In the twenty-third year of Zheng, in March, Hongdu.

The blue sky is like washing, a white cloud slowly drifts past the city, casting a faint shadow, looking up, the white clouds are within reach.

Zhang Wuliu, who was standing at the head of the city, did not stretch out his hand in vain, he still couldn't help but swallow his saliva, because the soft-looking white clouds reminded him of the white bun he had longed for for a long time.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wuliu's stomach couldn't help but growl, from morning to now, he has only eaten a bowl of gruel and two black-noodle nests, and it is strange that he is not hungry.

"Five or six are hungry again......" A whispered inquiry came from the side, "Do I still have half a nest here?" A black hand pinched half of the black nest head and handed it over, and he didn't need to look at Zhang Wuliu to know that it was Liu Chujiu's old guy.

"Don't!" Zhang Wuliu pursed his lips and tried to raise his head high, not to look at the tempting black nest. Just this morning, he had already made up his mind that he would never accept Liu Chujiu's "kindness" again.

Because this half of the nest head needs to be repaid by him with a nest head when he eats. He didn't know what was going on, from the first time he accepted Liu Chujiu's "kindness", he fell into such a vicious circle, and he has never jumped out of it.

"Do you have a backbone today?" Liu Chujiu's black face turned into a chrysanthemum, and he joked in a low voice.

"Humph! I swore this morning that I will never fall into your evil role again, as long as I grit my teeth and carry it until dinner today, you will not want to pit me again in the future! Zhang Wuliu hated and tightened the loose waistband of his pants.

"Oops! Learn smart! Liu Chujiu handed the nest head to Zhang Wuliu's mouth again, "Really don't eat it?" What are you looking at in the sky, the sky can still give you white buns. ”

Zhang Wuliu didn't speak, for fear that he couldn't help biting the nest head next to his mouth as soon as he opened his mouth, and kept looking up to the sky and shaking his head.

"Forget it, forget it! I'm going to be cheap for you today, I don't want you to pay it back...... Ouch, your fingers have been bitten off. ”

"Thank you, Uncle Liu!" Zhang Wuliu puffed out his cheeks and said angrily.

"Don't squeak, eat it quickly. Let the adults of the hundred households see it and eat the military stick again! Liu Chujiu swallowed his saliva and turned his head with a smile, so that he couldn't see Zhang Wuliu eating sweetly.

The sun was setting in the west, and the afterglow shimmered, staining the dilapidated walls with a faint gold. I can vaguely hear the scolding of the soldiers urging pedestrians in the cave of the city gate.

With a bang, the Fuzhou Gate (Note 1) closed heavily, and the drawbridge in front of the gate creaked up.

After staring at the hundred households for an afternoon, he walked out of the city gate building and shouted loudly at the people who had not dispersed under the city, "Leave quickly, and those who are within three miles of the city before dark will be shot." ”

After speaking, he opened his bow and arrows and shot towards the city, and the arrows were crooked and stuck on the ground, and the river wind blew and then fell to the ground.

Very clumsy archery, the effect is indeed not bad at all, those who have just gone out of the city to grind and chirp the people in a blink of an eye ran to the lake cleanly, rowed their own small sampans into the lake.

The nearby water gate also opened, and small boats rushed out, with soldiers with red scarves and swords and arrows on their heads, overseeing the people to drive them away, and then patrolling the nearby lake until dawn tomorrow.

Zhang Wuliu turned his head and asked Liu Chujiu, who was standing aside, "Uncle Liu, what's wrong, the city defense seems to have been much tighter in the past two days." ”

Lao Liu shook his head, "Who knows, looking at this posture, eighty percent of them are going to have a big battle to fight." I heard that the Metropolitan Governor has been inspecting the city wall a lot recently, and he cut it down at the Liuli Gate last night, and the two nappers should be vigilant recently, don't be confused and be cut off by the head. ”

"The Metropolitan Governor will patrol the city? I haven't seen his old man for half a year, and I heard that the old bustard in Fenglailou can often see him, Lao Liu, what are you poking me for......"

A deep voice suddenly sounded behind him, "I am really familiar with the old bustard of Fenglailou, do you want to introduce me." ”

"No, no, I don't go to go shopping there if I don't have any money......" Halfway through his words, Zhang Wuliu saw that the soldiers on the left and right were kneeling on the ground. Zhang Wuliu, who has always been confused, finally got clever and knew who was behind him.

He was so frightened that he fell to his knees in panic, his body trembling. Everyone else is holding the gun and landing on one knee, but he is throwing himself to the ground, and what is even more ridiculous is that this guy even forgot to turn his body, and straight up his ass to the comer.

The spear that was originally held in his hand had no support at the moment, and it was smashed straight behind him, and the person behind him quickly caught it.

"How can there be such a stupid person!" Lao Liu lowered his head and couldn't help but sigh, but as Zhang Wuliu's top boss, he had to intercede for Zhang Wuliu, "This baby has always been stupid, and if he made an unintentional mistake, he asked the governor to spare his life." ”

Behind Zhang Wuliu stood two people, both young men, dressed as ordinary soldiers with red scarves on their heads. One has a dark face, blazing eyes, and the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, proud and confident.

The other one was handsome, tall and thin, with a faint beard on his lips and a faint smile on his face.

The black-faced man kicked Zhang Wuliu's ass hard, Zhang Wuliu gasped in pain, but he didn't dare to cry out in pain.

"It's really stupid enough, but it's not an unintentional mistake to criticize Shangguan, but it should not be a capital crime, and after taking a shift, he will go to the hundred households to receive twenty military sticks. I just hit ten sticks with one kick, and ten strokes are enough. “

Liu Chujiu let out a long breath, and the governor of the capital only fined Zhang Wuliu, but did not punish 100 households. Otherwise, if a hundred households are angry in their hearts, ten blows can kill people.

Zhang Wuliu, who was so frightened just now that he didn't dare to squeak after being beaten, suddenly spoke, "Dadu Governor, can the little one get punished first and then go to dinner?" “

"This ...... Whatever you want. The Governor was a little curious, "Wouldn't it hurt to be hungry and hit with a stick?" “

"No, no, I'm afraid that the little one won't be able to bear it, and it's a pity to spit out the rice and take it." After speaking, he smacked his lips, full of reluctance.

Liu Chujiu once again held his forehead with his hand, and there was such a second goods under his hand, and Liu Chujiu, the head of the brand (Note 2), also felt that his face was dull, and he was eager to find a brick crack in the city wall to drill into.

The Metropolitan Governor smiled disapprovingly and nodded, "It makes sense." He asked the handsome young man beside him, and said jokingly: "In the future, the punishment in the army will be changed to beating the military stick first and then eating, maybe you can save a lot of food, what does Boyan think?" ”

The handsome young man said with a smile: "Most of the governors reward and punish in moderation, and their subordinates admire them." Haha......"

While the two were talking, another group of soldiers came up the city wall along the road to the city.

The Governor waved his hand and said to the soldiers in the city, "Let's all line up and go back to the camp." “

The soldiers who had been on duty for a day got up one by one to form a team, and Zhang Wuliu walked two steps and ran back, "Can the metropolitan governor return the spear to me, I will be punished if I have no weapons." ”

The Metropolitan Governor casually threw the spear to Zhang Wuliu and quipped: "Hurry up and get the punishment, there will be white buns to eat tonight, but it will be gone if you go late." “

"Governor Xie, the little one knows." Zhang Wuliu turned his head and saw that Liu Chujiu was in the whole team, so he hurriedly ran over, inserted himself in front of Lao Liu, and walked to the city horse road with the number of the hundred households.

Liu Chujiu asked, "What did the Metropolitan Governor say just now?" Have a white bun to eat? ”

"Yes!" Zhang Wuliu nodded, "It's a shame that I just said that I will eat after receiving the punishment, otherwise I will be blind if I vomit." If I come back late, remember to get my meal first. He smirked.

"It looks like there's really a big battle going on." Lao Liu muttered secretly, whatever, thinking that he could eat white buns tonight, he couldn't help but feel under his tongue and quickened his pace.

Zhang Wuliu in front of him stopped suddenly, and Liu Chujiu's head hit him directly, "Why don't you go, look at the sky, the sky can still give you white buns." “

Zhang Wuliu suddenly pointed to the sky with a spear and shouted loudly: "The clouds have fallen!" The clouds are really falling! Lao Liu, look at it! ”

As soon as he turned around, the tail of the gun smashed directly into Lao Liu's crotch, Lao Liu snorted, hugged his crotch and squatted down, his eyes still subconsciously looking in the direction of Zhang Wuliu's fingers.

Sure enough, I saw a small cloud swaying in the last afterglow of the sunset, dyed golden red by the misty glow, like a cloud under the feet of the fairy Buddha, it was so magnificent and extraordinary.

Zhang Wuliu's voice was loud and excited, attracting all eyes to it. There was silence on the head of the city, and everyone grew up to look at this magical scene, and with a strong river wind, they saw that the cloud slowly flew towards the city, and everyone saw clearly that there was a person under the cloud.

"Immortals, immortals have descended to earth!" I don't know who shouted, and the city fell to its knees.

Note 1 Fuzhou Gate is not the gate of Fuzhou City, it is a gate of Hongdu City, Hongdu City has a total of eight gates, Hongdu is Nanchang.

Note 2 The head of the brand is actually only in command of ten people, low-ranking officers. At the same time, similar official positions included the nine commanders of the pro-soldiers, and Zhu Yuanzhang served as Guo Zixing's pro-soldier nine commanders.