After Ming Dynasty

Chapter 2 Supporting the King of Lu
In the dusk, the Zhu family's backyard smelled like rice.

I have to say, my wife is a genius.

In recent years, chaos has become a pot of porridge, bandits and bandits are rampant, and even the Qing army has invaded several times, and the land of Shandong has not been spared.

The survival experience honed over the years can be summed up to be prepared.

Next to the vegetable cellar, my old lady dug a dark room to store grain.

Usually, some radishes and cabbages are placed outside, dark and dirty, no one would have thought that there are actually good things inside.And because the portal is hidden, even if you go down, you may not be able to see it.

If it weren't for the people from outside rushing in too fast, before they could remove the dishes outside, the old lady would have hid in.

This world has forced a housewife to become a master of survival, and Zhu Yiyuan can only lament.

"Master, how long do you think this mess can last, can we escape?" the old lady tried to ask.

The old man paused for a moment, then lowered his head silently, unable to speak.

The old lady was anxious, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Yiyuan, wanting to see what kind of insight this long-sighted son had.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Yiyuan slowly said: "I'm afraid we can't hide... The Qing government promoted hair shaving, and the Zhang family is working for tigers. How long can we hide at home? As long as people find out, there will be no good end. I think we have to go !"

"Go? Where are you going?" Dad asked.

Zhu Yiyuan lowered his head, sullenly, and said after a while: "If you shave your hair, you can survive, okay?"

Father Zhu's face turned pale with shock. His son Zhu Yiyuan just didn't want to shave his hair, so he jumped into the well, and now he says that shaving his hair can save his life... What does this mean?
The old lady didn't care about this, and said with a straight face: "I still say that, it is better to live than to die! As long as the three of us can be together, it is worse than anything else!"

Zhu Yiyuan was stunned for a long time. He didn't want to die after two lifetimes, so he simply said: "Then there are two ways left now. One is to escape to a place that the Qing court cannot control, and you can live without having to shave your hair. This It's not that difficult."

"The second is to leave Qingshiji. You don't need to avoid the Qing court, but you have to stay far away from the Zhang family. Today they sent so many servants to help the court, and they will definitely not let it go. Only by avoiding their eyes and ears can we survive. "

Father Zhu was slightly taken aback. He didn't want to die either. If his son could see it, he didn't have to worry about anything.

"Even Yingtian is lost, and Emperor Hongguang heard that he was arrested. We definitely can't run that far, so we can only find a way nearby." Father Zhu also meant to avoid the Zhang family.

Zhu Yiyuan is new here, so he really has no idea.

At this time, the old woman said again: "Our family has relatives in Yanzhou Mansion, and some family prestige. As long as we flee south, we will have a way to survive."

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help being overjoyed, "Madam, you are really a female Zhuge. If our family doesn't have you, I don't know what to do!"

The old lady snorted, "Don't talk about it, it's useless, you escaped this time, you can no longer rely on your clan status and do nothing, life will only get harder and harder, I can't support it alone."

The old man's face turned red, and he nodded repeatedly, "I can write and count, and I must find a way to support the family with you."

Zhu Yiyuan followed suit and said, "I, I will also find a way."

"You, if you can maintain your health, don't jump into the well at every turn, just scare your mother."

The old lady gave Zhu Yiyuan a helpless look.

Now that he decided to leave, he had to pack up his things. Although the house was robbed, he could still find two pieces of tattered clothes, and there was no shortage of rations.

"Master, go and rest with your son. He escaped from death and is already tired. I'll go get some food. When we're ready, we'll go."

Zhu Yiyuan wanted to help his old lady, but he was really weak, so he had to go to rest first... This sleep was very sweet, and when he woke up, he found that the sky was slightly brighter, it was just dawn.

Zhu Yiyuan quickly sat up, stretched his arms and legs a little, recovered a lot, at least he could walk, Zhu Yiyuan heaved a sigh of relief.Dragging a burden, I can't run far if I want to.

When he arrived in the courtyard, his father happened to be there too.

"Let's go now?"

Father Zhu hesitated slightly, and said uneasy: "Why did I hear the sound of horseshoes, it seems to be coming this way."

Zhu Yiyuan was startled, and quickly bent down, with his ears on the ground, indeed, there was the sound of horseshoes.

Is it possible that you can't run even if you want to?
Sure enough, this group of people came straight to Zhu's house.

Zhu Yiyuan and his father hurried to the back, and his mother also came out. When fetching rice, she moved the vegetables in the cellar away, just in time to hide in.

But before they took a few steps, someone rushed into the door of Zhu's house. They came so fast that there was no time to escape.

"Is Master Zhu there?"

"Where is Master Zhu? Our leader wants to see you!"

When Zhu Yiyuan heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback. Calling Mr. Zhu didn't seem to be malicious, but he couldn't say it well...

At this moment, another deep voice came, "I'm Xie Qian, I'm here to pay a visit to Master Zhu, and I have something important to discuss."

Just as I was about to run away, someone actually came, and my father's face suddenly changed, what should I do?see you?
"Let's meet again, there are so many people, we can't escape." Zhu Yiyuan said sullenly, the name Xie Qian made him feel inexplicably familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere...

Father Zhu had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward. He originally wanted Zhu Yiyuan to stay behind, and he was enough to face it alone.But Zhu Yiyuan still followed closely, to the front yard.

In front of them, hundreds of people suddenly appeared, and they were packed inside and outside the courtyard.

The first one was a burly man with piercing eyes and a murderous look.

This battle really frightened Zhu's father and son.

It was the leader who jumped off the horse and took the initiative to say hello, "I'm Xie Qian, I'm taking the liberty to come here. Master Zhu, is the son behind you?"

Father Zhu hurriedly said, "Yes, yes."

"Didn't he throw himself into the well?" Xie Qian asked suspiciously. Before he came, he had already asked the villagers. Everyone saw Zhu Yiyuan throwing himself into the well, but they didn't know that he was rescued by his father again.

"Thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, the child jumped into the well for more than half an hour, but he didn't die." Father Zhu sighed.

When Xie Qian heard this, he couldn't help looking at Zhu Yiyuan a few more times, and said with emotion: "King Jinglong didn't dare to accept it. Sure enough, surviving a catastrophe will bring good fortune. Master Zhu, let's talk inside!"

How could the Zhu family dare to refuse, "Please, please!"

Father Zhu was in front, and Zhu Yiyuan followed, leading Xie Qian to the living room.Because of the looting, it was in a mess, and the tables, chairs and benches were not complete. The three of Zhu's family wanted to run away, but naturally they didn't have the heart to clean up, so they could only sit down casually.

Xie Qian didn't care either. As soon as he sat firmly on his buttocks, he took out a small yellow notebook, and then calmly read: "Zhaotaiyang will be healthy, and the longevity will be prosperous. Encouraging both hope and prosperity, Kangzhuang meets the book Ning... Master Zhu, is this your family tree?"

The father and father were startled. These twenty words were indeed bestowed by Zhu Yuanzhang to the lineage of the king of Lu. Their clan identities were not just talked about casually, but how did Xie Qian get it?

Could it be that Xie Qian's people ran to their house to rob and took away all the food and property?

However, at this moment, the father and father dared not speak out, and Father Zhu said in a trembling voice: "If you want to thank the leader, our family is indeed the royal family of King Lu, and the villagers all know it."

Xie Qian was overjoyed, and immediately said: "Master Zhu, my subordinates did not intend to offend. Here, I, Xie Qian, apologize to you. In order to express my apology, I have a special gift."

After Xie Qian turned around, he saw a box brought by his subordinates.

After opening it, there was a bloody head inside!
Father Zhu's eyes darkened and he almost passed out.

Fortunately, Zhu Yiyuan had quick eyes and quick hands, and quickly helped him, but he was also angry. What kind of gift is it to give a human head?What exactly is this Xie Qian going to do?
"Master Zhu, and Mr. Zhu, take a good look and see whose head this is."

As he spoke, Xie Qian grabbed the pig's tail and raised his head.

Only then did the father and father see clearly that this person was young, and it was Zhang Xu, the young master of the Zhang family who forced Zhu Yiyuan to jump into the well.

he died!
The enemy who was arrogant and domineering yesterday and forced Zhu Yiyuan to commit suicide by jumping into a well, unexpectedly decapitated so soon.The father and son looked at each other in astonishment.

Xie Qian explained with a smile: "Lord Zhu, Mr. Zhu, this Zhang family has been honored by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and they don't want to repay it. Instead, they rush to shave their heads and serve as slaves to the Tartars. May I ask the folks, who doesn't despise it? Yesterday he brought When people came to Qingshiji, Xie Mou mobilized his brothers to besiege Dazhuang Village. Zhang Xu led his men back to the rescue in a hurry, and I led the elite brothers to intercept and kill them halfway, scattered his men, killed dozens of them, and hacked It's really a pleasure to take the head of this beast!"

Speaking of this experience, Xie Qian's eyebrows were beaming, his whole body was comfortable, and since he started his army, he finally did a great thing.His words completely resolved Zhu Yiyuan's doubts.

Yesterday, the servants of the Zhang family and those officials forced the big guys to shave their hair. They will definitely not retreat for no reason.

Xie Qian must have sent troops to scare them away.

In this way, Xie Qian really saved the two of them.

"Thank you, Chief Gao Yi, I, I am very grateful." Father Zhu quickly thanked him.

Xie Qian smiled again: "Master Zhu, you don't have to be polite. In fact, I have something wrong. A group of brothers did not restrain them yesterday. They came to attack the lackeys of the government in Qingshiji, but I don't know what happened. The hawks and dogs of the government disappeared. , They just... but it was a mistake, when they checked the looted things, they found this genealogy, and only then did they know that there is a Ming clan in Qingshiji."

Xie Qian spoke vaguely, but Zhu Yiyuan could understand that the people under him were called the Yijun if they sounded better, but they were thieves if they were not!

Could it be that these people are expected to enforce the order and prohibit, and Qiu will not commit any crime?

Obviously unrealistic, Qingshiji is next to Dazhuang Village of the Zhang family, and it is inevitable that a group of people will come to Qingshiji to rob.

The messy grievances and grievances here are really unclear.

But when Xie Qian came over, he wouldn't just give Zhang Xu's head to vent his anger on them, would he?
Sure enough, Xie Qian said with a smile: "Master Zhu, at this time, there are many rebels in Shandong and the hearts of the people are available. I plan to support Master Zhu as King of Lu and order the heroes of Qi and Lu. Let's drive all the tartars away with one effort." yes!"

(End of this chapter)