Zhu Yuanzhang was mixed in the crowd to observe Hong Chengchou, and saw that the body of the governor of the three sides was quite clear, his figure could only be described as thin, and there was not a few taels of flesh on his face, revealing high cheekbones. His vision is very powerful, with a sharp light that is insightful.

Zhu Yuanzhang is no stranger to this kind of vision, there are many people around him who have this kind of vision in his previous life, like Liu Bowen, Xu Da and others, all have such a powerful vision, and even his enemies Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng and others also have a pair of eyes that are not inferior.

Hong Chengchou is wearing armor, but even if he wears armor, he doesn't have the smell of a general, he is more of a literati, and the officials accompanying him are also more literati, such as the patrol Yu Shi Jinlan and the deputy chief soldier Zhang Fushun of Yansui...... It's all Donglin Party members.

Li Qingshui and the county magistrate of Huaxian County greeted him and said some official words, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't listen to it, the county magistrate of Huaxian County seemed to be slapping his ass, but Hong Chengchou ignored him at all. He only showed a more friendly attitude towards Li Qingshui, and patted Li Qingshui's shoulder with a smile, it seems that he, an old-timer of the Donglin Party, is quite happy to see Li Qingshui, the new generation of the Donglin Party.

"Qingshui, you gathered the township warriors of the five counties and formed a crossbow army, which is indeed a bit Meng Lang." Hong Chengchou patted Li Qingshui's shoulder and said earnestly: "Fortunately, you defeated the thieves and forced them back." If you lose, the consequences will be unimaginable, and the impeachment of you will only fly like snowflakes all over the emperor's imperial study. ”

Li Qingshui let out a sweat: "This ...... The students didn't think about it. He doesn't call himself a subordinate official, nor does he call himself a late student, but he calls himself a student, it seems that he was also promoted by Hong Chengchou at the beginning, and there is a bit of master-apprentice friendship in it.

Hong Chengchou patted him as if he didn't care, and said in the tone of an elder: "It was really right to transfer you to Shaanxi * West at the beginning, as an official on my ground, I can help you cover up this kind of thing when it happens, and then capitalize and close-up your victory, and the emperor won't care." But in the future, you must remember clearly, and don't do this somewhere else, otherwise neither I nor your mentor, Mr. Muzhai, will be able to save you. ”

Li Qingshui hurriedly responded, he turned sideways and said: "This time, the students were able to defeat the thieves, thanks to the efforts of several militia leaders. It was they who led the townsfolk to fight this battle. Students are useless, do you want to meet them? ”

Hong Chengchou frowned slightly, what is there to see about a group of folk sect leaders? With his status and status, he doesn't want to see the idle Sipin Mansion. Not to mention that the Jiupin Sesame Officials are not as good as civilians, he waved his hand and said, "Then what's so good to see, don't see it." ”

"The students want to help Thaksin recount his merits, and they also ask the adults to say a few kind words for them in the recital."

Hong Chengchou smiled, and he leaned into Li Qingshui's ear. He whispered, "What's the use of you playing for a group of civilians for this kind of credit?" It's all your credit, just play your name......"

He didn't need to say it too clearly, Li Qingshui understood, this was Hong Chengchou teaching him to take risks. Taking all the credit for those militia leaders on his head, in fact, this matter has been a common thing throughout China for 5,000 years, and it is very common for subordinates to be taken away by the boss.

Li Qingshui was dumbfounded, if the person in front of him was a junior. Or other officials, he was afraid that he would be angry that the other party was a villain, but the other party was because he had the friendship of a teacher, and this anger could not be exploded, and he swallowed it in his stomach. It was very difficult to swallow, and he almost sulked in his chest and suffocated his internal injuries.

His face turned pale and changed. Hong Chengchou didn't know what he was thinking, and his face was not good. thought that he was injured in this big battle, so he said with concern: "It seems that this battle has made you very tired, go and rest, and I will deal with the rest of the matter." ”

Li Qingshui's chest was uncomfortable, and he retreated into the crowd, silent.

At this time, Luochuan Xiucai Li Panlong was the first to come up, he mentioned which pot if it was not opened, and asked happily: "Lord Li, what did he say about Lord Governor?" Did you seal it for us...... Cough...... Is that what it means to seal a position? ”

Li Qingshui turned his head to look at Li Xiucai, his eyes were full of guilt, and he didn't know what to say.

Li Panlong's face was originally full of smiles and expectations, and the whole person was relaxed, but seeing Li Qingshui's expression, he seemed to understand something, the light in his eyes slowly dimmed, his body also collapsed and drooped down, and he sighed in his mouth: "It turns out ...... Originally...... That's ......."

"What's upset?" Xu Renjie next to him patted him on the shoulder: "The battle is cool, and when the fight is over, it will be cool, what does it matter if you are promoted or not?" ”

Li Panlong glanced at him: "I'm different from you, you fight to be happy, but I want to be promoted to be happy, and I only fight for promotion." ”

"Fool!" Xu Renjie looked down on him: "I don't know what the use of being an official is." ”

"You're a fool." Li Panlong retorted: "The usefulness of being an official is great, let's take the war you like as an example, a junior official can only lead a small team of people, and a big official can lead a large army, can you fight happily if you are not promoted?" ”

"This ......" Xu Renjie was deflated, he looked at the problem from the perspective of a bandit, so he could fight and fight when he was not an official, but from Li Panlong's point of view, that was right! It's not good to be a big official.

At this moment, Li Qingshui's eyes turned to Xu Renjie's body again, his eyes were also full of guilt, he wanted to say it but couldn't say it, Xu Renjie winked at him and said: "Needless to say, Lord Zhu, I and President Zhu have not done the right thing to hide the crossbow, just take the credit, it's nothing if you don't give us an official title." ”

"But...... The official always felt sorry in his heart. Isn't this secret crossbow also to protect the people? If it weren't for these crossbows, Huaxian wouldn't know what would become now. Li Qingshui said awe-inspiringly: "This official doesn't think this is excessive!" You don't need to take the work to offset it. ”

"Forget it, it's a trivial matter anyway." Xu Renjie smiled and walked away.

Zhu Yuanzhang actually thinks that this is the best, he doesn't want to become a limelight figure, wouldn't that become the target of public criticism, and if he doesn't do well, he will expose his identity.

In the end, under the joint efforts of Zhu Yuanwai, Sanyuanwai, Red Girl, Xu Yuanwai and others, Li Qingshui finally revealed the hurdle in his heart, but even he didn't realize that he was dissatisfied with the Donglin Party's practices for the second time, and these subtle dissatisfactions lurked in the deepest part of his heart, took root and sprouted, and one day would grow into a towering tree.

Hong Chengchou only stopped in Huaxian for a short time, and then led his troops through the county and went in the direction of Qinling. He didn't go to pursue the 36th Battalion, but just blocked the northern part of the Qinling Mountains to prevent the 36th Battalion from killing the rifle. As for Yidou Valley, Rampant Wolf, Mantianxing, Sweeping King, Taiping King and others, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's instructions, they went all the way south and conquered Xunyang, Ziyang, Pingli, and Baihe on the fifteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Chongzhen. When the chasing army of officers and soldiers arrived, the righteous army had already gone south to Sichuan, burrowed into the vast mountains and mountains, and could no longer be found.

After Hong Chengchou left, everyone had no reason to stay in Huaxian, so they planned to leave for their respective hometowns, Luochuan Xiucai Li Panlong was disheartened and took the lead in saying goodbye, and Zhu Yuanzhang took others to return to the north.

The army traveled a few miles, and Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head to take a look, and found that Li Jieqiong's little girl was still glued to Xue Hongqi's horse, holding Xue Hongqi's waist tightly with both hands and refusing to let go.

"Leave this girl in Huaxian......" Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

Everyone understood what he meant, this girl escaped from the thief army, it was really very pitiful, if she was allowed to follow Xue Hongqi back again, after a while, she would find that she was following another thief, and I don't know if she would collapse. The best way is to throw her in Huaxian, which is not the territory of thieves, and she can be regarded as abandoning the darkness and turning to the light.

Xue Hongqi turned around and whispered a few words to Li Jieqiong, but he didn't expect Li Jieqiong to shake his head and hold his hands tighter.

"This ......"

Xue Hongqi said helplessly: "Let her follow, blame the poor child, I will treat her well." ”

"I ...... I want to learn to ride a horse with my sister and learn to wield a sword......" The little girl said timidly, "I want to learn to protect myself." ”

"Don't, it's not good for girls to play with these things, they won't be able to get married." Xue Hongqi spoke seriously, set an example, and lived with others: "It's good to be like you, learn some poetry and painting piano flags, and have a lot of femininity...... In the end, there was a touch of jealousy, envy and hatred in her voice.

This Li Jieqiong is indeed beautiful, with a small face of melon seeds, pure and cute, that kind of weak and powerless appearance, which is a little similar to Zhang Yingxian, the wife of Brother Zhu, although Xue Hongqi is also a woman, she can't help but fall for it. If God gave Xue Hongqi a chance to reincarnate as a human being, she would definitely choose to cast like this, and never play horseback riding, scimitar, bows and arrows again, and other messy things that scare away men.

"I don't want to get married, I want to learn to ride a horse, learn to use a knife, learn to shoot arrows, I want to kill all those bastards and thieves, I want to avenge my family......" Two lines of tears hung up in the corners of Li Jieqiong's eyes.

"Isn't it? Oh my God! Xue Hongqi couldn't help but burst into tears, can you change it? God, let me swap her for a swap? I exchanged horseback riding, swordsmanship, and archery for her, and asked her to exchange melon seed face, piano flag, calligraphy and painting for me...... God, you're not fair, you give people what they don't want, don't take such a toss.

At this time, Xu Renjie came from not far away, he looked at Xue Hongqi's depressed face, suddenly put it on Xue Hongqi's ear, and whispered a word, as soon as he said this, Xue Hongqi's originally ugly face suddenly turned dead gray.

After many years, everyone knew what Xu Renjie was talking about at that time, he said: "Sister Xue Hongqi, if you and this Li Jieqiong sister go in and out together, you will become a green leaf that sets off the safflower, let alone want to get married, all men look at her Luo ......"

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