Yinqin, also known as ghost marriage. Ghost marriage can be divided into two types: living and dead, and dead and dead. All unmarried men and women who are buried together are husband and wife. And the steps of ghost marriage cannot be missed, and the marriage ceremony must be carried out strictly according to the requirements. Chen Yang is a living person, and the person who is to be married to him is naturally a dead person in the underworld. However, this dead person in the underworld is not an ordinary ghost, but a ghost messenger from Fengdu.
Chen Yang was extremely surprised: "Fengdu ghost messenger? Would he agree? Grandpa Wu, you didn't cheat others, did you?"
Grandpa Wu blinked guiltily, but said calmly, "I asked the ghost matchmaker to personally act as a matchmaker for the other party, and the other party agreed. I heard that the other party is handsome and capable, and will definitely be promoted in the future. I think if you marry him, the other party is a ghost messenger from the underworld and can help you make more connections in the underworld. Moreover, if you marry a ghost, you will be half a person in the underworld, and your fate will be changed in half."
Chen Yang's fate is special, one minute less or one second more will not do. As long as he marries someone from the underworld, his fate can be changed by half, and he can completely get rid of his current fate of being used as a vessel by ghosts. The so-called ghost matchmaker is a matchmaker who helps the deceased find a partner, because he needs to calculate the birth date, know divination, and know rituals, etc. Nowadays, there are very few people who are ghost matchmakers, but Grandpa Wu can still find one, which shows that he is really attentive to Chen Yang.
"But you may never have your own offspring in this life." Thinking of this, Grandpa Wu felt quite guilty: "Your fate is too dark and too domineering. I can only find one ghost messenger who is willing to marry you."
Chen Yang thought it was a luxury to live to a natural death. He had never thought about getting married and having children. So he said, "I have never thought about having children of my own. If I do have any, they may die because of me. It is better not to have any."
Grandpa Wu sighed: "Your marriage partner is a man."
Chen Yang was stunned, blinked, and after a while hesitantly said: "Do you need a bridal chamber?"
Hearing this, Grandpa Wu looked even sadder, and he stared at Chen Yang with such sadness that he seemed to be about to cry. He felt sad when he thought that the well-behaved Yang Yang, whom he regarded as his own grandson, was going to be with a man. Fortunately, they didn't have to have a wedding night, otherwise he would be sorry for the Chen family.
Chen Yang quickly comforted her: "I'm fine, I won't have a baby anyway." He had never liked anyone, and even at the age of falling in love, he had never been attracted to any man or woman. He was always on edge, unable to tell whether the person approaching him was a human or a ghost. In this situation, it was good enough that he didn't stay away from people, let alone fall in love.
Chen Xiaoyang's comforting skills are poor. His words make Grandpa Wu even more upset. He impulsively wants to cancel the engagement. But when he sees Chen Yang's tender and immature face, he becomes worried. Who will protect him without him? Even if he is sent to the person in the ancient tomb, it won't work. Will he have to live in the ancient tomb for the rest of his life
"No need for a bridal chamber. The ghost messenger owes a favor to the ancestors of the Chen family. He is just helping you to extend your life." Grandpa Wu sighed for a long time before saying, "Since you agree, I will hand you the dragon and phoenix card. Next, prepare the engagement gift. Since you two are both men, naturally both of them will be considered engagement gifts. There is no such thing as betrothal gifts." He took out a red dragon and phoenix card from the cloth bag he carried with him and handed it to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang took the dragon and phoenix card. This thing is the first step in the old-style wedding. If both parties are satisfied, they will go to the fortune-telling hall to match the marriage and calculate the horoscope. If it is suitable, they will take the dragon and phoenix card. Only after getting it can they make the betrothal gift. Originally, there was a distinction between big and small betrothal gifts, but in ghost marriages, the betrothal gifts are made all at once, so there is no distinction between big and small.
Grandpa Wu said, "Since this is a Yin marriage, we need to mix red and white events. Remember the gift list and start preparing it tomorrow."
Yin marriage is a happy event, but also a big event. Therefore, the gift must be half real and half paper. The food is real, and the clothes and jewelry are paper. After that, there must be a wedding ceremony, a high tent, a banquet for relatives and friends, and the decoration of the wedding room. When writing about the banquet for relatives and friends, Chen Yang looked up and asked softly: "Do we need to invite the aunt next door? Will it offend them?"
Grandpa Wu was silent for a while, then said, "Don't invite them." After all, it was a ghost marriage, and all kinds of ghosts would still come to join in the fun. If there were living people, they would be seriously ill if they were accidentally bumped into. In this case, it would be better not to implicate them.
"Okay." After Chen Yang finished writing, he asked, "When... um, when are we going to get married?"
"September 9th."
That is about two months. Chen Yang lowered his head, the light shone on his neck, his skin was as delicate and white as ivory. His profile was handsome, his teeth were white and his eyebrows were blue, what an outstanding young man. Grandpa Wu sighed in his heart, got up and went into the kitchen to get some wine. As soon as he took a sip, he saw Chen Yang's disapproving look and said helplessly, "Okay, okay, I won't drink anymore."
Chen Yang pursed his lips and smiled: "Yeah."
The next step was to prepare for the engagement ceremony, and first order the items for the wedding ceremony, including paper-made gold and silver jewelry, clothes, color TVs and refrigerators. When he went to the paper-making shop to order, the boss kept staring at him. The boss had been in that business for a long time, so he naturally knew what these items were for. When Chen Yang took the items away, he heard the boss's earnest warning: "Young man, there are some things that only heartless people would touch. If you touch them, it will result in a loss of virtue. You must be careful."
Chen Yang raised his eyes and smiled: "I know, it's not a bad thing."
The boss was stunned. When he was about to speak again, he saw him turn around and walk away. He shook his head helplessly and said to himself: "He doesn't look like a bad guy when he smiles."
Chen Yang knew what his boss was worried about, as ghost marriages existed since ancient times. However, not all ghost marriages were voluntary, and there were even rumors that some people killed people for profit and sold the dead to others as ghost marriages.
September 9th arrived quickly, and Chen Yang asked for leave from school that day. Because September 9th was on the lunar calendar, he had been in high school for a month. Chen Yang changed into the groom's clothes and stood in the house, feeling quite nervous. Outside the house, Grandpa Wu and the ghost matchmaker were making preparations, with cold dishes on one side of the table and hot dishes on the other.
Cold dishes belong to the underworld, hot dishes belong to the living world, and red and green paper figures are placed on the hot dishes to represent living people. The white sails and red silk in the house look extremely strange, with four paper figures placed on each side of the hall, two men and two women as servants.
Then Grandpa Wu and the ghost matchmaker came in. Grandpa Wu sat on the high hall, while the ghost matchmaker came in holding a tablet. Chen Yang seemed to be able to feel that he was surrounded by ghosts, and those ghosts stared at them numbly.
The ghost matchmaker walked up to him and said with an expressionless face that looked particularly gloomy and strange: "Bride, take the groom's tablet."
Chen Yang swallowed nervously and picked up the groom's tablet. His fingers were trembling. After holding the tablet in his arms, he looked at Grandpa Wu in a state of bewilderment. There was no word on the tablet, it was blank. Grandpa Wu looked unpredictable and stared at the ghost matchmaker. The ghost matchmaker did not speak either, staring at the blank tablet.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense and strange, and Chen Yang didn't dare to speak. He couldn't speak when getting married. Then he heard the ghost matchmaker say, "Bride, change the groom's clothes."
Chen Yang did not move, looking at the ghost matchmaker in confusion. The ghost matchmaker pointed to the wedding room upstairs and said in a gentle tone: "Go change the groom's clothes." Chen Yang nodded, then carried the tablet upstairs to the wedding room. Staring blankly at the huge wedding bed in the wedding room, the ghost matchmaker asked him to change the groom's clothes, but where was the groom
Chen Yang placed the tablet on the table and said to it, "Are you... there? Can you come out and change your clothes?" After shouting at the tablet for a long time without any response, Chen Yang began to suspect that his marriage partner had run away from the marriage.
"I'm behind you."
The sudden voice startled Chen Yang. He turned around quickly and was speechless for a moment when he saw the man's face. This was the first time Chen Yang and Du Shuo met. The time was the wedding day and the location was the wedding room. Chen Yang looked away and said, "Hello, my name is Chen Yang, the person you are going to marry."
Chen Yang's eyes wandered, so he didn't notice the man frowning in front of him. As if he felt that it was awkward for both parties to have nothing to say, and was afraid of missing the auspicious time, Chen Yang picked up the groom's suit from the wedding bed and walked in front of him: "This is the groom's suit, I tailored it myself. Try it on to see if it fits you. I... By the way, what's your name?"
Du Shuo lowered his eyes and stared at the groom's suit. "Did you tailor it yourself?" Chen Yang nodded, and Du Shuo took the groom's suit. It felt smooth to the touch, and the fine stitches showed that he had good craftsmanship. Chen Yang lowered his head, only to Du Shuo's chest. When he lowered his eyes, his eyes could fall on the back of Chen Yang's neck. The light shone down, making his skin look particularly delicate.
Du Shuo moved his fingers slightly, as if he wanted to pinch it. He remained calm, his eyes gradually darkened, but it was hard to tell the depth of his expression. Only his Adam's apple, which rolled twice, gave away some of his thoughts. Du Shuo, who wanted to refuse, handed the groom's suit to Chen Yang, staring at him with deep eyes: "Put it on for me."
Chen Yang was stunned: "Oh, OK." He began to unbutton Du Shuo's clothes, and then he found that he was wearing a black robe with gold patterns, which looked extremely luxurious and honorable. He thought that his future ghost husband must have been a prince or noble in his lifetime, otherwise he would not be dressed so luxuriously after his death, and his demeanor also looked extraordinary.
The belt made a slight sound when it fell to the ground. Chen Yang took off Du Shuo's robe, put on the groom's suit he had made, fastened the buttons and tied the belt. He looked up and held his breath. The ghost in front of him was incredibly handsome, and wearing the red groom's robe seemed to add a touch of romance and passion.
"Put on, get dressed. I'll go out first, you come out later." Chen Yang ran out in a hurry.
Du Shuo called him, and he turned around and whispered, "Anything else?"
"My name is Du Shuo."
"Oh." Chen Yang raised his eyes and suddenly smiled faintly: "I see."
As soon as Chen Yang left, Du Shuo's eyes turned cold. Suddenly, a ghost appeared in the room and bowed to him to plead for mercy, saying, "Your Majesty, I was greedy and lost my mind. I actually agreed to marry a living person in the world of the living. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me and not blame that living person in the world of the living."
After a long silence, Du Shuo asked, "Why did you agree to this ghost marriage?"
The ghost kowtowed three times, not daring to look up at the Emperor of Fengdu from beginning to end, and said respectfully: "The ancestors of the Chen family have been kind to me. I want to marry you to repay them and protect the bloodline of the Chen family."
Du Shuo turned the jade ring on his thumb and said calmly, "You can leave and don't have to worry about Chen's family affairs. Go to the underworld to guard the gate first, and then come back to Fengdu in ten years."
"Yes." The ghost was grateful to the emperor for not blaming him, but he felt a little guilty for the kindness of the Chen family. He really couldn't do anything about it, he could only blame the emperor of Fengdu for accidentally finding out about the Chen family's ancestor's plan to marry a Yin and change his fate. It was also because of this that he learned that there were people with extremely Yin fates among the descendants of the Chen family. An elder in Fengdu told him that the emperor hated people with extremely Yin fates and would kill anyone he saw.
Thinking of this, the ghost said under pressure: "The Chen family has always been kind to others. Ten generations of merits can bless their descendants. Now Chen Yang is the last bloodline of the Chen family. I hope... Haiyan will forgive me."
"If he hadn't done good deeds for ten lifetimes, he wouldn't have encountered so many opportunities." Du Shuo whispered, and then waved his hand to let the ghost messenger leave. He paced around the room with his hands behind his back, and finally stopped in front of the mirror to look at the groom's suit on his body. "He is quite clever and skillful."
Chen Yang knocked on the door outside: "The auspicious time has arrived, are you coming out?"
Du Shuo glanced at the door, then at the wedding dress in the bronze mirror, his mind in turmoil.
At the door, Chen Yang asked again, "I pushed the door open and went in." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the door open from the inside and looked up to meet Du Shuo's gaze. Chen Yang's heart palpitated slightly, and he whispered, "The auspicious time has arrived."
"Let's go."
The author has something to say: The emperor is trying to steal the marriage by deceiving it, do you understand
ps: Due to the change in the setting, the original intention was to get married at the age of sixteen, but I could only forcibly change it to a wedding ceremony first to be considered an engagement (it will be mentioned in the next chapter that it can only be considered an engagement, but the emperor will protect Yangyang for two years), and the bridal chamber after adulthood will be considered a real marriage.