As soon as the news of Ling Chi Ma Jinbao came out, it quickly spread from Fucheng, and in the past few days, the people of Jinhua County have been helping the old and the young to come in a steady stream, and even the gentry and people in other counties have taken cars, boats or even can't come to participate in this "feast", so that even Sun Yu of Shiju Fucheng said that in his memory, Fucheng has never had such a situation even during the New Year.

With the increase in the number of people, the city and the neighboring inns have long been full, and some relatives and friends have also gone to live temporarily, and even the temporary residence that Chen Wen had prepared for the "Liberation Conference" could not withstand this scale of population. Fortunately, the Chinese of this era are still relatively hospitable, especially the gentry who came to see how Ma Jinbao died are also fellow villagers, and many people in Fucheng simply divided their houses into a few rooms for the "acquaintances" who can hang on the hook for a few days, so that they can drink the sweetness of revenge together on this day. As for those who really couldn't find a house, they didn't choose to leave, they simply slept on the street, how could they watch the fate of Ma Jinbao, a beast.

Regarding the matter of Ling Chi Ma Jinbao, the enthusiasm of the people is even a little embarrassed by the scorching heat of June. Almost all of these people have deep or shallow grudges with the Qing army, in fact, Ma Jinbao was originally lacking in skills, and many of the grievances were actually caused by Ma Jinbao's subordinates, but if there was no support from this guy, the Jinhua Town Standard Battalion would not be so unscrupulous, so this pot old horse is the one to do!

It was nearly noon, under the escort of the Ming army, the prisoner car where Ma Jinbao was held drove out from the governor's yamen, which was temporarily used as a retainer, and went straight to the execution point in the south of the city.

Fortunately, the officials and servants of the government and county government had preached countless times before, and the Ming army responsible for maintaining order also had military judges and suppression soldiers, otherwise it is estimated that Ma Jinbao would be killed by a hidden weapon before he arrived at the execution point.

But even so, vegetables, melons and fruits, and even eggs that were reluctant to eat on weekdays bloomed on the prisoner's car as if they didn't want money, so that the pulling groom was broken in the nose of the passenger car in the continuous mistake.

There were very few officials in the makeshift venue set up in the south of the city, because many of the original officials of Jinhua Mansion were still in prison waiting to be investigated and tried. The master sat down, Jinhua prefect Sun Yu anxiously waited for the escort team, from time to time he would stand up and take a look, then sit down in frustration, and then stand up again, and so on, completely losing his usual bearing.

Chen Wen had already expected this scene, so he just sat there quietly, and from time to time ordered the soldiers around him to send the results of the investigation, so that Sun Yu could feel a little more at ease.

"The rebel horse Jinbao has a deep grudge here, and it is normal to walk slower on the road. The people below are strictly guarded all the way, so you can rest assured. ”

"Hmm." After that, after a few minutes, Sun Yu stood up again and looked at the corner as far as his sight could see.

During the days when he was under house arrest, Sun Yu was immersed in self-blame for negligence every day, and even his wife's consolation did not help. By the time the Ming army entered the city took the government and invited him out, this former Ming Dynasty little fresh meat had already lost his weight, and he was getting closer and closer to the image of Hai Qingtian, who could only afford to buy meat once a year and respected his mother, in Chen Wen's fantasy. But when he saw Chen Wen, his first reaction was to kneel directly on the ground regardless of his physique and friendship, and begged Chen Wen to punish him.

The reason why this is so Chen Wen is very clear about the reason, not to talk about the friendship between the two, Sun Yu can be said to be Chen Wen's biggest supporter all the time, but such a knot can not be relieved in a moment. Chen Wen had nothing to do about this, so he could only hope that Sun Yu's wife could take care of his body, and that's it.

It seems that a long time has passed, and the carriage and horse escorting Ma Jinbao appeared at the corner at a much later hour than expected, but as soon as Ma Jinbao appeared, not only Sun Yu, but all the officials attending the meeting stood up one after another, only Chen Wen was still sitting there with the manuscript paper written in the past two days and reciting silently.

Soon, the carriage escorting Ma Jinbao drove into the venue, and behind the carriage, boundless civilians were following, lining up to enter the venue surrounded by a wooden fence under the surveillance of the Ming army.

After the officials wiped the vegetable leaves, egg liquid, eggshells and other miscellaneous items on Ma Jinbao's body, which was tied like a zongzi, the officials in charge stepped forward to verify his identity, and only after confirming that he was correct did he put him on the execution platform and tie his hands and feet to the shelf again. Only the executioner in charge of the execution frowned, as if he was not very satisfied with the appearance of the blue nose and swollen face.

At this moment, Ma Jinbao's clothes were all removed, and walnuts were also stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide, and now he could only make a "woo" sound, even the lamb to be slaughtered was more fanny than him.

The "sacrifice" had been arranged, and when the hour had come, Chen Wen stood up and began his speech before the execution.

Chen Wen's speech this time was not to recite the sacrificial text, but to tell the gentry and people present in the vernacular on weekdays about the process of going out to Quzhou and capturing the horse and entering the treasure, the content was relatively brief, and even the infighting caused by the Qing army in order to survive was summed up by a sentence of "heavenly punishment", but it was the real beginning of the war after the war was told.

"I know, the gentlemen present may be very strange, strange why I chose to be here Ling Chi Ma Jinbao, a traitor......

Ma Jinbao's account of robbing the people in Jinhua Mansion can no longer be calculated, and it will never even be able to be completely calculated. If the place of execution is calculated according to the Jinhua Massacre, the last position of the defenders, Dongshi, or the original site of the powder magazine where Zhu Dadian was martyred, are excellent choices, but in the end, Chen Wen still chose the south of the city, and even laboriously cleaned up a large area of ruins to have this venue, so the vast majority of people present were puzzled by this, and Chen Wen wanted to use this puzzle to tell the following story at this moment.

"Twenty-eight years ago, a baby boy was born in the ruined courtyard on the right side of the monarchs. This boy has been very smart and hardworking since he was a child, but his family is only a small family that makes a living by opening a small food shop in the city, and his parents sent him to enlightenment It is quite difficult to support, as for the consumption of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the books they need, it is obviously not something they can do. ”

"If nothing else, this boy will come home after enlightenment to help, or work as a clerk in the shop, and over time he may even become a bookkeeper and shopkeeper. If you are lucky and are valued by the people in the yamen, it may not be impossible to be a clerk. As for dreams such as being proud of the field and dominating the field, he can probably only count on his son or grandson. ”

In ancient times, it was not enough to have a gentleman to study, just like in later generations, in addition to tuition fees, they also needed to pay for books, equipment and other expenses, as well as to buy extracurricular tutoring books, and even participate in extracurricular tutoring classes, the scholars of this era also needed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, the Four Books and the Five Classics and any books related to the imperial examination, and participated in gatherings among literati to broaden their knowledge and knowledge, which were very heavy burdens for middle-class families, not to mention small families who only opened small food shops.

"But even so, his parents did not choose to let him give up his studies after the child was enlightened, but poured out their family savings, and even sold the two acres of rented thin fields handed down by his ancestors to continue his education."

Fortunately, the enlightened gentleman of this child values the child's hard work and diligence very much, and in line with the principle of cherishing talents for the country, this gentleman not only lent his own books to the child for free, but also helped him find a job helping people copy books. In this way, you can not only make money by copying books to supplement a little of the expenses required for reading, but also take the opportunity to copy books for free to read those books that are difficult to access on weekdays. ”

In this way, for several years, the child was always busy reading and copying books. Until the ninth year of Chongzhen, this child participated in the first imperial examination in his life under the recommendation of the gentleman of the school, and won the county examination and the government examination, and successfully obtained the fame of Tongsheng. ”

"The thirteen-year-old Tong Sheng, although he is much inferior to the twelve-year-old Yang Ge Lao, it does not prevent him from being praised as a prodigy by the gentry of the prefecture at that time."

"It's just that neither the child nor the prodigy is enough to change his family's situation, in order to be able to persevere, his early and greedy work, not only the family's small food shop, his father also found another job to move goods, and his mother is also desperate to make a female celebrity for others, in just a few years, a pair of eyes have greatly reduced their eyesight because of the saving of lamp oil money on weekdays, and it is even difficult to see things clearly."

Three years later, the child had grown into a teenager, and the teenager who felt that he had succeeded in his studies decided to take the college exam, not only won the fame of Xiucai, but also the head of the case in Jinhua Mansion. In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, three years ago, he was nineteen years old, and this year he participated in the township examination in Fucheng, and in one fell swoop, he won the fame of lifting people. ”

"After studying for more than ten years, taking the exam three times, and winning the exam three times, few people would doubt the young scholar's luck in the examination, the title of the gold list, and even the top spot, maybe it will be the meeting and the palace exam three years later."

Reading, the imperial examination, for the vast majority of people is still out of reach, but the examination of the people, it means that the fate of the family will be completely changed, because the scholars who have won the examination have been eligible to enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty's preferential treatment of scholars, just the land donated is enough to make such a low-level family leap into a large household that can influence the political life of the bottom. And the fate of his family was changed because of this, and his parents could live happily ever after.

This story is very inspirational for the vast majority of people in the bottom society, but it is only moved by inspiration. However, some of the gentry of Fucheng present vaguely thought of something, because the protagonist of the story was regarded by many people in the circle of scholars in Jinhua Fucheng during the Chongzhen period as a talented man who could compete with the Li Xianlu in Lanxi County, but this young scholar quickly disappeared from everyone's sight after the Qing army went south, and became silent until ......

"Three years later, it should be the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, but we know that there is no such year in this world, because the Jingshi was captured by Li Chuang the year before, and then the Tartars entered the pass."

"In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the Tartars entered the customs, and in the second year when the examination was supposed to be held, they went south. After the fall of Nanjing, the slave chief Dolgon issued an order to shave his hair, which was about to destroy thousands of years of clothing and civilization in China. ”

"But in the first year of Jianguo Lu, the Jiang master was defeated, and the Tartars who crossed the Qiantang River swept all the kings. As for Jinhua Mansion, Zhang Guowei and Zhu Dadian, the scholars of the Inspectorate University, were martyred successively, and the capital of our Jinhua Mansion suffered a three-day massacre, and countless martyrs were killed, among these people were the scholar's parents, his classmates, and the gentleman who had helped him for many years. ”

As Chen Wen spoke, tears began to be heard in the venue, and the atmosphere of sadness began to spread, and he knew very well that these people had already thought of the suffering they had suffered over the years with this story.

"The true size of the Tartars is only tens of thousands of dings, but my Ming has more than 70 million dings, and the population disparity is so great that one person can drown them with a mouthful of spit." Speaking of this, Chen Wen pointed to Ma Jinbao tied to the shelf and shouted:

"But it is precisely because there are a large number of traitors like Ma Jinbao who are fighting for tigers in Liaodong, in the north, in Jiangnan, and even in the land of Zhejiang, that nine out of ten of my Ming Dynasty land is occupied by Tartars, and it is these soft bones kneeling at the feet of the Tartars that have killed our parents, wives and children, relatives and friends, and it is they who have destroyed our dreams of a better life through hard work!"

"Kill Ma Jinbao!"

"Slaughter this dog traitor!"

“……”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Chen Wen finished speaking, the anger that had been accumulated for a long time in the audience erupted wantonly, and the people who roared with tears almost broke through the defense line formed by the Ming army, looking at that posture, I was afraid that once it rushed up, it would inevitably tear Ma Jinbao to pieces. Seeing this, the military judges present picked up iron horns one by one at Chen Wen's suggestion and began to direct the pacifying soldiers to maintain order and continue the process.

It wasn't until a long time later that the anger subsided a little under the power and prestige. In the slight noise, Chen Wen raised his voice and shouted: "With the blessing of God, while recovering Longyou County, Wang Shiguang captured Ma Jinbao, an accomplice who carried out a bloody massacre in our Fucheng with the Tartars. And today, we are going to use the flesh and blood of this guy to pay tribute to the good people who have died because of him over the years! (To be continued.) )