Volume 1: Wars and Chaos, Chapter 52: Hasty Weddings
These days, I have been talking to Li Yuan about whether to leave or stay. On the night of arriving in Taiyuan, when talking about the marriage proposal, Li Yuan waved his hand and said, "Hasn't your grandfather found it yet? Why don't you go back to Jiandong?"
Luo Yu said: "The journey of Jiandong is long and it is not very peaceful along the way. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for the boy to go with Xiuning."
Li Yuan smiled and said, "If you want to go to Jiandong, there is my own reason. First, you can inquire about the old man's news. Second, Xiuning should also go and see where you lived since childhood. Third, if the old man goes back, you can take it back and enjoy your happiness."
After hearing this, Luo Yu had nothing to refute, but he knew that none of these three things could be done. Then he thought about it, it was time to see the father-in-law who saved his life.
Since Li Yuan said everything he said, he seemed false, and he turned to ask Li Xiuning for his opinion.
Li Xiuning said in one sentence: "But it depends on the arrangements of his father."
Luo Yu had no choice but to bow and say, "Since that's the case, it's better to obey your orders than to be respectful, but he doesn't know when Mr. Tang plans to ask us to set off."
Li Yuan stopped talking and called Niu Jinda and Li Shimin to inform them of Luo Yu and Li Xiuning's decision to go south to Jiandong.
Then he said, "Jinda, I remember that the 19th is the auspicious day of the zodiac. It is better to choose a day than a day. I'll ask you to arrange the marriage between them."
Niu Jinda said happily: "Why don't you say that the time for a good couple is a problem? Don't worry, Mr. Tang, please make sure that the arrangements are done."
After Li Xiuning shyly called Uncle Niu, Li Yuan and the other two laughed together, and Luo Yu was embarrassed.
Li Yuan laughed and said, "You are traveling all the way, let's go and rest first. Boy Luo, I heard that you brought the wine here, so how about you and I just talk about it with the wine?"
The three of them naturally knew that Li Yuan had something to explain to Luo Yu. Li Shimin smiled and said, "Father, you can drink the wine brought by my brother-in-law with you!" After that, he left quickly with Niu Jinda.
Li Xiuning looked at Luo Yu worriedly, and saw that Luo Yu was also looking at her, with her eyes facing each other, she could understand his eyes.
Li Yuan also saw the communication between the two and smiled and said, "Daughter, are you still afraid that this kid will be difficult for your father?"
Only then did Li Xiuning walk out reluctantly. Looking at her back, both of them were silent.
Zhang Yang always appeared so timely. He brought two jars of wine to the door. Before he could speak, Li Yuan said, "Come on, let me taste what good wine can make Jinda miss it."
Luo Yu nodded slightly to Zhang Yang, and then Zhang Yang brought the wine over, patted the jar on the left, and turned his face toward Luo Yu and retreated.
This kid is doing something bad. Of course, Luo Yu knew that the jar he had taken must have a low degree. It's better that he can't drink enough. If he drinks sixty degrees, he may pour it into one cup.
By then, Li Yuan would be drunk as if he hadn't even said it clearly. Wouldn't he be embarrassed?
Unexpectedly, Li Yuan did not play according to the routine. He looked at the two jars of wine, his eyes flashed with cunning eyes, and said, "Let's talk about things first. I heard that Jinda said that you are not good at drinking, so you don't have to accompany me. I will leave this wine for me to taste slowly."
Luo Yu wanted him to say this, and hurriedly saluted: "Duke Tang, I brought more than a dozen jars here, not to mention that the method of distilling wine is not very difficult. You have as many as you want, so why bother with these jars of wine so much?"
Li Yuan stopped going around in circles and walked to the Grand Master's chair. After sitting down, he said seriously: "Luo Yu, sit down first. Now I will explain some things to you as Xiuning's father. You must listen carefully."
Luo Yu did not sit down, but came to Li Yuan, clasped his fists and said, "You said, listen, boy." After that, he stood up with his hands down and listened to Li Yuan's explanation.
Seeing Luo Yu's attitude, Li Yuan was very satisfied and took a deep breath and said, "Although Xiuning is a woman, she is the general trained by my Li family. I dare not say that she is excellent, and she can still deserve the name of a general. You have a better understanding of this than me."
Luo Yu nodded and said, "Xiu Ning is better than a man."
Li Yuan continued: "She is three years older than you. I didn't agree with you at first, and I also had this consideration, but seeing that she was interested in you, I couldn't bear to break you up."
Luo Yu just bowed to thank him and did not answer. He knew that Li Yuan had something to say next.
Li Yuan said again: "If the trend is going on today, with Your Majesty's death, there will be a storm in the future. As the head of the Li family, I certainly hope that you can stay and contribute, but as Xiuning's father, I only hope that she will be happy and stay away from the troubles of this world. Can you understand?"
Luo Yu said: "Boy understands that he should always protect her in this life."
Li Yuan said: "Then do you know why I asked you to go to Jiandong now?"
Of course Luo Yu knew, but he couldn't say it out. People who are too smart often don't like it. It's all right to give the other party a step. After understanding this, Luo Yu shook his head and said that he didn't know the reason.
Who is Li Yuan? Emperor Gaozu of Tang, he has his own uniqueness when using people. He looked at Luo Yu with appreciation, and liked this young man of seventeen or eighteen more and more.
He smiled and said, "I once asked Master Yuan Shoucheng to calculate a divination. He said that Xiuning was in trouble when she was twenty years old. As time approached, I want you to take her to Jiandong for refuge."
Luo Yu knew that Yuan Shoucheng was a divine chasing man who shone in "Journey to the West", but there was no record in official history. He did not expect that there was such a person in this time and space, and he was also a fortune teller.
But he couldn't understand why Li Yuan believed what Yuan Shoucheng said? A fortune teller was so accurate. So he asked: "This Taoist Master Yuan's fortune telling is so accurate?"
Li Yuan said: "Ten years ago, I met Taoist Yuan. When he saw Xiuning, he said, "This girl was born with a good fortune, but unfortunately she was born against Ziwei Xingjun. She would not live for a long time. There would be a big disaster for twenty years." After that, I was about to leave. I had heard that Taoist Yuan's hexagram was effective, so I begged him to tell him how to solve it."
Luo Yu saw Li Yuan with a yearning look on his face. Taoist Master Yuan should not be an ordinary person, and he could impress Li Yuan.
Li Yuan continued: "When Master Yuan saw that he loved his daughter, he said, "The Phoenix roared in the west and brought Yu to the east. When the waves of the sea were quiet, he looked at the end of the world and left. After that, he stopped saying a word and left. At that time, I didn't understand the meaning. Now I think about it, your fate seems to be determined by heaven."
Luo Yu was so surprised that he couldn't speak. How could Yuan Shoucheng be so accurate? He knew that he would appear ten years ago? He was simply a god. Did he know that he was a time traveler?
Seeing that Luo Yu couldn't react, Li Yuan said again: "Anyway, after you get married the next day, you will set off to go south immediately. Just go to Jiandong Milin to find your grandfather. You don't have to worry about anything here."
Luo Yu heard it loudly and asked, "What do the last two sentences of Taoist Yuan mean?"
Li Yuan said: "You have to crack this. I will say this. Since you are in love with Xiuning, you must protect her. Go, I am going to drink."
Luo Yu had to bow and say goodbye. Did Li Yuan deliberately come up with such a reason to persuade them to leave? It is hard to say now. Luo Yu doesn't believe that Yuan Shoucheng can really calculate so accurately.
Phoenix refers to Li Xiuning. He can understand that he is the eldest princess of the Tang Dynasty and can indeed be called a phoenix. However, the following few sentences are all explained in the mouth of Old Dao Yuan. He can say that flowers are fine.
If I can’t figure it out, I don’t think about it anymore. Anyway, I will get married to Li Xiuning in two days, and then go south to Jiandong. According to Li Yuan’s wishes, I have to stay there for a year before I can get out.
If the soldiers come to block the enemy, the water comes to cover the earth. There will always be a solution. This arrangement seems to follow Luo Yu and Li Xiuning's wishes. It is also great that the armor will be lifted and the battlefield will not be returned.
It is impossible to sleep. Luo Yu was lying on the bed and wanted to have a bowl of 60-degree burning knife, but when he thought of his alcohol tolerance, he had to give up in order to avoid headaches tomorrow.
When she came, she passed by Li Xiuning's house. She had turned off the lights and went to bed, so she didn't bother her. She took Zhang Yang straight back to her room.
This feeling of being arranged clearly by others is very uncomfortable, but I can't refuse it. This time traveler identity is really useless. I can only struggle to survive like everyone else.
Zhang Yang came in twice. Seeing that Luo Yu was still not asleep, he reached out and pressed Luo Yu's neck. This was their original method to make people fall asleep quickly, and it was the first time they used it on Luo Yu.
Sleepiness came like a tide. Luo Yu finally closed his eyes and fell asleep. After Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he turned to the living room to rest.
On June 17th, after dawn, Niu Jinda came to Dongluo Yu's room and told him that he would have to stay in the room for the past two days and could not go anywhere. This is new, so why did he become a kiss and he was under house arrest.
Niu Jinda ignored it and told Zhang Yang and Liu Hao to be optimistic about Luo Yu. If Luo Yu was asked to go out before the 19th, they would be good-looking.
Forget it, be the boss after being hand-off. What’s wrong with having a carefree rest? Someone should be happy when he is in charge of the wedding.
When the day came, Luo Yu realized that it was not a good thing to be a manager who was too comfortable.
The new house is Li Xiuning's boudoir. He took a look after he came out. At this moment, the door was closed and only two red paper-cut characters "囍" were pasted in the middle of the two doors, the size of three inches.
There are two red lanterns with double joy attached to the beam at the door. The windowsill is empty and there is no double joy attached to it. Why is this scenery so hasty?
What Luo Yu didn't know was that he would go through a more hasty wedding next, and then he vowed that he would have to hold a new marriage for Li Xiuning in the future.
Chen Shizheng, Niu Jinda hurried over. He gave Luo Yu a red auspicious outfit and smiled and said, "Go and take a shower and change your clothes. Today is the auspicious time. Then you put on auspicious outfit and go to the door of the Tang Gong's room to welcome the bride. Remember, don't miss the time."
Luo Yu said in a daze: "Uncle Niu, is this a bit too simple? Is it still okay for my nephew today?"
Niu Jinda smiled again and said, "It's okay. Before entering the bridal chamber at night, you can only welcome the bride and then toast at the dinner. I still have something to do. Someone will come to tell you later." After that, he hurriedly left.
Forget it, I won’t ask, just do what I should do. A Chinese wedding is just one, two, and three. What’s the big deal? I haven’t seen it before.
Zhang Yang and Liu Hao called cold water and filled the bathtub and stepped out. Luo Yu couldn't. Who would get married in a hot day? Li Yuan's arrangement is really a bit incomprehensible.
At noon, two fat women dressed by their aunts in their forties came over to help Luo Yu dress up. One of them held a rouge box and the other held a red flower. When they entered Luo Yu's room, they began to tease Luo Yu's hair and recombed his hair bun.
Luo Yu had to cooperate with them in the groom's robe. After finally combing his hair, an aunt would apply red rouge on Luo Yu's face. Luo Yu stopped doing it and got up and hid aside.
The two aunts were so amused that they had to persuade Luo Yu that this was a necessary process, and that anyone who got married would have to go through it.
Luo Yu was beaten to death and was unwilling to apply red rouge on his face. The two of them could not, so they could only explain the situation to Niu Jinda.
They finally compromised, and the last step was to insert the red rose into the groom's hat, and to marry it to the bride as a token of love.
Luo Yu had nothing to say about this and accepted it.
When the auspicious time arrived, Luo Yu came to Li Yuan's gate alone. There was no soundtrack, no escort, and even no one walked around here, feeling so deserted.
The door opened, and Li Shimin walked out slowly from the inside with Li Xiuning wearing a phoenix crown and a robe. Li Xiuning, who was wearing a red dress, looked even more beautiful. Although her face was covered by a veil, Luo Yu could imagine what she looked like now.
Yang Man and Changsun Xiaomei held a red ribbon about three feet long and three inches wide, with a rose-shaped red ribbon tied in the middle. They followed Li Shimin and slowly came to Luo Yu.
At this time, the archer's shout came from the gate of the courtyard: "The auspicious time is here, please let the bride and groom move to the Najibian Hall."
This is about to be a church? Luo Yu was a little confused. Didn’t he also need to accept ceremonies? This is what Li Yuan said to be simple? Is the process simplified?
I dare not object, and followed Li Shimin's footsteps to the so-called Naji Hall, which is the original Li clan ancestral hall. It seemed that there was no change in other places except for a few couplets posted outside.
The only difference is that there are two large double-happy red lanterns hanging at the door. At this moment, the candlelight inside is lit, and it is shining by the sun, so I can't see clearly.
When I entered, the hall was filled with people in gorgeous clothes, both men, women, young and old. They all smiled and looked at the newcomers walking towards the door.
There is a stage opposite the door, and someone is singing on it. It seems to be Qin Opera, which complements the instruments and is very lively.
The main seat is below the stage. Li Yuan, wearing gorgeous clothes, sat on the chair on the left, and there was no one on the right chair. There was a lucky dress on it. It should be Luo Yu's parents. Niu Jinda sat aside, just as the representative of Luo Yu's family.
When Li Shimin carried Li Xiuning to Li Yuan and Niu Jinda and put down Li Xiuning, the performance stopped on the stage, and the audience was silent, waiting for the next church.
After Yang Man and Changsun Xiaomei handed the ribbon to Luo Yu and Li Xiuning, they retreated aside.
The celebrity in his thirties finally came to the table, and he shouted, "It's auspicious time, the bride and groom will come to the house."
Luo Yu and Li Xiuning turned around and faced the courtyard. As the master of celebrating his "worship of heaven and earth" sounded, they bent down and bowed down.
Then he stood up straight and turned to face Li Yuan and Niu Jinda. The host shouted loudly again: "Two worships the high hall."
The two bent down to Li Yuan and Niu Jinda again, and when they reached out to help them, they stood up straight, and turned around to face them, waiting for the emcee's third order.
Seeing that they were ready, the emcee shouted, "Goodbye to each other!"
Luo Yu couldn't see Li Xiuning's expression, but she should be very happy now. The two of them were in the same mood and bent over until they touched their foreheads.
The emcee shouted again: "Exchange tokens!"
Luo Yu hurriedly reached out to take off the rose that was tied to the top hat and handed it to Li Xiuning with both hands. After she took the bag that was inserted into her chest, it was proved that Li Xiuning had put him in her heart.
After Li Xiuning put the flowers in, she took off a men's sapphire ring from her left thumb and handed it to Luo Yu with both hands.
Luo Yu had heard from his two aunts talk about it long ago. He took the ring with both hands and put it on the ring finger of his left hand, indicating that he would hold Li Xiuning tightly into his palms, and would never leave him in this life and depend on each other in life and death.
It turns out that rings have become popular in this era, no wonder they will continue to be circulated in future generations.
Seeing that they had exchanged, the host shouted loudly: "The courtesy is completed, send the bride into the bridal chamber!"
Luo Yu was a little confused. Why did he only send Li Xiuning to the bridal chamber? Did he keep drinking with him next?
More than thirty tables, can I still have a bridal chamber tonight?
Chapter completed!