Zhang Xianzhong withdrew the team first, Luo Rucai broke his fortune, his flesh hurt so much, and it took a while to wrap the blood-dripping heart's liver, lick the wound, and plan to withdraw as well. Just as he was about to pull out the camp, he suddenly saw a Zhu soldier running over, hugged his fist at Luo Rucai and said, "Brother Cao Cao, our general wants to meet with you and have a few words." If you don't like it, you might as well go into town. ”

When Luo Rucai heard this, his little eyes rolled around, he was a little curious, he didn't know what Zhu Ba had to do when he invited him, but he thought that Zhu Ba couldn't harm him, so he agreed, brought a few henchmen, and at the same time didn't forget to bring his most beloved ladies and walked into Bazhou City together.

Entering the city, I saw Baishui Zhu Ba standing by the city gate waiting for him, Zhu Ba's face was not sad or happy, calm as a mountain, as if the quarrel with Zhang Xianzhong just now almost happened at all, this ability to control emotions made Luo Rucai a little surprised.

He hugged his fist at Zhu Yuanzhang: "I don't know what happened to Brother Zhu inviting me here?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "I want to ask Brother Cao Cao to see what it looks like in Bazhou City......" After speaking, Luo Rucai didn't know what medicine he sold in his gourd, but he was very interested in knowing, so he followed closely behind.

After walking only half a street, Luo Rucai understood, only to see that the city of Bazhou was in order, and there was no chaos that was common after the thieves broke through the city, there were no corpses of ordinary people on the street, no houses destroyed by fire in the city, no crying children, no old people crying in mourning, and no stripped clothes and pressed to the ground. Desperate Woman Desperate for Death......

The entire Bazhou City is like a city in a peaceful and prosperous era, if it weren't for the fact that there were still many soldiers of the Zhu Army stationed on the street, and the people were still far away from these soldiers, Luo Rucai almost thought that he had come to a place where he had never fought.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to the appearance of the street and said in a low voice: "I didn't rob the people of Bazhou for a penny. ”

Luo Rucai sighed, not knowing how to interface.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to a merchant standing on the side of the street with his hands down, and said in a low voice: "I didn't touch the rich merchants and gentry here. ”

Luo Rucai sighed again, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Now you understand, right? Since I haven't robbed Bazhou, naturally I don't have any money to share with Zhang Xianzhong! Every penny in this Bazhou city belongs to the people of Bazhou. I am not in a position to take it from the people. Zhang Xianzhong is also not qualified. ”

Luo Rucai smiled bitterly, touched his chin and said, "Then you don't make it clear?" I fished out my own pocket and gave him 100,000 taels of silver. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Where can you make it clear with that kind of outlaw?" I didn't bother to say more to him at all, but Brother Cao Cao was a good friend who could listen to him. I just let you in and have a look. Speak these heart-to-heart words to you. ”

Luo Rucai's face was moved. I couldn't help but feel secretly proud in my heart, anyone who was recognized by a big brother-level figure like Zhu Ba was a happy thing. At the moment, he pretended to say: "It's over." Hehe...... I have won awards and awards, and I dare not be a ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang led Luo Rucai all the way to the Zhizhou Yamen, Luo Rucai's eyes were sharp, and he saw that there was a terrible person in the leather temple at the entrance of the Yamen, this person's skin had been taken off, and his whole body was bloody, but the person was not dead, he was wailing and screaming, and there were a large number of onlookers around, clapping their hands.

He couldn't help but wonder: "This is?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "This is the governor of Bazhou, he is a villain, I obeyed the way of heaven and skinned him and put him here for the people to wash away the evil breath in their hearts." ”

Luo Rucai gasped, and thought in his heart: Zhu Ba is really a great character, he is kind and harmless to the people, but when he is ruthless, he is even more ruthless than Lord Yama.

The two entered the yamen and sat down in the lobby. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly spoke: "Brother Cao Cao, I often hear that you like a comfortable life, and you don't like to fight and kill, and die everywhere. ”

"yes!" Luo Rucai said with a smile: "When I rebelled, just because I couldn't afford to eat and couldn't get a daughter-in-law, I never thought that I really wanted to be a general, a generalissimo, an emperor or something, then it was not something like me that I deserved." Now that I have enough food and a daughter-in-law, I don't want to fight and kill anymore, I just want to take the past few years to rob ...... Cough...... The money earned, return to the old man, and live a good life, it's a pity...... We're on the thief ship now, and we can't get off Luo. ”

"Actually, it's not difficult to get off the thief ship!" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "If you get on my boat, you will get off the thief ship." ”

Luo Rucai laughed and said: "Eighth Brother Zhu really likes to laugh, isn't it also a thief ship when you get on your ship?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his hand in the northwest direction: "That side is Shaanxi, my territory, I believe that with your ears and eyes, you can know what the situation in Shaanxi is now." ”

When Luo Rucai heard this, his face was straight, of course he knew the situation in Shaanxi, not to mention that he also had a lot of spies under him, just the families of those soldiers he left in Shaanxi could send a lot of useful news. was blocked by Zhu Yuanzhang in Tongguan at the beginning, Luo Rucai, Gao Yingxiang, and Lao Huihui all handed over their families to Zhu Yuanzhang, so they can occasionally receive some information from these family members, knowing that the current Shaanxi is terrible, everyone has enough food and clothing, and lives too peacefully and healthily.

Shanxi and Henan, which are adjacent to Shaanxi, are obviously miserable in the great drought, but Zhu Ba can manage Shaanxi in an orderly manner, which is really incredible.

Luo Rucai fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he raised his head and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Eighth Brother Zhu, what do you mean...... Let me join your command, hand over all the brothers under my command to you, and then you will let me go back to Shaanxi to retire? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, and said seriously: "As long as you don't burn and loot in the future, take wives and daughters, and do those things before, I will treat you as if you haven't done it, relying on the money you have gotten over the years, it is easy for you to live a stable second half of your life, more than a hundred wives are enough for you to play, change one in three days, and only turn once a year, what else is there to pursue?" ”

Luo Rucai's face was slightly red, and he defended: "Those wives were all rescued by me, not to take away wives and daughters." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed hesitantly and didn't say much about this question. It's not good to break up some things, save some face for him. This is also thanks to Luo Rucai, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dwell on this issue more, if his subordinates took away their wives and daughters, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even want to think about it, and directly ordered it to be pushed out and cut. But Luo Rucai is not his subordinate, he is not bound by Zhu Yuanzhang's military discipline, and the bad things he did before, as long as he is willing to correct them, Zhu Yuanzhang can also give him a chance to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot.

Luo Rucai is actually quite moved, he is not a person with great ambitions, in fact, there are not many people with great ambitions in the peasant rebel army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and only Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong, Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others are bent on getting ahead. Many people such as Bai Yuzhu, Luo Rucai, Lao Huihui, etc., were forced to revolt under the pressure of life, and the purpose of the uprising was only to get a good life, so when the scale of the righteous army expanded to a certain extent, the internal corruption of the righteous army would inevitably be corrupted and fallen, and it would be difficult to go further.

Luo Rucai thought of going back to Shaanxi to retire, with more than 100 beautiful wives and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver for the rest of his life, and his breathing couldn't help but become short. I really want to ignore it, throw his subordinates into Zhu Ba's hands, and then smile and be his hand-shaking rich man.

"How? How's it going? Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Luo Rucai came to his senses and returned to reality from the erosive life of fantasy, he sighed and said: "Eighth Brother Zhu, I feel your kind brother, but this matter is too important, and it is related to the rest of my brother's life...... Brother doesn't dare to make a hasty decision, can you give me some time and let my brother think about it for a few days? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Such a big thing, if you agree to it with a mouth, it will make me think that you are not sincere, and it is right to think about it for a few days!" ”

Luo Rucai hugged his fists: "Then brother, I'll go back and think about it first...... Tut...... Think about it......"

Zhu Yuanzhang served tea and prepared to send off guests.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion outside the door, it seemed that a group of people were running in in a hurry, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that something must have happened again, and looked at the door curiously. I saw a group of soldiers carrying a man covered in blood and running into the house, and the group of soldiers was followed by a woman, the woman lowered her head and couldn't see her face clearly, but she let out a muffled cry, and her voice also carried a cry, and whispered: "Brother soldiers, light...... Please tap ...... My father-in-law was seriously injured and couldn't stand the toss......"

Hearing this voice, Zhu Yuanzhang's whole body was shocked, and he stood up from the chair with a brush on the ground. The god looked at the seriously injured man like lightning, and sure enough, this man was Du Shan, who had a relationship in Xi'an...... And the woman who was crying with her head down, needless to say, was naturally Miss Ma San.

When the Yiren were gone, there was no trace of Fang, but they didn't expect to suddenly appear here, it was really surprising, and they were not psychologically prepared at all.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Miss Ma Xiaosan knelt on the ground with a "touch" on the ground, and knocked her head deeply, until her forehead touched the ground, she said anxiously: "King Zhuba, my father-in-law is seriously injured, please lend a helping hand and save one or two, I will be a cow and a horse in the next life, and I will definitely repay your great kindness." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his churning emotions and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Miss Ma San cried: "I live in seclusion with Xianggong in the mountains in the south of this place, after several years of stable life, a few days ago I met the general Red Lady under the king, she told us about the good things you did, Xianggong said that you are a good person, worthy of refuge, we don't have to hide from you anymore, so I came out of the mountain, and wanted to find you in Bazhou City, but I didn't expect to meet Zhang Xianzhong's scouts halfway...... The scout thought...... Wanting to insult me, Xiang Gong took advantage of his unpreparedness and stabbed the scout in the back of the heart with a knife, but he didn't expect to be stabbed to death, and the scout turned around and slashed Xiang Gong into serious injuries...... Woo......" (To be continued.) )