The wailing on the hillside, Li ran far away, and he could still be heard vaguely. And the trembling calves under him did not obey the call, and flew away with him to the town.

In the early morning, the streets of the town are crowded with pedestrians, but they are also lively. Li Ming, carrying a wooden sword, walked leisurely on the street, looking like a ruffian. On the street, pedestrians saw that it was him, and panicked, not knowing who was the first to shout: "The little Taoist priest is here again!"

With the sound of the shops on the street, they closed their doors one after another.

"Tut-tut......" Li was stunned for a long time, and shook his head secretly, didn't he just have no money to buy food and clothing on weekdays, and did some acts of stealing chickens and touching dogs, as for such a panic.

It is not only natural to make everyone look like this, if this is known to others, they will definitely hug their heads and cry, maybe kowtow and burn incense, saying that if it is like this, thank God.

These people are naturally a minority, and not every family of Li Chao goes to patronize them. Master, his old man once said that there are no rules, so walking in the streets and alleys of the market, seeing people and observing the rules, pedestrians acting in a square circle, with the rules of the circle, no one will be too embarrassed for you. Not to mention, Master's rhetoric really works, on weekdays, although these townspeople are afraid of him, they have never felt sorry for him.

When I came to the town before, I still remember that the blacksmith in the south of the town had said that the daughter of the Zhang family in the west of the town would be out of the cabinet in the near future. Counting the time, it seems to be today.

Anyway, there is Aunt Xu in the Taoist temple, and she can't go back for a while, so it's better to watch the excitement.

Thinking of this, Li Chao poked his head and looked around, but he saw that not far away, a mother and daughter were walking on the street, and the girl was holding a small doll made of leather cloth in her hand, which was very exquisite.

Li Mingren recognized this woman, this woman's surname was Xu, and she had been a guest at their house with her master. I still remember that Aunt Xu, who still has this charm, also went to the Taoist temple in the middle of the night to ask the master for a talisman.

At this moment, Aunt Xu is walking on the street with her ten-year-old daughter. Suddenly, I found a small figure flashing in front of me, and I couldn't help but be startled: "Ah, it turned out to be the little Taoist of Qingfeng Temple." ”

Li Ming's immature little face turned red, and he didn't speak, but made a deep compilation, and then he glanced at the little girl who was playing by herself, snatched the leather rag doll in his hand, and turned away.

Aunt Xu was taken aback.

The little girl was also stunned for a long time, and after a while, she saw that there was no leather doll in her hand, and she immediately cried.

Watching the little Taoist priest walk away with the rag doll, Aunt Xu was so angry that the roots of her teeth itched. Immediately, she remembered someone again, and her face couldn't help but flush with a hint of redness.

In the downtown streets and alleys west of the town, most of the people living here are rich and powerful rich and noble families, and it is said that these people have to take refuge in this poor mountain because they have offended people who should not be offended. Of course, there are some who were born and raised here, except for the younger children of the family who moved to the county seat, and the others stayed in the town.

This is naturally a place frequented by Li Ming, because the town is not very large, not a little less than half an hour, he came to the Zhang family house located in Meihua Lane.

At this time, the Zhang family, the red lantern in front of the door was hung high, and the red flowers under the eaves of the wall were colorful, a joyful and lively scene. On the right side of the gate, I saw an eight-lift sedan chair, parked by the wall, just waiting for the suona sound, the sedan chair driver will get up.

Li Chao stood far away, watching the people in and out of Zhang's house, and he couldn't help but admire: "It's really a rich family, the girl is out of the pavilion, and most of the people in the town are here." After that, his big eyes rolled slightly, and he grinned again: "Why don't you take advantage of the fact that this group of rich men is not at home, go and touch a melon along the vine?"

Thinking of this, he glanced at the leather doll in his hand, shook his head, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, let's stop today, it's better to go and eat wine." ”

Unconsciously the sun is rising.

With the explosion of firecrackers, a 'auspicious time has arrived', the front of Zhang's house was overcrowded, and Li Mingri worked hard to grab the front of everyone. At the same time, the servant in front of the door with the sugar cake began to sway the candy cake in the basket.

"The bride is out of the cabinet......"

The joy of sugar swayed, and the suona gong also sounded, and when the old woman raised her voice, the bride was helped out of the courtyard by two maids.

"Woo...... Mother, I'll miss your ......."

"My daughter...... When you arrive at Zhao's house, if you suffer and tell your mother, your mother will settle accounts with them...... Woohoo......"

"Woo ......"

The sound of gongs and drums at the outer door, but inside the door, I saw the bride and an old woman dressed luxuriously. And his wife pulled the bride's hand, looking reluctant, very touching.

"Why don't you just get out of the pavilion, the two of you are only five streets apart, as for the appearance of a crying father and a dead mother. ”

When the two were reluctant to cry, suddenly a childish voice broke the warm and festive atmosphere out of place.

The cries of the old woman and the bride stopped abruptly, and the musicians playing the trumpets around them also stared at each other and froze in place.

"Ahem...... You go on, you go on. Seeing everyone's eyes turn to him in unison, Li Ming's little face couldn't help but blush. And he waved his hand, and without looking back, he disappeared into the crowd.

......

The Zhao family, which is also in the west of the town, is separated from the Zhang family by five alleys, but there are too many visitors who come to stop, and the Li family's sedan chair stops and goes all the way, and the five streets and alleys are just twenty roads away. And his sugar-loving servants were so busy that they suffered from these musicians who played and sang, and they almost lost their breath and couldn't walk through these five streets and alleys.

In front of Zhao's house, the groom Zhao Ju came to the gate of the mansion early in the morning, waiting for the arrival of the bride's sedan chair. Da'an has always adhered to the rules of the right door, even in this poor mountainous area. Although the Zhao family is a first-class wealthy family in Fenyang Town, I heard that the Zhao family had served as an official in the state and county before, and they have always looked down on the nouveau riche in the mountains. This time, in order to marry the beautiful lady of the Zhang family, the Zhao family can be said to have invested enough money, that is, the rich families in Hui'an Town, sixty or seventy miles away, have been invited.

This pomp alone, this momentum alone, is enough to make the wealthy people in the mountains bow down.

After a long time, the Li family's sedan chair finally came slowly surrounded by the crowd.

When the eight-carrying sedan chair came to the door of Zhao's house, Zhao Ju couldn't wait to straighten his clothes and catch up with the sedan chair.

Seeing this, the old woman who was guarding the sedan chair hurriedly stopped the groom who was in a hurry, and said with a smile: "Look at you dead ghost, it's all yours when you enter the cave room." After that, she pushed Zhao Ju, who was stunned in place, and said, "What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and turn around, and prepare to carry the bride into the house." ”

Zhao Ju laughed dryly and said suddenly: "Yes, yes, yes." Then, as he said yes, he turned around and arched his back.

Li Chao stood in the crowd, talking to each other, how could the crowd be noisy, and he was already short, he was drowned in the sea of people after only two glances.

It wasn't until the bride was welcomed into Zhao's house that most of the spectators dispersed, and Li Chao squeezed to the door of Zhao's house sweating profusely.

When he came to the door, he couldn't help but sneer: "Why don't you marry a girl, Dao Ye will go back to ten or eight, and be angry with you people who don't know anything!"

With that, he strode towards the courtyard gate with his little head held high.

"The Li family in the east of the city, send a pair of jade and jade bracelets ......"

"The Feng family in the east of the city, send two pearl agate ......"

At the door, the steward was sweating profusely to collect the bride price, but he saw a little Taoist priest dressed in tatters walking up to him, and he recognized the person in a blink of an eye. He didn't smile, stopped the little Taoist's footsteps, bowed down and said, "Little Taoist, where is this going?"

Li Ming's head was raised, he glanced at him, and said in an old-fashioned manner: "Naturally, it's drinking, it's hard to drink you." And he pretended to be disgusted, and he was so angry that the smile on his face was sluggish.

"Hehe, it's naturally okay to drink wedding wine, but I don't know if the little Taoist chief has brought a bride price?" the steward forcibly suppressed his anger and asked rhetorically with a smile.

"Hey, the dog's eyes look down!" Before the steward could finish speaking, Li Chao then threw a leather doll into his hand. Suddenly, he found that the leather doll was missing an arm at some point, and he couldn't help but look around, and then found the fallen severed limb on the ground not far away.

Suddenly, under the stunned gaze of the steward, he ran out into the street, picked up the leather cloth arm, and stuffed it into his hand again.

After doing all this, Li Chao looked calm, put on a whole robe, and swaggered into the mansion under the dumb eyes of the steward.

I have to say that the mansions of the rich and noble families are really magnificent, that is, in this remote border town, the expanded mansions are still not inferior to the big families in the state and county.

Just stepped into the mansion gate, only to see the pebble path in the mansion, the flower corridor rockery, the lotus pond rain pavilion, the red flower green trees are overwhelming.

Walking further into the depths of the mansion, a separate courtyard, at this time, there were thirty or forty banquet tables, and in its hall, there were more than ten tables.

At this time, the guests came and went, and the flow of people was noisy, and Zhao Kun, the head of the Zhao family, was already complimenting in front of the hall, and he was very busy.

After Li Chao came to the courtyard, he found a random table and sat down.

Several wealthy guests at the banquet table who were chatting happily couldn't help but be furious when they saw the little Taoist priest in tattered Taoist robes sitting aside. I wanted to scold, but when I saw that it was the little Taoist priest of Qingfeng Guan, he hurriedly snorted and said, "The little Taoist is good." ”

Li Chao waved his hand, which was regarded as a greeting, and then took care of himself and sipped the melons and fruits on the banquet table, only to hear him muttering while eating: "This Zhao family is really magnificent, a courtyard is so big, there are fifty or sixty tables and chairs." ”

The strong man sitting next to Li Zhen was like sitting on pins and needles, and replied with a smile: "I don't know what the Taoist chief knows, this Zhao family made a fortune in the dart bureau, and his family business has already opened out of Fenyang Town and Huinan Town, and Liuzhen, which is a hundred miles away, also has their family's branch. It is said that the Zhao family is valued by the rivers and lakes of Yutang County and accepted as a rudder. Don't look at the word "storage", but let its entire dart game rise with the tide, everyone knows it for a hundred miles...... Later, I heard that the disciples of the Jianghu Great Sect will also come to send congratulatory gifts. ”

Oh, no wonder the daughter of the Zhang family is willing to marry, it turns out that she is a bigger backer. Li Ban listened to the strong man's words, and couldn't help but sigh. After a while, he said coldly: "There is that Jianghu sect covering the Zhao family, wouldn't it be safer for their family to send a dart or something, no wonder I heard that the Zhao family's escort dart silver is more expensive than other dart games...... You said that those hard-working people finally opened the dart game, and suddenly closed the door, is it the ghost of the Zhao family?"

The strong man was stunned when he heard this, and said in confusion: "This ...... I don't know. However, the overflow of the clear pond overflowed the grass lotus, and I am afraid that it was swallowed by it. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly lost his words, and hurriedly looked around and closed his mouth.