Seeing Li Xiao bowing and saluting, Zhu Shouhong's dull and faint eyes obviously lit up. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Commander Li, please get up quickly." Zhu Shouhong helped Li Xiao to get up, and after looking up and down at Li Xiao, who was wearing the regular uniform of a military attaché of the third grade, he nodded and exclaimed: "It's better to see it for a long time, it's really a talent!" Li commanded the envoys to exterminate the Liukou and fight the Tartars, all of which were great feats, and according to the lonely king, it was a hero who came out of a young man. ”

Looking at Zhu Shouhong's almost smile, Li Xiao smiled and said: "His Royal Highness King Lu is falsely praised, how can the lower officials be deserved." ”

"Commander Li is polite, outside the mansion is not a place to speak, please ask Commander Li to enter the mansion with King Gu to talk." The smile on Zhu Yihong's face was even more eager, and he made a welcoming gesture to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao followed everyone all the way, looking at it as he walked, and felt eye-opening.

According to the history of the Ming Dynasty, the building of the palace of King Lu can be basically divided into three parts, from south to north: "Carrier Palace" (face width 11 rooms), "Garden Palace" (face width 9 rooms) and "Cunxin Palace" (face width 9 rooms). There are two halls on the left and right sides of the "Carrier Palace", and one hundred and thirty-eight houses are built on both sides of the five halls. There is a wall built around it, and there is a carrier gate in front of it, and a "heart gate" is set up in the back, which is the main building of the palace of King Lu. In addition, there are "front palace", "middle palace" and "back palace", each side is nine rooms wide, ninety-nine houses are built on both sides of the three palaces, and the outer wall and the front and rear palace gates are built to form an auxiliary palace community.

For Li Xiao, who followed all the way through the hall and corridor, what left a deep impression on him was that after entering the Delu Palace, many palace cloisters and gatehouses were decorated with blue and green gold, blue daisy fine decorations, gold-coated copper nails, arches and roofs, red silk clouds, and Chinese paintings of cockroaches, which made Li Xiao dazzled.

Especially in the palace of King Lu, all kinds of rockery peaks and peaks are stacked, high and low, pavilions and pavilions are located in it, the back of both sides of the middle hall, is a huge garden, raising cranes, peacocks, sika deer and other rare birds and beasts. Ingenuity everywhere, every ingenuity, really endless carved beams and paintings, endless magnificence!

Everyone walked for about ten minutes and arrived at the Cunxin Palace, which is where King Lu receives important guests every day.

King Lu immediately beckoned everyone to sit down and watch the tea.

Li Xiao took out the gift and gave it to Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, and Zhu Shouyong, the king of Taixing, each with a high-grade sword, as a gift for meeting.

Zhu Shouhong, Zhu Shouyong, and the two of them accepted this sword, which can be called a rare treasure in the world, with a look of surprise, and they couldn't help but feel happy in their hearts.

"Commander Li is polite, when you first arrived, you gave such a heavy gift, which made King Gu feel ashamed." Zhu Shouhong stroked his beard and smiled.

"A little courtesy, not a respect, the previous time our army came to the aid of Xuanfu, I had to meet your army and was not very grateful. These two swords are just a little bit of gratitude. Li Xiao replied slightly, his tone calm and humble.

Li Xiao's gesture was so generous that the atmosphere of the talks became harmonious at once. After everyone greeted each other, Zhu Shouhong said his true intention of inviting Li Xiao to come to King Lu's mansion.

It turned out that in November, Chen Qiyu, the former governor of the five provinces, was impeached by Gu Guobao and Fu Yongchun, the imperial historian, and the two impeached Chen Qiyu for accepting bribes and arsoning with thieves.

Chen Qiyu's crime was to die, but in order to save his life, he used all his family wealth to bribe the first assistant Wen Tiren, so that he changed his capital crime to a border crime.

Chen Qiyu's original post of governor of the five provinces was taken over by Hong Chengchou, the former governor of the trilateral provinces, and the governor of Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Huguang, and Henan.

At this time, the power of the thieves has been reinvigorated and their power is huge. In Shanxi and other places, hundreds of thousands of thieves and robbers were concentrated in one place, and they camped for hundreds of miles at every turn, and the officials and soldiers were shocked when they looked at them.

In December, due to a long-term lack of food and wages, the Xining garrison mutinied, the garrison generals were killed by the rebels, the officials of the sub-garrison were driven away, and the eunuchs of the town also fled in a hurry. Hong Chengchou, who originally planned to fight with the bandits in Shanxi, was forced to personally lead the army to Xining, and the rogues took the opportunity to trap Guanlong and plunder Zhou County. As many as 200,000 rogues began the second large-scale invasion of Henan.

The powerful rogues frightened the governor of Henan, Yuan Mo, half to death, and he wrote in a memo to the imperial court: "。。。。。。 In the winter of the seventh year, the thief rode more than 1,000 people to the west, and immediately went to the west of the wheat field, thinking that he was going forward. The army has been gathered, overwhelming, the big flag fluttering, looking at the cliff mouth and south, the flag covers the sky, the sun is shining, the south is the end of the South Mountain, the north is the end of the river, and the waves are surging and the clouds are coming. From morning to night, I only heard the noise of people and horses, and the camp was hundreds of miles. The thieves passed, people and animals trampled on them, the lives were ruined, and the corpses were piled up like mounds, stacked on the side of the road for five or six miles。。。。。 ”

Governor Yuan Mo lamented in the recital: "The thieves came out of Shanxi, went east to my Henan, trapped Xingyang, went down to Lingbao, Jiwan and Luojian all fell into the hands of the enemy, and Henan was shaken. According to what the lower officials heard, every tens of thousands of soldiers in the thief camp advanced more often, because of the full food and lodging, the advance was extremely fast, and they could often travel a hundred miles day and night. However, our officers and soldiers are outnumbered, their food and salaries are not continued, their pace is too much and their horses are small, their morale is addicted, and they are all hungry and tired after traveling dozens of miles, and it is difficult to march no matter how difficult it is, so the officers and men are afraid of thieves。。。。。。 ”

Yuan Mo did not lie, at that time, several major Ming army heavy army groups in Henan, such as Zuo Liangyu's troops stationed in Xin'an and Mianchi, Chen Zhibang's troops stationed in Ruzhou, Chen Yunfu's troops stationed in Nanyang, etc., saw that the power of the thieves was too great, and they all supported troops to protect themselves.

Among these warlords, who gradually grew up, Zuo Liangyu was especially the boss, who openly resisted the imperial court's order for him to send troops to suppress the bandits, and the governor of Henan, Yuan Mo, begged him to send troops many times, but all of them fell on deaf ears. What's worse is that this person secretly communicates with the rogues, and wantonly accepts all the bandits and thinks they have been used, and there is no more thought and action for the court to exterminate the bandits.

Seeing that the Ming officers and soldiers in Henan were so timid, the trend of thieves suddenly became more and more blazing. A few days ago, in Xingyang, Henan, Lao Huihui, King Chuang, Ge Liyan, King Zuojian, Cao Cao, King of the World, Shooting the Heavens, Eight Kings, Hengtian King, Mixed 100,000, Guotianxing, Nine Dragons, Shuntian King, and other thirteen families, together with the leaders of the 72 battalions, met in Xingyang to discuss how to deal with the official army, which is the famous "Xingyang Conference" in history.

During the meeting, some of the leaders of the rogue said that now that everyone is gathered here, it is estimated that Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, will immediately lead his troops to suppress the bandits. As soon as he said this, Li Zicheng, who was under Gao Yingxiang and nicknamed the general, immediately said arrogantly: "The puppet can still work hard, but there are 100,000 people? Today, our soldiers and ten times the official army, although Guan Ning is riding to the ground, there is nothing to do. The only way to do this is to divide the troops. Each of them will stand in the same direction, and its blunt will listen to the sky. ”

Hearing Li Zicheng's bold words, all the rogues were happy and agreed.

Subsequently, the crowd began to draw lots to determine their respective destinations, and finally agreed as follows: Ge and Zuonan should be Chu divisions; Horizontal and mixed west to welcome the Qin army; Cao, too much tunxing, bianjian, to explore the middle of the Mou, Deng, Wei to embellish the soldiers, Gui, He, and Ru; Dedication, break into the East. Broken city and lower town, the children of gold silk are even. The old returns, the nine dragons are roaming, and they respond to each other. Afraid that the Western Army will be defeated, it is beneficial to shoot the sky and change the king as the horizontal and succession.

After the agreement, the crowd killed the cattle and horses and sacrificed to the heavens, opened the table and feasted, and the **** was over, so they started the military operation separately.

Among them, the two most powerful bandits, Gao Yingshen and Zhang Xianzhong, joined forces and killed from west to east from the land of western Henan.

The rampant actions of the rogues made Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, and others, who learned the news, tremble with horror.

Zhu Shouhong ignored Liu Zeqing's cold reception before, and wrote a letter cheekily, begging him to send troops to garrison Yanzhou to prevent the rogue from entering Yanzhou from eastern Henan.

As a result, to his surprise, Liu Zeqing once again rejected him on the grounds that his soldiers could not be mobilized due to lack of food and salary.

Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu who touched a gray nose, heard the news of the Liukou coming east day every day, like ants on a hot pot, anxious and uneasy.

In the end, under the prompting of the prince Zhu Yipai, Zhu Shouhong thought of Li Xiao, who was in Tielong City, Shanxian County.

Yes, why don't you find Li Xiao?

Last time, it was this person's timely dispatch of troops that eliminated the black scorpion tribe who invaded Lunan County.

Now that Li Xiao has been promoted to the commander of the Red Fengwei, and I heard that the soldiers and horses have also been expanded, if this person comes to guard Yanzhou, the hope of defending Yanzhou will definitely increase greatly.

Zhu Shouhong made up his mind, so he urgently sent someone to Iron Dragon City to invite Li Xiao to come to King Lu's mansion to explain.

"Commander Li, now that the rogue is raging, tens of thousands of elite thieves are coming east day and night, the lonely king is really uneasy, and I implore Commander Li to stay in my Yanzhou for a long time during this time, so as to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yanzhou." Zhu Shouhong said to Li Xiao in an anxious and sincere tone.

Of course, what to say about protecting the military and people of Yanzhou is just a lie, Zhu Shouhong's real idea is naturally to protect the entire family of the Lu Palace.

Li Xiao's heart is naturally like watching the fire.

In fact, Zhu Shouhong's thoughts are really too much.

Because according to the normal historical trend, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, two streams of rogues, after starting from western Henan, will turn to the southeast when they reach the boundary of Kaifeng Prefecture, and go all the way to Yingzhou, which is directly subordinate to the south, and did not have the idea of going to Shandong.

It's just that it's normal for Zhu Shouhong to have such thoughts, after all, in the eyes of people now, it is difficult to say that the rogues who go all the way east have no intention of invading Shandong. As a person who has traveled through the next generation, it is a bit of an afterthought.

"Please rest assured, His Royal Highness King Lu, as a Ming official and soldier, it is his duty to defend the land and the people, and he will do his best to protect Yanzhou." Li Xiao's answer was sonorous and powerful.

"Okay, very good, with Commander Li's words, King Gu is relieved, King Gu represents the military and people of Yanzhou, thank Commander Li." Zhu Shouhong had a relieved expression.

Li Xiao said a few polite words in his mouth, but he smiled secretly in his heart, such an empty favor, don't do it in vain.

With Li Xiao's promise, the atmosphere of the talks was suddenly very good, and everyone chatted a few more words, and Zhu Shouyong, the king of Taixing, interjected: "I don't know if Commander Li has ever married a wife?" ”

Li Xiao didn't think much about it, so he replied: "Li is 22 years old, and he has not yet married a wife because his foundation is undecided. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Shouhong and Zhu Shouyong looked at each other and smiled.

"It's good if you don't have it, it's good if you don't have it." Zhu Shouyong said a few words in a row, with a smile on his face.

Li Xiao didn't know what he meant, and was about to ask, but Zhu Shouhong dismissed him with his words.

Everyone chatted for a while, and Zhu Yipai interjected with a smile from the side: "Commander Li, the mansion is preparing for a feast, and there is nothing to do at the moment, but I don't know if Commander Li is willing to follow Xiao Wang to see the scenery of the palace?" ”

Li Xiao nodded and smiled: "Very good, I have heard the gorgeous Zhuofan of the Lu Palace, and I came to your mansion this time, and I want to see the beautiful scenery of your mansion." ”

Subsequently, Li Xiao left the Palace of Cunxin, and under the guidance of Zhu Yipai, he wandered around, and his heart became more and more amazed by the magnificent and wealthy Lu Wangfu.

When walking through the large garden at the back of the nave, Li Xiao suddenly heard a sound like fairy music, coming from behind the craggy rockery, like a wisp of silk, making him unconsciously stop moving forward.

The sound of the piano is melodious, and there is an extremely ethereal artistic conception, Li Xiao can't help but be intoxicated.

Seeing Li Xiao's infatuation, Zhu Yipai smiled proudly, and he introduced to Li Xiao: "Commander Li, the one who plays the piano is Naimei, wait for me to call him out to meet the commander." ”

Li Xiao hadn't answered yet, and Zhu Yipai had already gone around to the rockery.

Soon, the sound of the piano was interrupted, and then a faint footstep was heard.

Li Xiao caught a glimpse of a young woman wearing a red gauze wide-sleeved fairy skirt and a gold-embroidered peony pattern veil behind the smiling county king Zhu Yipai.

When the two of them gradually approached, Li Xiao saw that this richly dressed woman was wearing a flat and round peach heart bun, with pearls and green jade flowers on it, and a hollow golden phoenix hairpin inserted in the black and inky bun, and two long strings of two long pearl knots in the phoenix mouth. A beautiful melon seed face, light makeup, white complexion, especially a pair of bright eyes, although not too good, but the complexion is beautiful, elegant bearing.

Li Xiao was dumbfounded.

He could feel his strong heart, beating very violently, as if he was in a battlefield where thousands of troops and horses were fighting.

Seeing Li Xiao looking straight at herself like this, the woman hurriedly lowered her head, and on her cheeks, a flush flew up.

Seeing that famous man was so shy, Li Xiaofang came back to his senses and quickly turned his head in disguise.

Hearing this boy talk about Li Xiao, the long eyelashes of the young woman behind jumped obviously.

Zhu Yipai introduced to Li Xiao with a smile: "Commander Li, this is my sister Zhu Huimei." ”

Li Xiao hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the county lord, Li was reckless, disturbing Xianle, and he was very surprised. ”

Li Xiao wanted to kneel down and salute, but was hurriedly supported by Zhu Yipai, and then he turned his head to Zhu Yumei and said, "Sister Xiao, don't come and see Commander Li soon." ”

Zhu Huimei's face turned red, stepped forward slowly, and said a blessing to Li Xiao with a smile.

"I didn't expect Commander Li to come, but I am afraid that the county's piano skills are superficial and unhearable, and there will be a dirty conductor who will make your ears dirty." Zhu Huimei opened her lips, opened her jade teeth, and said with a smile. Her voice is as beautiful as a jade bead falling on a silver plate.

Li Xiao hurriedly shook his head and said: "The county lord has tormented Li, your piano skills are really like flowing water, which really makes Li intoxicated." Li Mou has heard for a long time that the county lord is beautiful and refined, and his temperament is Qinghua. ”

"Sister Ji, Commander Li has promised to garrison Yanzhou to prevent rogues, but now I am in the Lu Palace, but I can rest assured." Zhu Yipai said to Zhu Yumei with a smile.

"Please rest assured that the county king and the county lord are here, Li Xiao is here, there is a place, this Yanzhou will never fall into the hands of the rogue."

Before Zhu Yumei could speak, Li Xiao replied first. His words were sonorous and powerful.

Zhu Huimei's face was suddenly filled with joy, and she bowed slightly and said: "Then this county wishes Master Li a victory and success." ”

"Li would like to thank the county lord for his kind words."

The three of them chatted casually again, and Li Xiao said goodbye to Zhu Yumei.

At this time, both of them found a heart-beating reluctance in each other's eyes.

Compared with Zhu Yujiao, Li Xiao has an extra sense of guilt.

Because he remembered Zu Wan'er who was in Chifengwei.

Is it worthy of the girl who is waiting for him stupidly?

Li Xiao can never tell what kind of mood he is in at this time.

After the two said goodbye, Zhu Huimei just said something precious, and then didn't speak again, she stared at Li Xiao's departing back, and in her bright eyes, yearning and worry were mixed together, making people feel pitiful.

Subsequently, the Lu Wangfu held a feast, Zhu Shouhong, Zhu Shouyong, Zhu Yipai and other members of the Lu Wangfu clan took turns to toast Li Xiao.

That night, Li Xiao was drunk, so he stayed in King Lu's mansion.

In the living room late at night, Zhu Yipai, the king of the county, whispered to Zhu Shouhong and Zhu Shouyong about the meeting between Li Xiao and Zhu Yumei in the afternoon.

"Hehe, this king knows that the little girl is so extraordinary, and she has excellent piano skills, so how can Li Xiao not be tempted." Zhu Shouyong stroked his beard and smiled, with a smug expression.

Zhu Shouhong, the king of Lu, is also smiling, he has no children under his knees, and he has long regarded these children of his younger brother Zhu Shouyong as if he had come out, and now he heard Zhu Yipai's report that Li Xiao loves Zhu Yuyong so much, and his heart is also extremely happy.

"That Li Commander, a young hero, a talent, and a well-trained person, transparent human feelings, but the future is unlimited, if my sister marries this person, it is also a blessing." Zhu Yipai was overjoyed to see the two of them, and hurriedly interjected and came in.

"The prince is right, and when Li Xiao defeats the invading gangsters, I will ask the emperor to give him a marriage. If you marry this in-law, the Wulu Palace, since then, will finally have a solid support. Zhu Shouhong nodded in agreement, and then made a final statement.

(Thank you to the White Cosmic Wind 17 brothers for the tip, thank you for your support). (To be continued.) )