The weather is clear on September 27th, and the moon in the sky is particularly bright.
A bonfire rose from the grass below, and two tents were set on both sides of the bonfire.
The tent is linen cloth soaked with tung oil, which is waterproof and afraid of fire. However, there is a lot of rain in the southern region, and waterproofing is the first factor.
Zheng Qia and Fang Ling were watching the scenery by a stream, while others were talking by the bonfire.
Since Zhang Ning sent Zheng Qia away, he should have something to say, and everyone was waiting for him to speak.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ning sneezes just as he was about to speak. A kind of deworming grass was burning beside the fire, and the smoke was extremely smoked.
He rubbed his nose and finally said: Zhao Erhu, you are very admiring to follow the grace of a drop of water for thousands of miles.But you also know that in the eyes of the court, we are a riot.
Zhao Erhu hurriedly said: I only realized along the way that my benefactor was Emperor Jianwen, and I would never dare to think that my benefactor was a rebellious party.
Great righteousness is great righteousness, reality is reality.
Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "My father is the eldest grandson of Taizu, and he is the one who has appointed the great throne to be inherited from the law and law principles or the patriarchal principles, he is an orthodox emperor."But the reality is that after the "Nanjing Battle", the father completely failed on the battlefield, Yongle seized power by force, and after more than 20 years of stable rule, it was a big deal that justice was a big deal.
No one said anything, and even Chunmei didn't dare to say anything strange about such things.
What Zhang Ning said was the truth, but he was originally a prince and now he had become a bandit criminal, which should have been resentful, but he calmly told the truth, which was really special.
Zhang Ning looked at Zhao Erhu and said: I was thinking about this all the way.I know Erhu Zhongyong is not afraid of death, but you have a family and a house in Xuzhou. How can you bear it if you implicate them?
These Zhao Erhu couldn't help but lower his eyelids and did not dare to look at Zhang Ning in front of him, and was speechless for a moment.Not long ago, everyone in Zhang Ning's own family was executed by the government to Lingchi. This kind of thing is really not a joke.
Seeing this, Zhang Ning said kindly: So I have thought of two ways for you. First, we don’t want to eat anything for grace or righteousness. The grudges and struggles with the dynasty have little to do with you. If you protect yourself, you should go home and I will give you travel expenses. I am not afraid that you will report it to me if you go back. We are rebels.Second, if you follow me sincerely, you have to change your name and get a new identity. Even if you fall in love in the future, the government will not be able to find out your details...
Wasn’t the Hou Tanzhu of Dasheng Village, Shimen County been arrested? His disciples must have been arrested. Just say that you are the Hou Tanzhu’s subordinates and escaped by chance.Isn’t this a reasonable identity?Only a few of us here know your true background. They are not outsiders. We agreed to keep it confidential for you tonight.This is probably fine.Besides, we may not necessarily fall into the hands of the imperial government. If we know now that we will definitely fail, then why are we making trouble?
Zhao Erhu thought about it and said: What my benefactor said is very true. I am not afraid of death. It is better than anyone at home to bully him, but I am worried that he will implicate his family.After my benefactor said this, I have a solution, so it is appropriate to change my name and surname.
Then it would be better if there was a surname. The Song Dynasty was not the Zhao family. If you pretend that your surname was Song, you would be Song Hu. Anyway, the name Hu is very common and numerous.
Zhang Ning looked back and said, "We will call him Song Hu in the future, and we will tell Wang Xiangu later."
Zhao Erhu clasped his fists and said: Song Hu thanked the emperor for giving his name.
Don’t call me benefactor in the future. If you follow Lao Xu and the others, you can call me the boss. You will have fifty taels of silver every year, and you will get a reward for your work.
Zhang Ning said, but since your identity is a believer under Hou Mao, you are afraid that when you go to local people, we have to be right.
Seeing Song Hu nodding and saying yes, Zhang Ning continued: Just say that the officers and soldiers suddenly rushed into Dasheng Village. You are not an important believer, and you are not in the village. You hide when you see something is wrong.If someone asks for details, you will say that the officers and soldiers will first round up the church members, and capture the important ones, and kill the remaining ones without asking about them, and kill the bodies and destroy the traces without asking about them, and the women and children will not let go.
Ah?Song Hu spoke out in surprise.
Zhang Ning hurriedly said: The place we are going to is the territory of warding off the cults. The people there are all accomplices of Hou Tanzhu. Hou Tanzhu was arrested by the officers and soldiers, and everyone must be very angry.So we cannot say good things about the officers and soldiers, just say that they kill innocent people indiscriminately and do nothing wrong, so we must not make any mistakes.Do you understand?
Yes, my subordinates remember.
Song Hu changed his words at the right time, probably because Zhang Ning promised to give him fifty taels of silver a year, he naturally had to be his subordinates to take money.
The annual salary of fifty taels is definitely a high salary, and it is hard to say whether most families can save fifty taels of wealth in their lifetime.
When Song Hu joined the army, he not only had no military pay when he did not fight, but also had to bear the burden of his family.
Zhang Ning nodded and shouted: The meat porridge is cooked, Mr. Zheng comes over to taste it.
I have already smelled the fragrance.Ha ha.Zheng Qia responded, and turned around and walked towards him with Fairy Wang.
The girl who followed Zhu Heng's mansion diligently took the dishes and chopsticks to the stream to wash, and she performed very well along the way.
I don’t know if she is used to this kind of life of wandering around the world, but now she can only rely on Zhang Ning, so she often works as much as possible.
There was an iron pot on the bonfire, and the things that were cooked by the brain were everyone’s dinner tonight.Usually, I carry it with a Shu horse, put hay inside, and put it in bowls, chopsticks, spoons and other tools to avoid damage.
The girl Xiaohe was competing to work, took a bowl and scooped up half a bowl of porridge, swept her eyes over Zheng Qia and Zhang Ning, and handed them to Zhang Ning with both hands and said: Boss, be careful.
I saw a sticky green bowl filled with a bowl of sticky green. I asked what this is?
The pancakes and jerky meat they brought as dry food, picked some weeds and cooked them in water, added some salt, and it became like this.
It looks not very good, but I think it should be nutritious if it has food, meat and vegetables.
Zhang Ning took the bowl and handed it to Zheng Qia: Mr. Zheng, eat first.
Zheng Qia hurriedly refused, so Zhang Ning stopped insisting. He picked up the chopsticks and stirred them in the bowl, lowered his head to blow the heat.
There are bugs yelling around, tents and bonfires, which are very similar to camping.
If it weren't for the fact that there were many things in my mind, this kind of experience would be fun.
Zhang Ning took a sip carefully, and it was a little hot, so he held it in his hand and it was cold.
He said to Xiaohe who was serving everyone: In the four large courtyards of Zhubutang, there are no shortage of silk, silk, satin, and good food. You see, you can only eat a batter and have to work when you come out.Where do you think you are good to live?
Xiaohe said without thinking: It’s good to follow the boss.
After hearing this, everyone laughed for a while, and Zhang Ning said: People are strange. They just want to live a hard life.
Wang Xiangu said softly: That's not simple. No matter how good the Zhubutang family is, they don't regard Xiaohe as a human being. If the boss is good to her, she is not stupid.
After hearing this, Zheng Qia touched his beard with a smile and placed the bowl on the ground, looking very calm.
After a while, Zheng Qia finally spoke: The last time the emperor came down, I wonder why Mr. Ping'an didn't go to meet?
After hearing this, Zhang Ning looked serious and replied: Something urgent happened, that is, Wu Yong was going back to report the matter, and I was delayed in handling this matter.Later, someone brought Wu Yong's secret memorial to the capital. If I had known this, I would have been too lazy to care about him. It was a serious matter to rush to pay homage to my father.
Zheng Qia pondered for a moment, and his hand, touching his beard, slowed down: The prince was poisoned that time, and some people suspected that it was Mrs. Yao and Ping An's conspiracy, but there was no conclusion yet.
Then Mr. Zheng thinks, I really do such a thing?Zhang Ning said.
Zheng Qia glanced at Xiaohe and shook his head: I don’t think so, but... I’ll remind you that this matter cannot be ignored, you must be prepared.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up, bowed deeply and said: Thank you, Mr. Zheng.
Zheng Qia hurriedly supported him: I didn’t want to be inclined to one side, but I just wanted to see the emperor’s internal affairs be harmonious and less unnecessary internal strife.
Zhang Ning was very respectful in his rituals and had no airs of a prince, so he said a few more good words.
Judging from the information he knew from all aspects, Zheng Qiao was a very important counselor in front of Jianwen, otherwise he would not have been inquired about the family affairs of the Zhu family.
It is always good to win this person.
On the way, Zhang Ning found that Zheng Qia seemed to have a good impression of him, but he didn't know the final reason. Logically, he had caught this Zheng Qia before and had some grudges, but unexpectedly this person was a big belly.
Maybe it’s the relationship between Wang Xiangu?
Wang Xiangu and Zheng Qiao looked very good, so he called Uncle Zheng when he spoke.
After everyone had supper, several women helped Xiaohe wash the pots and bowls.It’s better to have women on the same journey. Zhang Ning and several other men don’t have to do any trivial matters, just keep eating and opening their mouths and clothes to reach out.
The two tents were separated and then squeezed together. The road to Fengxia Mountain was full of barren mountains and wilderness, so I could only do this.
After arranging the order of taking turns to watch, everyone fell asleep. The night before, Wang Xiangu and Xu Wenjun took turns, and the second half of the night, the two men took turns, Zhang Ning and Mr. Zheng said they would not do such a thing.
The four men slept together, Zheng Qia and Lao Xu were fine, and Song Hu's snoring was like thunder. Zhang Ning was woken up from his dream several times, thinking that the huge thunder was about to rain heavily.
The next morning, everyone got up and ate some dry food and filled the water bags, and continued on the way.
Most of the roads to Fengxia Mountain are rugged mountain roads. Sometimes you can ride a Shu horse, but some areas have to walk, and the speed is very slow. Generally, it takes five days to pass through the border of Changde Prefecture.
However, Zhang Ning and others had spent more than three days on the road, which was about not far from their destination.
That uncle, Monk Yao, is good at choosing a place. If you choose such a deep mountainous area, there are benefits. Now there is a crisis in warding off the cults and his side is relatively safe. Even if the officers and soldiers find clues and want to come and fight, it will be very troublesome...
But the disadvantages are also obvious, and it is too difficult to go there.
A bonfire rose from the grass below, and two tents were set on both sides of the bonfire.
The tent is linen cloth soaked with tung oil, which is waterproof and afraid of fire. However, there is a lot of rain in the southern region, and waterproofing is the first factor.
Zheng Qia and Fang Ling were watching the scenery by a stream, while others were talking by the bonfire.
Since Zhang Ning sent Zheng Qia away, he should have something to say, and everyone was waiting for him to speak.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ning sneezes just as he was about to speak. A kind of deworming grass was burning beside the fire, and the smoke was extremely smoked.
He rubbed his nose and finally said: Zhao Erhu, you are very admiring to follow the grace of a drop of water for thousands of miles.But you also know that in the eyes of the court, we are a riot.
Zhao Erhu hurriedly said: I only realized along the way that my benefactor was Emperor Jianwen, and I would never dare to think that my benefactor was a rebellious party.
Great righteousness is great righteousness, reality is reality.
Zhang Ning shook his head and said, "My father is the eldest grandson of Taizu, and he is the one who has appointed the great throne to be inherited from the law and law principles or the patriarchal principles, he is an orthodox emperor."But the reality is that after the "Nanjing Battle", the father completely failed on the battlefield, Yongle seized power by force, and after more than 20 years of stable rule, it was a big deal that justice was a big deal.
No one said anything, and even Chunmei didn't dare to say anything strange about such things.
What Zhang Ning said was the truth, but he was originally a prince and now he had become a bandit criminal, which should have been resentful, but he calmly told the truth, which was really special.
Zhang Ning looked at Zhao Erhu and said: I was thinking about this all the way.I know Erhu Zhongyong is not afraid of death, but you have a family and a house in Xuzhou. How can you bear it if you implicate them?
These Zhao Erhu couldn't help but lower his eyelids and did not dare to look at Zhang Ning in front of him, and was speechless for a moment.Not long ago, everyone in Zhang Ning's own family was executed by the government to Lingchi. This kind of thing is really not a joke.
Seeing this, Zhang Ning said kindly: So I have thought of two ways for you. First, we don’t want to eat anything for grace or righteousness. The grudges and struggles with the dynasty have little to do with you. If you protect yourself, you should go home and I will give you travel expenses. I am not afraid that you will report it to me if you go back. We are rebels.Second, if you follow me sincerely, you have to change your name and get a new identity. Even if you fall in love in the future, the government will not be able to find out your details...
Wasn’t the Hou Tanzhu of Dasheng Village, Shimen County been arrested? His disciples must have been arrested. Just say that you are the Hou Tanzhu’s subordinates and escaped by chance.Isn’t this a reasonable identity?Only a few of us here know your true background. They are not outsiders. We agreed to keep it confidential for you tonight.This is probably fine.Besides, we may not necessarily fall into the hands of the imperial government. If we know now that we will definitely fail, then why are we making trouble?
Zhao Erhu thought about it and said: What my benefactor said is very true. I am not afraid of death. It is better than anyone at home to bully him, but I am worried that he will implicate his family.After my benefactor said this, I have a solution, so it is appropriate to change my name and surname.
Then it would be better if there was a surname. The Song Dynasty was not the Zhao family. If you pretend that your surname was Song, you would be Song Hu. Anyway, the name Hu is very common and numerous.
Zhang Ning looked back and said, "We will call him Song Hu in the future, and we will tell Wang Xiangu later."
Zhao Erhu clasped his fists and said: Song Hu thanked the emperor for giving his name.
Don’t call me benefactor in the future. If you follow Lao Xu and the others, you can call me the boss. You will have fifty taels of silver every year, and you will get a reward for your work.
Zhang Ning said, but since your identity is a believer under Hou Mao, you are afraid that when you go to local people, we have to be right.
Seeing Song Hu nodding and saying yes, Zhang Ning continued: Just say that the officers and soldiers suddenly rushed into Dasheng Village. You are not an important believer, and you are not in the village. You hide when you see something is wrong.If someone asks for details, you will say that the officers and soldiers will first round up the church members, and capture the important ones, and kill the remaining ones without asking about them, and kill the bodies and destroy the traces without asking about them, and the women and children will not let go.
Ah?Song Hu spoke out in surprise.
Zhang Ning hurriedly said: The place we are going to is the territory of warding off the cults. The people there are all accomplices of Hou Tanzhu. Hou Tanzhu was arrested by the officers and soldiers, and everyone must be very angry.So we cannot say good things about the officers and soldiers, just say that they kill innocent people indiscriminately and do nothing wrong, so we must not make any mistakes.Do you understand?
Yes, my subordinates remember.
Song Hu changed his words at the right time, probably because Zhang Ning promised to give him fifty taels of silver a year, he naturally had to be his subordinates to take money.
The annual salary of fifty taels is definitely a high salary, and it is hard to say whether most families can save fifty taels of wealth in their lifetime.
When Song Hu joined the army, he not only had no military pay when he did not fight, but also had to bear the burden of his family.
Zhang Ning nodded and shouted: The meat porridge is cooked, Mr. Zheng comes over to taste it.
I have already smelled the fragrance.Ha ha.Zheng Qia responded, and turned around and walked towards him with Fairy Wang.
The girl who followed Zhu Heng's mansion diligently took the dishes and chopsticks to the stream to wash, and she performed very well along the way.
I don’t know if she is used to this kind of life of wandering around the world, but now she can only rely on Zhang Ning, so she often works as much as possible.
There was an iron pot on the bonfire, and the things that were cooked by the brain were everyone’s dinner tonight.Usually, I carry it with a Shu horse, put hay inside, and put it in bowls, chopsticks, spoons and other tools to avoid damage.
The girl Xiaohe was competing to work, took a bowl and scooped up half a bowl of porridge, swept her eyes over Zheng Qia and Zhang Ning, and handed them to Zhang Ning with both hands and said: Boss, be careful.
I saw a sticky green bowl filled with a bowl of sticky green. I asked what this is?
The pancakes and jerky meat they brought as dry food, picked some weeds and cooked them in water, added some salt, and it became like this.
It looks not very good, but I think it should be nutritious if it has food, meat and vegetables.
Zhang Ning took the bowl and handed it to Zheng Qia: Mr. Zheng, eat first.
Zheng Qia hurriedly refused, so Zhang Ning stopped insisting. He picked up the chopsticks and stirred them in the bowl, lowered his head to blow the heat.
There are bugs yelling around, tents and bonfires, which are very similar to camping.
If it weren't for the fact that there were many things in my mind, this kind of experience would be fun.
Zhang Ning took a sip carefully, and it was a little hot, so he held it in his hand and it was cold.
He said to Xiaohe who was serving everyone: In the four large courtyards of Zhubutang, there are no shortage of silk, silk, satin, and good food. You see, you can only eat a batter and have to work when you come out.Where do you think you are good to live?
Xiaohe said without thinking: It’s good to follow the boss.
After hearing this, everyone laughed for a while, and Zhang Ning said: People are strange. They just want to live a hard life.
Wang Xiangu said softly: That's not simple. No matter how good the Zhubutang family is, they don't regard Xiaohe as a human being. If the boss is good to her, she is not stupid.
After hearing this, Zheng Qia touched his beard with a smile and placed the bowl on the ground, looking very calm.
After a while, Zheng Qia finally spoke: The last time the emperor came down, I wonder why Mr. Ping'an didn't go to meet?
After hearing this, Zhang Ning looked serious and replied: Something urgent happened, that is, Wu Yong was going back to report the matter, and I was delayed in handling this matter.Later, someone brought Wu Yong's secret memorial to the capital. If I had known this, I would have been too lazy to care about him. It was a serious matter to rush to pay homage to my father.
Zheng Qia pondered for a moment, and his hand, touching his beard, slowed down: The prince was poisoned that time, and some people suspected that it was Mrs. Yao and Ping An's conspiracy, but there was no conclusion yet.
Then Mr. Zheng thinks, I really do such a thing?Zhang Ning said.
Zheng Qia glanced at Xiaohe and shook his head: I don’t think so, but... I’ll remind you that this matter cannot be ignored, you must be prepared.
After hearing this, Zhang Ning put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up, bowed deeply and said: Thank you, Mr. Zheng.
Zheng Qia hurriedly supported him: I didn’t want to be inclined to one side, but I just wanted to see the emperor’s internal affairs be harmonious and less unnecessary internal strife.
Zhang Ning was very respectful in his rituals and had no airs of a prince, so he said a few more good words.
Judging from the information he knew from all aspects, Zheng Qiao was a very important counselor in front of Jianwen, otherwise he would not have been inquired about the family affairs of the Zhu family.
It is always good to win this person.
On the way, Zhang Ning found that Zheng Qia seemed to have a good impression of him, but he didn't know the final reason. Logically, he had caught this Zheng Qia before and had some grudges, but unexpectedly this person was a big belly.
Maybe it’s the relationship between Wang Xiangu?
Wang Xiangu and Zheng Qiao looked very good, so he called Uncle Zheng when he spoke.
After everyone had supper, several women helped Xiaohe wash the pots and bowls.It’s better to have women on the same journey. Zhang Ning and several other men don’t have to do any trivial matters, just keep eating and opening their mouths and clothes to reach out.
The two tents were separated and then squeezed together. The road to Fengxia Mountain was full of barren mountains and wilderness, so I could only do this.
After arranging the order of taking turns to watch, everyone fell asleep. The night before, Wang Xiangu and Xu Wenjun took turns, and the second half of the night, the two men took turns, Zhang Ning and Mr. Zheng said they would not do such a thing.
The four men slept together, Zheng Qia and Lao Xu were fine, and Song Hu's snoring was like thunder. Zhang Ning was woken up from his dream several times, thinking that the huge thunder was about to rain heavily.
The next morning, everyone got up and ate some dry food and filled the water bags, and continued on the way.
Most of the roads to Fengxia Mountain are rugged mountain roads. Sometimes you can ride a Shu horse, but some areas have to walk, and the speed is very slow. Generally, it takes five days to pass through the border of Changde Prefecture.
However, Zhang Ning and others had spent more than three days on the road, which was about not far from their destination.
That uncle, Monk Yao, is good at choosing a place. If you choose such a deep mountainous area, there are benefits. Now there is a crisis in warding off the cults and his side is relatively safe. Even if the officers and soldiers find clues and want to come and fight, it will be very troublesome...
But the disadvantages are also obvious, and it is too difficult to go there.