Zhang Shixing looked at Huang Zhan, as if he didn't know him, and said strangely: "Senior brother, when did you become so scheming, or the Huang Zhuangyuan full of poetry and books I know?" ”

Huang Zhan sneered and said: "Since my wife and daughter were killed, I know that this world is a world of the weak and the strong, and the powerful live in it, not the virtuous live in it. ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded beside him and said, "What the empty seal said is extremely true. As a teacher, I just suffered a big loss of too much benevolence, so I lost the great rivers and mountains, and in the future, we can't stick to the rules, we must change the power. ”

Zhang Shixing hurriedly said: "Master, have you asked me how I feel, I don't like that Miss Mu Ming." ”

Zhu Yunwen got up and came to Zhang Shixing's side, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted: "Zhang Si, those who achieve great things must have sacrifices, I know that you have indeed wronged you by letting you marry someone you don't love, and I will make you king after Master and I restore and ascend the throne in the future." What do you think? ”

Zhang Shixing defended: "Master, I have followed you all the way, not for glory and wealth, but to obey the orders of my ancestor Zhang Songxi, in order to maintain the right path in the world. In order to save us, his old man also died in Tianfei Temple. ”

Zhu Yunwen sighed and said: "When I restore in the future, I will build a temple and a monument for Master Zhang, and spread his righteousness all over the world." Now you still agree to Ba Zhi's family business, otherwise your ancestor and his old man will die in vain. ”

Zhang Shixing nodded helplessly, and agreed to this family business.

After Huang Zhan replied to Liang Rui, Ba Zhi was very happy after hearing it, and ordered the government to prepare intensively according to the six rites of the Da Ming Law, namely, Nacai, Najib, Nazheng, Invitation, and Greeting.

The matchmaker invited by the man's family was Zeng Zihe, who took the gift sent by Ba Zhi and went to the Sifu to propose marriage, and Si Shao of course agreed. Then Zhang Shixing carried a pair of seagulls and ordered someone to carry a load of gifts from Ba Zhi, including silk and satin, gold and silver utensils and other things to propose.

When Si Shao saw it, he couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and agreed on the spot.

Originally, according to the Central Plains etiquette, he should have sent a pair of geese when he was picking. The so-called "geese, the wood falls to the south, and the ice pan to the north". The husband is yang, the woman is yin, and the one who uses the goose takes his wife from the righteousness of the husband. The second is that the wild geese do not lose time and festivals. Geese are migratory birds, autumn goes to spring, and they never lose their trust. Third, in addition to not losing time, the use of geese also has the meaning of taking its orderly behavior. The geese fly in turn, leading the old and strong first, and the young and weak follow behind, never overstepping.

However, there were no geese on the Ryukyu islands, so they had to be replaced by seagulls.

When asking for names, Ba Zhi invited the most respected monks in the Ryukyus to arrange the birthdays of Zhang Shixing and Mu Ming, and the result was naturally auspicious.

The next steps such as Najib, Nazheng, and the invitation were originally all men's affairs, but Zhang Shixing was helpless in the Ryukyus, and he was alone, in fact, these processes were all completed by Ba Zhi behind his back.

When it came to the period of greeting, Zhang Shixing rode a high-headed horse, and the greeting team was organized by Ba Zhi, blowing and blowing all the way, going around the city on the left side, before entering the palace of the secretary, that Mu Ming was wearing a red robe, wearing a phoenix crown, covering his face with red cloth, and was supported by two maids to sit on the big red sedan chair, leaving the palace, and followed Zhang Shixing to a mansion specially prepared by Ba Zhi for their newlyweds.

Here, dozens of tables of banquets were set up by the Chamber, and the heads of the city and the priests from all over the Shannan Kingdom were invited to participate in the wedding banquet, and the people inside and outside the courtyard were full of voices and lively.

Zhu Yunwen, as the elder of the man, sat in the main hall, and was bowed by Zhang Shixing and his wife, and then the two worshiped heaven and earth, after the husband and wife worshipped, Mu Ming was sent into the cave room.

Ba Zhi was drinking happily, and suddenly a soldier ran in and said a few words to him, and Ba Zhi's face changed greatly when he heard this.

He saw Zhang Shixing toasting at the adjacent table, hurriedly walked over, pulled him aside, and said in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, the big thing is not good, then Wang Ziying and his son took my left city to hold a wedding, and led two thousand elite soldiers to attack, you go to the city to have a look." ”

Zhang Shixing drank a little too much, stood unsteadily, and asked loudly: "Uncle, what are you talking about, Wang Ziying dares to lead the troops to invade my Zuofu City?" ”

Ba Zhi hurriedly stepped forward to cover his mouth and said, "Silence, this matter must not be spread, otherwise there will be chaos in the city." ”

When Zhang Shixing heard this, he suddenly woke up halfway through the wine, and hurriedly asked someone to send a large pot of strong tea, and after drinking it, his mind gradually cleared up.

He consulted with Ba Zhi outside the marriage room, and said, "Ba Zhisi, you immediately order the city gate to be closed, and no one can be allowed to enter or leave. ”

Ba Zhi nodded and said, "I have already given the order." I just don't understand why Wang Ziying wants to raid our city in the dark of night, if he wants to sneak attack, when at dawn, when everyone is asleep, it will be easier to get it, and it is almost dawn, and he can see it more clearly. ”

Zhang Shixing thought for a while, and suddenly patted his thigh and said, "Yes, you immediately transfer a team of people to come here, I have my own use." ”

Ba Zhi said: "Then Wang Ziying is outside the city, don't you go to the city to have a look?" ”

Zhang Shixing said: "You ordered the lights to be extinguished in the city and ambush the people, I expect that Wang Ziying will not dare to act rashly for the time being." ”

Ba Zhi nodded, and ordered Shi Liangrui to transfer a hundred soldiers here.

At this time, Mu Ming walked out of the back room and asked the two of them eagerly: "Husband, eldest brother, what happened, why did you transfer troops here?" ”

Seeing that she had nothing to do with the hijab, Ba Zhi stomped her feet and said, "Little sister, why did you remove the hijab, this is a bad omen, you go back quickly, stay in the house, no matter what movement is outside, don't come out." ”

When Mu Ming heard this, he had no choice but to retreat to the back room.

After a while, Liang Rui brought a hundred soldiers to the outside of the courtyard, Zhang Shixing ordered the courtyard to surround the front and back, left and right, and brought dozens of soldiers into the courtyard, he clenched his fists and arched his hands and said: "Guests, I am honored to congratulate Zhang today, but the matter is urgent, I have no time to explain, I am offended, please understand." With that, he waved his hand and said, "Search for me." ”

As soon as the words fell, the dozens of soldiers from the division rushed up and searched the body of each guest, and all the guests were in an uproar when they saw this, and shouted one after another: "Zhang Jiaotou, what kind of truth are you, how can there be a reason to eat and drink and search your body since ancient times." ”

Zhang Shixing ignored it and personally supervised the sergeants to search the guests' bodies.

In the midst of the noise, suddenly a few guests' faces changed, jumped up, pulled out a short knife from their bodies, and rushed towards Zhang Shixing with a shout.

Although Zhang Shixing drank a lot of wine, it was more than enough to deal with these people, he dodged left and right, and knocked these people to the ground in a few back and forth.

The soldiers of the Zuo Shifu pulled these people up, put the steel knife on their necks, and Ba Zhi asked in a deep voice: "Who are you, why did you pretend to be a guest and come to harm me?" ”

The men were silent.

Ba Zhi waved his hand and slashed the steel knife in the hands of the soldiers of the Sifu Army, and blood splattered when he landed, and several people fell.

One of them was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed like pounding garlic, and said with a cry: "According to the priest's life." According to the priest's life. ”

Ba Zhi said coldly: "If you invite you truthfully, I will spare your life." ”

The man said: "Wang Ziying heard that Zhang Jiaotou was marrying today, so he ordered us to pretend to be guests, hide weapons, and sneak into the city. ”

Ba Zhi said to Zhang Shixing: "Brother-in-law, if you weren't alert today, we would have almost caught the way of Wang Ziying." ”

Zhang Shixing nodded and said: "The soldiers are treacherous, this Wang Ziying can be regarded as an old treacherous and cunning person. ”

He ordered the heads of these dead bodies to be cut off, and took the hundred soldiers and Ba Zhi to the head of the castle on the left.

In the dark night, I saw a continuous stream of torches under the city, extending to the horizon, as if there were thousands of troops.

Although the defenders of Zuoshiki City extinguished the torches on the city, so that the other party did not know the truth, most of them whispered: "I'm afraid that this uncle Wang has brought thousands of people." ”

Another person said, "I think there are at least tens of thousands." ”

After hearing this, everyone was a little scared and said, "If it's tens of thousands, then how can we fight?" ”

After Zhang Shixing heard this, he encouraged everyone as he walked: "Don't be afraid, we have cleared the moles in the city, and Wang Ziying does not dare to attack the city at this moment." When the day comes, we will know what they are true and what they are. ”

After that, Zhang Shixing threw the heads of those traitors out of the city, then hid behind the city wall, and shouted to the city: "Wang Ziying, we have eliminated your traitors, and you don't want to join forces to capture our Zuofu City." If you have the courage, you can fight with me Zhang Si, don't play these indiscriminate methods. ”

This is an old voice from the city and said: "Zhang Si, I heard that you are a hero, how did you get into the Ba Zhi family, my family also has a daughter, you might as well be my son-in-law, I will ensure that you are a high-ranking official, and you have to ride a horse." You light the torch, we meet and talk, what do you think? ”

Zhang Shixing ordered people to make a straw man, put on a helmet and armor, pretending to be himself, and then ordered someone to light a torch, he lay down behind the straw man, and shouted to the city: "Wang Ziying, what do you want to say to me?" ”

I only heard Wang Ziying laugh and said, "I can't wait for the dog's life." ”

After that, at the sound of a bowstring under the city, hundreds of feather arrows flew in, and they pierced into the straw man's body, Zhang Shixing pretended to scream, and put the straw man to the ground, only to see that it was full of arrows, like a hedgehog.

Zhang Shixing said in his heart: "This Wang Ziying is really vicious, if this is a real person, I don't know that he has died hundreds of times." ”

Seeing that there were no lights in the city, there was silence, and he didn't know the details, so he ordered his troops to retreat and camp for ten miles.

His son Wang Yingzu was puzzled: "Father, since we have already killed the city of Zuoshi, why don't we attack the city immediately?" ”

Wang Ziying reprimanded him and said: "Stupid, our inner should be killed, I don't know the reality of the city, how dare we attack the city, it is better to retreat and camp, raise our spirits, and it is not too late to attack the city at dawn." Anyway, our army has 3,000 men and horses, and there are only 1,000 soldiers and horses in Zuoshiki City, how can we be our opponents? ”

Wang Yingzu had no choice but to order the soldiers to retreat ten miles back and set up camp, light bonfires, set up tents, set up horses, and prepare to fight again in the coming day.

Zhang Shixing saw Wang Ziying leading the troops to retreat at the head of the city, so he said to Ba Zhi: "At the fourth watch, I will take more than 100 cavalry to rush to the camp. If you see that my hundred horsemen are trapped in the enemy's line and cannot come out, then hold on to the city and do not save me. Remember, remember. ”

Ba Zhi held Zhang Shixing's hand tightly and said, "Brother-in-law, you and I will be a family in the future, you must come back alive." If you make my sister a widow on their wedding night, I will not spare you. ”

Zhang Shixing said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I, Zhang Si, have not yet given birth to a son, and I will never die early." After saying this, he suddenly remembered Tana and little Battle, if he died on the battlefield at dawn, would he have fulfilled his promise.