Wang Kai, who was heartbroken for defending the city, collapsed, and he strode to the corner of the county temple and sarcastically mocked the county Cheng:

"The matter of cooking, why do you work with the country's 300 stone officials?"

Who knew that after the county Cheng was ridiculed, there was no trace of embarrassment and embarrassment at all, but he taught Wang Kai in a matter-of-fact manner:

"Wang Jun, you can't underestimate this cooking. You must know that if people can't eat enough, they will panic in their stomachs, and if they panic in their stomachs, they will not have enough energy. Now that the Minister of State is shouldering the livelihood of thousands of Li people, his body is not a trivial matter, but a major matter for the people of Quanzhang County. ”

Wang Kai was painted with anger by this mediocre official's face, and asked rhetorically:

"Do you know that if you don't have enough to eat, you will panic? Don't you know that Ding Yong on the city tower is also hungry and cold? ”

Seeing that Wang Kai was really angry, the county didn't dare to say more, but carefully explained:

"There are priorities, first protect the stomach of the prime minister, isn't Ding Yong's stomach settled below?"

Wang Kai didn't want to spend more effort on this mediocre official, and directly entered the temple angrily, and he wanted to find the Minister of State Li Zan to advise.

The state is corrupted by these little people.

When Wang Kai entered the hall, he informed Li Zan of the situation in the city, and once again told the curtain master to pay more attention, and the morale in the city had reached a very dangerous point.

Li Zan still has a bottom line in the end, this time he was bumped into by Wang Kai when he ate mutton, which really made him a little ashamed, he said that this was the self-made initiative of the people below, and on the other hand, he once again assured that he would share weal and woe with the whole city.

This time, Wang Kai didn't believe much, but asked Li Zan to go to the city with him to boost the morale of the city again, otherwise the city would be ruined.

Li Zan was a little hesitant, and Hu Zhen dissuaded him from another staff member over there:

"Prime Minister of State, the soldiers in the city are in danger, it is better to be quiet in the city. The current situation is that the Taiping thieves are unable to attack the city, as long as the city is defended, there will be no problem, of course, we still have to send supplies to the city as soon as possible. ”

Hu Zhen is a student of Li Zhan, and he is also from his hometown, and what his own people say is Hu Zhen.

Wang Kai wanted to scold Hu Zhen, but what he said did have some truth. Now everyone is not panicking because they really feel that it is okay to defend the city, and if the prime minister personally goes to the city to boost morale, it will make these brave men who are not strong in battle think more.

Thinking of this, Wang Kai didn't want to make extraneous branches, so he didn't say much. But before leaving, he still suggested that Huang Cen should give out a reward to appease the 100 county soldiers.

Li Zan nodded, and immediately asked people to do it.

In the end, Wang Kai had no choice but to leave.

On the way home, Wang Kai already felt that Li Zhan's mentality was a little wrong, as if he was running away, but if Li Zhan was afraid of death and didn't do anything, then he wouldn't enter Zhang County again after he got on the boat that day.

But now in this state, there is no war, no harmony, no surrender, no leaving, and I don't know what the prince thinks.

He didn't go back to the house directly, but went to another staff member, Xu Yan, he had a lot of things to say to Xu Yan, Xu Yan is too, since he returned to Zhangxian, he has changed like a different person, and he has begun to shirk his responsibilities.

Wang Kai was still thinking about Xu Yan's affairs here, and he didn't know what happened to Li Zhan, the prince of the mansion who still stayed in the hall, as soon as he left.

As soon as Wang Kai left, Hu Zhen, a township party who had been covering up for Li Zan before, cried and said to Li Zan in tears:

"Fujun, has it really come to this? Zhao Shu and Li Zou's subordinates are still there, and they can still protect the prince and kill them. ”

Li Zan will also cry this time:

"It's useless. Now it can be dragged a little bit by leaning on the city wall, and once it breaks through the city, Zhang County will immediately fall. I am destined to live and die with Zhang County. My Han family has a Taishou of the Dead Festival, and there is no Taishou who abandons the city. It's just that you've suffered you, and you're going to die with me. After the city is broken, you should find a chance to escape. ”

Hu Zhenning choked and shook his head, but didn't say much.

Looking at the stubborn students, Li Zan sighed, and then held hands with each other and cried goodbye.

Ay! I have been a Han monk for 200 years, and the festival of righteous death is in this dynasty.

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On the other side, Xu Yan is also persuading Wang Kai:

"Renbiao, I mean that if things are bad, you still have to go north. Stay alive, everything will come in time. ”

Just now, the two of them drank wine, and suddenly talked about the situation in the city in the past few days, Wang Kai, who had originally encouraged Xu Yan, drank and drank that he was drunk, and he said that the current situation is really going to die with the city.

Then Wang Kai told Xu Yan about the situation in the city and what he met Li Zan today, so he had the above Xu Yan.

But Wang Kai shook his head and said that although he did not receive much favor from the Han Court, he was conquered by Li Zhan, so he naturally had to be loyal to the king of his mansion, how could he be greedy for life and afraid of death. But when he saw Xu Yan say this, he knew that this person was probably ready, so he asked:

"You must have prepared your luggage, what are your plans?"

Xu Yan nodded, but did not tell Wang Kai about the plan.

The two fell silent for a moment.

Then the wine was finished tastelessly.

At the time of parting, Wang Kai tugged on Xu Yan's sleeve, held it for a long time, and suddenly confided:

"My wife and children will entrust Xu Jun."

After speaking, Wang Kai knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Yan three times, and then went back with a wipe of tears.

Xu Yan looked at Wang Kai's lonely back and wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and went back. After all, he can't protect himself, so what's the good of saying more?

From the state of the city's civil and military affairs, in fact, it is already known that everyone does not have much hope for holding the city. Li Zan is guarding one day at a time, Wang Kai is trying his best to maintain it, and Xu Yan doesn't know what means he has, thinking that he can still get out of the city.

But no matter how pessimistic they were, they didn't expect that Zhangxian would be broken today.

This city was not captured by the Taishan army outside the city, and to be honest, Zhang Chong did not plan to attack the city in a hurry when he knew that the prime minister of Dongping was in the city. On the one hand, the casualties caused by the siege are too great, on the other hand, with the Minister of Dongping here, the reinforcements from various counties in the country can continue to come, and he will lead the Taishan army to annihilate these thieves in the field, wouldn't it be more comfortable?

But today, this Zhang County opened the city gate directly in front of him. A group of soldiers who claimed to be Zhang County soldiers directly opened the city gate and surrendered.

It turned out that today's Zhang County Pawn finally couldn't bear Huang Cen's repeated coaxing, and killed Huang Cen in anger, Huang Cen's face was still full of consternation at that time, and he didn't expect that these mud legs would have the courage to kill him.

In fact, this is the sorrow of people like Huang Cen. These strong and powerful concepts that have been cultivated for a long time make them think that the superiority and humility are predestined, as long as they say a word, they can reprimand those trembling mud legs, because of the long-term immersion of grace, those people have the courage to resist. But the great change of the times is that these mud-legged people have no way to live because they have been forced to live, they have broken through the shackles of the past, picked up knives and guns and began to fight for everything they deserve, and these heroes and doctors who have not yet turned their brains will be the earliest victims in the chaos of this era. As long as war becomes the main theme of the times, these scholars and doctors will realize that the swords and guns in their hands are the new authority, and at that time they will have no illusions about hairpins.

The Zhang County soldiers, who killed Huang Cen in passion, had no way to retreat, so they had to open the door and surrender to the Taishan Yellow Turban.

In an instant, the Taishan army entered the city, strangling all the enemies who dared to block along the way.

Walking on the road, Wang Kai also heard the sound of Taishan's army entering the city, and he subconsciously wanted to run back to Xu Yan's mansion, but he stopped again without taking two steps, and returned to his mansion.

This mansion was lent to Wang Kai by the county, and he was the only old servant to serve. After Wang Kai went home, he asked the old servant to close the door, and then he locked himself in the quiet room.

He first shook the sacrifice in the direction of his home, and paid homage to his deceased parents and ancestors. Then he went to the direction of Kyoto to show his loyalty, and finally he went in the direction of the king of the city, and the last bow, the master and servant Yongjue.

While there was still time, he drank a little more wine, and muttered repeatedly in his mouth:

"Only death, only death." Keep giving yourself courage.

In the end, he drank all the wine in his glass, and then wrote his farewell letter to his family on the slip.

In the letter, he repeatedly told his young son to be a gentleman and to practice martial arts, so that he could take his clan relatives to protect himself and lie dormant in the township. He said that the troubled times have come, and it is necessary to unite more powerful people in the clan, and not to think that they are the descendants of the clan and look up to themselves. The way of the world has changed, and it will be the way of the warriors in the future. In short, he was full of fatherly intentions in the letter, and only hoped that he was safe.

After writing this family letter, Wang Kai called the old servant and asked him to find a place to hide after a while, and when the war was in chaos, he would find an opportunity to go out of the city and give the family letter to Shaolangjun.

The old servant guessed what Wang Kai meant, and only cried there.

At this time, Wang Kai saw that the Zhangxian County Office had already burned into the sky, Wang Kai was a smart person, and after contacting Li Zhan's behavior, he guessed that Li Zhan committed suicide and was loyal.

Wang Kai praised:

"Repay the country's kindness when you die. It can be said that the real husband is also! ”

Seeing that the master had self-immolated, Wang Kai had no reason to live, so he poured himself another glass of wine, and this time he was slowly tasting it. But when the wine finally ran out, Wang Kai was about to think of a dying poem for himself. This is the tradition of their scholars, the so-called goose over the voice, people before leaving, but also have their own strongest voice, so that future generations know their aspirations.

But today, for some reason, Wang Kai, who has always been a literary talent, thought about it for a long time, and was stunned that no words came out. Finally, he smiled bitterly at the old servant:

"After all, I owe a part of my practice. When he was in a state of confusion, he was greedy for life and afraid of death. After learning the sage Tao for decades, I can't see through this dead word after all. ”

In the end, he handed over the jade jue he was about to go to the old servant, and looked at him deeply:

"Old friend, let's go!"

After speaking, he didn't linger anymore, pierced his neck with his pen knife, and killed himself.

When the old servant saw the old master kill himself in front of him, he kept kowtowing and wept silently.

After all, there are many people who are going to die today, after all, the Han Yangshi has been around for 200 years, and filial piety has also been talked about for 200 years, that is, there are one or two people who are greedy for life and afraid of the dead, but for the sake of the family's reputation, at this moment can only be the national death festival.

But these people chose to die, and some people choose to live differently today.