The sedan chair circled the outside of the small shoe shop for more than ten miles, showing its majesty, and then returned to the small shoe shop to worship the church. One bow, three arrows, braziers and other processes, all the way down, Zhao Guanhou doesn't care what he thinks about these rituals in his heart, but in this era, he must abide by the rules of this era. When he arrived at the worship hall, Su Blind was taken out and worshipped, and he had to be pushed back tightly, for fear that he would go crazy in public and lose his dignity. The Zhao family has no ancestors and no high hall to worship, so they have to worship the god card. The bride was sent to the new house, accompanied by Jiang Fengzhi to take care of the house, and the groom still had a bunch of things to socialize.

In the champion building, Li Xiushan and Cao Zhongkun came early, and Zhao Guanhou held a wine bowl from downstairs to upstairs, if he drank, he was afraid that he would be drunk to death. Fortunately, some of his subordinates had already blocked the wine for him, and others also knew his identity, so it was not easy to be raw.

first greeted the fellow disciples of all the benevolent generations, exchanged a few words, and then came to Li Xiushan's table and sat down. Li Xiushan patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, you are blessed." After marrying such a beautiful daughter-in-law, you should have a few more drinks. It's okay if you don't drink it with others, but we must drink it. ”

Zhao Guanhou did not shirk, and the wine was dry, "The wine of the two brothers, I must drink it, this time thanks to the help of the two brothers, I have today." Today's happy event, the two brothers are also tired, and I respect you again. It's a pity that the second brother is not here, if he is here, the four of us brothers will have a few drinks. ”

"He's busy with business, so let's not talk about him. There is no rush in the matter of toasting, you should think about what to do later. Li Xiushan put down his chopsticks and looked around, in addition to him and Cao Zhongkun, he was sitting at this table, which were two relatives of the Li family, and they were also the leaders of the water ladder fish pot. Seeing this scene, he knew that his family was a young man who had something to say about himself, so he found an excuse and left the table first.

Even if others wanted to lean over, they would be blocked by others, Li Xiushan was relieved, and he glanced around, "What about the tenth master, and the friend surnamed Yang?" Seeing that they were busy in front, why didn't they see anyone when it was time to eat. ”

"Jin Shi's personality is eccentric, and he is from a high-ranking family, so he doesn't look down on our people in the market, and he thinks this place is noisy, but after handing over Ruyi, he took that Yang friend back to Li Shunde, saying that he didn't eat here."

Cao Zhongkun said: "Hand Ruyi? That is the rule of the Jurchens, when you encounter a happy event, you have to hand over your wishes, and this lord seems to be a character like Juelu of the clan. Don't say anything else, just say that he gave you the gift, the whole table of Emperor Ren's official kiln set to burn porcelain, not to mention how much this thing is worth, it has nowhere to get it. Or he has a way, just send it, and be able to hand over such a nobleman, it is your luck, but you have to grasp it well, maybe, you will be able to leave this line. ”

Li Xiushan nodded, "What the eldest brother said is very true, you should consider changing careers." This bowl of rice is not suitable for people who have become a family, although you are now in the Cao Gang and have a class, if you are a robe and a gangster, you will have a bite to eat, but it is not a long-term solution. I know that Miss Su is talented and can write for the concession, but after all, a man can't expect a woman to raise her. With your current wealth, if you do some business, it will be enough capital, but I advise you to find another way. ”

He pointed his finger in the direction of Yuanfengdang, "You have become famous this time, but the face of the Pang family has been stepped on by you." Not to mention the hatred of killing his father and the hatred of taking his wife, Pang Jinbiao can't bear such a big breath. If that tenth master has been living in Jinmen, you don't have to be afraid of him, with your friendship, Pang Jinbiao can't do anything to you. But he is going back to Beijing after all, and as soon as he leaves, whose power do you rely on? After all, the Pang family is in control of the defense camp, if you trouble you all day long, even if it is me and my eldest brother, I am afraid it will not be easy to protect you. ”

Zhao Guanhou also knew that what he said was reasonable, and the strong dragon did not suppress the head snake. This time, he was able to defeat the Pang family, most of the credit was greater for the newsprint, he now has some money, and his life is not a problem, but after all, he does not have a strong enough backer, and he has been fighting with the Pang family for a long time, and there may not be a bargain.

Of course, he could choose an easier way, buy a gun, and then get rid of everyone in the Pang family, but the problem is that this method is not suitable for a person who has a family and wants to let his wife live a stable life.

If it weren't for the fact that Su Blind was scared into half madness, he would have considered moving, such as simply living in Beijing. But now Su Hanzhi's physical condition is not suitable for moving, and Su Hanzhi himself is also very difficult to leave his homeland and is unwilling to leave Jinmen.

Li Xiushan saw that he was silent, and said: "Miss Su may be able to talk to the newspaper, but you can't expect Consul Capet to come out every time. After all, you don't live in the concession, and the power of foreigners is not easy to use every time. So I thought of a way for you, I don't know if you are willing to leave, that is: join the army. ”

"Join the army?" Zhao Guanhou was stunned, with his killing experience in his previous life, if he joined the army, he might not become an excellent soldier, but he would probably have the opportunity to become an excellent killing machine, as long as he was not too lucky, he would be killed by stray bullets as soon as he entered the battlefield.

But he didn't think about joining the army, the current Jin country, no matter how you look at it, doesn't look like a peaceful and prosperous era, when you become a soldier, maybe you have to take on combat missions, and then you have to fall into a cycle of killing and being hunted down, which is too boring.

Cao Zhongkun also nodded: "The third child, this idea is good, join the army!" It's a good idea. Our Lord Yuan has a benefit, protecting the short. As long as it is a person from the new army, only he can be sent down, and others must not touch it, when the small station was just training, there was a brother who did not study well, robbed things and killed people, this matter was known by the officer, and the soldier should be punished, what happened? Lord Yuan would rather be impeached himself than handed over, and when the matter was settled, he personally beheaded the soldier who broke the law. If you join the army, you are a soldier under Lord Yuan, and he is in charge of the old army, so there is no need to be afraid of him. ”

"That tenth master is also a person with a way, if you want to join the army, you might as well talk to him, maybe he can find a little relationship." Li Xiushan saluted Zhao Guanhou with another glass of wine, "With Guanhou's talent, if you start from a small school, it will be too condescending, I mean, find a way to enter the martial arts academy and become an officer!" Pang Yulou, the second son of the Pang family, is now studying in the Wubei Academy. I believe that with your skills, if you enter the academy, you will be better than him. In the future, I will become an officer, and I will not fail to make great achievements. Of course, if you find it inconvenient for Tonkin, my eldest brother and I can run for you, but it costs a little more. ”

Cao Zhongkun smiled embarrassedly, in the matter of Zhaoxin stocks, he shared most of Zhao Guanhou's dividends, and he always felt that he couldn't go, so he said: "If that's the case, Guanhou, you don't have to pay, I'll just pay." I know a few of the teachers there, so it's always okay to give them some money and add a name. ”

Zhao Guanhou didn't say anything, just smiled, thanked the two for their kindness, anyway, he just had a happy event today, and as soon as he joined the camp, he was going to separate from his wife, but he was very reluctant.

At this moment, suddenly a person rushed up from below, and several gangsters just came to make trouble, and without saying a word, they went up to prepare to be ruthless, but the man was very obedient, standing at the entrance of the building and shouting "Guanhou...... It's me, your fourth brother! It's so dangerous, if I hadn't gone to the new house and almost missed it, I'd have punished myself with three cups. ”

When Cao Zhongkun heard this voice, he knew that it was his brother Cao Zhongying, and hurriedly beckoned him to come and sit.

Cao Zhongying's age is similar to Zhao Guanhou, and the robes he wears are very decent, but he is dusty, and he knows at a glance that he is coming from a long distance. He was hit by the immortal jump at the beginning, but thanks to Zhao Guanhou's rescue, the two changed posts and worshipped. As for Cao Zhongkun, it was because of this incident that he also exchanged posts with Zhao Guanhou. But Cao Zhongying has a frizzy temperament and acts absurdly, when it comes to friendship, it is Cao Zhongkun and Zhao Guanhou who are closer.

The former Cao Zhongying went to Shandong to sell ejiao, but he was never in Jinmen, and he hurried back at this time, but he only carried a small burden on his body, and he didn't look like he had returned with a full load. Cao Zhongkun drank a few glasses of wine when he saw him coming, and then like a starving ghost reincarnated, he quickly stuffed vegetables into his mouth, feeling a little embarrassed in front of his friends, and frowned and asked, "Fourth, you didn't go home, just come over?"

"Home? How dare I go home? Cao Zhongying threw a ball into his mouth as he spoke, but he grinned with hot teeth, and poured a few sips of wine before he recovered. As soon as I got off the train from a small station, I went to the barracks to look for you, and when I asked, I said that you had taken leave for your brother's celebration, and I expected that it was Guanhou and Hanzhi who got married. As a result, I hurriedly waited for the train to go to Lao Longtou, and when I went to Zhao's house, I saw a large number of female dependents there, and when I met Fengzhi's sister, I knew that you had run to the champion building. I said, Guanhou, how much debt have you borrowed? This champion building has to spend a few hundred taels of silver, where did you get so much money? What do you expect in the future? ”

"Fourth brother, let's eat you raw, I have my own money now, and there is no need to borrow money to do this. Looking at you like this, I think you should worry about yourself, this trip to sell ejiao is not going well, right? ”

Cao Zhongkun was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Today's big day, everyone drinks, don't mention those idle things." But Cao Zhongying took the initiative to take the conversation

"Who said no, it's not going well, I'm a weasel roasting fire this time, the hair is dry and the claws are clean, and there is no silver left. If it weren't for the fact that I met a fellow villager in Tianjin and borrowed some money for the ticket, I am afraid that I would have to ask for food and go back to Tianjin. ”

Cao Zhongkun was glanced at by Li Xiushan, and he only felt that his face was dull, and his face was difficult to look at, "Fourth, which wild woman did you pay the silver to this time?" I told you, when you go out, be careful, you must have made the same mistake again, and you were blocked in the room by your husband, right? ”

Cao Zhongying likes beauty, and she is good at using money to save her astray female compatriots, and the third-class hall in Jinmen is even half-opened, and there are many good things in the cellar. He was born with an average appearance, but he thinks that he is in the wind, and he always feels that when a woman from a good family sees her, she will secretly send autumn waves, and even undress. In the former, the immortal jumps on this, and it is on this that he has planted his heels.

But he was born and was a man of repeated defeats and battles, obviously suffering losses, but he refused to repent, and took the silver sent by Cao Zhongkun to his home as the capital to do business.

Either you encounter a good hand, or you meet a good man in Liangshan, and more often, it is to repay the woman. For this reason, the old father of the Cao family also used a stick to beat, but he couldn't change this problem, and this time the whole army was wiped out.

But when he heard this, he shook his head again and again, "Third brother, how can you say this about me in front of outsiders?" Anyway, brother, I am also a man who stands up to the sky, how can I be so faceless. I procured Ejiao in Shandong this time, but I was cautious and cautious, careful and careful, the proprietress of the inn teased me with all her might, and I was not fooled......"

Even said a few things about how he did Yanashita Hui on the road, and when he saw the third brother's ugly face, he cut to the chase, "It's good to die, I originally negotiated Ejiao's business, but I only said that I would pay the money and do the goods that day, but I don't know, the owner of the house has practiced boxing vigorously." When I got there, I met the boxers, and I was in bad luck. ”

"Boxing?" Li Xiushan looked puzzled, "Shandong martial arts is extremely prosperous, there are many people who are good at martial arts, and it is not strange to meet a businessman practicing martial arts, why did it affect the fourth master?" ”

"It's not that boxing, what kind of kanzi boxing they practice, it's a pinch, and it's a mantra, saying that they can invite heavenly soldiers and generals to come up, and after practice, they are invulnerable, even if it's a foreign gun, it can't hurt a bit. I was also curious for a while, so I followed to see, who knew that these people practiced boxing is boxing, and there was another time, they hated foreigners the most, and even hated foreigners' things, and they couldn't even mention a foreign word. The foreign fire should be called the lamp, and the foreign cloth should be called the wide muslin cloth, and as for the parishioners, it is regarded as a grudge...... I was born into the church, and I want them to recognize it......"

"The fourth brother is a parishioner? It's the first time I've heard of it, look at your braids, but you haven't cut them. Zhao Guanhou snorted, and Cao Zhongying was not annoyed, "I joined the religion just for the sake of foreign spirit, and now the officials of Dajin are afraid of foreigners, and I joined the foreign religion just to borrow some power." Besides, it's good for me to join this foreign religion, it's not a Catholic church, it's extremely good, it's called ******, the priest said, after joining this religion, a man can marry as many daughters-in-law as he wants, and he will not be disposed of, why don't you want me to enter this teaching? ”

Cao Zhongkun coughed twice, "Fourth, it's becoming more and more silent, how can you eat Jin Guo's rice, but you went to join the foreign religion." Let my father know that he can't spare you, how did their gang of boxers know about your entry into the foreign religion? ”

"Don't mention it, I joined the village, and it's hundreds of miles away from the village where I bought Ejiao, and I don't think anyone knows. A few of them recognized me on the spot, and searched for the cross that the church had given me, and almost buried me alive. Thanks to my friendship with the old guest, and countless good words, they let me go. They confiscated all the silver taels they brought, saying that they had confiscated their teaching property. ”

"Robbers! It's a robber! "Rao is Cao Zhongkun's honest temper, and he can't stand it at this time" What kind of kanzi boxing did it come from? How dare you rob on the ground? ”

"Big brother, don't be angry, let's not be a gossip about this, just listen to it. Instead, after going back, tell Lord Yuan to hear about it. Li Xiushan's face was gloomy, he had already felt from the description of this incident that it seemed that something terrible was about to happen in Shandong. Yuan Weiting has always cared about the movements of neighboring provinces, and this news should be rewarded with some credit.

The Jinmen marriage banquet was held in the evening, and everyone ate and drank, and the time was delayed for a long time. By the time Zhao Guanhou returned to the small shoe shop, it was already dark. The dragon and phoenix wax in the new house has burned a small half, Jiang Fengzhi is nagging angrily, but Su Hanzhi is sitting there without saying a word, like a sculpture, which has been placed there for hundreds of years.

Jiang Fengzhi clapped her hands when she saw Zhao Guanhou coming back, "You're back, Sister Hanzhi hasn't eaten much this day, but she's tired." You're good, you eat and drink, and forget that you are still a bride. ”

After a while, Zhao Guanhou had to be careful, and Jiang Fengzhi left. Zhao Guanhou inserted his backhand into the door, picked off the hijab with a weighing rod, and sat down next to Su Hanzhi. Su Hanzhi moved to the side and asked, "Have you drunk too much, I'll go get you some tea." ”

"Don't move, I'll get you something to eat. Boiled children and grandchildren, there should be leftovers. ”

Zhao Guanhou got up and wanted to go, but was pulled by Su Hanzhi, "Don't move, I'm not hungry." I'm happy today, just look at you, I'm not hungry at all. Sit with me...... It's better than anything you eat. ”

Under the red candle, the beautiful woman is as beautiful as a flower, and the past is like yesterday, and the two have been silent for a long time. The lights in the newlyweds' room will not be turned off tonight, and the drapery is being lowered in the swaying lights, and the auspicious clothes are thrown out one by one.

Outside the window, Jiang Fengzhi, who was squatting like a raccoon cat, tightly gagged his mouth with one hand, while listening to the sound in the room, but felt that there was a lot of sand in the wind in the Jinmen in autumn.