(Thanks to the reader for reminding me that due to negligence in rushing the manuscript, the "sixth" in this chapter should be the "fifth", and I have changed it.) This is a clerical error of mine, I'm sorry)

Everyone around them listened to it, their faces were pale but their palms were sweaty, afraid to hear the news of people they knew, and afraid that they would die in a foreign country and never be heard from.

The candlelight flickered and flickered, and they looked like a group of ghosts hiding in the dark chamber - a group of freaks who could never be exposed to the light.

"The news we found out is that there are a total of twenty-eight criminal ministers and daughters who were sent to the forty-six guards of the capital from the border pass this time. They're still alive, but they're just ......."

The eldest brother's calm voice also stopped at this time, and after a while, he said: "They are in the border barracks as prostitutes, and they live that kind of life, which can be said to be worse than death...... Among them, those who could not bear the humiliation and committed suicide, and those who died of cold, hunger, poverty, and disease are too many to count. ”

Xiao Gu took a deep breath and tried her best to calm her mood, the third sister Gong Yuchun on the side bit her lip tightly, thinking of what happened to her, and the whole person seemed to be stupid.

Old Qi Qin Yao frowned deeply, and said for a long time: "Why do you want to transfer them back to Beijing?" ”

The eldest brother sneered, full of infinite resentment, "This is our holy mercy again-the border army is playing: these women are extremely weak, they don't want these military prostitutes anymore, I beg the emperor to be kind and let them go." As a result, our Yongle Emperor, the traitor who killed his nephew and usurped the throne, actually replied: 'The guilty slave will not be forgiven after that, and he will be transferred to the Beijing camp to take turns' - he is so cruel and tyrannical, it is even worse than the ruin! ”

Hearing this sensational thing, everyone became more and more silent, and suddenly a terrible scream, but it seemed that someone covered their mouths, and stopped abruptly-

"Second sister, second sister, wake up!"

The fifth and ninth elder desperately grabbed the second sister's hand and neck, and the third sister slapped her heart, but saw the second sister, who was usually gentle and kind, but at this time she seemed to be crazy, foaming at the mouth, her eyes were red, and her whole person was spasming.

Her mouth was gagged by something, but she still called out indistinctly: "Xiao An, my Xiao An——! ”

"Xiao An is her daughter's nickname, she didn't join the army as a slave at a young age, we tried to save people, but she has been transferred to the Xuanda Border Guard."

The third sister said quietly.

The Xuanda front line is a military important place to withstand the attack of the Yuanmeng people, and the guards there are heavily guarded and guarded like iron buckets, although the Jinlan Society has many eyes and ears, but it still cannot interfere in it.

The sound of the wind blew in through the window screen, the chill was cold to the bone marrow, the mournful whimpering echoed in everyone's hearts, and the scar buried in the heart began to bleed again.

Behind the curtain, the eldest brother slapped the armrest of the seat and said angrily: "If I watch them be ravaged again, will I still be human?!" ”

"Yes, people must be saved!"

"If you go on, these ladies won't survive this winter!"

In the midst of these righteous indignations, some people also muttered in a low voice: "The so-called starvation death is a small matter, but the loss of festival is a big matter—if it is really a martyr woman, she should have committed suicide and martyrdom when she was confiscated into the church and military camp, where would there be such an end today?" ”

"What did you say?!"

The third sister jumped up violently, her eyes full of anger and almost shot the man through.

The one who spoke was the fifth child who rarely spoke, and I saw his fire-breathing gaze at the third sister, although he was a little scared, he still stiffened his neck and said: "My mother and my sister committed suicide by swallowing gold on the night they were sent to the teaching workshop - they are innocent even if they die!" In the final analysis, those women are greedy for life and afraid of death! ”

Before he finished speaking, he was already spitted on the face: "You bastard who reads to the asshole!" ”

This is the first time that the third sister has viciously scolded the market.

There were also people who jumped up to slap him, the second sister cried even more sadly and almost fainted, and even the fat powder Xiao Eleven also cried and scolded, "My three sisters are in it - I don't want them to die, I'd rather not have the chastity archway ......"

"Enough!"

A cold drink from a female voice stopped the chaotic scene.

Xiao Gu stood up, walked up to the fifth child, and stared at him quietly.

Her long hair was not combed in a bun, but tied into two strands that hung down her face, and dark clouds obscured the look of both eyes—only when she looked up, the eyes were so cold that she didn't dare to look at them.

"The fifth brother is full of poetry and books, and he thinks it is the most important temperament."

Her gaze was neither fierce nor sharp, but somehow, Lao Wu felt uncomfortable, as if he was stabbed in the back, so he had to murmur: "Yes, although they are pitiful, they are always out of control......"

"Fifth brother, do you still remember Prime Minister Wen's "Song of Righteousness"?"

Xiao Gu interrupted him, her eyes flashed, she stood up, and whispered Oh, her immature face became more and more Shen Yi Qingjun-

"Heaven and earth have righteousness, and miscellaneous manifolds. The lower part is the river mountain, and the upper part is the sun and stars......"

This "Song of Righteousness" was written by Wen Tianxiang, the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty, in prison, and everyone present was male or female, regardless of whether they were born in civil and military affairs, they could memorize this article.

Yuanmeng Huchen plundered the Central Plains, although there were Wen Cheng and other heroes martyred, but the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty still died under the cliff mountain. A hundred years later, there was a Hongwu Taizu of this dynasty from the grass, under the wind and clouds, countless heroes and heroes defected to him, expelled the Tartars to open a new dynasty, and made a vigorous world hegemony.

Most of the fathers and ancestors present were ministers who followed Taizu from the dragon, and the rest were also famous scholars and Confucians who were personally recruited by Taizu during the Hongwu period. Everyone has been named by the ear since childhood, and they are familiar with this "Song of Righteousness".

In the silence, I only listened to Xiao Gu's quiet voice and continued to recite: "In Qi Taishi Jian, in Jin Dong Fox Pen." In Qin Zhang Liangshi, in the Han Su Wu Festival. For General Yan's head, for Ji Shizhong's blood ......"

She carried it in one breath, stopped suddenly, and said coldly: "The historians of the Qi State, Zhang Liang of Korea, Su Wu of the Great Han Dynasty, General Yan of the Three Kingdoms, and Ji of the Jin Dynasty are like ice and snow, and their conduct is noble - but they either sacrificed their lives or their lives to martyrdom, how could they have used the lives and chastity of old and weak women as backings?" ”

As soon as this question came out, the scene was solemn.

The historian of Qi was killed three times in a row, and his successor was still unwilling to change his mind with a straight book "Cui Shu killed his king"; Su Wu's envoy was detained for many years, and he did not change his minister's festival when shepherding sheep outside the country; During the Three Kingdoms, Taishou Yan Yan faced Zhang Fei's persuasion to surrender, and bluntly said, "There are decapitated generals in our state, but there are no generals"; Ji Shao, a servant of the Jin Dynasty, sacrificed himself to defend Emperor Hui and died, and the blood spattered the royal clothes, and the king could not bear to wash it off.

"Secondly, these sages have all risked their lives, time and efforts, and finally succeeded—let's take a look at the good things that our Ming Dynasty's monarchs, ministers, civil and military, and what good things have they done?"

Xiao Gu's voice turned into a sneer, "Qitai Huang Zicheng is a corrupt Confucian scholar, who does not know how to plan and does not know the military affairs, and rashly cut the feudal domain without preparation, forcing several major feudal kings to collude with each other, and suddenly the world is out of control; Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebelled, and should have been exterminated by thunderbolt, but the first Emperor Jianwen actually had mercy in his heart and ordered his soldiers to 'don't kill my uncle', so he was so frightened that the soldiers were tied up in battle; the strong enemy invaded, and Wenchen despised the generals, and actually withheld military salaries to restore the Zhou rites, and even went crazy to restore the ancient Jingtian system; the military generals were also full of flaws in the formation and arrangement, and actually let Zhu Di detour through Shandong to take Nanjing directly -- the political situation was so chaotic that there was no reason to be undefeated? ”

Xiao Gu's voice was agitated, and a mysterious sneer condensed on her lips, as if it was the most tragic blood, "You manly husbands are incompetent and mediocre, and you have made a mess in the world, why should you sit in the boudoir and know nothing about the women to suffer for you?" Why do you mention the word chastity in front of me and other women?! You are full of poetry and books, don't you know how to write the word shame? ”

At this point, there was a dead silence.

Lao Wu covered his face, trembling all over, he didn't know whether he was angry or ashamed, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say a word.