thirty-one
"Here, it's good!"
Jinling City, among the bustling crowds.
Two foreigners in cloth looked at the city with envy and admiration.
It is an important town in the southeast and a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River. Thousands of years of accumulation of cultural wealth, in the troubled times is still a prosperous scene. It's so beautiful that it's unforgettable.
The man who spoke, tall and slender, with slender limbs full of strength like a leopard. The bronzed skin looks strong, and when he speaks, his voice is like a bell, and there is a faint sound of gold and iron.
"It's good, but the people in the city are sheep, and I heard that Zhu Wu captured the city with tens of thousands of horses."
Next to the tall man, another man sneered and spoke.
This man is not so tall, with a lean build, also bronzed skin, and an angular face.
He's not as intimidating as a tall man. Instead, it seems to hide all the power in his eyes.
In the eyes of admiration and envy, the edge appeared, like a peerless sword.
"Let's do it again!"
He smiled again, "Zhu Wu is fateful, there are no officials and soldiers chasing him to kill him." In this troubled world, the comparison is who doesn't want to die, who has a hard life! ”
Hearing this, the tall man laughed and nodded.
"I heard that Zhu Wu has a few amazing characters, what often meets spring, Fu Youde~~ said that the earth is amazing, Lao Tzu really wants to meet them!"
After speaking, the tall man also looked at his casserole-sized fist.
The shorter man smiled, "Brother, don't worry, it's going to happen sooner or later." ”
The tall man smiled and touched his stomach, "Brother, I'm hungry, go ahead and drink!" ”
After speaking, the two of them talked and laughed side by side and walked towards the restaurant in front of them.
In the distance, several inconspicuous-looking blue-clothed people seemed to be following from afar, intentionally or unintentionally.
These two people are not next to them, the envoys sent by Xu Shouhui of Jiangxi Province to pay New Year's greetings to Zhu Wu.
The tall and sturdy man is surnamed Zhang, and his name is Dingbian.
The slightly shorter lean man is surnamed Chen, and his name is Youliang.
If Zhu Wu is familiar with history, he will definitely not meet Mr. Guan first, but will meet for a while, this pair of brothers who have been famous through the ages, take a good look at the Han Emperor who has always been like a villain in the long river of history, Chen Youliang.
It is said that they are famous through the ages because they have achieved the word righteousness. If these two are not losers, their reputation will be comparable to that of Taoyuan Sanjieyi.
Chen Youliang has read books and worked as a small official. Zhang Dingbian is anxious for justice and righteousness, and has been wandering the rivers and lakes.
The friendship between these two people who have been bare dolls since childhood is closer than brothers.
Join the rebel army together, fight the world together, support each other in the bloody rain together, and the loyalty between the two is unparalleled in the world.
Zhang Dingbian is also the world's first fierce general.
In the time and space where there was no Zhu Wu, Chen Youliang and Zhu Chongba fought at Poyang Lake. Zhang Dingbian personally led the warship straight to Zhu Chongba's warship, no one could stop it, if it wasn't for Chang Yuchun's arrow that injured Zhang Dingbian and was defeated and died, it might be Zhu Chongba.
However, the most praised by future generations is the righteous word between the two of them.
Chen Youliang was defeated and died, and Zhang Dingbian Kuang helped the young master to be the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang's soldiers came to the city, and Zhang Dingbian swore to fight to the death.
However, there was a huge disparity in troops, and the gap between the two armies was too great.
Zhang Dingbian has been strong and decisive all his life, and it is impossible for him to surrender, but he can rely on his martial arts to cross the world and worship the orphans and widows left by his brothers.
So he agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang to treat the descendants of the Chen family well, and he offered the wealth of the city's population and army. On the contrary, Zhang Dingbian will fight bloodily until the last drop of blood is drained.
Zhu Yuanzhang readily agreed.
After confirming the safety of the young master, Zhang Dingbian led his men to break through. For the sake of his brother's bloodline, he can bow his head. But for the sake of his brother's will, he refused to surrender.
But the general trend of the world has been decided, and Zhang Dingbian is unwilling to let the children of his hometown bleed in vain. In the midst of crying and crying, he dismissed his soldiers and horses, and took his wife to live in seclusion in the countryside.
In troubled times, there are ambitious people everywhere. For the sake of future interests, even fathers and sons and brothers can kill each other at any time.
But Zhang Dingbian interpreted the word righteousness of Chinese men to perfection.
"Two guest officers, what do you use? There is freshly caught anchovy in the shop, and it is delicious! ”
Xiao Er of the restaurant welcomed the two of them in and wiped the table with a towel.
Chen Youliang and Zhang Dingbian faced each other, Chen Youliang didn't speak, and kept looking around.
Zhang Dingbian listened to Xiao Er's words and laughed, "We love to eat fish the most, bring two to my brothers, pick the fat one, the big fish head, and some wine!" ”
"This~~" Xiao Er hesitated and said with a smile, "Guest officer, it's the first time you two have come to Jinling." Mr. Zhu of Jinling has an order to ban alcohol! ”
"Huh?"
Zhang Dingbian was a little stunned, "What are the rules for this?" Such a big Jinling City is not allowed to sell wine, so what's the point of eating this meal? ”
Xiao Er was a little embarrassed, he didn't dare to say anything about Manager Zhu's gossip, and he didn't dare to persuade this man if he wanted to, but he didn't dare to persuade him because he was so strong.
"Since you don't have wine, you don't want it, two fish, two pots of rice, and a plain side dish, hurry up."
After Chen Youliang finished speaking, Xiao Er smiled and went to prepare.
Then, Chen Youliang said to Zhang Dingbian again, "It's good to ban alcohol!" In this world, food is more expensive than life, and wine can't be eaten as food. This Manager Zhu is a man with a high mind! ”
Zhang Dingbian is also an open-minded person, and smiled, "Just now you said that people's lives are good!" ”
"Just take matters into account!" Chen Youliang picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, "Good life is also a kind of ability." Both have a good life and know that the people's livelihood is difficult, and cherish the people, this manager Zhu can't be wrong in the future! ”
"yes, look at what you said, you are old-fashioned, I don't know and think you are more powerful than Zhu Wu? Our brothers are now compared to others, nobodies! ”
Zhang Dingbian's ridicule, Chen Youliang didn't care, but laughed. But the arrogance and recklessness in his eyes are undoubtedly revealed.
"What we lack now is opportunity. His life is good, and our brother's life is hard. As long as there is a chance, he doesn't have to be bad. ”
After this effort, the store brought the food up, and the two of them buried their heads in eating.
Zhang Dingbian ate the fish head first, then soaked the rice in the fish soup, ate a small half pot of rice in one go, and then spoke.
"This Zhu Wu, why don't you see us?"
"Wait!" Chen Youliang ate a little bit, and was not so anxious, "I heard that Liu Futong's people are also here, and when he meets the people over there, he will meet us." ”
said, smiled, "Speaking of which, this Manager Zhu can be regarded as a member of the northern red scarves, and we, the southern red scarves, are outsiders." ”
"They don't necessarily have their own people, otherwise why would Zhu Wu do it alone!" Zhang Dingbian said with a smile, "I think that's what they are all about, superficial friendship!" ”
"It's not alone, I don't even have this friendship."
Chen Youliang wiped the rice scum from the corner of his mouth, and suddenly sneered, "In this world, if you want to get ahead, you really have to learn from Zhu Wu, pull a vote for the children of your hometown, and do it alone!" It's only been a year or two of hard work, and he is already one of the few people in the world, and he would rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow, and it is not worth it to sell his life to others. ”
There is ambition in the words, but there is also some unwilling depression.
Hearing this, Zhang Dingbian put down his rice bowl, lowered his voice and said softly, "Brother, don't worry, you also said that we are short of a chance, with our brother's ability, are you afraid that you won't be able to get ahead?" ”
In troubled times, there is no shortage of ambitious people.
The two brothers defected to Xu Shouhui's rebel army and were ready to do a big job.
But Xu Shouhui became the emperor and became a thorn in the side of the court, a thorn in the flesh, and millions of troops chased their butts and beat them.
Passive beating, heroes are useless.
In addition, Xu Shouhui's side are all short-sighted people, even if the two brothers have made many military exploits, they are only a small official position now. The territory is small, and there are few soldiers and horses.
"That's right!"
Chen Youliang smiled, "It's because I'm too anxious, I don't think I came to Jinling, but when I get here, I see the foundation of others, and my eyes are red." ”
said, picked up the tea bowl, "There is no wine today, let's replace the wine with tea and drink one." ”
The two touched the quilt and drank it all.
Then, Zhang Dingbian smiled again, "Brother, can you say that what you explained to us above?" ”
Above, it refers to Xu Shouhui.
This time, Chen Youliang was sent over, and there were only two words, alliance.
Xu Shouhui and Monk Peng were angry, and soon there were millions of people.
However, Xu Shouhui was short-sighted, and he actually founded the country and became the emperor, which attracted Meng Yuan's conquest with the strength of the whole country.
Monk Peng died in battle, and his territory was gone, so he could only rely on Dabie Mountain to support it.
But on the other side, here in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Zhu Wu picked up a bargain when the imperial court took the main force away and took advantage of Jinling.
Zhu Wu's fame has become another major problem for the imperial court, and Xu Shouhui can also take a breath here.
The elite of the southern official army is sandwiched between the two at this time, if the alliance is formed twice, Zhu Wu will exert his strength behind the official army~~~~
Chen Youliang sneered, "Enough!" No one is a fool, why do people form an alliance with us, just rely on the gold and silver treasures we brought! ”
took another sip of the teacup and looked out the window, "People are richer than us!" ”
At this time, there was a sudden commotion on the street outside.
I saw dozens of Dingyuan soldiers who didn't bring weapons, but wore battle jackets and cleaned up neatly, talking and laughing loudly as they walked.
"Commander Chang and Commander Fu compete for arrows, who can you win?"
"Of course it's the commander of Chang, we are the first good man in Huaixi, and it can be worse!"
"It's hard to say, Commander Fu is not a vegetarian in his ability, they have competed several times, regardless of victory or defeat."
"It's a pity that the manager doesn't let you gamble money, otherwise let's open a plate and bet a few lots~~~"
Chen Youliang looked at the Dingyuan soldiers who were going away, and said thoughtfully, "Do you see it?" The spirit of the Dingyuan Army, do we have it over there? You see what the soldiers are wearing, it's clean, and there is not a single patch, so look at our side again. ”
said, sighing, "Look at people's military discipline again, the road is full of vendors, and I don't see anyone reaching for anything." Where do we put this? I'll rob you of all the flats! ”
After speaking, he turned around, but found that Zhang Dingbian didn't seem to listen to what he said at all, but looked at the direction where the soldier disappeared.
"Often meet spring, Fu You derby arrow? Lao Tzu really wants to see what they are capable of! ”