Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 173 Zhuge Liang Married Huang Yueying

At the end of December in the fifth year of Jian'an, in January 201 AD, the battle of Guandu, which attracted the attention of the world, came to an end.

Cao Cao won, but not by much.

Yuan Shao lost, but also very little.

The losses of the two people are divided into sevens and threes, Yuan Shao loses seven, and Cao Cao loses three.

Because in the end, there were 8 people in Jizhou, and about 1 people fled back. Jiang Yiqu led Ma to suppress the rebellion, destroyed more than 2 people, and recruited [-] people.

Yuan Shao only beheaded the mid-level generals who took the lead in making trouble. No matter how bad the low-level soldiers were, looting and killing many people around Liyang, they would not be punished. Therefore, the rebellion was finally quelled.

In addition, his foundation is already strong, and his family has a big business, so he can recover in the end.

Although the loss was heavy, the remaining [-] elite came back with a strong background. People believed that he would make a comeback one day sooner or later.

Although Cao Cao won the battle, his hometown in Xudu was stolen, and he went south to Kunyang in a panic to confront Liu Biao's army, but in fact he didn't want to attack Nanyang, but to buy time.

In order to prevent Liu Biao's surprise attack when Xudu was rebuilt, he had to deter Liu Biao's army first, so the two sides were in a stalemate until the end of December before withdrawing their troops back to Yingchuan.

At this time, Yuan and Cao were like two wounded beasts, they both started to go back to lick their wounds, only Jingzhou was thriving and full of vitality.

Soon the sixth year of Jian'an arrived as scheduled, and just after the New Year, Shen Chen returned from Huangmen Pavilion to Suiting to prepare for teaching.

His reputation is too great, and there are too many people who come to study.It's completely different from the past when recruiting students for the first time, not only during the slack time, but also with two or three kittens, and there are not many regular students.

But now there are many students and there are many troubles.

Confucius had 72 disciples and [-] burglars. Not most of them read by his side every day.

Just like a mobile classroom in a university, there are often dozens of people attending the class every time, and some people come and go, and come again after leaving.

As for Shen Chen, a large group of students came at once, so he had to teach separately, divided into classes according to age, and studied every day according to the time.

Fortunately, today's students don't have to study as many subjects as in later generations. Apart from language and mathematics, science and chemistry, politics, history and geography, nine subjects are full. Now they only need to study Confucianism, and they can also unify the textbooks.

For example, at the beginning, we all learn the Analects of Confucius and the principles of life, so that it is easier to teach.There is a record of how much to teach every day and how to teach, so there is no need to be in a hurry.

In addition, Shen Chen only has ten days of class every month, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm in the first ten days of each month, that is, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm every day.

There is a half-hour break at noon, and the teaching time is nine hours. There are a total of more than 130 students in three classes, and each class teaches for three hours.

And in the middle of every month, he went to Yuliangzhou to find Pang De, Sima Hui, Xu Shu and Pang Tong to explore academics.

In the second ten days of each month, I practice martial arts and archery diligently, and I also practice in normal times. For example, when teaching, I get up at [-]:[-] every morning, smell chickens and dance, practice for an hour, rest for an hour, and then go to class.

After school in the afternoon, practice for another hour, then prepare the lesson plan for tomorrow, rest early, and get up the next day to continue this day-to-day life.

People's energy is limited, but as long as they maintain self-discipline, they can still use one mind for three purposes.

In history, there are many people with all-round talents in civil and military affairs. There are Confucius, Mozi, and Sun Tzu in the distance.

The closest one is Jia Fu, one of Yuntai 28, who was born as a Confucian scholar, and he takes the lead in every battle, with unparalleled bravery.

There are also Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Lu Meng and others in the Three Kingdoms period. They are also talents with both wisdom and courage.

So no matter whether you study literature or martial arts, what matters is not the direction you choose, but whether you have perseverance and perseverance. You can’t fish for three days and spend two days on the net. As long as you persevere, there will always be rewards.

During this period of time, apart from teaching and practicing martial arts, Shen Chen would find Mr. Pang De and Sima Hui in the middle of every month to study academically and study Confucianism painstakingly.

The reason why I didn't look for Zhuge Liang was because Zhuge Liang seemed to be very busy recently. I came to see him a few times, but he was not at home, so I had to go to Yuliangzhou.

As a result, in mid-February, on this day, he was discussing academic issues with Ma Hui of Pound Company on Yuliangzhou. When it came to national identity, they all believed that it should be summed up with the debate between Hua and Yi in the pre-Qin period and the relationship between Zhuxia and Xia. Shape the cohesion of the Han nation.

When we were chatting happily, suddenly Xu Shu walked in swaggeringly at the door, first saluted Mr. Pang De and Sima Hui, and then said to them mysteriously: "Second Duke, Ah Chen, Kong Ming has been missing recently. You can't find him even if you look for him, do you know why?"

Sima Hui was also curious, and said: "A few days ago, I was visiting friends in Zhonglu. When I returned to the north, I wanted to go to Mount Atou. I thought that Kongming and Achen were in Longzhong, so I sent someone to ask. Achen Here, I accompany my husband to climb the mountain, but Kong Ming said that he has not returned for a few days, what is the reason?"

Shen Chen was also very curious, and said: "Brother Kong Ming hasn't seen many people since late last month. I saw him once in the past month. When I asked him what he was going to do, he just smiled and didn't say a word. He didn't see him all day long. Home, seems to have disappeared, does brother Yuanzhi know where he went?"

Xu Shu proudly said: "Naturally, these days he often goes to Miannan Baishui Township to look for Cheng Yangong."

Huang Yueying?
This thought flashed across Shen Chen's mind.

Before he could ask, Xu Shu said again: "Cheng Yangong is looking for a son-in-law, and he fell in love with Kong Ming, so he called him to Baishui. Baishui is too far away from Longzhong, so he has lived in Chengyan Gong's house recently. .”

"Oh?"

Duke Pang stroked his beard with a smile and said, "It seems that Kong Ming will be the son-in-law of the Huang family."

"It's also two generations higher than me."

Shen Chen was weeping.

Huang Chengyan's wife is the sister of Liu Biao's wife Mrs. Cai.

In other words, Huang Yueying and his sixth grandmother, Cai Shi, were cousins, so Zhuge Liang became Cai's cousin-in-law, and he was two generations shorter for no reason.

Why did you know this earlier?

Why did you help Deng Hong find Mrs. Cai as his wife at that time?
Now eat the bitter fruit yourself.

Seeing his expression of embarrassment, several people immediately burst out laughing.

Sure enough, happiness should be built on the pain of others.

Especially for genius prodigies like Shen Chen, the more they suffer, the happier they are.

And not long after, the news of Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying's engagement spread among celebrities in Jingzhou.

The Zhuge family is closely related to the eight major families in Jingzhou, the Kuai family of the Pang family are all relatives by marriage, and the rest of the family also have friends.

After the news spread, one stone immediately caused a thousand waves, and the major families sent people to give gifts one after another.

There are six ceremonies in total in the wedding ceremony of the Han Dynasty, which are Nacai, Wenming, Naji, Nazheng, Asking for a Date, and Greeting.

Among them, Nazheng is a dowry gift, which is considered an engagement. After that, invitations will be widely distributed, and then everyone will be told when they will get married. This is called the invitation period.

So when the six ceremonies have reached this stage, the wedding has almost come to an end, and the only thing left is to welcome the relatives and hold the wedding banquet.

No wonder Zhuge Liang is so secretive these days.

Since all the elders in the family passed away, the eldest brother separated, and the two older sisters had already married off, leaving only the youngest brother in the family, so according to the rules at the time, he could only do these things by himself.

This made the first four ceremonies almost all handled by him alone. During this period of time, Zhuge Liang left early and returned late, and was not at home all day, which is understandable.

Shen Chen received the invitation, the wedding date was at the end of February, and he had arranged a generous gift in advance.

February [-], Longzhong Township.

On this day, Shen Chen moved back to Suiting from Yuliangzhou, but he didn't go back to the school, but lived in Zhuge Liang's house, where he practiced sword every day.

On the 21st, Zhuge Liang finally came back. At this time, Shen Chen was playing Go with Zhuge Jun.

Zhuge Jun is already this year, two years older than Shen Chen, but his Go skills are far inferior to Shen Chen's. He was killed by him indiscriminately.

"Brother Ziping, I can't save him."

Shen Chen looked at Zhuge Jun who had been in deep thought, and said to him with a smile.

Zhuge Jun looked at it for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "I can't do it anymore, Achen, you are really a genius, I can't compare to you in anything."

"Brother, don't give up on yourself."

Shen Chen comforted him and said, "Although you are inferior to me in everything, you are older than me."

Zhuge Jun was numb at the time. Is this f*cking human?

I'm nothing but older than you?

While feeling depressed, Anu's crisp voice suddenly came from outside: "Da Lang is back."

"Brother Kong Ming is back."

Shen Chen and Zhuge Jun stood up from the corridor and went to the front yard.

Just happened to see Zhuge Liang, who was busy in the world, brought a few servants into the house in the courtyard.

"Brother Kong Ming."

Shen Chen walked over and complained: "It's hard to keep it from me. If brother Yuanzhi hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't even know you were getting married."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "There are no elders in the family, so I can only handle things by myself, and there is nothing I can do."

"Then why don't you call me? Why do you have to do everything yourself?"

Shen Chen spread his hands: "Ziping is your younger brother. Yuanzhi, Zhouping, Guangyuan, Gongwei, Shiyuan and I are all your friends. We can all come to help. It's not a good thing to do everything by yourself. It's easy to tire yourself."

He almost said that you don't know how you will die in the future?
of course.

Zhuge Liang definitely didn't know that he was exhausted.

Shen Chen knows.

So for the sake of his health, I still have to help him get rid of the stinky habit of doing everything by himself and asking about everything in person.

"Good good."

Zhuge Liang smiled perfunctorily and said, "I will definitely call you when something happens in the future."

Shen Chen was not happy about it, and said: "No, there must be something going on now, let me think about it, you have set a wedding date on the 28th, and then you have to prepare for a personal reception, okay, leave this to me, no need Don't worry, just wait at home."

Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Ah Chen, don't be foolish. Marriage is such an important matter, how can you take it lightly? You have never been in a daze, but you don't know the details. If something goes wrong, I will have no face to see Cheng Yangong."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "Although I have never been married, I have seen my uncle get married, and I know the details. Don't worry, I will ask everyone to help."

As he spoke, he looked at the yard again, shook his head and said, "It's impossible to hold a banquet in the mountains, so let's put the banquet in the Sui Pavilion."

"Achen."

Zhuge Liang frowned slightly.

Shen Chen went up with a smile and said, "Brother, when did you think I messed around? Even if I don't understand, wouldn't I go find someone? Just let me do it."

"Yes, brother, these days you are so busy, you can't stop for a moment, just rest at home for two days."

Zhuge Jun said: "How about I handle this matter with Ah Chenlai?"

"Well"

Zhuge Liang hesitated.

Shen Chen smiled and pulled him aside, whispering a few words.

In the end, he could only nod helplessly.

After that, Shen Chen and Zhuge Jun, together with Xu Shu, Shi Tao, Cui Jun, Meng Jian, Pang Tong and others, would help with the rest of the matter.

Afterwards, Zhuge Jun curiously asked him what he said, and Shen Chen told him that if he didn't agree, he could only ask the sixth grandmother to come forward. The sixth grandmother was Huang Yueying's cousin, and it was reasonable for the cousin to help her cousin organize the wedding.

In the next few days, Zhuge Liang finally had some leisure time. He was indeed exhausted from busy schedules these days. It was a good thing to have a few relatives and friends to help with the process.

But in fact, he has already finished most of the things, and there are not many things left, basically preparing gifts, banquets and so on.

Soon Zhuge's house became lively.

Countless gifts are delivered to the home every day, such as silk, silk, cattle, sheep, herbs, deer, turtles, geese, pampas grass, Selaginella, relic beasts, blessed beasts, nine sons, etc., a large number of exquisite porcelain and paper Also keep sending home.

In the early morning of February 28th, the wedding ceremony was officially held, and the banquet was held at Suiting in Longzhong Township. Since the early morning, the hired villagers have been busy.

Those who slaughter pigs kill pigs, those who slaughter chickens slaughter chickens, and they also need to clean up the place where the banquet is held, clean up, sprinkle water to clean the streets, and so on.

And Zhuge Liang was caught and flocked to the backyard early in the morning, washed clean, and put on new clothes.It was a brand-new black and red silk robe, with a jade belt around the waist and a Juebian on the head, which was scented with spices.

After cleaning up, he went down the mountain with Shen Chen, Xu Shu and other friends.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Zhuge Liang was shocked.

At the foot of the mountain, there was a line of hundreds of people waiting. On the left and right of the line, there were ten maids holding up numerous fluttering ribbons, and several servants were carrying boxes containing gold, silver, jewelry, coins and gifts.

Two carts of silk satin were parked beside the cart used to carry the bridegroom, baskets of gifts were carried by porters, musicians played ritual music, shengxiao blared together, gongs and drums shook the sky.

Although the scene was not as good as Cai's married daughter back then, and the city was full of ribbons, it was still spectacular, showing extremely high financial resources.

"Ah Chen, you!"

Zhuge Liang was stunned. Is this a gift he can give?
Shen Chen said with a smile: "Although my elder brother is from a scholarly family, marriage is a major event in life, and the dowry must not be missing, which makes people look down upon it. However, the Huang family is also a family of scriptures, so in addition to these, I have also prepared a lot Brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, and hand-copied scriptures by some great Confucians should satisfy Cheng Yangong."

"Achen."

Zhuge Liang no longer knew what to say.

He is not a pedantic person, the money has been spent, it is impossible to get it back.

It's just that he didn't expect Shen Chen to spend so much money for him.

On the one hand, I feel distressed, and on the other hand, I am a little touched.

Fortunately, the custom of the Han Dynasty was not the situation in later generations where the man gave hundreds of thousands of dowry gifts and then arranged all the wedding banquet expenses, and the woman couldn't tell the difference.

At that time, there were so-called betrothal gifts and so-called dowry, especially among aristocratic families, how much dowry you gave, when returning the dowry, at least the same amount, or even more.

So if you give it out, you will still return it, Zhuge Liang thought about returning it to Shen Chen at that time.

After going down the mountain, Zhuge Liang boarded the chariot surrounded by everyone, and there were many ribbons tied to the trees along the way, and the so-called betrothal gift came from this.

The team marched mightily all the way, passed Suiting, and headed towards Xiangyang.

Then go through the city, and then to the east of the city, cross the Mianshui, all the way to Miannan Baishui Township in the east of Xiangyang City, which is probably located in the area from Dongjin Town to Yushan Town in Xiangyang later.

Although both Longzhong and Baishui belong to a township in Xiangyang, one is in the west and the other is in the east, with a straight-line distance of more than 20 kilometers.

So the convoy set off at about three o'clock in the morning, walked for two hours at an average speed of five kilometers per hour, and arrived at Baishui Township near the end of the day.

The Huang family is a big family in Xiangyang, with dozens of kilometers of land around them, all of which are acres of Huang's farmland, which can be described as very arrogant.

Ribbons are hung on the trees in the surrounding countryside, extending mightily to the Huangjia Manor.

Accompanied by many friends, Zhuge Liang went all the way to the manor to greet them in person, and Huang Chengyan received them in person.

After the groom arrived, the Huang family held a grand banquet in the manor. The participants included the eight major families, and there were countless wealthy families in each family. There were as many as a thousand people attending the meeting.

Then, after going through some ceremonies, such as worshiping the clan ancestral hall and holding sacrificial ceremonies, I was busy until the afternoon before it was considered over.

But this is just the beginning.

wedding wedding.

In ancient times, it should be called Hun Li.

A banquet is held at the woman's house at noon, and then the woman is taken back to the man's house.

Basically, it is already dusk after arriving home. At this time, the man’s family will also prepare a banquet, and there are many ceremonies, which often last until midnight.

Before Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying performed the ceremony in the family temple inside the manor, Shen Chen and the others were not allowed to enter as outsiders.

At this moment, when he was finally about to leave for Longzhong, Shen Chen saw Huang Yueying's appearance.

She was wearing a black dress called "Pure Clothes". At that time, there was no custom of covering headscarves. She did look ordinary, but she was very attractive, with the appearance of a small family.

Zhuge Liang took Huang Yueying's hand and came to the convoy outside the manor. According to the custom, the two did not have the same car, but two black ink cars lined up side by side.

Zhuge Liang helped Huang Yueying get into the carriage, pretended to drive again, handed over the traction rope of the carriage to Huang Yueying, and jumped into the carriage by himself.

This is another etiquette, expressing the husband's love for his wife.

At this time, the female teacher needs to come forward to help the bride refuse, Huang Yueying boards the carriage a few more times, and the female teacher puts on a smock to protect her from the wind and dust. At this time, the carriage driver will come to replace Zhuge Liang to help drive.

After all the ceremonies were finally over, the convoy set off again, and more than a dozen carriages carried the dowry brought back from the bride's house and headed for Longzhong Township.

In the early evening and early evening, the convoy finally arrived at Suiting.

Because Zhuge Liang's family's manor was in the mountains, it was inconvenient to hold a large banquet. When Zhuge Xuan passed away, not many people came, so they borrowed the houses of the surrounding people to hold the banquet.

But at this time, there were more than a thousand participants, so the venue for the banquet was set at the Sui Pavilion at the foot of the mountain. The Sui Pavilion had a large open space for the banquet.

At this time, the people of Longzhong Township had been waiting for a long time. As soon as the convoy arrived, the ceremony officially began.

The first is sacrifice.

Zhuge's family is not a native of Xiangyang, but the family has also set up a family temple. In their own manor, they go home first to worship their ancestors.

The sacrificial process is very troublesome. Three tripods should be placed on the east side of the bedroom door, facing north, with the north as the top.The things contained in the tripod are as follows: a piglet, the hoof armor removed, and the left and right sides are put together in the tripod.

One pair of raised lung spine and one pair of sacrificial lungs, fourteen tails of fish, and one pair of dried rabbits with the coccyx removed.

The lifting handle and the tripod cover are set on the tripod, and the washing is set on the southeast side of the steps.The food set up in the room includes two beans of acyl sauce, four beans of meat sauce, and six beans shared with a towel to cover.There are four duns of millet millet, and there are covers on each dun.

The boiled meat juice is stewed on the fire, the wine hall is set under the north wall of the room, and there are restraints under the hall, and the black wine is placed on the west side of the wine hall.Use coarse Gebu as a towel, and place a wine spoon on the wine cup with handles facing south.On the east side of the door in the hall, there is a wine statue, and there is no mysterious wine.The 篚 is on the south side of the Jiuzun, and there are four Jiujue and Hebei inside.

The bride and groom worshiped their ancestors in the family temple, which meant that Huang Yueying had completely entered Zhuge's family and became the mistress of Zhuge's family.

Followed by the evening ceremony.

Zhuge Liang is wearing a groom's suit, which is the same as Huang Yueying's bridal suit "Pure Clothes" and also has a nice name called "Juebian Xuanduan". Department of leucorrhea, lower body is red.

Under the leadership of the etiquette officer, the bride and groom will do various activities.

Generally speaking, if the parents are present, they should also participate. For example, later generations will have the etiquette of worshiping the high hall, but at that time, the parents and the newlyweds had to bow to each other to show their respect.

But both Zhuge Liang's parents had died of illness, so the ceremony of husband and wife worship started directly.

From the west steps to the hall, a banquet has already been held in the house.

The newlyweds entered the table, and Zhuge Liang sat on the east side of the room, facing west, under the gaze of everyone.Huang Yueying sat on the west side, that is, on the opposite side of the mat, facing east.

The two sat opposite each other, and then Mai and Yu, the maid who was married to Huang Yueying, and the maid in Zhuge Liang's house exchanged with each other, taking off their shoes and baptizing for the hostess and hostess respectively.For example, Anu, the maidservant of Zhuge Liang's family, wanted to wash Huang Yueying's feet.

After washing the feet, another praiser, that is, the master of ceremonies removed the cloth covering the table, revealing the sumptuous dinner, and then brought in a big tripod and placed it on the south side of the steps at the door.

Then there were dagger holders and Zu holders who cut off the cooked meat on the table, arranged them in order, and then withdrew.

The praisers spread the sauce in front of the table, spread the sauce on the cut cooked meat, and finally put the sauce meat on the north side of the sauce, and the clerks enter and set the Zu on the east side of the meat sauce.The fish are set in Zudong in sequence.

After these ceremonies, servants brought in rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean. They were all fried grains, and they were arranged in order according to their positions. On the west side, the gravy is placed on the north side of the sauce.

After all the things were displayed, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying began to sacrifice, bowing down one by one, offering sacrifices to grains and food.Some are similar to the meaning of thanking their Lord for giving them food before eating in the West.

After the sacrifice, they began to eat.A total of three meals are required, and only a little of each kind of food is enough. Finally, there is a sacrifice of wine, which is to drink a glass of wine together.

The etiquette of sacrificing food has basically disappeared in later generations, but the last sacrificing wine has evolved into the well-known drinking cup.

After drinking, the worshiper brings in another glass of wine from the outside, puts it on the ground, and bows down.

The newlyweds should also prostrate with him.

This ceremony is almost the same as worshiping heaven and earth when we get married later.

It was almost the last hour of the evening, that is, nine o'clock in the evening, when these trivial matters were finally over.

Only then did the feast begin.

The Sui Pavilion at the foot of the mountain became lively in an instant, and people from the surrounding countryside came to eat one after another. The entire Longzhong Township was celebrating Zhuge Liang's wedding!
(End of this chapter)