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Chapter 833 The big wedding presents are given one after another!
"The good day has come, invite the newcomers out of the new house!"

The custom of walking in the morning and evening is to leave more time for the wedding, so that the two families with a long distance can better arrange the time, and can also cope with the variables that appear on the way, so as not to affect the wedding ceremony.

But if the two families are very close and the journey is smooth, it will be too long to "sit in the rich" in the new house. Fortunately, Li Qingzhao closed his eyes and meditated for a while, and then played a few games of chess with himself in his heart. The official's voice sounded from outside.

Compared to her waiting quietly, Li Yan felt that getting married was really busy. The situation in Yingtian Mansion had just stabilized, and there was a middle-aged man who kept calling for apprenticeship, and the auspicious time had arrived.

Wu Song and Lu Zhishen can be said to be the two most popular heroes in the Water Margin. Few people don't like them, Li Yan is no exception, but obviously there is no time to chat with him today, after a little reassurance, "Zuo Ming" sat down Shangying'er floated away, and returned to the main body with concentration.

At this time, holding a wooden wat in his hand, he came outside the new house.

The red and green colored satin is prepared and tied into a concentric knot, one end is hung on the wooden wat, and the other end is placed in the bride's hand.

Then Li Yan walks backwards, and Li Qingzhao, who is covered with a big red kerchief, walks towards each other. The groom leads the bride to the middle hall together. This process is called "pulling the scarf".

After "drawing the scarf", the aunt at home used a machine tool to lift off the bride's red head cover, and the two began to pay homage to the ancestral tablet of the Lin family, and then bowed down to Lin Yuanjing and Li Shi.

This is the marriage ceremony most familiar to later generations, but it is also a wedding link that only began in the Song Dynasty.

The term "worship hall" actually existed in Tang Dynasty weddings. The so-called "two cups of wine and six relatives are happy, my bride should worship hall", but this kind of worship refers to "wife meets uncle (in-law)" on the second day , is different from the three prayers that later generations are familiar with.

The real first worship to heaven and earth, second worship to the high hall, and husband and wife to worship each other began to have a form in the Northern Song Dynasty, and became a symbol of Chinese weddings in later generations.

"Good! Good!"

Seeing his son and daughter-in-law bowing down at this time, Lin Yuanjing was all smiles, and Li Shi felt extremely gratified: "My son finally got married and started a business!"

She was afraid that this son would go his own way, so he would not marry a wife. Fortunately, he finally got married and married, and the daughter-in-law he chose was also very good, really blessed by the ancestors.

After the two prayers in the middle hall, Li Yan took the bride by the hand and returned to the new house for the final couple's prayer.

Li Yan looked at this bride who was known as the most talented woman in the ages, and felt a little apologetic in his heart. He had a clear conscience in other matters, but he had never been moved by the relationship between a man and a woman. It was precisely because of this that he had a negative attitude towards marriage before. so-so.

Getting married now is more important for the big goal set by this world, to change the world. Although it is said that the ancients did not have free love in the first place, which is often the case when they get married, but he feels a little sorry after all.

"My wife is very close, like a drum and a zither. All I can do is not treat this marriage as a purely political marriage, and fulfill my husband's responsibilities."

Li Yan pays his respects.

Li Qingzhao looked at this husband who is both civil and military, righteous and brave, who restored Yanyun and praised by everyone, and his mind was very simple.

If there is any love, she also can't talk about it, but after a few contacts in the academy, she feels very comfortable with this gentleman who is very calm in private, which is already beyond the reach of many couples who talk about it. up.

Coupled with the fact that the other party is so talented, she is simply the perfect husband candidate. She only feels that she is a very lucky lady as Xiao Hei said.

"To understand the six columns of excellence, obey the language of female history, motherly manners, virtuousness, benevolence, chastity, righteousness, discernment, these six columns are also! I want to be a good wife!"

Li Qingzhao bows down.

After the two worshiped, they sat upright on the bed.

The ceremony officials from both sides came forward, and many close guests also came in, throwing gold and silver threads, lottery money, and miscellaneous fruits into the tent, and then everyone sang "Curse and Vow" together:
"Tonight is an auspicious day. Lin's son and Li's daughter are married. After the vows are fulfilled, they will live forever and keep Jichang. Five men and two women, slaves and maidservants will go together. The men will always be ministers, and the women will be hired by the king. From then on After this curse, the life span of husband and wife will be extended!"

"Oh!!"

After a while of cheering, it was time to drink the wine. The professional name is "合卺(jǐn)". The five-color silk is continuous, and the youngest Hu Sanniang and Hua Xiaomei brought it out: "The heart is the heart, and the heart is true. The heart is tied to the heart, and the heart is attached!"

Li Yan and Li Qingzhao drank at the same time, and put the two wine glasses upside down under the bed, implying good luck.

After the "joint swastika", there is also a "joint bun", each of which takes off a bunch of hair and knots it together, symbolizing that life and death go hand in hand and grow old together.

"Since you see a flowery face, why wear embroidered clothes? You will eventually become lovebirds, and you will fly together in the future."

At this point, it was finally time to change clothes. Li Yan took off the flowers from the bride's head, Li Qingzhao unfastened the throw button on the husband's chest, and then covered the curtain, and the new couple changed their clothes.

After changing into a lighter dress, the two came to the middle hall side by side, thanked their relatives and friends, accepted congratulations, and made a toast to each other.

Seeing that Li Yan could drink mechanically, a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes: "Everyone, it's time to drink to your heart's content again!"

"Fu Lang also likes to drink alcohol. I will advise you one or two in the future. You can't drink too much of this thing, you need to control it!"

Li Qingzhao got rid of the habit of drinking too much, and even decided not to drink too much in the future, but seeing his happy face, he also smiled, turned to his own little cup, and pursed his mouth cherishingly.

And looking at the head coach with clear eyes and no abnormality at all, he picked up the wine glass again, and the guests were moved: "Brother, can you still drink? We can't hold it anymore..."

Seeing that the wedding scene once again entered the rhythm of the chief coach, Cai Jingdu, who was not far away, sighed sincerely: "Lin Yiyong is really huge!"

Liang Shijie and Song Qiaonian nodded, but an unfamiliar voice came from behind: "Prefect Cai."

Cai Jing raised his brows slightly, turned his head, and saw a medium-sized, ordinary-looking strange man standing behind him, but standing with this man was the top-ranking chief detective Shi Qian in the township army.

The strange man introduced himself: "In Xia Daizong, he works in the secret battalion and walks horses. He has Taoism and magic skills. He can tie four pieces of magic armor horses to his legs, and he can travel [-] miles a day."

This is exactly the distance from Yanjing to Daming Mansion, and Cai Jing immediately understood that he was going back to Daming Mansion.

In fact, as early as when Gao Lian fell, Cai Jing notified the matter, but he was still invited to the wedding. He knew that the township army might be preparing to lure snakes out of the cave, and during the drinking process just now, he noticed that a group of generals were almost Don't drink alcohol.

After observing this, Cai Jing was not surprised to return to the Daming Mansion, but he didn't know much about Dai Zong's so-called Taoist supernatural powers. Although there was no expression on his face, he was a little nervous in his heart.

Fortunately, Shi Qian introduced: "Dai Zouma is from Jiangzhou, and he came here to join the rural army, and this Shenxing Jiama can also be used by others. He has worked hard to prepare a lot during this period."

"It's really a strange person, thank you for your trouble!"

With this guarantee, Cai Jing finally settled down, bowed his hands to Dai Zong, and then secretly sighed: "The current Yanyun Township Army can indeed attract talents from all walks of life to vote. Not issuing it, not being greedy for merit, this is the embodiment of mature governance!"

Of course, it is unrealistic to say that you don’t want to make meritorious service. It has been a year since the capture of Yanyun. Someone jumped out eagerly.

Shi Qian drank the wine in his glass, and said with a smile: "It's time for those thieves to know what happened to those who invaded the Daming Mansion, occupied Hebei, and angered our army!"

……

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Boys, enter the Daming Mansion and reward ten thousand gold!!"

Under the city wall of Daming Mansion, there was a rumbling drum, shouting and killing everywhere.

The army under Tian Hu's command was attacking the city, and his self-proclaimed King Jin personally beat the drums.

Due to the secretive marching and the sudden launch, the soldiers defending the city seemed to be caught off guard. At first, they took advantage of a lot, and many soldiers climbed onto the tower first.

But soon the defenders of the city responded with extreme resilience and killed Sergeant Tian Hu, who ascended first, and threw his body off the city wall. decline.

Watching the sky darken, the flames flickering on the city wall not flustered, but the few siege machines in his house had to stop attacking, Tian Hu put down the drum hammer, frowned, and his face was ugly.

He was not surprised that the siege encountered difficulties.

The four former capitals of the Great Song Dynasty, Bianjing, the capital city, fled south since the official family moved the capital, and the officials and rich households fled one after another, without the prosperity of the past;

Xijing Luoyang was first captured by the Liao people and then occupied by Zhang Xian. It can be said that it has suffered a lot and has been destroyed;
Nanjing Yingtianfu should have been captured by Zhang Xianjun today. Once his subordinates are allowed to enter the arena, they will definitely be ravaged and basically finished;
So far intact, maintaining the pre-war prosperity, there is only one Beijing Daming Mansion.

And this city is not located in the hinterland, on the contrary, it is the northern gate of "controlling Heshuo, locking the key to the north gate", directly facing the Hebei government where the main force of the Liao army has been for several months!

Having had such an experience, if the city is destroyed as soon as the attack is made, then Tian Hu will wonder if this is a trap...

But for some things, although he was mentally prepared, when he really saw that the Daming Mansion was still so difficult to attack without Cai Jing's presence, he inevitably felt a lot of fear, and asked, "Ma Ling's ambush is ready?" ?"

The guard next to him said: "Report to the king, General Ma has already sent a letter, and his soldiers have ambushed on the roads of Sanguan and Yanmen. No matter where the Cai thief returns from, he will be able to intercept and kill him!"

It was Tian Hu himself who ordered to intercept Cai Jing, but at this time he changed his tone again: "Don't be greedy for meritorious deeds, be careful of the township army guards, and tell Ma Ling that as long as Cai Jing is blocked from the road, Cai Jing can't return to the Daming Mansion. It is a great achievement!"

The personal guard did not dare to neglect, and immediately took orders: "Yes!"

Tian Hu murmured: "The news of the attack on the Daming Mansion will take one or two days to Cai Jing, and it will take at least one or two days for Cai Jing to return from Yanyun, not to mention that the king has prepared an ambush, so long The time is enough to take down the city and prepare it again!"

While he was cheering himself up, Qiao Daoqing's cold voice came from behind: "Your Majesty, something happened to Zhang Xianjun!"

Tian Hu turned around abruptly: "What's going on?"

Qiao Daoqing spread out his palm, and there was an ashes of a talisman on it: "What exactly happened, I don't know what happened here, but if this talisman burns out, it means that the situation must have reached the worst point!"

Tian Hu changed color: "That's not just a setback, but a disastrous defeat? Could it be that the Western Army came back early, otherwise it would be good if the officers and soldiers can drive away his army, and it will never be a disastrous defeat..."

As he said that, he shook his head: "No! The king sent out scouts earlier, and the Western Army is still preparing food in Shaanxi. They have been fighting Western thieves and Liao people for the past two years. If you don't go up, it is absolutely impossible to march quietly and suddenly appear under Ying Tianfu!"

Qiao Dao said indifferently: "Your Majesty, you don't need to care about how Zhang Xian was defeated. The military situation will come back soon. For the present plan, we should urge the Liao people to give more practical help and shorten the time limit for attacking the Daming Mansion. !"

Tian Hu's face was serious, and his lips trembled.

Qiao Daoqing continued to advise: "There must be a reason for Zhang Xian's defeat. The Daming Mansion is a high city and deep pools, and the difficulty of attacking is still beyond expectations. Emperor Tianzuo of the Liao Kingdom was unable to attack for a long time under this great city. In the end, the whole army was almost wiped out in the territory of Song Dynasty. I hope the king can learn from these lessons and don't repeat the same mistakes!"

After all, give a salute with your palms up, and don't say more.

Tian Hu looked at the silent Taoist, his face turned slightly blue, and then turned to the Daming Mansion, with a worried look on his brows, he gritted his teeth, raised a pair of drum hammers again, exerted force, and hit the drum head hard smashed down.

A sound, a hammer, was deafening to his ears, like thunder, rolling over the earth and swinging towards the sky.

But when it fell into the ears of the frontline soldiers, they were not as excited as expected, and many people even didn't know who was beating the drum behind them, but screamed again and again under the endless defensive offensive.

The one who really paid attention to the rapid drum sound was the eagle who had been flying high for more than an hour. Its eyes showed curiosity, and it called out: "Chirp chirp~ chirp chirp!"

Li Yan's wide robe on his back slowly swelled, and his eyes behind the mask became sharp again. Hearing Ying'er's insightful words, he said with a leisurely smile: "That's right, this group of people know about my wedding, and they are rushing to give gifts... ...After this battle, the overall situation in Hebei and Shandong can be settled!"

(End of this chapter)