On the first day of the fourth month, the long-awaited wedding of the two families of Jindingshan and Artemisia finally began to be held. In this somewhat hasty, but not lacking in heroic wedding. There were about 300 people in the dowry procession, including a hundred elite cavalrymen wearing mugwort cotton armor.

This group of red-armored cavalry was led by Cai Zhongguang, all riding strong war horses, and they were uniformly escorted on both sides of the makeup delivery procession. And the woman's dozens of expensive dowries are even more complementary to the cavalry on both sides.

Looking at this team, Zhang Mengcheng, who originally thought that his dowry and greeting team were already exaggerated, had to sigh that Jin Dingshan and Artemisia were two nouveau riche who were half a catty or eight taels. This time, Jindingshan also sent 80 elite horsemen and 100 pikemen in a neat formation to step forward.

In this way, the two teams walked exaggeratedly from the top of the mugwort to Jinding Mountain, and the music played by the blowing team sounded like military music. As a result, the people along the way thought that it was a large soldier crossing the border, and when they heard the movement, they hid far away.

Although people with good eyesight saw that it was a team to welcome relatives and send them off, the momentum of the soldiers in the team was too impressive. The more than 100 majestic cavalry were enough to attract attention, and the two infantry phalanxes of fifty men walked by, and there was not a trace of confusion. Everyone was walking the same way, and the cold light reflected by Rulin's spear was even more terrifying.

Such a big thing, not to mention the magistrate in the security city, even Dai Junen, who was preparing for the West Road, was also alarmed. After all, he was stationed in Ningsai Fort next to the Jingbian camp, and a large number of brave officers in it asked him for leave at the same time, even if he was blind and deaf, Dai Junen knew what was going on.

Although Lord Bingxian was a little worried about the huddle between the descendants, he also came back to his senses after thinking about it carefully, and the military attachés of the Ming Army, who were from serious backgrounds, were also married to each other. Instead of meaningless nonsense, it is better to be a favor to win them well.

So Dai Junen did not reprimand, but gave them leave. After instructing them to return to the fort as soon as possible, he also asked the servants to send a congratulatory gift.

And Wu Hongqi, the general of Ningsai, who has no sense of existence, also gave a gift at this time, saying that after he still has his own person, he can finally walk around Ningsai Fort with peace of mind. He walked around with his family to tell the soldiers in Ninsey Fort that he was the biggest military attache in this border fort.

It's just that Wu Hongqi didn't be proud for long, and then he suddenly got the order to go south. In desperation, Wu Hongqi could only take his family and the soldiers he had gathered, and quickly went south to suppress the thieves in accordance with the order.

And the powerful and local tyrants of Baoan County, not only the new magistrate, but also the other local squires who did not dare to offend the two bandits, also sent people to Daoxi with congratulatory gifts.

At the flowing water banquet after Jinding Mountain, hundreds of tables did not know how many people were received. Afterwards, Zhang Mengcheng only knew that the animal husbandry industry in Jindingshan had a big regression after that, and all the hard work of the year was gone.

The wedding was too extravagant, and Zhang Mengcheng, who had managed to save dozens of taels of silver, was startled by the silver prepared by his eldest brother and second brother and the money made up by other leaders.

There was a great heap of silver shiny in the snow, some cast into balls, some just broken ingots. Although it looks a little messy because it is irregular. But there were nearly a thousand pieces of silver, large and small, and a total of three hundred and sixty-one and twenty-two pieces of silver.

There were also several large boxes filled with copper coins of various styles. The arrogance of this kind of number still shocked Zhang Mengcheng, a turtle who didn't have much self-consciousness.

The two brothers of the Zhang family, who knew Zhang Mengcheng's temper, and the other brothers in the village, they were a little complacent about the heroic scene that everyone worked together, but they also felt that the performance of Xiucai was a little strange.

It's strange why Zhang Mengcheng didn't come out to preach, he would definitely come out to stop it. Now that he had quietly accepted it, the excuses and excuses they had prepared were no longer needed.

In fact, only today, Zhang Mengcheng intends to completely obey the arrangement of the copycat brothers, even if they mess around, it doesn't matter. Although he doesn't like extravagance and waste, Zhang Mengcheng didn't talk much this time. Because of what the two brothers said to Zhang Mengcheng before, Zhang Mengcheng didn't want to spoil everyone's interest today.

Therefore, all kinds of useless or absurd ceremonies on the wedding day, Zhang Mengcheng honestly completed them. After worshipping heaven and earth, Zhang Mengcheng, as the groom, sincerely drank wine to his relatives and friends at the banquet. After that, I walked into the wedding room and completed the final steps of the wedding.

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The night before the wedding, the eldest brother and the second brother got together for a drink with Zhang Mengcheng. The two brothers, who usually pay more attention to moderation and don't get themselves drunk, actually got drunk together this night.

Zhang Mengcheng, who intended to stay sober, unexpectedly heard the drunken words of the two brothers, and felt that his heart was also drunk with the two brothers.

The two elder brothers talked about the three brothers when they were young, the scene of the day their father died, and the return of the eldest brother with revenge; also talked about the excitement of the second brother when he received the military merit reward for the first time, and then talked about the scene of the two sisters-in-law marrying into the Zhang family, and then talked about the appearance of the two nieces when they were born.

After that, they talked about their younger brother Zhang Mengcheng, how happy and proud they and their mother were when Zhang Mengcheng was a talent in the past. And when their mother died, they didn't dare to look at Zhang Mengcheng because of guilt.

Then Xiucai's fame was removed, but the younger brother with a bright future was going to die with them, and the two brothers were so angry in their hearts. And after the younger brother killed for the first time, when he held up his bloody head to report to them, how much sadness did the eldest brother and second brother have in their hearts. ……

Zhang Mengcheng heard a lot that night, and he memorized it all in his heart. The eldest brother and the second brother suddenly wanted to get married in advance, not because of their whim.

It's because Huzi almost entered the ghost gate, which scared their two battle-hardened brothers. They were worried that they wouldn't be able to survive like the tigers, and they didn't think they could be that lucky.

It's not because they're afraid of death, but because they still want to see their younger brother get married, which is what the dead father and mother want to see. They were afraid that if they died, they would not be able to describe the third brother's marriage to them after meeting their parents. And they can't describe the appearance of the third brother to their parents.

When he heard the drunken words of the two elder brothers, Zhang Mengcheng, who always thought that he was getting closer and closer to the iron heart, seemed to hear that something was broken in his heart. It's not the sound of something breaking, it's something that seems to come out of the shell, and it's tapping on the shell.

Zhang Mengcheng, who has the knowledge of later generations and the experience of two lives, has always been proud of the information he knows. But today he suddenly realized that he was actually very ignorant, and even the two brothers he thought he knew very well did not know what they really thought in their hearts.

It wasn't until today that I found out that they still thought about a lot of things, and these things Zhang Mengcheng didn't expect, if the two brothers hadn't drunk and said it, Zhang Mengcheng might not have thought about this aspect for the rest of his life.

Zhang Mengcheng thinks that he is really too ignorant and too despicable. He knew what the two brothers were saying from the bottom of their hearts, but he didn't dare to tell the secret hidden in his heart. Thinking of this, Zhang Mengcheng grabbed the wine and poured a big sip into his mouth, hoping to get courage from the wine.

But after a few sips, he stopped again. He didn't dare to continue drinking, because he did feel dizzy, and if he drank again, he might really tell his secret. So at this moment, Zhang Mengcheng really felt that he was the lowest person in Jinding Mountain.

He just won a ticket called crossing, and at the same time, he was just a cheater who knew the future before other natives in the late Ming Dynasty, and he was not qualified to despise others.

Even in this moment of introspection, most of them will be forgotten by themselves, what are you? Zhang Mengcheng struggled to think of a lot of words to describe and evaluate himself, but he couldn't think of anything, except for a despicable person, Zhang Mengcheng couldn't think of any suitable words.

After laughing at himself for a while, Zhang Mengcheng took a sip of wine and ended his introspection. He is indeed a despicable person, and the way the despicable person behaves is that he does not change himself after introspection.

…… Perhaps, they will not discover and admit their own changes.

After a gust of cold wind blowing, Zhang Mengcheng knew that his heart had awakened.