Chapter 3: Ups and Downs (Part 8)

After the captives were reorganized, Yuan Wuben was beheaded in front of the recruits, and at the moment when the steel knife was raised, many people raised their toes high, stretched their necks like ducks, and held their breath, as if so that they could see every detail more clearly, the steel knife fell, and the surging human heads dodged backwards with a "bang", like a swarm of frightened flies,

Jumping up like a fountain of blood, the executioner of Liyang County stepped forward, grabbed the head that fell in the dust, raised it high, showed off in all directions, and killed him with a knife, his skills improved a lot, more than a month ago, in the same school field, he had just executed General You Yuan who refused to judge the situation for Yang Xuangan, and he slashed twice at that time, and the head was dirty after falling,

"He did not recite poetry before he died," someone sighed regretfully.

"I didn't blink, I saw it, not blinking at all," someone swore assurance, his chest straight, as if not doing so was not enough proof of his courage,

"The general said that if he killed him, we would all be innocent, I don't know if it counts," in the crowd, some of the new-looking pawns who looked a little older muttered uneasily,

This sentence represents the voice of most people, everyone raised their heads one after another, and looked at the handsome platform with expectant eyes, the two generals in the stands are not very old, one has a fair face, a well-proportioned figure, and looks like a jade tree in the wind, and the other is tall and big, with a lot of black beard stubble on his face, and his eyes are cold, and he doesn't look like a tolerant appearance at first glance.

"It should be counted," replied with suspicion in his voice, 'The mastermind will be beheaded, and the association will never ask' was said by the white-faced general himself, looking at the clothes, his official position seems to be greater than the black-faced general, the black-faced general didn't say a word from beginning to end, with a straight face, not knowing what he was thinking,

As the commander of the first army, Li Xu had to come to prison, although he preferred to kill the opponent face-to-face on the battlefield, rather than tying the enemy into a ball and slashing and killing, the current scene made him feel very familiar, like the scene of the victorious Xi people taking the Xi clan elders to sacrifice to the sky in the Su Si Department, if someone asked next to him again, "Yuan Wuben, are you willing to wash away the sins of the clan with your own blood," This scene is more like, after walking for more than two years, Xu Zi suddenly felt as if he had walked a reincarnation,

Those spectators in the audience, Xuzi always felt that they looked very much like his uncle Zhang Baosheng and his father Li Mao, with the same old and sad faces, and the same shoulders that were crushed by life, so when Yuan Wuben treated them as brainless plants and trees, Xuzi would be inexplicably angry, but today, these people are more like Wang Mazi, Du Scara and Zhang Laosan, staring at the same greedy eyes, dripping the same dirty saliva, and looking the same lively,

Thinking of Zhang Laosan and Wang Mazi, Xu Zi couldn't help but think of Sun Jiu again, Wang Mazi took so many jade artifacts of his own to ransom Sun Jiu, but in the end he let Uncle Jiu embark on the road of no return to kill officials and rebel, did he really use those jade weapons on Uncle Jiu, Li Xu is a little suspicious now, at the same time, he is also deeply worried about Sun Jiu's fate, the combat effectiveness of the righteous army, Xu Zi has been taught in the suburbs of Liyang City a few days ago, if he is surrounded and suppressed by the official army in the past two years, Uncle Jiu will definitely not end better than Yuan Wuben,

Xu Zi knew that he could have today's achievements, and the teaching of the three teachers was inseparable, Yang Fuzi pointed out his art of war and learning, Uncle Nine pointed out his archery skills and life, the coppersmith master who lived in seclusion in Su Si taught the most and the most miscellaneous, but he didn't even ask his name and surname, Uncle Nine became a rogue, and it is likely that he has died under the knife of the official army, Yang Fuzi has been Yang Xuangan's staff, and he is now taking soldiers and horses, taking away his military rations, and firmly blocking his chance of survival, if Yang Xuangan is defeated, The master will be Ling Chi, and Mrs. Yang and a few married sisters will be captured and beheaded, wanting to make the master immortal, only Yang Xuangan will win, but with the chaotic army that doesn't even have weapons, does he have the possibility of winning?

There was a slight commotion in the crowd, interrupting Xuzi's contemplation, he raised his eyes and looked down, and saw that Qin Gang, who joined the army in Mingfa, put up the head of Yuan Wuben with a tray, and brought it to the front of the general stage to ask Yu Wenshi and himself to check, Li Xu glanced at Yuan Wuben's remains, nodded, Mu Ran watched Qin Gang walk away with a tray, walked to the flagpole at the entrance of the school field, and hung the head with a rope,

The spectators in the audience looked excited, staring at the gradual rise of the head, until it reached the top of the pole, and then, several men wearing servant uniforms and with white gezue wrapped around their waists approached the general's platform, first thanked the two generals for their kindness, and then carried away the body of Yuan Wuben on a stretcher.

They are the family members of Yuan Wuben, and now they are the servants of Yuwen Shiji, and when they stand up in front of the point platform, Xu Zi tries to find a trace of hatred in their faces, but he is disappointed, and the faces of the people of the Yuan family have nothing but sadness,

Li Xu didn't understand why the Yuan family was so submissive, according to his knowledge, seeing his family die in front of him, normal people would at least show some anger, but the people of the Yuan family seemed to accept this fate, or expected today's ending a long time ago, and the calmness they showed was simply suffocating,

"Only in this way can they have a chance to preserve their family," after the killing ceremony, Cui Qian, a native of Boling, explained to Li Xu in private, "If you become a slave of the Yuwen family, the emperor will not continue to investigate the responsibility for the rebellion afterwards, and if someone makes meritorious service under the side of the Yuwen Supervisor in the future, you can also ask the head of the family to restore the original surname,"

Boling Cui is one of today's big surnames, so Xu Zi believes that Cui Qian's words are the correct interpretation of the Yuan family's performance, Yuan Wuben's family is equivalent to using a life and the humiliation of a generation in exchange for the opportunity for the entire family to continue, but is it worth it, Li Xu finds that the closer he is to the family surname, the more he can't understand the rules, everything is for the family, it seems to be the first criterion for these families, under the requirements of this criterion, they can give up everything, justice, reputation, friendship, and even personal dignity and life,

"Like them" Cui Qian's words obviously referred to Yuan Wuben, "It's not shrewd, those shrewd people have always bet on two ends, one to buy big, the other to buy small, whoever wins will not suffer,"

"You mean Yang Xuangan over there," Li Xu's heart suddenly seemed to have captured something, and he involuntarily stopped,

There is no news that the enemy army has come to seize the city, so the atmosphere in Liyang City is relatively relaxed at the moment, not far away, the new soldiers are being led by the veterans of the Xiongwu battalion, walking back to the barracks in line, most of them are elated, as if they have just gone through a reincarnation cycle, Qin Shixing, Li Anyuan, Zhao Ziming and others are standing on the side and pointing, judging with a critical gaze which team looks better in spirit and combat effectiveness will be stronger, and farther away, it is Li Mengwei, who is responsible for controlling the scouts, he is assigning tasks to a group of scouts who are about to set off, Most of the scouts are veterans of the Xiongwu battalion, and there are also some new faces, which were personally selected by Li Mengwei from the soldiers, everyone looks very strong and clever, they will be taken by the veterans from today onwards, and go out to perform tasks for the Great Sui, Li Mengwei promised them that after the counterinsurgency is over, they will be promoted to the Xiongwu camp and officially become a member of the soldiers of the Great Sui Mansion.

"Of course, Lord Lang thinks that the reason why Han Shicao and Yu Rou defected to the enemy is completely because they dare not return to the city after the defeat, no matter how bold Fan Zigai is, he doesn't dare to offend so many families easily," Cui Qian and Li Xu stood side by side and reminded in a low voice,

More than forty noble disciples, if Fan Zigai dares to behead them all, after the end of the counterinsurgency, he, who is left behind in the eastern capital, will definitely be filed and scattered by several major families, if it is not entirely because of the fear of military law, why should those people rush to join the enemy,

They are buying the size, Xu Zi's eyes lit up, and he finally understood Cui Qian's hint, more than forty + passionate The children of the family have surrendered to the enemy, just for the benefit of the family, in the family, someone must stand on the side of the rebels, and someone on the side of the Great Sui, so that no matter who wins the final victory on both sides of the court and the rebels, the glory of the family will be brilliant with the merits of the victor,

Is this really the case, Li Xu can't believe it, for a family, this may be the best strategy for survival, continuity, and growth, but for those who bear the fate of the family, the moment they make a choice, they know that they may become outcasts, and at the end of the war, the loser will be ruthlessly abandoned by the family, not qualified to enter the ancestral grave, not qualified to enjoy the sacrifice of descendants, and no one remembers everything they have paid for the family,

"Don't believe it, you see that several of the people who have taken refuge in Yang Xuangan are the eldest sons in the family," Cui Qian saw that Li Xu's expression was full of doubts, and once again launched a piece of evidence,

Lai Yuan, Yu Rou, Han Shicao, Pei Shuang, Zheng Yan...... Many names flashed in front of his eyes in an instant, and Li Xu Huoran found that almost none of them were the eldest son of his family, he felt that his head was a little dizzy, his spine was a little cold, and a cold air ran vertically down from the root of his hair and rushed to the soles of his feet.

Under the influence of Xu Dayan, making contributions until he established his own family, it has become a goal of Xuzi's life, but such a family is so cold, so cruel, thinking of this, Xuzi felt a little weak in his heart, he suddenly found that he was at a loss, almost didn't know what he was doing, he found that he was really stupid, he couldn't understand his parents, and he couldn't understand those families,

He floated like a feather in the water, up and down the waves, with no goal and no other shore in sight, /AUT