Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

"In case we are sent to fight, the owner should not contribute, but should raise Kou for self-respect. "

"That's natural, I want to go back to Yanmen, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels, you can use this thief army to drive them to Shanxi, we will follow far behind, hitchhike to Shanxi, and say goodbye to Chongzhen, Lao Tzu will never come to this ghost place again, a lot of elite soldiers died, and this trip out of the old miserable. "Wang Pu actually already had an idea.

"This is not appropriate, if Shanxi is eroded, we will not have a good time in the future, and we can only support it today by relying on the profits of the tobacco business." Lin Changxing said worriedly

"It's okay, this year is a bumper harvest year, the thieves will not make too much trouble, from here to Shanxi, thousands of miles away, on the way many thieves will flee into the mountains, people will only become fewer and fewer, after arriving in Shanxi, we will join forces with Wang Yan again, attack a few times, the strong dragon does not press the head snake, in our land two or three times can be extinguished. With the easy success of the previous two thieves, Wang Pu had contempt for the thief army, and only thought that it would be vulnerable.

"This is also the truth, if there is a change, rush to Datong in the north. There is Wang Chengyin's territory at the moment, and the court actually made him the chief soldier of Datong, how can he be virtuous, we haven't rewarded it yet. Speaking of this, Lin Changxing was angry.

"Hahaha, brother, don't worry, Wang Chengyin is a hot potato to be that Datong general soldier. Wang Pu said with a smile, he remembered that Dongyu would enter the prison many times in the future. One of them must have been a breach from Datong.

"Dongjia, you always say that, but I don't understand when I think about it, how can the general soldier of Datong be unlucky sooner or later. "

"Hmph, you'll understand later. Wang Pu pretended to smile mysteriously.

At this moment, the soldiers lifted the curtain and came in to report: "There is a person who claims to be Xu Guangqi's family and came outside the barracks. "

Wang Pu then ordered the people to be brought to him.

"General, save my master, woo woo. As soon as this man saw Wang Pu, he lay on the ground and wept silently.

"You're the disciple of the Xu Mansion, what's going on. Wang Pu saw that the person in front of him was familiar, so he didn't doubt it, and hurriedly asked.

"The villain is Xu

Gao, the adults have seen the villain a few times before, my Xu family is in trouble this time, and it is still a disaster caused by General Wang's involvement, please save our Xu family." Xu Gao kowtowed again, like pounding garlic.

Wang Pu listened to his detailed description, and then it suddenly dawned that Xu Guangqi sent his eldest son Xu Yi out of the capital the day before yesterday, and was stopped by the Jinyi guards as soon as he left the city gate.

Xu Yi was frightened and inexplicable, thinking that the disaster of destroying the door was coming, and he

fell ill when he went home, but fortunately, Xu Guangqi saw that the Jinyi guard was just watching the heirs of the Xu family, and did not prevent the servants of the Xu family from going out of the city, nor did he immediately lift the chain to the door and throw them into Zhaojiao, so he knew that the emperor was still jealous, so he ordered Xu Gao, the disciple, to go out of the city with the inkstone to find Wang Pu.

Xu Gao

left the capital, and there was a team of brocade-clothed guards and horsemen pouring out of the forest behind him, Xu Gao's heart was like ashes, thinking that his life was in danger, but this team of men and horses only followed a short distance from a distance, and then turned back. Xu Gao's two horses changed all the way, and two days later he found the Shenjia Battalion.

"The owner, Xu Gao's whereabouts are unknown, so we'd better ignore this matter. After sending Xu Gao to rest, Lin Changxing said.

"What do you say, you call him Xu Gao, what else can he come from. Wang Pu wrinkled his eyebrows and said puzzled.

"His Xu family has lost his holy family, and it is of no use to us, but the way is unknown, please think twice, become a big thing without being informal, and you can't be too rash. Lin Changxing persuaded each other bitterly.

"No, I have to keep Old Xu. Wang Pu touched the inkstone in his hand, which was Xu Guangqi's hint that he wanted to exchange his life for a complete Mojia classic. Weighing the pros and cons, Wang Pu still attaches more importance to the Mo family classics, and in order to rebuild the Mo family, he must save them.

"The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die, how can we save them. "

"Why did you say that Jinyiwei let Xu Gao go, they have obviously intercepted the person and released him again, something is wrong. Wang Pu twisted his eyebrows and bit his lip, and said bitterly.

"This is a temptation, the imperial court wants to see if our friendship with the Xu family is true or false. "

"Yes, yes. Wang Pu immediately realized that all this made sense.

"If the friendship is true, then the Xu family will become our hostages, and the court can use them to blackmail us and force us to listen to the tune. Lin Changxing narrowed his eyes and sighed secretly, so that the Shenjia Battalion would be subject to others, and he would bleed and die for the Ming Court. No wonder the head of the Gu family was not optimistic about Wang Pu and deliberately distanced himself from the Shenjia camp, but Lin Changxing still wanted to stay by Wang Pu's side to assist, after all, Wang Pu is still very young, and people must have experience in this life and sharpen their hearts in order to become a ruthless and wise master who is not recognized by his six relatives.

"Oh, in this way, the bad thing is that I don't have political talent, when Hou Sui came to Jizhou, we were too obedient, we shouldn't be, this gave the court an illusion, Xu Lao can be replaced, although Xu Lao and Hou Sui are both Donglin Party, but Xu Lao is more towards us, Hou Sui is most likely with Chongzhen has the same heart, so Chongzhen wants to replace Xu Lao with Hou Sui, but he didn't dare to provoke me too much, so there was this temptation. Wang Pu really didn't feel very much about these political disputes, and he was always stupid first, and then regretful.

"If that's the case, then there are still some capable people in the court, who will it be, should this generation find out and kill him. Lin Changxing made a cross-cutting gesture, I don't know why this scholar's temperament has changed recently, and he is extremely bold.

"No need, Qian Qianyi said that smart people are everywhere, and they can't be killed. Wang Pu shook his head and vetoed, Chongzhen's favorite ministers, such as Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, etc., can be seen in the history books, if they are assassinated at will, not to mention whether they will retaliate, it will also disturb history, his advantage as a traverser is that he knows history roughly, and he does not want to interfere with history at will unless he has to.

"So how do the owners plan to respond? Lin Changxing asked, he glanced at the inkstone in Wang Pu's hand, thoughtful.

"Hehe, there are two options, the whole army will return to Jizhou and make a big fuss about him under the city. Wang Pu grinned and said, he knew history roughly, and gradually realized that Chongzhen, an unlucky child, was born to bully the soft and afraid of the hard, and was decisive in killing the loyal courtiers, but he was tolerant of the ministers in every way.

"What about the second one. Lin Changxing was noncommittal, because he asked.

"Sending a team to sneak back to Beijing in disguise is exactly what Xu Lao proposed. "

"No, Xu Lao didn't dare to tell the truth at that time, this was not his intention. "

"Whether it was intended or not, we just speculate, so let's do both things at the same time. Wang Pu made a decision, and Lin Changxing had nothing to say when he saw this.

On the 10th day of the locust plague, the wheat field saw only the wheat stalk, and the desolate land saw that the land was full of leprosy, and the bitter people were desperate and fled in all directions, but they walked on the front foot, and the locusts were chased behind them, and the counties along the road were also plagued, and there was no hope of begging for food, and the thieves and bandits were wanton on the way, and the rations were taken away, and the way to live became starving.

The

villagers who stayed behind did not go out to trek, and the few rations were eaten some, but they lived for a few more days, Di Si's family grabbed a total of about ten buckets of unripe wheat in the field, he was a tenant farmer of the Li family, and the Li family was free of rent this year, although these ten buckets of unripe wheat were difficult to swallow but could be satisfied, and two of them were sent to the chief's house as three salaries for half a year. But he was driven out by the chief, saying that the wheat was not ripe, and the government could not accept it, Di Si knew that it was great, and he couldn't keep his soul and go home, and he dragged on for two days, and the chief came to reprimand him, saying that he didn't pay the imperial tax, and he rarely survived in the county class, and he had to suffer in pieces, Di Si was terrified, thinking that starvation was better than entering the class, so he had to find the county grain shop to replace the only ten buckets of unripe wheat with two buckets of old wheat, so that he could pay this year's imperial tax.

In this way, the family can run out of food, the outside field is bare and there is not a single leaf, even if the bark is called insects to gnaw away, only Guanyin soil can be found, but Di Sining starved to death and did not eat that thing, his father and mother died because of eating Guanyin soil, the death method is too penetrating, it is better to lie on the bed with his wife and children and wait for death, lie down for a long, long time, night and day back and forth, only in a daze remember that he drank a lot of scoop of water before and after, at first the urine still smelled, and then the urine was cleared and withdrawn like water.

"Di Xiaosi, are you at home, hey, reply to something. "In the evening, someone knocked on the door, probably because the surrounding people were sparsely populated, and the sound of knocking on the door broke through the silence and frightened several people in the house.

"Who, who. Di Si opened his throat and replied, his mouth was not loud, but he had tinnitus, his hand collapsed, he raised half of his body and looked up, he was sore all over his body, his eyes were fine, the window paper was tattered, and he saw a black face hanging on it, and he could recognize it through the window flowers, it was the old gold of the neighboring village.

Di Si thought that Lao Jin's

reputation was not very good, in the early years of stealing people's property was hung up and beaten hard, the old Jin woman deceived Di Si is a well-known honest man, went to his house to ask for silver, refused to give it to scratch the door and stomped his feet, rolled all over the ground, the momentum was terrifying, the uninformed villagers were full of suspicion, thinking that Di Si and the thief Lao Jin secretly communicated, Di Si was thin-skinned, where could he withstand this, so he lent a penny of silver, Lao Jin used this money to buy medicine to heal the injury, since then the two families have a little friendship, this time is to repay the kindness, thinking of this, reluctantly got up and opened the door。

"Oh, I can't find a living mouth in my village, it's miserable, the whole village is gone, there are still living people in your village, after all, it's the tenant of the Li family, the famous kind-hearted. As soon as Lao Jinfu met, he shouted loudly, and he was full of neutrality.

"All dead?" Di Si was taken aback.

"No, that's not true, this year can't pay the imperial grain, everyone will run for their lives as soon as they are combined, some go to the mountains to throw thieves, and some people flee to neighboring counties, it's useless, where is not a disaster, it's better to die outside than to die at home, I don't toss. Lao Jin shook his head again and again.

"Then what do you use to pay the royal tax? Di Si was only dumbfounded when he heard this.

"I went into town and fished it out, hehe. "Lao Jin looked proud that you know, in fact, he conspired with his acquaintances in the city to go to Linxian County to guard the trail for a few days, robbing and killing several groups of passers-by, before he collected the silver to pay the imperial tax.

"Ah, that's a good dare. Di Si was a little convinced, suddenly remembered, and asked with full of joy: "Then do you have anything to eat, I'm hungry." "

"I don't have anything to eat, and now the price of grain is expensive, two taels of silver per bucket. Lao Jin shook his head bitterly and said, he went out with people to rob the road, killed a lot of people, and met another group of thieves, and seven people died in the fire, and exchanged his life for three taels of silver, and the remaining six people were divided into five cents, but fortunately, the tax of the government was according to the price of grain in previous years, and the five cents were enough.

"What, two taels of silver is only a bucket. Di Si was only dumbfounded when he heard this, and in less than a few days, the price of grain had risen fourfold.

"So, I don't plan to sell my youngest son, anyway, I can't get a few rations even if I sell it, so, Di Xiaosi, let's change it, how about it." Lao Jin was really reluctant to give up his youngest son, and his words were quite difficult.

"You mean, yes. Di Si realized.

"You prepare, remember not to shed blood, it's not a waste, my child is fifty pounds, I'll go back and prepare, and send it over tonight." "

"He who is going to be punished, he can't. Di Si's heart trembled, and he struggled in vain.

"Hey, hey, do you want to die, that's done, I'll collect your body in a few days. Lao Jin grinned abruptly, the yellow teeth were greasy, and he licked it with his tongue, and the tips of his teeth were like wax yellow, Di Si suddenly realized, no wonder this guy was full of anger, it turned out to be more than the first time.

Di Si thought about it and was extremely frightened, his hairs stood up, he only nodded again and again in shock, and was shocked, and shook his head busily, looking at the old gold in front of him like a demon. Lao Jin laughed and threw down a sentence: "That's it, I'll come over tonight." "Go by yourself.

Di Si stayed in the courtyard for a long time, looking around blankly, the left and right walls were empty, and he had no choice but to turn back to the house, take the scoop into the mouth of the jar and scoop it, but the scoop was empty, and then he remembered that there was no water at the bottom of the jar.

"Who's out there? The mother-in-law heard the movement, raised her eyes and asked.

"Old Kim, it's okay. Di Si didn't dare to tell the truth, just perfunctory, seeing the children on the collapse, but his heart was empty, what did he do all his life, he was not afraid of death, anyway, there was no life, dead and pulled down, but that old Jin even refused to let go of the dead, thinking of being swallowed into the stomach by the yellow teeth, Di Si was cold, busy and went to bed again, closed the quilt stuffy, at the moment thinking about things are too extravagant, he is too hungry, his stomach seems to fly into the sky, only a burst of appetite is straight into the heart, repeatedly tormenting him, thinking about things is even more hungry, the torment is more intense, he just hopes to sleep and not wake up。