Huaiyang City, the capital of Chen County, is called "Chen" by the locals, and there is a "Mulberry Forest Li" in the city, which is called "Xia Zhong".

Xia Zhong was thirteen years ago, when Qin and Chu attacked each other, he fled from Yangxia County, and ate in Huaiyang City.

In those years, because many Chu men died under the spear of the Qin people, there were countless widows in Huaiyang, Xia Zhong was a little older, but the appearance was not to say, just a few years later, he married a handsome Benli widow as his wife, and gave birth to a son, and now he is almost ten years old.

After more than ten years, Xia Zhong has gradually changed from a guest house to an indigenous, although he seems to be honest and honest, he has always behaved like a neither, but he is reliable, fair, and an elder, and people often look for him to deal with disputes.

Although he is a gatekeeper, Xia Arbitraria has always been very proper, no one can find fault, he has come and gone, his prestige is getting higher and higher, and he was elected as the chief last year.

Xia Zhong is quite respected in Lizhong, and in the eyes of his neighbors, he is a very good person, who gets up early every day, unhurriedly holds a broom, and cleans the yard.

He also cultivated a small vegetable patch near the west wall of his house, divided the soil ridge into several pieces, and planted summer sunflowers, leeks and other things.

After watering the vegetable patch, Xia Zhong then went to the stable he had built by himself and fed the horses he had saved for a few years. Patiently feeding it beans, washing it, then caressing its neck, whispering a few words in his ear, and then returning to the courtyard, looking at the horses in the stables, stunned.

Xia Zhong's wife also got up, and when she saw her husband looking at the horse in a daze again, she suddenly became angry.

"You don't even know how to ride a horse, but you have to buy it, I said put on a plow and go to plough the land, and you don't want to, just keep it for leisure?"

"And that sword, which is also expensive, but it is only hung in the house, and it is not easy for people to see, and the horse and the sword together are enough to buy a cow......"

Xia Zhong stroked his beard, which was gradually turning white, glanced at his wife, and said contemptuously:

"What do you know, you stupid woman?"

The reason why Xia Zhong was willing to marry this widow was not because he controlled the surviving person, but because she had a little shadow of his ex-wife Huang.

If the Huang family is here, she must be able to understand herself, after all, she would rather spend her mother's wealth than help herself become the number one hero in the Wei Kingdom......

It's a pity that she was forced to death by the dog thief Heifu and the Yangwu Zhang family!

His current situation is like that of this horse.

"I opened my ears to clearly be a thousand-mile horse, but I had to pretend to be a pack horse, under the pseudonym Xia Zhong, and I was locked in the stable, and I was not allowed to stretch my four legs!"

Xia Zhong's wife saw that he dared to fight back today, and she suddenly became energetic, and was about to cross her waist to have a good theory, but another person's voice came from the door.

"Sister-in-law Qiu, is my brother there?"

It was Xia Zhong's younger brother who came, in the summer, he was more than ten years younger than Xia Zhong, and he wandered for a while at first, and then Xia Zhong left the relationship and entered the official mansion as a small official, and now he is fighting food, he and Xia Zhong have a deep brotherly relationship, and often come over.

"It's Uncle Ji here."

The woman glared at Xia Zhong and decided to deal with him again in the evening, and instead smiled: "Come so early today? Isn't it Xiu Mu's turn? ”

Xia Xia raised a few grass carp in his hand and said with a smile: "It's just fine, come and see my brother and sister-in-law Qiu, and by the way, take a look at my nephew, how he learned the words he taught him last time." ”

The woman bowed her head: "I'm going to call Ah Ao up." ”

Xia Zhong named his son "Ao", and since he was six years old, he has been letting his son learn to read and write with Xia Xia every time he takes a break.

"Don't get in the way, let the child sleep more, I just have something to talk to my brother."

Summer handed over the grass carp to the woman, and approached Xia Zhong, who understood, got up and took him into the house.

The cicadas chirp in the mulberry forest, the alleys are full of people carrying farm tools to work, the children are still sleeping soundly in the house, the women are busy disemboweling the fish in the yard, the brothers come into the house to drink two cups, and the horses are slowly chewing grass in the stables......

In the mulberry forest in Huaiyang at the beginning of June, everything was as usual.

It's just that the woman didn't know that her husband Xia Zhong and her husband and brother Xia Xia were actually two important criminals of the court who had been posted on the inner door for many years, and the wanted warrants had long faded......

Zhang Er, Chen Yu!

……

"Brother!"

Before entering the house, Chen Yu couldn't hide the excitement in his heart, and arched his hand to Zhang Er and said, "Congratulations, brother!" ”

Zhang Er glanced at him and said with a smile: "Where does the joy come from?" ”

Chen Yu held Zhang Er's hand tightly: "The happy thing is that we have been in Huaiyang City for thirteen years in this small place, and this boring day is finally coming to an end!" ”

After so many ups and downs, Zhang Er is no longer an ordinary light man who grabs the ground with his head.

"If you can bend and stretch, you can do great things only if you are humiliated, if your husband does not die, you will be famous when you die!"

Relying on this wisdom, he was able to take advantage of the darkness under the lamp to get mixed up with the identity of a Qin official and live until now.

So Zhang Er only asked lightly: "Not long ago, when I learned that the First Emperor died and the Southern Expeditionary Army rebelled against Qin, you also said the same, but more than half a month has passed, what happened to Chen Jun in the past, and how ......is it now?"

Chen Yu said: "This time is different, I learned from the county officials who came from the south to report that there is a rebel army, numbering thousands of people, who came from the south and has captured Xiang County and crossed Yingshui!" It's about to come to Huaiyang! ”

Zhang Er immediately turned his head: "Which soldier is coming?" ”

"Is it Major General Xiang of Huainan?"

"Or the dog thief Heifu of South County?"

The former, naturally, should actively cooperate and warmly welcome.

The latter, Zhang Er may have to find a way to escape, after all, it is his enemy, and he is not in the sky!

Chen Yu shook his head: "No, the young general of Huainan is said to have conquered Shouchun and revived Dachu, but the forward has not yet crossed Huai, and the black dog thief in Nanjun has only arrived in the underworld and has not yet entered Chen County." ”

Zhang Er frowned: "Who is that?" Under whose banner? ”

Chen Yu said: "They claim to be Xiang Yanhe ...... Childe Fusu! ”

……

A few days later, when the garrison team that had expanded to more than 3,000 people arrived at the outskirts of Huaiyang, Chen Yu found Zhang Er again.

"Brother, I have found a way to find out, there is a team of soldiers outside the city, and the leaders are called Chen Sheng and Wu Guang! His generation killed the escorted Qin officials in Liyang, and called himself Duwei and Sima, under the banner of Xiang Yan and Gongzi Fusu, and now he has pulled out Xiang County, and there are many followers in Qingxia Luzuo......"

After speaking, Chen Yuyou showed contempt: "Although these two people know that they can't be unknown, Xiang Yan and Gongzi Fusu ...... Can these two get together? Sure enough, it was the head of the field, and Hu came to pass. ”

Zhang Er smiled and said: "This Chen Sheng and Wu Guang have some wisdom, I know that among the people who oppose Qin now, there are Major General Xiang in Huainan, and the black man dog thief in Nanjun is the most powerful." In order not to be attacked by these two armies, they raised two flags together, and no matter which side finally took Chen Jun, they could immediately throw the other side. ”

"And these two people are not small, ordinary people kill the escorted Qin officials, either fall into the grass on the spot, or go to either the black and the Xiang. But the other generation turned around directly and rushed straight to Huaiyang, this is to see that the main force of the county soldiers is not there, and they want to take advantage of the void! ”

Chen Yu asked: "What should we do?" If it was a major general, I would have been willing to respond, but it was the sons of these two hooligans who came......"

Hmph, he has always been arrogant, but he doesn't want to be subservient to this kind of person!

Zhang Er is much more mature: "No matter who comes, we don't want to put you and me in a disadvantageous position after the other generation breaks the city, so we have to actively act to get more bargaining chips afterwards." ”

After pacing and thinking for a while, Zhang Er looked at the sword that was bought and hung on the wall, but it was never unsheathed: "Inform the righteous warriors and knights in the city, get ready!" ”

More than ten years ago, the two were invited by Zhang Liang to contact the knights in the city and wanted to assassinate Qin Shi Huang, but unfortunately they didn't dare to do it in the end.

These forces that were dissatisfied with Qin were hidden, Zhang Er was in the dark, Chen Yu was in the light, until today, many people have been mixed into the system, and the two brothers can respond with hundreds of people when they raise their arms!

The next day, although the people of Huaiyang were panicked, and the wives and children at home were also very afraid, Zhang Er still only asked them to close the door and not to come out, and he himself used the excuse to help the county guard the enemy, and the leaders of the "righteous soldiers" were actually just slaughtering dogs, slaughtering sheep, blowing pipes, and selling ropes, all gathered in Chen Yu's house in the city.

"Once Chen Sheng and Wu Guang break through the city wall, we will go straight to the county guard's mansion!"

After making a plan, Chen Yu relied on his identity as a fighting eater to run between the city wall and the family house to deliver news.

When he came back in the morning, Chen Yu said: "I went up to the city wall to take a look, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were only more than 3,000 people, and the equipment was simple, the clothes were ragged, and only the pole was unveiled as a flag, and they were currently cutting bamboo and wood outside the city to make ladders. ”

At noon, Chen Yu Erzhi: "The righteous army has begun to attack the city, it is menacing, and the county soldiers have no will to fight, brother, let's do something!" ”

Zhang Er sharpened his sword by himself, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait." ”

In the afternoon, Chen Yusan said: "Captain Chen is not here, the county guard is timid, and he is hiding in the official temple." Dujun Cheng put on armor, took the county soldiers, went out of the city camp, and fought with the gate! Brother, take advantage of the emptiness in the city, let us do something! ”

Zhang Er still shook his head: "Wait." ”

Chen Yu was anxious: "Brother likes to wait, more than ten years ago in Huaiyang, if it wasn't for my brother to stop me, say wait and wait, even if I can't assassinate Qin Shi Huangdi, at least I can behead Heifu's dog thief under the sword!" ”

Zhang Er smiled: "If you kill Heifu because of impatience, who will be the first to raise the banner of righteousness in the world today and attract all the attention of Tyrant Qin?" ”

"Chen Sheng and Wu Guang outside?"

He waved his hand and urged Chen Yu: "Let's go and investigate again!" ”

Sure enough, in the evening, Chen Yu came back a little discouraged and said:

"That Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's subordinates are really a rabble, and they were repelled by Chen Juncheng with more than 1,000 people, and Chen Juncheng was also injured and has returned to the city, I think the loss of the county soldiers is not small."

"Sure enough."

Zhang Er shook his head and yawned: "It seems that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will not be able to enter the city today, so the second and third sons should go home and rest." ”

Chen Yu said: "Brother, let's take advantage of the two tigers to fight, follow Bian Zhuangzi's example, and take Huaiyang by ourselves!" ”

"How do you know that there are only two tigers in this Huaiyang?"

Zhang Er's order was noncommittal: "Disperse, let's talk about it tomorrow!" ”

……

The next day, Chen Yu came to the mulberry forest with a pale face, and greeted the sister-in-law Qiu who got up early to cook as usual.

But Sister-in-law Qiu's face was not good-looking, Chen Yu was about to go to Zhang Er, she pointed to the other room angrily: "In the guest room!" ”

Chen Yu got into the guest room, came to Zhang Er's couch, and bowed down to him.

"What's wrong again?" Zhang Er seemed to be sleeping very hard, and only turned over in the middle of the ring and saw his brother.

Chen Yu said: "Jun Cheng died this morning due to his injuries. ”

Zhang Er sighed, "Oh...... It's a pity, Jun Cheng is a warrior, if he leaves, the morale in the city will be low, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang will attack the city again? How I didn't hear it. ”

Chen Yu gritted his teeth: "They, run away!"

Zhang Er was stunned: "Victory is imminent but you ran away?" Why? ”

Chen Yu sighed: "Because a Qin army of 3,000 people came from the northeast, it turned out that Captain Dangjun was ordered to lead the troops to the south to assist Chen County in strengthening the defense of Huaibei, and he arrived just last night." ”

"The Dangjun army is stationed in the east of the chasm, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are located in the west of the chasm, and they see each other's fires from afar. Chen Wu had already fought a defeat in Qiaomen, and when he saw the arrival of the soldiers of Dangjun, he didn't know how many people there were, so he fled south. ”

"Lieutenant Dangjun chased after him, and Chen Wu's soldier Lu Zuo suffered a lot of casualties all the way, looking like that, he won't come back......"

Chen Yu said fearfully: "Fortunately, we listened to my brother's words and didn't do anything last night, otherwise we would ......."

After Zhang Er was silent for a while, he lifted the futon, and he actually slept in his clothes, and he still held the sword firmly in his hand!

He hadn't slept all night, and he was just pretending to sleep.

The old horse, who had been trapped in the stable for a long time, hesitated for a long time, pacing indoors, but then laughed again.

"My brother, although you have read many books, my favorite is only one sentence."

"The gentleman hides his weapon and moves when the time comes, why is it disadvantageous?"

Zhang Er hung the sword back on the wall, patted it, and said regretfully: "Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and they have been waiting for more than ten years, are they still a few months away?" ”

However, seeing that the world is about to be chaotic, in the coming period, there will definitely be many people like Chen and Wu who will rebel in various places, and it is time to take the initiative.

Anyone can get Huaiyang, but it can't fall into the hands of Heifu!

Zhang Er pondered for a long time, and said to Chen Yu: "Send someone to Shouchun to send a letter to Major General Xiang in Huainan, saying that Zhang Er and Chen Yu are willing to help him capture Chen Ying, and contribute to the revival of Great Chu and the revival of the Six Kingdoms!" ”

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