Fenghou

There were already two bundles of hair on the plate, Lu Xiaoqing tied her hair in a knot and let them hold it respectively, Lu Xiaoqing said with a smile: "This is the origin of married couples with hair. In our Han weddings, this is a kind of vow. I hope that you two will never be separated in this lifetime.”

She held up the hands of the two, and the hair on the palms of the two was knotted, and there was another round of cheers in the lobby.

Afterwards, they drink Hebei wine, which means that bitter gourds are cut in half, the pulp is removed, and the wine is filled with bitter gourds. Lu Xiaoqing smiled and said to the two of them, "Drinking together means that you will share joys and sorrows and spend life together. Let's go together!"

Chen Qing drank the Heyuan wine in one gulp, and Lu Xiu also raised the corner of his hijab and drank the Heyuan wine slowly, once again warm applause was heard from all around.

The master of ceremonies smiled and said: "The auspicious time is short, we have to hurry up the ceremony, please sit in the high hall!"

There is only Lu Yihao in Gaotang. As the representative of both parents, this is a special situation allowed. If one parent is no longer alive, then only one person from both parents or grandparents will come up to accept the gift of the newcomer on behalf of the elders of both parties.

But in this way, everyone will know that Chen Qing is an orphan, and his parents are no longer alive.

"It's an auspicious time to pay respects, the husband and wife will pay respects to heaven and earth together!"

The two knelt down in front of the front, bowed to the word "囍" and made a big salute.

"Two thanks to the high hall!"

The two got up again, knelt down in front of Lu Yihao, bowed and saluted, Lu Yihao laughed straight from ear to ear.

"Bye husband and wife!"

Chen Qing and Lu Xiu knelt down facing each other and saluted again.

This is Lu Yihao loudly saying: "On behalf of the parents and elders of both parties, I officially announce that the two of you are married!"

So far, the six ceremonies are over, and there is the last one, to perform the rites of the Duke of Zhou, it is not enough for outsiders.

"Send the couple into the bridal chamber!"

Amid the warm applause, the newlyweds went backstage surrounded by dozens of bridesmaids.

Here the silk and bamboo music played again, the dancers began to dance again, everyone went back to their tables, continued drinking and talking, and the wedding banquet became lively again.

……

The carriage drove towards his mansion under the escort of Chen Qing's ten soldiers.

Inside the carriage, Chen Qing had already lifted his hijab, and a newlywed couple was embracing and kissing each other sweetly.

In the bridal chamber where they are about to go, the wedding candles have already been lit, the brazier is burning vigorously, the large wedding bed is soft and thick, and it is extremely warm. Yu Lian and Yu Ying have also prepared a table of wine and food. The bride and groom must not go hungry go to bed.

There is another pair of Heji wines on the small plate next to them. After drinking the Heji wines, throw the melons under the bed, and then they can blow out the candles and go to bed.

At this time, the carriage stopped slowly in front of the mansion, Lu Xiu smiled sweetly, held Chen Qing's hand and said softly, "Husband, we are home!"

Chapter 359

The next day when it was just dawn, Yu Lian and Yu Ying, who were sleeping in the outer room, woke up. They got up at this time every day, but today they hid under the quilt and did not dare to move. They heard the familiar sound coming from the inner room. the sound of.Yu Lian gestured three fingers quietly, but Yu Ying shook her head and gestured five fingers.

Yu Lian was stunned, Yu Ying pointed at her and made a sleeping position.

Yu Lian understood, there were two more times when she was asleep, the two hid under the blanket and covered their mouths and started laughing.

After a while, the cloud and rain finally rested on the marriage bed, Lu Xiu limp on Ailang's body, eyes closed, still immersed in the blissful heavenly world.

Chen Qing kissed her lips, Lu Xiu slowly opened her eyes, hugged her husband's neck tightly and laughed softly: "I'm done, I like this feeling so much, what should I do?"

"Then do it again!"

"No! No! My whole body is falling apart. Let me rest for a day and come back at night."

Lu Xiu suddenly remembered something, pointed to the outside and said: "Those two girls must be eavesdropping!"

"Actually, it doesn't matter if they hear it, just get used to it, they have to live here, otherwise how would you get clothes in such a cold day?"

Lu Xiu felt discouraged after thinking about it. Today, she can no longer wear her wedding dress. She has to change all her clothes and take a bath. It's so cold outside, she doesn't know where Yu Lian put her clothes?

"Call them for me! I'm embarrassed."

Chen Qing coughed lightly, and there was the rustling sound of dressing outside, after a while, Yu Lian walked in and saluted, "Master, madam!"

Lu Xiu blushed, and asked her, "Where is the bag of clothes that I gave you yesterday?"

"In the wardrobe outside!"

"You fetch it for me, and bring in the clean bucket too!"

"I see!"

Yu Lian turned around and went out. Soon, the two brought clothes and a clean bucket.

"You two go out first! I'll clean up and call you."

Lu Xiu changed into a new set of underwear, Chen Qing looked at the two snow-covered steep mountains in front of him, and his nose was about to bleed again.

But Chen Qing also knew that Lu Xiu was thin-skinned, and there were two little ladies outside, so she would never obey him again.

Chen Qing had no choice but to restrain himself, and hurriedly put on his clothes. After busying for a while, Lu Xiu put away the red-spotted white satin, which should not be seen by others anyway.

"Ah!" Two young ladies shouted happily from outside.

"What's wrong?" Chen Qing asked.

"My lord, it has snowed all night outside, and it has accumulated."

Lu Xiu happily said: "Let's go and have a look!"

The two wore shoes and socks, and Lu Xiu simply put her hair in a bun, put on a cloak, and walked out of the room holding hands.

Sure enough, it turned into a snowy world outside. There was thick snow in the yard, and the two little ladies were busy making snowmen!

Seeing the young master and his wife coming out, they realized that they had neglected their duty, and they got up quickly and said, "Let's go fetch hot water!"

The two ran to the front yard in a hurry.

Lu Xiu was in a great mood, she simply put her head on Fu Lang's shoulder, and asked with a smile, "Husband, what are we doing today?"

Chen Qing scratched his head, "I don't know either! What do you usually do on the first day of a wedding?"

"Let's think about it, sister-in-law seems to have told me."

Lu Xiu blinked her beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "I remember, I went to see my in-laws, then went to worship the ancestors, and then... closed the door and counted the money!"

"My parents-in-law met yesterday. When it comes to worshiping ancestors, even I don't know where to go to worship them? What's the matter with closing the door and counting money?"

"Count the gift money! Look at how many gifts the guests sent yesterday, husband, how much money does our family have?"

Without the restraint of her in-laws, Lu Xiu was like a bird flying free, and she no longer restrained her nature, she hugged her husband's arm and asked coquettishly.

She is also thinking about how to be a qualified hostess. First of all, she must control the family fortune. Of course, her husband's money is her own money!

Chen Qing raised his head and thought for a while, "Probably more than 1 taels of silver! It seems that there are still 300 taels of gold, most of which are stored in the Chengdu cabinet workshop, and some are in Baling County. There are also a bunch of curios from the Bianliang Palace, all from I haven’t counted the ones that were snatched from the hands of the Puppet Qi Kingdom and the Jin people, so let’s wash up first, then go to have breakfast, and then go to see the presents when we have time.”

Yu Lian and Yu Ying have already fetched hot water, the young couple finished their grooming and went to the middle hall for breakfast...

Another vacant yard was temporarily used as a warehouse, filled with all kinds of belongings, a batch of belongings brought back by Chen Qing, Lu Xiu's dowry and personal belongings, and congratulatory gifts.

"Here is the gift list!"

Chen Qing handed a list of congratulatory gifts to Lu Xiu, "There are 200 coins, [-] taels of silver, and seven other congratulatory gifts."

"What are these?" Lu Xiu asked, pointing to the four red lacquered boxes at the door.

"This is a congratulatory gift from the emperor. It's not on the list. Stay away. I'll open it!"

Chen Qing was very cautious. He pulled Lu Xiu aside, picked up Fang Tian's painted halberd in the corner of the room, picked out the lock, and lifted the lid of the box. When there was no movement, he stepped forward.

"Husband, do you think the officials will harm you?" Lu Xiu asked Chen Qing Youyou.

"The official family may not, but there is an old woman in the palace who wants to kill me and hurry up. Who knows if she pretended to be an official and sent someone to send it? Be careful!"

Lu Xiu nodded silently, she knew that Fu Lang was talking about Queen Mother Wei.

She looked at the contents of the box and exclaimed, "This is Longfeng tea!"

Chen Qing only drank sencha and hadn't had any tea yet, so he asked with a smile, "This tea should be very good!"

"Of course it's good. Long tea and Feng tea are the top group teas. They can't be bought even if you have money. They are exclusively for the palace. My grandfather has five catties. He collects them like treasures."

Chen Qing hastily opened four boxes, three of which were dragon and phoenix tea, and the fourth box contained a set of official Jun porcelain tea sets and a complete set of tea utensils, all made of silver, which were extremely exquisite.

"Lady, do you know how to order tea?" Chen Qing asked with an embarrassed smile.

"Of course I will, I have learned it specially."

"Do you still want to learn some tea?"

Lu Xiu rolled his eyes at him, "Families with better conditions in Bianliang will send their daughters to study arts. Reading and literacy is for teaching their husbands and children. Learning embroidery, tea art, painting, and music is for marrying a good family. If the daughter-in-law is not embroidery , Tea art, if you want to be rejected by your parents-in-law, I started learning embroidery and playing the piano when I was seven years old, and I started learning tea art when I was ten, and I was too young to be scalded by boiling water."

Chen Qing scratched his head and said with a smile: "Well, I've never drank some tea before, how about this! My lady order a pot of tea, how about we drink tea and enjoy the snow together?"

……

At dusk on the third day after Chen Qing's marriage, Zhang Jun was urgently summoned by the emperor.

He hurried to the imperial study room, and was led into the imperial study room without waiting.

In the imperial study, Qin Hui and Li Hui, who knew the Privy Councilor, were both there, and the face of the official Zhao Gou was so cold that it was about to drip water.

Zhang Jun didn't know what happened, so he bowed and reported: "See Your Majesty!"

Zhao Gou threw a copy of the letter on the table, and said coldly, "Tell Mr. Zhang about the matter, what happened!"

Li Hui hurriedly said: "Today, I received a letter from Feige from the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shanxi. Wu Jie gave up Dasan Pass and led his army to retreat to Nanxianren Pass. The situation in Hanzhong is critical. Zhu Shengfei and a large number of Hanzhong people have already reported Bashu retreated."

Zhao Gou slapped the table heavily, "I don't understand, why did Wu Jie give up the Da San Pass?"

Zhang Jun sighed and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, I understand in my heart that if Hechi County falls, Wu Jie must give up Dasan Pass!"

Zhao Gou was dissatisfied and said: "I remember you said that there are passes before and after Dasan Pass, and it is difficult to capture it even if it is attacked by the enemy. Why can't he hold on, why should he give up?"

"Your Majesty! The problem is not Dashan Pass, but Nanxianren Pass. If Hechi County falls, the enemy army will not only be able to attack Dashan Pass from behind, but the army will directly go south to attack Nanxianren Pass. If Nanxianren Pass cannot be held, it will not only be the fall of Hanzhong. , Jin soldiers can go directly to Xingzhou, and go south to Bashu along the Jinniu West Road, Bashu is likely to be lost, and Wu Jie must protect the Immortal Pass, which is more important than Dashan Pass."

At this time, Qin Hui said slowly: "Wu Jie can definitely divide his troops into two groups, one to guard the Dasan Pass and the other to support the Immortal Pass. He has [-] troops under his command. Could it be that he can't defend the two passes?"

"Your Majesty, the situation is not as simple as we thought. Wanyan Wushu built another city in front of Dashan Pass and attacked Dashan Pass condescendingly. It is only a matter of time before Dashan Pass falls. [-] troops are at Dasan Pass, once the back route of Dasan Pass is cut off, the entire army of [-] troops will be wiped out, Wu Jie's entire army retreats to avoid being smothered in Dasan Pass."

Zhao Gou waved his hands impatiently and said, "I just want to know, can Hanzhong be kept? Can Bashu be kept? Don't make excuses for them! Can Hanzhong and Bashu be kept by keeping the Immortal Pass?"

Zhang Jun pondered for a long while and said, "I may not be able to keep the truth, my minister is telling the truth!"

"Why? Didn't you just say..." Zhao Gou's eyes widened.

"Yes! I really said just now that if you defend Nanxianren Pass, the Jin soldiers will not be able to attack Hanzhong, nor will you be able to kill Bashu, but the premise is that the other party cannot grasp the defense of the Qinling Mountains. He is fully responsible for the defense of the eastern section of the Qinling Mountains. He knows the situation there like the palm of his hand. Once he leads the Jin soldiers to take the Meridian Road and enter Hanzhong from the east, it will be meaningless whether to defend the Nanxianren Pass or not. The Jin soldiers will not only attack from behind Nanxianrenguan can also go directly to the east route of Jinniu and go to Bashu, so I have repeatedly suggested to His Majesty that Chen Qing must return to the northwest immediately. At present, Hanzhong and Bashu cannot be defended by Wu Jie brothers alone."

Zhao Gou took two steps with his hands behind his back, and immediately ordered: "Decree, Xuan Chenqing will come to see me immediately!"

Zhao Gou is well aware of the consequences of the fall of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and he is finally in a hurry now.

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When Chen Qing arrived at the Imperial Study Room, it was already dark, and hundreds of palace lanterns were lit inside and outside the main hall of the Imperial Study Room. The lights were so bright that the square was illuminated like daytime.

There was a tense atmosphere inside and outside the imperial study room. The guards on guard looked solemn, and the eunuchs walking back and forth were also light-footed, not daring to take a breath.

The eunuchs were very nervous, and the official family hadn't returned at night, which had never happened before, which showed that this matter was no small matter.

In the imperial study room, several ministers and academicians did not go back, and discussed the countermeasures with the emperor Zhao Gou nervously.

On the front of the room is a wooden frame, on which is hung a huge map of Sichuan and Shaanxi, on which several important battlefields are clearly marked with red circles, Dashanguan, Hechi County, Nanxianrenguan, Xingzhou , Ziwuguan, Nanzheng County and Jianmenguan.

Now Zhao Gou has pinned his hopes on the last barrier, Jianmen Pass. The last time Wanyan Drinking Lisa was at Jianmen Pass and returned with hatred, but this time, can Jianmen Pass make another contribution and stop the Jurchens Going south?

Zhao Gou stood in front of the map with his hands behind his back and looked at it for a long time. Then he looked back at Zhang Jun who was standing silently by the side, and asked, "Mr. Zhang, is it possible to keep Bashu safe as long as we guard the Jianmen Pass?"

Zhang Jun said for a while, "I'm not sure about that!"

Zhao Gou was taken aback, "Why, is there an accident?"

"Your Majesty, the Jinniu Road is not the only way to enter the customs from Hanzhong. It is just that the Jinniu Road can take cavalry, grain carts and supplies, and go straight to Chengdu. It is extremely important for Jinbing, but if Jinbing is familiar with various road conditions, they can It is possible to enter Shu with light soldiers from Micang Road, and then to support the war with infantry, and occupy Zizhou with infantry, and the Jianmen Pass may not be able to be defended."

Li Hui hurriedly said: "This can only be done if you are very familiar with the road conditions! I am afraid that Jin Bing does not have this ability."

Zhang Jun sighed: "Fu Xuan is familiar with this road, and his army once retreated from Mi Cang Road to Chengdu."

It was this traitor again, Zhao Gou asked angrily, "What is going on with this Fu Xuan?"

Zhang Jun sneered and said: "Your Majesty, this person is Zhu Shengfei's confidant. Two months ago, the generals of the various passes in Sichuan and Shaanxi were changed. Seven of the ten guards were Fu Xuan's generals, including Ziwu Pass, Hechi County, Beixianren Pass, It can be said that Fu Xuan's comprehensive rise to power is the root cause of this defeat, and Zhu Shengfei has a heavy responsibility for reusing Fu Xuan's four important passes."

Qin Hui said from the side: "Your Majesty, you know people, you know the face, but you don't know the heart. Fu Xuan was reused as early as when Zhang Xianggong was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Why did you put all the responsibility on him?"

Zhang Jun glared at Qin Hui, "When I served as the envoy of Xuanfu in Sichuan and Shaanxi, I found out that Fu Xuan's nephew was suspected of secretly collaborating with the Kingdom of Jin. I dismissed his nephew and deprived Fu Xuan of his military power. Zhu Shengfei Immediately after taking office, I appointed Fu Xuan as the envoy of Fenglong soldiers and horses, and let him regain control of the heavy army, second only to Wu rank, is this also my responsibility?"