Mr. Xu maintained a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. As soon as he turned on the lamp and lay down, he heard the sound of knocking on the iron ring of the ancestral hall door. After he dressed neatly, he folded the quilt again before opening the door. In the darkness, he could hear it was Bai Jiaxuan.
Busy introduced indoors.
Bai Jiaxuan said: "I'm thinking of something." Mr. Xu asked hurriedly: "What's the matter with you?" Bai Jiaxuan said: "Give that dead man some color and show off his face." Mr. Xu asked hurriedly: "What?
"How can we rebel?" "I'm a stupid farmer. I can't handle a knife or a stick, and I've never even seen a fast gun. What kind of rebellion can I do?" Bai Jiaxuan said, "I collect seal tax per person and per acre.
This is obviously putting a knife on the farmer's neck and searching his waist. Can we still produce crops? If we can't do it, then since we can't produce crops, hand over the farm tools and tools to the county government and to the dead man. No.
I am doing crops." Mr. Xu was silent. Bai Jiaxuan continued: "You are a scholar who knows books and etiquette. Do you think doing this is not a crime, is it disloyal and unfilial?" "No," Mr. Xu replied, "
To respect a wise king is to respect a wise king, but to rebel against a faint king; to respect a wise king is to be loyal, to oppose a faint king is to be extremely loyal." "Okay, Mr. Xu, I'm worried that you are afraid of causing trouble," Bai Jiaxuan said, "I want to ask you to write a letter."
"Write a post with chicken feathers," Mr. Xu said in a dignified and generous manner, "How do you want to write it? I have heard old people talk about post with chicken feathers, but I have never seen it." "No one has seen it. I also heard from the elders.
People said that in those days, chicken feathers were used to pass down posts when thieves were killed." Bai Jiaxuan said, "Just think about it and write it as long as it can stir up the people. I don't think it will be too long."
Mr. Xu took a piece of yellow paper and wrote happily. He seemed to have already understood it and wrote it in one go: "A harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. A gray wolf eats meat, a white wolf sucks blood..." After writing, he put it in a thick paper envelope and handed it to Bai Jiaxuan. Bai Jiaxuan
Said: "Mr. Xu, I am responsible for this matter. I will live or die without harming you." Mr. Xu said: "A gentleman sacrifices his life for righteousness. If you dare to do it, you also dare to live it."
Bai Jiaxuan didn't enter the courtyard gate, but walked directly into the horse number opposite. Lu San asked quietly: "It's written." Bai Jiaxuan said: "Okay." Bai Jiaxuan took out three identical letters and inserted them into the openings respectively.
Three white rooster tail feathers said to Lu San: "Go to Shenhe Village first, enter the first house in the west of the village, knock on the door, stuff the notice through the crack of the door, and just say "The goods have arrived" to the owner's house.
Let's go, don't meet people. Have you written it down?" Lu San said: "It's easy to remember." Bai Jiaxuan then ordered: "You can give the remaining two copies to He De'ao, the boss of He in Hejiafang Village.
The sixth house on the west side. Don't worry about it when you come down. If you don't meet any acquaintances on the way back and forth, don't say anything. If you meet an acquaintance, you'll pretend not to recognize them, lower your head and leave quickly. Have you remembered?" Lu San said: "The He brothers from Hejiafang, I can't even close my eyes.
You can feel it, don't worry." He took the three copies of the notice, put them into his blue cloth belt, wrapped them three more times around his waist, put on a jacket outside, and said, "I'm leaving.
You go to sleep. I'll see you in the morning." Bai Jiaxuan said, "I'll wait for you, right here. Listen, if you meet an acquaintance on the way and can't hide, just tell me that you sent cattle to my uncle." Lu San was a little impatient.
: "Oh Jiaxuan, you treat me like a baby with nose and mouth, and you can't even tell the difference." After saying that, he walked out of the horse race. Bai Jiaxuan suddenly felt that his whole body was soft, as if someone had taken out his muscles and bones, and he was lying on Lu San's kang mat.
superior.
Lu San had already taken off the wheat straw under the reed mat, and the adobe kang was covered with a reed mat that was moistened with sweat and gave off a smell of sweat similar to horse urine. He rested his head on Lu San's quilt,
The quilt also exuded a man's fishy smell, similar to horse urine. He recalled what the old people often said about killing thieves by sending messages with chicken feathers. A message with white feathers was passed secretly in the countryside of Bailuyuan, as agreed.
At that time, men from all villages rushed to the village where several thieves gathered, killing all the dying elders and babies wrapped in mats. The houses were burned, the cattle and horses were skinned and cooked, and the grain was burned. The thieves took possession of them.
The land was allocated to neighboring villages by village and household through swaps, and was leased out as official land in each village's ancestral hall. The rent collected was used for ancestor worship expenses...
The mules and horses were already lying in the pen, and the cattle were silently pulling their necks and pouring milk. The thick esophagus continued to feed the swallowed fodder back up. The sound of chewing cud was very loud, like the kicking of thousands of feet running on the dirt road in the countryside.
The sound was more like a sudden storm in summer. After Bai Jiaxuan calmed down, he felt that the tapping sound was inspiring and fascinating.
What Bai Jiaxuan later regretted for the rest of his life was that he did not hear the kicking sound of thousands of people. The eighth day of April arrived in anticipation. On the night of the seventh day, Bai Jiaxuan did not sleep a wink all night. He took the white copper hookah to Lu San
The two of them sat and smoked all night in the horse racing stable. It was dawn, and Lu Zilin led Tian Fuxian to block the door. Tian Fuxian said: "Jiaxuan, please knock the gong and shout loudly. Don't go to the county. Don't listen to the rebels."
The thief is instigating." Bai Jiaxuan said coldly: "I don't dare to knock that gong." Tian Fuxian said: "You are an official and a clan leader, how can you not dare to knock it?" Bai Jiaxuan said: "It is written clearly on the notice, who doesn't?
When you go to the county government to hand over farm tools, anyone who obstructs you will smash the pots and burn the house. I don’t dare. I’m afraid that if I smash the pots and burn the house.” Tian Fuxian said: “Whoever dares to really burn down your house, I will let anyone do it.
I'll compensate you." Bai Jiaxuan said contemptuously: "What are you bragging about? Even the county magistrate dares to rebel against you. Who cares about you as the head of the township?" Tian Fuxian's face turned red. Lu Zilin also felt that he was being slighted.
Da Zi Zi. Bai Jiaxuan said: "The gongs and gong mallets are placed in the ancestral hall. If you want to knock them, go and knock them. I won't knock them today." At this time, three earth-shaking gun blasts were heard in the village, and gun blasts were also heard in the neighboring villages.
Roaring. The crackle of doors opening and closing in Bailu Village, and the sound of chaotic footsteps echoing in the quiet village alleys in the early morning. Men carrying plow sticks, rakes and brooms under their arms leaped forward in the egg-green morning light,
He hurried towards the road to the north of the village. Bai Jiaxuan stood on the field outside the door and said: "How can we block the flood when the embankment bursts? Who will beat the gong to stop it... I have to beat him into a piece of meat." Tian Fuxian's face turned pale:
"If you can't stop me, let's try to persuade you to leave." Bai Jiaxuan declined, and followed Lu Zilin and Tian Fuxian around the village lanes. The village has become a woman's world, and there is no adult man left. A village without men.
The alley showed a kind of emptiness and fragility. Bai Jiaxuan was worried. The farmers who were incited by the post must have gathered at Sanguan Temple, but the leader who incited them could not get out. The He brothers were furious.
Bai Jiaxuan was so anxious that he lowered his face and said, "You two are busy with your official duties, so I'll excuse you." After that, he left. Tian Fuxian ran up to stop him and said, "Jiaxuan
, To be honest, someone reported to the county government that you were the leader of the rebellion. I gave County Magistrate Shi a pat on the chest and said that you will never cause trouble like this. Since you can't stop or persuade them, let them
Go ahead, but you must not go." Lu Zilin said with a smile: "I don't believe Brother Jiaxuan would make trouble with those people. Come on, Brother Jiaxuan, sit down in your room, and ask my sister-in-law to help us
Make a pot of tea."
Bai Jiaxuan couldn't find any more excuses, so he went back to the house. He just hoped that the He brothers would take the lead into the county to hand over the farm equipment. But he didn't know yet that the He brothers, like him, were also arranged by Tian Fuxian at this moment.
An official was entangled with a gentleman and was unable to go out. This was originally a careful arrangement by County Magistrate Shi.
However, the current situation and luck contributed to a great feat in Lu San's life. Carrying a plow without an iron share, he walked out of Bailu Village and swarmed into the farmers pouring out from various villages.
Everyone we know greets each other. People are often like this. They look one way when they are alone, but they become completely different when many people gather together. Near Sanguan Temple, there are avenues and paths leading to Sanguan Temple from all directions.
, the crowd formed a dark torrent. The small courtyard of Sanguan Temple was already packed, and the field outside the door was also crowded with people. The waist-high wheat was trampled to the ground, and the green seedlings that were trampled into mud exuded the smell of
There was a faint fragrance. As soon as Lu San stopped, he heard a terrible rumor. The person who told the story was frightened and did not dare to come forward. The person who told the story accepted the reward from County Magistrate Shi.
The most terrifying thing about being bribed is that the two leaders who said they were unwilling to accept bribes were captured by County Magistrate Shi and are now tied up on the city wall in public. No one can confirm it, so it is impossible to distinguish the truth from the truth. However, the leader who committed the crime did not come forward.
It was a fait accompli. Then the most rude and unpleasant curses were no longer directed at County Magistrate Shi who collected the seal tax, but were focused on the insurrectionist who sent the message. But so far, no one can figure out which village it was.
Zhang San, Li Si and Wang Mazi instigated the incident. As a result, the chaotic and angry farmers clamored to punish the rioters. The crowd began to riot and flowed back on the avenues and paths where they came. Lu San was very anxious.
Like a fire, but ultimately helpless.
At this time, cheers suddenly came from the courtyard wall of Sanguan Temple: "The people who caused the trouble have come forward." The news swept over like the wind, and the people who were going back turned back from the avenues and lanes. Lu San saw the crowd coming from Sanguan Temple.
Water gushed out from the gate of the official temple, and there was the sound of farm tools being trampled to pieces, mixed with the screams of people being trampled down, and people kept jumping off the wall. A group of people carried a bald monk from the
The temple gate rolled into the middle of the venue. The monk stepped on the shoulders of two people, held a wooden fork raised in the air with his left hand, and waved the white feathered hand in the air with his right hand: "A harsh government is fiercer than a tiger."
The gray wolf eats meat, the white wolf sucks blood..." The monk has a good voice, and he recited the message, with a loud voice, cadence, and passionate emotion: "Corrupt officials are unethical, the sky is angry, and the people have no plan and no way out. Stop sowing and reaping.
..." Everyone was silent. Lu San suddenly became envious of the monk. After the monk finished reciting the message, he said: "I can't sing alone. Elders can recommend three leaders to lead the people into the city to hand over farm tools. Is there any good man who can come forward to help me?
Okay..." Lu San shouted after hearing this: "Lu San from Bailu Village counts as one." Before he could finish his words, he was immediately lifted up by the people next to him. Lu San stood on the shoulders of the stranger, looking down from high.
With his head covered in black, he suddenly felt that he was not Lu San but Bai Jiaxuan. Until his death, Lu San had not figured out how he could have such a strange and absurd feeling. Everyone recommended two more people, and the monk followed.
Then he announced that the four leaders, including himself, were the leaders of the four routes of east, west, south and north. The monk shouted: "People from Dongyuan enter the east gate, people from Xiyuan enter the west gate, people from Nanyuan enter the south gate, and people from Beiyuan enter the north gate.
.If County Magistrate Shi retracts his decree, he vows not to return to his original position." The roars were mixed with curses, and the flow of people rolled towards the county town like a flood. Yellow dust rose up on the dirt road, and the wheat on both sides of the road was trampled until it looked like cows chewed it.
residue.
Lu San rushed to the city wall. The city gate had been closed, and the roar was loud. Dozens of people held a piece of wood and hit the gate. The door panel was smashed, but they found that the inside had been sealed with bricks. Lu San shouted to tear down the wall.
Bricks. Crowded and crowded, the efficiency was extremely low. Some people threw the bricks they took off into the city wall, and some bricks fell and smashed their own heads. At this time, a gong sounded on the city wall, and a man was beating the gong.
He shouted: "The county magistrate greets everyone." A group of attendants surrounded Magistrate Shi and appeared on the city wall. The magistrate knelt down and kowtowed. The man who played the gong loudly announced: "The magistrate Shi's order is to collect the seal tax."
Invalid. Please return home, brothers and sisters." The bricks flew up the city wall, and the county magistrate's entourage caught the bricks in the air like acrobatics to protect the county magistrate. County Magistrate Shi led his followers and followed the gong beater along the city wall.
Lu San didn't know what to do. The anger he had held in his chest had not yet been completely released but had already been declared over. He successfully achieved his goal and won the victory without many twists and turns, but it made people feel that he was still unfinished and not very satisfied. Surrounded by
The people under the city wall immediately turned around, shouting that they should now practice the precepts in the post, and immediately punish those who did not come to hand over their farm tools, scolding them for not taking risks and sharing the fruits of victory of the struggle, which is worse than dead people.
Abominable. Lu San obeyed everyone's wishes and returned to the villages he passed on the way back. All the families who did not participate in the farming were severely punished. The pots and bowls were smashed into pieces, and the houses were stripped and smashed. They should have been burned, but
Afraid of causing harm to his neighbors, he did not light a fire. Two wealthy gentlemen with bad native temperaments were also punished in the same way. When Lu San returned to Bailu Village, Bai Jiaxuan greeted him at the street gate and bowed deeply to him: "Three