Fengyang Mansion, the capital of the left division.

After a full month of repeated battles, the defenders of the Ming army finally joined forces with the outside and repelled the attack of the chaotic army. The Shaanxi rebel army led by Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others was unable to capture Fengyang Mansion and had to retreat in the direction of Luzhou Mansion and Anqing Mansion. Throughout the Fengyang Mansion front, thousands of corpses were left behind by the rebel army. For the Ming army, this was a rare victory in recent years. After the good news went up, Long Yan was happy, and the order was rewarded.

On the sixth day of the first month of March, Yang Yipeng, the head of the household department, the governor of Fengyang, and the governor of Caoyun, held a celebration banquet for the meritorious soldiers. This time, the Ming army that led the army to come to the aid of Fengyang Mansion was quite positive, so the leaders of the Ming army from all walks of life were invited by Yang Yipeng. Since Hong Chengchou was still in Shaanxi, Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong who led the army to help, was naturally meritorious, so Yang Yipeng asked him to sit in his position.

Of course, Zhu Dadian wants to refuse. Yang Yipeng's official position is above him. What's more, Yang Yipeng is a Jinshi in the thirtieth year of Wanli, and he is in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, six years later than the other party. The distance of six years is very fatal. When ranking seniors, the year of Jinshi is the most important. This is also the main reason why Shi Kefa wants to be a senior in front of Zhang Shenyan. In the end, it was Yang Yipeng who sat on it himself, and Zhu Dadian sat under him.

Of course, Zhu Dadian is also very satisfied with his own merits. Among the reinforcements from all walks of life who rushed to Fengyang Mansion this time, he was the most active. The most kills, the most credit. Therefore, while maintaining respect for Yang Yipeng, it is also okay to damage someone who did not attend the celebration banquet. With the intention of drinking, Zhu Dadian said intentionally or unintentionally: "Brother Yang, if that Hong Laojiu comes, he will naturally be seated, but coffee... Hehe. ”

Yang Yipeng smiled meaningfully, and said casually: "The pattern of Fengyang Mansion is too much, and it can't accommodate big people." ”

For Hong Chengchou, Yang Yipeng was really annoyed. When the rebel army stormed Fengyang Mansion. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, is still in Shaanxi and has not yet reached Henan! If it weren't for Zhu Dadian and others to actively help, Fengyang Mansion would have fallen long ago. Fengyang Mansion fell, and he, the governor of Fengyang, must have been the fate of raiding his family and exterminating his family. Therefore, Yang Yipeng was angry and ruthlessly participated in Hong Chengchou's book. The two are on the same page, and their grudges are deep. Even if Hong Chengchou came to Fengyang Mansion today, he probably wouldn't have attended this celebration banquet.

Zhu Dadian smiled and didn't say anything more.

Hong Chengchou, like him, is a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli. The problem is that Hong Chengchou's age is a full round older than Zhu Dadian, in other words, a full twelve years old. But now Hong Chengchou is the governor of the five provinces, and there are a lot of illustrious titles, he Zhu Dadian is still stopped, and he is only the governor of the east, and there is only one inconspicuous right attendant of the military department, which is far worse than Hong Chengchou.

In this way, Zhu Dadian was a little unhappy. He was not willing to be subservient to others, and even more unwilling to be subservient to too many superiors who were older than him. He and Hong Chengchou, everyone is a jinshi in the same year, Hong Chengchou's official rank is much higher than him, and when the two meet, he will inevitably perform the etiquette of his subordinates. As long as he thought of this, Zhu Dadian felt very awkward.

Zhu Dadian, who is full of ambition, is so active in helping Fengyang Mansion for a reason. All along, his eyes have been firmly focused on the position under Yang Yipeng's buttocks: the governor of Caoyun. The position of the governor of Caoyun is really oily. Zhu Dadian's eyes were almost angry.

He, the governor of Shandong, is actually not easy to tidy. The Chuang Xiang Sect has made a mess in Shandong, and its financial revenue has been decreasing. Wenxiang Sect that gang of people can't do construction, but they can do sabotage very much. Shandong has been early in the morning, and there is no harvest of crops. The imperial court has increased salaries year after year, and the tax revenue has become less and less. To put it simply, there is really nothing to make money in Shandong at present. If you continue to stay in Shandong, you can hardly expect to have a chance to be promoted for the rest of your life.

Last time he eliminated Tian Hengdao's godson, Zhu Dadian didn't get much credit, and he was robbed by Yang Wenyue and others. The most fundamental reason is still in Fuwen Tiren. Although Zhu Dadian is more greedy for money and power, in general, he is still a relatively upright person. When Wei Eunuch was in turmoil, he also impeached Wei Eunuch, and was dismissed and exiled. Wen Tiren continued to use Wei Biao's remnants, so he naturally wanted to block Zhu Dadian's promotion. Therefore, Zhu Dadian's later promotion was also not smooth, and it was not until the fifth year of Chongzhen that he was promoted to the governor of Shandong.

Fortunately, now that the clouds are finally open and the moon is bright, the chapter of the victory is sent, and it should be possible to move it. This time, even if Wen Tiren was estranged from him, he had to propose to move him? As long as you leave the ghost place of Shandong, you don't have to be angry with Wen Tiren.

"By the way, that Zhang Zhun, has there been any movement recently?" During the banquet, Yang Yipeng suddenly asked.

In the first month, Zhang Zhun dispatched a large army, rampage in Laizhou Mansion, and took the entire Laizhou Mansion, Yang Yipeng knew it. Attacking Laizhou Mansion means that Zhang Zhun is really and completely on the wrong path. For such anti-thieves, Yang Yipeng advocates a resolute crackdown and will not be soft. However, the battle in Fengyang Mansion made Yang Yipeng have some complicated feelings for Zhang Zhun. After all, the fact that the rebel army was going to attack Fengyang Mansion was still reminded by Zhang Zhun.

In fact, the rebel army was indeed attacking Fengyang Mansion. It's a very dangerous thing. If there was no reminder from Zhang Zhun, no advance preparations, and no advance request for the Ming army from all over the country to rush to help, Yang Yipeng felt that this Fengyang Mansion would not be able to be saved. Fengyang Mansion can't be saved, and he and Yang Ze, the eunuch of the prison army, naturally can't be saved.

For this reason, Yang Ze, a good man, has a good impression of Zhang Zhun. He is an old man, he doesn't have any luxury, he just wants to live a peaceful life. Zhang Zhun's reminder just made this eunuch of the prison army turn evil into good fortune, so the old eunuch had to talk about Zhang Zhun's benefits from time to time. also discussed with Yang Yipeng that if Zhang Zhun was caught, he would see what to do to leave Zhang Zhun's life. It would be even better if Zhang Zhun could work hard for the imperial court.

Zhu Dadian said proudly: "Wait for me to go back and clean him up!" ”

For these words, Zhu Dadian is fully confident. The soldiers under his command were all soldiers recruited by him, and there were 4,000 people in total. One and a half thousand of them were cavalrymen. Whether it is scraping practice, or weapons and equipment, Zhu Dadian feels very good about himself. In this battle to aid Fengyang Mansion, his 4,000 personal soldiers performed very well, killing the rebels to the point that they were overturned on their backs, and the blood flowed like a river. Among the rebellious army, there was a great and best book city general called Du Shaoqi, and he was almost caught.

Of course, the cost of raising these 4,000 pro-soldiers is not low, but it costs a lot of money. Because he wanted to raise soldiers, Zhu Dadian was indeed up and down when he was punishing Wu Zhen and filling his pockets. The same goes for staring at the position of the governor of Caoyun. If he can take the governor of Caoyun into his own hands and train tens of thousands of personal soldiers, it is not impossible.

Seriously speaking, Hong Chengchou has not been in Shaanxi for a long time, isn't it because the healthy soldiers in his hands have not yet finished training? According to the information he received, Hong Chengchou had formed a personal army of 6,000 people in Shaanxi, divided into two battalions, and was practicing day and night near Huangguan. These days, if you don't have your own soldiers, you can't expect to win the battle! Other people's soldiers, in the most dangerous times, will never listen to you!

Yang Yipeng nodded thoughtfully, and said slowly: "If this son can be used by us, it may be able to play a role." ”

Zhu Dadian smiled and said, "Quentzen, aren't you joking? ”

With that, he pointed to the sky.

Yang Yipeng shook his head self-deprecatingly, then nodded, and said helplessly: "Yanzhi's words are reasonable, but I think too much." ”

Zhu Dadian pointed to the sky, naturally saying that Emperor Chongzhen's edict, the ink is not thousand, you have to change the emperor's edict? Isn't this looking for death? There is no edict from his old man. Who dares to take the initiative to negotiate peace with Zhang Zhun? Look at Chen Qiyu and Xiong Wencan, what is the end now? The two were imprisoned, wasn't it because of the peace negotiation in the car box?

Holding the wine glass up, Zhu Dadian said with great ambition: "When I go back, I will fight with Ruan Darong, and this Zhang Zhun must be good-looking." ”

Yang Yipeng wants to say, I'm afraid that things may not be so simple. If Zhang Zhun was really so easy to deal with, Yang Wenyue and the others before would have already cleaned up Zhang Zhun. Now, the fact is that Yang Wenyue has been transferred away, and Zhang Zhun has controlled the entire province of Shandong. Judging from Zhang Zhun cleaning up Zheng Zhilong's subordinates that day, the combat effectiveness of this sub-subordinate should be quite amazing.

Now Zhang Zhun can be said to have his tail cocked to the sky. This guy doesn't know how to be low-key, and he doesn't know the truth of keeping a low profile. Stir up trouble everywhere, lest the world be chaotic. It's just that he is so arrogant, so unscrupulous, so unscrupulous, so no one in his eyes, and the Ming army around him has no way to take him. However, Zhang Zhun is still part of Shandong's internal affairs, and others in Shandong can do whatever they want.

Zhu Dadian drank a glass of wine and said to himself: "This son also came up at this time to have a chance to be arrogant." Shandong's empty army allowed him to take advantage. When I return to the teacher, he will have no chance to be arrogant. ”

Yang Yipeng nodded solemnly.

At this time, a tanma hurriedly came in from outside the door, came to Zhu Dadian's side with a nervous face, and whispered a few words in a low voice.

Zhu Dadian drank a few more glasses of wine, and the wine swelled up, and he didn't hear it clearly, so he said loudly: "What did you say?" Say it louder, I can't hear it! ”

Tanma hesitated for a moment, then looked around.

Zhu Dadian said impatiently: "Say it loudly, what did Zhang Zhun toss again?" ”

Hearing Zhang Zhun's name, almost everyone subconsciously closed their mouths. Liu Zeqing and Song Degang, the chief military officers from Shandong, both subconsciously looked at the spies. Their first reaction was that this Zhang Zhun might cause some trouble again. He's not a good character!

The spy had no choice but to say loudly: "Tell your lordship, the rebel Zhang Zhun's army is attacking Qingzhou Mansion!" Qingzhou City has fallen! Hengwang's Mansion has fallen! ”

In an instant, the entire hall was dead silent.

Every Yu of the spies, everyone present could hear it clearly. It's just that some people react quickly, and some people react slowly. However, even those who reacted slowly were shocked and then reacted. Immediately, everyone's eyes widened, as if they had heard the most terrible news.

"What? Heng Wangfu has been conquered? ”

Zhu Dadian's face was pale, and his hand holding the teacup couldn't stop shaking.

Oh, my God! This Zhang Zhun really does everything!

Seize a vassal king!

It might even kill a vassal king!

When Zhu Dadian thought of this, his whole body was cold. The Ming Dynasty was troubled internally and externally, and it had been chaotic for several years, but no palace had been conquered, and the prince had been detained. Shaanxi chaotic grass made trouble in Henan, and several vassal kings in Henan were not frightened. Unexpectedly, such a first fall actually appeared in the east of Zhi 1!

Liu Zeqing and Song Degang were also shocked. The two of them glanced at each other, and they both saw the fear in each other's eyes. Zhang Zhun actually conquered Qingzhou City, conquered King Heng's Mansion, and detained King Heng! This guy is really every move, and he has to risk the world's condemnation and create a historical precedent!

Yang Yipeng was even more stunned and smiled bitterly. This Zhang Zhun really dared to do what others didn't dare to do, and he dared to do it. Zhang Shenyan and Shi Kefa also wanted to persuade him to serve the imperial court. Now, even King Heng has been taken down by him, what else is there to talk about serving the court?

"Go back to Shandong!"

Zhu Dadian's face was pale, he smashed the wine glass in his hand with a snap, and shouted angrily.

"Master, this is mung bean cake."

"Master, this is Zhiyang roast pork."

"Sir, this is a three-page cake."

"Master, this is chicken and duck harmony."

"Master, this is a horse cake."

"Sir, this is mushroom clam asparagus."

"Master, this is the fish of Xianyue Lake."

Yunshang slowly explained to Zhang Zhun one by one.

She was assigned by Ji Yuqing to Qingzhou City to wait for Zhang Zhun. After all, Zhang Zhun is a man with strong blood, and his physiological ** demand is very strong, if he can't be vented for a long time, he will have psychological problems. Now there is chaos outside, and anything can happen. In case you can't control your **, you'll be in trouble.

Ji Yuqing didn't want Zhang Zhun Qian to do something tasteless, such as someone else's wife or something. At present, the world is in chaos, whether it is an officer or a rebellious army, if a beautiful woman is caught, he will definitely not let it go. Instead of making Zhang Zhun a character like Huang Chao and Zhu Wen, it is better to arrange a few sisters by his side! It's clean and hygienic, isn't it?

"So much to eat? Looks like I had a lot of luck today. ”

Zhang Zhun looked at it carefully and said with a smile.

These foods and dishes are actually specialties of the surrounding areas of Weixian, and they were specially brought to Zhang Zhun when Yunshang passed through Changle County. There is a pity that a big man like Zhang Zhun can't easily go in and out of the folk and taste these most primitive delicacies. Last time I was in Laiyang, I was trying to eat a bowl of anal bean noodle soup, but I was plotted by Wenxiangjiao. has learned such a lesson, and now Zhang Zhun basically has no chance to make a private interview.

Ji Zhun picked up a three-page cake, took a bite, and sure enough, he felt very delicious. These three pages of cake are made of refined flour, fine salt, water and flour, plus raw soybean oil, which are volatilized and baked. Thin as cicada wings, soft as brocade, scorched and soft, the entrance is fragrant, so there is a saying that "three pages are as thin as paper, one shake and three opens", which makes people never get tired of eating in vain, and the memory is like the old.

He picked up a three-page cake, brought it to Yunsheng's mouth, and said with a smile: "Come, I'll feed you." ”

Yunshang opened her cherry mouth shyly and took a bite gently.

Zhang Zhun shook his head, took back the three pages of cake, and said with a smile: "Every time I watch you three sisters eat, it seems to be like pinching dead ants, swallowing and chewing slowly, and I feel that eggs hurt when I eat a meal for half an hour." If I had eaten like you, I would have starved to death. ”

Yunsheng's face was slightly red, and she said in a low voice: "The slave and the master are not the same. The master is a person who wants to go to the battlefield, so he naturally has to eat well to have the strength to fight the enemy! ”

Zhang Zhun looked at her belly and said with a smile: "Maybe you are eating for two people now, but you can't eat so little, don't starve my child!" ”

Yunshang's face became more and more blushing, and she was a little happy, and said in a low voice: "Master, the slave maid is actually very full. If he really had a treasure, he wouldn't be hungry. ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said with a smile: "You like Ma Song cakes so much, I will ask someone to send you some every day in the future." This thing is worthless, and it tastes quite strong. ”

Yunshang accompanied her to eat and had a soft spot for Ma Song cakes. The masong cake is made with lightly salted water and noodles, and the water is so soft that it can almost be simmered. After the noodles are reconciled, put them up first to "wake up" for more than an hour and then pick them up, usually two pieces of noodles. It is divided into three layers, oiled layer by layer, and after branding, the roll is taken as a sheet, and it is scattered into three pages when it is shaken. The pages are almost transparent, but they are evenly thick and have no holes. The brand flowers are finely crushed and even, cooked but not mushy, soft and tasty to eat, soft and delicious, oily but not greasy, slightly salty and fragrant, the more you chew, the more fragrant, open people's appetite.

Looking at the dishes on the table, Zhang Zhun said again: "It's not enough to be vegetarian, you have to eat more chicken, duck and music every day, and you have to eat a little meat to make your body strong." ”

Yunshang obediently agreed, as if she was a daughter-in-law who had just passed the door. In fact, she is indeed the daughter-in-law who has just passed through the door. She is Zhang Zhun's third woman after the White Lady and Ji Yuqing, Zhang Zhun naturally loves her, maybe the two can't say that they have any feelings now, and they can definitely be cultivated slowly in the future.

After eating and drinking enough, Zhang Zhun took out a cloth bag from his arms, sent it to Yunsheng, and said with a smile: "Well, this one will be for you!" ”

Yunshang took it curiously, felt heavy, and asked suspiciously, "Master, what is this?" ”

Zhang Zhun smiled and said, "You won't open it yourself?" ”

Yunshang opened the cloth bag in confusion, and her eyes suddenly lit up. It turned out that inside the cloth bag was a sapphire the size of an egg. The whole body is crystal clear, like the blue sea. The faint blue light shrouded Yunshang's pretty cheeks, exuding a faint blue glow.

This sapphire was specially given to Zhang Zhun by the people of Changle County. Changle County was originally the hometown of sapphires, and in the Han Dynasty, the sapphires of Changle were royal tributes. By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the sapphires here were even more famous. During the Wanli period, there was once a special mine supervisor stationed here to be responsible for mining sapphires. The finest rubies were all royal tribute.

Ordinary sapphires, that is, the size of fingers, are precious. The sapphire the size of an egg is even more precious. If it were in a normal year, such a sapphire would definitely sell for tens of thousands of taels of silver. Now it's a troubled time, and sapphires aren't that valuable, but if you sell them for five or six thousand taels of silver, there's still no Dan question. No wonder Yunshang's eyes are bright, this is a treasure worth at least a few thousand taels of silver!

Yunsheng's cheeks were slightly red, sweet and excited, and he hurriedly put away the sapphire heart, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, master." ”

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "You and I are husband and wife, so what are you doing politely?" ”

Yunshang was shy and sweet when he said this, holding a sapphire in his hand, and he felt happy all over his body. A woman like her can be considered blessed to be able to follow Zhang Zhun. They were originally born in Qinglou, and the thing they most desire is naturally to be good. However, it is not so easy for a prostitute to be good, and the cost of redemption alone is a large amount of money.

The person you like may not be able to get such money. And the person who can get the money may not be what he likes. As a result, many prostitutes ended up marrying into merchant women, because only merchants had enough money to redeem them. Even a talented woman like Li Qingzhao will eventually marry a businesswoman, let alone others.

Yunshang felt that she was very lucky, and followed Ji Yuqing to Zhang Zhun's side, and naturally left the country. By coincidence, he and Zhang Zhun had a husband and wife affair. In the future, the status of a concubine will not be less. If you can give birth to a son and a half daughter, you can live like a normal person.

Zhang Zhun took out two more cloth bags, put them in front of Yun Sheng, and said casually: "This is for Yun Pei and Yun Yi, you give them together." ”

Yunshang hurriedly thanked him and took it over. When I opened it, sure enough, inside the two cloth bags were sapphires the size of two eggs. The sapphires given to Zhang Zhun by Changle County were three in total, just for the three sisters of the Yun family.

As for other women, there are naturally more appropriate gifts.

After Zhang Zhun finished eating, he moved around the courtyard. The place where he now lives is the side hall of the Heng King's Mansion. Such a gorgeous palace, Zhang Zhun was reluctant to burn it down, so he stayed for a few days temporarily. The courtyard had been cleaned, and the corpses, blood, and fallen flowers had all been removed. At a glance, there are only peach blossoms in full bloom, brilliant as the sun.

There was a sound of footsteps outside, followed by the information sent by the Maoyan Division: Zhu Dadian, the governor of Shandong, led the army to return from Fengyang Mansion in a hurry. Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, also left the customs from Shaanxi.

The city of Qingzhou was breached, the vassal king was expelled, and of course the imperial court refused to give up. I believe that Zhu Dadian's return is preparing to counterattack Qingzhou Mansion. It seems that he can't stay in this gorgeous Hengwang Mansion for many days.