Chapter 12: The Crow

In the blink of an eye, it was twilight, and a slanting moon appeared from the distant sky.

On the street from the Taishi's Mansion to the General's Mansion, the lintels of each house were hung with red lanterns, and even the branches on both sides were hung with red silk ribbons, wisps by wisp, swaying in the cold wind. The people have already heard the news, all standing at the door of their own homes, or on the side of the road, waiting to see the excitement, with joy, there was news earlier that today's Taishi Mansion is a big day, the Taishi opens the door to accept guests, all the people who see it, can go to the banquet, the Taishi Mansion has set up several large tables outside the door.

Bai Yiyun drove a high-headed horse onto the main street, he was still wearing the same dark robe, but he pinned a big red paper flower on his head, the horse's head and body were wrapped with red silk and red flowers, and then there was an empty sedan chair carried by eight people, followed by the servants of the Taishi Mansion, followed by the welcoming team, some carried happy cakes, peanuts, and fruits, and scattered them to passers-by to see the excitement, and some played the suona flute, making the street a lively celebration.

The welcoming team walked all the way, and the onlookers followed all the way. When the team arrived at the general's mansion, at the door, there were already people waiting, and the housekeeper of the general's mansion was standing under the eaves with his own master.

Bai Yiyun dismounted and personally came to help Lou Zhan, Lou Zhan entered the sedan chair alone, and the housekeeper stayed here.

"Get up!"

With this shout, the sedan chair was lifted again, and the team turned around again, and then returned to the Taishi's Mansion.

The welcoming team left, and the people couldn't get any benefit here, so they all dispersed in a hurry and followed the team. The butler slowly closed the door.

In front of the General's Palace, only the red lantern swayed slightly in the cold wind.

Twilight soon enveloped the entire Imperial City.

In the Taishi Mansion, the welcoming team finally returned.

The door of the Taishi's Mansion was wide open, and in the courtyard, there were several large tables of flowing water seats, on which exquisite dishes and chopsticks were placed. The people who had come with them were quickly seated by the butler.

The sedan chair stopped at the door, and Bai Yiyun personally followed Lou Zhan, who was dressed in a red wedding dress, and the two walked in the front, through the front yard, until they came to the front hall. The front hall is full of officials, big and small.

"The bridegroom has arrived!" The officiant was busy singing loudly.

Suddenly, everyone in the hall looked at the groom Lou Zhan, and saw that he was wearing a big red wedding dress, a gold silk moire belt tied around his waist, and his black hair was tied high, fixed with an amber hair crown, and his posture was like a pine, tall and majestic.

Everyone bowed their hands and said, "Congratulations to General Lou!" ”

Lou Zhan bowed slightly.

Not long after, Grandma Lin came from the back hall with the bride in her arms, and the Ying'er and Yan'er who followed closely behind were also dressed up quite festively.

Yirong has a hijab on her head, except for being able to see the soles of her feet, she can't see anything else, let alone see what the groom looks like at this time.

Everyone in the hall could only see the bride wearing a wide wedding dress and a red hijab, but other than that, they really couldn't see anything.

The drums are played, and the sound shakes people's heartstrings. Around the hall, it was already crowded, the inner floor, the outer floor, and everyone craned their necks to look at the bride and groom.

The bride, supported by the nurse, walked to the groom's side. The officiant shoves the other end of the big red silk flower into the bride's hand, and the other end is in the groom's hand.

Bai Fengyi sat at the top of the hall, beside him, Mrs. Bai's spirit card. In the hall, the spiritual seats of the ancestors of the Bai family are all placed upright in the hall.

Outside, the cold wind had subsided a lot, and the cold wind poured in from time to time, and Yirong's fingers were numb from the cold.

Overheard, the officiant said: "The auspicious time has come!" ”

Suddenly, the flower hall fell silent, and everyone stared intently at the two newcomers. The two newcomers stood in front of Bai Fengyi, facing the Bai family's ancestral spirit card.

The first step is to light candles, burn incense, offer incense, and bow down. Yirong had a nurse on the side to give a soft instruction, but she didn't necessarily panic. With the support of the nurse, I first walked slowly to the ancestral tablet, lit the red candle with a small candle on the side, and put the red candle on the empty lamp holder, and suddenly, the whole flower hall became brighter and brighter. Then, Yirong took out three sticks of sandalwood from the incense tube, approached the red candle, and after a while, the sandalwood curled.

Then, it's time to make incense.

After the incense is applied, it is to bow down to the ancestors, kneel and prostrate to express the highest respect for the ancestors.

After kneeling, the two newcomers flattened and reset.

Finally, prostrate three more times.

The second step is the "three prostrations".

Yirong and Lou Zhan stood side by side, facing the outside of the hall door, and bowed slowly. At this moment, Yirong's heart is extremely calm, in recent days, because the wedding date is approaching, Yirong almost forgot to sleep and eat, sat during the day, and tossed and turned at night, fortunately, the nurse could understand her thoughts, comfort her, and prepare everything for her. Now that the most important day of her life has come, how can she not be nervous and apprehensive?

It's still very cold, Yirong's hands and feet are cold, but she stands straight, although her posture looks a little stiff, but for her, there must be no mistakes on this day.

"Worship heaven and earth!"

The officiant's voice pulled her thoughts back to her. The high voice echoed above the flower hall, empty, as if far and near, as if floating out of the hall and into the vast world outside the door.

The spectators outside the door, these mediocre mortals in the world, crowded each other, craned their necks, gathered at the foot of the stone steps, trying to see the bustle on the steps, whether it was sad or joyful, had nothing to do with them, but there were still people who were interested in it, and they were especially interested in the lives of others.

However, the people on the steps are just like them, just like them, members of the world.

Facing the sky and the earth, Yirong bent down. This day, this land, let everyone have a place to live, but not everyone can live for a long time, you know, prosperity and decline, is the world's most principled.

"Second worship high hall!"

Yirong turned around and bowed to the head of the flower hall.

"Good, good, good!"

Bai Fengyi laughed three times, indescribably excited and gratified.

The youngest daughter can find a good son-in-law, and his old man can also let go of a big stone in his heart, and in the future, he will be waiting to enjoy the joy of family......

"Husband and wife worship each other!"

This sound sounded, and everyone in the flower hall gradually couldn't bear to say a congratulatory message, just waiting to be sent into the cave room, and this gift was completed.

But at this moment, dark clouds gathered in the sky at some point, and the cold wind howled. The people who were waiting outside for the feast had not noticed it at first, but now they found out that it was too late, and they were all worried when they saw that the sky was about to change and it was going to rain.

The sky in the distance had turned gray and black, and dark clouds were pressing down on the crowd like a five-finger mountain.

A flock of black birds suddenly flew towards this direction, whirling in mid-air with a hoarse and unpleasant chirp.

The crowd looked in amazement and recognized the black-feathered birds as crows.

The crowd was amazed.