Chapter 129: Consolation
[Chapter Word Count: 3262 Last Updated: 2015-03-0812:10:33.0]
"It's coming! Here it ......."
"They're back, they're back......"
"Look! It's the Wolf Warrior Banner! It's the Wolf Warrior Banner......"
Wang Shihua took the lead in the front, the two dogs behind him held high the wolf flag waving in the wind, behind were two hundred cavalry, and then there were soldiers.
"Sister, don't look at it, kneel quickly! Get down on your knees and pay homage! Ah Xia excitedly cheered with everyone, but suddenly felt that Zhang Cuiyun was too quiet, and after a closer look, she found that Zhang Cuiyun was clenching her hands tightly, smiling, but her eyes were empty, obviously in great happiness. Seeing that the team is getting closer and closer, it will be too late if you don't act, haven't you seen that some elders have already peeked at it in confusion? Hurriedly touched Zhang Cuiyun and reminded in a whisper.
"I know, I know, don't pull it." Zhang Cuiyun came back to her senses from her great happiness, and complained to Ah Xia while sorting out her clothes. Then, kneeling down, kowtowed and shouted: "Zhang Cuiyun led the Wang family to pay homage to the Wolf Warrior Banner!" ”
As soon as Zhang Cuiyun knelt, thousands of people followed and bowed, shouting: "Pay homage to the Wolf Warrior Flag!" ”
Wang Shihua rode on the big horse and looked at it. At this time, everyone first worships the Wolf Warrior Flag, and then talks about themselves.
Sure enough, under Ah Xia's whispered reminder, Zhang Cuiyun got up and knelt down again: "Zhang Cuiyun meets the head of the family and all the warriors!" ”
Thousands of people followed suit, knelt down again, and shouted, "Meet the head of the house, meet the warriors!" ”
"Thanks to the love of all the clansmen and the dedication of all of you, Wang Shihua led my Wang family warriors to the expedition this time and returned with a great victory! Here, I would like to give good tidings to all of you. ”
Zhang Cuiyun stood up and raised his arms and shouted: "The Wang family is heroic!" ”
Thousands of clansmen also stood up and shouted three times in unison: "The Wang family is heroic!" ”
Immediately, Xiaomei handed a bowl of wine to Zhang Cuiyun.
"Thank you to the invincible Eight Great Gods~! Bless the warriors who overcome obstacles and are invincible! Thank you to the hard-working and brave ancestors of the Wang family~! Bless the prospering and prosperity of the children and grandchildren, and the prosperity of all generations! Thank you for your protection~! Please bless these warriors with courage and invincibility, so that your glory will be passed on forever......" Zhang Cuiyun sang the "Tujia Triumphant Song" in Chinese, and came to Wang Shihua's horse more than ten meters away with wine, and handed the wine bowl to Wang Shihua...... She didn't know the local language, and she memorized this long list of songs all morning. I always make mistakes when I memorize it, I don't think about it, but I play it word for word.
"Thank you for the blessing of the eight great gods, thank you for the secret blessing of the ancestors of the Wang family, I, Wang Shihua, on behalf of the whole Wang family, toast you." Wang Shihua held the wine and shouted to the sky. Immediately, pour half of the wine from the bowl forward, and drink the rest. He threw the bowl to Zhang Cuiyun, waved his hand, and shouted: "Warriors, enter the city in triumph and go home!" ”
"Go home." The children of the Wang family, who had been looking at this simple ceremony, shouted happily at the same time, and then showed a smiling face and relaxed all over...... Although this ritual is simple, anyone who dares to laugh at it is disrespectful to the eight gods and ancestors, who used to be captured by Tima (priests) and sacrificed to the gods, but now they are whipped instead.
"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......" The sixteen earthen cannons placed on the four sides of the old city rang out one after another, announcing the beginning of the grand celebration.
Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, hundreds of Tujia hand-waving dances and Tujia Maogusi dances began to dance on both sides of the road. The children happily shuttled through the procession, and each girl held a jar of wine in her left hand and a bowl in her right hand, and toasted a bowl of wine to each warrior...... Poor Ergouzi, because the pole of the Wolf Warrior Flag was too heavy, he could only raise it with both hands, and he couldn't take the wine, and finally he swallowed saliva and fed him a bowl.
At such celebrations, the bereaved family members are not allowed to cry, whether it is the payment of pensions or rewards, they have to be postponed.
Just now, there were still gunmen who looked like soldiers, and as soon as they arrived at the hundreds of large tables placed outside the west gate of Lao Sicheng, they saw wine and meat, and they were out of business. Wang Shihua jumped off the horse, accompanied by Zhang Cuiyun and A Xia, and sat at the top surrounded by all the elders. Fish begins to rot from the head! Those subordinates walked and walked, and when they saw that Wang Shihua was like this, they immediately dispersed, carrying guns on their backs, and rushing for seats...... This is where the lively banquet scene begins.
Except for the elders, two wives, and fighters, no one else was allowed to sit at this first round.
"Brothers, be quiet, be quiet!" Wang Shihua stood up with a wine bowl, smiled and shouted to silence everyone. Under everyone's gaze, Wang Shihua stood on the bench again, held the wine bowl high, and said loudly: "Brothers, on behalf of the whole Wang family, I, Wang Shihua, thank you for fighting bravely to kill the enemy, so that we can have today's victory. At the same time, as the head of the family, I, Wang Shihua, thank you for your support to me. There's nothing to talk about, all the gratitude is in this bowl of wine. Come! Brothers, we've done this together! Dry! ”
"Master Xie. Dry! Thousands of people stood up, raised their glasses and shouted at the same time, drank them in a hearty sip, and then compared the empty bowls with each other, laughing, quite a bit of Liangshan's heroic posture.
"Come on! Brothers, on behalf of the wives and daughters of the Wang family and the elderly, I, Zhang Cuiyun, would like to pay tribute to all the heroes. Thank you for your efforts to keep us safe. Zhang Cuiyun also learned from Wang Shihua, stood on the bench, held the wine bowl high, and shouted: "! ”
Wang Shihua's toast made everyone excited, but Zhang Cuiyun's toast got more laughter and pandering, and everyone got up one after another, holding the wine bowl and laughing: "Thank you, master!" Dry! Even the women on the side applauded, making Wang Shihua a little depressed and white-eyed Zhang Cuiyun: How can you be more popular than me?
The atmosphere gradually reached a climax. But Wang Shihua quietly retreated, leaving Lao Sicheng to Uncle Hu and other three people who dared to die, and rushed to Wangjiaping with two wives, two brothers and clan elders, under the protection of more than 200 guards.
When passing by Xiaowangjiaping, Wang Shihua's three brothers went to the village to toast a bowl of wine to everyone, and said some words of thanks to them, especially praising Peng Peng's courage in public. When leaving, Wang Shirong didn't know what to think, insisted on staying to celebrate with Peng Peng and others, and did not go back to Wangjiaping to worship his ancestors. Wang Shihua had no choice but to agree.
Galloping to Wangjiaping, the cottage is drinking wine and eating meat, making a lot of noise, and it is very lively.
Seeing Wang Shihua coming, the gate of the village was opened, and the sound of firecrackers and earth cannons sounded one after another. Everyone immediately stopped, got up, bowed to Wang Shihua, and shouted: "Congratulations to the head of the family on his triumph!" ”
"Thanks to the love of all relatives, Wang Shihua is fortunate not to be dishonored, please hurry up." After speaking, he rode on his horse and walked forward with his fists clenched.
When he came to the gate of the palace, he saw Daddy, Auntie and others greeting him at the door, Wang Shihua hurriedly dismounted, clenched his fists, and knelt down on one knee in front of Daddy.
Wang Ji'an lifted the dragon head cane and put it on Wang Shihua's head, and shouted: "How is the victory or defeat in this expedition?" ”
"Big win!"
Wang Shihua held his head high and replied loudly. The prostrategies behind him also shouted, "Great victory! ”
Wang Ji'an's face softened, and he shouted: "My son has worked hard, all the warriors have worked hard, please get up quickly!" ”
When everyone got up, Wang Ji'an said loudly: "All the warriors have returned triumphantly, you should have a good rest, come here, and relieve the warriors of their armor!" ”
Wang Tian stepped forward to remove Wang Shihua's box cannon and machete, and took Wang Shihua's hand into the house. Then hundreds of women stepped forward, untied the swords and guns of the guards, and happily gathered around them to the table, but no one ate, and they all stood and looked at the palace, waiting for the next step.
In the ancestral hall of the royal family, the ancestral tablet was polished smooth and shiny, all kinds of offerings filled the three tables, Tima danced a prayer dance on the side, and the green smoke was swirling, so that the entire ancestral hall was full of mystery.
After receiving the incense from the next person, Wang Ji'an took the whole family and the elders of the clan, each holding three incense sticks in their hands, and solemnly entered the ancestral hall.
"Kneel!" Under Uncle Jiang's whispering, Jiang Shoucheng saw that everyone was standing up, so he shouted. At the same time, the ceremonial officer outside also shouted: "Kneel! Everyone in Wangjiaping knelt down at the same time.
"The ancestors and ancestors are on top, and the descendants of Wang Ji'an led the whole Wang family to report: On September 8, the 27th year of the Republic of China, my Wang family and the Tian family started a war for Longtang Town...... Wang Shihua has good leadership and proper deployment, and the descendants of the Wang family are brave in battle...... A big win! The top is worthy of the ancestors and the ancestors, and the bottom is worthy of the whole royal family. The descendants of Wang Ji'an (Wang Shihua hurriedly added: "Wang Shihua") is here to comfort the ancestors. ”
Wang Ji'an comforted his ancestors here, and every word of his was shouted out loudly through the mouth of the ceremonial officer, and it reached the ears of every descendant of the Wang family.
Then, firecrackers and earthen cannons rang out outside. After inserting incense, prostrate your head...... Wang Shihua was dragged to take a bath and change clothes, and then went out to have fun with his clansmen...... These are all ceremonial processes that have been handed down since ancient times, and this is the end of it.
In the next few days, Wang Shihua was busy.
That night, Uncle Jiang went to the county seat to receive the shops handed over by the Tian family. Wang Shihua also gave Zhang Qinghai 50,000 oceans, and said very smartly: This is a thank you fee for him and Zhang Wentian, and it is up to him to decide how much to give Zhang Wentian. As for the 50,000 oceans that he originally said he would give to the Xiang family, Wang Shihua didn't give any of them.
At dawn the next day, the great reward began: not only according to the merits of the war, but also to reward the families of those who died in battle, and also to reward the families of the fallen soldiers in the past, as long as the family is lonely and widowed, or the children are not yet 16 years old, they must be rewarded according to the rules. Like Wang Shikun, this vein has been broken, but he still has a sister, although he married to Sichuan, but the reward cannot be broken, no matter how far away he has to send someone to send the reward to her, otherwise once it is publicized, it will chill the hearts of the clansmen.
Then there is the biggest problem: the seizure of the county town naturally belongs to the owner of the family, but the Tian family's previous property in Longtang Town has been handed over, how to distribute these real estate stores?
According to the previous rules, the elders of the clan will be convened to discuss, to put it bluntly, there are leading figures in the clan to fight for each other, and there is nothing to do with the ordinary people. But at this time, Wang Shihua's iron-blooded and domineering side was revealed, and without consulting anyone, he directly broke this rule as the head of the family: since these things were captured in this war, then, whether they were killed or not, they would all be rewarded for meritorious deeds. In fact, Wang Shihua was finally forced by the opposition of the powerful in the clan, so he could only take out half of it to reward the meritorious.
At the same time, Wang Shihua ordered that between the east entrance of Longtang Town and Lao Sicheng, no one could move, and he was of great use.
After working for half a month, I finally dealt with it, but who knows, an accident came, so that Wang Shihua didn't know whether it was good or bad......