Zhang Kewang turned the entire valley city upside down, but he never found Li Zicheng, until dawn, seeing more and more people gathered at the gate of the city, asking more and more people to go out of the city, Zhang Kewang had to come back to Zhang Xianzhong to return to his life.

"Judging from the current situation, maybe Li Zicheng is no longer in the city." After listening to Zhang Kewang's report, Xu Yixian caressed his eight-character beard and analyzed.

"Lao Xu, didn't you say that the city gates are closed, even if you have wings, Li Zicheng will never be able to escape?" Zhang Xianzhong forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and asked.

Seeing Zhang Xianzhong angry, Xu Yixian panicked, didn't dare to look at his eyes, lowered his head and argued: "It's a mistake, I didn't calculate that someone would secretly let Li Chuang out of the city." ”

"What? Are you saying that we have someone here who fornicates with Li Zicheng? Zhang Xianzhong's eyes widened in disbelief, "Check, investigate Lao Tzu thoroughly!" I want to see which guy is eating inside and out! If you catch it, you must cramp and skin it to relieve the hatred in your heart! ”

Xu Yixian continued: "Since the two sides have fallen out, it will be your life and death to meet in the future, I think that the first priority at present is to hunt down Li Zicheng, if he escapes, there will be endless troubles!" ”

"After running for so long, can you still catch up?" Zhang Xianzhong stroked his long hair, staring at Xu Yixian with a pair of eagle eyes.

Under Zhang Xianzhong's fierce eyes, Xu Yixian was drenched in cold sweat, and hurriedly said: "Li Zicheng fled in the wilderness, he didn't ride a horse, he must have not gone far, just send a team of cavalry to chase all the way in the direction of Shangluo, and he will definitely be able to catch up!" ”

Hearing Xu Yixian say this, Zhang Xianzhong's face finally softened a lot, turned to Zhang Kewang, and ordered: "This time, Lao Tzu doesn't believe anyone, just believe yourself!" Ke Wang, immediately ordered 500 cavalry, and followed Lao Tzu out of the city to chase Li Zicheng! ”

"No!" Zhang Kewang yelled and took the order.

I didn't know that I was about to set off in full gear, but Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng, came in a small sedan chair.

The sedan chair landed, Ruan Zhitian bowed and walked out of the sedan chair, raised his hand and shouted: "General Jingxuan stays!" Students have something to say! ”

"It turned out to be the magistrate, I don't know what advice I have?" Although Zhang Xianzhong was in a hurry to set off, he still had to stop and casually waved towards Ruan Zhitian at the bottom of the steps.

Ruan Zhitian walked quickly to Zhang Xianzhong, bowed deeply and said: "Last night, the chickens and dogs jumped in the city, I heard that it was Li Chuang who sneaked in, and the student, as a parent official, has the responsibility of guarding the land, so I came to learn more from General Jingxuan, so I can return to Shangfeng!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong said lightly after hearing this: "The county magistrate is well-informed. ”

"If the students don't know about such a big movement last night, it will be in vain for their parents." Ruan Zhitian said with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xianzhong's face changed, and he said sharply: "Bold Ruan Zhitian! General Ben now suspects you of fornication! ”

Ruan Zhitian was so frightened that he was full of excitement, and defended repeatedly: "General Jing Xuan, you can't make such a joke!" Student: I have always been loyal to the imperial court, how can I be a thief? ”

Zhang Xianzhong pointed to Ruan Zhitian's nose and rebuked loudly: "Li Chuang absconded, Ben Shuai was about to lead his troops out of the city to arrest him, but he was stopped here by you Ruan Zhixian for no reason, not fornicating with Li Chuang, but why?" ”

was said by Zhang Xianzhong, Ruan Zhitian subconsciously hurriedly turned sideways to make way. Without waiting for Ruan Zhitian to speak again, Zhang Xianzhong immediately flew on his horse, raised his horsewhip, and galloped towards the west gate with Zhang Kewang and five hundred cavalry, leaving only a billowing yellow dust behind him.

Thanks to the guidance of Dingguo, Li Zicheng went all the way to the south, only to avoid Zhang Xianzhong's pursuers, stayed in Baokang County, and then turned to the west, rushed 600 miles, and took refuge in the old man to return to the Ma Shouying camp, Li Zicheng was full of resentment, and he was ill for several months.

At this time, the Qing army entered the customs and attacked Gaoyang, the emperor Sun Chengzong was martyred, and the superintendent Lu Xiangsheng was defeated and died. Emperor Chongzhen urgently ordered Hong Chengchou to enter the Weiqin King, Sun Chuanting supervised the reinforcements for the military department, and for a time the official and military forces in the Central Plains were empty again, and Zhang Xianzhong's long-awaited opportunity finally appeared.

These days, Ruan Zhitian through contact with Zhang Xianzhong, it is expected that Zhang Xianzhong will be opposed, and secretly reported Xiong Wencan several times, Xiong Wencan only regarded him as sowing discord, and replied angrily to reprimand him for not having nothing to do. Ruan Zhitian refused to give up, and went directly to Emperor Chongzhen, but Emperor Chongzhen had already been fooled by the ministers, and decided that Zhang Xianzhong was sincerely surrendering, and he was recently overwhelmed by the Qing army's entry into the customs, so how could he have the leisure to take care of this matter, and directly threw Ruan Zhitian's recital aside and ignored it.

never got a reply from the imperial court, and Ruan Zhitian had no choice but to continue to deal with Zhang Xianzhong.

On this day, Zhang Xianzhong was discussing with Xu Yixian in the flower hall, and suddenly Hu Wei came in to report, saying that Ruan Zhitian, the county magistrate, wanted to see him.

The scout lurking in Xiangyang City had already reported Ruan Zhitian's complaint to Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Xianzhong was quite annoyed by this, and was about to let Hu Wei blast Ruan Zhitian away, but was stopped by Xu Yixian.

Xu Yixian leaned close to Zhang Xianzhong's ear and whispered softly, "Jing Shuai, I think it's better to meet, see what he has to say?"

Hearing the name Ruan Zhitian, Zhang Xianzhong felt disgusted, and immediately waved his hand and refused: "Bird! See fart! Missing! Lao Tzu was afraid that he couldn't help it for a while, and killed him with a knife! ”

"As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent is invincible! Let's listen to what this parent has to say today, and what's the matter? Xu Yixian persuaded again.

Seeing Xu Yixian's insistence, Zhang Xianzhong finally changed his mind, nodded reluctantly, and instructed Hu Wei: "Then let him in!" ”

After a while, Ruan Zhitian hurriedly stepped into the threshold from the outside, and as soon as he saw Zhang Xianzhong and Xu Yixian, he immediately bowed deeply and said: "Student Ruan Zhitian greets General Jingxuan and Mr. Xu!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong didn't even glance at Ruan Zhitian, and sneered bluntly: "Lord Zhixian, what do you say about the imperial court?" ”

Ruan Zhitian didn't know what Zhang Xianzhong was referring to, his face was full of smiles, and he patted his ass and said: "General Jingxuan is loyal to the imperial court, and the emperor relies on him, he will be a marquis one day!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help laughing when he heard it: "Hahaha, I love to hear what you say!" Thanks to your auspicious words, if you are a marquis, you will be rewarded! ”

Ruan Zhitian didn't know that Zhang Xianzhong was talking back, but he believed it, hurriedly thanked him repeatedly, and continued to pat Zhang Xianzhong's ass.

Zhang Xianzhong was a little impatient when he heard this, his face immediately changed, and he shouted: "Don't mother-in-law, let go of a fart!" ”

Ruan Zhitian was taken aback, he didn't dare to pat himself again, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "General Jingxuan, the students came to pay their respects today, in fact, they have something important to report. ”

Zhang Xianzhong snorted coldly and said: "Don't dare to be it, you are the parent official, even if you have something to order, I will definitely do it." ”

Ruan Zhitian secretly glanced at Zhang Xianzhong, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said: "General Jingxuan, you don't know, recently, there are a small number of soldiers in your department who do not abide by military discipline and openly rob outside the city, and it is inconvenient for students to intervene in military affairs, so they can only come to inform the general that the general is the commander of the whole army, please strictly investigate and control the military discipline, and settle the place." ”

"Is that so?" Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help frowning.

It was his own idea to send people to pretend to be bandits to rob rich landlords, but he didn't expect the brothers to be negligent for a while, and they were secretly tracked down and found out, which made Zhang Xianzhong somewhat embarrassed.

Ruan Zhitian said conclusively: "It is absolutely true, the county government has received many accusations in recent days, and some villagers have caught the bandits on the spot, and under torture, they have already admitted that they are General Bai Wenxuan's subordinates, and the students do not dare to retry them, and they have been handed over to General Bai for disposal." ”

Hearing that everyone still had stolen goods, Zhang Xianzhong's face became even more ugly, Xu Yixian saw this and hurriedly stood up and said: "Lord Zhixian, you don't know something!" This court has always refused to pay military salaries, so we can't let the brothers drink the northwest wind on an empty stomach! You have never led soldiers, you don't know the difficulties of our respect, those brothers must have been so hungry that they were forced to borrow food from the villagers to satisfy their hunger, and when the food and salary of the court arrived, I promised that no one would rob again! ”

"This ......" Xu Yixian's reply made Ruan Zhitian speechless for a while.

"Okay, I already know about this matter, so please go back to my parents! This general still has military affairs with him, so he can't be accompanied! Zhang Xianzhong got rid of the dilemma and immediately got up and made a gesture of sending off guests.

In desperation, Ruan Zhitian could only shake his head and leave.

"Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will slaughter this dog official and hang his head on the head of the city to sacrifice the flag!" Looking at Ruan Zhitian's departing back, Zhang Xianzhong said hatefully.

From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, there was heavy snow for half a month, and finally waited until the snow stopped, Dingguo summoned all the soldiers to resume training in the Liujiawan camp, just practiced for a while, but saw Xiu Gu riding a horse and hurriedly broke into the camp, seeing Dingguo, Xiu Gu couldn't get off the horse, so she said anxiously: "Uncle, hurry up and go home, Madame, she fainted!" ”

Hearing that Xianglian fainted, Dingguo had no intention of practicing, so he hurriedly flew on his horse, walked with Xiugu, and rushed in the direction of Gucheng.

The cold wind blew past his ears, and Dingguo rode on his horse and asked loudly, "What's wrong with Madame?" ”

"What?" Xiu Gu turned her head and signaled that she didn't hear clearly.

"What the hell is wrong with Madame?" Dingguo raised his voice and asked again.

"Madame has always been unwell in the past two days, weak, and unable to eat." Xiu Gu shouted back to Dingguo at the top of her voice.

"Why don't you go to the doctor?" Hearing that Xianglian had been sick for several days, Dingguo couldn't help but blame.

Aunt Xiu pursed her lips with an innocent expression: "My aunt is busy with military affairs, and my wife doesn't want to disturb her, so she hasn't let us go to the doctor." ”

"It's ridiculous!" This fragrant lotus is still really not worry-free, Dingguo couldn't help but sigh.

The two quickly returned to the mansion, and as soon as they got off the horse, Dingguo rushed to the back house, and was stopped by Jiuzhen as soon as they arrived at the door: "Uncle, don't be impatient, the old fairy is calling for Mrs. inside!" ”

Dingguo had no choice but to keep pacing back and forth outside the door.

"Uncle, you're walking around here, and my eyes are glazed." Jiuzhen pouted and complained.

Dingguo smiled apologetically, then turned around and walked to the steps and sat down.

After a long while, I saw the old fairy walking out of the house with the medicine box, Dingguo hurriedly got up to meet him, and asked anxiously, "Old fairy, what is the disease of Madame?" ”

"The second general is at ease, and the lady is not sick." The old fairy stroked the long white hair and said lightly.

"Not sick? So why did you faint? Dingguo's face was full of doubts.

The old fairy didn't want to sell Guan Zi anymore, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to the general, Mrs. Zun is happy." ”

"What?" Dingguo was stunned suddenly.

"Mrs. Zun is happy!" The old fairy accentuated his tone and repeated it.

Dingguo grabbed the old fairy's sleeve and asked, "Can you be serious?" ”

The old fairy smiled, signaled Dingguo to let go quickly, and then accentuated his tone, and said slowly word by word: "Don't dare to deceive the general, it is indeed Mrs. Zun's joy!" ”

Hearing the old fairy say this, Dingguo suddenly blossomed: "So, I'm going to be a father?" ”

"Congratulations, uncle!" When Jiuzhen and Xiugu heard the news, they were also sincerely happy for Xianglian and Dingguo, and congratulated them together.

"Madame Zun is tired and has already fallen asleep, so don't go in and disturb her. The old man is going to prepare some medicine for the fetus, and you come with me. With that, the old fairy immediately carried the medicine box and motioned for Dingguo to follow.

Dingguo was not worried about Xianglian, and looked into the house again, only to see Xianglian sleeping quietly on the bed, because there was a curtain separating her, she couldn't see it very clearly.

"Uncle, you can go with confidence, we are here." Jiuzhen patted her chest and said to Dingguo.

"Then there are two girls." Dingguo clenched his fists, and then turned around to find the old fairy to get medicine.