Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Then my eldest brother-in-law Lu Chen also joined in. He banged on the door vigorously and spoke loudly at the top of his voice.

"Ziying, come and open the door!"

"Sister-in-law Du has written a great poem!"

As Lu Chengqing and Lu Chen knocked on the door more and more urgently, it seemed as if the not-so-heavy door would be pushed open at any time.

"Bang bang bang~"

In the elegantly decorated room, Lu Ziying rolled her eyes and then spoke to the middle-aged woman in front of her.

"Mrs. Song, please open the door and let them in."

"Otherwise, this door will have to be removed by my father and my eldest brother."

Last night her father vowed that the daughter he had raised with great difficulty must not be married off so easily by that brat Du Aitong.

His father discussed with his elder brother Lu Chen for more than half an hour, just to think of some ways to test Du Aitong.

Judging from the current situation, there is no need for any test. Her father and elder brother are eager to marry her off immediately.

The middle-aged woman covered her mouth and chuckled, "I'll go open the door right away."

She had been a housemaid for so many years, but this was the first time she encountered a situation where her wife's family was more anxious than her husband's family.

Looking at their current behavior, people who don’t know would think that Lu Chengqing and Lu Chen are getting married.

As the door of the room opened, a burst of excited cheers suddenly rang out from outside.

"The door is open!"

"My dear son-in-law, come in quickly!"

When Lu Ziying heard her father's familiar voice, she shouted the loudest, and her tone trembled with excitement.

"Humph! This old man has no shame!"

Lu Ziying muttered with a blushing face.

Then some simple etiquette was performed, and under the anxious urging of Lu Chengqing and Lu Chen, Du Aitong finally got Lu Ziying into the sedan chair as he wished.

What Du Jingtong took away was not only the bride, but also fifty carts full of dowry prepared by Lu Chengqing.

In addition to gold, silver, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, silks and satins, there were also deeds to two large manors and land deeds to thousands of acres of fertile land.

The standard of this dowry is only slightly lower than that of a royal woman's marriage.

Outside Lu's house.

The onlookers saw that the Lu family sent fifty carts of dowry, while the Huang family next door only sent ten carts of dowry, and their discussions became even louder.

"As expected of the Fanyang Lu family, they are truly a wealthy family. The dowry is so rich that it is unimaginable!"

"I originally thought that the Huang family's 10 cars of dowry was a lot, but after comparing them, I feel that the Huang family's dowry is not that good."

"Besides, the Huang family's dowry is just silk and grain, not worth much silver!"

"Look at the Lu family's dowry, it's all expensive stuff."

"Just give me a cart of Lu's dowry, and I won't have to work for several lifetimes!"

The people who came to welcome the bride from the Laiguo Mansion and the people who came to send the bride off from the Lu Mansion all felt proud after hearing the discussions of the surrounding people.

Even those who were in charge of beating the gongs and drums felt proud of it, and they performed even harder.

For a moment, gongs and drums were beating loudly and suonas were playing loudly.

The faces of the Jingzhao Du clan and Huang clan members not far away suddenly turned ugly, and they felt they had lost all face.

Originally, he wanted to use the opportunity of getting married to let Du He, Du Gou and Du Aitong, the three ungrateful people, take a good look at the profound heritage and powerful strength of their Jingzhao Du family.

The purpose was to make the officials and people from aristocratic families in Chang'an City distance themselves from the three Du He brothers.

But reality is always cruel and slaps them hard in the face.

Listening to the people's sarcastic discussions, the people from Jingzhao Du's wedding party felt embarrassed and said in a deep voice.

"let's go!"

The Huang family's people also looked unhappy, because the people were now criticizing the issue of dowry, and it was their Huang family's weak strength that brought shame to the Jingzhao Du family.

Seeing Jingzhao Du's wedding procession and the wedding farewell procession leaving quickly and dejectedly, the people's discussions became even louder.

"How embarrassing!"

"There is no harm without comparison!"

"They had to choose the same time for their wedding, and in the same market. They deserve to be embarrassed."

The people were not fools. After some speculation and conjecture, they believed that there must be a conflict between the two families welcoming the bride, so they wanted to settle the matter.

Otherwise, when a wealthy family welcomes a bride, the wedding procession, the musicians and the dowry will not be prepared so grandly.

Du Aitong, who was riding a tall horse, also shouted loudly after seeing the people from Jingzhao Du family leave.

"Return to Duke Lai's Mansion!"

A huge team of hundreds of people began to march towards the direction of Duke Lai's Mansion.

The onlookers were not idle either. They ran to the front of the wedding procession and asked for good wishes from the people who were welcoming the bride.

The old steward of the Duke of Lai's mansion immediately arranged two strong guards to scatter the copper coins in the two large boxes one handful at a time.

In addition to copper coins, they also scattered a lot of small snacks wrapped in oil paper.

The people who picked up money or snacks wisely moved to the sides and offered their most heartfelt blessings.

"I wish you a happy marriage and a long life together."

"I wish you a prosperous and flourishing life."

"I wish you a thousand years of prosperity and a hundred years of musical joy."

It was a popular custom in the Tang Dynasty for common people to stop the wedding procession on the road, which was called "blocking the car".

Generally, the bride's receptionist will prepare some copper coins, cakes, wine and food in advance, so that the neighbors can also feel the joy of the wedding.

The common people just wanted to have a happy start, so as long as the people coming to pick up the bride gave a simple gesture, the common people would make way for them.

If someone with a grudge blocked the wedding carriage and refused to let it pass, he would be detained for at least three months for violating Tang law.

This custom of blocking the carriage is not only popular among the common people, but also exists in the marriages of royal family members.

It’s just that when people from the royal family get married, it’s easier to get rid of the carriage.

Because there were too many people blocking the road, after scattering two large boxes of copper coins, they still did not leave Anyifang.

The old butler Du Dafu was afraid of delaying the auspicious time, so he suddenly had an idea and shouted.

"Fellow villagers, we need to hurry back before the auspicious time. Please give us some convenience."

"You can come to the Duke of Lai's Mansion later, and we will continue to give out money then."

He then pointed in another direction and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Fellow villagers, the family next to us is the wedding procession of the Jingzhao Du family. Go and stop their carriage."

"From what I know, they have prepared several large boxes of money!"

"If you go too late, you won't get anything!"

After hearing what Du Dafu said, the people who were blocking the way in front of the carriage all showed excited expressions on their faces.

Several large boxes of money would require tens of thousands of dollars, right?

"No wonder they ran so fast, it turns out they didn't want to pay the barrier!"

The people looked at each other, and then tacitly followed the Jingzhao Du family's wedding procession.

After all, the wedding procession of Duke Lai's Mansion had already distributed two large boxes of copper coins, which was already very generous.

Du Dafu shouted quickly: "Let's go back!"