A gentleman, a promise worth a thousand pieces of gold.
It was agreed that Bai Lu would get married on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and of course the Bai family would marry their daughter.
Perhaps because Lu Qian's survey department was right across the street, the Bai family had a rather strange approach to marrying off their daughter.
The ceremony was held not at the Bai family mansion, but at Cuiwei Peak next to the Imperial College.
A red sun slowly rises from the east. Under the Cuiwei Peak, an old plum tree has branches as strong as a dragon. Large plum blossoms bloom with a delicate fragrance. The cold wind blows, and the petals fly like rain, in the morning light.
Shining faintly.
At the top of the mountain, Cuiwei Peak, Bai Changkong and a group of wise old friends were sitting upright in simple formal attire.
In the plum forest at the foot of the mountain, there are straw mats spread on the ground. Countless scholars from the Imperial College and Imperial College are kneeling on the straw mats, listening to the entrance of the stone steps going up the mountain. A middle-aged man with a long beard and a handsome appearance and an elegant temperament.
sermon.
The middle-aged man with long hair, wearing a simple Ge Yi, and a loud voice is named Zhu Song. He is the cousin of the Prime Minister Zhu Chong and the biological father of Zhu Yu.
Long and short are equal.
If Zhu Chong is the face of the Zhu family in the court, then Zhu Song is the brand name of the Zhu family among the people.
There is a "Zhu Family School" in Haojing City, which can be found in every city in Haojing, even in the most remote Jiupinfang City. The school is free to ordinary people and grassroots students in Haojing City.
He taught Buddhist scriptures and even provided pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and breakfast and lunch for free to poor students.
Zhu Song was the academic master of the Zhu Academy. Countless students from the Zhu Academy were selected by him to join Taixue for further studies, and then shined in the imperial examinations. From then on, they rose to prominence and broke away from the original grassroots class.
Because of the "Zhu Family School", as more and more officials and celebrities came out of the school, Zhu's brand of "Sage Miao Descendants" became more dazzling, and Zhu's family became more and more deeply rooted in Dayin.
Sitting cross-legged on the stone steps, looking at the tens of thousands of scholars below, Zhu Song smiled calmly and spoke eloquently.
"You need to know. Baishan Chang governs the 'ancient ritual'."
"Those who practice ancient etiquette need to restrain themselves, that is, restrain their desires, temper their own integrity, and then 'restore etiquette', which means restoring the most original good virtues of a gentleman and following the most original flawless conduct of a gentleman." (Here, 'restrain oneself and restore etiquette'.
The explanation of "Li" has been distorted to a certain extent according to the demands of Bai Changkong and others!)
"The ancient etiquette of Baishan Changzhi should be practiced personally."
"In today's world, people's customs are becoming increasingly extravagant and corrupt, and today's rituals are becoming increasingly complicated and complicated. Acceptance, asking for names, betrothal gifts, dowries, and all kinds of things are nothing more than materialistic desires, and people's hearts are not the same as before."
"Therefore, today, when Baishan grew up with ancient tribes, our ancestors of the human race used the simplest and purest ritual of 'gathering virtuous people together with elegance and harmony' to arrange Miss Bai Lu's wedding. They were truly virtuous and worthy of being the masters of 'ethics'
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Zhu Song shook his head, talking to Bai Changkong about business.
What he muttered was that Bai Changkong believed that ancient rituals were good. Today's modern rituals, which often take several months to hold a wedding, are nothing more than the result of today's people's moral corruption and materialistic desires.
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Moreover, Bai Changkong, who was clean and honest, did not have the financial resources to organize Bai Lu's wedding according to today's wedding rituals.
Therefore, Bai Changkong took advantage of the opportunity of his only granddaughter to get married to perform the ritual of "gathering wise men and elegant harmony" from the ancient tribes, in order to spread his knowledge of "ancient rituals" and at the same time criticize the increasing extravagance of today's people.
unhealthy trends.
The so-called "gathering of wise men and elegant harmony" ceremony is that in ancient tribes, among the tribe's ancestors, a man and a woman only had to look at each other, and then under the evaluation of the tribe's elders, the two people were indeed "good people suitable for marriage"
', they can get the marriage notarized.
The entire process can be completed in just half a day.
Simple, fast, money-saving, trouble-free... Because it is plated with such a layer of "self-denial and restoration of ceremony", such a simple but not simple wedding looks even more noble, sacred and solemn.
In particular, the ritual of ‘gathering of wise men and elegant harmony’ requires a group of tribal elders to gather together to evaluate the couple.
Now in the Caiwei Pavilion at the top of Cuiwei Peak, Bai Changkong, Gong Yangyao, and dozens of cultural and educational sages from Haojing are gathered here. They will act as 'tribe elders' and evaluate the character of Bai Lu and her future husband.
Decide whether they are a good match.
A wedding can be recognized and blessed by dozens of great sages, and can be witnessed by tens of thousands of scholars from the Imperial College and Imperial College.
In the plum forest, countless young and enthusiastic scholars applauded and cheered, and could not help but extend their highest blessings to Bai Lu and the lucky future husband she had chosen.
There were even scholars whispering to each other and discussing this topic enthusiastically.
"Students also feel that today's weddings are too complicated. It takes a long time, but I'm not afraid. I can afford to wait for three to five months. But the betrothal gift and the like... tsk tsk, it's too wasteful."
"What senior brother said is absolutely true. Master Bai's ritual of 'gathering wise men and elegant harmony' can form a good relationship as long as a man and a woman fall in love at first sight and can be recognized by their elders. Such an ancient ritual, elegant and extremely solemn, is really wonderful.
It’s unspeakable.”
"Hey, it's a pity that we don't have this blessing, so we have so many great sages to judge us."
"Well, I don't know which one of the twelve talents is recognized by Miss Bai Lu?"
"I don't know this. It's just that a few days ago, on the Moyun Tower, Mr. Tianyang..."
"Shh, be quiet, aren't you afraid of being beaten?"
On the top of Cuiwei Peak, outside the gate of Caiwei Pavilion, on a flat bluestone, Bai Lu was wearing a simple cloth dress, kneeling on a soft cushion, stroking the banjo in front of her, "ding ding dong dong", and a song popped up.
It is an elegant song like the mountains and flowing water.
According to the procedures announced by the Bai family, this is a necessary part of the ceremony of 'bringing together elegant and harmonious people'. It is for unmarried women to display their talents and let the tribal elders evaluate whether they are a good woman with a suitable home.
In the plum forest, some scholars applauded and praised.
Bai Lu's zither art is not considered to be the best, but it is still good. It can also be ranked among the top 100 in Haojing City.
Coupled with her beautiful appearance and the aura of Bai Changkong's only granddaughter, her piano music won the cheers and admiration of countless people.
She was playing music on the mountain, and gradually the Imperial Academy and Imperial College scholars began to sing poems that matched her music.
Outside the plum grove, under a huge pine and cypress tree, a simple four-wheel carriage parked here quietly.
Li Zi, the minister of Honglu Temple, had a gloomy face, sitting in the carriage, his eyes like daggers, staring at the person sitting opposite him, his most beloved and doted son Li Erya, who had been pampered since childhood.
Li Erya, only eighteen years old, eight feet and one inch tall, was born with a jade tree facing the wind, and was extremely elegant and elegant.
He was one of the twelve talented people who asked for marriage in front of Bai's house a few days ago. He was also one of the twelve talented people who competed for literary talents in Moyun Tower. After Lu Qian left in a big scene, he sang with a song.
Bai Lu took a fancy to her extraordinary performance in her poems about plum blossoms, and was finally determined to be the lucky one to be her husband.
Li Erya has sincerely admired Bai Lu for many years.
However, Bai Lu and Zhu Yu were very close before, so how could Li Erya dare to compete with Zhu Yu?
He really "never forgets" Bai Lu, and then "tosses and turns", so he "can't sleep at night".
Unexpectedly, Bai Lu was abandoned by Lu Qian's "repentant marriage", and Bai Changkong announced that he would choose the best talents from Hao Jing to marry him. Li Erya was immediately moved. Hearing that some people gathered together, they went to Bai's house to propose marriage.
, he responded immediately and got involved in the matter eagerly.
Unexpectedly, he actually won Bai Lu's heart with his talent and character.
Therefore, the Bai family proposed that his marriage to Bai Lu should be arranged according to ancient rituals. He agreed without saying a word, and told his father the good news immediately.
Li Zi is still busy cleaning up the mess in Sijifang these days.
He was tormented by those arrogant and unruly princes and ladies all day long, and he almost became so angry that he killed someone.
Unexpectedly, his favorite youngest son actually told him happily that Bai Changkong was going to marry his granddaughter to him, and what kind of ancient ceremony was used. The ceremony could be completed in just one day, and the ceremony would be completed in just one day.
Take Bai Lu home!
"Er Ya, you have to think about it." Li Zi stared at Li Er Ya with a gloomy look: "No one can force you to do anything, not even Bai Changkong. If you are unwilling to marry, you should learn from Lu Qian now.
Dad will personally send you to the palace guard."
Li Erya stared at her own father with wide eyes in shock: "Dad, what nonsense are you talking about? Miss Bai Lu is the perfect match in my heart... Don't worry, when I marry her and go home, I will
Treat her well and I will give you a fat grandson next year!"
Li Zi's face twitched. In the past, everyone he saw was smiling, and every wrinkle on his old face was covered with frost.
He looked at his precious son and said sadly: "Bai Lu's previous fiancé was Lu Qian, but Lu Qian, he would rather join the palace guard..."
Li Erya waved her hand impatiently: "What are you doing to bring up that national thief? He is stupid, and he doesn't want to let a good woman like Wei Shuang do it!"
"Stupid?" Li Zi was so angry that he almost slapped Li Erya's handsome face: "He is stupid. He was able to gain the emperor's favor within ten days, even the queen mother's favor, and even the general was quite fond of him.
, let him get a duke easily?"
"Do you know that your father has been working in the court all his life, and he just became a minister of Honglu Temple, without even getting a taste of the title... If Lu Qian is stupid, then your father? And the court?
Are almost all the civil and military ministers in the hall idiots?"
Li Erya was stunned. He looked at Li Zi and shook his head: "Well, he is not stupid. His strokes of handwriting and those few poems are unparalleled in contemporary times. So what? Wei Shuang is
She is mine and I want to marry her."
"Hurry up, Dad, get ready. When Wei Shuang's piano music ends, we will go straight to Cuiwei Peak."
"I will sing all the way to the top of the mountain, then recite poems and compose poems in front of those great sages and show off my talents... If you don't support me from behind, I really don't dare to show off in front of so many great sages."
There was a hint of fierceness in Li Zi's eyes. He looked at his son who couldn't wait to open the car door, jumped out, and walked in with hurried steps in all directions. He said quietly: "Go, recruit three hundred inner disciples, go to my house, and bring them to my house."
Those servants and maids will all be replaced."
"Bai Changkong, you'd better not use any tricks."
"Otherwise, I want you to understand that in the eyes of Qiqiao Pavilion, what kind of bullshit cultural sage can be killed like a pig or a dog."
"It is said that the collapse of the previous dynasty was caused by the Four Holy Sects of Qiqiao Pavilion, Jiuyin Sect, Flying Corpse Sect, and Tianyu Palace, which deceived the emperor and brought trouble to the world."
"Hey, hey, if you really dare to provoke my child, I will let you know what the real disaster is that harms the country and the people!"