I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 205 Spy
More than ten days later, Sun Chuanting was finally "tied" to Yan'an Mansion, where he stayed for a day and a night, and then "escorted" to Dong Zhiyuan.

In Qingyang Mansion, hundreds of thousands of acres of wheat are ripe.

Mao Yuanyi led Wang Yunyan and others to stay in the front lines of Fenzhou, Pingyang, and Taiyuan and continue to harvest food.

Someone up there is doing a good job.

This time they entered Taiyuan Mansion, Fenzhou Mansion and other places, and generously took out the emperor's gold medal. In the name of the court, they cut down large tracts of grain, chopped off the ears of wheat and packed them away.

By the way, many people were also abducted...

……

Sun Chuanting was placed in a farmer's small courtyard.

In the yard, there lived two young men who were full of heroism. Apart from farming every day, when they returned to the yard, they began to talk and give pointers. They looked like a master.

One is called Huanglizhou, and the other is named Gu Tinglin.

At first glance, it looks like a standard scholar seed.

"Is this brother a newcomer? May I ask your name?"

"But Mao Yuanyi's friend?"

With the help of several soldiers, Sun Chuanting had just settled down when two young men came to visit with bad wine and chicken.

Mao Yuanyi's "false transmission of the imperial decree" shocked Sun Chuanting, and he was still a little dazed until now, and the whole person lost weight.

At this moment, when I heard the words of these two young people, I felt a little unhappy.

He felt that Mao Yuanyi was trying to trick him, because he didn't even know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

Therefore, I feel that the two young people in front of me are not pleasing to the eye.

"My name is Sun Chuanting, what do you two do?"

"Sun Chuanting? I haven't heard of it." Gu Tinglin thought for a while, shook his head and smiled, "However, since I can become Mao Yuanyi's friend and Mao Zhisheng's friend, I shouldn't be an ordinary person if I live in his house.

By the way, my name is Gu Tinglin, and this one is my friend Huang Lizhou. "

Two young men stepped forward to salute and began to place wine and meat on the table.

Sun Chuanting was slightly taken aback.

Gu Tinglin and Huang Lizhou, these two young people are not easy.

Although there are thousands of mountains and rivers separated, he has heard of the names of these two Jiangnan talents for a long time, and he admires some of their poems and articles.

Why, these two people were also tricked by Mao Shatou?

"It turned out to be Gu Tinglin and Huang Lizhou, the famous Jiangdong talents. Sun Chuanting has been rude." Sun Chuanting clasped his hands together and said with a wry smile, "Both of you were also tricked by Mao Shatou?"

Gu Tinglin and Huang Lizhou looked at each other in dismay.

Immediately afterwards, he laughed.

"Brother Chuan Ting was joking, the two of us were eager to go to Mr. Zhi Sheng," Huang Lizhou said with a smile, "It's a pity that Mr. Zhi Sheng dislikes the two of us for not reading to the bone, so let us farm for two years." Besides.

What, you were invited by him? "

Between the words, he was quite envious of Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting: "..."

What's going on here?

Could it be that what Mao Shatou said about secretly training soldiers for today's Long Live Lord is absolutely true?

However, this place is clearly a den of thieves.

"Brother Chuan Ting, come, come, let's talk while eating," Gu Tinglin quickly moved over a dilapidated elm stool, "Please sit down and talk."

Sun Chuanting sat down in a daze.

"The two young talents, Chuanting has heard about them for a long time, but they have never met each other. I didn't expect to meet the two of them in Dong Zhiyuan today." Sun Chuanting said politely, holding a glass of bad wine.

"Brother Chuanting, please!"

The three ate wine and drank meat, and gradually talked about some situations in the three prefectures of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Gansu. When they heard that the so-called leader of the rebels in the three prefectures of Shaanxi and Gansu turned out to be the famous principal of the Daming Lecture Hall and the God of Soldiers, Mao Yuanyi.

Sun Chuanting felt that the whole person was not well.

That guy really rebelled.

However, there are many strange things in it, and it will not be clear for a while.

For example, since Mao Yuanyi rebelled, where did he get the 'gold medal' from the commander-in-chief of Jin Yiwei?It seems that some of the things that guy said are really true...

The two young men were full of spirits, scolded Fang Qiu, and talked very intensely. Therefore, they always knew everything about Sun Chuanting and talked endlessly.

But after all, Sun Chuanting has been in the officialdom for many years, and he is well aware of the great harm of "communicating in shallow words and deep words". He often listens more and talks less about some key things.

He started to think again.

Mao Yuanyi's words...

……

After resting for half an hour at noon, Sun Chuanting walked out of the courtyard and stood in front of the simple firewood gate looking into the distance.

Mao Yuanyi's small courtyard is on a sunny hillside at the east end of a small village. The terrain is relatively high, and it can be seen at a glance for dozens of miles.

Wheat is everywhere.

The golden wheat is ripe.

In the field, more than a dozen harvesting teams were busy, followed by nearly a hundred common people, who quickly bundled the wheat harvested by the "Yujian Harvester", and then pushed it to the nearby yard to dry in the chicken cart.

After a set of operations, it is smooth and smooth, and it is very comfortable to watch.

Sun Chuanting experienced this large-scale unified wheat harvesting method more than ten days ago. However, in those few days, apart from arguing with Shaved Mao, he was secretly angry and felt upset when he saw everything.

At this moment, he was completely relaxed. Watching the fiery scene of harvesting wheat, Mr. Sun was inexplicably moved.

Is this the way of heaven and the heart that Mao Yuanyi said?

"Brother Chuanting, have you got your land share yet?"

Suddenly, Gu Tinglin and Huang Lizhou went out pushing a chicken cart with water bladders, dry food, etc. on it, and wearing two big straw hats. They really looked like farmers.

"Do you want to divide the land?" Sun Chuanting was a little confused.

"Yes, Mr. Zhisheng said that the land of the three prefectures does not support idlers..." Gu Tinglin seemed to remember something, and said with a smile: "Or, if brother Chuan Ting thinks farming is too hard, you might as well go to the school as an apprentice. Sir?
In this place, the only people who can not do farming, except for the teachers, are those who see the doctor. "

"Let's talk about it later." Sun Chuanting cupped his hands and said politely: "Both go and do your work first, and I'll ask Mao to shave his head later."

The two young people said their hearty farewell, and pushed the chicken bus to the distant wheat field.

Sun Chuanting watched the two young talents go away, thought for a long time, then turned and walked towards the village.

Chickens are crowing and dogs are barking, and children are playing in the yellow mud alley.

Some women are busy doing needlework. In the yard of every household, some chatter and laughter can be heard, as well as the "buzzing" sound of spinning wheels from time to time.

Under the big elm tree at the entrance of the village, an old man with white beard and hair was shaking a cattail fan, drinking a sip of tea, and talking about the past and the present, and the seven or eight naked children under his knees listened with gusto.

"Let's say that day, Emperor Taizu ordered that dog official to be taken down, and asked: Are you guilty?"

"The dog official confessed that he was not guilty."

"The Emperor Taizu was furious, and ordered people to dig out three bags of wheat seeds for disaster relief from his home, and asked, "What is this?"

"The dog official was speechless for a while, and his face was already blushing with embarrassment."

"So, at the gate of the county government in the world, there is another person with a fur bag..."

Sun Chuanting shook his head secretly.

He said in his heart: "These gadgets made by Mao Yuanyi are just advocating the Taizu emperor's set, but there is nothing new in fact. There are so many corrupt officials in Ming Dynasty, even if the Taizu climbed out of the coffin, it probably wouldn't matter." It's...'

Walking into the Huangni Alley, you can smell the faint aroma of jujube flowers.

Listening to the chatter and jokes of the women, children and old people in the courtyard, Sun Chuanting's mood began to gradually calm down.

When he was reprimanded by the eunuch party as a county magistrate in Henan, he would often go to those small farmhouses, drink tea, read books, feel the rare quietness of the years, and feel very comfortable.

However, at that time, he had an official robe on his body, and the common people were often afraid of him like a snake and scorpion, and they didn't dare to approach him at all.

"Hey, have you heard that Mr. Mao Da recently went out, and it is said that he went to his hometown for a blind date."

"Nonsense, he is so old and has such a good personality, why doesn't he have a mother-in-law? He probably went to pick up his wife and children."

"Mr. Mao Da heard that he is from Jiangnan, no wonder he is so gentle..."

"Why, you are a widow, and when you talk about other men, you have to curse a few times. When you talk about Mr. Mao Da, your eyes shine like a hoof?"

Under a big willow tree, several women were chatting and laughing while doing needlework.

When they saw Sun Chuanting strolling over, they only took a few more glances, then ignored them and continued talking about the so-called 'Mr. Mao Da', which surprised Sun Chuanting.

Unexpectedly, Mao Yuanyi, the leader of the bandit, became "Mr. Mao Da" in the mouth of the local people!
"Sisters-in-law, are you busy?"

Sun Chuanting walked over, said hello, and then sat down on a clean stone slab.

"Hmph, it looks like an idiot at first glance!"

A woman glared at Sun Chuanting and said angrily, "You are an old man, you are neither a teacher nor a doctor, why don't you go to work in the fields?"

"That's right, he's not a good person at first glance!"

"Smelly shameless, imitating Mr. Mao Da, and wearing a long robe..."

Sun Chuanting: "..."

so I!

Sun Chuanting's old face flushed for a while, and he couldn't help distinguishing: "Why, why don't you work?"

"Of course not!"

"Yeah, if you don't work, why don't you go out of your way?"

"Hey, you look like a dog official. Could it be that you are a spy sent by the government?"

"Come on, there are spies here~~~"

Immediately, the whole village was in chaos, and the old people, women, and naked children, with sticks, hoes, and brooms, rushed over one after another.

In a blink of an eye, Sun Chuanting was surrounded.

"Say, are you a spy sent by the government?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, first tie this guy up and let the village chief interrogate him!"

As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain why.

At this moment, Sun Chuanting, a talented scholar, really couldn't tell.

These old and weak women and children didn't believe anything he said at all, so they tied him up with a rope and tied him to the big willow tree first, and then sent two children to call the village chief to come.

Sun Chuanting was originally good at martial arts, he had practiced boxing and kicking kung fu for more than ten years.

However, facing these old and weak women and children, he couldn't do anything at all, so he had to be tied up obediently.

"I'm not a spy, I'm Mao Shatou's friend!"

"Aren't you a spy?" A woman held a needle and thread in her hand, and stabbed Sun Chuanting's buttocks twice, cursing: "You are a scholar and beast at first glance. With this posture and demeanor, you don't look like a good person." ?
ah?You said you, where do you look like a good person? "

As he spoke, he poked a few more needles.

Sun Chuanting couldn't laugh or cry.

The needle poked his butt, the pain was bearable, but such humiliation made him even more annoyed.

Well, you shaved hair, you actually made arrangements in advance...

That's not right, it's clear that I was the one who took the initiative to talk to him and suffered such humiliation, and it has nothing to do with Mao Yuanyi at all.

It seems that it can only be said that the mother-in-law and aunt on Dong Zhiyuan are simply too aggressive.

I poke people with needles every now and then, I don't know how those men here live...

In the middle of the noise, the village chief came.

I saw the village head in his forties, with a swarthy face, wearing a pair of sweaters, showing two muscular arms, and riding a tall black horse.

But it was a 'special soldier' ​​under Mao Yuanyi.

"What happened?"

The village head put down the two children who reported the news, got off his horse, and walked up to Sun Chuanting in two or three steps, looked him up and down, and smiled angrily.

"Masters, aunts and sisters-in-law, I made a mistake. This Mr. Sun is a friend of Mr. Mao."

While talking, the 'Village Chief' stepped forward quickly, untied the rope on Sun Chuanting's body, and smiled repeatedly: "I was going to visit Mr. Sun at noon, but it happened to be in time for the harvesting of wheat today, so I didn't go;
Look at these uncles and ladies, they regard you as a spy sent by Hong Chengchou, hahaha. "

Sun Chuanting: "..."

"Mr. Mao Da still has such a friend?"

"Why doesn't he look like a good person..."

The women and children in the village discussed in low voices, and the village chief laughed loudly and said, "Okay, let's go, Mr. Sun, let's go, first drink a sip of water to calm down."

Following behind the village chief, Sun Chuanting was full of depression.

I am the commanding officer of Yulin Town, with nearly ten thousand soldiers, and it is not an exaggeration to call the commander-in-chief, but since he was tied to Dong Zhiyuan, why did he become a spy?

How to put it, he, Sun Chuanting, is also considered handsome, not to mention mighty and majestic, but he also has a bit of elegance and open-mindedness, and in the past six months of leading troops to fight, he is quite "pretty"...

"The elders in the village have been troubled by the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and they finally lived a good life. They are afraid of the government's comeback all day long."

The village head smiled and said: "However, everyone has no bad intentions, even Marshal Mao once praised that the people in Dong Zhiyuan are the most honest people he has ever seen.

After getting along with them for a while, Mr. Sun gradually got to know them. "

Sun Chuanting thought to himself: "Sure enough, she is a woman with a simple folk custom, who always pokes people's buttocks with needles. It's no wonder that men are not honest and obedient!" '

"By the way, Mr. Sun, Mr. Mao Da sent a message, asking me to divide two acres of land for you to plant first, and then send you the farm tools and rapeseed.

After the summer wheat is harvested, either plant some radish and cabbage, or sow some late-maturing autumn fields.

Mr. Mao Da said that Mr. Sun may not be very good at farming, so he will plant some radishes first and prepare for the winter. "

Sun Chuanting: "..."

The village head continued honestly: "In addition, the master also sent a message that you will be the village head for me for two years first, and we will go to deliver it right away, and I have to lead my troops to Xi'an Mansion.

That old boy Hong Chengchou has been jumping a lot lately, claiming that he wants to come to Dong Zhiyuan to snatch his wife back.

Mr. Mao asked us to go over and fix it.

By the way, a bowl of steamed mutton. "

As he was walking, Sun Chuanting stopped, and asked very puzzled, "Who are you?"

"Besides, what's going on with Hong Chengchou's old lady...?"

The 'Village Chief' was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "I am the village chief of Qingshui Village, besides, I am also Sun Yuanhua under Mr. Mao Da.

I am not good at fighting, so I usually design and improve some artillery, muskets and so on..."

Sun Chuanting was taken aback: "Sun Yuanhua? Sun Yuanhua, a member of the Ministry of War and an expert in new artillery?"

"That was my previous official position," Sun Yuanhua said with a grin, "My teacher Xu Guangqi recommended me to be the governor of Denglai, but Long Live God sent me here to be the village chief.

In other words, how can Governor Denglai feel comfortable being the village head?

Hahaha! "

(End of this chapter)