Such a rare and luxurious wedding, who would have thought that the wedding supplies of the bride's family were actually stolen...
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Licheng County once produced an official Shangshu named Yin Shidan, let's call him Lao Yin.
Although Lao Yin's family was poor when he was a child, he was a courageous child. At that time, there was a mansion in their county, which was the property of a former family in the local area, covering an area of tens of acres, with rolling pavilions and pavilions. But because something strange happens in the house all the time, no one wants to live in it, and the house is slowly abandoned. After a few years of desertion, the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, and later, no one dared to go in even during the day.
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One day, Lao Yin and some talented people in the county got together to drink, and someone asked, "Does the old man in the county know?" ”
"Haunted, who doesn't know."
"If any of you dare to sleep in it for a night, we'll all get together to pay for him to have a big meal!" The man joked.
It was originally a joke, and everyone didn't take it seriously, but Lao Yin jumped up and said, "What's so hard about this?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone began to coax and let Lao Yin go to live for one night. Old Yin was also unambiguous, took a mat from home, and sure enough, he went down to the old house surrounded by friends.
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When they got to the door, someone teased: "You can go in with confidence, we are waiting for you at the door, in case you see something terrible, you shout, we will come." ”
Old Yin raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Look down on me? If I really encounter some ghost today, I will grab one and let you cowards open their eyes. ”
In the laughter of everyone, Lao Yin walked into the courtyard door unhurriedly. The yard had indeed been deserted for too long, full of knee-high sedges, and even the road could not be seen, and the artemisia was densely grown, almost growing to the height of the neck.
It was the beginning of the month, and there was a crescent moon hanging in the sky, and by the dim moonlight, Lao Yin could barely distinguish the location of the window. He fumbled through several yards before reaching the attic behind him. Down a staircase, Lao Yin climbed up to the highest viewing platform in the courtyard, and he found that the scenery of this place was good, and the whole platform glowed faintly under the moonlight, which looked pleasing to the eye.
Lao Yin decided to spend the night here today. Looking at the moon in the west, it had already set very low, and only a trace of moonlight was faintly visible on the side of the mountain. Lao Yin sat on the platform for a long time without finding anything unusual, he was secretly amused in his heart, it seemed that the words circulating outside were not credible at all. So he simply lay on the ground, his head resting on the stone, and watched the cowherd weaver girl in the sky look at each other in the distance across a field of starlight.
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In the middle of the night, Old Yin was about to fall asleep in a trance, when suddenly he heard dense footsteps coming from downstairs, and it seemed that a group of people were walking upstairs. Lao Yin did not intend to hide, he simply lay in place and pretended to be asleep, squinting his eyes to peek. I saw a small man dressed in green clothes, holding a lotus lamp on the platform, and when he saw Lao Yin sleeping on the ground, he was startled and fell backwards one after another.
He said to the people behind him, "There's a man lying here." ”
The man below asked, "Who?" ”
Xiao Wei replied, "I don't know." ”
After a while, an old man came up, and he leaned over to Old Yin and looked at him and said, "This is Yin Shangshu, and I see that he slept quite deeply." We only have to do our own things well, Lord Yin has always been uninhibited, and he should not blame us. ”
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So one after another some people entered the building, and they opened all the doors and windows upstairs. Before long, more and more people entered the building, they were busy, and the whole upstairs was brightly lit, as bright as daytime.
Lao Yin turned over slightly and pretended to sneeze. When the old man heard that Old Yin had woken up, he hurried out, knelt down in front of him, and said, "Old man, I have a daughter, and I am going to get married here tonight." We do not mean to offend you, and we hope you do not blame. ”
Old Yin rushed forward to help the old man and apologized, "I didn't even know that there was such a big happy event today, and I wasn't even prepared for the congratulatory gift, I'm really ashamed." ”
"Today to have a distinguished guest like you, it is already a blessing in disguise, if you wait for the little girl's wedding later, you are willing to become our guest of honor, it is even more our honor!"
What was so difficult about this, Lao Yin naturally agreed with joy. Entering the building, I saw that it was still the same as the xiaosuo look, and the interior furnishings were completely new. An old woman was about forty years old, and Shi Shiran came and met Lao Yin.
The old man introduced, "This is my lady." ”
Old Yin hurriedly made a gesture at the woman.
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After a while, only to hear the drums downstairs in unison, a small squatter ran up and shouted, "Here! ”
The old man immediately greeted him, and Lao Yin also got up to greet the guests. Not long after, a lantern appeared at the door, and the red veil was wrapped around it, which was particularly festive. Immediately after that, the groom also walked in, looking seventeen or eighteen years old, handsome and handsome.
The old man led him to Lao Yin and asked him to meet the distinguished guests first, and Lao Yin also hurriedly gave a semi-officient ceremony. Then the old man and the groom exchanged salutes, and after the ceremony, everyone sat down.
After a while, a group of well-dressed beards poured in, busy shuttling through the guests, they served the guests the best wine and dishes, the whole room was full of fragrance, steaming, jade bowls and golden basins, smooth and shining, almost illuminating the table.
After three rounds of drinking, the old man instructed the lady to invite the lady out, and the lady answered and got up and went into the inner room, but after half a day, she did not come out. The old man himself got up again to urge.
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In a few moments, the bride slowly walked out surrounded by several squirrels and old mothers, each walk was accompanied by the crisp clanging sound of huan pei, and an intoxicating aroma drifted out with her raised hands and feet, a light orchid fragrance mixed with seductive musk. The bride, guided by the old man, first bowed to the distinguished guest on the seat, and then got up and sat down next to her mother. Old Yin turned his head and secretly glanced at it, the bride wore a phoenix on her head and a pearl in her ear, and her appearance was matchless, which was a rare color in the world.
The old man was obviously very happy, and took out the treasured golden lord to toast everyone. Old Yin took a look, this Golden Lord did not look like an ordinary product, a cup could hold several buckets of wine, just take one back as evidence, open the eyes of the guys. He secretly hid his golden knight in his sleeve, and then pretended to be drunk, lying on the table and falling asleep.
After a short sleep, I heard the bridegroom say that he was going to get up and say goodbye, and suddenly there was a clamor of gongs and drums, and the sound of footsteps sounded like going downstairs.
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The old man finished the banquet and began to pack up all kinds of utensils, but when he packed up, he suddenly found that there was one less golden lord, and he was so anxious that he was full of houses and small houses, but he couldn't find anything. Some people privately discussed that Lao Yin had taken it, and the old man hurriedly stopped him, for fear of being heard by Lao Yin.
After a while, the inside and outside of the building gradually disappeared, and Lao Yin secretly looked around and found that people had indeed left, so he got up. At this time, it was still dark, there was no light everywhere, and there was still the smell of fat powder and wine in the room, reminding him that everything that had happened before was real.
After waiting for a while, the sky in the east began to turn slightly white, and Old Yin sat up slowly, calmly went downstairs, reached out and touched his sleeve, and found that the golden lord who had been secretly hidden before was still there. Walking out of the door of the old mansion, the friends who had agreed before had already been waiting for him at the door, and everyone saw Lao Yin coming out from inside, and his face was full of disbelief.
Someone doubted: "Old Yin, to be honest, did you sneak back last night and then rush back early this morning?" ”
Old Yin dan did not smile and took out the golden lord from his sleeve. Everyone saw that this Golden Lord was not only big, but also had exceptionally exquisite workmanship, which was really not like Lao Yin's family conditions could come up with, so they had to believe his words.
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After that, Lao Yin passed the examination and became an official in Feiqiu. There is a local family surnamed Zhu who feasts on Lao Yin. At the dinner table, the guests and hosts were happy, and Lao Zhu asked the servant to come and get a set of large wine glasses, but he did not see the servant return.
After a while, a small child servant ran over and whispered a few words to Old Zhu, only to see that Old Zhu had an angry face, but finally suppressed it, just explained a few words to the child servant and let him go down.
Later, the servant finally took the Golden Lord, and Lao Zhu raised a glass to invite Lao Yin to drink a cup. Lao Yin carefully examined the Golden Lord in his hand, whether it was the style or the carving on the cup, it was exactly the same as the cup of the fox who had married before, and he was suddenly a little suspicious.
"Brother Zhu, I see that your set of golden lords is exquisitely made, and I want to come from an extraordinary place." Old Yin asked tentatively.
"Lord Yin is really good-eyed, there are only eight golden lords in this set, which was specially customized by the skilled craftsmen at that time when my ancestors were officials in the capital. This golden lord is my family's ancestral treasure, which has been treasured for many years, and today you condescend to visit the cold house, and you are going to take it out to entertain. It's just..." Old Zhu's face suddenly became a little ugly.
"Just what's wrong?"
"Just now I asked my servant to go to the box and get the cup, and I found that there were only seven left."
"Oh? Isn't it..."
"Yes, I also thought that the servant in the house had unclean hands and feet, but the dust on the box had not moved at all, it did not look like it had been opened, I really couldn't understand it."
When Lao Yin heard this, he understood most of it in his heart, he smiled and comforted: "It seems that the Golden Lord has to be incarnated into an immortal and flew away!" But this ancestral treasure can not be lost, my family also happens to have a golden lord, and you have a little similar, I will give it to you. ”
After the banquet, Lao Yin returned to Yamen, and he found the golden lord who was treasured, and immediately sent someone to quickly send a whip to Lao Zhu. A few days later, Old Zhu personally came to the door to thank him.
"Lord Yin, thank you for sending the Golden Lord, it is exactly the same as the one in my family, but the little people are a little curious, why..."
"Well, it's a long story, but I have to start with a bet when I was younger..."
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This story comes from the "Fox Marrying Daughter" of "Liaozhai Zhiyi", and the story tells a legend when the official Shangshu Yin Shidan was young. The whole storyline is also dreamy, even Yin Shidan himself is difficult to distinguish whether it is a dream or a reality, but the golden lord hidden in the sleeve at the end proves everything. Although this story is about the story of the fox demon marrying her daughter, in fact, the entire wedding step refers to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the process of folk marrying daughters, and it is inevitable to read the whole article to be fascinated by the luxurious wedding at that time, and hate to be able to see it with your own eyes.
Chat About Sai Zhiyi - Fox Married Daughter
Licheng Yin Tianguan, less poor, has courage. Yi has the first of the old home, tens of acres wide, buildings are continuous. It is common to be weird, so that there is no one to live in; over time, the basil is gradually full, and there is no one who dares to enter during the day. Huigong drinks with all the beings, or plays with the clouds: "There are those who can send this one stay, and the common 醵 (jù) is a feast." Gong Yue said, "Yes and no! "Take a seat with you." The crowd sent them to the door, and the joke said: "We are waiting for it, and if we see anything, we should be anxious." Gong Xiaoyun: "There are ghost foxes, when catching the ears." "Entering, I saw the long sand covering the path, and the artemisia was like hemp." The time value is winded, fortunately the moon is dim and the portal is recognizable. Mo Jiao counted in and reached the back building. Landing platform, smooth and lovely, stop it. Looking at the moon in the west, only the mountain is a line of ears. Sit for a long time, not to mention the same, snickering at the rumors. Sit on the floor pillow stones, lie down and watch the cowgirl.
The original text is too long, I will not release all of it here, please interested readers can check it out for themselves.