Zhu Cixuan and his party rode fast horses and quickly left the refugee team.

It was already noon when I arrived at Liujiazhuang. Zhu Cilang looked up at the sky and ordered everyone to take a break and rush for lunch.

Liujiazhuang is a big village of this generation. There are 300 households and 1,500 people in Dingkou. Like many villages in Jiangbei, Liujiazhuang also has a considerable degree of self-protection ability. Not only does it have a village wall, but the owner of the manor also calls on all males to use the slack farming time to train to prevent the possible thieves and tyrants at any time.

Since the eighth year of Chongzhen, the prefectures in Jiangbei have been no longer peaceful, and bandits have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. It is impossible to rely on the government to send troops to suppress bandits. These villages can only rely on themselves to survive.

Zhu Cixuan and his team had more than ten riders, and they were not big in size, but they were not small in size.

When they arrived at the gate of Liujiazhuang Village, they immediately aroused the vigilance of the guards in the mail tower. The guard blew the horn without hesitation, and soon hundreds of men carrying hoes and feces ran to the gate of the village.

"My young master just wanted to go to Guizhuang for a while, and there was no malice."

Zhao Xin, the commander of the Eastern Palace guard, felt the other party's hostility and said in a kind tone as much as possible.

The village heads behind the village gate immediately started to discuss. Not long after, a strong young man stepped forward and asked, "Who are you? Why are you coming to Liujiazhuang?"

"We are businessmen from Shandong. We go to Yingtianfu to do business. We pass by Guizhuang and hope to rest."

This time, Zhu Cilang spoke out. Of course, he would not say his true identity. He thought about it before and after thinking about it, the identity of a businessman is the most suitable one.

The strong young man was obviously hesitant. He communicated with an old man beside him for a long time before waved his hand to signal the two strong men to open the village door.

Wow!

Zhu Cilang breathed a sigh of relief.

Before entering the village, Zhu Cixuan and his party dismounted to show their kindness to Liujiazhuang. As for the other party's previous vigilance, Zhu Cixuan thought it was normal. After all, it is a chaotic time, so be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years. Zhu Cixuan is already very grateful to the other party to let him go into the village to rest.

After entering Liujiazhuang, Zhu Cilang began to carefully look at the scenery and objects in the village. He found that the land was flat, the houses were swaying, the roads were in the traffic, and the chickens and dogs were heard, which was like the Peach Blossom Land described by Tao Yuanming.

This had a great psychological impact on Zhu Cilang. You should know that along the way, he saw barren and cracked land and disaster victims without covering his body. Sometimes Zhu Cilang himself would also wonder whether the Ming Dynasty's energy was really exhausted?

But after seeing the scene in Liujiazhuang, Zhu Cilang rekindled hope.

"Someone Liu Qubing, I wonder what my brother is called?"

Seeing the other party holding his fists and asking, Zhu Cilang quickly bowed his hand and replied: "I am Zhu Quan, thank you Brother Liu for your kindness."

This is his name in his previous life, so there is no obstacle to using it.

"Brother Zhu, please!"

Liu Qubing made a call forward with one arm, and walked in front to lead the way.

Zhu Cilang was not artificial and followed quickly. As for the eunuch Liu Chuanzong and Zhao Xin, a group of guards in the East Palace, naturally they did not dare to leave the crown prince, and were always vigilant to prevent someone from rushing out to assassinate him.

Liu Qubing led Zhu Cixuan and his group to a three-entry mansion, and said with a smile: "This is a certain family. If Brother Zhu doesn't dislike it, you might as well go in and have a cup of tea. Well, the horse will be tied outside."

Zhu Ciyang was amazed in his heart. It seemed that the financial resources of this Liujiazhuang were extraordinary. It would cost a lot of money to build such a three-entry mansion. If nothing unexpected happened, the person in front of him should be the young owner of Liujiazhuang, right?

"Brother Liu is asking, how dare you refuse to obey?"

Zhu Cilang smiled slightly and walked in with Liu Qubing.

It happened to be lunch time, and Liu Qubing ordered people to prepare meals for Zhu Ciying and his party. Fortunately, Liu Qubing's house was big enough, otherwise it would be difficult to prepare more than a dozen people in the kitchen.

Seeing the dishes served, Zhu Cilang swallowed. Needless to say, she could rarely eat a hot meal, so the dishes in front of him seemed to be delicious to Zhu Cilang.

When the fragrant rice was served, Zhu Cilang no longer cared about his demeanor and started eating it voraciously.

Liu Chuanzong, Zhao Xin and others are no exception. Even His Royal Highness let go of his throne and what kind of demeanor they are concerned about?

After everyone was full, Liu Qubing asked, "Brother Zhu, you came from Shandong, have you heard about the news from the north?"

Zhu Cilang's heart skipped a beat. He was really afraid of anything he wanted to come. He didn't want to reveal his identity anyway.

"Brother Liu is talking about the news about Shenjing? To be honest, although we are merchants, we all walk south and have never been to Shenjing. But I also heard that the thief was attacking Shenjing."

Liu Qubing nodded: "I have heard of this news, but I don't know if the thieves are siegeing the city now, and whether the king-supporting army has arrived..."

Although Zhu Cilang was very moved, he did not reveal his identity.

He sighed: "The Holy Emperor is in power and the soldiers use their lives, and the siege of the Shenjing will definitely be lifted."

He had no intention of getting involved in this topic, so he said: "Brother Liu, I just thought that Guizhuang was very cautious, but to guard against the local bandits?"

"good."

Liu Qubing nodded slightly and said, "If it were ten years ago, Jiangbei would be safe, but it has become increasingly chaotic recently. Needless to say, the giant thieves of the invaders, small groups of thieves often appear and rob. If you don't want to die, you have to be armed. Besides..."

Liu Qubing said with a blush on his face: "We are outsiders, and locals are somewhat hostile to us, so we must be careful."

"Oh? Brother Liu is not from Huai'an Mansion?"

Liu Qubing shook his head and said, "To be honest, our ancestors were all from Liaodong. After the Battle of Sarhu, their ancestors fled to pass through and finally settled here, which led to Liujiazhuang."

Zhu Cilang sighed and sighed when he heard this. It turned out that there was such a story in it.

"Damn Jiannu, if it weren't for them, how could we be displaced and left our hometown!"

When Liu Qubing said the hatred, his eyes were red and he clenched his fists tightly.

"One day, the court will wipe out Jiannu and restore Liaodong."

Zhu Cilang said with a firm expression.

"Really?" Liu Qubing's eyes flashed with bright light: "Is there really a day?"

"Yeah, I promise." Zhu Cilang said resolutely.

At this moment, someone suddenly ran to Liu Qubing and said in a panic: "Young owner of the manor, something big is wrong, so Shot the sky and the others are coming to rob the manor!"

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Chapter completed!