Chapter 2: The Wedding of the Pit Man

Things really went as Lu Rui expected, Cao Cao went straight to the topic in the study, and let Lu Rui and Cao Jie get married. There is no need for Lu Rui to worry about other matters of the wedding, the women of the Cao family will solve it, and Lu Rui's wedding day is scheduled for the first day of next month.

Of course, Lu Rui did not dare to disobey Cao Cao's order, and it has been twenty years since he came to this era, and he should be married. Under the leadership of Ding, the wedding of Lu Rui and Cao Jie was prepared very smoothly, and on June 1, 205 AD, the wedding of Lu Rui and Cao Jie was held in Xudu.

Traditional Chinese marriage is quite distinctive for its solemnity of etiquette and the presentation of scenes. It usually goes through "procedures" such as proposing, engagement, marrying, and making trouble.

Welcoming relatives is also called "expired". The day before the wedding, a banquet was held to entertain guests, and the man called it "warm lang wine" and the woman called "combing wine". On the day of the wedding, the groom is well-dressed, dressed in red and hung colors, sedan chair or horseback, and leads a sedan chair to greet his relatives. Along the way, firecrackers, gongs and drums sounded, and marriages continued.

To the woman's house, worship the woman's ancestors. The bride wears a phoenix crown, a head cover, a red jacket and a skirt, and goes to the sedan chair after bidding farewell to her ancestors. Before getting on the sedan chair, the woman's family wanted to cry, commonly known as "crying marriage". It is said that not crying will make the Wai clan poor. Then the brother or nephew male send-off, called "hair relatives".

Then, the groom's sedan chair (horse) leads, the bride's sedan chair and dowry follow, and gongs, drums and firecrackers welcome to the man's house. After getting off the sedan chair, the bride is supported by the bride to get off the sedan chair and ascend to the hall, and when the groom worships heaven and earth, worships the high hall, and worships the hall, the elders should send a salute, called "Zhenjing", commonly known as "visit". Enter the cave room and drink the wine. Use the new straw mat to pave the ground as a road, step on the mat and walk into the cave room.

Guests, cousins and uncles can all participate. It is said that "there is no size in three days". During the feast, the guests were feasted. It is said to be "drinking joyful wine". All relatives and friends who give gifts are among the feasts. Those who send off their relatives must sit in the chief and upper seats. After eating, I went home immediately. ‘

On the third day, the bride's brother or nephew comes to welcome the newlyweds to their parents' home, which is called "returning home". After drinking and eating, he returned to the man's house, saying that "there is no empty room for three days".

There are also many trivial symbolic studies throughout the welcoming process. For example, peanuts, chestnuts, and red dates are sprinkled on the bed of the cave room, which is the auspicious sign of "early lizi" (jujube chestnut) and flower fetus (alternate birth of children). Put the shoes of the bride and groom together, symbolizing that they will grow old together, and so on. The custom of giving gifts is "please first, then congratulate." No congratulations".

As early as a month ago, Ding had informed Lu Rui of the whole process of the wedding in detail, and after Lu Rui heard the wedding process of the ancients, he immediately became dizzy.

First of all, the part of welcoming relatives, Xu Du in June was already summer, the weather was hot, and Lu Rui was wearing a groom dress made of Shu brocade. Before Cao Jie's sedan chair arrived at the Zhengbei General's Mansion, he was already sweating.

Secondly. After the ceremony, it is the bridegroom who receives the blessings from the guests. Cao Cao's army is a ban on alcohol, usually Cao Jun's civil and military is rarely able to drink, Lu Rui's wedding was seized by them, drink enough, there must be a reason to drink, toasting is the only reason, Lu Rui left a bowl, right bowl to drink, a happy wine, the stomach is full of wine.

Finally, there is the tradition of the haunted house. Cao Cao has many wives, sons, and adopted sons. More than a dozen juniors tossed around in Lu Rui's new house for an hour before leaving, which made Lu Rui exhausted.

"Finally gone!" Lu Rui closed the door and let out a long breath, finally sending away this group of plague gods.

After closing the door, Lu Rui turned around and walked to his bedside, Cao Jie's hijab had not yet been lifted, and he was sitting quietly on the edge of Lu Rui's bed.

"Jie'er?" Lu Rui used a golden rod to provoke Cao Jie's hijab, and a beautiful woman appeared in front of Lu Rui.

Cao Jiefeng's hair is dewed, the eyebrows and eyes are lightly swept with spring, the skin is delicate and soft as warm jade, the cherry mouth is not dotted and red, delicate and beautiful, and the two strands of hair on the cheeks are gently brushed with the wind to add a bit of seductive style, and the eyes that rotate flexibly turn wisely, a little naughty, a little naughty.

Cao Jie was beautiful and moving, which made Lu Rui's blood boil suddenly, Lu Rui stepped forward and grabbed Cao Jie and swallowed his saliva.

"Jie'er, it's not too early, let's rest early, right?" Lu Rui Monkey was anxious to think about the cave room.

"Husband, we haven't drunk a glass of wine yet!" Cao Jie shy retracted his jade hand and pointed to the glass of wine on the table.

"Yes, yes! Madame was right, and she wanted to drink a glass of wine. Lu Rui pointed casually, helped Cao Jie to the table, and brought a morning phoenix crown, Cao Jie was also a little tired.

"Xie Fujun!" Cao Jie took Lu Rui's hand and came to the table, and the two raised their wine glasses and drank a glass of wine.

"Jie'er, you're so beautiful today!" Although Lu Rui grew up in Cao Mansion since he was a child, he left Cao Mansion very early, and there were not many opportunities to meet Cao Jie.

"The husband is really good at coaxing people, the concubine grew up with the husband since she was a child, and she also played on her father's soft couch when she was a child, and the husband did not say that the concubine was beautiful, but it was the father's maid who impressed the husband." Cao Jie covered his mouth with his left hand and smiled, and put down a glass of wine with his right hand.

"This?" Lu Rui was stunned, Cao Jie's memory is really good, Cao Cao is a wife Cao, and the maid is also the best choice, and the widow with a good appearance is specially selected as the maid, the charm still exists, although Lu Rui's body was small when he was a child, but his heart is not small, and he often plays with Cao Cao's maid, I didn't expect Cao Jie to remember this thing.

"Madam, that's what my middle father taught me, but as a husband, I always feel that Mrs. is beautiful and beautiful, and the country is overwhelming." Lu Rui pushed everything to Cao Cao, anyway, Cao Cao is not a good bird in terms of women.

"The husband is really strong, and he puts all the blame on his father!" Cao Jie pressed Lu Rui's mouth with his jade finger.

"Ahh Cao Jie suddenly screamed, and Lu Rui raided Cao Jie and hugged Cao Jie to bed.

"Husband!"

"Madame, it's getting late, and we should rest." Lu Rui ignored Cao Jie's stinginess and unbuttoned Cao Jie's shirt.

Cao Jie's red coat body. Under the slender jade neck. A piece of crisp breasts is like clotted white jade. Half-covered and half-hidden, with a bundle of plain waists, but not a hand, a pair of long, watery and well-proportioned legs are exposed, and even the beautiful lotus feet are silently enchanting, sending out a tempting invitation.

Seeing all this, Lu Rui couldn't hold back anymore and blew out the candle. pounced on Cao Jie.

"There are assassins, protect Lord Hou and his wife!" Just as Lu Rui was about to have sex, a loud noise suddenly sounded in the courtyard, and an assassin rushed into the Hou Ye's mansion.

"Husband!" Cao Jie was startled and threw himself into Lu Rui's arms.

"Don't be afraid, go out for your husband!" Lu Rui appeased Cao Jie and got up to check, but as soon as he got out of bed, he was exposed, and Lu Rui was only wearing a thin single coat. How do you get out?

"Where is the evil, where is the evil?" Lu Rui suddenly remembered Dian Wei. Hurriedly shouted.

But Lu Rui shouted for a long time, but no one answered, and the sound of fighting sounded in the courtyard. Only then did Lu Rui remember that Lu Rui had promised Dian Wei and his son tonight to let them have a good drink, and the two of them were still drunk in the hall.

"Husband?" Cao Jie grabbed Lu Rui's right hand and looked at Lu Rui with a worried expression, listening to the sound of the fight was already in Lu Rui's courtyard.

"Jie'er, you rest here, don't get out of bed, go and see for your husband!" Lu Rui tore off the robe hanging next to him, draped it on his body, pulled out his long sword, and walked out of the room.

"Rush, protect Master Hou!" As soon as Lu Rui walked out of the door, Xu Shu came to Lu Rui's courtyard with a large number of guards.

Dozens of Assassins were surrounded by guards, most of whom were quickly killed, while the rest were either arrested or fought their way out.

"Master Hou, are you okay?" Xu Shu brought someone to Lu Rui's side and asked anxiously.

"Yuan Zhi, this marquis is fine, what the hell is going on?"

"Master Hou, an assassin suddenly sneaked into the mansion at night, was discovered by the guards, and his subordinates brought people here, what is the specific situation?" Xu Shu looked at Lu Rui guiltily, who would have thought that there would be an assassin to assassinate, Xu Shu was also negligent for a while.

"Okay, Yuan Zhi, I don't blame you for this, you can take someone to clean up the aftermath." Lu Rui looked at the corpse of the assassin, there must be something strange with so many assassins, so it is better to interrogate it first.

"Yes, Master Hou!" Xu Shu arched his hand and led someone to clean up the corpse, Lu Rui's big day is still going to be a cave house.

After Lu Rui instructed Xu Shu, he returned to the room to appease Cao Jie. Cao Jie was frightened, and Lu Rui was not in the mood, so the two of them rested early, did nothing, and the cave room was placed on the next night.

The third day of Lu Rui's wedding was the day when Cao Jie went home to save his relatives. Early in the morning, Lu Rui rode his horse, and Cao Jie returned to Sikong Mansion in the carriage of the Hou Ye's Mansion. As soon as he arrived at Cao's house, Cao Jie went to Ding's room to say goodbye, and Lu Rui was summoned into the study by Cao Cao.

"Seen by the child?" When Lu Rui saw Cao Cao, he was stunned for a moment, did he want to call Cao Cao's middle father or father-in-law? It stands to reason that when a son-in-law sees his father-in-law, he should be honored as his father-in-law, but he is still Cao Cao's adopted son, and the middle father is more cordial. The son-in-law is a little more distant than the adopted son according to the clan rules.

"Extraordinary, you still call your father the middle father, you grew up in Cao Mansion since you were a child, the middle father is called a little smoother, the middle father has many daughters, and there are many sons-in-law in the future. Father-in-law, you just have to take the word to heart. Cao Cao smiled, he had already seen Lu Rui's hesitation, just a salutation, it was better to use habits.

"Father Xie Zhong!"

"Extraordinary, you have to treat Jie'er well, she is the middle father's favorite daughter, and she is also your second mother's most distressed daughter." Cao Jie's biological mother was not recorded in history, and this time Lu Rui finally knew that Cao Jie's biological mother was Mrs. Bian, Cao Pi's own sister.

"Don't worry, Father Zhong, Rui'er will definitely take good care of Jie'er."

"Well, extraordinary, it's very relieved that the middle father will hand over Jie'er to you." Cao Cao nodded and took a sip of tea.

"Extraordinary, you were frightened by the assassination on your wedding night, and the middle father has prepared a big gift for you and Jie'er to suppress the shock." Cao Cao put down the teacup and suddenly changed the conversation.

"Middle Father?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something in his heart, although his mansion was not impregnable, but it was also a master, how could an assassin enter his mansion so easily, could this be Cao Cao's?

"Extraordinary, don't guess, this incident is a warning from His Majesty to Ben Sikong, but Ben Sikong took advantage of this and just gave His Majesty a warning." Cao Cao didn't let Lu Ruiguess either, and directly explained his plan.

It turned out that Liu Xie made a lot of small moves on the day Cao Cao left Xu Du, and contacted the family to fight against Cao Cao. This assassination of Lu Rui was actually just a warning from Liu Xie to Cao Cao, Liu Xie originally just wanted to harass Lu Rui's mansion, and did not want to assassinate Lu Rui.

Cao Cao secretly manipulated and turned harassment into assassination. Lu Rui was assassinated on the night of his wedding, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to blockade Xu Du and prepare to carry out his plan.

"The middle father is clever!" Lu Rui smiled helplessly, Cao Cao is really scheming, and he is becoming more and more heroic, and even the wedding of his daughter and son-in-law is regarded as a plan! However, Cao Cao bluntly told him, which also reflected his heroic nature, he was really a naughty traitor! (To be continued......)

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