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Chapter 169 Darkness, Marriage

After walking for a few more days, Jiang Chen came to a town. Today, a large family in the town was having a wedding. Originally, Jiang Chen didn't care, but the conversation between the two caught his attention.

"Are you really planning to go to the wedding? You are not related to Qian Yuanwai, so you won't be kicked out if you go in like this."

"How come, when there are more people drinking wedding wine, who will pay attention to you?"

"Go yourself and don't pull me."

"It's a pity for this bride. I heard that Qian Yuanwai's son died of illness, and the one who married him was a rooster."

"What's so strange about this? It's said to be a ghost marriage for my son. In the end, the juicy bride is not an old tortoise with cheap money. Rather than marrying a wife for my son, it's better to say it's for himself."

"Then I'll go and have a look too. The bride married the rooster."

After Jiang Chen heard it, he found it interesting. He had seen this kind of thing in TV dramas before, but he didn't expect it to happen in the real world, so he also wanted to watch it.

How cruel is ghost marriage.

Cruelty treats the living as the dead.

Ghost marriage is not limited to between the dead and the dead, and even between the living and the dead.But ghost marriage has completely different requirements for living women and dead men and dead women.

Liang Shaoren once said at the end of the Qing Dynasty: "Nowadays, men and women who have hired unmarried dead, women may embrace the master to marry, and men may return to the coffin for burial. Although this is a vulgar sentiment, it is also polite." This sentence means that ghost marriage After that, the woman must observe the festival for the dead man and cannot remarry for life; but the man can remarry after the ghost marriage.

Although ghost marriage is regarded as a happy event, it is often mixed with red and white etiquette, and the specific form depends on the idea of ​​the person in charge.Not only that, but in many cases, ghost marriage is not only limited to the dead and the dead, but even between the living and the dead.But ghost marriage has completely different requirements for living women and dead men and dead women.

The so-called concept of chastity can be said to have harmed women in feudal China.Not only that, but in some dark marriages, in order to make the dead not feel lonely underground, and to achieve the purpose of joint burial, even the living one is forced to death, and for those who refuse to die, even the means of burying alive are used, which is outrageous .Fortunately, with the progress of the times, this bad habit has disappeared.

Jiang Chen handed the horse to an inn guy, then put the package and long sword in the inn room, and went out with a fan.

This Qian Yuan is still rich in financial resources, and this house is still very large.

There is a butler at the door who is registering the identities and gift money of the guests.

Jiang Chen walked over with a calm face, and took out a tael of silver as a gift, this tael was already quite a lot.

Although the housekeeper didn't know Jiang Chen, he was generous in beating him, and he didn't doubt his handsome appearance.

After entering, the banquet has been set up, and the gongs and drums are beating inside, but the bride has not come yet.

A chubby and very handsome middle-aged man is greeting the guests. He is Qian Yuanwai.

Jiang Chen chose a relatively corner position to sit down.

After a while, firecrackers sounded outside, and someone shouted: "The sedan chair for the bride is here."

Marriage Customs Ceremony Due to the etiquette of mixing red and white matters in the marriage of the dead, and each party has its own opinions, the yin marriage ceremony has never been formed.

Usually, the "goose cage", "wine sea", dragon and phoenix wedding cakes, elbows, and xiguo sent by the man to the woman are all real, but the clothes and jewelry are paper-made ghost objects.The dowry accompanied by the woman is usually made of paper. After it is sent to the man, it is only displayed for half a day in front of the "groom" photo or tablet, and some are just carried around the man's courtyard for a week, that is, led by drums, and sent to a nearby open space for incineration.

Yin marriages do not necessarily hold the above-mentioned ceremonies, but the wedding ceremony is indispensable.It was Rigao who set up a shed, entertained relatives and friends, and lit the sedan chair in front of the door.The whole god of "hundred parts" is enshrined in the wedding room.A low table is set on the kang opposite, for photos or memorial tablets of the "groom", and there are several plates of apples and dragon and phoenix wedding cakes in front.And there is a big red flower, and a ribbon is attached to the bottom: "Bridegroom".In the woman's "boudoir" is a "bride" photo or memorial tablet, which is also provided as before, and there is a big red flower, with a ribbon underneath, and a letter: "bride".

After the wedding sedan chair returns to the man's side, the married wife still takes out the photo or tablet of the "bride" and puts it on the altar on the kang of the wedding room, juxtaposed with the "groom".The two photos were tied together with a red string (meaning the old man holding the red thread), and covered with red and yellow colored silk. "Cup wine", "children's dumplings" and "longevity noodles" are also offered in front of the tablets or photos of the "newlyweds".In the future, I will choose a good day for burial. The woman will be buried next to the man's grave at the time appointed by Ling'an, and the two coffins will be buried side by side.

The suona sounded, and the gongs and drums sounded together!
The bride walked into the house with the help of the matchmaker.

Everyone wants to see what the bride looks like, but the bride is covered with a red veil, so she can't see what she looks like.

The bride was brought to the hall to worship. At this time, a servant girl came out holding a rooster. The rooster was pasted with a piece of yellow paper, on which was written the birth date of the deceased. The rooster had a red flower on its neck. flower.

This rooster is very majestic. There is an altar table in front of it, and there are tablets on the altar table. Qian Yuanwai and the eldest grandma are sitting on both sides of the altar table.

Then, under the auspices of the priest, the bride and the rooster went to worship, which looked a little weird and funny.

After worshiping the bride, the bride was sent to the bridal chamber.

The good wine and food were served one after another, Jiang Chen had a good meal.

Satisfied with wine and food, he naturally wanted to leave.

But I heard that the bride had hanged herself from inside.

Jiang Chen sighed in his heart, what a tragedy in this world!Feudal ethics killed people.

It is not uncommon for this kind of thing to happen in ancient times, so he can't control it if he wants to, and if there is no forced buying and selling, he has no reason to intervene.

This is also why he wants to overthrow the imperial court and become emperor himself to promote reforms.

After coming out, Jiang Chen came back to the inn, drank a lot of wine, did not leave today, and continued on his way tomorrow.

After taking a nap in the afternoon, he went out for dinner in the evening, and went back to his room to practice directly after dinner.

He continued on his way the next day, and it would take about ten days to get to Xiangyang City, according to the current speed.

After another few days of driving, he came to a stream. He let the horse drink water by himself, and he also washed his face. Suddenly, there was a melodious sound of a flute. The sound of the flute was a little sad, as if he was missing someone.

The sound of this flute is very contagious, it goes straight to people's hearts, who played it.

Jiang Chen led the horse and followed the sound.

After a while, Jiang Chen finally found someone by the stream.

An old man in a green robe, and a woman, this woman is a bit crazy.

And this old man's back is straight, with a golden mask on his face.

Jiang Chen had already guessed their identities, he was Huang Laoxie and Sha Gu.

(End of this chapter)