Wuxing, Wuzhuang.
In front of dozens of new graves, Liu Yu stood solemnly in armor, with a white mourning belt on his head, a black gauze around his waist, and a linen suit on his body, dressed in mourning clothes. His hands
He held a bowl of wine in his hand and sprinkled it down into the soil in front of the grave. With tears in his eyes and a choked voice, he said: "Brothers, you are incompetent to send slaves, and you are put in danger.
You are all good men and good soldiers of our Jin Dynasty. You fought for the country against thieves and put down rebellions. Your passionate and loyal souls flow in this land of Sanwu. I, Liu Yu, swear to God that if there is an afterlife, I will share it with you.
Rich!"
As he spoke, he spilled the last bit of wine, threw the bowl on the ground, and said loudly: "Your parents are my Liu Yu's parents, and your wives and children are my family. As long as I have something to eat, you will
I will never let your family members starve or freeze. Wang Bo, Li Sancai, Gu Shunzi..., your families, I have sent brothers to Jingkou for resettlement. Don't worry, go on your way with peace of mind!"
Standing next to Liu Yu was Xu Xianzhi, who also wore a filial piety. His eyes were red, and he looked at the several new graves in front of him and said: "Dad, these two brothers are so unfilial that they cannot live and die together with their father and brother. They live in vain."
So far, I just want to leave a broken body to avenge my father and brother. You, as well as my good brothers and sons of the Xu family, please stay here temporarily. Shangyu has not returned to normal order yet. The monsters and thieves are still there, so I can only ask first.
Everyone is staying here temporarily, and when we completely eliminate the demon thieves, we will definitely welcome you back to your hometown!"
As he spoke, he also spilled the water and wine in front of him, and finally his eyes fell on his father's tombstone. Looking at the line of epitaphs with flying dragons and phoenixes, his nose became sour again and he was almost in tears.
Chen Yi, who was standing on one side, sighed, took out a handkerchief, and handed it to Xu Xianzhi: "Master, my old master has dedicated his life to the country. He is loyal and loyal for a long time. Everyone in Wu praised him. We can't just wipe our tears here.
We still need to destroy the demon thieves and avenge them!"
Standing behind everyone, Yuan Song, wearing a plain official robe, sighed: "The dead are gone, but the living are still alive. We can stand here because of their heroic sacrifices. The Jin Dynasty will not forget them. Sanwu
The people will never forget them, Liu Canjun, Xu Langzhong, please express your condolences."
Xu Xianzhi wiped away his tears and saluted Yuan Song: "I am now serving as a filial piety at home and have no official position. Please, Mr. Yuan, please stop calling me a doctor. However, this time I came from my hometown in Jingkou to accommodate my mother."
After my younger brother, as well as my wife, children and family, I want to come back and do something. Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep well every day. Whenever I close my eyes, I will think of what happened that day.”
Yuan Song nodded: "Xu Xiandi's great talents and official reputation have long been heard in the Jiankang family. Now the counties such as Kuaiji ahead are not peaceful. Although there are occasional bandits in Wuxing, it is still relatively safe.
Thanks to Liu Canjun being here with us these days, pacifying the people and catching bandits, you see, now more than a thousand households of people have returned to Wuxing City, which is much better than other places."
Xu Xianzhi opened his eyes wide: "Brother Jinu, do you still have such ability? I used to think that you were only invincible on the battlefield, and that managing government and ensuring peace of the people was not your specialty, but I didn't expect..."
Liu Yu smiled slightly and said: "There are many common principles in this world. In the army, charging into battle and taking the lead depends on one's own willingness to sacrifice one's life to save his brothers. The same goes for governing the people. Only by winning the hearts and minds of the people can you win.
Only by making them willing to follow can we rule the world."
Xu Xianzhi frowned: "But before, the officers and soldiers were killing and looting in Wudi. Even I heard about it every day in the capital. This time, I also know that the people everywhere fear the officers and soldiers more than tigers and wolves, and they don't hide in the mountains.
If you are willing to come out, amnesty orders have been issued in many places for a month or two, but no one has come back, so why can you do it here?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "Because the credibility of the imperial court has disappeared in Wu. It was agreed when the founding of the country that Wu was not a place for conscription, just like Jingkou is only a place for military conscription, and no taxes are paid for military service.
The people have been like this for decades. Even during the invasion of the former Qin Dynasty and the Feishui War, the imperial court did not mobilize here. Therefore, the people were willing to face the national disaster together, donate money and food, and do what they could. This is the unity of the family and the country.
, military-civilian harmony.”
"But the incident of King Kuaiji entertaining his subordinates really hurt people's hearts and damaged the prestige of the court. What's worse is that some unscrupulous high-ranking families took advantage of this opportunity to recruit young men to annex and seize the land of Wu.
The powerful families in Wu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a lot of money from their territory, which aroused public anger. Almost all the powerful families in Wu region rebelled. Moreover, they found a man who was very good at deceiving people and had strong organizational skills and rich fighting skills.
The experienced Tianshi Dao took the lead and colluded together to create this disaster that spread throughout the land of Sanwu."
Xu Xianzhi said bitterly: "Yes, looking back now, all eight counties were captured almost overnight. I was in Shangyu at the time and saw with my own eyes that Shen Yunzi, the county magistrate, led the demon thieves to attack the county government. This gang
The unscrupulous thing later actually chopped my father and brother, as well as the officers and soldiers who were unwilling to become thieves, into meat paste and ate them. Such an act of a beast was outraged by both humans and gods. If I couldn't cut them into pieces with thousands of swords and cut their corpses into pieces.
Wan Duan is a son of man in vain!"
Liu Yu nodded: "Brother Xu is right, but I'm afraid you are wrong about one thing. This act of killing people, dismembering their bodies and forcing people to eat meat was not done by Shen Yunzi on his own initiative, but was forced by Sun En.
"
Xu Xianzhi's expression changed: "What does this mean?"
Liu Yu said seriously: "This is an act similar to surrendering a petition. He killed the prefecture and county chiefs in Wudi, or the children of aristocratic families. In order to cut off the retreat of the common people who joined the gang, or the retreat of the powerful landlords, Sun En forced people from all over the country to
The newly attached people must eat the flesh and blood of these officials and sergeants, saying that they are demon thieves. Only by eating their flesh and blood can they be blessed by the heavenly master and live forever. Those who do not eat will be labeled as demon thieves.
Kill him and eat him too. In this way, everyone will be cut off from the rebels and have no way of escaping back. We will have no choice but to follow their path to the end."
Xu Xianzhi murmured: "So that's it. When you said this, I remembered that when I was in Shanyin City in Kuaiji, I once heard my wife say that there was a loyal servant named Xie Sanniu who was forced to eat
He stole the flesh of the owner of his manor, and then ran back when the thief was unprepared to report the news to his wife. This man was a good brother, and he later died fighting to resist the monster thief. He was definitely not an accomplice of the traitor. No wonder the monster thief was so quick
In order to expand its strength, hundreds of thousands of people follow it in a month. It turns out that it relies on this evil method!"
This chapter has been completed!