The "crowning" is public, and from this procedure onwards it is carried out under the watchful eye of the guests.

The guests invited to watch the ceremony all came to the main hall of the Ding family, and due to the large number of people, many people stood outside the hall, even the landlord Lei Yan was no exception.

The main seat in the main hall was empty, Jiang Li and Ding Qi hung their hands on both sides, and the chief sat Shaodianjian and Long Dang on the left and right, although they were not the most honorable guests in the history of the Ding family, but they were also very important in the marquis's family.

There have been many times in the history of the Ding family when the king came to watch the ceremony, and Shao Dianlong attended Ding Qi's coming-of-age ceremony.

Ding Kui stood outside the hall, and Jiang Shunchuan stood behind him, and the two were waiting for something under the scorching sun.

Suddenly, there was an old man in a green robe on the main seat, with long light gray hair draped casually over his shoulders, and two broad palms parting left and right, and said, "Hehe, I'm not late, right?"

Everyone present bowed to the old man in the green robe, "Meet Master Jiang Tong (father-in-law)." ”

Those who have never seen Jiang Tong can guess the identity of the old man in the green robe just by looking at the attitudes of Jiang Li and Ding Qi.

"Let's start!" Jiang Tong fell into the main seat calmly.

Ding took a step forward and shouted, "Please take a seat!"

Those who had seats sat down, and those who did not have seats stood in front of the table in order.

"The descendants of the Hou Ding family, Ding Kui! "Ding Qi was demoted from the status of the master to the host.

Ding Kui took Jiang Shunchuan into the main hall.

Halfway through the main hall, Jiang Shunchuan stepped aside and knelt down in front of Ding Kui.

Ding Kui came to the main seat of Jiang Tong and stopped, and stood up.

"Xie Zhengbin, parents, teacher!" Ding Qi had just finished shouting, and Lu Ji walked quickly to Jiang Li from the side and back.

As Ding Kui's teacher, although Lu Ji does not have a seat, he is qualified to accept Ding Kui's thank you.

Ding Kui knelt on the ground, and thanked Jiang Tong, Ding Qi, Lu Ji and Jiang Li one by one according to the rules, and everyone had a thank you word, which was basically a general scene. No one wants to make a mistake in such a formal, public setting, and strict adherence to thousands of years of practice is preferred.

Ding Qi turned around and bowed to Jiang Tong and said, "Please crown Zhengbin!"

Ding Kun came to Ding Kui's left with a tray with a hat on the tray, and Qian Bu stood on Ding Kui's right with a copper basin.

Jiang Tong smiled and walked slowly to Ding Kui, his hands reached into the copper basin held by the money cloth, and the water in the basin washed up and down his palms regularly.

The old money man who duanthe basin was full of admiration, this ability to control water with his hands was out of the scope of normal human ability, and even a great archer could not do it.

After a while, Jiang Tong raised his hands and pressed them in the air, and a light rain fell above the copper basin, and then looked at his palm, which was very dry, and there was no trace of water at all. He picked up Ding Kunduan's hat, put it on Ding Kui's head, straightened his hands, took a step back, looked left and right, nodded, and then returned to the main seat and sat down.

Ding Kui waited for Jiang Tong to sit down and kowtowed again, "Thank you grandfather for crowning." ”

Papapa, Shao Dianjian took the lead in applauding, and all the guests applauded warmly.

Ding Qi waited for a while, and raised his hand to Ding Kun when he heard the applause gradually subside.

Ding Kun took out a small gong and struck it with a "bang", signaling the guests to stop applauding.

"Thank you, guests!" Ding Qi's voice sounded again.

Ding Kui knelt down and turned around, kowtowing to Shao Dianjian, all the guests and Long Dang in the direction of right, center and left. When he kowtowed, Jiang Shunchuan also kowtowed one by one in the direction of his kowtow.

"Grant the key!"

Ding Kui honestly knelt in front of Ding Qi, raised his hands, and Ding Qi took a bunch of keys from his waist and put them in Ding Kui's hands.

The key given in the coming-of-age ceremony is an indication that an adult can open a door and start a business. In the aristocracy, you can open your own room, and you can make your own decisions in all aspects.

At this time, Jiang Shunchuan moved behind Ding Kui with his knees, and Ding Kui took the key and pretended to touch the belt, and handed it to Jiang Shunchuan behind him.

This ceremony shows that Jiang Shunchuan will now become Ding Kui's butler, and Ding Kui will be officially promoted to "master", and his subordinates will have a set of domestic servants. Originally, Ding Xiao also wanted to participate in this ceremony, she had to kneel on the other side behind Ding Kui, but the task of taking care of Long Yan was more important, so she could only give up this side.

"Family heirlooms!" Ding Qi nodded at Ding Kun.

Ding Kun held a jade box and handed it to Ding Kui, who took it with both hands, held it above his head and handed it to Jiang Shunchuan.

The coming-of-age ceremony to pass on the family rules is a qualification that only the son-in-law has, and it is rare to determine the heir so early, but Ding Qi is such a son, and the family rules are normal at this time.

After passing on the family rules, Ding Qi took a step back and returned to Jiang Tong's side, his task at the coming-of-age ceremony had been completed.

Ding Kui stood up and turned to face the guests, Jiang Shunchuan retreated behind Ding Kui with the key and family rules in hand.

"Thank you very much to the King of Zhongwang County, Wei Guogong and all the distinguished guests for attending the coming-of-age ceremony of Xia Guan. "Ding Kui is already an adult at this time, and he chooses the highest status identity to call himself, and the commander of Hu Ben is temporarily the highest position on his body," the lower official prepared a thin banquet to entertain you. ”

Seeing Ding Kui pause, Jiang Shunchuan shouted loudly: "Thank you for the banquet!" The servants and guards who had been prepared for a long time began to set up tables and chairs.

"There is a small dance party prepared in the front yard, and I would like to ask all the young talents to go and show their style. Ding Kui divided the guests into the older generation and the younger generation, he took the younger generation to the front yard, and the middle courtyard and the main hall were left to Ding Qi to greet the older generation.

The younger generation and the older generation will feel uncomfortable mixing together, and the coming-of-age ceremony should naturally emphasize the communication of the younger generation, which cannot be carried out normally without separation.

The front yard is a little bigger, after all, there are more young people who come this time, but there are not too many tables and chairs in the form of a dance, and the outer courtyard of the Ding family's old mansion can barely fit the young people who congratulate Ding Kui.

"Hehe, at this time, the ball is not interesting, and it is not convenient for us to let you perform as the protagonist, after all, the hostess is still on the way. Kong Ren generously joked about Ding Kui.

"Hmph, my sister-in-law didn't come, my sister can dance with the big head. Lu Ying was not convinced, and insisted on coming out to brush up on his presence.

"Little junior sister has nothing to do with you at this time, Kong Shizi said that he doesn't need his junior brother to perform, the meaning is obvious, he is planning to go on his own. "Zheng Yun is worthy of being Ding Kui's senior sister, and at this time, she is definitely not helping her relatives.

Someone will take the lead, someone will follow, Zheng Yun's proposal is still in line with the rules, if Ding Kui is not counted, Kong Ren's status is the highest, and he should come out to bring the atmosphere of the ball, and there is a suspicion of hairpins on the others.

Kong Ren couldn't shirk it, so he simply came to Zheng Yun, "Miss Zheng, then I will invite you to be my dance partner, so that I can see how Pingzhong County's dancing skills are?"

Zheng Yun dug a pit and buried himself now, but he didn't expect Kong Ren to find her.

Everyone knows that Ding Kui's coming-of-age ceremony is connected with the wedding with Long Yan, and the great families can't pull down their daughters to come over, and the highest female status among these people is the daughter of a group of counts.

Kong Ren's invitation to Zheng Yun is a natural thing, Zheng Yun has no reason to refuse, the face of the son of the Kong family is still quite big, so big that it cannot be refused.

Kong Ren and Zheng Yun became the first pair to dance.

There are a lot of women from the villagers of Pingzhong County, in addition to Zheng Yun, Lin Bi, Lu Ying, who must be there, Nie Ling, Shui Yu, Shi Li, Xue Yan, Tian Mi, etc., all the daughters of the same age as Ding Kui came.

There is only one person, the number one beauty in Pingzhong County, or the number one beauty in Zhongwangzhou, Li Fei, who did not come. Some people say that she did not come this time because of the conflict between Ding Kui and the Tian family before, which caused her relationship with Ding Kui to break down, and others say that she did not come this time because she was jealous of Long Yan and angry that Ding Kui married another woman.

There are more people in Ding Kui's male circle of friends who believe in the former statement, and more people in Ding Kui's female circle of friends believe in the latter statement, but no matter which statement he believes, everyone feels sorry for him.

Among the nobles who were attached to the Jiang family and the Long family, there were also many daughters of the family, although they were not very familiar with Ding Kui, but it did not prevent them from communicating with other young people, and the dance party in the front yard was very lively.

The main hall and the middle court were a little dull because of the presence of high-ranking officials and legendary knights, but everyone present did not feel disappointed. Because everyone who came to see it this time saw that the goal to be achieved was basically achieved, and there was still half a day left to communicate with each other, and if they were not careful, they might be noticed by the people on the rostrum, and the luck of the family might change because of this.

"Master Jiang Tong," Long Dang was still a little awkward in his heart, "Who will preside over your grandson's marriage?" He was full of hope that Jiang Tong would be the officiant, and the possibility of Long Yan's status going up in the future would increase a lot.

"Hehe, Brother Long, now the dog is An Guogong, the head of the Jiang family, and he also said that he would be the master of the marriage. The higher the combat power level, the more restrictions people are actually subjected to, and there are some things that I don't want to come forward, but I really can't. Jiang Tong naturally knew what Long Dang was thinking.

"Lord Jiang Tong was originally the pillar of Shaodian Kingdom, it's a pity to retire so early!" Shaodian Jian still had a sentence in his heart, "It would be great if you returned to seclusion after I retired from honor." ”。

"Our group of old immortals have occupied the upper position for a long time, and the capable juniors below have no future. My two sons are actually capable, but I have been pressed to have no chance to show them, which is also a loss for the kingdom. After Jiang Tong retreated, he saw the problem more clearly.

"My father was too humble, and my father praised him. Jiang Li hurriedly got up and responded, he couldn't sit still at this time.

"My son-in-law is also capable, there are too many capable people in the Shaodian country, and there is no shortage of people in your Shaodian family. Jiang Tong's words are full of words, and people with rich associative power can listen to a great amount of information.

Shao Dianjian's back was in a cold sweat, and he didn't know whether to answer this sentence or not, Jiang Tong's own meaning was not important at all, what would the people above think when they heard it, that was the most important thing.