Dressed as a widow, raising cubs, farming and building infrastructure in Ming Dynasty

Chapter 181 Hu Guangsi’s Sadness
Peng Ze and Qiu Yue also changed their strategies accordingly: Zhou, the God of Life, pursued Zhao Hao; Shi Yuan, Jin Fu pursued Liu Hui, and Yao Xin pursued Jia Mian'er.Soon, Mian'er and Zhao Hao got together, and Shenzhou and Yao Xin chased them.Under the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, the rebel army lost consecutive battles.After being frustrated in Suzhou and retreating to Yingshan, Hubei, the situation was beyond control.

Zhao Hao tonsured himself as a monk and changed his name to Huaizhong. With an ultimatum in mind, he put on his cassock and fled to Jiangxia in the fifth month of the month.Later, he was captured by Ming Army sergeant Zhao Cheng in Guicundian, Jiangxia County, and was escorted to Beijing to die.Before he was executed, he sighed and said: "I can't kill Jiao Fang and his son to thank the world. I will die with lingering regrets!"

After Zhao Hao's death, Liu Hui saw that the situation was over and committed suicide. Leaders such as Liu Zi, Xing Bendao, and Widow Yang were also captured successively and escorted to Beijing for execution.

Qin Liu had no idea about Liu Hui's death.

When Liu Hui met Qin Liu in Bazhou, he only glanced at him from a distance and did not step forward to acknowledge Qin Liu.

In Qin Liu's view, Liu Hui was just a name, a powerful rebel leader.

But Hu Guangsi is different.

As the master who followed him to the front line, he would naturally come into contact with the corpse of the leader of the rebel army.

Although he hadn't seen that face for many years, even though it had burn marks, how could he not recognize it?
This is his biological cousin who once taught him how to write, just like his biological brother who watched him grow up!
For many years in the Liu family, both Liu Chengen and Liu Xuejiang have always treated him as a brother.How can he accept this reality?
But can he show that he knows the rebel leader Liu Hui?

Once his true identity is revealed, the Liu family will be implicated and executed.

Not only could he not show his sadness, he also had to pretend not to know him, and he also wanted to burn Liu Hui's body and bury it as soon as possible.

He was once the proud son of heaven, the grandson of the chief minister, and the noble son who everyone in the scribes circle of the capital was eager to cling to. Now he is the leader of the rebel bandit, and it has only been a few years since he was sent to conquer the generalissimo.

Pretending to be busy with important matters as if nothing had happened, Hu Guangsi only dared to let his tears flow down in the dead of night and let his sorrow be released in the dark.

This silly cousin, why does he want to join the rebel army?
Since you survived, why not go to your relatives and live anonymously?

After venting his grief, he could understand again.

As a disciple of Confucius who has read the books of sages for many years, he knows how high-sounding Confucian classics are.Speak and shut up like a sage, but most of the civil servants who are familiar with the books of sages are doing selfish things and taking advantage of the public to enrich themselves.

If officials hadn't squeezed the country too hard in recent years, why would there have been a peasant uprising that lasted for two or three years?

It was precisely because of reading the books of sages that Liu Hui and his rebel army did not disturb the people or harm good officials wherever they passed. They only purged those wealthy tyrants and corrupt officials who had done many evil things.

They used the banner of a rebel army, but what they did was to rob the rich, give to the poor, and rectify the administration of officials.

Since the system of promoting and demoting officials in the imperial court is rigid and has been infiltrated by those who are good at maneuvering, let me use the knife in my hand to do a big cleansing!

He is still the cousin with a righteous heart!
When the army returned, Hu Guangsi still couldn't hold it back and took time off to pay homage to the place where Liu Hui's body was buried.

He is just a master, he has no fame, and he doesn't care about promotion.

It's just a memorial, the worst is to lose your job and go home to work.

When returning after the memorial ceremony, Hu Guangsi's heart skipped a beat when he saw a familiar figure on the road.

That person was none other than Ding Jicheng, Liu Chengen's former personal servant and Liu Xuejiang's housekeeper.

What is he doing here?
Does he know something? !

Hu Guangsi was confused.

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Datong is three to four hundred miles west of Xuanfu, and can be reached in a few days by horse-drawn carriage.

However, Ma Ang didn't know why he didn't take Qin Liu to meet Aunt Ma, Ma Yue and other family members.At that time, everyone was a little unhappy about the money sharing at Jiangxuezhai Inn.Especially my younger sister, Sister Feng, has an unspeakable hostility towards Qin Liu.

Ma Ang didn't want Qin Liu to be in trouble, so he simply physically isolated his family and wife.

As an important town on nine sides, Datong has many garrison troops, as well as many military dependents and military households and military remnants who serve the garrison.

During the Hongzhi period, Datong was also an important commercial and trade town in the border tribute city, and commerce was relatively developed.

In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has cut off border trade with the grasslands, but there are still bold generals who do smuggling business, but it is more hidden.

Over the years, Datong Town, which is the left wing of the capital, has been frequently attacked. In addition to the Shenji Battalion, which specializes in handling firearms, stationed in Datong Town, the army has also been reorganized and expanded to "fifteen thousand horses and tens of thousands of elite soldiers." The soldiers are then the best in the world."Under the leadership of Yu Zijun, two three-dimensional Great Wall defense systems were built for the first time in Datong Town, combining side walls, forts, walls, and piers.

Ma Ang went out early and came back late every day, and Qin Liu didn't set up shop to do business. Instead, he scratched and poked on a piece of paper all day long, sometimes sighing.

Seeing this, Ma Ang was a little dumbfounded: "Why are you so worried?"

"It's not these coal mines. They are just outside the Great Wall. It's a pity..." Those are all silver. It's a pity that they can't be dug out and used.

Ma Ang was stunned, "Are you short of money? I'll send a message to Ma Yue and ask him to borrow some money." All the private money he had saved before was given to Qin Liu, and I am afraid it has been used up over the years.

Qin Liu shook his head: "Not really." She is not a vain person, and Ma Ang's salary is more than enough for the two of them.

It's just that the house in Datong is rented, and the room is only heated by a kang.It's inconvenient to use the toilet and take a shower. It's better to build your own house in Shabaozi Town.

In the past, Qin Liu had a family to support, so Qin Liu had to work hard to find ways to open a store to make money.

Now that she had someone to rely on, she could just wait to die, so she no longer wanted to waste money on a few taels of silver.

Ma Ang glanced at Qin Liu with complicated eyes.

Although they have been married for several years, they have experienced so many things. In fact, they still deliberately avoid many words and do not want to touch the hidden pain in each other's hearts.

Logically speaking, at their age, they should have a child.

However, in the past two years in the rear area of ​​the rebel army, there was no tomorrow, and giving birth to a child meant being irresponsible to the child.

Both of them tacitly refrained from mentioning this matter. On special days, Qin Liu would avoid sexual intercourse to avoid pregnancy.

Now that his life has just become more stable, he doesn't know whether he should put this matter on the agenda.

Maybe after having a child, both of us can settle down and no longer be so insecure.

After going to bed at night, Ma Ang mentioned this matter to Qin Liu.

Qin Liu didn't speak for a long time, and finally said: "How about I get you a concubine?"

Maang was stunned.

"What does this have to do with concubinage?"

What to say?

Qin Liu didn't want to tell Ma Ang about Erlang's life experience.Knowing this is worse than not knowing.

(End of this chapter)