A doctor who travels through two eras

The first day of the Lunar New Year, in the morning.

At this time, Shilou Village and the neighboring Pingluo Village were already packed with people.

The villagers from both villages, including those who had returned from overseas and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan for the Lunar New Year, got up early to witness what was touted as the most luxurious and glamorous wedding in a century.

In the Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, Grandpa Lin sat on a rosewood chair with a four-clawed golden dragon design, wearing a retro black robe with coin patterns, exuding a very dignified aura.

A moment later, Lin Hang rushed in and called out urgently:
“Grandpa, our people have counted them themselves. The Yin clan has added more offering tables, making a total of 68, which is exactly two more than ours.”

Lin Hang, the third son of Lin Sanqi, is the CEO of Feihang Real Estate Company and the husband of Qiao Jingzhu, the manager of Sanqi Twenty-One Import and Export Trading Company.

Despite being a multi-billionaire, he still obediently followed orders in front of Grandpa Yin.

Because he is the most tactful person, he is now acting as the head of an intelligence team, responsible for monitoring every move in Ping Le Village and making adjustments as needed.

Grandpa Lin raised an eyebrow, snorted lightly, and immediately pulled out his phone to make a call:

"Brother Haoshan, yes, it's me. Sorry to bother you so early in the morning. I need to borrow your altar. Yes, we don't have enough for ourselves. Haha, you know I'm competing with the Yin family? Okay, come to the wedding banquet later and don't be late."

After hanging up the phone, Grandpa Yin instructed Lin Hang:

"Yangji Village will be sending 20 offering tables in a little while. Prepare the offerings immediately. No matter what, today our offering tables and scale must surpass those of Pingluo Village. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

A few minutes later, several trucks arrived at the entrance of the Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, unloaded 20 offering tables, and left immediately.

Today, both Shilou Village and Pingle Village are under lockdown. In order to allow the wedding procession to pass through smoothly, all roads have been cleaned and all vehicles are not allowed to park on the main road in the village.

When Grandpa Lin saw that the offering table had arrived, he came out to inspect it himself.

In traditional sacrificial ceremonies, the table for placing offerings must be an "Eight Immortals Table," with standardized regulations regarding its size, height, and color; ordinary tables cannot be used.

"This table is fine. Mark it and set it up right away."

The women in the village immediately arranged the offerings and pasted the character for "happiness" on them.

Grandpa Yin stood by the offering table, silently counting the number of offerings with his fingers.

According to regulations, the three sacrificial animals used for the Three Shepherds Sacrifice are sheep, pig, and ox, with only one animal required. Among the three, the ox has the highest status, followed by the sheep, and the pig is the least important.

But this time, with the full support of Lin Sanqi, a major financial backer, the Lin family arranged for 18 cows, 18 sheep, and 18 pigs to be displayed.

The cattle are yaks, the sheep are mountain goats, and the pigs are all Tibetan pigs, all of which are exactly the same size and weight.

The three sheep were arranged in a row on the offering table, creating a very impressive and spectacular scene.

In addition, there are countless local specialties such as red peach cakes, brown sugar, and rice cake boxes, as well as various fruits, all arranged in beautifully stacked platters.

As for cigarettes like Zhonghua and liquor like Moutai, they were piled up like small mountains.

They brought out a full 1 bottles of Moutai alone, and all of them were rare vintages.

It is said that Moutai Company audited its accounts for several years but could not find out when so much Moutai liquor was sold.

Grandpa Lin was very satisfied with the offerings. He thought to himself, "With a billionaire in my hands, how can you, Yin Jishui, compete with me?"
At this time, outside the Lin Clan Ancestral Hall, there were also several villagers from Pingluo Village acting as scouts. Seeing that Shilou Village had added offering tables and offerings, they quickly sent a message back.

Yin Family Ancestral Hall.

Upon hearing the report, Grandpa Yin was so angry he almost threw his cane away and hurriedly dialed the phone as well.
"Hey, Ah Hao, enough with the chit-chat. Your village needs to provide me with 30 altars right away. Yes, I need them immediately. Okay, thanks."

Grandpa Yin hung up the phone and hurriedly shouted:

"Hurry up and tidy up the place. We'll add 30 more offering tables. Hmph, I refuse to believe that I'll lose the ancestral worship ceremony to Shilou Village."

This unexpected turn of events immediately threw the ancestral hall into chaos once again.

Shilou Village, May Square. Qu Xiaofeng, the owner of Aegean Wedding Company, is directing a guard of honor of over a thousand people via walkie-talkie.
"Attention all departments, attention all departments! Leaders of each honor guard contingent, please double-check that all staff members are properly dressed. Also, all honor guard contingents must take good care of their tools. These are antiques, genuine artifacts, so please do not damage them."

The royal guard of honor was led by eight men with combs, followed by twenty-four men with painted horns, forty-eight men with drums, eight men with large bronze horns, eight men with small bronze horns, four men with gongs, four men with cane drums, twelve men with dragon-head flutes, and four men with clappers.

Behind them were banners, such as the Silence Banner, the Golden Drum Banner, the Bai Ze Banner, the Sun and Moon Banner, the Cloud, Rain, Wind and Thunder Banner, the Five Star Banner, the Twenty-Eight Constellations Banner (Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, Divine Martial Banner, Azure Dragon Banner, Red Dragon Banner, Yellow Dragon Banner, White Dragon Banner, Black Dragon Banner, and so on.

Just the various banners, flags, banners, pennants, cloaks, scepters, flags, pennants, fans, umbrellas, canopies, halberds, spears, lances, ceremonial swords, and so on, would require hundreds of people to carry.

There's a specific order to all of these; you can't afford to get any wrong.

Now, Lin Sanqi and Yin Lianyi's wedding has become a folk-custom-themed wedding, and major TV stations, even those from Hong Kong, have come to film it.

There are still many people who like to scrutinize things in front of the TV. If they find any mistakes, it would be embarrassing for the Lin family, the Yin family, and the Aegean Wedding Company.

All employees of Aegean Wedding Company were mobilized, and experts in history, folklore, and wedding planning, invited by Qu Xiaofeng, were also present to provide guidance.

The scene was already packed with people, and even the actors were craning their necks, feeling that the scene was too big and too exciting.

Qu Xiaofeng then took out the walkie-talkie and shouted:
"Have the band members from the Dongguang Cantonese Opera Troupe arrived yet?"

A short while later, the voices of two staff members came through the walkie-talkie:
"The lead-up band is ready..."

"The band at the back of the procession is also in place..."

Before Qu Xiaofeng could even catch her breath, she called out again:
"Are all 72 sedan chair bearers in place? Count them, make sure not a single one is missing."

Today's Queen's sedan chair is made entirely of rosewood and huanghuali wood, making it extremely heavy. Therefore, the sedan chair bearers must be changed halfway through the journey, otherwise they would not be able to bear it at all.

"Where is the Wan Gong sedan chair?"

In the lobby of the former Lingnan Hall Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, several experts from the Palace Museum were studying the process of getting on and off the Wan Gong sedan chair, while two video cameras were filming the whole process.

All the experts frowned, their expressions increasingly serious.

Qu Xiaofeng rushed over and called out anxiously:

"Old Feng, our auspicious time is almost here, and I need to carry this sedan chair out."

Expert Feng suddenly glared fiercely at Qu Xiaofeng:

"President Qu, do you know the origin of this 'Ten Thousand Craftsmanship Sedan Chair'? This is the 'Ten Thousand Craftsmanship Sedan Chair' that Empress Longyu rode in during Emperor Guangxu's wedding. She rode in this sedan chair as it was carried into the Forbidden City through the Great Qing Gate."

Do you know what this means? This is the only surviving Empress's sedan chair in the world. Its research and cultural value is immeasurable, far surpassing the folk sedan chair in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum.

Tell me honestly, where did you get this Longyu Wan Gong sedan chair? We searched through all the Palace Museum records, and there was a record of this sedan chair during the 1960 census, but it broke down later.

So, after all this, the Longyu Wangong sedan chair wasn't destroyed, but ended up in your private hands? You, you must return this to the Palace Museum; it's our treasure!

Qu Xiaofeng was speechless at the arrival of these uninvited experts.

After the group of experts got off the car in the morning, they went crazy and insisted on studying the Wan Gong sedan chair first, and they didn't even let go of the props in the ceremonial guard.

If it weren't for the Palace Museum's prestigious reputation, Qu Xiaofeng would have been cursing.

"Mr. Feng, let's not worry about where this sedan chair came from for now, we'll talk about it after the wedding. We're about to carry this sedan chair to pick up the bride, you don't have the right to restrict our use of personal property, do you?"

Expert Feng wanted to say how could such a national treasure be used as a wedding prop, but then he realized that the ceremony was about to begin and it would be too late to stop it.

So he gritted his teeth and made up his mind:

"You can use this sedan chair for one day, but our experts from the Palace Museum must accompany you throughout the entire process. You must ensure that you follow our instructions and that there is no damage whatsoever."

Qu Xiaofeng rolled her eyes in anger, but this was not the time to argue, so she quickly nodded in agreement:
"You can accompany them if you want, but all the ceremonies today will be broadcast live on television. Your Palace Museum staff must also dress in ancient costumes and act as wedding procession personnel; otherwise, there's no point in discussing it." (End of Chapter)