Chapter 18 Absurd Military Law
At the west gate of Huojiazhuang, hundreds of soldiers were waving their weapons and driving away the dense crowds. These were all delusions to escape from Huojiazhuang but did not walk away in time. They were all ready to drive them back. Some were even beaten by whips and covered in bruises. The tourists from all the tourists looked at Song Jiazhuang and were filled with panic.
"Dad! Mom! Dad... Mom..."
The cry of the young child came from the road inside the door intermittently. A three or four-year-old doll was kneeling in front of a couple's corpse and cried sadly. One of the doll's right legs twisted into a strange shape, and white bones were exposed on the wrists of the legs, which was shocking.
"Why are you crying? I'm so annoying. I don't know if they are all dead? Anyway, you, a baby with a broken leg, can't live, so I'll be kind and send you to the ground to accompany your parents!"
A soldier was driving his horse in. When he heard the child's crying, he frowned, his eyes showed cruelty. He drove the horse over while roaring and scolding, pulled out his long sword and slashed at the child.
"call!"
A stick flew over and hit the soldier's back. With a bang, the soldier had already flew up from the horse's back, and he spitted blood on the ground, and rolled on the ground with his whole body twitching.
Chen Zi'ang walked slowly to the child, looking at the child's red eyes, his broken right leg, his eyes were filled with grief.
'War is indeed cruel.'
Sighing in his heart, Chen Zi'ang bent down and gently picked up the child. The child was struggling hard on him and cried constantly, but how could a three or four-year-old doll be able to resist his strength? He didn't know how to persuade the child, but just stroked the back with one hand and gently patted it.
"Third brother, I know you can't stand such a thing, but can you take human life if you don't take action next time? You should know that such things are normal, but you have done some big problems!"
Song Qiyuan frowned and looked at the Song family's Bingding who was gradually stopping breathing on the ground, looking unhappy.
Chen Zi'ang did not say a word, walked over and picked up his iron rod, threw it out again, and penetrated into the chest of a soldier not far away who was tearing a woman's clothes.
"Song Hengping!"
Song Qiyuan could no longer help but feel dissatisfied. He opened his eyes and roared in anger.
"What do you want to do? You know that I have not ordered the slaughter village to show mercy! Do you still have to kill our own soldiers for these untouchables?"
Chen Zi'ang stepped forward and came to his iron rod again. He lifted the stick and glanced at the audience. The soldiers of the Song family did not dare to look at him, and no one was shouting loudly to beat the shopkeeper and humiliating the women, for fear that the master general of his family would lose his life.
Only Song Qiyuan glared at him, his eyes full of anger and confusion.
Chen Zi'ang touched the iron rod and slowly stroked it on the ground. After a while, a line of crooked characters appeared on the loess land.
"Those who steal people's property and humiliate their people, and those who ** women should be killed!"
Song Qiyuan pronounced the big words on the ground word by word, without respect in his heart, only absurdity.
"Third brother, what nonsense are you talking about? How can you have such a military strategy in the world? Attacking the city, plundering the people, and occupying the land are the foundation of marching and fighting since ancient times! Even if you have done a little too much, just be punished by a stick. How can you hurt your own lives for the sake of the enemy?"
Chen Zi'ang, however, did not change his face and pointed the big words on the ground with the iron stick in his hand, and walked slowly forward. The soldiers of the Song family hurriedly avoided, as if they were hiding from the plague god.
Qin Tanliang, whose hands were tied behind the horse, looked at each other, and his eyes were full of surprise, but he thought about why the other party was chasing him, and a little regret arose in his heart.
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The Huojiazhuang Hall is about four zhang wide and ten zhang long, spacious and bright, and majestic. In the middle is a pair of large solid wood chairs wrapped in tiger skin. Above the chair is a three-character plaque with a stencil and silver hook, which adds a bit of solemnity. The dozens of small stools placed under the hall reminded Chen Zi'ang of watching cloth screen movies in the countryside when he was a child in his first life.
The small stool had been swept aside. The two men were kneeling under the hall with their hands on their backs. Chen Zi'ang sat on a big chair with his sleepy doll, while Song Qiyuan was holding two iron rulers in his hand and spinning back and forth around the two below.
"The stingy scholar Qin Tanliang has measured the world with two iron rulers in his hand. He has been famous for a long time, but he has never met him at first. He unexpectedly met a real person in Huojiazhuang."
"Person Song is polite. He is just a student who has not been able to enter the school. How can he have any great names?"
Qin Tanliang's head hangs down and replied lightly.
"Mr. Qin is polite. I heard that when Mr. Qin was young, he was famous for his outstanding talent in the village. Unfortunately, he was blocked by a traitor because of his poor background. He was blocked from the examination room of the county government. You were furious and killed people in anger. Two iron rulers broke the heads of the three invigilators one after another, and could easily escape under the siege of many yamen runners. How could such courageous martial arts not be admired?"
Song Qiyuan smiled slightly and stopped.
Qin Tanliang kept bowing his head and said nothing.
"This person should be Chen Xiaosi, a dry land clown?"
Song Qiyuan smiled and didn't care, so he came to Chen Xiaosi again.
"I didn't expect that the villain's reputation could also be heard by Dalang of the Song family."
Chen Xiaosi replied in a quiet voice.
"Mr. Chen is modest. You were the best master of Cuju in Beijing back then. You can get to a team of famous figures. I have been looking forward to your football skills for a long time."
Song Qiyuan sighed again and said, "How come Mr. Chen suddenly disappeared in the Cuju venue. It's really a pity that he couldn't see his heroic figure!"
"But I didn't expect that a few years ago, I was extremely surprised when I heard that my husband suddenly became a bandit. I wondered if the prosperity of the capital was in the capital, why did he fall into the grass?"
"The past is gone, why bother to talk more! Song Dalang kept us brothers behind, didn't he just want to make friends?"
Qin Tanliang suddenly raised his head and stared at Song Qiyuan and shouted loudly.
"Yes, I have something to do, so I'll ask Mr. Qin to solve my doubts."
Song Qiyuan nodded and said directly: "How could the two generals who are the great sage kings be condescending to the nobles and come to the next small Huojiazhuang?"
"When chaos has emerged today, our great saint army is about to recruit soldiers and gather heroes from all over the world to achieve great achievements! I have heard of the names of the two owners of Huojiazhuang for a long time and came to invite them to create great achievements together! Unfortunately, I never thought that the Song family, which has always claimed to be the center of the court, was also a rebel!"
Qin Tanliang sneered. Just thinking about it, he guessed that the Song family must have had an uprising, otherwise he would not have suddenly attacked Huojiazhuang, and the relationship between the Huo brothers was not reminded at all.
"My Song family is to cleanse the king and punish evil people! It's different from you thieves."
Song Qiyuan shook his head as if he was smiling.
"Why do Song Dalang deceive himself? Do you think anyone will believe this?"
Qin Tanliang sneered.
"Whether others believe it or not, I believe it anyway. But Mr. Qin is full of nonsense. It seems that he doesn't plan to treat him honestly?"
"What do you mean? I have already made it clear what you want me to say!"
Qin Tanliang struggled with the iron chain behind him and made a clamor.
"The Great Saint Army is far away from Shanggu, and is separated from Huojiazhuang by the entire Shun'an County. The two generals of the Great Saint Army actually came here from thousands of miles to surrender to the nobles for a small Huojiazhuang. Who do you think would believe it? Even my stupid brother would not believe it!"
Song Qiyuan sneered and pointed at Chen Zi'ang again.
Chapter completed!