"You tell me directly, what should I do?" Wei Huanlong said hurriedly, hoping that his old friend would give him an idea.

Ding Zizhen pulled Wei Huanlong and said, "You come with me!"

The two came to the front hall, and Ding Zizhen said to everyone: "I know that everyone is worried that the cottage will not be able to protect your safety, and you are afraid that you will be betrayed by the spies and attract the pursuit of dog officers and soldiers." ”

He turned around and said: "My brother, the owner of the big village, is also worried that the village will attract a large number of officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress, so everyone is a comrade-in-arms who hate the same enemy, why should they be so wary of each other?"

Zhao Weisong said: "Brother Ding's idea is good, but if the owner of the village hands us over to the officers and soldiers, the village can protect itself, and the government will not only not encircle and suppress, but also reward, we are now the meat of the subordinates, just let others slaughter, how easy is it to let us not beware?"

Ding Zizhen laughed and said: "It's easy to say what everyone is talking about, in this case, I have a clever plan that can make everyone change from being wary of each other to a family, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

Zhao Weisong asked, "What is Brother Ding's plan?"

Ding Zizhen glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Hong Jingxiao's body, and said: "The owner of the village has a daughter, who is seventeen years old, and is at the age of fourteen, Hong Gongzi is fourteen this year, the so-called female junior holds gold bricks, I think the two are suitable, it is better to marry Qin and Jin, and from then on the two families will become a family, how about it?"

Zhao Weisong frowned, and said in his heart: "What kind of system does a descendant of the dignified Qi marry a bandit daughter as his wife?" However, he is not a person who does not know the current affairs, and after thinking about it, he understands Ding Zizhen's intentions.

"Alas, now the chasing soldiers are behind, life and death are on the line, and those who become big things should be informal, Cao Cao married Mrs. Bian, who was a singer, and gave birth to Cao Pi and Cao Zhi Two sons, one became the emperor of Wei, and the other became a great writer. He changed his mind, and a knowing smile appeared on his face.

As soon as Hong Jingxiao heard this clever plan, she was anxious, and when she glanced at Ziruo, she was already frowning, and she turned her head to the side in anger and stopped looking at him.

Hong Jingxiao's anxious forehead was sweating, and he got up and said, "This is never ......" Zhao Weisong got up and pressed Hong Jingxiao's shoulder, he sat back in the chair, and did not blurt out the second half of the sentence, seeing Master Zhao's serious look, he swallowed it back into his stomach.

Wei Huanlong frowned, looked at Hong Jingxiao, and said in his heart: "This kid looks like a showman, but he is just a criminal in the imperial court, and sooner or later he will be caught and seen in the head, can this marriage be reliable?"

Ding Zizhen walked over and persuaded in a low voice: "Gongzi Hong is a descendant of the emperor, and your daughter marrying is the queen's order.

Wei Huanlong said: "You don't deceive me! The eight characters of the Great Qi Restoration have not yet been skimmed, and now he is a key criminal arrested by the imperial court, and he is worse than me as a bandit leader, isn't I pushing my daughter into the fire pit now?"

Ding Zizhen smiled: "Huanlong, you and I have been dating for many years, will I cheat you?" I won't tell you, I may not be a martial artist in today's world, humble to the extreme, but in terms of family property, 10,000 acres of fertile land, 10 million taels of silver, the average vassal king is not as good as me, do you think that the restoration of the Great Qi is based on this, plus you have 2,000 men and horses here, it is not a problem to occupy the entire Xianmen, not to mention that to the west is a thousand miles of no man's land, stick to this place, enter the land of Qianshu, retreat can defend 100,000 mountains, and even the western no man's land, divide one side, in order to map the world, hegemony can be achieved. ”

Wei Huanlong was only a shallow learner, and he didn't fully understand the meaning of every sentence in the words, but he was moved by him, slapped the table, and said arrogantly: "Anyway, it's already a bandit, and when the time comes, a thousand knives will not be bad for this knife, for the sake of my daughter to be a mother, I will fight!"

Wei Huanlong knew that Hong Jingxiao was just a child, and the person who spoke in this group of people was Zhao Weisong, walked over, and arched his hand: "What Brother Ding said just now is my words, you see, if you agree, you will choose a day to get married, if you don't agree, please go down the mountain immediately, I don't want to cause trouble." ”

Zhao Weisong endured his arrogance, and bowed his hand and said: "Marriage is a major event in life, and you still need to ask the young master to make a decision." ”

Wei Huanlong was angry in his heart: "My woman's family has no opinion, you still have to hold it up, if you don't want to, hum, call the knife and axe hand outside the door to chop you into meat paste!"

Zhao Weisong bowed to Hong Jingxiao and said, "Young master, please come outside to discuss." ”

Hong Jingxiao glanced at Ziruo in a panic, only to see her sitting at the end, with her body on her back to him, and a tassel sachet in her hand, which was given by her before exile in the mansion of the Marquis of Regret for Life, her heart trembled, and she thought: "Ziruo has always been in love with me, how can I stoop down and marry a strange woman as my wife in order to find a shelter?" In the future, even if I marry Ziruo, it will be a concubine's room, and it will no longer be the main house. I think of my dignified husband, if I make my beloved woman so sad and sad, what is the point of living!"

He clenched his fists, stood up, and said, "No need to discuss, my mind is already settled." ”

Ziruo was sad in her heart at this time, she knew that she was just a servant girl, although she was born after the famous generals of the previous dynasty, but her parents were gone, who was in charge? Even though she loves him deeply, she is so unwilling, her heart is like numbness, and she keeps scolding Ding Zizhen who is making her own opinions, and when she heard the young master suddenly stand up and say this, she couldn't help but turn around and look at him, full of anticipation.

Zhao Weisong frowned, knowing that something was wrong, and said in a low voice: "Young master, please come out and listen to me!"

Although Hong Jingxiao was impulsive, Zhao Weisong's words had to be listened to, the two came to the hall, Zhao Weisong knelt on his knees, and said impassionedly: "Young master, please look around, there are hundreds of knife and axe men in ambush, if you are unwilling to follow this marriage today, although it is not a pity for the minister to die, it is a pity that he is unable to protect the young master, what face will he have to see the Emperor of Daqi after death? Not to mention, even your beloved Ziruo will inevitably die under the sword and axe and be humiliated by the hands of the villain!"

"I want to be a big Qi, enjoy the country for three hundred years, thousands of miles of territory, unfortunate natural disasters and man-made disasters, bandits everywhere, let the Beiyi Xianbei take advantage of the weakness, invade the capital, the country is ruined, humiliated and regretted the life, the reason why I swallow my anger so much, and live in the world, is nothing more than to leave a blood for the first emperor, the big husband can bend and stretch, if you die in the hands of bandits today, it is better to learn from the Southern Song Dynasty Lu Xiufu to jump into the sea with the little emperor on his back, and he does not have to be humiliated so far!"

Between the words, Zhao Weisong's eyes were cracked, old tears were rampant, the hatred of the country, the humiliation of foreigners, and the stolen life for decades, all poured into his heart, gritted his teeth, and burned his liver and gall!

Hong Jingxiao's back was cold, thinking that Ziruo might be caught by the bandits and insulted in every way, she couldn't imagine it, so she hurriedly helped Zhao Weisong up and said, "Master Zhao, I will listen to you." Thinking that Ziruo would definitely be heartbroken for her marriage to someone else, she shed a few tears.

Zhao Weisong was greatly moved, and said in his heart: "Although the young master is young, when he mentions the old country of Daqi, he still can't help but cry sadly, it seems that there is hope for the restoration of the country." "The fists are clenched, and the blood is surging.

Returning to the dim Gathering Hall, Hong Jingxiao didn't dare to look directly at Ziruo's eyes, and her expression was gloomy.

Ding Zizhen greeted him and asked enthusiastically, "Gongzi Hong, have you made up your mind?"

Hong Jingxiao lost her soul, waved her hand, and said, "Everything is subject to Master Zhao's wishes." ”

Zhao Weisong smiled meaningfully and said, "Master Weizhai, my son-in-law is very happy about this marriage. ”

Ding Zizhen laughed and said: "I'll just say, young man, it's just that he has a thin face, he is talented and beautiful, and it's too late to rejoice in the cave room!"

Wei Huanlong said: "Then when will you get married?" Although he agreed to this marriage, he was afraid that if this Hong Jingxiao was caught, wouldn't he let his daughter become a widow, of course, he hoped that later, when there was some hope for the restoration of Daqi.

Ding Zizhen said in his heart: "If you don't get married earlier, I'm afraid that both parties will have a change of hexagram, which is not conducive to the great cause, so it is better to persuade them to get married early." ”

Ding Zizhen closed his eyes, there were words in his mouth, stretched out his left hand to calculate something, opened his eyes and said: "Don't hide it from you, I am good at watching Zhou Yi gossip, just now I silently calculated a hexagram, today is the auspicious day of the zodiac, the day of profit, it is appropriate to marry, when King Wen of Zhou met Jiang Taigong who was fishing, it was this day." ”

Everyone was skeptical, but Wei Huanlong was convinced, and said in his heart: "King Wen of Zhou met Jiang Ziya, isn't that the beginning of the destruction of Shang and Zhou, so it seems that today is really a good day." He has never been to a private school and is illiterate, but he has heard "Fengshen Bang" more than once in the teahouse, and he is very familiar with these allusions.

Ding Zizhen said: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, since today's auspicious day of the zodiac is rare, it is better to get married today, but everyone's heart." He was referring to the fact that both parties do not trust each other, worry about defense, and once they get married, they are a family and do not have to defend each other anymore.

Hong Jingxiao was in a hurry when he heard this, he originally thought that it was just an engagement, and then he would explain it to Ziruo well, and even set off to go elsewhere in a few days, so he could ignore it and ruin the marriage contract, but he didn't expect to get married today.

Zhao Weisong laughed and said: "We have no opinion, but we are afraid that the marriage will be rushed forward, the number of etiquette is not good, there are no three media and six hires, and there are no eight sedan chairs, isn't it wronged the daughter of the Wei family?"

Wei Huanlong hesitated, but now that he saw that the other party had expressed his attitude first, he liked this kind of cheerful person the most, and said with a busy smile: "Those who have achieved great things, they can be informal, and they can get their minds, so why care too much about these complicated things...... What's going on?"

Ding Zizhen smiled: "Brother Wei, it's red tape. Since the two parties agreed to get engaged, Ding Zizhen no longer calls Wei Huanlong the owner of the village, because after all, it is a bandit, and the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is too strong, and now he is called Brother Wei, which is the first time that the two have known each other for decades.

Wei Huanlong slapped the table and laughed, "Yes, fucking red tape!"

The masters accompanying Hong Jingxiao are all people from the rivers and lakes, and they all don't like Wei Huanlong's spirit of the rivers and lakes.

Only the two of them were sad, Hong Jingxiao lowered his head, he didn't dare to refuse this marriage in person, he was afraid that Ziruo would fall into the hands of bandits, and he didn't want to accept it happily, after all, his heart was extremely repulsive, except for Ziruo, he couldn't stand living with other women.

And Ziruo, who was sitting in the last seat, disappeared, leaving only an empty seat and a tassel sachet.

In the Juyi Hall, good wine and good food continued to go up to the small tables of the distinguished guests, and the hungry people along the way, regardless of face, devoured it.

The waiters who served the food kept coming and going, and everyone kept raising their glasses to toast, laughing and talking, but no one noticed Ziruo's disappearance.

Even Hong Jingxiao, who loved her the most, lowered her head and didn't dare to look directly at her, not realizing that her beloved had long since disappeared.