On June 16 of the eighth year of the Emperor of the Great Yang Kingdom, showers, Bibo City, Houwan County, in the north.

Bibo City is the capital of Houwan County, and it is also the main trade route for people from all over the country in the north to enter Dayang, and merchants from all over the world gather in the city, which is very lively.

And the Miao Mansion in Bibo City, at the moment, is holding an engagement banquet. The protagonist of this engagement banquet is Wei Bingyue, the eighth son of the general guard of Haixi Mansion in Houwan County, and the female is the niece of Mrs. Wei's mother's family, Miao Bilin, the eldest daughter of Miao Ruotong, a scholar in Bibo City. One is a seven-foot-long, dashing and dignified general; One is a scholarly family, gentle and polite ladies of all, this fairy couple, no matter who sees it, they must say a match made in heaven!

Because the uncles and brothers all had to stay in Haixi Mansion to guard the border, there were not many people who could come to Bibo City to participate in this banquet, only a few elders of the Wei family and the parents of both sides. The people of the Wei family set out from Haixi Province yesterday afternoon, pulled the dowry in a carriage, went out from Shengping Gate, and headed south to Bibo City.

Wei Shuping has fifteen sons, so for the Wei family, it is not uncommon to marry a daughter-in-law under a dowry. But for the border people of the entire Haixi Mansion, the engagement and marriage of the sons of the General Military Mansion is undoubtedly one of the most lively things in their boring and boring border guarding life. What's more, that Wei family Hachiro, but the legendary water god Niangniang will be fascinated by him when she sees him. There is a shortage of water in the north, so in addition to the Chinese New Year, one of the most important activities of Haixi people every year is to worship the water god Niangniang on the 12th Water God Festival in February. The temple blessing in the water temple will post ten candidates for worshipping the water god this year on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, and everyone who comes to the water temple can take a sour jujube that is a specialty of Haixi Province and put it in front of the candidates. Who has the most sour dates in front of his name, this year's Water God Festival, he will come to offer incense to the water god Niangniang.

Everyone in the world loves beauty, and so must the water goddess Niangniang. Therefore, the people of Haixi believe that the person who makes incense needs to be the most handsome man in Haixi Province in order to impress the heart of the mother and make her rain more this year.

For four consecutive years, the highest number of votes is Wei Bingyue's thirteenth uncle Wei Shu'an, and every time he puts on incense, it will be more than a month, and as little as ten years, it will indeed rain more or less. Everyone speculated that it must have been the water god Niangniang who saw him and was melted by the beautiful man's appearance, so he was willing to rain in the spring for four consecutive years. Therefore, he got a nickname: Mercury King.

And this year, Wei Bingyue replaced his uncle and stood out from the ten candidates to incense the water god Niangniang, for no other reason, it was really Wei Jiahachilang's appearance that was more outstanding than that of Mercury Jun when he became an adult. Therefore, when the convoy of the Wei family went out of the city, I saw Wei Bingyue riding a tall horse with a smile on his face, and I don't know how many girls from Haixi Mansion shed tears on the spot.

Wei Bingyue is a concubine, and his biological mother Deng Shi could not attend the engagement banquet, so she did not appear in the team. And his sister Wei Yangyang was not allowed to go with her because of the Bazi Ke people, but she didn't want to miss the extremely important moment in her starling's life, so she secretly rode a horse and followed the convoy from a distance, wanting to see the excitement.

Although it was a little regrettable that Deng could not come, Mrs. Wei did not have a son-in-law, treated the fifteen brothers equally, and did not show favoritism and abuse, so she was very praised by her husband and respected by her sons at home. In this engagement banquet, the dowry prepared by Mrs. Wei was only a lot more than when Wei Bingyue's seventh brother was engaged. Moreover, his future father-in-law is also Mrs. Wei's sister and brother-in-law. Therefore, Wei Bingyue is very satisfied with today's scene. His skin is snow-white, and he usually likes to wear colorful clothes, and on today's happy day, he deliberately wore a pink flying shoulder wide-sleeved long shirt, embroidered with two peony flowers on his chest, and the flowers are full of flowers, which is the same as his mood today.

Men are inferior to women, so when there is a major banquet, women cannot sit with men. Therefore, the Wei family patriarch, Wei Shuping, Miao Ruotong and Wei Bingyue sat at the big table in the middle of the lobby to eat, while Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Miao and Miao Bilin, sat at the small table to the west. Because Haixi Mansion is a war zone, all the rules are simple, and the elders of the two sides agreed that on the eighteenth day of the lunar month this year, the Wei family will come to the door to marry.

Wei Bingyue accompanied the elders to drink, and turned his head to look at Miao Bilin secretly. This Miao family Dani, who grew up with her childhood sweetheart, will be her wife half a year later.

Wei Shuping instructed him: "Ah Yue, what are you doing in a daze, pour wine." Wei Bingyue turned his head, for fear that his father would see that he had just turned his head, so he hurriedly picked up the wine jug, poured wine into Miao Ruotong's cup, and said as he poured: "Uncle, yes, drink well." Wei Shuping scolded: "Stupid? Still called uncle? Wei Bingyue hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, father-in-law." ”

The elders in the room looked at him with an embarrassed look on their faces and laughed.

He was already white, and then he was reprimanded by Wei Shuping, his face was white and red, which was extremely commensurate with the color of his clothes, and he was more delicate than flowers. He kept turning his head to look at Miao Bilin, for fear that she would make fun of him too. Miao Bilin didn't laugh at him like others, but secretly made a move at him and asked him to drink less. He nodded happily, and his heart was already thinking about how happy his married life should be. He made great achievements at the border, and the little lady taught her husband and children at home, and when she thought about it, she wanted to laugh out loud.

At this time, the subordinates of the Miao family rushed in and reported: "Master, the ink camp in Haixi is lit with wolf smoke!" Hearing the words of the man, everyone present stood up. The enemy army suddenly attacked, the Wei family was not surprised by this, and Wei Shuping said: "Today, our two families are engaged to the child, and the enemy is coming to congratulate us!" ”

Although Miao Ruotong is a civilian official, he also knows that he has been fighting in the north for many years, and igniting wolf smoke means that the military situation is urgent. Everyone in the Wei family was not in a hurry, they were all packing up their weapons and preparing to go to the battlefield. Coupled with the heroic words of the garrison, he did not take the enemy army in his eyes at all. He originally felt that his daughter was a little regretful about the facts, but now, there is no regret at all. He said: "Brother-in-law, the military situation is important, let's talk about it in the future!" When you return victoriously, I will serve you a wine to celebrate your achievements! Wei Shuping said: "Okay, let's see me use a big victory as an engagement gift for my son and daughter-in-law!" After he finished speaking, he arched his hand to Miao Ruotong and said, "Let's go!" ”

Mrs. Miao saw that the Wei family began to go out, although she was a woman, she also knew that things were extraordinary, she wanted her sister to stay, and then return to Haixi after the battle, but she knew that her sister and brother-in-law had a very good relationship, and her sister was the head of the Wei family. Whenever there is a big battle, you must sit in the old house of the Wei family and wait for the return of her husband and sons. So she had to say to Mrs. Wei: "Sister, take care!" ”

When they arrived at the gate of Miao Mansion, Wei Shuping's personal soldiers reported: "The general soldiers, the violent soldiers are divided into three ways to attack the Qing camp. "The Weijia Army is divided into the Green Battalion, the Orange Battalion, the Green Battalion, the Blue Battalion, and the Mo Battalion, five sub-flags, responsible for defending the Haixi Mansion, which are respectively held by the five banner masters of the Wei family, and the base camp of the red main flag is in Haixi, and the main flag owner is Wei Shuping himself.

Wei Shuping said: "Eighth child, you will send your aunt back to Haixi first." I'll go to Qing to rescue your seventh uncle. Wei Bingyue replied while getting on the horse: "Yes." ”

Mrs. Wei had already sat in the sedan chair, and when she heard him say this, she lifted the sedan curtain and said to Wei Shuping: "What, you treat me as a vegetarian?" I don't have to send it, you all go, I can go back by myself! Miao Bilin stood up and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I will also do some work, I will send my aunt back." Mrs. Wei didn't appreciate it: "I don't need my own son, how can I let my daughter-in-law send me?" ”

Miao Bilin had just been engaged, and it was not in accordance with the rules if she didn't send it today, so she said: "It's still far from Haixi, I won't send it to Haixi, but I still want to send it out of Bibo City." Mrs. Miao said: "Yes, ask my daughter to give you a ride on behalf of our husband and wife, only out of the city, this is always okay, right?" Mrs. Wei nodded, and Miao Bilin asked someone to lead the horse and walk with Mrs. Wei's car.

And Wei Shuping, Wei Bingyue and his own soldiers had already ridden out of the city first.