Chapter 1 The auspicious day of the zodiac is cloudy and miasma
On the first day of the first month of March, it is advisable to ask for children, pray for blessings, open light, sacrifice, buy a house, get married, avoid moving, traveling, and burial, and do the rest. Gao Wushuang sat in front of the bronze mirror, letting the maid in the house groom herself. According to the old rules, it should be the most blessed old man in the house who dresses up with him, but he doesn't want Mrs. Gao to send a girl who has not left the cabinet. However, this Gao Wushuang is the first time to get married, and he is not very familiar with the rules, so he has nothing to say.
In the mirror, he is sword-eyed, bright and heroic, which is exactly the young man's high-spirited appearance. If he hadn't been ordered to lead the soldiers of the Yizhou Prefecture to the south to support the imperial court in resisting the enemy, he would not have lost his identity as a scholar and returned victoriously as a major general.
Along the way, he experienced famine, drought, outcasts, and rebellion, suffered several life-and-death fates, buried many brothers who lived and ate together, and ambushed in the thorny woods for days and nights...... This made him think that he would never be able to return to this green brick and tile Yizhou, and return to the Gaoguo Mansion that haunted him. However, when he returned to this familiar high-walled compound, and returned to the desk where he had studied hard until late at night, he couldn't help but feel a little sudden, floating like a dream, the true and the false, the false and the false, and the real and the real, and he couldn't distinguish between the real and the false.
"Young master, today is your big day, why are you so worried, why are you worried?" Li'er put a hair hat on the red-clothed Gao Wushuang.
"I just said that 'the deceased is like this, reluctant to give up day and night', a few days ago I heard that my mother sent someone to ask for the name, why in the blink of an eye, the invitation has ended, and the kiss has already been received?" Gao Wushuang sighed, he looked out the window, the spring rain was dripping and dripping, and it was even more humid than the rain-rich south. This year was a drought, there was no harvest, and there was a famine everywhere, but when I returned to this Yizhou, the wind and rain were smooth, the singing and dancing were leveling, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. What this sigh is, Gao Wushuang himself doesn't know.
"What 'deceased'? On a big day, it is unlucky to talk about some 'deceased'. Li'er shook her head, she was simple by nature, she didn't have much knowledge, and she was straightforward, and she couldn't help but be a little abrupt in her words - the sentences that describe time passing as fast as flowing water were distorted in Li'er's mouth, but fortunately, Gao Wushuang didn't mind with her, otherwise she would have been served by the family law a long time ago. At this time, there was a burst of cannon sound from the direction of the house gate, it should be the sedan chair arrived, but the sound of the rain overshadowed the sound of firecrackers, which seemed a little dull.
Gao Wushuang suddenly remembered a dream he had been having in the past few days: the fire in the dream was monstrous, the sorrow was everywhere, and the smell of burning filled the entire nasal cavity, which was very choking. At this time, a white dragon roared in the sky, and the rain turned from goose feathers to pouring to moisten the earth, and the fire was extinguished wherever the rain went. The original burned incomplete flowers and plants, with the rain watering, gradually restored to their original appearance, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and it is harmonious and beautiful.
"It seems that Miss Luo has arrived—" Li'er said in a cheerful tone, interrupting Gao Wushuang's memories. This Miss Luo is the eldest daughter of the Luo Prefect of Jiuyuan Mansion, it is rumored that she has ice muscles and jade appearance, looks like a fairy, is beautiful and good-looking, and has a good understanding of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, plus her calm personality and modest atmosphere, she is the best choice to be the wife of the main house.
"Let's go, go pick up the bride." Gao Wushuang stood up, neither rejoicing nor resisting. Li'er followed suit, picked up two oil-paper umbrellas, and followed out of the side courtyard. On the bluestone pavement, it was a little slippery, and moss had grown in the corners and corners, and Gao Wushuang couldn't remember how long it had been raining. However, all the way to the main courtyard, in the lotus furnace in the center of the courtyard, the blue-green flame was burning without being affected by the rain.
Gao Wushuang glanced at the lotus furnace and set his eyes on the noisy door. I saw everyone lined up in two columns, watching the sedan chair man carry the sedan chair to the hall, the matchmaker held the red candle, opened the sedan curtain, and the bride with the phoenix crown was supported by the matchmaker and stepped down from the saddle. The etiquette was done one by one, and the two were welcomed into the main hall, Gao Wushuang stood on the left side, Miss Luo wore a red scarf on her head and was supported by a greedy relative, standing in the middle and on the right, and the two were rusty like strangers who never saw each other again.
"Worship heaven and earth!" The two held red silk in their hands and bowed. Mr. Gao and Mrs. Gao, who were sitting on the mahogany chairs, looked at each other and smiled, quite satisfied.
"Second worship high hall!" Master Gao is in the year of the Mandate of Heaven, and he had a serious illness half a year ago, if it weren't for this, the southern border war would probably have to send him, the former general of the Southern Expedition, to support, and it would not fall on Gao Wushuang, who had just turned seventeen and only read sage books. The fortune teller said that the descendants of the Gao family are blessed, and the second son Gao Wushuang was born in the war. Surprisingly, Gao Wushuang was able to shoulder the heavy responsibility, return to the dynasty victoriously, and heard the good news, Master Gao's illness was silently cured.
According to legend in Yizhou City, this wedding is the intention of Gaofu to rejoice, suppress disasters, and dissipate the killing atmosphere, which far exceeds the consideration of starting a family and starting a business for Gao Wushuang.
"Husband and wife worship each other!" Only then did the two face each other and bow to each other. Under the big red hijab, I can't see Miss Luo's true face of Lushan clearly.
"Licheng—" The executive continued to shout, and just raised his hand to send the two into the cave room, he was stopped by Mrs. Gao.
Mrs. Gao was dressed in a female python, dressed in brocade clothes, wearing a silk golden hairpin, her eyes were calm, and she was graceful and luxurious. She stood up, walked up to the two newcomers, tied their left and right wrists with a gold thread, and then used a sharp finger sleeve to cut the palms of the two people, and interlocked the two fingers.
Gao Wushuang was in pain, and just wanted to withdraw his hand, he was persuaded by Mrs. Gao's majestic and cold eyes, and when Mrs. Gao opened her hand, the palms of the two were as clean as new, and there were no blood stains. Strangely, the gold thread that was tied to the wrist also disappeared.
"Aluo, this is the wedding custom of Yizhou, and I hope not to see it, this knot is called 'Life and Death', which is intended to bless the two of them for a hundred years and be united forever. In the future, my family will be taken care of by you, and I hope you can take your husband as the key link and strive for the glory of the high mansion. Mrs. Gao looked at Arlo with a smile, looking like an old grandmother who wanted to hug her big fat grandson quickly. Ah Luo nodded stunned, only thinking that Mrs. Gao, who was so ruthless, was just her own illusion.
Mrs. Gao gave the executive's family a look, and the executive's family shouted: "Send it to the cave room-"
The sound of suona and firecrackers sounded again, lively and lively, adding a bit of vitality to the high mansion under the clouds and rain. When the time is near, the spring rain can be regarded as stopping, but the sun has already set, and there is no light in sight.