The county magistrate prepared three ox carts, of course he himself took the carriage, the county lieutenant H county Cheng two high-grade people took one car, the official who went and the eldest uncle Zhao Mingda took one, Zhu Hongsan and the father and son who asked for food, and the black father and son squeezed one. Sitting on the rickety ox cart, Zhu Hongsan was very depressed. I didn't expect to come to this era and give filial piety to a person I don't recognize.

If it's your own relatives, that's it. So Zhu Hongsan was not in the mood to speak in the car. There is the big black Zhu Yiyi in the same car with himself, what kind of name is this. and his two sons, Zhu Jia and Zhu Yi (the names of the Zhu family are really difficult to choose, and these tricks are replaced by numbers).

I heard the old lady say that this was only obtained by his family with silver, but it is not unpleasant to think about his numerical name Zhu Yiyi.

Wuchang County is not far from Wuchang Mansion City, about twenty miles, just walked out of the distance, the black man Zhu Yiyi drank to the old sixty-two who asked for food: "You old goods, stay away from me, do you want to smoke the uncle?" Zhu Yiyi's two sons came over and pushed the old sixty-two to the side. Zhu Hongsan didn't want to come out, but seeing the pitiful appearance of the old man's father and son, he stood up and said to the big black man: "This uncle, I'm inside, let's change seats, it's good inside, and the smell can be smaller." ”

The big black man Zhu Yiyi looked at me: "You are the kid from Chu Fan, you have grown so big." Okay, count your kid with a heart. Stood up and exchanged seats with Zhu Hongsan. Old man Zhu and Zhu Sixty-one looked at them with gratitude when they saw that they had relieved the siege.

Zhu Hongsan said to Zhu Sixty-one: "This uncle looks at his strong limbs, how did he end up in such a field? ”

Zhu Sixty-one sighed and said: "In the past, when my grandfather was there, it was okay, although the Liao Wangfu didn't care much about us clansmen, but everyone's Lu rice was still distributed in time. Since the Liao King was expelled in the early years of Wanli, our Lu rice has not been found, and the edict of the Wanli Emperor says that the clan that is not involved in the case is supported by the local government. But if you think about it, the King of Liao is gone, who cares about these idle clans of me. There used to be some surplus money, and it has been spent almost in the past few decades. I don't have the money to bribe those officials, and I have to manage it tightly, so I can't go to my generation and can only beg my father to live. ”

Zhu Hongsan saw the tragic situation of 61, not only celebrated that he did not cross their home. Although his family is not rich, he can still solve the problem of food and clothing under the control of his mother. After the sugar was sold, there was even more meat, and the guy Zhao Goudan looked a little sideways.

The big black man Zhu Yiyi listened to Sixty-one's muttering trouble, and said: "Don't say it, you say that life is not easy now, why didn't you say it when King Liao was there, your grandfather and King Liao are cousins who didn't come out of five suits, and how many things have you done." Did the girl from the old village outside the city be forced by your grandfather to jump into the well back then? Now complain of suffering, this is all retribution, and you deserve it. ”

Zhu Hongsan heard the big black man Zhu Yiyi say this, and when he thought about it, it was really the truth. If it hadn't been done too much before, no matter what the people in the city said now, they wouldn't be so cruel to Sixty-One, it seems that there must be something hateful about the poor people. However, that Zhu Yiyi and his two sons are not good at first glance, and the old lady also said that they have dealings with the water bandits in the Yangtze River, and it seems that it is not unreasonable for the rebels to kill the clan. Maybe the fall of the Ming Dynasty was really providential? Thinking of this, Zhu Hongsan was not only not optimistic about his future.

The six people in the car were all thinking about their own affairs, and for a moment no one in the car spoke, only the sound of the squeaking of wood wheels. Wuchang County is about twenty miles away from the capital city, and it will arrive in an hour. After entering the city of Wuchang Mansion, it was almost dark. The county commander and the county lieutenant had to go to the Yamen of the Political Secretary to mourn for three days before they could go home, and their uncle Zhao Mingda rushed to the Chu Wangfu with a group of clansmen.

In front of the palace of the king of Chu, it is really magnificent, the palace of the king of Chu was built in the fifth year of Hongwu, there is Zhou Dexing, the marquis of Jiangxia, and the entire palace of the king of Chu occupies a small half of Wuchang City. However, Zhou Dexing, the old courtier who told Zhu Yuanzhang's fortune, did not run away, and Hongwu's entire family was killed in the twenty-fifth year. Only this magnificent Chu Wangfu and Wuchang City remained.

A row of reed sheds has been erected in the military field in front of the Chu Wangfu, and there are already some people in it on the ground. Everyone went in one after another to pick their seats, and the eldest uncle Zhao Mingda came over and whispered: "Pick one in the back and in the middle, don't be next to the toilet." After speaking, Zhu Hongsan was stuffed with an oiled paper bag.

Zhu Hongsan pinched it with his hand, it was a cut of meat, not bad.

Zhu Hongsan went into the reed shed and found a position in the middle of the back according to his uncle's instructions, which looked good, about a hundred meters away from the front, and far away from the toilet. Looking around, Zhu Yiyi and the three of them seemed to be old fritters, just two rows in front of them, which was also a good place. Sixty-one and sixty-two masters were not good, and they were squeezed to the side.

After a while, the clans of the seven counties and one state around Wuchang Mansion came, and there were about seven or eight hundred people. Kneeling at the front was the family of the King of Chu. A standing eunuch was reading something aloud, probably the emperor's edict, and no one could hear it clearly. When he finished reading, a eunuch next to him shouted, crying. All seven or eight hundred people were really deafeningly crying.

Zhu Hongsan looked at the benevolent brother on the side with his head on the ground, crying hoarsely. It's a good idea, and no one has seen it shed tears yet. Zhu Hongsan also learned from him to let go of his head and howl loudly, lying on the ground and shouting twice to put a piece of meat in his mouth. My uncle gave me beef in sauce, and it tasted good.

After crying for ten minutes, the eunuch shouted again, "Stop." Everyone immediately fell silent. Then distribute meals, two nest heads and one pickle head per person, and drink water by themselves in the water tank on the side. Zhu Hongsanyi secretly complained in his heart: It's really not human, the meals cooked by my wife at home are all colorful, flavorful, and delicious, so I have to eat pickles. Zhu Hongsan saw that the big black Zhu Yiyi gave a small bag to the eunuch who distributed food, and the little eunuch quickly stuffed Zhu Yiyi with an oiled paper bag. Haha, it turns out that there is still this cat. No wonder the old lady stuffed herself with silver before she came.

When I got to myself, I saw that the benevolent brother on the side gave the little eunuch a benefit, and the little eunuch gave him a paper bag. Zhu Hongsan leaned over and asked, "This clan uncle, what price?" ”

The benevolent brother glanced at himself and said, "One tael of silver, half a chicken." ”

Damn, it's dark, one or two pieces of silver is enough for an ordinary person to eat for half a month, and only here can I buy half a chicken. Sure enough, monopoly is the way to make money.

The benevolent brother continued: "This is just here, and it would be good to buy a chicken leg for a tael of silver in the last few days." ”

Zhu Hongsan asked: "Uncle clan, this is the first time for the little nephew, is there anything else to pay attention to?" ”

The one said, "I don't pay attention to it, you picked a good place, and the old man will guide you." It's just crying and mourning three times a day, once in the morning, noon and evening, and nothing else. ”

Zhu Hongsan didn't ask anything after inquiring clearly, and began to sleep after eating a piece of pie with a belt and half a catty of beef in sauce. Fortunately, just after August 15, the weather was not too cold, and I wore a lot, so it was not very uncomfortable all night. But this kind of day was okay a few days ago, and Zhu Hongsan was really fed up on the tenth day, and it was not a nasty thing to suddenly find that Zhang Xianzhong slaughtered the city.

Zhu Hongsan is a little better, at least in a few days, his uncle will ask someone to send in some food, plus the money given by his mother, basically the food is not bad. The one on the side is miserable. The money has long been spent. I was hungry and fainted last night. Not to mention adults, even Zhu Hongsan himself is not enough to eat. The big black Zhu Yiyi eats well every day, and a few days ago I saw a bottle of wine to drink.

Zhu Hongsan pushed the brother on the side and said, "Look at the big black man in front of him, he still has so much money to drink?" ”

"He, a bully, is all forcibly robbing other clans of their money, you pay attention to it, when they see that they have a rich family and go to the toilet, they will follow them in and rob them in the toilet."

"Blatant robbery and no one cares?"

"Who cares about that idle business, you are not allowed to drink wine and eat meat during the national funeral, you see who cares."

Zhu Hongsan thought: "Since this is the case, I will come to tease him, just idle and bored." ”

Zhu Hongsan spent three days observing Zhu Yiyi's work and rest time, and found that he had to go to the toilet before getting up in the morning and going to bed at night. Zhu Hongsan thought about it and had an idea.

The next morning, Zhu Hongsan got up very early, calculated the time, and waited at the door of the toilet. Seeing that there was no one in the other squatting positions, the door was pinned with wooden chips, leaving only one squatting door open. Seeing Zhu Yiyi get up and walk towards the toilet, Zhu Hongsan went first to kick off the squatting board, and then put his hand on the squatting position. If you don't look closely, you can't see it, but Zhu Yiyi is about to arrive at the door. When I opened the toilet door, I saw Zhu Yiyi just at the door.

Zhu Hongsan said: "Oh, Uncle got up early, there are other people, the little nephew has just come out, use this." Zhu Yiyi snorted with her nose, went in and closed the door casually. As soon as I closed the door, I heard a plop inside, and Zhu Yiyi shouted inside, help.

Zhu Hongsan couldn't help laughing, and also shouted: "Someone fell into the toilet, come on." Zhu Yiyi's two sons hurriedly came over to catch their father, and the brocade guards standing guard on the side also came over to help. It took a long time to get Zhu Yiyi up, and the face of this big black man who was covered by the dung soup tube turned pale and his stomach bulged high.

Zhu Hongsan said on the side: "Quickly untie your clothes, press his stomach hard, and if you don't spit out the water, it's over." The two sons untied Zhu Yiyi's shirt with their hands and feet, revealing her chest covered with black hair, and pressed hard. At this time, a small banner of a brocade guard saw a paper bag and a wine gourd falling out of his clothes, and said: "Bold, you dare to drink and eat meat during the national funeral, aren't you afraid of the king's law?" ”

Zhu Yiyi's two sons turned pale with fright, and they forgot about this stubble just now when they were saving their father. The brocade guard Xiaoqi ordered someone to arrest Zhu Jia and Zhu Yi and search them, and also found that there was wine and meat hidden. This is a big event, during the state funeral, as a clan drinking and eating meat, the crime is added to the first degree, and Jinyiwei immediately reported this matter to his superiors. Ten minutes later, a eunuch came to pass the decree of the king of Chu, Zhu Yiyi's father and son knew the law and violated the law.

Zhu Hongsan knew that the father and son were basically finished. With Chongzhen's mean and ungrateful character, it is an important moment to maintain his legitimacy, and the imprisonment of the three of them Fengyang is considered light, and if they don't get it, they will lose their heads. Zhu Hongsan was in a very happy mood, he was happy and happy while eliminating harm for the people, and he felt good.

But in the next few days, Zhu Hongsan's good mood was gone, and it rained for ten days in a row for the last ten days. Although Zhu Hongsan is in the middle, he doesn't have to worry about leaking rain and being flooded when he sleeps, but he is really in a bad mood when it rains continuously.

It's easy to wait until the twenty-seventh day for my uncle to pick me up, and when I see my uncle's figure, Zhu Hongsan cried: "Damn, it's finally over, Lao Tzu must abolish these bullshit regulations after he becomes emperor." ”