Xue Shouye stood on the city wall, looking into the distance, worried. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info a few days ago, he had already noticed that something was wrong. Shilin County is a county under the jurisdiction of Yuejing City, and the area under its jurisdiction is adjacent to Fuyuan County, which has always been prosperous in commerce and is the center of commercial exchanges between Fuyuan and Beijing. In the past few years, even though there have been frequent wars everywhere in the country, they are still relatively quiet and have not been affected too much.

But when the Taiping army entered the capital of Yuejing and the flag of the Ming Dynasty began to flutter above Shilin County, the strange silence on the side of Fuyuan County made Xue Shouye fall to the bottom of the abyss all of a sudden, and since then, he has not slept well.

He naturally knew very well what this silence meant. But he still held on to the hope of what happened, hoping that the county lord of Fuyuan County would be able to rein in the precipice and not let the war burn this quiet and peaceful landlord.

But a few days ago, the endless galloping road between the two places was completely gone, and Xue Shouye finally despaired. He began to dismiss the people of the city.

Now Shilin City is already an empty city, and only some subordinate officials of the county government and more than 100 county soldiers are left, which can be said to be trembling and everyone is in danger.

None of the spies sent out have not returned so far, which has deepened Xue Shouye's fear.

Xue Shouye is a scholar, and he is also a good magistrate, governing the stone forest, quite famous, of course, he does not pull the money that should be collected, and the money that should not be asked for is not a penny, he has good learning, but his temperament is also a little wooden, although he has also stuffed a lot of money on his head over the years, and wants to mention the position, but the money is sent out, and the seat under the ass is like being glued to his ass, and he has not moved for many years.

The Taiping army entered the city and changed the dynasty, and those who were familiar with him in the past and entered the capital of Yuejing, heard that many people were stripped of their official uniforms and even lost their heads, and he had to rejoice that he was lucky. When the envoy of Yuejing City arrived at the Stone Forest with a banner of the Great Bright Sun and Moon King, he didn't say a word, and immediately raised the new banner with his own hands.

He doesn't have much ambition anymore, he just wants to be a good county official in an an's place, and just accept the silver he deserves every year. Whoever sits on the chair in the county town seems to be too far away from him, and it is not his turn to worry about the sesame mung bean petty official.

His wife and doll when he noticed that Fuyuan County was different, he had already sent it back to Yuejing City, and he also had a small courtyard in the capital, which he bought with the money he collected in Shilin County Lin over the years. These money didn't come from the right way, but Xue Shouye didn't feel that there was anything wrong, he just received some filial piety money, and he didn't bend the law for bribes, who would not take money in this position? It's just a routine.

He had already made up his mind to pay attention, once Jiang Haokun, the county guard of Fuyuan County, wanted to rebel and come to Shilin City, then he would definitely run away. Although it is said that being a county official has the responsibility of defending the land, but he has no soldiers and no generals, even if he runs away, he will lose his official position and be dismissed at most afterwards, and he will not really want his own head.

Leaning on the battlements of the wall, he thought distractedly. Under the city, the only servant left took good care of the horses every day, and fed them with concentrate, just so that they could run faster at the end, and it was only three hundred miles from here to Yuejing.

He was not optimistic about Jiang Haokun's rebellion at all. Naturally, there is no time to open the city gate and welcome the consciousness of the righteous master, the new emperor of the Ming Dynasty who has just ascended the throne of God, has come all the way through the bloody rain, and there are countless arrogant soldiers and fierce generals under his command, how can Jiang Haokun, who lives in Fuyuan, be compared. This Lord Jiang, the final fate is most likely to end up with the head of a vegetable market and the end of the nine clans.

Alas! He let out a long sigh, but unfortunately he couldn't taste the freshest first glass of Shilin's wine this year. The most planted in the stone forest is not grain, but grapes, and the wine made by the stone forest is sold all over the country, this battle is fought, it is destined to be no harvest this year, and there will be no new wine, but I am afraid that the price of this wine is going to grow wildly. Over the years in Shilin, I have been accustomed to drinking wine, and I have no interest in that kind of strong liquor at all, although I still have some hidden at home, but I don't know when this battle will end, whether it will be a year or two or longer?

Don't ruin those trellises, or you'll have to wait a year or two before the vines sprout and bear fruit again, even if you don't fight! And those winemakers who have fled, if they lose this place, will they have no livelihood!

Xue Shouye, who was thinking nonsense, felt that his face was cold, and when he looked up at the sky, it was actually raining. One point, two points, getting bigger and bigger, smashing on the green bricks on the city wall, raising puffs of smoke and dust, and the smell of earth steamed, in fact, mixed with a little smell of wine. Every inch of this stone forest is soaked in the taste of wine!

The servant Xue Ling ran to the city with an umbrella to block the sudden heavy rain for the master.

"Master, let's go, just now I saw the two adults, the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, who had sneaked away. The county soldiers also ran a lot. Xue Ling whispered.

"I'm the magistrate of a county!" Xue Shouye smiled bitterly: "I'm not a good official, but I have to stay until the last moment." In this way, His Majesty the Emperor will investigate it in the future, and I will have an excuse, right? ”

"It's hard to say whether this new emperor can sit firmly in the country!" Xue Lu's mouth flattened, and he said, "If he is defeated, how can he investigate the responsibility of the master." ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what happens, and besides, Jiang Haokun is the one who can make things happen, I don't think so. In the future, we are people who want to beg for a living in Yuejing City, in case this majesty remembers me, will there be a good life? Stay up again, and when we see their flags, we'll run right away! Xue Shouye said with a wry smile. Even if I run, I'll be the last person to run in this Stone Forest City! ”

Xue Ling stopped talking, the master read a lot, and he always didn't understand the thoughts of readers.

The heavy rain is like a note, and there are figures in the rain, such as flying.

Xue Shouye was stunned, his eyes widened, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes when he looked at the man, dressed in the clothes of ordinary people, and only relying on his feet.

The faster he ran, the more he volleyed, the double ** stepped on the city wall, and he actually kicked the city like this, Xue Shouye was dumbfounded, and Xue Ling was so frightened that he didn't even know that the umbrella in his hand fell to the ground.

The person who came jumped down from the city and stood in front of Xue Shouye.

"You are?" Xue Shouye's eyes stared at the comer, and he saw that there was still bright red falling along the rain, which was blood.

"Are you the Shilin County Commander?" The visitor asked rhetorically.

"Yes!" Xue Shouye replied.

"How many people are there in the county?" The visitor asked.

"It's just me!" Xue Shouye pointed to his nose, thought about it, and then pointed to Xue Ling behind him, "And him." ”

The person who came was stunned, and immediately understood everything. smiled: "Then hurry up and run, do you still have extra horses here?" I'm going to rush back and report the news. ”

"You're a spy of the imperial court?" Xue Shouye asked.

"Yes, Jiang Haokun has officially rebelled, and now tens of thousands of barbarian troops are rushing towards the stone forest, this county commander, hurry up!" The spy said.

"Barbarians?" Xue Shouye was stunned.

"Yes, the barbarian army, tens of thousands of barbarian troops, Jiang Shoukun colluded with the barbarians in the mountains, and some of them fought this battle." The spy shook his head: "Is there a horse?" ”

"Yes, yes. Xue Ling, go and prepare a horse for this strong man. Xue Shouye's voice trembled a little. You and this strong man will leave Shilin County immediately. ”

Xue Ling was stunned: "Master, what about you?" ”

Xue Shouye was silent for a while: "If Jiang Haokun comes, I will run away, but barbarian, I will not run." ”

Xue Ling was stunned, and so was the spy.

"This county magistrate, your brain is not broken, is it?" The spy looked at Xue Shouye in surprise, and when it came to the rank, the official hat on his head didn't have to be small for the county commander: "Compared with the rebels in Fuyuan Town, the barbarians are only ten times more ferocious, you are alone, unarmed, stay here to find death?" ”

"Jiang Haokun's rebellion is just a fight between the same clan, and if the barbarians go down the mountain, it may be a disaster in China, I, don't go!" Xue Shouye turned his head to look at the spy, and there was no excitement on his face, "This old man, take my servant and leave quickly, there are only two horses left, since you are a barbarian, you have to run quickly." ”

The spy was stunned for a while, seemed to understand something, and asked with a fist, "Dare to ask the name of the adult?" ”

"The surname is Xue Shouye!" Xue Shouye waved his hand.

"Master, if you don't go, I won't leave!" Xue Ling shouted. Xue Shouye was silent, just looked at the spy, the spy nodded knowingly, slashed Xue Ling's neck with a palm, and then took the overturned Xue Ling in his hand, strode down the city, walked a few steps, and turned around to see Xue Shouye, "Look down on you, there are also heroes among scholars." ”

Xue Shouye smiled: "I'm not a good man, a scholar, I have something to do, and I don't do anything." ”

The two horses went away. Xue Shouye poured in the city gate building for a while, and unexpectedly turned out a jar of wine, holding a can in one hand and a wine bowl in the other, and sat down on the top of the city like heavy rain.

The wine was poured into the bowl, red as blood, and I took a sip gently, but there was a trace of blood in the delicious wine of the past.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, drowning out the sound of falling rain, Xue Shouye stood up and looked into the distance.

Groups of cavalry were coming towards Stone Forest City in the rain. A moment later, it converged into a torrent of steel under Stone Forest City.

Xue Shouye picked up a bowl full of wine, and laughed loudly: "Wu Na barbarian, do you remember the river of blood thousands of years ago? ”

Under the city, an iron bow was raised, and with a whoosh, an arrow pierced through the rain curtain and shot through Xue Shouye's throat, and he fell into the city in response, and the bright red wine in his hand fell from the city like blood. (To be continued.) )