Four years ago, under the city of Xinhui, in the procession of worshipping out of the city, Xiucai, whose parents, wife and children died tragically, carried a kitchen knife and knelt down in front of the Qing general You Yunlong with a heart of revenge. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

At that moment, history changed.

Now, the same scene is staged again, but the person who knelt was not Xiucai, and the Xiucai of that year became the person who was kneeling.

Zhou Shixiang did not retreat, because he was sure that he had not harmed the young man's parents, wife and children.

The human heart is not ashamed, and there is no emptiness and no fear.

He was wondering, why did this young man bow down solemnly in front of him, did he really come to avenge himself?

If this is the case, he will confess, find out the wrongs of his family, and give him justice.

The young man didn't answer, and after bowing a few times, he raised his head and said to Zhou Shixiang slowly: "Back to the general, the villain's name is Liu Wenyuan, and he is a tinkerer in the city, and the reason why the villain kneels to the general is because the general ordered the burial of the Qing army's senior officials to manage allegiance, so the villain specially came to thank the general!" ”

"Oh, who are you allegiant?"

Zhou Shixiang raised his eyebrows slightly, he ordered the burial of Guan Allegiance, only for political purposes, not really to bury this executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the Han people. No, this move has not yet achieved political effect within the Qing army, but it has asked a relative, friend and deceased who is loyal to him to thank him for coming, which makes him a little crying and laughing.

However, Liu Wenyuan shook his head and said: "The villain is not related to Guan Xiaozhong. ”

Zhou Shixiang was surprised and asked why he knelt down to him if he was not loyal to his relatives and friends?

Liu Wenyuan's answer made the blind Li and the others confused.

It turned out that Liu Wenyuan said that his wife was captured and tortured to death by Guan Xiaozhong's soldiers, so after hearing that the Taiping Army would bury Guan Zhongzhong, he ran to kneel and kowtow to the generals of the Taiping Army to express his gratitude.

This statement obviously goes against the thinking of normal people, and it stands to reason that Liu Wenyuan should have come to scold Zhou Shixiang for burying his wife-killing enemy and managing his loyalty, and then crying and begging Zhou Shixiang to dig up his wife-killing enemy from the grave for him to whip his body to vent his hatred, instead of kneeling down to Zhou Shixiang and thanking him for his "thick burial" of the enemy.

"Crazy, handsome, this man's brain is broken!"

The blind man Li muttered, unless his brain is broken, how can this person do something to thank the enemy for his kindness.

"Liu Wenyuan, you don't have to say the opposite, I know what you think in your heart."

Zhou Shixiang knew that Liu Wenyuan came to kneel on his knees, obviously not a madman, and the reason why he said this was probably to ridicule himself for ordering a thick burial of his allegiance. Looking at his extremely calm appearance, I am afraid that there will be a ball of anger burning in his heart, and if I think about it carefully, I imagine it from myself back then. The only difference is that he, Zhou Shixiang, did not eat Liu Wenyuan's wife into his stomach.

"Since the general knows what the villain thinks, what does the general think the villain should do?"

Liu Wenyuan looked at Zhou Shixiang calmly, with both expectation and hatred in his eyes.

When the blind man Li saw it, the sledgehammer in his hand couldn't help but lift it upward, as long as there was something wrong with Liu Wenyuan, he didn't care how miserable this guy's wife died or how pitiful he was, he would definitely hammer him to death on the spot. He has only one duty, and that is to protect the marshal. Nothing else, it doesn't matter to him.

In this world, there are many more terrible and tragic things than this, and the blind man Li has seen a lot, and his heart has long been hardened. He has done countless sins, not to mention far away, the Manchurian girl in Nanjing Mancheng is not miserable?

The blind Li believes that misery is not the reason for Liu Wenyuan to attack the marshal, he also found the wrong target, it was the Manchu Qing Dynasty that caused this tragedy, not the Taiping Army that resisted the Qing Dynasty!

Zhou Shixiang sighed, there are many things at the moment, and he can't be happy with revenge. He is now the commander of the 200,000 Taiping Army soldiers and the leader of the restoration of sight, not the Xiucai who only wants to avenge his parents, wife and children. So he has a lot of things to think about, as long as the ultimate goal of these things is to kill all the Tartars, then no matter how unwilling he is, he will do it.

People sometimes have to compromise.

Enthusiasm is pleasant, but it is easy to get carried away.

It is impossible for Zhou Shixiang to agree to Liu Wenyuan's request in his heart, and it is impossible for him to just order a thick burial, and then slap himself in the blink of an eye and dig people out again. What he wants to do is to maximize the value of managing allegiance to this dead man, rather than simply killing bones and ashes.

"Even if the allegiance is dead, you hate him again, and he will die. I deplore what happened to your wife, but there are some things you need to look at... Live well in the future, if there are any difficulties at home, you might as well go to the government for help, and say that I Zhou Shixiang asked you to go. ”

Zhou Shixiang couldn't do more for Liu Wenyuan, so he could only talk about his heart.

When Liu Wenyuan heard this, he smiled miserably, and said sadly: "My wife died, and my wife's five-month-old child also died, but the murderer who killed them was ordered by the general to be buried thickly, and my wife could only lie in a thin coffin. ”

Zhou Shixiang was speechless for a while, because he thought that if someone said this to him four years ago, what would he do? He was bound to be angry, so he didn't know how to speak.

The blind man Li sneered: "Then you want to take revenge?" ”

Liu Wenyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I want revenge!" ”

"Even if your allegiance is dead, your wife's revenge has been avenged, what revenge is there to get avenge?"

"Even though the allegiance is dead, the two Qing soldiers who captured my wife are not dead!" Liu Wenyuan suddenly became excited, and he roared: "They are now the general's soldiers, the Taiping Army!" If the general really takes pity on me, please ask the general to make the decision for me and let the villain kill those two beasts with his own hands! ”

The blind man Li Yi was stunned, and felt that Liu Wenyuan's request did not seem excessive. He turned his head to look at the big handsome, but found that the big handsome seemed to be distracted.

After a long time, Zhou Shixiang slowly said to this Liu Wenyuan: "I'm sorry, I can't agree to your request.... Those surrendered soldiers have surrendered to me, and they will be the Taiping army from now on, and as long as they do not commit any more harmful things, I will not kill them. ”

"Then what is the difference between your Taiping army and the Qing army? General, what is the difference between you and Guan Allegiance! The Taiping Army is the Qing Army, the Qing Army is the Taiping Army, what kind of soldiers are you? A soldier who specializes in the scourge of our people! Are your soldiers beasts? ”

Zhou Shixiang's cold voice reached Liu Wenyuan's ears, making him desperate. He knew that his request was somewhat unrealistic, but he still knelt in front of the young general with a glimmer of hope. How he wished to hear that the other party would grant his request, and bind the two murderers of his wife before him, and let him cut their flesh with a knife, and comfort the spirits of his wife and children in heaven. But this general shattered his hopes, so cold, so ruthless.

What's the difference?

Zhou Shixiang was silent, Liu Wenyuan's words were a reality he faced, and it was also the reality of the Taiping Army, that is, the Taiping Army was an army composed of murderers from the beginning to the end!

Among them, there were bandits, surrendered troops who slaughtered cities, and even Manchurians and Mongols. Most of the officers and soldiers had their hands stained with the blood of Han compatriots, and even he Zhou Shixiang was also stained with Han blood. Although he didn't do it himself, but the innocent people who were killed in Chaozhou, the innocent people who were robbed and killed, can he say that it has nothing to do with him?

Are those people wronged?

Injustice!

As a murderer, should the Taiping Army die?

Should!

But can this really be the case?

Is there really no difference between the Taiping army and the Qing army?

If there is no difference, if the existence of the Taiping Army is to kill more people and accept more murderers, then what Zhou Shixiang has done, is it right?

If there was no Taiping army, the Manchus would have now unified China, and if there was no war, naturally no one would die. The people can get peace, even if they live humbly, they can always live. But because of the Taiping Army, this war that should have ended continued, and it became more and more intense, and more people will die in the future. Is this fair to those ordinary people who yearn for the end of the war and just want to live humblely, regardless of whether he is Emperor Manchu or Emperor Zhu?

Is it so unacceptable to have multiple braids on the back of the head?

They just want to live!

Is Liu Wenyuan's request reasonable?

Is it so difficult to hand over the two murderers of his wife?

If you don't hand it over, are your subordinates really the soldiers of beasts that Liu Wenyuan said? Does it mean that he Zhou Shixiang has only done one thing in the past few years, that is, he has constantly recruited beasts to his command!

No, it's definitely different, it's definitely different!

Zhou Shixiang sighed deeply, waved his hand to let the blind man Li who was blocking in front of him walk away, and slowly walked in front of Liu Wenyuan.

"Four years ago, there was a Xiucai who was about the same age as you, because King Li Jin of the Ming Dynasty besieged the city, and the city ran out of food. So the Qing soldiers defending the city rushed into Xiucai's house and killed and ate Xiucai's parents. Two days later, the Qing soldiers rushed into the house again to eat Xiucai, but Xiucai's wife struggled and said to the Qing soldiers, my meat is more tender, eat me first. Another day later, the Qing soldiers came again, threw Xiucai's only relative, the only son, to death, and took him out to eat him with a calf. Less than ten days later, King Li Jin retreated. Xiucai survived, but there was no one in his family except him. ”

Zhou Shixiang's voice was very calm, as calm as if he was talking about homely.

"This Xiucai is scared every night, afraid of having nightmares. He wanted to dream of his parents, wife and children, but every time he dreamed of them, he could only see them crying to him in a blur of flesh and blood. The only way for him to escape was to sharpen a kitchen knife, and keep sharpening the knife, sharpening the knife so sharp that the handle was blistered, and the bubble burst and pus and blood flowed out. Only by sharpening the knife can Xiucai temporarily not think of his family and paralyze himself. ”

"Dashuai!"

Yao Wenlong's eyes turned red. He is Zhou Shixiang's little fellow and an old man in Xinhui of the Taiping Army. He knew who the protagonist of this story was, and he felt the same way that his own parents, eldest sister, were also eaten by the Qing soldiers. The blind man Li also had red eyes.

Zhou Shixiang shook his head and asked Yao Wenlong not to speak.

"If there is no Ming soldier, this Xiucai can go to the province to take the test back then, and he will probably be able to take the exam as a man, and in a few years he will go to Beijing to take the exam, and he will be a Jinshi and be an official; Then he will seal his wife and son, and enjoy all the riches..."

"If there is no Ming soldier coming, no matter how bad this Xiucai is, he can live a good life in the township, be Mr. Xixi for a few years for the rich family, and then buy a piece of the attached field of the dead master to cultivate and study for a lifetime, and the children and grandchildren will be full..."

"If there is no Ming soldier, this Xiucai's child is already seven years old, and at this time the father and son are sitting under the study window, either writing or reading, the second old man is happy to look at us, and his wife is happy to serve tea and water..."

"What if..."

Zhou Shixiang's voice became lower and lower, and his eyes looked south, as if he wanted to pierce the sky with his gaze. Liu Wenyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, hung his head and whimpered on the ground, he was not a fool, he knew that the general of the Taiping Army was talking about himself.

What better way to understand each other than to be sympathetic?!

Zhou Shixiang looked down at him, suddenly smiled, and said firmly: "It's a pity! There are no ifs! ”

"This Xiucai didn't blame Da Ming Bing, he knew who the enemy was! Eight years ago, if there were no Qing soldiers, the 800,000 people in Guangzhou would still be alive and well. Ten years ago, there were no Qing soldiers, and the 300,000 people in Nanchang were still preparing rice, noodles and pork for the New Year, happily preparing for the New Year; Fifteen years ago, there were no Qing soldiers coming, Yangzhou, Jiangyin, Jiading, Kunshan, and millions of your fathers and villagers in Suzhou could drink a little wine every few days, listen to a drama, see the flowers in spring, smell insects in autumn, and gather together to be happy and happy! ”

"But what about their ends? Where are the people? “

"Four years ago, Xiucai said to the whole city in the city where his parents, wife and children died tragically: As long as this thief is clear, you are pigs and sheep to be slaughtered! There is only the difference between being slaughtered sooner or later, and there is no freedom not to be a pig or a sheep... You think that your life was stable before, and that's because the thief Qing Tartar is eating other people's meat, and it hasn't been your turn yet! ... But even pigs and sheep either howl or struggle when they are killed. As long as this thief is clear, there will always be people who rebel, there will always be people who resist, there will always be people who don't want to be pigs and sheep, and want to be people! ”

"What I am doing now is to make the people of the world no longer be pigs and sheep of foreign beasts, so that the people of the world will no longer be eaten by their parents, wives and children like Xiucai, and their wives will no longer be humiliated to death like you. Let everyone have farmland, food, clothing, and will not be insulted at will, and will not be robbed and killed. The elderly can be pampered, and young children can be pampered. ”

"What should we do if those thieves who eat human flesh and drink human blood don't want us to live such a life, and want to continue to treat the people of the world as pigs and sheep?! I had no choice but to resist with that sharpened kitchen knife and kill the brute who ordered the whole city to eat, including my parents, wife and children! I can only take men who want revenge like me to kill the Tartars for revenge! ”

"In the past fifteen years, the history of Yan Dian in Jiangyin City has been defeated, the blockade of the army gate that Huguang wants to counterattack has been defeated, the king of Li Jin in the southwest has been defeated, and the king of Yanping in Xiamen has also been defeated this time. But he didn't give up or surrender again and again, just to export his evil anger and return justice to the people of the world! Now, we've finally made it! We have recovered the southern capital and recovered the south of the Yangtze River, you will have the opportunity to go to Liangguang in the future to see if the people and villagers under the rule of our Taiping Army are people or pigs and sheep as usual! ”

Zhou Shixiang became excited, and his speed of speech became faster and faster. The longer he suppressed his pain, the more it erupted like volcanic lava. The people around them were already crying, and they remembered their own suffering, and they remembered their relatives who had been killed many years ago.

Qian Qianyi and Liu Ru also cried, and the painful memories of the whole fifteen years were evoked by Zhou Shixiang's memories, as if they were right in front of them.

"Today, I can tell you. The Qing soldiers in Suzhou City in the past, the Ming soldiers now, I won't kill them, and I won't even punish them. Many of them were guilty, and it was a capital crime, a heinous sin. But since I have allowed them to make meritorious deeds, they are my sons. They will die for me, for you, for the Ming Dynasty, and for the Han people in the world to no longer be pigs and sheep. If you want to be resentful, resent me alone. When I destroy this thief who plagues the world, we will come to this city gate again to make a break! ”

"General!"

Liu Wenyuan, who was crying into tears, suddenly stood up and bowed to Xiucai again.

"Please let me join the army, so that I can avenge my family's destruction!"

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The following is a feeling, I really have to vomit, it may make everyone spend an extra penny, and this tomorrow's update will be compensated.

Don't argue about the plot of Suzhou anymore, don't argue about some things about that era, I'm really made big by some book friends. I can arrange every plot very well so that you can all be happy, instead of writing this kind of plot that makes you criticize, scold, and even accuse me of character.

This kind of plot will make you abandon the book and drop the subscription, and I know it's not good for me. But from the beginning to the present, isn't it because of your approval? As I said at the beginning, this work is a bloody work, not a warm one, nor a family-friendly type.

Perhaps, I was wrong, I self-righteous digging a hole for myself, but I can't take care of the reader's reading habits and comfort, making you feel awkward and abrupt. I will improve this and learn from it to improve myself.

But I think the story I wrote might be very appropriate to the reality of that era. As I said earlier, don't expect Xiucai to change this era too much overnight, he is just a person, not a god. Some of the things that seem heinous to us modern people were praised in that era.

In troubled times, the important thing is to survive. Only by living can we be qualified to talk about anything else.

Xiucai does not dominate China now, he still has great enemies, and there are many enemies. It is impossible for him to free up his hands to improve this society with the ideas of modern man before the great enemy retreats. For example, the terrible feudal etiquette, without destroying the gentry and clan privileges, wants to talk about change, it is a joke. The plot about women, why can't the government come forward, I have already explained it clearly in the book, and I have also compromised, and let Hedongjun clean up the mess instead, instead of insisting on implementing the means that you strongly oppose. But this is also the last time I respect the opinions of book critics, and I will not easily back down and change the direction of my story in the future because you have any more objections.

My dear readers who like to make critical opinions, you must know that the evil feudal etiquette is really cannibalistic, and it cannot be changed in a day, two days, or a year or two!

Why has Guangdong been able to promote some policies? That's because Guangdong was purged and had a small population. As soon as Jiangnan was occupied, it was obviously unrealistic to pursue the policy of Guangdong. Therefore, Xiucai didn't have time to change all evil things, he could only adapt first, because his main thing now was to deal with Fulin.

Okay, let's get here, it's too long, and you're tired of watching.

Finally, I would like to ask some young readers and friends to have respect for Hedong Junliu, in my pen, she is a respectable heroine among women, not a vase heroine (with) who will ride when the protagonist sees the protagonist in the late Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, complaining that I don't accept Hedongjun but repeatedly writes about her readers, your taste is too heavy, Hedongjun is very old, forty-five years old, at that time, she belonged to a grandmother-level woman. You actually want to show off your talent to accept this, and if you don't accept it, you still complain, it's really unbearable for uncle and sister-in-law! (To be continued.) )