Beggars are the most common scene in this year, from the capital all the way to the south everywhere, there are single and groups of evil beggars who are angry with each other, and there are also pitiful, they have long been strange, but this beggar has attracted Chang Yu's attention.

It's not that the beggar is a poor mute, but ...... He is very tall.

The beggar was only curled up on the ground and squatting, and he was half a man tall, not fat or strong, but surprisingly tall, and estimated to be two meters tall when he stood up.

"You stand up" Chang Yu walked up to him and smiled at the beggar, the beggar was full of dirt but could still see a trace of childishness, he should not be very old.

Although he was dumb, the beggar could hear it, and seeing Chang Yu's kind face and fear gradually subsided, he slowly stood up.

Boy! Chang Yu glanced up, he had just reached the beggar's chest, this head had to be higher than Yao Ming.

"Hungry?" Chang Yu showed his hand from behind him, and a steamed bun immediately attracted the dumb gaze, and he nodded vigorously.

"Be a groom with me, I have steamed buns to eat every day, do you want to do it?"

The beggar nodded vigorously, Chang Yu handed him the steamed bun, and just wanted to say something, but he was stunned, the steamed bun that he had to bite at least seven or eight bites, but the beggar swallowed it in one bite!

This Nima has a big mouth.

"Let's go, at least I won't be hungry in the future" Chang Yu sighed, the beggar turned around and groped on the ground for a while and wrapped it in a package, Chang Yu raised his foot and kicked it off: "You guys don't need anything."

Unexpectedly, the beggar lowered himself and picked it up again, held it in his hand, looked at Chang Yu and smiled stupidly.

There was no way, Chang Yu had no choice but to let him take the beggar to the stall and let the vendor bring him a bowl of chicken soup to drink.

"My lord, what did you do with a fool?" Li Muxian leaned over and asked.

Chang Yu shook his head lightly: "I don't know, looking at him from a distance just now, I had a strange feeling that I can't say!" He sighed slightly: "It's not bad for this mouthful of food, let's keep it."

"Do you see him this is a mouthful of food?" Li Muxian smiled bitterly, Chang Yu turned his head to look, and was suddenly stupid, just said a few words, the beggar had already drunk three bowls of chicken soup, four or five eggs and four or five steamed buns.

"This ...... His mouth may be bigger."

This is a big mouth, this is a big belly, everyone laughed, and the beggar didn't know what others were laughing at, so he also smirked.

After everyone finished eating and drinking, the sun also came out, Chang Yu asked Jin Shenghuan and said that twenty miles ahead is Sucheng, and there is a Tongji Canal (Bianhe) leading to the Grand Canal, so he ordered to continue the march, and then repair it when the Bianhe River is located, and then go down the water.

Fengyang, the hometown of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, after ascending the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang had the intention to build the capital here, and it really started, but later because Fengyang really did not have the conditions of Kyoto to give up, but also set the small Fengyang County as the central capital.

Fengyang is where the ancestral mausoleum of the Zhu family is located, and there is another place that is particularly famous, that is, the royal princes and vassal kings would rather die than come, Fengyang high wall!

This high wall was written by Emperor Yongle, who built a high wall, dug a deep ditch outside the wall, and set up a gatehouse at the four corners, which was specially used to imprison the royal children who committed crimes, and also stationed an army in order to monitor and protect them.

The royal sons and sons who were imprisoned here were all imprisoned in the name of guarding the ancestral tomb, although there were eunuchs to take care of their lives, but life was extremely difficult, so some of the princes and grandsons who were usually clothed and fed would rather die than come in.

During the Zhengde period, Zhu Yangzhu, the ninth son of King Zhu Yang of Lu (King Guishan), was accused of being accused of rebellion. Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao ordered him to be exiled. When King Guishan came to his destination, he asked, "What is this place?"

The escort replied, "High wall." ”

King Guishan was immediately frightened and cried: "Wronged! "Immediately hit his head against the wall.

Coincidentally. In 1556, Ming Shizong Zhu Houxi ordered the Hui King Zhu Zaicheng to be sent here, and when the Hui King heard the news, he first hacked his beloved concubine to death with a sword, and then hanged himself.

It can be seen that this Fengyang high wall is like an edict in Dongchang for the royal relatives, and they are terrified when they hear it, and once they come in, they almost have no return.

The first person who was imprisoned here was Zhu Wengui, the second son of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, who was only two years old at the time.

It wasn't until Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen launched a rebellion to seize the door and ascended the throne for the second time, because he had been under house arrest by his younger brother Zhu Qiyu for several years, and he felt empathy for Zhu Wengui's experience, so he ordered Zhu Wengui to be released, but the courtiers disagreed, and at this time Zhu Wengui was fifty-seven years old, and he couldn't even tell the difference between cattle and sheep after being locked up for fifty-five years, and died soon after he came out.

For more than 200 years in the Ming Dynasty, there were many imperial relatives locked in the high walls of Fengyang, in addition to the first Zhu Wengui, there was also a person with a great reputation, that is, Zhu Yujian, the Longwu Emperor who later became one of the emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty!

As mentioned earlier, this Zhu Yujian was originally the Tang King of Nanyang, who was born a legend but was unwilling to do nothing, he liked to dance with guns and sticks and think about the iron horse Jin Ge across the battlefield, or he really had the heart to defend the country, anyway, when the Qing army entered the customs seven years ago, he recruited troops and horses to form a team of 1,000 people to go north to King Qin, Emperor Chongzhen was furious, you give me back, he didn't listen to the insistence on going north, but the Qing army did not meet but was beaten by a small group of thieves and fled back, but he had provoked Emperor Chongzhen, and he was directly relegated to the high wall of Fengyang to guard the ancestral tomb.

As the old saying goes, the phoenix in the water is not as good as a chicken, and the dragon son and grandson are also like this, the former vassal king is not a bullshit when he enters the high wall, this Zhu Yujian was abused by the eunuch Shi Yingzhao who guards the tomb, and he is almost human, and he is dying, if it weren't for the fact that Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Fengyang last year, accidentally learned that the court would execute Shi Yingzhao, I am afraid that Zhu Yujian will burp.

As for why Shi Yingzhao abused Zhu Yujian, historical data say that it was impossible to ask for bribes, but later generations have different analyses, some people say that it was instructed by the emperor, and some people say that it seems to be abused but is actually protected.

Fengyang Mansion is governed in Fengyang County, Lu Zhenfei is the governor of Fengyang, he can be said to be the biggest official on the ground, he sent the standard general Wen Huaizhong to Suxu to assist He Tengjiao last year, Jin Shenghuan suppressed Cheng Jikong's three thieves, because Su County was under the jurisdiction of Fengyang Mansion at this time.

Recently, the governor of Yamen has a distinguished guest, who is Lu Zhenfei's top boss, Ma Shiying, the governor of Lufeng, who is familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty and has heard of his name, and the Southern Ming Dynasty can be said to have been messed up by him.

But why did Ma Shiying run to Fengyang at this time?

Last year, when Cheng Jikong's three thieves were suppressed, Xu Huaidao Senate He Tengjiao was the commander, and he summoned reinforcements from all walks of life to fight several battles, and finally killed Wang Daoshan and Zhang Fangzao to recruit Cheng Jikong, and then He Tengjiao was promoted to act as the governor of Huguang, and his subordinates assured that Cheng Jikong let him go with him, Cheng did not follow, He Tengjiao had no time to deal with him because he was in a hurry, but he told Ma Shiying to pay attention to him when he left.

This old horse was silent on the surface, and at the end of last year, he secretly sent the deputy general Yang Zhenzong, joined hands with Jin Shenghuan, and Liu Shichang defeated Cheng Jikong and then escorted him to the capital.

Although Ma Shiying is nominally Lu Zhenfei's boss, and the two have also joined forces to suppress bandits, but they are compatible and discordant and rarely have contacts, in history, Ma Shiying also dismissed Lu Zhenfei in the Southern Ming Dynasty and appointed his cronies Tian Yang...... It was abrupt to come to Fengyang as a guest at this time.

But after all, Ma Shiying is the governor of Lufeng, and he lived in Fengyang Mansion in the name of official inspection, and he stayed for more than ten days.

The south of Fengyang Mansion is adjacent to Luzhou Mansion, Luzhou Mansion is under the jurisdiction of Hefei, Shucheng, Lujiang, Chaoxian County (Chaohu) south adjacent to Anqing Mansion, at this time Anqing Mansion has been invaded by Baiwang Department, the pioneer has entered the territory of Chaohu Lake, this guy is afraid, and he hid in Fengyang Mansion on the grounds of official business.

In fact, Ma Shiying's fear is also reasonable, the thief army is sharp, but at this time, whether it is Anqing Mansion or Luzhou Mansion, it is very empty, and there are no soldiers available.

A few years ago, it was Zuo Liangyu who was responsible for suppressing thieves in Anqing and Luzhou, and later he and Li Zicheng did several defeats, and now he is retreating to Wuchang and is closing the door to think about good things, and then Liu Liangzuo and Huang Degong are in charge of this area, but some time ago, just after the rebel Liu Chao was forced by the imperial court to go north to King Qin, so that now Anqing Mansion has no soldiers and no generals.

There are no soldiers in the city, just like a clever woman is difficult to cook without rice, so that the cities and towns where the thieves go have fallen one after another, and the soldiers in Nanjing do not dare to travel long distances to come to help, just thinking about their own door, how can they manage other places, can this guy not be afraid!