Zhu Biao's advent added a lot of excitement to the Guogong Mansion, during this time Zhu Yuanzhang walked in the light and obscure, hoarded food and practiced soldiers, and did not lead the army to go out to fight, so he spent relatively more time at home, and he was a father for the first time, holding his son Le Taotao all day long. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Guo Ninglian and others were envious, and they all tried their best to win his favor and conceive a child as soon as possible.

After three months of continuous cultivation, Zhu Yuanzhang's footsteps were a little staggering, and he suddenly found that his life was more tiring than fighting.

Ma Xiuying saw that several women wanted to have children, and she was uncomfortable in the house after confinement, so she proposed to go to the temple to offer incense and ask for children to divert their attention.

The women responded, and Guo Ninglian even asked Zhu Yuanzhang to go with her.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head desperately and refused, thinking: I am a big man and I went to incense with a few of you women to ask for what kind of physique, I finally caught the spare time, how comfortable it is to sleep at home.

Guo Ninglian pursed her lips, "The master is not sincere, I heard that it will only work if the husband and wife go together." ”

Ma Xiuying has never gone out to play with Zhu Yuanzhang, her eyes rolled, and she said: "Since the capture of Yingtian, you have been busy rectifying military discipline and handling government affairs all day long, but you still don't know what the life of the people of Yingtian is now, so it is better to go out of the house and take a look at the real life of these people." ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang heard that what he said was reasonable, he arranged for a few guards to follow.

Ma Xiuying hurriedly stopped, "It's not proper, it's inappropriate, go out with such fanfare, others don't know that you are Wu Guogong? ”

Guo Ninglian said happily: "Good idea, just follow what my sister said about the private interview of Weifu, everyone go and change clothes." ”

Guo Hui and Li Qi'er both had smiles on their faces and hope in their eyes.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to discourage the enthusiasm of the women, so he agreed to be kind.

Everyone changed into plain clothes, a few guards were far away, Zhu Yuanzhang personally hugged Zhu Biao, Xunying prepared some melon and fruit cakes, and Yuan Xing carried the burden of diapers, which was also a happy scene for the whole family outing.

Since they want to offer incense and ask for children, everyone chose Jiming Temple, which is located on the mountain at the eastern foot of Jilong Mountain.

Jiming Temple is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Yingtian, and has the reputation of "the first temple of the Southern Dynasty" and the first temple of the "480 temples of the Southern Dynasty" since ancient times. Every time on the 19th day of the second month, the 9th day of the sixth month, and the 19th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, that is, the anniversary of the birth, enlightenment, and ordination of Guanyin Bodhisattva, there are many good men and women who come to the mountain to offer incense.

If Guo Ninglian wants to have a child, it is most suitable to choose the Jiming Temple where the incense is flourishing.

Passing by the Chaotian Palace Market along the way, the women had to go shopping. However, in the past few years, Yingtian has been fighting, the transportation is not convenient, there are few merchants, and the goods are not circulating, so the market is not very prosperous, and the pedestrians are not too dense, some hawkers are listlessly shouting, and the goods placed in the shops are all old things.

This disappointed several women who liked novelty and excitement, and they looked away after a few glances.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, although the people couldn't recognize them after changing their clothes, but the two old men were always uncomfortable shopping behind a group of women.

As he was about to cross the bazaar, there was a sudden sound of fighting and scolding in front of him.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, handed Zhu Biao to Ma Xiuying, and told his wife and concubine to wait in place, and he walked over to check the reason.

Yuan Xing hurriedly followed.

It's human nature to watch the excitement, especially women. Where are the girls willing to stay where they are, and they also walked over slowly.

The guards hurriedly and quietly escorted the ladies secretly.

Before Zhu Yuanzhang saw the two sides of the dispute, he heard a strange shout, "If you don't have money, you will use your daughter to pay off the debt." ”

Immediately after that, an indignant voice sounded, "Don't think!"

Yuan Xing escorted Zhu Yuanzhang neatly into the crowd, only to see six or seven disheveled idlers holding knives and sticks intimidating a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened angrily, and his two fists danced vigorously, preventing the idler from approaching half an inch.

Behind him stood two children, a man and a girl, the boy was probably in his early teens, and he was shaking as he clung to the hem of the girl's clothes.

The girl was about fourteen or fifteen years old, her eyebrows and eyes had just grown, her facial features were delicate, but her face was frighteningly white, she bit her lip and put her hands around the boy's shoulders, and a wooden hairpin pendant swayed from side to side as she looked anxiously.

Although there were some people standing next to the crowd, no one was willing to help. These idlers are all ruffians and hooligans near the bazaar, and no one dares to provoke them easily.

"A dog thing that doesn't have long eyes, dare to offend a few masters, and today I will let you know how powerful the master is!" Seeing that the middle-aged man refused to give in, the corner of the mouth of the shouting hooligan leader snorted, and the other few people laughed knowingly, two people rushed towards the middle-aged man head-on, and the other three quietly dispersed, gradually approaching behind the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man let out a roar, even though he was brave and invincible, but his two fists were invincible to four hands, and he had to be distracted to protect the children behind him.

"Daddy!" the girl exclaimed, letting go of the boy she was protecting, and flew forward to kick the gangster with the stick, and hurriedly grabbed the swaying middle-aged man.

"Stop!" two shouts rang out at the same time.

A sound came from Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth, although he didn't know the reason, he could see that there were women and children among the people who were bullied, and he wanted to know that it was those ruffians who provoked and caused trouble. As the supreme ruler of Yingtian, how could he watch these ruffians bully the people in front of him.

Another sound came from the mouth of the hooligan leader, who took advantage of the girl's release of the boy, pulled the boy by the hand, rested the dagger on the boy's neck, and sneered: "Little lady, if you are not obedient, your brother will be unlucky." ”

Yuan Xing was furious, "Presumptuous, my lord told you to stop, why don't you let go of that boy quickly!"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was willing to speak for them, the girl hurriedly helped the middle-aged man to kneel in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and begged, "Please save us, master." My father and younger brother and I fled here from Huoqiu, Shouzhou, and had to perform fists and feet in the market to make a living. Who knows what land tax these people have to pay for my father, we can't even afford to eat, how can we have the money to pay it, these people will arrest me to pay off the debt...... If the lord can save my father and brother, I am willing to repay the lord by being a cow and a horse. ”

"Don't worry, girl, if what you say is true, I will definitely not stand idly by!" Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more angry the more he listened, and the victims who had left their hometowns were willing to settle down in Yingtian, which showed that he still had some results in governing Yingtian during this time, and he had a good reputation. But these ruffians who bully the people and dominate the market want to destroy the fruits of his hard work, so how can he endure it.

The girl kowtowed again and again, "Master, I don't dare to lie to you, the people here can see clearly, you can ask anyone casually to know that I am not lying." ”

The hooligan leader didn't know that death was coming, squinted at Zhu Yuanzhang, and said disdainfully: "Well, those two guys passing by, you'd better not meddle in your business, do you know who my big brother is?"

"Who is it?" Zhu Yuanzhang stopped his steps, but wanted to hear who else was more powerful than him in this Yingtian.

The hooligan leader shook his head triumphantly, "Hmph, I'm afraid it will scare you when I say it, my eldest brother is Zhu Wenzheng Zhu Gongzi, the nephew of Wu Guogong." ”

"Alas, I heard that Zhu Gongzi likes to make friends with good men in the rivers and lakes, but who are these people......"

"No wonder these people are so arrogant, they are actually Zhu Gongzi's younger brothers......"

"This master, you better don't be nosy, let's go, Zhu Gongzi is not something you can afford to mess with......"

There was a burst of discussion from the side, and it turned out that this was the real reason why everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Yuan Xing and Zhu Wenzheng have always been good friends, and when they heard these words, they hurriedly whispered: "Brother-in-law, Gongzi Wenzheng must not know about this, Xu is those people who are using his banner to fake the tiger." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed angrily, "Heh, there is a future, there is a future." I don't know if he's talking about the hooligan leader or Zhu Wenzheng.

Ma Xiuying saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was really angry, and was afraid that he would anger Zhu Wenzheng indiscriminately for a while, so she hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Wenzheng's child was grown up by me, how could he know this kind of ruffian hooligan, don't listen to one side of the story......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the street, and several officials galloped forward and shouted, "Who is gathering here to make trouble?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was a little pale, this incident happened only a tea time, and the government was able to deal with it in such a short time, which showed that the administrative agency was not lax, he made a gesture, suggesting that the guards would not move for the time being, and see what the yacha did.

The hooligan leader let go of the boy and greeted him with a haha, "Brother Wang, I'm Tian Sanhu." ”

The boy got out of the trap and stumbled to the middle-aged man, crying loudly, he had just been held to the neck with a dagger, and his urine was scared out.

The middle-aged man raised his head, his face was covered with blood, and he tried to squeeze out a smile to comfort the children around him.

Although Guo Hui and the others were far away, they were already frightened and exclaimed.

Ma Xiuying hurriedly turned around, unwilling to let Zhu Biao see this bloody scene.

Fortunately, Zhu Biao is young, he doesn't know how to be afraid, and he babbles with his eyes open.

Ma Xiuying couldn't help but kiss her son's little face, handed him over to Xunying, motioned to the guards to ask for a doctor, and confronted Zhu Wenzheng by the way.

The yacha surnamed Wang jumped off the horse, frowned slightly, and a trace of disgust rose on his face, "Tian Sanhu, it's you again, what is it for this time?"

Tian Sanhu said with a hippie smile: "It's not a big deal, if the money that this family owes me is not repaid, I will come to ask for the debt, these two passers-by don't know the truth, thinking that I am bullying them." ”

"I owe you money, what money, land tax? I have never heard of Wu Guogong to levy any land tax?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and asked the onlookers, "Have you heard of it?"

The people next to him dared not speak in anger, and only a few people shook their heads slightly.