Crown Tang emperor

So on this day, not only the clansmen of Zheng's Donglinfang gathered in Fangju, but even the clansmen of other clans, whoever had spare time, also came forward to help out.

At this time, the main place to be married has been transferred from Zheng Gao's house in Taohuafang to the new mansion in adjacent Yongfengfang. Although this new mansion is much larger than Zheng Gao's house, it is already overcrowded. The children of the Zheng family ran back and forth to maintain order.

As for the street, the people who came to watch the ceremony were shoulder to shoulder.After the doors of the workshop were closed on weekdays, there was no need for entertainment. Even the ordinary weddings of the common people were full of crowds. Today, the enthusiasm of the people to watch is naturally even higher. There is almost no idle space in the workshop. Looking around, there are dark crowds everywhere.

The order in the workshop is maintained by the Yamen officials in Hegong County.Time soon reached the evening, and all the attendees in Zheng's mansion were already in place.

At the beginning of the day when the lanterns come on, the sound of trumpets can be heard outside the square, and the wedding party has come from the south of Changxiamen Street.

When he saw the dark crowd under the lights at the gate of the square, Wang Fangqing's expression changed suddenly among the best men, and he immediately raised his hand to summon the accompanying staff of the palace, and ordered to send more horses and horses to deal with the barriers later, otherwise he would just I'm afraid that at dawn, even the welcoming team may not be able to walk out of Yongfeng Square.

The welcoming team made some adjustments outside the square. Taking advantage of this time, members of the Zheng family also hurried out, rushing into the crowd on the square street together with the yamen servants who maintained order, and the guards of the imperial concubine's mansion sent out to deter the crowd. , Only then did the brocade barrier be erected, the onlookers were isolated on both sides of the square street, and the road for passage was opened up.

The welcoming ceremonial driver arrived in front of the door, and first introduced the Seven Fragrance Chariot that the princess would take to get married later into the court, and then all the men from the Zheng family came out to welcome them, there were nearly a hundred of them, each in festive attire, Line up in front of the gate, all the spectators around applauded in unison.

Not to mention how the potential is, just this battle alone is not something everyone can put on.

The four bridesmaids, including Wang Fangqing, got off their horses and first greeted the princess's father, Zheng Rong, and then the courtiers sang the greetings.Amidst the noisy voices, Zheng Rong also blushed, beckoning his disciples to come in and bring fine wine to comfort their tiredness.

Of course, only the four bridesmaids could enjoy this treatment. As for the He Langs at the back, they held the reins of their horses and danced in the circus in front of the door, doing various thrilling moves, which aroused applause from the onlookers.

Of course, there will be occasional people who miss their hands while playing horses, or drop the flowers on their hats. People from the Zheng family will quickly rush into the horse formation to pick up the flowers and take them away. certificate.

Several bridesmaids were introduced into the middle hall to sit down, and the men of the party got off their horses one after another, dancing and singing around the Qixiang chariot parked in the courtyard: "Fu Xin on behalf of the king, and remind the bride to make up. It is rumored that the candles will be lowered. ..."

The ritual of makeup reminder also has a long history. At first, it was simply shouting "new wife, hurry up" and so on. As time went on, it gradually became more elegant, and derived the special theme of makeup reminder poems.

Make-up poems are not only about creating an atmosphere, and taking an examination of the school to welcome relatives, but sometimes there is some sense of ridicule in them.

In the late Tang Dynasty, Chen Qiao was a late bloomer, and he passed the exam when he was over [-] years old. Later, he returned to his hometown to marry a bride. It's a child", besides self-deprecating, it is full of humor.

The name of Dai Wang's poem is famous all over the world, and it is also the highlight of tonight.After the He Langs finished singing the poem, before the host Mrs. Zheng could answer, some spectators shouted outside the door: "It's too early for the Qionghua to break, and the bride is lazy to make up for the poem! Not enough, not enough, continue to write!"

The He Langs were well prepared, and they were all eager to perform at the moment. Hearing those yells, they continued to sing at the top of their voices: "Replacing the king with another gift, urging the bride to make up! Lu Chucheng..."

The noise in the front hall pierced the night, and the sound easily spread to the backyard. In the pavilion of the backyard, the bride Zheng Wenyin was sitting on the banquet table.

Surrounded by many blessed women from Ziyoumen, when He Lang's makeup reminder poem was introduced here, they all chanted and talked about it, and all looked at the princess with envy.The generation of the king is already extremely noble, and the characters are even more handsome, and now he is urging makeup to welcome his relatives with rich poetry. Such a wishful man is simply impeccable.

There were three chants in the poem, and the disciples shouted from the outer hall: "New wife, have you made up yet?"

"Unfinished, unfinished!"

The women in the room competed to answer. Before the case, Zheng Wenyin just smiled and said nothing, her pretty face was even more charming, she just wanted to enjoy this wonderful moment for a while.

The front hall has already reached the tenth poetry reminder, and Dai Wang only prepared ten makeup reminder poems. He felt that it was enough, but he did not expect that the audience could be so tossing, and there was still not enough roaring.

Fortunately, among the bridesmaids, Li Qiao, Shen Quanqi, etc. were all outstanding at the time, and they did not have enough poems to prepare, so they simply wrote rhyme plays in front of the hall for He Lang's hall to sing.

The spectators never thought it was a big deal, and without knowing it, the ceremony was delayed for more than an hour, and the voices of He Lang's urging makeup and singing were a little hoarse.

The acting princess in the pavilion gradually became a little impatient, and she winked at the maidservant Chun'er standing by the door, and the maid quietly retreated outside the door, but the sharp-eyed lady saw her and grabbed the maid instead, not allowing her to report the news.

"Pu Zhi can't bear to stay for a long time, and the etiquette may be overdue. Please have mercy..."

Seeing this, Zheng Wenyin had no choice but to take the initiative to ask. After the ladies in the pavilion heard this, they laughed and gave up, and told the vestibule: "The bride's makeup is ready, and all the boys come to the hall to ask!"

After hearing this, the congratulators in the outer hall also breathed a sigh of relief, took a short break and went to the inner hall in a row, and when they walked outside the inner hall, they saw a queue of red makeup in the hall, each holding a colored stick, waiting watching them.The hairpins they lost just now are placed on the table in the hall, and they need to go to the hall to retrieve them.

It is also one of the etiquette and customs to go up to the hall and get off the son-in-law. The groom has to go to the hall to be teased and beaten by the wives.As for the degree of teasing, it varies from person to person.

Emperor Gao Yang of the Northern Qi Dynasty married Duan's daughter when he was young, and was a bit cruel by Duan's wife Yuan's play, so he held a grudge and told his brother-in-law Duan Shao that I must kill that prodigal woman of your family.As a result, the Yuan family was so frightened that they hid in the Empress Dowager Lou's house, and did not dare to reveal the so-called final document announcement. This is a precedent for happy events turning into enemies.

The acting king did not come in person, so Zhuhe Lang naturally took over the drama.Fortunately, in the etiquette family of the Zheng family, there was no intentional embarrassment at this stage. The sticks in his hands were all rolled up in cloth, just for the purpose of hilarity, and let the He Langs rush into the hall to retrieve the hairpins.

But although the Zheng family has been merciful, there is someone in He Lang who can't stand it, and it is Pei Guangting, the little mother.

Among all the people, he was the only one who dropped the most ornaments, and the others would get them back after running once or twice at most.

Only this little mama was addicted, she ran one trip after another, the first two trips were covered by her companions, and the last few times she rushed into the daughter's country alone, as if provocative .

In the end, the women of Zheng's family in the hall couldn't bear to look at them, and they waved their hands to let people give away the rest of the ornaments. In fact, this kid is endless, it's rude to beat him up, and it's really itchy if he doesn't beat him up.

Pei Guangting managed to get dressed here, and suddenly grabbed a sachet embroidered with white-headed mandarin ducks and shouted: "Whose sachet belongs to it? If I hadn't worked hard, this reckless guy would have to redeem it with a gift tomorrow!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Helang lowered his head to examine himself, but a young girl's exclamation sounded in the hall, and everyone did not lose anything, the result was obvious.Xue Chongxun rushed up, put the sachet into Pei Guangting's arms, and laughed loudly into the hall: "Today I invite the concubine, and I will invite Pei's bride in the next day. There will be a lot of happy events!"

After laughing and laughing like this, the princess was finally surrounded by a group of women in the pavilion, and boarded the Qixiang chariot that drove into the inner courtyard.

At this time, the parents of the Zheng family also came over, loudly reading the content of the women's precepts, and the sons of the Zheng family boarded beside the car, and hung the colorful curtains to cover the car, and the drums and music played loudly, until they walked to the gate of the vestibule, Another group of Zheng family members blocked each other in front of the door led by Zheng Gao, and set up barriers to prevent them from driving out.

"Since ancient times, things have been crowned with human relations, and the world's Jinfengji..."

Zheng Gao clapped his hands and recited aloud. What he recited was "Barrier Car Wen".

The so-called barrier car is to put up obstacles to block the progress of the wedding car, and to beg for food, wine, and money for fun.If the two families get married in harmony, it is naturally just a joke, but if the marriage itself is not satisfactory, it is extortion to extort money.Many high-ranking families sell marriages because they are stuck on this point and extorting money. If they are not satisfied, they will be unable to move a single step.

But today, on behalf of the king, of course there will be no such problem. After Zheng Gao finished reading a piece of "Barrier Car", the members of the Zheng family began to remove the barriers. Gifts such as money are appropriate to the occasion.

After the car barrier in the court was completed, the ceremony at Zheng's house was over, and the two teams of welcoming and seeing off the bride merged into one team, and a large team of more than 2000 people surrounded the wedding car and went to the house.

At the same time, the cars of the welcoming team turned to the front, and baskets of wine and food were taken from the cars and placed on both sides of the road for passers-by to share.

The barrier car runs through the whole process of welcoming the bride, and not only two families participate, there are many people in the city of God who depend on it for their livelihood, if their needs are not met, the wedding will be ruined.

However, these spectators in the square still observed the etiquette, making a lot of noise in the middle of the night, seeing that the surrogate king's wedding procession was so well-mannered, they all took their own food and drink, applauding and congratulating along the way.Even if there were a few rascals who wanted to block the car and ask for money, they were suppressed spontaneously by the masses.

After the wedding team left Yongfengfang, they slowly marched along the brightly lit Changxiamen Street. A huge team of more than [-] people, plus many car boxes and cages, formed a battle for several miles on the street. , the city of Shendu under the night is like a fire dragon, slowly swimming towards the residence of Dai Wang in Jishanfang.

However, at this time, on Tianjie Street in the south of Tianjin Bridge, it was another situation.

In front of the festooned Jishanfang, Li Tong was leading his family to wait for the welcoming team to return. Suddenly, the door of Shangshanfang on the opposite side of Tianjie opened wide, and many people poured out of the gate. His head looked shiny under the light of the fire, it was Xue Huaiyi.

Xue Huaiyi rode on a white horse, followed by thousands of disciples, each carrying thorny vines and hemp tents, walked across Tianjie, and came straight to Jishanfang.

When he got closer, Xue Huaiyi reined in his horse, and the disciples behind him set up thorny vines, hemp tents, etc. in the street, and he pointed at Li Tong and laughed: "The Dai Wang is very happy today, I'm afraid it's not enough to have fun. The disciples come here uninvited, blocking the car to add to the fun, the Dai Wang will not welcome it, right?"

Chapter 0412 Xue Shi blocked the car, Wei Wang broke the house

After sending off the welcoming team, Li Tong was always on guard against someone causing trouble. Seeing Xue Huaiyi suddenly appear with so many disciples at the moment, he knew that the visitor was not good.

The etiquette of blocking cars in the Tang Dynasty is, at best, called gathering crowds to add to the fun, and at worst, it is the marriage trouble in ancient times, extorting money in the name of prosperity.Sometimes because there are no barriers, it is possible for a good marriage to turn into a murder.

Li Tong's marriage attracted the attention of the whole city, not to mention that his grandma paid great attention to this marriage, and based on his own position alone, not many people dared to block the car and cause trouble.

But not much does not mean that there is no. If it is Xue Huaiyi who is not stingy, coupled with the behind-the-scenes instigation of the kings of the Wu family, it is also possible to make him look ashamed through marriage.Li Tong had already noticed that besides Xue Huaiyi, several boys from the Wu family also appeared in the team, standing in a conspicuous place of the team, not worried about being discovered by him.

He took a deep breath, led Yang Sixua and several other guards forward, and said to Xue Huaiyi, "A few days ago, the invitation was sent to the White Horse Temple, Master Xue was willing to come to attend the ceremony, Shen Zhi feels honored, there is a table in the mansion to treat you, Why do you have to play such a vulgar game?"

After hearing the words, Xue Huaiyi was silent for a while, then waved his hand and said: "If Dai Wang sincerely invited me, why didn't you see me before the ceremony? I have something to do with you and I need someone to tell you? Since I can't invite you, I like to join in the fun and congratulate you , enjoy yourself."

"Then I would like to ask Master Xue, how can I have fun?"

Li Tong said again in a deep voice, this time before Xue Huaiyi could answer, Wu Yanji, the son of Wu Chengsi, had already said: "We are married on behalf of the king, not only the capital is known, but the Zongzhi family is also disturbed. In order to help, the Chinese envoys have collected all of them." All the gold goods are minted to give joy. With such a great momentum, the ceremony must match Dai Wang’s Daxi. Mr. Xue has already said, go if you want to. Dai Wang doesn’t need to ask any more questions, just go to raise the gift, maybe you can still do it. Bad time."

Li Tong ignored this kid, pointed at Xue Huaiyi and said: "So, Master Xue intends not to keep any kindness? King Wei and King Liang should both be in Shangshanfang, right? Why didn't they come, only let Master Xue come? "

"Does the king think that I'm not worthy to come to congratulate you? The two of them have their own affairs, so you don't need to talk about the rest. Today, I'm the only one here. If you can send me back, let's talk about other things."

Xue Huaiyi snorted coldly after hearing the words.

Hearing this, Li Tong was really helpless and curious. Although Xue Huaiyi was generous, he was not lacking in cunning.There was already a rift between the two, but if it only stopped there, Wu Chengsi and the others might not be able to persuade this guy. If he was willing to take the initiative to provoke him, there must be other reasons behind it.

After pondering for a while, he took a few steps back and ordered Yang Sixu to take a fast horse to inform the welcoming team to slow down first, and then he returned to the Fangju.

"Careful, Huaiyi led the crowd to provoke, what are you going to do?"

As soon as Li Tong walked back to the mansion, Princess Taiping strode up, grabbed his arm and said: "I told you earlier, that bandit monk is cunning and cannot be indulged in nostalgia. He is clearly trying to break the car by attracting all the obstacles." You are happy, I will go to the palace to report quickly, and I will make His Majesty severely punish this arrogant villain!"

Li Tong raised his hand to stop Princess Taiping, and said: "I have a plan for this matter, can I ask my aunt to go out first to resist for a while?"

Princess Taiping had long been looking forward to pulling Li Tong over to deal with Xue Huaiyi with her. After hearing this, she nodded and said: "Don't worry, I will never let him take a step forward, it's just you..."

"Of course I'm raising money for his use!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice, and went into the inner court to change his ceremonial robe, and when he went out again, he was already wearing a leather armor, and he called Li Shouli in front of the hall, and said: "Second brother, go to the gate of Xifang and order the street disciples to guard the gate. Allow people to come and go!"

In the afternoon, he felt a little strange, so he gathered a lot of people in the mansion, especially for relatives, not many people were dispatched from the tent, there are more than [-] people gathered in the mansion right now, so it came in handy at this moment.

Li Shouli led a group of family members to go to Xifangmen, while Li Tong led Yan Yanfan and other marriages and tents to go out in a mighty way.At this time, there were still many guests waiting to attend the ceremony in the Wang residence. Seeing this formation, they couldn't help being curious, and followed them one after another. Li Tong let them go and didn't chase them away.

A group of people walked to the front of King Wei's residence on the opposite side of Fang Street, Li Tong raised his hand and said, "Come forward and call the door!"

A family member knocked on the door and shouted, but there was no response from inside the door. Instead, there were many sounds of running and carrying utensils.

"Smash the door!"

Li Tong waited for a moment, then waved directly.

Hearing this order, the relatives couldn't help but hesitate a bit, but Yan Yanfan and Li Zhan, who were all ready to go, came out more and more, drew their knives and began to hack at the gate of the king's residence. They swarmed up, slashed and smashed, and after such a toss, the gate of Wei Wang's mansion burst open.

"What are you going to do..."

Inside the gate, there were dozens of family guards of Wei Wangfu, each holding sticks and sticks in the vestibule to resist.

Li Tong looked at the open gate of Wei Wang's residence and shouted: "Today, there are evil guests blocking cars and asking for money, and there is not enough stock in the mansion. Come to ask Wei Wang for a loan. If there are evil slaves blocking me, it will harm my friendship with Wei Wang Live or die! Enter the house and move the goods!"

"Taught by His Royal Highness, enter the mansion to pick up the goods, those who dare to stop, life or death!"

Yan Yanfan and other brave men rushed into the gate first, followed by disciples swarming in. Although there were more than [-] people left behind in Wei Wang's mansion, Wei Wang himself was not in the mansion. Can't do effective resistance.

Not long after, the entire area before the middle hall of King Wei's residence was controlled by the guards of Dai Wang's residence. Li Tong stepped into the middle hall, pointed to all kinds of utensils in the hall, and ordered: "Move all that can be moved, move away!" Those who don't leave will be smashed!"

If you want to make things difficult for my wedding, I will steal your home!

Although, as his aunt said, seeking help from the ban is also one of the solutions to the problem, Li Tong still couldn't swallow it.What's more, he has already married and established a business today, and it is really embarrassing to sue his parents when there is a dispute.

Half an hour later, all the utensils that could be carried in the vestibule of Wei Wang's mansion had been transported to Fang Street.Although there was a lot of commotion, because there were always drums and music playing in the workshop, and the two gates of Jishanfang were controlled by people from Dai Wang's residence, people outside the workshop still didn't know what happened in the workshop.

In particular, the disciples attracted by Xue Huaiyi are still happily setting up barriers for cars on the street, even if it is just to surround the section from Jishanfang to Tianjie, it is not a small project.

So when Li Tong led the crowd out of the workshop again, he saw that the roadblocking project was still less than half completed, so he waved his hand and smiled at Xue Huaiyi: "Master Xue can let these disciples stop, let's see if the gifts I offer can be done." If you can’t enjoy yourself, it’s not too late to set up.”

While speaking, he moved his hand back, and a carriage was escorted out of the workshop and displayed in front of the workshop gate.Those that can be displayed in the hall of King Wei's residence are naturally not vulgar objects, inlaid with gold and embellished with jade, shining brightly under the light.

Seeing this scene, the disciples around Xue Huaiyi all smiled and screamed strangely. Some courageous ones couldn't hold back anymore and stepped forward to pull the carriage. Li Tong didn't let anyone stop him and let them lead the carriage to Fangwai Street.

At this time, inside the gate of Shangshanfang, Wei Wang Wu Chengsi, Liang Wang Wu Sansi and others hid in the darkness, and they all sneered when they heard a report from the opposite side of Tianjie that Dai Wang had obediently delivered money and goods.

"This kid is eager to make a splash. Of course, he is afraid that the wedding will be hindered, so he dare not make a big deal. If the trouble gets out of hand, whether he can continue to get married is still undecided, and it will be difficult to make friends with the famous Shandong family!"

Wu Sansi said in a cold voice: "He squeezed the family wealth of that idiot Youyi, gathered a group of merchants from central Sichuan, stowed a lot of money, hoarded a lot of goods, and then imported the goods into the forbidden area in exchange for His Majesty's kindness. Shi. ​​It was reported by the eyes and ears of the palace that the benefits involved are in the hundreds of millions! Now that Huaiyi comes forward to ask for money, he dare not refuse, but the immediate gain is only a short-term profit. Line retracted."

Wealth and silk can move people's hearts, and the kings of the Wu family were already very dissatisfied when they learned that the brothers on behalf of the king controlled the wealth in the middle of Shu, and thus won the exclusive favor of the Holy Emperor.It is even more unbearable that the Sage Emperor actually asked their families to save money to congratulate the king on behalf of the king. You must know that Wu Youyi's family wealth, including the source of wealth in the middle of Shu, should belong to them in the first place!

"Huaiyi was born in Caoye, he used to be suitable, so he enjoyed the special favor. Unfortunately, he is too slow to cultivate, and love is inevitable. Yizong recommended Hanoi Buddhist girl and Songshan Yinxiu master Wei. Both of them have strange and mysterious ideas, which can help him. If you are a solid pet, you will be willing to use it if you have righteousness."

Wu Chengsi also said in a deep voice: "But these are small tricks, only order is the big battle. Now that Huaiyi has been willing to use my sword and shield, I can be tyrannical and cautious, and the next step is the emperor's heir!"

Not to mention the discussion of the Wu family kings in Shangshanfang, in front of the gate of Jishanfang, when Xue Huaiyi saw Princess Taiping appearing in front of the gate, he was still apprehensive and avoided it for a while, but seeing Dai Wang obediently hand over five carts After getting the goods, he still pulled his horse forward again, looked at Li Tong and said, "I have an old friendship with Dai Wang. Even if there is a disagreement, it would not be difficult to turn around. But today, Dai Wang, you have to do it yourself." Think about the mistakes of the past!"

When Princess Taiping heard this, she opened her mouth to curse, but Li Tong raised her hand to stop her.

"Although there are previous feelings, they have been consumed in the matter. As for today, it is only to meet your request, Master Xue, and to borrow Master Xue's preface, and there is no need to say more about the rest."

There was not much anger on Li Tong's face, he just said calmly.No matter what the future of a person is, they all come out on their own. At this point, it would be a bit hypocritical to say anything else.

At this moment, Wu Yanji in the crowd suddenly exclaimed: "This sapphire paperweight is used in my Aye's house, how could it be..."

Hearing the roar, Li Tong was immediately happy, and responded: "There are not many things in the mansion. I don't know the depth of Master Xue's request, so I can only borrow from neighbors. Fortunately, under the care of King Wei, the mansion is not fortified. Pass it to Master Xue. I am in a hurry to pick it up carefully, but you can discuss the two in detail, and send it to me as a list. When you calm down, I will return it to King Wei!"

The face of Xue Huaiyi and the others on the opposite side suddenly changed when they heard this, and Wu Yanji, who was half a child, even jumped up and cursed: "Dai Wang, you are so bold! We are just making trouble with cars, how dare you mess with Ge Fang, break the law?" My door!"

"Doing things for people requires the utmost beauty. Since the kindness is difficult to repay, you must always be satisfied. The elder Wei Wang Zongzhi donated the idle things in the mansion to help me, a weakling. It is a favor, and I will always remember it. If you even You don't even have any friendship for wealth, if you make a lot of noise and tease me at my wedding, don't worry about me killing you on the spot!"

When Li Tong said this, his face darkened, and he continued: "I hope Master Xue will be more magnanimous, and what he is taking now is just the idle things in the front court of King Wei, so boldly ask for it, even if it is a close-fitting cloth from an inner court woman. , just one word, I ask others to take it and give it to me!"

Hearing this, the faces of the people on the opposite side became even more ugly, and Wu Yanji screamed in anger.

However, at this moment, the sound of military drums sounded on the Tianjin Bridge, and the black habayashi soldiers poured down like a tide. The first leader was Zuo Habayashi General Qu Chongyu. He said: "The holy emperor has ordered you to perform the salute on behalf of Wang Liangchen. This is a rare celebration for the Tian family. Master Xue is an outsider and should not be lightly involved in the world. Please return to the White Horse Temple immediately, Master Xue!"

Chapter 0413 good fortune, ghosts hard to stop

With the appearance of the Yulin Army, Xue Huaiyi led two hundred party members to cross the Tianjin Bridge and head towards the east of Luoyang City. As for the rest of the people, they all dispersed into Shangshanfang across Tianjie.

Qu Chongyu didn't go up to talk to Dai Wang, he just bowed his hands in salute from a distance, and then ordered the Habayashi soldiers to clean up the many obstacles erected on the street.

Li Tong waved his hand and ordered all the family to return to the workshop, and handed over the control of the gate to the Yulin Army. Princess Taiping frowned and said: "I'm worried that someone will enter the palace first and make evil words. Be careful, you return to the mansion to salute. I will enter the forbidden room first and wait."

Li Tong looked at the sky and it was late at night, raised his hand and said, "It's clear what is right and what is wrong, and it's not too late. To prevent accidents, it's safe for aunt to wait until dawn to enter the palace."

"They dare!"

Princess Taiping has a bit of confidence, but when she saw the ruined Wei Wang's mansion in the workshop, she lost her confidence, so she said: "That's fine, I will go in with my sister-in-law in the morning." palace."