readx; A few days after returning from the grange, Li Qing'an's marriage finally came, today is February 18, Tiangong is still beautiful, early in the morning, located in Yishanfang, the Gaolishi Mansion is draped in red and hung colors, festive lanterns, ribbons are tied into flowers dotted on the green trees and grass, firecrackers explode in front of the door, the fragrance of burning green bamboo is permeated in the air, as if the whole mansion is the Jinshi who won the first list in the Phicai Kua Street, come to see the lively idlers will be blocked by the street corner, but there are only a few carriages in the open space where the side of the carriage is parked, It's like a well-known entertainer, with only a thin layer of copper coins in his hat. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The hour is still early, the guests have not yet arrived, today is Li Qing'an's official marriage to the Dugu family daughter Mingyue, in fact, Li Qingan also has a big mansion and a small house in Chang'an, the big house is Li Longji's reward for his military merits, and the small house is the house that Gao Lishi gave him back then, but it also takes time to buy a house in the house, and there are maids, many things are complicated, and he has no time to Zhang Luo, so he borrowed Gao Lishi's mansion for the man's family.

In addition, this time Li Qing'an actually sealed 800 households, which means that he will collect the taxes paid by 800 households every year, and if he is a resident of the city and is an upper and middle household, it is a household tax of 3,500 wen per household per year, and 800 households is 2,800 yuan.

There is no shortage of money, plus Gao Lishi is a famous rich man in the world, in order to envelop Li Qing'an, this time he also took out a large amount of money, the marriage was done well, early in the morning, there were people from Gaofu in Yishan Fang door-to-door gift packages, gift bags are 500 money and cakes, sugar and wine, of course, in the name of Li Qing'an, in front of the house, several family members will scatter a lot of copper coins into the sky, provoke a large group of children to scramble, so that the front of the Gao Mansion is very lively.

The new house is located in the Furong Pavilion, the whole yard is full of real flowers and fake flowers, the trees are hung with red satin, beaming with joy, at this moment Li Qingan sat in the wing room and was stunned, he got up at the time of the third watch, in fact, he almost didn't sleep all night, and there were no more accidents, so that his hanging heart finally let go.

Li Qing'an wore a groom's official wedding dress today, a red robe, a black gauze hat, and a red silk flower obliquely inserted.

At this time, the door opened, and a little maid came in and saluted: "General, my master said that the time to leave is up, please go to the front." ”

"I see, let's go."

Li Qing'an tidied up his clothes and walked out quickly, under the steps in front of the lobby, a red-topped sedan chair was ready, eight sedan chair drivers and twenty-four fine musicians squatted aside and whispered, and more than 100 honor guards dressed up by Li Qing'an's men were ready to set off at any time.

"Is the groom here?" Colliers asked anxiously.

"If you call someone to urge you again, if you don't come again, you will miss the hour."

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Several male bridesmaids came around Li Qing'an, the male bridesmaids are Dugu Mingyue's cousins, there are her mother's sons and nephews, Pei Min's two sons Pei Mingyi and Pei Zhili, and a cousin of the Dugu family, Dugu Hongyuan, all three of them are ten-year-old young people, full of energy and extra hard.

Gao Lishi hurriedly stepped forward and complained: "Shichiro, so long? ”

"Gao Weng, I'm a little nervous."

"What's so nervous about this, thousands of troops and horses have been commanded on the battlefield, and you are still afraid of this? You don't have to worry about anything, we'll take care of everything. ”

Gao Lishi put his hat on for him, and put a big red flower on his back, then he looked at it and said with a smile: "Okay, you can go." ”

"Welcome, dear!" The master of ceremonies shouted a long time, the sound of drums rose to the sky, the sedan chair man lifted the big sedan chair, Li Qingan turned over and got on the horse, accompanied by the honor guard and the male bridesmaid, and the group of relatives set off in a majestic manner.

Chinese weddings have been the same for thousands of years, in accordance with the six rites set by the Zhou Dynasty, Nacai, ask the name, Najib, Nazheng, invite, welcome, today is the welcome, but also the most grand and festive part, three days later to return to the door.

Today, the newlyweds get married with a car, and in ancient times, they used a sedan chair to welcome their relatives, and the marriage of small families is relatively simple and low-key, and it is possible to walk around the square once, but the marriage of large families is much more exquisite, not to mention a week around the city, but also around the city for half a circle, so you must go out very early.

Li Qing'an got married this time, the man's family is in Yishanfang, the woman's family is in Wubenfang, it is not far from the straight-line distance, you can walk along the east wall of the imperial city and Taiji Palace, it is five or six miles away, but the route can not go like this, the marriage team must first go south, bypass the East Market, and go all the way to the Ci'en Temple of Zhaoguofang, accept the blessing of the monks, and then go west, go to the Vermilion Bird Street, and then go to the top to the Vermilion Bird Gate, and finally walk east for two squares to enter the Wuben Fang, which is almost half of Chang'an City.

Therefore, you must go out early in the morning, and you can only get to the business workshop at noon, and someone has walked through it several times in advance, and the time is accurate, and the auspicious time to go out is also good in advance, and you can't delay it for a moment.

Chang'an people like to see the excitement, Anxi Festival made Li Qing'an's marriage is a sensation in the city, everyone knows that he split the table with a sword a few years ago, set the Dugu Mingyue, after several ups and downs, this finally became a dependent, along the way pedestrians have been watching on the road, and people continue to applaud loudly, "General, congratulations!" ”

Li Qing'an hugged his fists one by one and returned the salute, but his group of guards were nervous, sandwiched him in the middle, and looked around vigilantly, lest he shoot a poisonous arrow from the crowd, fortunately, the road went smoothly, almost noon, the welcoming team finally entered the Wubenfang, and the firecrackers suddenly sounded loudly in the Wubenfang, almost all the residents went out to see the excitement, and a large group of children jumped and followed behind the welcoming team, and went to Dugu Mansion.

．．．．．．．．． In the back house of Dugu Mansion, more than a dozen women gathered together, all dressed brightly and brightly, taking powder, drawing eyebrows, and trying on clothes, all of them were busy for the bride, Mingyue was already making up her makeup for the third time, she looked carefully in the mirror for a long time, Mrs. Zhang, who was responsible for making up Mingyue, still felt a little less joyful, and applied a layer of rouge to her face.

Today's bridesmaids of Mingyue are also three people, one is naturally her sister Mingzhu, and the other two are picturesque sisters, Mingzhu is holding a mirror, looking at her sister makeup blankly, the uniform and delicate good rouge hits the face, the hazy and smoky beautiful eyes, a pair of slender eyebrows, beautiful to the extreme, in Mingzhu's eyes, as if the sister with makeup has become herself.

"Mingzhu, do you want to get married too?"

Mrs. Zhang, who had the best relationship with Mingzhu, saw Mingzhu's gaffe, so she joked with her, Mingzhu's face turned red, and she pouted: "What nonsense?" When do I want to get married! ”

"Look at your daze, what are you thinking?"

"It's nothing, I'm thinking that if my sister goes to Anxi, I won't be able to see her."

Mingzhu was originally looking for an excuse, but she really thought of her sister going to Anxi, her eyes couldn't help but be gloomy, Mingyue saw her sister's true feelings, so she gently stroked her face and smiled: "If my sister really goes to Anxi, you can come to my sister at any time, and you can come if you encounter any grievances." ”

"Hmm!" Mingzhu nodded slightly, but tears rolled out of the corners of her eyes, Mingyue also became sad, she held her sister's hand, and her eyes were slightly red.

At this time, Mrs. Pei came over and stroked her little daughter's head and comforted: "Zhu'er, don't cry, my sister's marriage today is a happy event, you should be happy for your sister." ”

"I'm happy and sad in my heart!" Mingzhu choked up.

At this time, the sound of firecrackers faintly came from afar, and Mrs. Pei suddenly said urgently: "Quick!" Fast! The greeting team is coming, so hurry up. ”

Everyone immediately got busy, the picturesque sisters came forward with a phoenix crown, the wedding dress was a six-width embroidered leno silver clay skirt, the skirt waist was high to the chest, the skirt was long and dragged to the ground, the upper body wore a waist undergarment, covered with a leno shirt, mainly green, and then put on a bright red and gorgeous xia cloak, wearing a colorful phoenix crown, rings, bracelets, arm skulls, jade pendants, sachets are readily available, the bright moon is dressed up, and it suddenly looks beautiful and graceful, dazzling.

Mrs. Pei took the eyebrow pencil, carefully made up her daughter's eyebrows, took another box, and said with a smile: "Come on!" Mother is going to open up for you. ”

Opening the face, that is, using two silk threads to twist the hair off the bride's forehead, it means that the girl's era is over, Mrs. Pei took out two silver threads from the box, carefully twisted off the hair on her forehead, the sound of drums in the distance is getting closer and closer, and it has arrived outside the house, and the sound is urgent.

"Madame, here you are! The welcoming procession entered the house. ”

"Mother!" Mingzhu suddenly grabbed her mother's hand, looked at her mother with great attachment, and her eyes suddenly turned red.

"Child, today is your wedding day, you should be happy."

Mrs. Pei's voice choked, and she turned her head away to prevent her daughter from seeing her tears.

Mingyue knelt down in front of her mother and cried: "Mother, from today on, your daughter will leave you, you can't be filial by your side, take care of yourself." ”

Mrs. Pei hugged her daughter and said in a trembling voice: "As long as you live well, my mother will be the happiest, and if you marry well, you must serve your husband well, abide by women's morals, and give birth to a son early to the Li family, and my mother will be relieved." ”

Mrs. Pei pulled over the picturesque and said to their sisters: "Although the bright moon is long, she is kind-hearted and will not treat you badly, you should also treat her well, I hope you can take care of each other and support each other like sisters." ”

Picturesque and obediently saluted, "Please rest assured, Madame!" ”

Mrs. Pei looked at the dancer standing at the door again, she had heard the dancer play the piano before, but she didn't expect that the former Qinxian would marry a husband with her daughter, she had a lot of contact with the dancer these days, and gradually understood her, she is an extremely sensitive and self-respecting woman, tall and independent, never pay attention to what others say, let alone care about the rules of the world, in the future daughter and her may not be good, but her surname is not bad, with her daughter's tolerance, should not make trouble.

Mrs. Pei beckoned to the dancer, "Dancer girl, please come over for a moment." ”

At this time, Wuyi's heart was full of bitterness, Li Qingan was getting married, but the bride was not herself, although Li Qingan had promised the identity of the side concubine, but seeing the bright moon and scenery getting married, it still made her feel sad.

She stepped forward and gave Mrs. Pei a salute, "Madam! ”

"Wuyi, I also want to ask you to take good care of Mingyue for me, your husband will not be an ordinary person in the future, he will give you the status you deserve, but no matter what, I hope you can be as close as sisters, so that your husband can devote himself to establishing his merits."

Wuyi nodded silently, she didn't like to say much, so she turned around, carefully touched up Mingyue's tear stains, put her crown on the right again, looked at it, and smiled.

Mingyue read a hint of blessing from Wuyi's smile, she held Wuyi's hand and smiled: "Sister Wuyi, you go out with me!" ”

At this time, the sound of drums sounded in the Dugu Mansion, and hundreds of firecrackers inside and outside the mansion gate crackled! The earth shook the sky, and the master of ceremonies who came with him shouted at the door: "Bride, please prepare!" ”

The time has finally come.

．．．．．．．．．．． The wedding team did not immediately take away the bride, the Dugu family needed to entertain the people who came to greet the relatives, that is, to have lunch at Dugu's house, in addition, the groom official was accompanied by the prime minister, and accepted the questioning of the third aunt, six mothers-in-law and seventy-two aunts of the Dugu family, just like the situation when Li Qingan went on a blind date for the first time.

For example, will the daughter of the Dugu family be abused if she marries into the Li family? Li Qilang will not raise other housewives and so on, these are not just words, they need to be expressed with practical actions, to put it bluntly, they are to pay money to buy hush money, and they can blatantly bribe, and then the prime minister is about to take effect, and hand over the gold and silver money wrapped in red paper in order to pass.

Of course, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome, and the daughter of the Dugu family must not be allowed to marry! Therefore, the difficulty of crossing this hurdle is the degree of Li Qing'an's generosity, and the amount of trouble he will receive if he is generous, and even the giggling will pass, if the husband's family is a little stingy, of course he can pass the test, but he has to answer all kinds of embarrassing questions, how much does Li Qilang earn a year? How much money do you plan to give in a year? How much land does the family have? How many houses? How many maids?

However, this time Li Qingan really made the capital to marry his wife, and he put twenty coins in each red bag, that is, twenty yuan, which is a lot of money, and a group of three aunts and six wives of the Dugu family were all smiling and passed the test smoothly.

The next time is to wait, waiting for the drummers to eat and drink enough to go on the road, these people eat the east and drink the west, it is by this to eat, it is rare to be able to eat in a big house, this opportunity will not be missed, this lunch has been eaten for nearly half an hour before it ends, and the drummers who are satisfied with eating and drinking began to hold back their strength to blow the horn loudly, ready to go out.

'Crackle! The sound of firecrackers roared again, a large sedan chair full of red satin has been waiting in front of the main hall door, sixteen sedan chair men crossed their waists, smiling waiting for the bride to get on the sedan chair, the sedan curtain door has been pulled up, the two bridesmaids are picturesque one left and one right, standing aside with the sedan curtain, accompanied by the loudest firecrackers, Mingyue was helped out by two wedding maids one left and one right, and the younger sister Mingzhu followed behind with a basket.

The bride of the Tang Dynasty did not have a hijab, and the four maids of the Dugu family held a large fan in their hands, covering the bride from front to back, left and right, and greeted her like a poem, supporting the bride into the sedan chair.

In the large sedan chair, only the bride and the bridal maid can sit, and the bridesmaids can sit in a sedan chair.

"Get up!"

The master of ceremonies gave a long shout, and the two teams of fine music came out, and the sedan chair 'squeaked and creaked!' Lifted up, surrounded by hundreds of people, the mighty swept out of the gate of Dugu Mansion, and more than a dozen Dugu relatives chased out with a copper basin and splashed the water in the copper basin.

This time the scale of the outing is larger, more than 200 servants of the Dugu family carry more than 100 large boxes of dowry, which is unprecedented, accompanied by Mingyue's father Dugu Haoran, mother Mrs. Pei, and uncle Pei Min, as the woman's parents, will accept the newcomer's kneeling, but they do not sit in a sedan chair, but take a carriage, and do not go around with the sedan chair, but directly take a shortcut to go to Gaolishi Mansion first.

．．．．．．．． The welcoming team started from Dugu Mansion, still walking on the old road, this time the pedestrians along the way watched the water, there was no bride in the morning, the people were not very interested, but the bride appeared in the afternoon, and the curiosity and enthusiasm of the people were aroused, and they pointed at the sedan chair on the side of the road, although they could not see the bride, but it triggered the space of the people's imagination, the bright moon of the Dugu family is a famous beauty in Chang'an, it is said that it is no less than the concubine, and now she is the delicate beauty of the bride, which makes people have infinite reverie.

For Li Qing'an, this kind of boasting street marriage is also a kind of favor, every time you go to the gate of a square, there will always be high-ranking officials and important ministers who live in the square to order their families to come out and beat gongs and drums, in order to congratulate Li Qing'an, Li Qing'an wants to return the gift, and order the guards to send gift money, but when passing through the East City, it is more lively, thousands of Lingxi Hu people who live near the East City heard that the Anxi Festival made Li Qing'an get married, and they all ran out one after another, singing and dancing, with enthusiasm, singing and dancing, laughing and laughing, playing various musical instruments, and congratulating Li Qing'an's marriage with their customs and enthusiasm.

At this time, two young women on horseback came from a distance, and the young woman in front of them wore a hat on her head, a red tight-fitting suit, and high leather boots on her feet, which made her appear to be slender and particularly heroic, and they stopped until they reached the gate of the East Market.

The welcoming procession came, the sound of the horn and suona was shocking, hundreds of Hu people beat the warm leather drum to express their blessings to the newlyweds, dozens of young orchids danced a warm and unrestrained Hu Xuan dance in the dense drum beat, the surrounding people applauded loudly, the atmosphere was warm and got the culmination, Li Qing'an, who was dressed in the groom's wedding clothes, waved to the enthusiastic Hu people and thanked them for their blessings, but he did not notice the young woman a hundred steps away.

A hundred steps away, the hat covered half of her face, revealing only her well-defined lips and tall nose, she raised the hat slightly up, and looked at Li Qing'an with a pair of sad eyes.

It's been six years, he is still so handsome and upright, his face full of vigor is full of the joy of being married, back then, the little soldier in the Sulou Fengshu Fort has become a famous general of the Tang Dynasty and the king of Anxi, but the situation of him selling black panther skins in the restaurant still seems to appear clearly in front of the woman's eyes, and the casual smile can not dissipate in front of her eyes.

"Of course I sell this leopard skin, but I want a very high price, and I guess you can't afford it."

"You think I don't have any money?"

"This is a hundred and fifty taels of silver, take it."

．．．．．．． How can one hundred and fifty taels of silver be enough, I will ask for at least one thousand taels. ”

"What do you think you're selling? A skin costs a thousand taels of silver. ”

"What about a thousand taels of silver? I didn't force you to buy it! ”

....... "No, this leopard skin girl is going to be decided." ”

"Little lady, you are so angry, you won't be able to marry in the future!"

．．．．．．．．． Six years have passed, and she has been waiting for six years, but she has been waiting for the news of his marriage, no! It's not news, it's the scene of his marriage in front of him.

She stared at Li Qing'an's red wedding dress, stared at the big red sedan chair, stared at the groom who was beaming on the horse, the red was so dazzling, the woman clutched the reins, her lips almost bit out of blood, she stared intently at her only goal in the world at this time, not moving, silent, like thunder and lightning, her sad eyes never shed tears, but at this time silently shed tears.

In a sea of joy and joy, in the sound of drums that shook the sky, she lowered her head, urged the horse to leave silently, and went alone in the opposite direction.

．．．．．．． The stars sink and the moon sets at night and smell the fragrance, the edge of the bare hands, and the front edge continues to be a new song, the heart is intentional, and the love is not hurt; The rivers and lakes are far away, the blue sky is long, the road is vast, the taste of leisure, more feelings, and infinite thinking.

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(To be continued)