In February of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Jiangxi, Jiujiang Mansion. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is said that when Li Zicheng went south, the only thing Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, did was to run, break into the army to attack Xiangyang, and he ran to Wuchang. Then the army captured Hanchuan, and it seemed that he was going to attack Wuchang, so he hurriedly led his subordinates to Jiujiang.

And he also made up his mind that if Li Zicheng continued to go south, he would still run down the river.

Fortunately, God appeared, the thieves crossed the river to attack Wuchang in the first month, and there were big waves on the river, and most of the landlubbers were not familiar with the water, and they were drowned by the river countless times, and finally they stopped the pace of the attack and only concentrated on consolidating the Jiangbei Mansion.

Zuo Liangyu, who fled to Jiujiang to watch, breathed a sigh of relief and reverted to his old ways.

also because of the plundering all the way, collecting and surrendering soldiers, and coercing the people in chaos, at this time he had so many soldiers and horses that he couldn't even count himself, and he was known as 200,000 to the outside world. What to do if you have to feed so many soldiers and horses? Zuo Liangyu has his own way, that is, to rob!

He led the army to rob all the belongings of the people outside the city, and searched all the beautiful wives and concubines of every household, so that the suffering of the people of Xiangyang was repeated in Jiujiang.

And especially insufficient, his right-hand man Wang Yun was born as a traitor, the most unruly, in early February, he led the army to make a rebellion in Qizhou, killing people and setting fires, doing everything, and all the units of the Ping Thief Army responded in groups.

Because earlier they plundered the ships of Wuchang, including the grain and salt ships, they went south along the river, broke the Jiande army, robbed Chiyang, went to Wuhu for forty miles, docked in Sanshan and Digang, and seized the salt ships to carry troops.

The rebel generals also claimed that they would send money to Nanjing, and asked 3,000 cronies to accompany them. The civil and military officials in Nanjing were afraid, and Chen Shi thought that he was guarding the river, and he urgently transferred Huang Degong, the general soldier of Luzhou, to move his division to come.

Fortunately, the governor of Anqing, Cao Zuo Liangyu, moved it with dangerous words, and issued tens of thousands of taels of silver, so that these chaotic troops were calmed down and the women full of wealth returned.

And because there is an example of the thief army in front. Murder and arson. Robbing money, food, and women is not only nothing, but is rewarded, why not? Children who can cry have milk to eat, and the so-called don't make a fuss. The good thing is even more. Therefore, after the riverside provinces. Rebellions of all kinds abounded.

On this day, Jiujiang Mansion City is not far away, and people say that the spring breeze in February is like scissors. It is also said that the spring of March, it is almost to the gentle breeze, the season of green willows with smoke, especially Jiujiang is known as "Xunyang County of the Nine Schools, clearly like a drawing" reputation, this ancient Jiangzhou, Xunyang's place, to the beautiful place of the world's eyebrows.

However, all kinds of poetry and painting have disappeared recently, and there are no sails on the river, even if Jiujiang is known as the mouth of the three rivers and the thoroughfare of the seven provinces, but there is a thief general Zuo Liangyu here, and which pedestrian businessman who is not afraid of death dares to come to Jiujiang, or through this section of the river?

It is not without lessons, there was once a river boat passing through the water surface of the Jiujiang River and encountering the patrol boats of the Ping Thief Army.

Accused of robbing or casually installing a thief, he slashed with a knife, and the body was thrown into the river. Or they don't bother to find the crime, just get on the boat and grab it, if there is a beautiful woman on the boat, the end is even more miserable.

The city of Jiujiang Mansion is often closed, and the soldiers and people are all vigilantly staring at the military camp outside the city, for fear that those flat thief troops will rush in to burn, kill and loot, and there are too many flat thief troops, so they seem to be full of them on the south bank of the river.

Zuo Liangyu soldiers numbered 200,000, the first few battalions were pro-army, and the rear battalions were descending troops, and the military law was based on two people galloping between horses, saying: "Too right", their horsemen often galloped outside the city of Jiujiang Prefecture, showing off their might, but looking at these flat thieves, the local people hated it.

When the thief general arrived, the local people suffered countless disasters, and many people's wives and daughters were robbed and ruined in the camp. At this time, they do not understand why there are so many such brutes among the officers and soldiers. Didn't they protect the people, and why did they do so badly as beasts?

Everyone's hatred is buried deep in their hearts, seeing that the righteous army of King Chuang will not go south for the time being, they only care about one point, when will this thief army and the thief general have retribution?

Jiujiang City used to be prosperous, with many manors outside the city, and all kinds of tea shops and restaurants, but once the Ping Thief Army arrived, how many people dared to open their doors? Even if they have the courage to do so, or if they can't do anything for their livelihood, they all have their hearts and hang their hearts, fearing that one day they will suffer an unjustified disaster.

However, there is a restaurant near Suojiang Building, and the business is very good, and the generals and soldiers of the thief army do not dare to harass this restaurant on weekdays, which inevitably arouses the curiosity of outsiders.

It turned out that according to everyone's inquiry, the shopkeeper Tian Boss of this restaurant who came to the restaurant not long ago was from Shandong like Zuo Liangyu, the general of the Ping Thief, and he did a good job of Lu cuisine, and the general of the thief was full of praise for it, and because he was also a fellow countryman, Zuo Liangyu personally issued an order to prohibit the Ping Thief Army from harassing this restaurant.

He also brought the generals over for a few drinks from time to time, so that the business of this restaurant would not be successful.

Suojiang Building is located in the northeast of Jiujiang City on the edge of the Yangtze River, this restaurant is also near the river, the style is magnificent, a total of three floors, the original restaurant owner has disappeared, was led by the Tian boss a few guys to occupy the magpie's nest.

It was noon, the restaurant was noisy, the sound of knives and spoons, shouting, bursts of aroma of wine and meat, constantly emerging from the restaurant, and the upstairs around, full of profligate corpses of the Ping Thief Army officers and soldiers, many people in their arms, but also hugged the looting folk women, the hustle and bustle.

A thin man held a plate of delicately colored fruits, hurried upstairs, and the officers and soldiers he saw along the way, and saw the fruits in his hands, all of them were strange, what kind of fruit is this? So seductive, brightly colored?

However, everyone did not dare to stop the seizure, because they knew that the shopkeeper of this restaurant was a fellow townsman of the handsome, and this strange fruit must have been sent to the top floor for the handsome and others to enjoy.

The man was walking up the stairs, and when he looked out of the window, he saw a fleet of ships approaching not far away, and the boats were full of cheerful and laughing sergeants, and he could hear the cries and screams of all kinds of women, and it seemed that another group of people had been killed by the army of thieves.

The guy bit his lower lip, and then a guy upstairs came down with an empty plate and glanced at him, and the thin guy nodded and continued to go upstairs.

Didn't get to the top floor. I heard a burst of wild laughter, faintly accompanied by silk and bamboo music, the sound of light singing and dancing, and when I went up to take a look, I saw Zuo Liangyu and the generals sitting.

His son Zuo Mengeng, the battalion general Wang Yuncheng, the deputy general Wu Xueli, the deputy general Lu Guangzu, the staff general Ma Jinzhong, Ma Shixiu and others were all present.

In the corner of the upper floor, there are some guards standing. See this guy come up. The fierce and vicious eyes stared at him, and Lu Guangzu and the others also glanced at him when they heard the movement, and their eyes were full of tyranny and ferocity.

At this time, Wang Yuncheng was laughing wildly: "...... The officials in Nanjing. I also want to ask the big man to kill me. It's so beautiful......"

Zuo Menggeng's face was pale. With an overly alcoholic and snarky look, he said sharply: "It seems that there is not enough trouble, father." We must give those Jiangnan generals a little more color, so that they can know how powerful our Ping Thief Army is......"

"We have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the imperial court can only appease, and after each time, it is interesting to think about the faces of the emperor and cabinet ministers......"

Wu Xueli and Ma Jinzhong also laughed loudly and spoke unscrupulously. The current day is indeed comfortable for them, and the day when the martial artists turn over and call the shots is finally here, every time they think about it, they still have to thank Li Zicheng and others.

The owner of the restaurant, Mr. Tian, was serving beside him, and he was fat and fat, but his movements were very flexible.

After each dish came up, he also explained to Zuo Liangyu diligently, and after eating another piece of fried double crispy, Zuo Liangyu nodded with satisfaction, and he said to the shopkeeper Tian: "Lao Tian, you really need to say this Lu Cai kung fu, if Ben Shuai moves elsewhere in the future, you will follow." ”

The shopkeeper of Natian was flattered, he whimpered and knelt down and kowtowed, choked and said: "The handsome is gracious, the small one is the liver and brain, and there is no way to repay it, whatever the big handsome man says, the villain will do." ”

Wu Xueli, Lu Guangzu, Ma Jinzhong and others didn't care, the handsome man likes to eat Shandong food, they just came over to cheer, it doesn't matter if there is such a cook in the army.

In particular, Wang Yuncheng glanced at the shopkeeper Tian with the eyes of looking at the food, thinking that this guy was very chewy with fat meat, and when he was short of food and clothing, he could cut it and eat it.

At this time, the thin guy came over with a fruit, and when he saw that the fruit was so delicate, everyone was curious and vigilant at the same time, just like a poisonous snake, the brighter the color, the more poisonous its sex was, and the same was true for the mushroom with a delicate color.

Seeing the expressions of Zuo Liangyu and the others, and a few guards who were about to come over with the handle of the knife, the shopkeeper of Natian nodded hurriedly and said: "The marshal, and the generals, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, this is a little bit of the villain's intention specially prepared for the marshal and others......"

He picked up such a thing with his own hands, put it in his mouth and took a bite, and immediately the bright red liquid flowed down, and the eyes of the shopkeeper of Natian showed an intoxicated look: "It's really delicious in the world." ”

He ate the fruit in a few bites, and then smiled at Zuo Liangyu and the others: "This thing is called Good News Sanyuan, I heard that it came from the West, and there is another name called persimmon." Weekdays are longer than autumn and summer, and it is extremely rare to see this spring, but it is small to find from a rich family's greenhouse, and it is rare to see it in leisure. ”

Zuo Liangyu and the others were all moved when they saw that the shopkeeper was eating with relish and very delicious, and they were all moved, and they saw that he was safe and sound after eating three yuan, obviously this fruit was non-toxic, and they were even more relieved.

In fact, at the beginning, they were not at ease with this restaurant, not only was there someone in the kitchen to supervise, but every dish was served, and they had to test the poison with a silver needle, but after a long time, they were already wary. It's impossible to think about it, who eats the bear's heart and leopard gall and dares to murder the general soldiers of a town, or the general soldiers who hold hundreds of thousands of strong troops and are notorious?

At this time, there are not many seasonal fruits, if this thing is not found from the greenhouse of the rich family, it will not be seen on weekdays, and the Chinese name is still festive, and it is from the West, which is even rarer, so Zuo Liangyu said urgently: "Quickly bring it to Ben Shuai." ”

He picked up a tomato and bit it, immediately opened his eyes wide, smacked his lips, and then ate a tomato in a few big bites, picked up another one, he bit it in his mouth, and said to his subordinates vaguely: "Not bad, you can try it later." ”

Immediately, the crowd will be you and me one by one, curiously take it, all of them eat with a mouthful of juice, especially the taste of tomatoes for the first time, let them applaud more than once, Tian shopkeeper struck while the iron was hot, and said with a smile: "This thing tastes better after cooking, especially I heard that the handsome and delicious lake shrimp, if this thing is cooked with it......"

Zuo Liangyu picked up another tomato and bit it, he waved his hand again and again: "Go, go and go, Tian shopkeeper, you go out in person, Ben Shuai will definitely feast today." (To be continued.) )