During the trip back to Fengyang, Zhu Cihong suddenly thought of something, and he immediately asked Zhang Xianzhong to be brought up.

Zhang Xianzhong is tall, has a big yellow face, has a big beard, and looks fierce.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile; "Zhang Xianzhong, do you regret that you didn't surrender at the beginning?"

Zhang Xianzhong shouted: "Regret? We don't know how to write regret! ”

Zhu Cihong smiled and said, "Isn't it normal that you don't know a few big characters and can't write?" ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly and said: "Now that our Lao Tzu has planted it, if you want to kill it, you have to deal with it quickly!" ”

Zhu Cihong waved his hand and said: "Don't worry, don't worry, my father's will hasn't come down yet, I can't easily deal with you, I came to you today, mainly because of a private matter." ”

What other personal matters do we have? Zhang Xianzhong was very curious and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhu Cihong rubbed his hands, looking very embarrassed, and said, "I have a question for you in this palace, I don't know if it's inconvenient........

Zhang Xianzhong said in a loud voice: "Like a girl, if you have any questions, ask them happily!" ”

Zhu Cihong smiled embarrassedly: "Then may I ask........ Have you ever licked donkey poop? ”

"Fuck you!" Zhang Xianzhong was furious and was anxious on the spot.

"Presumptuous!" Xu Sheng shouted, kicked Zhang Xianzhong to the ground, and even took out the knife, ready to stab him to death.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand at Xu Sheng and said, "Don't stab ...... to death"

Zhu Cihong looked at Zhang Xianzhong, who grinned and got up, and said: "I heard that when you were young, you went to Sichuan with your father to sell dates, and the donkey carrying dates left a pile of feces and urine in front of the door of a landlord's house. ”

Zhang Xianzhong looked very irritable, and scolded sharply: "Zhu family child! You insult me! ”

"Hey, it seems that this historical mystery cannot be solved." Zhu Cihong let out a long sigh and waved his hand, asking people to drag this irritable old brother away to calm down.

Zhu Cihong asked Li Dingguo to be brought up again, preparing to appease this fierce man who killed Tartars in history.

Not long after, Li Dingguo was brought in, Zhu Cihong looked him up and down, and saw that he was quite tall, with slender eyebrows, broad shoulders and strong body, and a majestic and energetic spirit.

Zhu Cihong ordered someone to loosen his ties and give him a seat.

Li Dingguo is only eighteen years old this year, but he is very calm, he did not sit down, and said directly: "If you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly, since I, Zhang Dingguo, have been captured, and if I want to kill him, I must listen to him." ”

Zhu Cihong smiled faintly and said slowly: "Li Dingguo, the name Hongyuan, a native of Yulin, Shaanxi, was born in the first year of the Apocalypse, and was accepted as a righteous son by Zhang Xianzhong at the age of ten. ”

Li Dingguo said lightly: "The government's inquiry is clear. ”

Zhu Cihong continued: "You like to read history books and the art of war, you have a talent in civil and military affairs, although you are in the army of thieves, but you are only lenient, you have not tried to kill in vain when you break through the city, and you will try to save the gentry and the people, hehe, but you are a kind-hearted person, but it's a pity, you are a beautiful woman, so why do you follow the thief?" I don't even need my real name! ”

Li Dingguo snorted lightly: "What if you don't follow the thief, my parents died when I was ten years old, and my family is poor, these are all harmed by the government, if I don't follow the thief, then I can only wait for death!" ”

Zhu Cihong said with a blank face: "What about what has changed since you became a thief?" You should know very well what the thieves have done, how many people have they made like you, both parents died, and the family was so poor that they could only wait for death? ”

Li Dingguo was silent, he was generous, although he tried his best to protect some innocent people, but Zhang Xianzhong has always killed innocents indiscriminately, many times in front of his face, Li Dingguo knew that it was wrong, but he couldn't do anything.

Zhu Cihong saw that he was silent, and said: "Now that the Ming bandits have been eliminated, but there are still Manchu Tartars in the north, Li Dingguo, now is the time for you to make contributions and get ahead, surrender to the imperial court, and kill the Tartars with the palace!" ”

Although Li Dingguo was a little moved, he still shook his head and said: "It was the government that forced me onto this road, and what the government did was not much better than us thieves, and I disdain to be with it!" ”

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "There are good and bad in the official palace, and this palace also hates corrupt officials who oppress the people, wherever my Tianwu soldiers and horses go, there is no crime in autumn, and I will never oppress the good people and do wrong, if you are willing to follow me, this palace will let you take charge of a brigade of 5,000 elite soldiers, or be released as a general soldier!" ”

Li Dingguo stared at Zhu Cihong and said, "I admit that you are very wise and admire the strength of the Tianwu Army, but I am not Sun Kewang!" My father-in-law has the grace to save my life, and it is impossible to go away from him! ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said with a smile: "Don't forget to repay your kindness, never give up, value love and righteousness, it's very good!" If you kneel down and surrender like Sun Kewang, I will look down on you, just remember what this palace said today, if it is the same one day, you can come to me at any time. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Cihong picked up a book from the table and handed it to him, and ordered someone to take Li Dingguo down to watch him.

Li Dingguo took the book, feeling a little grateful, this book is his favorite "Zizhi Tongjian.......

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In mid-September, Zhu Cihong and his entourage went ashore from Luzhou Mansion and returned to Fengyang Mansion by land.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was in the prisoner car, looked at the situation all the way, and couldn't help but sigh: "The surroundings of this Jingshi are different!" ”

A sergeant of the Tianwu Army guarding the prisoner car said disdainfully: "Didn't wake up? This is Fengyang Mansion! ”

After walking the waterway for several days, Zhang Xianzhong no longer knew where this was, and when he saw the well-organized tunpu along the way, especially the tall waterwheel by the lake and river, he thought that he had been sent to Beijing by the officers and soldiers from the Grand Canal.

At this time, Zhang Xianzhong heard the officers and soldiers say that this is Fengyang Mansion, and he scolded angrily: "Fart, our Lao Tzu has entered Fengyang before, and there is less fire in Fengyang City, can that broken place be compared with here?" ”

The sergeant rolled his eyes and said, "Believe it or not, stinky thief!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong didn't believe that this was Fengyang anyway, and Li Dingguo in the other prisoner car didn't believe it either.

After the Xingyang Conference of the Thirteen Righteous Army, the Righteous Army led by King Gao Yingxiang entered Fengyang in the first month of the eighth year of Chongzhen, dug up the Emperor's Mausoleum, burned the palace, and burned almost the entire Zhongzhong.

It's September of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, and it's less than three years since the full fight, so this change is too big!

Zhang Xianzhong and Li Dingguo, who were in the prison car, looked at Fengyang Mansion that had undergone earth-shaking changes along the way, and they only felt eye-opening.

The road here is longitudinal and horizontal, the wide gravel road is very smooth, the main road is paved with some unknown things, it is very smooth, the people on the wide road are constantly coming and going, a piece of chickens and dogs smell each other, and the people are luxuriant.

On both sides of the road are fields of crops, wells and waterwheels can be seen everywhere, and many people can be seen working hard in the fields, which seems to be a paradise without war and disaster.

The tranquility here made Li Dingguo's heart pound, if his hometown in Shaanxi could have such an environment, how could he go from a thief to the road of rebellion?