On the first day of November, the palace was lit up and was particularly lively. What's wrong with me, you ask? You don't know? Wang Weizhou, the eldest son of the palace, is about to get married. Early in the morning, Wang Weizhou was pulled up by Mrs. Wang and a group of relatives of seven aunts and eight aunts, dressed up, although he got up early, Wang Weizhou was still happy to fiddle around like a toy. Finally, Wang Lang, who was waiting outside two hours later, saw his eldest brother dressed up in flowers, and Wang Weizhou, who was originally full of bookish atmosphere, now looked like a white-faced man.

The red dress, a big red flower on the chest, I don't know if there is too much powder on Wang Weizhou's face, how does Wang Lang feel that there is a danger of falling scum. These are not counted, the most important thing is that Wang Weizhou also has a big red flower on his head, which is a big peony, Wang Lang really doesn't know where his mother found such a big red flower for his eldest brother in this winter. Mrs. Wang leaned over from behind Wang Weizhou and said

"Fang'er, you see how energetic your eldest brother is today. Much more handsome than usual. ”

Wang Lang tugged at the corners of his mouth and said

"Yes, the eldest brother is very handsome today. Special well, anyway, big brother is very special today. ”

Mrs. Wang glanced at Wang Lang and said

"Why did the words change their taste when they reached your mouth, come, today your eldest brother is married, and you are going to be the king."

Wang Lang was stunned and said, "What is the emperor? Mrs. Wang looked at her second son and said

"What are you doing in a daze? Drive in and dress up. Don't miss the hour. ”

Wang Lang asked while being dragged by Mrs. Wang

"Mother, you know my brain, what's wrong, what's it?"

It was only then that Mrs. Wang remembered that her second son had amnesia. So he explained

"Look at the memory of the mother, in my Dawei young men and women married, the royal is mostly the groom's attendant, younger brother or younger than the groom's peers or juniors. As for the woman, she is called a woman, also called "sending a female guest", there are strict conditions: in addition to being young, she must also be beautiful, and she must have given birth to a son, and she must look for it among her peers, first in her own family. It can't be a remarriage yet. It is called "Quanmeiren", or "Quanhe Ren", which means perfect, and the picture is that the married daughter also has a happy and happy life. After finding such a candidate, some will tell her fortunes again to see if there is any obstacle. Exchanging positions, eating and eating at a wedding is an exchange of trust. ”

Only then did Wang Lang realize that it was the legendary best man and bridesmaid. But Wang Lang didn't know that today's miserable life had just begun. Wang Lang was taken to the house to put on makeup, and it took an hour before Wang Lang came out of the house crying and laughing. Wang Lang's current appearance is no different from his eldest brother, oily head and noodles, the most critical place is also the flower on the top of the head, how does Wang Lang look at it, how does it look like a chrysanthemum.

Wang Lang followed behind his eldest brother and went to greet his relatives. When he came to Lin Yinger's house, Wang Lang followed Wang Weizhou through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties before picking up Lin Yinger and going back.

After this trip, Wang Lang realized that it was really not easy to get married in ancient times. It is necessary to go through six procedures, which were called "six rites" in ancient times, namely, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, inviting dates, and welcoming in person.

1. 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 bring a live goose as a gift, so that people can accept the meaning of their choice. In the "Rites and Rituals", it is said: "When the ritual is issued, the goose is adopted." "2. Asking for a name, asking for a name is when the man asks the matchmaker to ask the woman's name and eight characters to prepare for marriage. It is recorded in "Etiquette and Ceremony": "Bin Zhiyan, please ask the name." Most of the words of the name are: "If a certain person is ordered, he will be added to the Bu, and he dares to ask the woman to be whom." "If the woman agrees, the gift is given; The male family determines the good luck and evil through divination. If the male and female characters are combined, then proceed to the next step. 3. Najib, that is, to inform the woman of the good news of divination and marriage, is also to take geese as a gift - in later generations, gold and silver jewelry and other things are used as a gift. It is equivalent to the current engagement, commonly known as sending the appointment, passing the appointment, and fixing the appointment. 4. Na Zheng, that is, the male family will send the dowry to the woman's family, also known as Na Yuan, big hire, too big gifts, etc. In ancient times, the levy was mostly based on birds and beasts, and in ancient times, the dowry had to use the whole deer, and the later generations used deer skin. Cui Yan's "Wedding Text" recorded: "The bird is a goose, accompanied by a deerskin. "The Book of Songs, Zhaonan, Wild Dead Elk" says: "There are dead elks in the wild, and white grass wraps them." There is a woman with a spring, and Jishi tempts her. "It's about proposing to a girl with a wild deer. Because in ancient times, it was a gift to hire more geese, so the dowry gift was also called "commission bird". Of course, the ancient levy was not all birds and beasts as a courtesy, as said in "Weifeng Hooligans", "Hooligans, hugging cloth trade silk." Bandits come to trade silk, come and I seek", is an example of using cloth as a dowry. Later, the etiquette of the levy became more and more complicated, and it became one of the most cumbersome processes of etiquette among the six rites. 5. The date of invitation, that is, after the man's family chooses the date of marriage, he prepares a gift to go to the woman's house and asks for consent to the date of marriage. Now it is commonly known as "mentioning the day" and "sending the sun". 6. Welcome, that is, to marry the bride. Methods and etiquette vary, but generally men go to the woman's house to welcome them. After returning to the man's house, the bride and groom eat together, and then cut a gourd into two halves, and the husband and wife each hold one of them, pour wine and drink, which is called "Heyi" - this is the origin of the cup of wine in later generations. This process is one of the most folk phenomena in marriage culture.

After this trip, Wang Lang's life has already gone halfway.

When Wang Lang returned, the house was full of guests. The civilian, military and military generals sat on both sides of the Wei River.

Wang Lang himself has no official position, but his father and eldest brother are civil officials, but the problem is that his grandfather is the only old general left in the imperial court, and he is a military general. So Wang Lang really didn't know where to sit for a while. Just when Wang Lang was at a loss, Niu Dahu carefully exposed his head to Wang Lang at the door

"Squeak, squeak."

As soon as Wang Lang turned around, it was good to see Niu Dahu carefully hiding at the door, Wang Lang hurriedly walked over and asked

"Brother Big Tiger, where have you all been?"

Niu Dahu hurriedly pulled Wang Lang to Wang Lang's small courtyard, and when Wang Lang saw that his small courtyard had been occupied by the second generation of this group of military generals, Zhao Xiang was also among them. Wang Lang knew that this was his mother, and he was afraid that his group of wild monkeys would not be able to stand the restraint. Zhao Jian walked over with a wine jar and said

"Wei Fang, your eldest brother got married today, and my brothers won't pour him wine, but you kid, you can't run away today."

After speaking, the group of beasts behind Zhao Jian laughed. Even Zhao Xiang looked at Wang Lang with a wicked smile on his face. Wang Lang said weakly

"Guys, are we really okay like this?"

Huang Shan said with a wicked smile

"Wei Fang, you can drink it if you want, you can admit it now, you are squatting and peeing, and your brothers will let you go."

"Holy Damn Me"

Wang Lang was angry and said

"What do you mean by squatting and peeing? My brother is me, how can a seven-foot man pee in a squat? What tricks are there to come. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the bowl and went down.

Zhao Jian said with a smile

"Okay, today the brothers are not drunk and will not return. Drink down Wei Fang, let's go to the cave room. ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

In the hall, Wang Weizhou has already begun to toast the uncles, uncles, and uncles. And in Wang Lang's small courtyard, the same scene was staged. Wang Lang didn't know how many bowls of wine he drank, but he felt a stream of heat rushing against the dantian, and the blood rushed to his brain. For some reason, I just want to sing. I didn't know what to sing for a while, and suddenly I didn't know why, Wang Lang remembered Jiang Xuehan, so he picked up the bowl and stood on the table, and several people at the same table with Wang Lang were also stunned, not knowing what Wang Lang was doing. Wang Lang drank the bowl and sang loudly

"There's a girl on the top of a high mountain, oh I, oh I, it's so beautiful."

Zhao Jian looked at Wang Lang with a smile and knew that Wang Lang had drunk a little too much. So he said with a wicked smile

"Wei Fang, sing a little song about our door. The kind that wants to be intense. ”

Wang Lang was also heroic, and at this time, Xu Guanjie was possessed, and a song "A Laugh in the Sea" burst out instantly.

"The sea is smiling and the tide is surging on both sides

Ups and downs follow the waves

The sky is laughing, and the tide is in the world

God knows who loses and who wins

The rivers and mountains are smiling and the rain is far away

How much do you know about the red world when the waves sweep away the red earth

The breeze laughed and made it lonely

The pride is still left in the evening photo

Cangsheng laughs no longer lonely

Pride is still smiling infatuately

Ahh

After Wang Lang finished singing, Wang Lang's small courtyard was instantly quiet, I don't know who yelled hello, and everyone applauded in unison. Wang Lang just sat on the table, knocked on the empty bowl, and continued to sing, first Zhao Jian sang with Wang Lang, then Li Yeyu, then Niu Dahu, and then even Zhao Xiang sang along. It may be that the voice of this group of gentlemen is a little loud, and the singing voice reached the hall, Wang Gui and Marshal Liu glanced at each other, and Wang Gui said

"It must have been done by the rebel again, I'll teach him a lesson now."

Before Marshal Liu could open his door, a tall and thin middle-aged man on the side grabbed Wang Gui and said

"Brother Wang, don't worry, Brother Xian, I listen to this song very well, as if I have seen through the red dust. Although the words are simple, they seem to be full of vicissitudes. Virtuous nephew and talent. Congratulations to Brother Wang for getting a unicorn. Congratulations to Mr. Liu for having a good grandson. ”

Wang Gui's face slowly calmed down. If others say this, Wang Gui doesn't care, but the person in front of him is Han Dang, who has been his friend for many years and is the prime minister like himself. Marshal Liu said with a smile and stroked his beard

"Today, Zhou'er got married, so let those little monkeys make trouble. Hahaha~ Han Dang's words made my old man happy, come, Han Xian's nephew, have a drink with my old man? ”

Han Dang said with a smile

"Don't dare to disobey."

The people in the hall heard the singing coming from the backyard. One by one, they were curious and wanted to ask, but the host didn't speak, so he could only wait a while and ask who knew who made the word. This word is simple, atmospheric and full of vicissitudes, which is a rare good word.

Wang Lang didn't know that he was famous again before he knew it.