Chapter 101 I have the heart to look for the bright moon

Unlike Hu Dahai's generosity and heroism, Geng Zaicheng is very distinct in his grudges. Hu Dahai is his friend, so he would rather sacrifice his life in front of the two armies than leave Hu Dahai alone. But Lu Lu once dared to vaguely threaten his family. I'm sorry, even if we, Geng, don't want your life, we have to take you to be a thief together!

But the twists in his heart were turned into another kind of saying, affectionate and righteous, and with good intentions. Hu Dahai knew that he was talking lies with his eyes open, but he could not refute a word. After a while, he gritted his teeth and said again, "Now Lord Lu's family is living in the capital. If he stays there and does not return, wouldn't the court do the whole family?!"

Geng Zaicheng shook his head again and said confidently, "If he stayed in Xuzhou City and became an official of the Red Turban Army, the court would naturally not let his family go. If he was detained as a prisoner, even if the court was unreasonable, he would have to think about who would still bring his troops next time!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Wu Liangmou. But this time, Wu Liangmou seemed to suddenly become alert. He smiled and shook his head to respond: "If the person surnamed Lu really did nothing to harm the heavens and reason as he said himself, I'm afraid our Xuzhou army wouldn't really hurt him. Whether to stay or not depends on his own intention. After all, he had sang famous under Chongtian more than 20 years ago, and now he is a great scholar in the world. If he held him in the army for no reason, wouldn't he push all the scholars in the world to the court?!"

The Yuan Dynasty won the world with bows and horses and butchers' knives. The imperial examination was originally considered dispensable. It was not until more than 40 years after ruling the Central Plains that the first imperial examination was officially opened. It was intermittent after it was followed by a period of time and there was no fixed charter at all. Therefore, it was difficult to leave a name on the list. Over time, everyone who could pass the imperial examination was famous in the Confucian scholars.

Lu Lu Zeng, a Jinshi in the second year of Tianli, and his name ranks seventh on the left list, and he was immediately appointed as an editor of the Hanlin National History Academy. Since then, he has always risen to the top in his career. Such a versatile talent who can both study and become an official is of course regarded by Confucian children as a model to imitate. Countless people are willing to worship him and become his disciples. On a detailed calculation, even Wu Liangmou's teacher, Mr. Feng Lin, had to call himself a junior when he saw this person and serve him with etiquette.

Just such a hot potato, in Wu Liangmou's opinion, if the Red Turban Army did not want to kill him at the beginning, it would be better to send him away as soon as possible. Stop it and leave him in Xuzhou to ask for trouble. Not to mention that this old man's ability to lead troops to fight is similar to that of an idiot, staying will not help the Red Turban Army. If the old man is unhappy one day, he will complain a few words and spread it. If the mouths of scholars all over the world, the Red Turban Army will really become a monster. I'm afraid it will not be clear for thousands of years.

Thinking of this period, Wu Liangmou smiled again and whispered two suggestions to Hu Dahai and Geng. "In my opinion, this old master Lu is probably not a person who is willing to die easily. You might as well tell him what Brother Defu said just now. If he was willing to stay and assist General Manager Li, the Xuzhou army would not force him to drive him away!"

"However!" Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng nodded slightly. They made a falsification with Wu Liang, turned around and went back to find Lu Luzeng. Unexpectedly, Lu Luzeng, who had just analyzed the interests and was afraid of death before, suddenly became righteous again, "All nonsense! You two are willing to fall into depravity, so just go. I just think that I misjudged the person at first and will not stop you! But if I want to drag me into the same world with you, I have no other disciples! I have been treated as the favor of the four generations of Your Majesty, and this life is no longer my own. Even if I am punished by the court after I go back, I will be happy!" (Note 2)

"Sir--!" Hu Dahai was so angry that he wanted to slap Lu Lu Zeng to wake him up. Geng Zaicheng smiled and held his sleeve, shook his head and said, "As the saying goes, everyone has their own ambitions, and cannot force them. Such Lord Lu is the Lord Lu whom you and I have respected before. If you are like you and I, you will lose your original intentions!!"

"Don't use words to arouse me!" It's not because the fire is hot or the battle is unwilling to accept defeat. Lu Lu once glared at Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng with annoyance, and said loudly: "After I go back, the court will not ask me. If I ask, I will say that the generals under my command have almost all died on the spot. The specific names and names are the rosters left in Huainan before going to war. I just hope that you two will take care of themselves here in the future and don't really be the thief who harms the people! Otherwise, even if I become a ghost, I will pester you every day!"

"Thank you for your accomplishment!" Hu Dahai and Geng Zaicheng heard the news and bowed to salute. Lu Luzeng was too lazy to look at the two of them again. He drew a burnt branch from the fire and wrote the madness on the ground. He was carrying a pen with a dragon and snake, as if he was astonished as a shock.

Soon, Xu Hong also found Xu Da, the commander of the thousand-year-old, and stood quietly by the fire, accompanying Hu Dahai, and Geng Zaicheng and two of them watched Lu Lu once display calligraphy. He saw that Lu Lu once wrote more and more smoothly and more confidently, and he was condemned with the previous vulgar appearance of life and fearing death. As he was writing, he read aloud as if no one else was around, using the dialect from the Bianliang area. Although Xu Da and others didn't understand a word, they knew that the old master was reciting poems and expressing his aspirations, so they were afraid to disturb him, and their faces were full of admiration.

After singing a poem about aspirations, I threw down the wooden stick, walked back and watched his calligraphy around with my hands behind my back, and said proudly: "Haha, I have always copied Zhang Changshi's letters in my life, but I have always been able to understand the physical but not the spirit. Today, I suffered this great setback, but finally got a glimpse of the path!" (Note 1)

After saying that, it was a pity that there was no paper on hand for me to continue to play. I turned my head and asked Xu Da with admiration, "I remember you. You are the leader of the Hongscarf of Xuzhou, and the arrows were shot quite accurately. Can you recognize the words I wrote?!"

After becoming an officer, Xu Da was ashamed of being illiterate, so he disliked himself to hear others asking him whether he could read or not. However, facing Lu Lu Zeng, an old Jinshi who had been famous for more than 20 years, he could not even get angry at all. He tried to make a move and responded seriously: "It made the Master laugh! Xu was poor when he was young and had no money to study. He only invited someone to open a slogan in the past six months. So Xu could only recognize three or two of the words you wrote!"

"The family is poor and have no money to study?" Lu Lu Zeng was stunned, as if he had heard someone so poor for the first time. "It's a pity. But since you have become a martial artist, why do you think of asking someone to come again?"

"Reply to the old man!" Xu Da gave another gusto and told his thoughts frankly, "The reason why Xu rebelled was because he was too hungry to survive. But God could not keep watching people starving to death. Sooner or later, the world will have a day of peace again. At that time, he cannot use a knife to govern the country, nor can he teach his children and grandchildren!"

"This?" This time, it was Lu Lu's turn to admire him. He widened his eyes and looked at Xu Da again and again. Finally, he sighed and whispered, "It's a pity that I met you too late. Otherwise, I could also take you to the disciple. Alas, now, saying this seems to be snobbish and want to live with you! Forget it, for you, there are people like you in the Red Turban Army, and I will not be wronged to lose this morning!"

Then, he shook his head a few more times, stretched out his feet, and wiped the wild grass on the ground clean.

Hu Dahai and Geng saw this apart and knew that Mr. Lu had really made up his mind and would rather be a loyal ghost for the Yuan Dynasty than surrender to the Xuzhou Red Turban. Therefore, he did not want to talk more about his advice. Xu Da respected Mr. Lao's reputation and knowledge, and did not want to force this person. So he looked around and called a few familiar faces, ordering them to be responsible for serving Mr. Lu and not let the old man suffer any grievances.

At this moment, Lu Luzeng's state of mind was completely different from before. After thanking Xu Da, he became a lonely prisoner of Chu with peace of mind and never caused any trouble to anyone again.

After about two more hours, all the soldiers of the Red Turban Army and their supplies crossed the river. Sesame Li sent an elite force to pick up Mao Gui, Peng Da and Wei Zixi. The others hurriedly used some fighting meals. Then they took another step and embarked on their way back to Xuzhou City.

Pan Laizi, who stayed in Xuzhou, had already learned of the victory of the army and personally led the soldiers in the city to pick them up five miles away. After the seized supplies and grain were put into the warehouse, the wounded were all settled, and the sky turned completely dark.

Under the special care of the marching commander Zhao Junyong, Lu Lu was politely arranged to enter a courtyard left by the Semu people. Except for not being able to enter and exit at will, he had the final say in everything else. The amount of food, clothing, pen, ink, paper and ink, and the Xuzhou army also had all the supplies.

Two more days later, Mao Gui, Peng Da and Wei Zixi took back the food, supplies and supplies from the old camp of the Huainan Army. The handling of the prisoners was also put on the agenda.

As Xu Jizu and others said, Sesame Li was also not interested in massacring prisoners. After a few words of advice, he ordered all the captured salt stewards to be released. Those who were willing to stay in Xuzhou could choose to join the army as auxiliary soldiers or lead a hoe to open up the land by themselves. Those who were unwilling to stay in Xuzhou would each be given 200 copper coins as travel expenses and let them go home by themselves.

After hearing this, the prisoners immediately cheered. Among the more than 5,000 people, more than 4,000 people chose to stay. Only less than 1,000 people still had concerns at home, so they took the copper coins from Li Mubai, the Sicang Army, and then left with great gratitude.

When Lu Lu saw this, his mind became more and more peaceful. He recited poems and paintings in his house where he was under house arrest. His life was the most leisurely part since he became an official. On this day, he was continuing to ponder the charm of the saint Zhang Xu under the window. One of the four servants who served him suddenly ran in hurriedly, leaned down, and held up a famous post with both hands, "Master, Hong, the second head of the Red Turban Army, Zhao, and Zhao Jun, are visiting. At this moment, he is drinking tea in the doorman. May I ask, Master, do you have time to see him?"

Note 1: Zhang Changshi, the saint of cursive script, was the chief of Jinwu, so later generations called him Zhang Changshi.

Note 2: Because powerful ministers and relatives controlled the court, the emperors in the late Yuan Dynasty were very short-lived. Lu Lu was a Jinshi in 1329, and by 1352 as mentioned in the article, four emperors had been replaced.
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