"My lord, where are you going? The subordinates have prepared a house for the adults in the backyard, and the adults should go to rest first, after all, they have been tired for a few days, and now they have not slept all night. ”

But Qi Heng said helplessly: "The grain production area in Huanggang City, I am still a little worried, this time I came out to take advantage of a gap to come, after leaving from you, I have to go to other cities to see, I am afraid that something will happen in Huanggang City after a long time, this time I will not stay, I will go to Anfeng and Huoqiu to see the situation in each city." ”

When Shi Caiying heard this, he couldn't help but bow his hand and said, "It is a blessing for all the people to be so fortunate to be in a high position. ”

Qi Heng listened to Shi Caiying's sycophant, immediately laughed aloud, and said: "Okay, don't pat the sycophant, serve as an official, and benefit one party, otherwise wouldn't you be ashamed of your trust in the marshal and the people?" ”

After that, Shi Caiying waved his hand away: "Go back, there are still many things waiting for you to do, take a good rest and help me get things done, it's better than you sending me a hundred times." ”

Hearing Qi Heng's words, Shi Caiying had no choice but to bow down.

Qi Heng, who left the mansion, quickly got into the carriage and headed towards the next city with Mu Ying and the others.

As the prime minister of Anfeng Road, he has to go to various places to see the specific situation with his own eyes.

Outside the gates of the Governor's Palace.

Shi Caiying looked at Qi Heng's back as they left, and watched silently until there was no trace at all.

........................

Three years later.

Jinling City.

In the lobby of the Marshal Mansion in Jinling City, Zhu Yuanzhang was studying with Li Shanchang as in the past.

When talking about governing the country, Zhu Yuanzhang said intentionally or unintentionally: "Our territory has expanded more than ten times now, and the people have increased by nearly one million. ”

"It's up to the wise men like you, sir."

said, and bowed his hand respectfully: "What is this called?" ”

"Rulers! That's right, the ruler! ”

Li Shanchang on the side said with a smile: "The superior Mingjian, the generals who fight the world rely on the generals, and the wise men who govern the world." The ancients have long said that those who achieve great things need not only martial arts, but also monks. ”

"Only when both civil and military are prepared can the people be rich and the government strong."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in agreement, turned his head along with Li Shanchang's words, sighed and said: "But there are countless generals under our command now, but we lack this virtuous person to govern the government. That's right! We heard that there are four famous people in Zhejiang? ”

Speaking of this, it seems that Li Shanchang is good at it, and immediately folded his fingers, like a few family treasures: "Jinhua Song Lian, Lishui Ye Chen, Longquan Zhangyi, Qingtian Liu Ji." ”

"Among these four, the most famous and talented is Liu Ji from Qingtian."

Listening to Li Shanchang's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was excited, but he couldn't help but sigh and said: "Let's bring these people to Jinling and help us achieve great things!" ”

"Especially that Liu Ji, by the way, do you know him, sir?"

Li Shanchang smiled slowly and said: "Liu Ji, the word Bowen, the ancestor is the Wang clan of Qingtian, Zhejiang, I am a Jinshi in the Zhishun period, the official residence is in the state, he has read a lot of books since he was a child, he is knowledgeable from the past and the present, and he is talented. ”

Speaking of this, he smiled helplessly: "But it's not inferior to you." ”

Li Shanchang's meaning of this is also very clear, and he naturally knows Zhu Yuanzhang's desire to recruit, so he said this in advance.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to give up so well, and said: "With Mr.'s dignity, can't you invite Liu Bowen?" ”

Li Shanchang shook his head helplessly.

"I'm afraid you won't move."

Zhu Yuanzhang got to the bottom of the matter and asked, "Why?" ”

Li Shanchang let out a long sigh.

"Superior, do you know who Liu Bowen hates the most?"

"Who?"

Li Shanchang: "He hates the peasant rebels everywhere the most, and I am afraid that this includes the upper position." ”

Among the rebels, he especially hated Fang Guozhen and others who made trouble in his hometown. In his eyes, what Mingjiao, what Red Turban Army, are all demons and thieves, and they will only betray their ancestors and often bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

"It's not going to be atmospheric. Also, he was once ordered by the imperial court to raise his own food and pay soldiers, and organized a Qingtian Township Army, claiming to defend his homeland in eastern Zhejiang. ”

"His township army has also killed a lot of brothers in the rebel army, so Fang Guozhen, the commander of the rebel army, hates him to the core, and can't wait to break his body into thousands of pieces."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who listened to Li Shanchang's helpless words on the side, was not affected by Li Shanchang at all, and said: "In this way, Liu Bowen is not a nerd, he is a civil and military all-rounder!" It's the same as our Engong! ”

Full of interest: "This person is a little interesting. ”

And Li Shanchang on the side was puzzled: "Why do you still praise him." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Such a good talent depends on where it is used, and we must invite him over this time." Even if you can't invite him, you have to tie him up! When we were asking for grace, didn't we ....... it?"

When it came to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the rise, he couldn't hold back for a while, but soon thought that he couldn't mention it, so he hurriedly laughed, and then said with a solemn face: "Anyway, this Liu Bowen is a talent, no matter what method is used, we have to invite him, such a good talent, if we don't use it, others can use it!" ”

And Li Shanchang could only helplessly persuade: "Superior, Fang Guozhen is inseparable from him, and he will get his head ..... if he is rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver."

But before he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said: "That's Fang Guozhen's generation, we are Zhu Yuanzhang!" Fang Guozhen is his mortal enemy, and he is not our Zhu Yuanzhang, our Zhu Yuanzhang may still become his friend. ”

How could Li Shanchang not understand this: "Superior, you don't know these literati, they have always been pretentious and high-minded, and there is no one in their eyes, even if the superior can afford Liu Bowen, but he Liu Bowen may not be able to look down on the superior." ”

As soon as these words came out, Li Shanchang suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly said: "I lost my words, and please forgive my sins." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang sneered in his heart and said lightly: "Mr. didn't lose his words, what he said is very reasonable, because Mr. is also a literati, right?" ”

Li Shanchang looked at the expression on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and his heart was terrified.

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "We have heard a sentence, literati are inferior to each other, what literati in Jiangnan look down on literati in Jiangbei, literati in Beijing look down on literati in other places, hahahaha, right, sir?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face, but Li Shanchang knew that this smile was only superficial.

While he was timid in his heart, he could only explain: "The upper position is really not a good man with a narrow heart, and jealousy can ....... it."

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he still had to ask him, the expression on his face changed, and he put on a close look, and said: "You have to get it, let's say the wrong thing, sir, don't think crookedly." ”

Seeing that there was no way to change Zhu Yuanzhang's mind by saying anything, Li Shanchang had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, in this way, I will personally repair a letter for the superior, and ask the superior to send someone to hire Liu Bowen to come to Jinling, how about it?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was already impatient when Li Shanchang said this, and when he saw Li Shanchang finally say this, he clapped his hands and said, "Let's just wait for Mr. to say this!" ”

"Sir, you think, with our Zhu Yuanzhang's sincerity and Mr.'s pen and ink, I don't believe it, please don't come to a mere Liu Bowen!"

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's mind had been decided, Li Shanchang didn't say anything more and nodded.

..........................

Qingtian County, eastern Zhejiang.

A group of soldiers hurried by, past the people, and headed towards a remote country bamboo house.

Before coming to the door of the bamboo house, the officer of the Yuan army led by him was about to tap the door of the house, but he never thought that the wooden door would open automatically.

The general who raised his hand looked surprised.

He looked into the courtyard.

I saw a thin man in a dark cloth shirt sitting cross-legged in the courtyard.

It seems that something is waiting for you.

He slowly spoke: "Sinner Liu Ji, meet the envoy." ”

General Yuan looked at the man suspiciously, and asked, "Lord Liu, did you know that we would come to get you?" ”

Liu Ji on the ground said expressionlessly: "The criminal minister estimates, just these few days." ”

Seeing this, although the Yuan General was surprised in his heart, he had no choice but to say: "Since this is the case, then Lord Liu, please." ”

Liu Bowen got up slowly, returned to the house to change into his official clothes, and left with General Yuan.

Outside the official mansion in eastern Zhejiang.

Liu Bowen looked at the soldiers of the Yuan Army around him, didn't think much about it, and walked straight in.

But after entering the door, he still didn't see anyone greeting him, so he entered along the avenue in the house.

When he came to a courtyard, he saw that in the empty courtyard, only a chair was placed in the middle.

Looking left and right, seeing that there was still no one around, the corners of Liu Bowen's mouth were slightly upturned, as if he understood something, he calmly came to the chair in the center of the courtyard, gently brushed the dust on it with the sleeve of his robe, and sat down in a dignified manner.

His demeanor was indifferent, and he began to close his eyes and recuperate.

At this moment, in the house on the side of the courtyard, Timur looked at the holy decree in front of him, and his face was full of helplessness.

I don't know how long it took.

Just when Liu Bowen in the courtyard had nothing to do, he took out a piece of cake wrapped in oiled paper from his arms, and when he wanted to eat something, there was a sudden sound of footsteps behind him.

Just as he was about to get up, a man's voice sounded behind him.

"Those who wear guilt, dare to be so chic, this is the yamen of the provincial government, not a restaurant."

Hearing this, Liu Bowen slowly put the cake in his hand again, wrapped it in oiled paper, got up and said to Timur behind him, "The criminal Liu Bowen has seen the adult. ”

Seeing Liu Bowen's light and breezy appearance, Timur was not really angry, and said: "You go on, let's eat, and talk after eating." ”

Liu Bowen smiled when he heard this, took out the baked cake again, and said: "My lord is smiling, this Qingtian baked cake is famous all over the world, and the criminal has loved to eat this bite since he was a child, so he must bring one when he goes out." ”

As if he remembered something, he said, "My lord, didn't Weichen hear that you have returned to the capital?" Why is it here again? ”

Tokhtar Timur sighed and said, "Like you, I am now a minister of sin. ”

"Since the defeat in Huaixi, I was dismissed from office by the imperial court and demoted to Zhedong Mansion as a pacification envoy."

Totoh said it easily, but Liu Bowen is such a shrewd person.

The movement in his hand stopped, and he frowned: "Recruiting envoys? Could it be that the imperial court has changed its strategy of leveling thieves and changing from suppression to appeasement? ”

Tokhtar sighed, "This was already three years ago, and although I tried my best to dissuade it, it was to no avail. ”

"The imperial court not only changed the strategy of leveling thieves, but also degraded the civil and military who had made meritorious contributions to the thieves in the past, and replaced them with another group of ministers who advocated appeasement."

"They are smarter and smarter than us, they are good at flattering thieves, and they like to wink with thieves."

Liu Bowen said with an ugly expression: "Thinking about it, now that this trick has been known by the thieves, I'm afraid that I am getting carried away at this moment!" They will ask the officials who are being appeased for all kinds of food, official positions, important land, ordnance, everything! Did you give it to the court? ”

"Even if it is given, the energy consumed by the appeasement is less than the energy consumed by the thief?"

"Even if the real thieves are appeased, they have turned into officers and soldiers, how many days can such an official army last??"

"If something happens, will they be able to rise again? For them, rebellion, rebellion, rebellion, rebellion, rebellion, this is the nature of thieves! It is also the need for their survival, so it is not so much that the court is appeased, but that it is raising thieves. ”

Regarding the strategy of the imperial court, Liu Bowen did not care about the authority of the imperial court at all, and degraded it.

And what Totoku represents is the imperial court, listening to Liu Bowen's words, he immediately shouted: "Presumptuous! ”

Liu Bowen took a look at it and sighed long.

The detachment on the side also understood that what Liu Bowen said was reasonable, and he also sighed and said, "Liu Bowen." ”

"Although your words are like knives, everything is right, and the official's heart has been smashed by you."

"This official has been favored by the court for generations, and his loyalty is unlimited, and what the court wants to do, his subordinates can only do their best to obey. Otherwise, wouldn't this official also look like a traitor? ”

"Let me tell you the truth, I came to Zhejiang this time to appease Fang Guozhen, the thief has already agreed to return to the imperial court, and the emperor and the ministers are relieved to hear the news."

"Happy....."

Totoku let out a long sigh of disdain on his face.

After speaking, he changed his words and said: "However, in addition to a letter of appointment, this thief also needs a head before he is willing to abandon his armor and go down the mountain." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Liu Bowen in front of him.

Liu Bowen seemed to have guessed something, and said bluntly: "The human head that the adults are talking about should be this one, right?" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to his head.

Tokoff smiled: "Exactly." ”

"Liu Bowen, why does the thief hate you so much, he hates you even more than he hates us?"

Liu Bowen smiled calmly: "What's so strange about this, because your officers and soldiers have no way to suppress thieves, and the township soldiers I recruited, they all know the nature of thieves, and they have nowhere to hide, so they naturally hate me to the core." ”

Totoku said calmly: "In order to let Fang Guozhen surrender, I have to wronged you." ”

At this moment, even though he Liu Bowen had done everything, he never expected such a result.

He was loyal to the court, but in the end, because of his meritorious work in suppressing thieves, he dedicated his head to the thieves.

The heart is instantly sad.

There were even some tears in his eyes.

"I am loyal to the court, and the court is loyal to me and abandons me!"

"Yes, yes!"

"Now the court wants to take my head to comfort the thief and flatter, such a court can last a few days!"

After that, Liu Bowen put his hands behind his back.

And Tok felt guilty in his heart, but he couldn't, and said: "I have prepared wine and food outside, and after eating, you can go on the road." ”

But Liu Bowen said firmly: "Don't eat!" ”

"I've got it myself!"

As he spoke, he took out the Qingtian cake in his arms.

Swallow in a few bites.

Seeing this, Tokhtar immediately shouted: "Someone! ”

Two officers and soldiers immediately arrived.

"In!"

"Send Liu Bowen on the road!"

"Yes!"

Liu Bowen, who hurriedly ate the Qingtian baked cake in his hand, was taken off his official hat by the officers and soldiers and put a black cloth bag on his head.

Then he was tied with a rope.

The detachment in front of him said: "Liu Bowen, today's incident, this official deeply regrets. ”

And Liu Bowen, whose head was covered in front of him, shouted: "Listen, adult! Berwyn's today is your tomorrow! ”

With a wave of his hand, the officers and soldiers detained Liu Bowen and retreated.

Outside the house, the drums thundered.

Liu Bowen, who was escorted, came to the guillotine outside the mansion.

On the side of the table, there is a red box.

It's just big enough to put a human head.

With a wave of the big knife in the hand of the executing soldier, Liu Bowen, whose head was shrouded in a black cloth bag, instantly fell into the box that had been prepared on the side.

A moment later.

In the official mansion of eastern Zhejiang.

Liu Bowen, dressed in an official robe, was detained in the courtyard and sat on a chair.

Liu Bowen, who thought that he would be in a catastrophe today, was taken off the cloth bag by the soldiers on the side.

Liu Bowen stared, looked at the detachment in front of him, and said in surprise: "My lord, this is ......."

With a flick of his head, the soldiers around him retreated.

It wasn't until there was only Liu Bowen and Totok in the field that Totoku said: "The official can't bear to kill you, but he can't resist the order and not kill you, so the official found another prisoner, replaced your head with his head, and gave it to Fang Guozhen." ”

"Luckily, the man looks like you."

Hearing this, Liu Bowen was relieved.

Slowly got up, his legs were a little unsteady, and he almost fell.

He bowed his hand and thanked him: "Thank you for not killing." ”

Tokh kept his hands behind his back and said, "No thanks, if Fang Guozhen returns in the future, I may have to ask you to come out to suppress the thief." ”

"But now, you have to hide incognito and hide in the mountains, so as not to be seen through and play my crime of deceiving the king."

Liu Bowen arched his hand and said, "Obey." ”

"Go back by yourself, the official won't leave anything to eat."

With that, he turned and left.

I don't know how long it has been.

Liu Bowen walked in the mountains and forests, walking where no one was.

When he saw his bamboo house, he woke up like a dream.

Today's encounter, like in a dream, went back and forth outside the ghost gate.

He was already not in good health, but he was physically and mentally exhausted at the moment.

As the door opened, a subordinate immediately shouted, "Master! ”

As he spoke, he shouted into the house again: "Young master, the master is back!" ”

The son of Liu Bowen in the house ran out in a panic and hurriedly hugged him.

"Father, you're back, you're back."

Liu Bowen's feet slipped and he almost fell.

Fortunately, the subordinates on the side supported it.

After standing still, he said, "Where can I go if I don't come back?" ”

The son on the side, thinking about what happened today, asked with doubts: "Father, what's wrong today?" ”

Liu Bowen sighed in his heart and said: "This is called a blink of an eye, and the old hen becomes a duck." ”

"I came back with a corpse."

Listening to Liu Bowen's confused words, Liu Lian said: "Father, what's going on." ”

Liu Bowen came to his lips, but he didn't say it, sighed, and said, "It's okay." ”

Walking into the house, Liu Bowen seemed to think of something, and eagerly said to the six sons next to him: "Six sons, close the door, close the door." ”

Liuzi poked left and right outside the house and hurriedly closed the courtyard door.

But just as he was closing the door, Liuzi suddenly saw someone coming in the distance, and hurriedly turned to Liu Bowen, who was about to enter the house, and said, "Master, master."

"Here are two more."

Liu Bowen was shocked when he heard this.

I thought it was the officers and soldiers coming again: "What?!" ”

"Close the door!"

Liu Bowen, who didn't know who was coming, had to ask the sixth son to quickly close the door.

At this time, two people dressed as merchants came to the gate of Liu Bowen's courtyard with a left and right look.

There was a knock on the door.

Liu Bowen's son, Liu Lian, came to the gate of the courtyard and opened the door.

"Dare to ask if this is Duke Liu's mansion?"

Liu Lian said: "Yes." ”

"Is Liu Bowen at home?"

Liu Lian said: "My father has been sick for many days and has not seen any guests. ”

After that, the door will be closed.

But the person who came hurriedly stopped Liu Lian's movements, took out a letter from his chest, handed it to Liu Lian's hand, and said, "Jinling Li Shanchang is entrusted to send a letter." ”

Liu Lian was puzzled, but still accepted the letter.

in the backyard.

When Liu Lian told Liu Bowen about his intentions in the future, Liu Bowen, who was lying on a bamboo chair, said: "You come and tell me the contents of the letter." ”

Liu Lian nodded.

After opening the envelope, he began to read: "The foolish brother is good at bowing to Brother Berwyn, and in the past, the willow garden was goodbye, and several times met in a dream." ”

"Today, the Yuan court is rotten and unreasonable, the world is like a fire and water, heroes and heroes from all walks of life, surging up, vowing to get rid of the Yuan court and restore the Han Dynasty. Fengyang Zhu Yuanzhang moved along with the sky and crossed the Central Plains with the momentum of thunder. Everywhere he went, the Yuan army was invincible, and the people were fortunate to be reborn. ”

"I was thirsty for the virtuous, and I hated to have wings and fly to the case of my brother, in order to bow down and be taught."

"The foolish brother is sincerely instructed by the marshal, and sincerely invites the young brother to go to Jinling for a while."

"Drink to the fullest, talk about the past and the present. The sincere heart of the handsome, a thousand words, ten thousand words are inexhaustible, and the good man looks forward to it day and night. ”

"Say goodbye."

Listening to the content of the letter, Liu Bowen asked Liu Lian to read it three times in a row.

Finally, he slowly got up and said, "That's enough." ”

Looking at Liu Bowen in contemplation, Liu Lian asked suspiciously: "Father, who is Li Shanchang?" Why is it a young brother? ”

Liu Bowen seemed to recall the past, and said slowly: "Back then, this young brother and I participated in the township examination and the meeting examination together, and when the township examination was opened, I was at the top of the list, and he was at the bottom of the list. When the list was opened, I ranked ninth in the second grade, but he fell behind Sun Shan. ”

"So he was so ashamed that he almost jumped off the Liuhe Pagoda and killed himself."

"From this relationship, you can be called Brother Nian."

"But now, he is Zhu Yuanzhang's pseudo-prime minister, according to me, this young brother's ambition is probably more than that."

"He will definitely follow Zhu Yuanzhang, climb the dragon and the phoenix, and go straight to heaven."

Listening to Liu Bowen's words, Liu Lian on the side hurriedly said: "Father, Zhu Yuanzhang can be described as a giant thief and a hero, inheriting the mantle of Guo Zixing, in just a few years, he has repeatedly defeated the official army and suddenly became a great cause, I just got a report, Jinhua Song Lian, Lishui Ye Chen, Longquan Zhang Yi and others have been invited to Jinling by him." ”

"Of the four famous people in Zhejiang, you are the only one left, father, if the court knows that Zhu Yuanzhang once hired you to join the scene, I am afraid it will be another crime on top of a crime."

Liu Bowen sighed, thinking about today's changes, and said helplessly: "People sit at home, and disaster comes from heaven." You can't stop it, and I can't hide from it. ”

"Father, the envoy said that he wanted us to give a reply, you see....."

Liu Bowen pondered for a moment and said, "I wrote a reply letter and called the envoy to bring it back." ”

Hearing this, Liu Lian couldn't help but worry: "Father, I secretly communicated with the thief leader, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" ”

Liu Bowen said: "I know, don't worry, I won't let them see it." ”

Liu Lian nodded, as if he remembered something, and said, "They also gave gifts, should we accept them?" ”

Liu Bowen thought for a while and said, "Take it." ”

"Now that I have offended Fang Guozhen and the imperial court, if I offend Zhu Yuanzhang again, I am afraid there is really no place to survive."

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Didn't they send gifts?" Let's give back a little bit of a gift. ”

Liu Lian immediately said: "What do you say, the child will go and prepare." ”

Liu Bowen smiled slightly: "What else is there in our family besides my cheap life?" ”

After that, he said: "Give him a jar of good wine, a hundred years of wine." ”

Liu Lian said embarrassedly: "Father, where is there any century-old wine in our house." ”

But Liu Bowen just smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

.................

Jinling City.

In order to treat those talents who came to take refuge, Zhu Yuanzhang can be said to have worked hard.

On the street, Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Shanchang walked together.

Looking at the courtyard under construction in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang said proudly: "Let's call this garden the Welcome Garden." ”

"Welcome to the world."

"The building inside is called the Lixian Pavilion, and it is courteous to the wise men of the world."

"How's that, huh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who rarely took a handful of letters, laughed proudly.

When the two of them came to the gate of the welcome garden, Li Shanchang immediately patted his ass and said: "Welcome garden, Lixian Pavilion ......"

"Well..... Down-to-earth and honest. ”

"There is a pavilion in this garden, which can be said to be wrapped in true feelings."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, looked at the courtyard in front of him, and said, "Let's build it more magnificent than the yamen." Let the people of the world see, how we treat the world's talents, offering, offering high! ”

After that, he didn't forget to comfort Li Shanchang beside him, and said: "After the garden hall is built, let you, Liu Bowen, move in first!" ”

Li Shanchang immediately bowed his hand and said, "Thank you for your grace!" ”

Just as the two were laughing.

Two soldiers ran in the distance, shouting: "Commander! ”

When he came to Zhu Yuanzhang, he said, "Sir, Mr." ”

"The people who went to Qingtian have returned."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang asked eagerly: "Is Liu Bowen here?" ”

The soldier said, "No." ”

The excitement on Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually receded.

At this time, Li Shanchang walked out and said, "Superior, as expected. ”

At this time, people who rushed to Qingtian also came over.

handed over a letter in his hand to Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Dashuai, this is a letter from Liu Bowen."

Zhu Yuanzhang took the letter, and when he knew that Liu Bowen did not give him this face and did not come to take refuge, he was also in a bad mood.

was about to open the letter, but finally stuffed it to Li Shanchang on the side.

Li Shanchang took the letter and opened it carefully.

But he looked left and right, but he didn't find a word.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was waiting for Li Shanchang to read the letter, couldn't help frowning and said, "Read? ”

Li Shanchang hurriedly handed over the blank paper in his hand: "Dashuai, there's nothing on it." This reply is wordless, it is speechless! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had a gloomy face, took a look, and sure enough.

Looking at the jar again, he said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "What is this?" ”

The soldier immediately replied: "It is a century-old wine that is a gift to the marshal." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang immediately stepped forward and crossed the wine jar, slapped the mouth of the altar hard, took the bowl handed by the soldier, smelled it, and fell down.

But after he took a sip, he immediately poured the wine in the bowl.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing that Li Shanchang suddenly poured all the wine on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help asking.

Li Shanchang said: "A jar of clear water." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was angry: "This Liu Bowen is weird, he doesn't say it directly, what does he mean?" ”

Li Shanchang said: "Your superiority, Liu Bowen's meaning is very clear. Believe, without a word, means that there is nothing to say. Wine is a jar of clear water, which means that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with a sneer.

"He's a gentleman, we're not. What we hate the most in our lives is a righteous gentleman! Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily.

Seeing this, Li Shanchang on the side hurriedly drove away with the soldiers around him.

Then he said: "I said early in the morning that Liu Bowen will not come, he pretends to be high, and regards the righteous army as a generation of chickens and dogs." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly: "Let's be honest, there is indeed no shortage of chickens and dogs in our righteous army, if others don't say it, just say it, we Zhu Chong slaughtered the rich man's cattle and stole other people's chickens when he was eight years old!" ”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's mood is just like the mansion of Guo Zixing in Haozhou, facing his own courteous people, but people look down on him because of his background.

This is absolutely a naked insult to Zhu Yuanzhang, who has now become a marshal and a prince.

It's angrier than scolding him to his face.

But in addition to being angry, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he had to be calm.

Now he is no longer the thief who can use a knife for an injustice in his heart.

It is a marshal, a generalissimo of Huwei in several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River!

After calming down the anger in his heart, he said slowly: "Sir, now you should talk about what to do." ”

Li Shanchang said: "On the top, there are many wise men in the world, and there is no shortage of Liu Bowen." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "But, isn't it a pity that such a big capable person is sitting idle?" If one day he defects to the imperial court, will he lead the township army to fight the righteous army? What should I do? ”

Listening to the deep meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Shanchang said a little incredulously: "What does the superior mean is that he wants to kill him?" ”

Li Shanchang, who has read through the history books, it is not difficult to hear the so-called words that if you don't use it for me, you will be killed by me in the long historical records of the past.

He dared to guess what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

And Zhu Yuanzhang, who heard Li Shanchang's words, was obviously stunned for a moment.

Although he was angry, he really didn't think about the idea of sending someone to kill Liu Bowen.

On the contrary, these words made him hear Li Shanchang's thoughts.

In his Li Shanchang's opinion, if he encounters such a thing, he should be killed?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know if it was right to do this, but he still got up and walked towards the courtyard.

Then he found a wooden table at random and shouted to the craftsmen on the side: "Come on, bring me pen and paper!" ”

But after looking for a long time, where did the pen, ink and paper come from in the yard where the construction is under construction.

Zhu Yuanzhang also seemed to understand, looked left and right, and saw the small brush used by the craftsman to paint, so he picked it up, then dipped it in some ink, and said, "Just use it." ”

Then he said, "What about the paper?" ”

Li Shanchang knew that he couldn't find this paper, so he took out the blank paper that Liu Bowen had replied to before, and said, "Superior, let's use this Liu Bowen's reply." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang took a look and said, "It's just right." ”

After that, despite his twisted and ugly handwriting, he wrote on the white paper.

Li Shanchang, who was watching this scene from the side, really couldn't bear to look at it directly.

I couldn't look at it a few times, and turned my head back.

It wasn't until Zhu Yuanzhang finished writing the letter that he picked it up and said to Li Shanchang beside him: "Sir, this is a letter of appointment we wrote to Liu Bowen. ”

Looking at the letter of appointment in his hand, Li Shanchang said helplessly: "Superior, let me rewrite this book, right?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and asked, "Why?" ”

Li Shanchang raised the letter of appointment in his hand, pointed to the words on it, and said: "Superior, look, your letter of appointment is only seven or eight lines before and after, more than 20 words, you see, one, two, three, four...... There are exactly nine typos......"

Li Shanchang is not easy to say directly, so he can only persuade tactfully.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that he had written nine typos, and he was also embarrassed in his heart.

He frowned and said, "So many." ”

Li Shanchang smiled awkwardly.

"Rong Zaixia will go back to the house immediately, read this calligraphy, and then go to Qingtian."

But after thinking about it, Zhu Yuanzhang still said: "No need, we are not afraid of ugliness from this mud leg, no matter how ugly and ugly our words are, they are more handsome than our face, isn't it." ”

"Besides, I've written a letter to Liu Bowen now, and it's not useful. Just take your car and run it yourself, will it be successful? ”

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's aggrieved expression, Li Shanchang shook his head and smiled, and said, "Obey." ”

With that, he turned and left.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was standing in place, thought about what he had just written, and counted his fingers with a sad face.

Then he practiced with a small brush on the desk in front of him.

But after writing for a long time, I finally threw away the small brush in my hand and turned away.

Evening.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who came out of the barracks, walked on the street with Tang He, just like ordinary people.

Looking at the lively people on both sides, he couldn't help but smile and said: "In less than half a year, it has become lively." ”

Tang He also smiled: "People, as long as they are given a peaceful day, they will be able to recover immediately." Peace, better than anything else. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang also sighed: "Yes, when the world becomes too peaceful, the people will be down-to-earth." ”

"When? I know that. ”

"By the time you become emperor."

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was looking at the vegetable stall with nothing to do, suddenly took the radish in his hand and poked it at the soup and said, "You are beautiful." ”

Tang He immediately laughed.

When passing by a restaurant, Tang and Xu were greedy, so they pulled Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Big brother, I'm hungry, go in and eat something." ”

But Zhu Yuanzhang said with a sad face: "Our family is still waiting for us to go back to eat, and they have been angry with us for the past two days." ”

"Besides, we didn't bring any money with us when we went out today."

But Tang He said: "Oh, I have it here, let's go." ”

Seeing that he couldn't shirk it, Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to follow in, push open the door, and said, "Then it's yours today." ”

Tang He said: "I'll come." ”

When I walked into this restaurant, I looked left and right, but I couldn't see anyone.

Tang He couldn't help but say, "Alas? This man? ”

"Someone!" Soup and a big drink.

As soon as the words fell, the owner of the restaurant walked down eagerly.

"Please, please."

As he spoke, he wiped the tables and chairs clean for Zhu Yuanzhang Tang and the two.

Seeing this, Tang He puffed up his chest and asked, "Boss, what's delicious." ”

But the boss was in a difficult situation, and whispered: "Oh, there was just a group of military masters on it, and the chickens, ducks, and fish in the small shop were all eaten up by this group of military masters, so I saved two handfuls of noodles." ”

"Second master, the soup and noodles made by the small shop are good."

"Why don't you taste it?"

Hearing this, the soup he had treated today, he was about to reprimand him immediately, where was there anything to let them eat soup and lo mein.

But Zhu Yuanzhang immediately stopped Tang He and said, "Okay, okay, then let's have two bowls of noodles." ”

"Big bowl, Ang?"

When the boss heard this, he immediately looked happy and shouted to the back: "Two big bowls of noodle soup, three fresh condiments!" ”

Tang He saw Zhu Yuanzhang like this, so he didn't say more, and sat at the table with Zhu Yuanzhang, waiting for the table to be served.

The marshal's house.

Ma Xiuying sat on a chair and looked at the door of the house, but she didn't see Zhu Yuanzhang for a long time.

The maid on the side looked at the sky and said, "Madam, I'm afraid the handsome won't come back, so you'd better eat first, right?" ”

"Look, it's cold."

Ma Xiuying sighed and said, "Wait a little longer." ”

The maid said, "But it's not early, so you'd better eat first." ”

But Ma Xiuying insisted: "Even if you wait until tomorrow morning, you have to wait." ”

Seeing this, the maid didn't say much.

On the other side, Zhu Yuanzhang in the restaurant was sucking the noodle soup in the bowl with Tang He, and made a sound of 'uh-huh' while eating.

It's like how delicious this soup lo mein is.

"Not enough, not enough."

Tang He smiled and said, "You can eat as much as you want today." ”

At this time, the boss also came down from the upper floor.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang squatting on the bench eating noodles, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Second master, sit and eat." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care and said: "How can you eat noodles while sitting, squatting and eating." ”

At the same time, Tang He said: "By the way, boss, two more bowls and more spicy seeds." ”

The boss hurriedly said: "This is coming." ”

Hearing this, Tang He listened to the noisy sound upstairs, and said, "Boss, who is there up here, making a lot of noise." ”

But the boss saw that Tang He's voice was loud, and he persuaded him in fear: "Don't say it, there is a group of military masters drinking above." ”

But Tang He didn't care about this, and immediately said: "Go, tell them, let them shut up." ”

Tang He, who is now the only general under Zhu Yuanzhang in the righteous army, no matter who is above, except for the one sitting in front of him, he really has the confidence to say this.

But how dare the owner of this restaurant.

"Oh, two masters, I'm really embarrassed, you can be wronged, there are generals above, you can't afford to mess with them."

Tang He said, "What's wrong with this general?" Boss, you can't favor one over the other when you open your door to do business, right? I don't have any good food, and now I can't even eat a bowl of noodles. ”

The boss hurriedly whispered: "You don't know, the general is the righteous son of Generalissimo Zhu, also surnamed Zhu, God." He said, how dare you compare with him when he fights invincible opponents all over the world and kills countless people. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was eating noodles, was stunned.

And Tang He also smiled and said, "No one else, it must be Zhu Yong." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Yes, how energetic he is, we can't compare, his father is Zhu Dashuai, our father is an old farmer, if our father had this bowl of noodles that year, he would not starve to death." ”

When the boss heard this, he immediately said, "This master is still sensible." ”

"Slow talk, slow talk."

Gesture is about to leave.

But Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly thought of something and asked, "Wait." ”

"Do they give money after eating?"

The owner of the restaurant had a worried face and said, "But you can ask for it, don't give it, never give it, ouch, give it on credit." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened.

He doesn't care if you eat and drink, just make a noise.

didn't give money, but it touched Zhu Yuanzhang's bottom line.

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