Originally, it only took five days to reach the destination, but the car had Guo Zhiming's injury number, and they had to avoid the pursuit of the Qing army, Yang An and others did not dare to walk on the main road pipeline, so they walked for three more days to reach the destination.

Yang An looked at Xiao Cuihua with a tired face, gritted his teeth and raised his legs that seemed to be filled with lead to follow behind Zhu Yusheng, looked at the back of her leading the way, and asked, "How long will it take to arrive?" ”

As early as two days ago, after Yang An and others entered the territory of Guangzhou, they had abandoned the carriage and walked on foot, since they were anti-thieves, of course, they could not be stationed in the city, they could only drill in the poor mountains and remote areas, which made Yang An's legs suffer, fortunately, Yang An's young appearance hid a green body, but he still insisted on it, just looking at the little Cuihua with a frosty face around him, a trace of distress flashed in his heart, especially her silent appearance, Yang An's heart was even more distressed about Xiao Cuihua.

The group walked in the mountains for more than half a day, and finally stopped at a mountain gorge, and suddenly two young men in ragged clothes with machetes in their hands suddenly popped out of the dark place hidden next to them, blocking everyone's way, and Zhu Yusheng in front of everyone immediately showed joy.

"Miss, you're back, and the big stall has been worried about you since you left. You're back now, and the big stall will be happy. ”

"Ma Si, Zhao Wu, why did the settlement move here, and what happened after I left? If I hadn't followed the marks you left behind, I wouldn't have found this place? ”

Zhu Yusheng's inquiry made the faces of the two men show a look of resentment, and the two glanced at each other and sighed heavily.

"Miss, you better go and see the big stall first, as for what happened, I think the big stall will talk to you well."

When Zhu Yushang saw the appearance of the two of them, she also knew that something big must have happened, so she didn't drag it out with the two of them anymore, and took Yang An and the others to go inside.

"Miss? Who are these two? ”

Looking at Yang An and Xiao Cuihua who were following behind, especially the money rat hair on Yang An's head, Zhao Wu showed a vigilant look in his eyes, and slowly approached Yang An with a knife.

"He is your brother Guo's life-saving benefactor, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with him."

Hearing Zhu Yusheng's assurance, Zhao Wu put down the knife in his hand, but there was still suspicion in his eyes when he looked at Yang An.

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Under the leadership of Wang Wu, everyone carefully walked through a few arranged traps, and then saw a row of houses made of wood, from time to time there were women and men walking before and after the house, but everyone's faces were full of vegetables, and they looked at the arrival of Yang An and others numbly, and a lifeless atmosphere permeated everyone.

Wang Wu led everyone to the slightly larger room in the middle, and before he got closer, outside the house, Yang An heard a lot of commotion inside, as if someone was arguing inside.

When Yang An was hesitating whether to go in and disturb, Zhu Yushang didn't care so much, and when she heard her father's voice from inside, she took the lead in pushing open the door and looking at her back, Yang An could only helplessly raise her legs and walk into the house.

The people arguing inside were suddenly interrupted by the sound of the door opening, and they all turned their heads to look in the direction of the door to see who had interrupted everyone's discussion without looking long.

Zhu Defei looked at the figure who pushed the door in, his expression was stunned, and when he saw the face of the person who came clearly, he suddenly showed joy on his face, and walked forward with a breeze.

"Yushang, you're finally back, where have you been all these days? I was so worried about my father that I would die. ”

Not to mention the touching picture of the father and daughter meeting each other, as soon as he entered the house, Yang An looked at the environment in the house, there were twenty or thirty people standing in the house, and the small room seemed a little crowded, but the people inside were distinct, on one side was a group of men in shabby clothes, and on the other side were four officers and soldiers wearing Ming Dynasty military uniforms, and in front of the four of them stood a man wearing Ming Dynasty official uniforms, looking at Yang An and others with both eyes.

After Zhu Yushang and his father Zhu Defei talked about the old for a few words, they couldn't help but look at the man in the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty standing on the side suspiciously, and asked hesitantly: "Father, what is this?" ”

"Presumably this is Miss Zhu, sure enough, Xu Mei didn't let the women, and dared to go to the Tartars' lair to slay the dragon! This official really admires it very much. ”

"Yushang, why did you run to the Tartar's lair, let your father see if there is any injury"

"Dad, it's okay, don't you see I'm fine."

comforting Zhu Defei, Zhu Yushang arched his hand to the man who spoke up: "I don't know what to call an adult?" ”

The Nanming official who was questioned said slowly: "I, Du Sichen, am exempt from the staff of the Ming Dynasty's military department. ”

Yang An was stunned when he heard this, "Wai Lang, the staff member of the Ministry of War, this is still a big official in Nanming, I don't know how to come here?" ”

After Master Du finished speaking, he turned to Zhu Defei and whispered: "Zhu Defei, here, whether to accept the appointment of the imperial court, you can make up your mind in your heart?" ”

"This ......"

Zhu Defei hesitated, with a look of embarrassment on his face, and his eyes turned to the crowd standing on the other side of the room.

Du Sichen took out a blank document and a large seal from his arms, and said to Zhu Defei with a smile: "The imperial court appointed you as the general of Guangzhou, but it is very sincere, you must know that the general of Guangzhou is the military attache of the imperial court, and he is also a well-known surname in front of the Son of Heaven. There was a hint of demagogy in Du Sichen's voice.

"Moreover, this official knows that although you Zhu Defei is the royal family, but there has been nowhere to show your life's ambitions, now is the time when the imperial court is in danger, all the people with lofty ideals in the world are working hard for the Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, you as the Taizu, you should do your best for the Ming Dynasty, he will succeed in the Northern Expedition, and the court will not treat you badly."

"Fart!"

Before Du Sichen finished speaking, a scar-faced man jumped out of the group of men, and scolded in his mouth: "Bullshit court! We said it well when we worked hard before, but now when we lose the battle, we will be thrown aside, and we will not be asked. Our brothers and Tartars are desperate, and they don't even have a pension for the dead in battle, and now they want us to sell your lives with a piece of broken paper and a broken seal, and you have done a good job in this bookless business! ”

"That's it, it's ......"

"Don't fool us with these vain things, if you want us to sell our lives, just provide money, food and weapons, let's see the face of real money, we will go out and sell our lives for you, otherwise if you want to empty gloves white wolf, this is no way."

"Bullshit court, fool us."

"Don't treat us as human beings at all"

The room was suddenly full of insulting voices, which made Du Sichen's face turn red and his eyes were on fire.

Zhu Defei looked at everyone's opposition with a pale face, although he really wanted to take over the appointment, but the opinions of his subordinates couldn't help but let him compromise, he can now let this Du Shilang treat him politely, all because he still has a little people under his command now, otherwise although he is a descendant of Taizu, but the descendants of Taizu have gone to the sea, which onion is he. And the scarface who spoke out against it is named Luo Daquan, and he is his second leader, if he takes over this appointment now, I am afraid that his big boss will come to an end.

"Wait for the erectors, a group of bandits, dare to defy the court, so disorganized, it's just a bunch of damn bastards!"

Du Sichen's words made Luo Daquan and the others look ugly, and they looked at Du Sichen and the others with bad intentions, and slowly approached forward.

Facing the group of bandits in front of him, the Ming army on Du Sichen's side nervously held the handle of the knife, ready to meet the sword soldiers at any time, looking at Du Sichen in front of him with a helpless look in his eyes.

"My Lord Du, don't you see that we are still in the bandits' den now, aren't you pushing your brothers to their deaths?"

I'm really not afraid of god-like opponents, but I'm afraid of pig-like teammates! Am I going to die today under the knives of these bandits?

Du Sichen didn't feel anything in his anger just now, but now he felt the naked eyes in the eyes of the bandits, and his calves couldn't help but tremble a little, although he had some courage, but he was not afraid of death.

"Whatever you do, give me back and don't be rude to Master Du!"

Zhu Yusheng on the side saw that the development of the situation was wrong, and immediately stopped the coercive crowd, her eldest lady still had a little prestige, and everyone hesitated for a moment and retreated. Zhu Yushang understands that if there is a conflict between the two parties, then he will really be the traitor who is scolded by others.

After Luo Daquan and the others quieted down, Zhu Yushang apologized to Du Sichen: "I scared the adults just now, these people are all reckless people, they don't know the etiquette, it is really a misunderstanding to scare the adults." However, I don't know if my father can discuss such a big matter as accepting the appointment, and then reply to the adults later. ”

Du Sichen suddenly got off the donkey down the slope, his frowning brows suddenly relaxed, and his eyes signaled to the guards behind him, but he still said vigilantly: "Okay, then you can think about it again, this official is waiting outside the door." ”

After Du Sichen and the others walked out, only Yang An and others were left in the room, and Luo Daquan immediately shouted to Zhu Yusheng: "Sister Yushang, it's not that I don't want to work hard for your Zhu family, but if I don't give anything, I want us to die, this Yongli Imperial Court is really unusual." Last year, we suffered Zhang Xiaoqi's loss, and this year's situation is not as good as last year, this time we can't be fooled by them anyway. They, this is their own no soldiers, and they want to coax the eternal son to play, so they take us as fools. ”

When Luo Daquan said this, he obviously disdained the Yongli Imperial Court, looking at his expression, it seemed that he had already seen through the calculations of those officials of the Yongli Dynasty, it was nothing more than casting a net all over the sky, and it was a great achievement to be able to catch the net, and if the net could not be stopped, it was also those bandits who were miscellaneous, anyway, it was not his own death, and it didn't cost him some false fame, so why not do it.