The battle ended sooner than expected.

The White Lotus Sect members, who were armed with agricultural tools and wooden spears and had tattered clothes and no protection, had almost no resistance in the face of the heavily armed officers and soldiers of the Ming Army Guard.

Even if the White Lotus Sect had hundreds more people than the Ming army, they still didn't even hold a single charge.

This is the difference between the elite and the miscellaneous army, and even to put it mildly, these White Lotus Sect members are not even a miscellaneous army.

From ancient times to the present, in addition to those self-respecting commanders, there have been several peasant uprisings that have withstood the suppression of the imperial court.

The most typical is Zhang Jiao of the Three Kingdoms in the Han Dynasty, a huge team, which was wiped out by all kinds of soldiers and horses of the imperial court in a short time.

The gap between the two is too big, whether it is weapon training, or the armor and food on the body, the difference between the two sides is not a little bit.

The corpses were sprinkled all over the cottage, and the dark red blood was steaming and slowly flowing down the slope.

"Stomp, stomp!"

A sound of footsteps stepping on blood sounded, and Zhu Zhangui, under the protection of Hu Yu and others, came to the small square in the cottage.

There are still the last hundreds of people here, making a final desperate resistance.

Tang Sai'er was among them, and he was also the object of the White Lotus Sect's key protection.

The officers and soldiers held bloody blades, and their eyes were blazing as they looked at Tang Sai'er and the others in the middle circle.

Ordinary sect heads are only worth a few dollars, and cutting 100 is not worth one of these few.

"Tyrant, you tyrant, you will not die well!"

Zhu Zhangui had just walked over, and in the White Lotus Sect that was surrounded, he was holding his injured chest with one hand, and clenching the broken wooden spear with the other, and roared loudly at Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at him and chuckled.

"Hehe, I don't want to die well, what about this woman."

"I gave you a chance, as long as you surrender and serve a few years in prison, you can go home and continue to live an ordinary life."

Pointing to Tang Sai'er, who was protected by everyone in the middle, Zhu Zhangui sneered.

"And for her own selfishness, she entrusted you people who didn't deserve to die to go into the water, and everything you did was your own choice."

"Haha, it's ridiculous to think about it, I've been putting up with it here, giving you a chance to live, but you're like a donkey, you can't pull it, and you jump into the fire pit one by one."

"Now that you've been burned to the ground, instead of resenting the person who encouraged you to jump into the fire pit, blame me, the one who tried to bring you back."

Zhu Zhangui's ridicule made the guy who roared with anger face blue and red for a while.

Now that the blood is gone, their minds are gradually clear, and they feel a little stupid.

It was easy to exterminate them with the strength of the imperial court, and after the other party came, not only did he not immediately order an attack, but gave them many opportunities, which shows that the imperial court really wanted to give them a chance.

But what about them, at the beginning, they thought it was a conspiracy of the imperial court, and wanted to trick them down the mountain and annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Now it seems that it is really himself and others who think too highly of themselves.

"The opportunity is fought for by yourself, you can't wait for it, your life is also your own, don't complain about this and that, if you want to complain, you will blame yourself for being stupid, you can't tell the difference between good and bad, and you can't distinguish right from wrong."

Glancing coldly at the still alive White Lotus Sect members, Zhu Zhangui didn't bother to reason with these elm-headed dying people, and pointed at Tang Sai'er and ordered coldly.

"I don't care if others live or die, I want to see her alive."

"Drink!"

The soldiers who surrounded Tang Sai'er and the others let out a cold drink, set up their shields, held blood-stained weapons, and slowly narrowed the encirclement, preparing for the final strangulation.

In the White Lotus Sect in the encirclement, looking at the slowly approaching Ming army, with a solemn face, he held farm tools, wooden spears and pot lids and planks, ready for the last desperate fight.

"Wait a minute!"

Just when the two sides were slowly approaching and the archers were ready to attack, Tang Sai'er, who was protected by the White Lotus Sect, had both hands

Raise a shout.

Pushing away the obstruction of several leaders around him, Tang Sai'er came to the front of the White Lotus Sect.

Looking at Zhu Zhangui with an indifferent expression, Tang Sai'er took a deep breath and said slowly, "If I am restrained, can I spare them and the families of these dead sect members?"

Zhu Zhangui looked at the heroic face that was pale because of excessive blood loss, and said lightly.

"You're not worth as much as you think, and you can't escape it. Exchange with me what belongs to me, are you sure your name is Tang Sai'er, not Tang Tianzhen."

Tang Sai'er fell silent all of a sudden, and her expression was very entangled, as if she was thinking about something.

After a long time, she breathed a sigh of relief, and while reaching into her arms, she looked at Zhu Zhangui and said.

"It's true that my value is not that high, but I have one thing that I can probably do."

The moment Tang Sai'er reached into his arms, Hu Yu and the others raised their guns and aimed at her.

Once this girl makes any drastic moves, Hu Yu and other guards will shoot her without hesitation.

What Tang Sayer took out was not a murder weapon, but a letter, and the envelope also had the royal symbol printed on it.

Seeing this letter, Zhu Zhangui fell into thought.

He seemed to have seen the letter somewhere, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

After all, the letters he receives and writes every month, not 80 but 100, suddenly pop up, and he really can't remember it.

"Your Highness, this letter seems to have been given to that old Taoist priest by you."

Zhu Zhangui didn't think about it for a while, Hu Yu saw the sign on the letter, seemed to think of something, and reminded Zhu Zhangui in a whisper.

"Old Taoist!"

Zhu Zhangui was stunned for a moment, and a sloppy old Taoist priest who was sloppy, laughing and scolding, and persuading him not to believe in the nonsense of immortals and immortals gradually appeared in his mind.

The influence of this old Taoist priest on the Ming Dynasty can be said to be very great.

It is not the influence of the political situation, but the influence of the military strength and technology of the Ming Dynasty.

The formula given by the old Taoist priest is the main propellant of the Ming bullet artillery, and the black bone knife given by the other party is still in the craftsman camp, carving rifling for every rifle and gun of the Ming Dynasty all day and night.

The book given by the other party inspired the craftsmen in the craftsman camp very much, and the locomotives used by the Ming Dynasty now, as well as the various production steam equipment of the factory, found a lot of inspiration from it.

In other words, the three things of the old Taoist priest have made the military industrial technology of the Ming Dynasty move forward for more than 100 years.

When the old man knew about the existence of this old Taoist priest, he wanted to meet this mysterious person in person and reward him for his merits.

But since the old Taoist priest left on the day of the fight, Zhu Zhangui has never heard from him again, and the Jinyi Guard and the Moon Shadow Guard have not found any trace of this old Taoist, as if this old Taoist priest disappeared from this world all of a sudden.

When the other party left, Zhu Zhangui exchanged those three things with a promise.

Zhu Zhangui asked the old Taoist priest what he needed him to do, but the old Taoist priest said that he didn't know, and only said that this promise was related to the inheritance of their faction.

didn't ask Zhu Zhangui and didn't care, but just told the other party that as long as it did not violate the law of the Ming Dynasty, benevolence, righteousness and morality, no matter who took the warrant, Zhu Zhangui would devote the whole country to help the other party once.

Unexpectedly, a few years had passed in the blink of an eye, and this warrant had fallen into the hands of a White Lotus Sect leader.

Zhu Zhangui has woken up now.

No wonder the old Taoist priest is willing to exchange three such precious things for this promise, this Nima is a thief, in the entire Ming Dynasty, except for the old man, only he Zhu Zhangui can guarantee that he is safe and sound, even if Zhu Zhangui and his father Zhu Fatpang make a move, it is useless.

gave Hu Yu a look and asked him to take the letter.

After Hu Yu confirmed, Zhu Zhangui glanced at it and confirmed that it was really his letter to the old Taoist priest, Zhu Zhangui was a little worried.

The girl in front of her is a rebel leader, and her demagogic ability is so strong, like this

is learning the skills of the old Taoist, with the other party's hatred for Daming, Daming will not be a genius in the future.

"Ahem, isn't it a little embarrassing!"

Just when Zhu Zhangui was thinking about whether to directly deny this warrant on the grounds that Tang Sai'er had violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, an old man's voice sounded beside Zhu Zhangui.

Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Zhu Zhangui was stunned for a moment, and when he looked at the place where the sound came from, he saw an officer and soldier of the guard post looking at him with a dry smile.

Zhu Zhangui frowned and was about to ask, but the officers and soldiers smiled innocently, stretched out their hands to wipe their faces, and a lewd old face appeared in front of Zhu Zhangui.

"Whoa!"

Suddenly a stranger appeared, and the guards and officers and soldiers of the guard post were startled, and they raised their weapons one after another, aiming at the old man in the clothes of the officers and soldiers, ready to kill at any time.

didn't care about the guns and blades pointing at him next to him, the old Taoist priest who suddenly appeared looked at Zhu Zhangui, who was frowning and staring at him, and greeted him with a smile.

"Your Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time, but it's been good lately!"

After confirming that it was really this old guy, the corners of Zhu Zhangui's mouth twitched, and he didn't have a good air.

"It was originally good, but after seeing you, it wasn't so good."

"Hahaha!"

The old Taoist priest laughed, took out a wine gourd from his arms and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

"I see that your complexion is not good, it may be the loss of your foundation after the injury, this is the medicinal wine I concocted, drink a sip every day, and keep your body alive for half a year, one leaf and seven thorns are fine!"

Without reaching out to pick up the wine gourd, Zhu Zhangui stared at the old Taoist priest with both hands.

"Old Niubi, you make it difficult for me to do this, you don't choose so many people in the Ming Dynasty, you have to choose this one, are you deliberately embarrassing me."

The old Taoist priest smiled, took out another gourd and handed it to Hu Yu next to him.

"The last one is for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, let him take one cup a day, not to mention let him live a long life, it is no problem to live for another seven or eight years."

Zhu Zhangui's frowning brows loosened slightly, and the hands in his arms were also behind his back, "Old Niubi, you have to find out that she is a thief, this is against our original agreement!"

Lao Niu's face was bitter, "My Royal Highness, how can you let go of my apprentice."

Zhu Zhangui smiled slightly, "She is a thief, her identity is different, and she also violated our original agreement, so... Gotta add money!"

Old Taoist: "......"

What kind of grandson is this, she used to be a female businessman, right?

Looking at Zhu Zhangui who was staring at him with a smile, the old Taoist priest was entangled for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, took out a small notebook from his arms and handed it to Zhu Zhangui.

"When we first chatted, you talked about gasoline or something, saying that it was the blood of the future court."

"Lao Dao, after I chose my apprentice some time ago, I went to the Western Regions and studied the kind of thing you call oil, and I was lucky enough to make the gasoline and diesel and kerosene you said, and the refining method and formula materials were recorded in the book."

Zhu Zhangui's eyes lit up, and he reached out and took the small notebook and looked through it.

Perhaps the old Taoist priest knew that this was for ordinary craftsmen, and he didn't write so esoteric, let alone add Taoist terms, the content was simple and easy to understand, and it was a completely foolish operation.

As long as you understand a little bit of chemical basics, coupled with caution, it is absolutely no problem to refine gasoline and diesel and kerosene, as for the quality, then you dare not guarantee it, only after you get it out can you be sure.

Moreover, the old Taoist priest's book not only records the refining methods of the three oils, but also the general introduction of various derivatives such as paraffin asphalt.

Looking at the introduction in the book, Zhu Zhangui's eyes were shining, that is, he knew that this old Taoist priest was unwilling to have contact with the imperial court, otherwise he would have to pull this scientific treasure back to the craftsman camp.

This is a Taoist priest, it is simply the Truss of the Ming Dynasty.

Thinking that this talent was about to disappear from front of him, and that he would even die in a short time, Zhu Zhangui felt a pain in his heart.

want

With this old Taoist priest joining the craftsman battalion, Daming could at least enter the scientific and technological level of the World War II period while he was alive.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui decided to pit this old man again to compensate for the sadness in his heart.

Unceremoniously putting the precious information into his arms, Zhu Zhangui just wanted to continue to pit this old Taoist, and suddenly remembered what the old Taoist had just said.

This old guy went to the Western Regions some time ago.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist priest with strange eyes.

"What kind of eyes are you looking at, I can tell you, poor people are monks, and they won't touch anything between men and women, let alone be with men."

The old Taoist priest, who was a little uncomfortable by Zhu Zhangui's eyes, took a few steps back to protect his chest.

Zhu Zhangui rolled his eyes speechlessly, and then leaned forward and whispered.

"Did you do my second uncle's business?"

The old Taoist priest blinked blankly at first, then figured out the meaning of the words, jumped back suddenly, pointed at Zhu Zhangui and roared urgently.

"My little ancestor, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, this is life-threatening."

"You don't know your grandfather's temper, if he hears your words, I can't explain it clearly with 800 mouths."

Seeing that this old guy looked so nervous, Zhu Zhangui smiled and patted his shoulder to reassure.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking."

Vigilantly looked at the surrounding guards and soldiers, and the old Taoist priest did not have a good air.

"You're casual, but you're going to kill someone."

After that, the old Taoist priest hesitated for a moment and whispered.

"But I also remembered what you said, when I came back, the old Taoist priest, I did meet a strange person, and I spent the night with him next to the fire and talked about alchemy."

Zhu Zhangui's eyes lit up and he leaned closer.

The two of them sat on the hillside as if no one was around, and talked about the old Tao that night.

According to the introduction of the old Taoist, the strange man should be from Lingnan Miaojiang according to his guess, and the reason why he has this judgment is because the old Taoist priest found Gu worms on his body.

If he hadn't been on guard that night, he might have been attacked by the other party.

As for where the other party's strange ability to use poison came from, the old Taoist priest didn't know very well.

But judging from the experience of the old Taoist, it should be a combination of various witchcraft and the Western secret techniques that the other party searched for in the Western Regions.

As for the person's character, in the summary of the old Taoist, that is, all kinds of crooked and evil ways are added together, and under various stimuli, he has entered the crooked and evil ways, and his brain is not bright.

"His Royal Highness Taisun told you that this kind of person will stay away when he encounters it in the future, that guy's brain is not bright, like a fool, but he has mastered all kinds of evil poison techniques, which are very life-threatening, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will become the nourishment of the other party's poisonous insects."

Zhu Zhangui nodded slightly.

In fact, there is no need to be reminded by the old way, Zhu Zhangui has never been willing to contact that kind of person in his life, as the saying goes, you are not afraid of a madman being stupid, just afraid that this stupid madman is holding an AK47 with unlimited bullets in his hand.

That friendship helps him, ahem... No, it's the guy who hurt the second uncle, the kind of madman with an infinite bullet AK47 in his hand.

"Okay, you also want things, you also asked, what should be said and what should not be said, the old way has also been said, is it time to hand over people to the old way, let the old way I take away."

After talking about the trip to the Western Regions, the old Taoist priest took a look, and the apprentice, who had been injured and had been standing for so long, was a little shaky, and hurriedly ended the topic in distress, wanting to take it away and return to the mountain to recuperate.

"Well, it's actually a bit difficult to do!"

Zhu Zhangui also wanted to see if he could fish out something more from this old guy's hands.

The old Taoist raised his eyebrows, stared at Zhu Zhangui's face for a long time, and showed a happy smile under Zhu Zhangui's slightly stunned expression.

"My Royal Highness, in addition to some deceptive methods, Lao Dao is actually also

He is very good at medicine, and he also has a little research on detoxification."

"I heard that His Majesty has made a reward to the world, as long as he can cure His Royal Highness the King of Han, he will be given an additional official and a knight."

"You said that I am going to go, and I have cured His Royal Highness the King of Han, will the emperor reward me? If I don't want these rewards in exchange for a person's life, do you think the emperor is willing or not?"

Looking at the old Taoist priest with a smug smile on his face, Zhu Zhangui rolled up his sleeves and looked at him with both hands on his waist.

Not to be outdone, the old Taoist priest looked at Zhu Zhangui with a smile in his eyes under his white eyebrows.

"Old Bullnose, you're threatening me!"

The old Taoist priest smiled, "The old Taoist priest doesn't want to, but Your Highness wants too much, I can't take it out!"

Zhu Zhangui snorted coldly and waved his hand in disgust.

"Get it, take it away, and the person will be yours."

"Hey, hey!"

The old Taoist priest grinned and stretched out his hand to salute Zhu Zhangui.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for making it happen!"

Soon an ox cart was put on board.

Tang Sai'er leaned on a few quilts, reluctant to look at the White Lotus Sect members who were disarmed by the officers and soldiers and watched together.

Just now, under her prayer, the old Taoist priest took out some research results and exchanged the lives of these people and those dead family members.

Although these captured White Lotus Sect disciples were exempted from the crime of beheading, they may work for the imperial court for the rest of their lives.

The only fortunate thing is that Zhu Zhangui promises to let them see their families every year, and if they do well, there will be some small rewards.

And those dead White Lotus Sect family members, as long as they don't make trouble, the imperial court will no longer investigate their family members as anti-thieves, and will even help them hide it.

When he came to the ox cart, Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist priest who had changed back into his robe and was sitting on the ox cart, ready to drive the oxen away.

"Old Taoist, when are you going to die!"

If he was so rude, he would have been angry if he was generally in a bad temper, but the old Taoist priest smiled freely and uncaringly, and raised the dust in his hand at Zhu Zhangui.

"After the old Taoist priest strives to return to the mountain, he will die after handing over his apprentice!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and looked at Tang Sai'er on the ox cart.

"Then you have to give her an account before you die, only this time can save her life, if there is a next time, there will be no such good luck."

The old Taoist priest nodded, "Don't worry, I'll give you a face, she can't survive you." And the next time she comes out, it will be the time to accept apprentices, and at that time, I will ask His Royal Highness Taisun, for the sake of my old cow's nose, to give her a little help!"

Zhu Zhangui smiled and said, "Then it depends on how she gets out of the mountain, if she also goes out of the mountain to accept apprentices like you, I won't be difficult for her, and I will help her find apprentices, but if she goes down the mountain for something else, then I can't say for sure."

The old Taoist priest nodded with a smile, then looked at Tang Sai'er, who had already said goodbye to the White Lotus Sect, sighed slightly, and said to Zhu Zhangui.

"She's also a poor person, and the fact that she became like this has something to do with you."

Zhu Zhangui looked at the old Taoist priest curiously!

Tang Sai'er is going to rebel, how does it have anything to do with him, the two don't seem to have met at all.

Seeing that Zhu Zhangui didn't understand, the old Taoist priest explained.

"His father was a craftsman who built the Forbidden City, and you were conscripted into the army when you went to the north to fight, and later followed the emperor to the grassland, and died in a sneak attack by the enemy."

"According to the laws of the imperial court, his father should be treated in the same way as those soldiers, with a pension and family care."

"But those corrupt officials in their county, seeing that they are just powerless and supportless ordinary people, their father's death pension and the reward he earned when he was alive add up to more than 200 taels of silver, plus the follow-up compensation is also a lot of money."

"Those greedy bastards, when they saw so much money, turned red-eyed, swallowed it directly, and then told me about this apprentice and her husband, about her father

It's just a migrant worker, and they go to serve in forced labor, which is voluntary and duty-in-itself, and there is no such thing as casualty compensation."

"Later, the two parties had an argument, and my apprentice's husband was severely injured and died when he returned."

Looking at Tang Sai'er, who had closed his eyes and rested, the old Taoist priest sighed.

"The father of the front foot died, the husband of the back foot was killed, and the mother of the back foot followed closely under the blow of these events."

"A good home is gone, if it were you, would you rebel against the court?"

After saying this, the old Taoist priest glanced at the sky and arched his hand at Zhu Zhangui, who was silent.

"Your Royal Highness, it's not too early, our master and apprentice are on their way, and there may never be a day to see each other again, so let's say goodbye forever."

Zhu Zhangui was also a little reluctant to look at the old Taoist priest, and once again issued an invitation.

"Old Niubi, come with me to the imperial court, with your ability, it is too buried to stay in the mountains, and the people of the world and the imperial court need talents like you to join."

"If the imperial court has your joining, all kinds of industrial research can at least save a few hundred years of struggle."

Looking at Zhu Zhangui, who had sent out the invitation again, the old Taoist priest shook his head with a smile.

Raising the dust in his hand, he waved it gently, and the old cow who was pulling the car in front of him walked forward slowly.

"The people in the mountains of the old Taoist have no intention of participating in secular things, the mountains will fall, the rivers will flow, and relying on others will not succeed after all, His Royal Highness wants to let the Ming Dynasty pass on forever, or rely on his own efforts."

The ox cart was getting farther and farther away, and Zhu Zhangui was very reluctant to take a few steps forward, wanting to persuade him again, but in the end he shook his head.

He really doesn't want to let go of such a talent, but the other party has already made up his mind, even if Zhu Zhangui forcibly stays with the other party, with the ability of this old Taoist, he will find a chance to leave.

Such a person retains his body and can't keep his heart, even if he forcibly stays, as a result, the other party is angry and unwilling to say another word, what is the use of people staying.

"Old Taoist, what is your name, you have meritorious service to the court and the world, and you should be worshiped by the world!"

"Hahaha..."

The old Taoist priest who was about to go down the mountain smiled freely when he heard the words of worship in the world, raised the dust that was already bald in his hand, and replied loudly.

"I was born in heaven and earth, I have no surname and no name, everything is me, why do I need to take my real name!"