Zhou Hao raised his vigilance, ordered the team to slow down, and drew out their long knives one by one, and one of the cavalrymen saw this and said, "I'm afraid that he will do something, let's do a damn vote on the hundredth." ”

Zhou Hao is not afraid of fighting, the important thing is that he is shouldering a very important task, once the two sides are not in harmony with each other, the war starts, and a major event is missed, it will be bad. At this time, Zhou Hao took out his pistol and was ready to take precautions.

The team obviously saw the troops led by Zhou Hao, and actually drove towards Zhou Hao's side, and when they approached, the team divided into two teams and came towards Zhou Hao in the form of two wings.

"Prepare for battle!"

With Zhou Hao's order, all the cavalry lit up their long knives, obviously showing their strength to the other party.

The team got closer and closer, and Zhou Hao suddenly felt that this team was very familiar, could it be......

"Is it Brother Zhou Hao?"

It was Cheng Yue's voice, this team turned out to be Cheng Yue's troops, Zhou Hao remembered that Cheng Yue used himself to block thieves and bandits, and he was angry, but then he thought that Cheng Yue was Huang Degong's subordinate, which would help him see Huang Degong as quickly as possible, and he couldn't be emotional at this time, so he immediately stepped forward and said: "Brother Cheng, it's Zhou Hao down there, don't come unharmed!" ”

Soon, Cheng Yue walked not far from Zhou Hao, and immediately hugged Zhou Hao and said: "Brother Zhou, I failed to lead the troops to come that day as promised, but in fact, I encountered a few bandits in the cottage halfway, and I hope Brother Zhou will forgive me." ”

Zhou Hao didn't know whether Cheng Yue had encountered bandits or was intentional, and he couldn't tear his face with him now, and he had to use him to find Huang Degong, so he said: "There, it is also a blessing to be able to meet someone like Brother Cheng." ”

At this time, Wu Xiong and Shen Tao also came over to greet Zhou Hao.

Cheng Yue saw that Zhou Hao personally led hundreds of people, so he said strangely: "Brother Zhou, this is?" ”

Zhou Hao said: "I have become a hundred generals under the command of Gao Jie, and General Gao Jie has something important for me to sue Huang Degong." ”

Cheng Yue never expected that Zhou Hao would be mixed up in the army in just a few days, and if he wanted something, it must be a big business, and he must be a giant gentry in the north to protect his property, so he said: "I don't know what, dare to bother Brother Zhou to tell him?" ”

Zhou Hao knew that since he wanted to use Cheng Yue to see Huang Degong, he could no longer hide it from him, so he said: "If Brother Cheng can help me, it will not be a problem to pay homage to Brother Cheng within ten days, and the glory and wealth are at your fingertips, I don't know if Brother Cheng is willing?" ”

Cheng Yue is a guy who sees money, and when he heard Zhou Hao say this, he was even more anxious to know what was going on, so he said: "I just escorted the previous batch of salt to Nanjing, and it happened to be fine, if Brother Zhou needs to help, just say." ”

Cheng Yue saw that Zhou Hao had become a hundred generals in just a few days, wearing a Ming military uniform, chain mail, and a black cloak, quite a military style, but he had some skills, so it was better to take a look at what was going on.

Zhou Hao is actually more and more like the ancients in terms of dressing and behaving now, except that his hair is a little short and his hair is not tied up.

When Shen Tao and Wu Xiong heard this, they also said: "Brother Zhou, we are all brothers, if Brother Zhou has any difficulties, just tell my brothers." ”

As soon as Shen Tao and Wu Xiong said this, Zhou Hao remembered that these two people were Liu Liangzuo's subordinates, and they were also useful, so he was overjoyed and said: "Okay, it's not in vain that I Zhou Hao got to know all the brothers, everyone has blessings and hardships, this glory and wealth can't be swallowed by one person, to be honest, it's useful for everyone, this matter is easy for a few people, but if you do it, you will be rich and noble." ”

Zhou Hao lured him to his advantage while enticing him, and the effect was really good, these people have been mixing in the officialdom of the army for many years, and they felt that what Zhou Hao said was true, so they flattered him one after another.

Zhou Hao said: "I don't know if Brother Cheng knows that Mr. Huang is far from here?" ”

Cheng Yue was afraid that Zhou Hao would know where Huang Degong was, so he left himself alone to look for it, so he said: "Zhou Hao, don't worry, I will take you to see General Huang tomorrow." ”

Zhou Hao was overjoyed and said, "Will it be visible tomorrow?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "What, Brother Zhou doesn't believe it, Brother Zhou don't worry, tomorrow I will lead you to see Huang Degong's general soldiers, it's getting late, there is a market town in front, let's stay there." ”

As soon as Zhou Hao heard that Huang Degong would be seen tomorrow, judging from Cheng Yue's expression, it was not a lie, so he said: "Okay! ”

……

The night shrouded the city of Beijing, there were dots of fire in the city, it looked like a dead silence, the Qianqing Palace was brightly lit, and the guards were all guarding with knives.

Concubine Dou personally combed Li Zicheng's hair, in just over half a month, Li Zicheng lost a lot, her cheeks were deep, her face was dark, she used a grate to get a lot of lice from Li Zicheng's head, and then put it on her spring-like jade hand, squeezed it off with the nails of her two thumbs, and made a slight peeling sound.

Li Zicheng suddenly turned his head, looked at her serious appearance, squeezed out a rare smile on his silent face, and said, "Are you dirty?" ”

Concubine Dou bowed down and replied: "The emperor is very moved to beat the world's concubines, and it is reasonable to be dirty." ”

Li Zicheng sighed and said: "In the past, when there was a war, there would be lice in the cracks of the armor, because sometimes I didn't take off my armor for several months, and I slept in armor at night, for fear that the enemy would call. ”

Li Zicheng seemed to sink into the memories of the past, Concubine Dou listened carefully, and said: "When the concubines read books, they all said 'the armor gives birth to lice', and the concubines didn't believe it before, but now they believe it." ”

Concubine Dou's warmth made Li Zicheng feel a long-lost affection, which made the gloom of defeat seem to be a lot less, and under the excitement, he grabbed Concubine Dou's jade hand, and didn't know what to say.

Concubine Dou was also emotional, and after a moment, she said, "The concubine has come to serve Your Majesty to bathe and change clothes." ”

Li Zicheng nodded.

The bath has been finished, Li Zicheng has been tortured by various things to be physically and mentally exhausted, fell on the bed, a refreshing fragrance came to the nose, Concubine Dou half pulled down the curtain, sat on the edge of Li Zicheng's bed, extremely moving, the mood was both shy and excited, looking at Li Zicheng expectantly, as if waiting for his words or a hint.

How Li Zicheng didn't understand what Concubine Dou meant, one hand flicked her slender jade fingers, and suddenly Wen Cun's eyes disappeared, replaced by cold and tired, and said softly: "Wake me up after a while, I have something important to discuss with the ministers." ”

Concubine Dou stepped back and pulled down the curtain, her eyes full of disappointment.

……

The town was not very large, sandwiched between two hills and a river, with a river running through the city, and several mountain forts on both sides of the hills, which were obviously often looted by bandits.

On the east side of the river, there are dozens of houses scattered around, but the owner here is long gone, the gate is almost open, and Zhou Hao and Cheng Yue's soldiers are stationed here.

Torches were lit in the house, and Zhou Hao, Cheng Yue, Shen Tao, Wu Xiong and others were all sitting in the house.

After listening to Zhou Hao's account, Cheng Yue and the others were shocked: "Is what Brother Zhou said true? ”

Zhou Hao knew that in order to get help from these people, he had to win their trust, so he directly took out Lu Jiude's letter and let them see it, which was covered with the big seal of Fengyang's garrison, which seemed to be impossible to fake.

Cheng Yue and others all know: "Participating in this matter, once successful, King Fu will ascend to the pole and become the emperor, and he can become a hero, and the future will be really limitless at that time." ”

Cheng Yue was originally a person who saw the wind and steered the rudder, and saw that the Ming Dynasty was about to end, and was ready to defect to Li Zicheng, and when he saw Li Zicheng who surrendered to his old ministers of the Ming family one by one, torture and plunder, and rob his property, he was suddenly disheartened, and suddenly had this business, once it was done, it was better than keeping ten darts silver. If you have a good relationship with Zhou Hao, Zhou Hao will say a few beautiful words in front of the future emperor, it will really be a step to the sky. began to regret using Zhou Hao to block the bandits for himself, but now all he can do is try his best to please Zhou Hao.

Shen Tao and Wu Xiong didn't have this kind of idea, they didn't belong to the power of the vassal king of that way, so they were not interested in the succession of the vassal king of that way, they were only interested in how to get wealth and beauty in these years, I heard that Zhou Hao still needs to find Liu Liangzuo, and he is Liu Liangzuo's subordinate, just to be a good guide, and he will have his own share of the credit in the future.

Zhou Hao looked at everyone's expressions and knew that most of the things had been successful, and he only needed to let Cheng Yue take him to see Huang Degong tomorrow. According to Cheng Yue, Huang Degong is cleaning up thieves in Huai'an Province, not far from here.

The night was deeper, the sky was full of stars, the insects were whining, but the market town was brightly lit.