The second year of Chongzhen, spring!

Spring in the mountains comes relatively late, although the calendar has turned to spring, but the temperature seems to be still in the depths of winter, cold and cold. On this morning, when Zhang Yingxian woke up, she felt a little cold, because Qiu Ye hadn't come to sleep with her recently. The reason is simple, she feels safe and doesn't need to have autumn leaves as a talisman anymore.

This man's identity is actually low, but with a strong machismo, as if Zhang Yingxian, a beautiful woman, does not exist at all in his eyes. She really doesn't understand, she is obviously a rich lady, with a noble status and a beautiful person, for a man like Zhu Ba, he should have a great attraction, how can he be completely indifferent to himself?

Women are like that, if you rape her, she will be miserable, she will die or live. If you don't look down on her, she will feel sorry for herself and be indignant.

The grass curtain in the house divides the small cave into two halves, as if two worlds do not intersect at all. If she didn't open the curtain and walk over, she would never be able to integrate into Zhu Ba's world, because Zhu Ba would never take the initiative to come over.

Zhang Yingxian asked the personal maid to come over and get dressed, and then took the initiative to open the curtain and walked out, and saw Zhu Yuanzhang listening to Ma Xiaotian's report in the house, the expressions of the two men were strange, looking a little heavy, but a little excited.

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Zhang Yingxian consciously disguised herself as an aunt, and said with a little gentleness in her voice: "What about talking about things?" Do you want me to avoid it? ”

"No, just listen here." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "What Ma Xiaotian said is that we are going into the mountains, what is happening in the outside world, it doesn't hurt for you to listen to it, I think, you should also be very interested in what is happening outside." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Yingxian's heart tightened, she really wanted to know what was going on outside, and even faintly hoped that the movement outside would be as loud as possible, and it was best if the officers and soldiers could come and send a large army to attack the mountain and rescue her.

"Xiaotian, keep talking!" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes still didn't turn around, he didn't even look at Zhang Yingxian, this man's mind is extremely resolute, in his heart, women are always put in the back, and other things are always in the front, there is no monkey rush towards women like other young people, which makes Zhang Yingxian often feel extremely surprised, she has never seen such a person.

As the saying goes, the youth is in color, the prime of life is fighting, and the old are greedy, and a man of Zhu Ba's age is most likely to make a mistake is to be a woman, but this person will not be able to do it at all.

Ma Xiaotian first saluted Zhang Yingxian and respectfully called Auntie, and then said with a smile: "Since Auntie is also listening, I'll say it again...... Since our uprising in Baishui, the heroes and heroes who had agreed with Brother Saburo have really responded one after another, and now there is chaos everywhere. ”

"Messed up everywhere?" Zhang Yingxian was slightly taken aback.

Ma Xiaotian nodded and said: "Fugu* County, not far to the north, is also in trouble, a heroic man named Wang Jiayin, with Wang Ziyong, Yang Liu, Bu Mud, Wu Yangui and others, also rebelled, his momentum is bigger than ours, the number of people is as high as five or six thousand. ”

"Ahh Five or six thousand? Zhang Yingxian was really shocked this time: "Sure enough, it is bigger than ours!" "In fact, the uprising in Fugu* County didn't do anything to her at all, she was just worried that after the trouble in Fugu, the officers and soldiers would have no time to separate, and there would be no way to take care of Baishui, so she would not be able to be rescued.

"And that's not all!" Ma Xiaotian continued to laugh and said: "Ansai also made trouble, a good man named Gao Yingxiang revolted in Ansai, claiming to be the king of Chuang, this person used to be a horse seller, good at riding and shooting, with excellent arm strength, very capable of fighting, it is said that during this uprising, he was in a white robe and white scarf, and he was very brave, and he really deserved the word "Chuang" of King Chuang!" ”

Is King Chuang out? Zhu Yuanzhang sighed in his heart that Gao Yingxiang's rebel army must be taken seriously, because Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong will later join Gao Yingxiang's rebel army......

Ma Xiaotian said: "Yichuan * County also made a fuss, a person named Wang Zuohang revolted in Yichuan Longerzui, but there are few sources from him, I can't inquire about the detailed situation, I only heard that Wang Zuohang gathered tens of thousands of horsemen and thieves ......"

"Tens of thousands? Or is it all cavalry? Zhu Yuanzhang laughed: "Don't believe this...... This is completely a rumor, if any peasant can pull up tens of thousands of cavalry, then our Liaodong battlefield has already been defeated by riding against cavalry, so why build any Ningyuan defense line. ”

Ma Xiaotian picked his head: "I also think this news is unreliable, how expensive are horses, if Wang Zuojiao can get 10,000 horses, how rich will he be, and what kind of rebellion?" ”

"Discount this news!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said: "Count Wang Zuo as 500 cavalry, add 500 foot soldiers to him, and add 1,000 old and weak women, that's almost it." ”

Ma Xiaotian spread his hands: "Why is this rumor so outrageous?" ”

"Not surprising at all!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Our Baishui Uprising, you participated in the whole process, you should know that our total number is only more than 2,000 people, but when this news spreads to other counties, our number may be 5,000, and if it spreads a little farther, it may be ten times more likely to have surnames." ”

Ma Xiaotian smiled and said: "Speaking of this rumor, I still have a piece of news, it is about the rumor, there is a scholar named Zhao Si'er in Qingjian * County, who lives in the oil temple and studies all night, wanting to gain fame." Outcome...... Some people rumored that he lit the lamp in the lonely temple at night, much like the Huang Chao in the story told by the storyteller, who made a war book to rebel, and then rumored that the government wanted to arrest him. As a result, this Zhao Si'er was forced to rebel and gather people to revolt in the Huaya Temple in Jiejiagou...... It's also quite a big fuss. ”

Zhang Yingxian almost fainted when she heard this series of news. This...... This is simply a mess in the world, like this, who can take care of her, a poor woman who was captured by bandits? She tried to calm her tone as calmly as possible, so that Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiaotian couldn't hear her emotional abnormality, and asked, "What about the government?" It's such a big fuss, the government should be a little moved, right? ”

As soon as she asked this question, Ma Xiaotian was immediately happy, and in front of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhang Yingxian, she bent down with laughter, covering her stomach and laughing with tears: "Your Excellency, Governor...... The governor said...... It's just a disturbance by the hungry, don't worry about it, when it rains next spring, the hungry people will go back to farming...... This is a piece of news that came out of the main book, which should be reliable, and was later spread to the streets by the officials of Xi'an Prefecture, and now it is spread all over the world. ”

"Leave it alone?" When Zhang Yingxian heard this, she almost fainted.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help frowning when he heard this, although the reaction of this stupid governor was very much in line with his current interests, but when he heard the news, he was still angry. This is his official of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what to say! No one loves the Ming Dynasty more than him, and therefore, no one hates those moths in the Ming Dynasty officialdom more than him, and he can't wait to lift a three-foot sword and cut off the heads of these waste officials.

Ma Xiaotian laughed for a while, his stomach was still hurting, and he said breathlessly: "This governor is so stupid, how did such a stupid person become a governor?" If the governor were at this level, I could be too. ”

"If you really become a governor, you will be killed in less than a month...... He's not stupid! Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "He is clever and wants to cover the lid......"

"Cover the lid?" Ma Xiaotian didn't understand.

But Zhang Yingxian, who was born in an official family, understands, because her father Zhang Douyao also did a similar thing to cover the lid back then, she couldn't help but lament: "I just don't want to make things big...... The governor was afraid that there would be a rebellion and the emperor would know about it, so he claimed that there was no rebellion, but only the hungry people. As long as a large army is not sent and a large amount of military pay is not moved, the imperial court will not know about this matter......"

Ma Xiaotian opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time, with a person of his level, he really didn't understand that there was such a way in officialdom.

"But we can't take it lightly!" Zhu Yuanzhang said in a calm voice: "Although the governor does not plan to send troops, the subordinate relationship in the court is far more complicated than you think, there are many people who are enthusiastic about promotion and wealth, and they will privately use their own soldiers to seize credit, and there are also some small-scale troops that can also be mobilized without alarming the imperial court......"

He paused and said: "Last year, the army of Zheng Yanfu in Chengcheng should have been transferred by Xi'an Mansion without alarming the imperial court, and we are likely to encounter the same thing." ”

"Huh?" When Zhang Yingxian heard this, she was immediately overjoyed: Yes, there is still this possibility, that is, I can still be saved.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside the cave, and then a rough voice sounded from the desperate San Lang: "Brother Zhu, something is wrong...... Can I come in? ”

"Well, Brother Saburo, please come in!" Zhu Yuanzhang greeted casually.

Soon, desperately San Lang strode into the cave, and after coming in, he didn't care about the call, and even ignored Ma Xiaotian who was sitting next to him, and suddenly squeezed into the middle of Ma Xiaotian and Zhu Yuanzhang, and said urgently: "There is movement in the government......

"Say!" Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank.

Desperately San Lang said: "Shaanxi * West Governor Grain Dao Hong Chengchou, with a family Ding army, planning to go north to exterminate Wang Jiayin, in addition, thousands of households Yang Hong, led his headquarters of thousands of households, to come to Huanglong Mountain to deal with us." Both armies are preparing food and salaries in Xi'an, and it is estimated that they will leave soon. ”

"Yang Hong?" Zhang Yingxian still remembers this person, last year he led the troops to kill Zheng Yanfu and helped her avenge the murder of her father, and now this general is coming to Huanglong Mountain to save her from danger? Zhang Yingxian was so happy that she almost jumped up.