The song "Magpie Bridge Immortal" created a beautiful story about Chang'an City.
A young scholar from the Cui family in Qinghe forced the King of Qin Li Yuanxing to write three poems in a row with an ordinary wedding poem before the scholars from the Prince of Qin's palace could come forward.
Two poems, one word.
This word in particular is definitely a masterpiece of love between two people. It is a classic love word and should be passed down through the ages.
The fire of gossip is burning, but I don’t know which Princess Qin this poem is written for, so I naturally want to gossip about it.
Li Yuanxing entered Chang'an City to regroup.
What kind of ceremonial guard should be used for the King of Qin's wedding is really a headache for the officials of the Ministry of Rites. As far as the wedding is concerned, the King of Qin has a distinguished status, so he should naturally choose a large ceremonial guard. But in fact, as Cui Sheli said, the specifications for the King of Qin's wedding are already
There has never been one before, and there will be no one after.
Li Yuanxing's team was led by three hundred young eunuchs, carrying lamps, baskets and other items used in the ceremony. Then there were three hundred honor guard sergeants, flags, curtains, fans, etc.
Speaking of this fan, it was an extremely important item in the ceremonial guard of the Tang Dynasty.
(The author has consulted a large amount of information. If I just show this ceremonial guard here, it will inevitably be misleading. It is impossible to fully describe the entire ceremonial guard without a few thousand words. In short, this ceremonial guard team must have thousands of people.)
Further behind, there are three hundred armored sergeants, and Li Yuanxing is riding a horse among these sergeants.
At the end of the team were the male guests of the wedding and the rest of the escorts.
Before Li Yuanxing's team reached Zhuque Gate, the poem had already reached the ears of the Seventh Girl.
Most of the seven girls originally thought that His Highness King Qin was a monk, or at worst a military general. But who would have thought that he is such a person who understands emotions, and the seven girls were naturally full of expectations.
When we arrived at the Zhuque Gate, there were still some people watching the ceremony. Not only the nobles of Chang'an, but also the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Even the envoys from various countries stationed in Chang'an were also watching the ceremony at the Zhuque Gate.
They only have a superficial understanding of these poems. Although they yearn for them, they do not have more than ten years of cultural accumulation. These poems are not something that they, who do not have a systematic cultural system, can understand.
However, the three hundred armored sergeants in King Qin's ceremonial guard made them jealous.
There was a martial arts performance in Qin Wangzhuang. The whole body plate armor on display was made of pure steel. Its defensive power was amazing. All the envoys were thinking at the time that this piece of armor was only dozens of kilograms of fine steel. No matter how rich the Tang Dynasty was, it would not be possible to produce it.
A lot of stainless steel armor is coming.
But at this time, the rising sun shines on the earth.
The golden light shone on Li Yuanxing's three hundred armored guards, and the armor of those guards shone with dazzling golden light.
This is one of the two armors that Qinwangzhuang has improved again. It combines the style of the original Mingguang armor, and then uses the weaving method of scale armor, with soft leather armor inside, and two or three complete breastplates on the front and back.
Together with the shoulder pads and long waist skirt, it forms a complete set of full-body armor.
But with armor like this, soldiers with poor physical fitness really can't use it.
A full set of armor weighed eleven kilograms in the Tang Dynasty, but it would weigh fifteen kilograms in modern times. Walking dozens of miles wearing this set of armor would be impossible for a sergeant with poor physical fitness.
Even the elite guards in Prince Qin's Mansion, Li Yuanxing, can wear a full set of armor, as well as a full set of weapons and equipment. With the necessary dry food, they can only walk fifty miles a day, otherwise it will be impossible to maintain combat effectiveness.
These three hundred sets of gleaming armors not only shocked the foreign envoys, but also Li Yuan who was watching the ceremony on the city wall was greatly shocked. Li Yuan said to the attendants beside him: "Today is the wedding of my emperor, and this great gift should be
I was there, and this is the rule among the people!"
"What the Emperor said is absolutely true. Naturally, the people want fathers and brothers to be present to congratulate you."
The follower mentioned another brother, and Li Yuan nodded.
"I'm just going to make arrangements."
The entourage left the city and went straight to the imperial city. Li Er's original plan was to go to Qin Wangzhuang tomorrow, congratulate him, and then return to Chang'an City. But after hearing the report from the entourage, Li Er was tempted.
An imperial edict was issued immediately. As the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he naturally had to marry the King of Qin of the Tang Dynasty together with the Supreme Emperor.
As for Li Er's other brothers, Li Er didn't even mention them at all. These people can't get on the stage at all. They can't do big things and they won't do small things. Their contribution to the country of Tang Dynasty is very limited, so these people
Once, Li Er did not ask these brothers to go.
Li Er is not greedy for those armors.
But Li Er was thinking that in just a short time since Li Yuanxing last displayed the plate armor, there were three hundred sets of Mingguang armor made entirely of fine steel. The last time Li Yuanxing reported it, Li Er always thought that
, which is full-body leather armor, and then embedded with fine steel at key locations.
Three hundred sets are just over three hundred kilograms of fine steel.
But now, these three hundred sets require at least 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms of fine steel. In just one month, Li Yuanxing's small Zhuangzi was able to refine so much fine steel. Li Er decided to go there in person
Take a look, and by the way, I want to ask Li Yuanxing about the cost and whether it is possible to equip the Tang army.
Of course, the most critical issue is that Li Er believes that he should take this opportunity to open the eyes of those barbarians on the grassland.
The Zhuque Gate is the second gate. Here Wei Ting and others have already prepared, and they read out poems one after another that they had prepared long ago.
But after a while, someone spoke at the gate of the city.
"Your Highness, King Qin, my master said that this poem is too boring. I don't want your Highness to write a poem. Your Highness, please tell me a story!"
Li Yuanxing was far away, but even though he was close, he couldn't tell whose personal maid the girl who spoke was. Li Yuanxing reached out and touched his waist, and found that it was empty.
I thought this was a war, and I was wearing a telescope.
Li Yuanxing is not afraid of telling stories. He comes from later generations and is able to compile several classics even if they are current ones.
But Li Yuanxing just wanted to see whose family was causing trouble.
Li Yuanxing couldn't see clearly, but others in Chengguan knew that she was Cui Yingying's maid.
"It's okay to tell a story, but my king's story is just a bit long. Besides, if I tell it here, why don't I have to pass it on? Why don't I wait until I return to Qin Wangzhuang and I will write it down."
The maid went down to the top of the city.
The seven girls inside the city gate naturally knew all this. Cui Yanyan smiled coldly and said to her heart, Yingying, this little trick of yours is just to make His Highness the King of Qin pay attention to you. Or to let the people know that you, Cui Yingying, showed your face.
?
"You can go back and write, at least two stories!" The maid ran to the top of the city again.
"Seven, each with a story!" Li Yuanxing answered confidently.
The maid stuck out her tongue and fled down the city wall. Her mission was completed, so she naturally ran away.
According to the local customs in the Tang Dynasty and Chang'an, the wedding gift must be brought to the woman's home, and there are some rituals. But it is not suitable for the family to put it there at the moment, so it is skipped.
The Suzaku Gate is wide open, and the inner door is already decorated with lights.
Seven ladies are holding seven jade bowls. This is the etiquette of the Seventh Family welcoming their uncle. Some are exempted, but some enforceable ones are placed inside the Zhuque Gate. Inside the Zhuque Gate, there are two rows of flower sheds and two rows of tents.
Li Yuanxing took the first bowl, took a bite and found that there was something else in the egg. When he took a closer look, it turned out to be a lotus seed. Li Yuanxing was surprised, how could there be a lotus seed in this complete poached egg.
When eating the second bowl, Li Yuanxing observed it carefully.
This poached egg is really complete. After biting it open carefully, there are some sesame seeds inside!
It's amazing! How is it possible to cook a complete poached egg? Li Yuanxing carefully observed every bowl. The poached eggs were all complete. Seven bowls contained seven things.
It also seems to have a moral meaning: be safe and have a son soon.
That's probably it, Li Yuanxing also guessed. Because he couldn't tell what he had eaten, he just kept it silently in his heart.
Li Yuanxing walked around each sedan chair three times according to etiquette, and then the seven women were taken out from the seven temporary flower sheds and placed in the sedan chair by Xiniang. Hundreds of ladies were surrounding, and the person in charge of etiquette was
Li Yuanxing, an official from the Ministry of Rites, shouted something but did not hear a word. Li Yuanxing was constantly being manipulated and kept walking back and forth according to various requirements.
When Li Yuanxing was already dizzy, he only knew that someone was urging him to mount his horse and then leave the city and return to Qinwangzhuang.
"This is the end!" Li Yuanxing was confused and asked the guard beside him, who shook his head.
Li Yuanxing was really confused. The bodyguard hadn't gotten married yet. Besides, ordinary people getting married was different from him, the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, two teams of knights rode quickly to the Suzaku Gate. Everyone took out a bamboo tube from behind. When the team was about to walk back, the two rows of bamboo tubes made a loud noise, and petals filled the sky.
It is fluttering in the air, and when the wind blows, within a hundred steps on both sides of the Zhuque Gate, the city is filled with fragrance.
According to the etiquette of setting off firecrackers in later generations, Wu Zhao first placed the petals in the bamboo tube and then added some perfume.
The primer is gunpowder, which explodes and sprays out petals and perfume.
Zheng Xiuyan, who was in the sedan chair, almost stretched out her head to look at the beautiful scenery. Fortunately, a lady next to the sedan chair reacted quickly and immediately pushed her little head back into the flower bridge.
A fragrant petal fell into the sedan chair, and Zheng Xiuyan reached out to catch it, feeling extremely happy.
After picking up the bride, he turned around and returned to Chang'an Qinwangzhuang. Li Yuanxing felt a little sad for those people in the honor guard. They walked eighty miles in one day. This was no joke. Especially the sergeant wearing steel armor. I really don't know if
I can bear it.
On the way, Li Yuanxing made several excuses to let the team rest. Cui Dunli knew that Li Yuanxing was kind, so he didn't say anything.
When we returned to Qin Wangzhuang again, the sky had darkened. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)