Chen Zilong and his entourage, since leaving Jinzhou, all the way to the east, because the governor Fang Yizao has already secretly reminded the border posts, so Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zijing and others, all the way is unimpeded.

Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw.

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info Jinzhou to the east, across the Daling River, is the vast and flat Liaodong Plain, a group of people driving a set of cars, running on the old official road that has been overgrown with weeds, only to see the wilderness, only to see the roadside acres of barren acres, grass and trees.

On both sides of the official road, there are abandoned deserted village ruins, among which the ruins and walls are mostly covered by human bones and skeletons.

Seeing this bleak scene, Chen Zilong suddenly felt infinite grief and hatred, and sighed to himself in his heart.

As the confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties in western Liaoning became longer and longer, both sides began to acquiesce in the exchanges of those smuggling caravans.

The generals of western Liaoning wanted to use private caravans to smuggle the Qing Dynasty in exchange for furs, eastern pearls, birds of prey, ginseng, deer antler velvet and other items of high value, and resell them to obtain huge profits, so as to offset the shortage of Liao's salary, so that the Ming army in western Liaoning could be maintained.

The Qing Dynasty in the east needed these Ming smuggling caravans to bring grain, utensils, cloth, cattle, salt and other materials to supplement the shortage of their own production materials, better nurture and expand the country's population and strength, so that the number and combat power of the Qing army could continue to increase.

It is precisely because both sides of the Ming and Qing dynasties have complementary trade needs that they turn a blind eye to these smuggling caravans.

And Chen Zijing and others, although they met some Qing army ranger sentry detectives in the field, they saw the smuggling flag approved by the Qing court inserted high in the car, and saw the car full of wheat sacks, these Qing army rangers with huge riding bows on their backs, bulging quivers in the saddle, and fierce faces, but they did not embarrass them, and after observing in circles around the cart, they waved their hands and let them go straight east.

After a while, the weather was getting dark, and because the moonlight was unknown, they couldn't see the road clearly, so everyone was resting in the broken temple on a high post next to the official road.

As the guards began to cook noodles and porridge and feed the mules and horses with bean feed, Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong sat down accordingly and chatted with each other.

Along the way, Chen Zilong's opinion of Zhou Yuanzhong has changed a lot from his initial disgust and disdain, and he can gradually tolerate the pungent smell on Zhou Yuanzhong's body.

So the two sat opposite each other around the fire.

"Master Zhou, where are you from?"

Chen Zilong asked.

Zhou Yuanzhong laughed miserably, he rolled his white eyes, and didn't speak for a long time, Chen Zilong was stunned, he didn't know where his words touched the scars in Zhou Yuanzhong's heart, so that he was so speechless.

After a long time, Zhou Yuanzhong spoke: "Bachelor Chen, Zhou is from Shenyang. ”

Chen Zilong sighed, and said: "It turns out that Zhou Leshi is from Shenyang, but when did he come to Jinzhou?" ”

Unexpectedly, Chen Zilong's words opened Zhou Yuanzhong's words, and he sighed and said: "It's okay tonight, since Bachelor Chen is so interested in Zhou, would you like to listen to Zhou's life experience?" ”

"Students want to hear about it."

Zhou Yuanzhong smiled, his face swelled with vicissitudes, and he sighed: "Zhou is in his forties this year, born in Shenyang Almond at the end of Wanli, with parents, wife and children, and a small restaurant at home. Who knew that in the early years of the Apocalypse, the old slave raised troops to capture Shenyang and Liaoyang, and most of the soldiers and civilians in the city died under the Tartar sword, and my whole family was also killed. At that time, the reason why I was able to escape with my life was that I happened to go out of the city to buy vegetables in the country market, and I escaped this catastrophe. Later, I sneaked back to the city, trying to find the corpses of my parents, wives and children, but the corpses were not found, but I met the Qing patrol soldiers, because I suspected that I was a Ming spy, so I beat me violently, the reason why I was blind in both eyes was that I was blinded by these beasts, until I was beaten and could not move, and those Qing soldiers suspected that I had been killed, so they stopped, ordered people to be thrown out of the city, and the people who were killed were placed together, ready to be buried together after dawn. ”

When Zhou Yuanzhong said this, the miserable color on his face became even more obvious, he paused, and replied: "Who knows that the sky will not stop my life, when I was dying, I was ordered to come to collect the corpse called Huazi found that I still had breath, so he was kind, rescued me secretly, and then hid in the cave, recuperating for many days, before I could get up and walk." Later, this benefactor recommended me, who was already blind, to a restaurant musician who sang lotus, and let me learn to sing music for a living. I took him as my teacher, ate the bowl of rice of singing and playing the piano, and it has been nearly 20 years since I fled from Shenyang to Jinzhou. ”

Hearing this, Chen Zilong let out a long sigh with a sympathetic and unbearable look.

Zhou Yuanzhong continued: "Later, because I became famous for my songs, I was the largest restaurant in Jinzhou, Jinhua Building, this restaurant, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles here to drink and feast, on the occasion of the year before last, the governor of Liaodong, Lord Fang, saw that I sang clearly, and his voice was full of affection, so he gave birth to a love for talent and invited me to talk. Because of my proper response and calm attitude, Mr. Fang appreciated me even more, so he often came to the restaurant to listen to my songs. Until some time ago, Lord Fang specially recruited me into the mansion and asked me to entrust me with important matters in peace talks, but I was quite hesitant at first, thinking that my talent was insufficient and I was blind, so I wanted to refuse. Later, I heard Lord Fang say that it is precisely because of a person like me who is not outstanding in appearance that I can just go to the peace talks with the Qing court without showing any appearance, and besides, if I can stabilize the Qing captives, my Ming officials and troops can calmly exterminate the thieves in the country, and then send troops to the Northern Expedition to recover Liaoshen. Zhou heard Lord Fang's words so earnest, so he made up his mind to send an envoy to the Qing court, in order to seek an opportunity for my Ming to negotiate peace with the Qing court, so that he could recuperate and regain his strength. ”

Zhou Yuanzhong finally sighed and said: "In the past 20 years, Zhou has dreamed of his dead parents, wife and children almost every night, thinking that he is already a waste person, and he can't avenge them, so he feels like a knife!" If Da Ming Guo can regain his strength and recapture Liaoshen, then Zhou's revenge will be avenged, even if he dies 10,000 times, he can still smile in Jiuquan. ”

Looking at the blind Zhou Yuanzhong's expectant look on his face under the firelight, Chen Zilong didn't feel tears in his eyes, and he said loudly: "Master Zhou, don't worry, I have a lot of talents and a vast territory, how can I compare with this small country in Qingyu!" As long as time passes, there will be a time to revive again, and then the demonic atmosphere will be swept away, but Ning Jingyu can sweep away all those Tartars and rogues! ”

That night, Zhou Yuanzhong and Chen Zilong chatted until late before going to bed.

After resting in the ruined temple for the night, the sky brightened and they got up, and all the staff went back to the east.

Five days later, the group came to the outside of Shenyang.

When you arrive at a stone's throw outside the city, you can see from a distance that there are blacksmith shops on both sides of the official road, there are a large number of Han blacksmiths who are clanging in the iron-striking operation, making armor, swords, horse harnesses and other things, and there is a team of Jurchen cavalry, wearing a red tasseled round hat, hanging a big sword from the waist, carrying a longbow, patrolling back and forth on the official road to maintain order.

Soon, they found Zhou Yuanzhong, Chen Zilong and others who were walking towards the east gate.

Then he immediately greeted the general, and as soon as the two men approached, among the cavalry, a strong man with a hat and beads, who seemed to be the leader, asked Chen Zilong loudly in unskilled Chinese: "Wu Na barbarian, how did you come to Shengjing?" ”

Hearing this person's questioning, Chen Zilong had not yet answered, and Zhou Yuanzhong on the side had already shouted loudly: "Hmph, we are the envoys of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Emperor who came to see you has something important to discuss with him." ”

The strong man was shocked when he heard this, he looked the blind Zhou Yuanzhong up and down, thinking that he was deceiving himself to play, his face suddenly swelled with anger, and he immediately turned over and dismounted, brushed the ground and drew his knife, and walked over angrily.

"Wu Na barbarian, you dare to make fun of your grandfather, it's really a shame on your dog guts, grandpa will end you up now!" The strong man shouted angrily, and the snowy waist knife in his hand was about to cut at Zhou Yuanzhong's head. "Stop!" Zhou Yuanzhong shouted urgently, then quickly took out the document from his arms, and shook it twice in the air: "You can see clearly, this is a handwritten letter from Lord Fang, the governor of Liaodong, asking us to submit it directly to your emperor, if you kill us and others, you will miss the major affairs of the two countries, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford it!" The strong man's waist knife suddenly stopped in mid-air. With puzzled eyes, he carefully scanned the handwriting on the envelope, although he was still shocked in his heart, he didn't dare to really take Zhou Yuanzhong and them like that. The strong man groaned slightly, then inserted the knife into the sheath and shouted: "Barbarian, I didn't expect you to have some guts. Anyway, where did you come from, when the time comes, there will be officials who will interrogate you, but you will know as soon as you ask, you are not afraid that you will escape, and follow me into the city, and I will take you to the palace. Chen Zilong and his entourage, under the leadership of the strong man with braided soldiers, went straight into the city of Shenyang, and everyone looked coldly all the way, only to see the crowd in the street market bustling, and the end was very lively. The pedestrians on the streets, the hawkers, the merchants from the north and south, and the wild Jurchens and other tribes in the Heilongjiang River valley, all dressed in strange costumes, walked proudly in the streets, except for the big pigtails on the back of their heads, this Tokyo city is obviously more energetic than the Han city in Liaodong, and the vigorous momentum of the new dynasty is far from being comparable to the Ming Dynasty. However, seeing such a prosperous scene, Chen Zilong had a look of disdain on his face. He sighed secretly in his heart, when it comes to the real prosperity and prosperity, this Shenyang City is far worse than Li Xiao's important commercial town Chifeng City, most of the small merchants and hawkers on the street, but there is no large-scale wholesale trade market like Chifeng City, so along the way, including Chen Zilong's two guards, everyone is just curious about the men on the street with braided clothes. One of the guards grinned and said, "Damn, this Qing tartar is weird, a good big man doesn't tie his hair in a crown, but he shaves off the hair on his forehead, and his head is shaved all around, and he makes a woman-shaped braid at the top of his head, which is really fucking weird and weird, ugly and ugly." Listening to the guard's words, although Chen Zilong agreed with it in his heart, he knew that saying these words in this city in the heart of the Tartars could be described as self-defeating. So he glared at the guard, who stuck out his tongue in fright by his fierce eyes, and quickly fell silent. Everyone followed the soldier out of the gate not far away, but they heard a noisy noise from the street not far away, the earth-shattering sound of the Manchurian shout, and the soldiers laughed wildly, mixed with faint crying, which was obviously piercing. Everyone was wondering, but they saw the Manchurian cavalry leading the way in front of them clamping the belly of their horses and riding their horses towards the place where the accident occurred. Chen Zilong originally didn't want to meddle in things, but at the moment, he had no choice but to ride his horse and follow forward. After passing the corner in front of Ken's eyes, to the corner of Dena Street, Chen Zilong and others looked at it, and suddenly their eyes were full of fire, everyone was extremely angry, and Zhang Rui and others had already pulled out their knives, and they couldn't wait to rush forward to fight immediately. I saw that hundreds of Manchurian officers and soldiers gathered on this originally lively and prosperous street, surrounded all the pedestrians on the street, all soldiers were holding big swords, and the soldiers on the periphery were even more bows and arrows, shooting the people who wanted to flee at any time. It turned out to be Beizi Nikan, who was bored and bored, took his own soldiers to patrol the streets, and found a few beautiful Han women on this street, and he didn't feel that he was lustful, and Nikan, known as the crazy prince, had plundered thousands of people, so how could he care about the Han people who were regarded as pigs and dogs in his eyes? At that moment, people on this street let people take those women back to the house, who expected that two of the women were accompanied by their families, even if they quarreled with Nikan's subordinate soldiers, those relatives were also fierce and tight, seeing that these Han people actually dared to resist, immediately raised their knives and cut those people into pieces, and for a time this avenue became a slaughterhouse, blood and minced meat flowed all over the street. The Han people on the street were shocked and angry, and a few bold people pointed at those pro-soldiers and scolded them, but unexpectedly, those soldiers did not speak, and those who had words were stabbed, and then they were killed, but even those Han men who were standing did not let go, and they slashed at the past with a knife, and killed their heads until they rolled. After killing more than a dozen people, thousands of people on the street were extremely frightened, and some people wanted to flee from the road, but those pro-soldiers who were in the rear sweep array were willing to give up the opportunity to kill, and then opened their bows and arrows and shot at the Han people who fled. When Chen Zilong, Zhou Yuanzhong and others came, the street was already stained with the blood of the Han people, and no one dared to move at this time, and no one stood up. The women who were taken captive were all disheveled, and their shame loomed, and although their lives were unhindered, their faces were pale and trembling. They knew what a tragic fate they would be. After being tired of being played by Nikan and his own soldiers, he rewarded the lowest-ranking banner man or clothed minions, and from then on there was no hope for his life, which can be called life worse than death. Seeing such a tragedy happening in front of him, Chen Zilong's teeth were gritted, and he couldn't help but shout angrily: "If you kill the people on the street, there is no royal law!" ”