The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Fei Chang didn't dare to look directly at Xun Zhen, naturally because he regretted provoking Zhang Zhi against him at the beginning, and now seeing his bravery in the city, he was afraid that he would seek revenge.

Xun Zhen noticed his strangeness, but didn't take it to heart. He wasn't someone who would pay revenge, and he didn't want to fight with Fei Chang and Zhang Zhi at the juncture of defending the city.

Prefect Wen invited him to return to the city, and he said respectfully: "Mingfu, please go to the city first. After the officials have seen the wounded, they will go up."

Prefect Wen said: "Yes, yes! Now you are out of the city to attack the thieves, and your guests have contributed a lot. I want to reward them!" He instructed Wang Lan, the chief clerk, "Anyone who leaves the city from Xunqing to attack the thieves will be rewarded with ten thousand yuan per person and injured. The dead are doubled, and the dead doubled."

Although Prefect Wen is stubborn and has various shortcomings, he is not a stingy person. In order to motivate the soldiers to fight, he ordered a few boxes of gold cakes and dozens of boxes of copper coins to be removed from the treasury and put them away. under the city.

Wang Lan received the order and trotted with two small officials to get the money.

Taking advantage of this skill, Xun Zhen put down his spear, came to the guests, and looked at the injuries of the injured one by one.

Some of the armors worn by the guests were copied from Shen Xun's house, some were bought by Xun Zhen at their own expense, and some were taken from the arsenal in the county a few days ago. With the protection of fine armor, the injuries of the dozen or so people were not too serious except for three people. Doctor Cao Rong, the doctor in charge of the doctor, and the officials of the doctor, such as Doctor Cao Shi, personally checked their injuries and applied medicines to wrap the wounds.

Xun Zhen lifted up her clothes and armor, went inside the doorway, saluted the surrounding guests, and said: "Today's first battle, so you can defeat the bandit soldiers, break the bandits back and forth more than ten times, and return from victory, Xilai. The power of the kings. Tens of thousands of thieves encircle my county, and once the city is destroyed, you and I will not be spared death, and the people of this city will also suffer from the fire of war. Zhen thanked the kings for the people of the city!"

How dare Xu Zhong, Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, Da Xiao Su, Da Xiao Gao and the other guests accept his courtesy? Hastily returned the gift. I just heard the armor and weapons colliding again and again, hundreds of people kneeling on the ground, all bowing their heads and saying: "You have been supporting me for many years, treating me like brothers and relatives, I am all grateful, and have long been willing to serve you. The day you die for you!"

Xun Zhen thanked the guests for the people of the city, and the guests died for him.

Seeing this scene, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Zhong Yao, Du You, etc. had different expressions and different thoughts, but the general meaning was the same. They were all thinking: See a loyal minister in danger. Today's chaos, tens of thousands of thieves and soldiers besieged my city, and died in front of the battle. After leaving the city for a while, two people were killed and more than ten people were injured, but these people did not leave, willing to die. Kind people.

In troubled times, strategy and bravery are very important, and winning people's hearts is even more important.

Xun Zhen also knelt down and bowed to the ground, facing the guests. When she stood up, she said with tears in her eyes, "Zuo Quan and Meng Chun were unfortunately killed in battle. Meng Chun was fond of fencing. We often compete in swordsmanship. Zuo Quanneng drinks. I still remember the last time we drank together, and he made me very drunk. Today, I took them out of the city, but I couldn't bring them back. From now on, Yin and Yang are separated from each other, and people and ghosts have different paths from now on. Aww, a sad song can be used as a weeping, but a distant view cannot return!"

He took out his ring-headed sword, pointed to the sky outside the door, and said to the sky: "The two monarchs are still alive, please listen to me. Zuojun's family has an old mother, and Mengjun's younger brother is still young. If we lose, I will meet Erjun and I in Haoli; if we win, I will support your family by myself!"

What he said was not false. People are not grass and trees, and they can be ruthless. These young men in Xixiang have followed him for a long time, and they are familiar with each other. Two people were killed in the battle with the Yellow Turbans at the beginning. He was really uncomfortable, and his true feelings were revealed.

The guests were deeply moved. Some of them were close friends with Zuo Quan and Meng Chun, and they didn't even feel the tears.

Liu Deng couldn't get used to it, so he planted the red flag on the ground, held the flagpole with one hand and pressed the knife with the other, and shouted angrily, "Who can't die? We, a man from Yingchuan, an innocent husband, will kill the thief from Jun Xun, and we will die. At the hands of the thieves, you can die! Why are you crying like a woman?"

He shouted at the right time. Although Xun Zhen showed his true feelings, after seeing some guests also weeping, he couldn't help but worry that his morale would be damaged, so he wiped away the tears and said solemnly, "A Deng What he said is true! In the past, General Fubo Ma Yuan once said: When a man returns his body wrapped in horse leather, how can he lie in bed and die at the hands of his children? Lord Zuo and Meng are now side by side with us to kill thieves, die on the battlefield, and die in the right place."

After Wang Lan brought the money, and Prefect Wen personally shared the reward, Xun Zhen asked Xu Zhong, Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Gao Su, and Feng Gong to take the guests to rest first, and brought Cheng Yan, Wen Pin, Xiao Ren and others with them. Prefect Wen and the others boarded the city again.

To go from the bottom of the city to the city wall, you need to go through a slope.

When walking up the city along the slope, Xun Zhen accidentally saw an acquaintance, to be precise, several "acquaintances".

Zhong Yao, following the order of Prefect Wen, recruited Zhuang Yong in the city these few days, and promised to pay a high price, "20,000 yuan for prisoners." "Fix" means "employment". 20,000 yuan per person, which is a very high employment price, and there are quite a few desperados who are called. Before and after, about four or five hundred people were recruited and assigned to each city wall to assist in defense. There is no need for them to go into battle to kill the enemy at the moment. They are mainly responsible for carrying some materials, such as stones and arrows. At this time, there were many brave people on the **** carrying supplies to the city head in pairs.

Among these brave people, four or five people are very conspicuous, because they are not very old, the oldest is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and one of them is Xu Fu. Xun Zhen had also seen the remaining few, and they were all friends of Xu Fu.

Prefect Wen also noticed Xu Fu and the others, and asked Zhong Yao with a frown, "What's the matter with these children and boys?"

Zhong Yao replied with a wry smile: "The servants were ordered by the Ming government to recruit warriors to help defend the city. After seeing the list, these children and boys came to answer the call, but the servants rejected them several times. That children,... "He pointed to Xu Fu, and said, "The one named Xu Fu said that they don't want money, they just want to do their best, but they won't leave after pestering the subordinate officials. If the subordinate officials don't arrange work for them, they will find work on their own. Er Gan. The officials really have no choice, and they are also pure hearts, so I left them behind."

Wen Taishou heard the words and sighed: "The four-footed boy still knows loyalty and filial piety, but the rebels outside the city have no father!" He stopped, followed Xu Fu and the others, and watched them carry supplies to the city head like little adults. Work in full swing, can not help but sigh.

Xun Zhen thought, "What do teenage children know about loyalty and filial piety?"

Combined with Xu Fu's previous performance, the reason why he and his friends are so active is just because they saw that many "market heroes" in the city have responded to Zhong Yao's recruitment, so they came over and wanted to show themselves. .

Xun Zhen thought again: "Xu Fu came to the city to make a fool of himself, why didn't the two of them come to tell me?"

"A Ping and the others" were the two light chivalrous men Xun Zhen sent to see Xu Fu. He changed his mind and quickly guessed the whole story. It must be that he was too busy these days, and "Ping and the others" couldn't find time to tell him.

He said to Zhong Yao: "Knives and guns have no eyes, children are too dangerous in the city. Why don't you drive them home!"

"If I could drive them back, I would have driven them back already!"

"Call their parents and bring them back."

"You may not believe it, but this Xu Fu's mother supported him to apply for the recruitment, saying, 'My son is young, but he is also a man. How can I stop it?' She said that as a mother, how can I drive them back?"

Du You, Wang Lan and others heard this story for the first time and were amazed.

Du You smiled and said, "If there is a strange mother, there is a strange child! It is the nature of a parent to love children, but Xu Fu's mother was able to give up her love of licking her calf for the sake of righteousness, and she was willing to let the child carry a sword to kill a thief. It is a strange mother. No wonder it's so odd."

Wang Lan flattered Prefect Wen: "From Mingfu to this county, it has always been the responsibility of advocating loyalty and filial piety. Last year's drought, a volume of "Book of Filial Piety" in Mingfu attracted Ruixue this spring, and now there is such a strange mother under the rule, this is all clear The work of the government is also."

After so many days of worrying and worrying, Prefect Wen showed a rare sincere smile and said, "I didn't expect that there are such strange mothers and children in the county! I am ashamed of a seven-foot husband. I want to commend them vigorously. Yuan Chang , you take the time to go to Xu Fu's house to visit Xu's mother on my behalf, and see if there is anything that can help, whether it is lack of food or money, or anything else, as long as it is proposed by Xu's mother, Promise her!"

Zhong Yao agreed.

Speaking of which, Xun Zhen knew that it was impossible to call Xu Fu and the others home again.

He took a few steps behind, motioned Xiao Ren who was following behind him to come over, and said in a low voice, "Go and find A Ping and the others, tell them to watch Xu Fu, and don't let him go to dangerous places." Said, "Go and tell A Ce and them, and tell them to take good care of Guo Jia."

Xiao Ren doesn't know why he cares so much about these two teenagers, but he has developed the habit of obedience over the years.

Xu Fu and his friends carried a bamboo box full of arrows and sent it to the top of the city, passing by Xun Zhen and others when they came down. They were elated, and if they didn't know it, it would be hard to tell from their faces that they were being besieged by "demon thieves" in the city at this time.

Xun Zhen shook her head and said to herself, "Young man does not know the taste of sorrow." Holding the hilt of the saber, to prevent the scabbard from always hitting the armor, he took a few steps and chased after Prefect Wen and others.

Seeing him, Xu Fu stopped talking and laughing, opened his mouth wide, his expression full of surprise, and soon turned into a look of admiration~www.wuxiaspot.com~ dragging his companion who was still spitting and saying something, He spoke in a low voice.

Xun Zhen was in the upper city, on the right side of the slope; Xu Fu and the others were in the lower city, on the left side of the slope, not too far apart, and heard what he said: "Isn't that the county soldier Cao Rafter and Xun's family milk tiger? Just outside the city, He is so brave!"

Xun Zhen looked at his admiration and awe, and suddenly felt a little funny. In the previous life, he knew Xu Fu, how did Xu Fu know about him? In this world, he not only met Xu Fu, but also got the admiration and awe of Xu Fu by chance. He thought to himself mockingly: "I am in the city where I died today. With Xu Fu's admiration, it is inevitable to mention my name in the history of youth."

He couldn't figure out whether Xu Fu's recruitment today was originally in history, or whether it was because of the changes he caused. In any case, if he can get Xu Fu's admiration, it shows that he has performed well in this Yellow Turban chaos, so even if he died in this chaos, there will always be someone who remembers him and will give it to later People passed on his name.

He nodded slightly to Xu Fu and smiled at him. Xu Fu did not expect that he would take the initiative to signal, and immediately flushed with excitement, at a loss.

After walking over, Xun Zhen heard Xu Fu's companion complaining about him: "Xun Jun signaled to you, why are you not responding?"

Xu Fu said angrily, "Ah, alas, I didn't expect it!"

Xun Zhen smiled.

No matter what kind of achievements Xu Fu will have in the future, now, he is just a boy who worships heroes and yearns for a happy life.

When they climbed to the top of the city, Prefect Wen and the others had already returned to their original positions. They were looking at the enemy from the city. Xun Zhen saw a few more people beside them, but they were Xin Ping, Xin Pi, and Xin Ai. Xin and Xun are also relatives by marriage. He walked over quickly, and was about to say hello, when there was a commotion in the guard. Someone shouted: "The demon thief is about to attack the city!"