Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

King Gao Yingxiang was in front of him, his eyes were resolute, extremely sharp, as if he wanted to pierce the sky, staring at the acropolis in the distance. From here, it looks like a piece of tofu, and the plate is a flat boulder of the exposed earth, which actually arouses the appetite.

King Gao Yingxiang shook his head and shook off this ridiculous thought, he hadn't eaten tofu for months, that thing was not easy to carry, and the team sent out to search for money and food would not bring this thing back. Even if you bring back the pastry preserves, think about the pregnant women in the army and countless old and sick people, Gao Yingxiang has no face to take it and enjoy it, he is the king of the army, and the whole army is counting on him to lead everyone to break out of a way out, and find their happy habitat under the fierce and brutal officials and soldiers.

"After breaking through this acropolis, you can cross the Yellow River and go to Shanxi. I heard that the situation in Shanxi is not very good. Gao Yingxiang muttered to himself: "When will it end, will we live to that moment." He remembered the great benefactor Wang for his own use, and the dog official Hong Chengchou who killed the benefactor, and secretly gritted his teeth.

"King Chuang, it's not good, Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered the village, we, we saw that the villagers inside were broken open stomachs, very miserable. Li Guo rode from behind, and shouted from afar.

"This little ghost, hehe. Gao Yingxiang looked back and saw Li Guo, and he became happy, and the solemn look on his face was swept away.

"Zhang Xianzhong is ruining the reputation of our righteous army, King Chuang, you give the order, I will lead someone to kill him. Li Guo hurried to the front, still non-stop, shaking the reins back and forth, as if he couldn't wait for a moment, and wanted to do the right thing for heaven.

"Nonsense, it's all their own brothers, they have done bad things, sooner or later they will be punished, we can't fight our own people first, and make a profit for the dog officers and soldiers, you, you're too young, you should think twice when you encounter something. Gao Yingxiang reprimanded with a smile.

"But Zhang Xianzhong is too much. "

"Where did they slaughter the village and why. "

"It's Guandao Village, I was originally going to borrow grain, but the people inside refused to borrow it, and they also released arrows. "

"That's it, Brother Zhang will not slaughter the village for no reason, and besides, we are short of food now, many people are tired, and after crossing the Yellow River, we have to walk fifty miles of mountain roads to Daning County, where the grain is not harvested this year, and it may not be enough to eat, and the officials and soldiers in Shanxi do not know where, we should now save more grain. "

"Hmph, Zhang Xianzhong shouldn't be a brother with him. "

"You donkey baby, if you can't figure it out, just ask your master and listen to what she says, hehe. Gao Yingxiang thought of his niece and laughed again, niece Gao Guiying is noble, all over the country praised this daughter Biwangfu, she is assertive, she would rather guard her dead husband, and refused to remarry after many years, and finally waited for a heroic man Li Zicheng, a hero with a good daughter of the Gao family. The so-called extravagance comes from the mother's womb, luck falls from the sky, the Gao family has nobility, and the luck is not bad, and the iron is in the contemporary era.

In the tofu-shaped acropolis, Dusi Chen Chongzhang stroked the Franc machine at his feet, sneered, stepped on the Franc machine and called: "The thief army is going to Shanxi, brothers listen, as long as we keep it, Shanxi's reinforcements will come soon, and with this miraculous feat, it is time to make up for our arrears." "

"Lord Dusi, do you really believe that someone in Shanxi will come to save us. "

"Yes, if you don't come to help, the thieves will kill you, and they won't be able to eat and walk around. "

"Your Excellency. On the other side of the city, the family called.

Chen Chongzhang listened to the call, his face couldn't help but be solemn, and he walked around the city wall, only to see thousands of people under the city rushing towards this side.

"Is it a thief army, how did they get there. Some people are worried that this Nanshan Acropolis is full of dangerous mountains and cliffs on the left and right, and with the number of these thieves, it must not be climbed over, and the detour is not a day's work, unless there was a layout a long time ago. If it weren't for the foresight, thinking of this, everyone was frightened, and secretly sighed that this murder was auspicious.

Soon, however, someone called, "No, it's from Horse Village, and I know the blacksmith." "

But it turned out to be people from a nearby village, and although everyone didn't dare to slack off and deceive, their hearts were a little less desperate.

After these villagers approached for more than 30 steps, Chen Chongzhang saw that they did not have weapons or siege equipment, and his heart was relieved, and he stood on a high place and asked, "What are you doing here?" The thieves will be slain. "

"Lord Chen, we're here to help you defend the city. "

"Yes, your lordship takes us in, and we can defend the city. "

These villagers gossiped for a long time before Chen Chongzhang came back to his senses and said with a smile: "The thief army killed your family, right." "

"Thieves, thieves are too ruthless, we have never seen such ruthless, they eat people. Someone among the villagers below shouted, and the word spread, and the crowd was in an uproar.

Xiaoyu escaped from Guandao Village, she saw it with her own eyes, and those thieves killed people when they saw them, and they also cooked and ate them. "

"Why don't you go hiding, what are you doing here? Chen Chongzhang still did not relax lightly, he was worried that these villagers had fallen into thieves, which was making money for fraud.

"Where to hide, we don't know where the thief army is, if we don't want to throw ourselves into the net, I think you can stay here for a while. "

"Yes, my lord, let us in, and I will give you the widow of the village as a daughter-in-law. "This is the elder of the village speaking, the villagers boast of being good households, and usually do not look down on the poor soldiers in the Acropolis, and the marriages in the village, and would rather give up the near and far, and never marry them.

"What, a few widows are not enough, I want a hundred yellow flower girls. When Chen Chongzhang heard this, his eyes immediately lit up, and the left and right bachelor soldiers even swallowed their saliva, as if the mountains of gold and silver were dangling in front of them.

"There are so many girls in our village. "

"Don't be afraid if you don't have enough for a while, but you will be born slowly in the future, and there will always be enough days. As long as he can make a written note, he is not afraid that they will regret it, and he has lived in this loess plateau for generations, and he is not afraid of not having enough of them.

Collect these villagers into the city, the head of the village is a showman, he was stupid when he went to the city, he thought that this was the way to live, and saw that the opposite side of the city was actually black and pressing, and the mountains were full of thieves, such as ants circulating.

"Zhao Xiucai, you see, those thieves want to pass us here and go to the ferry. Chen Chongzhang pointed with a wicked smile on his face, and then pointed to the faintly mottled Yellow River crossing at the foot of the mountain.

"Let's not stay here, let's go. Zhao Xiucai's tongue was knotted, and Ai Ai cried and mourned.

"You can't go, you see, it's cavalry, you can only die if you flee now. "

"It's far, it's far. Zhao Xiucai still wanted to say something, but after thinking about it carefully, he really couldn't escape, so he couldn't help patting his thighs and crying: "Why am I so miserable." "

"Hahaha. Chen Chongzhang laughed heartily. Nanshan Fort is built on the ridge, the thief army can not see the back of the mountain, if it were not for this, the two thousand villagers would have been rushed over by the thief cavalry to kill the clean, at this time, the thief army is gradually approaching, the thief army scouts climbed the ridge, you can see the enemy situation on the back, they can no longer escape.

"You, you ruffian, it was you who dispersed the boats at the ferry, so that we had no way to escape, why do you want to harm the people. Zhao Xiucai was anxious, furious, and reprimanded.

"Oh, Zhao Xiucai, are you crazy, if you don't drive the boat away, will it be left to the thieves, the general's responsibilities have already been explained by Shangfeng, this is the strict order of the newly appointed trilateral chief Hong Chengchou. "

Zhao Xiucai was speechless for a while, he looked at Chen Chongzhang's unpumped face, he couldn't help but smoke it, and then looked back at the stunned villagers, only bitter water swallowed.

Hundreds of miles away at Yanmen Pass, more than 1,000 military horses were fully equipped, swords and guns were shoulder-to-shoulder, horses were neighing, and the streets were noisy on both sides, and it was difficult to hide the women's sad farewell.

Wang Pu stayed in Yanmen for five days in a row, and when he was happy to think about Shu, he received an order from Hong Chengchou, ordering him to go to Daning County as soon as possible to prevent the thief army from entering Shanxi. Wang Pu thought about it, it was not a good plan to go deep alone, there were more than 300,000 people in the army, there were many talents in it, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were impressively listed, this all-star lineup was heart-wrenching. Chen Shiliang of Pinglu County was in a timely hurry, so after Wang Pu and Wang Yan discussed, they thought that it was feasible to delay under pretext, there were many thieves, and not only Gao Yingxiang, he Ping another group of thieves went to chaos, and he couldn't be busy, if Hong Chengchou was dissatisfied, the lawsuit would be, and Wang Pu would be worthy of him.

Without further ado, Wang Pu decided to set off south to Pinglu, and then take a boat from Pinglu County to Henan. He calculated the distance, and with a steamboat, he would suffer less from the bumps by water than by land.

Before leaving, Wang Yan still didn't give up, and asked again: "Won't the young master take me?" "

"I said no, your students are clever enough, it's enough for them to deal with paperwork, and it's more appropriate for you to stay in Yanmen. Wang Pu still refused as always.

The news of the Shenjia camp

going south was quickly spread to the Quartet through various spies, and the road was very peaceful, and even along the road were the local gentry who were eating and drinking, Wang Pu had a non-stop banquet all the way, and walked hundreds of miles, and finally arrived in Pinglu County, the county commander Chen Shiliang had already waited under the pavilion, and his face was not very good, Wang Pu smiled and asked: "Brother Shiliang, I brought the Shenjia camp, are you still not at ease." "

"Don't you just rest assured, Brother Wang saves the suffering. Hey. Chen Shiliang barely chuckled.

"Why, I see you have something on your mind. "

"Do you remember this, when the people who were placed in Qianmenling were settled, they reversed. I didn't come here and went to Xia County, which harmed many people. Chen Shi said with a lingering conscience.

"Why, we didn't settle them down, why did they rebel. Wang Pu was very surprised, after the tiger thief army was wiped out, Wang Pu discussed with Chen Shiliang and let the people go up the hill to cultivate sweet potatoes.

"I have to blame for this matter, it is the court that is too anxious to urge taxes, I just thought, those who descend are also the people, and it is natural to pay taxes and food, so they will send people to urge taxes. Chen Shiliang said with an innocent face: "It's good to die, General Wuwei of Xia County sent someone to say that this land belongs to his family, and he wants to collect rent, fifty percent, plus one percent of this year's field endowment." "

"It's only sixty percent, and it's not the other way around. Wang Pu said helplessly, these clans are really pig teammates, they don't cherish their own country, and they have to knock the people out of their bones to be willing.

"It's not just that, three salaries are five into five. "

"That's really not enough to eat. Wang Pu sighed and said, "Go out and do some work, you won't die of hunger." "

"That's not all, sweet potatoes are not grain, they generally need to be sold cheaply in exchange for silver, and you also know that the imperial court only collects silver. Chen Shiliang wanted to cry without tears.

"That's what you've done, you can obviously collect the sweet potatoes and sell them to our Shenjia Camp to feed the pigs, why don't you follow the original agreement. Wang Pu was dissatisfied, the two had discussed at the beginning, the court only received money because of a whip method, sweet potatoes could be sold to the Shenjia battalion as pig feed, and Wang Pu's Shenjia battalion soldiers were supplied with pork on weekdays, which was a good deal.

"Actually, there is, something else, a hidden feeling. Chen Shiliang hesitated and said with dodgy eyes.

"Are you secretly evil? Wang Pu's face was not good.

"No, no, I don't have much to do with it, it's Li Linggong who wants to contract this business, he has a lot of mountain fields at home, and it's useless. "

"Oops. Hiss. Wang Puhou had a toothache and sneered: "So you don't give people a way to live, and force people to rebel." "

"And that's not all. Chen Shiliang was about to cry, so he just accepted a few hundred taels of benefits from Li Linggong, and he didn't want to get into a big disaster. But if you don't explain this matter clearly to Wang Pu, there will be endless troubles, so you can only lick your face and tell the truth.

“。 Wang Pu was speechless.

"The thief didn't know where he heard the rumors, hacked Li Linggong to death, it was Li Linggong, and he went to Xia County and killed General Wuwei. Chen Shiliang shed several tears and rolled off his shirt.

"Hahaha, you deserve it, this gang of thieves will take revenge, wonderful people. Wang Pu laughed angrily.

When Chen Shiliang heard this, he wanted to cry without tears, the thief really held a grudge, what a painful realization.

"However, the wood is already in the boat, what do you plan for the future? Wang Pu asked.

"I, my county order is the end. Chen Shiliang was at a loss, this matter is very involved, and he can't hide the eyes and ears of the imperial court, and he can't escape the blame for the death of Li Linggong and the clan.

"Because the tax forced the rebellion and indirectly killed the clan, this pot is enough to kill. Wang Pu said softly.

"Yes, yes, yes or exaggerated. When Chen Shiliang heard this, his body suddenly trembled like chaff.

"I know better than you what kind of person the emperor is, believe me, he will not spare your life. Wang Pu said with pity, Chongzhen was decisive in killing, and the criminal officials had no forgiveness, and this was still a crime involving the clan, and the Zhu family had never been extremely protective of their own family.

"My lord, save me, for the sake of the subordinate officials who were obedient to the adults in the past, save my life. Chen Shiliang actually knelt down in public.

"It's not difficult, you can follow me incognito in the future. Wang Pu groaned slightly, thinking that it was feasible.

"Humble family. "

"Send it to Datong, the Yanmen guards are too hard, and the officials and their dependents may not be used to living, you will be my staff in the future and give me advice. Wang Pu was overjoyed and said, accepting Chen Shiliang's talent, this trip is worth it.