While everyone was talking, a soldier hurriedly came to report and said: "Your Excellency, Master Chen and General Xu Ning are back, and the soldiers and horses are stationed outside the city. ”

When Song Shijiang heard the news, he was excited and asked, "What about the two of them?" ”

"Lord!" A depressed voice sounded outside the hall, and everyone followed the prestige, and a middle-aged scribe hurriedly walked into the hall of the county government. This scribe has a clear face, three strands of beard, although he is dusty, his eyes are also bright, and he is smiling, who is Chen Gongtai who is not Chen Gongtai?

Song Shijiang was overjoyed, and he secretly shouted in his heart: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." "Haha, there is no such saying now, it should be said that Chen Palace Chen Palace will arrive. He laughed and shouted, "Gongtai, it's hard all the way. ”

"What's the hard work?" Chen Gongzuo replied with a smile. In the middle of the day, he saw that there was a young Confucian in the hall, with an outstanding demeanor and a handsome appearance, and he couldn't help asking: "Who is this?" ……”

"Yingchuan Guo Jia Guo Fengxiao." Song Shijiang introduced to Chen Gong, "Feng Xiaodacai, I came to vote for a certain today." ”

Xun Yu stroked his beard and said: "The people of the time said that Yingchuan Duoqishi. Stranger, Guo Jiaye, young and weak, wild and uninhibited, rarely far-sighted, and has always befriended a certain uncle Xun Yu and Yingchuan Xizhi. Today, I talked to the lord about the strategic blueprint of our army and the strategy of the expedition. ”

When Guo Jia heard this, he shook his head and laughed, and said loudly: "Guo Jia has seen Chen Gong, Chen Gong's name, Feng Xiao has heard it for a long time, and now he can see it and get what he wants." ”

Chen Gong also returned the salute and said with a smile: "Gong is late to come back, and I haven't heard the strategy, it's a pity, but I beg to reply." ”

Song Shijiang looked left and right at the military division under the account, and shouted: "Gongtai, you will know the strategy of our military." But I don't know what happened to Puyang? Hurry up. ”

Chen Gong laughed and said, "Chen Gong should be scolded, and he doesn't see the urgency of the lord." He bowed his hand to Song Shijiang and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord." The marriage match is done, the acceptance has been completed, the name is matched, just waiting for the recruitment, the invitation date, and the welcome. ”

Na Zheng, that is, the male family will send the dowry to the woman's family, also known as Na Yuan, big hire, too big gifts, etc. In ancient times, the levy was mostly based on birds and beasts, and in ancient times, the dowry had to use the whole deer, and the later generations used deer skin. Cui Yan's "Wedding Text" recorded: "The bird is a goose, accompanied by a deerskin. "The Book of Songs, Zhaonan, and the Wild Dead Elk" says: "There are dead elks in the wild, and white grass covers them." There is a woman with a spring, and Jishi tempts her. "It's about proposing to a girl with a wild deer. Because in ancient times, it was a gift to hire more geese, so the dowry gift was also called "commission bird". Of course, in ancient times, it was not all birds and beasts as a gift, as said in "Wei Feng • Hooligans", "Hooligans, hugging cloth trade silk." Bandits come to trade silk, come and I seek", is an example of using cloth as a dowry. Later, the etiquette of the levy became more and more complicated, and it became one of the most cumbersome processes of etiquette among the six rites. The date of the marriage is the date when the man's family chooses the date of marriage and goes to the woman's house to ask for permission to get married. Now it is commonly known as "mentioning the day" and "sending the sun".

When the ministers heard Chen Gong say this, they all laughed loudly and said: "Congratulations to the lord, I will finally win the master's mother, wait for the son, the army's heart can be safe, and the foundation can be continued." ”

"Okay, okay." Song Shijiang smiled bitterly and shook his head, these advisers, all they want is for him to marry earlier and give birth to a son-in-law earlier. But he was indeed full of joy in his heart, but he was just happy that he could finally get the woman he loved. That Da Qiao, that beautiful face suddenly appeared in his heart, hehe, really coquettish, gentle, brutal, and spicy. It's weird, and it's ever-changing, but I like it.

He raised his head and said to Chen Gong: "In this way, then it is hard for Chen Gong to follow up the recruitment, ask for the deadline, and welcome everything in person." ”

"That's nature. Since the palace has been a guest, it is naturally responsible for it to the end. The lord is waiting for the beautiful woman to return. Chen Gong stroked his beard, and Qingjun's face was full of smiles.

"The wedding date doesn't need to be too early, it's just right to wait for a certain person to recapture Dongping and Qingping County, and then go to get married. Chen Gong estimated. Song Shijiang said.

"Yes." Chen Gong replied.

……

Time flies, it is the fourth day of Song Shijiang's return to Shouzhang, busy arranging everything properly, Song Shijiang finally decided to send troops without salt, recapture the county rule, and make himself a veritable Dongping Xiang.

When the army was out of salt, Song Shijiang still had something to do......

It was noon, the sun was shining, the sky was cloudless, and the sky was peaceful. Look outside the north gate of Nashou Zhang, on the site of the battlefield where the battle was tragic a few days ago, a three-tiered altar has been erected, and the statue of the Seven Treasures and Three Qing Dynasties is laid on the platform, and all the star officials of the 28 nights are set up; Behind the stage, two pieces of scarlet brocade cloth cover the vines, about a few zhang high, a few zhang wide, surrounded by flowers, the statue of the god is magnificent, the spirit is in the forest, the cigarette is curling, the lights are shining; Outside the mandala, the flag hunts, and the shadow flutters.

Sun Sheng, the prince of Zhuyun Long, was dressed in a cyan gossip robe, with a bun on his head, six-eared bast shoes on his feet, a Songwen bronze sword on his back, a white practice whisk in his hand, and a beard on his face. He made high achievements, stood in front of the stage, and presided over the ceremony. Song Shijiang is the leader of the audience; Lu Junyi is in the center, Wu Yong and Xun You are on the left, Guo Jia and Chen Gong are on the right, and the five are in the second row; Later, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lin Chong, Guan Sheng, Gao Shun, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Dong Ping, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, and Dian Wei were listed as the third row; The rest of the generals stood behind them in order. Everyone held three sticks of incense, looked at their noses and noses, and stood solemnly. Behind the generals are tens of thousands of guards and soldiers, with their heads held high, their clothes and armor, their military appearance neat, and their vertical and horizontal distinctions; Outside, there are countless people in Shouzhang Township, densely turned, crowded, but it is silent, silent.

I only heard the deep and low drum music, Gongsun Shengden heard the sound and moved, the cloak was scattered, waving the dust, the mouth was chanting, the scriptures were recited, and the practice was around the altar. Song Shijiang didn't understand or understand what Gongsun Sheng was doing and what methods he was doing. However, he still looked solemn, his expression was solemn, and he listened carefully. Now he doesn't know if he has to believe in these ghosts and gods, spells, and spells, since he has experienced this crossing and crossing, Song Shijiang feels that everything has a spirit, and he respects ghosts and gods more than the common people.

Drums and chanting are singing in unison, and the green smoke is the same color as the pine. I don't know how long it took, I heard Gongsun Sheng shouting: "The sacrifice is over, the curtain is lifted." ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers and people stood tall, and the atmosphere was even more solemn and stagnant. In the thick of incense, surrounded by flowers, two pieces of scarlet brocade cloth were lifted by dozens of soldiers. The two monuments stand majestically in front of tens of thousands of people, both are several zhang high, carved by tens of thousands of pieces of bluestone, divided into two parts: the monument body and the pedestal. The pedestal is divided into two tiers, surrounded by white marble railings, and there are steps on all sides. The stele is tall, carved auspicious cloud flower ornaments on all sides, a sunny side is engraved with eight gilded characters of "loyal and righteous heroes are immortal", and the back is engraved with a person's name. Looking closely, it can be seen that the names of Lei Heng, Wang Ying, Shi En, Bai Sheng, Duan Jingzhu, Wang Dingliu and other six generals are ranked at the top. (As an aside, a few days ago, when the names of the six people were engraved, there was a fierce quarrel, and many generals discussed whether to engrave Wang Ying's name on it, so that the jade arm craftsman Jin Dajian had to stop the project and specially asked Song Shijiang.) Song Shijiang finally made a decision, they are all brothers from their own family, they are all brothers who crossed into the Han Dynasty together, everyone is dead, why not leave a name? Engrave it. The discussion subsided, and the engraving work continued. The other sunny side is engraved with eight gilded characters of "Righteous and Brave Martyrs Forever", most of the back is blank, and a column of small characters is engraved on the top, which is engraved with "Shouzhang Guards and Martyrs who died in the battle: 775 people in Shouzhang Garrison Camp, 3,600 people in Shouzhang Garrison, 383 people in Liangshan Garrison Camp ......".

From the moment such a tall and majestic, solemn and solemn monument was displayed in front of the soldiers and the people of Shouzhang, the entire north city gate suddenly became noisy. The people were amazed, and then their eyes were red, and they bowed their heads and wanted to cry; The soldiers were also amazed, their eyes were red, and their hearts were surging.

Gongsun Sheng nodded at Song Shijiang, Song Shijiang understood, took a few steps forward, picked up three sticks of incense, solemnly bowed three hundred to the two monuments, and then inserted the incense in the huge furnace in front of the monument. Then behind him, Lu Junyi and the four military divisions stepped forward to worship, and then Zhao Yun led the eleven generals to worship, and then the rest of the generals and deputy generals worshipped once. Not long after, the Ding furnace in front of the monument has been filled with incense, the cigarette smoke curls, and the clouds are swirling.

"After the worship is over, the ceremony is completed!" Gongsun Sheng shouted loudly.

Song Shijiang walked up to the altar and stood in front of the stage. I saw that his whole body was bright and bright, wearing a scarlet cloak of tuanhua, and hanging a three-foot Qingfeng sword on his waist, such as Yue Zhi Yuanyu, looking at the military generals, elite soldiers and brave soldiers under the stage, and the villagers and ordinary people, his eyes were deep, like pity, sadness, encouragement, indignation, like stars.

"Lord!" Lu Junyi clenched his hands into fists and shouted loudly.

"Lord!" Zhong Wenwu shouted after him.

"Lord!" Tens of thousands of guards roared in unison, and the momentum shook the sky and resounded through the sky. They gathered all their feelings of amazement, excitement, sadness, grief, and emotion in one place, and broke out through this catharsis of the "lord".

Song Shijiang slowly raised his hands, hugged his left palm and right fist, and bowed solemnly to the soldiers. After a few breaths, Fang Cai said in a loud voice: "Guards soldiers, the people of Shouzhang! ”

"My lord! ......" the soldiers shouted feverishly, overwhelming.

"Thank you! Soldiers and people! It is you who prosper Shouzhang with your hard work, and it is you who protect Shouzhang with your flesh and blood. What can not be done, only with the most sincere heart to thank you, thank you for your dedication. Especially thanks to these martyrs who have dedicated their lives for our longevity......" Song Shijiang pointed to the majestic and solemn monument with both hands and said loudly, "These are the real heroes, and they are the heroes worthy of our admiration." These two monuments will forever stand in our Shouzhang, let us remember them and pay homage to them. They are immortal, they are immortal. ”

"The dead are forever gone, but the deeds live forever. What about us, those of us who are still alive? ......" Song Shijiang roared.