Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 512 Kneeling Goose

Cui Bianxu's footsteps were light but also filled with eagerness. He, Cui Yi, was going to officially have a wife tonight!

"Uncle, uncle, please stay."

Runzhen hurried over, and just as he was about to rush into the house, he stretched out his hand, panting, to stop him: "Sir, goose, throw the goose!"

Even though Cui Bianxu looks no different from usual, he is actually quite confused. It is his first marriage and he is so excited!

"Oh, oh! Where are the geese! Where are those two geese!" He suppressed his anxiety and tried his best to look calm and professional.

Wang Mingqian, the person in charge of the two geese, tugged at the rope in his hand. In his other hand, he was holding a fat goose that was tired and unwilling to move: "Here, here!"

Old Wang, who was always gentle and polite, wanted to curse for the first time. Other people would bring one wild goose as a gift when they got married, but Cui Yi had horns on his head, so he had to bring two wild geese.

He is a distinguished young master of the Wang family of Taiyuan and a General of the Central Army of the Jinwu Guard of the Tang Dynasty. It is simply inappropriate for him to behave like this!

Yingzi also caught up at this time, wiped the sweat off her face with a small handkerchief, and said with bright eyes: "Son-in-law, can you throw these two geese over at once?"

Runzhen glared at her. How could she just watch the fun and not mind the trouble?

Unexpectedly, this was exactly what Xiao Cui, who was anxious to get married, wanted. He immediately threw her a purse and said, "That makes sense. Here's a reward!"

"My son-in-law is the most handsome man in Qingzhou!" Yingzi cheered as he took the purse and offered a crude flattery.

Although the flattery was crude, Cui Bianxu felt that everything was as peaceful as a spring breeze. He took the two fat geese and weighed them in his hands. He did not throw them away immediately. Instead, he said to the back of the screen, "Be careful, I'm going to throw them away."

Although no names were mentioned, it was obvious who he was talking to.

Several maids and servant girls smiled and looked at Jiang Shangxian, and the maids even said, "Sir, you are really considerate."

Xiao Jiang clenched the round fan in her hand tightly, her cheeks burning. She was afraid that the two fat geese would flap their wings and hit her. Her head felt very heavy now, and if she got hit, she might fall down. "I'm here, throw it to either side."

After getting the answer, Cui Bianxu's face was instantly filled with smiles. He exerted force with both arms at the same time, and threw the big hands that were holding the wings upwards. The two fat geese stared with their small eyes and flew up.

Subconsciously, they spread their wings and flapped them, but before they could fully spread their wings, several old women came forward, grabbed them and tied them up tightly.

Seeing this, Runzhen was filled with joy and shouted loudly: "Please ask the new son-in-law to write a poem to urge him to get ready!"

Wang Mingqian wiped his hands with a handkerchief in dissatisfaction, and looked at Cui Bianxu reciting poetry, feeling even more unhappy - his marriage was still not in sight, but he had written a bunch of poems urging him to get married.

Cui Bianxu recited six poems in a row without pausing, drawing cheers from the crowd. Seeing he was about to recite more, they hurriedly said, "That's enough, that's enough! Don't miss the auspicious time!"

Cui Bianxu, who rarely showed his literary talent, was in high spirits at this moment and felt that he could recite six more poems. When he was stopped by his husband, he glared at him unhappily. Finally, thinking that his husband was so old and didn't even have a young lady he liked, he shook his hair with some sympathy, straightened his chest and raised his head, indicating that Runzhen could go and get a new bride.

The wedding procession following behind filled the courtyard to the brim, and they kept shouting, "Bride, hurry up! Bride, hurry up! Bride, hurry up!"

After much anticipation, Jiang Shangxian finally showed up, but he did not go out. Instead, he continued to sit on the saddle, covering his face with the round fan in his hand.

The boy and girl - Yingzi and Jiang Wangri each took one side of the screen and removed it.

Cui Bianxu walked into the house, took the two fat geese tied up with ropes from the old woman and placed them in front of Jiang Shangxian.

Although the fan was semi-transparent, it was embroidered with auspicious patterns in gold and silver threads, and was also decorated with pearls and jades of various colors. It was impossible to see the person clearly. Jiang Shangxian was itching to take a look at the fat meat that was about to go into his mouth, but he couldn't.

Just as he was struggling with this, Cui Bianxu's face suddenly appeared from the side: "Who put on your makeup? It looks like a steamed bun made of white flour?"

This piece of shit!

Jiang Shangxian quickly withdrew his shy smile and whispered back through gritted teeth, "Shut up, Dahongfeng!"

How dare you talk about her!

Cui Bianxu was instantly pleased with the scolding and grinned. Just as he was about to say something more, he heard Runzhen holding a square knee shield and said, "Auntie, son-in-law, the auspicious time has arrived. Let's go."

The knee-covering is actually a large square scarf with no fixed color requirement. It became popular during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Unlike the red veil, it is only worn when stepping out of the door and getting on the wedding car, and its purpose is only to prevent outsiders from seeing the face.

It is not particularly popular. You can wear it if you want to, and it doesn’t matter if you don’t wear it.

Cui Bianxu supported Jiang Shangxian - it can't be said to be supporting, it can be said to be lifting.

The young couple walked on a path specially paved with fine red silk. Several young men from the Cui family took the wedding candles from Lianhuan. The moment Jiang Shangxian left the house, Fuqing blew out the wedding candles in the woman's room.

Jiang Shangxian, with a knee-guard on his head, was supported by Cui Bianxu and boarded the seven-fragrance carriage. Before he could sit down, his heart still pounding because of the dense gazes around him, one of his hands holding the round fan was pulled down, and then a leather object was stuffed into his palm.

"Isn't this bad?" Jiang Shangxian's face turned red instantly.

She glanced at Xiao Cui shyly through her knee-guard: You bastard, you're really good at playing around~

Cui Bianxu had no idea his wife's mind was full of dirty talk, so he warned her earnestly, "If someone with a car comes over, don't be polite to them, just beat them to death!"

“Uh… huh???”

Jiang Shangxian had never experienced the wedding pranks of the Tang Dynasty, so she didn't know what the situation at this roadblock would be like. She lifted a corner of her knee-length skirt and took a look outside. She saw a dense crowd of people under the dim light, all of them with excitement on their faces, stretching their necks and pointing and looking over here.

Cui Bianxu proudly rode his horse around the carriage three times. After three circles, music started playing and the Seven Fragrances Carriage started swayingly.

Jiang Shangxian felt her scalp tingling, and she couldn't help but feel a little disgusted that she lived too far away. She had to walk across half the city to Cui's to complete a series of procedures. She was afraid that a lot of broken hair would be removed when her hair was removed.

She had been silently hoping that since Cui Bianxu had a bad reputation, those people would not be so blind as to block the car.

Suddenly, the carriage stopped, and the maids following it also stopped. Lian Huan immediately comforted Jiang Shangxian: "Miss Jiang, this carriage is blocked by someone. Don't worry, Jiulang brought a lot of cloth, wine and meat today. We will give them to them later. I guarantee they will arrive on time."

Yingzi was too short to see clearly. He supported the cart with one hand and stood on tiptoe to look forward. After a while, he said enviously, "Auntie, my son-in-law has prepared so many things. People in the city are so kind. The food he eats in one trip is better than what he gets in the country all year!"