Ghost Domain Licheng Chapter 75.Eight sedan chairs

She looked towards the plaque at the door, and saw three large traditional characters engraved on the plaque - the Ghost King's Mansion, "Could it be that this is the Ghost King's Mansion?" Mo Dao said to herself in some disbelief, she hid behind a strange tree not far away, watching the guards at the door.

After a while, a sedan chair came from a distance, and a string of copper bells were hung on the four corners of the sedan chair.

Behind this sedan chair, there is also a group of monsters with human heads and beast bodies holding steel knives to follow, it seems that the people in this sedan chair also have some identities here, otherwise there would not be so many subordinates.

Mo Dao suddenly had an idea, if she could mix in this sedan chair, then she would be able to go in, thinking of this, she decided to wait here for this sedan chair to come out, and see if she could get into this sedan chair when the time came.

However, she quickly rejected this idea, this sedan chair is surrounded by those monsters with human heads and beast bodies, if you want to get past them, it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, you can't kill them all, so even if you sit in the sedan chair, you can't enter the ghost king's mansion without the sedan chair man to carry the sedan chair.

The sedan chair stopped in front of the Ghost King's Mansion, and a few guards at the door hurriedly ran up and opened the two gates, and a few sedan chair men carried the sedan chair again and went to the house, Mo Dao frowned, and now she was even more convinced that the people in this sedan chair were definitely not ordinary.

After thinking about it, Mo Dao planned to find a way to climb over the wall, this seemed to be the most reliable way in front of her, she came to the side of the Ghost King's Mansion, avoiding the sight of those guards, planning to see if she could climb up.

Mo Dao looked at the wall in front of him that there was no strength to borrow, and couldn't help but feel worried, if there were two protruding bricks, she could still climb up with strength, but the wall was bare, and it was too difficult to climb up.

Just when Mo Dao was entangled, the gate of the Ghost King's Mansion in the distance was opened, and the sedan chair drivers still carried the sedan chair and walked out, the copper bell on the sedan chair rang, Mo Dao was about to follow, but found that another sedan chair was lifted out of the mansion.

There is a red top on this sedan chair, a string of red hanging flowers is hung on the four sides of the red top, the sedan chair body carves a dragon and a phoenix, a lively look, there are eight monsters with the head of the beast body under the sedan chair, the waist is draped with a big red flower cloth belt, and the sedan chair is carried out slowly.

When Mo Dao saw this sedan chair, she felt so festive, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and she muttered in her heart: Isn't this an eight-lift sedan chair used to marry?

It is said that there are probably two types of sedan chairs in ancient times, one of which is called a sedan chair, and some people call this kind of sedan chair a bright sedan chair, or a sedan chair, most of which are not curtains, so they are called sedan chairs.

Another kind of sedan chair is called a warm sedan chair, which is the kind that most people see in TV dramas, this kind of sedan chair is curtained, so because you can't see the people inside, it is also called a dark sedan chair.

In ancient times, different official products, treatment is not the same, in the shape of the sedan chair type and the sedan chair curtain material color, etc., are also different, the distinction is extremely strict, just like the official uniform, absolutely not allowed offside.

Just like in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the general officials could only use blue tweed or green tweed to make sedan curtains, and were not allowed to use other colors to make sedan curtains, so they were called "blue official sedan chairs" and "green official sedan chairs".

In addition, the sedan chair will also have a variety of different names according to the different uses, such as the royal family and the like, and the sedan chair they ride in is called the sedan chair to show the special status of their identity.

And the general dignitaries, the sedan chair they take can not be called the sedan chair, can only be called the official sedan chair, although the identity is not as noble as the sedan chair, but it is also a high-class person.

As for the common people, generally no one will go out to sit in a sedan chair, it is difficult to earn some money to support the family, where is the money to hire a sedan chair, only when marrying, will hire a gorgeously decorated, with a red top sedan chair, this kind of sedan chair with gorgeous decoration is called a sedan chair.

Also, according to the different uses of the sedan chair, there are also various distinctions, such as the person who carries the sedan chair, there are also exquisite, there are more and less, generally two people to eight people carry the sedan chair, and the folk mostly carry the sedan chair for two people.

And most of the dumplings ridden by the officials were carried by four people,

Those with noble status or official qualities can enjoy the honor of eight people carrying a sedan chair, and as for the Yellow Emperor and the prince, the number of people carrying a sedan chair can be more.

For example, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a rule that as long as it was a Beijing official with more than three grades, as long as it was in the capital, it could take a sedan chair carried by four people, and if it was out of the capital, in the rest of the county, it could enjoy the treatment of eight people carrying a sedan chair.

The governor of other provinces can take a sedan chair carried by eight people, the subordinates under the governor can take a sedan chair carried by four people, and the master of the Qincha who is above the third rank can also take a sedan chair carried by eight people.

It is said that when it comes to the relatives of the emperor, the sedan chair is even more exaggerated, not only the wood of the sedan chair should be carefully selected, but even the surrounding floral ornaments must be carved with skilled craftsmen, and the production of a sedan chair is less than a few months, and more than a year and a half.

And the sedan chair that the royal relatives ride, the people who carry the sedan chair can reach more than 30 people at most, it is really hard to imagine how so many people are crowded under the sedan chair, even if it is ordinary, more than ten people carry a sedan chair.

In addition to these, there are some other regulations on the sedan chair, which everywhere shows the hierarchical system in the feudal society.

For example, the luxurious sedan chair that the emperor's concubine rode in the early Qing Dynasty was called the dragon chariot and the phoenix chariot, and the palanquin that the prince sat on was a silver-topped yellow covered with red curtains.

As for the general landlords and gentry, they can only use a sedan chair with a flat head and a flat-topped silk curtain, and in the old days, they should pay attention to the Ming media to marry, and the main content is to marry the husband's family sedan chair.

When marrying, the groom official rode a tall horse tied with a big red flower, and a large sedan chair carried by eight people behind him came to the woman's house to marry the bride, which was commonplace in ancient times.

Back in front of me, the appearance of these eight sedan chairs is clearly about to marry, but in this ghost place, who are you going to marry? Mo Dao was puzzled in her heart, she temporarily gave up the idea of entering the mansion, and planned to follow the two sedan chairs first.

After all, this ghost king's mansion will not be able to enter for a while, it is better to follow these two sedan chairs to see where they are going, if it is to marry, you can just take advantage of the chaos to mix into the sedan chair, and by the way, you can also listen to the news.

Thinking of this, Mo Dao did not hesitate, and followed the two sedan chairs to the front without saying a word, the two sedan chairs were not walking fast, and Mo Dao did not dare to follow too closely, after all, she didn't want to expose herself now.

It seems that all the way is barren mountains and mountains, and there is no one home, Mo Dao can't help but wonder a little, where are these monsters going? After following them for I don't know how far, Mo Dao found that there were gradually more tombstones around.

Mo Dao couldn't help but start scolding her mother in her heart, what kind of relatives is this going to marry, how did she go to the cemetery, she was careful all the way, for fear of being discovered by the monster in front of her.

There were more and more tombstones in front of him, and the speed of the sedan chair gradually slowed down, I don't know how long it took to walk, the two sedan chairs finally stopped, Mo Dao looked around, and couldn't help frowning.

In front of him is a large stone gate, and there are endless city walls next to it, and there are monsters in armor guarding the stone gate, Mo Dao looked at the top of the stone gate, and it said Lidu.

There are ghosts and monsters coming and going at this stone gate, it seems to be a city gate, the two sedan chairs stopped in front of the city gate, and a guard hurriedly ran up, and stretched out a big hand full of black hair from the four-carried sedan chair.

There was a token on the big black-haired hand, and the guards immediately showed a respectful expression when they saw the token, and then the palanquin bearers carried the palanquin and continued to walk towards the city.

When Mo Dao saw this scene, he had some guesses about the people in the sedan chair, most of them were the children and grandchildren of the Ghost King's Mansion, and she hurriedly followed, planning to enter the city first, but at the gate of this city, everyone who entered the city had to be checked.

Mo Dao frowned, pinched a breath and walked over, fortunately, the investigation was not strict, Mo Dao also entered the city smoothly, and she walked in the direction of the two sedan chairs.

As soon as she entered the city, Mo Dao was a little uneasy, and the sound of hawking along the street made her almost think that she had come to the night market in Hecheng, and the shouting of these ghosts was almost indistinguishable from reality.

"Take a look, buy one get one free!" A rugged man shouted, "Red honey and sand are cheap, five ghost coins for a catty, buy a catty and get two taels free!" Another woman shouted at the top of her voice, and Mo Dao's mind suddenly remembered a food—honey bread!

She continued to walk forward, there were all kinds of things sold here, and the most incredible thing for her was that there were also street teethers, and she looked at an old man-like little ghost, holding a mass of things that I don't know what it was, and stuffing it into the mouth of an old lady sitting in front of her.

"Don't worry, old man, I will give you a tooth to ensure that you can gnaw on anything when you go back, open your mouth for a while, and then you can leave when you are dry." The old man looked like a medical master, and boasted to the old lady in front of him, and there was a sign hanging next to him.

A bunch of words were written on the sign in red letters, such as ancestral inlays, quick reconnection of broken teeth, fast inlays, etc., "I said how can I smell in my mouth, like gasoline." The old lady said vaguely.

"This is normal, it's good to do it, don't worry, old man, my material is super grade, absolutely safe!" The old man patted his chest and assured, and at that moment the old lady suddenly covered her heart and fell to the ground, speechless.

"Big sister, what's wrong with you?" The old man hurriedly shook the old lady's shoulder, only to see the old lady tremblingly take out a small pill from her bosom and put it in her mouth.

"Your ingredient tastes so great that it almost smoked me! If you don't pay me a few thousand ghost coins, I won't be able to get up! The old lady said menacingly, sat down on the ground and began to play tricks.

Mo Dao couldn't help but be a little speechless when he saw this, the old man looked like he was in pain, slapped the old lady a lot of ghost coins, and sighed: "After so many years of wandering the ghost market, I finally met an opponent, I admit it, old man!" ”

The old lady took the handful of ghost coins in her arms, stood up suddenly, and said with a smile: "Old lady, I seem to be fine now, or you can continue to give me teeth." ”

Mo Dao saw the old lady's face, shook his head, and continued to walk forward, "Transfer stone, wear my transfer stone, the unlucky ghost will become a lucky ghost!" A middle-aged man shouted loudly, his voice full of temptation.

Looking in the direction of the middle-aged man, Mo Dao saw a bunch of small stones dressed in red ropes, these small stones didn't look special, they were probably just used to deceive ghosts, but there were still a lot of little ghosts who came to buy them.

Mo Dao glanced at the middle-aged man and felt a little strange, because this middle-aged man didn't seem to be a ghost, she walked in front of the middle-aged man and asked, "How do you sell this broken stone?" ”