It was overcast and the rain was getting lighter.

In the drizzle and cold wind, the guard Zhang Lu in front of him was running desperately, and what was bigger than the shouting of killing was the sound of rolling horses' hooves. A rebel leader who was lying on the ground with a knife was covered in mud in the rain, and the thin knife in his hand rolled quickly with his body, and at the moment when Zhang Lu was rushing, the knife light swept by, bringing up a bloody flower.

Zhang Lu fell to the ground, the wound on the calf was deep and the bone was visible, the flesh was open to both sides, he got up, one leg was forced, his body was in the air, both hands held the sword, from top to bottom, the long sword passed through the opponent's abdomen, nailing the enemy to the ground. A terrible scream pierced the sky.

Iron cavalry and lines of soldiers circled from the depths of darkness like crescent moons. The palace guards brought by the officials, the catchers and Gan Fu, all of them were wounded, and they struggled to block the enemy's offensive.

The bowstring sounded, and the sky full of arrows flooded everyone, and for a time the small square in front of the hall was dyed bright red by the rain.

Through the main entrance of the hall, he saw the rebels surrounding him, and the old man in the hall of the Jiankang Mansion, he stood up suddenly, and he looked at the people around him who were groping for knives and guns.

The back hall was also captured, and the wife of the governor Zhang Tianyi, holding the baby in her arms, tried to run in horror, and was immediately cut down to the ground by the rebels behind.

Although Zhou Xi's face was pale, his eyes were full of despair, and the ring knife in his hand kept shaking with his trembling hands.

The envoy, the master, and the little official followed the old man to Mrs. Zhang's side, and the old man slowly bent down and picked up the baby. The surrounding rebels looked at the old man silently. There was a sudden silence all around. The body that has been eroded by the disease can no longer support it. Then he lost consciousness.

At dawn the next day, the noon gate in front of the palace began to stage a head-killing scene. These people who were killed were different from those ordinary people who were hastily killed, most of them had various identities, or officials, or prominent clans, or great Confucians.

Since a new dynasty was to be established, Chai and Rui also knew that there were not many famous supporters who followed him, and although most of these people were killed, there was always a group left.

Some have been persuaded to surrender, and many are still stiff-necked. From midnight onwards, the cell was full of lobbying battles, but everyone also had a time limit, and if the deadline did not make sense, they pulled out of the cell and cut off their heads, not thinking too much.

When Wang Daozi walked into the cell, after the long corridor of the cell, many people were crying, some of them were members of the royal family surnamed Chai who had not escaped, and most of them had already been punished. There were one or two Wang Daozi who even had a reflection, and when he walked inside, he saw the guards of the Gan family, who often followed behind Gan Fu, this young man had a broken leg and collapsed in the cell, and there was not much breath left.

Wang Daozi was still thinking, and walked out for a few meters, when a voice suddenly came from behind: "My name is Zhang Lu!" He frowned and turned his head, it was the young man who shouted, and there were many calls for help or other content in the cell, and the young man said his name, but there was nothing else, and after a while, someone else spoke: "Lord Wang, can you take this child out?" ”

Wang Daozi looked over and saw that in the corner of the cell, Zhou Xi, a minister of Jiankang Mansion, was holding the baby in his arms, looking at him with hope on his face.

A few hours ago, at the moment when Mr. Gan fainted, Zhou Xi took back the child of his opponent from the arms of the old man, and was locked up here with others, and because of Zhou Xi's insistence, the baby has not been harmed.

When he entered the innermost cell, Wang Daozi saw Gan Fu, the old man did not seem to have been abused by Dao, except for some skin on his forehead, which had formed a bloody scab, and the rest of the place did not seem to be injured, at this time the clothes were neat, and he was tidying up his clothes and hair with a basin of water, the light in the cell was not strong, and he squinted his eyes for a while before he saw Wang Daozi clearly. The jailer opened the small door of the cell, Wang Daozi lowered his head and walked in, the old man straightened his hair and glanced at Wang Daozi a few times: "You ------ also arrested?" ”

Wang Daozi nodded.

"Voted for them?" Gan Fu looked at him, and then nodded, "Well, the one who knows the times is Junjie, you are a pragmatic person, and it is good to leave a life------."

"I don't know if I've voted for them now. I heard you were caught, so I wanted to come and see it. ”

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Fu's eyes looked a little puzzled: "Oh, what's going on?" ”

"I ------" Wang Daozi thought for a while, and finally shook his head, "I ------, Xicheng and Nancheng are still in the hands of the imperial court, and the adult's family should be fine, I think you may want to hear about it, they are safe now." ”

"Oh." The corners of the old man's mouth smiled slightly, "Since I was arrested, someone has come to persuade me in turn, and I have used all my thoughts, you are the last one, and this news is the best." How are you now? ”

"I don't know, but I'm not trying to persuade you, just to see you."

"Let's hear it, it's okay." The old man laughed, "Chai Yourui and the others are in urgent need of employment now, they really want to stand out, it's not difficult, the old man has been in this world for decades, and he has some experience in this way." If there is anything difficult about Daozi's current situation, you might as well talk about it, maybe the old man can help with some opinions. ”

"Among the people who look at the old decay, you are the least able to be an official, Jingzong was in trouble back then, and the five people who supported the current official family from the establishment of the dynasty, you are still hovering on the four grades! The other Song Ci, Shi Mijian, Jia Ru, and Zhang Shijie all did Zaifu. You're better suited to be a little more academic. ”

His words were sincere and kind, and it seemed that he thought that Wang Daozi had taken refuge in King Chong'an, but wanted to help Wang Daozi give some advice on saving his life or ascending to the throne. Wang Daozi looked at the old man for a while, and then said, "What I have experienced since last night, what do you want to hear?" ”

"Talk about it, talk about ------"

"Heh, I was a guest at Xie's house with Tang Pin City Tang Lao last night, and when I heard that the rebels were attacking the city, I was going to enter the palace, but I was persuaded by Xie Yan, and Xie Yan said, someone will come to visit soon. Leave me down and listen to it. ”

Sure enough, after a while, Yue Guogong, a relative of the Chai clan, came to visit and persuaded Uncle Xie to enter the palace to persuade the queen to make a decree to push Chai Shixiang to the throne. Uncle Xie promised that Ruchai and Rui would control the situation and would come forward to persuade the queen. If you can't control the situation, everything will be repaired. ”

"A certain and Tang Pincheng objected to Uncle Xie's proposition, but Uncle Xie persuaded us to say that the current country is a difficult autumn, and the main contradiction is to defend Yan Guo's worries about the destruction of my Great Xia, no matter who is in charge of the Chai family, it is an internal contradiction, and in the end we always have to face Yan Guo, now at this time, the Xie family does not participate, that side has an advantage, and the Xie family will help the victor stabilize the situation faster. Good enough to have more time to prepare for the defense of the north. ”

"I thought about it and thought about it, as if what he said made sense."

After he said this, Gan Fu knew that things were a little different, and finally patted his thigh lightly and said slowly: "You! Confused! Since the Xie family was in the Jin Dynasty, how did the thousand-year-old family come about? Its power is all over the south of the Yangtze River, deep-rooted, and it is comparable to Song Ci, the world only sees Song Taishi's peach and plum all over the world, but its influence is less than the Xie family. As long as the Han people are in power, they have to rely on it. ”

"And you don't come together, the key in this is that if you don't rely on both ends, you will not please both ends, no matter who wins, once the situation is stable, you will have no chance to improve."

"You are not suitable for decision-making, but you are suitable for execution, there are many people in my Xia Dynasty court, and there are few pragmatic people. It is necessary to leave a useful body and wait for the coming day------ Chai and Rui army will not have an advantage, and there will be a shortage in the general righteousness, which may be stopped now, and it will not last long. You have to live, you have to live------。 ”

He muttered this, and Wang Daozi looked at him: "I used to hear some pedantic literati fighting for righteousness and death in a story, some people sound great, but some people don't seem so necessary. Gan Lao, if the mansion is broken and you don't have time to escape, I can understand you, but I just don't understand, obviously I have time to return to my home in the west of the city, or even go out of the city. Why don't you go, you are a pragmatic person who knows how to govern the country, if you go, wouldn't it be more helpful to the country? ”

Gan Fu raised his head suddenly: "What do you think is the most important thing for me to recite a literati?" ”

Wang Daozi thought for a while: "Everyone has their own opinions, but no one can say what should be done clearly." ”

Hearing such an answer, Gan Fu laughed: "The old man has studied Confucianism for decades and has come to a conclusion that my generation of Confucians should do the most."

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After all, things are still ------ Weidao. ”

"If it weren't for today's officialdom and today's army, everyone would have chosen this smart and pragmatic way. The enemy came over, and as soon as they felt that something could not be done, everyone turned around and ran away, how could Jiangbei fall so quickly. If we speak the words of the sages all day long, that the great husband should fight for the feast of the righteous death, and when the city is broken, and no one does anything stupid, who will believe the words of the sages? ”

"Talking about patriotism, talking about the festival of death, death is coming, but no one wants to go, then Confucianism, isn't it something that cannot be seen or touched? My generation of Confucians, every year should die a few people, die a few people with ------ names, die under the butcher's knife, die on the Jinluan Palace, die in front of the eyes of millions of people, until the time of death can not retreat, so as to remind the world that this Confucian way is true, for the injustice of the death, our generation can be regarded as the saint to continue learning. I died here to remind you that there are indeed some people who have resisted, lest they can't find a name to say when they want to talk about it------。 ”

He said a little excitedly, his arms trembled, and he fumbled to put on his hat: "I'm old, and I'm the place to die, but those children outside don't deserve to die, but don't do anything else." ”

There was a faint light coming in through the cracks, and dust was floating in the air. When the old man said this, he smiled slightly: "So it may not sound good to say this, but the so-called Weidao is actually ------ at the right time, die for you to see." A lot of people have died, and because I am more famous, I have condescended to others, and I have also caused my colleagues in the government to suffer a lot of time crimes------ and I am burdened by false fame------"

Usually pragmatic and practical, when the right time to ------ death to show you, for Confucianism, there is reverence, but more should be unscrupulous, the so-called unscrupulous, is that most Confucian students seem to read and read bad brains, do not think about anything or think about everything, all kinds of ugliness, but Gan Fu, is indeed the word Confucianism, it seems a little great.

Just like many Confucian students died in front of the palace, like ten thousand Confucian students throwing cliffs into the sea, just like Fang Xiaoru was thrown into the mouth and scolded after being beheaded. It is really for the eternal peace and the continuation of the sacred learning.

Half an hour later, the jailer came in and opened the door of the cell, and soon after, in the early spring of the breeze, under the light of the sun, a row of heads was cut off on the square of the bowl noodles, and in the crowd, some people cheered, some applauded loudly, some were silent, some looked gloomy, and some secretly wiped their tears!

To the west of the city, where the line is. 1,000 and hundreds of Imperial Forest troops lined up in formation against the tall walls of Huangzhuang, with iron armor and soldiers, standing silently. Put on a confrontational posture. Hundreds of archers stood on the courtyard wall, stretching their bows and arrows.

At this glance, you know how to fight, and the most taboo is to shrink your head and be beaten. Until the last minute, the defenders could not just huddle within the courtyard walls and accept the siege.

Not to mention, these generals are all good sons of the rest of the Great Xia border city, all of them are stout and sturdy, their eyes are fierce, and they are wearing the heavy armor of Great Xia iron, which makes these strong men like iron cans. This formation seems to be stronger than the courtyard wall behind it!

After the front team was scattered and mourned by the rebels, the rear army stood out proudly, how could this not be a provocation for the rebels? The rebels standing at the bottom of the slope were all elites who fought to the death of the Yan Kingdom, and everyone was furious. The army of straight thieves, even the grassland wolves have also fought, and with such a posture, you really need to look down on the springboard warriors of the water army!

The springboards standing next to Fan Sui all pointed to the Imperial Forest Army front and said: "Let my springboard warriors be the vanguard, kill his mother!" Bump into these soldiers and see what they know is a death! ”

The blood vessels on Fan Sui's temples jumped and jumped. The face is covered with fine sweat, the faster the attack here, the better, the longer the time is not good for them, once the imperial army comes to help, the entire Fan Shi family will die without a place to be buried.

The battle here, the importance of the relationship, every rebel knows it in their hearts, one by one just gritted their teeth and creaked, and couldn't help but look back at where Fan Sui's general flag was, just waiting for the flag to point forward, and then follow the captains to rush up!

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