After Zhu Hongsan made the arrangements, he led the staff to rush to Dongbianmen.

Zhu Hongsan and his entourage came to Beijing from the official road, and they should have entered Zuo'anmen Gate in the outer city the fastest. But now the rogue is coming, which makes the whole city of Beijing panic. All thirteen gates were closed. Only the East and West Door is open at regular intervals.

Zhu Hongsan and the others approached Beijing, and seeing that the city wall was not guarded, Zhu Hongsan asked: "Ma Quan, isn't the rogue coming?" Why is there no one standing guard? ”

Ma Quan turned around and said, "Boss, now there is a plague in Beijing City, and many people have died. Several alleys in the outer city are dead. I don't think Beijing needs to wait for the rogues to come, and they are going to die. ”

Zhu Hongsan saw a post in his previous life, saying that Li Zicheng was defeated because his army was infected with the plague in Beijing, otherwise how could his 400,000 troops in the southern and northern wars be defeated by the Manchus.

Zhu Hongsan thinks that this statement is unreliable, defeat is defeat, why do you find such reasons? If you have the ability to rush to the gate and kill all the big braids, then you can write history as you want.

In later generations, Zhu Hongsan posted this idea on the website, and was sprayed by a group of emperors, and Zhu Hongsan posted a post and scolded him in a fit of anger, and was banned for half a month.

Now hearing that there is really a plague, how can Zhu Hongsan not be shocked. Zhu Hongsan hurriedly ordered his people not to drink raw water after entering the city, and to drink it after boiling it for five minutes. Also, wash your hands before eating, and never come into contact with rats and sick people. This is not at ease, so he ordered Ma Quan to make 200 thick cotton masks immediately after entering the city.

After the notice, the team had already come to the outside of Beijing, and Ma Quan led the way through the outer city, like the Dongbian Gate in the east.

When I came to the Dongbian Gate in the corner of the outer city, there was a large line of people entering and leaving the city at the gate, and there were a dozen half-dead defenders standing at the gate.

Half of the procession out of the city was ox carts carrying the dead, and they saw that the lymph nodes of the dead were swollen and turned black and purple. Zhu Hongsan's heart was half cold when he saw this, it seems that there is really a plague in this Beijing city. It is also the bubonic plague with the highest mortality rate, that is, the Black Death that changes color in Europe.

Zhu Hongsan led the people to hide far away, and only dared to enter the city after the corpse carrying team went away. Ma Quan squeezed through the crowd and came to the door of the guards to show the token of the Feng family. The soldiers immediately drove away from the crowd and let Zhu Hongsan and his party enter the city.

Feng Ruoshu is now Dali Siqing, equivalent to the chief prosecutor of the procuratorate in later generations, and one of the serious Jiuqing. In Beijing, the city is in a high position, and these gatekeepers naturally know the severity. I don't look at these tough families.

After entering the Dongbian Gate, you will see the outer city of Beijing. The outer city was a large area south of the Beijing Railway Station. In later generations, the housing prices in this place were seventy or eighty thousand square meters, but in the Ming Dynasty, there were still large areas of farmland and wasteland. The royal Temple of Heaven and the Temple of Xiannong were built in the outer city.

Dongbianmen is about three miles away from Chongwen Gate, and it was quickly arrived on horseback. Outside Chongwen Gate is a workshop, which is the industrial area of later generations. Therefore, the tax customs of Chongwenmen is famous throughout the country. However, Zhu Hongsan and the others have the proof of the Feng family, and it is easy to enter the customs.

Once you enter, you'll be officially the city of Beijing. When Zhu Hongsan entered the city, he saw that the doors were closed everywhere, and the only one that opened the door was the coffin shop. At this time, business is good in this place.

Zhu Hongsan said to Zhu Hongyi: "Big brother, you lead ten people, go to the shop to get the muskets, and let's gather at Feng's house." ”

Zhu Hongyi nodded and took the people and horses to go.

Feng Fu took the others to Feng Mansion in Tianshuijing Hutong. The gate of Fengfu is really magnificent, with two stone drums at the door, seven terrazzo steps, and the door is spotlessly cleaned. There are two Jinshi flagpoles standing on the left side of the door, which proves that the old Feng family has two Jinshi. The door was closed, and there was a big plaque on the door, which read Feng Mansion.

When he got off the horse at the local Feng Mansion and said, "Uncle, please wait for a while, I'll call the door." After saying that, he walked to the side door and called the door.

Feng Fu shouted: "Open the door, I'm Feng Fu, who is guarding the door?" After a while, the side door opened, revealing a young face, and when he saw Feng Fu, he said, "Dad, it's you who came back." ”

Feng Fu said: "Xiao Wu, today is your door, quick, let me go in and tell the master, my uncle is here." After saying that, Feng Fu walked in.

After more than ten minutes, the middle door opened, and a middle-aged man in his thirties came out. Came to Zhu Hongsan and bowed deeply and said, "Uncle is above, Feng Run is polite." ”

It seems that this is the son of Feng Ziyong's eldest brother's family, and I heard that he is studying in Guozijian.

Zhu Hongsan stepped forward to help Feng Run and said, "It's all my own family, is my uncle at home?" ”

Feng Run said: "My grandfather is at home, please ask my uncle to come in and talk." ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "These are the family members I brought, and eleven more people will come in the future, and they will go to get muskets." ”

Hearing the word musket, Feng Run's eyelids jumped, and said, "Uncle, please come in, I will arrange a place for the family to live." ”

Zhu Hongsan followed Feng Run into the Feng Mansion. Feng Ruoshu is a high-ranking official of Dali Temple. I'm about to enter the cabinet on the top. But Feng Ruoshu's grades were not good that year and he did not enter the Hanlin Academy. So now the three products are already at the end.

But this is already a dragon and phoenix among people, but after entering, Zhu Hongsan found that there was no courage outside the door at home. Inside is only a three-part courtyard, about a dozen rooms. Feng Run said on the side: "Uncle don't be a joke, my grandfather has always been poor, and his life is really not good." ”

Zhu Hongsan knew that what Feng Run said was, Feng Ruoshu had been the governor of Henan for nearly eight years, could he still be poor? His family's tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Chengdu are all given by God?

But Zhu Hongsan knew that these stinky old men were so virtuous, and they had to pretend to be saints like saints. Just as the clothes they wear, they are well-dressed. However, at this time, the well-dressed beast is not a derogatory term, but a real compliment, indicating that you are capable and able to be an official.

Zhu Hongsan and Feng Run came to the middle hall and saw an old man sitting in the middle. The old man had three locks of beard and wore a green shirt. Wearing a crown on his head, he sat there without being angry.

Zhu Hongsan knew that this was his wife's cheap uncle Feng Ruoshu, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle, the junior is here." ”

Feng Ruoshu looked at the young man in front of him, this is the Guangwu Liu Xiu that the second son said? It looks like an ordinary person.

Feng Ruoshu had actually received a letter from his second son Feng Ziyong, knowing that they had gone to Guangdong, and he didn't reply because the old man was angry.

The reason is very simple, Feng Ziyong said in the letter that he did not go to Chengdu Mansion to pick up his mother-in-law and eldest brother's family because of time urgency. Old man Feng has been in officialdom all his life, and his eyes are empty.

Old Man Feng knew Feng's own thoughts. Feng Lao Er was not treated by his mother-in-law when he was a child, and his mother was killed. When I was a child, I was raised by my aunt, and I have no feelings for this grandmother and eldest brother.

But no matter how much you hate it, it's also your mother and eldest brother, can you forget your family affection? Now that Zhang Xianzhong has captured Chengdu, it seems that Feng Ruoshu's family in Chengdu is no longer safe. In this way, it is strange that Old Man Feng can have a good face for Feng Ziyong.

Old man Feng snorted and said, "That son of a scumbag is happy in Guangdong? How did you remember me, an old immortal? ”

Zhu Hongsan knew the reason when he saw Feng Ruoshu like this. opened his mouth and said, "Uncle, my second cousin is very happy in Guangdong. Before the Chinese New Year, a son-in-law was in charge, and he just married the daughter of Xu Dali, the prefect of Hengzhou, as a house-filler, and the small life was really happy. ”

Feng Ruoshu, who was in this paragraph, took a breath and said, "Then what are you doing here?" Do you want to off the old man when you say this? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "The second cousin said that when the son is happy and happy, it doesn't matter if the father lives or dies, it is not good for people to see it, this is asking the son-in-law to pick up the uncle, and he also told me that it is best to receive it, and if it is really not good, don't force it." ”

Feng Ruoshu, who was in a state of flux, trembled all over his body and couldn't speak, and Feng Run said on the side: "My second uncle really said this disloyal and unfilial words? ”

Seeing Feng Ruoshu angry like this, Zhu Hongsan was afraid that he would die of anger. Then he said: "Uncle is angry, I just said nonsense, how can the second cousin know how to say such a thing." ”

Feng Ruoshu said angrily: "Then why are you kid saying these things? Do you have fun with the old man? ”

Zhu Hongsan said: "Uncle is angry, I saw my uncle angry when I entered the house just now, I was afraid that the anger would be entangled in my heart and soul, and it would be bad for my uncle's health, so I said some nonsense to make my uncle's anger come out." The son-in-law was rude. ”

Hearing Zhu Hongsan say this, Feng Ruoshu snorted and said, "Even if what you say makes sense, tell me why you came." ”