"King Zhongshan should be coming in soon." Wearing a red robe, Zheng Liqi, who was short and thin, still looked quite energetic, riding a horse, under the escort of more than a dozen officers and soldiers of the robbery battalion, through the dense crowd When he arrived at the place where Yang Shiwei was, even if it was already autumn, the autumn tiger was still quite powerful, and Zheng Liqi's red robe chest was obviously wet.

"Drink some herbal tea." Yang Shiwei's face is quite old, and the mood of this old prefect has been quite bad for most of the past year or so. But now he looks relaxed, and the wrinkles on his face seem to have lightened a little deeper. Yang Shiwei pointed to the table and chair in front of him and said with a smile:

"Okay, very comfortable." Zheng Liqi also came out of the Yamen of the Criminal Division, and all the officers and soldiers of the robbery battalion were deployed in place, and then he crossed the crowd and went to the city gate to greet him, although it was autumn, but the weather in Fuzhou was still unusually hot in the evening, and the four-grade master was also sweating profusely, after a bowl of herbal tea was put down, he felt the heat being forced out of his body, and Zheng Liqi's facial expression was completely relaxed.

Like Yang Shiwei, Zheng Liqi also went from paying attention to helping Xu Zixian, and then to the current semi-dependent situation.

"There are a lot of cages, but the King of Zhongshan should also enter the city quickly."

……

The boiling situation on the street, the little sister saw quite real through her own corner tower watchtower, at this moment, this beautiful girl had tears in her eyes, and her face was full of excitement.

"Second Miss, the incense is ready."

Qin Dongyang, Jin Baoyi, Wu Wei, and the old teeth in the third-class mansion all stood solemnly, and waited under the corner tower with their hands pressed on the knife.

This wedding is the first time Xu Zixian has set foot on Fujian Road, and it is also an excellent opportunity for the Eastern Domain forces to make an appearance. With the victory of Zhongshan Wangfu over the enemy again and again, in addition to Xu Zixian's fame throughout the Great Wei Dynasty, Qin Dongyang and others are also famous, and newspapers in many places take the trouble to dig deep into their backgrounds, and report their past experiences and current official positions and military exploits, so the generals in front of them are actually famous generals in the southeast.

The little sister nodded lightly and slowly walked down from the corner tower.

Qin Dongyang didn't squint, and followed the side of the little sister who got off the corner tower.

Wu Weisan didn't have any fear, he used to be the escort of the little sister, and he had been following the little girl when she was only five or six years old, at this time he looked at the figure of the little sister, and thought with relief: "If the old marquis can see today, he should be extremely pleased, the second lady is the same as the king, and she has also grown up." If it weren't for the reluctance of the king, I'm afraid I would be able to get married this year. Wei Yanke, that kid, I don't know how anxious to wait! ”

Everyone was silent, but followed with their hands and knives.

More servants were dressed in neat costumes, and the door of the Nan'an Hou Mansion on Zongmu Street was wide open, the sky was already dark, and lanterns were hung from the gate to the outermost corner tower of the mansion.

These things are all handled by Xiaomei, and she is usually thrifty, but this marriage, including the arrangement of the inside and outside of the Hou Mansion, must be perfect.

As a result, at least hundreds of lanterns were hung in the Nan'an Hou Mansion, reflecting the front and surroundings of the mansion, as well as the interior, like a white ground.

Some of the elders in the clan, all of whom were old people with white eyebrows, were also invited by the younger sister to come over and wait in the main hall of the Hou Mansion to witness the ceremony.

King Zhao and several princes, many princes, and the Hou Mansion have all made posts, after all, they belong to the same clan, and the process that should be done in marriage is also meticulously completed.

Of course, King Zhao will not come, but he also sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, which is quite thin and unworthy of his status as a prince.

The rest of the many princes and princes, except for a few who are not in line with the Zhongshan Palace, most of them also came in person, even if some old princes were unwell, they also sent their eldest son, which is almost the same as coming in person.

Chen Zuocai, Chen Daojian and others mobilized hundreds of Ding Zhuang and servant women from the courtyard in Nan'an Town to decorate the Hou Mansion with flowers.

Many old people of the clan sighed that when the old Nan'an Hou was still alive, he would occasionally invite guests in the Hou Mansion, and when the previous generation of Nan'an Hou Xu Yingbin got married, many old people were also one of the guests of the year.

At that time, the dilapidated Hou Mansion could not support the inconspicuous scene, those endless streams of servants, as well as the scenery set up for the banquet, and all kinds of things, as well as hundreds of tables and prepared wine and food, these things, the cost is quite expensive.

When entering the Hou Mansion, the hole was opened all the way from the gate to the main hall, and the lights were brilliant until the main hall.

The east side courtyard where the ancestral hall is located is relatively dim, which is of course also intentional, the ancestors are here, and those excessive prosperity and excitement are not suitable.

The little sister was surrounded by everyone and walked all the way to the vicinity of the ancestral hall.

About two guards from the Eastern Domain and Nan'an Town rushed over to completely protect the original Hou Mansion.

Along the corridors, alleys, halls, and weeping flower gates, there are guards wearing armor, holding long bows or crossbows, and bows everywhere.

They watched with admiration as the second lady walked over, and then looked ahead and stopped looking.

The second lady of the Hou Mansion, presiding over internal affairs, often accompanied her brother Xu Zixian to tour the place, and treated all the official households, people, and the families of military officials equally.

In the corridor, under the columns, there were standing figures everywhere.

The elders of the clan from outside, the princes, the nobles, and the officials all looked at these guards with awe.

They are like wooden pillars, mountains and rocks, and like pines and cypresses, standing majestically, giving people a feeling that is difficult to offend.

Someone sighed: "I have seen the Beijing Forbidden Army, the Hebei Forbidden Army, the Jiangling Forbidden Army, and our Fuzhou Forbidden Army, all of which are difficult to compare with the Zhongshan Army." To put it mildly, only the Northwest Forbidden Army is almost like this, but the army is not as strict as the Zhongshan Army. ”

"Yes." Someone chimed in: "The forbidden army in the northwest is also a good man, and he also has this awe-inspiring aura on his body, but the standing posture of the army is indeed not as neat as the Zhongshan Mansion army." ”

Someone whispered, "What about standing together?" Isn't it just a soldier? ”

Of course, these words were scoffed at, and many people disdained them, but some people patiently explained: "Among the troops, the whole department is the first case, an army, if it is scattered, like a box army, it can fight if it is pulled into battle?" Those fierce and ruthless murderers, all of them look like they have big shoulders and round waists, and their eyes are fierce, and hundreds of people are really gathered together, and a hundred people in the Zhongshan Mansion army can beat them a thousand. Haven't you heard about Taniguchi? There are so many people in the Jianzhou General Regiment, which one of them is not a name on the rivers and lakes, eight people from the government army have crossed hundreds of people, one has hundreds of people, and more than 1,000 people! ”

"Except for the appearance of soldiers, you can't see that everyone has a bloody smell on their bodies?" Someone said half fearfully, half admiringly: "The people standing here are all the elite of the government army of Zhongshan Palace, you see which one of them has no blood?" ”

Everyone feels this way.

It is indeed the case, from the main gate to the main hall, and then to the soldiers of the government army standing in every corner, there is a hidden murderous aura in every eye, this kind of breath is subtle, but it is actually a real breath.

"Zhongshan Wangfu, just these thousands of government troops and Nanyang naval divisions are already invincible." Someone whispered with emotion: "The forbidden army controlled by King Zhao, even if they form a marriage, but Liu Guangsi is alone, how can he really work hard for him?" ”

"The Zhongshan government army is also going to expand, the Nanyang Naval Division is also expanding, more ships are going to be launched, and more sailors and government soldiers on the water have to be recruited. On the Eastern Domain, Nan'an Town, there will be foot soldiers, as well as archers, crossbowmen, and eight-bull crossbowmen, and I heard that artillery will be cast and gunners will be recruited. In addition, there is also a cavalry battalion, which must also be expanded into an army, if this is the case, there will be no one on the Fujian Road to check and balance. ”

This time, no one answered, and the people present were qualified to be invited, basically all of them were clan princes, nobles, senior military generals in the army and qualified civil officials, in addition to Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi, Wei Jiuzhen, Chen Duzhu and other top wealthy businessmen from high backgrounds.

In this way, of course, it is easy to resonate with everyone, or even agree.

The people at the scene had a subtle feeling, it seemed that the stronger the Zhongshan Palace, the higher the strength of the Zhongshan King, the more calm and stable everyone's hearts were, and vice versa.

……

The ancestral hall is also brightly lit, the tribute table is carefully cleaned, the little sister to the spirit, the first salute, and then silently pray incense, starting from the grandparents, and then to the parents' god card on the incense salute.

There are grandparents and parents' true faces in the ancestral hall, in fact, the painting is not like, the portraits of Huaxia have masters, but most of them are painted quite vague and general.

Either square face, or round face, long face, the man's beard is not the same, the eyes are large and small, the body shape is either thin or rich, most of them sit on the official hat chair, sitting upright.

Xu Yingbin on the portrait is white and chubby, wearing a forehead, a jade belt, gold and silver, a red robe, a round face and a long beard, but there is no smile on his face, only a smile that seems to be squeezed out.

At the time of painting this portrait, Xu Yingbin had already lost his wife, and had lost the battle of Qizhou, losing fame and fortune, and was depressed. Even if you summon a portrait of a painter, it is difficult to show a happy appearance.

The little sister stayed in front of the portrait for a long time, because her mother died early, she was a few years younger, and she had a very shallow impression of the young woman in the portrait, but she looked at the portrait of her father for a long time.

In the end, she didn't say much, Xu Zixian's achievements were extraordinary, and he had already prayed at the Nan'an Marquis Mausoleum outside the city, and the imperial court had also sent officials.

According to the system, Xu Zi was first named the prince by the Hou, and the three generations of the ancestors were posthumously given, Xu Yingbin was named the king of Nan'anyi, and the first generation of Nan'an Hou was posthumously named the king of Nan'an, all of which have been sealed.

……

Chen Man, his wife, and two sons, Chen Jingzhong, Chen Jingfu and others, as well as Xinchang Marquis Xu Lu and other princes and nobles gathered together and chartered the third floor of a restaurant at the intersection of Zongshu Street.

From here, you can overlook the intersection of Yijin Lane, and at the same time, you can also see the situation of Nan'an Hou Mansion.

All the families are pouring out of their nests...... The women couldn't hold back their curiosity and couldn't help but come out to see this rare bustle on Fujian Road for decades.

It was past dusk, and the vast city was plunged into a faint darkness.

From the heights, in the distance is the towering city tower, the city tower has been lit up with wind lanterns, and there are lanterns that are lit up every dozens of city walls, which are used to illuminate the city wall and prevent people from sneaking up the city.

A large number of van troops and forbidden troops on the city head have run near the city tower, and from a distance, they look like a swarm of ants gathered in one place.

In the middle of the city, the streets and alleys are vertical and horizontal, there are straight lines and diagonal lines, buildings of about three stories and a large number of tiled bungalows, forming one community after another, and now the crowd has run out, and a large number of officers and soldiers of the yaqian errand and thieves battalion have begun to light torches and maintain order on the roads.

Hearing such a voice, Chen Man's wife was upset, like an ordinary woman, she could not be broad-minded, in the battle between her son and Xu Zixian, Chen Man's wife had always been disdainful of Xu Zixian.

She didn't expect that Nan'anhou Mansion would have such a day? When this woman conceived of such a beautiful marriage for her son, she did not dare to think about it.

"I didn't expect that!" Chen Man's wife said with a sharp voice: "The kid who broke down the family will also have such a beautiful day!" ”

The women present all felt the same way, and they agreed with each other.

The men were mostly silent, and this level of emotional catharsis was meaningless.

Only Chen Man glanced at his wife with a warning look, because she had always been afraid of the inside, the woman was not afraid, but more excited to talk about the embarrassing past of the Nan'an Hou Mansion, it seemed that this method could alleviate the unhappiness in her heart.

"Here comes the cage."

Chen Jingzhong stood in front of the window, glanced at the street, and said in a deep voice: "The gate of Nan'an Hou's Mansion is also open, and the ancestral hall is also lit up, it seems that it is worshipping ancestors." ”

Xu Gongda, the prince of Xinchang, answered: "There are a lot of cages, Xu Zixian is really different from the past. ”

There is no lack of sour feeling in Xu Gongda's words, he is also a marquis, and the background of the Marquis of Xinchang is much stronger than that of the Nan'an Marquis Mansion back then, and he is also a prince of the clan, Xu Zixian is still close to the bloodline, but in the eyes of the rest of the clans and nobles, he is poor and embarrassed.

Xu Gongda, Chen Jingzhong, Chen Jingfu, these people did not bully Xu Zixian at the beginning, using his poverty as a joke, Xu Zixian's arrogance was largely forced out by these three people.

For Xu Zixian, this wedding is also the precursor of officially entering Fuzhou and extending its tentacles into Fujian Road.

The development of the Eastern Domain Island is still in full swing, but Xu Zixian is already preparing to lay out the Fujian Road.

If you have the opportunity to get a rich land with an annual income of more than 10 million, why let it go?

If we don't take advantage of the fact that the central attitude is still clear, do we have to wait for some subtle changes in things?

The most important reason for this wedding to be so beautiful is to show the financial and material resources of the Eastern Domain, as well as Xu Zixian's mastery of the Eastern Domain.

There is also the cooperation of Fuzhou officials, the support of the people, etc., all of which are taken into account.

For Chen Man's wife and other women, the impact of this scene is too great.

The women's eyes were wide open, barely bothering to speak, almost counting the cages one by one.

Not to mention the content, just those excellent boxes are worth at least tens of thousands of dollars.

Coupled with the mobilized manpower and material resources, such a situation of madness has been created, the women's faces are blue, their chests are undulating, and they are a little unacceptable to the scene in front of them, especially Chen Man's wife, who is simply going crazy with anger.

"I'm not reconciled." Chen Jingfu lay in front of the window, glared at him and said, "What about Zhang Da, is there any news from Brother Zhang Da?" ”

"Yes." Chen Jingzhong said coldly: "I wrote to Xu Ziwen this morning, and he replied that he was going to the Marquis Changwen Mansion in the evening to attend the wedding for His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

"What?" Chen Jingfu seemed to have fallen into an ice cellar, his hands and feet were cold in an instant, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Chen Man looked at the two unangry sons, and couldn't help but reprimand: "Still counting on Xu Ziwen? His Royal Highness King Zhao had long been disappointed in him. If it weren't for him, what kind of bastard Yaji he was, you wouldn't have offended the King of Zhongshan, and now you don't want to find a way to deal with the aftermath and climb to the knees of the King of Zhongshan to ask him for forgiveness, what bastard idea are you still thinking? ”

"You must confess your sins." Chen Man ignored the dissatisfied eyes of his wife beside him, and said with an unusually firm attitude: "King Zhao can't be trusted, if our Jingyuan Marquis Mansion wants to survive, King Zhongshan's forgiveness is very important." ”

"No, absolutely not!" When a group of men were speechless, Chen Man's wife shouted angrily: "I will never agree, I would rather die than agree, what is Xu Zixian first, no matter how strong he is, he is just a prince, King Zhao is also a prince, and the court, with the Son of Heaven, what can he do to us!" ”