Chapter 23: Snatching Relatives (I)
"Da ~ Da la Di, Di La Di Di, Di La Di ......"
A team of 19 people greeted the family, beating gongs and drumming suona, and rushed over from afar.
At the front of the line were two old women with flowery branches, wiping their red faces, smiling happily, twisting the big Yangge, taking small steps, and shaking one step at a time.
Then there was a tall white horse, and immediately sat a one-eyed man, dressed in red and green, and wearing the groom's sand crown.
Behind him, he was followed by eight people carrying a large sedan chair and three large cages, which contained various colored gifts such as gold and silver, cloth and so on.
At the end of the line, Ming Huanghuang held a sign with two gilded characters on the sign "Grab a kiss".
Zhang Hanshan is really here!
The bandits of Horsehair Mountain, they do what they say.
Of course, they don't admit that they are horse bandits now, because as early as more than ten years ago, the Huangsha Village of Horsehair Mountain, the Black Wind Village of Qilian Mountain, and the Qiang Gang of Altun Mountain formed the Three Mountains Alliance and submitted a request to the government to recruit peace. At that time, the county order collected a large sum of money from the three gang of horse bandits before agreeing to recruit An. Half a year later, the prefectural magistrate took his whole family to Gyeonggi to become the prefectural magistrate of a large county.
The three gang of horse bandits obtained the certificate of good citizenship and were able to enter the city with swagger, fulfilling their dream of "being a good man"; the county magistrate obtained a large amount of gold and silver, and entered Beijing in a beautiful manner, fulfilling the dream of "being a Beijing official".
To each his own, to each his own pleasure.
At this time, many people had gathered at the door of the Longmen Inn, and with such a big scene, how could there be no Lin Zhutou who maintained the law and order on this street. Hearing that someone was coming to rob Sister You, he was so angry that he secretly arranged for someone to block the city gate. In case Hanshan is really robbed, he Lin Zhutou would rather this little official be inappropriate and play with him.
"Dual Media Break the Door!"
A tall horse bandit, acting as the master of ceremonies, howled in an earth-shattering manner, scaring the red horse under his crotch to the point that his ears trembled.
The horse's big black eyes gave the big man a fierce look, expressing his dissatisfaction.
As soon as the words fell, the two matchmakers rushed in happily.
Tang Xiaomi led a few big girls in the neighborhood and pushed the two matchmakers out.
Local customs, this is the first step in rejecting the marriage.
In fact, Tang Xiaomi doesn't have many friends, it's not that Tang Xiaomi's popularity is bad, but Youlan's troublesome mouth has offended all the neighbors. When I heard that someone robbed her of her kiss, I couldn't wait for her to leave quickly.
Today, only Nangong Wan'er, a big girl, came to help, in order to make up the number, Heyunqi and Qingtan Xiaoni changed into casual clothes to support the scene. can push out the two fat matchmakers, all thanks to Tang Xiaomi's "don't use the hidden dragon".
"Oh mom, why is this girl so strong?" said a matchmaker, covering her heart.
"Oops, isn't it, I still feel my heart tremble, oops, my little heart, oops, I can't do it, I'm going to pass out. Another matchmaker said, covering her head.
"Soft can't do it, come hard one!" shouted the master of ceremonies.
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On the second floor, Youlan was wearing a pink dress, with a ribbon around her waist, and her head was full of colorful jewelry, and the flowers were trembling. This Nizi, seeing that there are many people today, does her best to dress up in a costume, coupled with her beautiful appearance, she really lives up to the name of the world's first beauty.
Blinking with big eyes, looking at the commotion downstairs, snickering from time to time.
As the third brother said, the other party is here to give the bride price.
At this moment, a man in a silver satin robe stood beside her, and his clothes were new. The head is tied with silver silk, the silver belt is around the waist, the feet are in silver boots, and the whole body is white. His figure is handsome and handsome, not an outsider, it is the sword immortal Tang Xiaofeng. But the sword at his waist was gone. It is said that it was confiscated by the third brother.
He frowned and asked softly, "Lan Lan, what are these people here for?"
"Kiss-grabbing. Yulan replied indifferently.
"Robbing whom?"
"Grab me. ”
"Rattle, bang", the short sword was unsheathed.
This was not his sword, but a small peach wood sword hanging at the head of Yulan's bed. Ten years ago, there was a leper monk passing by the door of the house and saw six-year-old Youlan competing with Tang Xiaomi to play on the Trojan Horse. But she gritted her teeth and jumped up, fighting desperately, and finally Tang Xiaoxiao relented and let her play. The old monk was startled, and pointed his hand and said: This woman's bones are very evil, and she needs to be given to the house to ward off evil spirits in order to grow up, otherwise she will inevitably die.
"Hey, what are you going to do!" You Lan was startled, turned his head and pressed Tang Xiaofeng's hand holding the sword.
"Who is going to marry you? I'm going to kill him right now. Tang Xiaofeng was furious.
Hearing this, Youlan couldn't cry or laugh, comforted him to put away his sword, and told him the custom of "robbing relatives" in detail.
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It has not happened for several years to rob relatives, and hundreds of thousands of people in Jiuquan City, but all those who are empty, have flocked to it.
Those with status, sitting on chairs, crossing Erlang's legs, eating melon seeds, and drinking flower tea, such as the two ladies of Zhang Xianling, sat in the best position - the second floor of Yihong Courtyard opposite the Longmen Inn, looking at the railing, watching the excitement downstairs.
There are also several daughters-in-law of wealthy gentry families beside him, who are very attentive to the wife of the county lord, among which Nangong Wan'er's mother is also above, pointing to her daughter to show Mrs. Zhao.
Mrs. Zhao, as the wife of the county commander's family, has to press the second room and the first head of everything in everything, and there is no need to mention dressing, even the tone of her voice is three points higher. It's just that this gradually aging face makes people sigh that "since ancient times, beauties sigh for twilight, and heroes are not allowed to see white heads".
Downstairs, a group of rich gentlemen moved chairs and benches and sat in the innermost part. Behind him stood a group of black people, crowded.
Lin Zhutou led Zhang San and Zhao Si to collect venue fees everywhere, and while collecting fees, they cursed non-stop. Because Zheng Zhutou had just taken Chen Wuxingliu to collect the "bench fee" in the front row, Lin Zhutou was very dissatisfied with this.
"What's the matter? Our territory, Nima let him take the lead!" Zhang San chattered while collecting the money.
Zhao Si glanced at Lin Zhutou, saw that Lin Zhutou's face was like iron ash, and said with a crooked mouth: "Third child, why do you talk too much in a day? Don't you see that our master is worried about this matter? This must be the time of the birthday, and our master has less money, it must be like this." ”
"Who to pay for?"
"Nonsense, of course it's for my old uncle. ”
"Oh, you mean my uncle? That can't be, my uncle isn't like that. ”
"Hurry up and get out of the way for me, my old brother-in-law, I don't count it in my heart? ”
"Hey, hey, you two, can you keep your mouth shut? Take a look, look, when will these tens of thousands of people be finished? Don't end the show for a while, if you can't collect twenty taels, I'll discount your legs!" Lin Zhutou finally couldn't listen anymore.
"Hey, Master, that's not right. Zhao Si said with a bitter face: "My aunt is looking at me from above, you have to give me some face, even if you discipline me, you have to train me behind your back." ”
Lin Zhutou glared, and just as he was about to speak, Zhang San preemptively said: "Fourth, what do you mean by saying this? Now that our aunt has fallen out of favor, my uncle is rare for the second lady, my aunt Chen." ”
"Zhang San, why do you say such a thing?" Zhao Si was anxious: "What's the matter with my aunt, don't you count it in your heart? Even the matter of my aunt's husband taking a second room has to be approved by my aunt, otherwise would he dare to accept it?"
"Heh," Zhang San sneered: "Look at it, you are also a wife and nephew, you are far worse than Chen Wu." Look at it, other people's clothes, other people's big leather shoes, other people's belts, which one is not better than yours? Other people's pocket money is more than your salary, and you are embarrassed to say that. ”
"What's the use? Aren't you just a bachelor like me?"
"Heh, can you compare with others? Chen Wuke said, he can't play enough to be your turn. ”
Hearing this, Zhao Si's eyes widened, and he jumped to his feet and scolded: "I'll tell you Zhang San, I'm not here to brag to you." If he Chen Wu dares to say this to my face, do you think I dare to smash him!"
Zhao Si's words could be heard by Chen Wu. Chen Wu snorted lightly and glanced at Xing Liu beside him. Xing Liu clenched his fists and said, "Tonight, deal with him." ”
Chen Wu patted Xing Liu's shoulder, and seemed to agree, but he didn't seem to agree. At this time, he had already begun to calculate in his heart - it is said that Zhao Si has a concubine and looks good......
At this time, the man of Horsehair Mountain had already brought out the bride price, and after the respected Han Zhutou personally weighed it, he sang: "The man gives 40 taels of gold and 800 taels of silver, according to local rules, if the man loses the tug-of-war, he should leave 4 taels of gold and 80 taels of silver to the woman, and then leave; But if the woman agrees to tug-of-war, once she loses, she must collect money to marry, and now the woman's parents will express their position!"
"Come! Tug of war!" a big man walked out of the doorway, and the sound was like a bell that made everyone's ears ring. Everyone saw that it was not an outsider, it was the first good man on Zishi Street, Wu Song.
Coincidentally, the four disciples of the Kongtong faction of "justice and morality" were also there, asking to participate in the tug-of-war. It's just that Li Gaode's feet are not good yet, but he has to succeed.
It's hard to refute their face, Wu Song can only agree. Wu Song is very popular among the local people, but anyone who is named is willing to come out to help. Soon after, a few men walked out of the crowd and came to Wu Song's side. Wu Song took a jar of wine and poured a bowl for each of them first.
At this time, Zhang Hanshan looked extremely excited, squinted his eyes and said: "Brothers, the opportunity has come! Hurry up and eat the strong pill, this is the elixir I bought at a high price from the Tianshan Sect, within a quarter of an hour, the internal strength will increase by one layer, and we will have seventeen people, even if we increase the seventeen layers, I don't believe that we can't pull them out!"
Suddenly lowered his voice and said: "In the early years, this was a thing of the Hengshan faction, those stupid nuns, they didn't know how to sell out, and they said that it was poison. It's still the Tianshan faction that will do business, and we don't always eat, what can we do!"
"Hahaha, congratulations in advance to the young master for holding the beauty!" The minions swallowed the pill, and suddenly felt that their blood was full of blood, and they had inexhaustible strength in their bodies.
In full view, if you agree to tug-of-war, once the woman loses, her daughter must get married. Otherwise, it will not taste good to let tens of thousands of people poke their backbones.
Zhang Hanshan's strong pills are genuine, let Wu Song's power be infinite, how can he compete with the other party's seventeen strong pills?
But at this moment, there was a commotion in the south, and then they heard the sound of "Da ~ Da La Di, Di La Di Di, Di La Di ......", everyone turned their heads and saw that it was another team that grabbed relatives.
Seeing this, Zhang Hanshan rolled his eyes in anger......
If you want to know who it is, listen to the next section.