Zhu Qijun, twenty-two years old, with a long body, stood on the rockery in the back garden of the county king's mansion with his eyes closed and bathed in the spring breeze.

It's already partial, the sun is shining, the spring breeze is blowing, and it is a rare good time of the year.

Although Zhu Qijun was standing and his body was not moving, it could be seen that his face was pale and his eyelids were still beating slightly.

At this moment, two voices were hovering in his head.

"Evil beasts!"

"Rebel!"

The voice in front of him was made by Zhu Yujian when he was still living in Nanyang Mansion City, and was called to the palace to watch the execution by Zhu Yujian, who had just been appointed as the king of Tang.

At that time, all the fear, grief, and hatred that had accumulated in Zhu Yujian's heart for a long time were vented on the eldest son born to his mother-in-law, his uncle, that is, Zhu Qijun's brother Zhu Qixuan, who was a compatriot of one mother.

Zhu Qixuan was obese and desolate, and when the old Tang Wang was alive, he was flying and domineering, and he was insulted to Zhu Yujian's father and son in every way.

As soon as Zhu Yujian came to power, he implemented family law on Zhu Qixuan in the name of "rebellious and disrespectful", and personally waved the big staff to hit Zhu Qixuan with a cane, and after ninety-nine hits, Zhu Qixuan, who was still rolling on the ground at first, gradually stopped moving, and Zhu Yujian's last hard blow hit the back of his head, which immediately made him die.

In the past, because Zhu Qijun was still young, although he did not pretend to Zhu Yujian, after all, the harm caused was not great, and Zhu Yujian temporarily let him go.

The evil beast was shouted by Zhu Yujian when he hit Zhu Qijian, and Zhu Qijian still remembers the hideous red color on Zhu Yujian's face when he waved the staff.

The red color is full of anger, ferocity, and pride.

Although Zhu Yujian did not immediately make a move on Zhu Qijun, this scene still frightened Zhu Qijun, and he moved to Neixiang County early the next morning.

Compared with Zhu Qijun, Zhu Qijun's hobby is not in treasures, nor in women, nor in treasures and antiques, but Kunqu Opera.

Although his mother told him a family affair that year, two years ago he got a Yangzhou thin horse who was very good at singing Kunqu opera from Wang Heizi, the richest man in Henan.

Hanging out with that little concubine day and night, playing and listening to Kunqu opera is his biggest hobby.

Of course, this may also be Zhu Qijun's Taoguang method in front of Zhu Yujian, if there is no intervention of Xiaoqiangshi, maybe Zhu Qijun will be confused.

However, whoever has a long prison life and the revenge of killing his father (Zhu Yujian's father is most likely poisoned by Zhu Qijun's mother), once he holds power, he will not easily let go of the enemy's descendants.

Zhu Qijun also realized that he would be beaten to death by Zhu Yujian sooner or later.

Until the arrival of the little strong division.

Xiao Qiangshi, for Zhu Qijun, the mood is very complicated, it is said that they are thieves, they are traitors of his Zhu family's dynasty, they should firmly stand on the side of Zhu Yujian, but once they are with Zhu Yujian, they are in danger of being killed by the cane.

At such a juncture, Zhu Qijun still chose to live.

He took the initiative to take refuge in Dragon Thirteen.

Although Long Thirteen didn't make it too difficult for him, and only deprived him of part of his land, his shops and remaining lands were enough to feed the people of the county king's mansion and so on.

But in this way, he is the first "thief" vassal king of the Ming Dynasty, if Xiao Qiangshi succeeds, it is better to say, once it fails, it is the time for the Zongren Mansion to calculate the general account, and then he will either be confined within the high walls of Fengyang Mansion, or he will be killed by the emperor's cane.

So, in the past few days, in addition to Zhu Yujian's hideous face and heart-rending shouts, in addition to Zhu Yujian's hideous face and heart-rending shouts, he has heard the voice of "traitor" from time to time.

However, now that I think about it, this Dragon Thirteen is different from ordinary thieves, he only confiscated the fields of Tang Wang, Lu Wang and other Tang Wang's county kings, and did not involve ordinary squires, merchants, and landlords.

Even if they caught Tang Wang and other vassal kings, they did not kill them all, but locked them up and asked the government for ransom, and in this way, those vassal kings were ransomed by the Henan governor Yamen.

Only he was left as the king of the inner country.

Not only that, but all the personnel of the palace, including the Department of Honor and Guard, let it continue to be retained.

When he thought of the Honor Guard, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.

"Am I doing this, right?"

......

"The Prince"

In this way, he stood alone on the rockery and thought about it for a long time, and when he was about to come down, there was a call from behind him.

The voice was soft and tender, and it made people feel pity, and he didn't have to look back to know that it was his concubine who had arrived.

"Hong'er"

He quickly turned around and walked down quickly.

Under the shade of the tender yellow willow trees, beside the white marble bridge, a petite and charming woman of about the age of birth was standing there.

"It's windy today, you're weak, why bother to run out."

Zhu Qijun held his tender little hand and said softly.

As soon as he saw her, all of Zhu Qijun's troubles disappeared, but the woman broke free from his hand and said angrily, "Why did you throw off your concubine and come here alone?"

Zhu Qijun smiled and said, "How can I see that you are taking a nap when I came out, and I couldn't bear to disturb you, so I came alone."

The two supported each other and walked in the direction of the backyard, and when they were about to arrive, Zhu Qijun suddenly thought of something, he said, "Hong'er, I still have something to do today, you go back to the study to write and draw first, how about it?"

The concubine said, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Qijun said: "That Dragon Thirteen came to Neixiang County, today is the second day, if this king does not go to see him again, I am afraid it will make people suspicious."

As soon as she heard this, the concubine's face suddenly changed, and she hurriedly pushed him and said, "Go quickly, come back early."

......

Zhu Qijun got into a carriage with a shed, but the groom was a tall man, dressed in black and wearing a felt hat, the brim of which was pressed so low that it was impossible to see his face.

It didn't take long for the carriage to come to another palace in the county seat, the former mansion of the county king of Yuncheng, which was now occupied by Long Thirteen.

There were two people from the personal guards standing at the gate of the mansion, and when they saw that it was him, they didn't have any good colors, but they just asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Qijun got out of the carriage and said, "I have made an appointment with the big boss, and we will meet at noon today."

The guard didn't embarrass him when he heard this, but said, "The big boss has gone out, but he should be back soon, so you might as well wait in the side hall."

"Thank you"

Before stepping into the gate, Zhu Qijun looked at the sky, it was noon, this Dragon Thirteen was also going to eat, and most of them would be back soon.

After coming to the side hall, looking at this hall built in full accordance with the regulations of the county king, Zhu Qijun couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and he didn't even notice that the guards came in with tea.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly heard a commotion outside the gate, and then a person walked in.

Zhu Qijun had never seen Long Thirteen before, so he quickly stood up.

At this glance, he couldn't help but be surprised.

In his mind, although he knew early on that the big leader of the thieves was a young man, most of them were also majestic and burly men, but he didn't expect it to be such a person.

The figure can be regarded as tall, but it is not as simple and slender as Zhu Qijun himself, but extremely vigorous and straight, he even wore a wide-brimmed iron helmet when he came in, and when he stepped into the door, he took off the iron helmet and handed it to the guards outside the door, and immediately revealed the head inside.

There is no hair, no sideburns, only a short stubble, such a shape he has only seen in the wandering monk who has not settled down for a long time.

"It is said that this person is from a wandering monk, and when I saw it today, it was indeed so."

The face is angular, the complexion is slightly dark, the eyebrows are slender, the bridge of the nose is high, the eyes are resolute, and the corners of the mouth are a little smiling.

Dressed in a Ming summer military uniform, with a long knife hanging from his waist and riding boots on his feet.

"Here it is"

Just now, Long 13 originally wanted to go to the shipyard to see the construction of the battleship, but on the way, he ran into the miscellaneous man who used to be in Fort Wu

The owner of the shop was the one who bought things at this shop after he was the first to climb the city wall as a bait for the first time and received a silver reward.

There are still some people like him, according to the sum of Long Shisan, Li Xin, and Long Xiaoshi, most of these are scattered to various prefectures, counties and counties below Nanyang Mansion to continue doing business, and they are the eyes and ears of Xiaoqiangshi.

A person like this, Long Thirteen naturally couldn't let go easily, so he lingered in his shop for a long time, nothing more than asking about the prices of various materials on the market, the abundant supply of such materials, the shortage of such materials, and the prospects of several materials that he was ready to sell vigorously.

After he obtained the entire Nanyang Mansion, he naturally harvested a large amount of money, food, and materials, plus the winter wheat that was about to be harvested, even if the enemy came over immediately, it could support it for a year.

However, because he had a large number of well-paid people, his monthly expenses were also very large, and he had to find another way to make money.

So, he was there for a long time, and when it was almost noon, he remembered that he had made an appointment with Zhu Qijun today, so he hurried back.

The reason why he attaches so much importance to Zhu Qijun naturally has his unique considerations, which will be discussed later.

"I've been waiting for a while."

Long Thirteen said with a smile.

"No, it's just a little while."

Seeing such characters, even Zhu Qijun, who has always despised in his heart, was also in awe.

"Serve!"

Long Thirteen shouted outside the door, and not long after, two guards came in with a tray each.

Long Thirteen naturally sat on the main seat, while Zhu Qijun sat on the lower head.

"Since it's time for dinner, let's eat some with me."

Zhu Qijun was a little apprehensive, "Could it be that this food is poisonous, and you have to attack me today?"

He thought again, "This person is powerful, it is said that even Xu Yanqi, who is the top two in martial arts and can dance the one hundred and twenty pounds of sword that Liu Wei left in the palace, is not his opponent, so why do you need to do this to deal with me, a scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken?"

"When this man exterminated the black-hearted wolf of Bears Ears Mountain, his methods were very spicy, he actually skinned and cramped Zhou Jiali, tortured Zhou Jiali's brother, and nailed all the other thieves to the stake, let him wail for a few days before dying, there is no need to poison me at all."

When I looked at it again, I saw a white fish that was a specialty in the turbulent water, a fried chicken, a plate of cold mixed vegetables mixed together, and a pot of good wine.

And just when he was still thinking about it, Long Thirteen had already begun to feast, so he had to hurry up and get up.

In the middle of the night, Long Thirteen had already swept away everything in front of him, but only a small half of Zhu Qijun's was missing.

Seeing that Long Thirteen had finished eating, Zhu Qijun also hurriedly stopped.

At this time, he saw Long 13 take out a green handkerchief from his arms, wipe his mouth, and take a sip of the teacup, so he thought, "I heard that this person is not married, but there are two concubines in the room, and this handkerchief is most likely sewn by a certain concubine."

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