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Henan Provincial Reform Army Jiedu Envoy Xuzhou to the northwest along Bianshui eighty miles, is Xiao County. There is a landlord Liu Chong in Xiao County, who originally did Xuzhou records, and now he is at home, serving his mother in the countryside of Xiao County, and there are some slaves and tenants at home, and because he is particular about people on weekdays, he has a good reputation in Xiao County, although he has no official status, but the Liu family is also very healthy.

Liu's mansion owns a small manor, thousands of acres of fertile land, and employs many tenant farmers. There are also pigs and cows in the house for people to feed. The world has gathered together, but the Liu family is happy.

The sun is setting in the west, and the ordinary life of the Liu family day after day is over for another day. The long-term workers in the fields carried hoes and finished their work according to the setting sun, and those who herded cattle and fed pigs also finished their work. Due to the continuous drought and locust plague, even the landlord's family did not have much surplus food in these years. Although Xiao County is in Xuzhou, close to the Huai River, but because of these years, first Pang Xun's Xuzhou Rebellion, and later one of the most arrogant armies in the late Tang Dynasty, the Reform Army, and many times in rebellion, although the Liu family was not directly poisoned, but the money and grain handed over every year also increased exponentially.

The servants of the Liu family, who had worked hard all day, were hungry at this time, and they only ate two bowls of porridge in the morning for a whole day. Two bowls of porridge are really unbearable for these young men. I finally stayed up until the evening, and my belly was already hungry and my chest was pressed against my back.

Dinner was slightly better than in the morning, in addition to two bowls of porridge, the head of the house, Liu Chong, specially instructed the kitchen to give each person a few more dried radish strips today.

Cook Wang is a widow over 40 years old, originally in the northwest of Xuzhou in Songzhou Dangshan, her husband was born in a farming family in his early years. The family tied the belt for him to study, and after the Wang family married into the Zhu family, because her husband had been studying for many years, he couldn't pick his shoulders. If she can't lift her hands, the burden of life will all fall on her shoulders. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law died soon after her marriage, and her husband took the exam for several years in a row, but he failed to get the first place. The little land in the original family was also sold out because of the husband's study, pens, ink, and paper, as well as the travel expenses for the exam.

After the eldest son was born, her husband also died of the heart of the imperial examination jinshi, and turned to become a private school in the township, specializing in teaching five classics: "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu", "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", and "Spring and Autumn". Gradually, Zhu Wujing became his name.

Seeing that life is slowly getting better, it is unexpectedly that people will have misfortune and blessings, and a few years after the birth of the third son, Zhu Wujing left behind his wife and three sons and one daughter who are minors. Go west. Before he died, he faced his wife, sons, and daughters who were crying. His last words were to wait for him to die. Go to Xiao County, Xuzhou, and find Liu Chong. said that when he went to Chang'an for the imperial examination, he once saved Liu Chong, who was seriously ill, once.

Wang took three sons and one daughter and later had to come to Xiao County, Liu Chong heard that it was the wife of the deceased who came to vote, so he arranged for them to stay at home. However, although he was an old friend back then, Liu Chong was not a wealthy family. Therefore. In the end, the Wang family cooked under the Liu family's kitchen, and Wang's daughter helped in the kitchen, taking care of Mrs. Liu by the way. And the three brothers of the Zhu family, the eldest is older. Then he went to the field and farmed. The second child is responsible for herding the cattle, and the third is responsible for feeding the pigs.

In this way, it can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the year and taking in Zhu Wujing's widow and orphan.

The servants took turns to take the dinner from Wang's hands, and when it was the turn of the three brothers of the Zhu family, Wang quietly handed a lotus leaf bag carefully to his youngest son Ah San, and said softly: "Mother specially left it for you, the old lady has no appetite today, the meal is left, the old lady gave the food to your sister, your sister only ate a little, and said to leave it for your third brother." ”

Zhu Asanyi carefully hid the leftovers wrapped in lotus leaves in his arms, smiling.

The three brothers lived in the lower left wing of the Liu family, next to the firewood room, and the three brothers lived in one room. After eating the gruel and radish strips in the courtyard in a few bites, the three brothers returned to the room with some impatience.

Zhu Asan took out the lotus leaf bag from his arms and opened it, and inside were three white rice balls, three pieces of salted dried fish, and some chicken nuggets. When the three brothers saw such a sumptuous leftovers, they couldn't help but drool. At the moment, one for each person, it will be divided immediately, and it will be eaten like a whirlwind.

After eating, the three of them lay on the bunk, and the aftertaste was endless. In the past few years, because the Wang family is in the kitchen, they often have the opportunity to eat some leftovers, but it is really rare to have fish and meat like today.

The boss Zhu Quanyu touched his stomach and closed his eyes to taste: "If you can eat it once a month, you will be satisfied." ”

The second Zhu Cun said: "If you can eat it every day, it will be better." ”

After the two brothers finished speaking, they were waiting for Zhu Asan's words, and the strange thing was that every time they finished eating leftovers in the past, their brothers had to sigh like this. Today, the third child actually lay there without saying a word.

"Ah San, why don't you speak?" The eldest is the oldest of the three brothers, and he has the most honest temper.

Zhu Asan sat up suddenly and said loudly: "I don't want to eat these leftovers in the future." ”

Looking at Zhu Asan who suddenly changed as a person, the eldest and second looked at the twenty-two-year-old third in surprise. Lao Dao: "Ah San, it's not the turn of others to eat this leftover." If it weren't for our mother in the kitchen, how could we have such a good opportunity. ”

"That's it, if it weren't for Liu Daguan's debt to our father back then, we wouldn't even be able to eat porridge, let alone eat this leftovers with fish and meat."

Zhu Asan said a little angrily this time: "I want to eat you, I don't want to eat in the future." ”

"Why?"

"The fish is so delicious, every time I eat it, I get sad. You said that our brothers are all in their twenties, and our eldest brothers are almost thirty years old, but until now, the three of us are still singles. We have hands and feet, all of us are strong and strong, but we can't even get enough to eat. I think when we three brothers were young, we also read the Five Classics with our father and knew some words. Zhu Wen sat there, the room was dark without a lamp, but his eyes were bright and bright.

"Third child, what are you doing?" Boss Zhu sighed slightly, "The world is different, there are disasters everywhere right now, it's good that we can still have something to eat." ”

Zhu Asan stopped talking, but there was always a breath of qi in his chest. He couldn't tell where this anger came from, but he was really tired of such things as herding pigs and feeding pigs all day long. Think about fellow Han Gaozu Liu Bang, what a hero he is. From a small pavilion chief, he became the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"Sleep, I'm tired all day, and I have to get up early tomorrow." The boss said a word, then undressed and went to bed. The second Zhu Cun also fell asleep, and Zhu Asan lay on the bed, but he couldn't sleep, tossing and turning.

He kept turning around, and Zhu Boss and Zhu couldn't sleep, and the boss said a little unhappily: "Don't think about those who don't have it, go to bed early." ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Asan not only didn't sleep. Instead, he sat up from the bed at once.

"What's wrong with you, third child?"

"Shhhh Big brother and second brother, listen carefully, there seems to be movement outside! ”

Zhu Lao Da and Zhu Lao Er also hurriedly listened attentively, and sure enough, they heard a sound of movement on the west courtyard wall behind the firewood room, which sounded like footsteps.

Although Liu Chong used to be an official. Now in addition to being a landlord, the Liu family does not have a special nursing home. There is only one old servant who keeps vigil and fights the watch. It's three watches in the middle of the night. Suddenly there was a sound of climbing over the wall, needless to say, it must be a thief.

"Brother, I heard that recently there was a thief named Zhang Zhan in our Xiao County, who led more than a dozen of his subordinates to steal big families everywhere. It's not, it's Zhang Zhan, right? Zhu Asan said softly. There was a lot of tension and excitement in the voice.

When the boss heard this, he was panicked, "What should I do then?" ”

"Big brother, second brother. Let's the guys but drive them away, Liu Daguan must thank us well, maybe he will invite us to a banquet! Zhu Asan was full of yearning, although he just said that he didn't want to eat leftovers anymore, but if it was to eat table noodles, he was looking forward to it.

As soon as Zhu Xiao heard about the banquet, his heart immediately moved. At the moment, he didn't care about the danger of the thief, so he sat up. The boss panicked and said: "The second and third children, you are dead, there are many thieves, you dare to come forward, if something happens, there are three long and two short, how do you let your mother and little sister live?" ”

Zhu Wen was already iron-hearted at this time, he relied on his bravery, regardless of the opposition of the eldest brother, he got out of bed quietly, took two sticks, and took one with the second brother. "Big brother, you just stay in the house and don't come out, I'll just go out with my second brother to have a look."

Zhu Asan and Zhu Aer are different from the boss's usual work, the two brothers herd cattle and feed pigs, and they are relatively free, so they usually practice blindly when they have nothing to do. At this time, he was young and vigorous, and he was not afraid of a few thieves at all.

The two brothers pulled out of the hut and went around to a corner of the wood house. By the moonlight, I saw that a dozen or so people had climbed over the wall and were coming towards the wood house. These people were all dressed in black, tall and short, and they didn't hold any knives and guns in their hands, which made the three Zhu brothers more courageous.

The two brothers glanced at each other, waiting for the thief to come this way, and smashed directly at the bearded man who walked in front of him and smashed straight into the head. That person's appearance is obviously a leader, maybe it is the thief Zhang Zhan.

The bearded man was defenseless and caught off guard, listening to the wind coming, although he tried his best to dodge, but after the most attack, he was still hit by Zhu Asanyi on the head, and Zhu Laoer's stick on the shoulder, and his head was bleeding on the spot, and he was knocked to the ground.

The other thieves came to their senses at this point, and rushed forward, and a few drew their daggers. However, the three Zhu Ah brothers were not afraid at all, let out a loud roar, and rushed forward with one person and one stick, like a tiger into the flock. Sweeping left and right, incomparably brave.

In less than a moment, the thieves had been knocked to the ground. The three Zhu brothers were also beaten a few times, but the other party was not well prepared, either with bare hands or daggers, and they were not their opponents with long sticks at all, but they were just beaten a few punches and kicks, and there was nothing wrong with the rough skin and thick flesh, but there were a few more black shoe prints on their clothes.

At this time, the bearded man had woken up, Zhu Asan asked, and sure enough, it was Zhang Zhan. Zhu Asan was about to tie him up, but Zhang Zhan ignored the blood on his head, knelt on the ground and hurriedly kowtowed. He said that he would never dare to do it again, and handed over some of the property they had just stolen from the next village, and asked them to let it go.

A fire was shining in the distance, and Boss Zhu rushed over with a panicked look and more than a dozen servants of the Liu family carrying sticks, hoes, and dung forks.

"The third child, Ah San, are you okay?"

"Big brother, we have nothing to do, the thief has been caught by us." Zhu Asan excitedly said to the boss. When the servants heard that there was nothing to do, they hurriedly quickened their pace and rushed over with courage.

When they saw the three Zhu brothers standing there with a stick, while a dozen thieves were still humming lying around, and a bearded man was kneeling in front of them with a bloody face, they all closed their mouths in surprise.

Later, Liu Chong also came in a hurry under the leadership of several long-term workers, some of whom were disheveled.

Zhu Asan walked up to Liu Chong with Liu Zhan with a smile on his face, and said with a smile: "Big official, this is Liu Zhan, the head of thieves in Xiao County who has frequently stolen the property of large landlords recently. They first robbed Zhang Dahu's house in the next village tonight, and then came to steal our Liu family. It just so happened that the three of us brothers were not asleep and heard movement. Our brothers discussed, so I asked my brother to go and report the news, and my second brother and I came out. Just as the gang of thieves jumped into the wall, my brothers beat them down as soon as they messed up. Just now, this thief kowtowed to us and knelt down, saying that he wanted our brother to let him go. Our brothers don't dare to call the shots in this matter, and it all depends on the big officials to speak. ”

Liu Chong was shocked at this time, and after listening to what happened, he stepped forward to ask Liu Zhan a few words, and after confirming his identity, he couldn't help but be extremely shocked that the three brothers of Zhu A had beaten more than a dozen thieves down. I was also secretly glad that their brothers found out tonight, otherwise, the Liu family would have suffered a big loss.

However, at the moment, bandits are everywhere, and I heard that this Liu has dozens of subordinates. Although more than a dozen were caught at the moment, Liu Chong still didn't dare to send them to the official after thinking about it. After finally making Liu Zhan swear not to bother and retaliate again, he let them go.

Liu Zhan and the others handed over all the property they had stolen before, kowtowed and patted their chests and swore that they would never come again, so they were able to flee in panic.

Liu Chong immediately sent someone to invite Zhang Dahu next door and returned their stolen property to them. Zhang Dahu was grateful when he heard that the three brothers Zhu A had beaten away the thieves and helped them recover their property.

The next day, Zhang Dahu set up a good table at home and invited the three Zhu and Ah brothers to the banquet.

When sitting on the banquet in the main hall of Zhang Dahu, eating the twelve bowls of chicken, duck and fish, the three brothers were like dreaming.

Eating until their stomachs were round, the three brothers couldn't finish the table. Finally, when leaving, the boss also asked Zhang Dahu to pack all the leftovers and take them away.

After this incident, the three Zhu Ah brothers suddenly rose in image in several nearby villages for a while, and they seemed to have become the umbrella of the whole village in the chaotic situation.

Liu Chong no longer let the three brothers farm the land and feed the cattle and pigs, but asked someone to buy a few knives, guns, bows and arrows from his old colleagues in Xuzhou, and let the three brothers use knives, guns, guns and arrows to act as the Liu family guards. (To be continued......)