Dingning Mansion.

This place is located to the east of Dongqing Prefecture and northeast of Guangping Prefecture. It is a relatively common place among the three prefectures in the north of Lingzhou. Geographically speaking, Dingning Prefecture belongs to the eastern end of Gaoyang Plain, and further east is the high mountains of Huazhou.

You can raise horses here, but it is far from the favorable environment of Dongqingfu. There are also large areas of fertile land within the territory, and the food produced is inferior to that of Guangpingfu in terms of quantity and taste.

However, the advantage here is that it is very stable, unlike Dongqing Province and Quang Binh Province where part of the land is directly connected to the border.

However, starting from the beginning of July, the people of Dingning Prefecture also felt that the storm was coming.

The Xiwu cavalry first burned, killed and looted in Guangping Prefecture. After the cavalry from Guping Camp was dispatched, they first went north and entered Dongqing Prefecture, and then headed east into Dingning Prefecture with a false shot.

Anhua County is a very ordinary county south of Dingning Prefecture. It has not produced any big shots. The people live and work in peace and contentment. Although their lives are not rich, they can still maintain more than food and clothing. In this era, it is considered a very good standard.

Jia Cheng is fifteen years old this year. He was born in Jiajiazhuang, more than 20 miles northeast of Anhua County. In addition to him, he has two younger sisters in his family. Although his parents are both illiterate farmers, the five-year-old family has been handed down from their ancestors.

There are more than ten acres of paddy fields. After hard work, the harvest is pretty good, and the family's life is not difficult.

He has been very sensible since he was a child. At the age of seven, he entered a private school run by an old scholar in Zhuang Shang. After his enlightenment, he soon showed his talent in reading. According to the opinion of the old scholar, he can participate in the Dingning Prefecture next year.

test, the body of a scholar

His status is like something in his pocket. There will be no problem in the future. According to his diligence and talent in studying, passing the provincial examination is not a problem. But whether he can squeeze through the single-plank bridge with thousands of troops and horses in the end will probably depend on God.

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For Jia Laohan and Jia Zhang, they have no idea what the national examination is. They only hope that their son can pass the examination, which means that the first master of the examination will appear in Jiajiazhuang, and it will also completely change the Jia family's life.

destiny.

In addition to studying diligently, Jia Cheng also goes to the fields to help his parents during the busy farming season. His two younger sisters are still young. The eldest sister is 12 years old and the younger sister is nine years old. They can only do small things within their ability. The heavy burden of farm work

It all falls on the shoulders of parents.

Old Man Jia said more than once: "My dear, don't delay your studies. Your mother and I can do these things."

At this time, Jia Cheng always said firmly: "Dad, my husband said that you can't just study. You should also do some work every day so that your body can get better. Otherwise, you will not be able to sit still in the examination room in the future."

Hearing him carry out the old scholar, Jia Laohan was speechless, and then showed a happy smile.

After the news of the appearance of the Xiwu cavalry came, wealthy people poured into Fucheng and counties one after another. However, ordinary people did not have the right to choose. After all, they spent a lot of money every day in the city. How could ordinary farmers have this capital? Not to mention that nowadays

It is the busy farming season, so even if you know there is danger, you still have to go to work in the fields.

It was approaching noon, the sun was scorching hot, Jia Cheng was uprooting weeds in his paddy field, and his younger sister Jia Jia was sitting in the shade of a tree in the distance, looking at him with her chin in her hands.

"Brother, I have to go home for dinner!" Jia Jia, who was wearing two buns, shouted out loud.

"good."

Jia Cheng responded, his men moved faster, and after a while he came out of the field with a hoe. When he saw beads of sweat on Jia Jia's forehead, he picked up the handkerchief around his waist and wiped it for her, and asked with a smile: "

Are you hungry?"

Jia Jia shook her head and said sensibly: "You're not hungry? Brother, are you hungry?"

"Brother is not hungry either. Mom said she would make meatloaf for lunch today. You can eat two more later."

"I can't eat too much. Mom said that it's very hard for me to study now. It's important for me to eat the meat at home." Jia Jia swallowed her saliva, but said it obediently.

"Mom lied to you, it's okay, just listen to brother." Jia Cheng said with a smile.

The brother and sister walked along the field ridge towards the village in the distance. However, as soon as they took a step forward, they heard a thunderous sound from the horizon. Jia Cheng's face changed drastically. He turned around and saw a group of dark cavalry appearing on the dirt road to the north.

Jia Jia looked over curiously and confusedly. Jia Cheng grabbed her and suddenly lay down.

"Brother?" Jia Jia threw herself into the paddy field and looked at her always gentle and kind brother in horror.

"Don't be afraid, don't talk." Jia Cheng said tremblingly.

He slowly raised his head and looked into the distance through the seedlings in front of him.

The group of cavalry rushed into the village like a whirlwind, and then vaguely heard various shrill screams. Those sounds were like sharp knives repeatedly cutting Jia Cheng's internal organs, making him dizzy and breaking into cold sweats.

Emerge from the body.

I don't know how long it took, but the group of hundreds of cavalry finally left Jiajiazhuang.

Different from when they came, when they left, each of them had many things hanging on their mounts.

It's getting dark.

Jia Cheng took Jia Jia's hand and ran back to the village, panting all the way.

The peaceful and peaceful village in the past was like a hell on earth, with the corpses of villagers everywhere.

Jia Jia screamed in fright and burst into tears. Jia Cheng immediately reached out to cover her eyes, and then slowly walked towards his home with his body trembling.

The courtyard door is open.

Old man Jia fell in a pool of blood in the center of the small courtyard.

"father!"

Jia Cheng's eyes were about to burst, and his whole body was covered with cold hair.

He let go of Jia Jia's hand, ran over in a few steps, knelt down on the soil, and tried to pick up Jia Jia's head in a panic. However, this hard-working and loyal farm man stared, and there was no sound between his mouth and nose.

breath.

Jia Cheng shook his father's body vigorously, but received no response.

His face turned strangely red, and his eyes became dull at this moment, no longer as agile and clear as before.

Thinking of his mother and eldest sister, he immediately ran towards the house.

However, the scene he saw almost made him faint.

Mrs. Jia Zhang fell at the door of the kitchen, with a long wound on her back and blood flowing all over the floor.

The eldest sister Jia Fen is only thirteen years old. She was originally an innocent and carefree age, but now she can no longer hear the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers in the human world.

Jia Cheng looked at the tragic scene in front of him with red eyes, and suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a mist of blood.

He fell to the ground, as if he had lost all life.

The young Jia Jia stood in the yard, looking at her father's body on the ground and the back of her eldest brother in the family, her body trembling and she burst into tears.

The cry could be heard far away, but Jiajiazhuang, which used to be bustling with activity, fell into a dead silence.

Only her cries could be heard, interspersed with the barking of a few wild dogs.
Chapter completed!