After bidding farewell to the second young master, Steward Qi, Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Chao returned to the side courtyard and the hut where Steward Qi lived.

Steward Qi was full of praise for Zhu Yuanzhang: "This time it's really thanks to you for coming up with such an idea, alas, the second young master is just too impulsive, and he really wants to fight the county order, so it's worth it?" I'm afraid that this matter will have to go to Xi'an Mansion, I don't know how many big people will be alarmed, and I'm afraid when I think about it. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was not boastful and stood quietly.

Steward Qi looks at him more and more now, if he has a daughter, I'm afraid he will have to consider giving his daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang. Poor Steward Qi didn't know that hundreds of years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang was a soldier under a man named Guo Zixing, Guo Zixing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang just like Steward Qi looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and the more he looked at it, the more pleasing it became, and later he really married his adopted daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang, that woman was the first queen of the famous Ming Dynasty, Queen Bigfoot.

However, as soon as Steward Qi turned his head and saw Yang Chao, he felt uncomfortable for a while, he used to look at Yang Chao left and right, but since Zhu Ba entered his field of vision, this Yang Chao has become more and more annoying.

"Yang Chao, Zhu Ba!" Steward Qi snorted and said: "You go to recruit people, this time there will be more people, the place we want to go to is Chengcheng County, which is Zhang Douyao's lair, even if there are Wang Er and Zhu Ba, two who are particularly capable of fighting, you can't take it lightly, at least bring seventy or eighty people over." Also, it is a full fifty miles from here to Chengcheng County, and it takes a day to walk, and you need to prepare some food on the way...... I'll give you some time to set it off, and I'll leave in five days. ”

Seeing this, some friends may find it strange, is someone bored and running dozens of miles to fight? Don't say it, there really is! Not only in ancient times, but also in modern times, farmers from two mountain villages fight, first walk dozens of miles of mountain roads, and then go back after a commotion at the gate of the other village, which often happens.

Some people may ask, is it really okay to fight like this? Isn't it illegal? The answer, of course, is to break the law, but even if it is illegal, the peasants still have to fight! Because whether it is an ancient judge or a modern judge, they have a headache for group fights between regions, as long as there is no homicide, they often take it lightly and pay some medical expenses to press the matter.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Yang Chao went back to the side courtyard, and it was close to dinner time, and the long-term and short-term workers of the Ma family had finished their day's work and returned to the side courtyard to wait for dinner. There were many people walking around in the side courtyard, a few old peasants enjoying the shade under the trees, and a few rough peasant women looking for their men in the flow of people going home.

Yang Chao shouted at the long-term and short-term workers: "I'm going to fight again, I'm going to Zhang's house in Gancheng City in five days, who is willing to go together?" Steward Qi said that everyone who went had meat to eat, and there was also a reward for money. ”

After shouting a few times, most people ignored him, only three of his old friends who had been with him for many years leaned over, and said with a smile in their mouths: "Brother Yang Chao, let's go with you." ”

Yang Chao rolled his eyes...... Isn't that the atmosphere? In the past, when I shouted casually, there were always more than a dozen or twenty people leaning over, but now there are only three monkeys coming? He took a closer look, his lungs almost exploded, and he saw that the long-term and short-term workers were all around Zhu Ba's voice, and asked in a gossiping voice, "Brother Zhu, what happened?" Why fight again? Zhu Ba and Yan Yuese explained, and the group of long-term and short-term workers suddenly shouted: "So that's the case, Brother Zhu, let's go with you and beat up those fools." ”

Yang Chao's heart tightened, this taste is not right, now Zhu Ba's status in the heart of the Qi Supervisor is obviously higher than mine, and he can get the support of these long-term and short-term workers, after the Qi Supervisor is transferred to the inner courtyard, the new Steward of the Partial Courtyard is still my share?

He was crazy with jealousy in his heart, watching Zhu Ba quickly gather a large group of thugs, and the fire of jealousy burned more and more in his heart...... Damn, I have to give this kid a little color, or I won't be able to keep my position.

Yang Chao looked at the three dead friends around him and said in a low voice: "Come with me, let's go outside the courtyard and talk." The four of them got out of the side courtyard, turned to the edge of the field stalk outside, found a ditch with no one around, and squatted inside.

Yang Chao said viciously: "Brothers, have you seen the current scenery of Zhu Ba's goods?" He wants to squeeze me away from the Qi steward, and in the future, the new steward will be elected in the side court, and I will not have my share. If I can't get into the position, and I can't take care of the three of you, help me think about how we can fix him. ”

The three dead friends looked at each other a few times, and one of them, Li Chujiu, said with a smile: "Brother Yang Chao, this is ...... How can we three fools help you with ideas, but don't worry, we are of the same mind as you. If you want to engage in that Zhu Ba, you just have to give an order, and I, Li Chujiu, will wait for your words. ”

Yang Chao tilted his head and thought for a long time, with his poor intelligence, he really couldn't think of any tricks, he picked up his fist and went directly, he didn't have the guts, and even if he won Zhu Ba, it might not affect Zhu Ba's status in the heart of Qi Steward. But as the saying goes, a fool thinks a thousand times, and there is always one. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally slapped his thigh and said with a smile: "I thought of it!" ”

The three dead friends said in unison: "What should I do?" ”

Yang Chaowei laughed twice and said: "It was Zhu Ba's idea to go to Chengcheng County to beat people this time, if he loses this fight, he will lose the face of our Ma family, and the second young master will definitely blame him." And this time the Qi steward is also going to go, if the fight is lost, the Qi steward will inevitably be punched and kicked three times, and he will definitely be angry with Zhu Ba...... At that time, Zhu Ba's status was not guaranteed, hahaha. ”

The three sworn friends were taken aback, and even the stewards were calculated? If it is discovered, it will be miserable. However, the man named Li Chujiu was quite bold, and he forced Ying He to say: "Brother Yang Chao is really smart. ”

Yang Chao said with a smile: "After eating for a while, after seeing that other people are resting, the four of us will sneak out and go to Ren Village overnight, and tell the people of the Zhang family that Zhu Ba is going to bring people over to fight. ”

Li Chujiu hurriedly said: "Okay! ”

"Let's go, eat first, and gather here after eating." Yang Chao jumped out of the ditch and ran towards the dining room. The three friends each glanced at each other a few times and ran into the dining room.

Halfway through the run, Li Chujiu suddenly said urgently: "My stomach hurts a little...... You go to eat first, and I'll go to the toilet and come......" The other two didn't suspect him, and went to the dining room.

Li Chujiu looked left and right, and found that no one noticed him, and ran towards Zhu Yuanzhang's hut as soon as he was a cat......

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was also about to go to the dining room to eat, when he suddenly saw Li Chujiu rushing into the house, and as soon as he entered the house, he shouted: "Brother Zhu, Yang Chao's cowardice really broke ......"

It turned out that as early as the last time the dining room divided the money, Li Chujiu was moved by Zhu Yuanzhang's personality charm and volunteered to be Zhu Yuanzhang's follower. But Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a hurry to let him show favor to himself, but ordered him to continue to follow Yang Chao, monitor Yang Chao's every move, and report to himself immediately if he found anything unfavorable to him. I didn't expect the hidden nail that was laid down at that time to finally come in handy now.

This is also in line with Yang Chao's bad luck, no one would have imagined that in this kind of low-level struggle at the village level, Zhu Ba will also resort to such high-level means of counter-plotting, for Zhu Yuanzhang, who is accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, and has had several ups and downs, no matter how small the enemy is, he must go all out to deal with it, and he must not relax his vigilance against the enemy just because the enemy is a rookie.

A small character like Yang Chao, I'm afraid that I would never think that I would meet an opponent with such deep scheming in my life, and he is destined to lose very unjustly, so wronged that he can't even figure out the southeast and northwest.

After listening to Li Chujiu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled lightly: "I'm worried that there is no suitable way to shoot Yang Chao to death completely, since he wants to kill himself, I'll give him a ride." Li Chujiu, you did a good job, from today onwards, you don't have to follow Yang Chao, just follow me. When I am promoted to the manager of the side hospital, you will also enjoy the blessings. ”

"Oh, ......slow down," Zhu Yuanzhang said, while taking out twenty-five coins from his arms and putting them in Li Chujiu's hand: "You were also there when the reward money was distributed last time, you should know that I only have twenty-five coins in total, and all this money is given to you, so I should thank you for helping me." The people who helped me will repay me. ”

Li Chujiu took the twenty-five copper coins, and his eyes suddenly became hot...... The last time the reward was immediately replayed in his mind, Zhu Ba did only get a reward of twenty-five yuan at that time, and Zhu Ba's poverty was obvious to everyone, except for this copper coin, he should not have any property, and now he actually gave it all to him...... This leader is really more worthy of following than Yang Chao, when he followed Yang Chao, he had never been treated like this.

"Brother Xie Zhu!" Li Chujiu held the copper coin, chewed tears in his eyes and rushed out of the door.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched Li Chujiu leave with a kind smile, and then the smile on the corner of his mouth slowly disappeared and turned into a cold smile, although the twenty-five copper coins were all his property, they were actually not farts to him. The study of the emperor, the first thing to control the heart, can buy a person's heart with such a small amount of money, this transaction is too profitable......

This person named Li Chujiu can be reused in the future, after this incident, if he is told to go east, he will go east, and if he is told to go west, he will go west, and it is incumbent on him to go to the soup and fire.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up slowly, he was not in a hurry to go to the dining room to eat now, but raised his feet and walked towards the small courtyard where Steward Qi lived......

The sun is setting, and the four fields are golden. Zhu Yuanzhang walked towards the hut of the manager step by step, he thought to himself: Yang Chao is finished, the position of the manager of the side courtyard has entered my hands, and the next goal can be reformulated......