In the Juyi Hall of Mo'er Cottage, several torches emitting wisps of smoke were inserted in the rough walls.

Zhang Xiong, a strong man in his thirties, wore only a black cotton jacket on his sturdy upper body, buttoned buttons made of cotton strips while walking, his crotch pants were pulled around his waist, and the shoes on his feet were even pulled, and he sat in the second chair.

There is no doubt that Zhang Xiong had fallen asleep just now.

In fact, at this time, people basically work at sunrise and rest at sunrise, and the people in Mo'er Mountain have always been like this, and everyone will go to sleep after a while.

"Yuan, it's so late, what's the matter with everyone? It can't be what happened, right? ”

Lu Yuan smiled and got a bowl of water from the big clay pot on the stove and put it in front of Zhang Xiong, and glanced at Zhang Xiong by the way, he guessed what Zhang Xiong was doing just now, and there was no doubt that he must be doing that.

But Lu Yuan didn't dare to make jokes about Zhang Xiong, because Zhang Xiong's wife was his sister Lu Xiaodan.

In the past few years, Zhang Xiong has always wanted to have another child, so he got into the bed early as soon as it got dark.

Anyway, their Mo'er cottage is very hidden, not many people know the specific place, and the officials and soldiers can't even manage the towns guarded, so they won't come to Qingshan at all.

In summer, the cottage is still very vigilant, basically in winter, the gate of the cottage is closed, and even the sentry is not arranged, the reason is that the weather is too cold, the officers and soldiers are coming, not to mention that they can't find a place, stay in the wilderness for a night, at least half of them will freeze to death.

In addition, Mo'er Mountain, where the cottage is located, is steep on three sides, no one can come up, the slope in front is gentle, but a large number of traps are arranged, if no one leads the way, no one can come up.

Li Da, who arrived at the third master of the cottage in the Juyi Hall one step earlier, is slightly younger and is also a strong man, and he looks less than twenty-seven or eighteen years old.

In the cottage, Zhao Da and Zhang Xiong have the best relationship, and the two families also got married, and Zhao Da's eldest daughter Xu gave Zhang Xiong's son Zhang Mian, so usually the two of them have nothing to say and joke at every turn.

"I said Brother Xiong, don't mess around all day long, you said you've been tinkering for a few years, and you haven't seen any movement in Sister Dan's stomach, probably you're not good, right?"

Indeed, Lu Xiaodan has never conceived a child since giving birth to her son Zhang Mian.

", my Xiao Dan gave birth to a handle for me Zhang Xiong, which is like your daughter-in-law, who gave birth to three girls in a row."

It should be said that people at this time are very patriarchal, Zhang Xiong and Li Da are both coarse people, and they have always been straight to say something.

"Hey, hey! This time I must have given birth to a handle, and Lao Huang has taken the pulse. ”

"Really? Xiaolian is happy? When the time comes, we will have a big feast, let's say okay, give me another girl, and let's kiss and kiss. ”

Zhang Xiong meant to ask Zhao Da to marry both daughters to his son.

Zhao Da felt that it didn't matter, "Okay, tired of your kid." ”

Everyone burst out laughing.

The old Huang mentioned by Zhao Da is the old Chinese medicine doctor of Mo'er Cottage, and he is nicknamed Huang Banxian.

This Lao Huang usually not only treats people, but also drums feng shui with fortune telling.

After the old Geng who was in charge of weapon building arrived, the leader of the cottage was ready.

"Everyone, I called you here so late because I have something to discuss with you, the first thing to tell you is that Miss Zhu is not the eldest lady of the official family she said before, but the eldest princess of Emperor Zhu today."

As soon as Lu Yuan's words were finished, Zhang Xiong, Li Da, Zhou Changxi, the third master, Fan Bart, and the fifth master, Lao Gengtou, were all stunned.

"Yuan, you just said that Miss Zhu is Emperor Zhu's daughter?" , Zhang Xiong looked at Lu Yuan in a daze.

"Yes, sister-in-law, Miss Zhu is indeed Emperor Zhu's daughter, and the name she said before is her title, which means that she is Emperor Zhu's Princess Changping."

"Then why didn't she tell us before?"

Li Da glared at Zhang Xiong, "I see that your head is still on Sister Dan, what are we doing?" Do people dare to tell the truth? ”

"I'm rubbing! If this is true, then we are still related to Emperor Zhu? ”

"That's for sure, don't you see the princess being with us all day long?"

Lu Yuan listened to it and felt very beautiful in his heart, just now that Zhu Yujiao got into his arms, and the two of them kissed for the first time, and Zhu Yuanjiao's body was so soft that she couldn't stand still.

However, it has long been rumored in the cottage that the two of them are getting along, and his sister Lu Dan secretly asked Zhang Luo to do a happy event for him and Zhu Yujiao, but Lu Yuan thought that Zhu Yuanjiao was the daughter of the big official's family, so it was not good to force Zhu Yuanjiao to marry him.

But he also knew that he was a bandit who occupied the mountain as the king, and Zhu Yujiao's family would never agree.

But Lu Yuan likes Zhu Yujiao too much, and has always wanted to wait for Zhu Yujiao to have that meaning and then put it forward logically, he thinks that Zhu Changping has already gone to the cottage, I am afraid that he has long known that it is impossible to go back in the future, women go to the cottage, and their reputation is ruined, Zhu Yujiao will promise him sooner or later, should the man marry the woman and get married? Wait for a year or two and nothing.

"Now, I want to discuss it with you, maybe everyone knows that Li Zicheng has already taken Ningwu Pass and gone north, I judge that it must be the official troops of Datong and Xuanfu who surrendered to Li Zicheng, and then, Li Zicheng is going to fight Beijing, I want to go to Beijing to help Emperor Zhu."

As soon as Lu Yuan's words came out, they immediately aroused everyone's discussion, and the result was that everyone thought that it was not good, because they only had a total of about 170 people in Mo'er Mountain, and if this point of people fought with Li Zicheng, it would not be enough for Li Zicheng to plug his teeth.

Lu Yuan had already thought about the countermeasures after going to Beijing, "If our little people and horses do it with Li Zicheng, it will definitely not work, what I mean is that I will give Emperor Zhu an idea, his gang of cowardly officers will not fight, if we do what I say, Li Zicheng will definitely not be an opponent." ”

Zhang Xiong looked at Lu Yuan, "Do you want to give Emperor Zhu an idea?" ”

"Yes!"

"Then you can tell me what you think."

"The situation is like this, according to my guess, there must be many officials and soldiers in the capital, but those who are officials will not fight, if they are blindly commanded, maybe the officials and troops will not be able to defeat Li Zicheng, and in the end they will lose the capital, but what are we going to do? You say, with my strategy, will the officers and troops still lose the war? Maybe Beijing will become Li Zicheng's grave. ”

Everyone pondered for a while, and Li Da spoke first, "I think it's okay, with our ability to be in charge, if he is in command, maybe Li Zicheng's life really wants to stay in Beijing, I think we should go." ”

Lu Yuan smiled, "Yes, everyone has made meritorious contributions, and Emperor Zhu still doesn't give everyone an official position?" Everyone has a way out. ”

"Yes! Yes! The big boss is right, you see that we occupy the mountain as the king, although the life is quite comfortable, but what about our children? Will they also be bandits in the future? , I think for the sake of future generations, we also have to go once, success, we will stay as officials, no, we will come back to live a happy life. Zhou Changxi said more clearly.

"Not bad! Not bad! The old Gengtou also agreed.

"Anyway, I'll listen to the big boss, and I will do whatever the big boss says." Van Bartt will always be that attitude.

Zhang Xiong thought about it and felt that he should go, being a bandit in Mo'er Mountain was not a long-term solution.

"But why does Emperor Zhu believe us? I think the princess must first marry Yuanyuan, so that we have a dependence on when we go. ”

Lu Yuan didn't expect Zhang Xiong to say this, "Isn't this okay? Changping is a princess, how can we force her to marry me? ”

Zhang Xiong stood up, "If we don't get married, we won't go, this matter is not a joke, what if Emperor Zhu doesn't accept us and arrests us?" ”

"Yes!" , everyone immediately agreed with Zhang Xiong's statement.

"Yuan, I'll talk to your sister and see which day you get married." , Zhang Xiong got up and left.

Lu Yuan thought about it, what Zhang Xiong said was right, there was indeed a risk, what if Emperor Zhu was afraid that someone would know that his baby daughter had such an experience with him, and he would be embarrassed and kill them?

My mother! There is a real risk, Lu Yuan thought, it seems that he must marry Zhu Yujiao first, and then go to Beijing, so that the raw rice will be cooked and cooked, don't believe it, Emperor Zhu doesn't feel sorry for his daughter.