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"quack!"

"This wild goose is so spiritual, it's not afraid at all, do you know we can't stew it?"

In Yanjing's bride's house, the Yanyan ceremony was going on smoothly.

The geese come from the south to the north, following the yin and yang, the spouses are fixed, and it is in line with righteousness. When the wedding is done, the geese are used as a ceremony, which symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang, loyalty and single-mindedness of the newlyweds, which is a very good blessing.

This is an ancient ceremony, every dynasty can join, but wild geese are not so easy to find, so sometimes a goose, duck or even a wooden carving is used instead. After all, live wild geese are often not very cooperative, and it is a headache to toss .

But this time the geese were so well-behaved that the woman's guests were amazed, and Mrs. Wang was even more overjoyed, thinking that it was a sign from heaven that her daughter's marriage would be happy and happy!

After the geese laying ceremony was over, Li Qingzhao bowed profusely and bid farewell to his parents with a phoenix crown in a bun, a dark green dress, and emerald eyebrows.

Seeing that his daughter was about to marry into a married woman, Li Gefei's tone trembled a little: "I went to my husband's house, filial piety to my parents-in-law, husband and wife live in harmony, and I will never violate it!"

Li Qingzhao's eyes were red, and he responded again and again: "My daughter knows! My daughter knows!"

With the head covered and the knees covered, that is, the big red hijab, the ceremony at the bride's house was finally officially over. Li Qingzhao sat on the big red sedan chair, only to hear the sound of firecrackers at the door mixed with the joyful sound of the welcoming procession, as well as cheers from both sides. , both apprehensive and full of expectation.

This is the first time for her to take a sedan chair, because sedan chairs are hardly used in this era. Young people ride horses, and frail old people ride horse-drawn carriages. Qing appeared.

However, the bridal sedan chair is used for festive weddings, and it is different. The bearer who carried the bridal sedan chair obviously had practiced a long time ago. He was walking on flat ground along the way, so that Li Qingzhao in the sedan chair could not feel any bumps, and his anxiety gradually dissipated. Remains full of joy.

Unknowingly, the sedan chair arrived at the door of the groom's house, but it was not time to go down, because the door had to be "blocked".

Xiao Yanqing jumped out from the band, clasped her hands with a smile, and her articulate and clear voice spread all over the place: "Xian'e descended into the world, and returned to the cave in a short distance. There is so much joy in the gate today, so don't waste money on words."

"Oh! Oh!!"

The crowd booed.

The daughter-in-law you married is so beautiful, and she is about to enter your house. This happiness will make everyone happy, so don't be stingy!
There is a cultural version of asking for red envelopes.

Li Yan nodded with a smile, and Gao Qiu, who was the best man to welcome the bride, immediately responded loudly: "A gentleman never cherishes money, and this intention has deepened in pursuit. I hope that all relatives will talk about the general plan, and don't bother introducing the introduction for a long time."

No need to say, give it!
An Daoquan, Jiang Jing and others distributed red envelopes together, and scattered millet, beans, candies, and copper coins outside the door for the onlookers to compete for.

There is also a saying. According to the literati's notes "Wu Shi Ji Yuan", on the day of marriage, there will be three evil spirits at the door to stop the bride. They are gods formed from three animals: black-bone chicken, green sheep, and green cattle. Chickens eat grains, and cattle and sheep eat grass. Therefore, when the ancients in the Han and Tang dynasties got married, they sprinkled grain and forage, but the grain was acceptable, but the forage was too shabby. So in the Song Dynasty, they changed to sprinkle beans, candies, and copper coins, and evolved to the wedding of later generations, which is sprinkled with wedding candy.

After "blocking the door" and "scattering grain beans", the bride's flower eaves will officially drop off the sedan chair, and the green felt flower mat has been laid on the ground, leading directly to the door of the house.

Li Qingzhao took a deep breath, got off the sedan chair, and walked on the felt mat unhurriedly.

Every time you walk, someone behind you will pick up the mats you have stepped on, and trot to continue to spread them forward. This ceremony is called "transferring mats". It is necessary to ensure that the bride enters the room from the sedan chair without touching the ground.

However, there are still "obstacles" on the way. The saddle removed from the lion's back is placed on the threshold, which is the "cross-saddle".

The bride crosses the saddle to keep her safe forever. The very popular ceremony of "crossing the saddle, crossing the balance scale, and sitting on wealth" is very popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. "Ping" means that the two are in harmony to pray for peace.

After crossing the saddle and leveling the scale, Li Qingzhao entered the middle gate, and a tent was hung in the middle of the room.

When you get here, the bride can rest temporarily and wait for the official wedding ceremony to arrive.

The following etiquette was turned back to the groom Li Yan.

To sum it up simply, the process of welcoming a lady home in the Northern Song Dynasty needed to go through "raising the eaves, blocking the door, spreading grain and beans, transferring the seats, crossing the saddle, sitting in the rich and noble, sitting high, and paying the door in the market".

The front has been completed, and it is the ceremony of "shanggaozuo", which is quite popular recently.

At this time Li Yan came to the middle hall, and saw a bed in the hall, and a chair on top of the bed, which was the "high seat".

As the bridegroom, he has to sit on a high seat, and everyone pours wine and invites the groom down. you".

Li Yan didn't quite understand the meaning of this etiquette, but compared to the etiquette of "getting a son-in-law" in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the etiquette of a son-in-law getting a beating, this is already pretty good.

After all, if he dared to fight, others might not dare to fight, which made it quite embarrassing, so why bother?

And now "sit high", it's time for all the brothers to be familiar with it, drink!
The guests gathered around one by one, Li Yan's eyes were a little blank, and he drank a cup, and cheers came from the surroundings from time to time: "Congratulations!"

Most of the guests paid attention to the degree, and some of them drank well. For example, Shi Wengong and Qin Ming came over with big bowls in their hands. The altar was filled with "Fu Yanyun", and Li Yan also served the big bowls boldly.

Really strong body protection, no one is afraid of anyone who fights to drink!

It is undoubtedly dross to compete for wine at the wine table, but the big day is always coming, and it immediately wins applause.

Compared with the happy and blessed ones inside, among the Yanjing people who were put in at the outermost edge, there were a few sneaky eyes, not on the groom, but carefully observing each guest.

"The township army commanders Lu Junyi, Hua Rong...the township army counselors Zhu Wu and Wu Yong...Cai Jing, the prefect of the Daming Prefecture...Ding Run, the head of Liang Shanzhai...Gao Qi, who has resigned and retired...all are here!"

"It's not because of suspicion, these people are indeed here to congratulate you!"

When it was confirmed that there were not many important people on the scene, those people immediately backed away, feeling quite nervous.

To their amnesty, the security of the wedding ceremony was not as strict as usual. They hid in the crowd of the common people very secretly, and Shi Qian, who is now frightening the spies from all over the world, has not found any trace.

After leaving the mansion, the fastest runner quickly flashed into the alley next to him, ignited the talisman entrusted by Zhang Xian, and fanaticism appeared in his eyes: "The great cause of Xianjun can be accomplished!"

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"Take Yingtian Mansion and seize Shandong, and the great cause of poverty will be accomplished!"

"But the Fengmo Taoist soldiers... how could something happen...?"

Seeing the mother-child talisman in his hand turn into ashes and dissipate, Zhang Xian finally loosened his frown a little, but not completely.

The Fengmo Taoist soldiers are the strongest unit under his command. Although there are only a few hundred people, they can do things that thousands or even tens of thousands of people cannot do. At the critical moment in Shandong, he disappeared directly!

This head-on blow caught him off guard. Fortunately, the spies sent to Yanyun now confirmed that everyone in Liangshanbo was indeed going to the wedding. If it was just to deal with the officers and soldiers, then would his other subordinates be able to deal with this scene?

Just as he was hesitating, a person next to him reported: "The Immortal Monarch is relieved, the defenses in Yingtian Mansion are empty, the prefect Jia Zheng is mediocre, and excludes martial arts. Instead, he appointed a criminal, Yang Zhi, as a general. If you don't accept it, you have to lead the army out of the city to fight, these officers and soldiers are nothing to worry about, as long as there is no rescue from Liangshan, Ying Tianfu will definitely be quickly dispatched by the immortal army!"

The person who spoke was Sun Erniang's father, Zhang Qing's father-in-law, "Shan Yasha" Sun Yuan.

He took refuge in Zhang Xian early on, and relying on his connections in the world, he attracted many supporters for this Taoist with double pupils.

For the judgment of this confidant, Zhang Xian accepted it, but after losing the Fengmo Taoist soldiers, he was always uneasy. After thinking for a while, he said: "This time the battle of Yingtian Mansion is very important. I would like to invite General Sun to enter the mansion. We should cooperate internally and externally. This time Great achievement, I will remember it in my heart!"

Hearing the title of general, Sun Yuan was overjoyed when he thought of the reward for his achievements, and he clasped his fists heavily: "Yes!"

Seeing that Sun Yuan led a group of masters from all over the world to Yingtian Mansion, Zhang Xian no longer hesitated, and his loud voice spread throughout the army: "Zhao Song Wudao, the whole army attacks and seizes the capital!"

"There are hundreds of thousands of mobs, why should I, Yang Zhi, be afraid of them?"

In front of Yingtian Mansion, Yang Zhi was riding on a tall horse, and behind him was a relatively neat Xiang army of [-] soldiers.

Seeing the bandit army rushing towards them, not only did they show no fear, but they laughed out loud, the blue scars on their faces revealing a bit of disdain.

Since he was captured alive by the traitor "Zuo Ming" more than half a year ago, afterward Guan Sheng and Hu Yanzhuo just demoted their officials, only he was almost convicted and exiled, managed to dissipate all his family wealth, and sold all the family heirloom swords to keep his official position. But it is also difficult to get promoted again.

This time, he was valued by the magistrate of Yingtian Mansion, and he finally had the opportunity to meet the enemy. He wanted to prove his ability, and prove that he, a descendant of the Yang family general, would not shame his ancestors!

But don't look down on the thieves who came to attack, in fact, after this period of practice, Yang Zhi is very clear about how corrupt the military discipline of this group of Yingtianfu garrison troops is, just like the thieves, they are all mobs.

Fortunately, he whipped every day and forced the sergeant to practice, and now he has such a battle, otherwise, I am afraid that he will really lose to this group of thieves...

Because of this, Yang Zhi wanted to belittle the enemy and boost morale, but no matter how much he laughed, the eyes behind him were numb and flinched. In desperation, he flattered his horse and came out to the front of the battle shouting: "Yang Zhi is here, Thieves, who dares to come forward and fight me?"

"Xianjun, I am willing to go!" "The final general is willing to go!!"

Seeing Yang Zhi's arrogance, Zhang Xian's generals immediately pleaded for orders, but Zhang Xian thought of Sun Yuan's evaluation of this general, but shook his head and said: "A mere reckless man, you don't need to fight with him in front of the battle, just wait for the heavenly army to pass by. Just crush the enemies to pieces!"

After finishing speaking, the double-eyed Taoist drew out a sword from his back, muttered something in his mouth, and shouted: "Sick!"

Immediately, the tip of the sword glowed with light, spreading across the audience, making the [-] soldiers behind them seem to be bathed in golden light, like divine soldiers descending from heaven.

At the same time, a stream of black air rolled out, whistling across the air, flying sand and rocks for a while, shaking the sky and the earth, and blowing towards Ying Tianfu.

This is obviously the spell of the Fengmo Taoist soldiers, but when envoyed by Zhang Xian, who is good at heretical techniques, the momentum is even more astonishing.

"Immortal! Immortal!" "That Zhang Xianjun is really an immortal!"

Facing the overwhelming wind, the officers and soldiers of Yingtian Mansion immediately became turbulent, and the formation instantly became loose, and the officers and soldiers at the back even turned around and ran towards the city.

"That's a demonic illusion, don't mess around, shoot and kill the thieves... Form in place! Form in place!"

Seeing the sudden change of color, Yang Zhi immediately slapped his horse back and yelled at his subordinates, with that ferocious face, he wished he had a whip in his hand and whipped it down again.

It's a pity that no matter how loudly he roared, he was already powerless to save the defeat.

When the black wind blew, not to mention the ordinary officers and soldiers, even the personal guards he had carefully selected began to break up and run away.

"what--!!"

For a while, horses were chaotic all around, running away in embarrassment, trampling each other, screaming one after another.

The power of the strong wind was actually mediocre, but the Song army trampled on each other like this, so many casualties were unknown.

"No! Could it be that I, Yang, will eventually shame my ancestors?"

Yang Zhi looked at this scene in dismay, just a demonic wind, dozens of days of practice and hard work were ruined, and Ying Tianfu behind him was about to fall, but this time there was no family heirloom sword to sell...

Surrounded by darkness, he even had the urge to commit suicide and apologize, but after all he was not such a weak person, he slapped the horse and rushed towards Yingtian Mansion.

"The land of Longxing in the Song Dynasty must not be lost, and I swear to live and die with the city!"

This is Nanjing, one of the four capitals of the Song Dynasty. It is located in Shangqiu, Henan Province. It was originally called Songzhou, which is also the "Song" where Zhao Kuangyin made his fortune.

Once such a place is captured by the rebels, the Zhao Song royal family's little prestige will be hit hard again!

But when Yang Zhi just entered the city, his heart sank deeply.

Because the soldiers and civilians in the city were in a panic, the people in the rivers and lakes headed by Sun Yuan were setting fires everywhere, causing chaos.

It doesn't matter if the people are running and fleeing, the key is that the soldiers who should have been defending against danger are also fleeing in a panic without the command of a general.

Such an army, not to mention that he sacrificed one life, even if there were ten or one hundred troops, it would not be able to resist the advance of Zhang Xian's army at all.

"Is it over?"

Just when deep despair appeared in Yang Zhi's eyes, the body of a quack was thrown heavily onto the street, and at the same time as the blood spattered, a figure in a toga with long sleeves floated out, followed by hundreds of strange-looking people. Elite soldiers.

Yang Zhi stared dumbfounded at where they had passed, cleaned up the murderers one by one, opened his mouth, and moaned out the name that made countless officers and soldiers tremble:
"'Sa Ming'?"