Chapter 122 Marriage
The red candles and quilts are filled with gongs and drums. Today is the day of the wedding of the Lufu.
There are all things that should be found in folk marriages. Lu Meng was riding on a high-headed horse, as if he was careless. The gift bags were scattered all over the streets along the way. Almost all the children in Luoyang came to grab the bags, and they were having a lot of fun.
"What a big show, whose son is getting married?"
"Didn't you read that happy card, Lu family?"
"Wow, is Mr. Lu so generous? With such a big show, life will be gone in the future? No, isn't their son only in his early 10 years old? Where did he get married?"
"Open your dog's eyes and take a look, that's Mr. Lu."
"Young Master Lu? Didn't he and his mother be driven out of the house? Why...when did you come back?"
"I don't know, I heard that this eldest son Lu is amazing. He went to Kaifeng to study and asked for a Jinshi. He also met many powerful people, who were only stronger than his grandfather back then. The Lu family has a better roots. Maybe another Lu Xianggong will be born in the future."
Someone said to you, "Tell me that this time Lu Dalang married is not an ordinary woman. Just dowry, only hundreds of thousands of yuan. I heard that the woman likes even the three kings of the court very much, but that woman must have fallen in love with Lu Dalang. Is it strange that you think this is strange?"
"It's true, is this Lu Dalang so promising?"
"Haha, your news is outdated long ago. My cousin is working in the government office. He told me that Lu Dalang is coming back this time, and he is the dragon crossing the river. Do you know why Mr. Lu asked him to go home? Just two days ago, the woman Lu Wu looked for later died and even cut off her head."
"Ah? It's true. Their wife died, but she held a marriage for her son?"
"It's absolutely true. Otherwise, why would it be that the Raptors cross the river? Mr. Lu was a mute man who was eating coptis chinensis this time, and he couldn't tell the pain. It is said that the friends who came back with Lu Dalang this time were extremely powerful, and they were all the masters who walked sideways in Kaifeng City. You didn't see that, Master Zhao was like a grandson in front of them."
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Ignoring what these passers-by think, Lu Mengzheng's feeling now is really good. He was so overwhelmed by the word "filial piety" these days that he was so breathless. But with Zhao Guangmei's quick and neat sword, he felt that the haze in his heart over the years was suddenly swept away, and his mother also returned to the Lu family and restored her wife's identity. Of course, it was only nominal. In fact, after getting married, she would go back to Kaifeng with him.
In addition, today I am going to marry my beloved woman, which is so refreshing and a bit like a smug spring breeze.
Well, it would be even more perfect if Zhao Guangmei didn't stop him from entering.
As the saying goes, revenge and revenge. In the Sun family's mansion, Zhao Guangmei was a man who was alone and could not help but harm Lu Mengzheng. During this time, Lu Mengzheng had already written seven or eight poems with different titles, sang the long tune and thoughts, and drank half a jar of wine, but Zhao Guangmei had no meaning at all.
These two people are now considered brothers, but today Zhao Guangmei is particularly unreasonable. Cao Wan was waiting in the house in an anxious manner, but he still refused to move away. When Cao Wan finally got into the sedan chair, Lu Mengzheng had already drunk and lay down completely, almost hugging the horse's neck and returning to the Lu Mansion in a daze.
In the hall of the Lu Mansion, there were crowds of people coming to congratulate him. Because Lu Mengzheng also went to their reception banquet the day before yesterday, and it seemed that he had a close relationship with the three kings. Therefore, on this day, all the officials and officials from Luoyang City, whether they were familiar with the Lu family or not, as long as they had no grudges, almost all of them came.
The mansion was decorated with lights and the flowing mats outside the mansion were also long queues. It was really lively. Many people said that even the magistrate's son could not make such a big show when he got married, but the owner of the Lu Mansion, Lu Guitu, could not laugh at him no matter how much.
For the first time, he knew that there was still a forced marriage. Even though his wife was already dead, he had to greet his enemies with a smile. Not only could he not have funerals, but he also had to put on red flowers. Even for the sake of Lu Mengzheng's reputation, he could not have funerals after the wedding was completed.
Yesterday, the prefect told him that since the person was killed by the three kings, it would be better that there was no such person in the world at all. Otherwise, the reputation of the three kings was not good. Whoever dared to make the three kings unhappy, the official family could make his whole family unhappy. Anyway, he was married later, and his mother's family had no power, so he pretended that he had never been promoted and was beaten to death by his wife.
Well, according to the law, the mistress beat her maid to death and would be fined eighty taels of silver. Liu happily handed over the money.
Seeing his son and new wife coming to worship the high hall, Liu sat next to him with a happy face as if it was a flower, but he couldn't be happy.
Zhao Magistrate Zhao said insidiously: "Mr. Lu, the man is married, are you unhappy? Hum?"
"I...I'm happy, can't I be happy?" As he said, he squeezed out a smile that was even worse than crying.
Seeing that the guests were about to arrive, Lu Guitu was about to stand up and say a few words, then he heard the salute outside the door:
"Cao Chengzhi arrived~Congratulations: Ten pieces of golden silk and Sichuan brocade, ten pieces of red silk and ten pairs of silver utensils~"
"The three kings are here~Congratulations: Pictures of hundreds of sons and thousands of grandchildren, a pair of jade Ruyi, and a pair of golden mandarin ducks weighing three pounds~"
The guests were shocked when they heard this. Luoyang was a place where the imperial capital was, and these foreigners had some knowledge. When they heard such a big figure sending such a heavy gift, they all started to whisper.
"This... When did Mr. Lu get into such a tough relationship with the nobles in Beijing?"
"Hey, this is not his relationship. It's all for the groom. Didn't you notice that the mistress of the Lu family have been replaced?"
"Oh~ No wonder, this Lu family's eldest son is so childish. I heard that their Lu family favored concubines and wives were killed a few years ago. Liu was a tough guy. He didn't take a penny and didn't go back to his parents' home. He took Dalang to Kaifeng alone. Old Lu had been careless for so many years. It's just a few years and he's just so successful. Why do I feel unhappy when I see Mr. Lu's face?"
"Haha, can you be happy if you were slapped in the face by your own son?"
Lu Guitu had a gloomy face and didn't speak. After waiting for a while, he was about to stand up, but Zhibin outside the door sang again:
"Zhao...Supreme Zhao sent an envoy to watch the ceremony~Congratulations: Ten gold utensils, ten jade utensils, and ten glass utensils~"
"Two...The two kings sent envoys to watch the ceremony~Congratulations: two white jade belts, one pair of dust scepters, and one pair of golden saddles~"
"Si...Sikong, Lord Sikong Wang is here~, Congratulations: A pair of white jade lions, twenty BMW horses, and ten pairs of topaz pillows~"
All the guests were stunned at this moment, even the Prime Minister and the Two Kings gave gifts? Did Sikong come from Kaifeng in person?
After a while, Wang Pu was wearing casual clothes, with his hands behind his back, and striding in with his head high. One of the people present was counted, and they all stood up and bowed. These local rich men may not know what is really different, but Sikong, this is one of the three masters. How great is the face of the Lu family? No, how capable is the Lu family?
Lu Guitu was also stunned for a moment. Just as he was about to get up to greet him, he saw Lu Mengzheng, the groom, greeting him. He first met the envoy sent by Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu in turn. He politely invited him to the ceremonial seat, and then saluted Wang Pu and said, "Master, why have you come here in person?"
"Hahahaha, look at what you said. My apprentice's wedding, shouldn't I come? The Grand Tutor and Right Pushe were going to come too, but Wei Renpu had a little cold the day before yesterday, and Fan Zhi was arrested by the government to help prepare Song Lu. I really couldn't leave, so I had to represent them. But they didn't come, so I asked me to bring the gifts here, hahaha."
When everyone heard this conversation, the Taifu and the Right Pushe almost came over? Is this Dalang of the Lu family their apprentice?
The guests reacted so much, and Lu Guitu was actually even more bitter in his heart, but he had to smile bitterly and sit back on the chair again, thinking to himself, whether it's a bad person who's dead, his son is going to be a famous figure in history, or just think that he has never been a mistress, well, it's extremely, I have never been a lover of concubines and wives, no, absolutely nothing, it's not, see who dares to gossip in the future.
Chapter completed!