The early spring moon is not clear, and the clouds are deep and nowhere to be found.

The scourge of the plague has been solved, and what remains is the state affairs of Fan Tingnan, the county guard of Zhangwu County, and the family affairs of the Fan family of Zhangwu County, Zhangwu County!

There is never an impermeable wall in the world.

On the day of Fan Guanbei's arrest, there were countless county soldiers and clerks who came in and out of the house, and there were also many bystanders on the way to escort Fan Guanbei to the county prison. However, the wild wind of the people of Zhangwu County about this matter before and after tea has slowly blown to all corners, and the people have different opinions, and most of them firmly believe that Lord Fan will give them a fair explanation.

After early spring, the cow will immediately calf, and the pheasant will take the female to call. In order to close the case as soon as possible, Fan Tingnan did not avoid suspicion, and summoned the government to record the matter, to decide Cao Peng, to reciprocate Cao Peng, to give Cao Peng, and a number of secretaries and small officials under the door, to clean up a separate courtyard, strictly control the entry and exit, and wanted to make a complete end to this matter before February 2.

After repeated scrutiny and trial of a series of criminal processes such as handwriting comparison of letters and verification of witness testimony, the county guard office formed a file, and after the county guard and the officials affixed their official seals and private seals, Fan Tingnan immediately sent the county guard chief 300 li to expedite and send all the materials to the Bozhou Prefecture Pastoral Office to destroy the city.

As the official in charge of a county, the county guard has the right to make decisions in Linji, in order not to miss the agricultural time, before waiting for the approval of the city, Fan Tingnan and a group of officials agreed on the date of the public trial.

"History of the Han Dynasty": 341 A.D., the year of the ox, the end of the first month. Qingjing New Year, green willow half yellow. Zhangwu County Shoufan listens to the south, reluctantly obeys the order, benevolence and wisdom, sacrifices to the gods of heaven and earth, cuts off flesh and blood relatives, and judges the law to correct the public.

Yan Zhao is a generous and tragic person, and Wu Chu is more delicate and beautiful.

Bozhou is composed of the old Yan relics of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the northern pioneer land, since ancient times, the folk customs are simple and strong, in recent years, the world is peaceful, although there is no generous and sad people, but the people still have the style of Yan Zhao's legacy. Although private fights are strictly forbidden in the official family, in the center of most Bozhou counties, there will always be a martial arts school field, which is used to fight with heroic skills to resolve grievances with martial arts.

Today's martial arts competition school field is particularly lively, for the same reason, yesterday's bulletin board was posted, and the content of the list was: The county shou Fan Tingnan will explain the matter of the Great Plague and conduct a public trial at the end of the day.

Before the hour came, the black and oppressive people had already blocked the school field, some dressed in linen and filial piety to seek justice, some had nothing to do to watch the excitement, and some were curious to see the truth......

Seeing this, Xia Qing snorted and said, "Today's school field can be regarded as 'blooming'!" ”

Liu Yi and Han Li who were mixed in the crowd stood at the very front, and from time to time there were people who had seen the demeanor of the cloth that day, and they stepped forward to say hello to the dead Shichen and Han Li, and worshiped them infinitely, although the two responded humbly, their eyes were full of pride.

Mixing the rivers and lakes, the picture is the word 'face', today's Zhangwu people, it can be said that they have given enough face to the two of them, which makes people dislike.

Gongsun Haojin, who likes to play lively, is unusually today, and did not follow, it seems that the entire Gongsun family did not even have a single servant to come, it seems that they don't want to increase the incident, and they intend to dodge.

The sun is on three poles, and the time has come. Fan Tingnan was surrounded by the soldiers and clerks of a dry county, and slowly walked to the center of the school field, and when the people saw Fan Tingnan, they immediately called for joy and surrendered their hands together, "Meet Lord Fan, Lord Fan is well!" ”

I saw the county soldiers surrounding the school field, and the scribes turned to the stage. Fan Tingnan Xiaoguan dress, silver seal blue ribbon, hand hidden in sleeve, left hand pressed right hand, raised hand to increase forehead, bow 90 degrees. The people knew that this was Fan Tingnan's salute before he was about to speak, and there was silence for a moment.

"Fathers and elders, in the Year of the Rat, in the autumn, the great plague descended on Zhangwu, there was nowhere to go to the sky, there was no light in the clouds, the people were suffering, their relatives were destroyed, they were killed without guilt, they were punished, there were 3,740 dead, and 976 people were killed...... Alack! What a pain! Alas! ”

Fan Tingnan went straight to the point, and explained in detail the casualties and losses of the people since the plague at the beginning.

"Shuihe has a real person, a name and five talents, with a thousand gold prescriptions, a poor lifelong cultivation, and the treatment of the people is 2,100 whole. Today, the truth is clear, and I hereby confess to Zhangwu's father! ”

After Fan Tingnan explained the matter in detail, the people were in an uproar and wanted to punish Fan Guanbei to correct the criminal law.

Fan Tingnan did not command the county soldiers to stop, but took off the small crown seal letter, knelt in the center of the school field, on his left and right sides, Fan Guanbei and Li Yanfeng also knelt on the school field under the escort of the county soldiers, and the three of them were side by side.

The school field was calm again, and Fan Tingnan knelt with the two criminals, which made everyone in the audience unexpected.

Fan Tingnan turned his head and glanced at Cao Peng, who had just come to power, and Cao Peng understood in his heart, hesitated for a moment, but still took out a piece of yellow paper from his sleeve, unfolded it tremblingly, and read it out loud, "Zhangwu plague, it's really a disaster." The first crime Fan Guanbei, in the name of narrow-mindedness and selfishness, regarded the people as grass mustard, according to the "Han Law and Civil Law Chapter", his head abandoned the city, the accomplice was flogged 300, the right arm was abolished, and the accomplice father, mother, and wife sat together, and the punishment was moved, and he was no longer allowed to live in Zhangwu; The second crime, Li Yanfeng, is ignorant and ignorant, does not observe the reason, although he is blinded, he still needs to be punished, he remembers his teacher to drive away the plague and cure the difficulties, does not sit together, and abandons the city with his head; The county shou Fan listens to the south, there is no way to raise a brother, there is no way to treat him, he is incompetent in investigation, and he is helpless in acting, so he should be held accountable, and he is the measure of the world and the criterion of the Ming people. ”

After reading the last two words with difficulty, he knelt on the ground with a plop, and after saying 'adult', he couldn't cry.

There was a dead silence in the field, and the audience was in an uproar, except for the five Peng officials who participated in the trial, no one expected that in the trial results sent to the broken city, the county shou Fan Tingnan actually sentenced himself to death.

"Axeman, execution!" Seeing the stalemate in the scene, Fan Tingnan scolded angrily, and immediately looked at Fan Guanbei, who was kneeling on the left, and smiled warmly, "Brother, brother will accompany you, go all the way, in the next life, you will be a brother!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Fan Guanbei cried out with a 'wow', "I was wrong, brother!" In the next life, I will do it back then, and I will repay you for this kindness, I was wrong, brother! ”

When the words landed, Fan Guanbei's head, which had taken thousands of innocent lives, finally fell to the ground!

After cutting Fan Guanbei, the knife and axe hand moved behind Fan Tingnan, raising the knife in his hand, but he did not fall, the five big and three thick knife and axe hands, suddenly sissy tears and said, "My lord, I turned out to be Zhao Yuan, who raised pigs at the west entrance of the city, three years ago, my pig's pig was taken by the wolf cub of the Lingyuan Mountains, you arranged for me to be a knife and axe hand, two years ago my mother was critically ill, and it was the adult who paid for my mother's treatment." I haven't read a book, but I always have to talk about a picture of gratitude, today, I can't do this! ”

"Zhao Yuan, live a good life, you are right, you always have to talk about a thankful report, after this incident, my Fan family owes this Zhangwu people, too much! Come on, give me a good time, and forget my knot. Come on, I won't blame you, Elder Zhangwu, and I won't blame you either. ”

After speaking, Fan Tingnan slowly closed his eyes.

Seeing this, many people knelt on the ground one after another, and pleading words were endless, and some people tried to rush to the school field, but were stopped by the county soldiers one by one.

In the face of Fan Tingnan's life and death, the honest Zhangwu fathers and elders at the same time put aside the grievances and hatreds in their hearts and chose to support their county guards.

The dead are great, the living are great!

At this time, an old Taoist in a green robe and purple crown, cloud shoes dusty, white hair and white beard, carrying an ancient sword on his back, flashed left and right, and ascended the school field in a fluttering and chic manner.

The person who came was a real person with five talents!

Since the rescue of people, the water and river view has always closed the door, for the people to come to thank and the pilgrims to burn incense and pray for blessings, all are gone, today the five real people come here, there will be a big event.

Han Li in the audience sighed, "Looking at his pace, it should be that the imperial art realm has been exhausted!" ”

Wucai Zhenren waved his arm lightly at the knife and axeman, and the knife and axe hand got the steps, and instantly put away the knife and stepped down, running away without a trace, if he really beheaded Lord Fan, wouldn't he be drowned by the neighbors with spit?

The 'immortal' appeared, the knife hand withdrew, and the audience fell silent again, hoping that this real person would be kind and save Lord Fan.

After exhaling a deep breath of turbidity into the sky, Wucai Zhenren sat cross-legged on the stage and said softly, "Everyone, today, this Tao wants to tell a story. ”

The old Taoist elder pointed at Li Yanfeng and said, "The kid next to me is named Li Yanfeng, the word is Boyi, and his grandfather Li Jigeng and I are Qingzhu's confidantes." Forty-six years ago, Daqin took advantage of the elite soldiers to break through the border and attack the Han Dynasty, Shenwu Emperor Liu Chen personally led the army to the north, and his grandfather Li Jigeng went to Hongnong's general Yuanyan tent under a Zhonglang general's mansion, and sought an errand for Zhonglang Mansion to join the army. In the battle of Wild Wolf Dian, Zhonglang General was surrounded by 7,000 people, and all of them were killed below the general and above the soldiers, and my poor brother did not even find his head, and all of them were fed to the jackals. ”

Wucai Zhenren's thoughts, like a leisurely river, flowed to the haze of the past that he did not want to touch.

Wucai Zhenren sighed, "Before the Northern Expedition, Li Jigeng already had a son, Li Lie, and after the news of his death in battle was transmitted back to Zhangwu County, my brother and wife, who were already weak, lingered and thought about it, and finally ended up depressed. At that time, my heart had fallen into the dust, and I was concentrating on cultivation in this view of water and rivers. Heaven and earth are upright, mixed manifolds, if this matter is left unchecked, I will eventually have a knot in my heart, and I will damage the Taoist heart and morality. ”

"So, I took the infant Li Jigeng back to the Shuihe view, taught him to learn, supplemented by martial arts, educated to the Tao, and treated like a son, although the child is not smart, but pragmatic, self-cultivation, when traveling in northern Xinjiang, by the grandson of the county of Sunjiang County. Wen Cheng took a fancy to it, went to the state pastor, made a county order, settled down, married a wife, and gave birth to Yanfeng, I am also considered to have completed my merits, and since then I have concentrated on enlightenment in this water and river view, ignoring the world. ”

Wucai Zhenren fugue is too empty, his eyes are blurred and painful, and his face is sad, "The good times don't last long, because Sunjiang County is located in the northernmost part of Northern Xinjiang, it is often harassed by the Great Qin, at that time, the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty has not been built, and the Great Qin Iron Cavalry plunders property in groups of three or five, which is a very common thing, as long as it does not hurt people's lives, the two sides will always trivialize." ”

The people gradually listened to it.

"Eighteen years ago, there was a great drought in Muzhou in the north, and there was no grass, and the drought affected the northern frontier of Daqin. The Northeast is already poor, and the people rely on crops harvested once a year to make a living. So the county guard of Sunjiang County gathered the county soldiers and county soldiers to lead the border army of Sunjiang County, preparing to protect the people for the autumn harvest. ”

Wucai Zhenren was obviously a little emotional, and said in a trembling voice, "Once, my righteous son Jigeng, led two hundred county soldiers, escorted the people to collect grain, and encountered dozens of people looted by the Great Qin Iron Cavalry. The two sides fought, a few charged down, the county soldiers were rushed and suffered heavy casualties, and my righteous son was even more ridden by the Great Qin army and dragged to death with a war horse! ”

Wucai Zhenren tried his best to restrain his emotions and continued, "In order to take revenge, Yanfeng and his mother tattooed her face, disguised herself as a cook, went through hardships, found the camp of that group of dogs, and tried to poison the rice. ”

Imagine that a peasant woman's family can have some thoughts, and this calculation will be immediately recognized, Yanfeng and his mother will be cooked alive, and her meat will be eaten by the thieves.

Speaking of this, Li Yanfeng has burst into tears, no one knows what kind of mood this young man who has no father or mother, and has grown up in Taoist temples since he was a child!

Wucai Zhenren gently helped Li Yanfeng's back, his eyes were extremely soft, "Later, I went to Sunjiang County, just like I hugged his father back then, I carried him back to Shuiheguan, and watched him grow up slowly like I had educated his father back then." In a blink of an eye, this kid has already reached the crown! ”

"Saying this is not to win everyone's sympathy, but to tell everyone that this kid is not a bad person! People are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless! If this child dies like this, how shall I explain to my brother when I get here? It can't be said that all the skills he has learned have been used to poison the people, right? ”

Wucai Zhenren slowly stood up and stood the ancient sword on the ground, "The law is nothing more than human affection, the sin of ignorance and ignorance of my child, the sin of Fan Junshou's helplessness, and the poor way, let's pay it back together!" ”

"Not good!" Dead Shichen wanted to fly into the arena and save the Wucai real person who wanted to find a short sight, but he was dragged by Han Li and shouted in a low voice, "It's better to die than to be famous, this is his choice, let him go!" ”

Liu Yi grabbed the corner of the dead Shichen's clothes at the same time and persuaded, "Master, I'm afraid there is no better solution to today's matter than the death of the five talented Taoists." ”

When the three of them whispered, a 'big father' sounded on the school field, the voice was extremely miserable, and the wooden ancient sword carried by Wucai Zhenren was directly inserted into Wucai Zhenren's own abdomen.

Li Yanfeng's arms were tied and he couldn't stretch his arms, so he turned around and knelt beside Wucai Zhenren, pressed his face tightly against Wucai Zhenren's chest, and cried, "Father, I was wrong! I'll never do alchemy again, don't die! ”

From beginning to end, the sharp eyes of the Wucai real person revealed a soft and kind gaze, and at this moment, the real person who was about to die stretched out his wrinkled hand and touched Li Yanfeng's face, "What are you crying about, wouldn't it be nice to exchange my old immortal for you to be in your prime!" You and I are going to give an explanation to the thousands of souls in the east of the city for you, aren't we? Also, child, there is nothing wrong with alchemy, but there are too few pure people in the world. Ahem, in the future, the eldest father will not be by your side, you have to learn to detect people's hearts! ”

Wucai Zhenren's voice became smaller and smaller, "Child, you have to remember, the more you are beaten by the darkness, it means that you are a person of light." Let's go! Let's go! ”

Wucai Zhenren gently lowered his hand and slowly closed his eyes!

I'm sorry, but I miss you, Father, and I have nothing left for you!

......

On stage, Li Yanfeng couldn't stop crying, and Fan Tingnan also burst into tears.

In the audience, some righteous people also splashed tears with the corners of their eyes; Some of them wore linen and filial piety, and slowly left in their own voices, 'That's it, that's it'.

Gradually, there were not many people left in the audience.

Suddenly, a horse ran from the north gate, and a herdsman arrived, shouting as he ran, "The state pastor decrees, the main offender should be punished, the punishment will be lenient, the wind will be spared death, and the county guard is not guilty!" ”

Hearing the approaching shout, Fan Tingnan couldn't hold it anymore and cried with Li Yanfeng.

Liu Yi looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help himself.

"The river of water is vast, the way of heaven is turbulent, the wind of real people, the mountains are high and the water is long!"

There are gods in the water river, and the heart can penetrate the sun and the moon, and the fierce will last forever!

......

Three days later, in a small wine shop in Zhangwu City, the grandfather and grandson of the East who was about to recite the book on stage received two bamboo slips from Li Yanfeng of Shuiheguan, the handwriting on the bamboo slips was sloppy, but the content was very eye-catching.

Dongfang Chunsheng trembled his hands, slowly unfolded, and read, "If you don't know people, you should destroy them; If you help the abuse, you should cut off an arm; The avenue is not hidden, and the world is one family. ”

Twenty-four words, word by word.

"Grandpa, what are you talking about today?"

"The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes have many strange ambitions, protect the people and fulfill their promises, stability and health!"