In July, the heat faded away.

Since Sun Tu's return, it has only been two months since he suddenly seized power and killed officials, but Qingzhou City has come out of the previous withered state and has become lively again. The streets, which had been deserted two months ago, are now full of people, and many people are hurrying towards Dongdajie, which is not far from the government, and everyone has excited smiles on their faces.

When this scene fell into the eyes of a pair of masters and servants who had just entered the city, they immediately became a little interested, and immediately followed the people to that side, while walking, the well-dressed middle-aged master also specially asked the people around him: "What are you doing over there?" ”

"Zunjia is a foreigner, don't you know, in the past few days, there have been big dramas staged every day in Qingzhou City, or I have never seen a good drama before, and I don't know what good dramas I can see today." This person said, his steps were faster, and he didn't care about talking more to the other party, obviously wanting to go over earlier to grab a good position.

The middle-aged master was a little surprised for a moment, shouldn't Qingzhou City at this time be panicked by Sun Tu's killing of officials, how could he see a completely different scene after that? Also, what is the purpose of inviting people to sing in the city, is there a rich businessman to celebrate his birthday, or is Sun Tu doing all this in order to buy people's hearts? Suspicious, he immediately decided not to go to the mansion to see Sun Tu first, but to go to the stage to see it instead.

This pair of middle-aged master and servant is from Bianjing, it is Zheng Guan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple of the imperial court, and his henchman Zheng Nian, this time he came with the emperor's order, in order to find out that Sun Tusue Gao Xiang and other officials colluded with Liangshan thieves, and the officials were killed.

After making a fuss in the court before, this case has been concerned by many people in the government and the opposition, and all parties are putting pressure on Dali Temple, which makes the relevant officials who preside over the case feel a little embarrassed. In order to find out the truth of the case, Dali Temple finally sent Zheng Guan to Qingzhou, and at the same time, he also bore the identity of another heavy messenger, and brought the will of the imperial court to order Sun Tu to lead the army to pacify the thieves in Liangshan.

In fact, when Zheng Guan came to Qingzhou at this time, he naturally had to be escorted by the Qincha guards all the way, and he came from front to back. But in order to understand the ins and outs of the past more directly, the conscientious Zheng Shaoqing chose to pay a private visit to Weifu, he first led people to sneak into Qingzhou, and the Qincha team slowed down behind, and it was not too late to enter the city after two or three days.

And this approach seems to have some effect today, at least let Zheng Guan see a different side of Qingzhou, and just now after he entered the city, he heard some people talking about Sun Tu's conversation, but in those words, Sun Dujian was highly respected and admired.

"This Sun Tu is either really a good official who is dedicated to the people and has no selfish intentions, or he is too good at disguise, so I have to take a closer look. It just so happens that there must be more people on the stage, so I can take the opportunity to inquire more. Thinking in his heart, Zheng Guan and the others had come to the newly built big stage, which was full of feet high and three feet square. At this time, the stage was already surrounded by people, and everyone looked up with anticrity, waiting for the show to begin.

Zheng Guan finally squeezed into the crowd with the help of his powerful servant Zheng Nian, and after only walking forward for a while, it was difficult to enter, and the heated discussions of the people kept ringing in his ears:

"Yesterday, Mu Guiying was really good, and using the dragon descending wood to break the Tianmen Array of Liao Dog can be regarded as a big victory for my Great Song Dynasty."

"Yes, then Xiao Tianzuo is still very proud, thinking that after the Yang family's generals and men were killed by traitors, they would no longer be invincible, and they could directly send troops to attack my Great Song Dynasty, but I didn't expect that women were stronger than men, and the Yang family's army led by She Taijun himself was even more powerful than before."

"Hey, if you want me to say that the thirteen widows of Yangmen are powerful, but the true loyalty and filial piety have to look at Mulan, she is a little girl in the army for her father in order to fulfill her filial piety, and yesterday she was staged on the battlefield to kill all sides, presumably after coming back, the court must reward her heavily. I just don't know if her daughter can still keep her body? ”

"It's really hard to say, when you mention this, even I am a little anxious to see how she will deal with the court later." ……

All kinds of people were enthusiastically discussing the content of the drama they watched yesterday, but Zheng Guan was confused, what kind of Mulan who joined the army on behalf of his father He could still guess that its prototype should be the character in the Mulan Ci handed down from ancient times, but what is the origin of this thirteen widows of Yangmen?

If you want to say that the famous military general surnamed Yang in the Great Song Dynasty, of course he also knows who he is referring to, it should be Yang Ye, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Wenguang's ancestors and grandchildren, but where did this family come from, what is the thirteenth widow Mu Guiying, what is this......

Just when he was puzzled, with the intensive beating of gongs and drums above, the curtain covering the backstage was flipped for a while, and then a group of actors with small flags on their backs had taken swift steps to turn onto the stage. A moment later, a person dressed as a woman in the play came to the stage heroically and sang loudly: "I went out to repay the country's kindness, and I have been in the army for my father for seven years." Today's triumphant party returns, I only hope that the world will always be peaceful! ”

Only these four sentences have caused a burst of applause from everyone in the audience, and even Zheng Guan nodded at this time and said: "With this education, the people under the rule are loyal to the monarch and patriotic, this Sun Tu has some ideas." ”

The subsequent plot turned to the various experiences of Mulan's return to the dynasty to be rewarded, even if there was no fighting scene like yesterday, it still made the people under the stage fascinated.

You must know that this play was changed by Sun Tu in combination with some of his own memories, and at this time, the so-called hundred operas of the Great Song Dynasty were much simpler than various local operas in later generations. Even Zheng Guan's master and servant, who had not read the previous article, were watching it with relish at this time, and nodded again and again.

The story soon played to the part where Mulan returned to the countryside, and then met the comrades-in-arms around her who ridiculed women for being useless in the war, so they refuted angrily: "Brother Liu's speech is too biased, who said that women enjoy leisure." Men fight to the border, women weave in their homeland ......"

This reason for playing the role of Mulan was sung one by one, which immediately made many people in the audience show thoughtful expressions. After the play finished performing this part, the applause from the audience was much thinner than before, and taking this opportunity, this person said what he had been told before:

"Folks, Hua Mulan can serve in the army on behalf of her father and make great achievements for the country, so my Song Dynasty woman today is also average. This time, our Sun Dujian was worried about the bandits in Shandong, and he only suffered from the serious loss of my Qingzhou soldiers and horses, so he had the idea of recruiting women into the army. In the final analysis, his hard work is also for the sake of my Qingzhou and my stability in Shandong, you can't make him feel embarrassed anymore. ”

If you just use the big reason to persuade and suppress, the people may not be able to listen to it. But now, with the drama in front, thinking that heroines like Hua Mulan and Mu Guiying can go into battle to kill the enemy like men and make national contributions, can't the women of Qingzhou follow the example of their sages?

Especially the women below, all of them were flushed and excited. They used to just worship heroes and never thought that they would be heroes one day, but now it's completely different. At this time, they can't wait to join the army now, and then make meritorious contributions to the country.

"Lao Cao, your mother-in-law looks much stronger than you, I think it's better to let her enter the army on your behalf, maybe you can still touch her light and make a husband and wife." Someone teased his friends around him, but the latter rarely had no objection, and he was obviously a little moved.

The effect of literary and artistic propaganda is much stronger than that of preaching big truths, and the drama performances that have been performed in the past few days have really shaken the people's originally firm resistance.

Zheng Guan's face was gloomy at this time: "Ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" This Sun Tu actually came up with such a ridiculous idea, if it really spread, how would the people of the world view my Great Song Dynasty? Is my Great Song so weak that I need a woman to keep the country? No, I can't let this happen, I have to stop him now! ”

As a scholar class, Zheng Guan's concept of male and female defense is heavier than that of ordinary people, in his mind, women should be at home with peace of mind, and it is very wrong to show their heads, let alone join the army to practice and combat with men!

At the moment, he didn't care about watching the play, and he didn't care about exposing his identity as a messenger, so he came out of the crowd and rushed to the government in a hurry.

As he walked, he heard someone saying strange things on the side: "Is Sun Dujian so scheming to make my Qingzhou army stronger, or does he have other intentions?" You say, did he feel that the soldiers in the army were living too hard, so he deliberately put the women in the camp, and then ...... at night?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, be careful that the people in the government hear about you and take you to prison." This companion hurriedly spoke out to stop him. But these words still fell into Zheng Guan's ears intact, making his face more and more gloomy, if Sun Tuzhen had such an idea, then he would have to stop it.

Because once a woman is hired in the army, military discipline will inevitably be corrupted, which is not a good sign.

Hurriedly came to the mansion, Zheng Guan's master and servant were immediately stopped by the servants: "If you have anything to see the official, first explain what grievances you have and who you are suing." ”

"I am Zheng Guan, the young secretary of Dali Temple, and I am here today to see your Sun Dujian, so don't go and report it quickly!" Zheng Guan no longer concealed his identity, and directly showed his whitebait bag and shouted. Just this sentence frightened those errand officers for a moment, and then obediently went into the interior to report.