In the middle of June after the year change, when the sun was still more than the rain in the north, the inside and outside of Fuyang City in Shanggu County became accessible in all directions for more than ten years, and the merchants who came and went were the most diligent in this season, and the caravans from the south to the north were unimpeded, and the wagons carrying goods were never empty, either cows and sheep skins or southern rice sold to the north, and at the same time circulated news and news from various states. Adjacent to the road are the peasants who are busy working in the fields, and in two or three months, it will be time to harvest, and in addition to the handed-in, the rest can be exchanged for some money and silk in the city, and the mother-in-law and children of the family will be raised white.

When the farmer put down his farm tools and straightened up to let the cool breeze blow through his neck, he smiled and looked at the neighbors who walked the road, and the other party led a pair of children to the city in the early morning sun without being scorching. All this is not only for farmers, but also for everyone living on this land.

The leaves bathed in the sun, the caravan unloading the goods outside the city, successively greeted the master's house, and walked into the city gate, the bustling long street has the momentum of a big city, the street vendors unveiled the steamers, the shops that opened the doors under the eaves to do business, and the wine shop guys who greeted passers-by, all of which were filled with the atmosphere of life in this sky.

Wine shops, restaurants, Chinese Yake, ranger gentry talk most about the news of the Jin king's accession to the throne and the emperor, and now Shanggu County's Fuyang City is faintly known as the land of Longxing, and it also stifles the trade of the grassland, the Central Plains, and Liaodong, and more and more people have moved here to settle here, and even some wealthy families in the south, who originally did not look at the barren south of the northern land, have also set up houses here, and occasionally come to live for a while, which can be regarded as leisurely.

After all, now that the war has stopped, the prefectures of You, Hebei, and the Central Plains have been connected, and the government has freed up its hands to deal with local bandits, and the number of people coming and going from the south to the north has gradually increased.

In fact, the original admission system in the north did not follow the Xu Du set because Gongsun Zhi ascended the throne, and still did his own way to go to the grassroots level of the Hanmen disciples, or sent to the Western Regions, Liaodong, and scattered Xianbei tribes to teach Chinese and Chinese, and after the investigation was successful, he entered the official office and became an official class.

After Gongsun Zhi called the emperor to the south, Gongsun Zheng has already studied government affairs, and began to personally review and deal with the political affairs of the northern land, from the beginning of the hurry, hesitation, and then to Wang Lie, Bing Yuan, Li Ru and others from the side, gradually adapted, two months down, the original round face, lost some weight, but also the spirit is resolute, and the chin has a little slag, making it look much calmer.

"I don't know how the war is going on in Jiangdong."

The car drove out of the mansion, dealt with government affairs until midnight, made do with a sleep, and only after three o'clock in the car with Dongfang Yu to return to the house, Gongsun Zheng was somewhat tired on his face, looked at the pedestrians coming and going outside the car curtain, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, there are more and more people visiting me recently, and these relationships that I don't know where to find want to mix up an official and a half-job." ”

"There are more such people in the future, and you will be the prince in the future."

Dongfang Yu said and smiled, poured him a bowl of water, his gloomy gaze crossed the corner of the curtain, glanced at the past wine shop, and the corner of his mouth hooked up a smile, "...... not only has a relationship, it seems that he also wants to be famous in the world." ”

"Huh?"

"There's a guy sitting there every time there." Dongfang Yu took a sip of water, "It's just that I change my outfit every day, and if I calculate it carefully, it's been more than ten days, and I'm waiting to observe us every day, rain or shine, it seems that the picture is not small." ”

"Then use what my father taught me, sell a flaw, and lure the snake out of the hole, I also want to know what the purpose of committing a dangerous assassination alone is." After Gongsun Zheng finished speaking, he called outside: "I wish the commander." ”

When the knight riding a black war horse, wearing a leather armor and green shirt, and carrying a big spear approached, Dongfang Yu whispered to inform him of what he had discovered, and the former's eyes sharpened, nodded imperceptibly, and laughed softly: "When you are the commander of Han." Immediately, without looking at the wine shop behind, before turning the street in front, he took most of the guards as if he had something important to do, and hurriedly left from the other side.

At the same time.

The liquor shop was close to the side of the street, and a figure put down the wine buds, and saw that most of the guards of the past team left for other directions, frowned for a moment, but still settled the wine money, took the iron gun leaning against the side, and walked out. However, the moment I turned the corner, the vision unfolded ahead, and the line that had left was lined up in the middle of the street, and more than a dozen guards drew their knives and guns.

"Sure enough, I dared to follow." Dongfang Yuqing Sword got out of the car.

The man stood in place for a moment, and hurriedly turned around to leave, the morning light shone through the branches, mottled on the ground, and a feathered arrow was nailed to his moving feet in the distance, and more than thirty people who left turned back, blocking the back road, and listened to the voice of Zhu Gongdao: "Take him down——"

On the long street, pieces of knife light were pulled out of their sheaths.

"I wish the commander, and slowly." At this time, Gongsun Zheng walked out of the carriage, jumped out of the carriage and walked in front of the guards, and arched his hand at the other party: "This strong man, I don't know something, why did you come to assassinate me?" ”

The man's afterglow glanced at the man in green shirt with a gun behind him, only from the other party's action and posture, the martial arts were already above him, and the footsteps that originally wanted to escape stood still, and when he saw Gongsun Zheng, who got out of the car and was quite polite, he still arched his hand: "Heaven and earth are unfair, naturally there are people who act chivalrous and righteous." ”

"How did you find me?" As soon as he finished speaking, he asked again.

Dongfang Yu saw that the encirclement had been completed, and he was not worried that the other party would be able to break through the encirclement of these White Wolf Divine Sect soldiers, and while inserting the sword back into the sheath, he returned to Gongsun Zheng and stood still, "You have only been out of the army for a short time, and you are not even a ranger, and you don't understand the truth of hiding without hiding, how can you hide from me." What's more, the one behind you was a famous ranger in the northern green forest back then, I wish justice. Tell me, by whom thou hast been appointed? ”

"I don't know what a green forest is, and it's not a ranger." The man took a deep breath and only looked at Gongsun Zheng in front of the crowd, "It's not that fame and fortune came here to assassinate, it's just for my father and mother......."

When he said this, his words became a little excited, and he couldn't help but take half a step, causing the surrounding guards to raise their swords in unison, and the atmosphere became solemn. After Gongsun Zheng raised his hand to tell them not to be nervous, he asked the other party: "What does this strong man mean, is Zheng's father killing your parents?" ”

"Hahahaha, who else is it not him?!" The man slammed his spear on the ground, gritted his teeth and squeezed out a voice: "Back then, my father was Guo Yun, the Taishou of Yanmen County. And your father is just a horse thief! He sneaked into the city with his men, attacked the mansion at night, killed my father, and my tired mother took me to hide in the remote countryside of Youzhou to survive——"

In everyone's sight, Gongsun Zheng was silent for a while, and suddenly bowed down to the excited man, and then even the person around him was stunned, and he shouted: "Hypocrisy! ”

"No, it is a father's reparation to you and your mother." Gongsun's face was solemn, and his tone was sincere and there was no sarcasm, "I heard some things about my father back then, but I only made amends to you and your mother for my father. ”

"What do you mean, my father is innocent?!"

Gongsun Zheng shook his head, "Guo Taishou governs the side, and it is his duty to clean up bandits, and my father was also one of the biggest horse thieves in the grassland back then, and it is normal to be suppressed, but if the official wants to kill the thief, the thief must also have to fight to the death in order to survive." Are you sitting still as a strong man? ”

"But I'll go."

"......But if you know that you are being calculated, how can you obey the people if you don't take revenge as a horse thief? And you and my father are incompatible, have different positions, and when they are killed, they lose like a game of chess, but if they lose here, they lose their lives. ”

Without waiting for the other party to refute, Gongsun Zheng's voice continued.

"Imagine, if my father failed to take revenge that day, but was killed by your father, would you not think that such a thief would be innocent? This is the one who fought for his life. ”

"But my father is an official, and he is a guard!" The man roared.

Gongsun Zheng waved his wide sleeves, and his voice was raised: "Whoever stipulates that only officials can kill thieves, thieves can only be killed-"

The sound resounded through the street, and many pedestrians and vehicles on both sides stood on tiptoe, stretched their necks to look at this side, and did not know what was going on.

The street was quiet for a moment, and Gongsun Zheng's tone softened slightly: "So, I only apologize to your mother and your suffering over the years" Then, he waved his hand: "I know that the strong man is not willing to listen to these words, since you are here, it is ......"

As he spoke, Gongsun Zheng brushed his robe, untied the saber at his waist, and handed it to Dongfang Yu, who was full of doubts, and strode to the other party three steps away and stopped, taking a deep breath, "I'm standing here, unarmed, you come and kill me." ”

"Nonsense!"

"Come back—"

Zhu Gongdao and Dongfang Yu's voices sounded almost at the same time. Even the assassin on the other side was a little stunned, "You ..... you really think I don't dare to do it!" In the next second, he raised the spear and was about to stab it.

However, Gongsun Zheng remained motionless, his eyes open and he looked at the tip of the gun that almost reached the tip of his nose.

"You're really not afraid of death?!" The gun finally stopped, and the man pinched the handle of the gun for a moment and didn't know whether to stab it or not.

"Don't be afraid!"

Gongsun Zheng stretched out his hand to remove the sharp tip of the spear, and said softly: "Because, I am dead, there are thousands of people who will give me a funeral, and the world will be unified now, when you came, you also saw how vibrant the land without the smoke of war is, but if I die, what will happen to the world?" Will my father raise the butcher knife again? The Jin Kingdom, which has lost its heir, will the princes who have just been annexed be ready to move again? If the war resumes, will their lives be counted on my father's head or on the head of a strong man! ”

The assassin's lips twitched slightly, and he took a half step back with a hesitant expression, and suddenly let out a long "ah-" exclaim.

"When the ......time comes, the strong man will not only kill my Gongsun Zheng alone, but the people who died in the flames of the whole world, so how are you different from the thief? In the end, you have become that kind of person, with bloody hands, not only the blood of enemies, but countless innocent people. Gongsun Zheng looked at the other party's hesitant face, pressing step by step: "What is the difference between you coming to kill me now and burying yourself with your own hands, your mother's grievances over the years?!" ”

Bang.

The iron spear fell to the ground and rolled, the assassin's eyes had turned dark, and he knelt down with a bang, he knelt not Gongsun Zheng in front of him, but some other things of psychological sustenance, and then, his broad shoulders trembled slightly, and the sound of whimpering was choked and sobbed.

Gongsun Zheng stretched out his hand and pressed on his shoulder, and also squatted down opposite the other party, "People have to go through a lot of lives in this life to leave by their side, and then they will become stronger and braver, this is what my father told me, he is often prepared to die outside, and I also hope that in the future my mother and I will not be sad, and your parents don't want strong men to look at their lives so worthless." ”

"I don't know what the troubled times were like, I only heard people from outside talk about it. But if there is stability today, and the people no longer suffer from famine and war, those who have lost their relatives in the war will continue to live, such as you and me. ”

The low sobbing voice gradually disappeared, and only a hoarse voice spoke: "What Gongzi said....Guo Huai understands." ”

"It's good to understand. Come, get up. ”

In a stunned gaze, an assassination was extinguished. I saw that Gongsun was helping the man named Guo Huai up and patting the dust off the other party, and the smile on his face was gentle.

"The sages opened up the best land and rivers for our Chinese people, with fertile farmland, dense forests, and hills, giving us a place to rest and recuperate.

Gongsun Zheng held his hand and pulled Guo Huai to the carriage: "Go, my father killed your father back then and made you suffer, today I will replace you with a brother, whether it is suffering or wealth and glory, I am sharing it with my brother——"

walked into the car together, looked solemn, and arched his hands heavily in front of everyone: "--Let's see the peace and prosperity together!" ”

The sound crossed the ears of the people, rushed through the long street, and under the white clouds, there was a bustling street market, where pedestrians were bustling with laughter and abuse, and the thieves were caught and beaten and delivered to the government; The restaurant was full, and the guests listened to vocal music, watched the dance, and gave generous extra rewards from time to time; Farmers walk through the shops with children who have never seen the world, choosing practical and satisfying things; The caravans outside the city fought with the buyers for a little money; The caravan laden with goods had already gone south, walking through the mountains, hoping that it would sell for a better price.

In the rich and colorful thousands of lives, some people have left this gradually stable world, and some new lives have come, continuing countless stories......

Under the mulberry tree that was once like an umbrella, there is a brand-new tombstone, the black man with a leopard head and eyes takes a child named Liu Chan to clean the fallen leaves in this early morning, the warm sun shines down, and in the afterglow, there is a cyan figure riding a horse, he raised his head to look, and his eyes unconsciously overflowed with tears: "Second brother ......." ”

The summer wind caressed the leafy giant trees, and the fluttering leaves fell one after another, falling on the shoulders of the two who were opposed.

The long river went east, and the young couple galloped on the shore after the war, and soon stopped, walking on the grass, looking at the reeds swaying in the morning light, Lu Lingqi gently leaned on her husband's shoulder, and whispered: "I want a child." ”

Lu Xun, who had grown a short beard, hugged her, nodded at the rising sun, and kissed the woman lightly on the forehead: "My husband has been waiting for this sentence for a long time." ”

Between the lips of the speaker, there is still a faint fragrance on the green silk.

In the mansion at the turn of Langyuan, Sun Ce sat under a tree in the courtyard, looking at his son who was squatting on a horse and holding a gun, and threw a thin stone in his hand and threw it over, the young man hurriedly straightened his posture and continued to stay still, but his body couldn't help but tremble, causing Qiao Ying, who came over with breakfast not far away, to complain for a while, but then, he nested into her husband's chest.

The corridor stretched, and Zhou Yu led his wife to walk under the eaves, looking at the scene over there, and chuckled.

In the fortified city caused by the war, Gongsun Zhi walked on the city wall with Jiangdong Wenwu, looking at the broken places and houses being repaired in the hands of hard-working people, and a smile appeared on his wrinkled face.

"After the chaos, it's time for the great order. It is not only the people of Jiangdong who have suffered from this hardship, from the north to the south, for so many years, there has been no place where people can live in peace, and I deeply understand it...... Can't fight anymore. He turned to look at the people who were bowing down over there, the wind blowing in the city, the robes and hunting flew up, and the majestic voice echoed in this brilliant sunshine.

"Recuperate..... This is my burden, and it is also your duty, all of you and I will encourage you together! ”

The large and small civil and military forces that stretched straight out arched their hands in unison, and their voices echoed under the sky, "Long live Your Majesty-"

Spread out.

The army under the city wall was densely packed, and countless swords and soldiers were raised, making a resounding roar in this summer sky.

"Long live Your Majesty—"

"Long live Your Majesty—"

The sky is cloudy, circulating.

This is a new era.