Xu Shu received Lu Bu's order, did not delay, and went to Jicheng in the early morning of the second day to inquire about Yang Fu's whereabouts.

Jicheng and Longxian are not far away, and it takes less than two days to go back and forth, so Xu Shu quickly rushed back to Longxian County to hand over the order, and the answer Lu Bu got was: Wei Kang didn't know where Yang Fu was, and he hadn't seen Yang Fu for more than a year, and all government affairs were handled by Yang Fu's deputy and Wei Kang.

In desperation, Lu Bu had no choice but to put this matter aside for the time being and solve it in the future, and now he has more important things to solve, that is, the wedding of Huang Wudie and Jiang Wei.

Two months later, the first day of the year of Jian'an is coming, and Longxian County and Jicheng began to put up lights, but not to welcome the New Year, but for another festive day: Huang Wudie, the daughter of Huang Zhong, the first warrior under Lu Bu's account, is about to get married.

The preparation before the marriage in the Han Dynasty is a rather complicated thing, and the marriage process must be carried out in accordance with the six rites, such as Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, inviting dates, and welcoming in person, but because the six rites are too stylized and cumbersome, most of the ordinary people are not confined to the six rites, and the marriage is more practical, and although the wedding ceremony of the upper class is very grand, there are also some new changes.

For example, Liang Hong is noble, many powerful people want to marry their daughters to him, so they propose to him, and there are also fathers who propose to their daughters, just like Lu Bu and Yan Rui, when Lu Bu's parents were mourned, Yan Rui's father saw that Lu Bu was brave and crowned the three armies, which was different from ordinary people, so he married Yan Rui to Lu Bu, and supported Lu Bu as a parent.

When Liu Bang was in power, the society was relatively tolerant, and there were many cases of women choosing their own spouses. For example, Princess Pingyang likes Wei Qing, Jiang Wei and Huang Wudie are in love, etc., of course, they generally have to get their parents' consent before they can get married, and if their parents don't agree, there will often be anecdotes similar to Zhuo Jun and Sima Xiangru eloping. But this is a scandal for the Zhuo family.

And asking for a name, mainly with eight characters, and the fortune teller to collect money, naturally will not be bad or good, almost all of them are the cause of good fortune, so asking for a name is just a form, the more important purpose of asking a name is to prevent the same surname from getting married, the same surname is not allowed to marry, this point is very important in the Qin and Han dynasties. Especially in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, because of frequent wars, many families changed their surnames for various reasons, such as the surname Tian on the ancestor of Fa Zheng, and they changed their surnames to Fa in order to avoid the pursuit of Yingzheng, so they must be confirmed in advance.

Najib's sign is actually the same process, Najib is telling the other party about the fortune telling. And the levy is an engagement, and the man needs to give the woman a dowry. This is an important step, according to different social status, the dowry is also different, for example, Empress Lu married Princess Lu Yuan as the queen for Emperor Hui, the dowry is 20,000 catties of gold, which became the queen dowry standard of the Han Dynasty. Ordinary families do not have many requirements, depending on their respective family backgrounds, most of the poor can complete all the processes of marrying a wife and getting married for 20,000 yuan.

The Qin and Han dynasties attached great importance to the dowry, and hired them as wives and Ben as concubines. In the eyes of the Qin and Han people, the dowry represents not only property, it has a deeper spiritual connotation, on the one hand, the dowry is the embodiment of the man's family's financial resources, so as to win face and respect for the man's family, on the other hand, it also means the man's respect for the woman, the woman's family to raise a daughter to repay and compensate, the woman's family only after receiving a rich dowry, will feel their dignity, and it is this extensive social psychology that gradually formed the Han Dynasty's exaggerated style of employment.

Jiang Weishi is famous, and Huang Wudie is Huang Zhong's only daughter, and their marriage has also gone through six ceremonies, such as Jiang Wei originally asked Huang Zhong to marry Huang Wudie, although Huang Zhong did not immediately agree, but he did not object, after the end of the Wudu Crusade, because Lu Bu put this matter on the table again to talk about it, the two sides officially confirmed the marriage, and actually went to the step of Najina's expedition.

And Jiang Wei's dowry to Huang Zhong is not heavy, but it is of special significance, the Jiang family has a special status in Jicheng and even the entire Hanyang, and it can be regarded as one of the few wealthy families in the entire Xiliang, it stands to reason that Jiang Wei will give Huang Zhong a dowry that he will not spend in his life, but he did the opposite, and did not give Huang Zhong too much money as a dowry.

Jiang Wei knew that Huang Zhong was not short of money, what he lacked was a war horse that could be comparable to him, in order to realize Huang Zhong's wish, Jiang Wei went through a lot of hardships to buy a peerless horse from the Western Regions, called "Peerless Dust", when Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty had nine peerless horses, named Fuyun, Chidian, Juequn, Yiqun, Ziyanliu, Lu Lang, Longzi, Que, Juechen, and Jiang Wei gave Huang Zhong this good horse, which is the same ancestor as Emperor Wen of Han.

In addition to giving Huang Zhong a peerless horse, Jiang Wei also specially hired craftsmen to create a gilded strong bow for Huang Zhong, as well as one hundred and fifty gilt carved arrows, when Huang Zhong received these two dowry gifts, he couldn't stop laughing, and suddenly Jiang Wei's position in his heart instantly improved a notch, praising Jiang Wei for his careful heart, and telling Huang Wudie to him Huang Zhong was relieved.

This day is the twentieth day of the lunar month, early in the morning, a person and a ride set off from Longxian, to Jicheng, last night just had a heavy snowfall, the whole Longxian city inside and outside is a white expanse, the war horse runs on the snow, although the speed is not fast, but very stable.

Huang Zhong galloped on his horse while looking at the vast fields covered with snow, and his heart was full of thoughts.

He has gone through twists and turns in his life, his wife and eldest son have also passed away, leaving only him and his daughter Huang Wudie to depend on each other, and he is often out on expeditions, and there is very little time to accompany his daughter, so Huang Wudie lives in Lu Bu's mansion most of the time, although the snow is very heavy, but it can't stop his love for Huang Wudie, for this reason, he worked tirelessly, running between Longxian and Jicheng, today he went to Jicheng to meet Jiang Xu, to discuss some specific details of marriage.

After about half a day, Huang Zhong led the war horse to the side gate of Jiang's mansion and stopped, the side gate was quite lively, seven or eight nearby farmers carried eggs, fresh fish, winter fruits, pickled vegetables, chickens and ducks and other agricultural products outside the side door to sell, and the women near the house were carrying baskets to buy vegetables, bargaining, but also a little bit of life.

"Haha, General Hansheng, Jiang Xu has lost his welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins!"

Jiang Xu, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Huang Zhong leading the horse and immediately took Jiang Wei to greet him. Lao Yuan began to clasp his fists and salute.

Jiang Wei was very excited, and after meeting Huang Zhong, he took the reins in Huang Zhong's hand without leaving a trace, and asked Huang Zhong to hold the war horse.

"Hansheng, it's cold outside, how about we go in and talk about it in detail? My sister-in-law has been waiting in the hall for a long time." Jiang Xu glanced at Jiang Wei appreciatively, and then said to Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong stroked his hair and smiled: "It's so good, I also want to meet Boyo's mother."

So under the leadership of Jiang Xu, Huang Zhong walked into the Jiang Mansion, the second half of the Jiang Mansion is the living area, entering and exiting through the side door, perhaps because of the snow, the Jiang Mansion seems to be deserted, but the coldness soon disappeared. A large group of children ran out of the snow, dancing wooden swords and swords to the rockery, the immature voice shouted, all of them fought bravely, and suddenly made the general's mansion full of life.

Everyone came to the hall of Jiang Mansion all the way, this was the second time Huang Zhong came, and he was familiar with the road, when he came for the first time. For many reasons, he did not see Jiang Wei's biological mother. So today he's here again.

When everyone walked into the courtyard gate, they saw a woman in the courtyard watching the children build snowmen, Jiang Xu said, "Sister-in-law, General Huang Zhong is here"

The eldest brother is like a father, and the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, so Jiang Xu took Jiang Wei's mother back. I always have a lot of respect for him.

Mother Jiang slowly turned her head, and Huang Zhong saw her face clearly, only to see that this lady was about fifty years old, and her clothes were not gorgeous, but she was very capable and neat.

At the same time as Huang Zhong looked at Jiang's mother. Mother Jiang had already stepped forward and saluted: "See General Huang Zhong!" ”

Although she is Jiang Wei's mother, she is still only a civilian woman, and Huang Zhong is not only a general registered in the imperial court, but also the first general under Lu Bu's account, and the status of the two is very different.

Huang Zhong also returned the salute with a fist: "Huang Zhong greets his mother!" ”

Jiang Xu scratched his head: "Hansheng, sister-in-law, let's talk about it inside!" ”

Huang Zhong nodded, and the three of them walked into the hall of Jiang Mansion one after another, because this was to discuss Jiang Wei's marriage, he did not come, but commanded the servants in the family to prepare a dinner party for Huang Zhong's arrival.

The hall lit a brazier, warm as spring, Jiang Xu and Huang Zhong sat on the ground in front of the brazier, Jiang's mother turned to the background, and the two of them discussed, she only needed to wait for them to talk before telling her.

After an old servant served them hot tea, Jiang Xu said with a smile: "There are still a few days before the wedding date, and the general will have to work even harder." ”

Jiang Xu's marriage date is set on the 27th day of the lunar month, the Han Dynasty is particularly particular about the marriage period, and the death day is not allowed to marry, such as the Fu day, the anti-branch day, the blood taboo day, etc., and must choose the auspicious day, the Han Dynasty folk generally believe that if the marriage does not choose the auspicious day, do not avoid the years, it will bring disaster to the family, and even the whole family, so it is generally determined by the man with divination to determine the marriage date, and then notify the woman, and then the woman begins to prepare the dowry.

Huang Zhong has no objection to the wedding date, but the Jiang family is sacrificing at the beginning of the first month, and they rushed to it immediately after the wedding, and the time was completely in time, but he was a little worried about Jiang Wei, obviously, in this way, Jiang Wei would not be able to return to Taoyang to participate in the clan sacrifice, is this appropriate?

"Bo Yi, I'm afraid that Bo Yao's marriage date will affect the Jiang family's family sacrifice!" Huang Zhong sighed and expressed his worries.

Jiang Xu shook his head and smiled: "Don't worry, the Jiang clan festival will be held on the fourth day of the first month, and after the wedding, Boyo will immediately rush back to Taoyang from Jicheng, as long as you hurry up, it's completely in time, and it doesn't hurt if it's too late." ”

Huang Zhong couldn't help but be stunned, and hurriedly asked, "Doesn't Boyo have to go back to Taoyang to participate in the clan sacrifice?" ”

Jiang Xu took out a letter and handed it to Huang Zhong: "This is a letter written by the head of the Jiang family, it was just delivered yesterday, specifically about Boyo's marriage, and the letter also mentioned it, saying that the family has unanimously agreed that this year, Boyo does not need to participate in the clan sacrifice, which is not a violation of the clan rules." ”

Huang Zhong didn't speak for a long time, although he is a military general, but he is old and sophisticated, of course he knows that there is another deep meaning in this, I am afraid that it is not because of the marriage is so simple, he has been silent for a long time, Huang Zhong said: "Bo Yi, now you and I are both generals under the lord's account, and you still have tens of thousands of tiger and leopard battalions in your hands, you and I are married now, will the Jiang clan ......?"

Jiang Xu snorted coldly: "In order to pick up the eldest sister-in-law and Boyo, a certain was not treated well by the clan, but now when they see that we are powerful, they want to climb the high branches, they are delusional!" ”

Huang Zhong couldn't help but be curious, and began to ask about Jiang Wei's life experience, Jiang Xu first sighed, and then told Jiang Wei's life experience.

It turned out that Jiang Wei lost his father when he was young and lived with his widowed mother, as a member of the Jiang family, Jiang Wei could have obtained a good education, but other clansmen coveted Jiang Wei's family's property, and even expelled Jiang Xu and his widowed mother from the mansion.

After the death of the previous head of the family, it was Jiang Xu's uncle's turn to be in charge, because his uncle had favored Jiang Xu since he was a child, so Jiang Xu ignored the opposition of the clansmen, and resolutely took Jiang Wei's mother and son back to Jiang Mansion to live, and took care of Jiang Wei as a parent, and Jiang Wei kept calling Jiang Xu's father.

Now that they see that Jiang Xu's family has a tendency to dig up again, and now they want to climb the high branches again, Jiang Xu is the most shameful about their behavior.

After hearing this, Huang Zhong sighed, "Speaking of which, it's still a little more humane for ordinary people." ”

Jiang Xu smiled, "This is not true, two brothers fight for a cow, and there are also cases where one generation turns against each other!" ”

Huang Zhong also laughed, "Bo Yi is right, every family has hardships, and outsiders don't know about it." ”

The two turned the topic to business, Huang Zhong took out a booklet, handed it to Jiang Xu and said with a smile: "This is the dowry of a certain family, please take a look!" ”

Jiang Xu took the inventory and couldn't help but smile: "I want to see what kind of dowry this famous general Huang Zhong gave him."

Huang Zhong first blushed, and then smiled awkwardly: "The old man has been fighting on the battlefield for more than ten years, and all the rewards he has received have been given to his subordinates, and these dowries are all handled by the lord and his wife, but they have nothing to do with the old man!" “

Jiang Xu laughed loudly: "I forgot, Die'er is also the pearl of the lord's palm"

After Jiang Xu finished speaking, he opened the inventory given by Huang Zhong, and when he saw the contents inside, he couldn't help but gasp. (To be continued......)