In ancient China, the wedding process was divided into six stages, which were called "six rites" in ancient times, namely, Nacai, Naji, Nazheng, Invitation, and Welcome.

1. Nacai

That is, the man's family invites the matchmaker to the woman's house to propose marriage. If the female family agrees to the marriage, the male family formally proposes to the female family, and the formal proposal must bring a live goose as a gift, so that people can accept the meaning of their choice.

2. Ask for a name

Asking for a name is when the man asks the matchmaker to ask for the woman's name and eight characters in order to prepare for marriage.

3, Najib

Even to inform the woman of the good news of divination and marriage, it is also a gift to geese - in later generations, gold and silver jewelry and other things are used as gifts. It is equivalent to the current engagement, commonly known as sending the appointment, passing the appointment, and fixing the appointment.

4. Levy

That is, the man's family sends the dowry gift to the woman's family, also known as the currency, the big hire, the big gift, etc. In ancient times, the levy was mostly based on birds and beasts, and in ancient times, the dowry had to use the whole deer, and the later generations used deer skin. Cui Yan's "Wedding Text" recorded: "The bird is a goose, accompanied by a deerskin. "The Book of Songs, Zhaonan, Wild Dead Elk" says: "There are dead elks in the wild, and white grass wraps them." There is a woman with a spring, and Jishi tempts her. ”

This sentence is written about proposing to a girl with a wild deer.

Because in ancient times, it was a gift to hire more geese, so the dowry gift was also called "commission bird".

Of course, the ancient levy was not all birds and beasts as a courtesy, as said in "Weifeng Hooligans", "Hooligans, hugging cloth trade silk." Bandits come to trade silk, come and I seek", is an example of using cloth as a dowry. Later, the etiquette of the levy became more and more complicated, and it became one of the most cumbersome processes of etiquette among the six rites.

5. Invitation period

That is, after the man's family chooses the date of marriage, he goes to the woman's house to ask for permission to get married. Now it is commonly known as "mentioning the day" and "sending the sun".

6. Welcome

That is, to marry the bride. Methods and etiquette vary, but generally men go to the woman's house to welcome them. After returning to the man's house, the bride and groom eat together, and then cut a gourd into two halves, and the husband and wife each hold one of them, pour wine and drink, which is called "Heyi" - this is the origin of the cup of wine in later generations. This process is one of the most folk phenomena in marriage culture.

What we are experiencing now is the last step, we only need to be in the palace, patiently wait for the Cai family to come over to welcome the bride back, and the task here has been completed.

When the auspicious time arrived, there was a sound of banging and banging outside the house, and the sound of firecrackers was even more deafening.

Surrounded by everyone, Cai Bin, who was dressed in a wedding dress, walked in from outside, first thanked the guests at the scene one by one, and then saluted the couples sitting in the high hall.

After all these steps were completed, Cai Bin came to Wang Yuner's boudoir and welcomed Wang Yuner to the sedan chair.

After Wang Yun'er, who was covered with a big red hijab, got on the sedan chair, Cai Bin also rode his high-headed horse, and the greeting team blew and beat along the way, carrying the bride's sedan chair, following Cai Bin and walking towards Cai's house.

Until today, the situation is complicated, and I am afraid that this marriage will change suddenly, so Xiaorou and Manli and I also followed the team to Cai Mansion.

Cai's mansion is also full of lights, full of joy.

Compared with sending relatives, the Cai Mansion that welcomes relatives can be called a sea of people.

In the crowd of people, Cai Bin led Wang Yun'er to the hall, and in the hall, the lord and wife of the Cai family were already sitting in the middle

With the loud chanting of the master of ceremonies at the scene, Cai Bin and Wang Yun'er had already finished worshipping the hall and entered the cave room in a burst of cheers from everyone.

Of course, this is just entering the cave room, and it is still daytime, so they will not be in a hurry in the cave room, and go to bed like this.

And this red hijab will stay until the evening.

I don't know much about the things in the cave room, and in this case, the two of them spend the previous month, and it is impossible for us to go in and keep guarding.

However, it didn't take long for Cai Bin to come out, and now it was noon, and there were many tables of dishes outside, so as the groom's dishes also need to come out to drink with everyone, thank you for the guests who came today.

On the way to drink, my eyes always stayed on Cai Bin's body, for fear that some spy or bad guy would suddenly appear among these guests.

However, my worries seemed a little unnecessary, because the whole banquet was calm.

Just when everyone was full of food and drink, ready to leave.

Suddenly there was a noise outside, followed by a violent argument and screaming.

This voice shocked all the relatives and friends present, after all, today is Cai Bin's big day, and if such an unexpected situation occurs, no one will be able to accept it for a while.

At this moment, a bloodied subordinate ran in from outside and fell directly in front of Cai Bin, causing the guests present to scream again.

Just when everyone was stunned, this subordinate raised his head and said with his last breath: "Outside, here, there are a lot of soldiers and bandits, he, they will kill people when they see them, hurry, run!" ”

After the subordinate said this, he lay directly on the spot, motionless, obviously, dead.

After hearing the words of the next person, the guests present were all in an uproar, most of these guests were from this town, so they were worried about the safety of their families, and all of them hurriedly ran outside the house.

But by doing so, they were burying their lives in vain.

The moment the gate opened, the entire street was filled with people fleeing in confusion.

After these people ran out, there was a miserable scream outside the house.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Cai Bin couldn't take care of everyone anymore, so he turned around and returned to the cave room directly, and pulled Wang Yun'er out.

Cai Bin brought Wang Yun'er and his parents to me, and said with an anxious face: "Brother Zhiyuan, the situation is critical now, let's make a long story short."

I can see that you are a capable person, and now that this kind of thing is happening in the town, there is nothing I can do for a while.

But Yun'er's family, my father-in-law and mother-in-law, couldn't leave it alone, so I decided to go and see it first, and if I could, ask them to take it out and move to a safe place.

There is a tunnel behind our Cai Mansion, and this tunnel has been dug up for decades, just to allow our family to escape.

Now I beg you to take Yun'er and my parents to the tunnels and move them to a safe location, after this incident, if you are still alive, I will be grateful! ”

After hearing Cai Bin's words, I nodded with a serious face, and I didn't hesitate at the moment, I led them directly and walked over according to the position Cai Bin said before......