The people who were blocked outside immediately became noisy when they saw the procession, and the applause, cheers, and screams rang out. The congested people automatically made way for the parade to pass without being driven by officers and soldiers. The shops and two-story wooden buildings on both sides of the street were crowded with people. Everyone looked at the three lucky ones with envy. Some people sprinkle flower petals down the street, when the petals are like rain, praise is like a tide, people are like jade, horses are like dragons, life is at this moment, what more can the husband ask for.

The route of the parade is from Yujie to the west through Junyiqiao Street, and through Taiping Xingguo Temple Hengjie to the west to the inner city of Liangmen Square. Then turn south, turn back to the east from the Bianhe Water Gate, and go east through the Bianhe Avenue all the way east to the Lijing Gate, the east gate of the inner city. The entire parade route is fixed, and this is the most prosperous part of Bianliang City. If you really want to tour the inner city and the outer city, I am afraid that it may not be able to finish it until dark.

Crowds of people crowded around the procession all the way to the west, and soon after crossing Junyi Bridge Street, they arrived at Taiping Xingguo Temple Square. The people here are even more dense. The buildings on both sides of the street are also two-storey, up and down, left and right, and even the trees on the side of the road are crowded with people. People shouted the name of the champion Lang Bangyan Tanhualang, and the three people in the big red robe also waved frequently and bowed.

Just as he was about to reach Liangmen Street at the west end of the square, suddenly the sound of drums and suona on the street in front of him was loud. It was as if a procession of relatives had suddenly appeared on the street in front of it, blocking the path of the procession. The parade had to stop, and a cavalry leader of the front division of the palace who was escorting the parade hurriedly rushed forward to check.

Lin Jue sat on the horse and stretched his neck to look ahead, and he found that the team in front of him was a little strange, except for a large sedan chair decorated with red silk flowers, and seven or eight drummers who were blowing and beating, dozens of people following behind were empty-handed and dressed short. I didn't carry gifts or dowries or anything.

"Get out of the way, the new champion list is patrolling the capital, don't get in the way. Get out of the way. Why are so many people stuck in the middle of the road? The small leader of the cavalry stepped forward to negotiate, this is a team to welcome relatives, and it can't touch people's heads, so it can only be good to discuss.

"Captain Lu, do you know the old man?" Behind the sedan chair, an old man appeared and spoke with a smile.

The small leader of the cavalry in front of the palace is called Lu Qing, who is usually in charge of guarding the palace gate, and he is familiar with the officials who often go in and out of the palace. As soon as he saw the old man appear, he immediately recognized him.

"Hey, isn't this Vice Minister Qian? Why are you here? Didn't you see you in the palace with the new scholars? Lu Qing hurriedly dismounted and saluted.

Qian Qianyi smiled and said: "Yes, I am the chief examiner, so naturally I want to bring the new science and technology into the palace to see the driver." Now that I've handed in my errands, the big exam is over, and I'm not the examiner anymore. ”

Lu Qing hurriedly said: "I see, is there any happy event in the family for Vice Minister Qian?" Is this a kiss or a kiss? ”

Qian Qianyi laughed and said: "If you don't send it, you won't take it, the old man is here to rob his relatives." Captain Lu, don't misunderstand your people, the old man is going to catch someone and go home as a son-in-law. Don't spoil the old man's business. ”

Lu Qing was stunned and said, "Grab ...... Kiss grabbing? Rob whom? ”

Qian Qianyi stretched out his hand and pointed to Lin Jue, who was sitting on the horse in front of him, looking left and right: "It's the champion of today's department." The old man is going to catch a son-in-law and go home to be a son-in-law. Captain Lu, you know how to catch your son-in-law, our Great Zhou Dynasty has this rule. It's not a crime. Captain Lu, get out of the way, the old man is going to do it. ”

Lu Qing's mouth opened wide in shock, and his eyes almost fell to the ground. How could he not know about catching a son-in-law under the list? This is a popular marriage custom in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Since the Sui and Tang dynasties, the style of marriage has gradually declined, and since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the status of literati has been rising, which has derived a custom. Therefore, in the choice of marriage, marrying a daughter to a scholar is basically the consensus of the wealthy.

However, after all, there are still not many people who can make the title on the gold list, so this is a highly competitive market. Therefore, after each imperial examination, some people began to send people to invite high school students home to discuss marriage directly on the day the gold list was released. For these readers, although the title of the gold list, many of them are from poor backgrounds and have low status. Now that the daughter of a wealthy family is willing to marry her, she naturally meets both her psychological needs and economic conditions, and the two sides naturally hit it off.

At the beginning of this trend, some people criticized this kind of impolite behavior. However, this move was encouraged by the imperial court. Emperor Zhenzong, the third emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not only did not prohibit this matter, but also wrote the so-called "Yan Ruyu in the book, a thousand Zhongsu in the book, and a golden house in the book". Among them, it is a half-serious and half-ridiculous affirmation of this matter.

It was for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to eliminate all the hidden dangers that could lead to the repetition of the mistakes of the previous dynasty, and to concentrate military power in the hands of the emperor. Therefore, anything that can promote the good and glorious reading of books cannot be let go. From the standpoint of the true sect, this incident is the best excuse to use for propaganda.

Later, someone pushed to write a poem of "Candle Night in the Cave Room, When the Gold List is Titled", as if the Cave Room Flower Candle After the Gold List Title, the Double Happiness in Life has become a fashion. Therefore, the trend of catching sons-in-law under this list began to prevail.

At first, I was invited home, and then there were more monks and less porridge, and the two families and three families fell in love with one person, so they began to rob people. It has become a unique scenery in the capital. For a long time, this was the content of gossip and entertainment that the people were looking forward to after each major examination, and a topic that was talked about after tea and dinner.

Of course, all of this must be willing, willing, and ethical. If you catch a new clerk who already has a wife, you can only consider yourself unlucky to let him go. There is a joke in the capital, during the splendid years, a big family in Beijing fell in love with a new science and technology scholar, so they sent dozens of slaves from the red list to tie him up and return to the house without asking about 3721. When the owner of the big family asked him if he would like it, the Jinshi said, "I am naturally willing, but I don't know if my old wife in the family is willing, can you let me go home and discuss with my old wife." For a moment the hall burst into laughter, so he let the jinshi go.

But jokes are jokes, which fully shows that this custom of catching sons-in-law under the list has reached a point of starvation. Regardless of age and appearance, and even if the other party is married, it is inevitable to make jokes.

However, this kind of thing will eventually lead to some bad things. During the splendid years, there were several influential events in a row. Some people have bad intentions, and after winning the Jinshi, they want to find another Gao Zhi to marry the daughter of a wealthy family, so they hide the fact that there is a bad wife in the family. In the end, the matter was exposed, and his reputation was ruined. What's more, a new science and technology scholar on Jiangnan East Road made a big case that year, in order to conceal the facts, he married the daughter of the court's servant, and he actually killed the wife of the family with his own hands. This case caused a national boil, and many people began to reflect on the custom of catching sons-in-law under the list, and asked the court to ban it.

After these incidents, the custom of catching sons-in-law under the list gradually cooled down. In fact, it was not explicitly forbidden by the imperial court, but the imperial court announced that it did not encourage this kind of atmosphere and encouraged normal marriage, especially for the families of wealthy families in the capital. In this way, the wealthy families do not want to wade into this troubled water, once these people quit, the trend of catching sons-in-law under the list will naturally decline. After all, even if you catch those new science and technology scholars to enter the door, they will definitely not agree. Only the daughters of rich families have real appeal.

For more than 20 years, the custom of catching sons-in-law under the list has almost disappeared. People don't talk much about it anymore, but that doesn't mean that no one knows about it.

Therefore, when Qian Qianyi made it clear that he wanted to catch his son-in-law and catch Zhuangyuanlang and go home to get married, Lu Qing was naturally stunned and speechless. But this matter is not illegal, and the court did not explicitly prohibit it, so he didn't know what to do for a while.

"Captain Lu, don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with you, go back to the emperor and explain it to the old man. Captain Lu continued to parade the streets with Bangyan and Tanhualang. Come on, catch someone for me, don't let Zhuang Yuanlang run away. Qian Qianyi shouted loudly as he blew his gray beard.

Hearing this, dozens of strong men behind him swarmed up, shouting and rushing towards the parade in front.

"What? Do? The cavalry in front of the palace shouted loudly, and some of them had already begun to draw their blades.

"Don't do anything! This money lord's mansion is on the list to catch a son-in-law, and the brothers just look at it. Lu Qing reacted and shouted loudly.

"Catch a son-in-law under the list?" The soldiers and the surrounding people were stunned and speechless. Everyone watched as the strong men swarmed up and blocked the horses. pulled Zhuang Yuanlang off the horse, and took him away half-carrying and half-supporting with all hands and feet.

Lin Jue was also at a loss, he didn't know that there was such a thing as catching a son-in-law under the list. Seeing a group of strong men rushing towards him in a daze, he dragged himself off the horse and grabbed him without saying a word, Lin Jue panicked.

"What? What do you do? Lin Jue struggled with his hands dancing.

"Hee-hee, Zhuangyuanlang, don't struggle, your good luck is coming. Our Vice Minister Qian is going to summon you as a son-in-law in the east bed. It's a double blessing. ”

"Just the matter, such a good thing, how many people dream of it, what else to make a fuss? The new aunt will be kind to the younger ones in the future. Reward some more money, hee-hee. ”

The men were laughing and laughing, grasping the grip of the hand, grabbing the foot, pinching the shoulder, hugging the neck, Lin Jue had no martial arts, and he couldn't move at all. No matter how hard you struggle, the strength you use is mud cow into the sea, and it is useless.