After the army set out from Mi County, the troops were divided into two routes, and Li Xin's independent battalion took the north road, went to the official road from Xinzheng, and went to Runing Mansion along the direction of Xuzhou, Linying, and Yuncheng.

Li Zicheng took Niu Jinxing and personally led Li Ji's fourth battalion, took the South Road, went out of Mi County, followed Yuzhou and Xiangcheng, and entered Runing Mansion from Wuyang.

The two armies are expected to converge at Shangcai, or Runing.

In addition to Runing Mansion, Li Zicheng did not have a clear goal, or to contain and attract the Ming army, the speed of the Mandate of Heaven Army was not fast, except for arranging people from the Han Qing Bureau to inquire in front of the information, the army traveled in one day, but twenty or thirty miles, it was simply a tour of the mountains and rivers.

Although Li Zicheng went to Runing Mansion, the prefectures and counties he passed through were also his targets.

During the march, dozens of soldiers who walked in the front waved various red flags, such as "Juntian Light Endowment", "Disaster Relief and Disaster Relief", "No Killing and No Plundering", plus the Kyushu military flag waving in the wind, the whole is a propaganda team!

During the march, the Mandate of Heaven would not distribute relief food to the people along the way, but at least they could not harm the people.

The Mandate of Heaven Army is not short of food, and it is not ready to attack states and counties, let alone plunder the people, but only preaches the laws of the Mandate of Heaven to the people along the way.

It is a prosperous market town, and the Mandate of Heaven army will not let go of the opportunity, usually stop the march, and then send soldiers to the market town to purchase some daily necessities, and the trade must be fair.

Maybe there are no commodities that the army needs, the soldiers just look at it casually, and the most important goal is not only to go deep into the people, but also to strictly abide by the military discipline and military rules of the Mandate of Heaven, so that the people can understand and accept the Mandate of Heaven.

As long as the seeds are sown, they will always sprout.

On this day, the army marched to the territory of Wuyang County, in the northeast corner of Nanyang Prefecture, which was already the territory of the Mandate of Heaven Army, and there was a hundred households stationed in the city to defend the city, and the hundred household officials welcomed Li Zicheng into the city.

The streets were bustling and lively, and although the people were wearing coarse clothes and gowns, they were peaceful, and many people had smiles on their faces.

Maybe the people don't know about the severe drought in Henan, but being born in Nanyang Mansion is almost a paradise, at least there is no heavy tax in the past.

Li Zicheng condensed his eyebrows and pondered, this is what he wants, although the people are not yet rich, but at least they do not worry about food and clothing, and there will always be some savings in a busy year.

From the faces of the people, Li Zicheng saw hope.

The people's hope for the future, the hope for the future of the Mandate of Heaven.

That night, Li Zicheng stayed in the city, and after dinner, he was about to go to the night market, but Niu Jinxing asked to see him outside the door.

Li Zicheng summoned Niu Jinxing at the pavilion where he stayed, "Mr. follows me every day, why do you ask to see me overnight?" ”

After Niu Jinxing sat down, he bowed to Li Zicheng again, "Go back to the Metropolitan Governor, someone has found it!" ”

"People? Who? Li Zicheng said in his heart, he didn't let Niu Jinxing look for anyone, could it be someone from the Han Qing Bureau? No, if it were someone from the Han Qing Bureau, he would also contact He Xiaomi!

Niu Jinxing said with a smile: "Back to the Metropolitan Governor, this person's name is Song Xiance, and his subordinates have mentioned it to the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

"Song Xiance?" Li Zicheng remembered that when he was in Lushi County, Niu Jinxing did mention Song Xiance, but Song Xiance has always been fortune-telling for people, and he has no fixed place to live, so he can't find it for a while. ”

"It's right outside the door," Niu Jinxing said with a smile, "If the Grand Governor is willing to summon him, his subordinates can let him in now!" ”

When all the people have come, how can they not see them? Besides, Li Zicheng also wanted to see this famous celebrity in history, so he smiled and said, "Let him come in!" ”

Niu Jinxing clapped his hands with his hands, slapped three times in a row, the door was gently pushed open, and a child with unkempt hair and dressed in green clothes slowly walked in, the child glanced at Niu Jinxing, saw Niu Jinxing signaling with his eyes, hurriedly bowed and walked two steps, turned over and knelt in front of Li Zicheng, "Grass people Song Xiance, knock on the governor!" ”

Song Xiance? This is Song Xiance? Li Zicheng obviously saw a child who was no more than three feet, how could it be Song Xiance? If it weren't for seeing Niu Jinxing's smiling eyes, I would have thought that I had looked away.

I didn't take a closer look just now, this Song Xiance seems to be very obscene!

Li Zicheng immediately remembered Pang Tong in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", who is also not good-looking, but has amazing intelligence!

You can’t judge a book by its cover!

Let's take a look first, if Song Xiance is really a talent, you don't have to care about his appearance, in case it is a deception and a stealing of fame, don't want to cheat and cheat in the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng suddenly felt that he was already preconceived about Song Xiance's appearance, and said with a smile: "Mr. Song doesn't have to be polite, get up and talk!" He Xiaomi, who served tea, moved a wooden chair, and let Song Xiance sit opposite him.

Under the candlelight, Song Xiance's face was a little dark, obviously weathered, and he couldn't see his age for a while.

Although his hair was unkempt, his clothes were relatively neat, perhaps sitting on a wooden chair, concealing his true height, which seemed to be much more eye-catching than just now.

Song Xiance was also looking at Li Zicheng, with a faint smile on his face, but in this smile, it was neither a happy smile, nor a ridicule or sneer with resentment and dissatisfaction, which seemed a little weird.

Li Zicheng picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Where has Mr. Song always made a living? ”

"The Central Plains is a land of outstanding people, so the grass people have always wandered around the Central Plains, begging for food by the way," Song Xiance's eyes flashed with an indescribable light, "Have you heard a sentence in the Grand Governor, 'Qin loses its deer, and the world chases it'?" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Mr. Song is talking about the story of 'chasing the deer in the Central Plains'? ”

"So the Metropolitan Governor knows this allusion?" Song Xiance's eyes showed a look of surprise, and he disappeared in a flash, "Metropolitan Governor, now the Ming Dynasty is like the Great Qin who has lost a deer, and everyone in the world is chasing the deer in the Central Plains!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled faintly and said, "The foundation of the Ming Dynasty is still stable, at least temporarily, Mr. Song is afraid that he is exaggerating, right?" ”

"Stability is only temporary," Song Xiance shook his head slightly, "The Metropolitan Governor should know that natural disasters and man-made disasters, there are more and more hungry people, starting from the civil uprising in Shaanxi, the imperial court is destined to be unable to quell this popular uprising, and it is only a matter of time before the world is lost!" ”

"Oh?" Li Zicheng said: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

"The grass people have been wandering around the Central Plains, not only to make a living, but also to find the person who is chasing the deer," Song Xiance bowed his hand to Li Zicheng and said: "Over the years, I have had a lot of insights!" ”

It turned out that under the guise of fortune-telling and divination, he was looking for someone who chased the deer? However, fortune tellers have always eaten lip service, Li Zicheng smiled lightly: "Why is Mr. Song only wandering around the Central Plains?" Could it be that the people who chase the deer will definitely appear in the Central Plains? ”

"Since ancient times, those who win the Central Plains win the world," Song Xiance said: "The people who chase the deer may not be born in the Central Plains, but they will definitely come to the Central Plains in the end, so the grass people are waiting in the Central Plains, looking forward to the appearance of the people who chase the deer, that is not wrong!" ”

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "Mr. Song can find someone who chases the deer?" ”

Song Xiance glanced at Li Zicheng and said: "The grass people walked among the people and got a proverb: Eighteen children are the main artifact!" ”

Eighteen children's main artifact? Li Zicheng felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

Originally, he didn't believe in this so-called proverb, mostly to deify a special person, and it was all artificially processed after the fact, but since he was somewhat familiar, he became curious, so he said: "What is the meaning of this sentence?" It is said that Mr. Song has the talent to go through heaven and earth, and he can naturally understand the heavens and the heavens for this sentence! ”

Song Xiance nodded slightly, narrowed his eyes, and looked unfathomable, Li Zicheng smiled secretly in his heart, but a fortune teller, because he traveled south and north, he just had some insight in his chest, could it be that he was still a fairy?

Niu Jinxing estimated that the Metropolitan Governor was testing Song Xiance, so he closed his eyes slightly, and was determined to only be an observer.

Song Xiance's eyes widened suddenly, and he said: "When this 'artifact' is said, most of the governors must be able to understand it, it is a jade seal, and it is a symbol of the country......

This is a bit rebellious, but the Mandate of Heaven Army has long stood on the opposite side of the imperial court, in the eyes of the imperial court, that is, anti-thieves, rogues and the like, the three of them don't care, it is He Xiaomi, who has long regarded the governor of Dadu as his emperor in his heart.

"Eighteen children," Song Xiance didn't know how many books Li Zicheng had read, so he looked at Niu Jinxing and said, "Mr. Niu should be able to understand!" ”

"Is it a 'Li' character?" Niu Jinxing was a little surprised, the Metropolitan Governor is surnamed Li, Song Xiance's meaning is very clear, the Metropolitan Governor can win the world, so isn't he a minister from the dragon?

"The Li family can win the world!" Song Xiance looked at Li Zicheng, his face was very calm, "Metropolitan Governor, this is a proverb, and it is also a heavenly opportunity, the grass people have to see the true god today, so they do not hesitate to leak the heavenly ......"

Li Zicheng said with a smile: "There are more than millions of people surnamed Li in the world, why is the word 'Li' the governor of Pontus?" ”

"The person surnamed Li is indeed all over the world," Song Xiance said: "However, when he came to the Central Plains, commanded the Mandate of Heaven Army, and won the support of the people, only the Metropolitan Governor was the Metropolitan Governor, so the grass people decided that this 'Eighteen Children' was the Metropolitan Governor himself!" ”

"Haha!" Li Zicheng laughed, Song Xiance, a fortune teller, is a sharp mouth, the first time they met, they gave such a high hat, I don't know what the real situation is in the history of later generations?

Thinking of this, Li Zicheng suddenly remembered that the sentence "Eighteen children's main artifact" seems to be what Song Xiance said.

Whether there is such a proverb in the world, Li Zicheng doesn't know, but he knows that the Dashun army of "Li Zicheng" did break through the Beijing division and overthrow the Ming Dynasty, but he understands that it is more difficult to defend the country than to fight the country, which makes the Tartars outside the gate cheap.

When he came to this world by himself, maybe the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown, but the Tartars would definitely not be able to pick up this bargain.

Song Xiance saw that Li Zicheng did not have the slightest excitement as he imagined, his face was a little strange, and he couldn't help but be secretly shocked in his heart, could it be that this metropolitan governor had already understood this mystery?

Li Zicheng glanced at Song Xiance, and his thoughts returned to reality, "According to Mr. Song, what will the Heavenly Mandate Army do?" ”

"The people of the grass people in the mountains and wilderness can't predict the direction of the Heavenly Mandate Army," Song Xiance's face restored the ancient well, "but the grass people know that the Ming army Yang Wenyue who came from the north will never dare to take the initiative to attack the Heavenly Mandate Army!" ”