In the last three months before the end of the first year of Yuanwu, more than 100,000 people poured into Hedong from all over the world.
In the previous catastrophe, after the "exhibition" of worshiping the golden man, Uwetuo's relatives were cut into pieces and executed late, in general, the morale of the Chinese people has been restored a lot, but what is more eye-catching is Hedong.
of peace.
You see, even when Uwetuo led his troops to attack, he avoided Hedong. Why? Isn't it just because Hedong has a victorious General Zhu?
Zhu Biao was so angry that he rarely wrote to Peking and pointed at Zhu Ming's nose and cursed. Such rumors are heart-breaking. They are truly heart-breaking words and a knife that kills people without blood. But it is a pity.
Yes, just like the black hand who secretly manipulated the ratio of copper to silver, both of them failed to catch the true image in the end. The only thing that is certain is that the two are not the same group of people!
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A certain county in central Linzhou.
"Zhenguo, the sixth son of the Jia family is back. He is shouting... that the land matters must be reported to the official!"
The sixth son of the Jia family that Zhu Ruoqin mentioned was Jia Yijin, the sixth son of Jia Lucai, the great landowner of Jiajiazhuang, next to the manor where the Zhu family settled.
When Uwe Tuo came over in the first half of the year, seeing that the place was not secure, Jia Lucai sold his property and fled to the county with his family. The person who took over the Jia family's property at that time was Zhu Zhenguo.
Zhu Zhenguo is the son of Zhu Ruoming and a cousin of Zhu Biao in the fifth server. His father, Zhu Ruoming, is the head of the Linzhou branch of the Zhu family.
Zhu Ruoming passed away two years ago. Zhu Zhenguo was still young, so the power to manage the affairs of the clan was handed over to Zhu Ruoqin. But after all, Zhu Ruoming is closely related to the main branch, and his father also has some influence, and he is not incompetent.
Although he is not very old, he still has a place in the Linzhou Zhu family branch. There are some things that Zhu Ruoqin has to make a decision about, and he needs to be cleared first.
"Report to the official? No matter what. Even if the county dares to protect each other and reveal our trump card, the grandson of the Jia family will be the one who suffers."
But in this case, my own team is useless. Without concealment, the identity is disclosed, the dark chess becomes the bright one, and everyone loses the need to stay in Linzhou.
Or my hometown in Xiangxian County, or Hedong...
In the main hall of the house.
"Brother Zhou, today's matter depends on you." Jia Yijin said to a young scholar.
"Don't worry, Brother Yijin. Brother Yiqing and I are brothers and sisters. How dare we not try our best? At this time, the Ming Dynasty adults are supporting you. Even if the lawsuit goes to the county, you will be justified."
The man who spoke had his nostrils turned upward. His face was full of pride. He was already in his twenties, but he was still dressed like a frivolous boy. Jia Yijin laughed with him and treated him very respectfully: "That's
, that is, actually there is no need for Mr. Mingfu to come forward, Brother Zhou is enough."
"This house is nice. When your family gets back its old property, this house can be dedicated to the Ming Dynasty."
The man surnamed Zhou looked up and down the hall, with a look on his face as if the house already belonged to him.
Jia Yijin laughed along and said: "Master Mingfu, in the prosperous place of the county, how can you see this remote courtyard in the countryside. Brother Zhou, on the other hand, I will come here often in the future, and it will be inconvenient not to have a place to stay. My Jia family
If the old property can be recovered, this house should belong to Brother Zhou."
Brother Zhou burst out laughing, probably feeling very happy.
At the back of the hall, Zhu Ruoqin, Zhu Zhenguo and several other servants had furious expressions on their faces. The man surnamed Zhou seemed to be an elegant man, but his style was unbecoming of a man. Even if the Zhu family and the Jia family were related,
What does that have to do with the current house as far as land is concerned?
Zhu Zhenguo's eyes were full of anger! He snorted silently and took a deep breath to calm down. The young man's voice still sounded unhurriedly: "This house belongs to my Zhu family. Who wants to give it away?"
People, you must first ask the master whether he agrees or not."
Following the words, Zhu Zhenguo appeared in front of the door. Zhu Ruoqin still stayed inside. After all, he is now the person in charge of the Zhu family branch. If they come forward together and there is a stalemate, there will be no relief.
Jia Yijin glanced at him: "Why are you a little beast? Where are you adults of the Zhu family? It's your turn to intervene in this matter for a little brat who doesn't have all his hair. Go aside and call Zhu Ruoqin to come out.
I’ll settle the score with you later!”
He looked fierce, looking at Zhu Zhenguo with contempt and contempt in his eyes. But Zhu Zhenguo just looked back at him, and that look made his heart skip a beat.
Zhu Zhenguo is not an ordinary sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, he also has human blood on his hands. When he was at the border of Hugou Kingdom, he hunted down the lone team of Hu Qi and eliminated the gangsters who took advantage of the situation. The Zhu family has stood up again.
Moreover, the position he stood at was far higher than the previous peak. Zhu Biao did not relax at all in his expectations for their younger generation.
Practicing martial arts is not to strengthen one's body, but to kill people. Zhu Zhenguo's eyes naturally have murderous intent, and Zhu Pingchuan, who is following Zhu Zhenguo, also shows a contemptuous sneer, looking at Jia Yijin and the second man named Zhou.
It's like looking at a pair of dead people.
"Little beast? No one has ever dared to insult me like this since I was sensible. Who do you think you are, Jia Yijin? You really think your tongue is harder than iron!"
Zhu Zhenguo had a dagger in his hand, and he stabbed it into the table. With one blow, the solid wood table, which was more than half a foot thick, was pierced.
Jia Yijin's face was red, and Zhu Zhenguo's glance first made him feel awe-inspiring, but the sharp words that followed made him furious again, forgetting the awe-inspiring feeling just now.
"You, you!" He was so angry that his hands and feet were trembling. He stood up and stepped forward to slap Zhu Zhenguo, but Zhu Pingchuan, who was beside Zhu Zhenguo, grabbed his wrist.
At this time, he was shocked to realize that the Zhu Zhenguo standing in front of him was not a servant in the family who could not fight back or scold him, but a young man with obviously extraordinary strength. The man next to him was not a good person either.
"snort!"
Zhu Pingchuan, who practiced the "Hercules of God and Demon" and "Dragon and Elephant Prajna Gong", was so strong that he could lift Jia Yijin up like a chicken. Jia Yijin could not help but stumble when he pushed him lightly.
He took several steps and almost hit the wall.
"Rebellion, rebellion. How brave are you to take action!" Jia Yijin stamped his feet and shouted, with a fierce look on his face: "Come here, come here!"
Following his shout, four sword-wielding servants rushed in from outside the house. They were all people he had brought from the Jia family. Zhu Zhenguo and Zhu Pingchuan took one look at them and sneered: "He is an unworthy person.
Your Jia family can only achieve so much!"
"Catch these two little beasts and beat them, hard!" Jia Yijin was very angry this time. If Zhu Ruoqin was here, Jia Yijin would still be a little afraid. But now that Zhu Ruoqin is not here,
It's just that Zhu Zhenguo and Zhu Pingchuan are two little kids, so he naturally has nothing to worry about.
Four strong servants with knives rushed towards Zhu Zhenguo and Zhu Pingchuan, completely wearing out the good temper in Zhu Zhenguo's heart. "Break the hands and feet of these four dogs. Throw them out!"
"Bang! Bang"
Two servants behind him pounced on them, punched and kicked them, and instantly defeated the four Jia family guards. Then they carried one in each hand and dragged them out.
"This...this..." Jia Yijin was shocked, his hands and feet were cold, he didn't expect that the person he brought was so unworthy.
"Brother Zhou, Brother Zhou!" He hurriedly raised his hands to that Brother Zhou and said, "Look, in front of you, Brother Zhou, the Zhu family dares to be so presumptuous. If you don't make the decision for us, how can our Jia family survive?"
There will be a way to survive!"
"Well, Brother Yijin, you just got angry." This sentence seemed to have wiped out all the responsibilities on Jia Yijin. Brother Zhou raised his chin and snorted. Then he said loudly: "Stop it!
"
"Ah ah ah!" A scream sounded outside the hall at the right time. Zhu Zhenguo wanted someone to break his hands and feet and throw them out, but the servants would never dare not listen at all.
"Stop, I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?" Brother Zhou saw that his words were useless. But the people of the Jia family outside seemed to have really lost their limbs, and became furious. He shouted loudly: "You Zhu family
Zhuang is so brave! You dare to be lynched, which is not allowed by the national law. If you don't stop, I will send you all to prison!"
"Zhenguo, let's see what ivory can come out of his dog's mouth?" Zhu Pingchuan said to Zhu Zhenguo contemptuously.
Zhu Zhenguo smiled and said outside, "Then stop for now."
After receiving his order, the two servants outside immediately stopped their hands, but half of the four healthy servants of the Jia family were already disabled.
Brother Zhou glanced at Zhu Zhenguo bitterly, feeling as if he had lost face: "You young man, you are so cruel, you beat people like this!"
Zhu Zhenguo glanced at him like an idiot and said to the servant outside the door: "Why don't you fight? I just said to stop for now."
"Kaka..."
The ghosts and ghosts of broken bones are unpredictable, followed by the screams of ghosts crying and wolves howling.
The servants of the Zhu family hit the four healthy servants of the Jia family, but the slaps were like the ones surnamed Zhou on the face. The man surnamed Zhou became furious and screamed: "Stop, stop. A humble boy from the countryside, unexpectedly,
If you ignore me like this, I will report it to Lord Mingfu..."
The man surnamed Zhou wanted to point at Zhu Zhenguo and call out. Suddenly he felt wind in his ears, and then there was a loud bang, as if he was hit in the head by a loud thunder, and his eyes darkened and he fainted.
Zhu Pingchuan glanced disdainfully, and it was him just now who was knocked unconscious with a splitting palm.
"Drag them out." Zhu Ruoqin stopped hiding. Looking at the two violent nephews, he sighed in his heart. Zhu's family was getting more and more angry. Then he waved his hand and said to Xi Renming: "Drag them all out, put them down.
Leave Zhujiazhuang."
He didn't want to look at the two clowns Jia Yijin and Zhou anymore. He said to the rising stars of the two branches, Zhu Zhenguo and Zhu Pingchuan: "You guys are just used to being arrogant and don't know how to adapt. You must be aware of the changes.
Zhe. Things in this world are very complicated. Wasn't your sixth brother also framed by someone in the Jiuqu Sword Sect back then? There were also various conflicts in the military camp, and some of them were so stubborn, which is not the behavior of an outstanding person."
"What the Zhu family needs is not warriors who rush into battle. The bigger the business, the more areas to consider, and the generals who can take charge of one side are what our Zhu family needs most."
"Well, once this comes out, we can no longer hide our identity. You go down and pack your things. After I write a letter and submit it to the county government, and after the property is settled, we will return to our hometown in Qingxiang."
Zhu Ruoqin shook his head as he spoke. This is already the third branch that the Zhu family has reimbursed, and now there are only two branches that are still hidden in the entire Northern Han Dynasty.
Don't put your eggs in one basket, and hide your strength by the way. Zhu Biao's original strategy was mostly a failure.
Seven days later, on a snowy morning, Zhujiazhuang, which had existed in Linzhou for seven years, changed its name to a new one.
Thirty-four members of the Zhu clan and nearly a hundred servants drove slowly toward the north, surrounded by more than a hundred strong men and the head guards of the hospital.
This year, they will spend the Chinese New Year on the road.
On the seventh day of the first lunar month, Yanping Wharf.
Zhu Ruoqin and his party became even more impressive because the Zhu family members who came from their hometown in Xiangxian County to support them had already gathered with them.
"Zhenguo, do you really want to go to Hedong right now where is your sixth brother?"
"Uncle, I'm not young anymore. I'm seventeen years old. When my sixth brother was my age, he was already the mainstay of the family."
"You're just in a hurry. Can't we wait until summer and go together? Sister Cai is getting married this summer, and everyone in my family is going..."
A passenger ship headed east. Zhu Zhenguo took two servants and eight servants to go.
"High five, young master, I remember that our county magistrate Zhou is from Anzhou, and his hometown is on the Luo Ming River..." The joking voice drifted on the Luo Ming River in the wind.
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A medium-sized boat is inconspicuous in a crowded waterway. In this rough era, the number of boats entering and leaving a prosperous dock can make one's head spin.
Zhu Zhenguo, who was standing on the bow of the ship, saw this scene. Although he had also seen the prosperity of Yanping Wharf, there was only a small county on the shore. It was amazing to have such prosperous water transportation.
"Young Master Zhenguo, this place is known as Xiaojiangjin. It is the textile center of our Northern Han Dynasty. It is said that the entire county has a population of four to five million people engaged in its industry. Especially in the southeastern counties, almost every family is
Related to silk weaving..."
"The person named Zhou is not a toy. He was reincarnated, but he was reborn in a good place. Let's find out the news secretly first..."
"Master Zhenguo, do you want to find a fortune teller?"
"Aren't brothels different?"
"A brothel and a brothel are...not good...?"
"What's so bad, you don't want to take a look? Master, I'm going to take a look."
Zhu Zhenguo raised his head and looked at the signboard in front of him, which had the three words "Qinfang Pavilion" on it. These three words made him a little curious.
"Hey, this young master. I haven't been here for a long time. Why are you free today?" When he was curious, he suddenly heard a charming smile, and then, a gust of fragrant wind blew towards his face, hugging his arm.
Just go to Qinfang Pavilion.
This was the first time Zhu Zhenguo encountered this scene, but he was no stranger to it. According to rumors, this was the case for solicitors in brothels.
He didn't react, but Shi Qi next to him jumped over and grabbed the woman who grabbed Zhu Zhenguo's arm: "Ladies, let go!"
The woman suddenly screamed in pain, and then Shi Qi kicked her aside again.
"Shi Qi, stop, she is just soliciting business." Zhu Zhenguo said at this time.
Shi Qi then stopped, but he still stared at the woman with evil eyes. Shi Qi, who was killed by the Zhu family four years ago when he was on the verge of death, had a very high status in Zhu Zhenguo's mind. And that woman was like this
Fireworks and the like, are they worthy of contaminating Young Master Zhenguo? How dare you pull this off? You are simply seeking death.
The woman breathed heavily in her chest. She just regained her breath and looked at Shi Qi fiercely. Just as she was about to cry and curse, Zhu Zhenguo's hand happened to appear in front of her.
Two 'national standard' silver dollars sparkled in the palm of my hand.
"Sister, this servant is so reckless. Please give Haihan a small gift to express my apology. Please don't take offense."
If it were an ordinary son-in-law who beat someone in this flower street and Liuxiang and then took out two silver coins as an apology without caring, this woman would have to act like a fool on the ground in order to blackmail more. But the relationship between this woman and Zhu Zhenguo
As soon as their eyes met, she felt a chill in her heart. She just felt that she had better obey this young man's words honestly. She was from the world and was used to seeing all kinds of people, even those talented and noble people who came to "Qinfang Pavilion".
Soldiers, generals and government officials rarely have such an awe-inspiring temperament!
"Yes... it's the little lady who is rude and dare not accept the young master's generous gift!" The woman looked at her with a look in her eyes and gritted her teeth as she stood up.
"Just take it and I won't tell you a second time." Zhu Zhenguo's tone was very gentle.
But the woman felt that there was an irresistible power in this tone. She stretched out her hands to take the two silver coins and looked at Zhu Zhenguo blankly. Zhu Zhenguo smiled at her: "People from Xialinzhou are new to this treasure land and want to inquire about it."
Some things..."
While he was talking, he suddenly heard a burst of laughter. The laughter had a smooth quality and sounded charming and charming. "Young master, you must have asked the right person. Not to mention the local area, but the entire county."
There are very few things that we don’t know.
I wonder what news the young master plans to inquire about?"
"Zhou, Zhou family..."
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"You bastard, no wonder you can give birth to a bad seed. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. My father and I don't even have a good thing——"
After walking out of Qinfang Pavilion, Zhu Zhenguo and the others felt like tens of thousands of grass and mud horses rolling past, and they all responded with heartfelt curses to the father of Mr. Zhou, the magistrate of Zhou County.
"He actually went to the thirteenth room as a concubine. This old guy didn't overwork himself?"
"The youngest one is not even older than the young master..." A poem he heard flashed through Zhu Zhenguo's mind, a pear tree crushing a begonia tree, "This damn old thing!"
"Scare him, just spare his life." But you have to make a careful calculation and don't leave any clues. Otherwise, if someone follows the clue and implicates Sixth Brother, it will be very bad.
In the middle of the night, the old man of the Zhou family, who was still talking about the New Year, suddenly encountered a ghost.
No, the entire Zhou family has encountered a ghost. This ghost has been pestering them for three nights!
"Hahaha, that old pervert was so frightened that he peed like urine and was paralyzed..."
"Old bastard, let's see if he dares to marry another little wife..."
"Wow, high five, aren't you jealous?"
"I'm jealous. What's wrong? I don't even have a wife yet, and that old guy shamelessly married thirteen!"
"Then we'll go back to Xiangxian tomorrow. I want my aunt to tell you about the Chunxi girl in front of me." Zhu Zhenguo patted Gao Wu on the shoulder and laughed.
