How many difficulties and trials the husband has to go through in his life, and how many times the husband has to be disappointed and anxious in his life.

The cold rain and wind are gone, and the personality is more brilliant. In the heart of the man who stands on the ground, he will never bend his waist.

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In 1642, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, there was a great drought in Henan, the flying locusts covered the sky, where they passed, the seedlings, reeds and grass were exhausted, the hungry people cut the bark of the trees, dug the white mud in the mountains for food, the people flowed, the old children abandoned the roadside, and the starvation died of many people.

In the same year, the earthquake in Shanxi and Henan affected more than ten prefectures and counties, urban and rural houses collapsed, the plague was rampant, and Zhongzhou was eroded.

In this year, the Qing army conquered Songshan, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, Qiu Minyang, and the chief military officer Cao Bianjiao and Wang Tingchen all died, and the superintendent Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou were captured, and the latter two were surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

By the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was tormented by internal and external troubles, and the country was already in turmoil.

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Outside Chenliu County in the south of Kaifeng Prefecture, thousands of miles of red land, wheat and leaves have been eaten cleanly, Gao Zurong, who is over sixty years old, carries a lantern and patrols in the earthen fort, he sees no one in the yard, and can't help but call out twice, "Righteousness, righteousness." ”

A black figure with a firearm on his back came out of the corner in a bit of a panic, "Old boss, I'm here." ”

Gao Zurong was a little unhappy when he saw the man in front of him, and he pestled the ground with a cane, "Where are you going?" How many times have I told you to look at the granary, and the whole village is counting on this grain to survive the famine. ”

Gao Yiyan lowered his head and whispered: "Old boss, there are people watching in the grain depot." ”

Gao Zurong glared at him, walked towards the granary with a cane, and before he reached the door, there was a lewd laugh inside, "Zhao Niangzi, you just follow me, your man was dragged to beat the tartars, can you come back?" Tens of thousands of people died in Songshan at once, and your man can't come back. ”

Gao Zurong heard the sound inside and turned his head back in astonishment, while Gao Yirong hurriedly tilted his head to the side, pretending not to hear anything.

"Rebel, brute!" Gao Zurong was so angry that he limped on the ground, and he was about to open the door when he turned around, but when he walked to the door, the hand pushing the door stopped.

Gao Zurong thought to himself, if I push it away, the lady of the Zhao family is estimated to be faceless, and my stupid son's reputation will also stink home, not to mention the insulting court, if I want to take the test in the future and take over as the lieutenant chief, I am afraid that it will be affected, and the Zhao family has many people in the village, and they will definitely not take a break if the matter is big.

Gao Zurong hesitated for a while, and finally took his hand back, but when he heard the lewd laughter inside, he was angry but didn't fight in one place, Lao Tzu I was famous, why did he give birth to such a thing, he was really angry in his heart, and he couldn't help but scold in his mouth: "Beast!"

After scolding, he suddenly turned his head again, only to see Gao Yiyan stretching out his head, with a lewd smile on the corner of his mouth, just hearing it, Gao Zu Rong immediately hit him with a cane, and then said with a straight face: "Yiyi, tomorrow morning you go to the account to get two buckets of face, and send them to your mother." She was too old to go hungry. ”

"Two buckets of face?" Gao Yiyan was stunned for a moment, reacted, his face suddenly bloomed, he was busy thanking him, but Gao Zurong stopped him with a cane, glanced at the grain depot with his eyes, and then stared at him and whispered, "Don't tell anyone about today's matter, understand?" ”

Gao Yiyan got the benefit, and nodded like pounding garlic, "Old boss, don't worry, my mouth is tight." ”

"That's good, if it is known, you will not come to work in the village next year." Gao Zurong bowed slightly, then waved his hand and said, "You go to inspect the earthen wall, you don't need to take care of it here tonight."

When Gao Yiyan heard that the news had leaked, he didn't let him go to work, his neck shrank in fright, and he hurriedly promised and fled the yard in a hurry.

When Gao Yiyi left, Gao Zurong also left the grain depot, but he was afraid that someone else would come, so he didn't leave the yard.

Gao Zurong is the squire landlord of Gaojia Village, and eighty or ninety percent of the fields in the entire village belong to theirs. He is the head of Gaojia Village, and he is also the patriarch, and he has the responsibility of maintaining the stability of the village.

The people in the village have been pulling up for several generations, most of them are the same ancestor, and they are all related relatives, so although Gao Zurong is a landlord, he is not like other inferior gentry who do evil in the village.

He has a reputation for showing talent, has read some books, and is more benevolent and righteous, and he needs the people of the village, and the world is chaotic, and a rich person like him is prone to suffering, so he pays attention to the relationship between his neighbors, and his reputation has always been very high.

However, his good reputation became more and more stinky as his second son Gao Yihuan grew up.

In the early years, Gao Zurong had a son, who was more powerful than his current son Gao Yihuan, but unfortunately during the Wanli period, with Wang Xuan, the chief military officer of Baoding, he died in Salhu.

The one who did evil in the granary was his second son, named Gao Yihuan, who was born to his concubine in the year when the eldest son died.

After losing his eldest son, Gao Zurong loved the second son very much, and doting made the second son a gentleman in the township, bullying men and women, and doing anything lacking in virtue, not only lost half of the family fortune, but also made Gao Zurong's reputation as stinky as him.

Gao Zurong understood that his unsuccessful son should come out in a while, so he stood in the dark, ready to wait for the inside to finish before leaving, the old man was on crutches, and when he thought of his dignified and talented man, he was actually letting off the wind on the rebel, and the old man almost turned his back on it.

Just when he was angry and decided that he must strictly discipline him in the future, and he could not let the rebel son be reckless and ruin the family business and reputation accumulated by three generations, Gao Yiyan, who had just left, ran back to the yard.

"Didn't I tell you not to come!" When Gao Zurong saw him coming back, he pestle his crutches and said in a sullen voice.

"Old club, it's not good, the thieves are here." Gao Yiyan pointed to the outside of the hospital in a panic, with a panicked face.

"What?" Gao Zurong's expression froze, and he reacted, and immediately ordered: "You ring the bell quickly, call everyone in the village up, women and children go into the courtyard to hide, and all the young and strong go to the wall to defend."

At present, in Henan, the rule of the imperial court has long collapsed, and the government can only retire to the big city, and cannot manage the township.

Gao Yiyan reacted, hurriedly picked up the iron plate on his waist, and struck "Dangdang~", and the sound pierced the silence of the night.

Gao Zurong didn't care about his stupid son, he hurriedly walked towards the earthen wall with a cane, and the night patrol in the village found out about the situation, and shouted everywhere, "The thief is coming, guard against the thief." ”

The door of the grain depot opened, and a woman with disheveled hair ran out of it, and then Gao Yihuan, who was a little fat, also came out of the grain depot in shock.

In the courtyard, Gao Yiyan was beating the iron with a wooden hammer, and shouted urgently, "The thieves are coming, they are all on the wall." ”

Gao Yihuan was startled by the sudden voice, he didn't do a good thing, pushed the door out and saw Gao Yiyan, and immediately said angrily, "I'll fucking kill you turtle grandson, dare to harm my good deeds." ”

"Young proprietor, wronged!" Gao Yiyi was banging, and when he saw Gao Yihuan rolling up his sleeves and coming over, he hurriedly explained: "The thief is here, and the old boss asked me to knock it."

As he was explaining, the long-term workers who slept in the various wings of the courtyard rushed out of the house with knives and guns.

"What about the thieves?" Gao Yihuan withdrew his hand suspiciously when he saw this, he listened to the village as if it was a fried pot, and then his face changed, and he ordered: "Go, go up to the wall, and see where the turtle grandson came from."

At that moment, Gao Yihuan led Gao Yicheng and more than a dozen others to the earthen wall, and the people in the village were helping the old and the young to hide in the Gao family's earthen fort, and the old people, women, and children stayed directly in the courtyard, and the men in the village were guarding the wall with a flat hoe.

At present, the situation in Henan is a bit like the Wuhu Chaohua period, but anyone who has a little wealth will build forts, and some big families will also choose to build a village, but at that time it was the Hu people who were guarded, and now they are guarding against the rogues and the official army.

Living in the Runing area, the local tyrant Liu Hong has built a village for dozens of miles, and there are also wealthy families in Dengfeng who support more than 100,000 people for self-protection. If there were no Guanwai Jiannu, the world might have entered the era of the Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Han Dynasty and the secession of powerful warlords.

Gao Zurong did not have such a big power, he was a small landowner, but he also built an earthen fort to protect his family property from harassment.

In recent years, Henan has become more and more chaotic, thieves often come to harass, see the villagers retreat into the fort, you know that the village has been attacked by thieves more than once.

Gao Yihuan has seen a lot of this kind of thing, and he is not afraid of it, but quickly rushed up the earthen wall, but when he came up, the angry expression on his face instantly froze, and then turned into panic.

In the dark night, nearly a thousand figures carrying torches came all over the field, and there were many more thieves than he imagined, flickering torches, like a galaxy in the sky.

Gao Yihuan saw only one person in the lead, holding a torch in one hand, a big knife with a ring head in the other, and a leopard eye and beard, already standing under the earthen wall, but it was Liu Heizi, a famous hob meat on the Chenliu land boundary, and he was a ruthless character, but Gao Yihuan had eaten a few times with him and had some friendship.

"Dad, I know that person, it's my brother!" Gao Yihuan saw that they were acquaintances, and he had a bottom in his heart, and walked to Gao Zurong's side with a serious face.

Usually there are hundreds of thieves, and Gao Zurong is in a spirit of harmony to make money, and if he gives some food, he can send them to grab food elsewhere. This time, nearly a thousand people came at a time, and the old man really jumped, and his heart was a little bottomless.

He heard Gao Yihuan say that he knew the thief, and said in his heart that this kid made some fox friends and dog friends, but he didn't expect it to be useful, so he hurriedly said: "Then don't send them away, let them go elsewhere." ”

Gao Yihuan hurriedly walked to the wall, watched Liu Heizi walk under the earthen wall, and domineeringly thrust a big knife into the ground, behind him were nearly a thousand homeless people carrying flat shoulders, dung forks and torches, couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva, and then shouted down: "Brother Liu, I'm Yihuan!" How did you bring your brother here? ”

Hearing the sound, Liu Heizi glanced at the earthen wall, and saw a white fat man who was a little timid, sticking out his head, and his face couldn't help but be happy.

It turned out to be Chen Liu's famous second fool, when he was in Chen Liu's mess around, he had no money to find this guy to eat and drink, and he also set up a bureau to cheat a lot of silver, so Liu Heizi replied loudly with jokes: "It's Brother Gao!" In the past, you invited your brother to eat and drink in the city, but today my brother came to ask you to do my brother a favor again, and borrow some food from my brother, but you don't like it. ”

Hearing that he was just borrowing grain, Gao Yihuan breathed a sigh of relief, glanced back at his father, and saw him stretch out a slap, he immediately understood, and shouted down: "Brother Liu, the year is not good, our family has no surplus grain, there are still more than 100 households in the village to eat, I will give you ten stones of wheat, brother, you take your brother to look elsewhere, do you miss it?" ”

"Ten stones of wheat want to send my brother away, even if I don't win!" Liu Heizi suddenly pulled out the knife when he heard this, and put it on his shoulder, "My brother is now the commander of the back of the neck under King Chuang, and he is collecting grain for King Chuang, if you raise the village to serve today and hand over all the grain, my brother will give you a sentry, if you don't give it, then my brother will not be merciful." ”

Liu Heizi below didn't give Gao Yihuan face at all, which made him a little unbearable on his face, the usual thief, gave one or two stones of wheat and sent it away, this time to give ten stones, Liu Heizi didn't leave, he actually asked for all the food, it was really too much.

Gao Zurong listened to the conversation and knew that his son was useless, so he leaned on the wall with one hand and said: "This General Liu, Li Gongzi of Qixian County has an old age, depending on Li Gongzi's face, can he let go of our Gaojia Village." If the general is willing to raise his noble hand, the old man is willing to give thirty stone of grain. Wangjiabao next door has a lot of grain, or the general will go there to have a look. ”

"I'm your mother-in-law, Gao Zurong, you're a turtle grandson, the gang of thieves who came to Dongcheng last year, did you instruct them to come to our Wangjiabao? You old thing, why are you so lacking in virtue! After Gaozu Rongfang finished speaking, a thin man came out of the thieves below, but it was Wang Jiaping, the chief of the fort next door, who pointed to the earthen wall and scolded.

Gaojiabao and Wangjiabao are close to each other, and there are often conflicts due to water sources and other issues, and it is common for weapons to fight. When Gao Zurong saw Wang Jiaping appear in the team of thieves, he was so shocked that he fell down, and the old man couldn't say a word.

The Wang family is also a scholarly family, and the ancestors have been Jinshi, how can they be thieves?

There is only one Li Gongzi in Qi County, that is, Li Yan, the leader of Henan Haoqiang, who is now the advisor of King Chuang, but Liu Heizi does not belong to Li Yan's faction, and he does not believe that the old man above can have anything to do with Li Yan.

He turned his head and discussed a few words with Wang Jiaping beside him, and then raised his head and said: "King Chuang has besieged Kaifeng for several months, the army is in urgent need of food and grass, Wang Jiabao has taken refuge in this governor, since the old man is familiar with the deputy general of the middle battalion, then he should help King Chuang." Don't say much today, I want all the food, and I want all the people. ”

Kaifeng is a big city in Henan, Li Zicheng has besieged Kaifeng for a long time, the army is not producing, and the grain near Kaifeng is eaten by the army, so Li Zicheng sent several units of men and horses to Chenliu, Lanyang and other places to collect grain, and coerce a group of people to continue to attack Kaifeng.

After speaking, Liu Heizi waved his big knife, and nearly a thousand homeless people pressed up to the earthen fort.

The people on the earthen fort, hearing that the thieves not only wanted to rob the grain, but also forcibly requisitioned them, suddenly panicked, Gao Yihuan saw the homeless people approaching, his face turned white, but Gao Zurong turned his head and shouted to the villagers: "Defend the earthen fort, one stone of wheat per household, and fight with the thieves!" ”

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