Chapter 183: Marriage

Chapter 183: Wedding at Dusk

Seeing Gao Zhijian seemed truly somewhat anxious, Zhao Wu, who drove the carriage, spoke up: "Doggy, don't tease him anymore, if you really tease him into anxiety, he'll give you a whack."

"Senior Brother Li, it looks like there's a happy event happening inside, shall we go take a look? The villagers should all be there."

Li Huowang looked up at the sky where the setting sun was like fire, nodded, and led the group towards the village. "The folk customs of Later Shu are indeed a bit strange, actually getting married at dusk."

"Senior Brother Li, we do it at this time where we come from too!"

"Is that so? Why?"

"No reason, it's just always been this habit."

While chatting with them, Li Huowang slowly probed into the village.

The family holding the wedding wouldn't be hard to find, because some villagers carrying buckets of rice and eggs pointed Li Huowang in the direction.

It wasn't just rice and eggs, some wealthier ones even had live chickens and little lambs in their baskets.

Compared to the former, the latter obviously had more pride on their faces, and deliberately walked very slowly, the carrying poles swaying even more vigorously, as if showing off to others.

Following these people, Li Huowang soon found the family holding the wedding.

The two stone lions at the entrance proved this family was different from the others in the village.

The two people at the entrance greeting guests with smiles saw Li Huowang and his group, and hurriedly welcomed them. "Sirs, just leave the carriage at the entrance, I'll keep an eye on it for you."

Upon learning that Li Huowang and the others were escort guards, and after seeing the escort bill, these two not only showed no vigilance, but enthusiastically pulled them to their seats.

It seemed that here, the more people who came during a wedding, the more face one had.

Regarding the identity of escort guards having this unexpected effect, Li Huowang felt even more that his choice to escort the goods was correct.

However, the other party being able to do this might be related to their attire being very normal, to withstand wind and sand, most people here wore bamboo hats and veils.

If this were in Siqi, it would be absolutely impossible to invite a group of people wearing black veiled bamboo hats to the banquet.

Sitting cross-legged at a small table in the seat of honor, Li Huowang first took out chopsticks, picked a small piece of every dish, and secretly passed it to Mantou under the table.

Although doing this was somewhat ugly, Li Huowang had thick skin and didn't care, he was more afraid this village was a bandit den, and the dishes had been laced with knockout drug.

He had survived all sorts of messy things, it would be interesting if he fell here on this matter.

After a while, seeing Mantou licking his face and wagging his tail lying on him, wanting more food.

Li Huowang nodded to the others. "Eat."

Having traveled long distances on this journey, seeing this table of delicious food, at this moment everyone cared no more about table manners, and began to wolf down food.

Li Huowang didn't touch the food, instead first picked up the strong tea beside him and drank it down.

The blisters in his mouth, for him whose perception had been strengthened, were like torture every moment, he just wanted to bring this fire down as soon as possible.

However, the food in Later Shu was very different from Siqi, that was there were very few vegetarian dishes.

Most of it was meat and milk, as well as baked buns and date buns.

The only thing that could count as vegetarian dishes were the dried fruits and tea in the beautiful plates, Li Huowang had few choices.

"Zhao Wu, taste this baked bun! This baked bun is really good! Crispy outside and fragrant inside! Very delicious!"

Not everyone cared about eating, Bai Lingmiao stretched her white neck, curiously looking towards the entrance.

Watching the bride covered with a red veil being helped down from the wedding sedan chair carried by men.

At this time, a handsome young man with sword-like eyebrows nearby forcefully struck the copper gong in his hand, shouting appropriately: "Bride enters the door! Wealth rolls in!!"

"Good!!"

Seeing everyone else stand up and clap cheers, Li Huowang nudged Gao Zhijian who was wolfing down food beside him with his elbow, and stood up as well

"Kuang~" the gong sound rang again, "Bride steps over the basin~! Prosperous and flourishing~!!"

"Good! Well said!!", the lively atmosphere in the entire courtyard became even more festive.

"Kuang~!!"

"Bride steps over the saddle~! Fortune and Prosperity and peace~!"

Looking at the smiling faces all around, even Li Huowang's mood involuntarily improved.

Immediately after, he saw the strong envy in Bai Lingmiao's eyes.

He reached out and pinched her soft hand, Bai Lingmiao turned her head back, giving him a reassuring smile.

"Senior Brother Li, others have all given gifts, should we also give a gift? Only then would we not be rude."

"Okay, you decide."

"We can give some specialty preserved fruits from Siqi, that kind of thing isn't here, it represents our intention and doesn't cost much silver."

Just as she finished saying this, the fourth gong sound rang again. "Bow~ to the~ Wedding~ God~!!"

"What!?" Li Huowang could hardly believe his ears. "What did he just say bow to?"

In his view, the lively and warm atmosphere just now around him instantly disappeared without a trace, bone-chilling cold instantly enveloped Li Huowang's entire body.

"Senior Brother Li, they just said bow to the Wedding God." Sun Baolu, with his mouth stuffed with mutton, repeated.

In Li Huowang's shocked gaze, the newlyweds were welcomed into the main hall by relatives full of laughter, and performed the great kneeling bow towards a circular red Double Happiness character on the wall.

The young man full of smiles holding the gong was about to strike, he saw Li Huowang in the crowd, his expression became somewhat ugly.

"Second brother! What are you looking at! Hit the gong quickly!" Hearing the groom's low urgent reminder, the young man raised the gong mallet wrapped in red cloth in his hand and struck down heavily.

"Kuang~~" the piercing gong sound rang again.

"From now on Hou family eldest son Hou Qiao great happiness!! Marrying Luo Tian as this family's daughter-in-law! The bride is virtuous and dignified, hope the Wedding God blesses the family prosperity, branching out leaves! Early birth of noble son!"

"Hehe! Good!!"

The atmosphere reached its peak at this moment, everyone clapped with smiling eyes and brows.

Seeing the groom and bride enter the side door, others gradually sat down while eating and discussing.

This made Li Huowang standing there alone appear exceptionally abrupt.

Feeling someone tug his sleeve, Li Huowang whose face had become somewhat ugly sat down again.

According to the information he received before, the Wedding God was some kind of existence even more terrifying than the Joy God, perhaps He was one of those things hidden behind the White Jade Capital.

And such an existence actually became the god protecting red events, this was undoubtedly very ironic.

Although not knowing how this custom came about, what can be confirmed is, these people bowing fundamentally do not know what thing they are bowing to!

"Senior Brother Li, what's wrong, nothing has happened here, why this expression? You... having an episode again?"

Li Huowang glanced at Doggy who spoke, and pointed with his finger at the huge circular red on the wall. "Do other places have to bow to that thing when getting married?"

(End of Chapter)