To say this Texas City, there are also many places with good scenery around, but on the third day of arriving in Texas, Zhu Houzhao and his brothers took people to the northern suburbs of Texas to play, to be precise, Beiying Village.

The history of Beiying Village can be traced back to the "Battle of Jingyan", when Governor Han Guan built a 12th company camp in northern Dezhou in order to protect the Beichang granary, that is, Beiying. After that, due to the relocation of the soldiers, there was no one living here. However, in the fifteenth year of Yongle (1417), there were new residents here, and it was also a foreign royal family.

In the fifteenth year of Yongle, the three kings of the ancient Sulu kingdom, Batu Ge Thorn, the west king Batu Ge Thorn Suli, and the king of the city, Batu Ge Thorn Thorn, led more than 340 dependents and attendants to the Ming Dynasty to see Zhu Di, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. On the way home, Dongwang fell ill and died of illness in Texas. Ming Chengzu was "overwhelmed with mourning", and immediately sent Chen Shiqi of the Ministry of Rites to the priesthood, and ordered the "Wang Li" to choose a place to build a mausoleum for the East King, and said "Gongding". His eldest son Du Ma Han returned to the country to inherit the throne, and the princess Ge Muning, the second son Wen Ha Ting, the third son Andulu and more than ten attendants lived in Dezhou for burial, and assigned Licheng County Xia, Ma, Chen three surnames to serve for his mission. After the expiration of the tomb period, the princess and the prince stayed in Texas, and after their deaths, they were buried in the southeast corner of the tomb of the East King. Up to now, the royal family of Sulu has been breeding here for nearly a hundred years, and the royal family in the country of Sulu, which is now the Philippines, also sends people to worship from time to time, and even in later generations, the royal family often comes to worship.

With a special royal family, Beiying Village has regained its vitality. There is a small lake in the east of Beiying Village, the trees by the lake are verdant, and there are flowers and plants planted by the royal family. It's just that a series of things have happened in Texas recently, and no one has visited here. As for Beiying Village, it is also a village that is self-defended and does not leave home.

Today, the destination of Zhu Houzhao and his entourage is this small lake. This trip only brought about 20 people, with a side van, and slowly walked around Texas.

At this time, it is already the fifth day of August, although there is still some distance from winter, but the weather is not as hot as that, the autumn is high and cool, it is a good weather for travel, and there are not many pedestrians on the road, business travel, it can be seen how much loss the war has caused, material, and spiritual.

The only thing that is more unhappy is that the team is full of big men, Ma Sanniang did not come together, she has disappeared since yesterday, and she doesn't know where she went. The two Zhu Houwei brothers were still interested, and they talked and laughed along the way.

After an hour, they came to the small lake. Although it is late autumn, the autumn has just begun to render nature, and within sight, there are only a few trees, flowers and plants showing a dilapidated appearance, most of which are still lush and green. Under the sunlight, the surface of the lake is sparkling, and the Zhu Houzhao brothers stand on the shore, and they can see small fish with the length of their index fingers swimming around through the clear water, and from time to time they poke their heads out of the water. Zhu Houwei took out some snacks from the car and tore them up and threw them into the lake, attracting several small fish to compete for food. The fish here seem to have seen too many people, and they are not afraid of life, and Zhu Houwei, who is less than a meter away, is not scared away, of course, it is also possible that he is willing to throw his head and race blood for food.

Zhu Houzhao did it on the small stool after the soldier set up the small table and stool. I opened a bottle of 07-year-old Huangzhuang's self-produced fruit wine, poured it into the wine cup, and tasted it carefully with the beautiful scenery by the lake. Zhu Houwei fed for a while, sat on another small stool, and poured himself a cup. This fruit wine is not high, the aroma of the fruit covers the taste of the wine, and drinking less will have little effect on his developing body.

Chess was set up on the small table, not chess and Go, let alone Western chess, but the "military flag" invented by Zhu Houwei. Coincidentally, the name on it is exactly the same as that of later generations, and even the gameplay is the same, the only thing that has changed is that the railway is not called a railway, but a gallop.

It's already the fourth game, and both of them seem to be very happy in this game, looking at each other with a smile on their faces, step by step. However, Zhu Houzhao's hand trembled slightly when he picked up the wine cup, but there was nothing wrong with his body. Why, just because Zhu Houzhao knew that his commander and commander were gone, if nothing else, he should have been bombed, instead of dying with the other party. The notary who knows the real situation basically already knows the result of this game, but the other two are one who is winning, and the other is not admitting defeat, thinking that there is still a chance to turn the tables, and the game continues.

There was no earth-shattering turn in the ending, there was no miracle of the century, and in Zhu Houzhao's "Three Cups of Self-Punishment", the battle ended, and Zhu Houzhao was also shaved bald by a score of 4 to 0. It's not early, and when it's time for lunch, a lot of food was taken out of the car again, and the Zhu Houwei brothers enjoyed the food packed from the food first by the lake. By the way, the big shopkeeper who puts food first will arrive tomorrow, and someone has already been sent to deliver the letter today.

After lunch and a short rest, the two who came out to play were ready to go back. Pack up your stuff, the only garbage is some bones, just throw them into the lake, and they won't pollute the environment at all.

The location of the small lake is less than a mile east of Beiying Village, although it is not far, but these places are full of flowers and trees, very dense, and there is no problem at all to hide one or two hundred people. Due south is the official road facing the North City Gate of Texas, and there is no one at this time, and it is very quiet.

However, in this wood, there is a group of people lurking, wearing official and military uniforms, fitted and unfitted, and it seems that these military uniforms are not coming from the right way. There are also all kinds of weapons, what knives, guns and clubs, eh, yes, there are bows and crossbows, and the nearest is less than 10 meters away from the official road, and two of them are talking in a low voice.

An old man in his fifties said to another middle-aged man who was less than forty, "Little junior brother, don't go your own way." Now that I have been traumatized, why not go to Jiangxi to meet with the master and plan again. ”

The middle-aged man was wearing armor, and there were four or five of the more than 100 people in this group who had armor. The mandarin duck jacket in the armor was a little shabby and dirty, but the man's hair was neatly tied up, not a single piece was scattered, and there were no stains on the wheat-colored skin, but there was some sweat on his body, which looked a little embarrassed. The middle-aged man's eyes were three points crazy and seven points hideous, and he replied in a deep voice, "Second senior brother, now the people are suffering in this big tomorrow, and corrupt officials are rampant. Those who read and were officials advocated prosperity, but we all know the truth. Even though he was defeated by this peculiar official army a few days ago, his father still had roots in Jiangxi. Originally, we just stayed in Texas looking for a chance to escape, but unexpectedly, a big fish came. As long as we can succeed this time, the crown prince will be in chaos if he loses. The various sects in Shandong have taken advantage of the situation, and the various guards are not afraid, not to mention that there are still our people. However, this year's grain from the south has been transported to the north for less than a million stones, and grain is still being transported here from the north these days. When the time comes, we will cut off the canal so that the elite troops from the north cannot move south quickly. The capital is short of food, and with the loss of the crown prince, even if it is too late to issue a will. And we still have a senior brother in Shandong, and we can attack from all sides, and my father echoes each other in Jiangxi. We kill the strong and the strong, help the poor, and once the flag arrives, all the people will follow, and great things can be expected. When the time comes, there will be no more thieves in the world, and this world will become a paradise. ”

The old man sighed lightly, looked down at the grass, and said, "You, you're an impatient when you're young." How can things in this world be so simple, it's just that, risking your life to accompany you crazy, it can be regarded as repaying the master's kindness. The middle-aged man smiled and patted the second senior brother's shoulder, "This time it will be successful, we are a hundred or so, there is no shortage of bows, arrows, crossbows and arrows, can you not help these twenty or so people, senior brother, you filter." ”

The second senior brother looked up at the official road and muttered, "I hope so." ”