, I felt that there was a sudden silence in the dining room, and when I turned my head, I saw that the group of sons all pricked up their ears and were eavesdropping. Suddenly there was a loud roar: "All of them, stand upright!" ”

I saw them stand up violently as if they were launched, standing in a standard military posture.

By the time the group of sons reacted that this was not an academy, Runan and Zhirou had already laughed.

Under the resentful eyes of those sons, Zhang Yunwen calmly finished breakfast, and then said: "Okay, you have had a day off yesterday, go back to school today, and train me well!" ”

"Whoa!" The group of sons roared in unison.

(I've wanted to write the crown ceremony for a long time, but when I wrote it, I found that this chapter was so difficult to write, and I sat all morning, typing out this brailty, and the quality was not good, very unhappy!) ）