Volume 1: Wars and Chaos, Chapter 52: Hasty Weddings
In the past few days, I have been discussing with Li Yuan whether to leave or stay. On the night of arriving in Taiyuan, when talking about the gift of marriage proposal, Li Yuan waved his hand and said: "Isn't your grandfather still found? Why don't you two go back to Jiandong?"
Luo Yu said: "Jiandong is a long way away, and it's not very peaceful along the way. I'm afraid it won't be right for me to go with Xiuning."
Li Yuan said with a smile: "I want you to go to Jiandong. Firstly, you can find out about the old man. Secondly, Xiuning should also go and see the place where you lived since childhood. Thirdly, if the old man goes back, you can pick him up."
Come back and enjoy the happiness.”
After Luo Yu heard this, he had nothing to say, but he knew that none of these three things could be done. Then he thought that it was time to go see his father-in-law who saved his life.
Since Li Yuan had already said what he said, his politeness seemed false, so he turned to ask Li Xiuning for his opinion.
Li Xiuning just said: "But it depends on my father's arrangements."
Luo Yu had no choice but to cup his hands and said, "In this case, it's better for me to be respectful than to obey my orders, but I don't know when Duke Tang wants us to set off."
Li Yuan stopped talking and called Niu Jinda and Li Shimin to inform Luo Yu and Li Xiuning of their decision to go south to Jiandong.
Then he said: "Jinda, I remember that the 19th is an auspicious day in the zodiac. It is better to choose a day that coincides with the sun. I will trouble you to arrange the marriage of the two of them."
Niu Jinda said happily: "There is no need for trouble when we are a good couple. Don't worry, Mr. Tang, I guarantee that everything will be properly arranged."
After Li Xiuning shyly called Uncle Niu, Li Yuan and the other two laughed together, and Luo Yu was also embarrassed.
Li Yuan stopped laughing and said: "You guys have been running all the way, so go and have a rest first. Mr. Luo, I heard that you brought some fine wine. How about you and I chatting over the fine wine?"
The three of them naturally knew that Li Yuan had something to tell Luo Yu. Li Shimin smiled and said, "Father, you can drink the wine my brother-in-law brought in leisurely!" After that, he and Niu Jinda left quickly.
Li Xiuning glanced at Luo Yu worriedly, and saw that Luo Yu was also looking at her, their eyes facing each other, and she could understand his eyes.
Li Yuan also saw the exchange between the two and said with a smile: "Daughter, are you still afraid that your father will make things difficult for this kid?"
Li Xiuning reluctantly walked out. Looking at her back, both of them fell silent.
Zhang Yang always appeared in such a timely manner. He came to the door with two jars of wine. Before he could say anything, Li Yuan said: "Come here, let me try some good wine that Jin Da will never forget."
Luo Yu nodded slightly to Zhang Yang, and Zhang Yang brought the wine over, patted the altar on the left gently, looked at Luo Yu and then left.
This guy was causing trouble. Of course Luo Yu knew that the bottle he had photographed must have a low alcohol content. It was also good that he was not a good drinker. If he drank something with 60 degrees of alcohol content, he might drink it down in one glass.
At that time, Li Yuan didn't even speak clearly, and he was so drunk, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
Unexpectedly, Li Yuan did not follow the routine. He looked at the two jars of wine, his eyes flashed with cunning eyes, and said: "Let's talk about things first. I heard Jinda said that you are not good at drinking, so you don't have to accompany me. This wine is
Leave it to me to taste it slowly."
Luo Yu was eager for him to say this, and he hurriedly saluted and said: "Tang Gong, I have brought more than a dozen jars of wine. What's more, the method of distilling wine is not difficult. You can have as much as you want. Why should you care so much about these jars of wine?
Woolen cloth?"
Li Yuan stopped walking around in circles and walked to the Grand Master's chair. After sitting down, he said seriously: "Luo Yu, please sit down first. I am going to tell you a few things as Xiuning's father. You must listen carefully to the end."
Luo Yu did not sit down, but came to Li Yuan, clasped his fists and saluted, saying: "Say what you say, kid, listen." After saying that, he stood respectfully with his hands down and listened to Li Yuan's explanation.
Seeing Luo Yuruo's attitude, Li Yuan was very satisfied. He took a deep breath and said: "Although Xiuning is a woman, she is a general trained by my Li family to lead the army. I can't say how good she is, but she can still be a general."
In the name of it. You understand this better than I do."
Luo Yu nodded and said: "Xiu would rather be called a woman than a man."
Li Yuan continued: "She is three years older than you. I didn't agree with you two at first, and I had this consideration in mind, but when I saw that she was devoted to you, I couldn't bear to break up you two."
Luo Yu just handed over his hand in thanks and did not answer. He knew that Li Yuan had something to say next.
Li Yuan added: "With the general trend of the world, following the death of His Majesty, there will be storms in the future. As the head of the Li family, I certainly hope that you can stay and contribute, but as Xiuning's father, I only hope that she will be happy.
Do you understand that we should stay away from the troubles of this world?"
Luo Yu said: "I understand, I should protect her wholeheartedly in this life."
Li Yuan said: "Then do you know why I asked you to go to Jiandong now?"
Of course Luo Yu knew it, but he couldn't say it out loud. People who are too smart are often not liked by many people. It's always right to give the other person a step down. After thinking about this, Luo Yu shook his head and said he didn't know the reason.
Who was Li Yuan? The great Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty had his own unique way of looking at and employing people. He glanced at Luo Yu appreciatively, and he became more and more fond of this young man of seventeen or eighteen years old.
He smiled and said: "I once asked Taoist Priest Yuan Shoucheng for a fortune-telling. He said that Xiuning was in great danger when she was twenty years old. Seeing that the time is approaching, I want you to take her to Jiandong for refuge."
Luo Yu knew about Yuan Shoucheng, the divine fortune teller who shined in "Journey to the West", but there was no record in the official history. He did not expect that such a person actually existed in this time and space, and he was also a fortune teller.
But he couldn't understand why Li Yuan listened to Yuan Shoucheng's words? Can a fortune teller really be so accurate? So he asked: "Is Taoist Yuan's fortune telling really so accurate?"
Li Yuandao: "Ten years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Taoist Priest Yuan. After he saw Xiuning, he said: 'This girl was born well and rich, but it is a pity that she was killed by Ziwei Xingjun and will not live long. She will be in great trouble at the age of twenty.' After finishing speaking,
We are about to leave. I have heard that Yuan Daochang's hexagrams are effective, so I begged him to tell him how to solve it."
Luo Yu saw the yearning look on Li Yuan's face. Taoist Yuan was probably not an ordinary person and could impress even Li Yuan.
Li Yuan continued: "Taoist Yuan saw that I loved my daughter very much, so he said, 'The phoenix sings in the west, and Yu returns to the east of the sword. When the waves are quiet, he looks across the horizon and into the sky. After that, he doesn't say a word and floats away."
, I didn’t understand what it meant at the time, but now that I think about it, your fate seems to be destiny.”
Luo Yu was so surprised that he couldn't speak. Could Yuan Shoucheng really be so accurate? He could have known that he would appear ten years ago? He was simply a god. Did he know that he was a time traveler?
Seeing that Luo Yu couldn't react, Li Yuan added: "Anyway, you two will leave for the south immediately after you two get married. You just happened to go to Jiandong Confused Forest to find your grandfather. You don't need to worry about anything here."
Luo Yu felt dizzy after hearing this, but still asked: "What do the last two sentences of Taoist Yuan mean?"
Li Yuandao: "It's up to you to crack it. I've said this. Since you are in love with Xiuning, you must protect her. Go ahead. I'm going to drink."
Luo Yu had no choice but to say goodbye. It was hard to say whether Li Yuan deliberately came up with such a reason to trick them into leaving. Luo Yu didn't believe that Yuan Shoucheng could really calculate so accurately.
Phoenix refers to Li Xiuning. He can understand that as the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty, she can indeed be called Phoenix, but the explanation of the next few sentences is all in Yuan Laodao's mouth. He can say anything fancy.
If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it. Anyway, I'm going to marry Li Xiuning in two days, and then go south to Jiandong. According to Li Yuan's intention, I have to stay there for a year before coming out.
If soldiers come to block it, if water comes to cover it with soil, there will always be a way. This arrangement seems to have followed the wishes of Luo Yu and Li Xiuning. It is also good to disarm and not return to the battlefield.
He couldn't sleep. Lying on the bed, Luo Yu also wanted to have a bowl of 60-degree roasted knives, but when he thought about his drinking capacity, he had to give up in order not to have a headache tomorrow.
When I came here, I passed by Li Xiuning's closed room. She had already turned off the lights and went to bed, so I didn't disturb her and went straight back to my private room with Zhang Yang.
This feeling of being clearly arranged by others is very uncomfortable, but I can't refuse. This time traveler status is really useless. I can only struggle to survive like everyone else.
Zhang Yang came in twice and saw that Luo Yu was still awake, so he reached out and pressed Luo Yu's neck. This was their original method of making people fall asleep quickly, and it was used for the first time on Luo Yu.
Drowsiness hit him like a tide, Luo Yu finally closed his eyes and fell into sleep. After Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he turned around and went to the living room to rest.
On June 17th, after dawn, Niu Jinda came to Dongluo Yu's room and told him that he could only stay in the room for the next two days and could not go anywhere. This was quite new. How could he get married and be put under house arrest?
Niu Jinda ignored him and told Zhang Yang and Liu Hao to take good care of Luo Yu. If Luo Yu was allowed to go out before the nineteenth century, they should look good to them.
Forget it, just be the boss of the wedding. What's wrong with having a carefree rest? You should be happy if someone is in charge of the wedding.
When the day came, Luo Yu realized that it was not a good thing for the hands-off shopkeeper to be too comfortable.
The new house was Li Xiuning's boudoir. When he came out, he took a look and saw that the door was closed tightly. There were only two three-inch characters "囍" cut out of red paper pasted between the two doors.
There are two red lanterns with Double Happiness stickers hanging on the beams at the door. The windowsills are empty, not even the Double Happiness stickers. Why is Yang Jing so careless?
What Luo Yu didn't know was that he would experience a more hasty wedding next, and then he vowed to organize a new wedding in his heart for Li Xiuning in the future.
At the right time, Niu Jinda came over in a hurry. He gave Luo Yu a red auspicious suit and said with a smile: "Go and take a bath and change clothes quickly. Today is the auspicious time at the end of the day. When the time comes, you can put on the auspicious suit and go to the door of Tang Gong's house to welcome the bride."
, remember, don’t miss the time.”
Luo Yu said in a daze: "Uncle Niu, isn't this a bit too simple? My nephew has nothing to do today?"
Niu Jinda smiled again and said: "Nothing. Before entering the bridal chamber in the evening, you only have to welcome the bride and then go to the banquet to toast. I have something else to do. Someone will come and let you know later." After that, he hurriedly left.
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Forget it, don’t ask, just do whatever you want. Chinese weddings are just bows, two bows, and three bows. What’s the big deal? It’s not like I’ve never seen it before.
Zhang Yang and Liu Hao filled the bathtub with cold water and then left. Luo Yu couldn't help it. Who would get married on a hot day? Li Yuan's arrangement was really hard to understand.
At a quarter of noon, two fat women dressed as aunts in their forties came over to help Luo Yu dress up. One of them held a rouge box and the other held a red flower. When they entered Luo Yu's room, they began to scatter Luo Yu's hair and ask for it.
Recombine his hair.
Luo Yu had no choice but to wear a fitting groom's suit to cooperate with them. After finally combing his hair, an aunt tried to put red rouge on Luo Yu's face, but Luo Yu refused and got up and hid aside.
The two aunts didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so they had to persuade Luo Yu that this was a necessary process that everyone must go through when getting married.
Luo Yu refused to put red rouge on his face. The two had no choice but to explain the situation to Niu Jinda.
They finally compromised, and the last step was to insert the red rose into the groom's hat and give it to the bride after the ceremony, as a token of love.
Luo Yu had nothing to say and accepted it.
When the auspicious time came, Luo Yu came to Li Yuan's gate alone. There was no music, no master of ceremonies, and no one was even walking around. It felt so deserted.
The door opened, and Li Shimin slowly walked out from inside, carrying Li Xiuning, who was wearing a phoenix crown and harem. Li Xiuning, who was dressed in red, looked even more delicate and beautiful. Although her face was covered by a hijab, Luo Yu could imagine what she looked like now.
Yang Man and Changsun Xiaomei held a red ribbon about three feet long and three inches wide with a rose pattern tied in the middle. They followed Li Shimin and slowly came to Luo Yu.
At this time, the master of ceremonies shouted from the entrance of the courtyard: "The auspicious time has come, please move to the Naji Hall to worship the bride and groom."
Now is the time to pay homage? Luo Yu was a little confused. Didn’t he also need to perform actions such as accepting gifts? Is this what Li Yuan said about simplifying everything? Has the process been simplified to this extent?
Not daring to object, I followed Li Shimin to the so-called Naji Hall, which was the original Li Family Ancestral Hall. It seemed that except for a few couplets posted outside, nothing else had changed.
The only difference is that there are two large double happiness red lanterns hanging at the door. The candles inside are already lit at the moment, and it is difficult to see clearly when the sunlight shines on them.
Entering inside, the hundred-square-foot hall was already filled with people in fine clothes, including men, women, old and young. All of them had smiling faces and looked at the newlyweds walking towards the door.
Directly opposite the door is a stage, and someone is singing on it. The singing seems to be Qin opera, which complements the musical instruments and is very lively.
Below the stage is the main seat. Li Yuan, who is wearing a rich costume, is sitting on the chair on the left.
Become the representative of Luo Yu's family.
When Li Shimin carried Li Xiuning and put Li Xiuning down in front of Li Yuan and Niu Jinda, the performance stopped on the stage and the whole audience was silent, waiting for the next call.
After Yang Man and Changsun Xiaomei handed the ribbon to Luo Yu and Li Xiuning, they stepped aside.
The master of ceremonies, who was in his thirties, finally came to the table and shouted loudly: "The auspicious time has come, the bride and groom are here to pay their respects."
Luo Yu and Li Xiuning turned around and faced the patio. As the emcee said "bow to heaven and earth", they both bent down and bowed down.
Then he straightened up and turned around to face Li Yuan and Niu Jinda. The master of ceremonies shouted again: "Two bows to the high hall."
The two of them bowed to Li Yuan and Niu Jinda again, and when they straightened up with their hands to support them, they turned to face each other again, waiting for the third command from the master of ceremonies.
When the master of ceremonies saw that they were ready, he shouted: "Husband and wife bow to each other!"
Luo Yu couldn't see Li Xiuning's expression, but she must be very happy now. The two of them had the same mind and bent down until their foreheads touched their foreheads.
The master of ceremonies shouted again: "Exchange tokens!"
Luo Yu hurriedly reached out and took off the rose pinned to the top hat, and handed it to Li Xiuning with both hands. After she took the bag inserted into her chest, it was proved that Li Xiuning had taken him into her heart.
After Li Xiuning arranged the flowers, he took off a men's sapphire ring from his left thumb and handed it to Luo Yu with both hands.
Luo Yu had long heard the two aunts talking about it. He took the ring with both hands and put it on the ring finger of his left hand, indicating that he was holding Li Xiuning tightly in his hand and would never leave her in this life and depend on each other in life and death.
It turns out that rings have already become popular in this era. No wonder it will continue to be popular in later generations.
Seeing that they had completed the exchange, the master of ceremonies shouted again: "The ceremony is completed, let the bride enter the bridal chamber!"
Luo Yu was a little confused. Why did he only send Li Xiuning to the bridal chamber? Could he be drinking with her all the time?
There are more than thirty tables, can we still have a wedding tonight?