Mrs. Gao looked at her brother's face, and saw that his eye sockets were deeper than before because of his excessive exertion, and a sense of pity arose spontaneously; now, seeing his heavy heart, she knew that her younger brother must have had his own thoughts, and she immediately glanced at her husband Li Zicheng.

Zicheng had already sensed what Gao Yigong seemed to have in mind at this time, and when he saw his wife's eyes, he asked Gao Yigong: "Yigong, tell me, can you have a horse pistol tonight?"

Gao Yigong raised his head slowly, he didn't deal with Li Guo, and he was upset when he heard Li Guo's name, but today he had thought about it for a long time, and he still decided to say his opinion at this time;

Xiao Xiao didn't see Gao Yigong's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, he approached Li Zicheng's side and reported: "King Chuang, the people have found it back." When they heard that King Chuang's old camp was stationed in the village, they were no longer so afraid, and dozens of people came back at once. ”

Li Zicheng nodded and said, "Okay! Quickly take thirty taels of silver and give it away! Did you find the old man surnamed Du you said?"

"I've brought him! And he called a camel to come with him. ”

"Where's the man?"

"Outside the gate. ”

Zicheng instructed the generals to continue the discussion, and he quickly stood up and walked outside. At this time, he was full of hope that he would get some useful information from the mouths of these two old men.

The old man Du Zongwen held his two hands in his sleeves, holding his arms tightly, and the camel who came with him also stood in the moon field, and the two of them were nervously waiting for Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.

As soon as he saw Li Zicheng come out, Du Zongwen hurriedly took a step forward and said: "King Chuang, it's hard! The common people have now become frightened birds, as soon as they see people and horses coming, whether they are officers and soldiers or our righteous army, they will flee in a hurry, hoping to hide in the mouse hole, don't be surprised by your large number of adults!"

Li Zicheng smiled heartily and said: "Uncle, what are you talking about! In the years when the war was in chaos, when the common people heard that there was a war, and then they saw a crowd of people and horses coming, who did not want to flee for their lives, and who was willing to touch the tip of the knife with their lives? Besides, the discipline of the several groups of men and horses we have recently incorporated is not very good, so it is no wonder that the common people want to avoid the mountains and forests. ”

Du Zongwen intercepted Zicheng's words and said, "No, no! Your army is much stronger than the officers and soldiers." The common people have rods and scales in their hearts, and they all know who is good and bad. As for your Li Chuang Wang's people, they are the best people in the righteous army. Everyone says that, but it's not my old man who deliberately flatters you in front of you. ”

"But there are still many people who harass the people and do bad things. Li Zicheng thought of his nephew who was missing at this moment, and his nephew was still a little far-sighted.

"Alas, the ten fingers are not the same length, and the forest stakes are also of different heights, how can they be cut down with one sword? There are hundreds of people, all kinds of people, and it is inevitable that the good and the bad are different, not to mention thousands of people!"

"Uncle, is Fu Bao your nephew?" Li Zicheng interrupted Old Man Du's nonsense

"It's my own nephew, I heard that he was gone last spring. Old Du Tou's voice was a little low for a while

"Yes, he was killed. It's a pity for a man, it's a pity ......" Li Zicheng didn't say that it was because he ordered him to fight against Lu Xiangsheng on the two army formations, and he was ......

"Our Luonan County border, your thirteen rebels often pass through here, and with the uprising, there are many people, and there are at least a few hundred young men who have died in the past two or three years. Gun-to-gun, knife-to-knife between the two armies, will they be able to immortalize themselves?" "Reasonable people are usually people who live a long life, and the survival capital of surviving the war and chaos is to think of a seaweed, which can be swayed in the wind......

King Chuang nodded approvingly and sighed bitterly. He was about to ask the old man Du Zongwen for news, but the old man opened his mouth first: "King Chuang, I heard that you called me, I don't know what happened." I have a saying, I don't dare to ask, I don't dare to ask. ”

"It doesn't matter, you ask. ”

"Where is our team going tomorrow?, are we going to Tongguan?" asked the old man in a low voice, his voice trembling with cold and nervousness.

Li Zicheng's heart shrank, but there was no show on his face, and he asked with a smile, "What are you doing here?"

"Alas, if you hadn't mentioned Fu Bao, I wouldn't have dared to ask you this sentence so presumptuously. King Chuang, one mentions that Fubao is a family, and secondly, you are the great savior of our people, robbing the rich and helping the poor for our poor people, and suppressing the army and reassuring the people. People are not grass and trees, how can I not tell the truth?"

Li Zicheng's heart was really moved by Lao Du, and he hurriedly said: "Uncle, please speak quickly!"

"King Chuang, there are chasing soldiers behind, and there are heavy soldiers blocking Tongguan in front, your situation today is not good!" Lao Du pulled the camel standing behind him in front of King Chuang, and scolded the camel and said, "Hanwa, King Chuang is our own family, you can say it quickly, tell King Li Chuang everything you heard." Don't be afraid, if you say something wrong, King Chuang won't blame us, say it quickly!"

The camel Hanwa was very panicked, only to see his beard and lips twitch again and again, and he chirped for a long time, but he couldn't say a whole sentence.

Li Zicheng became more and more inexplicable, and said in his heart: "Could it be that he has any grievances and wants me to avenge him?"

Old man Du saw that the camel didn't speak, and urged anxiously: "Hey, you coward, the more you should speak, the more like a baby with a milk bottle, and you can't spit out a mouthful of milk!

The hunchbacked old man looked at Du Zongwen with pleading eyes, and stammered: "Third brother, just those few words, you, you say." I'm clumsy......"

Du Zongwen said angrily: "You, hey, you have been like a dried dead toad all your life, and you will not let out a fart if you step on the soles of your shoes and stomp three times." When is it now? It's still like this, delaying big things!"

"Who is this?" asked Li Zicheng

"He's my uncle and brother, and he hasn't come out of the door yet. Because he begged for food and herded cattle, he never entered the gate of the school, so he didn't get a tuba at this age, and now his beard is gray, and people still call him Hanwa. ”

"Uncle, if he refuses to speak, you can say it for him. Li Zicheng was a little annoyed, and he didn't bother to give them nonsense, so he urged.

"Okay, I'll report the matter to you for him. Hanwa went to a relative's house in Beixiang today and heard some news about the official army......"

(End of chapter)