Today's greeting leader is Tang Huai's uncle Tang Zhengzong, according to custom, the general greeting leader is the groom's uncle, Li Daqi originally wanted his cousin Li Daguang to be the team leader, Li Daguang looks very good, and can speak, of course the best candidate.

But Li Daqi thinks that his character is too poor, and Li Daguang is a good drinker, it was he who was drunk and caused the Li ancestral hall to be burned, Li Daqi was afraid that he would drink again this time, and finally decided to let Tang Zhengzong serve as the team leader and ceremonial officer.

Tang Zhengzong hurriedly came and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm a step late." ”

Tang Zhengzong is the president of the Tangyin Association, which is the little Li drum class he introduced to Li Daqi, the two exchanged a few words, Tang Zhengzong asked Li Daqi again, "Is the prime minister here?" ”

The prime minister is a surprise, it is Li Yanqing's best friend Wang Gui, Li Yanqing got married, he specially came from Tangyin to attend the wedding, and only arrived in the capital yesterday afternoon, he was immediately arrested and served as Li Yanqing's prime minister.

Li Daqi nodded, "It's your brother, he and Yanqing are doing makeup in the building!" ”

"Go get busy! I'll leave it to me, and I'll arrange the wedding. ”

Li Daqi was indeed very busy, he nodded and left, Li Daqi just walked to the door, a steward of the alum tower rushed over, nervously said to Li Daqi: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to send a congratulatory gift!" ”

Li Daqi was taken aback, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince actually sent a wedding gift to his son, he hurriedly walked down the steps, there are many high-ranking officials who send congratulatory gifts today, like his son's boss Deng Yong and Wang Anzhong, Fan Zhixu of the former Xiangguo also asked someone to send congratulatory gifts, and even Cai Jing also sent people to send congratulatory gifts, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is different from them, he is the prince, the prince sent a congratulatory gift, so how can Li Daqi not be excited?

The person who came to give a congratulatory gift to the crown prince Zhao Huan was a eunuch, and when he saw Li Daqi running down, he asked sharply: "But Li Yuanwai of Baoyan Zhai!" ”

"I am!"

The eunuch took out a big box and handed it to Li Daqi, "This is a fine bottle from Ruyao, and it is the prince's wedding gift to Li Yushi." ”

Li Daqi hurriedly took it carefully, handed it to the iron pillar behind him, saluted the eunuch again, and took out a gold ingot of twenty taels and stuffed it to the eunuch, "This is a little heart, please have a cup of tea!" ”

The eunuch held the heavy gold, and couldn't help smiling and squinting his eyes, worthy of being the proprietor of Baoyan Zhai, and he made a generous move!

He hurriedly replied, "Thank you Li Yuanwai for the reward, I wish Linglang a good marriage, and our family is leaving!" ”

The eunuch walked away with a few entourage, Li Daqi opened the box, the box was covered with yellow satin, and a pair of exquisite porcelain vases were placed, which deserved to be the first boutique of the official kiln, this kind of porcelain vase could not be seen in the market at all, only in the palace, and there was a card made of white paper inside, on which was Zhao Huan's handwritten handwriting, 'Congratulations to Li Yanqing on the wedding joy', and two saddles were hand-painted below.

Li Daqi returned to the wedding scene, respectfully put it on the table together with the box, he was worried that there was no congratulatory gift that he could get his hands on, no, the prince's congratulatory gift came, just to decorate the façade, and the iron pillar next to him whispered and reminded: "Second uncle, there are many people here, such an expensive thing is put here, in case it ......."

A sentence reminded Li Daqi that he couldn't put it on the table now, it would be a bad thing if it was stolen, he handed the vase box to Tie Zhu, "You take it and put it in the gift room, and then urge Yanqing to hurry up, it's time to go, be careful!" The box is gone! ”

"Second uncle, don't worry, I will definitely be careful again!"

Tie Zhu hurriedly went with the box, Li Daqi thought about it, and there were a few people who needed to be confirmed, the man's side was himself and Li Zhen, Li Dongdong and Li Daguang, and the woman's side was Cao Xuan, nephew Cao Xing, and an elder Cao Zhu, calculating the time, they should also come over, Li Daqi walked quickly to the gate.......

Li Yanqing accepted makeup on the fourth floor of the alum building at this time, of course the groom has to put on makeup, not only the groom, but also the bridegroom, the bride also needs makeup, today's bride is Wang Gui, Wang Gui is a special trip to attend a friend's wedding, originally Li Yanqing's bride was served by Li Zhen's youngest son Li Yaozu, but Wang Gui must serve as the bride, fortunately, the Song Dynasty's bride relative to whether he was married or not has no strict requirements, it is best not to get married, if you get married, it is not impossible, the key is to have great strength, can drink, go to the bride's house needs to use great strength to open the way, After the groom enters the cave room, the bridegroom wants to drink on behalf of the groom and the guests, and these conditions are naturally none other than Wang Gui.

The two of them sat in front of the mirror and let a few beautiful women in the alum building wipe their faces and comb their hair, but the two of them were not idle.

"Lao Li, you said that you wrote me a letter two days ago, what is the content?"

"It's nothing, just tell you I'm getting married, and then congratulations on becoming a father."

Wang Gui smiled proudly, "You are not as good as me in other aspects, but I am much better than you in terms of giving birth to a son." ”

Several beautiful women in the room who were in charge of makeup also laughed, Li Yanqing didn't bother to pay attention to him, and asked again, "How is the fifth brother now?" Has his adopted son Yue Yun seen it? ”

"The fifth brother is still the same, recently he has also served as the head of martial arts at Lushan Academy, his income has increased a lot, and it is not a problem to support his family, last time I went back from the capital, I gave the fifth brother the hammer method you entrusted me with, not to mention, Xiao Yueyun is really a good material for practicing martial arts, he can carry a stone lock weighing more than 30 pounds at the age of two, and he is born to practice hammer material, even I envy the fifth brother for raising a good son."

At this time, a crack opened in the door, and the iron pillar probe asked, "Second Uncle asked when the makeup will be over, and the hour is almost up." ”

A beautiful woman said: "It's almost time, it's almost enough to change your clothes again!" ”

Tie Zhu hesitated for a moment and said to Li Yanqing: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent someone to send a pair of porcelain vases, the second seems to be Ru porcelain, and the second uncle said that it is very expensive." ”

Li Yanqing trembled, almost bothered to lose his face, don't hide any notes! He hurriedly asked, "Was it delivered in a sandalwood box?" ”

"Exactly! It was sent in a box, but it was not sandalwood, it was just an ordinary white wooden box, and the second uncle also found a sandalwood box to put it on. ”

Li Yanqing immediately understood that everything sent by the prince had to be carefully checked, and the original wooden box must have been removed to prevent it from carrying letters, so it was replaced with an ordinary wooden box.

"What was written?"

"I wrote congratulations to the young proprietor on his new marriage, and two saddles were simply drawn next to it.

Li Yanqing understood the meaning of Zhao Huan's gift of the bottle and saddle, that is, he hoped that he was safe and sound, and there was no need to send additional letters, and the gift itself was a message.

The makeup is over, whether Li Yanqing or Wang Gui, they have become very handsome beautiful boys, and the two have changed into coats again, the groom wears a Luo Hua head, gold and silver double victory shoes on his feet, and wears a crimson robe, and the appearance is the same outfit, but the color of the robe is light red, and only the groom can wear a crimson robe.

The time to set off was almost up, and Li Yanqing and Wang Gui walked quickly downstairs.

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Cao Yun got up early, and it took more than an hour to put on the makeup, and before the formal makeup, the bride also had a lot to do, first of all, to say goodbye to her parents, thank her parents for their nurturing grace, and then go to the ancestral hall in the back garden to worship the ancestors, and ask the ancestors to bless the safety of the door.

There are two ancestral halls of the Cao family, one is in the hometown of Zhending Mansion, the other is in the back garden of Cao Mansion, covering an area of five acres, every year in the first month, Qingming, Zhongyuan and the winter solstice have to worship the ancestors, for every married daughter, it is necessary to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and must be accompanied by the elders.

Accompanying Cao Yun to worship the ancestors were grandfather Cao Ping and father Cao Xuan, Cao Ping put on incense, turned to Cao Yun and said, "You also go to incense!" Then say a few words to the ancestors. ”

Cao Yun stepped forward and inserted three incense sticks into the incense burner, Ying Ying knelt down and clasped her palms together and whispered: "I am married today, I dare not be self-dictatorated, four o'clock and eight festivals, keep cigarettes, inform the sacred, and have mercy!" Men and women marry, natural reason, auspicious and celebrated, husband and wife, no disasters and no difficulties, forever a hundred years, like a fish in water, better than sugar sweet. ”

She kowtowed three times, got up and left the ancestral hall, Cao Xuan nodded and said, "You go back and put on makeup!" There are still two hours before the Li family's welcoming team arrives, and if there is anything else, your mother will explain to you specifically. ”

"The daughter went first."

Cao Yun saluted her grandfather again, and followed her to her room.

At this time, Cao Ping said to Cao Xuan: "The alum tower needs manpower to welcome guests, you go to the alum tower first, and the groom will be handed over to me to receive the groom here." ”

"The boy goes first."

"Go ahead!"

Cao Xuan hurriedly left Cao's Mansion and went to Alum Tower, Cao Ping returned to the guest hall, there were not many things in the woman's family, mainly to send the girl to marry some ceremonies, and then everyone rushed to Alum Tower to drink happy wine.

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Time has passed little by little, the bride's makeup has basically been painted, the following is the mother to her daughter 'open', with silk thread twisted to remove the excess rough eyebrows, so that the eyebrows become very sparse, and then use the eyebrow pencil to draw long and curved thin eyebrows, which means that the era of the little lady is over, and she is about to enter the ranks of the lady.

At this time, there was a faint sound of drum music in the distance, and the team of welcoming relatives finally came, and the bride below was going to put on her lips, draw her eyebrows, and then wear a phoenix crown, wear a xia veil, and wait for departure, everyone dispersed, and only Cao Jiaojiao was left in the room to accompany her sister.

"Big Scholar, can I marry you together!"

Cao Jiaojiao pouted and said unhappily: "Today, my mother gave me a hard beating, saying that I am not sensible, I don't want to live here, I want to go with you." ”

"Don't say stupid things, today is my sister's marriage, and it's not you who is married, you will often come over to play in the future."

"But my father said, if you don't go to the capital in the future, I don't know where the 'fish' is? If you're not in the capital, I'll go to someone. ”

"You just have to study hard at home, don't be naughty, and besides, you have too many cats, you have to give some away."

"Nonsense, I won't give it away!"

At this time, Xi Niang came in and said, "Grandma, today is your sister's big day, don't make trouble." ”

"Then I'll go and see Brother Li."

Cao Jiaojiao ran away in a puff of smoke, and Cao Yun was worried again, this little guy must mess around!

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The man's welcoming team has arrived in front of Cao's house, in addition to the eighteen drummers, there are more than 20 young children, they hold vases, lamps and candles, incense balls, saro's washing, photo tables, makeup boxes, skirt boxes, clothes boxes, cool umbrellas and other household items, the groom and the bride on the horse, of course, there are eight sedan chairs and two ox carts, the drummers are indeed very level, the gongs and drums are loud, the suona blows the heart, attracting the attention of countless passers-by.

Four big men carried two large baskets of copper coins, constantly throwing, attracting groups of children to chase and scramble, and two people carried the cash box, which is the red envelope of later generations, and the poor people stuffed some copper coins, but the wealthy and rich families put silver cakes, generally one or two, wrapped in red paper, and the big families should have hundreds.

Walking in the forefront is the team leader Tang Zhengzong, who is also serving as a tea and wine ceremony officer today, that is, responsible for various customs and etiquette, at this time, in the sound of firecrackers, the gate of the Cao Mansion is full of young children and little ladies of the Cao family, they have stretched out their hands and shouted: "Take the money!" ”

Cao Sheng scolded, "There are no rules!" ”

He cleared his throat and chanted loudly: "Xian'e is ethereal to the world, and she is close to Sendai. Today's door is more joyful, and the flower box is not needed to save money. The gifts for blocking the door are more expensive, how can they be compared to ordinary market traffic, 100,000 plates should be satisfied, and 3,000 and a half should be thrown lightly. ”

Tang Zhengzong stepped forward and responded with a smile: "A gentleman has never cherished gold, this intention is to pursue the intention to be deeper, and I want all relatives to talk broadly, so I don't have to worry about introducing a long time." Sendai has arrived at hand, what is difficult to cover in front of the door, ashamed of the unprofitable city can be thrown, and it is difficult to retreat without a reason. ”

After the two finished the poem, Zhang Bao, Zhang Ying and Yang Guang threw silver cakes at the Cao children in the door, and threw hundreds of them in a row.