"Little Fifteen, get up, did you sleep well last night?"

As the most prestigious elder in the Zhang clan, the third uncle used to take care of the three Zhang brothers, so he was naturally the best candidate to replace Zhang Mengcheng's parents. This also determined that he would be on the morning of the second day of the wedding, and the third uncle would accept the kneeling of Zhang Mengcheng and his wife.

"Third uncle, don't laugh at me, this is the tea on our Zhang family's new daughter-in-law, please drink it." Zhang Mengcheng saw that his wife beside him had already poured the tea, but she didn't know the rules and saluted directly. The third uncle ignored the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family in Xindi, and instead talked to him first.

looked at his embarrassed wife on the side, so Zhang Mengcheng stepped forward at the right time to speak to relieve the siege, and at the same time whispered to his wife: "Speak." ”

Cai Qixian, who reacted, immediately broke the silence and said: "Gong, congratulations to the third uncle for blessings such as Donghai Shoubi Nanshan, this is the tea on the granddaughter-in-law." ”

After she finished speaking, she realized that she had made a mistake again, and actually said that the words of her daughter-in-law's tea were the congratulations of the birthday banquet. The anxious mood made Cai Qixian's pretty face immediately turn red.

Zhang Mengcheng found that his new wife's speech was different from what he had discussed before, and he immediately looked at the third uncle who was seated, and there was no reaction on the elder's wrinkled face.

Then Zhang Mengcheng looked at his wife who was a new wife, and now Cai Qixian was still a little nervous. At the beginning, he used a line gun to pick up his woman outside the village, but now when he was serving tea to his elders, he was nervous and made mistakes again and again and was a little flustered, Zhang Mengcheng suddenly felt a little funny.

The third uncle felt that it was almost over, and it was better not to embarrass the new granddaughter-in-law too much, so he took the initiative to bring the embarrassing scene over. "Oh, old man, it's not good in front of you, you can't even see the tea on your granddaughter-in-law, don't care about your granddaughter-in-law."

The third uncle took the tea and said that the matter was over. In fact, with the temper of the third uncle, he would not care about Cai Qixian's mistakes at all.

He is now pretending to be a villain with the intention of embarrassing his granddaughter-in-law, mainly to create an opportunity for Zhang Mengcheng to let the groom take the initiative to protect his newlywed wife. In this way, the granddaughter-in-law will know more about Zhang Mengcheng's goodness, and their newlyweds will live a more harmonious life in the future.

The parents of the Zhang brothers are no longer there, and it is not suitable for the two Zhang brothers and their daughter-in-law to do this. Therefore, the third uncle felt that it was necessary for him to exercise this small means to help Zhang Mengcheng and his wife get off to a good start in the future.

"Okay, good tea. I'm an old man, I don't have anything to give you, here is some silver for you to take. You're welcome, it's all the three brothers who have honored me over the years. After drinking tea, the third uncle took out a silver ingot, which roughly looked like about three taels, and was the income of an elite soldier in the Ming border army for more than two months.

Cai Qixian shirked it, and finally accepted the silver. She was also happier in her heart, the third uncle gave her so much money, which means that the third uncle really didn't care about the rudeness just now.

Zhang Mengcheng pulled his wife to kowtow to the third uncle again to thank him, and then the third uncle told them some clichés that husband and wife should be of the same heart and sincere to each other, and then let the two of them leave.

Next, Zhang Mengcheng took his wife to another room. Da Sou and the second sister-in-law, who had been prepared for a long time, led a bunch of women in Jindingshan and sat down back to back with the two newcomers. The neat hair of the two men was untied in the hands of a bunch of women and tangled together.

At this time, the sister-in-law took a comb and combed it up, and at the same time led everyone to read the above words. This ceremony may vary from place to place, but it is more consistent everywhere that it is held once in the homes of both men and women to show the blessings of both families.

After the ceremony, Cai Qixian was dragged by several sisters-in-law and talked to each other. And some of Zhang's unmarried girls are now surrounding Cai Qixian and constantly making trouble. Among them, the most energetic is Zhang Yalian, who is about the same age as the bride.

As for Zhang Mengcheng, he was squeezed aside, waiting for these mothers-in-law and aunts in the cottage to return his wife.

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The marriage of Jindingshan and Artemisia has attracted the attention of many people. Some people are happy and happy, thinking that the two families will work together more together in the days to protect the peaceful days of Baoan County.

Some people are very worried that after the two former thieves with strong armed forces are tied together, they may become a huge hidden danger to the security and even the entire Yansui West Road.

Although there are many people who attach importance to it, they are all talking about Baoan County and several military forts relatively close to the north, and it is not so important from the perspective of the entire Shaanxi territory. In other places, thieves are still wreaking havoc, and most of the officials in Shaanxi have lost many gray hairs in order to raise food and wages.

Even though the official army repeatedly reported successes, the defeated thieves always swept from village to village, constantly selecting men to expand their ranks.

And the civilians who managed to escape the thieves felt very desperate when they looked at their homes that had been robbed and destroyed.

And some of the officers and soldiers who arrived late will help them put an end to these despairs. Because these scum borrowed the heads of these remnants of civilians. Although they are angry at these scumbags, there are more brave border soldiers who are doing their duty seriously.

After the victory in Zhang Ma Village, Cao Wenzhao, Yang Jiamo and others detected that the thief Hong Junyou and others were fleeing to Changning Station on the ninth day of the first month of April (Bingzi).

Therefore, the two generals quickly attacked, and after catching up with the thieves at Xianyi Pass the next day (Ding Chou), they rushed directly to the three or four thousand thieves led by Hong Junyou in front of them. The thieves are not opponents of the official army, and retreat to Guanshanling. The officers and men fought hard to win, and a total of 192 beheaded were killed. (Note 1)

On the same day, the two commanders-in-chief again detected the information of the thieves. More than 2,000 thieves plundered from Xiangquan to Long'an. After Cao Wenzhao and Yang Jiamo discussed, they decided to divide the troops again.

Cao Bianjiao, the general of Lintao Town, and Yang Guanglie, a guerrilla general of Gansu Town, led elite soldiers to go around behind the thieves. And the two commanders, Cao and Yang, personally led the elite cavalry to advance rapidly, intending to fight to intercept the thieves.

At dawn, both units arrived at the same time, as agreed. The thieves in Long'an found that they were both enemies and immediately divided their troops to meet the officers and soldiers in two directions. Regardless of their own fatigue, the officers and soldiers once again mustered up the courage to fight, beheading more than 350 ranks. The thieves could only flee in embarrassment, avoiding the pursuing officers and soldiers behind them.

And the officers and soldiers of Lintao Town, who had repeatedly reported victories, unexpectedly suffered a defeat later. Defeated thieves held civilians hostage along the way, with thousands of people in total.

On April 22, Jiang Yiyang, the deputy commander of Lintao, who intercepted the thieves, was defeated by the thieves in Qingshui County. The general Xu Chengbin under the command of Jiang Yiyang, the deputy commander-in-chief, was killed in battle, and Li Gongyong, the capital secretary, was captured, and hundreds of officers and soldiers were killed and wounded. (Note 2)

PS: Note 1: In the first volume of "Suikou Jiluo", the record is one hundred and twenty-nine, and the location is Xianning Pass, and the time is not. And the time recorded in April of the fifth year of the "Chongzhen Long Edition", and the others are relatively clear, but the location is Xianyi Pass, and the result is one hundred and ninety-two beheadings. "Huailing Liukou Always Record" is also Xianyiguan, the time is also the same, and the participants are also clearly mentioned. Therefore, in comparison, the author adopts the statement of 192 levels of "Chongzhen Long Edition".

Note 2: The first volume of "Suikou Jiluo" records that only the general Xu Chengbin was killed, and the deputy chief soldier Jiang Yiyang did not mention it, and hundreds of people were lost. In the record of volume 5 of "Huailing Liukou Always Record", the deputy general Jiang Yiyang defeated the general Xu Chenglin to death. There is no doubt that Li Gongyong was captured in both documents. In the entry of Gengxu in July of the fifth year of the "Chongzhen Long Edition", it is mentioned that this battle, Li Gongyong, who sat in the camp, was captured, killed more than 30 people in chief Xu Chengbin and soldiers, and beheaded 15 levels. After the comparison, the author wrote that there were hundreds of casualties.