The Jin army besieged the city, and the Song emperor’s daughter died

Chapter 296 Welcoming the bride

On May 15th of the first year of Jingkang, Zhao Huanhuan, the concubine of Roufu Emperor, came out of the cabinet.

The Song Dynasty court almost used the highest etiquette.

First came the car driving. The Chongzhai car that only the queen could ride in was specially allowed to be used as a wedding car for Zhao Huanhuan. Zhao Fujin felt that no one in the Song Dynasty would be qualified to ride in this car for a very long time anyway. If it's idle, it's better to push it out to increase your reputation.

In the early Song Dynasty, there were actually no Chongzhai chariots in the Song Dynasty, only Yanzhai chariots for the exclusive use of the queen.

This kind of driving regulations in the Tang Dynasty was not restored until Emperor Daojun.

For Chongzhai cars, almost all the parts of the car body that can be made of mahogany are made of mahogany, and the parts that cannot be made of mahogany are painted with vermilion paint. Although the colors are not very consistent, it does not affect the view from a distance.

The whole body is red, festive and enthusiastic.

In addition to Zhai Yu's decoration, various red and purple silks are the main decorations of the carriage of Chong Zhai Car. There is also an incense cabinet on the horizontal shaft. In the incense cabinet, there are incense burners, incense cabinets, Xiangbao, etc., and the surfaces of these objects are all decorated with dragon chi.

Showing the elegance and splendor of the royal family.

As for the horses pulling the cart, although they are not sweaty horses, they are all carefully selected red horses.

His whole body was red, and not a single hair could be found.

There are four red horses with brass masks on their faces. The decorations on the masks are two dragons and two phoenixes.

There is a colorful Zhai feather on the horse's head, and colorful silk and copper bells are tied around its neck.

When the horses move, colorful silks flutter and copper bells jingle.

The horse that Gao Chong rode to welcome the bride was not a red horse, but a white horse with a tall head and a white body. This kind of horse cannot be said to be rare, it can only be said to be extremely rare. After all, there is indeed no such breed in East Asia at this time. As for Gao Chong, Where did this pet come from...

The answer came only after the rise of biology: alienation, a form of albinism to be precise.

Zhao Fujin's little thought is: when we talk about Prince Charming in the future, we have to start with my Song Dynasty.

Of course, this does not mean that there were no white horses before the Song Dynasty.

After all, Gongsun Long had already begun to argue that a white horse is not a horse as early as the Warring States Period!

Just riding a white horse to marry the princess, this is definitely the first time.

The people who were worshiping outside Donghua Gate were amazed.

Duan Yuyan, who was squeezed into the crowd, was even more excited. Her eyes were full of little stars: "Wow, it's so beautiful."

Wanyan Zongxian, who was following him, curled his lips and originally wanted to ask, "Does it look good?"

But when the words came to his lips, he felt that such a rhetorical question would not only attract Duan Yuyan's attention, but would even make him feel that he was a petty person and could not see others being kind. So he swallowed it back and turned to look at the maid beside him who was also full of stars. Xiaocui: "Can you kill it with one punch?"

Burning the harp and boiling the crane will disgrace the scenery!

Duan Yuyan glared at him with disgust: "Are you Jin people so vulgar?"

Wanyan Zongxian was stunned: "Hey, hey, you don't talk like this."

The maid Xiaocui muttered: "Then you still want to beat it to death? The white horse is so cute, how can you beat it to death?"

Wanyan Zongxian exclaimed, "Are you talking about the white horse?"

"Otherwise? Could it be that prince-in-law right away?" Duan Yuyan glanced at Gao Chong while talking to Wanyan Zongxian: "He looks just like that. Look at him, he looks like a fool."

Although Gao Chong's smile is nice and warm, it is indeed a bit silly: "Thank you to the folks from Kaifeng for coming to watch the ceremony. From today on, I, Gao Chong, have a wife, hahaha!"

The usher in front of the white horse has signaled several times: "Your Majesty, it's time to dismount and take your seats."

Gao Chong turned a deaf ear, but still had a smile on his face, and said hello to the front, back, left and right: "Thank you, thank you, thank you all for coming."

The prince-in-law dismounts outside the Donghua Gate, and is then picked up by the ushering officer. After performing the wild goose salute, the emperor can be welcomed out of the palace. Di Ji's chariot and ceremonial guards have also been waiting outside Donghua Gate for a long time.

After the wild goose ceremony was completed, a salute of cannons suddenly fired from Donghua Gate.

Ring eighteen in the air.

This item was not actually included in the original etiquette of the Song Dynasty, but in order to fill the cup without leaving any trace and let the diplomatic missions from various countries take a look at the firearms of the Song Dynasty, it was specially arranged by Zhao Fujin.

Hearing the sound of artillery, everyone looked towards the top of Donghuamen City.

"This is called the Dongfeng Cannon. When the Jin Army besieged the city, they were hit hard by this thing." Wanyan Zongxian pointed to the salute at the top of the city and explained to Duan Yuyan.

There is no fear, depression or resentment of the defeated, and he appears calm and knowledgeable.

Duan Yuyan frowned and said, "Isn't that a large firecracker tube?"

Wanyan Zongxian chuckled and shook his head: "Don't underestimate it, it's very fierce."

"Xiao Cui, can you blow it up?" Duan Yuyan looked sideways at the maid.

Xiaocui squinted her eyes: "I don't know if it's iron or bronze. If it's bronze, it should be fine."

Duan Yuyan glanced at Wanyan Zongxian proudly, the meaning in her eyes was: "Aren't you Dajin very good at fighting?"

In another crowd outside Donghua Gate, Wanyan Zongwang was also educating Gao Kaisheng and Richard Ge: "This thing is called the Dongfeng Cannon. Its range is comparable to that of a heavy siege artillery. It also has a range attack and can spit out tongues of fire. One shot can be fired into the formation." , destroy a piece of it, thousands of artillery fire, destroying the sky and the earth."

Gao Kaisheng didn't know anything about military affairs, so he could only think of two words: "Awesome!"

Brother Richard, however, has been on the battlefield for a long time: "Everything that shoots from a distance is not good at close combat. If you use an iron kite to rush into the formation, you should be able to break it after getting close, right?"

Wanyan Zongwang smiled and said nothing.

"Look, the Emperor Ji's ceremonial guard has come out!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone turned their attention to Donghua Gate again.

The first team out of the city was called "Shuiluo", and they were basically people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

These people held brooms and buckets of gold or silver, and started cleaning from the door of Donghua, all the way to the Gao family's house.

Behind the waterway is the Tianwu Army under the jurisdiction of the Palace Front Division. This team, when not in battle, is the royal guard of honor of the Song Dynasty. Every soldier in the Tianwu Army is meticulous in calculation. In addition to being excellent in business, What's more important is appearance.

Wearing a velvet sweater, wearing a curly knitted headband, carrying an arrow and holding a halberd, it is no exaggeration to call him the male model of the Song Dynasty.

After the Tianwu Army, there is "short stirrup", which is originally an equestrian term, but I don't know why it is called that.

The short stirrup is a women's honor guard, with a total of sixty-six people. They are all dressed as female officials, wearing dark red gold-edged gowns, wearing gauze scarves and pearl hairpins. They all hold small cyan umbrellas in front of their horses.

After that, there are several unoccupied eaves, that is, sedan chairs, which are much larger than ordinary sedan chairs.

Song people have never liked to ride in sedan chairs, cars, or on foot.

This trend probably started with Wang Anshi, but there is no way to verify it.

But not riding in a sedan chair does not mean that the etiquette can be less. The eaves themselves are more than five feet high, eight feet long, and more than four feet wide, and can accommodate six people riding in them. There are bead curtains hanging all around, all with colorful embroidery on them, and the windows are decorated with white rattan. In addition to the eaves, there are also railings, all carved with golden flowers and wood-carved immortal figures.

Mainly a bells and whistles.

Of course, this was made in Tang Dynasty after Emperor Daojun succeeded to the throne.

(End of this chapter)