Mingmen Family

Chapter 213
Therefore, in the early summer at the end of May (lunar calendar), a team of dowry presenters appeared on Qinghe Street.

This is the custom of Lin'an.After a man and a woman agree on a marriage, the man makes a betrothal. In order to show the richness and value of the betrothal gift and the importance he attaches to the woman, a team of servants must walk around the street carrying, holding, and pulling the betrothal gift.

The same is true when a woman is married.The so-called ten miles of red makeup refers to the richness of the dowry.

Of course, this is basically the operation of wealthy people.For an ordinary family, even if the dowry and dowry are generous in their own eyes, they are still not as good as those of a wealthy family.Take it out to dry, but it will be ridiculed by people who don't know what it is, why bother?

"Hey, what do you see at the beginning?" A passer-by pointed at the front of the dowry procession and exclaimed.

Everyone looked over there, and someone yelled: "That's a woman's clothing." Turning to the others, he asked, "Do you know anyone? How old is it?"

There is no shortage of knowledgeable passers-by.

An old man in royal blue satin looked it over carefully, and said: "Four gold-plated mandarin ducks with pearls in their mouths, embroidered with clouds and mandarin duck patterns, and clouds and mandarin duck patterns on the lapels, this is the dress of a fifth-grade married woman."

Lu Guanyi is the son of Wu Xun, even if he was not crowned heir, but he was sent by the crown prince to go to the border, so he will be given the official position according to the regulations of the prince of the Marquis, that is, the captain of Shangqi, and the official position of fifth rank.

He wanted to marry Ye Yaming as his main wife, so the wife's clothes of the fifth-rank official's wife would naturally be used as a dowry.This is a royal grace, so it was placed at the forefront of the dowry.

Of course, under normal circumstances, after getting married, the wife must go to the relevant department to register and register, so that she can receive the dress and ordinary clothes of the married woman.However, in order to show his importance and sincerity to this marriage, Lu Guanyi specifically asked the prince to get the dress in advance.

In the Jin Dynasty, the status of military officers was slightly lower than that of civil servants.That is to say, Master Tongzhi, the second most senior official in Lin'an City, is the fifth rank, but if Lu Guanyi ranks with this Master Tongzhi, he will be ranked behind him.

But the common people don't know, and there is no distinction between civil servants and generals in order to order women to wear clothes.Seeing these fifth-grade women's clothing, everyone was greatly shocked.

"Could it be that Mr. Tongzhi married a wife? No, Mr. Tongzhi is over 50 this year, and his wife is still there. During the Chinese New Year, Mrs. Tongzhi went to my relative's house for a banquet." The old man in royal blue clothes said again.

He didn't finish the sentence.He wanted to say, "I haven't seen his family hold a funeral, so I shouldn't remarry after losing his wife", but he didn't have the guts to say that.It's not for fun to spread it to the ears of Tongzhi adults.

As soon as the subject was off the topic, someone exclaimed again: "Look at the second betrothal gift, isn't that Bu Yao and Huan Pei?"

The old man in royal blue clothes squinted his eyes, carefully looked at the second dowry gift, and then nodded affirmatively: "It's Bu Yao and Huan Pei, which are jewelry that noble ladies can wear."

This directly ruled out the conjecture that Mr. Tongzhi married a wife.

Everyone knows that Mr. Tongzhi came from a poor family and was an official who was admitted as a Jinshi.

Everyone looked at each other.

It's a nobleman, and a fifth-rank official. Whose family is getting married?It seems that the person who received this dowry gift should be a young lady from a wealthy family.

There are also several rich families in Lin'an family, they are nobles themselves, and some of them are officials in the court.If the young ladies of these families were to get married, such a dowry would not be uncommon.

Thinking of this, everyone's interest was greatly reduced. Seeing that there were farms, shops, and sets of gold and jade jewelry in the dowry gift, they didn't think much of it.Prepare to wait for the dowry team to pass, and once the road is clear, each will go to his own business.

As a result, the dowry procession passed by, followed by an old monk with gray beard and a young novice sitting next to him in an open carriage.Because the team was moving slowly and the carriage was stable, the young novice steadily poured tea on the table in front of the old monk.

Seeing this situation, everyone was stunned again.

"Whose family is this? How do you send a monk to hire?"

The old man in sapphire blue clothes became anxious when he heard this. Regardless of whether it was a stranger, he slapped him on the shoulder and reprimanded: "What monk? That's Master, Master Zhizhi, Master Zhizhi of Chongshan Temple."

"What? Master Zhizhi of Chongshan Temple?" Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard that, and turned their heads to look at the old monk carefully.

This is the legendary intelligent master who was born in the royal family?Oh my god, they saw the master of intelligence today, they can brag about it for a year.

You must know that not to mention ordinary people like them, it is extremely difficult for people from aristocratic families to go to Chongshan Temple to meet Master Zhizhi.

The old man in sapphire blue murmured, "Who the hell is this? He actually hired Master Zhizhi to hire him."

Everyone came back to their senses when they heard it.

yes.Not to mention the respected status of smart masters, ordinary people can't invite them at all.It is easy to say that the master of wisdom is an outsider, and it is not easy for people to do this kind of thing.

Who is it that has such a big face and ability?

"Walk around, take a look. After a while, we will see who the hired team is going to, and ask around, and then we will know." Someone said.

"exactly."

Those who have nothing important to do are full of curiosity this time, and plan to follow along to take a look.

The old man in sapphire blue clothes actually had something to do, and invited a friend to drink tea in Jixianglou.Now he stopped drinking tea, and said to Chang Sui, "Go to the teahouse and tell Mrs. Zhao that I have something important to do today, and tomorrow I will invite him to drink tea and apologize."

Chang Sui agreed, and when the recruited team passed by, the road cleared up, the master and servant separated, the old man in sapphire blue led the junior nursing home and followed the hired team, and Chang Sui went to the teahouse in the opposite direction.

Everyone followed the hired team all the way forward, and finally the team finally stopped in front of a house.

The road is actually quite wide, enough for three carriages to drive side by side.The hired team walks in the middle, but people can actually walk on both sides.But at that time both sides were full of spectators, and the road was not smooth.

The old man in sapphire blue clothes thought that the dowry procession had gone all the way, and there were fewer and fewer passers-by, so they could squeeze to the front to watch the fun.

Unexpectedly, there are many people who became curious with them.After a lot of effort, they squeezed to the front of the dowry procession.When he was pushed to the front by the guard of the little nurse, the clothes of the old man in sapphire blue were all wrinkled.

After finally reaching the front, everyone looked up and were all stunned.

I saw two large characters written on the lintel: Ye Zhai.

Just like the titles of Mrs. and Mrs., and Young Master and Young Master, there is a difference between mansion and house.The former represents official status, that is, someone in the family is an official; the latter is an ordinary person.

How could a girl from an ordinary family be hired as a regular wife by a fifth-rank official with the status of a master of wisdom?Is this the fairy girl descending to earth, or the charm of the fox demon?
Everyone who didn't know the Ye family had question marks on their heads.

(End of this chapter)