After listening to Li Erguo and the other seven people, Yu Xiang turned his attention to Liu Danzhen and the other seven women, all of whom had eaten well and recovered their strength. Although the clothes were torn, they could still cover the body. The strange thing is that they are all fair-skinned and delicate, mature, and quite beautiful! Thinking of the women who were cooked, I suddenly felt a sense of regret. It's a pity that so many flower-like women were brutally killed.

There were seven of them, all of them with faces sinking like water, and their eyes radiated with hatred.

Liu Danzhen obviously carried out a simple grooming, the hair was combed into a bun on both sides of the top of the head, the rest of the sideburns naturally drooped, the ends of the temples were slightly curled upwards into a stinging tail shape, and two symmetrical small branches were inserted in the bun, using the branches as hairpins. This kind of hairstyle of combing double buns and inserting double hairpipes shows that she is not yet married.

Liu Danzhen made a gesture, showing everyone's beautiful demeanor. Her speech and demeanor were very calm, completely different from Li Erguo, she did not drop a tear when she recounted her tragic experience, as if she was just a hard-hearted spectator outside of the situation, which made the people present feel cold.

From Liu Danzhen's introduction, she is 18 years old this year, Nanzhao County, Nanyang Prefecture, since the Ming Dynasty, the ancestors have been operating a restaurant and tea shop on Wanluo Avenue, to his father's generation, has a history of 100 years, her family has been operating in good faith for generations, especially good reputation, his father is even more famous, known as Liu Dashan, in recent years, disaster relief porridge, countless people.

Twenty days ago, refugees from Shaanxi Province were staying at their hotel, and many well-wishers advised them to flee quickly, saying that Zhang Xianzhong's army was going to enter Nanzhao. Her father, Liu Dashan, boasted that he had not done anything wrong, and he couldn't let go of the great ancestral business that had been inherited for a hundred years, so he stuck to the hotel with a fluke in his heart.

But in the middle of the night seven days ago, their house was suddenly besieged by a large army, and she was still sleeping in the boudoir, and before she understood what was going on, she was broken into the door by several big men, and she couldn't help but say that she was pressed on the bed and raped. After giving vent to their bestial desires, these people grabbed her by the hair and dragged her to the courtyard.

When she went to the courtyard, by the light of the fire, she saw that his parents and brothers had died tragically, and she saw with her own eyes that her three-year-old nephew was crying for her three-year-old nephew, who was lifted over his head by a strong soldier, and fell heavily to the ground, and was thrown to death.

The rest of her family's daughters were tied behind their backs and rushed into the line, and the whole family, 73 people, only her eldest brother escaped the catastrophe because he went out to buy goods. This morning, her sister-in-law and sisters were taken out of the house again and never returned. In fact, everyone didn't say it, she had already guessed that they had all been murdered.

After Liu Danzhen finished speaking, several other women recounted their origins and life experiences, and the situation was roughly similar to Liu Danzhen.

Everyone present was moved to hear it, and it was clear that the master was reciting the Buddha's name directly.

Finally, Sun Ba introduced his own situation, he was a captain under Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Wenxiu, his early experience was similar to Li Erguo, in order to survive, he became a homeless, and later because he was strong and ruthless, he was favored by Liu Wenxiu and became the captain who led a small team of soldiers. At the beginning, they robbed the squire, landlords, rich and official mansions everywhere, taking advantage of the dissatisfaction of the displaced people with the government and the injustice of the world, and trumpeting the plot of hatred of the rich, causing everyone to rob the rich and the official mansion for pleasure. They were proud of their wives and daughters, and then slowly, everyone became numb, and with the rapid expansion of the size of the army and the increase in food supplies, they later did not distinguish between the poor and the rich, and they robbed and seized money when they saw it, and they raped, killed, and plundered everywhere they went.

Qi Dayong asked, "How many women have you ruined?" ”

Sun Ba knew that his life was hopeless, and in order to strive for a good attitude, he said without concealment: "No less than a hundred, a few days ago, I slept with the county daughter, this girl actually didn't cooperate, I was angry, and I disemboweled her with a knife. After saying that, he couldn't stop laughing.

Mu Renqing, the head of the Huashan faction, couldn't bear it, but as soon as he raised his hand and punched in the air, Sun Ba's chest shrank back, his head stretched forward, and he opened his mouth to be a mouthful of blood, and he died instantly. When the martial arts masters saw this air punch, it was clean and neat, showing their shocking internal strength. admired Mu Renqing's martial arts.

Through the personal explanation of these parties, everyone clearly understood the whole process of the uprising of the displaced people, the peasants were forced to become the refugees, the displaced people were forced to become the mob, the mob burned and looted in order to survive, causing great damage to the social productive forces, thus creating more displaced people, so as to form a vicious circle, suppressing the uprising of the displaced people, only to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, only let the people have a way to live, full of food, is the way to save the people. The martial arts giants here have seen a lot of vision, and they don't need to break it, so they naturally understand.

After these people finished telling their stories, it was late at night, and everyone left with a heavy heart.

Yu Xiang stopped the four Liu brothers and asked them to take a walk together.

Out of the military tent, came to the Shihe River, and faced the cool night breeze, which carried some water vapor in the night wind, mixed with thick blood.

Walking by the river, Yu Xiang just walked silently along the river, the sky was full of stars, the bank of the river was full of military tents, and there were some people in the river bathing and playing in the water. The night scene at the moment is quiet and peaceful.

In the end, it was Liu Xiangzhong who spoke first: "Master Qian, do you doubt the four of us?" ”

Yu Xiang did not answer his question directly: "Everyone's circumstances may be different, and sometimes they can't help themselves, just like that Sun Ba, he involuntarily became a homeless and became a bandit." But Sun Erguo is also a homeless person, but he has not become a bandit. Therefore, even if he can't help himself, it does not prevent him from making the right choice. You four brothers, strong in martial arts and outstanding skills, the new village needs you, and thousands of people need you. I hope you think carefully and make your own choices. ”

Liu Xiangzhong was so smart, he understood Yu Xiang's intention of not revealing their identities and giving them the opportunity to choose carefully.

He didn't say anything more, said goodbye to Yu Xiang, and returned to his big tent with the four brothers.

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After Chen Siyi was sent back to the mansion by Liu Dongming, he came to the ancestral hall, burned incense and worshiped the Buddha, and knelt for most of the day.

In order to guard against Zhang Xianzhong's invasion, the whole city was heavily guarded, the people were panicked, the shops were closed, and the streets were empty.

Chen Zhifu secretly asked his wife to pack up the gold and silver, once the city was broken, let his wife take her daughter to flee for her life, in the bottom of his heart, he was not optimistic about Yu Xiang and Zhang Xianzhong's battle, Xincun was far inferior to Zhang Xianzhong in terms of military strength and combat experience, so he thought that Yu Xiang would be defeated.

All kinds of military reports and war reports came one after another, Chen Zhifu and Shao Mingyi, the capital division, discussed the military situation, Shao Mingyi was cautious by nature, and he was not optimistic about Xincun, he thought that Xincun would soon be destroyed by Zhang Xianzhong's army, so it was recommended to strengthen the city defense, defend the city, and wait for the imperial court reinforcements.

Governor Chen felt that his words were reasonable, the enemy was at present, and he couldn't take care of his daughter's children's affection.

In the evening of the first day, Governor Chen, accompanied by Shao Mingyi, patrolled the city. The soldiers at the head of the city were all nervous and frightened, they all knew that in order to exterminate Zhang Xianzhong's army, the imperial court spent a lot of manpower and financial resources, and sent countless elite soldiers and strong generals, but they have not been able to completely defeat Zhang Xianzhong. If Zhang Xianzhong comes to attack, with the power of the city, how can he resist it? The soldiers defending the city have their own thoughts, as if the end of the world has come!

Facing the sunset, standing on the head of the city, a sense of sadness rose in Chen Zhifu's heart, and he couldn't help but chant the poem in Wang Wei's "Make it to the Stopper" in the Tang Dynasty: "The desert is lonely and the smoke is straight, and the sun sets on the long river." At this time, he had a sense of loneliness and desolation on the border barrier.

Just when he was thinking a lot, he saw three fast horses galloping from the direction of Dongshuanghe Town, and the one who ran in front was Liu Dongming, the captain of the Xincun garrison who sent his daughter back to his home yesterday, and heard Liu Dongming shouting loudly from a distance: "Good news!" Good news! Mr. Qian defeated Zhang Xianzhong! ”

Governor Chen couldn't believe his ears, and asked Shao Mingyi beside him: "Defeated Zhang Xianzhong?" Is that what he said? ”

Shao Mingyi listened carefully: "It seems to be so!" It can't be fake, right? ”

Governor Chen still couldn't believe it, and looked out on the city wall to see if he was dazzled and hallucinated, it seems that the person was not the Liu Dongming he saw yesterday, and he defeated Zhang Xianzhong in one day's effort? It's incredible!

Soon, Liu Dongming galloped under the city wall, saw that the city gate was closed, and looked up to see Chen Zhifu leaning over the city wall to look at him. Turned over and dismounted, holding a letter in his hand, and shouted loudly to the wall: "Lord Prefect, my family has defeated Zhang Xianzhong, and I have come to deliver a letter, please send someone to clean up the battlefield and count the spoils!" ”

When these words were said clearly, the soldiers of the city guards cheered in unison, and everyone was immediately relieved from their extreme nervousness, and there was a kind of joy of being alive from death, and of being alive in a desperate place.1

Governor Chen was convinced, and hurriedly ran down the city wall, and hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate and go out of the city to greet him in person.

Seeing Governor Chen, after Liu Dongming finished his salute, he handed him the letter with Yu Xiang's seal, and Governor Chen tore open the envelope and unfolded the letterhead, only to see a few words written on it simply and clearly: "Under the wise command of Governor Chen, Xincun defeated Zhang Xianzhong, please send someone to clean up the battlefield quickly!" Count the loot. ”

Governor Chen has been in officialdom for a long time, and instantly understood Yu Xiang's intentions, this is to give away the first merit with both hands, this is simply a big pie falling from the sky and smashing it on his head. Governor Chen was so excited that he trembled, such a big military feat, once it was reported, he was afraid that it would shake the government and the opposition, and his hard life would come to an end, and he would inevitably be promoted, no longer staying in this poor country, he was worried, and this year's year of drought has been decided, leaving here, the mess here can be handed over to others naturally. Governor Chen had a lot of clues, and he was excited for a while.

Shao Mingyi was very surprised when he saw Governor Chen's eyes stunned, trembling, and crazy, he pulled the placket of Governor Chen's clothes and said, "Lord Prefect, what is the content of the letter?" ”

Only then did Governor Chen realize that he was out of shape, and he handed the letter to Shao Mingyi and said, "Yu Qian always sent good news to this mansion, you can take a look." ”

Shao Mingyi looked at it and was overjoyed, he had always been good with the prefect of Chen, and he knew that the prefect trusted and respected, and now that the prefect has made such a big contribution, how can he get some benefits.

He couldn't help but say, "Shall we leave immediately?" ”

Governor Chen shook his head and said: "Yu Qianzong fought bloodily and made great contributions to the imperial court. Make a little preparation, set off tomorrow on the third watch, and strive to arrive at the Loess Gang early in the morning. ”

The news of Zhang Xianzhong's defeat spread all over the streets and alleys in an instant, and the squires and wealthy families lit firecrackers, like a festival, and the whole city was boiling! The day before yesterday, people who had been dormant at home poured into the streets to celebrate the victory, and on the streets, hotels and shops with closed doors opened one after another to welcome customers. The scene of celebration in Fucheng is very lively.

However, some poor households were a little disappointed, they originally hoped that when Zhang Xianzhong's army attacked Fucheng, they would join the peasant army and change their poor fate, but now this wish has completely failed.

Governor Chen invited Liu Dongming into the palace, entertained him, and repeatedly asked about the details of the war. Liu Dongming told the truth about the bloody battle on the battlefield, and Governor Chen was surprised when he heard it, and he gave a thumbs up to this future son-in-law in his heart and praised his son-in-law for his ability.

Coming to the back hall, Chen's face bloomed, Mrs. Lu had never seen her husband so happy, after an inquiry, I learned that Yu Xiang not only defeated Zhang Xianzhong, but also gave up this head to the prefect, which means that their family no longer has to worry about guarding Henan, Mrs. Lu is also very happy.

At this time, Chen Siyi had already received the news of Yu Xiang's victory, and happily came to verify, Chen Zhifu looked at his daughter with a smile, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and psychologically praised his daughter for her vision, and chose such a fast son-in-law for him. told Chen Siyi in detail what he knew, and Chen Siyi was pleasantly surprised when she heard it, and she was busy saying goodbye to her parents and rushing back to the new village.

Governor Chen stopped: "Since you came back, you haven't had a good rest, you rest early tonight, and I will take you to see Yu Xiang early tomorrow morning." ”

Hearing her father say this, it was really not early to see that it was dark, so she didn't insist anymore and returned to the boudoir, but she was excited, where could she sleep, she asked Yahuan to help her dress up, look left and right in the mirror, she wanted to see her sweetheart in the most beautiful state.