Since the Huai Army occupied Yancheng, Xinghua and Baoying areas, some gentry loyal to the Ming Dynasty fled with their families, some fled to Huaixi and Jiangnan, and some fled to Andong.

I fled to Andong because the temporary residence of the Caoyuan was here. In the words of Lu Si in his previous life, he asked the government to be there.

Among the landlords and gentry fled to Andong, most of them were Yancheng County, not far away. A few days ago, these people gathered at the gate of the Caoyuan every day to ask the Ministry to send troops to combat the thieves. The ones who gritted their teeth and wished they could lead the way for the officers and soldiers to kill all the mud legs immediately.

Wu Maocai was also one of them. The day after he brought people to dig the Lu family's ancestral tomb, he fled to Andong with Sun Bao and his family of thirty people.

If you don’t run away, the Lu family’s ancestral tomb has been dug up. How can the thief Lu Si come back to settle the score with him without bringing people back?

Because Wu Maocai was a Jinshi and was also a magistrate of Dezhou, he also led people to dig out the ancestral tomb of the thief leader, so he was not only seen twice by Lu Zhenfei, but also became a well-known celebrity in Andong County.

The group of landlords and gentry who "flee" even said that there was a Bian Dasui in Shaanxi and a Wu Maocai in Huai'an.

Who is Bian Dasui?

This person is the magistrate of Mizhi County, Shaanxi Province. He once dug up the ancestral tomb of Li Zicheng's family under the secret order of Shaanxi Governor Wang Qiaonian.

But it was different from Bian Dasui, who was so scared that he resigned from office and did not know whereabouts after digging the ancestral tomb of Li Zicheng's family. Wu Maocai was not afraid of the revenge of the thieves, but instead made a big noise about the matter, fearing that others would not know.

This is not because Mr. Wu is confused, but because he has ulterior motives.

Now that Huaiyang has caused thieves and thieves, countless officials in prefectures and counties have died. After the official army quells the thieves and chaos, the court must re-appoint officials. Therefore, Wu Maocai wanted to become an official in his hometown by digging out the thieves' ancestral tombs.

This was impossible in the past, but now, the situation is different, and it is not impossible to use human rights to seize love in a hurry.

However, although the governor Lu Zhenfei, who had met Wu Maocai twice, did not agree with him about digging out other people's ancestral tombs, he believed that this was a villain's behavior and was not done by scholars and officials.

However, because Wu Maocai was loyal to the court and ignored his personal reputation and life and death, Lu Zhenfei didn't say much. He did want to appoint him to the court, but because Huai'an City was still under the hands of the thieves, Lu Zhenfei himself had cut off contact with the capital, so this matter could only be discussed later.

However, a few days later, Lu Zhenfei heard people say something circulating everywhere in the city is a Bian Dasui in Shaanxi and a Wu Maocai in Huai'an.

This made Lu Zhenfei furious and ordered that the Lu family's ancestral tomb should not be mentioned again in the future.

Why?

What about Dasui, Shaanxi, and Wu Maocai from Huai'an? This is not to vent his anger for the court, but to clearly make the thief look angry!

He was called Wu Maocai and Bian Dasui, so how could the Lu family be on par with Li Zicheng?

This matter gradually came to an end.

Wu Maocai has been looking forward to clearing the clouds and fog to see the sun and the moon, but he never thought that the situation was getting worse day by day. The official army besieged Huaian City for several months and could not break the city, and the treacherous soldiers from the north also headed south.

I heard that the Lu family was the chief thief and was appointed as the governor by Li Chuang. This made Wu Maocai regret that he should not dig the Lu family's ancestral tomb.

It was only after this that he had no regrets. He could only burn incense and pray to the Buddha to seek the appearance of the Bodhisattva as soon as possible, and the official army could defeat the bandits.

Perhaps it was because of insufficient incense tribute, the Bodhisattva led the bandits to Anton.

On the day when the Huai Army broke through the city, Wu Maocai held a rope in his hand and wanted to hang the beam several times. He knew that if it fell into the hands of the thief, he would definitely be worse than death by his crime of digging the Lu family's ancestral tomb.

Fortunately, after the Huai Army occupied Andong, they were busy recruiting surrendered troops to calm the people's hearts and did not identify the landlords and gentry who came from other places in the city.

On the third day, the Huai Army opened the city and allowed the people to enter and exit. Wu Maocai and his family took the opportunity to divide the city into several batches. After leaving the city, they went to Huangwei, northeast of Dong'an County.

There lived there, the cousin of Mrs. Wu Maocai's wife, Rao Huanzong, and Rao Huanzong also had fame. During the Wanli period, he joined the juren, and after the Huai Army rose up, he and the nearby gentry formed a team to protect themselves, which is what Zheng Biao called the "local thief".

Rao Huanzong was very welcome to the arrival of his cousin's husband's family, and they were asked to hide in the village headed by the Rao family, and strictly prohibited anyone in the clan from talking about this to the outside world.

However, gradually, Rao Huanzong's psychology changed.

The reason for this change was that Wu Laoer, the landlord of the next town, was appointed as the Dashun Commander by a Jiedushi by some Jiedushi.

After this guy came back from Andongcheng, Wu Laoer was very nervous and held a banquet for three days. He invited the Jianghuai Opera team to sing for three days. This made everyone in the village know Wu Duwei, but he didn't know that he would spare the juren.

Moreover, all signs show that the Huai thieves did not beat, smash, burn and rob, like ordinary bandits. Instead, they were as safe as the government troops, and did not suppress the landlords and gentry. They just needed to hand over the grain as usual.

Rao Huanzong's psychological defense line began to collapse step by step. In the end, the news that Huai'an General Zhang Pengyi led his troops to surrender the thieves completely destroyed his last line of defense for the Ming Dynasty.

So, the wife of the Rao family took her grandson back to her parents' home. Soon after, the governor of the Dashun Huaiyang Jiedushi Lu Wenzong of Muyang personally rushed to Huangwei, more than 90 miles away, with a cavalry and a team of mules and horses.

"Governor, you can leave this kind of small matter to me. Guan Guardian will bring the man named Wu to you, so you can do it yourself!"

Sun Wujin turned over and jumped off the mule, and quickly grabbed the governor who had dismounted the horse in front of Qi Bao.

"This person is digging out my ancestral tomb, not yours!"

Lu Si was very angry, his face was tense all over the whole process, and he was irreconcilable. If he didn't come in person, he would not have the face to burn paper money to Emperor Gaozu, and all the ancestors of Shizu.

Because Huangwei is near the sea, the land is severely saline-alkali, so there are not many fertile fields. At first glance, it is surrounded by reed marshes.

"Where is the thief hiding!"

Lu Si held a whip in one hand and a knife in the other hand, looking around.

After a while, Sun Si, the Biaotong Caoyan of the Second Brigade, came over with the Rao family members and pointed to a few miles away and said that the Rao family village was there.

"All around?"

General Lu Si picked up the Qianli Milestone hanging with a jade belt and looked towards Raojiazhai. This Qianli Milestone was seized from the Huai'an General Zhang Pengyi, and it is also the only one in the Huai Army.

Sun Si hurriedly said: "There are soldiers everywhere that can pass by. In addition, the Rao family said that Wu Maocai's family was kept in the dark."

"very good,"

Lu Sichao, the Rao family, who was a little scared behind Sun Shang, looked at it and nodded slightly: "This time, your Rao family is doing a good job. You lead the way. After the matter is completed, this governor will not treat your Rao family badly."

"Yes, yes, the governor asked!"

The Rao family kept nodding and bowing.

"Um!"
Chapter completed!