Jinyi Night Walk

If you want to talk about kissing, you must first have a matchmaker.

For a solemn marriage, there must be three matchmakers.Xia Xun's main matchmaker is the emperor, so the matchmaker for both men and women can't be too bad. Besides, with the status of both being princes, the matchmaker can't be an idle person.

Dingguo's mansion is close to the water tower, and Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng was directly pulled from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion to be the matchmaker of the woman's side. The man's matchmaker has become a problem. The status and qualifications must match the matchmaker of the woman's side. The high status and low seniority Those with high seniority and low status didn't work either, which forced Xia Xun to almost go to Kaifeng to ask the king of Zhou to rescue him, but the vassal king was not allowed to leave the vassal state without permission, and returned to Beijing just to tell people to return to their relatives. The spectrum is too big.

Later, Xia Xun finally thought of Ru Chang. In terms of title, Ru Chang was only an earl, but he was the prince Shaobao. He had served as a secretary in three of the most important yamen out of the six departments. He had the highest seniority and status among civil servants. For meritorious service, Zhu Neng is thousands of miles away from others, and Ru Chang's son Ru Jiangang is engaged to Prince Qin's second daughter, Princess Chang'an, and his status is a bit more important, so Xia Xun took a gift and ran to Ru's mansion Hire a matchmaker.

Fu Guogong is now famous and prosperous, Ru Chang has no reason to refuse, Ru Chang readily agrees, and the three matchmakers get together, and then the normal steps of marriage proposal begin.Of course, this is the part where both men and women must communicate, and there are various internal preparations for each other.

When Xia Xun was busy preparing for the wedding, Chen Ying and Ji Gang were busier than him. Xia Xun was busy getting married, while Chen Ying and Ji Gang were busy arresting people.

Because of Xu Huihuizu and Geng Bingwen's rebellious actions in the old Jianwen county, Zhu Di became wary and ordered Chen Ying and Ji Gang to conduct a thorough investigation. Chen Ying and Ji Gang were busy with impeachment and arrest, and the cooperation was perfect.During the more than one month of dog cleaning when Zhu Di took charge of Nanjing, the honored and military officials of the Jianwen Dynasty who were not implicated in the slightest, thanks to Xu Huihui and Geng Bingwen, began to have bad luck.

First, Chen Ying impeached Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, for the crime of usurpation. Geng Bingwen knew why he was arrested, so he wisely committed suicide first.Then, according to the confessions obtained from Geng Bingwen and Xu Huihuizu's cronies under severe torture, the third mastermind of the "group of four" was caught: son-in-law Mei Yin, who was charged with evil conspiracy.Because he is a son-in-law, the emperor ordered him not to rule. Who would have thought that when Mei Yin came to court, because of the crowd of officials, he "stumbled" and fell off the Jinshui Bridge and drowned alive.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Ying impeached Captain Hu Guan for taking women from the people and marrying prostitutes as concubines.In fact, Hu Guan is a bit unlucky, because he is not from Xu Huihui and Geng Bingwen. In fact, he is on the side of Zhu Gaoxu and supports Zhu Gaoxu in his fight for succession. However, he is very close to his son-in-law Mei Yin, and many evidences involve him. As for the big case of treason, Chen Ying didn't dare to cover it up, so she had to find a lesser charge and report it to the emperor.

Similarly, Hu Guan is also a son-in-law, and Zhu Di ordered him not to punish him as usual, but ordered him to reflect behind closed doors, but within two days, Ji Gang reported Hu Guan's "resentment", that is, complaining at home and scolding the emperor. The meaning of respect, so go to jail.

Afterwards, Chen Ying impeached Sheng Yong, Marquis of Licheng, for slander and punishment. Sheng Yong committed suicide in fright when he heard the news.Ji Gang secretly reported that Li Zengzhi, the younger brother of Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, bought more estates and kept more tenants and servants. His intentions were unpredictable.

Li Jinglong was terrified when he heard the news, he knew that if things went on like this, he would be the one who lost his luck, so he immediately announced..." "No return to apologize!

At this time Yang Xu was following the great matchmaker Ru Chang to send Qi Dagger to Dingguo Duke's mansion. This is Nazheng. After Nazheng, the marriage will be completely settled, and the little beauty will be a sure-fire Yang family from now on.

Ming'er's second elder brother Xu Yingxu was the one who came out to Dingguo's mansion, and now he can only be the head of the Xu family to preside over the younger sister's wedding, so he hurried back to Beijing, and he brought his nephew Xu Jingchang by his side , and the woman's matchmaker Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng who actually knew nothing about marriage rituals.

The Xu family opened the door, and the three greeted them out.Outside the door, waiters holding and carrying all kinds of gifts lined up for a mile. Ru Chang and Xia Xun stood at the forefront, dressed in full attire. Where did you come from?"

Ru Chang smiled and clapped his hands and said, "Yang Xu, Duke of the Fu State, respects the relationship between husband and wife, and follows the ceremony. If you have any coins that are not shy, you dare to ask for them."

Zhu Neng stood there with a pair of bear eyes watching the excitement, as if nothing happened, Xu Jingchang was anxious, and quickly abducted him with his elbow, Zhu Neng turned his head, Xu Jingchang looked away pretending to be innocent.Zhu Neng followed his gaze, and it turned out to be a tall poplar tree with a bird's nest on it. Looking left and right, he couldn't understand it, so he asked strangely, "Mr. Ding, what do you want me to see?" "cough!"

Xu Jingchang coughed in embarrassment, covered his nose and whispered, "Master Guo, it's your turn to speak.

"Oh?"

Zhu Neng panicked: "I said Shili..."

Xu Jingchang reminded in a low voice: "The Duke of Fuguo gave you a great gift, and Governor Xu dare not accept it."

Zhu Neng let out an ah, and immediately took a step forward, raised his eyebrows, and said loudly with the heroic voice he cultivated on the battlefield: "Duke Fuguo gave you a great gift, how dare Governor Xu refuse to accept it?"

This voice startled both the host and the guest. Looking at his posture of slashing the sword immediately, this is not asking the host to accept the gift. Put a big knife in his hand. If Xu Yingxu dares to be rude, he will show it off It's like chopping it down.

Xu Yingxu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he followed his words and saluted Ru Chang. The two sides bowed to each other and walked into the mansion side by side.

Far away, there is a high pavilion, still far away, the host and the guest are not looking sideways, they are not expected to be seen, but there is still only half a curtain raised on the pavilion, a pretty and beautiful woman with picturesque features The girl hid behind the curtain and watched quietly. Seeing that the Yang family had sent so many gifts, the envoys in front had all entered the second hall, and the waiters who carried the gifts were still like a long queue, and there was no end in sight. : "This idiot, he has only been the Duke of the state for a few days, and his family is very rich, so tossing!"

Ming'er felt sorry for her husband and son-in-law, this dowry gift was given out, but she couldn't carry it back with the girl.

Not far behind, sat a beautiful woman at the table, it was Xu's elder sister and empress empress. Hearing her sister's words, Empress Xu was angry and funny, and said: "You girl, you are talking to others before you are married. Xu Jiabai has raised you for many years."

"elder sister!"

Xu Ming'er's face flushed with shame, she turned her head and said with a sneer: "Isn't my sister taught me this, women's morality, isn't my sister treating my brother-in-law badly?"

Empress Xu smiled and sighed: "You, I really don't know what kind of ecstasy drug he gave you!"

Seeing the girl's happy appearance, a warm feeling slowly came to my heart.Although it was a good thing for the girl to be hindered at the beginning, it was because she wanted to protect the interests and happiness of the girl. Of course, she was also happy for the girl to marry a satisfactory husband.Seeing the shy and timid appearance of the girl, Empress Xu suddenly remembered how similar she was to the girl's performance today.He came to the mansion to accept Zheng, and hid himself behind the screen, watching Jia quietly...

Empress Xu came to her senses from the memory, and said with a little worry: "Ming'er, after accepting the levy, you are Yang Xu's person in terms of name, stay at home and wait for marriage. I can't see his face again."

"I know..." My sister has said it eight hundred times! "

Ming'er responded with a long voice, her wonderful eyes stared at the person who was about to enter the hall in the distance, and she was full of joy.

Outside the main hall of the Xu family, the host and guest stood still, bowed to each other, walked into the hall, stood still in the hall, bowed again, gave speeches to each other, then exchanged letters, bowed to each other again, turned around and handed the letters to the people around them Once the person collects it, the ceremony of accepting the levy is over.

Both parties relaxed, sat down and chatted and laughed. Most of the things they said were related to the wedding, the layout of the new house, the color of the furniture, the guests at the banquet, and so on.But these are what Ru Chang and Xu Yingxu were talking about, Zhu Neng would interject from time to time, and Xia Xun called Xu Jingchang aside, and the two of them were muttering without knowing what they were talking about, looking very mysterious.But judging by the smiles on their faces, the topic of conversation should be very relaxed.

It usually takes two months at the earliest to welcome the bride and groom after accepting the contract. With other preparations, you have to wait until the beginning of September. In fact, this time is very good. If the time is too early, the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot and humid, and you can catch up with the midsummer to get married. At that time, the bride, groom, and guests all had to sweat profusely and suffer a lot. Moreover, when they got married at that time, the large amount of wine, meat and food purchased was not easy to preserve.

Today is the Na Zheng ceremony, Xia Xun should not stay for too long, the two sides chatted and laughed for a while, drank a cup of tea, Xia Xun and Ru Chang got up and said goodbye, Xu Yingxu and Xu Jingchang sent him out of the mansion in a grand and dignified manner , Then he lifted his robe and hurried to the back house to meet the Queen's sister, and reported to her about today's collection and some wedding topics.

Because the huge entourage was too conspicuous, Xia Xun sent them back after leaving Duke Ding's mansion, and he and Ru Chang walked slowly with a dozen guards.On a June day, the weather was humid, and the two of them were chatting casually. Just after they turned the corner of the street, a person rushed by the side of the road, and was immediately stopped by Xia Xun's vigilant guards.

The man jumped on his feet and said: "I want to see Duke Fu, I have something urgent, I want to see Duke Fu!"

Ru often saw this situation, so he smiled at Xia Xun and said, "Duke, I'll go ahead."

"Thank you, my lord!"

Xia Xun cupped his hands to Ru Chang, and watched him gallop away, Fang turned to look at the dressed-up man by the side of the road, and said, "Call him over!"

The man hurriedly threw himself in front of Xia Xun, turned over and kowtowed to the ground, begging, "Master, my master, please meet the Duke!"

Xia Xun frowned and said, "Who is your master?"

The man wept and said: "My master is Duke Cao, Lord, save my master, my master has been on a fast for ten days, and the water and rice have not been eaten yet!"

Xia Xun was taken aback: "It's been ten days without food?"... Is Cao Guogong still alive? "

"Thanks to the Duke for asking, my master is still alive!"

Xia Xun was speechless immediately. On such a hot day, Li Jinglong hadn't had water or rice for ten days in a row, yet he was still alive. If he didn't want to be a ninja, it would be a waste of materials!