The crying wedding ceremony finally ended, and the brides Fan Liping and You Xinyan were helped into the big sedan chair by the sisters. Hao Nan and Gong Tianyuan, dressed in the groom's official dress, rode a high-headed horse, walked in front of the greeting team, beaming and humming a small song.

Hehe, the feeling of being a groom's official is different. It was the first time for a general to marry a daughter-in-law of the Miao family in the village, which caused a sensation in the whole village. The welcoming team blew and beat all the way, and the sound of suona, horns, gongs and drums, and firecrackers continued......

The Miao people along the way came to watch the welcoming procession, the road was crowded with people, and they congratulated the groom official, and the welcoming team continued to distribute candy and small red envelopes, and the scene was not enthusiastic!

The welcoming team walked for six hours before returning to Sidu, and it was already the end of Shen Shi. The fathers and villagers of Sidu have been waiting for a long time, and everyone wants to see the bride's face.

In the courtyard of the Zhu family, Zhu Qi's room and his wife Gong Lanping, Hao Nan's parents, and Gong Tianyuan's parents sat on the Taishi chair, happy. The two pairs of brides and grooms entered the hall surrounded by everyone, and it was time to make a big salute, and the old man of the celebrant sang -

"The auspicious time has come, worship heaven and earth—"

The bride and groom turned and bowed out of the door.

"The Second Worship Hall—"

The bride and groom thanked the young owners and parents of the Zhu family compound.

"Husband and wife worship each other—"

The bride and groom bow to each other.

"Licheng - enter the cave room-"

"Wait-" The young proprietor Zhu Qi's room stopped the bride, "Eating is the first priority, the bride and groom have been hungry for most of the day, pass the word, start the meal-"

"It's time to eat—" the celebrant shouted.

"It's not convenient for the bride to eat with a head cover, and from now on, you can lift your head cover after worshipping the church." Zhu Qimu smiled.

"Thank you." The bride and groom bow again. The two brides who took off their skulls wore light makeup, wore gold and silver, smiled half-step, and the lotus steps were full of joy, which was moving.

"Oh, it's so beautiful, Sai Tianxianye!" Those young men were dumbfounded, especially Dai Da Niu. His intestines were full of regret, before Gong Jichang asked him if he wanted to marry a daughter-in-law, he saw that Fan Liping and You Xinyan were not slipping away, so he refused. I didn't expect that makeup was so beautiful, as the saying goes, "Buddha wants gold, people want clothes".

In the courtyard of the Zhu family, the open field is full of long tables and stools, and good wine and food are steaming on the table. The villagers all sat down, and praised the young proprietor for understanding the righteousness and personally funding the happy events for the soldiers of the Jingyi Battalion, which is really a good person and a bodhisattva.

At the banquet, the sound of fists, eating and drinking, and laughter continued, and the joy filled the entire courtyard of the Zhu family. The whole dinner lasted an hour.

After eating and drinking, Dai Daniu and Li Dawei drank eighty, so they moved a table, put a big bowl on the table, two vague shouts, organized people to play a few "guess the size", threw three handfuls on the table, opened the big bowl and looked, three times the three dice were below four o'clock: "Hehe, all small, luck or not!" ”

The crowd of onlookers just watched, and still no one bet. At this time, Yang Jie staggered over: "What are you two doing here?" Everyone doesn't know the rules, how to bet? It's pretty much the same for a different way of playing. ”

"Lose three vines, lose three vines, we will all do!" Everyone was excited.

Ding Yichang and Wei Chaohui didn't know how to play, so they had to sit on the stool in a daze.

"Who's going to sit in the village first-" Gong Jichang also came over.

"General, you can do this, why don't you come to the village?" Liu Yuntian said with a smile.

"No, General Ben has been quitting for many years, just look at it, just look at it." Gong Jichang smiled.

Yang Jie, who was holding three copper coins in his hand, said unceremoniously: "I'll come first, everyone quickly bet." ”

After everyone bet, Yang Jie turned his head, closed his eyes and threw the copper coin into the air: "Did you win?" ”

When Yang Jie turned around, the front of the copper coin had already been turned over by several people, and he said in unison: "Three pockmarks (tails), all compensation-"

"Oh, it's all over." Yang Jie took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and paid them one by one according to the number of bets.

They said, "Can this banknote be used?" Brother Jay. ”

"You are really lonely and unheard, and now the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in my Qinghe country use this, which is easy to carry." Yang Jie shrugged.

"We don't want paper money, we want copper coins—" The group didn't believe it, and asked for copper coins.

"Brothers, stop making trouble. When did Brother Jie lie to you? The two of us can testify that these banknotes were issued by the imperial court and were legal tender. "Wei Chaohui and Ding Yichang came up to relieve the siege.

"How do you redeem it?" A posterior asked.

"When the owner of the money bank receives the banknotes, he will give you the same amount of copper coins or silver. Everyone is happy today, and let's continue to play. Wei Chaohui explained.

Yang Jie threw more than ten times in a row, and lost all the banknotes on his body. I have no money, so I have to watch others sit in the bank.

But he was not reconciled, and asked Gong Jichang to borrow 200 guan (in the era of the Qing Dynasty, copper coins have always been about 300 yuan), and asked Ding Yichang to borrow 100 yuan, and then to pull the capital.

As a result, Yang Jie sat in the village again, and did not eat the head and tail once, either the head and tail were compensated, or the tail was not eaten, and the compensation of 10 and 10 was paid each time, and he soon lost again.

Yang Jie broke out in a cold sweat on his head, plus he lost 50 guan, that is, 450 guan, and he couldn't gamble anymore.

Yang Jie also wanted to ask Wei Chaohui to borrow 100 banknotes, Wei Chaohui said: "Brother Jie, it's not me talking about you, you can't be lucky today, stop." ”

"Are you afraid that I won't compensate you?" Yang Jie was a little unhappy.

"Brother Jie, you have lost too much, a small bet is pleasant, and a bet hurts your spirit." Wei Chaohui said nothing.

"If you don't borrow it, forget it!" Yang Jie left in a huff.

The next morning, when Wei Chaohui and Ding Yichang were having breakfast, they found that Yang Jie was gone, and more than 30 of his subordinates were also inexplicably missing.

When the two of them went to Yang Jie's barracks, they saw that it was terrible, their clothes and weapons were all rolled up, and they must have escaped without permission.

So Wei Chaohui immediately reported Yang Jie's disappearance to Gong Jichang, Gong Jichang immediately felt that the situation was serious, he drank high last night, and didn't notice Yang Jie's unusual behavior, so where would this guy go with dozens of people?

"General, Yang Jie lost 450 pieces last night—" Wei Chaohui said.

"How can he have so much money and so much to lose?" Gong Jichang frowned.

"I borrowed my 100 yuan, and then asked Wei Chaohui to borrow it, and Wei Zhaohui persuaded him to stop gambling. He was very unhappy, and after watching the meeting for a while, he left without saying a word. Ding Yichang said.

"I also borrowed my 200 guan ......" Gong Jichang slapped the table, and then remembered that Yang Jie was born as a bandit, "That guy is back to his old business nine times out of ten, and if he has no money to spend, he must have gone to Yangmei Pass, it's broken-"

"Lord Gong, Yangmei Pass is more than 150 miles away from Sidu, and Yang Jie and his gang are likely to leave last night." Yang Kaiyan said, "The overall situation that the old man has worked so hard to manage is about to be ruined by him again." ”

After the acquiescence of local autonomy by the Qing and imperial courts, Yang Kaiyan, the chief of the Miao nationality, wanted to revitalize the economy and develop industry and commerce in Rulin County.

"Elder, don't worry. I'll punish my people. Gong Jichang hugged his fists.

"Then there's Lord Law." Yang Kaiyan replied.

"I'm not strict with my subordinates, and I'm causing you trouble. The elder is waiting for me here, and I will definitely arrest Yang Jie before dark. Gong Jichang put on his robe and walked out of the Zhu family compound with an armor-piercing gun.

Gong Jichang led 100 men and horses to the Yangmei Pass checkpoint at full speed non-stop. As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, a group of businessmen hugged them one by one with sad faces and complained to Gong Jichang: "General, our money has been looted by robbers, how do you want us to live?" ”

"What does the head look like?" Gong Jichang asked.

The businessmen described the general characteristics of the robber head, and when Gong Jichang heard it, he scolded in his heart: "Dogs can't change eating, this person is not Yang Jie, who else is so bold?" ”

Gong Jichang asked the robbers if they still hurt people, and the businessmen all shook their heads, and they didn't dare to say anything.

Gong Jichang stepped forward and grabbed the sleeve of a young trader, opened it and saw that it was blue and purple: "What's going on?" ”

At this time, the others said that they were all beaten: "The robbers are too ruthless......"

"You are frightened, what you want to do business is to be convenient with the people, to activate the economy, and to make some profits. I will definitely recover all your belongings. Gong Jichang assured Shang Jia.

"Thank you, General, for being the master of the people." The businessmen said in unison.

"Wait here, and within an hour I will arrest the robbers who beat people and goods, and confront you." Gong Jichang turned over and jumped on horseback......

Soon, Gong Jichang caught Yang Jie and more than 30 others on the mountain, searched out the looted property, tied all of them backhanded, and escorted them to the area where the merchants were staying.

As soon as the businessmen saw that Yang Jie was tied up, they pointed at Yang Jie and said, "It's him, that's right!" ”

Yang Jie still held his head high: "What's wrong with me?!" Lao Tzu is robbing you profiteers! ”

"Shut up, Yang Jie! Go back and dispose of you scum according to military regulations. Gong Jichang shook his hand and slapped Yang Jie in the mouth.

Yang Jie Nunu mouthed and spit out a mouthful of blood: "Gong Jichang, it fell into your hands today, if you want to kill it, you have to listen to it." ”

"I'll go, you dare to call General Ben's name!" As soon as Gong Jichang kicked over, Yang Jie fell to the ground.

"Gong Jichang, Lao Tzu has been with you for so many years, there is no credit and hard work, you don't need to treat me like this!" Yang Jie got up from the ground and shouted.

"Yang Jie, no matter how hard you are, I will kill you with one shot, and I will send you to see Hades immediately!" Gong Jichang's armor-piercing gun poked Yang Jie's heart.

Yang Jie saw that Gong Jichang's face was full of anger, and he didn't dare to say more, he knew Gong Jichang's temper best, and if he continued to resist, it would not end well, he lowered his head in shame......