Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

There was one more horse that hadn't come back yet.Therefore, the guards still grouped into groups to search nearby.Zhang Biao and Li Sanhe, who were brought by Zhou Xun, who were from the green forest, had experience and followed the traces of the horseshoe to find it.

After a while, they came back and reported that the whereabouts of the horse were known.Someone saw that the horse was led back to a village.The Zhuangzi was right next to the main road ahead, and walked forward on a branched road, about five miles away.

Now that he knew where the horse was going, Wu Shigong would definitely want to come back.After gathering all the guards who went out to look for it, the group walked towards that Zhuangzi in a mighty manner.

That Zhuangzi is the Zhuangzi of a family of officials and eunuchs in Guide—the Hou family.The old lady of the Hou family and the master Hou Xun were both Jinshi, and both had served as officials in the imperial court.However, both father and son were members of the Donglin Party, so Wei Zhongxian forced him to resign and return to his hometown in the fourth year of Tianqi.

However, it was a blessing in disguise, because they had already stayed away from the court, this time Wei Zhongxian's purge of the Donglin Party did not touch the father and son.

Originally, the father and son of the Hou family basically stayed behind closed doors after returning to Guide, pretending to hide their strengths and bide their time.However, after hearing the news of Emperor Tianqi's death and Emperor Chongzhen's ascension to the throne, they also felt that the days when they were restored and reused were not too far away.

Today, the chief steward of Zhuangzi happened to be in Zhuangzi.Because, these days, the wife of the Hou family and the young master are living in Zhuangzi to relax.

And this morning, the chief steward heard his subordinates report that there was an unowned horse near Zhuangzi.The chief steward ordered without hesitation to bring the horse back to the village.If you don't pick up the windfall that fell from the sky, you won't pick it up for nothing.

Besides, the chief steward is a caring person next to Master Hou Xun.He must also know that Master Hou Xun is going to make a comeback.Since the old man and the old man resigned, the servants of the Hou family have had enough of being a man with their tails between their legs. Now if they don't feel proud, when will they have to wait?Now, who wouldn't open their eyes and dare to provoke the Hou family?

When Wu Shigong and his party walked up the fork leading to Zhuangzi, they were discovered by Zhuang Ding in Zhuangzi.They rushed to the big steward to report the news.

After the chief steward received the report, he did not allow Wu Shigong and his party to count, and Wu Shigong and his party had more than 200 men in fine attire.Therefore, the chief steward immediately ordered to ring the bell in the Zhuangzi, so that all the Zhuang Ding who were working in the field outside in the Zhuangzi would return to the Zhuangzi.Moreover, he closed the door of Zhuangzi and waited in full force.

Among Wu Shigong's group, there were old and young, so they didn't walk fast.When they were about [-] steps away from the gate of Zhuangzi, they also stopped when they saw Zhuangzi who looked like he was facing a big enemy.

Wu Shigong still remembers what Yuan Xingshan said to him on the way back to Germany.He thought in his heart: Don't want this Zhuangzi, it is also a bandit den.

Wu Shigong brought that Yuan Xingshan over and asked him if he knew about that Zhuangzi.Yuan Xingshan replied: "My lord, I don't know about the small ones. However, judging from the size of this Zhuangzi, it must be the Zhuangzi of a big gentry from the Guide family."

Seeing that he couldn't ask why, Wu Shigong sent a bold guard to shout in front of Zhuangzi.After that, the guard and the chief steward of the Zhuangzi began to argue.

The guard must have asked Zhuangzi to return the horse.

However, the chief steward's answer was stinky and hard.He categorically denied that there was Wu Shigong's horse in Zhuangzi.He also threatened: "This Zhuangzi is the property of the Hou family, you dare to make trouble for no reason, don't you want to live?"

When the guard came back, he told Wu Shigong what the chief steward said, and Wu Shigong became angry.However, he was not so impulsive.So, he called Yuan Xingshan over again and asked him if he knew: Does Guide have a Hou family?

Yuan Xingshan knew about the Hou family, so he told Wu Shigong about the situation of the Hou family.However, Yuan Xingshan is a businessman living at the bottom after all, and he doesn't understand the situation in the court.He just said: The Hou family has two Jinshi, but they both resigned now.

As soon as Wu Shigong heard this, he became courageous.Although my Qianhu is a small official, it is better than the two Jinshi of the Hou family who have no official position.

This is Wu Shigong's residual modern thinking at work.He didn't know that in the Ming Dynasty, as long as he was a Jinshi, no matter whether he was an official or not, not to mention a small thousand household, even the general soldier, few dared to provoke them.

In addition, in Wu Shigong's mind, his horse is a military horse, which is military supplies!In modern times, which blind person would dare to snatch a military vehicle?If he was beaten to death by the soldiers of the Jingwei, he deserved it.

So, Wu Shigong immediately decided: to show the people in this village a little color.

Of course Wu Shigong is not that stupid.The wall of the Zhuangzi is more than one foot high, and there are still people standing on the wall. It is estimated that the thickness of the wall is not small.But Wu Shigong and the others didn't even have a ladder.Don't even think about attacking that Zhuangzi.

Wu Shigong's idea was: lead the men around that Zhuangzi, swagger around a few times, and then shoot that Zhuangzi a few times.It's also good to scare them.As for the horse, that can only be said later.

But at this moment, someone beside him excitedly let out a strange cry: "Blast open the gate of Zhuangzi with a cannon."

It was He Fei who made the strange cry.In the past few days, the whip wounds on his body have also healed a lot, so he can also walk on the ground with a limp.

In the dense fog just now, it was He Fei who was the first to issue a false alarm.After everyone's false alarm, although no one has come to accuse He Fei, but there is always something in He Fei's heart...that.He was even more afraid that his master would teach him a lesson afterward.Therefore, when he saw his master blowing the battle horn, how could He Fei not shout a few words from the sidelines?

He Fei's words immediately reminded Wu Shigong: "That's right, intimidation with cannons is much more powerful than intimidation with firecrackers!"

Therefore, Wu Shigong immediately gave an order: First, put all the carts into a big circle, let Xue Yong and Xue Qiang lead [-] guards, plus these people from Yuan Xingshan, to protect the old, weak, women and children in the cart safety.The rest of the people helped move the guns and prepared to fight.

Xue Yongli also agrees with Wu Shigong's behavior.Xue Yongli and the others, the noble slaves of the Marquis Mansion, have always been used to showing off their might in the capital.If they don't bully others, others will recite Amitabha Buddha.How can you tolerate other people riding on your neck and shitting and pissing!

So, a dozen people led by Xue Yongli checked the horses, took off the arm armor from the cart and put it on, preparing to rush in after blasting open the gate of Zhuangzi.And the rest of the people started to move their guns.

The weight of the tiger squatting cannon is not very heavy, that is, three or four hundred catties.Of course, the guns that Xue Lian gave Wu Shigong were all of small caliber, so they were all small guns.The main reason is to facilitate Wu Shigong's transportation.

The guards were busy together, some looking for wooden sticks, some untying the ropes on the cart. Without much effort, a tiger squatting cannon was already tied up. Move to the gate.

Wu Shigong was also high-spirited, he pulled out the samurai sword, and loudly issued a declaration of battle.Maybe this samurai sword has a Japanese samurai spirit on it, and the tone of the battle declaration that Wu Shigong shouted has changed.

"Blow Zhuangzi away, and after everyone rushes in, the golden ticket will be big, and the flower girl will be big!"

What is a golden ticket?Maybe these guards don't understand.But what is that flower girl?It's a man who knows.All the guards shouted more vigorously.

The big steward in the village was originally very arrogant.However, after seeing the shouting guard go back, without much effort, the group of people surrounded the cart, and a group of men were ready to attack Zhuangzi.

At this time, the chief steward still pretended to be calm, and comforted himself in his heart: They can't get in this Zhuangzi.Even if they got in, there would be three or four hundred Zhuang Ding in Zhuangzi.I definitely can't suffer anything.

However, when he saw Xue Yongli and the others wearing ring arm armor, the chief manager panicked a little.He also followed Hou Xun, the master of the Hou family, and went outside to open his eyes, knowing that this time he must have encountered the army.

And it's not an ordinary army, but the elite of the elite.Because, the personal guards around the general military officer, it is not bad to have a pair of leather armor on their body.Only the main generals will have iron armor.

In the Ming Dynasty, the reputation of the army was not much better than that of bandits, or even worse.Because the bandits still need to talk about the morality of the world, but the army doesn't even need this layer of fig leaf.

When he saw that the other party started to move the cannon, the chief manager's heart was completely cold.No matter how thick Zhuangzi's gate is, it can't prevent the bombardment of cannons!

When he heard the faint voice from the opponent: "Girl Hua is a big deal!" The big manager completely collapsed.This is also because every man knows what a flower girl is!

Not only the chief manager collapsed, but Mrs. Hou's family who was listening by the wall also had a disastrous face. She yelled sharply: "How do you do things? They promise them whatever they want."

And the crotch of the son of the Hou family has long been naked.

It was also impossible for Wu Shigong to know the psychological activities of the chief steward, so he managed to move the cannon two hundred steps away from the Zhuangzi.Mount the gun.Suddenly, everyone looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes.Looking at it, I didn't know who it was, and let out a laugh, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.

After the laughter stopped, Wu Shigong asked: "What? No one will fire?" His words then caused a burst of laughter.

The artillery is a technical arm, and none of these guards can fire.Besides, firing a cannon is not just lighting firecrackers, just a little will do.Wu Shigong was very helpless: Then you people, what are you doing so vigorously?

At this moment, a guard suddenly shouted: "Look quickly! That Zhuangzi is flying the white flag!"

Everyone knows the meaning of flying the white flag anyway.Wu Shigong thought to himself: "Peace is the most important thing." So he sent the guard to negotiate with Zhuangzi.

There's nothing wrong with this negotiation.It was about Wu Shigong's claim that five of their horses were taken away by Zhuangzili, and the chief steward admitted it with a pinch of his nose.

In addition, Zhuangzili gave Wu Shigong two pigs, five sheep and two jars of wine as rewards.Wu Shigong was also given a shock fee of 100 taels of silver.I don't know if the argument about the shock fee should be reversed.

Originally, the chief manager thought that Wu Shigong and the others needed women, and he was planning to find some fans for Wu Shigong and the others.However, seeing that Wu Shigong and the others didn't mention it, the chief manager was also happy to play dumb.

After bringing back the trophies, Wu Shigong gave Yuan Xingshan 25 taels of silver and a pig.Then Yuan Xingshan refused to accept it.

Wu Shigong insisted: "Although there is no danger. However, in the thick fog ahead and in front of Zhuangzi now, those guys of yours have tried their best to protect the convoy."

Hearing what Wu Shigong said, Yuan Xingshan also took these things away.Wu Shigong also handed over the rest of the money to Xue Yongli, and asked Xue Yongli to share it with the guards.

Then, Wu Shigong announced: This is the first time to share the spoils.However, the spoils after each battle in the future are not allowed to be kept privately, and all are distributed uniformly.The personnel who participated in the battle were divided into [-]%, and the personnel who did auxiliary work in the rear were divided into [-]%.The remaining [-]% is used as pensions for disabled and dead soldiers and as a fund for troop development.

None of the guards objected to Wu Shigong's distribution.

However, it is estimated that those guards still miss Hua girl.Therefore, there is still a look of unwillingness.Wu Shigong yelled at them again: "What are you thinking? Remember! We came to Guide, not to be bandits. Even if you think about it, the rabbit still doesn't eat grass by the side of the nest."

After Wu Shigong and his party left, the chief steward immediately sent someone to inquire about the origins of Wu Shigong and others.It didn't take much effort to find out that Wu Shigong went to a thousand-household office under Guidewei to act as an agent for thousands of households.

After the chief steward reported all these situations to the master Hou Xun, Hou Xun pondered for a long time.In the end, it was decided: let this matter go for now.

Now is the critical period for Hou Xun's recovery, and Hou Xun doesn't want any extra complications to happen.As for the little Qianhu who humiliated the Hou family's face, let's wait and see.

By the way, a tidbit.The young master of the Hou family who was frightened until his crotch was exposed in Zhuangzi was the famous young master Hou Fangyu later on.However, a rough person like Wu Shigong doesn't know why Hou Fangyu is so sacred.

Even if Wu Shigong knew who Hou Fangyu was?He doesn't care either.He didn't even care if Hou Fangyu was so frightened that his crotch was wet.Perhaps Wu Shigong would still be interested in Li Xiangjun whose crotch was so frightened.