Chapter 12 The human head hanging on the flagpole in front of the city wall of the Dai Temple

"Does it have to be exterminated? Couldn't the contradictions between the imperial court and the Heaven and Earth Society be resolved in a peaceful and civilized way? For example, like Liangshan's one hundred and eight generals, he accepted the imperial court's edict. "Zhu Xiaoshi has listened to the old gentleman in the village who has been commenting on books since he was a child, and he has also heard the story of the heroes of Liangshan such as Wu Song fighting the tiger and Lin Chongfeng Snow Mountain Temple, so he couldn't help but ask.

"How is that possible?" Seeing that Zhu Xiaoshi still hadn't become as resolute as herself, and resolutely stood on the side of the government and court, Miss Yuru couldn't help but get a little angry.

"Look up and see what's hanging on the flagpole?" Miss Yuru was obviously a little angry in her words.

Zhu Xiaoshi stood in front of the south wall of Dai Temple and looked up, and couldn't help but be startled, only to see that on the flagpole in front of the south wall, there was a human head that had been cut off. There are a total of six flagpoles in front of the south wall, and on the six flagpoles are a full six human heads. And it seems that the beheadings were not only young men, but also women and children.

"What is this?" Zhu Xiaoshi looked at Miss Yuru suspiciously, and asked puzzledly.

"This is the head of the Heaven and Earth Society rebels who launched a rebellion last month, vainly trying to capture Tai'an Mansion by force, and died in the war." Looking at Zhu Xiaoshi's puzzled face, Miss Yuru told him coldly.

"When people are dead, you will cut off their heads!" This time, Zhu Xiaoshi was really angry, although he was just a child raised by a poor family in the village, he had also read since he was a child. Understand what loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness are, and treat the people around them with a loving heart when they live. Even if you are dealing with an enemy who is at odds with you, you should not use the cruel way of cutting off people's heads and hanging them on the flagpole.

"Treat the thieves of the Heaven and Earth Society! It's meant to be cruel! Just can't have a trace of mercy, let them and those Diao people who support them understand that this is the end of opposing the Qing court! I didn't expect Miss Yuru's face to be extremely serious, and she said such vicious words from her mouth.

"If I knew you were such a vicious woman, I shouldn't have meddled in helping you get the hairpin back!" This time, Zhu Xiaoshi couldn't bear it anymore, and Zhu Xiaoshi yelled at Miss Yuru angrily.

"It's just that you are nosy, if it weren't for your masked little man who stole my hairpin, I would have been captured by me!" When Miss Yuru saw Zhu Xiaoshi roaring loudly, she didn't have the slightest fear, and looked at Zhu Xiaoshi stubbornly and said.

"Since everyone is not on the same road, then the road is not the same, and I will leave." Zhu Xiaoshi really couldn't accept the concept of the Yuru girl in front of him to treat the Heaven and Earth Society, but he couldn't convince him, so he didn't want to continue to entangle with the Yuru girl in front of him, so he could only turn around and leave.

Zhu Xiaoshi turned his head and turned to leave, but at this moment, he felt so lonely. Although the world is big and Tai'an City is extremely prosperous, I really don't have a bosom friend here, and I don't know what I should do.

And for this Yuru girl who had just quarreled with herself, Zhu Xiaoshi judged from her personal experience over the years that she was obviously not a bad person. But I really don't understand why this Yuru girl hates the people of the Heaven and Earth Society so much, as if she can't wait to kill all the people of the Heaven and Earth Society to relieve her hatred.

"I should do something meaningful." After struggling for a while, Zhu Xiaoshi decided not to be entangled anymore. The purpose of coming to Tai'an City was to find Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an, within 100 days, give him the Yin-Yang Mansion so that he could temporarily avoid the pursuit of black and white impermanence, and then take him to the Temple of the Emperor of Zhuyang Town. I still tried every means to find Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an, Zhu Xiaoshi finally stopped being entangled and made a decision.

But how can you find Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an? Zhu Xiaoshi was muttering in his heart, after all, it was the first time he came to Tai'an City from the village, and he was unfamiliar with life here.

Zhao Guolin, as the prefect of Tai'an, should go to two places if he wants to find him, the first is the Tai'an Mansion where he works, and the second is the Tai'an Prefect's compound where he lives. As the official yamen of the entire Tai'an City, the Tai'an Mansion must be heavily guarded and not easy to enter, compared to the Tai'an Prefectural Compound where Zhao Guolin lives. Zhu Xiaoshi finally decided, and what he had to do now was to go to the Tai'an Prefect's compound to meet Tai'an Prefect Zhao Guolin.

So, Zhu Xiaoshi walked on the road and decided to know where the Tai'an Prefect's compound was through the most primitive way of asking passers-by.

"This little brother, may I ask where is the prefect's compound where Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an, lives?" Zhu Xiaoshi saw a crazy man in his twenties running on the road, singing and dancing at the same time, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"Zhao Guolin, Zhao Guolin, Zhao Guolin is a good official, Zhao Guolin is the parent official of the people of Tai'an." After saying this, the madman continued to sing and dance and left the place without answering Zhu Xiaoshi's question.

Even madmen say that Zhao Guolin is a good official, and it seems that Zhao Guolin is indeed a good official who is fair and honest and asks for the people's life. Zhu Xiaoshi couldn't help but sigh.

"Uncle, do you know where the prefect's compound of Tai'an Prefect Zhao Guolin is?" An old farmer pushing a wheelbarrow came to meet him, and Zhu Xiaoshi hurriedly stepped forward and asked.

"It's not clear." The old farmer looked kind, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and continued to retreat the wheelbarrow after speaking.

Zhu Xiaoshi then asked four or five passers-by, including women playing with children, scholars who looked polite, craftsmen who did crafts, and small vendors selling vegetables and fruits on the side of the road, but no one was exempt, and everyone did not know where the prefect's compound of Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an, was.

"Young man, are you going to the prefect's compound of Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an?" Suddenly, the voice of an old woman came from the side of the road.

Zhu Xiaoshi looked back and saw an old woman who looked to be in her seventies, sitting on the bridge of a river fishing. On the head of the bridge is written three words "Nai River Bridge".

"Nai River Bridge!" Zhu Xiaoshi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he saw these three words, the Naihe Bridge is not the bridge that the legendary person has to cross when he dies and goes to the underworld, and this old woman actually sits on the head of the Naihe Bridge, is this old woman the Meng Po who gave people Meng Po soup in myths and legends? ”

"Young man, why are you so rude, why don't you answer when the elders ask you?" The old woman who was fishing was a little stunned when she saw Zhu Xiaoshi, and reminded Zhu Xiaoshi again.

"Oh. I'm sorry old woman, but I'm really going to the prefect's compound of Zhao Guolin, the prefect of Tai'an. "Under the old woman's reminder, Zhu Xiaoshi responded, but due to the panic in his heart, he forgot to ask where the prefect's compound of Tai'an prefect Zhao Guolin was."

"The name of this mountain is Mount Tai, and the name of this river is Naihe. There are boats on the Nai River, and boats are destined for people to go where they should go. I saw the old lady standing at the head of the Nai River bridge throwing the fishing rod into the water, and a big wooden boat suddenly appeared on the water.

It's just amazing! Seeing the surprising scene just now, Zhu Xiaoshi couldn't believe his eyes. And if you look closely, why is this magical old woman sitting on the bridge fishing so familiar? It seems to have been seen somewhere.

I remembered, Zhu Xiaoshi suddenly reacted, the old woman who wore winter cotton clothes in summer and went back to the village after going down the mountain to show me the way home on Zhushan Mountain, and the old woman who was sitting on the bridge fishing just now is obviously the same person! Zhu Xiaoshi took a closer look, and saw that the old woman who was sitting on the bridge fishing just now had disappeared.

"Thank you to the gods for bless me in secret, and I wish Xiaoshi will live up to expectations and complete his mission." Although Zhu Xiaoshi was not sure who the old woman who had helped him three times was, he was sure that she was definitely a god sent by God to help him. So I wish Xiaoshi to fold his hands and worship into the distance very religiously.