Hedong, a suburb of Anyi, there is still snow left on the side of the road, and the past of horse-drawn carriages passes by the official road.

Under the bright and clear sky, the air is still a little cold, hundreds of cars in the direction of the past is a huge village, scattered around some houses, near the afternoon, the villagers who have lunch go out to see the carriages coming, carrying farm tools and fearfully retreating to both sides, waiting for them to pass.

“…… Such a big battle. ”

"I heard that the eldest son of the main family was killed in Xudu...... Today, it seems that the people of the Hedong Wei family have rushed back. ”

"I can't sit in the big houses in the city...... If you have to run to Zhuangzi, beware of being eaten by others. ”

"What nonsense, let's go, go to the field."

"Huh...... How did you see the fourth child of the Zhao family today? ”

"I went to the mountains in the morning to chop wood, and I am afraid that I will not come back until the evening."

In the small words of the farmers who left with farm tools, they pieced together a simple vein, after the self-defense was killed, the news was transmitted back to Hedong County in December, and Wei Wei, the father of the covetous, read the letter from Xu Du from afar, fainted on the spot, and woke up in a trance, the whole person was trembling, pointing to the east, gritting his teeth: "My two sons died at the hands of Gongsun Zhi, this revenge will not be avenged, and I will not be a man——"

After the first seven days of Wei Qi, Wei Wei, who was more than half a hundred years old, contacted three other big wealthy families in Hedong, the Wan family, the Liu family, and the Xue family. After the news of Wei Qi's killing in the court spread, many of the clans had in-laws, so they also jointly spoke out and contacted the other county clans to put pressure on the court, but after the end of the year, they made an appointment to celebrate the New Year and gathered in Zhuangzi outside the city of Weijia Anyi to discuss the next step.

The carriages stopped at the stone steps at the entrance of the Zhuangzi, and the men, women, and children who came out of the carriages were all side branches of the Wei family, they were brightly dressed, and the young women were delicate and snowy, and the men were vigorous, and they were invited to enter the door.

The first seven have passed, the mourning hall has not been demolished, the nearly four or five hundred people of this big family have fallen into an angry atmosphere, from the mourning hall to the outside courtyard, there are noisy and noisy sounds, occasionally a few children chasing and frolicking from the adults running over, and then being scolded a few words, a five or six-year-old girl aggrievedly lowered her head, shaking her pigtails and did not dare to gnaw.

"The year is over, and the court has not given our Wei family an explanation!"

The women of the Wei family naturally did not have the right to deliberate, and only echoed after their men finished expressing their opinions. On the seats on both sides of the hall are the brothers of Wei Wei of the Wei family, most of whom are quite old, and they have brought their children and grandchildren here.

"Although the Wei family moved from Daijun to Hedong, it was Emperor Ming who sat down, and the court couldn't ignore us. It was probably Wei Wei's brother, who opened his mouth to speak.

"That's right, although my Wei family is not as good as the three surnames of Wu, Liu, and Xue, but in the end, they are also Hedong clans, and this matter can't be over like this." On the other side, an old man's temper also came up, and he slapped the table violently: "When the other three families arrive, let's ask for an explanation, I don't believe that the court can still eat my old bones!" ”

More than a dozen old people talked indignantly, and the loud words also spread to the crowded courtyard, and most of the children of the clan outside also shouted, obviously not caring about a person who was born as a horse thief, even if the other party owned five counties and tens of thousands of horses under his command, but in the end they didn't see it, so they couldn't count.

But on the other hand, the talents of the Wei family are concentrated in the two brothers Wei Bocha and Wei Zhongdao, and most of the rest seem mediocre. In the mourning hall, there are also voices that don't have much confidence, and there is some hesitation about the power of Gongsun Zhi.

"I heard that the imperial court rewarded him as the governor of the northern land, and he was very powerful, but Xu has not moved......

Phew-

The old man in the first place slapped the table a few times, stood up, and almost roared at the brothers below or the family who had some ability, "No matter how powerful ...... is, it is greater than the law?" Brother Wei told you, this matter can't just be settled, if you swallow your anger, how will the rest of the family think of the Wei family? ”

"What the head of the ...... family said is that you can't swallow your anger...... But there is one thing that I still ask my brother to arrange first. The old man who lost his temper before, looked over, "My brother is also old, and now there is no successor, it is better to pick one of the descendants first, and in the future, I will avoid the brothers competing for this position and making the family uneasy." ”

Many people in the hall echoed, and even began to discuss and discuss the details, which made Wei Wei above stare at them, and the whole person felt that the world was spinning, and his heart was depressed, and he almost fainted.......

…….

In the evening, when the sky darkened, the wind blew in the surrounding foothills, and some remnants of snow fell and fell on people's shoulders, rustling footsteps sounded, and there were faint voices floating in the cold wind.

"It's the Zhuangzi in front."

"Clean hands and feet, Lao Guo, you are a horse thief, you should be familiar with this matter."

“.…… Don't bury me, now you and I are no longer the big Sima and the general in the court, put away the identity, since Xu Rong said, remove the Hedong Wei family, and the white wolf will take us in, according to the rules of the horse bandits, this is called a name, you don't want to be sloppy. ”

"Killing and looting, I have done less? I just don't know if the people of the Wei family are here, and they are bound in Yanmen, and they haven't tasted the taste of women for a long time, anyway, let the sons and daughters not hold back. ”

"Alright, it's almost dark, let's go down."

Talking, footsteps stepped over a pool of blood-colored snow, out of the forest, where they were hiding, there were several corpses of woodcutters in the mountains, and a moment later, the sound of squirming footsteps sounded in the night, thousands of figures carrying weapons and stepping on the wet soil, surrounding the past, the blades slowly unsheathed.

The air is cold, outside the Weizhuang, several teams of family members carrying lanterns around the fence are walking, and from time to time they hear the faint roar of indignation and anger in the village, and some of them shake their heads: "I thought it was to discuss revenge for the eldest prince, but I didn't think it was for the ......."

Whoosh –

Before the servant holding the lantern finished speaking, his expression suddenly stiffened, his body shook, and he fell backwards, and his companion behind him hurriedly went to help him, only to see clearly that there was an arrow stuck in his neck, and in an instant, he heard footsteps suddenly running over, and the moment he turned his head, the blade cut through the sight—

The lantern fell to the ground, the headless corpse pressed on it and then extinguished, and in the darkness, countless pairs of feet stepped past the rolling skull, approaching the gate of Zhuangzi, or directly set up a ladder to climb the wall, jumped into the courtyard with a knife, and then only listened to the woman's "Ah! In the direction of the gate, the surging black shadows came, and in the light under the eaves of the door, hideous faces were reflected. The courtyard held a weapon and shouted: "Who are you, how can you ......break into the Zhuangzi of the Weijia Zhuangzi here?"

When the words fell, the burly Guo Yan on the opposite side had already rushed over, and he drew his knife and slashed down on the man's chest, blood poured on the door, and the rest of the people were also chopped to the ground, the tip of the knife was still dripping with blood, he raised his hand and looked at the closed door.

"Break the door! Not a single one to stay! ”

Behind him, several sturdy subordinates crashed into it.

On the other side, Wei Wei, who was hysterically scolding his brothers in the mourning hall, shrank his eyes when he heard this desperate scream, "Go out and see, what's going on!" ”

More than a dozen old people in the hall with some guards got up and hurried to the outside of the house, the courtyard has exploded, the terrible screams from different directions into their ears, within the line of sight, a group of thieves wearing leather jackets, dressed in regular clothes with weapons over the wall to kill people everywhere, they stood under the eaves stunned a handle blade waved up, fell, blood continued to splash up, sprinkled all over the courtyard, corpses were scattered, thieves climbed over the surrounding walls and rushed down to chase and kill the panicked running figure, regardless of men and women, or old and young, Rushing over is a slash.

Even if the dead soldiers and the guards rushed over, they were then chopped to the ground.

The torch was thrown into the sky, fell to the roof, and soon a fire ignited, under the light of the torches and lanterns around, the human voices shouted and screamed in panic, and the fleeing men, women, and children crowded in the courtyard and ran towards other courtyards, the gate slammed open, and the Xiliang army that swarmed in seemed to awaken the beastly nature of the land that plundered Luoyang and Gyeonggi, and pounced on it without discipline at all, and most of the men or resisted slashed with a knife, and then smiling and knocking down the maids and maids of the Wei family in the village, and four or five groups of women carrying one or two women who were struggling and crying found a vacancy and began to tear off their dresses.

In the chaotic figure, a five- or six-year-old girl was crying, standing in place and constantly being squeezed around, screaming loudly for her mother.

A long knife hung on the ground, blood dripping from the tip of the knife, and a tall figure squeezed through the people around him, and his blood-stained hand gently pressed on the thin head and rubbed it. The girl bit her lip and looked up with a blank expression, it was a bloodthirsty and hideous face, with blood dripping on her face on her beard, and she opened her mouth in horror, and wanted to cry out in a terrible way.

The cold and slippery blade pressed against the girl's neck, and Li Wei looked at the group of old men of the Wei family under the eaves opposite, and smiled with his teeth exposed, and pulled his arms outward.

Puff –

The young body fell to the ground, and the frightened head was lifted into Li Dao's hand, then let go, fell to the ground with a thud, licked the blood splashed on his lips, and pointed the tip of the knife at it.

"Ahhh.......h

Wei Wei stared at the dead girl on the ground, screamed hoarsely, old tears flowed, he raised the cane in his hand and shouted: "Thief, the old man fought with you-"

The old body rushed into the crowd and hit the demon-like figure, the long knife fell, and the next second, he fell in a pool of blood.

………

In this surrounded Zhuangzi, the terrible screams sounded for a day and night, and in the surrounding people, the villagers naturally heard the sound, and were so frightened that they did not dare to go out of their own door for half a step, and occasionally heard the footsteps passing, and even the sound of breathing stopped, and the sky gradually brightened, and the screams were also eliminated.

After a long time, when the day was bright and the bandits were confirmed, they dared to come out, trembling and trembling to Weizhuang, the smoke after the fire was still rising in the cold morning, not a trace of human voice came, open behind the fallen door, someone dared to probe in, frightened face pale, fell and crawled out, shouted in horror to the others who came around.

"Wei Jia...... Wei Jia...... No one is there. ”

Inside, corpses were piled up, heads had been cut off and placed on top of overlapping corpses, and the man ...... Woman...... Old man...... Child...... Zhang Da stared lifelessly in the direction of the gate with frightened eyes.

"The entire Wei family was slaughtered...... There are no more living people...... Express Officer!! ”

The man was sitting on the ground, still shouting.