Two days after Hua Bushi's letter was sent, he received a reply from Li Zicheng, which is the piece of paper that is now placed in front of the eldest young master.

Li Zicheng said in the letter that since he entered the city, he strictly ordered the people of Biluo Mountain not to loot and kill people in the city. However, the 36th Battalion is composed of more than 10 righteous soldiers, each of which has its own way of governing the army, and it is powerless to restrain others.

Yesterday, Li Zicheng went to see Gao Yingxiang and laid out the truth in Hua Bushi's letter, and King Gao Chuang also felt reasonable, so he issued a marshal order to prohibit the righteous army from burning, killing and looting in the city. However, although the ban was issued, the results of the implementation were not ideal, and the battalions of rebels still went their own way. In particular, Zhang Xianzhong, the "Eight Kings," led the crowd to rob several wealthy families in the city yesterday, killing and injuring three or four hundred people.

When Huaiqing was not captured before, it was only because all the rebel armies had a common goal, and it would be difficult to survive if they could not capture the city, so the orders of King Gao Chuang could be strictly followed. Now that he has entered the city, the problem of eating has been solved, and everyone's thoughts have become how to obtain more gold and silver treasures, and Gao Yingxiang is not the kind of commander who is good at rule, and the commanders of the rebel army will not take his orders seriously.

The battle of the 36th Battalion Righteous Army attacking Huaiqing was nominally led by Gao Yingxiang, but in fact, all the men and horses were commanded by Li Zicheng. Since this battle was a great victory, Li Zicheng's prestige among the rebels was a rapid increase, but at the same time, he was inevitably jealous. Now in Huaiqing City, there have been rumors that Li Zicheng is the master of Gao Gai, and someone has given Li Zicheng a nickname, called "King Taishang", saying that Gao Yingxiang is the only one who obeys his words, and Li Zicheng will replace Gao Yingxiang as the "King of Chuang" in the future.

Under such circumstances, Li Zicheng had no choice but to keep a low profile, and it was inconvenient to interfere too much with King Gao Chuang's orders, so as not to mislead others.

Li Zicheng was very frank, and stated all these difficulties in the letter, asking only Hua Bushi to understand.

Hua Bushi has been sullen for the past two days, and after reading Li Zicheng's reply, his mood became even more melancholy, and he was sitting on a chair in the room at the moment, staring blankly at the clumps of flowers and plants planted in the garden outside the window lattice.

There was a soft sound of footsteps outside the door, but it was Yang Jiangyi who walked into the house. She carried a tray with a bowl of gruel and a few side dishes on it.

"Childe never ate breakfast in the morning, only read the letter in the house, isn't there any bad news on this letter sent by Brother Li?" Yang Jiangyi put the tray on the table and asked.

Hua Bushi turned his head to look at Yang Jiangyi, but he didn't answer, and said, "Sister, you said that we helped the righteous army capture Huaiqing City, could it be a mistake?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "The capture of Huaiqing City not only saved tens of thousands of horses and horses of the righteous army, but also prevented more than 10,000 homeless people in Biluo Cottage from starving, how could it be a mistake?

As she spoke, she picked up the gruel and handed it to Hua Bushi. Hua Bushi stretched out his hand to take the bowl, took a sip of it to his lips, put it back on the table, and said: "Most of those businessmen and wealthy families in Huaiqing City are innocent people, as soon as the city is broken, their property is looted, and some people are killed for no reason, aren't they all burdened by us?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Most of the generals and soldiers of the righteous army are from poor peasant families, and they have been oppressed by the rich gentry and landlords since they came. ”

Hua Bushi said: "I know what you said. But the rich are not all bad people, and not all of them are bullies who oppress the poor, there are many honest businessmen, who make money by doing business, just like the peasants who grow food from the fields, and who are also the fruits of their hard work, and they are so unjustly robbed!"

Yang Jiangyi looked at the eldest young master with a pair of beautiful eyes, and saw his face full of persistence and seriousness, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I said that you are sometimes smart, but sometimes you are like a nerd!"

Hua Bushi said with a heavy face: "I'm distressed, why does my sister make fun of me?"

Yang Jiangyi said: "Jiangyi doesn't dare to make fun of the son. Okay, let's talk about it, if you choose one of the two, would you rather watch Brother Li's men and the homeless people in Biluo Cottage all starve to death, or would the property of the merchants and wealthy families in Huaiqing City be robbed?"

Hua Bushi thought for a while and said, "I don't want to either, but if I have to choose one or the other, the younger brother still hopes to save more victims in Biluo Mountain." ”

Yang Jiangyi said: "Isn't this it! If you make a new choice, you will still help the righteous army to attack the city, so why sit here now and regret it pointlessly? There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, and it is difficult to achieve 100% consummation, but things are man-made, and we can only strive to be worthy of our hearts." With the wisdom of the childe, haven't you figured out this truth yet?"

When Hua Bushi heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out and patted the table and said: "It's a good thing to be done by man, I am worthy of my heart, I know what to do!

As he spoke, he stood up and walked out.

Yang Jiangyi grabbed his hand and asked, "Hey, where are you going?"

Hua Bushi said: "I want to go to Huaiqing City to ask Gao Yingxiang and the leaders of the rebel army from all walks of life, and persuade them to restrain their subordinates and not burn, kill and loot in the city, this matter is inconvenient for Brother Li to do, but I can do it!"

Yang Jiangyi said: "You don't know them, just go like this, it's hard to see them, not to mention that the leaders of those rebels are definitely not good talkers, do you think of yourself as Zhuge Liang, can you talk about them all?"

Hua Bushi said: "My sister also said just now, there is no right or wrong in everything, only things are man-made." Since we have helped the rebels capture Huaiqing City, we should do our best to protect the lives and property of the merchants in the city, whether it succeeds or not, Hua Bushi will give it a try!"

Hearing that the eldest young master's tone was very resolute, Yang Jiangyi knew that he had made up his mind, so he stopped persuading at the moment, and said, "Okay, if you have to go, Jiangyi will accompany you." But for now, you should eat breakfast first, so that you don't have time to have an empty stomach and no strength to speak. ”

Hua Bushi smiled and said, "What my sister said is true, but how can this porridge and side dishes fill your stomach?" Let's go to the street to eat a few beef pancakes together, so that we can have more strength, and we can fight the heroes with good tongues!"

Since the siege of Huaiqing City, the town of Qingyang has become increasingly deserted, and although it is now broad daylight, there are not many pedestrians on the street. Hua Bushi and Yang Jiangyi each took their mounts out of Ding's house, got on their horses and galloped across two streets, and came to a small noodle stall hanging "Jin Ji Big Baked Cakes".

Beef roast cake is a special product of Yujing, the old noodle crust that is bigger than the bowl is wrapped in the sauce fragrant yellow beef that is cut into minced pieces, fried into a golden color, sprinkled with white sesame seeds on top, hot and fragrant, the taste is very good, Hua Bushi has come to this stall to eat several times before.

For a few days, the eldest young master had been hesitating in his heart, not thinking about tea and rice, and only now did he finally make a decision, and his stomach began to feel hungry. Ordinary people can eat only one beef pancake that can be full, he asked for four in one go, took two and put them on his plate, and put the other two in front of Yang Jiangyi.

"My sister followed me all the way to Yujing, and I have lost a lot of weight these days, so let's eat more and make up for it!"

Yang Jiangyi couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and said: "Others eat ginseng and bird's nest to replenish their bodies, but you give me beef baked cakes, which is also chic." ”

Hua Bushi said with a smile: "It's easy for my sister to eat ginseng bird's nest, but I think this beef roast cake tastes better, if Ning Ning is here, she will definitely like to eat it!"

As soon as she mentioned Xiao Ningning, Yang Jiangyi frowned slightly, and said: "I don't know what happened to Ning Ning in Biluo Village now, there is not much grain and grass left in the village, I wonder if she is hungry?"

Hua Bushi said: "Sister, don't worry, Brother Li has already sent someone to transport grain and grass back to the cottage, she will definitely not be hungry." As soon as the matter is over, we will go and pick her up, and then we will stay together and never be separated again, okay?"

Although the previous "marriage contract" was just a joke, since they met Xiao Ningning in Ganlin Town, after these days of getting along, Hua Bushi and Yang Jiangyi have regarded the clever and cute little girl as a relative, and they have only been separated for a few days, and they actually have a little concern.

Yang Jiangyi said: "Okay, it's just that Uncle Huang has to talk to them well......

Before she finished her words, she suddenly let out a "huh" and said, "There is so much wind and dust over there, I don't know where the people and horses are coming to this town?"

Hua Bushi turned his head to look, and saw that the road in the distance was dusty, and it was obvious that many people were running towards Qingyang Town, and the direction they came from was the north of Huaiqing City.

Qingyang Town is only a small market town, with only two or three streets, and the noodle stall where Hua Bushi and Yang Jiangyi eat cakes is located on the largest street in the town.

I could only hear someone shouting in the distance: "Oh no! The strongman is coming to rob, everyone run away!"

All of a sudden, chickens and dogs jumped on the streets, pedestrians ran away, and there were not many shops still open on the streets, and they all closed their doors at this time.

The stall owner of the small noodle stall is a young man in his twenties, and he is also busy cleaning up at the moment, and he said to Hua Bushi: "I'm sorry! The strongman is coming, the villain has to close the stall, and the boy and the girl should hurry up and run!"

As soon as Hua Bushi's four baked cakes were placed on the table, and before he had time to eat them, the stall owner wanted to take them away with plates and bowls, but suddenly felt that the porcelain plate sank and fell back on the table. When he looked closely, he found that the other end of the plate had been pinched by two slender jade fingers, but it was Yang Jiangyi who grabbed the porcelain plate.