The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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There are so many people, and there are more than a dozen people present, it is too easy to burn a hut. After the house was set on fire, the flames were blazing brightly, and everyone retreated to the distance, surrounding the house in the middle.

Liu Weng's heart was in his throat, and without blinking his eyes, he stared straight at the burning door, muttering, and muttering words in his mouth. His voice was too low for Xun Zhen to hear, but he could guess that he must be praying to God to open his eyes and bless his children.

For a time, only the sound of fire was heard, and everyone was silent.

Suddenly, the door of the house was slammed open, and three people rushed out of the fire with their sleeves over their mouths. Chen Bao, Cheng Yan, Jiang Qin, Feng Gong and others rushed up and kicked them to the ground. But these few people didn't care about it at all, they rolled on the ground, extinguished the flames on their bodies, and then kept coughing. One person shouted: "Cough, ..., cough, stop fighting! Stop fighting! We disarm and surrender."

Liu Weng shouted: "My son, my daughter!"

Xun Zhenling said: "Go to the house and rescue Liu Gong's children."

Xu Zhong and Gao Jia did not avoid the fire, scrambled into the house, and quickly retreated with one person each. Xun Zhen asked, "How are people? Are they still alive?" The two of them put down the people in their arms, and Xu Zhong shook his head and said, "Dead."

Liu Weng staggered forward, threw himself beside the two corpses, and burst into tears.

"Since these bandits can't stand the fire and want to disarm and surrender, how could they kill the hostages?" Yuanpan asked in confusion. Xu Zhong returned to Xun Zhen's side and said, "Looking at the corpse, the blood from the wound is congealed, as if it had been dead for a long time."

"How long have you been dead?"

Xun Zhen thought of a possibility and ordered Chen Bao and Cheng Yan to ask the thief. The thief has already disarmed, has accepted his fate, and knows that he has no way out, and he is no longer hard-headed, and he will answer whatever he asks. It turned out that according to Xun Zhen's guess, Liu Weng's children died shortly after being kidnapped into the hut, but they were killed by mistake. It is precisely because of this that these thieves had to turn a deaf ear to Yuan Pan Shicai's persuasion to surrender.

Liu Weng was beating his chest and crying loudly. One is that he is not filial and that he has no descendants. The other is that he has a huge family business. Now both children have died and no one can inherit it. His anger came from his heart, and his wickedness turned to courage. He grabbed the long sword from the waist of Feng Gong who was consoling him, and was about to assassinate the thief.

Xie Wu and Zuo Qiu were both startled and hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and stop him! Hurry up and stop him!" They were relieved until they saw Jiang Qin and Gao Jia hug Liu Weng around their waists.

——According to the law, when chasing thieves and criminal suspects, if the arrestee is killed or injured during the pursuit, the reward given to the hunter will be reduced by half, even if the arrestee resists arrest Also like this. That is to say, it advocates capture and does not encourage killing. The total number of thieves who came to Liuzhuang this time was nearly 20. Those who were killed before were because they would die if they didn't kill them, so they had to kill them. The three people in front of them had already disarmed and surrendered. That can't be said.

Xie Wu is a native of the village, and he and Liu Weng have known each other for a long time. In the past, he persuaded and comforted him for a while, and then Liu Weng's mood gradually calmed down. He burst into tears, grabbed Xie Wu's sleeve, and said, "The thieves are cruel, burn my manor and kill my children. Xie Jun, please avenge this deep revenge for me!"

Xie Wu replied: "Don't worry, Duke Liu, I will personally **** these thieves to the county with Zuo Jun. The county lord will definitely not forgive this generation lightly!" Turning his face, he smiled and said to Xun Zhen, "Tonight if there is no Xun Jun, the consequences are unimaginable. After I meet the county lord, I will definitely ask for the credit for Xun Jun!"

"I don't dare to have the idea of ​​making meritorious deeds, I just want to be able to get the crime of crossing the border."

"Follow the power in a hurry! The county magistrate will definitely not blame you."

Xun Zhen sighed, bowed to Liu Weng, apologized, and said, "It's all my fault, I didn't rescue Ling Lang in time, and he died at the hands of the thief. I beg Duke Liu to forgive me."

Liu Weng was in a hurry to return the salute, choked up and said: "As Xie Jun said, if there is no Xun Jun tonight, the consequences will be disastrous! I really did not expect that the village was thieves, and the whole pavilion was not rescued. If Xun Jun crossed the border to help me, I would die tonight. I'm afraid it's not just my children, I'm afraid I can't even survive! ..., Xun Jun's great kindness, I can't repay it, I can only write a letter to the county magistrate, and ask for the merits of the king!"

He was really grateful to Xun Zhen. He and Xun Zhen didn't know each other before, and they didn't know each other, but when the bandits attacked and their lives were on the line, it was Xun Zhen who took the risk of breaking the law and rushed to rescue him. How can you not be grateful?

Feng Gong's family is also a wealthy family in their hometown. They have some contacts with Liu Weng's son. They have also been to Liuzhuang. At this time, they also stepped forward to comfort them. After consoling for a while, Xie Wu said that he could not stay for a long time and would rush to the county overnight. Chen Bao, Cheng Yan, Jiang Qin, Gao Jia, Xiao Xia, Xiao Ren and others **** the three thieves and handed them over to the left ball. The group walked out of the backyard and saw that the fire in the front yard had faded away.

Xie Wu said: "On the pavilions around Baiting, only Xun Jun came to help. This responsibility is admirable, and not only came to help, but also brought the people of Li to help put out the fire, which is even more admirable." In the courtyard, he looked up, stopped talking, suffocated, with a look of surprise on his face, and the left ball next to him was also dumbfounded.

I saw that there were not only the forty or fifty people they had seen when they came here, but there were hundreds of people scattered on the road and fields in front of the gate. Xie Wu was stunned for a long time before he remembered and asked, "Is this the resident of Benting coming?"

Xun Zhen said humbly, "They are all from my pavilion. Before I came, because I didn't know how many thieves were invading Liuzhuang, I ordered Du Mai, the begging thief in my pavilion, to beat drums and summon the people to help. It's all on foot, so it's a bit late."

Xie Wu and Zuo Qiu glanced at each other, reluctantly accepted the shock, and said with sincere admiration: "The call of one drum, the whole pavilion is completed. Looking at the whole county, you are the only one!" He said with emotion, "Jun said to himself. If you want to serve Qiu Jizhi, you are far better than Qiu Jizhi!"

Of course, Xun Zhen will be "far better" than Qiu Jizhi, because his way of governing the pavilion is different from that of Qiu Jizhi.

He is the same as Qiu Jizhi in persuading people to work in agriculture and providing relief to the people, but he is completely different from Qiu Jizhi in his attitude towards light chivalrous and evil youths. Qiu Jizhi hated light chivalrous men and wicked youths, and formulated punishment rules to enslave them by cultivating the land and mulberry; but Xun Zhen was trusting and befriending them.

Two different governance approaches have yielded two different results. Qiu Jizhi was only loved by the people, but Xun Zhen was not only loved by the people, but also loved by young chivalrous men and wicked youths.

Limin and Qingxia have their own advantages. If we draw an analogy, then the simple people are like sheep, and the savvy young chivalrous and evil youth are like tigers and wolves. Usually, simplicity is better than savagery, but when faced with thieves, savagery is better than simplicity. There were savvy chivalrous men and wicked teenagers taking the lead. When they heard that Liu Zhuang had encountered a thief and Xun Jun had called him, the people of the village would of course rallied together.

——This is also the so-called "snake without a head can't do it", which is also the so-called "bringing a bear in a nest". If there were no light chivalrous and vicious young men taking the lead, although the people in the village were grateful for Xun Zhen's kindness, but they were greedy for life and fear of death, it was absolutely impossible for them all to come here at night, and no one backed away and feared. of.

——In such a peaceful and prosperous age, Qiu Jizhi's method of moralizing the king was a good strategy, but unfortunately now that the turbulent times are approaching, the most suitable method can only be used by Xun Zhen now.

Xun Zhen was well aware of the differences between her family and Qiu Jizhi, but it was enough to be aware of these differences. He maintained a humble attitude and said: "Qiu Jizhi admires the virtues of Luanfeng, integrity and morality, and transforms people with benevolence and virtue. The master said: 'The gentleman is based on the foundation, the foundation is established and the Tao is born', he is also a true gentleman! I am far worse than that."

Du Mai walked out of the crowd, trotted to Xun Zhen, and gave Xie Wu and Zuo Qiu a salute. After finishing, he asked Xun Zhen, "Xun Jun, have all the thieves caught it?" The three thieves.

After the three bandits resisted stubbornly, they were burned again, and they were all in a state of embarrassment.

They also saw the hundreds of people who had gathered outside the village, all with a pale face, and one of them lamented: "Because I know the power of Lord Xun, we deliberately avoided the Feng family in Fanyang and came to take Liuzhuang. Who knows that it will still fall into the hands of Xun Jun! ..., Xun Jun, Xun Jun, you violated the law~www.novelmt.com~ and left the country without authorization, aren't you afraid of being punished?"

Xie Wu, Zuo Qiu, Du Mai, Chen Bao, Cheng Yan, Jiang Qin, and Feng Gong all burst into laughter when they heard the words.

Feng Gong laughed and scolded: "You also know the law? If you know the law, you dare to kill people, set fire to the manor, and loot the manor? Haha, haha! He also asked Xun Jun, 'Aren't you afraid of being punished?' A thief? It's ridiculous, ridiculous!"

He laughed for a while, raised his clothes and saluted, and said to Xun Zhen with a serious face, "If it wasn't for this thief's unwillingness to say anything, I don't know that they would have even thought about attacking my house. Thanks to Xun Jun's fame, my family escaped. When I go back, I will definitely report this matter to the lord of the family, and ask him to write a letter for the lord Xun, begging the lord of the county to spare him from crossing the border, and reward him for his efforts in protecting the border and the people."

Thinking of that day, Xun Zhen came to Fanyang alone on a single horse and lived in a sparse life. After three months of painstaking management, he was brave in taking responsibility at the critical moment. In the end, he not only won the support of the common people, the chivalrous and evil young people, but also the rich landlords of the township. Approved. Tonight, he crossed the border to attack thieves. Although he did, he deserved more credit. After Xie Wu, Liu Weng, and the Feng family respectively applauded him, his promotion would be a sure thing, and it was just around the corner.

However, Xun Zhen is not happy, you know, all of his actions are not for promotion and fortune, promotion is of course good, but the key to the question is: what position will the county lord give him?

When the county lord called him to meet him last time, he said that in order to reward him for his "guiding people to be kind and convincing the powerful", he wanted to promote him as a county official and give him an errand to bury his head. If it is the same this time, then he might as well continue to be the pavilion chief, and it is reasonable to speculate that the county magistrate will not reward him. If he wants to reward, it is very likely that it will be the same as last time.

So, how to change it?

He turned his gaze to Xie Wu calmly, and said, "Xie Jun, please take a step to speak."