Daming prepares the emperor

Failed.

sloppy.

When the persimmons fell into the bowl, Zhu Biao felt the embarrassment that he hadn't patronized him for a long time.

One is because no one dares to embarrass him, and the other is that his skin is already thick.

Now Lu Jinai put a persimmon in his bowl, and he was dressed in such shabby clothes that Zhu Biao felt like a despicable bastard who cheated on porcelain.

He was really negligent and forgot to hide the bowl. On the first day back to his hometown, he was misunderstood as a beggar.

If time goes by, Zhu Yuanzhang was at the same age decades ago, holding the same broken bowl, squatting under the persimmon tree, praying for a pie from the sky to save his stomach and save his life.

Fortunately, God never drops pies. Although it rejected Zhu Yuanzhang's wish, it gave him another possibility. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang can afford food, there will be no Hongwu Emperor, let alone Zhu Biao today.

The situation changed, Zhu Biao planned to change his rhetoric, he picked up the persimmons in the bowl: "I..."

As soon as I uttered the words, Lu Jinai asked in surprise, "Can you see it? What did I give you?"

Ok?

Only then did Zhu Biao realize something was wrong, and quietly looked at "Ling Shuanghou" from the corner of his eye, and it turned out to be a demon.

For the purpose of protecting themselves, some botanical monsters will cover up the fruits they produce with evil spirits to prevent animals and humans from picking them. Only when they meet creatures they like will they reveal their true bodies.

This persimmon tree probably likes Comrade Zhu very much, and also likes this person in front of him very much.

"What you gave me was a persimmon."

"It's fate to be able to see it." Lu Jinai said, "You should use it as a cushion first."

A beggar should gobble up what he gets to eat, and Zhu Biao realized that he needed to start acting, so he almost didn't chew, and swallowed the persimmon whole.

Seeing this scene, the suspicion in Lu Jinai's eyes lessened.There was no other reason. Zhu Biao was too healthy. Even if his face was ashen and his clothes were tattered, he could not hide his well-developed figure.

As for Liuchubai, there are not many small dogs. Although Lu Jinai is smart, he can't understand the creature he has never seen before, and only treats it as a thin stray dog.

"Where did you come from?" Lu Jinai asked, "Why did you go to Fengyang Village? Every household here is poor, and it's not a place where you can beg for food."

Zhu Biao looked up at Lu Jin'ai, and he saw that this was a man with a firm will and a decisive mind, and it might not be easy to hide it.

"My family has a little money. My parents are in business. They opened a cake shop. They don't have to worry about food and drink. They left here to do business in the early years, but they couldn't come back because of the war. This time I heard that Fengyang was attacked by the king of Wu. When I came down, no one fought anymore, and they brought me back to find relatives, but unexpectedly, there were bandits on the way, and my parents and I got separated, so I had to come alone, without food or drink, and that’s why this happened.”

"Looking for relatives?" Lu Jin'ai frowned, "What's your last name?"

"My surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Shi."

"There is no family named Lin in the village."

"I follow my mother's surname, and my father's surname is Wang."

"Recruiting a son-in-law?" There were indeed several people surnamed Wang.

With the mountains high and the emperor far away, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hear him anyway, Zhu Biao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I was recruiting a son-in-law. My mother was rich and powerful at the time, and my father was penniless and took advantage of her. "

"...Little brother, come with me first." Lu Jinai stared at Zhu Biao, thought about it carefully, and took the lead, "My name is Lu Jinai, and the word is Shengyu. I think you have a very good manner and conversation. Demeanor, we are peers, you might as well call me Lu Shengyu."

He turned around and stepped on the loess with one foot, the fine dust was filled with his steps, and the dark brown straw sandals echoed the ground, firm and steady like a starving person.

While walking, Lu Jin'ai wiped the persimmon on her body, took a bite, and swallowed it slowly.

Liu Chubai glanced at Zhu Biao, meaning that this person seemed quite unusual.

Zhu Biao waved his hand, glared at it, and told it to follow quickly, don't think about what's there or what's not.

"Now is not a good time to look for relatives." Lu Jin'ai, who was walking in front, said, "Fengyang is the hometown of King Wu, it is very special, I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at this place right now, you stay in my house first Stay for a few days, and wait for the wind to pass before looking for relatives."

"What's the news? What happened to Fengyang?" Zhu Biao was determined to understand the situation.

Before the two of them could have another conversation, a young man who was about the same age as Zhu Biao suddenly ran up from the fork not far away, rushed over panting, grabbed Lu Jinai's sleeve and said, "Mr. Lu, go quickly!" Take a look at my house, Liu De and the others are here to grab things again."

who?Who grabs something?

Zhu Biao could hardly believe his ears.From his point of view, the news of his trip was known to everyone, especially the yamen near Fengyang, which must have sent countless guards to patrol and inspect recently, for fear that the prince would see some ruffian and get upset.At such an important time, in such an important place, such a serious public security problem still occurs?

This is even more outrageous than Zhu Biao begging for food.

Lu Jin'ai was pulled by the young man, and she couldn't help walking a few steps. The persimmon slipped out of her pocket and rolled to the ground.

But he didn't pick it up either, and ran straight along the path with the boy, as if he was more anxious than him.

Zhu Biao watched them go away, bent down to pick up the persimmons, put them on the side of the road, and then straightened up.

Whether it is money grabbing or not, it can always be solved anyway, and food should not be wasted.

"Xiao Liu, let's follow up and have a look."

With a blank face, Liu De pushed open the dilapidated wooden door of a family, ordered his son to go up and rummage through the boxes, and said sharply, "Hand over the money to me!"

The boy's father was a cripple, dragging a leg that was disabled due to untimely treatment, and stretched out his hand to stop Liu De: "Master, our family really has nothing to take!"

Strange to say, this Liu De took out a handkerchief from his sleeve to wipe his sweat from time to time. He was clearly here to steal money, but he seemed to be more guilty than the person who was robbed.

"Check to see if there is any in the corner, if there is no corner, then go to the rice tank to look for it!"

"Yes, Dad." Liu De's son replied loudly, kicked the lame man away, and rushed into the kitchen.

The old man lying on the kang weakly whispered: "What's the matter? Who is at home?"

The lame man got up, with tears on his face: "Father, no one is in our house, you can continue to sleep."

"Okay, as long as it's okay." The old man was already blind and couldn't hear anything. He didn't know that his son was lying to him, so he closed his eyes and put a satisfied smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Father, I found a sling of money." Liu De's son ran in, "They really hid something, and there is a bundle of raw silk."

"Take them all." Liu De said, "Your footsteps are fast, go to the next one first, and use this method to get the money. We don't have much time, do you understand?"

"I know, don't worry!"

As soon as he left, Lu Jin'ai was pulled in by the young man, and the two blocked Liu De's way out at the door.

"Get out of the way!" Seeing Lu Jin'ai, Liu De's face immediately tightened, his eyes widened, he trembled unconsciously, and shouted angrily, "How dare you stop me?"

"Why do you rob people's money?"

"That's right, what are you doing!" The young man hid behind Lu Jin'ai's arm, "We have already paid the rent!"

"Me!" Liu De first screamed high-pitched, and then lowered his voice, "I sold them all the fertile land in my family at a low price. satisfied?"

"You said you were selling land, what about the land deed?" Lu Jinai stared at him, "It's fine if you don't have the land deed, why buy and sell by force? Beat the people?"

"Where did I beat the common people?" Liu De said, "I am also a common man myself, Lu Jinai, let me tell you, don't think that you are great because of your fame, you are not an official!"

He added: "Besides, the dynasty has changed now, and there are people fighting every day. It doesn't matter what you are, go back and eat your persimmons!"

"I eat persimmons, not persimmons." Lu Jin'ai retorted lightly, and then released a blockbuster, "Although I am not an official, I guess I have read a few books. The villagers don't understand what's going on, but You can't fool me."

Liu De's face turned even paler.

"The family surnamed Zhu who cultivated the land for you now has a prince. You are afraid and want to run away, so why don't you think about it? If your character was a little bit more benevolent back then, how could you give King Wu a place to bury his parents? Fall into today's field?"

Lu Jinai turned sideways to let the young man go in to help his father, and strode into the house himself: "I advise you not to do this again, Liu De, you can turn back now, the worst result, you won't die .”

"You said it lightly." Liu De wanted to take the opportunity to go out, but Lu Jin'ai stepped to the left and blocked the road again, "If things don't fall on your head, how would you know to be afraid?"

"This is my land, I can sell it to whoever I want! Get the hell out of here!"

Lu Jin'ai seemed to be nailed in place, and refused to move even a little bit.

At this time, Zhu Biao also found the sound, and stood by the fence outside the house door to probe his brain.

Besides him, there were many people standing at the door watching, old and young, men and women, it can be seen that they were all in poverty, their clothes were torn, their hair was disheveled, and the expressions on their faces were both resentment and hope. , the resentment is for Liu De, and the hope is for Lu Jinai.

Liu De in the room obviously also saw this, so he didn't dare to treat Lu Jinai like a cripple. Although he has a few servants, he can't match the whole Fengyang Village.

"Ma'am, who is it here?" Zhu Biao asked.

The old lady standing beside Zhu Biao glanced at him: "Baby, are you from another place?"

"Yes, I have a relative in the village who came to look for him."

If it was normal, the old lady would definitely grab Zhu Biao and question him carefully to satisfy her curiosity. At this time, she was not in the mood, and replied in a low voice: "The one who quarreled with Mr. Lu is Mr. Liu. He is the biggest landlord in our Fengyang Village. For some reason these days, we insist on exchanging money for his land.”

"We, alas, to be honest, who doesn't want a piece of land of our own? But we don't have any money, not to mention that after taking those lands, it is impossible to produce grain from the fields all at once. Master Liu sold all the autumn harvests. , isn’t this going to make us starve to death?” Another old man sighed with a pipe in his mouth.

"Liu Ying is here!"

"Liu Ying is here!"

The crowd suddenly became restless and made an opening. A young man hurried over, broke into the room, stood in front of Lu Jin'ai, pointed at Liu De's nose and cursed. Been a few times.

"Who is this?" Zhu Biao asked.

He is not very old, not tall, and he is unremarkable among the crowd. The people around him are not very knowledgeable, so naturally they can't see anything wrong. The aunt replied: "This is the descendant of Master Liu. He is a very good man. , his father, Liu Jizu, is a good man, and his son is not a crook."

After Liu Ying entered, Liu De was obviously weaker. He couldn't say anything to them, but gradually showed a mad look, and clenched his fists, as if he wanted to kill them.

"Will you get out of the way? Believe it or not, I will stab you to death with a knife. I can't live, and everyone must die!"

Liu Ying flinched a little, and Lu Jin'ai blocked him behind. The two changed positions and said calmly, "It doesn't matter if you kill me. Killing Liu Ying is the real catastrophe."

Zhu Biao figured things out this time.

He has actually heard of Liu De, Liu Ying and Liu Jizu.As for Liu De, the landlord who drove Comrade Zhu out of his house, Liu Ying's father, Liu Jizu, was a kind person who gave the land for Comrade Zhu to bury his parents and elder brother.They are so entangled, they must know the news of their return to their hometown to worship their ancestors.

Of course Liu Jizu's family will be extremely wealthy, but Liu De's family...

Someone else came.

Liu De's son saw his father not coming back, so he took many servants and ran all the way to pick Liu De up.

After all, the people are still afraid, and they will not resist until they reach a dead end. Under the backlog of fear for many years, give them a way out, countless pairs of eyes are staring at their backs without blinking, no one speaks, There is silence in front of the hut, silent oppression and persistence brewing quietly.

"Father, let's go, I've got the money from the last few families, let's escape when it gets dark!"

Relying on his good hearing, Zhu Biao heard clearly the whispers that others could not hear.