72. Flower Drum Killing

The emperor and queen actually traveled in a white dragon fish suit, so one had fun with the people. Micro service private visit, it is inconvenient to kneel and bow down, Xu Miaoyi took her three younger sisters to retreat to the left side of the city wall and make way for the elders.

"Isn't this the four daughters of the Xu family? It's like four flowers, it's so beautiful. Queen Ma smiled kindly, "Miaoyi really has the demeanor of the eldest sister, the three younger sisters follow behind obediently, I will say, she must be the Feng'er of the year, this appearance, this temperament, and quickly mingle with the three younger sisters, blood is thicker than water, memory can be forgotten, natural family affection is innate......

Emperor Hongwu is quite an elder, and he actually took out his money bag and personally bought four little sugar men and gave them to them!

"Thank you, Uncle Zhu." Xu Miaoyi took her sisters to thank her. This Zhu Yuanzhang has treated us all as children.

Emperor Hongwu seemed to be in a very good mood, his smiling eyes narrowed, and he said: "Your father and I were fellow villagers when we were children, and our families were poor, and we usually don't have money to buy sugar. Every year, only during the Chinese New Year, you can eat the candy man in the merchant's stall. ”

"The sugar man is reluctant to eat it in his hand, and he shows it off outside, comparing whose sugar man is bigger and who makes it finer. At night, I am afraid of being taken away by cats, dogs and mice, so I simply put it next to my pillow to sleep. When we woke up in the morning, the sugar man stuck to the futon and half melted, so we licked and ate it, and the futon was wet and scolded, and we were punished by our parents. Alas, you don't get that kind of fun anymore. ”

The emperor took the initiative to talk about the poor past, Xu Miaoyi and others were dumbfounded, and they didn't know how to deal with it. I can't imagine that picture!

Queen Ma smiled: "The older people get, the more verbose they become, and they always nag the children about these things." Aren't your brothers born and died just so that the children can live a comfortable life? Do you want them to live a miserable life of eating sugar only once a year? ”

Only Empress Ma dared to refute Emperor Hongwu's words to his face.

Emperor Hongwu looked happy, just like an old peasant who had overcharged three or five buckets in the harvest year, and said: "What the lady said is that the older the husband, the more he likes to recall the past, and telling the juniors that this qiē is not easy to come by." But where did the juniors experience our disaster year when we had ten rooms and nine empty rooms and begged for food along the street? In vain, while we are still in this world, we should work a little harder, take care of everything, take care of them well, and come to see their own creation. ”

Talking and laughing, I vaguely heard a drum beat with a unique rhythm, Zhu Yuanzhang was familiar with it, and couldn't help but pull Queen Ma into the past, it was the Fengyang flower drum "Speaking Fengyang", the singer beat the small flower drum and rapped:

"Say Fengyang, Dao Fengyang, hand drum knocking, Fengyang is really a good place, the red dragon ascends to heaven and the golden phoenix soars. Count how many stars in the sky, and how many Fengyang will be. ”

"Say Fengyang, Dao Fengyang, Fengyang is a good place, the emperor's grace is vast all seasons, and he does not accept forced labor and does not pay food, and both sides of the Huai River are happy."

This flower drum show is easy to understand, and it praises all the emperors and generals. Singing praises is very appropriate.

The rapper is a small couple, the husband beats a round drum, and the wife holds a small drum that is about the same size as the palm of her hand and sings and dances. Although the Fengyang flower drum comes from the emperor's hometown, how can the people of the Six Dynasties afford this folk tune?

So after the couple sang a song, the only onlookers were Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, as well as the guards who pretended to be civilian small traders.

Hearing the minor tune of his hometown, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked happy, waved his big hand, and rewarded the rapper with half a penny.

It was the first time for the young couple to see such a bold reward, they glanced at each other, and they all approached and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang, "Thank you for this uncle, what does the guest officer want to hear?" Just order, our husband and wife will sing enough for you. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang listened to the familiar local sound, and a sense of intimacy arose leisurely, and said: "Sing another song "Meng Jiangnu". ”

"Meng Jiangnu" is a very classic Fengyang flower drum joke. tells the story of Meng Jiangnu looking for her husband for thousands of miles and crying down the Great Wall to find her husband Wan Xiliang.

The husband beat the gong and drum, and the wife sang: "It is the New Year in the first month, and every household lights up the red light; The husbands of the people were reunited, and the husband of Meng Jiangnu built the Great Wall...... It's the height of summer in June, and mosquitoes fly in with long beaks; I'd rather stare at me with a thousand mouthfuls of blood than at my husband Wan Xiliang. ”

When the wife sang the word "staring", she threw out the small flower drum in her hand, the end of the small hub was topped with a copper ring, and a red ribbon was tied to the copper ring, and the end of the ribbon was held in the palm of his wife's hand, and the dance kept throwing and retracting.

But this time, his wife's palm slipped, and she didn't hold the ribbon tightly, and the little flower drum broke away from the shackles and flew towards Zhu Yuanzhang's front door!

Escorting outside, let alone a small hub the size of a palm, even a mosquito can't get close. Carrying a straw stick beside him, the guard pretending to be a sugar gourd seller hurriedly stepped forward and slapped the small flower hub aside with a straw stick full of sugar gourds.

Bang!

At the moment when the straw stick and the small flower drum collided, the small flower drum actually exploded, and suddenly sparks flew everywhere, and the smoke was heavy!

The splinter of iron that erupted from the explosion struck, and the guard was instantly blinded in one eye, and he endured the pain and shouted, "Go into the city!" Be careful, everyone! ”

This is the code that the guards have negotiated before. Once something happens, in public, you can't say, "There are assassins, escorts." This will likely expose the identity of the emperor and queen, but will cause panic or onlookers from passers-by, which is not conducive to the emperor and queen escaping.

At present, the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were at war, and it would be better to say that there would be a fine work.

The guards divided into two routes, one to protect the evacuation of Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, and the other to round up the assassin couple.

Fang Cai's husband, who was still smiling with a flattering face, was hit by several arrows, but he raised the big drum and threw it over, shouting: "Zhu Yuanzhang! You shameless villain! We are here to avenge King Wu of Suzhou! ”

Bang!

The drum was filled with dozens of catties of gunpowder, and only a loud bang was heard, and the solid city wall was actually blown up!

The guards used their bodies as shields, and they all threw Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma under them. Another team of guards had already killed Fengyang Huagu and his wife on the spot, turned back, and pulled Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma out of the pile of dead.

Because the vibration was too great, Zhu Yuanzhang's ears were bleeding and his head was buzzing, and he only saw Queen Ma, who was covered in blood, eagerly saying something to himself, but he couldn't hear anything.

At this time, a heat wave hit behind him, and Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to take a look, it turned out that the assassins were not only the flower drum couple, but also other assassins disguised as passers-by staring at them.

If you can't do one blow, you can strike again!

Queen Ma's body was covered with the blood of being a shield guard, and she said loudly: "The master's ear is injured, and I can't hear it for the time being, you can just tell me." ”

The guard said, "Madam, there is not much shelter in the city wall, we should go down as much as possible, and the closest thing to here is the Jubao Gate, where there is an exit to the castle tower!" ”

Queen Ma shook her head, "These assassins are the subordinates of Zhang Shicheng, the former king of Wu in Suzhou, and they have even learned the tone and flower drum in the countryside of Fengyang. Maybe the assassins are waiting at the treasure gate, no! It is necessary to change an exit. ”

If the stairs are blown up when going down the tower, the emperor and queen will be buried in Jubaomen.

The emperor's expression was confused, as if he really couldn't hear. Fortunately, Queen Ma has been in danger for a long time after years of war. Calmly analyze the current situation and become the new backbone.

The guard said, "There is a treasurer's house about two miles to the west, and there is an exit there. ”

Queen Ma said, "Okay, then go to the Treasury Place." ”

The guards escorted the emperor and queen to the west.

The Jinling city wall was close to Qijia Village, away from the panicked crowd, and Xu Miaoyi sadly found that her second sister Xu Miaoqing and third sister Xu Miaoxi were scattered. Xu Miaojin, who was only ten years old, held her hand tightly all the way and followed her all the way.

"Big sister, I'm scared." Xu Miaojin held back her tears, tears gurgling in her eyes, but she refused to fall.

Luckily, one is still there. Xu Miaoyi counted the number of remaining Xu family guards, and this time she went out with four female guards who knew martial arts, as well as ten male guards.

There are still two female guards and four male guards. Xu Miaoyi's heart was a little relaxed: when there was chaos just now, Xu Miaoyi looked at the people in white who were scurrying in horror like a tide, and knew that it was only a matter of time before they were scattered.

She ordered the guards to divide into three groups, each keeping an eye on a younger sister, and if someone was forcibly dispersed by the crowd, the group immediately ran to protect the young lady. Now for the number of pairs, the disappearance is consistent with the guards and sisters, which means that the sisters should at least have guards to protect them now.

Hearing the rumors that he entered the city and fanned the flames by the Lantern Festival, Xu Miaoyi's heart was like a mirror: Emperor Hongwu and Empress Ma were playing on the city wall, and they were afraid that they would be targeted by assassins.

If it was an assassin, their target was Emperor Hongwu and his wife, and even if the sisters were scattered, they should be safe. I am afraid that Diao Min will take the opportunity to make trouble, take advantage of the fire to rob, and harm innocent people, and Xu Miaoqing and Xu Miaoxi's two sisters are all little beauties......

Xu Miaoyi divided the remaining guards into two groups and said, "Your group escorts the fourth miss home, and by the way, bring rescue soldiers to pick us up, and the rest follow me back to find the second and third misses." ”

Where do the guards dare to watch the eldest lady sacrifice her life? Hurriedly said: "Eldest Miss, you and Fourth Miss will be escorted back to Zhan Yuan by them, and we will go to find the two young ladies." ”

"Don't be verbose, I can handle it." Xu Miaoyi showed the sleeve arrow bracket on her wrist - this is a weapon captured from the brutal girl Deng Ming, and showed the dagger/head on her waist, "Without further ado, you guys go quickly." ”

Xu Miaoyi went out with her three younger sisters, and if only one Xu Miaojin went home with her, it would be difficult for her to explain to her father.

Besides, what a ...... Anyway, those two sisters sincerely called her sister for half a month.