The auspicious day of the zodiac is suitable for marriage.
Today is the happy day for Qian Ruyu, the eldest son of the Qian family, to marry Huang Shan, the only daughter of the Huang family.
What surprised Cheng Yu was that the customary wedding ceremony in Qingchuan County started when the sun went down.
In his previous life, according to the custom in his area, only second marriages were held at night.
After a busy but chaotic day, at sunset, the wedding ceremony finally began in the main hall of Qian Mansion.
The ancestors of the Qian Mansion came from a family of officials, and their ancestor was a founding marquis.
But it is not just a hereditary and irreplaceable title. After more than two hundred years, the Qian family has transformed into a wealthy businessman.
But in recent years, Mr. Qian has donated money to an idle clerk, who is at least well-known.
Therefore, congratulations came and went in the house, and people of all kinds came to pay their respects.
While the ceremony was going on, Nuo Daqian's Mansion actually seemed a little cramped.
Today in Qingchuan County, there is only one topic of discussion among men, women, old and young: the eldest son of the Qian family getting married.
For this reason, all three squads of government officials in Qingchuan County were mobilized to maintain tight security, fearing that there would be another farce of bandits snatching brides.
The magistrate also issued a special permit, and ordered the county captain to allocate a hundred soldiers to guard the six city gates in all directions.
The entire county was tightly surrounded, and the traffickers and lackeys could only enter and exit, not only for the smooth wedding, but also for the sake of keeping the secret.
A bird and a cat stood on the roof of the high Drum Tower, looking at the feasting and feasting of nearly half of the city. Cheng Yu called the cat demon to come and see the excitement.
Unexpectedly, the orange cat demon snorted and snorted with some disdain, then turned around and walked towards Huichun Tower with elegant cat steps.
Huichun Tower is closed today.
Cheng Yu didn't say anything when he saw this, but seeing his attitude towards the Qian Mansion, he became more convinced that this cat demon was raised by Lord Wu himself.
A sparrow flew away from the Bell and Drum Tower, crossed the rows of uneven roofs, and soared over the front yard of Qian's Mansion.
The only advantage of being a sparrow is that no matter how deep you are in your house, the high walls and fortresses are just decorations.
The pair of magpies that lived in the Qian Mansion have long since disappeared, and even the nest has been vacant for a long time.
It must have been that Cheng Yu had a psychological shadow last time and moved outside the city.
When Cheng Yu flew to the main hall, a newlywed couple was worshiping heaven and earth.
Huo Yazi also sat firmly in the VIP seat in the front row of the hall, looking at the newlyweds with a fairy-like smile.
During this period, the civil servant had gained a lot of weight. Since he was asked by the foreign minister to divine the marriage of his legitimate son, he was locked in the room for half a day and worked out an auspicious divination, so he became even more important.
The salary was also improved again, and I was invited to live in a compound with a pool.
In addition to the junior member, he would treat his master and his apprentice to a meal every other day. It seemed that he had been completely fooled by this guy.
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The whole process of the ceremony was almost the same as Cheng Yu imagined at first. The newlyweds worshiped heaven and earth, worshiped the high hall, and the husband and wife worshiped each other.
But he has never seen the following ceremony.
After the newlyweds paid their respects to heaven and earth, they did not have a banquet to have wine directly. Instead, guests with foreign surnames were waiting in the banquet. The Qian clan members of Qingchuan lined up in two rows according to seniority, with men on the left and women on the right.
A couple of newlyweds wearing festive red makeup walked at the front of the team, leading a group of tribesmen toward the northwest corner of the backyard of Qian Mansion.
As for the owner of the village like Qian Duofu, whose surname was given by his ancestors, he is not even qualified to enter the house to ask for a drink.
Cheng Yu looked from the air and saw that there was a main road in the mansion that led directly from the front yard to the northwest corner.
There is a separate courtyard with two entrances. The main room has five bays, which is almost the same size as the main hall in the front yard.
There is a simple plaque hanging on the gate of the courtyard, which reads: "Edict to build Qian's Ancestral Hall" in six characters.
The hustle and bustle in the front yard was gradually left behind, and the Qian clan members lined up in a solemn and orderly formation, slowly walking towards the ancestral hall.
The waiter at the head, Wai Qian Ruyu, was beaming with joy. As he walked, he occasionally glanced at the bride beside him.
Huang Shan changed from her usual goose-yellow shirt and wore a bright and eye-catching phoenix crown.
Holding a goose-yellow fan in front of her face, behind the fan is a pretty face that is so charming.
But Cheng Yu, who was watching from a high place, saw that the bride seemed a little nervous compared to the groom.
Arriving at the door of the ancestral hall, Huang Shan raised her head to look at the plaque at the door. According to custom, she raised her fan to block her face.
Qian Ruyu just wanted to remind her that she could not use the fan to cover her face when entering the ancestral hall.
But she had already stepped into the courtyard, and he hurriedly followed her in two steps, whispering next to her:
"Do not use fans to cover your face in the ancestral hall."
But Huang Shan seemed not to hear her. She took the lead alone and continued to move forward slowly. Qian Ruyu had no choice but to follow.
Step by step, Huang Shan walked towards the entrance of the main hall. Huang Shan looked up and saw a large plaque hanging above the main entrance, with the four golden characters "Zhao Mu Qianqiu" written in it, which was also written by the royal family.
Arriving in front of the main hall door, the bride paused for a moment, waiting for the groom to enter the hall, then raised her right foot, paused obviously when she crossed the threshold, and then lowered her foot and stepped into the hall.
Laomiao Zhu only waits in the hall and does not need to go out to greet him. He is representing the ancestors of the Qian family at this moment.
After entering the hall, the bride raised her head and looked up at the top of the hall, then glanced around, and finally landed on the confession in the middle of the hall.
Compared with her previous cautiousness, she is now a little more unrestrained.
This Qian family ancestral hall is really unique. The ancestor's tablets are not in the middle, but placed in front of the gables on both sides. There is an oil lamp in front of each tablet.
There is a huge altar in the middle of the hall, with an oil lamp on each side, but what is enshrined on the altar is a wooden box.
Only when I took a few steps closer did I see clearly that what was placed in the box was actually just a writing brush.
The pen barrel is thin and straight, dark and matte, with some fine lines faintly engraved on it.
The brush tip of the pen glows with a light golden luster under the light of the oil lamp.
The entire pen is tightly tied into a sharp edge, obviously it has never been written.
Huang Shan stared at the writing brush, her eyes getting colder.
When the clerk next to him saw this, he called her "ma'am". Huang Shan just looked away from the brush and turned to Qian Ruyu with a springy smile.
Except for the young men who were used to fighting in the Fengyue Field, their whole bodies suddenly became soft, and they couldn't care less about the strange behavior when the bride entered the palace just now.
After burning incense and eating, and after three kowtows and nine bows, the bride and groom finished announcing their ancestors, and everyone exited the ancestral hall in order.
It turns out that in this world, although men are said to be superior to women, the first wife's direct wife is eligible to enter the ancestral hall to worship.
As for a wealthy family like the Qian Mansion, when a bride enters the family, she must first pay homage to her ancestors, and only after receiving the approval of her ancestors can she officially enter the family.
If you just worship the heaven, the earth, and the high hall in the wedding hall, it will only be half of the ceremony.
There are no longer any loud chants of blessings in the ancestral hall, and the sound of "唦唷唷" footsteps has long gone away.
The ancestral hall, which was originally a bit lonely, fell silent again after a brief period of popularity.
Only the long-bright lamps in the hall were left flickering on and off.
Seeing that there was no one in the ancestral hall at this moment, Cheng Yu spread his wings and flew into the hall.
The light in the ancestral hall was not dim, so he flew to the center of the confessional and landed next to the wooden box.
The wooden box seems to be carved from an extremely rare wood species, such as sunken wood.
The wooden box is carved with complex patterns on all sides. When combined, those patterns look more like runes from a distance.
Look at the writing brush inside. The black barrel is also carved with various patterns.
In comparison, the light golden pen tip is unremarkable.
There is also the largest tablet behind the wooden box.
Cheng Yu took a few steps forward to take a closer look. It turned out that this pen was an imperial pen, a royal gift given to the founder of the Liang Dynasty.
No wonder it was placed in the middle and the ancestors of the Qian family were squeezed to both sides.
Looking to both sides, there are rows of tablets for ancestors of the Qian family placed on the altar tables. On the wall behind the tablets are portraits of outstanding figures from the Qian family.
The portrait in the first row on the left has already turned yellow, and the inscription shows that it is the ancestor of the Qian family, the founding pillar of the Liang Dynasty, and the Marquis of Jing'an.
In the painting, the Marquis of Jing'an is dressed in the official uniform of a marquis, sitting on an armchair calmly, and there is a huge orange cat lying on the ground next to the armchair.