Zhu Houwei was very depressed, he didn't expect the world to be so small, so they met like this. The girl who just spoke was about thirteen or fourteen years old, and she already looked like a slim and beautiful girl. He is about 1.5 meters tall and has a pretty appearance, especially a pair of talking eyes, and he feels comfortable at a glance, and his small mouth is slightly open, which adds a bit of naughtiness. Dressed in a pale pink skirt, the women's clothing in the early years of Hongji was generally short at the top and long at the bottom, and the clothes only covered the skirt waist, which was the case in North Korean clothing, but now, due to women's pursuit of fashion, the top is getting bigger and the skirt is more pleats. The white skirt is exposed under the pink skirt, and the uniform folds under the skirt and the delicate flower and bird patterns are combed with the popular girl's bun, fully showing the charm of youth and making people unforgettable.

However, Zhu Houwei's mood is very "heavy" now, he didn't expect to make a feud in the morning, and in the evening it was "reunited" before it was dark, and this news came too quickly. Zhu Houzhao didn't recognize it, thinking that Zhu Houwei knew the girl before, so he gave him an inquiring look. Zhu Houwei lowered his head slightly and said softly, "Food first", Zhu Houzhao understood at once, showing an expression of crying and laughing.

King Lu was a little surprised, "Luo Xue, do you know the guest?" The girl also regained her composure at this time, and turned into a lady, smiling without showing her teeth, her eyes were kind, and she said, "Luo Xue doesn't know, please introduce grandpa." ”

The girl's face-changing kung fu was perfect, and some shocked the Zhu Houzhao brothers. Prince Lu's face was very calm, it seemed that the girl didn't know how to change her face for the first time, but Zhu Jianshu looked at Zhu Houwei with sympathy in her eyes, which made Zhu Houwei even more "premonitive".

Sure enough, King Lu smiled kindly at Zhu Luoxue, "They are the sons of your cousin, that is, the current prince and the blessed king, but today they are all their own family, so they don't need to be too particular." Zhu Luoxue smiled, she was already very good at a young age, but the "not bad intentions" in her eyes made Zhu Houwei's scalp tingle for a while, I saw her walking in small steps, the speed was not slow, but the simple bead hairpin on her head did not shake much, the two brothers just stood up, she was blessed, and said gently, "It turned out that the distinguished guest came to the door, and my aunt was polite." Emphasizing the word "aunt", the two brothers were in a state of repercussion, but they immediately bowed respectfully, and said in their mouths, "Nephew Zhu Houzhao (Zhu Houwei) has seen my aunt." ”

Zhu Luoxue smiled and nodded to Zhu Houzhao as a courtesy, and then looked at it with a smile, and looked at Zhu Houwei with an elder look of "I haven't been here for a long time, I didn't expect this child to grow so big", and the crisp voice also reached Zhu Houwei's ears, "Auntie doesn't go out often, and I don't know much about the customs and people in various places, can Houwei's nephew say something for my aunt?" ”

Zhu Houwei almost didn't squirt out a mouthful of old blood, opened his mouth "aunt" and closed his mouth "nephew", do you want to be so ruthless, and then look at the eldest brother Zhu Houzhao, who has already sat down and continued to drink with the old man at this time, "This is not righteous." Zhu Houwei sighed in his heart, glanced at Zhu Jianshu again, and found that this thick black guy had unconsciously moved a square, and his position was given to his sister, that is, Zhu Houwei will have intimate contact with the little girl for a while, Zhu Houwei asked Cangtian speechlessly. There is a lot of inner drama, but he still said with a smile on his face, "My nephew rarely goes out, I'm afraid there is nothing to hear." ”

King Lu spoke, "Okay, let's sit down and eat." Zhu Luoxue nodded and sat down when she heard this, but Zhu Houwei found that the little girl was still looking at her with her spare eyes. Zhu Houwei thought that this dinner would be more "difficult", but Zhu Luoxue rarely talked to him, and quickly finished eating, and then said goodbye to everyone and left the middle palace. It's just that when he arrived at the door, he suddenly turned his head and glared at Zhu Houwei, and Zhu Houwei knew in his heart that this little aunt was consumed by him.

King Lu is very happy today, because there are not many people in the palace, and the children are all in the fiefdom, and the palace only has Zhu Jianzhu's brothers and sisters and him, which is a little deserted. Accompanying Zhu Houzhao's brothers was Zhu Jianxi, and after dinner, the three of them went to a pavilion to drink tea and chat. It was already dark, but the kerosene lamps around it were lit, and the pavilion was built next to the pond, and the pavilion seemed to hang above the water on one side. There are rockeries in the pond, koi carp, and lotus leaves and lotus flowers that cover half of the water. The breeze blows, the lotus nods slightly, the sound of insects and frogs in the distance, and the sound of koi swimming in the water is nearby. Zhu Houwei was a little intoxicated when he heard this.

Zhu Jianshu asked with curiosity, "A few days ago, there were Japanese robbers on the ground in Dengzhou, I don't know how the imperial court caught them?" Zhu Houzhao was a little depressed, "I don't know very well, I have to ask him specifically." The two looked at Zhu Houwei with his eyes closed, and Zhu Houwei slowly opened his eyes and said, "This is a confused account." So he told everything he saw and heard when he arrived in Dengzhou.

After listening to this, the other two couldn't help but sigh a little, thinking that it was just a simple attack by the Japanese invaders, but they didn't expect that there were these reasons. The pirates came only after someone led the way and reported the news, but these people were also poor people, and they were forced to do nothing. The civil officials also suffered a great loss, because they were all captured, and the silver that ransomed them back was basically from their own families, and it can be said that once they returned to the pre-liberation period, even if they wanted to accumulate their family funds again, they could not do it, and at worst, they would seize the official position and be demoted to a concubine.

The people in the guard station were also not having a good time, the battle was not good, the rescue was too late, and the civilian officials were captured. The civilian officials look down on the military attachés, and they will definitely be taken to the top of this incident. But the most direct reason is that the officials of these health centers are too ruthless, which leads to this tragedy.

After listening to Zhu Houwei's narration, the two of them were not in a good mood, so Zhu Houwei began to say some interesting things that he encountered this time, and also told Wu Yiheng about his upcoming marriage, which made Zhu Houzhao feel a lot better, and said that he would definitely go to the wedding at that time. At about 9 o'clock, Zhu Jianshu said goodbye and let the two go to rest, after all, they came on horseback all the way, and it was definitely impossible to say that they were not tired.

After breakfast the next day, the two said goodbye to King Lu and Zhu Jianxi, and Zhu Luoxue also came to see each other off. After leaving Yanzhou, we went to Jining again.

Just after noon, the group arrived in Jining. When I came to the vicinity of the pier, I found that there were many people missing. Only after finding Ma Sanniang and Zhu Yuan did they know that a total of 12,250 of the 3,000 households selected for Huangzhuang had gone to Timen Town in the northwest of Dongping County under the leadership of the water and land battalion.

5 or 6 years ago, it was a relatively prosperous town, but unfortunately later a group of ringing horses came, burning, killing and looting. There were about 300 people, but everyone rode horses, and they were extremely fierce. The town of Timen, with about 35,000 men, organized a defense of 500 strong men, but was broken by Hibiki and suffered heavy losses. The survivors are gone, and the once prosperous town of Timon is deserted. Someone must ask, what about the government? The magistrate of Dongping County said that the matter is serious, and it is not allowed to act rashly, and it is necessary to wait for the instructions of the superiors. As a result, the town of Ladder Gate was broken, and there was no movement. The most peculiar thing is that a town was broken, and as a result, the officialdom was very "calm" and did not stir up a splash. As for the people nearby, if you know, you will know, it's useless!

Some people who are familiar with it know that although there are no people in Timon Town, the buildings are well preserved. There were ringing horses, and it was not known when they would rush out of the mountains, so no one in the vicinity dared to check on them and carry useful building materials.

This place is quite suitable for the newcomers, and as for the threat of the ringing horse, there is a water and land camp, so there is no need to be afraid.

Timen Town is about 300 miles away from Jining, and most of the people have to walk there, and the speed is really not fast. According to Zhu Houwei's estimate, it takes 10 days to walk 30 miles in one day.

There was food on the docks, and the saboteurs were arrested or killed, and the people's hearts were stabilized. Yesterday afternoon, two sand boats took 1,000 people to report to the road construction team in Beizhili.

Zhu Houzhao was energetic as soon as he heard the sound, and was about to rush to Timen Town immediately, but was stopped by Zhu Houwei. In order to obtain useful information, the professionals from the Qianhu Office were specially transferred from Yanzhou Mansion overnight, and I believe that their results should satisfy Zhu Houzhao and them.

When I arrived at the Jinyi Wei Hundred Households, Xiaoqi was already waiting here, and I welcomed the two brothers into the lobby. The two were not in a hurry, and sat down to drink tea. Ma Sanniang didn't come, although she didn't like red clothes and arms, but she stayed away from cruel interrogations.

After about half an hour, a few people finally came out of the back hall, still wiping their hands with cloths as they walked, looking as if they had just undergone surgery. When they arrived in front of the two, they were interrupted by Zhu Houzhao before they could salute, "Did you ask anything?" ”

The thousand households replied, "Back to the prince, there are three groups of people in total, one group is Maitreya Sect, and the other two groups are not clear, but one group has confessed a few merchants, all of whom are grain merchants in Shandong, and there is also a group of mouths shouting 'no old mother, vacuum hometown'." As soon as the words fell, Zhu Houwei stood up in shock. This slogan is too familiar, and the later movie "Once Upon a Time" has it.

Zhu Houzhao asked, "What's wrong?" Have you heard? Zhu Houwei nodded, "It may be the White Lotus Sect." ”

Speaking of the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Houzhao also frowned. Why? Because this force is too difficult to eradicate.

The White Lotus Sect was born out of Manichaeism, which has existed since the Song Dynasty and still existed in the Qing Dynasty, with extremely tenacious vitality.

Roughly the same as the Pure Land sect, Amitabha Buddha is worshipped, and believers are required to recite the Buddha's vows (not to kill, not to steal, not to commit adultery, not to lie, and not to drink) in order to be reborn in the Western Pure Land. Mao Ziyuan adopted the Tiantai religious theory to draw the "Harmony of the Four Lands and Three Views of the Selected Buddha Map", using Buddha statues, graphics and metaphors to explain the height of the Buddha land; Simplify and unify the Buddhist prayer and confession rituals made by the predecessors, and produce the "White Lotus Morning Dynasty Confession Ceremony". In the previous Pure Land Association, the participants were only slackened members of the society, and the society did not belong to each other. Mao Ziyuan changed it to a master-apprentice teaching and a sect. He built a White Lotus Confession Hall in Dianshan Lake, claiming to be a mentor and sitting in worship; It is also stipulated that the disciples should be named after the four characters of "Pujue Miaodao"; Thus a relatively stereotyped sect was established. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect was strictly forbidden. During the Hongwu and Yongle periods, there were many armed riots of the White Lotus cultists in Sichuan, Hubei, Ganlu and other places, and some of them were also called emperors, all of which were suppressed. Later, it began to divide and became dozens of small sects. But his backbone did not disappear, but hid in a village that the imperial court could not control, which was a headache.