The rain fell Xiaoxiao, and around Zuo Menggeng's mansion, Hei Bangjun put on a hat, but did not leave directly. He walked along the outer wall, and when he saw a large pine tree rising from the inner wall, he stopped, leaned against the root of the wall, and pretended to take shelter from the rain under the pine forest. After waiting for about three quarters of an hour, Hei Bangjun was a little tired, and suddenly heard that someone seemed to be coming on the other side of the wall, so he immediately raised his spirits and coughed loudly in the street.

Coughing, Hei Bangjun was lightly hit by something on the back of his head, he leaned down, picked up a small wax pill that rolled down at his feet, smiled knowingly, tucked it into his sleeve, sang the long tune of his hometown, and then left in a hurry.

Xinyang Prefecture has been war-torn for a long time, and the people's livelihood has withered, and most of the beggars along the road are unclothed and unkempt. Ignoring their skinny black hands like chicken feet, he sped through the alley. On the way, two brave outcasts grabbed him by the cuffs of his trousers, and they were all scared away by his knife.

There was a figure standing at the entrance of the alley, and when he saw Hei Bangjun, he said coldly: "The pond is shallow and the water is shallow. ”

"The clouds are dark and the sky is high." Hei Bangjun quickly made an incision with him, "Brother is from Yuzhai?" As he spoke, he looked up and saw the appearance of the person opposite, and his heart was shocked. But seeing that the man had deliberately lowered his hat, he could not hide the terrible twisted scar on his face, which was so wide that it stretched to his neck and stretched across it like a riverbed that was about to dry up, and it was evident that he had experienced the burning of the fire.

"Yuzhai Xue copy."

"Zhao Yinghei Bangjun." Hei Bangjun arched his hand.

Before he could say a few words, several homeless people noticed that the two of them had stopped and came up together. Xue Xuan sneered, knocked over the first person with a punch, and then drew the knife, impartially, and sent it into the chest of the second person. Drawing his sword and splashing blood, the body of the homeless man fell weakly, and the rest of the homeless people scattered and ran.

"Brother Xue, what are you ......" Hei Bangjun looked at the corpses that died tragically on the ground and the blood that was raging under the rain, looking left and right and looking very uneasy, "Don't attract the people from the government." ”

Xue Xuan disagreed, and said with a contemptuous smile on the corner of his mouth: "Don't worry, the homeless people in this alley came specially from the government." Since Xinyang entered the Zuojia Army, there has long been no royal law. You will kill all the homeless people in this alley, and the government will not bother with it. ”

Hei Bangjun was speechless, and still said: "Anyway, this place is not suitable for a long time, let's go quickly." Then he asked, "Li Dazhang's plate has also arrived?" ”

"Of course, how could he not have such a big deal."

Xue Qian turned around and left, and Hei Bangjun followed closely behind. The two of them walked silently all the way, braved the rain, and went out of the city gate, where two fast horses had already been prepared. At that moment, the longitudinal horse galloped in the rain curtain, and after a short time, it arrived at the Zhongshan shop in the east of Xinyang Prefecture.

"The big palm plate, the person brought it."

The shops are not large, and the houses are on both sides of a north-south avenue. Xue Zhao opened the curtain of a wine stall, and three people stood up inside.

Hei Bangjun saluted to a burly middle-aged man at the front and said, "Hei Bangjun has seen Li Dazhang on the plate. He knew that the man in front of him was Li Jiyu, the most influential boss among the Henan Tukou.

"No need to be polite." Li Jiyu gave up his hand a little and introduced the two people around him to him, "The one on the left is Mr. Shen Sanren Shen, the military division of my village, and the one on the right is Zhou Ruli, the leader of my village, Brother Zhou." ”

Hei Bangjun greeted the two separately again. Yuzhai is headed by Li Jiyu, originally a text Shen Bangjing, a martial arts Yu Dazhong is his right-hand man, but Shen Bangjing was killed by Zhao Dangshi when besieging Shaolin Temple, Yu Dazhong also suffered a heavy blow at that time and collapsed, so now Li Jiyu has appointed Shen Bangjing's brothers Shen Sanren and Shen Sanrong as military advisors, Zhou Ruli and Ji Zhiying are the main generals, these four people are actually Li Jiyu's humerus, and their status is not low.

Serious matter, Hei Bangjun asked directly, "Everyone else has arrived?" ”

Li Jiyu said: "They have already sent people to say that they are all in Niuxin Village." Mao Xianwen, Liu Hongqi, Zhao Fawu, Shen Wandeng, Han Huamei, Ma Shangzhi, there are many of them. He added, "I also have to play the banner of King Chuang, otherwise according to the temperament of these people, how can they get together obediently." ”

"It's just some people who tend to be inflammatory, greedy for life and afraid of death." Xue Shu sneered beside him. He made great contributions to the city wall under Yuzhou City, which was not afraid of life and death, although he was burned and disfigured by the flames, but he did not die, and he was promoted to become one of the leading posts of the imperial village.

Henan bandits arose, and there were two places with the greatest power, one in Henan Province and one in Runing Province. The bandits in Henan Province have been integrated by Li Jiyu, and the bandits in Runing Mansion are still in a forest. These people mentioned by Li Jiyu are all the best among the Tukou in Runing Mansion.

Hei Bang Junsu said: "According to the investigation of our battalion, these six people are all towards Zuo Liangyu. ”

Li Jiyu shook his head and said, "Shen Wandeng is not. This person originally followed Luo Rucai, and later surrendered to the official army, but he rebelled and surrendered, and although the other five were all active in Runing Mansion, they were not all the way. ”

"Which way did Shen Wandeng go?"

The officials and soldiers lost trust in him and would not accept him, so he had already asked people to connect with the army. Since we are pulling the banner of King Chuang this time, we will pull him in as our help. ”

Hei Bangjun muttered: "For the time being, regardless of Shen Wandeng in Shengzhai Village, Mao Xianwen in General Zhai, Liu Hongqi in Niuxin Village, Zhao Fawu in Xingsha Village, Han Huamei in Jiuli Village, and Ma Shangzhi in Da Xian Village, these six villages are all gathered around the three passes of Yiyang, which is too important to my Zhao Ying." If I let Zuo Liangyu go, I, Zhao Ying, will definitely fall into great passivity. ”

The southern part of Runing Mansion is isolated from Suizhou and Yingshan Counties of Huguang De'an Mansion by the mountains, but there are many passes in the mountains, among which the most famous one is the "Yiyang Three Passes", from west to east they are Pingjing Pass or Xingsha Pass, Wuyang Pass or Lishan Pass, Jiuli Pass or Huangxian Pass. The mountains where the three passes are located are the nests of the Tukou in Runing Mansion, and the stockades of the Tukou such as Mao Xianwen and Liu Hongqi are all close to the checkpoints.

Originally, when Fan Juan was still the governor of Suizhou, he cooperated with Zhao Ying's soldiers and horses to master these passes for a time, but then Fan Juan was transferred, and Suizhou was repeatedly overwhelmed by the fire, and the checkpoints were gradually beyond his reach. Moreover, since the army was strong, the Henan bandits fled south, and the number of bandits near the three passes of Yiyang swelled sharply, and the checkpoints also fell back into their sphere of influence.

"After Zuo Liangyu entered Xinyang Prefecture, he began to coerce and lure these people, some of whom were greedy for money and some were afraid of death, and most of them expressed their allegiance to Zuo Liangyu." Li Jiyu said slowly, "But recently, the army has won consecutive battles and further expanded its power, and some of them have different ideas." To win them, you can't miss this opportunity. ”

"The three passes of Yiyang run through Xinyang Prefecture and Suizhou, and they must be controlled in the hands of our battalion no matter what." Hei Bangjun's face was solemn, "This time, there is Lao Li who is in charge of the plate." ”

"It's okay, it's an honor for Li to work for Zhao Shaobao." Li Jiyu nodded, but he remembered in his heart that there were more than ten Franc machine guns and a lot of ordnance sent to the village a month ago, "I will rush to Niuxin Village at noon tomorrow, there are still nearly 100 miles away, there is no delay, eat some wine and soup to relieve fatigue, and leave immediately!" ”

Xinyang Prefecture Prefecture City Zuo Mengeng Mansion.

The fire in the room was warm, and Zuo Mengeng, who was sweating profusely, lay on the bed and gasped a few times, thinking secretly: "Liubo, this girl, is thoughtful today." "Recently, I have been very tired, and under the exhaustion, most of the fierce battles on the bed have been hastily. I have been carefully prepared several times before, but I have not been able to regain my strength, but today's temporary intention, on the contrary, it has been long and long, and it is refreshing in every way, and the mood is extremely comfortable.

When the sweat stains on his body dried, he still didn't see Rao Liubo, who had just come out of the inner room to "freshen up", and wondered: "Where did this Nizi go?" ”

Just as she was thinking about it, Rao Liubo came again, she wrapped her robe to cover her jade body, looked at Zuo Mengeng looking at herself in a daze on the bed, and said with a toothy smile: "What, haven't you eaten enough?" As soon as he said that, he pulled the robe, and his plump Peugeot figure was immediately re-revealed in front of Zuo Mengeng.

Zuo Mengeng swallowed his saliva, ready to move, but he felt a little powerless, and the servant guarding the door at this time called: "Childe, the eldest master is here, wait in the main hall." ”

"Sir?" Zuo Mengeng heard these three words, and a spirit jumped up from the bed, and hurriedly began to pack up his clothes, "Liubo, help quickly, let my father wait in a hurry, I can't afford to be responsible!" ”

Rao Liubo smiled like the moon, said yes delicately, and pasted it to help him pick up the crown of his clothes and pants. Zuo Mengeng was dressed neatly, looked at Rao Liubo's radiant carcass very nostalgically, couldn't help but move his hands and feet, and sighed before leaving: "You are waiting for me here, send my father away, and I will accompany you again." ”

"Then the slave obediently waited for Zuo Lang to come back and let the slave serve." Rao Liubo tilted his head and said obediently.

Zuo Mengeng's body was numb when he heard this, and his crotch moved, but then he remembered his father's unsmiling majestic face, and forced himself to suppress the evil thoughts, and he didn't dare to look at Rao Liubo again, so he hurriedly left. When he walked away, Rao Liubo picked up the robe with a smile, draped it over his shoulders, leaned on the bed, looked at the bright fire beside the bed, and said in a coquettish voice: "Come in." ”

As soon as the words fell, a person turned out of the shadows of the curtain, it was the servant who was standing outside the door before, and Zuo Mengeng had arranged to be specially responsible for taking care of Rao Liubo's daily life. At this time, his body trembled slightly, panting sharply, and his gaze towards Rao Liubo's body was as dull as stagnant water, and he had completely lost his mind.

"Thank you, come on." Rao Liubo smiled charmingly, stretched out his hands, and opened his arms.

In the lobby, Zuo Liangyu sat upright, with a gloomy face, looking at Zuo Mengeng who looked hurried, and didn't speak for a long time.

"Daddy......" Zuo Mengeng stood in front of him, bowing his head, like a child who had done something wrong.

Zuo Liangyu picked up the teacup and prepared to take a sip of smooth air, but he shook the lid of the cup with a shake of his hand, and Zuo Mengeng, whose heartstrings were tight, was startled, and no matter what happened, he immediately fell to the ground, trembling.

Looking at his baby son's frightened appearance, Zuo Liangyu was half angry and half funny, and put the teacup back on the table helplessly, and said, "Get up, how many adults you are, why are you bluffing like a hairy boy." ”

"Yes, yes......" Zuo Mengeng stood up with a shy face, and slapped to remove the dust from his clothes.

"What's wrong again?" Zuo Liangyu's face was grim.

Zuo Mengeng raised his head in surprise and said busily: "No, nothing ......"

"Hmph, you still want to hide it from your father?" Zuo Liangyu shook his head, "What kind of goods do you have in your stomach, I don't know?" You don't have to think about it to guess that when I came just now, I must have been fooling around in the room. ”

Zuo Mengeng was broken by his words, and he was speechless. Zuo Liangyu said: "It's okay for young people to like to be merry and happy, but it's not good to go too far." What the water thing is? Hmph, if you eat too much, it will kill you. I married you three wives and concubines, and you weren't enough, so I went outside to get an unknown wild seed, and I didn't say much. But you pee and take a picture, how old are you this year, four wives and those ill-intentioned maids and maidservants revolve around you, do you take care of it? ”

"That's what Daddy said." Zuo Mengeng nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said in his heart that Daddy said that I was big, but now I am small again.

"I'm only accompanied by your mother, and your mother didn't continue the string after her death, what's there? Isn't it good? Instead of spending so much energy in the boudoir, it is better to spend more on military affairs. There must be a give, your father and I have no time to take care of, a heart to the soldiers and horses, to achieve today's great atmosphere, I don't force you to be the same as your father, but it is more difficult to keep the business than to open a business, if your father is a hundred years old, you must have real goods to get your hands on, and you can control the scene, right? ”

"Yes......"

"Women are really good at eating the marrow, but young people don't sink into it, otherwise they will put the cart before the horse and cause endless disasters." Zuo Liangyu said earnestly, "Also, play and play, don't touch any truth." If you are not emotional, women are playthings to you. If you are emotional, hum, I don't know if you will be used as a monkey in the future. ”

"Daddy taught me a lesson."

"This time I have something to do, so I don't think about it too much. If you still look like this next time, don't blame your father's family law to serve! ”

Zuo Mengeng immediately knelt down again, bowed down and said, "The child must follow the teachings!" ”

"Get up." Zuo Liangyu raised his hand, "Sit." ”

Waiting for Zuo Mengeng to sit beside him, Zuo Liangyu sighed and said, "This time, there is really something important." ”

"I want to hear about it."

Zuo Liangyu said: "Do you remember the military conference that asked you to participate before? ”

"Remember, my father said that he would fight to the death with the thieves and completely stabilize Henan."

"Not bad. It's the thief ......" Zuo Liangyu said this, his originally sharp eyes suddenly softened, "You are also the eldest and the eldest is not small, and my father wants you to help share his worries." ”

Zuo Mengeng said solemnly: "Serving his father's worries is what children should do. What does the father command, the child listens! ”

In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, there was a mutiny in Xuzhou, and most of Zuo Liangyu's wives and children died unexpectedly, and only Zuo Mengeng was left with a single seedling, so Zuo Liangyu doted on this only son very much, and rarely let him participate in military and political affairs, just wanted him to be a Taiping son. It's a pity that the world is not peaceful, and he inevitably made the decision to let his son officially get involved in military affairs.

"In the decisive battle with the Chuang army next year, Dad will not take everyone away, and will leave a few battalions in Xinyang Prefecture to be prepared. You are my son, can you sit in the rear for my father? ”

Zuo Mengeng was very surprised when he heard this. In the past, he also led troops, but basically belonged to the Zuo family's army, and the civil and military officers temporarily helped him in Zuo Liangyu's face or were temporarily sent to do things on Zuo Liangyu's orders.

"If you sit in the rear......" Zuo Mengeng was inexplicably nervous, and his mouth became dry in an instant.

"It's not just sitting in the back." Zuo Liangyu smiled and clapped his hands, "You all come in and listen together." ”

Zuo Mengeng followed his gaze, and saw that outside the hall, several familiar faces walked into the hall one after another, but they were Jin Shenghuan, the general of the main barracks, Gao Jinku, the general of the right Xiao cavalry battalion, Lu Guangzu, the guerrilla of the Rongqi battalion, and Xu Yong, the guerrilla of the inner right battalion.