On the twenty-eighth day of the first month, Shangluo Mountain.

Liu Zongmin returned with a large amount of grain, as well as some cattle, sheep, pigs and livestock. This time, he personally took more than 500 people out to collect grain, and the harvest was very rich. He went to a small town in Henan, although the place was remote, but it was not harassed by other bandits, so the town was quite peaceful. It is precisely because of the peace that there is a lot of food and goods, and if there are often soldiers and bandits, it must be thousands of miles of red land, and there is no surplus food at home.

"Hahaha," Liu Zongmin entered the justice hall and laughed: "This time it's really refreshing!" The rich family in that town actually had more than 500 stone of grain at home, and more than 3,000 taels of silver were found. There are twenty or thirty of those big tiled houses, can his family live there?! I lit it all for him. and the descendants of his family, I also let them go. Those handmaidens will be condemned if they are released, and I will bring them all back. ”

"Give it to me, the women's camp is short of people." Gao Guiying said.

Liu Zongmin said with a smile: "Those few coarse, needlework are for you, and let them make clothes and socks." The others are waiting, and it's useless to give them to you. After speaking, he squeezed his eyes at Li Zicheng and them.

Gao Guiying saw Liu Zongmin's actions, she was a little angry, but when she thought that she had given birth to a daughter, she couldn't stop Li Zicheng from taking another concubine. So he got up and said, "I'll go see Cuiwei, you can talk." ”

When Gao Guiying left, Gao Yigong said unhappily: "Zong Min, obviously you saw my sister here, why are you still talking like that?" ”

"What's wrong?!" Liu Zongmin said in a loud voice: "If Gui Ying fights for himself, can I not give him face?!" You can't just think about your sister, you have to think about yourself. As the saying goes, 'there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great', I will get a few women for Zicheng, that is brotherly righteousness! ”

"You~" Gao Yigong stood up and wanted to teach this open-mouthed guy a lesson. Although he may not be Liu Zongmin's opponent, how can a man stand this anger? How can you make your sister so angry?

Li Guo and Yuan Zongdi hurriedly got up and grabbed Gao Yigong. Li Zicheng also stood up and scolded: "Okay! It's useless! ”

Gao Yigong still glared at Liu Zongmin, but he did not continue to provoke.

Then Li Zicheng said angrily to Liu Zongmin: "I understand your kindness, I don't want any of those women!" ”

"Don't pull it down!" Liu Zongmin sat down angrily, poured himself a bowl of wine, drank it all, and then said, "I'll use it myself!" Match your brothers too! Few of their families have returned, so they have to be married again! ”

When Li Zicheng heard this, he also felt a little guilty. His wife and children have returned, but few of the other brothers' families have returned, and it is time to compensate them a little. So he patted Liu Zongmin on the shoulder and said, "It's still as careful as you think, this thing is done well." ”

Other people are no longer entangled in this matter, including Gao Yigong, who is a rough man, toasts each other with a bowl of wine, and throws all the unhappiness to Java. And the people began to call each other brothers and sisters, and they drank and talked merrily.

After drinking for a while, Liu Zongmin took out a piece of paper from his arms and said, "Look, this is Yang Sichang's wanted warrant, Zhang Xianzhong's kid is worth a lot, and he is a feudal marquis." ”

Li Zicheng took the wanted warrant, looked at it, and then handed it over to Li Guo next to him. These people are all literate, although they have not studied the Four Books and Five Classics, but they have all gone to private schools and read thousand-character texts. This song "Xijiang Yue" is written in an easy-to-understand manner, and everyone can read it clearly.

"Huang Hu is not good this time," Li Guo said jokingly: "I don't know how many officers and soldiers want to fight around him." ”

Yuan Zongdi also said with a smile: "He has made a name for himself this time, and he has caught up with the king of Gao Chuang back then." ”

Li Zicheng said: "That's fine, when the officials and troops start to encircle and suppress, we can also go out and go around, we have been holding back in the mountains for a year, it's time for the activity to move our muscles." ”

Liu Zongmin nodded and said, "That's right!" Where there are few officers and soldiers, let's go there! ”

The junction of Shaanxi and Sichuan, Bashan Town.

Zhang Xianzhong also gathered the generals together for the New Year. He divided his troops with Luo Rucai and them in November, and he led his men westward, circling the borders of Hubei, Shaanxi, and Sichuan. Luo Rucai and the other nine battalions were active in the areas of Nanzhang, Fangxian, Xingshan, and Yuan'an in Hubei. Although the troops have been divided, the two of them are still in Yang Sichang's encirclement.

Zhang Xianzhong also got Yang Sichang's wanted warrant. He smiled and said, "Turtle son! I also painted a portrait of our old Zhang! Pass the order, if anyone catches Yang Sichang, Lao Tzu will be rewarded with three coins of silver! ”

"Hahahaha." The generals below are all laughing and leaning back. Yang Sichang's reward is "10,000 gold, marquis". However, Zhang Xianzhong's reward for Yang Sichang was only three yuan, which really degraded Yang Gebu to the mud.

Zhang Kewang (Sun Kewang) said: "Father! After the New Year, let's go back to Xiangyang and screw off the head of Yang Sichang's old thief! ”

The others chimed in: "Yes! Kill back! Do you really think we're scared of him?! Zuo Liangyu is trembling now, he has become a 'general of the thief', and his general army is in our hands! ”

"That's it! Kill him again and run away! This time, he also snatched his 'Ping Thief General' seal to see how many big seals Chongzhen Xiao'er still has? Hahaha"

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Zhang Xianzhong also looked at the loud noise of his subordinates, it is Chinese New Year's Eve, it should be happy. Although he knew that the last time he defeated Zuo Liangyu, he was taking advantage of the location and relying on an ambush. But these conditions are almost useless now. If they stay in one place for a long time, the large forces of the officers and troops will be surrounded on all sides, let alone ambushed, and they are afraid that they will be exterminated.

He picked up the bowl and said loudly, "Come! Let's fill this cup! Today we all eat and drink well, big pieces of meat, big bowls of wine. Wait for tomorrow, that is, next year, let's go to find the bad luck of the official army! ”

"Drink!" Everyone picked up their bowls, shouted loudly, and then drank them all.

The reason why they are so unscrupulous is because the official army also wants to celebrate the New Year. At this time, none of the officers dared to let his soldiers attack. If he really let his officers and soldiers attack, a mutiny would almost be certain. Today's officers and soldiers are basically recruiting soldiers, earning a share of money and food, and supporting their families. The money and food they received did not allow them to form this kind of professionalism on Chinese New Year's Eve.

The town was noisy all night long, and the streets were lit with bonfires everywhere. The thieves used the strength of the wine to drive out the women who were locked up in the camp and made them sing and dance. When they lost the interest in listening to the music, only the primitive desires of human beings remained, and the screams of the women and the laughter of the men continued until dawn.