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The sky shimmered.

As far as the peasants are concerned, this is still just an ordinary day, early in the morning, the peasants who have been working in the fields one after another will push open the door and walk in the village, the younger generation of peasants have shouldered the heavy responsibility of the family, even if the harvest of the farmers in the field is not good today, even if this year's harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the landlords exploit them, and the land tax has doubled, but their lives will continue, and the peasants are dependent on the land and rely on the land to survive.

Among the younger generation of peasants, there is a higher status, which can be regarded as a rural form under the influence of the clan system, a family, a big family, and the status of the eldest son is quite high.

Most of the people in the village work in the fields in the form of clans, and under the leadership and coordination of the elderly, they help each other to farm the land, so in the old villages, you can often see groups of young and middle-aged people working in the fields, and women stay at home to cook, and bring meals to the fields near noon.

It is a pity that the harsh taxes in the past two years have been too severe, and the peasants in the village have no surplus food, so in order to make a living, they have turned over and over the soil in the land, just to find the wheat grains that have fallen in the fields, and even organized people to dig wild vegetables in the mountains to find anything to eat.

Today, however, when the people who were working in the fields walked into the village, they saw from a distance that several people were tied to several large trees planted on the side of the village road, and a row of pale and stiff corpses were lying on the ground.

The landlords and housekeepers of the village were tied to the trees, the wives and concubines were kneeling on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs, and the dozen or so corpses lying in the open space in the middle of the road turned out to be ruffians and hooligans who were rampant and domineering in the village on weekdays.

They also saw bulging sacks piled up on the side, loaded on a cart, and a pot was propped up next to the cart, and things were boiling in the pot, and the fire below was burning vigorously.

There was a table under the tree, and in front of it sat a young man, who had washed his face, put on clean clothes, and had his hair groomed, and beside him lay a bundle of guns on the ground, and he had one behind him, the butt of which had been dragged to the ground.

At this time, he was lying on the table and writing something carefully.

"Then, isn't that Xia Yuan!

He, how did he kill so many people! ”

"He tied up the landlord!"

Seeing such a picture early in the morning, the peasants who went to work in the fields were stunned, and suddenly the whole village exploded, and even the old people who had not yet gotten up got up, and hurried to the empty field in the middle of the village with the support of their families.

But in more than 20 minutes, the men, women and children of the whole village got up, gathered in the empty field, looked at the landlord who was tied to the tree and the corpse lying on the ground, they were all stunned, the old man rubbed his cloudy eyes, looked at the landlord hanging on the tree in disbelief, trembled and stretched out his fingers, his lips spurted for a long time, and he didn't say anything.

The invincible landlord was actually hung on a tree, and his fangs were now turned into corpses lying on the ground stiffly, and his face looked very pale.

The young man pointed to Xia Yuan, who was sitting at the table, and said, "It's Xia San's son, it's him, but how is this possible, wasn't he a madman before?" ”

Xia Yuan's image is much worse than before, when he first came back, he was completely crazy, with a disheveled hair, ragged clothes, hungry skin, and skinny, but he really tripped the landlord and killed the ruffians who did all kinds of evil in the village all day long.

Unbelievable, unbelievable.

Li Qingming, the son of the Li family headed by the Li family, stared, he thought of that night Xia Yuan found him and said that he was going to do a big thing, saying that he would trip the landlord and take away the food and money that exploited them from the landlord's house, he thought at that time that this guy was daydreaming, and now Xia Yuan really tripped the landlord without saying a word, and the landlords were all hung on the trees by him, bullying men and women in the village on weekdays, and the landlord servants who did all kinds of evil were also killed by him and lay on the ground in a row.

In the open field, the villagers pointed to the landlord and the housekeeper who were tied to the tree and discussed, not understanding what happened, the landlord's ruffians and hooligans were all killed, and the indispensable landlord and housekeeper were also tied to the tree, what happened last night, it became like this when I got up early in the morning.

When they were shocked, they let out a heavy breath in their hearts.

The landlord, the housekeeper and his subordinates are rampant in the village, almost every villager has encountered their oppression and exploitation, no one does not hate the landlord and these people, but hate but has no strength to resist, and now someone killed the ruffian hooligans, tied up the landlord, naturally gave the villagers a sigh of relief.

It's just that they were shocked that the person who was angry for them turned out to be Xia Yuan!

"The crazy Xia Yuan actually tied up the landlord!"

"Who did he kill as well? Isn't he crazy!? ”

"Unbelievable, how did he do this, the landlord had so many guns in his hands, but last night we big guys didn't hear the gunshots, he didn't even fire the guns, and he took them out?"

The old man Li of the Li family is highly respected in the village, the Li family is a big family after all, and one-third of the people in the village are surnamed Li, which can be regarded as able to speak, Li Qingming whispered in the ear of the old man Li for a while, and the old man Li's eyes flashed with an incredible look, he grabbed Li Qingming's hand and said: "I don't know what he experienced outside, after coming back, he looks crazy, I didn't expect it to be all disguised, is he for this day?" ”

Old Man Li said again: "I'll ask on behalf of the big guy." ”

Li Qingming grabbed his grandfather's hand: "Grandpa." ”

Li Qingming's father said: "Don't worry, if Xia Yuan wants to harm the big guy, he won't wait until now, let alone the big landlord." ”

In the crowd, the old farmer who was beaten in the field leaned over his figure, looking at Xia Yuan sitting at the table, with an unbelievable look on his face, "He ......"

The old farmer's son said, "Dad, that's Xia San's son." ”

"I know, I know." The old farmer muttered, remembering what he had said to himself that day in the field.

That is the people's team, he can bring happiness to the people, will drive out the landlords, give the people their own land, they are a group of people with ideals, they will build a new China, so that everyone can live a happy life. ’

The old farmer murmured: "Red Army...... Red Army ......"

The old farmer's son asked again: "Father, what are you talking about, what Red Army?" ”

The old farmer looked at the landlord who was tied to the tree, and then looked at the corpse on the ground, and said: "Could it be that the Red Army is coming, it must be yes, it must be yes, Xia San's son did not deceive people, the Red Army will drive away the landlord, look, the landlord is not tied to the tree now." ”

His voice caught the attention of the surrounding villagers, who whispered about it.

"The Red Army, what is the Red Army?"

"I heard from people outside that the Red Army seems to be **, burning, killing, plundering, and doing all kinds of evil, will they come?"

"Then why did he attack the landlord? The landlord was also tied up. ”

"He shouldn't be a Red Army."

With the support of Mr. Li's eldest son and grandson Li Qingming, he came to the table, Xia Yuan saw the person who came, stopped the pen in his hand, and the content of the book was the amount of grain distributed by each family.

"Old man Li, come and sit down, I just have something to discuss with you, and I heard the big guy's discussion just now, it seems that everyone has a certain misunderstanding of the Red Army, so by the way, tell the big guy what the Red Army is."

Xia Yuan stood up with a smile on his face, Old Man Li is a respected old man in the village, in addition to the landlord, he can have a certain right to speak in the village, he found Li Qingming before he also took a fancy to Old Man Li's reputation, and if he wants to pull up a team in this area in the future, it must be indispensable for Old Man Li's help.

"Red Army, you're alone?" Old Man Li sat on the stool next to the table, pressed his cane to the ground, and asked.

"No, the foundation of the Red Army is in Nanhu, and I am here to promote the red spirit and let everyone understand what the Red Army is!"

Xia Yuan believed that after the masses understood the nature of the Red Army, they would definitely change their views of the Red Army, and even join the ranks of the Red Army, the emergence of the Red Army was destined to be the desire of the people, and the Red Army was a team that could bring a happy life and hope to the people, and such a team should be publicized in the village, not misunderstood by them.

Because the Chiang clique deliberately preached that the Red Army was bandits, they entered the villages to burn, kill, and plunder, and did all kinds of evil, so that the common people at that time talked about the Red Army in a different way, especially in the places where the Red Army passed, the doors and windows of every house were closed, for fear of provoking right and wrong.

This made many Red Army soldiers very discouraged at that time, they all came from the masses, from the peasants, but they did not expect that they would look at themselves differently in this way, and those who were really helped by the Red Army would unconditionally believe in the Red Army, trust the Red Army, and even send their children to the ranks of the Red Army.

And all this was indispensable to the ideological foundation of the Red Army for the masses and the benefits brought to the masses by the arrival of the Red Army, which were beyond the reach of the White Army.

As a respected old man in the village, Mr. Li naturally heard of the Red Army, but it was the Red Army after being depicted by the White Army, depicting the same as the mountain bandits who did all kinds of evil, Xia Yuan claimed to be the Red Army, but he did not show the appearance of the Red Army doing all kinds of evil like the White Army depicted, and even he arrested the landlord, killed the ruffians and hooligans under the landlord, and tied up the landlord.

Old man Li sat on the stool, leaned his crutches against the table, smoothed the wrinkles on his body, and sat upright, dealing with these soldiers, he naturally behaved better, many of the soldiers were casual, especially the Red Army, don't look at Xia Yuan grew up in Nianping Village, but no one knows what he went through during this time, killed more than a dozen ruffians and hooligans, and still had Xiao Ou Rang on his face.

The corpses sent chills down their hearts.

After Old Man Li sat down, the villagers who were talking about it were silent and gradually quieted down.

Xia Yuan said with a smile on his face: "Everyone's initial impression of the Red Army is from the White Army, what are they? The Red Army is a ruffian hooligan, the Red Army is a mountain bandit, and the Red Army does all kinds of evil, bullying men and women, robbing food, gold, silver and jewelry. ”

He didn't say a word, and the villagers nodded in agreement, this really came from the side of the White Army, which was preaching the evil deeds of the Red Army everywhere, burning, killing, plundering, bullying men and women, doing all kinds of evil, and it was proper that the bandits on the mountain went down the mountain.

Xia Yuan said: "However, the truth is not as the White Army said, the real Red Army does not take a stitch from the masses, military discipline is very strict, and not a single drop is moved; Grain is purchased fairly, the price is fully delivered, solidarity and mutual assistance, everyone is equal, there is no exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and even the landlords and ruffians will be driven out to help everyone regain the land and grain that belongs to everyone, and the people themselves will be the masters of their own affairs, no longer the landlords will oppress the people, but the people themselves will manage the people. ”

The villagers showed a suspicious look on their faces, and Old Man Li asked with some excitement: "Is there really such an army?" ”

Xia Yuan nodded and said, "Do you know why the White Army said that the Red Army was bandits? This is because the White Army had to rely on the landlords to collect grain, the landlords to collect money, and the landlords to catch the strong men, but the Red Army specialized in fighting the landlords, and not beating the landlords was equivalent to hitting the roots of the White Army? Therefore, in order to discredit the Red Army, the White Army went around preaching that the Red Army was bandits, and as long as it smeared the Red Army, then it would be beneficial to them. ”

His voice suddenly raised: "However, justice is in the hearts of the people, whether it is good or bad, everyone will judge for themselves, so I came, I came with the policy of the Red Army, the landlords and local tyrants of Nianping Village bullied everyone, and did a lot of evil on weekdays, this time we will come to a fair trial of their crimes, and seek justice for their fathers and villagers." ”

Xia Yuan walked under the big tree, and in the midst of the villagers' discussions, he untied the rope of the landlord and pulled him to his knees.

"Little brother, little brother, spare my life, I didn't do anything, really, I really didn't do anything."

When pulling the housekeeper, the housekeeper kept begging, and Xia Yuan snorted coldly: "I know whether to be a big guy or not, what I say doesn't count, what the masses say doesn't count." ”

Xia Yuan asked the two of them to kneel in front of everyone, walked to Old Man Li, and said: "Old Man Li, you come to preside over the trial meeting, we must seek truth from facts, do not make things up, what the landlord does, everyone will say, I will make decisions for everyone." ”

Old Man Li was stunned, "Can you really say it?" ”

"Yes, you can speak freely, the Red Army is a solid support for everyone, and I will also make decisions for everyone, the Red Army is an unswerving contingent beside the peasants now." Xia Yuan stood in front of the landlord, like a wall, and said: "I'll come first, the landlord is harsh on taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people are not happy, and many people's homes have been hollowed out, my home, everyone should know!" ”

His gaze became fierce: "The land tax has tripled, and my father is still short after emptying the family, so the landlord leads the ruffians to break into my house in the middle of the night and beat my father to death, my mother is frightened crazy and disappears, I am sold to the hands of the gentry in the town to make cattle and horses, life is better than death, only one meal a day, if it is not for the help of well-wishers to escape, I may die inside." ”

Xia Yuan turned his head to look at the landlord and housekeeper who were already trembling, and said sharply: "This is the only one, the crime is monstrous, and ten lives are not enough for them to pay!" ”