Chapter 783: Zixu Yi
"Rebellious, get on your knees!"
After being kicked on the leg, Bo Sheng fell to his knees on the hard wall of Xumen, trembling all over.
Although it was the end of June, Wuzhong was hot, but the wind in Wuxian County made Bo Sheng's back cold, and the spear and axe behind him made him almost urinate on the spot!
Jun Cheng Liao Guang's voice was like thunder, and it sounded on the side: "Jun Jun, Gong Cao Xu Shu, and his scribe Bo Sheng have been brought!" ”
It was found that the enemy's forward was advancing along the Xujiang River, towards Xumen in the west, and Yan Qing, the county guard, also led people from Panmen to Xumen.
Xumen is named after the distant Guxu Mountain, but if you hear about the people of Wu County, most of them will say that it is because of Wu Zixu.
It is said that Wu Wangfu trusted the traitorous ministers, did not listen to Wu Zixu's advice, forced Wu Zixu to commit suicide, and wrapped his body in the skin of the owl and abandoned it in the rivers and lakes.
A few years after Wu Zixu's death, the king of Yue, Goujian, defeated Wu, got Wu Zixu to appear into a dream, taught the Yue army to go to Xumen, and then broke Gusu......
Yan Qing stood in front of the battlements with his hands in his hands, and did not look back, but said:
"You two, can you be convicted?"
"The villain is wronged, wronged!"
Bo Sheng was stunned, kowtowing like pounding garlic, and he regretted it very much in his heart, the person who was half of his body into the ground was instigated by his wife Wei Yuan to mix up the killing of his head......
He is fifty years old, after the immigration of the Chu people in Wu County, although he is not a feudal nobleman, but he is also well-off, because he went to Shouchun to study when he was young, and learned a little Huang Lao's way, and later became a guest of Chun Shenjun.
But he had only joined the Chunshenjun shogunate for a few days, and he encountered a thorny change, Li Yuan killed Chunshenjun, and his guest stars scattered, and Bo Sheng was afraid of being implicated, so he ran away.
After ten years, he ran to the Wei State, and was a diner at Ning Lingjun and Wei Gongzi in Daliang, and ate mixed food.
Bo Sheng's appearance is not bad, he has been in the Wei Mansion for a long time, and he actually got along with a distant clan girl of the Wei family.
But as if cursed, the two had an affair once, and met the battle of Qin to destroy Wei, Ningling Jun went east, the city of Daliang was broken, and the Wei clan was captured by Wang Ben, Bo Sheng took away the daughter of the sect before the city was broken, hid in the flooded city, stole food for her to eat every day, and finally did not starve to death, and then in the first war, Qin defeated Chu Sheng, and the two fled eastward and returned to Chu......
At this time, Li Yuan had already been killed by the king of Chu, and he did not pursue the guests of Chun Shenjun, so Bo Sheng took the pregnant daughter of the Wei clan back to his hometown Wu County, planning to live a good life.
Although Chu was later killed by Qin, and Wu County was under the jurisdiction of Qin Huiji, it was no longer Bo Sheng's business, he was just a small official of a hundred stones, and he was just diligent in his work.
The daughter of the Wei family is also old, according to the habits of this era, she is only forty years old, and she is called Wei Yuan, she gave birth to a pair of children for Bo Sheng: the eldest daughter is Bo Ji, and the younger son is Bo Zhao.
The earlier escape and hiding, the country and the family seem to be gone forever, the days are dull and easy, although the security of Huiji County is average, there are many bandits among the grass, and the people of Wu Yue are also vendettas, fighting with blades and weapons at two ends for three days, but at least, the security in Wu County is as good as other county governments in Daqin.
This peaceful day was broken by the rumors of "the collapse of the first emperor"!
Bad news followed, first the Southern Expeditionary Army and the imperial court's army fought in Nanjun, and then a major rebellion broke out in Jiujiang County in Jiangxi......
The revolution was like a plague, and from April and May, the Chu people in all parts of Huiji County began to be restless, and the bandits and thieves rebelled one after another, and even some Chu heroes fought with each other as a party and besieged the county seat.
Huiji County is in danger, and at this time, two years ago, Cao Xu Shu, a county gong who was transferred from Yuzhang County, relied on a "clever plan" to help the county guard turn the situation around!
"Junjun, today's Huiji County, has more than 100,000 households and more than 500,000 mouths."
Among them, Qin officials and their foreign soldiers accounted for only one percent, and the officials were only 5,000. And the Chu people only account for one-fifth, only 100,000, and more are still indigenous Yue people......"
"Now that the Chu people want to make trouble, why don't the county monarchs let the Yue people attack the Chu people, so that the Chu and Yue phases attack and kill, while the Qin officials sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight? In this way, it will be defensible! ”
The county guard Yan Qing was helpless, although Xu Shu had followed Marquis Wu Zhong, but he had been loyal in the past two years, so he accepted his strategy.
Under the instigation of the Qin officials, the original third-class citizen Yue Ren actually got the weapons secretly provided by the government, and began to wage war with the Chu people who gathered to make trouble......
The whole county was in chaos, especially in the south of Zhejiang, and even entered a state of anarchy, until the Vietnamese soldiers under the banner of the "Northern Expeditionary Army" came from Dongou, and several counties in southern Zhejiang were invincible and surrendered without a fight.
At the same time, there was a huge boat division along the Wusong River into Zhenze, and the troops were approaching the city.
Only then did Yan Junshou react to the fact that something was wrong, and he closed the door, and at the same time became angry with Xu Shu, thinking that he had come up with an idea, which caused Huiji County to fall into chaos and attracted rebels into the army.
Jun Cheng will still reprimand Xu Shu's crimes: "Okay, you Xu Shu, the county guard treats you well, but you only remember the old master, and forget the new master?" ”
Bo Sheng knew that these accusations were true, because after Xu Shu came to Huiji County, he asked him to help draw a map of Huiji, and recently he often asked him to come forward to contact the head of Huiji Yueren, and also hinted to Bo Sheng:
"Bo Jun, in the future, my position of Gong Cao may be yours."
After Bo Sheng experienced the turmoil of his early years, he became timid, and when he went home to consult his wife's opinion, Wei Yuan's eyes lit up and persuaded him:
"You are a native of Chu, born in Wuzhong, and married a Wei wife, why do you want to be loyal to the Qin official mansion? What's more, if it happens, Marquis Wu Zhong's meritorious deeds will be rewarded, you will be able to get rid of this lowly little official, and you can also let your daughter marry better! ”
When Wei Yuan was young, she was crazy about love and had an affair with Bo Sheng, but when she was old and had enough of the bitterness of ordinary people, she began to dream of the days when she was the daughter of the Wei clan, she could wear many beautiful new clothes and eat delicious food......
Seeing her children grow up day by day, she decided that she couldn't let them live her life for more than ten years.
Right now, it's an opportunity to get rich.
Xu Shu was tempted, his wife instigated, and the ghost made the gods worse, so Bo Sheng joined Xu Shu's plan and fell deeper and deeper.
Therefore, when the cold axe was placed on his neck, he couldn't help crying, tears and regrets......
But Xu Shu next to him had already seen the Northern Expeditionary Boat Division on Zhenze, and laughed:
"Junjun, if you kill Xu Shu, can you keep Wu County from falling, and can you keep Huiji safe?"
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"Junjun is still confused? Please let Xu Shu analyze the situation in the south for the Junjun. ”
"The forty-eight counties in the world, Nanhai, Guilin, Xiangjun, Yuzhang, Fujian, Changsha, Nanjun, Hengshan, Dongting, the entire eight counties, have erected the banner of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and they have won one of the six points, which is no less than the six princes of the past."
"And I heard that Jiujiang and the East China Sea were in chaos, Xiang Yan later supported the king of Chu, restored the state of Chu, Jiangxi was all opposed, Chu thieves were expanding day by day, and wanted to take Jiangdong, and their soldiers were already wandering by the riverside, and the heroes of the Chu people in Jiangdong also raised things from the grass and wanted to respond to it."
"The two counties of Jiangdong are like isolated islands, with fire and water on the left and right, and if they are not wet, they will be invaded by fire, and they want to protect themselves? It's simply impossible! ”
On the top of Xu Men, Yan Qing had a headache, he really should have blocked Xu Shu's mouth, so clever that he remembered Xu Shu's resume.
Xu Shu was originally a native of Peng Zeshi, and more than ten years ago, because of his meritorious service in welcoming Sima Heifu into Yuzhang, he entered the official career.
He first worked as a county official in Yuzhang for a few years, and after Huiji County was separated from Yan County, he went there to be a county official for a period of time, and then was transferred to Huiji as Gong Cao. This person is very smart and diligent, Yan Qing was only transferred more than a year ago, and he relies on him very much.
As if to strengthen his decision to defend the city, Yan Qing said: "You also said that the rebels and Chu thieves have disturbed the ten counties in the south at most, and Guanzhong and the north are still stable. You must know that the household registration in the north is several times that in the south, and the first emperor can send hundreds of thousands of troops to quell the rebellion, which will be like a stone ...... an egg."
Because of the severance of contact with the imperial court, although the "Second Emperor" has been on the throne for more than two months, and everyone knows the news that the First Emperor has died, Yan Qing did not receive the Xianyang edict and refused to admit that the First Emperor is dead, which has become the biggest motivation for him to persuade everyone to persevere.
Xu Shu broke his illusion, pointed to Zhenze's huge boat division and said: "Junjun, the first emperor has collapsed, the court is controlled by traitorous ministers and rebels, Wuzhong is just a testament, and opening the city gate is to welcome the righteous teacher, not a rebellion!" “
"If the county monarch insists on going his own way and tries to resist, it is better to calculate, is it the Northern Expeditionary Army reinforcements that come quickly, or the imperial court rescues the troops quickly?"
Yan Qing was choked by these words, and Xu Shu took the opportunity to make persistent efforts:
"What's more, whenever the Northern Expeditionary Army conquers counties and counties, the officials who surrender first will not be killed, but only those who resist violently and have deep grievances."
"The Chu thieves are not, every gram and county, they will indiscriminately, bring their commanders to the bridging, and slaughter the Qin people."
"If the Northern Expeditionary Army is surrendered, then dozens of Qin officials and thousands of soldiers in the city do not have to die."
"On the contrary, if Wu County is broken by Chu thieves, then everyone in this city will be slaughtered by it!"
Speaking of this, Yan Qing had been forced into a corner, only to see him hesitant, pacing repeatedly at the head of the city, looking at the sails of the Northern Expeditionary Army fleet outside the city, and then looking at the county soldiers and soldiers who hurriedly carried wood and stone in the city, as well as the tens of thousands of people with unpredictable attitudes......
But in the end, he set his eyes on the official seal on his waist and said solemnly:
"My family is from Yan Dao, Shu County, and I am the son of Yan Jun, and I am also the clan of Qin. Won the knighthood with meritorious service, deeply favored by the First Emperor, and abide by the laws of Qin, whether the First Emperor is present or not, I must keep my duties, how can I turn my back on the court and serve the rebels? After death, what face will you see Yan Jun under the spring? ”
"I'd rather die for Zixu than live as a boy."
After that, he was determined, and let Xu Shu be pressed down, shouting:
"Shaft, what other rebellions are there in the city, recruit them one by one! I'll leave you all dead! ”
Bo Sheng on the side opened his mouth, but unfortunately he didn't know how many henchmen Xu Shu had in the city.
Xu Shu just sneered: "Yan Qing, you are really obsessed, you don't see it, the confusion is high, and the world is in chaos." Take a good look, the Qin people, Chu people, and Yue people in this city are all henchmen of the Northern Expeditionary Army, who has not secretly prepared the back road, and when the city is broken, cut off the head of the county monarch and offer it? You will be rewarded with a thousand gold, and you will be rich! ”
These words seemed to be threatening, and they seemed to imply, and many people changed their colors.
Yan Qing was also completely enraged, and pointed at Xu Shu and scolded:
"He is disturbing the hearts of our army, killing this wingman, and defending the city with the heart of the army and the people!"
was dragged to the edge of the city by the county soldiers, but Xu Shu was not afraid, turned his head in the direction of Yan Qing and the others, and shouted:
"You don't have a choice!"
"If you resist, the Northern Expeditionary Army will break through the city, and it won't spare you!"
"Bringing a few Yue Jun to justice under the pretext of bringing them to justice, the more people are resentful, and they can't spare you."
"For so many years as an official in Huiji County, there have been countless murders of fathers and brothers, lonely children, broken siblings, and facelessness. Those Chu people, who claim to be loving fathers and filial sons, hate to eat raw meat and take revenge. The reason why they don't dare to stick their swords into your belly is because they are afraid of the law, if there is chaos today, the only one who can maintain order in Jiangdong is Marquis Wu Zhong! If you don't descend at this time, in order to keep your wealth, do you still wait for the city to be broken and killed by someone with a blade? ”
Yan Qing felt inexplicable: "The dying dog, still want to bark?" This county guard will never obey the thief! Second and third sons, shut his mouth! ”
The county guard also snatched a sword and planned to execute it himself, but he didn't expect that he had only taken a few steps forward, and with the exclamation of the guards, there was a cold blade that pierced his waist ribs from behind!
"Junjun!"
Turning around, Yan Qing saw Jun Cheng Liao Guang in disbelief, he was holding a sword with blood in his hands......
"Is that you?"
Xu Shu's words turned out to be shouted at this person.
This is what Yan Qing never expected, this county man, the third-in-command in the county, is clearly a friend of himself, and he has supported each other for two years and tried his best to ensure that he will be ......
"It's me."
Liao Guang gritted his teeth, pulled out his sword suddenly, and the blood was bursting, Yan Qing staggered back and fell down the high tower of Xu Gate!
"The monarch of the county wants to follow Wu Zixu and die for the country, but we still want to live, so we can only be villains!"
The county guard was assassinated, the county rebelled, the head of Panmen City was in chaos, and the guards on both sides attacked and killed each other! In this chaos, Liao Guang loosened the tie for Xu Shu as soon as possible, and then raised his sword high.
"The cool official is dead, Wu County anyway! Open the door and welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army! ”
Xu Gate slowly opened, just like more than two hundred years ago, but between the rivers and lakes of Wuyue, there was no more ......