Xue Rengao was very annoyed when he heard Liu Gan's shouting, and asked people to tie him up and take him to an open space next to the city. Xue Rengao ordered the soldiers to dig a pit and bury Liu Gan alive, but the part above the knee was exposed so that it could be used as a live target. Xue Rengao rode a horse and galloped, holding his bow and arrows. Liu Gan shouted angrily, and an arrow struck him in the chest. Liu Gan not only did not stop shouting, but his voice became higher and higher-pitched, and his attitude became more and more angry.

At the head of the city, Li Zhiyun, the second brother and the king of Changping saw this scene clearly. The second brother's eyes widened angrily, his hands clenched into fists, and suddenly said loudly: "Open the city gate, this king will lead the army to kill and rescue General Liu!" When King Changping heard this, he hurriedly said: "Shimin, no, they have a lot of people, we have few soldiers, once we get out of the city, we will be wiped out!" Li Zhiyun also persuaded: "Second brother, what King Changping said is right, let's stick to the city!" ”

"Then watch General Liu being tortured to death by them?!" The second brother roared.

Li Zhiyun and King Changping looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade him. The second brother turned around and said to a general next to him: "Go, get a pair of bows and arrows!" The general hurriedly brought a bow and arrow, the second brother took it and looked at it, turned his head and measured the distance, and said, "No, this bow can't be reached, take a hard bow!" ”

"Lord Wang, this is a hard bow, there is nothing harder than it." The general snorted.

King Changping turned his head to a retinue and said, "Go and bring the hard bow that this king has collected." He said yes and turned to leave. A moment later, he brought a pair of Zhemu bows. King Changping took it and handed it to the second brother and said: "Shimin, this bow has hundreds of catties, I have never seen anyone pull it open, and it will be up to you today!" The second brother took the bow and weighed it, this bow was much larger than the ordinary bow, and the bow arm was the thickness of a child's arm. He nodded in satisfaction.

Outside the city, Xue Rengao was still running horses and shooting arrows. When he ran back and forth, he had to shoot a few arrows. Liu Gan's body was shot like a hedgehog by him, and the blood stained the ground where his legs were buried. Liu Gan's shouts became lower and weaker.

The second brother took a white feather arrow handed by the soldier, faced the outside of the city, and pulled the bow with the arrow. The bowstring was slowly pulled apart, and the tension of this bow was very great, and the second brother's arm strength as soon as possible was amazing, but it was also very difficult to pull. The second brother's face was flushed, and the green tendons on his neck were protruding, like earthworms. Everyone stared at the second brother with bated breath, only to hear the second brother suddenly shout, pulling the string into a full bow, and then there was a "buzz" sound, and the white feather arrow came out of the string. The arrow was as fast as a meteor, as fast as lightning, and went straight to Xue Rengao, hitting his right shoulder, and Xue Rengao fell off the horse.

The people in the city cheered, and Li Zhiyun exclaimed: "Second brother, you can shoot so far, you are really Li Guang's reincarnation!" ”

Xue Rengao was supported by several personal soldiers who ran up, and the white feather arrow was like a nail deep into his shoulder. When the second brother saw it, he punched on the battlements, and regrettedly: "It's a pity that this king is seriously ill and has lost a lot of strength." Otherwise, I would have shot through the chest of the dog thief today! ”

Liu Gan was tortured to death by Xue Rengao, and Xue Rengao himself was also injured. He led the army out of Jingzhou and went back to the city to recuperate from his wounds. Soon, Li Zhiyun and his second brother also left Jingzhou City and returned to Chang'an.

After Li Zhiyun returned to Chang'an, he entered the palace to meet Abba and Grandma. Next, in addition to visiting relatives and friends, he is to take care of his own business. The days passed quickly, and about half a month later, Li Zhiyun received an invitation sent by the Prime Minister's Office, and when he opened it, it turned out that Lawyer Pei was going to get married.

Mr. Pei is two years older than Mr. Lee. Even if he was the oldest of those brothers, he was the first to marry.

When the day came, Li Zhiyun led a group of entourages and brought congratulatory gifts to attend the wedding. When I arrived at Pei's Mansion, I saw that there was a lot of traffic in front of the door, bustling, and the wide street was full of mules and horses. It seems that there are really a lot of people who come to give gifts. It's no wonder that the prime minister's family is holding a happy event, and who doesn't want to take the opportunity to meet the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty?

Pei Lin personally greeted the guests in front of the mansion. Li Zhiyun stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Pei, congratulations!" Pei Lin hurriedly returned the salute: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you can come to the dog's wedding, Pei is very grateful!" Li Zhiyun asked Zhang Zheng to present the gift list, Pei Lin took it and glanced at it hurriedly, then handed it to the housekeeper on the side, and said, "Your Highness is polite, please!" He made a "please" gesture.

Li Zhiyun walked into Pei's mansion and took a look, hey, the prime minister's house is different from other people's homes, even the servants are neatly dressed, and the collars and sleeves are snow-white. Li Zhiyun was led into the hall by a servant and found that his brothers had arrived. When the brothers saw him, they came up to greet him.

Li Zhiyun stayed with his brothers like a fish in water. Everyone sat around a few desks, drinking tea and eating snacks, while giggling and laughing. After a while, Lawyer Pei walked in. He was dressed as a groom, wearing a scarlet ramie shirt, a green hood, and a big red flower on his chest. When Li Zhiyun saw it, he laughed out loud, and the brothers looked at him inexplicably. Li Zhiyun thought about it, the ancients may not have the word "green hat". He remembered that in the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yunchang always wore a green hat, but the hat in the Han Dynasty was just a silk scarf.

Today is Lawyer Pei's happy day, I saw him smiling and beaming, and said loudly: "Brothers, I have you to thank you, come with me to pick up the bride!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all stood up and followed Lawyer Pei out of the house noisily. Li Zhiyun walked out and saw that the welcoming procession was already waiting outside the gate, and one of the carriages was decorated with flowers and colorful satin, and even the foreheads of the horses were tied with flowers woven of red silk, which was the float used to pick up the bride.

Lawyer Pei is married to the daughter of Master Cui, a Chinese scholar. Lawyer Pei rode a jujube red horse, and others also got on the horse. The welcoming team left Pei's Mansion, blowing and blowing along the way, and came to Cui's Mansion in a mighty way, but saw that the gate was closed.

The first custom of Tang Dynasty weddings was to urge makeup. The so-called makeup urging is to urge the bride to put on makeup quickly and go out early. There must be a makeup hypnotic poem, but most of the people present are gentlemen, except for them, the rest are people who don't know a few big characters, who will write poems? Everyone invariably set their eyes on Li Zhiyun.

Lawyer Pei walked up to Li Zhiyun with a flattering smile on his face and said, "Zhiyun, you are the only one among our brothers who can compose a poem, so you can make a hypnotic poem." ”

In Li Zhiyun's previous life, his father was a middle school principal and his mother was a Chinese teacher, and his parents attached great importance to his enlightenment education. Since he was in kindergarten, his mother forced him to memorize Tang and Song poems. So, he packed a belly full of poetry.

Li Zhiyun thought about it for a while, thought of a poem, and couldn't remember who wrote it. It's okay to borrow it in a hurry. Thinking of this, he nodded and said, "Okay, listen. In the past, he would go to Yujing Tower, the first immortal Xu Xiangtou. Today, I am fortunate to be the Qin Jin Association, and I will teach Luan Feng to make up the building in the morning. ”

Lawyer Pei read it silently and said with a smile: "Great, this poem is very good." Immediately, he turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone read the hymn with me, let them open the door early!" So, under the leadership of Lawyer Pei, everyone read the hypnotic poem aloud. After they read it seven or eight times, the door of Cui's Mansion opened with a "squeak", and when everyone saw it, they hurriedly rushed in.

After the bride got on the float, Lawyer Pei rode a red horse around the float three times, which was also a custom of Tang Dynasty weddings. Then, the procession began to return home. When the procession reached a street, a crowd of civilians appeared in front of them, who had placed some broken tables and broken benches in the middle of the road as barricades to prevent the procession from passing. This is another custom of the Tang Dynasty wedding, called the barrier car. It is the melon-eating masses who block the passing of the welcoming team, so as to ask for red envelopes, and by the way, they also have some joy.

The leader of the group was a man in his thirties, who walked up to Lawyer Pei's high-headed horse and sang loudly: "Give a red envelope, but you can bless you wholeheartedly and unswervingly." Give two red envelopes, you can bless the two lovers and grow old together. Give three red envelopes, you can bless fate and three lives, and a good couple will become natural. Give four red envelopes, you can bless the four seasons of wealth, wealth and wealth. Give five red envelopes to bless the four corners of the world and congratulate the newlyweds. Give six red envelopes, you can bless six six Shun, and love is eternal. Give seven red envelopes, you can bless the seven stars and have many children. Give eight red envelopes, you can bless the eight immortals across the sea, and they are a perfect match. Give nine red envelopes, you can bless ninety-nine to one, a lifetime. Give ten red envelopes, you can bless perfection and good luck. ”

"If the groom wants to pick up the bride, the red envelope must be sprinkled." The man turned to the people behind him and shouted, "Are you right? Naturally, the people shouted in unison.

Lawyer Pei had already prepared and asked his subordinates to take out red envelopes containing five baht copper coins and distribute them to everyone. The people were given the money and happily removed the barricades so that the procession could move on.

When the welcoming team returned to Pei's house, they saw a saddle carved of sandalwood at the gate. After the procession stopped, the bride was helped down from the float by the servant woman and stepped into the saddle with Lawyer Pei. This is the custom of weddings in the Tang Dynasty: crossing the saddle, which means that the newlyweds can step over the saddle and keep safe every step.