Chapter 589
Wen Ming's ending seemed to be destined, but he was afraid that his future would be worrying. His experience made Li Ling feel even more upset. During those days, he really couldn't get any interest in anything he did.
However, after a few days, after the end of the first lunar month, Li Ling still put this negative emotion aside and became busy because he had to do big things and his lifelong affairs.
Marriage matters, both ancient and modern, are extremely important to a person, especially in ancient times hundreds of years ago. People who value etiquette naturally attach more importance to marriage matters. As Li Ling's identity, he married the eldest daughter of the Cao Gang. Once this incident was reported, it naturally attracted the joy of the whole city. Many shops were already wearing red colors at the end of the first lunar month to celebrate this moment that was like a festival was coming.
Just because the reputation of the prefect Li in Yangzhou is really good now, the various actions of helping the affected people after their arrival are grateful. In addition, the subsequent series of economic restructuring and the policies of helping the people are introduced to Taiwan have made millions of people in the palace grateful to him.
Now, Lord Li is getting married, and he is still married to our Yangzhou girl. Everyone feels more honorable and wishes that they can help the adults do their marriage more grandly.
However, Li Ling naturally declined their kindness. With the advice of the brothers of the Cao Gang and the many people in the government office to help arrange the marriage, there are enough people who handle the marriage, so naturally they will no longer bother the people to help themselves regardless of farming.
According to many experts who are proficient in Feng Shui and numerology, the second day of the second month this year was the best day for getting married in the first half of the year, so the marriage between Li Ling and Yang Qingxiao was set on this day.
Before this, various procedures for the three media and six recruitment were also quickly launched. Although the Cao Gang brothers, as people in the world, did not care much about these red tape, they wanted to marry their own young lady and a promising court official. In the end, they were still unable to avoid the common people, so they asked Li Ling to follow the process.
However, the progress of these processes is much faster than usual. In less than half a month, everything has been done, and in the end, the day of getting married is just waiting for the arrival of the wedding.
This is also the result of the cooperation between the Cao Gang and the government and doing their best. Both parties can obtain and arrange all kinds of benefactors and gifts that need to be used in the fastest way. The only complicated thing is that Li Ling, the party involved, needs to often travel between the yamen and the Cao Gang headquarters.
Fortunately, during this period of time, the official duties in the yamen were leisurely and officials such as Chu Lian shared their responsibilities, so Li Ling could make time to be busy with his marriage one after another.
Eight characters, wild geese, letters of appointment, colorful silk... All the tokens that need to be handed over before the wedding were sent to the Cao Gang headquarters again and again, and then there were various gifts, Yang Qingxiao's birth date and eight characters... It was not until the end of the month that all the processes were completely completed, and finally the most important and exciting time came.
In the early morning of the second day of the lunar month, it was still dark, and Li Ling was woken up by Yue'er's pounding door: "Brother, brother, get up soon. Today is the day when you marry your sister-in-law!"
"You little girl, are you marrying a wife or I marrying a wife?" Li Ling got up with some amusement. As soon as the door opened, more than a dozen people squeezed in together, almost squeezing our Lord Li down.
"Hurry, hurry up, dress up my brother..." Yue'er shouted excitedly in the back.
However, the men and women who ran to the prefect's room over the rule were still a little embarrassed. They thought of explaining their purpose first, and then took action after obtaining Lord Li's permission. On the contrary, Li Ling sat calmly at this time: "Don't be busy with the rituals and delaying your time, come on. Today I am just an ordinary groom, and you just have to do your business." Anyway, I will inevitably be troubled, so it's better to let them get things done quickly.
Everyone agreed, then stepped forward with all their hands and held the person down, and then worked hard on Li Ling's face.
Although a man does not need to put on too heavy makeup, necessary modifications are inevitable. This is the most important thing in a person's life, so he naturally has to present the best side. So he shaves his face, trims his eyebrows, and stretches his hair... A whole set of makeup techniques that Li Ling had never experienced before fell on him.
During this period, Yue'er didn't live by her side and pointed at her, asking what to do and what to do. God knows where this little girl learned these useless knowledge.
After finishing the work on his body and face, he changed his clothes for the groom. The wedding suit is now very particular, but it is much more complicated than the suits and tuxedoes in later generations. Not only are there many different ways to wear them inside and outside, but they also have their own rules and methods to wear them. Finally, he put on a long red robe and put a crown on his head. Only then did Li Ling's "armed" outfit be considered as dressed up.
It’s true that Li Ling is a little more handsome than usual in this outfit. She is handsome and extraordinary. She stunned Yue'er for a moment: "Brother, you are so handsome. Sister-in-law is so lucky to marry you..."
"Little girl, what do you know..." Li Ling rubbed his sister's head with his hand, but looking at her appearance in the bronze mirror, he was quite satisfied. This appearance beats the traffic of later generations who claim to be handsome men in the world, and only the ordinary Gu, who can fight with him.
However, this wedding dress looks good when worn on her body, but it is also tightly bound, making it difficult for him to move. It took him a while to get used to it, and then he went out and came to the second hall surrounded by everyone.
At this time, hundreds of officials were waiting in the second hall. As soon as he saw the groom coming out, Chu Lian quickly led his subordinates to come forward to see: "I have met you, congratulations, congratulations."
"Haha, everyone is happy. I will rely on you more later today." Li Lingsu owed his lower body, and then he took them out and came to the lobby.
This huge courtyard, which accounts for half of the space of the entire government office, has now changed a lot. It has long lost the majesty that the yamen should have. Not only is it covered with red colors, but dozens of tables and tables were also distributed. Today's wedding banquet was also set up here. Many yamen servants are still busy placing cups, chopsticks, bowls and plates on the table.
It took more than an hour to put on makeup and dress, and then Li Ling greeted his subordinates again. When he really came to the government office, it was almost time to Si.
At this moment, they no longer delayed it. Li Ling stepped on the high-headed horse, and under the escort of more than a hundred powerful officers and soldiers, he decisively stepped out of the gate and rushed towards the Cao Gang headquarters half a city away.
This Yangzhou City is much larger than the Huating County before. It took nearly two hours just to go from the government office in the middle of the city to the Caogang headquarters in the south city. However, time was not waiting for anyone, so Li Ling naturally had to hurry up.
As we walked along, Li Ling's team attracted the attention of the people around us. Many people put down their things and came to see the style of the prefect. If there weren't soldiers to maintain order, they would have to be blocked for a while. But even so, the time on the road was longer than expected. When they arrived, the sun set slightly westward.
But when they arrived at the pretty grand house, before they could express their purpose, the door that was originally open closed with a loud bang. Just as everyone was stunned, Chang Fan, who was quite familiar with Li Ling, smiled and greeted him: "Sister-in-law, you must follow the rules of our Cao Gang if you want to marry our eldest lady today."
"What do you want me to do?" Li Ling asked on the horse and smiled. This was as expected. Just like the bride and sister groups in later generations made things difficult for the groom, the groom would face many difficulties when he came to marry. Generally speaking, it was just to recite poems and write something. Although he was not very good at this, it should be enough to deal with the many warriors in the Cao Gang.
But to Li Ling's surprise, Chang Fan smiled: "In terms of talent and learning, all the brothers in the Cao Gang can't compare to the son-in-law, so we don't show off our skills. Today, we don't compare any articles, poetry and essays, but we just compare martial arts methods. As long as the son-in-law can pass the three levels, he can see the eldest lady and take her away."
"Uh..." Li Ling frowned in embarrassment. This was really embarrassing to him.
Chang Fan ignored his reaction and immediately smiled: "The first level is to pass the dragon gate. Please ask your son-in-law to find an idea to open our door."
Li Ling smiled bitterly and looked at the thick gate in front of him. This gate was obviously newly equipped. It should have learned from the previous lessons. The gate of the Cao Gang this time looked nothing weaker than the city gate. It would take a while for even using wooden stakes to knock it open.
Li Moyun and Wan Shenjiben followed Li Ling to watch the excitement. When they saw the Cao Gang's arrangement, they both laughed. Then they all stepped forward: "Sir, why not let us help open the door?"
"Yes, yes, you just flip in and open the door." Li Ling was happy and nodded quickly. Originally, it was reasonable that he had not said that he had to take action by himself, and it was reasonable to ask his subordinates to help.
The two of them said nothing at the moment, and they took off their horses, rushed for two quick steps, and had already risen. They took advantage of the force at the wall beside the door. When they lifted up again, their hands could already press on the top of the wall, then they bowed, turned over and entered.
Li Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. It must have been easier for the first level... But before he could finish his anger, there was a riot inside, and there was no movement after a moment. It was not until this time that Chang Fan smiled: "Son-in-law, I didn't explain it clearly. There are brothers behind our door guarding us, so they might be taken away as soon as they entered."
Chapter completed!