The voices came from far and near. It was Li Siwen and Dugujiu. Li Mu smiled bitterly. It was just that Dugujiu came to find him, but Li Siwen also came with him. They are getting married tomorrow. I don’t know how many things will happen today. Li Mu
I understand, this kid must have escaped.
"Wow!" Li Siwen's eyes nearly popped out when he saw the elephant, and he exclaimed in surprise: "Oh my god, it's really so big! Brother, can you give me two? I'll take them with me when I return to Dingxiang."
"Don't even think about it, I have another use." Li Mu stopped him and asked, "How did you two know I was here?"
"Ask! Don't you have a mouth?" Li Siwen looked at Li Mu strangely, as if he didn't understand why he asked such a question. There was nothing wrong with this answer. Li Mu gave a wry smile and said, "I just want to be quiet."
I won’t tell you for two days, well... that’s it, let’s go and go back to the city together.”
"Go back, go back?" Li Siwen said blankly: "We just came here, what are we going back for? We won't get married until tomorrow, and we should not go back unless we are drunk tonight!" After a pause, Li Siwen asked again: "Yes.
Okay, brother, I have something to ask you. Are you getting married tomorrow? What do you want to do? You have to tell me. Otherwise, we can do it together. There are so many people and my house is big. You
I'm at the east end and I'm at the west end. No one will be delayed. It's lively even if there are many people." Li Siwen looked at the blushing Li Zhien and said, "Isn't that right, sister-in-law!"
"I, I, I listen to my husband."
"Brother?"
"Don't worry about it. I'll make my own arrangements. You can do your own thing first. Let me ask you, didn't the woman come to "make a house" today? Why did you come to me if you weren't waiting at home?"
Making a house is a legacy from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. One day before the wedding, the woman's family sends a senior woman to the groom's house to "make a house" and display the dowry that the woman has accompanied. This is very necessary, but it is not without exception. This exception refers to
Women with the five surnames, Zheng, Lu, Wang, Cui, Li, and Qiwang, rely on their noble family status, and even the royal family does not look down on them. They marry their daughters, as long as they are not from the five surnames Qiwang.
, all belong to "marrying down". Scholars in the Tang Dynasty took it as an honor to marry women with these five surnames. Naturally, there is no need to show any dowry, but if they are not women with five surnames, then they must pay attention when getting married. In order to marry
If you want to live more comfortably in the future and not be angry with your husband's family, you must show your mother's family's strength when "making a house" so that no one will look down upon you.
"Oh, stop talking!" Li Siwen shouted: "Brother, I escaped! You don't know how scary that woman is, she, she made me..." Li Siwen blushed and said
I was speechless and speechless.
Seeing him like this, Li Mu became more curious and said, "What's wrong?"
"Oops!" Li Siwen glanced at the female family behind Li Mu, blushed and pulled him aside, and whispered in his ear: "She asked me to take it out... and arranged for a few maids to ask for it.
Try it, how can I try it in broad daylight? If I don’t run away, what are I waiting for!"
Li Mu burst out laughing when he heard this. He was surprised just now. In fact, according to the family status of the two families, they are both princes and they are well matched. In fact, it does not involve the daughter-in-law being offended when they cross the family. The process of making a house is optional.
But since the Qin family did it, it must not only be for the purpose of building a house. As expected, Li Mu guessed that it was for the sake of their daughter and wanted to see if the son-in-law was qualified!
This is a new thing, and this is the first time Li Mu has encountered it. In fact, Li Mu still doesn't know much about the rules of getting married. When he got married to Bai Qiaoqiao, he had just arrived in Chang'an, and his eyes darkened.
Moreover, neither he nor Bai Qiaoqiao has a good family background, and there aren't that many rules. Now that I think about it, that's a good thing. If there were too many rules, he might not be able to bear it.
"Brother, please keep your voice down and save some face for me!" Li Siwen shouted in a low voice. Li Muqiang suppressed his laughter, looked at Dugu Jiu and said, "How was the group competition? Has the first place been decided?
?”
"It was decided and I was defeated. I am number one."
The group competition was originally expected to last eight days, from the first day to the eighth day of the lunar month, but many people came later, including Dugu Jiu, and the round battle continued until today. Unexpectedly, it was not easy to decide a "first place"
"One" and was knocked down by Dugu Jiu. In this way, it seemed that he had been fighting for half a month just to find a sparring partner for Dugu Jiu.
Li Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "This is not good, it will arouse criticism."
Dugujiu said proudly: "It is clear at a glance who is strong and who is weak, and there is no criticism. If anyone is dissatisfied, you can challenge me. I am always waiting for you!"
Li Siwen groaned and said: "You are just relying on the big man to not boast. If the big man were here, you would definitely not be his opponent. His big ax can only hit you once!"
"He can't hit it."
"I said if he hits you, just once!"
"He can't hit him!"
Li Siwen said angrily: "I said that if he hits you, even if he touches you, he can kill you!"
"He can't hit me! We've fought before!"
Li Siwen rolled his eyes in anger: "I'm too lazy to tell you, brother, what are you going back to the city for? Watching the lanterns? There's nothing to see. Let's have a barbecue and drink some wine. I haven't eaten at noon, I'm already hungry!"
"
Li Mu said deliberately: "Pingkangfang has a preliminary election for oiran tonight, and Miss Jin Chen from Lichun Court is also participating. I thought about taking a look. Since you want to drink, then don't go. Let's make a fire and barbecue!"
"Ah!" Li Siwen slapped his forehead and said, "Why have you forgotten this! No, no, no! Brother, you can eat barbecue at any time. You can only choose an oiran once a year. I don't have anything to do with it. The main thing is that I can't delay my brother.
Business! Let’s leave quickly, it’s too late!” After saying that, he pulled Li Mu back, and everyone had to follow.
Dugujiu said coldly: "Lust is so overwhelming!"
"Shit! I just took a look, I didn't think anything of it! We are all men, why are you pretending? Don't you like women? Do you like men?"
The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Dugu Jiu, a martial arts practitioner, has sensitive six senses. He clearly felt that when Li Siwen said these words, at least two eyes fell on his back.
There were a total of six people in the office, excluding him and Li Siwen, including Li Mu and his three women. In other words, at least two of these four people noticed something strange about him.
Dugujiu didn't have the courage to look back and see which two people they were. He was afraid that one of them was Li Mu, and then he would never be able to face Li Mu again.
"Whoever likes men, I already have someone I like!"
In desperation, he blurted out the words. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Dugujiu regretted them instantly.
It's easy to lie, but how can it be true? There is no such person at all. If Li Mu asked, who would he rely on?
Sure enough, after hearing this, Li Mu immediately asked: "Which young lady is so lucky that my brother can like her?"
"Brother, I... just have unrequited love, don't ask, I, I don't want to talk." Dugujiu ended the topic somewhat abruptly, passed Li Siwen, and walked at the front with his sword in his arms.
Li Siwen was a step behind, side by side with Li Mu, and whispered: "Brother, you can't guess it either?"
Li Mu shook his head and said: "Who hasn't revealed his little secret yet? But the woman who can attract Ah Jiu's attention must be outstanding. But if he is so difficult to speak, I'm afraid he is not from a small family, well..." Li Mu thought for a moment.
For a moment, something suddenly came to his mind and he said, "Could it be a girl with the fifth surname? This guy knows that I don't get along well with Qi Wang, who has the fifth surname, so he didn't tell me in front of me?"
"!" Li Siwen nodded his head and said: "Yes, yes, that must be the case. Not only is she a girl with the fifth surname, but she is also a member of the Zheng, Lu, and Cui families!" The more Li Siwen thought about it, the more he felt right.
Lu, shouted: "Ajiu, please relax, brother is not a stingy person. Even if you fall in love with your opponent's daughter and marry her, we will still win!"
Dugujiu's voice came over coldly: "That's not the case at all. If you continue to talk nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Li Siwen immediately wilted and muttered: "Don't I care about you... Am I right to be so angry? Oh, I know!" Li Siwen looked at Li Mu and said, "Brother, no
You and I have thought wrong about the reason why we are enemies. The girl he is attracted to is a girl with the fifth surname. The girl with the fifth surname has a high family status! Although the Dugu Clan is quite powerful in Longyou, it will definitely not be able to join the five surnames.
Eye, the eldest brother’s daughter doesn’t want to marry him! That’s why he’s worried, right?”
"Really?" Li Mu looked back at Wang Ou and said with a smile: "The daughter of the eldest daughter of the fifth surname, her eyes are so high?"
"Of course! Whether our Majesty is great or not, that was not the case back then." Li Siwen was about to talk about it, but suddenly he caught sight of Wang Ou from the corner of his eye and quickly shut his mouth. As Li Mu's brother, he was naturally responsible for Wang Ou's affairs.
I know, but nine out of ten times when he talks in front of Li Mu, he fails to make up his mind, and he is also a talkative, with no words to speak. Fortunately, he stopped the car in time this time.
Li Mu hit him on the back of the head and said, "Next time you are disrespectful in front of your sister-in-law, I will beat you."
Li Siwen quickly apologized, turned around and said to Wang Ou: "Sister-in-law, don't blame me, you know your mistake, you know your mistake..." Then he said to Bai Qiaoqiao: "Sister-in-law, don't blame me!"
The first sentence is an apology to Wang Ou, and the latter sentence is an apology to Bai Qiaoqiao for calling Wang Ou sister-in-law. In fact, in Li Siwen's heart, he only has one sister-in-law, and that is Bai Qiaoqiao. After all, she is Dingxiang's old sister-in-law.
He also witnessed the relationship between Li Mu and Bai Qiaoqiao with his own eyes.
As for people like Li Zhien and Wang Ou, he actually didn't recognize them. But after all, she was Li Mu's woman, and there was nothing else she could call her other than sister-in-law. That's why this happened.
Wang Ou is a smart person and naturally understands. She will not argue with Li Siwen, because she has already investigated the relationship between Li Siwen and Li Mu. Li Siwen is both a brother and a benefactor to Li Mu. Without Li Siwen's help,
Li Mu might not even be able to return home. Even if he did, he wouldn't have the chance to come to Chang'an to make a name for himself, and everything else would be lost.
Without Li Siwen's relationship, Li Ji would not have recognized Li Mu as his godson. Even if Li Mu obtained the jade seal, the credit would not necessarily be his.
Of course, Li Mu also gave enough rewards to the Li family and his son, but if there is no cause, there will be no effect. Friendship and friendship must be kept in mind. Wang Ou knows Li Mu's personality and her own identity, so it is impossible for her to marry Li Mu.
There is a conflict between thinking and writing.
Bai Qiaoqiao's reaction was a little slow. She didn't even understand what Li Siwen meant when he said to her, but she didn't ask further because Li Mu was around. If it was an important matter, Li Mu would have mentioned it. If he didn't mention it, it meant it wasn't.
Important things don't matter anymore.
When moving, Li Mu also brought the "RV" he had built with a lot of money. It was more than enough room for four people. Li Mu looked at the cabin of the car and made a plan in his mind.
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The election of oirans in Pingkangfang began with the former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was a tyrant with a bad reputation in history, but he was not without merit. On the contrary, he was very smart, very thoughtful, and very good at playing.
people.
It is said that the rules for selecting courtesans were set by him himself.
The entire oiran selection process is divided into three days. It happens to be the third day when the curfew is open during the Lantern Festival holiday, so as to ensure that more people can participate. The selection rules are also very simple. On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, before dusk,
Outsiders are not allowed to enter Pingkangfang. The whole day is preparation time. At dusk, the gate of the square opens, and everyone who enters the square will receive a "Feihua Order", which is a ballot.
There will be stage performances at the entrance of each brothel in the city. If you watch it well, you will throw this "Flying Flower Order" into the box next to the stage, and the top six will enter the competition the next day.
The competition on the first day was about singing and dancing, and each family was similar. The main reason for ranking was to see whether the oiran was beautiful, and the competition on the second day was about "color". The competition on the second day showed much more skill, and the competition was about unique skills and housekeeping.
Skill, that is, "art". The rules are still the same, the person with the highest votes is the final oiran.
On the third day, the Courtesan's brothel enjoyed exclusive honors. All the platforms set up in Pingkangfang had to be removed, leaving only the Courtesan's family. The eyes of the whole Chang'an City were focused on this place.
In one place, it’s hard to think whether this brothel is popular or not.
On the first day of the competition, Li Mu was not worried at all. With Jin Chen's beauty and her dancing skills, unless all the men in Chang'an City were blind, there was no need to worry about not being in the top six. He was not nervous at all.
Nervous, he came here mainly to see the opponent's strength. If he was not prepared enough, he would copy a few more Song lyrics on the spot and ask Jin Chen to find a few musicians to compose the music quickly and perform together tomorrow. If the opponent's strength was average, then
It would save you trouble and just prepare for Dou E's unjust ticket sale on the third day.
After receiving the "Flying Flower Order" and entering the square gate, Li Muti sniffed and his stomach growled. It looked like there was a roadside stall. He had been to Pingkang Square more than a hundred times and had never seen it before.
There are roadside stalls. After all, this is a brothel, not a Western market. There is a roadside stall at the door, and the fragrance wafts around, which affects the poetry and poetry inside. But it is not the case today. It seems that there is one at every door, and it does not cost money.
appearance.
As a former dandy, Li Siwen knew all these things well and said: "Brother, this is to attract votes and eat people with short tongues!"