"Xiaguan experienced the difficulties of Li Chuang in Beijing, and escaped the claws of Jianjiao, and was about to return to the south to stay in the capital, and experienced the territory of Shandong's east, first being isolated here as a fugitive, and now it is not easy to come out, but your family does not provide foot wife strength for Xiaguan. The decency of the court, the decency of the officials......"

"The dignity of the decent officials of the imperial court has been lost by people like you." Yu Guozhen snorted and interrupted this guy who still couldn't understand the changes of the times: "Go on your back, every manpower I have here is useful, and every use is much more important than carrying a bag for you." ”

"Huh......"

Yu Guozhen no longer paid attention to him, and Wei Xuelian felt that taking out his deceased father's name would inevitably suppress Yu Guozhen, and when he found that his biggest reliance was useless, he realized that what he relied on was not worth anything at all.

Suddenly a sense of shame welled up in his heart, he hid his face with his sleeves, carried his bags, and staggered away.

In Shandong's eastern territory, in winter, Yu Guozhen organized 100,000 victims to dredge the river, renovate the river embankment and canal, solve the hidden dangers before the rainy season, and start from the Dezhou section, the canal was unobstructed again. It's just that those who go south, Huwei all check the road guide along the way, or passes, and those who come from the epidemic area can only show the road guide provided by Huwei to prove that they have been isolated, and then they are allowed to go south on the boat, and all those who have no road guide will be sent to the isolation camp. Therefore, Wei Xuelian took a boat in Dezhou and arrived in Xu'zhou in two days.

At this time, the Chuang army had already abandoned Xu'zhou, and Zu Kuan, who was originally stationed in Yanzhou, Shandong, moved to Huai'an. Gao Jie, who was born in the army, guarded Xu'zhou. Wei Xuelian was stunned by Yu Guozhen, knowing that Gao Jie was more difficult than Yu Guozhen, where did he dare to provoke, and was thinking about leaving quickly, but he was recognized on the dock.

"Isn't this Brother Wei, you also escaped from Jingshi!"

The man was overjoyed when he saw him, Wei Xuelian looked at him, and his face was also happy: "It turned out to be the brother who came." The brother who came also escaped the catastrophe, very good, very good! ”

"Not only did I get out, but Zhou Jiesheng also got out of trouble."

When Wei Xuelian heard that Zhou Zhong was also out of trouble, his expression was somewhat embarrassed. However, Wu Changshi was calm and calm, and he walked forward. patted Wei Xuelian on the shoulder and said, "Brother Ziyi, you look like this...... It must have come from the east of the mountain, right? ”

"Didn't the second brother come here from the east?" Hear that. Wei Xuelian's heart sank.

"Yu Guozhen, the dog thief of the troubled country, is in the east of the mountain. We didn't have the courage to be a brother, so we naturally took a detour. Fortunately, there are still family guards around, which can be regarded as a thrill. Wu Changshi was angry: "It's just right that the first brother is here, and he will go with the two of me to see Gao Zhen." ”

"It's already a prosperous uncle." Next to him, Zhou Zhong said lightly.

The three of them deliberately did not mention their experience in the capital, which was a great shame for the three of them. Wei Xuelian was forced to break into the army and served as the secretary of the household government. Fang led the official seal, and Li Zicheng withdrew from the Beijing Division. Zhou Zhong is heavily influenced by the bull Venus. is regarded as the first protégé of Prime Minister Niu. Wu Changshi is even more virtuous, recommending Liu Zongmin and Li Zicheng. The three of them persuaded Li Zicheng to ascend the throne. did not work hard, and even called Chongzhen's death "the head of the only husband and the return of the four seas", Li Zicheng's personal merits "more martial arts than Yao Shun, and more shameless than Tang Wu", in order to compete for who these two sentences came from, Wei Xuelian and Zhou Zhong also attacked each other in private.

At the beginning, Li Zicheng used a thin-skinned coffin to put the charred corpse found in the fire in front of the palace gate, and the rest of the ministers who surrendered could not help but worship and cry when they passed by, but these three people passed by with high spirits, as if they had not seen anything.

However, when Li Chuang withdrew from the Beijing Division, he knew that these people were unreliable and ordered them to stay, and they also took the opportunity to flee south with their belongings. It's just that Wei Xuelian sent the servants who persuaded him to commit suicide to avoid insulting the name of his father and brother back to his hometown before Li broke into Beijing, and there were no subordinates to support him temporarily. Wu Changshi and Zhou Zhong were different, they took their servants to the south, and they had the status of officials appointed by Li Chuang, and they did not embarrass them along the way. But the detour to the south took a long time, and Wei Xuelian was quarantined for fifteen days, and he arrived in Xuzhou at the same time as them.

"What are you going to do to see Xingpingbo!" Wei Xuelian was very reluctant: "Xingping Bowu is arrogant, and he is a thief......

"It is precisely because Xingping Bo was born as a thief that he needs to see him even more." Wu Changshi smiled coldly: "Ziyi, don't you understand that the world has changed, we don't have troops in our hands, so everything is discordant." Even in today's Jinling City, snakes and scorpions are also in charge, Qian Muzhai and Lu Xian are suppressed by the eunuchs, how can they save us? ”

"What do you mean?"

"The three of us have endured humiliation and secretly lived under the rule of rebellion, although the three of us are determined and have no way to rebel, but when we get to the south, we can't tell if we have nothing to rely on." Wu Changshi lowered his voice: "If you want to protect yourself, you need Guangdong aid!" ”

Wei Xuelian's heart suddenly brightened!

Being an official under the rule of Li Chuang is his great shame, and it is also his monstrous disaster, if someone finds out about this matter after escaping to Jinling, he will have to shed his skin if he does not die, let alone think about the fame and wealth in this life. Wu Changshi and Zhou Zhong are all like this, if they want to get rid of this crime, they must have a powerful person to vouch for it, and the Donglin Fushe is fighting with the eunuchs in Jinling City, they went to Jinling, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi and Shi Kefa and others in order to avoid them becoming an excuse for the eunuchs to attack, they must first cut them off, and even throw them out first!

The only solution is to have the help of foreign vassals.

"Ziyi probably took a boat along the way, and he didn't inquire about Jinling, so he didn't know anything." Zhou Zhong said lightly.

This is a ridicule of Wei Xuelian, and the mustard of the two in Beijing because they wrote a persuasion table for Li Zicheng has not disappeared yet. Wei Xuelian was speechless, but Wu Changshi said: "Previously, Duke Qian and Duke Lu were originally preparing to support King Lu, but the eunuchs brought the four towns to coerce, so the Fu clan was established. The eunuch party is so proud, it is nothing more than a soldier, now I Donglin Restoration Society with the same Lianzhi, but there is only Zuo Liangyu in the hands of the soldiers of a town, if we can pull Gao Jie over again, Yu Donglin Restoration Society, we will have a great achievement, but also worry about money, Lu Zhugong does not die to protect us? ”

"Gao Jie has been sealed as an uncle now, how can it be so easy to pull it over......"

"Gao Jie was made an uncle, but Yu Guozhen was made a marquis! The merit of supporting the establishment is not as good as Yu Guozhen's watching and watching the fall of Jingshi in the east of the mountain, how can Gao Jie not be jealous in his heart? What's more, among the four towns, he and Zu Kuan are in Xuzhou and Huai'an, which is clearly to put the two of them forward to face Yu Guozhen, how can they not resent in their hearts? Wu Changshi laughed: "Brother Ziyi, although you have a family history, you still have to figure out and understand the four words of the vast Fa. ”

He was triumphant, but Wei Xuelian had to admire. It is no wonder that after Zhou Yanru was the first assistant, Wu Changshi was able to call the wind and rain in the court, and he was known as a man with hands and eyes!

"Okay, I'll go with my brother to see this Xingping Bo!"

The three of them are quite famous in the Beijing Division, especially when Wu Chang heard that the three of them asked to see him, Gao Jie did not let them wait too long.

This earl's palace was originally the mansion of a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, although it was broken by the invasion army, but it was generally preserved. In the large courtyard that was four deep, there were tiger warriors everywhere, and although the military discipline was loose, it could be seen from the fierceness on their faces that these people were not good at stubble. Wu Changshi and the three of them also saw a somewhat familiar smell in these warriors, and they had this smell in the Chuang army they saw in the Beijing Division.

"Three talented people came to see our Lao Tzu, I don't know what happened?" Gao Jie took a seat and did not give a seat, and asked bluntly after they had finished saluting.

Wu Changshi secretly looked at Gao Jie and felt that this person was majestic and heroic. Such a person cannot be persuaded, but can only be provoked by force. He stroked his beard and smiled: "I heard that Xing Pingbo will die soon, so the three of us came to mourn." ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, it made Wei Xuelian's heart tremble.

"Bold!" The warriors next to him were suddenly annoyed and scolded one after another, and Gao Jie's eyes widened angrily, staring at them, taking their expressions in his eyes.

Wu Changshi smiled, Zhou Zhong was still arrogant, and Wei Xuelian was trembling.

"Our Lao Tzu has 100,000 male soldiers, and he has just been named Xingping Bo by the imperial court, the beauty has not slept enough, the wine has not been drunk enough, and the enemy has not been killed, how can it be so easy to die?" Gao Jie sneered: "Mr. Wu, if you have anything to say, just say it directly." ”

"What Xia Guan said is the truth, when he learned that Gao Shuai was named Uncle and went out of the town of Xuzhou, Xia Guan knew that Gao Shuai was not far from death."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Gao Shuai and Li Chuang have a hatred of taking his wife, and now Li Chuang's army is in the west of Xu'zhou, across the canal, and the flag can be seen. Gao Shuai's military discipline is not good, and he kills and loots in vain, and Nanhai Bo - no, Nanhai Hou Yu Guozhen is the most hypocrite, and he hates military discipline and rebellion the most in his life, Nanhai Huwei, is in the north of Gao Shuai. Gao Shuai's so-called 100,000 male soldiers, can Li Chuang and Yu thieves be flanked? ”

"I have 100,000 soldiers, Zu Kuan has 50,000 soldiers, Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo also have their own soldiers, Yu Guozhen and the thieves themselves are incompatible, no matter which side comes to attack me, I will contact the other side to attack it."

Gao Jie has some brains, but he knows in his heart that neither Yu Guozhen nor Li Zicheng will cooperate with him. Yu Guozhen hated him for his corrupt military discipline and stuck the canal traffic for extortion, if he hadn't been able to pull out, he would have come to trouble him a long time ago. Li Zicheng and him have a deep hatred like the sea, he abducted Li Zicheng's wife, Mrs. Xing, and the grudge between the two sides cannot be resolved. The only thing he can rely on is the support of the imperial court, and the other three towns will come to help him when the time comes.

"Gao Shuai believes this? Not to mention Li Chuang and Yu Thief, just talk about the other three towns, who will come to save Gao Shuai? In the imperial court, they are suspicious of Gao Shuai's background, and the other three towns are afraid that Gao Shuai has many soldiers, and they are afraid that they will be eager to tie Gao Shuai to Li Chuang or Yu Thief, in order to be safe for a while! ”

When Gao Jie said this, his hair suddenly stood up.

"Only I, Donglin, Fushe, put national affairs first, and am willing to be handsome." When Wu Changshi said this, the cold light in his eyes overflowed: "This Wei Ziyi is the heir of the late Wei Zhongjie Gongda, the gentleman of Donglin, and the world admires him, and with his help, he can win the hearts of the people." This Zhou Jiesheng, the main alliance of the Restoration Society, has been in Hou Xinxiang in the South China Sea for a year and a half, and has won his skills in training and making weapons. As for me, Wu Chang came from time to time, and he is good at the art of the emperor, and if he can put Zhou Yixing in the position of first assistant, he can also make General Gao the king and the marquis! ”

(To be continued)