"You are the shopkeeper of the Huang family's grain transportation this time, tell me, what is your identity in the Huang family, and if you can take on this kind of heavy responsibility, you must be a descendant of the Huang family!" Looking at Huang Yunfei, who was like an old farmer in front of him, Shi Lei still couldn't believe that he was the descendant of the Huang family, you know, since Shi Lei came to Daming, everyone he has seen, as long as he has a trace of ability, will dress himself upright.

The Huang family is not to say that it is rich and rivals the country, at least it is much richer than more than ninety percent of the people in the world, but the Huang family in front of them is actually wearing a sheepskin jacket that can be bought with a hundred and ten copper coins, and there is not a single luxury thing on his body.

"Who are you, why did you intercept our convoy, since you know the Huang family, you should know the ability of our Huang family in Shanxi, if you don't want to die without a place to be buried, leave quickly, otherwise, when the time comes to investigate afterwards, none of you will be able to escape, not only that, but also affect your family." In the face of Shi Lei's question, Huang Yunfei said boldly, but Huang Simeng beside him was already trembling with fright and speechless.

Although Huang Yunfei was dragged outside by his nephew just now, where could he run out, when Shi Lei saw the defeat of the Qi Ge Department, he ordered Chitu's cavalry team to go outside to set up an ambush to intercept those who tried to escape, and Chi Tu, who led the order, carried out this order very loyally, not only intercepted the Qi Ge Department, but even the Huang family who escaped were also captured one by one.

"Bang"

"Oops"

"His grandmother's, you can say whatever my young master asks, where is there so much nonsense, why did you intercept your convoy, you people who have forgotten their ancestors still dare to ask this, don't say that you don't know who your food is for, and who those people are just now, give me a clear pretense of confusion, and dare to threaten us, you don't want to think about it, we are not even afraid of the Manchu Tartars, are you afraid of you traitors, traitors?"

Hearing Huang Yunfei's words, Zhou Rang, who was standing on the side, kicked him in a fight, and then scolded and said, he was born in the Celestial Elephant Army, what he hates most is this kind of traitor, traitor, if Shi Lei didn't let him do it, he would have hacked these people to death with a knife.

Zhou Rang's kick completely shattered the last trace of fantasy in Huang Yunfei's heart, he never thought that the identity of the Eight Great Families not only had no effect, but also became a day of burden for him, but thinking of dealing with people who were indeed defeated by the Manchu Iron Cavalry, Huang Yunfei immediately lowered his head and did not speak.

"Let's say, your identity in the Huang family, as well as the details of this grain shipment, according to reason, shouldn't this kind of grain trafficking be operated by several of your eight families at the same time, why did the Huang family do it alone this time." Shi Lei asked curiously.

Huang Yunfei, who was completely dead, didn't say anything this time, but said honestly, "My name is Huang Yunfei, and I am the fourth oldest in the Huang family, this time"

After listening to Huang Yunfei's words, Shi Lei knew why what should have been done by several families would be carried by the Huang family alone, it turned out that this also had to blame Shi Lei, originally Li Chuang was going to send troops to the Northern Expedition after breaking through Xi'an, but Shi Lei threatened Niu Jinxing with Niu Jinxing's life, so that Niu Jinxing tried his best to persuade Li Zicheng to give up the southern expedition.

In this way, part of Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses inadvertently entered the territory of Shanxi, you know, Shaanxi, Shanxi has been one since ancient times, Xi'an is the southern gate of Shanxi, occupying Xi'an, taking advantage of the trend, you can quickly invade Shanxi, and most of the families of the eight families of the Jin Shang are in Qi County in the south of Shanxi, Daping, in this way, how can they not be in a hurry.

You must know that Li Zicheng started as a rogue, and he was born with a hatred for landlords and wealthy businessmen, if Li Zicheng is really allowed to invade Shanxi, then the wealth that the eight of them have accumulated over the years will not be cheap Li Zicheng.

But when the Eight Families were discussing how to fight against Li Zicheng, Dolgon's order to ask for food arrived, if it was usual, the Eight Families would have started to collect food a long time ago, but now that their families are about to die, how can they still take care of these things, and in desperation, they handed over this matter to the Huang family, who made a living by reselling grain.

In the eight families, although the Huang family started by reselling grain, it is also the weakest foundation in the eight families, and the other seven families have been operating for at least two or three generations, and their Huang family is Huang Yunfa, the Huang Yunfa brothers' generation has only begun to make a living, and they make a living by reselling grain, in desperation, the Huang brothers can only do this single business, after all, the Manchu Qing bid is still very high, and it is for this single business that the Huang family even took out the money at the bottom of the box to buy food. If there is any mistake in this batch of grain, it means that the Huang family will be completely defeated.

"My lord, how to deal with these people, do you want to" After Huang Yunfei finished saying everything, Zhou Rang on the side whispered in Shi Lei's ear, and at the same time gestured with his hand on his neck, meaning, if he didn't kill them all.

After listening to Huang Yunfei's words, Shi Lei couldn't help sighing, and at the same time secretly thought, 'It's really a cycle of cause and effect, retribution is not happy, in the past, you sent food and news to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which led to the tragic death of countless Ming people under the Manchu knife, but today your Huang family is downcast because of me, and you can be regarded as self-inflicted." ’

Thinking about this, Shi Lei shook his head at Zhou Rang and said, "Forget it, bring them all back, anyway, now we are short of people everywhere, so let them work in the iron mine, and it can be regarded as forgiving their previous sins." ”

A.D. 1643, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Layue

Before the examination, everyone, including their own people in the Dashun Army, did not expect that this imperial examination would attract so many people, not only the scholars of Shaanxi, but also the scholars of the surrounding Shanxi, Ningxia, and even Shudi, Henan, Hubei and other places came to take the exam, so that the Dashun Army, which was completely unprepared in advance, was completely panicked.

But this incident made everyone in the Dashun Army extremely happy, because it meant that their Dashun Army had finally completely gotten rid of the identity of the Liukou and became a decisive force, and, judging from the fact that the scholars came to take the exam, more and more people were optimistic about them, and this also showed that these people were disappointed and abandoned by the Ming Dynasty.

And the success of the imperial examination this time also made Li Zicheng's already large belly even more inflated, and his goal was already aimed at a higher place.

At the same time as the imperial examination was held in Xi'an, a small thing also happened in Beijing, that is, the eldest daughter of Emperor Chongzhen, the sixteen-year-old princess Zhu Weiyuan of Changping, finally agreed to marry someone, although it was said that the emperor's daughter did not worry about marrying, but the average princess, at the age of fourteen or fifteen, either had already chosen a horse, or had already married, like Princess Changping, who was sixteen years old, and had not yet been married, it was a minority.

Forbidden City, Kunning Palace

"Pedal pedal pedal, bang"

A rush of footsteps stopped outside the door, and then there was a heavy push on the door.

Queen Zhou, who was sorting out her belongings, couldn't help frowning and looked up, when she saw the person coming, the depression on her face suddenly dissipated, replaced by a smile on her face, and said, "Changping is here, come and see, I am choosing the style of the wedding dress for you with my grandmother, you come and see, what do you like, you are the first daughter of the queen mother to marry, but I can't treat you badly." ”

It's just that Zhu Weiyuan, who looked like a thousand years of ice on her face, said coldly, "Queen Mother, why did you recruit relatives for the child, but the child didn't know at all, and now it has been announced to the world, and the child knows." ”

"Hey, you stupid child, the marriage of your children has always been the words of your parents, how could you tell you in advance, besides, Zhou Xian's child, you haven't seen it, a talent, good looks, and the most important thing is to be loyal and honest, you will definitely be good to you in the future, what, you are not satisfied." Empress Zhou asked.

"The queen mother, it's not the reason why you can't look down on it, but the child has no intention of getting married at all, the child has long said that the world is not quiet, and he will never get married, but now, anyway, the child doesn't care, if the child really wants to get married, the child would rather die." After finishing speaking, Zhu Weiyuan turned around and ran away, leaving the stunned Queen Zhou and a few grandmothers.

After running from Kunning Palace to her dormitory, Zhu Weiyuan couldn't help crying anymore, don't look at her always being so strong in front of outsiders, but the pain in her heart, she will never tell others, she is not really so resistant to getting married, and the reason why she is unwilling to marry is because of the person who is deep in her heart.

The young man who was sent to a remote and impoverished place for the sake of his promise, she didn't know how he was now, or even if he was still alive, she didn't know, but she just couldn't let go, although he had also seen Zhou Xian, that person was indeed as the queen mother said, dignified, honest and honest, but every time she saw Zhou Xian, she couldn't help but think of the young man she had only met a few times, the young man who talked eloquently in front of her, as if the world was in her chest.

'Perhaps, this is our fate, although God let us meet, but we are destined to have no fate, although our hearts are very unwilling, but how can we fight against fate, so, I owe you in this life, I can only pay it back in the next life, just hope, in the next life, you can still remember that there is such a person as me. While shedding tears, Zhu Weiyuan thought silently.

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