The wedding procession set out in early July and did not arrive in the State of Chu until mid-August.
On August 15th, we arrived at the Futai County Wharf.
Chu Tiankuo had already sent someone to pass a message to Village Chief Gu in advance, asking him to take the villagers to wait at the dock this morning and pick them up to go to Beijing to attend the wedding.
When the chief of Taohua Village received the news, he hurriedly took all the villagers to wait at the dock.
Everyone looked haggard and anxious.
At this moment, looking from afar, hundreds of luxurious ships with big red lanterns and festive decorations were approaching on the river, attracting tens of thousands of people to stand on both sides of the river to watch the fun.
A man who had come out of the mountains to work in a soy sauce workshop saw countless luxurious boats on the river and asked, "Whose wedding procession is this? What a grand ceremony!"
People around him looked at him in surprise. Which mountain did this bumpkin come from
Of course it's the Crown Prince's wedding! Who else could have such a grand ceremony
"No way! You don't even know that it's the Crown Prince's wedding procession!"
The big man was even more surprised: "Why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's wedding procession come to our Futai County? Isn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the capital?"
"Brother, even the Crown Prince married the girl from Taohua Village in Futai County, Princess Xingnong of Jin State, and you didn't know about that?"
The Han man was confused by this remark. What Taohua Village in Futai County and Princess Xingnong of Jin State
"I came from the deep mountains of the next county. Brother, is the Crown Prince going to marry the girl from Taohua Village in Futai County, or the Princess Xingnong of Jin? Is the Crown Prince going to marry both the girl from Taohua Village in Futai County and the Princess Xingnong of Jin at the same time?"
"Oh my God! You don't even know about this major event that shocked the four countries? How deep is your mountain? Don't you know any news from the outside world? Princess Xingnong of Futai County is the princess of Jin State."
Gossip is human nature, and everyone loves to listen. The big man immediately became very interested after hearing it: "How did Miss Xingnong from Futai County become a princess of Jin? Then will our prince marry a princess of Jin as his princess consort?"
"Brother, which mountain did you come from? Princess Xingnong is the princess of the King of Jin who was exiled. She is also the lucky star of our Futai County. Do you know that there are soy sauce workshops and snack workshops in our Futai County? They are run by Princess Xingnong!
Look, those over there are the villagers of Taohua Village and the people from the workshop. They are here to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess!"
Big man: “… ”
His cousin worked in a soy sauce workshop, and he specifically asked someone to bring a message to him, asking him to come out to Futai County to find him and join the soy sauce workshop, saying that he could earn several taels of silver in a month!
I didn’t expect it to be such a coincidence that I met the host as soon as I arrived!
He looked over and saw his cousin. He quickly said to the people around him, "Thank you, brother! You helped me a lot!"
He just didn't know where to find his cousin. He only knew Taohua Village in Futai County, but it was his first time there and he didn't know how to get there!
He quickly ran over to find his cousin.
When the man saw him running to the front, he shouted, "Hey, don't run to the front! That's not the place for you!"
"I went to find my cousin, I saw my cousin!"
The front of the dock is heavily guarded on all sides.
Gu waited anxiously.
The villagers in the village were also anxious.
Village Chief Gu looked at the four-story ship in the front and the people on the bow, and said excitedly: "Look! Is that a pine or cypress standing on the bow?"
Gu Xijiang also kept looking at the people on the big ship. He didn't dare to confirm at first, but as the ship got closer, he finally saw clearly and said excitedly: "Yes! It's Songbai! Xingnong and the others are back! Finally back!"
Village Chief Gu hurriedly said: "Everyone, line up quickly!"
The villagers of Taohua Village and the workers of the workshop arranged their clothes and lined up. This time, they were being taken to the capital as members of the bride's family to attend the wedding of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Xingnong.
Although Xing Qing suddenly disappeared yesterday, they couldn't let Xing Nong lose face among so many officials welcoming the bride.
So we searched the whole night last night, and when it was dawn, we still dressed up and came to the dock to wait.
The big man ran to the dock at this time, but was stopped by the guards. "No outsiders are allowed to approach, otherwise they will be killed without mercy!"
The big man hurriedly said: "I'm looking for my cousin, my cousin is standing in the front!"
After saying that, he shouted loudly: "Cousin! Cousin!"
Li Yong was tidying up his clothes. When he heard the sound, he looked back and saw his cousin.
Now the workshop was getting busier and busier, and branches had been built in the provincial capital and the capital. They needed to recruit many honest and reliable people. Li Yong thought of his cousin and specially asked him to come, but he didn't expect that he would come on this day.
He was about to board the boat. His cousin was unfamiliar with the place, so he said to Village Chief Gu, "Village Chief, my cousin is here."
Li Yong had mentioned before that he wanted to invite his cousin to come to the workshop to help. Village Chief Gu looked back and said, "Go and fetch him, and we'll get on the boat together later."
Village Chief Gu was in no mood to care about other things now, so let him get on the boat first! Xing Qing suddenly disappeared yesterday. They searched everywhere for the whole day yesterday, and later reported to the authorities, only to find out that a woman had taken Xing Qing away and had already left the city and ran towards the capital.
Xinghui and Zesen had already taken the government officials to chase after them overnight.
Li Yong went over to pick him up immediately.
The big ship slowly approached the dock. Chu Tiankuo and Xingnong came out of the cabin and stood on the deck looking at the people on the dock.
Xing Nong glanced around and frowned: "Why can't I see Xing Qing and Xing Hui?"
Chu Tiankuo also noticed it, and he also saw that the expressions of Gu Shi and Village Chief Gu were not joyful and excited, but anxious, "Songbai, go and take a look."
At this time, there was no way Xingqing and Xinghui were not waiting at the dock.
"Yes!" Songbai flew off the boat upon hearing that.
The ship was now about a hundred meters away from the shore, and he could use his lightness skills to land on the shore.
As soon as Songbai landed on the dock, he hurriedly saluted to Gu: "Madam, the master and the Crown Princess asked me to take you to the ship. Where are Miss Xingqing and Master Xinghui?"
Gu said anxiously, "Xingqing was arrested yesterday afternoon. Xinghui and Zesen took the government officials to chase him last night."
Songbai's face changed when he heard this. Was he caught
Who is so bold as to capture the Crown Prince's sister-in-law!
"Madam, what happened? Who caught you?"
Village Chief Gu explained, "We don't know the details. We have already reported it to the authorities. The authorities found out that when Xing Qing came back from the city yesterday at noon, a villager saw an old woman asking Xing Qing for directions. Xing Qing kindly let her get on the carriage and led the way. I guess she was caught by that old woman!"
Songbai's face changed and he turned around and flew back to the boat.