Late at night, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly heard a knock on the door. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was awakened, immediately stood up and asked: "Who is it?"

"Sir, urgent report from Shaanxi!"

Hearing the slightly anxious voice of the messenger, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately walked out of the house and took the envelope. He was shocked when he saw the content on it. The expansion of the rebel army in Shaanxi attracted the attention of the court.

Because of the great victory, the imperial court planned to join forces to defeat the rebel forces entrenched in Shaanxi in one fell swoop. Liu Jiusi was defeated by the imperial army. Now he does not know whether he is alive or dead, and his army has also been dispersed.

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he saw the letter sent by his subordinates, but now he could not return, so he could only order people to find Liu Jiusi, live and die.

Looking at the pawn leaving, Zhu Yuanzhang was completely sleepless. He sat on a chair and suddenly walked to the study. He wrote a letter and got up and walked into the darkness. Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice: "Send this letter to Henan and ask him to do it."

We need to find out what happened to Liu Jiusi!"

"yes!"

The figure in the darkness took the envelope and disappeared into the night sky.

In Shizhou, Shaanxi Province, Liu Jiusi had a bloody mark on his chest. He grimaced in pain. There was movement outside the yard. Liu Jiusi immediately became alert and endured the pain and clenched the knife in his hand.

When a figure pushed open the door and entered, Liu Jiusi put the knife in his hand against the figure's neck. The figure obviously hadn't reacted yet and said quickly: "My lord, it's me!"

Liu Jiusi looked at the figure walking in and recognized it as his subordinate, then he put down his knife unsteadily.

"Have you found the lady?"

Because of the sudden attack by the army, Liu Jiusi was unable to withstand the attack and when the city was breached, he was injured and separated from Yang Tao. He sent his personal guards out to look for him, but there was still no news.

Liu Jiusi looked at the figure walking into the room and asked, "How is it?"

"Sir, when we arrived at the mansion, the entire palace was surrounded. My subordinates were really helpless!"

When Liu Jiusi heard this, he immediately collapsed to the ground. He also became determined to die and let the blood trickle down.

People gathered one after another, but no one brought any news about star tao to Liu Jiusi. Everyone looked at Liu Jiusi's dejected look and said, "Sir, it's time for us to leave."

Liu Jiusi remained silent. Everyone looked at Liu Jiusi whose breath was slowly disappearing with a sad look on his face. In his coma, Liu Jiusi suddenly heard a faint voice: "San'er!"

Liu Jiusi stood up suddenly and shouted: "Sir!"

Everyone thought Liu Jiusi was hopeless and were about to go their separate ways when they suddenly saw Liu Jiusi standing up while lying on the ground. They were all frightened. However, Liu Jiusi was in no mood to pay attention to everyone. He struggled to get up and said, "Get ready to evacuate!"

Hearing this, everyone had smiles on their faces, but after a while the people who went out to conduct reconnaissance came back to the house and said mournfully: "The city gate has been completely sealed by the Ming army. It seems that we can't leave."

Liu Jiusi looked at the injuries on most of the people, thought for a moment and said, "Escape for your lives each of you!"

"grown ups!"

Liu Jiusi waved his hand, and everyone began to leave one after another. In the end, there were only a few seriously injured people left beside him. In everyone's eyes, they were already willing to die. Liu Jiusi usually treated them well, and besides, where could he escape in his current situation?

Woolen cloth!

"Sir, let's go!"

The few remaining wounded were supporting them and preparing to leave. Liu Jiusi suddenly reached out to stop them. Just when everyone was surprised, a figure rushed into the room. When he saw the swords and blood on everyone's hands, his legs immediately trembled.

Liu Jiusi looked at the blood on the figure's hand and immediately asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

The figure trembled and said: "I am just an ordinary farmer."

Liu Jiusi didn't believe it at all. Looking at the blood on his hands, his face turned cold and he said, "Boy, if you don't tell the truth, I can only send you down to see the King of Hell!"

Seeing the figure getting closer and closer to him, Liu Jiusi quickly said: "I'm just a little thief, please spare my life!"

Seeing that Liu Jiusi's blade was about to touch his neck, the figure immediately dodged to avoid it.

"What a skill!"

Hearing Liu Jiusi's slightly mocking voice, the figure waved away his previous useless appearance, stood up and said, "You are Brother Zhao's subordinates, right?"

Liu Jiusi nodded when he heard this. When the man saw this, he immediately said: "My surname is Zhang and my first name is Xianzhong. I wanted to devote my whole body to the court, but I didn't expect that the court would be so stupid that I surrendered myself to Brother Chuang Wang Gao."

When Liu Jiusi heard that the man turned out to be Gao Yingxiang's subordinate, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What are you here for?"

Zhang Xianzhong said: "I was passing through this place, and I saw you suffering from this misfortune, so I wanted to help you once!"

"Thank you so much, Brother Zhang!" Liu Jiusi cupped his hands and thanked him.

"We are all brothers with the same purpose, so we are very polite," Zhang Xianzhong said boldly.

Zhang Xianzhong quietly looked outside the courtyard, and when he saw nothing unusual, he quickly led everyone away.

Liu Jiusi had no good place to go at the moment, so he could only follow Zhang Xianzhong and leave.

Wang Er, who was far away in Henan, immediately got up after receiving Zhu Yuanzhang's secret message and walked outside the house. He was now in Mengjin County, Luoyang. With the gold and silver given to him by Zhu Yuanzhang, he had already established some relations with the Zhu family in Luoyang, so

A lot of trouble is saved now.

Wang Er walked to a secret room, left a note in it and turned around to leave. I don't know when the note left in the secret room disappeared.

Wang Er got up and walked out of the mansion, heading towards the main city of Luoyang. There was a magnificent palace there, and everyone passing by was trembling with fear.

A trace of disgust flashed across Wang Er's face, but he quickly adjusted his expression, showed a smile and came to the concierge. He first handed over a one hundred tael silver note and said, "Excuse me, I'll find Butler Li."

The boy took the bank note from Wang Zhi and said, "I know!"

But he didn't see any action. When Wang Er saw this, he immediately handed out another one and said: "Thank you, little brother, this is your tea money."

After taking the second banknote, the boy opened the side door and walked in. Wang Er waited for a long time before he saw a middle-aged man with a big body and a round waist walking out slowly, followed by two boys.

With four young maids.

"Who's looking for me?" Butler Li didn't look at Wang Er at all. Wang Er smiled flatteringly and took out a golden Buddha statue from his sleeve robe. The base was made of mutton-fat jade and said flatteringly: "Steward Li.

, I remember that you respect Buddhism, so I specially asked the eminent monks of Baima Temple to get this Buddha statue. It was blessed by Buddhist experts and is very effective."

After hearing this, Butler Li immediately said: "Shopkeeper Wang is very thoughtful."

"I don't know why shopkeeper Wang came to see me?"

When Wang Er heard what Butler Li said, he immediately said: "But what Butler Li said is different. I'm not here to ask you for help. I just admire the prince very much and want to make friends with Butler Li."

When Butler Li heard Wang Er mention it, he immediately puffed up his chest and said, "Your Majesty, you are not so easy to see. I'm afraid Shopkeeper Wang is not qualified just for this gadget."

Wang Er immediately said: "Of course, the prince is a nobleman of the emperor. How can he easily receive a villain like me? That's why I want Butler Li to say some kind words in front of the prince!"

Butler Li saw the banknote that Wang Er stuffed in his hand with a meaningful smile on his face and said, "Hey, isn't Brother Wang seeing someone else?"

"Not allowed next time!"

"Don't worry, I just had a nice chat with you. Isn't this a tribute to you with some tea money?"

"Then I'll accept it shamelessly." Butler Li stuffed the banknote into his long sleeve with a smile.

The two chatted for a few more words before parting.

After leaving the confines of the palace, Wang Er rubbed his cheeks that had stiffened from laughter and felt a little sore. He had spent three hundred thousand taels of silver to get acquainted with Butler Li, and now he had finally made some progress.

The prince of the Luoyang fiefdom is Prince Fu Zhu Changxun. He exacts taxes, extorts money, and commits all kinds of evil. When Wang Er knew his true nature, he wanted to use money to establish a relationship with Prince Fu. However, he did not expect that the entire palace was full of greedy people, and he had already spent nearly 350,000 yuan.

Two pieces of silver, but I still haven't even seen King Fu's face.

Arriving at the most luxurious restaurant in Luoyang City, someone greeted me as soon as I entered the restaurant: "Shopkeeper Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm going to do some good business again. It's good to remember to bring my brothers with you."

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Wang Er, who was familiar with everyone, greeted everyone, and finally went up to the second floor, walked into a secret room, casually looked at the account books, walked around the accounting room and walked towards a warehouse behind the restaurant.

The warehouse was surrounded by people. When the guard saw Wang Er coming, he immediately opened the door of the warehouse. It was full of local grain and silk satin. The bags containing grain were marked by the Ministry of Household Affairs of the imperial court.

Looking at the things in the warehouse, Wang Er felt that his money was finally not in vain. Who dared to believe that Prince Fu, the majestic Ming Dynasty clan, actually smuggled things, or secretly withheld the food and salary issued by the court to the border troops in exchange for money.

"Be sure to keep strict supervision and don't be careless!"

Wang Er warned.

"yes!"

The people who guarded the warehouse were all old men brought by Wang Er from Yulinwei. Wang Er was quite relieved. After registering the things, Wang Er immediately wrote a letter and sent it to Zhu Yuanzhang who was far away in Liaodong.

When he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang had actually gone to Liaodong, he wanted to leave the current affairs behind and follow him to Liaodong, but in the end he suppressed this idea.

Wang Er reported his situation to Zhu Yuanzhang in detail.

Qin Liangyu "was about to enter Shaanxi when a soldier suddenly came to report: "General, there is an unconscious woman ahead!"

"Take me to see it!"

Qin Liangyu walked in, looked at the woman covered in mud, sighed and said, "Take her on the road with you!"

"yes!"

"Let the military doctor come and take a look at her."

When the military doctor felt the pulse, he said to Qin Liangyu: "General, this woman is already three months pregnant."

Qin Liangyu said with a complex expression: "Take good care of her."

"yes!"

Soon the sergeant set up a carriage and took the woman to the destination. When the woman was unconscious, she could only faintly hear that she was pregnant, and a smile appeared on her lips.

When Zhu Yuanzhang received Wang Er's letter, he smiled and said to Yan Ning: "Wang Er is very capable!"

Yan Ning looked at the letter and said, "This way we don't have to worry about our business."

"I don't know what happened to Liu San," Zhu Yuanzhang said with a frown.

"Don't worry, Jiren has his own destiny, he will be fine!"

Shizhou

Liu Jiusi followed Zhang Xianzhong out of Shaanxi. Zhang Xianzhong looked at Liu Jiusi and said, "What are your plans now?"

He thought for a while but did not speak. Zhang Xianzhong suggested: "Why don't you follow me to Ganzhou? King Chuang orders me to go and support Brother Li. We are short of manpower now. Brother Liu, are you interested in following me?"

After pondering for a moment, Liu Jiusi looked at the more than ten brothers gathered around him and lamented: "I'm afraid this is the only way it can be!"

The two of them walked slowly towards the west.
Chapter completed!