Chapter 111: Taking a Wife (1)

May 20, Wangjiazhuang.

On this day, the lights inside and outside Wangjiazhuang were colorful, and the people in the fort rushed to tell each other, thinking that just today, Liu Yan, who was a team officer, was going to marry a wife.

At this time, the wedding process of Daming is very particular, divided into three books and six ceremonies, even if it is a family of ordinary people:

Nacai, Xiangming, Najib, Nazheng, Invitation, and Greeting are the six rites, and the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcome are the three books.

It is estimated that it will take more than half a year to go through this whole process, but it is necessary and indispensable. Even if the world is already turbulent at this time, as long as there are some people with family backgrounds, they still have to go through this process by smashing pots and selling iron.

Because at this time in the Ming Dynasty, if the "Three Books and Six Rites" are incomplete when someone marries, it will not be regarded as a big expense, and the eight sedan chairs are not married by the Ming media, not to mention the responsibilities of others, and Liu Yan's identity will make the outside world suspicious, release wrong signals, and cause some unnecessary trouble.

That's why Liu Yan proposed to Wang Jing a few months ago, and only now did he marry Wang Yunhe.

Early in the morning, the streets and alleys of the entire Wangjiazhuang were crowded with people, and almost the men, women and children of the entire Wangjiazhuang gathered on the street, wanting to see the scene of Liu Yan's greeting. There were even many military households and civilians from other places who also rushed over, especially the people of Dapanbao.

At this time, Liu Yan was in the official hall of 100 households, chatting and laughing with Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Shen Tuo, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Yue Ming and others.

After a while, the guests and friends invited by Liu Yan arrived one after another, and Song Gongming, the deputy Qianhu Wang Weizhen and the ancient town inspector, came in person, Jia Hongyu and Song Guan were also dressed in official uniforms, and as soon as they entered the door, they smiled and congratulated Liu Yan.

In addition, a group of first-class chiefs and tun guards in Wangjiazhuang came to congratulate and constantly scolded Liu Yan.

At this moment, I only heard Zhao Min, the deacon in the courtyard, singing loudly in the front yard: "Lord Zhang, the guard of the Qianhu Former Thousand Households in Xiahe Village, sent someone to send a congratulatory gift!" Dai Jingbin from thousands of households came to congratulate and congratulate the new marriage of the management team! ”

Only this singing, hundreds of people in the entire courtyard suddenly fell silent, all the guests and friends looked at Liu Yan with a shocked face, everyone never imagined that even the defense officer Zhang Hailin sent someone to congratulate, and specially sent a hundred households over.

"This team Master Liu actually has such a big face!"

"It is said that Liu Baihu is a celebrity around the defense lord, and it seems that this is the case today, it is really incredible to think about it!"

Liu Yan hurriedly led a group of subordinates down to the gate of the front yard to greet him, after all, Dai Jingbin represented the defensive officer Zhang Hailin, and the etiquette still had to be sufficient. Wang Weizhen, Song Gongming and others also followed.

At this time, Liu Yan looked at Dai Jingbin, who came to congratulate him, laughed and walked forward quickly.

Dai Jingbin first conveyed Zhang Hailin's congratulations according to the script, and then said with a smile: "Today, Liu Baihu is very happy, Dai took advantage of the east wind of the defense of adults, came to congratulate, and by the way, he begged for a cup of happy wine, I don't know what Liu Baihu wants?" ”

After speaking, Dai Jingbin took out another gift list, which was a congratulatory gift from Dai Jingbin himself.

This time, Dai Baihu changed his previous cold face, and he was so enthusiastic about Liu Yan, and his words were full of compliments. Liu Yan naturally greeted him with a smile, without mentioning the previous unhappiness at all.

"Haha, Dai Baihu can come, I'm here to be full of brilliance, please inside, please forgive me for not being well entertained!"

Zhao Min on the side hurriedly invited Dai Jingbin in, and Liu Yan also led everyone into the Baihu official hall.

Many people are still whispering that they can let the defense officer Zhang Hailin send someone to congratulate him, this Liu Yan's face is really big enough.

Wang Weizhen and Song Gongming are quite envious, and Liu Yan can be regarded as the first celebrity of the defensive officer Zhang Hailin.

However, Jia Hongyu whispered on the side: "My lord, hasn't Dai Jingbin always been at odds with Liu Baihu, what's wrong with him today, he suddenly changed his sex?" ”

Wang Weizhen said: "Liu Yan is married, and even the defense official Zhang has to prepare a congratulatory gift, don't you understand the meaning of this?" Although Dai Jingbin is a villain, he is not an idiot, where do he dare to continue to embarrass Liu Yan. Taking advantage of today's good day, Dai Jingbin naturally wanted to talk to Liu Yan in order to repair the relationship between the two. ”

"Oh, I see."

Jia Hongyu looked clear, and then said with a smile: "Looking inside and out, Liu Baihu has spent a lot of silver, and the entire Baihu official hall seems to have been redecorated. ”

At this time, the main hall was already full of people, all of whom were guests who came to congratulate from all over the world, and Liu Yan was busy greeting everyone, and he was already very busy.

At this time, Lu Ying, the little flag officer, squeezed through the crowd and walked over quickly, and said, "My lord, the auspicious time is coming, it's time to change into a wedding robe." ”

Liu Yan nodded, and then confessed to the surrounding guests and friends, and then accompanied by Chen Xun, Wang Yue, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo, he returned to the backyard room to change his clothes, leaving only the chief flag officer Yue Ming to entertain the guests and friends in the lobby.

And the little flag officer Lu Ying rushed to the middle courtyard again, and worked with everyone to welcome the relatives in the evening.

In the backyard, Liu Yan was wearing a wedding robe in the new house, Chen Xun and Wang Yue were helping to tidy it up, and then helped Liu Yan put it on in the mirror.

Then Wang Yue looked at Liu Yan in a big red wedding robe, and couldn't help but admire: "Today, when I saw adults wearing wedding clothes, I felt that I was like the fairy and sage in the play, which was really spiritual." I think adults will be able to prosper in the future, and we will be able to rise step by step. ”

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and inevitably mocked Wang Yue again.

After a while, Liu Yan took Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Shen Tuo and others into the main hall, and the guests in the hall were also quite knowledgeable, but they still couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamations, I didn't expect Liu Yan to be so radiant and extraordinary, even Dai Jingbin was stunned and admired.

Originally, everyone thought that Liu Yan was just a martial artist who could lead troops to fight, but looking at it today, he really had a bit of official authority!

I saw the heroic Liu Yan standing on top of the main hall energetically, the bright red dress was reflected in the sun, and the entire main hall was reflected red.

Next, Liu Yan began the process of welcoming his relatives surrounded by everyone, first of all, he bowed to his parents.

Since Liu Yan did not have his parents alive, he put the tablet of Liu Yan's parents on the offering table, and the names on it were naturally Liu Yan's parents in his previous life.

Zhao Min, the deacon on the side, saw that the groom had arrived, so he sang loudly: "The high hall is above, congratulations, parents are immortal, burn incense and worship!" Bow, bow, bow, flatten. ”

Liu Yan bowed to his parents' tablet and bowed under the deacon's singing.

After the ceremony, the deacon handed over a cup of pot wine produced in Dapanbao, Liu Yan got up and took the wine glass, sacrificed a little wine to worship the gods, and then took a shallow sip, and handed the wine glass to Chen Xun on the side.

After that, Liu Yan arched his hand, confessed to the full house, and left the chief flag officer Yue Ming here to take care of the guests and friends, and then took Wang Yue, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Shen Tuo to greet their relatives.

At this time, someone had already rushed to Wanfu Oil Mill and stood for Liu Yan in advance.

Liu Yan and the others then exited the main hall and came to the door, only to see that the welcoming procession composed of more than 100 cavalry posts on the long street outside the door was ready to go.

The more than 100 soldiers were all wearing brand-new Red Army uniforms and iron armor on the outside, and they rode majestically on their war horses.

The streets in front of the door were crowded with lively people, all vying to see Liu Yan's demeanor, and when they saw the groom coming out, the onlookers suddenly boiled, and the crowd kept surging forward. The sentry troops on both sides of the street who maintained order tried their best to stop the crowd, and finally stopped the crowd's surge, but they couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the crowd.

"The groom!"

"Lord Liu is overjoyed."

"Congratulations, Lord Liu."

Liu Yan laughed when he heard the congratulatory words, his face was red, as if he was drunk, today is the happiest day since he came to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

So Liu Yan thanked the people around him again and again: "Thank you, old folks, thank you, old folks!" ”

Liu Yan has been an orphan since he was a child, and he has never experienced the warmth of home, and when he married Wang Yunhe at this time, his heart was already warm, and the happiness he had never experienced was instantly bursting.

At this time, under the greeting of Wang Yue and Chen Xun with smiles, people scattered candy and sealed red envelopes to the crowd, and the people were boiling again.

Taking advantage of this time, Liu Yan took a look at the welcoming team:

At the front of the line were fifty drummers dressed in red; After that, Wang Yue, Chen Xun, and Shen Tuo were three, among which Wang Yue held the wild goose in his arms, and Chen Xun and Shen Tuo were on both sides of a welcoming carriage on the left and right; After that, there were ten coachmen, driving ten carts, all of which were dowry; In the end, it was more than 100 cavalry sentry soldiers led by Miao Shao who served as escorts.

The rest of Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, and Xu Ming were by Liu Yan's side, accompanying them.

At this time, Zhao Min, the deacon who followed Liu Yan, saw that the auspicious time had arrived, so he sang loudly: "The dragon horse is on the horse, the phoenix is for the phoenix, and the new monarch is driving the luan, to welcome the girl!" ”

In the harmony of the deacon's singing, Liu Yan first went up to the carriage to welcome the relatives, symbolically drove the carriage, raised the whip three times to drive away the horses, and stopped after the wheels rotated for three weeks, and then got off the carriage and prepared to set off, and the carriage was handed over to the coachman to drive.

"The auspicious time has arrived, welcome the kiss!" The master of ceremonies sang.

The 50 drummers in the welcoming procession played joyful music, and in the auspicious music, the welcoming procession set off towards the Guo family.

The surrounding people suddenly erupted in bursts of cheers.

Wang Weizhen and Song Gongming also took advantage of the excitement to follow, and watched the team of people who greeted their relatives set off, and their faces were also full of smiles.

However, there was a hint of deep groan on Song Guan's face next to him, and when Wang Weizhen returned to the main hall with a smile, Song Guan whispered to Song Gongming's side and whispered, "Uncle did you see the more than 100 ironclad knights?" ”

Song Gongming nodded, and the smile on his face was a little less at this time, but the shock was a lot more.

"There was no such big ironclad knight under Liu Yan before, how long has it been, Liu Yan has such power, and he is only a hundred household officials!"

Song Gongming sighed, and there was a trace of fear in his heart.

Song Guan said: "That's why I said that Liu Yan is not an ordinary person. If these soldiers and horses in Liu Yan's hands are placed in the peaceful years, it will be the sin of killing the head and exterminating the clan, but now it is not a peaceful year, now that the world is about to change, there are soldiers who have the right, and the uncle must follow Liu Yan closely, and he must not be evil! ”

Song Gongming nodded again, thinking deeply.

"I just don't know, where this Liu Yan can go in the future, let's wait and see."

Some people died, but not completely......