Outside the city of Xunzhou, an elongated procession was running against the dry moat under the wall, panting and running.

"Run, don't pull down."

"Remember to take two steps and one breath, and three steps and one breath."

"More than five steps behind the back of the line, I don't want to have lunch."

"You raw melons and eggs, if it weren't for the righteous army giving you the opportunity to join the army."

He shouted loudly as he stood beside a cart full of goods.

"Don't say it's a mouthful of food, I'm afraid I won't want to taste these good things in my life."

"Don't think that after the primary and re-election of the garrison, you can relax and rest assured."

"Don't hurry up and work harder. Do you have the strength to lie down later? ”

"Hold on to the ground for ten and squat and jump for twenty,。。 If you can't finish it, you still don't get food.。。 ”

"After eating, I have to jump into the pit and climb the rope, and run the single wood. So take it easy. ”

"Remember to tidy up housekeeping at night, and there are routine spot checks at night. The punishment that can't be endured is not as simple as starving the belly. ”

"The one who is at the bottom of the total every ten years is going to be a human target."

One of his favorite things to do right now; is to participate in the street dramas that are played in turn in the army; Then there will be an opportunity to learn the majestic appearance of the head of the pipe, in case of any event, in front of those big eunuchs who have been punished by the Ming Dynasty, the righteous words will say loudly, "Look up, who the sky spares." Or shouted a bold statement such as "people are doing it, the sky is watching", and then reaped the earth-shaking applause and cheers of the onlookers and the people below.

And in Chaoyang City, in the back garden of the Thorn Mansion,

Wang Pan, who was lying on a rather delicate rope bed and was carried out by Heli, also saw the sun that he had not seen for a long time, and comfortably revealed a certain comfortable humming sound. "I'm actually alive again, and the monk really doesn't deceive me", this is his rare calm mood at the moment. You must know that his injuries were too serious, and he only used the last bit of spirit and sanity to explain the aftermath, and he passed out immediately.

In the torment of all kinds of cold, heat and pain after passing out, he could even feel the process of his life slowly passing in his body; But he was able to wake up again; and saw the familiar and tired face of the monk; The other party told him a good news and a bad news, and a good news that he didn't know.

The good news is that after several efforts and treatment by the other party, the foreign body impurities in his shoulders and thighs have been basically removed; But the bad news is that his physical condition is also further worse, mainly because he is bleeding a lot and his organs are somewhat failing; Although the other party can use the needle to exchange blood for him in turn to maintain it for a while, some deep wind poison is constantly eroding the internal organs.

So the news that I don't know is good or bad is that the other party plans to use a very risky extraterritorial secret medicine for him to try to extend his life; This secret medicine is said to come from the secret recipe of Tianzhu Buddhism in the west of Sinhala, and it has a miraculous effect on the disease of wind poison and internal ulceration; But it is also a fierce tiger and wolf medicine, which has serious hindrance and damage to the human body. Therefore, it can only rely on the will of the individual and the foundation of the body to obtain the half-open probability of survival.

In the end, in the course of continuing to survive or fighting for his life, he still chose the latter and survived; Although his body and bones are still weak and abnormal, he can barely breathe, but he doesn't know if it is because of the psychological effect, he can clearly feel that the pain that has been bothering him is gradually disappearing and dissipating.

"No, I owe the monk another life...

He thought that his mouth moved slightly, and someone quickly served the chestnut rice soup boiled with stone honey and the fried bean strip cake, and dipped the broken bean strip cake in the sweet chestnut rice soup, and waited until it was soaked and soft, and then fed it into the mouth of Wang Pan, who could not make much effort. I'm afraid this is the daily use of those big officials, he thought so in his mind.

It is said that more sunlight can recover better, which is the monk's explanation and instructions before leaving; In fact, everything around him now lives and eats in accordance with the prescribed recovery plan and steps formulated by the monk. Even his servants were specially selected from the homes of the confiscated families and experienced and experienced people in caring for the sick.

Then, some people came to him in turn, and read to him and reported the nearest affairs of the camp, which was also explained by the monk; After listening to the first few things that were still interesting, Wang Pan, who soon felt that he was a little lacking in energy, slowly lost interest and began to fall asleep.

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In the distance, Zhou Huai'an and his party had been on the road for three days, although in this not difficult but hilly road, the fastest and best messenger only needed a day to travel on horseback.

The reason for this slow walk is that the team is relatively large, and the escort force is arranged a little more; The main purpose is to protect the tribute ships and treasures that are transported to Guangfu by the way; Of course, although it is said that at least half of the books must be handed over, the precious and relatively light and valuable treasures that are easy to realize have actually been picked up by Zhou Huai'an himself as the military reserve of the Angry Wind Battalion.

In the end, the utensils and tributes used to be handed over were relatively coarse and large items on the tribute ship, and it seemed that there were hundreds of carts full of them; Therefore, in order to ensure that these handed over treasures did not fail, Zhou Huai'an justifiably brought a whole group of men and horses, and the same number of people to take care of the cattle and drive the carriage.

During his passage through Changle County, Zhou Huai'an also got a message from Zhu Cun, an old local acquaintance. Not long ago, a rebel army stationed in the rear of Shaoguan to rest suddenly pulled out of the camp and went south; It's just that when their vanguard arrived in Changle County, they happened to meet another wave of northbound propaganda envoys from Guangfu, and they were re-expelled on the spot.

After passing the mountain pass at the southern foot of the Luofu Mountains in Boluo County, the vast alluvial plain known as the Pearl River Delta was re-presented in front of this team.

Dense rivers and lakes, low-lying large areas of southern water town scenery, large tracts of endless paddy fields and endless villages; It is a typical population settlement area with a long history of development, developed planting industry and convenient transportation.

Before, it can be said that Changle County was the demarcation, and the cities that this team passed through along the way were still dilapidated and lacking repairs, and their popularity had not been able to recover much, but the flags of the rebels stationed on them were different or changed.

This desolate and withered atmosphere lasted until they entered the Pearl River Plain, and it did not improve and change; The dead villages and market towns seemed to have slowly become more alive as the local people gradually fled and returned; Of course, it is only populated and vibrant, but it is still far from true prosperity and vitality.

After passing Zengcheng and Quanshan, the flags and wooden signs that suddenly appeared in the field represented the results of the rebels beginning to carry out tuntian and demarcation in the field; At least some of them were already working in the mud of the paddy fields, and it was said that they were all old and weak people who had been laid off from the rebel army, and the displaced people who had been recruited.

It's just that in the horizon that Zhou Huai'an can peep, most of their expressions are still the kind of tired and numb, and there is not much to change the world or ask for the burden, the kind of happy and exciting scene.

This couldn't help but make him a little puzzled, obviously he had done those limited township clearance and governance work in Chaozhou and Xunzhou, but in fact, he did not touch the actual distribution of land at all, but only killed the middle and upper classes who were originally oppressed and sucked blood; It is enough to cheer up the newly formed village associations at the bottom of the world with joy or enthusiasm.

Why is it that the results and reactions of the rebels after carrying out tuntian and enclosure on the alluvial plain of the Pearl River, where the land, hydrology, and climatic conditions are better, seem to be less inspiring than their own?

Zhou Huai'an had been in this puzzled mood and walked for another day and a half, and the city walls of Guangzhou also appeared again in the dim skyline of the wilderness.