Today's Du family compound is particularly lively, in the Ming Dynasty, where the status of merchants is extremely low, businessmen are not allowed to smell silk and bamboo, they are not allowed to wear gorgeous silk silk, and they are not allowed to take a sedan chair of more than four people.

Early in the morning, Du Ming ordered the family to clean the Du Mansion inside and out, wear red and hang colors, and widely distribute happy stickers, but anyone who can have a little fame and family background in Huaining City are invited, there is no other purpose, just want to show off in front of everyone, tell everyone, our Du family is now not only a big family, but also famous all over the world, holding a heavy army to guard one side of the Wuqu Star as a son-in-law, who else in Huaining City dares to compare with the Du family.

The red sun is eastward, and the rich businessmen in the city come to the Du family one after another, in groups, even in the yamen to eat food and errands, there are not a few, all of them are of course full of gifts, the Du family compound is full, and I am afraid that it will be late, and the owner of the Du family, Du Ming, is even more happy that he can't close his mouth, such things, I am afraid that it is not less than the 80,000 taels that Wang Lanping took from the Du family yesterday.

I saw an oily-faced and sturdy old man from afar and bowed to Du Ming, who was standing outside the gate of the Du family to greet the guests, "Du Yuanwai, I heard that Ling Qianjin Xu is married to Wang Zhuangyuan, I am very happy, Ling Qianjin is really a blessing, the Du family has the big tree of Zhuangyuangong, and I hope to bring one or two to Li in the future."

Du Ming listened like a spring breeze, and laughed, "Joy and joy, isn't the happy event of the champion also the happy event of our Huaining City, please please?"

Another person was afraid of being left behind, trotting all the way, urging the family with the burden of the gift to go faster, and when he saw Du Ming, he smiled and said, "Oh, outside of Master Du, I didn't expect that overnight, Brother Du and the champion became Weng's son-in-law, congratulations, don't forget to be in the next day of soaring."

Du Ming wiped his long beard, and when the man got closer, he pretended to be cautious and had a sense of superiority, "It's all thanks to the blessing of the little girl, haha"

Although the man came with a sycophant, he couldn't see this kind of villain's ambition, but he didn't dare to sneer at each other directly, thought about it and came closer and said, "The ancients had clouds, and the big husband should have three wives and four concubines as companions, and now the champion is young and heavy, and it happens that there is a daughter below, and the appearance is not good.

Du Ming couldn't hold it on his face when he heard it, and he usually played like a fish in water in the mall, but now he has the heart of fame and fortune at work, so he didn't hear the other party's sarcasm, and waved his hand again and again, "The champion is still there, I can't be the master, I can't do it"

"Haha, Brother Du sees that you are nervous, I just said it casually"

In a moment, Du Mansion was already full of guests, and Du Ming at this time turned into a leading figure in Huaining City's official and commercial roads, shuttling back and forth between the visitors, and when he met people, he regarded himself as the father-in-law of the champion duke, and Du Ningning, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was so ashamed that he didn't dare to come out of the door.

How can there be no banquet, Du Ming saw that the people were almost here, so he ordered a feast, and for a while, the fragrance of wine in Du's mansion was overflowing, and the words of praise and compliments were endless.

Just as everyone was changing their arms, a family member from Du Mansion ran in from outside the door in a panic and whispered to Du Ming, who was accompanying the guests at the first table.

After listening to Jiading's words, Du Ming was still smug just now, and he instantly became overcast, stunned, and the wine in his hand couldn't hold it and fell to the ground.

Everyone was puzzled, and the noisy banquet suddenly quieted down, and they all looked at Du Ming, who was like two people before and after.

"Brother Du, you, what's wrong?" Someone asked cautiously.

"Da Ming, Da Ming is dead, Da Ming is dead" Du Ming blurted out silently, his face was full of horror, "The emperor is dead, Da Ming is gone"

After a while, a group of people with heads and faces in Huaining City, who were still driving the car and coming to pat the Du family's fart just now, walked away for a while, and did not forget to cast a gloating look at Du Ming when they left, which means: Look at you are still proud, the old man of the champion is really amazing, the daughter has not passed the door, the name of the champion is worthless, the Ming Dynasty is gone, you are the champion of the dynasty, that is, a common man.

When everyone left, the gifts in the courtyard also left.

A group of family members bandeau and pinch Du Ming, who had already turned his back, and it took him a long time to come back to life from a half-dead state, Du Ningning shook his arm and said, "Dad, what's wrong, what's wrong with you?" ”

Du Ming, who was in a trance, looked at his daughter, and suddenly burst into tears, crying and saying, "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, daughter, you can't be Mrs. Zhuangyuan, hey"

Du Ningning was anxious, she didn't know what was going on, why was she still holding a big feast just now, as if she was going to have a funeral, "Dad, what did you say, what happened?" ”

Du Ming's eyes widened, and he pushed everyone away and shouted, "My silver, silver" said and ran towards the door like crazy, and several family members were afraid that the old man would lose, so they retreated.

After listening to what the people in the house said, and listening to the chaotic streets outside, Du Ningning realized that in just one day, the world has been turned upside down.

Outside the city, three fast horses were flying with four hooves, and it was Wang Lanping and his two servants who were heading to Liu Zeqing's Huaining garrison camp.

While running, Wang Lanping's iron armor clanged, and suddenly heard a voice from behind him, "Champion Gong, slow down, slow down"

Wang Lanping stopped his horse and saw that the person who came was the sentinel he had sent out.

The person who came jumped off the horse and said hurriedly, "General, the big thing is not good"

"What?"

"The capital has been broken by thieves a month ago, the saint was martyred, Li Zicheng ascended the throne in Beijing and claimed the throne as the emperor, built the name Dashun, and sent the puppet general Yuan Zongdi to lead an army of 100,000 to the south, the thief army is like a bamboo, has now crossed the Yellow River, in Hubei to break through the Zuo Liangyu Department of 500,000 people, the peak of the army straight to the Yangtze River to come, the enemy vanguard general Li Laixiang led 6,000 iron horsemen, is the first to kill in the direction of Anqing, along the way the city looks at the wind and falls, is now less than 200 miles away from Huaining City"

Wang Lanping's body shook for a while, and the blood in his chest surged, he heard the county Cheng say that he didn't believe it before, but his own sentry also said so, then this matter is true, he regretted it, regretted why he believed too much in the historical knowledge hundreds of years later, even if he was given half a month, he would have the ability to form a cavalry that could feint to attack Xi'an, it seems that the account of history by later generations is not entirely true, poor Emperor Chongzhen, you have not escaped the wheel of history after all.

At this time, Wang Lanping did not speak for a long time, and only got off the horse for a long time, and took off the sword on his body, this sword was given by Emperor Chongzhen when he left Beijing that day, and it was intended to let him hold this sword to escort the Ming Dynasty, but the sword had not yet come to rush to the battlefield, and the emperor had died and the country was destroyed.

Under the orders of the champion general, several entourages took off their armor and helmets for Wang Lanping.

Wang Lanping, who was dressed in plain clothes, had an indifferent expression, facing the direction of the capital, holding high the sword given by the emperor himself, and knelt down heavily.

"Minister, Ming Chongzhen sixteen years of the champion of the Wuke Branch, the leader of the South General, the deputy general of Anqing, Wang Lanping, the Yao sacrifice to worship the heroic spirit of the Emperor Daxing, the saint was martyred, the minister was in pain, he should have followed the saint to die and martyrdom, just because the thief messed with my Ming, the minister received the great grace of the saint, asked for a death easy, revived the Ming Dynasty, the minister was originally difficult, and swore that as long as there is still a royal family surnamed Zhu in the world, even if the minister is broken, he must re-erect the Ming Emperor's flag, and then revitalize the dynasty to repay the saint, if this is violated, the gods and men are angry"

After speaking, Wang Lan flattened north and knelt three times and bowed nine times, this words and deeds were not his casual words, he lived in Daming for more than 20 years, from a large family to the world's martial champions, all of this is given by Emperor Chongzhen, how to say that he must return this kindness. What if the descendants of the Zhu family are dead? Then you won't be breaking your oath today.

From this moment on, Wang Lanping threw all the history he knew into the back of his mind, since history has deviated from the proper trajectory since Li Zicheng broke through the capital a month ahead of schedule, then let all history completely deviate from him from this moment, if you can't be a person who saves history, then be a person who changes history.

"Someone, put on armor" Wang Lanping suddenly stood up.

The bright armor shone golden in the sun, Wang Lanping shook his helmet and turned over his horse, and said to the three people around him, "Everyone, the emperor is a great trip, we will receive the emperor's favor, eat and eat, and we will always be the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, you are willing"

Before he could finish speaking, one of them looked resolute, took a step forward, hugged his fists and said, "The general doesn't need to say much, we are ordered by the emperor to follow the general, and now the emperor is in a big line, the general is the master of our wait, and it is not easy to die."

The other two immediately said, "But it is sent by the general."

The entourage that escorted Wang Lanping to the south this time were all personal guards around the emperor, and they were loyal to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty.

"Good! Come with me" Wang Lanping raised his horsewhip and ran towards the camp where General Liu was stationed in Huaining City, now this battalion is the only remaining military force in Huaining, and he can't control the 20,000 troops of General Liu in Anqing now, but this close battalion must be held in his own hands, and the reorganization of Daming has to start from here.

The key horse galloped, and under a hill in front of him, a semi-permanent military camp made of a huge wooden fence had gradually appeared in front of Wang Lanping's eyes.

Originally, the sergeants of this battalion were only temporarily stationed in Huaining for city defense, but as the bandits around became more and more fierce, the temporary became a long-term station, and rows of adobe thatched houses were built in the barracks, and the battle flags that had faded a little bit were waved in the wind in the barracks, but from a distance, they were not at all angry, as if they were an empty camp.

When Wang Lanping drove his horse to the outside of the gate, sure enough, there was not even a single sentry standing guard in a military camp in Nuoda, and there was no one walking around in the barracks.

Wang Lanping felt bad, could it be that Liu Zeqing had withdrawn this team? As the three of them slowly urged the horses in, judging from the furnishings in the camp, the people here have not been walking for a long time, and there are still traces of green smoke in the dozens of stoves used to bury pots and cook on the ground, and there are knives, guns and instruments scattered everywhere in the barracks, it seems that the people here are in a hurry, and the time to leave is not more than two hours, that is, they will start as soon as dawn.

Wang Lanping ordered the three of them to search separately in the camp, indeed, this is an empty camp, but it was also found that in the last row of thatched houses in the camp, more than a dozen seriously ill sergeants were found, more than ten people were lying side by side on the dirt pit, some were dying, some were still conscious, and a few had lost their breath, and his body still had a few traces of heat, one of them was out of breath when he climbed to the door, Wang Lanping was furious after seeing these people, his heart was furious, this general with the soldiers was too willing to spare the lives of the soldiers, and the wounded soldiers were left here alone.

Immediately Wang Lanping inquired with some conscious people in this group of people, and only then did he learn that the troops had left early in the morning, and they didn't know where they were going, and no one informed them to leave.

Wang Lanping kept urging the mount, and finally half an hour later, he saw a team wearing Ming army uniforms appear as far as he could see, so he hurried his horse and rushed over.

"Stop! Ahead, stop," Wang Lanping shouted on his horse.