Marry your daughter-in-law at night

The day is getting dark, the newly arrived magistrate Zhang busy day, about to go back to the back room to rest, suddenly heard a sound of suona on the street outside the yamen, side ears, like a bridal party to play this past.

Zhang magistrate heart is very puzzled, not to mention other, single on the customs, have not heard of, there is no one in the night to marry the daughter-in-law ah!

So, the magistrate waved his hand and called for the servant, ordering him to go outside to find out the reason. After a while, the servant returned with a surprised face to report that it was indeed a bridal party, but the strange thing is that the team, whether the groom or attendants, everyone shut up, in the face of bystanders' comments and questions, all mute, dumb as a wooden man.

Zhang County magistrate was surprised and thought about it carefully. Although this magistrate Zhang is from the imperial examinations, a serious sage, because of his curious nature, when he was young, he also had a special teacher, who practice some yin and Yang divination ways. As soon as the magistrate came to this place to take office, he heard that the local people believe in the words of yin and yang fortune-telling, whether it is groundbreaking, building houses, or property, or opening a market, they have to ask a yin and yang divination, in this wedding event is not sloppy. In this case, the bridal party is even odder, because if the way of divination according to yin and yang to judge, not only the current hour is not suitable for marriage, and even today the whole day, is also a year only once the reincarnation of the evil day, in today's wedding, will be the evil charge, the light will hurt themselves, serious disaster to the whole family.

Thinking of this, the calm and steady-minded magistrate Zhang began to feel surprised: which family's bridal party? And which gentleman was asked to give the eight characters, and choose the day? Could it be that there is something fishy behind it?

The county magistrate hesitated for a moment, but finally could not feel at ease, so he changed into civilian clothes, took the officers with him, followed the sound of the welcoming procession of suona, and chased them up.

The bridal party blew and beat, out of the county, heading south. Zhang County magistrate quietly trailed, came to the city three miles south of the Liu family Chuang, saw the palanquin stopped at the door of a family.

County magistrate Zhang was worried that his presence had disturbed the wedding, so he took the servants aside and wanted to follow them when they picked up the bride and set off again, returning to the county.

A while later, the team welcomed the bride, back to the county, in the streets and alleys all the way through, the day is almost midnight and finally stopped at the door of a large mansion. At this time, magistrate Zhang took a long breath and asked the servant: "Whose mansion is that?"

The officer replied, "Your honor, that is the mansion of the richest man in town, Mr. Bai. He is more than half a hundred years old, but he has only one son, who is only twenty years old. I heard that the son has been a good student since childhood, and is determined to achieve a good reputation, rarely appearing outside. This time to marry should be this white son."

Zhang County magistrate nodded, wrapped his clothes tightly in the cold wind, sat down against the courtyard wall of Bai's house, and listened to the movement in the courtyard with his ears. The wedding in the courtyard went quickly, but after half an hour's work, a few dozen guests left one after another, and the whole mansion gradually quieted down.

The time passed little by little, Zhang County magistrate sitting outside the wall, until the house no longer sound, then returned to the county office. Early in the morning, hastily wiping a handful of face, Zhang County magistrate even breakfast also did not care to eat a bite, and hurriedly ordered the servants to summon the white officer to ask questions.

Bai to the magistrate's office, the face of the magistrate's inquiry, helplessly long sigh, the midnight marriage of the reason to tell.