Seeing Liao Da's second daughter nodding, Shang Cheng immediately bowed his hand to Liao Da and said with a smile, waiting for the big day of marriage, he wanted to sit on the first table.

Liao Dami stared at the two and was still a little stunned, subconsciously replied, and muttered in his mouth: "The adult should be the chief." ”

Shang Cheng beckoned Bao Kan, who was already happily scratching his ears and cheeks on horseback, to come closer, and said with a straight face: "Don't you want to see your father-in-law, Lao Taishan?" ”

Bao Kan's black face was purple, and he forced a calm appearance on horseback, turned his head to look at Liao Da and then glanced at the Liao family's daughter who shrank into the corner of the carriage, and said to Shang Cheng in embarrassment: "This carriage hasn't stopped, why brow?" ”

The coachman who was driving the horse half-turned and sat on the side of the carriage, laughing so early that his shoulders twitched and his head twitched, and he could barely hold the whip. At this time, he smiled steadily, and said to Liao Da: "Master, shall we stop?" Your son-in-law will give you a great gift. After speaking, he frowned vigorously, his eyes grinned, and he twitched with pleasure.

"That? Then park, park. Liao Da instructed the coachman in a daze.

His daughter was more sober than her father, and she had already heard that Shang Cheng was making a mistake, so she kicked the wooden plank off the carriage angrily and blamed: "Dad! ”

Liao Da agreed in a daze, looked up at Shang Cheng's smirk, and then reacted to the fact that the adults just asked for a reason, Bao Liao's two families really want to get married, and they have to ask a matchmaker to come to the door to propose, and the etiquette of the three media and six appointments has been reached, so that this family matter can be regarded as truly concluded. If he really stopped in the middle of this road and received the gift of Baokan, and spread it, I am afraid that it will make people laugh for a lifetime. He didn't dare to be angry with Shang Cheng, and he couldn't be angry with Bao Kan, who was already so happy that he didn't know the southeast and northwest, so he could only glare at his coachman with hatred. But to be honest, now he can't get angry anyway, and he can't get married to the commander one by one, and it's also a good thing for his daughter to marry Bao Kan. No wonder magpies flew from the old locust tree in his house early in the morning, chirping all morning, and really reported a happy event to him. His second daughter is now transformed, and she is about to become a family member of the official family, and his bad reputation left by the errand of the yamen will also be forgotten because of this marriage; Maybe he, Liao Da, can still rely on the second girl to enjoy some blessings......

He settled down, searched his intestines and scraped his stomach to find a resignation and said to Shang Cheng: "My lord, the Liao family is grateful. The little girl can marry Bao Xiaowei, which is also a blessing that she has cultivated for several lifetimes. It's just that my two girls are used to being spoiled by her mother, and they love it so much, this marriage is a big event, and she has to nod her head too......"

Shang Cheng also nodded: "That's the truth." When we return to Zhongzhai, I will ask Lao Bao to ask the matchmaker, and the etiquette must be done, so that your daughter can be wronged. He turned to Bao Kan and said, "Did you hear that?" Don't just patronize and giggle, go back and find someone to go to Lao Liao's house to propose relatives! ”

Bao Kan's mouth was open to the root of his ears, and he only remembered to nod his head, where could he still speak.

The family affair has been completed, Shang Cheng and Liao Da have no part of the life when they first met, the two of them rode a horse and a car side by side, this tells some military stories and that tells some anecdotes in the countryside, from the Bai family to the old temple of five or seven miles in a flash, around a small hill, I saw the old general temple.

The two large welcoming Panasonic trees in front of the temple have already set up a group of people, who are the two brothers Guan Xiang and Guan Xian and the elders of the Guan family; Two or three local leaders were also well-dressed, standing in the crowd waiting to be greeted. The villagers who came and went to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings all pointed at this group of people; There are also people who simply wait not far away to watch the excitement.

Seeing Shang Cheng and them coming from a distance, this group of people stepped forward with smiles on their faces, some shouted "Lord Commander", and some shouted "Lord Captain", Shang Cheng dealt with them one by one. Among the people who greeted him, there were two or three Xiang Yong who had participated in the bandit suppression of the store, and they were even questioned one by one by Shang Cheng shaking hands and patting his shoulder.

After saying the greetings, Shang Chengcai noticed that there were almost a hundred people gathered around him today, in addition to the children of the Guan family and the local squires who came to greet him, there were also many villagers. Looking in the direction of the old temple, there are more pilgrims coming in and out of the mountain gate. There are also several simple mat sheds set up on both sides of the open space dam at the entrance of the mountain gate, and many farmers hold black clay bowls and squat on the ground to eat and drink beautifully. The smell of mutton soup filled the air. There is also a stage set up in the south, and a drama actor is wearing colorful costumes, with a black and red face shell on his face, walking around the stage and talking and singing. It seems to be playing some kind of puppet show. There was already a crowd of people in front of the stage.

He wondered a little. He had passed by this ruined temple many times, and he had hardly seen a person who had incense in this temple, and he thought that this temple had long been abandoned, and he never thought that this place would have such a lively scene as it is now. He stared at the temple for a moment, and casually asked Guan Xuan, "What day is today?" ”

Guan Miao was asked by him, looked at him with a look, and immediately smiled: "Today is the birthday of General Gu, and the villagers from all over the country have come to pay tribute to the general." ”

"General Gu's birthday?" Shang Cheng didn't understand, so he looked at him. Who is General Gu? It's not been a day or two since he arrived in Ximazhi, why has he never heard anyone tell the story of this ancient general?

Who General Gu is, Guan Xian can't say clearly, Guan Xian reads more than his brother, but he can't understand General Gu's deeds. Everyone gossiped about you and I for a long time, and Shang Cheng also heard about one by one, this is a general in the late Tang Dynasty, who was ordered to defend Ximazhi, and finally died in the river bend not far ahead; When he died, he was extremely heroic, and his men and horses were full of arrows. Grateful for his kindness, the locals built the temple and prayed that the general would bless the peace of this side for generations.

Shang Cheng pursed his lips and looked at the plaque on the temple gate that he couldn't see clearly, thought for a while and said, "Go in and have a look." ”

He said that he wanted to go to see it, but the others had to follow, and this large group of people walked towards the temple, and the pilgrims of the village were so frightened that they hurriedly gave way to the temple. Lao Miaozhu also got the news of Menzi, panicked like something, a sloppy clothes kicked the big-toed shoes tied with hemp rope and ran out to greet him, before the person arrived, a shoe with a front mouth and a heel off the back flew to Shang Cheng first.

Under the guidance of the temple zhu, Shang Cheng and they took a turn in the temple. The scale of this temple must be not small, but after more than two hundred years of war, it has long been dilapidated, and now there is only one main hall left in the three major halls, and the clay statue of the year is now full of dust, and it is black and dark to see the appearance. A few red flags hung down from the beams of the house, some of which read "The Great General Wanshi Yongzhen", some of which read "The Great General has been famous through the ages", and some of which read "The wind and rain are smooth and the grains are abundant", which is very nondescript. The main god of the card does not seem to be something left over from the former Tang Dynasty, and the length of the forearm is written crookedly on a cypress board with the words "Ancient General Divine Position". Two of the six characters are wrong, a short horizontal stroke is missing in the middle of the word "army", and there is a little more on the left side of the word "god". However, the incense is quite vigorous, and a large stone tripod is densely packed with finger-thick incense, and the billowing green mist rises up, making the hall smoky.

Shang Cheng walked around the main hall and followed the temple to the backyard.

The incense is more abundant here. In the middle of the backyard there is a boulder that I don't know how it was moved here, high in front and low in the back, and wrapped in red cloth. Miao Zhu pointed to the stone and said to Shang Cheng, this is after the ancient general ascended to heaven, his war horse was still here, and it transformed the world into a boulder waiting for the general here. There were seven or eight futons in a circle around the boulder, and many pilgrims, men and women, came and kowtowed silently, lit three pillars of incense and inserted them into the small mound of earth, and then took out three copper coins and buried them respectfully in the soil.

Shang Cheng asked Miao Zhu, what do these three copper coins mean?

Miao Zhu may have never seen such a big official as him, and he didn't say that he was ugly for a long time, but Guan Xian explained next to him that this is a custom handed down from the old generation, and the three copper coins represent three wishes: one wishes that the general will be brave and immortal, two wishes that this piece of soil will no longer be subject to the fire of swords and soldiers, and three wishes that this piece of soil is rich in grains. However, in recent decades, there has been a shortage of water and drought in West Malaysia, and some people say that the three coins are actually for water and rain. There are all kinds of theories, and no one can say which one is the right one. However, this stone can't ask for rain, and it is very useful to ask for other things.

Shang Cheng nodded, asked for three incense sticks from the temple, walked to the stone with both hands on the fire, prayed silently, and learned from the pilgrims to pick up a pile of soil on the ground, put the incense well, and prayed again.

After doing all this, he turned back to Guan Xuan and said, "Lend me some money, and ask for five times." I'm going to add some incense to this temple. ”

Guan Xuan hurriedly smiled and said: "What is the value of Wuguan money as 'borrowing', I will give it for the adult." ”

Shang Cheng shook his head and insisted, "Lend me five times." It's borrowed, and I'll pay you back when you come to Zhongzhai. ”

Guan Miao was about to speak, but as soon as his brother pulled his clothes and gave him a look, Guan Miao immediately asked people to take five yuan and hand it over to Shang Cheng himself. Shang Cheng held the money and the blanket in both hands, and asked the temple to ask for a piece of red cloth two feet long, and hung it on the stone that looked like a horse's head with the cloth and money, retreated a few steps and bowed slightly, praying solemnly and sincerely.

The two brothers of the Guan family and the other people who followed them were a little confused, and they were not easy to ask, and they didn't know what to do for a while. Liao Da was still a little knowledgeable, and the crowd quietly ripped off the placket of his "son-in-law" Bao Kan's clothes, and asked with his eyes: What is going on. Of course, Bao Kan knew what Shang Cheng was doing, but he didn't dare to speak out loud on this occasion, just whispered, "Don't speak." No one paid attention to the left and right, and told Liao Da, "Adults will follow whatever they do." Liao Da silently hung money and red cloth on the stone, and prayed silently when he came back to learn from Shang Cheng.

When he did this, others naturally followed him, and for a time the "horse's head" was immediately covered with red cloth strips of money, and in the end it was really impossible to put it down, and later people could only put things in front of the stones.

That temple Zhu had already been dumbfounded......

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