Yuan Zhang and Ma Xiuying did not expose Guo Tianxu's design to Guo Zixing about poisoning, Guo Tianxu, Guo Tianjue and Zhang Tianyou would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to confess their crimes, Guo Zixing didn't seem to know anything about what happened in the restaurant, and this matter disappeared when everyone deliberately handled it in a low-key manner. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, a few days later, a major event occurred in Chuzhou, the "Outer Heaven" restaurant actually had a fire one night, because the incident happened suddenly, and it was in the middle of the night, the fire was fierce, not only the restaurant was burned, but even the shopkeeper did not escape.

The fire burned for more than an hour, and the houses near the restaurant were also affected, and the people complained bitterly, and the family members who lost their loved ones even knelt in front of the broken rubble and wept bitterly.

Many people regret that this sudden fire has destroyed many families, and some people wonder if the shopkeeper offended people who should not be offended and was retaliated, but all the secrets were burned away by the fire, leaving only speculation that people do not know whether it is true or false.

After a few days of discussion, the eyes of the people turned to other places, after all, it was none of their business. It was Guo Zixing who was merciful and ordered the yamen to pay for the relief of the people affected by the disaster and the families of the bereaved relatives. Naturally, his behavior was supported and praised by hundreds of people, and even many wealthy businessmen donated money to appease the bitter lord in order to curry favor with him.

Ma Xiuying was secretly frightened, out of professional habits, she suspected that this was not an accident, the restaurant had been standing in Chuzhou for several years, but a fire broke out after Guo Tianxu tried to poison Zhu Yuanzhang, and the time was too strange. She didn't know whether this incident was done by Guo Tianxu or arranged by Guo Zixing, seeing that Guo Zixing was characterized by natural disasters, she had to hide her suspicions in her heart and quietly send someone to inquire about the situation from the families of the casualties.

When there were only two people in the inner room at night, Ma Xiuying sighed worriedly, "No one escaped from the huge restaurant, I really can't believe that this was an accident." Alas, I really don't know what else those crazy guys can do, and I don't dare to mention this to my sister-in-law, for fear of scaring them. In short, you should bring a few more guards when you go out in the future, and don't eat anything outside. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang heard that she was suspicious of the fire, so he persuaded: "Don't worry about this matter, with your stepfather pressing on it, no matter what is going on, it can only be an accident, and you don't have too much contact with those family members, so as not to make your stepfather unhappy." After a while, when I find an excuse, we'll leave, and don't make a mistake in the meantime. ”

Ma Xiuying's expression was gloomy, if she had been in her previous life, she would definitely find out the truth of the incident, but now she listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's words and didn't dare to delve deeper, in front of naked human nature, she had to protect the Zhu Mansion before she could consider anything else. It is said that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black, and she saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had no mercy for those sufferers, and felt that she was becoming more and more ruthless like Zhu Yuanzhang.

Guo Tianxu and Zhang Tianyou don't know if they are thieves, but they haven't thought of any ways to frame Zhu Yuanzhang during this time, even in front of Guo Zixing, they no longer talk about anything about Zhu Yuanzhang, and sometimes deliberately avoid topics related to Zhu Yuanzhang.

And Guo Tianjue has been locked up in the mansion since the fire broke out in the restaurant, he, like Ma Xiuying, guessed that this was not an accident, and he even suspected that this was Zhu Yuanzhang's act to vent his anger, between beauty and life, of course, life is important, so he would rather not shrink out of the turtle than leave the protective shell of the Marshal's Mansion.

After half a month of such peace, Zhu Yuanzhang finally found an excuse to go on the expedition.

Chuzhou is a small place, with the arrival of Guo Zixing, the number of people who came to take refuge in him has also increased by tens of thousands, and the grain in Chuzhou is decreasing day by day, and if it continues like this, it may not be able to hold on to the autumn harvest. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang took the initiative to lead troops to attack other counties and garrison one side, Guo Zixing almost agreed that only when Zhu Yuanzhang completely left Chuzhou could he reduce his influence in Chuzhou, and the military power could really be in his hands.

The weak-hearted Guo Tianxu and the three of them wished that Zhu Yuanzhang would go as far as possible, so as not to be retaliated against by him. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang's automatic abandonment of power in Chuzhou is really happy for them.

The preparations for the expedition, which could only be deployed in half a month, were completed by these people in only five days, and even Zhu Yuanzhang planned to select some old troops to follow, but he was not embarrassed for the first time.

Zhu Yuanzhang and everyone went together, and Li Shanchang thought that Chuzhou was small and suggested attacking Gaoyou.

At this time, I heard that Zhang Shicheng had occupied Gaoyou and proclaimed himself King Cheng, and the prime minister of the Yuan Dynasty, Toto, was leading an army to attack Gaoyou. So Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to avoid the Yuan army and attack Hezhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River instead. This suggestion was unanimously agreed by the generals, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Hu Dahai, a native of Hongxian County, as the striker to conquer Hezhou.

Speaking of this Hu Dahai, he was originally a small businessman who fried and sold fritters in Chuzhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang came to join the army after recovering Chuzhou. However, the status of a businessman is very low, even if Hu Dahai is a soldier, he is looked down upon, and he is often squeezed by people. Hu Dahai is a rectum, and after being humiliated several times in the barracks, he actually sued Zhu Yuanzhang's account and accused the generals of being unfair.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that Hu Dahai was burly, dignified and honest, spoke very speculatively, and liked it very much, and when he heard that there were generals in the barracks who crowded out the recruits, he was angry and removed the general's post and promoted Hu Dahai to the head of ten households.

Although he was only a small soldier leader, he had already made Hu Dahai grateful, and this time he heard that Zhu Yuanzhang planned to attack Hezhou, so he took the initiative to recommend himself.

Don't look at Hu Dahai's illiterate, but he has been in business for many years, traveled south and north, and is very familiar with the folk customs and geography of Chuzhou and Hezhou.

The garrison general did not receive the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's attack on Hezhou in advance, and the army of Tokh was nearby, so he thought he was at ease and let Hu Dahai and others enter the city. Unexpectedly, there was sweat medicine in the wine drunk at the banquet, and the generals were drugged from top to bottom, and before they could react, they were captured by this fake condolence team. After Zhu Yuanzhang received the signal, he easily conquered Xiahe Prefecture with the cooperation of the inside and outside.

Standing on the wall of Hezhou, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy, and while sending someone to present the good news to Guo Zixing, he took the initiative to ask Ying to guard Hezhou, and at the same time sent someone to pick up Ma Xiuying and other family members. As for Chuzhou, let it be given to Guo Zixing, and Hezhou will be his battlefield from now on.

Before leaving, Ma Xiuying came to the Marshal's Mansion to resign. heard that Guo Zixing's concubine was pregnant, and she specially sent someone to give a generous gift.

Guo Zixing has been feeling cold recently, and his energy is not as good as before, so he met hastily, in addition to telling the couple to get along in harmony, he hopes that Ma Xiuying will urge Zhu Yuanzhang to serve him well, there is not much food in Chuzhou, and Zhu Yuanzhang will quickly send it over when he collects the grain.

Xiao Zhang's eyes at Ma Xiuying were implied with guilt, the old man took Zhu Yuanzhang's military power, and now he forced the husband and wife away, and they all blamed themselves for the trouble. But if not, what should the Guo family do...... Conflicted, she sighed and handed over a few pieces of jewelry from her collection to Ma Xiuying along with the jewelry that Ma Xiuying had offered last time, "Child, you went to Hezhou, and it costs a lot of money to buy a home, take it." ”

"Mother-in-law, I'm not with you, you have to take care of yourself. Ma Xiuying has mixed tastes, there are many people who are icing on the cake, and there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, she has resented Xiao Zhang's selfishness before, but Xiao Zhang's move makes her hateful. Zhu Yuanzhang can back down once under his own persuasion, and let him back down twice, but it is absolutely impossible for him to back down twice, and when the conflict between Guo Zixing and Zhu Yuanzhang completely breaks out, it is estimated that she is Xiao Zhang.

After conquering Hezhou, Zhu Yuanzhang was appointed by Guo Zixing as the chief soldier to guard Hezhou.

The news spread, and in addition to the original henchmen who followed, some other soldiers also came to Zhu Yuanzhang. Chuzhou's grain is decreasing day by day, Guo Zixing can't wait for a few mouths, plus Guo Tianxu, Guo Tianjue, and Zhang Tianyou kept silent and did not deliberately prevent everyone from taking refuge in Zhu Yuanzhang, so that the troops led by Zhu Yuanzhang in Hezhou not only did not weaken, but became stronger than before.

Yang Yunhua has been very impatient with Guo Tianjue recently, and when she heard that Zhu Yuanzhang and his wife were going to leave Chuzhou, they didn't care about Jingshan Hall and Children's Hall, and they wanted to follow. It just so happened that there were many female dependents on Ma Xiuying's side, so it was always inconvenient for a group of soldiers to escort her, so Yang Yunhua's women's army came in handy.

Knowing that Yang Yunhua wanted to go with Zhu Yuanzhang's family, Fei Ju, this kid, immediately took the other generals away and followed the team with a dead face, in the name of protecting Zhu Yuanzhang's family.

Ma Xiuying didn't break his mind either, and planned to let the two of them develop naturally. It's just that Yang Yunhua often fights against Fei Ju, and it is estimated that Fei Ju still has a long way to go.

In order to travel frugally, Ma Xiuying, Guo Ninglian and Li Qier shared a carriage. Two sisters-in-law and two nieces crammed into a car. Li Zhen also needed a carriage before his body fully recovered, and originally prepared a carriage for Guo Shanfu, but Guo Shanfu was old and did not want to follow the team, so he turned back to Haozhou. As for Zhu Wenzheng's three boys, they had already followed Zhu Yuanzhang in advance when he set out on the expedition.

Li Qi'er saw that Xunying couldn't serve by Ma Xiuying's side, so she took the initiative to serve tea and water, and did some maid things. She has changed a lot recently, she was still a little unconvinced when Ma Xiuying taught her before, but since Guo Ninglian entered the door and gave her a few leads, she realized how tolerant Ma Xiuying was to her before. Moreover, Guo Ninglian's young beauty made her feel a great threat, and now she can only have a place in the Zhu Mansion by trying her best to please Ma Xiuying.

Guo Ninglian doesn't have as many scruples as Li Qi'er, she is used to being pampered by the youngest daughter in the family, plus Ma Xiuying has an easy-going temper and will not deliberately make things difficult for others, and over time she will recover her nature in front of Ma Xiuying, and she will say whatever she wants.

Sometimes Guo Ninglian's words made Ma Xiuying speechless, she simply asked Yang Yunhua to sit in the carriage too, and the four women played leaf cards to kill time.

As the saying goes, three women in one play, and four women are even more lively, especially Yang Yunhua and Guo Ninglian discussed it, one left and one right specifically suppressed Ma Xiuying's cards. After a few laps, the muffled Li Qi'er turned out to be the biggest winner, Yang Yunhua and Guo Ninglian also won slightly, only Ma Xiuying lost the most. made Ma Xiuying so depressed, knowing that Yang Yunhua was not right with her, and she called her to play cards, which was really shooting herself in the foot.