Please ask me to be the emperor

Chapter 5 Or jump in the abyss

Zhang Shun never imagined that after staying in prison for three or four days, he would have three more friends who worked for him.

"Ma Daochang, Li Zhuangzhu, you and I only met each other once, why did this happen? I don't know how to thank you for your great kindness." Zhang Shun didn't finish his touching words, but was interrupted by a wink from Ma Daochang up.

And the Li Zhuangzhu continued to say: "Brother Zhang is really good-looking and talented, you can fly when you have time. Let's go to Bizhuang to rest for a night, and I will clean up the dust for you."

Then, by the way, Zhang was dragged by Ma Daochang to Lijiazhuang in a daze, where the owner of Lizhuang slaughtered chickens and sheep to entertain him. After drinking and eating, the three of them talked about their "feeling of parting". Only then did Zhang Shun know that the owner of Li Zhuang was a guard with hundreds of households, and he specifically asked the magistrate for his own affairs, so that he was able to have his grievances cleared.

He couldn't help being moved and said: "Master Li, I am a commoner. If you treat me as a gentleman of the country, I will repay you as a gentleman of the country. In the future, if there is a word from the owner of the villa, Zhang will die."

Seeing that he was neither humble nor overbearing, Villa Master Li clasped his fists to thank him for saving his life, not like the stupid people who kowtow and bow at every turn, so he couldn't help but think highly of him again. And when he saw that he only thanked himself but not the Taoist priest, he thought to himself: Sure enough, the Taoist priest is with him and made such a desperate effort. It seems that he really has some morals.

In fact, the owner of Li Zhuang has a poor understanding. It turns out that Zhang Shun is a modern person, regardless of the etiquette of kowtowing and bowing, he just bows his hands to anyone. However, Daoist Xie Nama had figured it out a long time ago: at this time, it was because of it, and the rumors were born because of it. If he pushed the officials and enforced the law impartially, he would be innocent, but Daoist Ma would be doomed. Of course, if you act against the law, you will die unjustly under the knife, but there will be no more than yourself. Therefore, he worked so hard this time, or asked for something, so he had to talk to him later.

In this way, the more the three talked, the more speculative they became, and the more they drank, the more they almost chopped off the chicken head and burned incense to pray, so they broke up the banquet and took a rest without mentioning it.

Zhang Shun was still a little unaccustomed to living in other people's homes, so he woke up early the next morning. He didn't call for servants to wait for him to rest, but walked out of the guest room and wandered around the village.

Although this Lijiazhuang is a Zhuangzi, it is actually a stockade. With Li's mansion as the core, attached to the farmer and tenant farmers, it is surrounded by a high wall. There are only two openings in the wall, which are divided into the front door and the back door. Watchtower guards are set up at each gate, and gates are set up to supervise their entry and exit.

And next to the wall, a watchtower was set up seven or eight feet away, which is convenient for guarding the wall during wartime. Going further in, there are more than ten families surrounding the Li family's mansion, all of which are two-story buildings, connected into a piece, becoming the second city wall of the village. Going further in is the Li family, with a towering watchtower in the courtyard, which can serve as a warning, and can also observe the enemy's situation and command operations.

Zhang Shun couldn't help sighing secretly: No wonder the ancient society was called a feudal society. Once the world changes, this kind of stockade can only be strengthened and turned into a castle. If the besiegers don't have heavy firepower or internal spies, they don't know how many people they will need to break through such buildings.

Zhang thought about it by the way, then walked back to the Li family's mansion. Suddenly, he heard a woman laughing delicately, so he couldn't help but look up, only to see a woman in green clothes disappearing in the back garden of Li's house. Zhang Shun was about to look away, just in time for the passing Ma Daochang to see.

Daoist Ma couldn't help laughing and said: "The male college should be married and the female college should be married. Is Brother Zhang interested? This may be a woman from Li Bai's family. She is worthy of marrying you as a concubine. It can also be regarded as repaying the Li family for saving her life."

vomit! Zhang Shun almost felt sick when he heard this: What kind of logic is this? If someone saves you, what if you offer up your daughter? It was ungrateful, but that was the case, Zhang Shun quickly refused.

Daoist Ma didn't take it seriously, and the two of them left after having breakfast at Li's house. This is the only way for the two of them to be alone.

Zhang Shun cupped his hands and said: "Master Ma, there is no need to investigate who is right and wrong in this disaster. Originally, you could just leave and be at ease. But I didn't expect you to run around for me like this. I don't know what else I can do. I, a certain person will die without hesitation."

"Pindao really has something to ask you, just follow me." Daoist Ma laughed after hearing this, and then dragged him back to Chenzhou Mansion.

The two turned and turned, and when they came to the door of a well-off family, they knocked on the door. When the head of the household opened the door, Zhang Shun saw that it was the old Liu who had met once.

"Are you Liu Laotou?" Seeing this person, Zhang Shun had some guesses in his heart, so he asked Ma Daochang, "Could it be that the old man is also helping me in a timely manner?"

Hearing Daoist Ma's affirmative answer, Zhang Shun, based on the principle that people only die once, and ten thousand times are useless, said gratefully: "Mr. Liu, you and I only met once, so you are so kind to me. Where Zhang is useful, Zhang will die."

"How dare you dare!" Old Liu head panicked, "You are a body of ten thousand gold, you must not kill this old man. Let's go into the room and talk about it in detail."

After entering the house, Old Liu called his son and himself to accompany Zhang Shun, told his daughter-in-law to cook quickly, and his grandson to buy wine quickly.

The four of them ate and chatted, and when it came to sex, the old head Liu called his son and asked him to kneel down and be Zhang Shun's servant. Zhang Shun was shocked when he heard this: Could it be that the ancients understood the matter of repaying kindness differently from him? This is not like repaying a favor at all, but like coming to take revenge.

Not waiting for Zhang Shun to refuse, the old Liu's son dropped the bowl and chopsticks, but quit: "Old man, why are you so stupid, let's not talk about spending a lot of money at home for this person, and begging for help everywhere." Take care, I didn’t leave anything for my son, but now I want to sell my son to someone else to be a slave, could it be that I picked him up from the street?”

Old Liu was furious when he heard this: "I'm sixty and two years old, and I don't know when I won't be able to walk. I'm leaving you a piece of wealth, but I didn't expect you to be so unlucky."

During the commotion, the daughter-in-law there also came to make a fuss, and she cried and hanged herself three times.

Zhang Shun was extremely embarrassed in the middle, so he could only persuade dryly: "Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I am a commoner, and I can only eat chaff and dill with me. There is no such thing as wealth. The old man must not mention this matter again."

Hearing what he said, Old Liu, who was so angry that he couldn't get off the stage, wanted to fight with his son and daughter-in-law, clapped his legs suddenly and said: "You are right, sons and grandchildren, sons are not good, and grandsons are there. You should kneel! Kneel! You come here and kowtow to the nobleman, and you will mess with him in the future, and you will listen to him, and you will do whatever he asks you to do."

Should kneel? Who gave such a strange name to their grandson? Besides, what did I say about the grandson? This is really yellow mud falling into my crotch—it’s either shit or shit, Zhang Shun wondered. Before he could react, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old kid who had sold them wine just now ran over, knelt down to Zhang Shun with a plop, and obediently kowtowed three times.

Zhang Shun was so frightened that he quickly helped the child up, but seeing that the child's forehead was purple, he couldn't help but blamed him with a wry smile: "You child, why are you so honest, if you let you knock it, you will knock it, your head will almost break Even if the name is Ying Kneeling, you can’t just kneel when you meet people!”

Before the words were finished, the son and daughter-in-law of old man Liu saw that old man Liu had sold his son, so would he give up? Then he stretched out his hand to grab the old man Liu.

Zhang Shun quickly let go of Liu Ying's kneeling kneeling, turned around and went with Taoist Ma to persuade the fight. Who would have thought that their son and daughter-in-law are also two bastards, seeing them coming, they couldn't help scolding: "You two bird people are not good people, one whispers with the old man all day long to deceive the old man's money, and the other pretends to be a ghost to deceive the old man's grandson! "

Then he scolded and parried his fists and feet on the two of them. That Zhang Shun had some martial arts at least, relying on his youth and strength, he blocked from left to right, and did not suffer much; the Ma Daochang suffered a bit, he only cared about protecting his beard, and was accidentally grabbed by the hair of the old Liu head's daughter-in-law, A pinch was grabbed alive.

In desperation, the two fled. After finally escaping, the two had nowhere to go, so they had to return to Zhang Shun's Zhangjiazhuang and live in Zhang Shun's house for the time being.

After staying for two days, the old head Liu finally sent his grandson Liu Ying over on his knees. Zhang Shun couldn't resist him, so he simply thought: I am a modern person, so if I teach him something casually, it's not in vain for the kindness of this old gentleman. So he reluctantly accepted Liu Yinggui, and specially changed his name to Liu Yinggui, which sounded nicer.

As a result, none of the three of them knew how to wash clothes and cook, nor did they know how to run a business. They ate and drank at Zhang Shun's house until the Chinese New Year, and all of them had almost eaten up Zhang Shun's family. Zhang Shun originally planned to recruit a few boys in the countryside to teach him some boxing, math and writing, and collect some money by the way. However, there are no idle people in the countryside, and they deal with eating and drinking all day long. Where can they live idle, and do this when they have money and leisure?

After the new year, under the leadership of Ma Daochang, the three of them had no choice but to brazenly run to Li Baihu's house to "eat the big ones".

This Li Baihu is rich and powerful, and he is not afraid to support a few of them idlers. However, the three of them ate and drank for free for a few months, and they kept finding trouble for him.

The "true man" Zhang Shun was always trying to make friends with his farmer, trying to open a so-called "civil and martial arts class" to teach some boxing skills and poetry, calligraphy and arithmetic. And that Elder Ma Dao always secretly asked him to give his daughter to Zhang Shun as a concubine. These two people really made Li Baihu furious: These two people want to occupy the magpie's nest and take over his Li family village!

During this period of time, I don't know what kind of bad luck happened. The team that used to go to transport food had received news a few days ago that they had encountered bandits on the way, and they lost everything including people and goods. Just like that, the guard over there also said that it was urgent to suppress the bandits and needed a lot of food, and asked them to send food again as soon as possible.

But the prefect of Honshu urged him very urgently, suspecting that he had embezzled the last sale. In his anxiety, Li Baihu also made a cruel heart, no matter what "true dragon emperor" he is, let's use my luck and let my food team hold the battle.

Thinking of this, Li Baihu managed to become the master himself once, so he went to see Zhang Shun and Ma Daochang, and said: "You two have been trapped in my village for a long time, and you can't wait for the time to fly away. I have a business today, and I happen to be short of manpower , why don't you two follow my nephew to relax, okay?"

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