Chapter 20 If you don't agree, go to war.
It stands to reason that Zhuge Songgui is too guarded by Wuling, and he is the largest official in the huge county, although he can't be too guarded in the whole line, but there are really not a few people who can prevent him from marrying.
And this guy who came to touch his brow at this time was Gong Zhi. Zhuge Song saw that his face was full of panic, completely ignoring all the guests present, and even pushed aside the master of ceremonies who held the ceremony for him and Qing'er at once, knowing that something big must have happened, he didn't reprimand him, just waited for him to give himself a reasonable explanation with a cold face.
After Gong Zhi explained to Zhuge Song sweating profusely, the Xitang suddenly became silent. Because Qing'er was still covered with a hijab, Zhuge Song couldn't see her expression clearly, but he could also see from her slightly trembling body that this incident hit her.
It turned out that after Shana was put back by Zhuge Song, although she asked the barbarian king to come to retaliate after withdrawing the troops, who knew that the barbarian king had already heard about Shana's experience in Zhuge Song from other captured and released clansmen, and those barbarian soldiers did not see the place to make up for it all by imagination, plus Shana was indeed tied to Zhuge Song's room to sleep that night, so the rumors began to spread in the territory of the Wuxi barbarians.
The barbarian king was furious when he heard this, although Shana explained in every possible way, and even tried to prove his innocence by death, but in the end the barbarian king still sent someone to Zhuge Song to send a letter, which Gong Zhi didn't want to read, but the messenger of the barbarian king had clearly told him the meaning of the letter when he saw him, that is, Zhuge Song must marry the daughter of the barbarian king as a wife, so that the two sides will not only have no more wars in the future, but also support each other because of the relationship between in-laws. If not, the barbarian king will raise the strength of the entire Wuxi barbarians, and 100,000 barbarian soldiers will go straight to the county town and snatch Zhuge Song, the bridegroom, back to the cave house!
Zhuge Song listened to Gong Zhi's relay, and he didn't have the intention to read the letter again, and the whole festive atmosphere of the marriage was dissipated by this sudden incident. He wanted to continue the wedding, the auspicious time had come, and he would miss it if he didn't visit the church.
At this time, everyone present focused on Zhuge Song's body, Zhuge Song sighed, although he knew very well what the consequences would be if he didn't agree to the barbarian king, but in this situation, if he gave in like this, what would let Qing'er do? Is he still a man? What will the whole world think of him?
Thinking of this, Zhuge Song's blood surged, and he couldn't care so much anymore, and shouted at the celebrant officer: "What are you doing in a daze!" Delay the auspicious time of my worship, and I will throw you down from the castle tower! ”
The celebrant was trembling when he heard this, and hurriedly came up to continue the ceremony. Zhuge Song's words were clearly said to the celebrant officer, but he was actually warning everyone present, including Gong Zhi, not to spoil his good deeds.
In this era, the temple is much more serious about auspicious times than in modern times, Zhuge Song can imagine that if the messenger of the barbarian king came on the first day before his worship, these officials would definitely pull him alive and not let him and Qing'er get married, but now the arrow is on the bow, and it is indeed too unlucky to stop now, so they can only stand aside with a smile and watch Zhuge Song continue the ceremony of worshipping the church.
After the worship hall was over, Zhuge Song should have toasted from table to table, but it was obvious that everyone was not in the mood to eat and drink, not to mention Zhuge Song himself, the wedding banquet that should have been celebrated all night quickly ended hastily, and when she entered the cave room to remove the hijab for Qing'er, she looked at Zhuge Song with red eyes, and held Zhuge Song's hand with her tender little hand and said: "It's really difficult for you." After speaking, the tears kept flowing down like beads with broken threads, and Zhuge Song pounced desperately, lingering all night, as if just to forget the impending danger.
When Zhuge Song woke up the next day, it was already dawn, this time Qing'er did not leave, she was happily lying in Zhuge Song's arms, with a smile on her face, maybe she was having a sweet dream.
Zhuge Song couldn't help but kiss her gently, she was woken up by Zhuge Song, and it was inevitable that there was a burst of frolic, after the calm, Qing'er still mentioned the matter of the barbarian king to Zhuge Song, Zhuge Song insisted on telling her not to worry, saying that it was just the barbarian king scaring him, although the barbarians were good at fighting, but they must still be helpless in the face of the county town with high walls and thick walls.
After changing clothes and going out, the housekeeper reported that a young man who claimed to be Ma Jian came from Nanjun, saying that he also brought a letter from Zhuge Military Division, and a letter from Mrs. Zhuge to Qing'er.
Zhuge Song was secretly happy when he heard that Ma Jian was coming, and he was treated with a courtesy when he entered, but he didn't seem to look down on Zhuge Song very much, in addition to the due audience gift, he presented the letters of Kong Ming and Huang Yueying, and then he was a little dazed, not knowing what he was thinking.
Zhuge Song ordered someone to send her Huang Yueying's letter to Qing'er, and he didn't care about Ma Jian for the time being, but he just opened Mr.'s letter and looked at it carefully, and after reading the letter, he felt a coolness welling up from his heart.
Not long after Zhuge Song left Nanjun, Liu Bei's wife, Mrs. Gan, was gone, and Zhou Yu made a matchmaker, Liu Bei was already in Nanxu at this time, and Zhao Yun was also escorted, which is why Kong Ming and Huang Yueying couldn't come to Wuling County to congratulate him and Qing'er.
The reason why Zhuge Song felt a chill was not because Kong Ming did not come to his wedding, in fact, the reason why he dared to treat the Wuxi barbarians with a tough attitude was entirely because the Jingzhou army was now strong, because it had not yet taken Shu, and all the fierce generals under Liu Bei except for Ma Chao, who had not yet surrendered, were nearby, so even if the barbarian king brought 100,000 barbarian soldiers to attack, he only had to ask for help and let Liu Bei and Kong Ming solve them.
But now Kong Ming couldn't be more clear in the letter, because Liu Bei took Zhao Yun to Nanxu, he could only sit in the south county to defend Zhou Yu in the east and Cao Cao in the north. That is to say, at this time, if the barbarian king leads troops to fight Zhuge Song, the possibility that he can lead the army to help is close to zero.
Although Zhuge Song was flustered, he could only pretend to be calm because Ma Jian was in front of him, and he pretended to be unintentional and said to Ma Tan: "According to the itinerary, you should have arrived here yesterday, why didn't you attend my wedding a day late?" ”
When Ma Tan heard this, he said: "Too forgive, the fact is that it should be like this, but the water of the Yangtze River has risen sharply in the past few days, and it is really difficult to cross the river from the north of the river, so it can only be crossed by military boats when the water flow is a little slow, so it is only a day late." ”
After listening to Ma Yan's words, Zhuge Song felt that his whole body was cold, but he didn't expect that he casually asked in order to hide his panic and gave him another heavy blow.
What does it mean for rivers to swell? The soaring river means that if the barbarian king comes to attack, even if Kong Ming wants to send an army to rescue him, he will not be able to cross the river at this time, which means that he can only pray that the barbarian king will not let him marry Qing'er now, and the matter is really just to scare and scare him!
But what is the so-called fear of something, just when Zhuge Song was a little six gods and no master, at this time, Gong Zhi rushed in from outside the courtyard gate with a panicked face, and Zhuge Song knew that it was not good as soon as he saw his lost soul.
Sure enough, as soon as Gong Zhi entered the door, he cried and said to Zhuge Song: "It's not good to be too shou!" The barbarian king seems to have already marched in at the same time as warning us, and Tanma reported that the barbarian army led by the barbarian king Shasad completely ignored the county town they passed by, and was killing the county town with Shamoke as the vanguard, and now it has passed Youyang, and there are still a large number of sailors.