In December of the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, Jiangdu's army launched a three-pronged attack, captured Huizhou Road, and besieged Zhu Yuanzhang's troops in Wuyuan County.

Tianwan's army captured Raozhou. Before Tianwan's army arrived, Xu Da abandoned Nankang Road and took more than 4,000 of his men into Poyang Lake and became a water bandit.

On the tenth day of December, Guo Zixing, persuaded by Li Er and Chen Ji, came to Wuyuan County to persuade his adopted son Zhu Yuanzhang to surrender.

Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to surrender, but made one request.

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"He asked me to help him find his wife and children?" In the study room of the palace, Zhang Yangquan was stunned after hearing Li Er's report.

Li Er nodded and said: "Yes."

Zhang Yangquan asked: "Do you know where his wife and children are?"

Li Erdao: "According to Zhu Yuanzhang, he arranged his wife and children in Jingdezhen, east of Raozhou. We have sent people to look for it. According to the villagers there, they fled after the city of Raozhou was broken!"

Zhang Yangquan thought for a while and said: "Then send more people to look for it!"

Li Er said: "Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to Anqing Road?"

Zhang Yangquan's eyes flashed and he said: "Do you suspect that Ma Xiuying went to find Zuo Junbi?"

Li Er nodded and said: "Yes, the Zuo family is also with Ma Xiuying. They are likely to go to Zuo Junbi for help!"

Zhang Yangquan said: "Okay, then go to Anqing Road in person. Zuo Junbi is a more respectable person, so you should try to be polite."

Li Er cupped his hands and said: "The last general takes orders!"

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Zuo Junbi was sitting on a large chair, concentrating on wiping the Fang Tian painted halberd in his hand, turning a blind eye to his sister who was staring at him in front of him.

Zuo is about twenty-four or five years old. Although he is not very beautiful, he is extremely tall.

"Brother, what do you mean?"

Zuo Junbi didn't even raise his eyelids and said calmly: "What do you mean?"

Zuo said angrily: "He is your brother-in-law, are you going to die without saving him?"

Zuo Junbi said: "He was the first to tear up the alliance."

Zuo bit his lower lip and said: "As long as you save him, he will definitely work for you. You have also seen his ability to lead troops. With his help, you will definitely be able to compete with Jiangdu Army and Tianwan Army!"

!"

Zuo Junbi said: "Without him, your brother would be as divided as his own!"

Zuo's silver teeth clenched: "Are you really unwilling to send troops?"

Zuo Junbi finally looked up at her and his voice slowed down.

"Sister, just stay at home and have a good time. Brother will definitely find you a good husband!"

Zuo sneered: "Who will you give me to next time? King Xiao Ming or Zhao Junyong?"

Zuo Junbi's face sank: "Presumptuous!"

Zuo didn't say a word, turned around and left.

"Where are you going?"

"If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. I am already a member of the Zhu family, and you don't need to worry about it!"

Zuo Junbi said in a deep voice: "If you dare to leave with Ma Xiuying, I will send someone to kill Ma Xiuying!"

Zuo was so angry that she shed tears, pointed at him and said: "You..."

Zuo Junbi said: "You should know that I do what I say. Also, Zhang Yangquan has sent someone to find Ma Xiuying. Go and say goodbye to her!"

Zuo cried and said: "Are you so afraid of Zhang Yangquan that you want to hand her over?"

Zuo Junbi said: "I'm not afraid of anyone! But I don't want to get into trouble for nothing. I won't hand her over, but she must leave Anqing before midnight tonight!"

Zuo hid her face and ran out of the lobby, all the way to a room in the backyard.

I wanted to rush in, but I couldn't bear to tell Ma Xiuying the news, so I sat on the steps and cried.

With a "squeak", the door was opened.

Ma Xiuying walked out slowly, sat down next to her, put her arm around her shoulders, and said softly: "It's okay, sister, you've done your best!"

A young man also walked out of the door, holding a baby in his right hand. Two other young men stood behind the young man, one was fifteen or sixteen years old, and the other was almost twenty years old.

The baby's name was Zhu Biao, and he was the only son of Ma Xiuying and Zhu Yuanzhang.

The young man is his adopted son Mu Ying, and the two young men behind him are Zhu Yuanzhang’s nephew Zhu Wenzheng and his nephew Li Wenzhong.

Before Ma Xiuying gave birth to her son, she had always regarded the three of them as her own. This time, it was Li Wenzhong and Zhu Wenzheng who desperately rescued her and Zuo.

Zuo looked up at Ma Xiuying, her face as bright as a pear blossom in the rain.

"Sister, do you already know?"

Ma Xiuying wiped away her tears and said, "We'll know just by looking at your reaction!"

She and Zuo had always been incompatible with each other, but now they are facing danger, but they have become the best sisters.

Zuo choked up and said: "My brother has gone too far. He wants to drive you out of Anqing!"

Ma Xiuying patted her shoulder and said: "Since he didn't send troops, we had to leave."

Zuo said: "Sister, where are you going?"

Ma Xiuying sighed: "At this point, we can only find a place to settle down and wait for news about him. Sister, will you come with us?"

Zuo remembered Zuo Junbi's words and whispered: "I...I want to stay."

Li Wenzhong snorted.

Ma Xiuying glared at Li Wenzhong, stood up and said, "That's fine. You also have other family members, but you will be hurt if you follow us."

Zuo opened his mouth to speak, but finally held back.

That night, Zuo personally sent Ma Xiuying and others out of Anqing City.

Ma Xiuying and others walked eastward along the official road and saw many refugees along the way. However, the strange thing was that the refugees also went in the direction of Wuwei.

Ma Xiuying stopped a refugee and asked.

The refugee said: "Don't you know? The King of Chu is the reincarnation of the Grain God. As long as we go to the territory under the jurisdiction of Jiangdu Army, we will not starve to death!"

Li Wenzhong snorted and said: "You have been deceived. They deliberately deceived you into becoming soldiers!"

The refugee glanced at him sideways and said, "Then why are you going to Wuwei?"

Li Wenzhong was immediately speechless and said to himself: "We are going to Haozhou, not Wuwei."

However, thinking that Haozhou was also occupied by Jiangdu's army, I felt depressed.

After walking forward for a while, they encountered several refugees on the road who wanted to snatch the carriage, but Li Wenzhong punched and kicked them to fight them off.

That night, Ma Xiuying and others found a villager to stay overnight near Wuwei City.

The family of three in the village is very poor. All the furniture has been burned as firewood, and the children are even more skinny.

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Ma Xiuying had food sent by Zuo, so she had to get it to cook for the villagers.

The male host smiled honestly and said: "Our family has just received food. Guests just need to sit down for a while. The food will be ready soon."

Zhu Wenzheng asked curiously: "Where did you get the food?"

"It's the food that the child's father went to the city to collect. The military officers of Jiangdu Army are all good people. They know that we, the common people, can't uncover the pot and can't survive the winter, so they donate food in the city!" The voice of the hostess came from the kitchen.

The male host sighed: "Everyone said that it would have been better if Jiang Dujun had come here earlier!"

Li Wenzhong was furious and was about to explode, but Ma Xiuying stopped him with his eyes.

Ma Xiuying said to the male host: "Do you think the King of Chu is better than Marshal Zhu?"

The male host hesitated for a moment and said: "Actually, Marshal Zhu was not bad in the past. His sergeants never disturbed the people. The marshal's wife even made shoes herself and gave them to us common people!"

Li Wenzhong said: "Then you are still ungrateful?"

The male host sighed: "Who told Marshal Zhu not to be able to govern the place? Everyone didn't have enough to eat, didn't have enough clothes to wear, and many people starved to death, so it's better to be the King of Chu."

Ma Xiuying nodded silently and said no more.

There were no extra beds in the village, so Ma Xiuying and others slept in the carriage at night.

In the early morning of the next day, before it was fully light, the village was noisy and there were sounds of gongs and drums everywhere.

I could faintly hear someone shouting: "The one-eyed snake is coming! The one-eyed snake is coming!"

Ma Xiuying was startled. She got out of the carriage and happened to see a villager's family walking out, both carrying farm tools.

"Master, what happened?"

The male host's face turned red and he said angrily: "It's the nearby bandit 'One-Eyed Snake'. He must have known that we had received relief food and came here to steal everyone's food!"

While they were talking, a group of villagers came over from a distance, all carrying farm tools, and kept shouting: "I can't bear it anymore this time, let's fight with them!"
To be continued...