Xue Rengao was very angry after hearing Liu Gan's shouting and had him tied up and taken to an open space next to the city. Xue Rengao ordered the soldiers to dig a pit and bury Liu Gan alive, but exposed the part above his knees so that he could be used as a living target. Xue Rengao rode a horse and galloped, drew his bow and fired arrows. Liu Gen shouted angrily and shot an arrow, hitting him in the chest. Not only did Liu Gan not stop shouting, his voice became louder and louder, and his attitude became more and more angry.
On top of the city, Li Zhiyun, his second brother and King Changping saw this scene clearly. The second brother's eyes widened with anger, his hands clenched into fists, and he suddenly shouted: "Open the city gate, I will lead the army to fight out and rescue General Liu!" Upon hearing this, King Changping hurriedly said: "Shimin, this can't be done. They have more people and we have fewer soldiers. Once we leave the city, we will be completely wiped out!" Li Zhiyun also advised: "Second brother, King Changping is right, we should stick to the city!"
"Then just watch General Liu being tortured to death by them?!" the second brother roared.
Li Zhiyun and King Changping looked at each other, not knowing how to persuade him. The second brother turned around and said to a general next to him: "Go and get a bow and arrows!" The general quickly brought the bow and arrows. The second brother took them and looked at them, then turned around and visually measured the distance, and said: "No, this bow is out of reach, get a hard bow!"
"My lord, this is a hard bow. There is nothing harder than it." The general muttered.
King Changping turned to one of his attendants and said, "Go and get the hard bow that I have collected." The attendant agreed and turned to leave. After a while, he brought out a pair of mulberry bows. King Changping took it and handed it to the second brother: "Shimin, this bow weighs several hundred kilograms. I have never seen anyone pull it open. It's up to you today!" The second brother took the bow and weighed it. The secondary bow is much larger than an ordinary bow, and the arms are as thick as a child's arm. He nodded with satisfaction.
Outside the city, Xue Rengao was still racing horses and shooting arrows. Every time he ran around, he would shoot several arrows. Liu Gan's body was transformed into a hedgehog by him, and the blood stained the ground where his legs were buried. Liu Gan's shouts became lower and weaker.
The second brother took a white-feathered arrow from the soldier, faced outside the city, nocked the arrow and drew the bow. The bow string was slowly pulled open. The bow was very tense. Although the second brother's arm strength was amazing, it was also very difficult to pull. The second brother's face turned red, and the veins on his neck protruded like earthworms. Everyone held their breath and stared at the second brother. They heard the second brother suddenly shout and pull the string to full length. Then there was a "buzz" sound, and the white feather arrow came out of the string. The arrow was as fast as a meteor, as fast as lightning, and went straight to Xue Rengao, hitting his right shoulder. Xue Rengao fell off his horse.
The people in the city cheered, and Li Zhiyun exclaimed: "Second brother, you can shoot from such a distance. You are really the reincarnation of Li Guang!"
Xue Rengao was helped up by several soldiers who ran up, and the white-feathered arrow dug deeply into his shoulder like a nail. When the second brother saw it, he punched the battlement with his fist and said regretfully: "It's a pity that I got seriously ill and lost a lot of strength. Otherwise, I would have shot that thief in the chest today!"
Liu Gan was tortured to death by Xue Rengao, and Xue Rengao himself was injured. He led the army to leave Jingzhou and returned to Zhecheng to recuperate. Soon, Li Zhiyun and his second brother also left Jingzhou City and returned to Chang'an.
After Li Zhiyun returned to Chang'an, he went into the palace to meet his father and mother. Next, in addition to visiting relatives and friends, he took care of his own business. The days passed quickly. About half a month later, Li Zhiyun received an invitation from someone from the Prime Minister's Office. When he opened it, he found that it was Lawyer Pei who was getting married.
Lawyer Pei is two years older than Li Zhiyun. Even though he was the oldest among the brothers, he was also the first to get married.
When the day came, Li Zhiyun led a group of entourage and went to attend the wedding with congratulatory gifts. When I arrived at Pei Mansion, I saw a lot of traffic and bustle in front of the door. The wide street was filled with mules, horses and carts. It seems that there are quite a few people who come to give gifts. It's no wonder that when the prime minister is holding a happy event, who among the civil and military officials in the dynasty wouldn't want to take the opportunity to flatter him?
Pei Ji personally greeted the guests in front of the mansion. Li Zhiyun stepped forward, raised his hands and said with a smile: "Master Pei, congratulations!" Pei Ji quickly returned the greeting: "His Royal Highness, King Chu, you can come to Quanzi's wedding. Pei is very grateful!" Li Zhiyun asked Zhang Zheng to present the gift list, Pei Ji took it and took a quick glance at it, then handed it to the butler on the side and said, "Your Highness, you're welcome, please!" After saying that, he made a "please" gesture.
Li Zhiyun walked into Pei's house and took a look. Hey, the prime minister's house was different from other houses. Even the servants were neatly dressed, with white collars and sleeves. Li Zhiyun was led into the hall by a servant and found that all his brothers had arrived. When the brothers saw him, they stepped forward to greet him.
Li Zhiyun stayed with his brothers and felt like a fish in water. Everyone sat around a few tables, drinking tea and eating snacks, laughing and joking. After a while, Lawyer Pei walked in. He was dressed as a groom, wearing a scarlet tangerine shirt, a green futou hat, and a big red flower on his chest. When Li Zhiyun saw him, he laughed out loud, and his brothers looked at him inexplicably. Li Zhiyun thought about it, and the ancients may not have said "cuckold". He remembered that in the TV series "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Guan Yunchang always wore a green futou. However, the futou in the Han Dynasty was just a piece of silk scarf. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people used bamboo slices to make a frame and lined it with a lining to make a futou. cap.
Today is Lawyer Pei's happy day. He was smiling and beaming, and said loudly: "Brothers, thank you for your help. Come with me to pick up the bride!"
Upon hearing this, everyone stood up one after another and followed Lawyer Pei out of the house noisily. Li Zhiyun walked out and saw that the wedding team was waiting outside the gate. One of the carriages was decorated with flowers and colorful silks. Even the horses' foreheads were tied with flowers woven from red silk, which were used to pick up the bride. float.
Lawyer Pei married the daughter of Mr. Cui, the minister of Zhongshu. Lawyer Pei mounted a bay-red horse, and others also mounted their horses. The wedding team left Pei Mansion, played and played along the way, and arrived at Cui Mansion, only to find that the door was closed.
The first wedding custom of the Tang Dynasty people was to make up. The so-called makeup urging means urging the bride to put on makeup quickly so that she can go out early. Poems are needed to promote makeup. However, most of the people present were dandy boys. Apart from them, the rest were servants who didn't know a few Chinese characters. Who could compose poetry? Everyone unanimously turned their attention to Li Zhiyun.
Lawyer Pei walked up to Li Zhiyun, with a flattering smile on his face, and said: "Zhiyun, you are the only one among us brothers who can compose poetry. Please compose a poem to encourage makeup."
In Li Zhiyun's previous life, his father was a middle school principal and his mother was a Chinese teacher. His parents attached great importance to his enlightenment education. Since kindergarten, his mother forced him to memorize Tang poetry and Song lyrics. Therefore, he filled up his poems.
Li Zhiyun thought for a while and thought of a song, but he couldn't remember who wrote it. If the matter is urgent, it doesn't hurt to borrow it. Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "Okay, listen. In the past, when I was going to Yujing Tower, Xu Zhuantou, the first immortal. Today, I am fortunate enough to be in the Qin Jin Association, and I have taught Luan Feng to go down to the makeup tower."
Lawyer Pei recited it silently and said with a smile: "Great, this poem is very nice." Then he turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone, please read the makeup poem with me and ask them to open the door early!" So, after Pei, Under the leadership of the lawyer, everyone read poems urging people to make up. After they recited it seven or eight times, the door of Cui Mansion opened with a creak, and everyone rushed in when they saw it.
After the bride got on the float, Lawyer Pei rode a bay-red horse and circled the float three times. This was also a wedding custom in the Tang Dynasty. Then, the team that welcomed the bride began to return home. The procession walked to a street, and a group of ordinary people suddenly appeared in front of them. They placed some broken tables and broken benches in the middle of the road as roadblocks to prevent the procession of welcoming the bride from passing. This is another wedding custom of the Tang Dynasty people, called the car crash. The people who eat melons block the wedding procession from passing in order to ask for red envelopes and get some happiness by the way.
The leader of the group was a man in his thirties. He walked up to Lawyer Pei's majestic horse and sang loudly: "Give me one red envelope, and I will bless you with undivided attention until death. Give two red envelopes, and you will bless two people." Love each other and grow old together. If you give three red envelopes, you can wish you a perfect destiny and a perfect match. If you give four red envelopes, you can wish you good fortune in all seasons. If you give five red envelopes, you can wish you all over the world and a happy marriage. Give seven red envelopes, and you will be blessed with good luck and eternal love. Give seven red envelopes, and you will be blessed with seven stars and many children. Give eight red envelopes, and you will be blessed with the Eight Immortals crossing the sea. Give nine red envelopes, and you will be blessed with ninety-nine red envelopes. Return to oneness and live forever. If you give ten red envelopes, you will be blessed with perfection and good luck."
"If the groom wants to pick up the bride, he must spread the red envelopes widely." The man turned to the people behind him and shouted, "Are you right?" The people naturally shouted yes in unison.
Lawyer Pei had already prepared and asked his servants to take out red envelopes containing five baht coins and distribute them to everyone. The people got the money and happily moved the roadblocks away, allowing the wedding team to move forward.
When the wedding team returned to Pei Mansion, they saw a saddle carved from sandalwood at the gate. After the procession stopped, the bride was helped down from the float by the servants, and she and Lawyer Pei stepped across the saddle together. This is the custom of weddings in the Tang Dynasty: crossing the saddle, which means that the newlyweds can keep safe every step of the way by crossing the saddle.
