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Carefully putting the rice into his mouth, Zhang Yan chewed mechanically with his upper and lower jaws, apparently not focusing on the food in front of him.

Accompanied by his movements, Qiao Ying naturally followed closely, reaching out to put a ball of rice into her mouth.

The upper and lower jaws collided gently, although Zhang Yan was chewing the food, but at the moment his thoughts were all on Qiao Ying's body.

Looking at the other party's swaying lips like this, for some reason, Zhang Yan suddenly remembered the wine glass that the two of them shared successively in the past few days, and his face turned slightly red at the same time.

You must know that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the mainstream eating habits among the upper-class scholars were still the same meal-sharing system as in Japan and South Korea in later generations, that is, each person had a table, and each ate the dishes on his own table.

And like the two of them now, eating the food in the same plate is a manifestation of an extremely close relationship throughout the late Han Dynasty and even the future Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Just like Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty later, when his previous status had not climbed to the height of the emperor, Liu Bei had always liked to eat with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, and if he met him he liked Even if you have already touched the chopsticks, you will still send someone to deliver the food to your generals. This is a manifestation of intimacy.

But now, Zhang Yan's eyes are fixed on the jade chopsticks in Qiao Ying's hand, watching the jade chopsticks pick up a small ball of rice from the bowl in front of him and put it into his mouth to swallow, his whole heart is full of excitement. Got a different feeling.

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He ate the food in the three small plates of "rice", "wheat kernel" and "corn millet" one after another. Although Zhang Yan's heart was beating violently during this process, fortunately, the chopsticks in his hand were not bad. Robust, with no accidental spills of food.

However, after eating those kinds of foods that were easy to distinguish and pick up, Zhang Yan couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed when he saw the dimly colored meat of three animals in the other three bowls.

Different from rice and other items, these three kinds of meat, whether pork, beef or mutton, were cut into thin slices and placed on the table where Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying were sitting opposite each other.

But if they want to separate the meat in this bowl, it is not something that they can easily do with the relatively cumbersome jade chopsticks in their hands.

You must know that when husband and wife eat together in prison, the food should not be dropped on the table or on the ground anyway.

But now that he took a look in front of him and stopped his hands, looking at Qiao Ying who was slightly dazed with the meat in the bowl, Zhang Yan suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

If the piece of meat is cut off with chopsticks, not to mention that this behavior is a little unattractive in the wedding ceremony, just when the meat is cut off, the risk of getting the food out of the plate, Zhang Yan is absolutely I don't want to bear it.

But if he didn't cut off the piece of meat and replaced it with a relatively primitive method, there would be no problem on his side, but Zhang Yan was a little worried about whether Qiao Ying, who was a young girl before, could accept it.

Holding up the chopsticks and froze there, Zhang Yan soon felt behind him, whether it was the domestic servants who were still serving in the auditorium, or Zhang Rang who was sitting on the main seat. He turned his attention to his own direction.

On the eve when the ritual officer stepped forward slightly, as if intending to urge her, Zhang Yan saw Qiao Ying slowly stretching out her left hand, and lifted a small plate close to her from the table. up.

"—"

The sound of the upper and lower teeth colliding lightly sounded, Zhang Yan just watched Qiao Ying pick up a plate, then picked up the piece of meat on the plate and took a light bite, the pink lips lightly touched the piece of meat Lightly passing, it seems that something is left, but it seems that nothing is left.

On the other side, after biting off half a piece of meat, Qiao Ying blushed and handed the birth plate to Zhang Yan's direction, feeling a little shy and unable to lift her head at the same time.

……

"Ah! Why is it so hard to bite, I won't drool on it, will I?"

……

Different from later generations, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people's cooking methods for meat were still relatively primitive, especially this kind of boiled meat, without the help of "tender meat powder" and "starch". The entrance was old and sticky, and Qiaoying secretly spent a long time biting down a crescent-like gap on the piece of meat.

And although she was already careful in every possible way when her teeth collided, Qiao Ying couldn't help but break down a little when she saw a crystal clear silk thread pulled out from her lips and the piece of flesh.

Even in the process of eating together in the same prison, it is inevitable to eat the saliva of both parties, but if a thread is pulled out in front of the other party, Qiao Ying, who has been educated in various etiquette since childhood, really finds it difficult to accept.

Just like that, she handed the plate to Zhang Yan's hand in a somewhat dull manner, Qiao Ying couldn't help but slightly buried her cheeks, and almost dared not look directly into Zhang Yan's eyes.

And after a while, accompanied by the slight sound of chewing, Qiao Ying saw that the other party swallowed all the food in the plate into her mouth without hesitation.

"Gollum—"

The sound of swallowing food came from inside Zhang Yan's stomach. Zhang Yan was holding a pair of chopsticks in his hand at the moment, and his face felt blushing and tingling, and he looked unbearable.

It's just different from Qiaoying's entanglement with his embarrassment just now, Zhang Yan didn't have any thoughts of rejecting the food the other party had eaten. Instead, he remembered that about a week ago, he used to drink from the cup Qiao Ying used. thing.

Although at that time, Zhang Yan couldn't be sure whether the two of them used the same cup because he was drunk.

But looking at the plate handed to him by the other party, Zhang Yan didn't need to go to confirm it this time.

Gently put the vacant dish in their hands on the table. With this first experience, the two of them became a little proficient in the second meat, and they divided the food smoothly without any extra trouble.

It was only on the last small portion of mutton left, Qiao Ying blushed slightly this time, and refused to move chopsticks ahead of Zhang Yan no matter what.

"...Husband, this time you go first..."

A voice as thin as a gnat came out of Qiao Ying's mouth, and she blushed and hummed in Zhang Yan's direction, then mingled her hands together, obediently sitting on the mat without moving.

And although he didn't hear what Qiao Ying said clearly, seeing the other party's movements and eyes, Zhang Yan naturally understood Qiao Ying's meaning in an instant, and at the same time, he felt a little bit of secret joy in his heart.

He neatly bit off half of the last piece of meat. I don't know if it was because of being too nervous or for some other reason. Zhang Yan didn't put the rest back into the plate, but directly held it with the chopsticks in his hand. Passed it to Qiao Ying who was on the opposite side of the table.

And it wasn't until the other party blushed and held Zhang Yan's chopsticks in his mouth that he finally realized that he had actually done such a ridiculous thing in the ceremony earlier.

For a moment, he didn't know whether to retract or put down the hand holding the chopsticks. Zhang Yan just froze there, watching Qiao Ying tilt her head and chew and swallow the food she handed over bit by bit.

When the entire auditorium became audible, Zhang Yan looked at Zhang Yan with a face full of astonishment. It seemed that the officiant, who was a little unbelievable about the other party's behavior, quickly stood up and continued the wedding ceremony. While going down, it also resolved the strong, suffocating embarrassing atmosphere between the two newcomers.

"After the ceremony in the prison, invite the two newcomers to have a drink together!"

Loudly attracted everyone's attention, and saw that the officiant gave Zhang Yan an expression of "NB, Zhang Yan, the Marquis of Wan, is better than you", while cutting the gourd prepared earlier into two with a knife. Half of it was handed to the two newcomers sitting on the left and the right respectively.

Afterwards, both Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying blushed like this, and while taking the wine ladle from the officiant, neither of them opened their mouths to mention what happened earlier.

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I don't know if it's because of the previous experience of eating in the same prison, Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying didn't have any problems when pouring wine to each other with wine ladles, and they soon caught the attention of the officiant After completing this link, the wedding ceremony was successfully completed.

And although the spirit in the glass felt a bit spicy, it was inevitable that Qiao Ying would be a little worried about whether Qiao Ying could accept this distilled spirit.But seeing the blushing cheeks of the other party at this moment, Zhang Yan felt that it was really special.

Soon, after both of them drank the strong wine, the two wine gourds returned to the hands of the officiant, and they were re-fixed with rattan and wooden wedges to look like a complete gourd.

And at this point, the officiant loudly announced the success of the ceremony, and then began the most serious and critical stage of unraveling and knotting in the whole wedding.

You must know that since ancient times, families in the Huaxia region have always had the saying of married couples, and the word "tie hair" naturally does not refer to the knotting of the couple's hair, but during the wedding. After the marriage ceremony, it is also the last ceremony that needs to be performed before entering the bridal chamber. It is famous for its long history.

In the process of tying hair, the groom should remove the red tassels from the woman's head, and not damage the hairstyle and hair accessories on the other party's head.After the red tassels were taken off, a section of long hair was taken from the heads of the newcomers, and tied tightly together with the red tassels, which represented the eternal bond between the husband and wife, which is also the symbol of the marriage in the Huaxia region. The origin of the word husband and wife.

If Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying successfully complete the wedding ceremony, it means that the entire wedding ceremony has been completed, and the two are now legal couples recognized by the Han Dynasty.The ceremonial officer who is the officiant will also issue a marriage certificate signed with his own name and stamped with cinnabar handprints for the two of them. At the same time, he will also serve as a witness to prove that the two have completed all the requirements for the wedding under his watchful eyes. step.

And if the two of them fail to tie the knot smoothly...under the watchful eyes of so many people, it is obvious that Zhang Rang will not let this situation happen.

With trembling hands stroking the red tassels on Qiaoying's head that were used to tie her hair, Zhang Yan was also quite excited at the moment. After all, immediately after the hair tie was completed, the two were going to receive their marriage certificate, and at the same time they were being watched by everyone present. Send it into the cave.

And under such circumstances, he naturally didn't want any accidents in the process.

Gently take off the section of red tassel, Zhang Yan also knows that this thing can be said to be a standard item in all Zhou-style weddings and Han-style weddings as a betrothal gift for the man, usually after the man's betrothal , even if it is used by the woman to tie her hair, it also means that she is famous and has a marriage contract on her body.

Just looking at the section of red tassels, Zhang Yan felt a little emotional. This is probably a manifestation of the red thread drawn by the later generations of Yue Lao in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Honestly got up and sat with Qiaoying, because Huaxia has always followed the basic values ​​of filial piety first, and this filial piety clearly records that "the body, the skin, and the parents, cannot It is easy to damage", so Zhang Yan couldn't remove the hair by himself today, but Zhang Rang, the elder, stepped forward and took off a section of about three inches of hair from each of the two heads, and then They were mixed together and delivered to Zhang Yan.

And soon, after Zhang Yan tied the broken hair with red tassels by himself, the officiant announced loudly that the entire wedding process was completed, and that the two couples present could start witnessing the marriage.

To be honest, the process of witnessing the marriage was actually much simpler than Zhang Yan had expected. The officiant took a blank scroll from the waiter beside him, and then swiped a pen. The names of the two were written on the marriage certificate.

It didn't take a moment for the officiant, who had finished writing all the content, to put away his pen and ink with a smile.Then he read it to everyone present:

"Congratulations on the first completion of the ceremony today, and the establishment of a good relationship."

"Poetry chanting Guanju, Ya song Linzhi."

"Together forever, love deeply."

"Respect each other as guests, and help each other sincerely."

"I would like to make this agreement. I hope that the two newcomers will marry each other with two surnames and make a contract together. The good relationship will last forever, and the match will be the same. Look at the peach blossoms burning today, and the suitable room and IKEA. It is predicted that the melons will be endless in the next year, and Erchang Erzhi. The white-headed covenant was written to Xiang Hongjian, so that the red-leaf covenant could be recorded in the mandarin genealogy. This is the proof."

Quite formally, the two people's birthdays were recorded together on the marriage letter. The officiant first handed back the marriage letter with his signature and fingerprints to Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying, and then laughed. He hehe bowed to the two of them, and at the same time congratulated Zhang Yan.

On the other side, after Zhang Yan received the marriage certificate, he also took Qiao Ying to return the gift, and then sent the officiant out of the house before returning to the auditorium that had gradually become deserted.

Back in the auditorium, Zhang Yan found that from some time ago, the servants who were originally performing their duties had dispersed cleanly when he was not paying attention, leaving only Qiao Jin who came over as a dowry and was still waiting. Looking at them, even Ye'er didn't know where she went.

As for Zhang Rang, perhaps it was to leave a space for Zhang Yan and others, so he left here quietly when Zhang Yan went out to send off the divorcee.

Now leading Qiao Ying back to the auditorium, Zhang Yan suddenly found that only the three of them were left in the huge space.Seeing the two returning hand in hand, Qiao Jin blushed slightly and went up to Zhang Yan.

……

"Master, it's late at night, it's time to enter the bridal chamber."

……

Somewhat embarrassed, she whispered something to the two of them. As early as when Zhang Yan left the lobby, Qiao Jin was told by Ye'er about the layout of the house, and at the same time, she was left as an escort to wait for Zhang Yan and the others. return.

On the contrary, Ye'er, who usually works as a personal maid, said with a smile on her face that Zhang Rang was getting old and she wanted to go out to see him off after giving Qiao Jin some advice today, and then sent her The residence was given over to Qiao Jin, who was on "rotation" tonight and "must come whenever he is called".

Although when setting up the wedding room today, Ye'er asked the servant to move her little bed out of Zhang Yan's wedding room and place it outside of Zhang Yan's wedding room.

But to be honest, this outhouse is just a door away from Zhang Yan's marriage bed...

With a slightly flushed face, he glanced at Qiao Ying's direction, and found that the other party was also the blushing Qiao Jin at this time, and couldn't help but start thinking wildly.

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into the night.

In the wedding room, the flame of the candle was constantly beating, emitting a faint light, and at the same time, there were one or two subtle "cracking" sounds from time to time, which set off the atmosphere of the entire wedding room.

But at this moment, sitting not far from the bed, Zhang Yan looked at the slender figure beside him, his hands and feet seemed to have no place to rest.

Now it is the third quarter of the day, and the wedding has just come to an end. Zhang Yan and Qiao Ying also entered the wedding room under Qiao Jin's envious eyes.

But now almost half an hour has passed, and the servants outside have already fallen asleep, even though the two of them have reached the last critical moment, Zhang Yan still feels that everything he experienced today is so unreal , making him feel a little breathless.

Looking at Qiao Ying who was sitting on the bed not far away, lowering his eyes and not looking at him, Zhang Yan seemed to want to take the initiative to break the silence between the two, but with his innate temperament, But it made him a little worried that if his behavior was too abrupt, it might give Qiaoying a bad impression.

It is precisely because of this that after Zhang Yan stood up several times, but because he didn't know how to speak, he could only pace back and forth in the room in the end, looking hesitant to speak.

After hesitating in front of this figure three times, what Zhang Yan didn't know was that the anxiety in Qiao Ying's heart at this moment was not much worse than his.

……

"Well... what is he doing, why doesn't he sit down?"

Looking over Zhang Yan's body from the corner of her eye, Qiao Ying lowered her head slightly at the moment, and was also constantly looking at Zhang Yan.

Those clear brows and eyes are still as radiant as before, and the fair cheeks are still as before without a trace of beard.

Looking secretly at Zhang Yan from the corner of the eye, Qiao Ying kept comparing the appearance of the other party with what she had seen in the banquet in her heart, carefully observing every detail of Zhang Yan's body in the past few days The change.On the other hand, she couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and curious about Zhang Yan's hesitant action at the moment.

"Why doesn't he sit down?"