Nanqi County Ya.

The county commander Zhang Xian was sitting in the lobby, his face sinking like water. Of course, he is not sad that he is in a desperate situation right now, he just feels sorry for the tiger prison in Nanqi County, and he is also sorry for the colleagues who are still guarding the hall.

He is a native of Anhan County, Brazil, formerly known as Zhang Xian, who admired the great style of the sage Ji Gongxin in his hometown since he was a child, so he changed his name to envy and the word admiration.

He still remembers that when he left his hometown, the patriarch of the Ji family personally wrote a letter to him, urging him to learn more about the loyalty of Ji Gong. A poem about Ji Xin in the letter is still engraved in my mind.

"The general reprimanded the chief of Chu in a hundred battles, and Sangzi's hometown left Hanqiu. The festival of burning and dying has always been rare, and a piece of loyalty has remained for eternity. ”

It's a pity that he hasn't fought a hundred battles, and he has been surrounded by tens of thousands of moths and thieves in just one battle. The road left for him seems to be that he can only learn from the general to angrily reprimand the thief chieftain, leaving a piece of eternal loyalty.

"Report!" A small official hurriedly ran into the lobby, his face full of panic, interrupting Zhang Xian's contemplation, "My lord, the Taiping thieves have broken the city, and the four cities have been destroyed. The county lieutenant Fang Kun led the crowd to surrender to the enemy, and the county Cheng, Gong Cao Shi and his thief Cao were all killed! ”

"Report! Fang Kun led the first corner of the Taiping Road Canal to the county office, only one street away from here, my lord, go quickly! Xianzuo rushed up to the hall with a steel knife in his hand, and there was still a little blood on the knife.

Zhang Xian woke up and touched the startling wood on the desk, and smiled miserably: "Go? Taiping Road is growing rampant under our eyes, and the county is blinded by Taiping Road, losing the city, and even the fathers and elders in the city suffer this great disaster, where can this county go? ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

Zhang Xian shook his head, stood up sadly and walked to the gate of the county government, looking at the small courtyard on the opposite street, the smoke in the courtyard was billowing and the flames were shining, Zhang Xian was crying, that was where he lived with Wanru and Xiao'er.

Wanru is, of course, his wife (1), and his cousin since childhood. Wanru has been well aware of righteousness since she was a child, and she and Zhang Xian are even more respectful to Liang Meng. When the Nanqi city gate was breached, in order to avoid his worries and show his loyalty, Wanru coaxed Xiao'er to sleep with tears, and then quietly held Xiao'er and put a fire in the courtyard.

As soon as the moth thieves arrived in Nanqi, the Yiren were already gone, and the once warm courtyard has now become a scorched ruin, and how much of the billowing smoke and dust that flew up were turned into Wanru and Xiao'er!

"Your Excellency!"

Xianzuo looked at the scorched earth opposite, and a trace of grief and indignation surged from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Xian waved his hand, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, turned around and strode to the lobby, sat at the desk in front of the desk, and said to everyone in the hall: "Wanru and this county have known each other since childhood, and their minds are no less than the men in the world.

This county was originally from Anhan County, and admired the loyalty and courage of the sage Ji Gongxin since childhood, but now although the four cities are broken, what is the county afraid of? But just death!

It is enough to have this county in the yamen, you and others are all locals, and there are many fathers and villagers among the thieves, so they will not be killed, so you and others will flee for their lives, so why should they be buried for this county? ”

"Your Excellency!"

If the first horn of the moth thief canal really remembers the feelings of fellow villagers, how can this Nanqi County become a purgatory on earth?

Ting Peng and the county Zuo and the small officials under the hall laughed bitterly, Huo Ran got up, clenched his fists with both hands, and his expression was solemn: "The adults treat their subordinates as relatives on weekdays, and they are rebuilt with kindness, but now that the people of my Nanqi are suffering, the adults are dead, how dare the subordinates steal their lives?" ”

"Haha, if you don't want to steal your life, then die with the court!" Fang Kun led Zhang Jiao to stride into the county office, and more than 100 yellow scarves behind him rushed to the lobby to hold everyone down, swords and guns were like a forest, and the cold light was shining.

"Fang Kun, as an official of the imperial court, is responsible for the loyalty of the king. Are you really the descendants of Fang Yang and Fang Dongping? Your ancestors saw the chaos and abandoned the first emperor, saw the righteousness and supported the light of Emperor Wu, but you have a backbone, rebelled against the Han and the enemy and recognized the thief as your father, have you ever had the face to go underground to see your ancestors! Ting Peng stared at Fang Kun viciously, and spit a mouthful of phlegm on Fang Kun's face.

Fang Kun's face trembled, and he kicked at Ting Peng.

"Wait!"

Zhang Jiao waved his hand, Fang Kun immediately withdrew his hands and feet, looked at Zhang Jiao respectfully, only to see Zhang Jiao swaggering to the front of the hall, staring at Zhang Xian: "Zhang Xian, I heard that you would rather die than take refuge in General Ben?" ”

Zhang Xian glanced at Zhang Jiao contemptuously and smiled faintly: "Zhang Jiao, you are just a dead village man who is a moth thief for no reason, what qualifications do you have to let this official work for you?" ”

"General Ben why? What do you say General Ben is just? Zhang Jiao looked up to the sky and smiled, and the Chengying Sword put his hand on Zhang Xian's neck, his eyes were like a torch, "Just because your life and death are in the hands of this general, if this general is unhappy, you and other things will have to fall to the ground!" ”

Zhang Xian looked at the sword on his neck indifferently: "Then you can try it and see if this county will blink!" ”

Zhang Jiao withdrew his sword, and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Zhang Xianling is very courageous, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation!" Lord of the county order, the court of the Han Dynasty has long been in decline, and power and treachery are rampant. Our Taiping Army eliminates harm for the people and does the right thing for ......"

Eliminate harm for the people and do the right thing for heaven?

Zhang Xian glanced at Zhang Jiao with contempt, and had already grabbed the topic and sneered: "It is undeniable that today's Han court has indeed long since ceased to be prosperous and prosperous in the past when Huo Hussar, Dou Champion was a wolf in the past, and Le Shi Yanran was prosperous.

Today, Your Majesty has ever done such a thing of burning, killing, looting, and people and gods are angry, and you are embarrassed to say that it is for the people! ”

"Bold!" The Yellow Turban Army in front of the hall drew their swords and shouted.

Zhang Jiao waved his hand, stopped everyone, and sneered: "Zhang Xianling, are you telling me a joke!" For example, who doesn't know that the Dog Emperor blindly appoints traitorous eunuchs and extorts violently, and there has ever been a quiet place in the court?

If it weren't for the imperial court doing something that everyone was angry about, then why did General Ben ascend and shout, and the responders gathered? If it weren't for the imperial court forcing everyone to live, how could this general be able to point his sword and respond to every call?

This general was ordered to ask for his life for the people, thinking that you Zhang Xian has always been honest and upright, and you can still sincerely serve the people, so you can open up the net, why are you obsessed with the Han family surnamed Liu?

And in the eyes of the current emperor, you are just a grain of yellow sand, a piece of floating hair, why bother to accompany the burial of this decadent dynasty? Why don't you join this general to raise the great cause, this general will definitely be reused for you and others, you will be the most unfortunate in the future and also a hero of the founding of the country! ”

Zhang Xian looked up to the sky and smiled, pointing to the billowing smoke outside the county office, the corpses on the street, and tears flowed down his eyes like streams: "Ordered by heaven and asked for the people's life, that is just a piece of rhetoric with your surname Zhang, and it is unbelievable." Look for yourself, today's Nanli is full of wolf smoke, but there is still the prosperity and calm of the past? But there is still peace and quiet in the past? What is the color of Nanli today!

Sect Leader Zhang, you ask yourself, you personally led the moth thief to point the butcher's knife at your father and fellow villagers, seven aunts and eight aunts, have you ever had half a trace of nostalgia and benevolence, what is the difference between what you do and that pig and dog? How dare you talk to this county about being ordered by heaven to ask for the people's lives? Phew! ”

Zhang Jiao was so angry that a Buddha was born, and he clenched his fist, and his fist rang out.

"General!" Fang Kun stepped forward and said flatteringly, "Such a corrupt official who eats the ancients, why don't you kill the two of them to break his guts?" ”

"It seems that you Zhang Xian will not die if you don't have the heart of the Yellow River, since this is the case, General Ben will let you see Zhang's methods!"

Zhang Jiao raised the corner of his eyes, nodded, and immediately several yellow turban wrestlers pulled out two small officials from the crowd, kicked them to the ground, and slashed them with a knife, before the little officials had time to scream, their heads had already fallen, and the yellow turban wrestlers kicked away, and the two heads rolled around.

"Thief!" Zhang Xian saw that the little official suddenly died at the bottom of the stairs, and the body was even more humiliated by the thief, so he stood up angrily, pointed at Zhang Jiao and scolded, "If there is a kind of you, you will come directly to the official!" ”

"General Ben wants to see if your bones are hard, or if General Ben's knife is fast!" Zhang Jiao smiled, waved his hand, and two more catchers fell in a pool of blood.

Zhang Xian's eyes were about to split, and as soon as he grabbed the signing cylinder, he smashed it at Zhang Jiao across the desk: "Zhang Jiao dog thief, you dare to deceive my people and insult my court officials, this official can't wait to kill you with his own hands!" ”

Zhang Jiao smiled coldly, grabbed the signing cylinder and threw it on the ground, the signing cylinder was lifted around and around, and the signing token representing the majesty of the imperial court was scattered all over the ground: "The most useless reader!" General Ben is standing here and still beating and scolding, what can you do? ”

The most useless reader!

Zhang Jiao's words were pierced in Zhang Xian's heart like a needle, he couldn't persuade His Majesty to revive the dynasty, and he couldn't help Li Shu get out of the fire.

It seems that today there is only one who has died to repay his country!

Zhang Xian felt a sadness in his heart, slowly came to the hall, carefully took the heads of the four people back to his side with his own hands, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the four people: "This county has the heart to punish the thief, and it is powerless to return to the sky." As a result, all my colleagues suffered this hatred today, and they all blamed the county for doing nothing! ”

"Your Excellency!"

"Thank you all for holding on all the way, this county has taken the first step!"

Zhang Xian shook his head, bowed deeply to the remaining Chongxian Zuo, Tingpeng and Catcher, and Xiao Officials in the court, straightened up and looked at the courtyard opposite the Si Ya again, the courtyard was full of fire and smoke, and a trace of determination and pain flashed in his eyes.

"Your Excellency!"

Ting Peng, Xian Zuo and the rest of the people looked at Zhang Xian's gradually cooling body with tears like rain, regardless of the sword on his neck, struggled to get up and bowed deeply to Zhang Xian, looked at each other, and shouted: "The blood stains the court, Dan's heart is sweaty!" I am a great man, how can I not be brave and righteous? If my body dies, my heart lives forever! Sir, slow down, I'll wait! ”

After saying that, everyone pulled the long sword on the neck of the Yellow Turban Lux nearby, and pulled it hard, and the blood grooves were engraved on the neck, the blood was red, blooming everywhere, like the poignant and magnificent roses blooming on the land of Jizhou.

On the second day of the second month of the second month of the seventh year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty, the dragon raised its head, the Taiping Road uprising, and the fall of Nanqi County. Nanqi County ordered Zhang Xian, Ting Peng, County Zuo and Gong Cao and others to angrily reprimand the thief chieftain and martyred the country.

Later generations have poems to praise and say:

The thief chief waved the manhuang ying, and the county order emphasized righteousness over death.

A warm blood dyes the court, and a few points of Dan are sweaty.

Exegesis:

(1) Madame: The Han Dynasty's wife should be called Xijun, and it is customary to call it here.