Chapter XVIII: Absurd Military Law
At the west gate of Huojiazhuang, hundreds of soldiers were waving the blades in their hands, driving away the dense crowd, these were all the women and children of the Zhuang guests who wanted to escape from Huojiazhuang, but did not go far in time, they were all driven back, and some of them were beaten with leather whips, and the eyes of the Zhuang guests who looked at the soldiers of the Song family were full of panic.
"Dad!Mother!Dad...... Mother....... ”
The cries of young children came intermittently from the road inside the door, and a three- or four-year-old doll was kneeling in front of the corpses of a couple and crying bitterly, one of the doll's right legs twisted into a strange shape, and the stubble of the leg and wrist was exposed, which was shocking to see.
"What are you crying about, I'm annoying people, I don't know they're all dead? Anyway, you can't live a doll with a broken leg, so I'll be kind and send you underground to accompany your father!"
A soldier was driving his horse inward, and when he heard the cry of the young child, he frowned, and his eyes showed cruelty, and in the midst of the roar, he drove the horse closer, drew his long knife, and slashed at the young child.
"Whew!"
A stick spun and flew over, hitting the soldier's back, and with a thud the soldier had already flown up from his horse, and fell to the ground spitting blood, rolling on the ground with convulsions.
Chen Ziang walked slowly to the young child, looking at the young child's red eyes crying and his right leg that had been destroyed, his eyes were full of grief.
'War is cruel. ’
Sighing in his heart, Chen Ziang bent down and gently picked up the young child, the young child was still struggling on him, crying nonstop, but a three- or four-year-old doll, how could he beat his strength, he didn't know how to coax the child, just patted his back lightly with one hand.
"Third brother, I know you can't see this kind of thing, but next time you can't take a shot, you need to kill someone, you must know that this kind of thing is normal, but you are making a big fuss!"
Song Qiyuan frowned, looking at the Song family soldiers on the ground who gradually stopped breathing, with a look of displeasure.
Without saying a word, Chen Ziang walked over and picked up his iron rod, and threw it again, penetrating into the chest of a soldier who was tearing a woman's clothes not far away.
"Song Hengping!"
Song Qiyuan couldn't hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart anymore, his eyes widened, and he roared angrily.
"What do you want to do? You must know that I did not give the order to slaughter the village, and I am already merciful! Do you want to kill and injure our own soldiers for the sake of these untouchables?"
Chen Ziang stepped forward, came to his iron rod again, lifted the stick and glanced at the audience, all the soldiers of the Song family did not dare to look at him, and no one was shouting loudly to beat the Zhuang Ke and insult the women, lest the lord of his own family would lose his life with his fierce nature.
Only Song Qiyuan glared at him angrily, his eyes full of anger and incomprehension.
Chen Ziang touched the iron rod to the ground and slowly scratched it on the ground, and after a while, a line of crooked characters appeared on the loess earth.
"Those who steal people's property, humiliate their people, and ** women should be killed!"
Song Qiyuan read out the big characters on the ground word by word, there was no respect in his heart, only absurdity.
"Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about, how can there be such a method of war in the world? Attacking its cities, plundering its people, and occupying its land have been the foundation of marching and fighting since ancient times! Even if you have done something too much, you can only be blamed with the staff, how can you hurt your own people's lives for the sake of the enemy?"
Chen Ziang did not change his face and tapped the big characters on the ground with the iron rod in his hand, and walked forward slowly, and the soldiers of the Song family hurriedly dodged, as if they were hiding from the plague god.
Qin Tanliang, whose hands were tied behind the horse, glanced at each other, his eyes were full of surprise, but he thought of why the other party was chasing after him, and a little regret rose in his heart.
Huojiazhuang hall, about four zhang wide, ten zhang long, spacious and bright, majestic. In the center is a pair of solid wood chairs wrapped in tiger skin, and above the chair is a three-character plaque of Zhongyi Hall waved by an iron pen and silver hook, adding a sense of solemnity. The dozens of small benches placed under the hall reminded Chen Ziang of watching curtain movies in the countryside when he was a child in his first life.
The small bench has been swept aside, two men are kneeling under the hall with their hands tied behind their backs, Chen Ziang is sitting on a big chair with a doll that has fallen into a deep sleep, and Song Qiyuan is holding two iron rulers in his hands and circling back and forth around the two people below.
"Qin Tanliang, a spicy scholar, measures the world with two iron rulers in his hands, and he has been famous for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to see him, and he didn't expect to see a real person in Huojiazhuang. ”
"Captain Song is polite, but it's just a student who hasn't been able to enter the school, how can there be any big name?"
Qin Tanliang lowered his head and replied lightly.
"Mr. Qin is polite, I heard that Mr. Qin was also famous in the township for his outstanding talent when he was young, but unfortunately he was blocked by traitors because of his bad background, and was stopped outside the examination room of the county government, but Your Excellency killed people in a fit of rage, and two iron rulers smashed the heads of the three invigilators one after another, and he could easily escape under the siege of many officials, how can he not be admired for his courageous martial arts?"
Song Qiyuan smiled slightly and stopped.
Qin Tanliang kept his head down and didn't say a word.
"This should be Chen Xiaosi, a dryland beaver, right?"
Song Qiyuan smiled disappreciatively, and came to Chen Xiaosi again.
"I didn't expect that the villain's cheap name could also enter the ears of the Song family. ”
Chen Xiaosi replied in a sullen voice.
"Mr. Chen is modest, Your Excellency was the top master of Keju in the capital back then, and one person can be a famous person in a team, and I have admired Your Excellency's skills for a long time. ”
Song Qiyuan sighed again and said, "It's a pity that Mr. Chen suddenly disappeared in the Keju field and couldn't see Mr. Chen's heroic appearance!." ”
"But I don't want to hear a few years ago that Mr. suddenly fell into the grass, but it made me very surprised, I don't know how Mr. was in the prosperity of the capital, how did he fall into the grass?"
"The past is gone, why bother talking about it! Song Dalang left us brothers behind, not to make friends, right?"
Qin Tanliang suddenly raised his head, stared at Song Qiyuan and shouted.
"That's right, I don't have a problem, and I ask Mr. Qin to solve my doubts. ”
Song Qiyuan nodded, and said to himself: "How could the two generals who sat down as the Great Sage King deign to come to our small Huojiazhuang?"
"When today's chaos has appeared, our Great Sage Army is about to recruit troops and gather heroes from all over the world in order to achieve a great cause! I have heard the names of the two owners of Huojiazhuang for a long time, and I have come to invite them to create a great cause together! Unfortunately, I never thought that the Song family, who had always flaunted the central court, would also become a thief!"
Qin Tanliang sneered, just thinking about it, he guessed that the Song family must have already started an incident, otherwise he would not suddenly attack Huo Jiazhuang, but the relationship between the Huo family brothers was not reminded.
"My Song family is on the side of the Qing monarch, and I punish treachery and evil! It's different from you thieves. ”
Song Qiyuan shook his head with a smile.
"Why should Song Dalang deceive himself, do you think anyone will believe this?"
Qin Tanliang sneered.
"Whether others believe it or not, I believe it anyway. But Mr. Qin is full of nonsense, it seems that he doesn't plan to entertain honestly?"
"What do you mean? I've already made it clear what you want me to say!"
Qin Tanliang shook off the iron chain behind him and made a clattering sound.
"The Great Sage Army is far away in Shanggu, separated from Huojiazhuang by the entire Shun'an County, the two generals of the Great Sage Army will deign to come here thousands of miles away for a small Huojiazhuang, who do you think will believe it? Even my stupid brother won't believe it!"
Song Qiyuan sneered, and pointed at Chen Ziang casually.
Chen Ziang rolled his eyes in his heart, it seemed that the eldest brother was still a little resentful of what he had just done, and he blatantly despised himself.