The quiet place that the guy said was actually a bamboo pergola built not far from the restaurant, with bamboo and wood bones and straw mats as the wall on one side, and a half-person high fence on the other three sides, and the roof of the shed was covered with dry thatch, although it seemed that it could not shelter from the wind and rain, but in this hot summer, it was shaded and windy.

The most surprising thing is that there is a canal passing by on the side of the pergola, watching the water flow in the canal, it seems that the heat on the body has been reduced a lot. When Li Zicheng and the others walked into the pergola, they immediately felt a chill rushing towards them, making them feel comfortable.

This pergola was much smaller than the roadside restaurant, with only three or four tables placed inside, and Li Zicheng just glanced at the environment inside the shed, then instructed his men to put together several tables, and told the men not to bring any more guests.

The guy who received the reward left with a thousand thanks, and soon a pot of cut watermelon and local characteristics of the stove tooth noodles were sent first, although there were two women and two children among the 17 people, but the noodles were also served more than 40 bowls, and when the guys sent the hot dumplings and mutton in the water basin, these men ate a little more elegant.

After seeing that everyone had eaten almost, Li Zicheng said to the two people who were sitting at the bottom: "Cao Qi and Li Sanniang, you take the two children outside to keep an eye on it, and come over to say hello to us if there is any movement." Cao Qinuo sighed, and then hiccup and the woman next to him dragged two children who were holding bones and refused to let go.

Li Zicheng knocked on the table with the chopsticks in his hand and said: "Everyone stop now, this stomach is full, and then we should discuss it well, everyone's plans for the future." ”

As soon as Li Zicheng's words fell, Gao Yigong already shouted without thinking: "Is this still worth discussing?" Of course, I was looking for an opportunity to make trouble again, catch the Hong Dog Officer, and avenge my uncle..."

As Gao Yingxiang's nephew, Gao Yigong was a great response in the righteous army before, but when he opened his mouth today, everyone in the shed was silent, and even a few of the guards brought out by their sister and brother from Chengcheng looked down at the table and were silent at this moment.

When Gao Yigong was puzzled, Li Zicheng's township party Tian Hualong had already said angrily: "The leaders of King Chuang and Zijinliang have such great ability, and they have brought so many horses and horses to the officers and soldiers to exterminate them. There are less than 20 of us here, and there are 2 women and 2 children, so what are we going to do with the court? ”

Ma San, who was sitting next to Tian Hualong, also said: "Brother Tian is talking about miles, we are just nobodies, and we are not the famous king of northern Shaanxi, even if the banner is erected, the heroes of ten miles and eight towns will not come to us." ”

Gao Yigong suddenly got up angrily and accused the two: "Then according to your intentions, you don't have to avenge my uncle?" Do you still want to divide your belongings, everyone will break up here, and everyone will take care of everyone in the future? ”

Tian Hualong glanced up at Gao Yigong, then turned his head to the side and did not respond to him. And Ma San beside him muttered a little unconvinced: "Revenge, we have to have this ability, we can't let everyone accompany your sister and brother to die, right?" In that case, we might as well fight with the officials and soldiers in Chengcheng, why bother to escape so hard. ”

Gao Yigong immediately pointed the finger at Ma San and shouted angrily: "What did you say? Are you trying to upset the morale of the military? Believe it or not, I'm court-martialed with you now. ”

Ma San was frightened by Gao Yigong's posture, and suddenly stopped. But Li Jin on the side couldn't stand it anymore, he dropped the gnawed sheep bones in his hand, got up and reprimanded Gao Yigong: "The leader of our team is my uncle, not you." Why do you enforce Ma Sange's military law?

We escorted your brothers and sisters all the way, at least there was hard work without merit, you shouted at our brothers at every turn, did you really think of yourself as the king? Let's leave it here today, we can't avenge King Chuang's revenge, we won't serve you if you have a high merit, and if you have the ability, you will carry out our military law..."

Looking at the tension between the two sides, Li Zicheng and Gao Guiying, who were sitting at the top, finally spoke up one after another, and the two sides continued to quarrel, "Li Jin, do you want to fight in the nest?" Don't shut up yet. "Yigong, how did you talk to Brother Ma, why don't you hurry up and apologize to Brother Ma...".

Under the two of them, although everyone in the shed was quiet, the estrangement between the two sides had been revealed. Gao Guiying looked at this scene, and her heart was also very troubled, although there were as many as eight people in the team who followed their sister and brother, but there was a woman and two children among them. Most of the six people who followed Li Zicheng were strong men between 20 and 30 years old, which can be said to be the backbone of this team.

Although Gao Guiying has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she can deal with one or two idle men, she is still a female streamer after all, and she has no way to lead this group of strong men who have survived the catastrophe to rebel against the imperial court, not to mention that she does not have the ambition of her uncle to put up the banner of rebellion.

And her younger brother Gao Yigong was too young, he didn't make any contributions when his uncle was alive, and he was never cultivated by his uncle as an heir, so naturally he couldn't convince Li Zicheng and his subordinates.

From the previous quarrel between the two sides, she quickly realized that everyone was able to work together before, and it was all to escape from the encirclement of the official army. Now that everyone is safe, who will lead the team next has become the most urgent matter.

Even these guards who have been following their siblings are not loyal to their siblings, but to the uncle who was beheaded by the official army, Gao Yingxiang. Now that their uncle is dead, and the task of keeping their siblings safe is completed, and these guards are considered to have repaid their loyalty to their uncle, then they must think about their lives and future next.

If we can't choose a leader who everyone can trust today, then the team will probably fall apart, and everyone will have to go their separate ways.

Gao Guiying, who has read a few books, is not the kind of village woman who is ignorant and ignorant. She knew very well that although she did not approve of her uncle's rebellion, the court would not let go of her, the relative of the leader of the anti-thieves, and if the team was disbanded here, then the two siblings would sooner or later become prisoners of the court. Therefore, even if you can't get the leadership of this team, you should maintain the existence of this team first.

After thinking clearly about the important issues in a short period of time, Gao Guiying broke the silence and said: "My uncle has always valued Brother Li's talent and regarded Brother Li as his confidant. Although my uncle is no longer here, isn't Brother Li still sitting here?

If it weren't for Brother Li's idea along the way, would we still be able to get here? I think what we should do in the future should still listen to Brother Li's opinion, after all, can't a snake be headless.

I'm a woman, and I don't know how to make any big senses. But you might as well think about it, if you are now divided and scattered, after returning to your hometown, you can be taken down with just one catch. But if we continue to hold together and wait for the opportunity to gather people to make trouble, it may not force the imperial court to change its strategy and make a way for us to survive. ”

Gao Guiying handed over the decision-making power to Li Zicheng, which was equivalent to acknowledging Li Zicheng's leadership power over this army. This not only eased the anger of Li Jin, Ma San and others, but also relieved the guards of the Gao brothers and sisters, even Gao Yigong did not continue to insist on avenging his uncle.

Li Zicheng was also hesitant about the situation in front of him, after all, he stayed in Gao Yingxiang's team for too short a time, and he was not a celebrity in the road before joining the army, so his prestige in the ranks of the righteous army was insufficient, which is why after hearing the news of the defeat of Chengcheng, his soldiers immediately dispersed.

If he wants to continue the cause of rebellion, then the support of the Gao brothers and sisters is very important to him, after all, they are the queen of King Chuang who was killed by the official army. With the two of them coming forward to call, they can recruit some heroes to defect.

However, the names of the Gao sisters and brothers will also bring danger to them, and the unknown Li Zicheng may not be able to get much attention from the official army, but Gao Yingxiang's descendants will inevitably make them the focus of the official army's extermination.

If it weren't for the fact that he still had two lives on his back, Li Zicheng actually really wanted to think about whether he would divide his belongings and go back to live a stable life. The silver taels in their hands were enough for them to go back to the countryside and live as yeoman farmers. It's a pity that he can't return to his hometown at all.

If the team really disperses, he will probably really be said by Gao Guiying, arrested by a few arresters, and then aggrieved by the government. Thinking of this, Li Zicheng finally made up his mind.

He glanced at the people sitting around the table, especially Gao Yigong, who looked at him for a while, then turned his head and said, "King Chuang is our benefactor, and he treats me well on weekdays. Although we don't read much, we have also heard those who read that the birds and birds have been favored, and they know that the grass is reciprocated, so we are not even as good as a bird?

Let's follow King Chuang to rebel, it was originally a job to tie our heads to the waistband of our trousers, and logically speaking, the official army cut off King Chuang's head, and we have nothing to complain about. But the Hong Dog Officer did not deal with King Chuang on the battlefield, but used conspiracy and trickery to harm many leaders of our rebel army, if we can't see it, not only can we not live with King Chuang's usual kindness, but also let the heroes on the rivers and lakes underestimate the righteousness of our Shaanxi men.

Therefore, no matter what you think in your hearts, we just gave up this life, and we also want to ask for justice from the Honggou official and the imperial court. ”

Li Zicheng's statement greatly moved Gao Yigong and Gao's guards, and their previous grievances against Ma San and others were finally eliminated at this moment. And Li Zicheng's township party, although they were a little disappointed in their hearts, no one stood up to oppose him.

After bridging the rift between the two sides, Li Zicheng continued: "But if we want to seek justice for King Chuang and the leaders of the rebel army, we must first protect our own safety, and then think about it in the long run. We are left with these brothers now, if we don't plan to do it, not only can we not take revenge, but we will also lose the lives of our brothers in vain, we can't do such a thing.

We have all seen on the road in the past few days, and the squire meetings in various places are preparing for regimental training to suppress the local homeless people and bandits. If we don't get a legal identity, it is estimated that we will not be able to stay in Shaanxi. Therefore, let's discuss first, how to get a legal identity for the big guys, so that we can walk freely in the place..."