Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

When Du Aitong returned to the Duke of Lai's Mansion unimpeded, the wedding procession from the Jingzhao Du family encountered trouble.

A large crowd of people blocked the road and the scene looked extremely chaotic.

An elder in charge of all matters related to the bride's reception frowned as he looked at the extremely greedy people in front of him, with a hint of anger on his wrinkled face.

He raised his hands and shouted loudly.

"Fellow villagers, the money for the barrier has been distributed. Please make way for a road as soon as possible."

"Our auspicious time is almost here, we can't delay it!"

The onlookers did not buy it and they all had questioning expressions on their faces.

A dark-skinned middle-aged woman shouted, "The bride-picking party next door is also in a hurry, but they have given out two large boxes of silver."

"Even if we don't have 1 coins, we should have at least 5 coins, and they also gave us a lot of cakes."

Then, another old man with a horse face raised his hand and shouted loudly.

"Your Jingzhao Du family is a wealthy family, but I didn't expect you to be so stingy."

"How much money have you given me after all this time? I guess it's not even 500 coins!"

They came over with great interest after hearing that the Jingzhao Du family had prepared several large boxes of money for the relief. They did not expect that this wealthy family was so stingy and only gave out a small amount of money for the relief.

The people around also echoed loudly.

"Today is your Du family's big day. Is it a big loss for you to give more money?"

"The family next door gave out two large boxes of copper coins when they picked up their bride. As a wealthy family, you can't be more stingy than them!"

"Please give us more money so that we can give our best wishes to the newlyweds."

Hearing the people's nonsense, the faces of the people from Jingzhao Du and Huang families all turned ugly.

When they came to pick up the bride today, they never thought that there would be so many people blocking the road to ask for money, so they only prepared 600 coins.

Judging from the current situation, even if we prepare tens of thousands of coins, it may not be enough.

But today is a happy day, and they cannot scold these people in public, otherwise the Jingzhao Du family will lose all their face.

Fortunately, Huang's people came to rescue in time, he told the person in charge of Jingzhao Du's.

"Brother Du, let's take out 5 yuan in money first, so that the people won't talk behind our backs."

Rumors are scary. Even those people from aristocratic families who value their reputation very much are afraid of rumors.

By then, the people of Chang'an City would use this incident to laugh at their two families, and at the same time elevate the people of Jingzhao Du family. That would be more painful than killing them.

The person in charge of the Du family said in a deep voice: "Brother Huang, please prepare 2 coins for us, so that we won't be blocked halfway."

"After the wedding ceremony, I will personally return the 2 coins to you."

2 coins are equivalent to 20 strings of cash, which is not a lot of money at all for people from such wealthy families.

It's just that they have to give it to these unruly people for nothing, which makes them feel a little upset.

After all, they were members of the Jingzhao Du family, and yet on their wedding day they were stopped by this bunch of unruly people and asked for money. They were also morally blackmailed, which was tantamount to roasting them on a fire.

Not only that, this group of people belittled them while praising Du He and the other three ungrateful bastards. It was really frustrating.

"it is good!"

Huang's people nodded and then whispered.

"Brother Du, please calm these unruly people down, to prevent them from making things worse and attracting more people to come and watch!"

"I'm afraid these 2 coins may not be enough by then."

After he finished speaking, he quickly called a few servants and ran back home to get the money.

Not long after, Huang's people brought the copper coins and scattered them on the ground in handfuls.

The people who received the money made way for the obstacle with smiles on their faces.

When the wedding procession of Jingzhao Du family hurried back to the mansion, they found that the auspicious time had already passed.

The faces of all the elders of the Du family were as black as charcoal.

Because the bride was picked up after the time, the banquet time was indirectly delayed. Just now, many guests who participated in the wedding banquet came to ask why the bride had not been picked up yet.

Although they found an excuse to get away with it, the sneer in the guests' eyes could not deceive them.

In short, this wedding brought total disgrace to the Du family.

The clan leader Du Anshi asked in a deep voice: "Du Jingyong, why did you take so long to come back?"

"What happened?"

Du Jingyong was in charge of all the family's weddings and funerals, and there had never been any mistakes.

Now that we have missed the auspicious time, there must be a reason!

Du Jingyong said with a bitter face: "Chief, on the way back to the mansion to pick up the bride, we encountered tens of thousands of people blocking the road and demanding money."

"Besides, they can't get the barrier money, and they still refuse to clear the road."

"It's a big day, and there are too many people watching. I can't ask the servants to drive them away."

Upon hearing that tens of thousands of people were blocking the road to demand money, clan leader Du Anshi and a group of clan elders all showed puzzled expressions on their faces.

Du Anshi asked coldly: "Why are there so many people blocking the road?"

"Could it be that those three ungrateful bastards from Ke Ming sent people to cause trouble for us?"

It has to be said that people who can become clan leaders have better brains than ordinary people.

Although his guess was not completely correct, he was at least half right. This incident was indeed caused by Du Dafu, the steward of the Duke of Lai's Mansion.

After hearing the speculation of clan leader Duan Anshi, the faces of the clan elders turned extremely ugly.

"These three ungrateful wolves are so vicious!"

Marriage is a major event in life, but some people actually dare to use such despicable means. Their intentions are truly sinister!

Du Jingyong slapped his thigh and said, "Chief, I also think that this matter was caused by those three ungrateful bastards!"

"Otherwise, why did these people only block our way and not theirs?"

Thinking of this, Du Jingyong had an idea.

Why was he so stupid at that time? Why didn't he think of diverting the trouble to someone else?

Let those unruly people block the way of those three ungrateful bastards, won't they be able to return at an auspicious time?

A moment of silence.

Duanshi gritted his teeth and said, "Since it has already happened, there is no point in saying more now. Let's speed up the ceremony later and don't keep the guests waiting for too long!"

"Otherwise, if we delay the time too much, the guests will criticize our Du family behind our backs!"

Several Du clan elders nearby responded with serious expressions.

"it is good!"

...

While the Jingzhao Du family was in chaos, the Duke of Lai's mansion was filled with joy and peace.

Except for Emperor Li Shimin and a few important ministers such as Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, most of the other ministers attended Du Aitong's wedding banquet.

Although several important ministers did not come in person, they still sent their eldest sons.

For example, Changsun Chong, Fang Yizhi and Li Dejian all came with generous gifts, giving Du He enough face.