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Chapter 97 The bridegroom, and, his father

A gentleman, a promise of gold.

It was agreed that on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Bai Lu was going to marry, and the Bai family, of course, wanted to marry a daughter.

Perhaps because Lu Wan's investigation department was just across the street, the matter of the Bai family marrying their daughter was rather odd.

The ceremony site was not in the Bai family's mansion, but at Cuiwei Peak next to the Imperial College.

A red sun rises slowly from the east, and under Cuiwei Peak, the branches of old plum trees are as vigorous as dragons, big plum blossoms are blooming, and the fragrance is rippling.The cold wind blows, and the petals fly like rain, shining a faint light in the morning light.

On Cuiwei Peak on the top of the mountain, Bai Changkong and a group of old friends of great sages were sitting in quaint dresses.

In the plum forest at the foot of the mountain, there are straw mats on the ground, and countless scholars from the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy are kneeling on the straw mats, listening to the entrance of the stone steps up the mountain, a handsome and elegant middle-aged man with long beards. sermon.

The middle-aged man with loose long hair, simple Ge clothes, and a loud voice is named Zhu Song, the cousin of the prime minister Zhu Chong, the father of Zhu Yu, and the great sacrificial wine of the Taixue in the Dayin Dynasty. Equally long.

If Zhu Chong is Zhu's face in the court, then Zhu Song is Zhu's signature among the people.

There is a 'Zhu's School' in the city of Haojing, and there are 'Zhu's academies' all over the city of Haojing, even the most remote Jiupinfang city.The academy offered free scriptures and teachings to ordinary people and children of the grass-roots in Haojing City, and even provided free pen, ink, paper, inkstone and brunch to poor students.

Zhu Song is a student of Zhu's School, and countless students of Zhu's School have joined the Taixue for further studies through his selection, and then made great achievements in the imperial examination.

Because of the relationship of the 'Zhu's School', as more and more officials and celebrities came out of the school, the signboard of Zhu's 'Saint Miaoyi' became more and more dazzling, and the Zhu's became more entrenched in Dayin.

Sitting cross-legged on the stone steps, looking at the tens of thousands of scholars below, Zhu Song smiled indifferently and spoke.

"You and others need to know. Baishan is long, and the 'ancient ritual' is governed."

"The ancient proprietors need to restrain themselves, that is, restrain their own desires, temper their own morals, and then 'restore the ritual' is to restore the most primitive and beautiful virtues of the gentleman, and follow the most primitive and flawless conduct of the gentleman." Li''s explanation has been misinterpreted according to the demands of Bai Changkong and others!)
"The ancient rituals of Changzhi in Baishan should be practiced personally."

"In today's world, people's customs are becoming more and more extravagant and corrupt, and today's rituals are becoming more complicated and complicated. Acceptance, asking names, betrothal gifts, dowry, all kinds of things, nothing more than that, material desires are overflowing, and people's hearts are not ancient."

"So, when Baishan grew up with ancient tribes today, my ancestors of the human race were the most simple and purest 'virtuous, elegant and harmonious' ceremony, and they arranged for Miss Bailu's wedding. It was truly a virtuous demeanor. ."

Zhu Song shook his head and blew each other for Bai Changkong's business.

He murmured something, roughly—Bai Changkong thinks ancient rituals are good, and today's rituals, which usually take several months to hold a wedding, are nothing more than moral corruption and materialistic desires of today's people. the result of.

Moreover, Bai Changkong has clean sleeves, honesty and integrity, and he does not have the financial resources to arrange Bai Lu's marriage according to today's wedding ceremony.

Therefore, Bai Changkong took advantage of the opportunity of his only granddaughter to get married, and performed the ritual of 'virtuous gathering and elegant harmony' in the time of the Taikoo tribe, in order to spread his knowledge of 'ancient ritual', and at the same time criticize the more and more extravagant folk today. of unhealthy winds.

The so-called 'virtuous gathering of elegant harmony' is the time of the ancient tribe. Among the tribe's ancestors, as long as a pair of men and women looked right, and then under the evaluation of the tribe's elders, the two were indeed 'suitable for marriage. ', they will be able to notarize the marriage.

The whole process can be completed in just half a day.

Simple, fast, money-saving, and trouble-free... Because it is plated with a layer of gold like 'self-restraint and revival', such a simple but not simple wedding looks incomparably tall, extraordinarily sacred and solemn.

In particular, the ceremony of 'Xian Ju Ya He' requires a group of tribal elders to gather together to evaluate the pair.

Now, in the Caiwei Pavilion on the top of Cuiwei Peak, Bai Changkong, Gongyangyao, and dozens of cultural and educational sages from Haojing have gathered here. They will act as 'tribe elders' and evaluate the conduct of Bai Lu and her future husband-in-law. decide whether they are a good couple.

A wedding can be recognized and blessed by dozens of great sages, and witnessed by tens of thousands of scholars from Guozijian and Taixue.

In the Merlin, countless young and enthusiastic scholars applauded and cheered, and couldn't help expressing the highest blessings for Bai Lu and the lucky future husband she chose.

There are even more 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. Three to five months, I can afford it. But the bride price and the like... tsk tsk, it's too wasteful."

"Senior brother's words are very true. Master Bai's 'virtuous gathering and elegant harmony' ceremony, as long as men and women fall in love at first sight, and can be recognized by their elders, they can form a good relationship. Such ancient etiquette, elegant, and very solemn, it is really wonderful Unspeakable."

"Hey, unfortunately, we don't have this blessing. We invited so many great sages to rate us one or two."

"Well, I don't know, who is the one of the twelve sages who is recognized by Miss Bai Lu?"

"I don't know this. It's just that, a few days ago, on the Moyun Building, Duke Tianyang..."

"Shh, keep quiet, aren't you afraid of being surrounded and beaten?"

On the top of Cuiwei Peak, outside the gate of Caiwei Pavilion, on a flat bluestone, Bai Lu, wearing a plain long dress, knelt on a soft cushion, stroking the banjo in front of her, 'ding ding dong dong', a popped sound. The song is like an elegant song of mountains and flowing water.

According to the procedures announced by the Bai family, this is a necessary part of the ceremony of 'virtuous gathering and elegant harmony'. It is for unmarried women to show their talents and let the clan elders evaluate whether they are a good woman who is suitable for a room and an IKEA.

In the Merlin, some scholars applauded and praised.

Bai Lu's qin skills can't be considered top-notch, but it's also excellent, and it can also be ranked in the top [-] in Haojing City.

Coupled with her beautiful appearance and the halo of Bai Changkong's only granddaughter, this piece of her piano won the cheers and admiration of countless people.

She played a piece of music on the mountain, and gradually below, there were scholars from the Imperial Academy and Guozijian singing aloud poems, which matched her tune.

Outside the plum forest, under a huge pine and cypress tree, a simple four-wheeled carriage stopped here quietly.

Li Zi, the minister of Honglu Temple, sat in the carriage with a gloomy face, his eyes were like knives, staring at Li Erya, the youngest son who was pampered and pampered by him the most, who was sitting across from him the most.

Li Erya, only eighteen years old, eight feet one inch tall, born with a jade tree facing the wind, is extremely elegant and romantic.

He was one of the twelve sages who asked for marriage at the door of Bai's house a few days ago, and he was also one of the twelve sages who competed for literary talent on Moyun Tower. Bai Lu's extraordinary performance of Yongmei's poems was picked by Bai Lu at a glance, and he was finally determined to be the lucky one to be the husband-in-law candidate.

Li Erya has sincerely admired Bai Lu for many years.

It's just that Bai Lu and Zhu Yu were very close in the past, how could Li Erya dare to compete with Zhu Yu?
When he spoke to Bai Lu, he really 'can't forget', and then 'tossed and turned', so he 'couldn't sleep at night'.

Unexpectedly, Bai Lu was abandoned by Lu Yan's "repentance of marriage", Bai Changkong said that he would choose the best from Hao Jingxian and marry him, and Li Erya was immediately moved.Hearing that someone gathered his friends and went to Bai's house to ask for marriage, he responded immediately, and hurriedly mixed this matter.

Unexpectedly, he actually won Bai Lu's heart with his talent and character.

Therefore, the Bai family proposed to arrange the marriage between him and Bai Lu according to the ancient etiquette. He agreed without saying a word, and told his father the good news immediately.

Li Zi has been busy cleaning up the mess in Sijifang these days.

He was tormented by those arrogant and presumptuous princes and young ladies all day, and he almost killed him in anger.

Surprisingly, his favorite young son actually happily told him that Bai Changkong was going to marry his granddaughter to him, and what kind of ancient rituals would be adopted, so that he could complete the ceremony in just one day, Take Bai Lu home!
"Erya, you can think about it." Li Zi stared at Learya gloomily: "No one can force you to do anything, not even Bai Changkong. If you don't want to marry, you can learn from Lu Yan now. Dad personally sent you to the palace guard."

Li Erya stared at her own father with wide eyes: "Father, what nonsense are you talking about? Miss Bai Lu is the best match in my heart... Don't worry, when I marry her and go home, I will Treat her well, and next year, I will give you a big fat grandson!"

Li Zi's face twitched, he used to see everyone with a ten percent smile, and every wrinkle was soaked with smiles on his old face, now covered with frost.

He looked at his precious son and said sullenly, "Bai Lu's previous fiancé was Lu Lu, but Lu Lu, he would rather join the palace guard..."

Learya waved her hand impatiently: "What is Tina doing? He is stupid, don't leave a woman as good as Weishuang!"

"Stupid?" Li Zi was so angry that he almost slapped Learya's handsome face: "He is stupid, he can gain the favor of the emperor, even the empress dowager, and even the generals in ten days. , let him get a duke easily?"

"Did you know that your father spent his whole life scrambling in the courthouse, and he became a member of the Honglu Temple, and he didn't even feel the taste of the title... If Lu Yan is stupid, then your father? And the court Are almost all the civil and military ministers in the hall stupid?"

Li Erya was stunned, he looked at Li Zi and shook his head: "Okay, he is not stupid, his strokes, those few words, can be called contemporary unparalleled. So what? Weishuang is My man, I want to marry her."

"Come on, Dad, get ready, we'll go straight to Cuiwei Peak when Weishuang's melody is over."

"I will sing all the way, climb to the top of the mountain, and then sing poems and poems in front of those great sages and show off my talents... If you don't support me, I really don't dare to show off in front of so many great sages."

The fierce light in Li Zi's eyes was faint, he looked at his son who couldn't wait to open the car door and jumped out, and walked in hastily in four directions, and said quietly: "Go, transfer three hundred inner disciples, go to my house, Those servants and maids, the whole thing changes."

"Bai Changkong, you'd better not use any tricks."

"Otherwise, I want you to understand, what kind of dog-fart is a great sage of culture and education. In my opinion, Qiqiaoge's killing is nothing but pigs and dogs."

"It is said that the collapse of the previous dynasty was caused by my Qiqiao Pavilion, Jiuyin Sect, Flying Corpse Sect, and Tianyu Palace's four holy sects bewitching the emperor and causing chaos in the world."

"Hey, hey, if you really dare to provoke my child, I will let you know what is the real scourge of harming the country and the people!"

(End of this chapter)