Huaishu Hutong, Wu Mansion.

As a wedding team beating gongs and drums came in from the alley, a burst of firecrackers crackled in front of the door.

Lin Haoran, dressed as a bridegroom, was riding on a maroon horse, with a group of policemen in front of him helping to clear the way. Although he was very resistant to getting married, he was still able to deal with it calmly when it came to the matter.

"The sedan chair is coming!"

Several women who came to welcome the bride arrived at the door and shouted loudly into the house. The women's voices were magical, and they could carry the words from the front door to the back house without going through a loudspeaker.

According to etiquette, in order to show her filial piety, the woman will definitely not come out on her own initiative, and the groom will need to go inside in person to welcome the bride out.

The sedan chair represents the marriage of the Ming Dynasty. A well-dressed matchmaker led the sedan chair into the Wu Mansion. However, the door was blocked, preventing the sedan from entering. It was commonly known as the "salanquin door".

"Good work!"

Lin Fu distributed the prepared red packets and used money to clear the way, and then sent away the troublemaking boys and girls.

After all, Lin Haoran is not an ordinary groom official. He is now a fourth-rank official in the imperial court. He is likely to join the cabinet and become the prime minister in the future. How can these young men and women dare to really cause trouble?

When the sedan chair enters the front yard, the door of the sedan chair should be placed outwards and should not be facing the front door.

Wu Huashou held a burning red candle and a mirror, opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and took a serious look into the sedan chair. This was called "searching the sedan chair" to expel the evil spirits hiding in the sedan chair.

Weddings in this era were very cumbersome, but many guests liked to watch them. Many men, women, and children gathered around and watched with relish, holding handfuls of melon seeds in their hands.

This was a well-matched marriage. The Wu family was well-known in Jiangxi, and Wu Shangui was the Minister of Rites of the dynasty and had a very high reputation among scholars.

Lin Haoran was an unprecedented civil servant. He was currently the fourth-rank Shuntian Prefecture Yin, and his family was quite wealthy. He was now marrying Wu Shan's daughter, which could not be said to be a high-ranking one.

Many people were envious and jealous of this marriage, and the relatives of the Wu family were also happy that this marriage would go smoothly.

Lin Haoran led people through the front hall and arrived at the Chuihua Gate, but was stopped by a group of female relatives of the Wu clan.

"You drink all the wine on the table first!"

Wu Huashou attached great importance to this wedding. He specially brought a group of female family members from his hometown in Jiangxi to Beijing. Together with some female family members living in the capital, this large group of female family members blocked the door. A bold woman made a request.

On the wine table in front of the door, there were sixteen large bowls of wine.

Lin Haoran didn't mean to put on airs. He picked up one of the bowls and took a sip of wine. Since he had to welcome the bride and entertain guests when he returned home later, he just made a point of it.

Zhang Hu, Zhao Long and others in the back have always liked drinking, but you had a bowl and I had a bowl. A group of rough men picked up the wine bowls and drank them all in one gulp, and the wine table immediately became clean.

"Good work!"

Lin Fu distributed the red envelopes he had prepared. These female relatives originally wanted to make things difficult, but they seemed a little hesitant.

Wang Han and others were very clever and had already sneaked to the door and slowly pushed the door open. Seeing the right moment, everyone escorted Lin Haoran inside and passed through the hanging flower door, which was always the most difficult thing to do.

I thought everything was fine, but when I entered the courtyard inside, I felt a faint sense of chill.

But in front of the hall, there was a desk with paper, pens, ink and inkstones on it. Behind the desk, there were several officials, including Guo Pu Yiran, the Minister of Personnel.

Since Guo Pu had to take charge of the external inspection work, he did not participate in the subsequent grading work of the palace examination. The person who presided over the grading this time was mainly responsible for the "four ministers of Qingci".

Lin Haoran impeached Guo Pu and proposed that Guo Pu be dismissed. This was undoubtedly a grudge. When they met here, Lin Haoran felt frightened for a while.

"Lin Wenkui, I have always heard that you are known as a bamboo gentleman. If you don't compose a bamboo poem that satisfies me today, you will never get past here!" The leader was not Guo Pu, but Li Wenjin, an official from the right capital.

The old man asked disrespectfully.

The Jinshi in the 14th year of Jiajing can be regarded as a large number of talents. In addition to the two big guys Guo Pu and Wu Shan, there are also many people who hold important positions.

Although Li Wenjin was a top three Jinshi, his father was the only Langwailang in the Household Department. He accumulated some connections in the officialdom, which allowed him to take the route of being an official. He is now the right deputy to the censor of the capital and governor of Datong.

Li Wenjin's move seemed to be difficult, but it was also a kind of recognition of Lin Haoran. He obviously no longer treated Lin Haoran as a junior, but already regarded him as a person who could rival them, so he "went to Lin Haoran" to welcome him.

To add to the fun."

Other officials also agreed and asked Lin Haoran to compose a bamboo poem here.

Lin Haoran's last impeachment of Guo Pu caused a great sensation in the entire Ming Dynasty court. First, Lin Haoran's astonishing fear, and second, Lin Haoran was safe and sound, which all proved that Lin Haoran was not an ordinary fourth-rank Shuntian Mansion Prime Minister.

Combined with the recent series of events in Shuntian Prefecture, there is almost no possibility that Shuntian Prefecture Yin Huang Zhongda will stay in office.

If Wu Shan fully recommends Lin Haoran, coupled with Lin Haoran's past achievements in Guangdong, he can definitely take over the position left by Huang Zhongda and become the youngest Shuntian governor in the Ming Dynasty.

Once he became the governor of Shuntian Prefecture, Lin Haoran's status and power suddenly rose, and he could already be on an equal footing with them. Even a big boss like Li Wenjin had to give him some face.

"I'm showing off my humiliation!"

Lin Haoran knew very well that it would be better not to write a poem at all, and the farther away the reputation of a talented person is, the better. But these big guys made a request, and today was the wedding day, so he really had to write this poem, so he saluted with a wry smile.

"Zhou Fu, let's go and have a look!" An official who always liked poetry wanted to drag Guo Pu over to watch the Tao.

Although Guo Pu likes poetry, he doesn't like everyone's poetry. He wants to crush this boy to ashes. Originally, he was determined not to join in the fun, but just looked at it without incident, and thought that this boy was already addicted to power. I'm afraid

Since I couldn't come up with any good works, I still chose to come and watch.

Lin Haoran came to the table, picked a writing brush from the pen holder, dipped the ink into the ink, and his eyes fell on the white rice paper. While he held his breath and concentrated, there was silence around him.

This is his experience in writing different poems for different groups of people. But on this occasion, it is not a small problem to decide which poem to write is more suitable.

After a moment, he seemed to have thought about it, so he put the pen on the rice paper and started writing.

Huh?
Chapter completed!