"Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng!" Li Guo chanted twice: "This name is good, it sounds very smooth, but it is not loud enough, unlike other Eight Kings, Shooting the Sky, and Zijin Liang, you can't forget it when you hear it." “

"Well, that's right!" Li Zicheng nodded, he lowered his head and thought for a moment: "Let's call it a general, didn't Emperor Zhu say that he was the Son of Heaven?" Even if it's the sky above our heads, we have to break out of a big hole! ”

"yes, a big hole!" Li Guo was made enthusiastic by his uncle's passionate words.

Like most of the victors, Yang He, after winning the Battle of the Xichuan River, set his way to the old camp of Shen Yikui. The only thing that made him feel a little fly in the ointment was that the goods seized from the old camp of Shen Yikui were much less than he expected, and he originally planned to reward the three armies with this wealth, and encourage the soldiers to chase and fight fiercely, and wipe out the Shaanxi group in one fell swoop.

Xingyuan, compared to when Shen Yikui lived at the time, this courtyard that originally belonged to a certain squire had been cleaned up. Although due to the relationship of time, it is too late to renovate the house, but the furnishings inside the house have been renovated, and the heavy fur, chairs, incense burners, and flag furnishings are arranged, as if it is already a study worthy of Yang He's noble status.

"Jiansheng, look at the head of this meritorious service, it's a bit too much." At this time, Yang He returned to his usual appearance of a steady and graceful senior civil official: "There are four people who have reported killing the gods, how can there be four gods in the world?" “

"Lord Maker!" Zhao Wende smiled slightly: "It should be that the generals are eager to make meritorious contributions, after all, no one has seen what the god looks like before the war, and they will report it after killing the thief leader, maybe they can meet it." Now that the battle has been won, these subtleties should not be pressed too hard. “

"Hmm!" Yang He nodded, he understood what Zhao Wende had not yet spoken, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the status of civil officials has gradually overtaken that of military attachés, and gradually formed a situation of civil nobility and military inferiority. But in any case, the warrior is still the eagle dog of the heavenly family, and the civil official can only use the power of the imperial power to drive the warrior like a domestic slave. The imperial power of the Ming generation is unprecedentedly concentrated, don't look at those Jinshi masters are all noble and noble, but their strength ultimately comes from the imperial power, not themselves. Without the protection of the imperial power, not to mention that he couldn't deal with the arrogant and domineering generals, and even the tenants and domestic slaves in his own family couldn't resist it. Don't look at Yang He, who is already a second-grade member of Jinshi, but if it weren't for the hard work of veterans like Du Wenhuan, I'm afraid this battle would not be able to win, and the only thing waiting for him was the edict.

"Then bring that Liu Donkey, he should know the appearance of Shen Yikui."

Yang He's order was immediately passed out by the Chinese army, and after several loud voices through several doors, it became louder and louder, and finally hit the shadow wall outside the gate, stirring up a wave of echoes.

Liu Donkey was already waiting outside the gate to be heard, although he had already received the promise of the Ningxia Town General from Yang He, but at this time he was standing outside the gate, thinking of the glory and wealth after becoming a general, and worrying about whether Yang He would feel that he was useless and would break the promise and take his life. At this time, Liu Cheng was already busy with other things, not by his side, and there was no one to speak. At this time, when he heard the rumor, he couldn't help but tremble, hurriedly tidied up his clothes, and staggered towards the door. A colonel guarding the gate stopped him, looked him up and down, and asked, "Are you Liu Donkey?" “

"The villain is Liu Donkey!" He replied in a low voice, his voice trembling slightly.

"Untie all your weapons!"

Liu Donkey honestly untied the waist knife and handed it to the colonel, who handed the waist knife to the soldier next to him, and searched him again before letting him in. Liu Donkey passed through two doors, and then through the two rows of personal soldiers under the steps, and was brought into Yang He's study by the Chinese army, where he knelt in front of the governor. Liu Donkey only felt that his whole body did not belong to him, and he knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.

"Master Zhangtai, this is Liu Donkey!" The Chinese army said goodbye and stood aside. Liu Donkey, who was kneeling on the ground, could understand it, and he didn't know where he had more strength, and shouted: "The last general, no, the sinner Liu Donkey will see the master of the stage!" “

"Hehe, General Liu, although you used to be a thief in the past, but today you have a counterattack, killing the thief and the country have merit, and you have washed away the charges on your body, so don't call yourself a sinner, get up!" Yang He smiled and said: "Come on, take a seat with General Liu!" “

Where did the Chinese army on the side get a small horse, Liu Donkey confessed a crime, got up and sat on half of his buttocks. Yang He asked with a smile, "Have you ever met that god when you were in the thief camp?" “

"Yes."

"What is recognizable when you see his head?"

When Liu Donkey heard that Yang He needed his service, he was secretly happy in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "Recognize it!" ”

"Good!" Yang He nodded, made a gesture, the Chinese army passed through, and four heads were brought in from the outside, Liu Donkey carefully identified them one by one, and finally shook his head: "Tell my lord, there is no head of Shen Yikui here." ”

"Ah, you're saying that none of these four heads are gods?"

"Exactly!" Liu Donkey raised his head and looked at Yang He's face carefully, lest he become the target of Yang He's anger: "The villain has just identified them one by one, and among the four heads, two of them are the heads of the thief and the scorpion block, and the other two villains don't recognize them." “

Yang He's face became gloomy, he originally thought that although his subordinates had taken the lead, the head of this god must be among them, so it would be harmless. But now when he heard Liu Donkey say this, he couldn't help but worry in his heart, he paced back and forth a few times, and suddenly asked: "You tell Shen Yikui's appearance carefully, so that you can find his body in the chaos tomorrow." ”

"Yes!" Liu Donkey carefully explained Shen Yikui's figure and appearance, and finally hesitated for a while, and finally said in a low voice: "Lord Zhangtai, the villain doesn't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

"In front of me, if there is anything that should not be said, say it!"

"Lord Zhengtai, that Shen Yikui was born as a deserter from Shuobei, and he is very good at riding and martial arts, and most of the hundreds of soldiers around him are old men and horse thieves, I'm afraid-" Liu Donkey paused when he said this, but his meaning was already very clear-I'm afraid that Shen Yikui had already escaped.

"I see, you go down!"

Liu Donkey kowtowed and retreated. Yang He stood up, turned around twice in front of the head, and suddenly asked Zhao Wende: "How likely do you think this guy said?" ”

"Lord Taiwan, it doesn't matter how much it is true, but there are people on the side of the Shaanxi Political Secretary and in the court, and if there is a handle in their hands, it will inevitably become the reason for their attack." Speaking of this, Zhao Wende paused for a moment and continued: "In fact, there are a lot of gains in this battle, as long as it is truthfully said that the thief head god does not know his whereabouts and is stepping up his arrest, the saint will not blame." ”

"Hmm!" Yang He nodded and sighed: "It seems that my cultivation of the mind is still not enough, and I always want to finish my work in one battle." ”

"My lord, this is worried about state affairs!" Zhao Wende slapped Yang He silently, and said with a smile: "This piece of music is sent to Beijing, and the Son of Heaven can rest assured about Western affairs." ”

"Yes!" Yang He sighed: "The next thing is to appease him, the thief leader has been captured, and the rest of the thieves are naturally discouraged, as long as they are a little carnant, they will definitely be willing to disarm and return to their hometown." ”

Just when Yang He was full of ambition for the future, Liu Cheng was in a crisis, or more precisely, a siege at a banquet. As a former project manager, he is naturally not a chick at the wine table, but he has basically not drunk much wine in the past half a year, and he basically eats coarse grains on weekdays, which may be due to insufficient fat reserves.

"Mr. Liu Qian, you are from Xi'an, and I am also from Xi'an, we are both from the township, you must drink this bowl of wine!" An officer surnamed Wang next to him handed over a large bowl dripping with wine, and Liu Cheng couldn't help but curse secretly in his stomach: "When did I become a traverser in Daming Township." He didn't take the bowl in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "This brother, I've already drunk a little too much, it's better to put down this bowl of wine for the time being, and let's make up for it in the future!" ”

"Today is today, and tomorrow is tomorrow, and it can be mixed up." The man insisted on touching the wine bowl with Liu Cheng, drank it full, turned the empty bowl over and shook it in front of everyone, and the colleagues on the table immediately let out an exclamation, Liu Cheng had to frown and drink the wine in the bowl, the wine just went down to his stomach and felt a surge in his stomach, and a sour liquid poured up his throat

Vomiting.

After vomiting for a while, Liu Chengcai felt better, but he still felt that his whole body was sore and weak, so he went back to say goodbye to everyone, and staggered to his residence. Liu Cheng walked for a while, felt a burst of overturning in his abdomen, and hurriedly walked to the wall to hold on to it and vomited. After vomiting for a while, Liu Cheng only felt that he was about to vomit out his intestines, and after vomiting, he didn't care about being dirty, so he sat down at the root of the wall and rested against the wall. After a while, Liu Cheng was about to stand up, but a person came in the dark, stopped seven or eight steps away from Liu Cheng, and asked in a deep voice: "Are you Liu Cheng and Liu Qian?" “

The arrival of this uninvited guest made Liu Cheng's heart suddenly raise his vigilance, and he pretended to be a drunk: "What is Mr. Liu Qian, I am your grandfather!" “

The man in the dark was not annoyed, and sneered: "Liu Qian is always a clever person, no wonder people are worried about your head!" As he spoke, he slashed at the head, Liu Cheng hurriedly pulled out the knife to block it, but his hands and feet were soft now, so he could only reluctantly push the other party's saber away, and the knife slashed on the wall and sparked, only a few inches away from Liu Cheng's cheek, if it weren't for this wall, I was afraid that even half of Liu Cheng's shoulder would be removed. Frightened, Liu Cheng hurriedly got up, turned around and ran, but was hit by the other party's leg on his back, fell to the ground, and just turned over, the man was already standing in front of Liu Cheng, and the tip of the knife was close to Liu Cheng's throat.

At this time, Liu Cheng had the strength to see the face of the person who came, only to see that the other party was wearing a fat jacket often worn by Ming soldiers, and his face was covered with a black cloth. Liu Cheng had to calm himself down and asked, "This brother, where did I, Liu Cheng, offend you on weekdays and force you to do this?" ”

"Liu Qianhu, I have no grievances with you, but I just take people's money and people to eliminate disasters. You'd better get on the road early and go to the king of Hades to ask what happened! The man couldn't help but break up, and he was about to stab Liu Cheng in the chest with a knife. Liu Cheng's hands and feet were sore at this time, so he could only close his eyes and wait for death. At this moment, another person sprang out of the shadow, grabbed the right arm of the masked man holding the knife, slammed it hard behind his back, and then stabbed twice from the left side. The masked man opened his mouth before, but there was only a hoarse voice, and his body fell limp. The man in the back wiped the dagger twice on the corpse and asked Liu Cheng, who was lying on the ground, "My lord, are you okay?" ”

Liu Cheng looked up, but it was his subordinate Wang Xingguo, and he smiled bitterly: "I can't imagine that it's you, help me up." “

"Be careful, sir!" Wang Xingguo stretched out his hand and helped Liu Cheng up from the ground: "There is another person who came with this guy, who was left behind and let go of the wind, and also gave me the result, fortunately, there was no mistake." ”

"One more?" Liu Cheng picked up the saber on the ground and removed the black cloth on the corpse's face, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's him?" ”

"Your Excellency, do you recognize him?"

"Hmm!" Liu Cheng nodded, the corpse on the ground was still desperately toasting to himself and talking to himself before half a cup of tea, but in a blink of an eye, he was about to poke a few holes in his body, thinking of this Liu Cheng couldn't help but shudder,

"You swoop him and see what's there." Liu Cheng's voice was a little cold.

"Hmm!" Wang Xingguo answered, groped on the corpse for a while, in addition to some bits and pieces, there were two large ingots of silver, and Liu Cheng weighed about forty taels.

"Just for a little bit of money it costs my life." Liu Cheng sneered, not knowing whether he was laughing at the dead on the ground or laughing at the worthlessness of his life in the eyes of others.

"There should be more than that, it's just a deposit, and there should be another sum after the fact." Wang Xingguo replied. Liu Cheng glanced at his subordinate, he didn't pay too much attention to the other party before this, it seems that this is a matter of his own vision.

"How did you find out that this man was going to kill me?"

"At the wine table, I felt that this guy was wrong, he toasted the adults several times, and when he drank by himself, a bowl of wine was poured out of half a bowl, and the adults just went out for a while, and he followed out, if I can't see that these eyes are really white."