Chapter 16 Cangzhou Mist
As soon as Zhenjiang was farewell, Li Zicheng led the brothers of "Li Jiazhai" all the way to the north, west, non-stop. However, Zhu Qing and others had many problems during the voyage, so when Li Zicheng entered Shaanxi, Zhu Qing's Tianfu ship had just arrived in Cangzhou.
Cangzhou, the place where the army is matched, when the leopard head Lin Chong was sent here to fill the army, so Cangzhou is also an eventful place, because the characters who were assigned here are somewhat capable. And this time, although Zhu Qing and the others met were not heroes such as the leopard head Lin Chong, it gave Liu Qingfeng and others an extraordinary headache.
The cause of the incident seems to be the same, all because the ship needs supplies, but this time, it is not because of the negligence of the man, but because Lord Tian needs to go ashore to replenish, and this time the supply is a beautiful woman.
Tian Daren went south this time, and the purpose was very clear, that is, to go to the beauty pageant. In fact, he has selected a group of beauties to prepare to give to the emperor, and later met Chen Yuanyuan, Tian Daren wanted to take it for himself, so he returned to Beijing in two ways, and wanted to let another group of brocade guards escort that group of beauties into the palace, and he and Chen Yuanyuan returned to the house by boat, but they didn't expect the battle at the Yellow River ferry, and the matter of their own golden house was killed by Feng Feng, who was the eunuch Wang Chengen in the palace, and Wang Chengen was the personal eunuch of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, for the sake of his own head, just in case, Lord Tian planned to endure the pain of cutting his love, and even Chen Yuanyuan gave it to the emperor, so this stay in Cangzhou was to pick up that group of beauties on the boat and go to the capital together. Because Liu Qingfeng received a message from the flying pigeon, the beauties just arrived in Cangzhou.
Therefore, in the evening, the big ship of Tianfu slowly docked. A few wild ducks on the shore suddenly flew up, which made Liu Qingfeng can't help but be vigilant, there are too many situations along the way, and sometimes he even wonders if his judgment has declined, if he had taken the land route at the beginning, would it be better?
However, these are all hindsights, because he doesn't know that the land route is also dangerous, the government doesn't say it, and even Li Zicheng's gang of people on the road have also encountered robberies, but after all, they are people on the road, besides, the further north you go, who doesn't know Li Zicheng's reputation? Therefore, many dangers are solved in acquaintance without fighting. So in the evening of this day, Li Zicheng led the "Li Jiazhai" to finally arrive at the Shaanxi Shuangcheng Walled.
However, at this time, the twin cities fell into a state of desolation. The whole stockade was covered with white cloth. Li Zicheng and his entourage felt bad and asked the guards of the village, "What's the matter?" What about the old man of the twin cities? Li Zicheng thought that Shuangchengzi was hanging.
"Brother Cheng, Lord Shuangcheng is inside, Brother Chuang is gone." The guard spoke, weeping bitterly.
Li Zicheng was shocked in his heart, took a deep breath, so that he could hold on, he quickly walked into the stockade and went straight to Shuangchengzi.
Shuangchengzi, the owner of the Shuangcheng Walled City, echoed with Xu Hongru, the leader of the White Lotus Righteous Army in Shandong, led the peasant uprising, did not want the uprising to fail, Xu Hongru sacrificed, Shuangchengzi had to take the rest of the mountain to hide, in recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been declining, all over the uprising, Shuangchengzi re-emerged from the mountain, once again led the peasant rebellion, Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang became the first fierce general under him, and now the star has fallen, Shuangchengzi, who is more than half a hundred years old, seems to have turned white overnight, and is silent in front of the tablet of the love general at this time.
"Master." Li Zicheng said hello after walking into the lobby.
"You're back?" Shuangchengzi didn't look back and said in a low voice.
"Hmm. My uncle ......" Li Zicheng said with tears in his eyes, and before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shuangchengzi.
"Come here, put incense on your uncle, although your uncle is still on the way, I already feel that he has gone home. After this incense, you go down the mountain to pick up your uncle. Although Shuangchengzi didn't look back, he could hear from his deep voice how heartbroken he was at the moment.
Li Zicheng nodded, stepped forward, and turned around in pain after putting three sticks of incense in front of Gao Yingxiang's tablet.
"Go ahead." Shuangchengzi didn't say much.
Li Zicheng was also neat, after drinking a bowl of water, he walked out of the lobby, did not rest for a moment, took the "Li Jiazhai" brothers who had just returned to the village, turned back, and went to greet Gao Yingxiang's body.
By this time, it was already dark. Just when Li Zicheng was going down the mountain, Liu Qingfeng and the others also went ashore, leaving only four brocade guards to protect Chen Yuanyuan. Because Liu Qingfeng felt that this place was close to the capital, there should be no more problems, and besides, the safety of Lord Tian was the most important thing. And after Zhu Qing said that he didn't want to go ashore, Liu Qingfeng was even more relieved. Although Zhu Qing's martial arts are not very high now, Liu Qingfeng knows that Zhu Qing is clever and has many ideas, so he is more at ease with him in Liu Qingfeng.
Zhu Qing originally liked to play, but this time, he stayed on the boat, because he hadn't recovered from Xiaobao's affairs yet, because when he thought of playing, he thought of Xiaobao, and remembered the past when they stole roast geese together, climbed the green building, and played with Jinyiwei. Now that things are wrong, how can Zhu Qing have the heart to play?
Even pickled girls, Zhu Qing lost interest for a while. If it was usual, he would have to meet Chen Yuanyuan privately when he had the opportunity, but this time, under the great opportunity that Liu Qingfeng was not there and there were few people on the boat, Zhu Qing did not get close to Chen Yuanyuan's room for half a step. He stood alone on the bow of the boat, thinking about what he had crossed before, he knew that he couldn't go back, he had already accepted this fact, thinking about Xiaobao, he also knew the fact that people can't be resurrected after death, so what he thought about the most was how to go in the future? Do you really want to enter Jinyiwei with Liu Qingfeng? Or did you elope with Chen Yuanyuan? He felt that it was unrealistic, but there was one thing, Zhu Qing was very clear, he wanted to avenge Xiaobao, although he didn't know, in fact, his revenge had already been avenged. In another place, there are people who suffer as much as he does.
Just when Zhu Qing sighed, someone patted him behind him, and when he looked back, it was Chen Yuanyuan.
"Why are you alone in a daze?" Chen Yuanyuan asked softly.
"Xiaobao is gone, and I don't know who to say a lot of things in my heart, so I come out alone to see the scenery." Zhu Qing smiled reluctantly.
"Isn't there still me?" Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Zhu Qing affectionately and said.
Zhu Qing felt that the warmth in his heart was the kind of warmth that was really touched, not the kind of warmth that he didn't calm down when he saw a beautiful woman smiling.
"However, you are going to leave me after all, I heard Lord Liu say that you will probably be sent to the palace." Zhu Qing smiled and shook his head.
"It's not possible, it's true, Lord Tian has already told me." Chen Yuanyuan said.
"Shall I congratulate you?" Zhu Qing laughed at himself, he never dared to take that step, he just eloped with Chen Yuanyuan, was it because he was mature? found that he had nothing, so he couldn't bear to involve Chen Yuanyuan.
"I don't understand, although many people are vying to enter the palace, but I heard that the fate of the palace maid is very different, if you don't get it right, that cold wall is the fate of a lifetime." Chen Yuanyuan shook his head and sighed.
"Don't worry, that's not your fate, you will be favored, you will have everything" Zhu Qing comforted Chen Yuanyuan, but he felt that this sentence was very uncomfortable coming out of his mouth, how ironic it should be that the woman he likes is favored by others? !
"The future is unknown, who knows. Even if there is a day, is that what you want to see? Chen Yuanyuan suddenly asked Zhu Qing.
"I ......" Zhu Qing didn't know how to answer for a while, he believed that the woman in front of him liked him a little bit, but so what? The reality is cruelly between the two people, and Zhu Qing can't change it, at least not now.
"It's a little cold outside, so I'll go back first." Seeing that Zhu Qing wanted to speak and stopped, Chen Yuanyuan said, turned around and returned to the room. Only Zhu Qing was left alone to continue in a daze.
Suddenly. Zhu Qing felt that a black shadow flashed from the ferry and entered the big boat. He turned around and saw that the four brocade guards at the door were silent. Maybe I'm too sensitive these days. Zhu Qing thought about it and smiled, but he soon felt that this feeling was getting stronger and stronger, and Zhu Qing finally turned around and cautiously approached the cabin.