Start with detective Li Yuanfang

"Lin Yiyong is getting married!!"

"The head coach is getting married!!"

For ordinary people in other states and counties, this is just a normal day suitable for marriage.

But for Yanyun, especially the people of Yanjing, today is a day of great joy.

Early in the morning, people flooded the streets, eagerly looking forward to this moment.

Weddings in ancient times paid attention to "morning welcome and evening travel". They went to greet the relatives in the morning, took the bride home, and officially held the ceremony at dusk.

And just knowing that the people are too enthusiastic, I am afraid that they will flock to the streets when they greet each other in the morning, and those who also set off early in the morning are happy cars.

The outside is covered with various animal skins taken from the merchants of the Liao Kingdom, and there are musicians in fine clothes on the car, playing, playing and singing, and ostentatiously passing through the market.

Around each car, there are acrobatics, performers running dry boats, drilling fire rings, walking ropes, swallowing steel swords, wrestling and fighting, dancing horses and cockfights...

These scenes not only resembled the festive atmosphere of Bianjing, but many artists in it couldn't stay in Bianliang, and they didn't want to go to the unaccustomed south, so they simply went north to Yanyun.

Compared with these mobile music cars, the shops on both sides are quite inferior.

Although Yanjing is the most prosperous among the five capitals of the Liao Kingdom, it cannot be compared with the Central Plains after all. It is unrealistic to want to set up silk-wrapped and gold-and-silver-wrapped lanterns like Bianliang’s Zhengdian canopy. , but it can also attract a lot of music and dance teams, singing and dancing in front of the door, singing colorful words.

As for the most prosperous "Guanpu" activity in Bianjing, there are also activities along the street, and many entertainment-heavy games have been preserved, such as Huarong's good at shooting color.

But other parts are banned, such as betting on rare treasures, singing girls and dancing girls, and even directly betting on landed houses, which are expressly prohibited.

The ethos of gambling among the whole people cannot disappear all at once, but it cannot be left alone and needs to be gradually changed.

Li Yan clearly explained to the Yamen, and Yang Xing, the magistrate, also arranged a specific monitoring team. Taking advantage of the current Yanjing, which is not as drunk and dreamy as Bianjing, he suppressed this trend.

Of course, the main purpose of the music cars being swooped and dance music singing is to attract the attention of the people and divert people with good intentions.

After all, on a big day, no one wants to send government servants to forcibly drive away the crowd, but there are too many crowds, the crowd is so tight that they can't move.

So while the people on the street were attracted by those projects, the wedding party set off.

Li Yan was wearing a red gauze singlet, a white inner skirt, black boots on his feet, and a goose in his arms. He rode on a lion horse and walked first.

Behind is a mighty welcome team, the generals of the township army, the students of the academy, the sailors of Cangzhou, the heroes of Liangshan, a lot of singles, all of them happily followed the team, and some simply carried vases and candles , incense balls and gauze, all kinds of boxes, headed for the bride's house.

In the middle is the flower eaves, also known as Huayu, which is commonly known as a sedan chair by later generations.

Compared with the floats used to greet relatives before the Song Dynasty, the red sedan chairs that are often seen in TV dramas only appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is clearly recorded in the fifth volume of "Tokyo Menghualu" "Marrying a Wife": "To the wedding day , children’s houses greet guests with carts or flower eaves, and lead them to the door of the woman’s house. Raise the eaves."

In addition to sedan chairs, which only began to appear in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are also bands in the wedding procession, playing all the way, and the cheerful tunes spread far and wide.

We must know that before the Song Dynasty, playing music for welcoming relatives was regarded as breaking the etiquette and law. In the Northern Song Dynasty, this form became popular among the people, and in the literati's notes, it also affected the royal wedding.

"Qingbo Magazine" records an example of Song Zhezong's big wedding, saying, "Yuanyou's big wedding, Lu Zhengxian is the Duke of the country, and it's not fun to discuss it. Xuan Renyun: "Ordinary people, marrying a bride, it's a good idea." How can a few musicians not be used by officials?'”

This story can basically be made up, not only the details in it are not consistent with the real history, ordinary people marry a daughter-in-law, can use the band accompaniment, the official family really can't use it, but the royal wedding later, this form has indeed become popular .

Anyway, no matter what, now you can play music and dance happily.

Not only the melody is played cheerfully, but also the sound of bang bang bang.

Led by Ling Zhen, the craftsmen of the artillery battalion took the barrels and fired them into the air, exploding the sky with fireworks.

"Wow!!"

The children on the street were dumbfounded, and Chai Jin, who was the best man to welcome the bride, was attracted: "This thing is really novel, how is Director Ling's artillery research going?"

Ling Zhen patted his chest, and said confidently: "I still can't show the subtlety of these salutes during the day, and I will see the results at night. I haven't wasted this year. You generals, just wait and see!"

He made great achievements in attacking Yanyun. It was precisely because of the power of the artillery that Yelu Dezhong was frightened, so that he did not dare to defend the city. He chose to go out of the city for a decisive battle. Not only did the soldiers suffer minor losses, but he also kept Yanjing's defense system.

Therefore, the township army is very curious about the construction of the Lingzhen Artillery Battalion. They not only hope that the Thunderbolt Invincible Artillery Cannon will be used in the siege battle, but also worry that if they really have such a sharp weapon, they will not fight on the battlefield. There is a place for it to be used.

Li Yan listened to the words of the two, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Just as the "Feng Mo Dao Soldiers" he received last night gave him a lot of inspiration, Ling Zhen's artillery battalion is also a major development direction, and at the same time, the drills of the township army must not be the slightest slack.

In this world where there are gods, spells, and firearms, you can't bet on one door, you can grab everything, and if you can harden everything, you will be invincible.

After the episode, seeing more and more people gathering on both sides, without Li Yan's reminder, the more intelligent Lion Cong speeded up slightly, but he couldn't see the running posture, speeding all the way to the bride's home.

When he arrived at the gate of the house, Li Yan didn't dismount, but faced the closed gate, he said loudly and authentically: "Thieves come to fight, guests come to see, report to sister-in-law, come out to see each other!"

A woman's voice inside asked with a smile: "Where is the gentleman? Where is the talent? The spirit is bright, why did you come here?"

The following questions and answers are basically the groom showing himself and praising the bride's routines. Just memorize them. When the sisters-in-law inside smiled and said: "It's hard to get rid of customers. Spread the mattress and spread the brocade bed, please." You can dismount when you dismount and discuss slowly."

Then began to chant poems.

When dismounting and entering the gate, the bridegroom needs to chant poems for every place and every thing he passes, such as gate words, poems to the middle gate, poems to the base of the hall, poems to the gate of the hall, etc. Every lock has to be recited a poem.

However, these can also be pre-prepared routines. Li Yan never shows off his excellent cultural level. He prepared poems and recited them gracefully.

Later, there are "poetry on spreading the tent", "poem on going to the curtain", "poem on going to the fan" and even "poem on making up", all of which are completed in one go.

"Tonight, the weaver girl came to the world, and she evened her makeup in front of the mirror, thinking about her own leisure. She has a beautiful face with peach blossoms, and she doesn't need makeup or powder to stain her face."

"He knew the two hearts from a long time ago, and pretended to be late once the shackles passed. What's more, he only worried about running to the moon rabbit, and don't draw crescent eyebrows when he is in love..."

Li Qingzhao in the boudoir heard the emotional reciting of poems outside, the corners of her mouth couldn't help curling up, almost laughing, and then continued to put on makeup leisurely.

Compared with the heavy makeup of the Tang Dynasty, the aesthetics of women in the Song Dynasty tended to be elegant and elegant. Scholars and bureaucrats even ridiculed women with heavy makeup as "guzihua", that is, "rice sac flower", a kind of poppy known for its rich and colorful flowers.

Of course, no matter how light it is, the facial makeup still includes yellow forehead, red makeup, thin makeup, plain makeup, Buddha makeup, etc. Li Qingzhao didn't particularly like makeup before, and she was better at studying fine wine, but after a little research recently, she immediately At first hand, the painting is more beautiful and natural than anyone else, even the aunt who came here to dress up the bride is amazed.

The Wang family next to her knew how smart her daughter was, so she tied the fragrant tassels with her own hands, and her eyes turned red.

Xiangying is a colorful belt tied around the waist of a woman when she gets married. There is a sachet on it, which means that the body is tied. After the bride passes the door, she needs to hold the Xiangying. .

In order not to disturb her daughter, Mrs. Wang turned her head and touched her eyes secretly, and then whispered: "My uncle is a very gentle person, and I won't be harsh on you, but you are used to being a daughter at home, and now you are his wife." When you go to your husband's house, you must respect your in-laws and live a good life!"

Li Qingzhao nodded: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter must remember that you and your father should also take care at home!"

After speaking, her tone was choked with sobs, and when Wang saw her, she hurriedly hugged her: "Don't cry, don't cry, or else you will have to repaint your makeup, and my uncle will have to wait again!"

Li Qingzhao smiled through tears: "It's probably only a day before the majestic chief coach waits outside to recite poems, so what if he waits?"

Li Yan was indeed willing to wait, but it was somewhat embarrassing for his overly keen hearing to hear the words "recite poems".

In fact, it is very simple to copy the text. Other dynasties are fine, and it is easy to have problems with allusions. However, Wang Ang, the number one scholar of the Huizong Dynasty, has a poem "A Good Thing Is Near: Reminders":
"Happiness embraces the rich family, and the light moves the beautiful fragrance. When you walk under the crape myrtle flower, you will realize that you are an extraordinary guest. You don't need makeup and powder to be naive, and you are afraid of being too red and white. Keep the dark eyebrows and draw the spring scenery."

Excessive powder covers the natural beauty, which is just right here.

But now the style of writing is too prosperous, so many people behind are listening, many people with a heart, if they write very good poems, they may send out a signal to continue to pay attention to poems, so Li Yan's thoughts are just a little bit, and then Just give up.

Keep on reciting poems, just don't copy!

Finally, after reciting more than a dozen make-up reminder poems, the beautiful and elegant bride came out of the boudoir. Li Yan withdrew his gaze from looking towards Hebei and Shandong in the south, and reached out to touch his bosom. The reluctant wild goose smiled:
"Your mission is complete!"