Chapter 11: A Sudden Marriage

Zhang Mengcheng was still sitting in the tent and still recalling today's combat experience. I don't know when Zhang Zhaoen walked in and called Zhang Mengcheng back to his senses: "Fifteen uncle, fifteen uncle." Uncle Eight has something to call you over. ”

Zhang Zhaoen showed great courage in today's bloody battle, and Jin Dingshan and his others repelled the offensive of rolling in the sand several times, all of which have his credit. Coupled with the results of the final pursuit of Shali Roll, he cut off a total of eight heads before and after, and the biggest gain was the four-master big sword bear in Shali Roll.

Dadao Xiong has been famous for many years with Shali Roll in the security guard, and has led more than a dozen horsemen to chase Cai Xiaozi and cut hundreds of people. Cai Xiaozi was almost cut off by him back then. In today's bloody battle, the big sword bear once again led the team to rush into Zhang Mengjin's formation and directly took Zhang Mengjin.

At that time, Ma Xiangzhong was sent to contact Cai Xiaozi, and Zhang Mengguang rushed to kill outside. The other leaders were not opponents, Zhang Zhaoen rushed out and entangled the big sword bear, and then the two leaders Yu Baocheng and Wei Heyong killed them with a team of foot soldiers and isolated the big sword bear. Zhang Zhaoen took this opportunity to kill the bandit in public, boosting his own morale.

In the final pursuit of Shari Roll, he also drove his horse to the front. Although Sha Liluo was killed by his second brother Zhang Mengguang in the end, Zhang Zhaoen's deeds of fighting were still widely spread among the people of Liangzhai. After returning to the camp, the sixth uncle on Cai Xiaozi's side and the most courageous ninth uncle praised him as a wind-chasing tiger when they saw him.

"Huzi, I've heard everything about you today. Haha, there are eight heads, and among them, there are actually four big sword bears rolling in the sand. It's beautiful enough, it really gives our brothers in Jindingshan a long face. Didn't the ninth uncle of Cai Shorty call you the Wind Chasing Tiger? I think this name is good, and in the future, you will be called the Wind Chasing Tiger when you mix on the road. Zhang Mengcheng laughed and praised.

Zhang Mengcheng is also very happy about Zhang Zhaoen's performance. The louder the name of the brother in the stockade, the greater the influence of the village.

"Uncle Fifteen, you still call me Huzi, I'm used to hearing it. If you want to call me something chasing the wind tiger, Uncle Eight and Uncle Nine will have to beat me to death. For Zhang Mengcheng's praise, Zhang Zhaoen was very useful. But in front of several uncles, he still didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

Zhang Mengcheng praised him a few more words as he got up. He also carefully inquired about the details of his operations today. The two chatted and walked to the tent of the eldest brother Zhang Mengjin. Zhang Mengcheng found that Cai Xiaozi was also there, and he crooked his mouth and looked at Zhang Mengcheng with a smile, which made Zhang Mengcheng unspeakably uncomfortable.

Zhang Mengjin, who was still chatting with Cai Xiaozi, saw that his third brother finally came. He said to Zhang Mengcheng: "Third child, you did a good job today." He also fought heroically by the side of Cai Da's family. Although you almost died after falling off the horse, fortunately, Xiang Zhong and the others arrived in time and finally rescued you. Cai Da also compensated me, didn't he? He was also confused today and dragged you into battle, and you don't blame him. ”

Zhang Mengcheng naturally had nothing to blame Cai Xiaozi, and kept speaking to make Cai Xiaozi feel relieved. And Zhang Mengcheng, who had long made up his mind to fight a way on the battlefield, was very open to today's events.

Today's encounter was mainly caused by Zhang Mengcheng's own horsemanship and martial arts, no wonder others, so he didn't care about Cai Xiaozi taking him to the battlefield at all. If Cai Xiaozi really left himself in the cottage at the top of Artemisia and made him miss this bloody battle, then Zhang Mengcheng would really be dissatisfied.

After Zhang Mengcheng boldly said that he had no complaints, the atmosphere in the tent was much more relaxed. Just hearing what the big boss of Jindingshan said next, Zhang Mengcheng felt a little dissatisfied with his eldest brother.

"It's just that when I heard that you were in danger, I still broke out in a cold sweat. You haven't started a family yet. If my mother is still here, she will definitely point to my nose and scold me for not paying attention. It just so happened that Cai Da said that his seventh uncle's daughter was not bad, and I had seen it before. It is indeed a beauty billet. I said to Master Cai that I would wait for your filial piety to be over. Let's find a good day and get things done for you. Let the two families form that, that's what the play says, oh, Qin Jin is good. This can not only solve your life's major events, but also deepen the relationship between our Jinding Mountain and Artemisia Peak. So Cai Da and I even wrote the marriage book. ”

Zhang Mengjin was talking to himself, and at the same time took out a somewhat crumpled red piece of paper, on which dozens of words were written crookedly. Cai Xiaozi also held a similar thing in his hand and showed it to Zhang Mengcheng.

Zhang Mengcheng glanced at it, it was really a cold marriage book. It does not follow the format of the traditional marriage book at all, and the paper as the main body of the medium is also torn. What's even more exaggerated is that except for Zhang Mengcheng's name and a few words that are correct, the others are all typos, which are missing arms and legs, and they have absolutely no legal effect when they are taken to the government.

But whoever wants to talk to two bandit leaders about the law is definitely a fool's business. Zhang Mengcheng felt very sorry that he taught his eldest brother to write, but he couldn't stick to it. But for today's result, Zhang Mengcheng can only cry and laugh.

After sorting out his thoughts, Zhang Mengcheng said: "This matter has to be discussed in the long run, and the second brother has to say it." And the woman's parents are still there, and it is not clear what they think. What's more, we are all still grass cowards. In the future, whether the two families will accept the government's recruitment, or continue to be a mountain university. Shouldn't you think about it too? Now I'm only seventeen, and the other party is thirteen. Whatever you say, you can wait for three or four years, and then it's not too late to think about these things. ”

Zhang Mengcheng didn't dare to fool his eldest brother with the things he made up when he fooled Cai Xiaozi. Because his mother had already been vaccinated a few years ago, his eldest brother knew a lot about them.

"I'll go and say to the second child, he won't have any opinions. Besides, the eldest brother is like a father, and now that my father and mother are gone, you should all listen to me, the eldest brother. Zhang Mengjin said very confidently, and looked at Cai Xiaozi again after speaking.

Cai Xiaozi understood, and immediately said with a smile: "My seventh uncle and seventh aunt, I have already asked." For Xiucai, they are 10,000 happy in their hearts. As for whether to accept the court's recruitment, we have discussed it in the village before. If the price given by the imperial court is good, it is not impossible for our brothers to accept Zhao'an. And my seventh uncle is still counting on you to continue to test your fame, and when you come back from the top exam, we will all have face. Why don't you accept Zhao'an, Brother Meng Jin and I have said it. If the court wants to recruit us, one of them has to show that the court must restore your fame. ”

Zhang Mengjin watched Cai Xiaozi finish speaking, and then added: "The time you care about is not a matter of time, third child. At the moment, we are just setting up our relatives first, and when the court recruits us in the future, we will all be people with official status. When you come back from the exam, then we will have to do a special job. Counting the time in this way, almost three or four years of hard work have passed. ”

What Zhang Mengcheng said was to wait for three or four years to pass, and then let him think about it, but his eldest brother Zhang Mengjin directly turned into three or four years later. So he was naturally unhappy, and Zhang Mengcheng, who wanted to say something more, was pushed back by the eldest brother before he opened his mouth.

"It's settled, don't think you can make up any to deceive me, Cai Da's family told me, what kind of Confucian Temple wishes, and it is not to ask the Bodhisattva to have a son. If you push back and forth, you will look down on Cai Da and look down on me, the big brother. The eldest brother is like a father, and you can't make trouble. ”

Cai Xiaozi also changed his face and said: "Xiucai won't really look down on our old Cai family, it will hurt my brother's heart too much." The friendship between our two families for so many years, do you have to ignore it? At that time, if the harmony of the two families is hurt and some brothers are killed or injured, they will really turn from in-laws to enemies. Xiucai, you really want to see this. ”

The two of them have talked to this point, what else can Zhang Mengcheng say. Fortunately, there are still three or four years of buffer, and then the world will only become more chaotic, and only the gods know what the situation of the two families was at that time, maybe the marriage between the two families will be directly yellow.

Zhang Mengcheng, who figured this out, no longer objected openly, but said to the two bandit leaders with a smile: "Originally, I thought that the world was too chaotic now, so there were many plans. But it seems that I am still thinking too much, with two brothers here, what else is there to be afraid of. It would be hypocritical for me to continue to think about it, so everything is arranged by the two brothers. ”

Seeing that Zhang Mengcheng finally relented, Zhang Mengjin and Cai Xiaozi both laughed, and hurriedly sent someone to tell the news to the relatives and brothers on both sides, for fear that Zhang Mengcheng would not admit it afterwards.

The news of the marriage between the two families soon spread throughout the camp. The good news somewhat dispelled some of the grief of losing many brothers because of the bloody war, and at the same time dispelled some of the scruples about the future twists and turns in the relationship between the two families after the destruction of Shaliroll.

And Zhang Mengcheng's second brother, Zhang Mengguang, really didn't have the slightest opinion on this matter. He raised his hands in approval, and also shattered Zhang Mengcheng's last hope for his second brother.

After that, the brothers of the two cottages finished the finishing touches, and they picked out a few dead horses from the battlefield to cook. After a delicious meal of horse meat, the brothers of Jindingshan returned to the cottage with the harvest and the bones of the brothers who died in battle. The top of Artemisia was led by Cai Da with more than 180 brothers, and temporarily borrowed the heads of the leaders of Shali Roll from Jinding Mountain, and killed directly to Jiuwu Mountain.

Cai Xiaozi's third brother and seventh uncle were responsible for taking the remaining men, escorting the wounded prisoners and many harvests back to the top of Artemisia. Zhang Mengcheng also followed their group, although the two families have been married, but after all, they have not really married.

More importantly, you must follow the rules of the Tao when mixing in the Tao. At present, Cai Xiaozi's fifth brother is still in Jinding Mountain, and the agreement between the two families is to eradicate the power of Shali Roll in Jiuwu Mountain. Now although Shali Roll is dead, the banner of Jiuwu Mountain is still erected. According to the rules of the road, they can only wait for Cai Xiaozi to pull out the flag of Jiuwu Mountain, and wait for him to return to the top of Artemisia before the two families can release each person.

The seventh uncle, who had already agreed to the marriage contract, looked left and right at his future son-in-law, and kept talking about lifting people, jinshi or something. Cai Xiaozi's third brother also kept talking on the side, and Zhang Mengjin spent enough time to deal with the two of them along the way.

Unexpectedly, after they returned to the Mugwort Peak Cottage, Zhang Mengcheng, who was just about to take a rest, saw the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Cai family at the top of the Artemisia Peak, and a group of relatives such as the uncle and the fourth uncle came over to visit the door again. Even the thirteen-year-old yellow-haired girl hid in the crowd and looked at him shyly.

Zhang Mengcheng had no choice but to raise his spirit and be polite to the visitors one by one, and then finally fell asleep in the middle of the night.

Zhang Mengcheng, who only got up at noon on the second day, had already learned that Cai Xiaozi had quickly recruited the remaining troops in the sand of Jiuwu Mountain. Later, Cai Xiaozi sent people to send the heads of the Shali Roll group back to Jinding Mountain, and at the same time set fire to the cottage of Jiuwu Mountain. After everything was dealt with, he ordered his subordinates to pull out the camp and return to the top of Artemisia in the evening.

In order to prevent being harassed again, Zhang Mengcheng directly asked to see Cai Xiaozi and hoped to say goodbye and go home. But Cai Xiaozi disagreed, and he graciously kept Zhang Mengcheng for a few days.

Zhang Mengcheng couldn't refuse, so he could only learn knife techniques from Cai Xiaozi while dealing with the harassment of the cottage people. During this time, Zhang Mengcheng began to miss the students of Jindingshan who he used to have a headache with. By the time Zhang Mengcheng returned to the village in Jinding Mountain, the children in the cottage had not seen their teacher for more than ten days.