Eight crooked old mothers were pulling on Kou Ji, holding something like a ruler, and constantly measuring on Kou Ji's body.
Kou Ji is like a human-shaped puppet, at their mercy.
After receiving the news, Liu Heng and Cao Yu, who rushed to the Kou Mansion to congratulate them, sat on the stool in the house and watched with a smile.
Liu Heng took the initiative to ask: "Fourth brother, you get married in three days, how about I be your bridesmaid?"
Cao Yu nodded and said, "Count me..."
Liu Heng curled his mouth and asked Cao Tong, "Are we two bridesmaids a bit too thin?"
Cao Yu said in deep thought: "In the courts of the two residences of Xiangkou, we are the only bridesmaids. It is indeed a little flimsy... Or should I find Pan Su, Li Weixian, and Zhao Yunchu?"
Liu Heng commented: "Pan Su is okay... Li Weixian can still make a living... Just forget Zhao Yunchu? He is too young to fight."
Kou Ji, who had just measured the size of his arm, asked a little puzzledly: "What can't you beat?"
Liu Heng smiled, did not speak.
Cao Tong explained with a smile: "When we get married in the city of Bianjing, the woman will not embarrass the groom, but the bridesmaid will inevitably be beaten up. Especially when going into the boudoir to pick up the bride, the bride's sisters and aunts will beat them with a stick in their hands."
After the explanation, Cao Tong smiled at Liu Heng again: "Although Zhao Yunchu does not fight, his identity is placed there. With him in front to help us withstand, we can also be beaten less."
Liu Heng's eyes lit up and he slapped his thigh and said, "There is reason and reason... I will send someone to invite the three of them."
"and many more… "
Kou Ji shook off the eight grandmothers and rushed forward to stop them.
Liu Heng questioned: "Fourth brother thinks there are too few people?"
Kou Ji said sincerely: "You two are my best brothers. It is enough to have you two."
Liu Heng looked blank.
Cao Tong laughed loudly.
Liu Heng asked suspiciously: "What are you laughing at?"
Cao Tong pointed to Kou Ji and laughed loudly: "He is scared. He is afraid that you will invite too many people. When we ask him to be the bridesmaid, he will be beaten."
Kou Ji returned to his original position and let the old women continue to measure his body.
He stared at Cao Tong, rolled his eyes and said, "Xiang's family is a scholarly family anyway, and most of the female family members in the family are people who have no power to bind chickens. You have thick skins and are beaten by them, at most. It hurts for two days.
Your martial arts courts are different. Among the female family members, there are women who are not girls, and the martial arts in their hands are not inferior to men.
When you get married, I will be the bridesmaid, and will not be beaten to death by them? "
Cao Yu was a little unhappy when he heard this. He argued: "My family members of the Cao Mansion are mostly well-knowing ladies."
The corner of Kou Ji's mouth twitched, and he said with no anger: "Not long ago, he opened the door of Cao's house with his bare hands, wounded 13 Cao's veterans, and clamored for the female hero who was going to Baozhou to find Di Qing. Isn't it from your Cao Mansion?"
When Cao Yu heard this, his mouth twitched and said, "I'm not to blame you... The news about Di Qing in Baozhou, my father and my uncle have been keeping secrets from several sisters in the house.
You instigated Di Qing to ask my uncle to ask for the old man in the house. When several sisters found out, they clamored to go to Baozhou to find Di Qing. "
Kou Jiqiang held back a smile and asked: "That heroine of Cao Mansion, who is your sister? I really want to see such a fierce female hero."
Cao Yu said contemptuously: "I don't believe you don't know..."
Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Liu Heng, who was also curious, shook his head and said: "We really don't know... At that time, my fourth brother and I were busy dealing with government affairs and did not have time to pay attention to this matter. When you want to pay attention, you Cao Mansion Send someone to suppress the rumors.
My fourth brother and I did not pay attention to this matter deliberately.
If it weren't for the fourth brother to mention it again, I almost forgot, there is still such a thing. "
Cao Tong's face was dark, his eyes hovered around Kou Ji and Liu Heng before he said frustratedly: "My second sister..."
Kou Jiwan rejected the old mother's proposal to let him take a roll of glamorous red cloth as a wedding dress, and stared at Cao Yu with an unexpected expression: "The second girl from the Cao family?"
Liu Heng said with a look of astonishment: "Second girl?"
"I've seen the second girl, how can a delicate and weak lady be so powerful?"
Kou Ji couldn't believe it.
Cao Tong's face was a little ugly. He didn't want to mention the scandals in the Cao Mansion, but Kou Ji and Liu Heng both asked, and he couldn't keep hiding it.
Cao Yu said frankly: "Second sister is inherently stronger than others, and she is a tyrant in Bianjing. How many princes and grandsons have been beaten by her to find teeth. She also mixed the nickname of rouge overlord in Bianjing.
At the end of the trouble, no one in Bianjing dared to marry her.
When she was eighteen years old, no one dared to go to Cao's mansion to propose marriage.
My uncle did not hesitate to lower his rank, and got a wealth of money, and finally found someone willing to marry her.
But she rushed to the man's house, stunned to drag them to learn martial arts, and almost didn't kill them.
Does anyone dare to marry her
My elder uncle ended up in depression by her anger.
After my uncle died, my father and several of my uncles were cruel and locked her in the house.
This level is eight years.
She has not been in the city of Bianjing for eight years. Of course you don't know her reputation.
She looks weak and weak now, because she has been detained for eight years and her temper has been flattened. "
After a pause, Cao Tong stared at Kou Ji and complained: "But since you sent Di Qing to the mansion, she has sprouted again. The reason why my uncle let Di Qing study with him for half a year, he threw Di Qing out for practice. Not to make Di Qing hide from the other sisters in the house, but to make Di Qing hide from my second sister."
Kou Ji clicked his mouth, pondered for a long time, and exclaimed: "What a strange woman."
Liu Heng nodded sharply from the side.
Liu Heng said, "If it weren't for your Cao Mansion to look down on my Liu family, it would be just right to marry your second sister to my elder brother. If she controls my elder brother, my elder brother would not dare to mess around outside."
Cao Yu snorted coldly and said with disdain: "Even if my second sister dared to marry, would your brother dare to marry? Your brother Liu Congmei was in trouble in the city of Bianjing and was hit by my second sister. Liu Congde, who was in trouble behind your brother Liu Congmei, was frightened and peeed on his pants."
Liu Heng looked stunned.
He did not expect that his two elder brothers had such an unbearable past.
Kou Ji pondered: "Such a strange woman is a perfect match for Di Qing."
Kou Ji stared at Cao Tong and asked, "Since your second sister has taken a fancy to Di Qing, why didn't your uncle make the decision to betroth your second sister to Di Qing? Is it because your Cao Mansion disliked Di Qing's background?"
Cao Tong nodded.
After thinking about it, he shook his head again.
"My father and my other uncles think that Di Qing is not good enough for my second sister. My uncle didn't think so. Instead, he felt that Di Qing's future is unlimited and my second sister is not good enough for Di Qing."
Kou Ji looked suspicious, "Di Qing looks down on your second sister?"
Cao Yu smiled bitterly: "My second sister is twenty-six this year..."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized.
The age gap between the second girl of the Cao family and Di Qing is too great.
It's eleven years short.
Naturally inappropriate.
Kou Ji said with emotion: "If Di Qing is older, it would be a romance."
Kou Ji has also seen the second girl from the Cao family.
With Di Qing, that's more than enough.
Although Di Qing is handsome, but besides being handsome, he currently has no strengths.
The second girl of Cao's family, regardless of her family background or knowledge, can shun Di Qing several streets.
The second girl of the Cao family is also beautiful.
Although she is not a stunning beauty, she can be regarded as a beauty.
Judging from the combat effectiveness demonstrated by the Cao family's second girl before, her martial arts are still better than Di Qing.
Cao Tong stopped at Kou Ji's words and smiled bitterly: "I don't know if it is a romance. But I know, it must be a sin."
Both Kou Ji and Liu Heng looked at Cao Tong with doubts.
Cao Yu said helplessly under the gaze of both of them: "My second sister has never stopped since knowing that Di Qing is in Baozhou. She demolished the gate of the mansion that day, and was captured by my uncle. room.
After being locked in the wood shed for a few days, after coming out, it stopped for a few more days.
The people in the house thought she wouldn't be making noise anymore.
Who knows that she secretly knocked out the door a month ago and escaped from the house. "
After a pause, Cao Tong sighed: "It is estimated that we have arrived in Baozhou..."
Kou Ji and Liu Heng stared in astonishment.
Kou Ji didn't say a word, shook off the old mother who was measuring him, and rushed out of the room.
All the way to the study.
Kou Ji researched ink quickly, and when the ink ingot had just melted away, he couldn't wait to lift the pen, swish it quickly, and write two big words.
Then I put it in an envelope, sealed it with fire paint, rushed out of the courtyard door, found Kou Zhong, and ordered: "Quickly send this letter 800 miles to Di Qing in Baozhou."
Seeing that Kou Ji looked so anxious, Kou Zhong didn't ask much, so he took the letter and went to the post, mobilizing 800 miles to expedite.
After Kou Ji delivered the letter, he took a deep breath, grinned, and revealed a bright smile.
Cao Tong and Liu Heng chased them out at this moment and saw Kou Ji smile.
Liu Heng asked suspiciously: "Four brother, you just ran out of the room in a hurry, what did you do?"
Kou Ji smiled lightly and said, "Nothing..."
Without waiting for Cao Tong and Liu Heng to continue to ask questions.
Kou Ji continued: "You two don't go back to the house to prepare, come back and let me pick you up?"
Cao Tong and Liu Heng froze for a moment, then nodded sharply.
…
Three days later.
Kou Ji stepped onto a docile high-headed horse amidst the sound of cheerful firecrackers, and walked out of Kou's mansion stiffly.
He wore a bright red wedding dress, a gauze hat, and a big red flower tied to the gauze hat. He looked very festive.
Liu Heng and Cao Tong, also wearing a big red costume, straddled their horses, guarding each side not far in front of Kou Ji.
On their horsebacks, each was hung with a red pocket full of copper coins.
Behind the three of them, eighty-eight servants of the Kou Mansion, carrying boxes of various colors sealed with red paper, followed staggeringly.
While the officials sent by the Ministry of Rites sang praises, Kou Ji straddled his horse and led a welcoming team, slowly rushing to Xiangfu.
The welcoming team did not rush to Xiangfu along the nearest road.
Instead, he made a full circle in Bianjing City.
Along the way, Liu Heng and Cao Tong would grab a handful of copper coins from the horse’s neck pocket and spill them whenever they met someone who came forward to congratulate them, or came forward to ask for a reward.
When they arrived in a lively place, Liu Heng and Cao Tong even carried red pockets and poured copper coins out.
The copper coin fell to the ground.
Caused the people to rob.
After the people finished robbing them, Liu Heng still shouted and asked them, "Don't say two auspicious words?"
When the people took the money, their mouths naturally became sweeter, and all kinds of auspicious words were shouted out.
Kou Ji on horseback even heard something like "Fu Ru Dong Hai, Shou Bi Nan Shan".
I don't know if this guy is uneducated or deliberate.
Kou Ji felt that Liu Heng and Cao Yu's method of spreading money was a bit extravagant.
I wanted to talk to Liu Heng, but Liu Heng stopped him with a word.
"Others do it when they get married. If you don't do it, the people will poke your backbone in the back and call you stingy..."
The welcoming team arrived at Zhouqiao.
Zhang Cheng led the Vientiane pawn shop, the shopkeeper, the steward, and the man in Vientiane House, in two long rows.
Behind them, there are two rows of grain trucks, and several cars of copper coins.
They all bowed to congratulate Kou Ji.
Then began to give money and decimeters to the people near the Zhouqiao.
Anyone who can climb to the front of the welcoming team and say auspicious words can get ten big dollars, three catties of rice.
The people went crazy in an instant.
Forcibly, the team of Kou Ji welcoming relatives was blocked for two hours in front of the Zhouqiao.
Kou Ji asked Liu Heng dumbfoundedly, "Did you arrange it?"
Liu Heng grinned and said, "I arranged it with Zhang Cheng. He paid for the food, and I paid for it. The fourth brother, your marriage, generally makes the people in Bianjing feel happy."
After saying this, Liu Heng approached Kou Ji again and whispered: "This is during the great funeral of the first emperor, so I won’t let the big deal be done. Otherwise, I will also learn from Shi Chong and let people use silk cloth to hold Bianjing city. Make a circle and congratulate you."
"You..."
Kou Ji pointed to Liu Heng and said, "You know the truth about money being undisclosed... Although we have made some money, we should not be so high-profile and easy to be remembered."
Liu Heng said nonchalantly: "What's the matter? When the Shi family married a daughter before, let the people in the house take money and grain to distribute money and rice to the people in Bianjing, from house to house, both young and old.
Even the beggar outside the city gave thirty big money, a catty of wine and meat. "
Kou Ji shook his head and said nothing.
The welcoming team made a circle around Bianjing and finally arrived at the door of Xiangfu.
Xiangfu's performance is also very proud.
Very proud.
From the entrance of Xiangfu to the entrance of the alley, Xiang Yan's dowry was piled up.
There are so many valuable things among them.
How long is the alley in front of Xiangfu
Three hundred feet!
Three hundred feet!
When Liu Heng sent someone to spread the money at Zhouqiao, he was a little proud, but after seeing Xiangfu's handwriting, his jaw dropped without surprise.
"Lao Xiang can't be better? I saw a lot of imperial things in it, this is incredible!"