For two days in a row, Li Tianxi worked in the governor's yamen, in addition to fifty literary wages a day, he also took care of a breakfast, ate the same as the wounded, and had meat for a meal, and it was also delicious donkey meat, and the long hair seemed to have slaughtered a lot of donkeys collected along the way. When Li Tianxi ate meat for the first time, he felt like crying, the first time he ate meat when he was so big was in the thief camp.

He was originally a native of Xiangtan, his ancestors have been farmers facing the loess for generations, and he heard his father say that his grandfather originally had three acres of land to plant, but then he was bought by the local bully Hao Gentry, and the family had no land, so he had to go to the provincial capital to beg for a living, his father had been helping people since he was a child, doing coolies, and he couldn't earn a few dollars all year round, and his family was getting poorer and poorer. He has nothing but strength, and can only do what his father did, working part-time jobs for others to make ends meet.

Li Tianxi never dreamed that one day he would go to the governor's yamen to help, in the past, he only looked at the strict yamen from a distance, and was driven away by the fierce yamen at the door, but now he enters and exits the governor's yamen as if he is going home.

Under the leadership of the Taiping Army's life-saving officer, Li Tianxi began to understand some simple trauma treatments, such as washing hands when changing dressings for wounded soldiers, washing hands when feeding, and washing hands in short. And on the first day, Li Tianxi was forced to take a bath, and the words of the rescue officer were very simple, he was not allowed to work if he didn't wash it clean, so Li Tianxi took the third bath in his life.

The long-haired king of the West has to come to visit the wounded soldiers several times a day, and also eat with the wounded soldiers, Li Tianxi feels a little incredible, there is still such a prince in the world?

King Xi seems to be a reckless man, and he speaks very loudly, giving people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant, but Li Tianxi doesn't think he is terrible, he feels like a brother who can be trusted and relied on.

According to his own words, he joined the Church as early as when the Heavenly King was preaching in the Purple Mountain, and he was originally a bone-setting master in the martial arts hall opened by another prince of the Heavenly Kingdom, the Northern King. Yao Yuan said that they have been fighting all year round, and most of their gang are Hakka people in Guangxi, and they often fight with the original local people, sometimes for a well, a field or a woman, which will cause large-scale armed fights of thousands of people.

Li Tianxi asked strangely, doesn't the government care? Yao Yuan snorted contemptuously and said, those dog officials wish that we Diao people would die more, and if we die cleanly, there will be no one to fight for land. Li Tianxi's face became a little hot, and he seemed to have said it himself when he died.

Most of the Hakka people in Guangxi are outsiders who moved from other provinces, most of them are Cantonese, and they are called people in Guangxi, while other indigenous people who have lived in Guangxi for a long time are called Turen, who also include Han and other Tu people, in fact, they are still Han people.

Because Cantonese Hakka and Cantonese dialects are different from the local vernacular of Guangxi, the locals also call the "lairen" "speaker" and the indigenous people "the native speaker". Due to the remoteness of this place in Guangxi, folk fighting has always been a popular "folk custom" phenomenon. In particular, in the last years of Daoguang, when the land annexation was drastic and the government was increasingly exploited, a large number of nomads from Guangdong, Fujian, and Hunan entered Guangxi, resulting in a situation in which Guangxi had less land and more people. In order to fight for a well, a piece of land, and a daughter-in-law, the whole village and the whole village are armed and vendetta against each other, sometimes a dozen adults and months, you come and go, you kill half of my village, and I will pull people to kill all your village. Not only did men and women kill, but they also snatched and sold each other's children, houses were burned to the ground, entire villages were burned to the ground, and thousands of people died in this mass vendetta. …,

Although the Hakka people are not as many as the natives, but the Hakka people are brave and martial, and they are broken by the harsh living environment, the folk customs are very strong, the people are called Guangma, and many times the natives with a large number of people can not beat the Hakka people, but the natives often collude with the local government and send more people to fight with the Hakka people, so that the Hakka people are in a very embarrassing situation.

In this situation, the emergence of the worship of God made the Hakka people see the gospel, and many of the backbone members of the worship of God are Hakka, and the purpose of joining the worship of God was very simple at first, that is, to form gangs, and not be subject to the pong of the natives and the government.

At the beginning of the Jintian Uprising, when the Hongjiao Master issued the regimental camp order, a large number of Hakka people gathered in Jintian Village, in fact, the government and local regimental training received rumors, but they thought it was just a large-scale fight, the Qing army commander Zhou Fengqi immediately and Xunzhou Association deputy general Li Dianyuan led troops to Siwang, together with Ni Tao, Pingnan Zhixian Ni Tao, inspector Zhang Yong and others to guard the main road, with wooden chun plugged into the ground to close the intersection, just to trap these chaotic people, the original intention of the Qing army is, it doesn't matter if you fight in it, as long as you don't run out to fight, After the fight, the officers and soldiers went in to clean up the mess.

Zhou Fengqi, Li Dianyuan and other Qing army garrisons, originally just the usual means of the government and the usual practice of marching formation, the government can not control the fighting, can only control the fighting within a certain range, but this Qing army garrison in Siwang inadvertently cut off the road in Shanren Village, at that time Hong Xiuquan, Feng Yunshan and other important leaders were in Shanren Village. This caused panic in the worship of God, they mistakenly thought that the Qing army had received the news to arrest Hong Xiuquan, and the Huazhou regimental camp Hu Yihuang, Meng Deen and others led their troops to attack the Qing army, and defeated the Qing army Yu Siwang, which was the famous battle to welcome the lord, so the Jintian Uprising broke out.

Yao Yuan is an old man, and he told Li Tianxi a lot about the Taiping Holy Soldiers' war, and Li Tianxi also listened to it with relish, because he was often pinned by the rich in the government, and he listened to the stories of killing officials and rebelling. Yao Yuan also said that he learned this art of healing external injuries in his early years, and he followed others to treat the injured after each fight, and over time he learned to fight bonesetters. Li Tianxi also wants to learn this craft, and may be able to become a bone-setting master in the future.

On the evening of the second day, Li Tianxi returned home, and in addition to bringing back another fifty yuan, he took out a few pieces of donkey meat from his arms that he had saved and gave it to his guest hall. The woman ate the meat, but the tears on her face flowed uncontrollably.

Li Tianxi counted the copper coins on the table, although he had counted them many times, he still wanted to count them, and asked in his mouth, "What are you crying about?" Crying when you have meat to eat? ”

The woman cried and said, "Have you become a hairy thief?" ”

Li Tianxi's face changed, and he said slightly angrily: "Who did you listen to?" ”

The woman choked up and said, "This morning, Aunt Wang next door told me that she saw you working as an errand for the long-haired thief at the governor's yamen. ”

Li Tianxi slapped the wooden table and said angrily: "This long-tongued woman, I went to her to settle accounts, and I talked about it all day long!" ”

The woman grabbed him and said, "Don't go, people are also kind enough to remind you that if Changmao leaves in the future and the officers and soldiers come back, they know that you have been on an errand for Changmao, so what can I do?" ”

Li Tianxi was stunned, sat down in a daze and said, "I, I'm just a long-haired helper." ”

At this time, the child began to cry on the bed, and the woman turned around and picked up the child and cried: "The officers and soldiers are vicious, and if you don't recruit a board, you have to recruit it, isn't this money and meat given by the hairy thief?" How can we small families explain it clearly? ”

Li Tianxi felt that something was wrong at this time, he had really done something for Changmao, and if the official army came back, he would definitely be unable to escape death. After frowning and thinking for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "That's the case, we might as well go to the peace, so we can have something to eat!" When the woman heard this, she was so shocked that she could not speak. …,

Before dawn on the third day, Li Tianxi got up early as usual and rushed to the governor's yamen to help. When he arrived at the mansion, more than a dozen companions who helped together also arrived early, and they were busy boiling water and boiling medicine, and Li Tianxi rolled up his sleeves and followed.

"Brothers, you said that if Changmao is gone, what will happen when the officers and soldiers come back and know that we have helped Changmao?" A man in his forties suddenly said, as soon as these words came out, everyone was silent for a while.

After a while, the man said slowly: "I thought about it last night, anyway, I am alone, I decided to vote for Long Hair, at least have something to eat with Long Hair, brothers, you should also think of a way out." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone talked about it, and many people clamored that it was better to follow Changmao, save their lives and still have something to eat, Li Tianxi saw that there were so many people who had the same thoughts as himself, so he no longer hesitated, and shouted. The man nodded and said, "Okay, if you are willing to go with the long-haired person, let's talk to Lord Life-saving in a while, and let him help us lead the way into the door!" The crowd roared on.

Early this morning, Xiao Yungui also got up very early, and after having some breakfast, he practiced his knife skills in the backyard. Since possessing Xiao Chaogui, he found that Xiao Chaogui not only has great strength, but also is proficient in martial arts, every time he practices martial arts, he is indescribably comfortable with sweat all over his body, Xiao Yungui gradually likes this kind of exercise, and there is no entertainment at this time, and practicing martial arts has become his only means to pass the time.

Originally, reading books was also a good choice, but Xiao Yungui really couldn't lift his spirits, and he was dozing off with a large number of traditional Chinese characters, and it was not as good as sweating from his background.

Breakfast and taking a bath every day are the only privileges of him, the king of the west, out of the habits of his previous life, he can't stand to eat only two meals a day, and at this time, the food has little oil and water, and it is easy to get hungry, so Xiao Yungui has no intention of abusing himself, and he will not leave three meals a day. There is also a need to take a bath, when you don't take a bath in Changsha, there is no condition to take a bath every day, at this time there are conditions, so you naturally have to enjoy it.

As for finding a woman, Xiao Yungui didn't dare to make any moves for the time being, he only issued a notice himself, no women are allowed, he can't take the lead in violating it first, before he completely lifts the crisis in front of him, he plans to endure it, so he puts all his energy on practicing martial arts.

After practicing a set of knife techniques, the card knife hand on the side gave a sweat towel, Xiao Yungui took it and wiped the sweat, only to see Zeng Shuiyuan coming quickly, and said with a happy face: "His Royal Highness the King of the West, many of the helpers we recruited before were clamoring to join us, there were always four or five hundred people, and many poor people in the city heard that they were coming one after another. ”

Xiao Yungui wiped his sweat and smiled: "Isn't it good?" It's better than forcing them to cut their braids and follow us, accept everything they want, and let Li Yiwen and Lin Qirong take these people. ”

Zeng Shuiyuan answered, Xiao Yungui wiped his hands, handed the sweat towel to the card knife hand, and asked, "How is the situation on the side of the Qing Demon captive?" ”

Zeng Shuiyuan said: "Naturally, there are many complaints, doing heavy work every day, but the rations are constantly being reduced, it is estimated that there will be people making trouble at breakfast today, the situation is only afraid that it is not easy to restrict, is it that whoever makes trouble will kill whom?" ”

Xiao Yungui shook his head with a smile and said, "No, if you make trouble, you just bring the Qing Demon Captives to see me, I have something to say." By the way, has my guest arrived? ”

Zeng Shuiyuan bowed down and said, "The rich merchants and giants in the city should all arrive this morning." ”

Xiao Yungui smiled gloomily and said: "Look at it, if you don't come, send more people to urge, who dares not to come when my King of the West has a treat?!" ”