Comprehensive Martial Arts: Get Nine Suns at the beginning

Chapter 25 Encountering tigers and wolves in the hometown of Confucius and Mencius

After Gao Huan and his party left Hengshan on horseback, they drove leisurely along the official road for half a month.

On this day, a group of people came to the border of Ningyang County, Yanzhou Prefecture. Gao Huan saw that it was getting late, so he decided to stay overnight in a village called Zhaojiazhuang along the way.

However, what Gao Huan and others did not expect was that after meeting the Bao Zhang, they found that the Bao Zhang always had an attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away.

Yu Qing took the initiative to take out ten taels of silver from his sack, handed it to the chief security officer, and said, "We are only staying here for one night and will leave early tomorrow morning."

"It's not that I don't know the etiquette, but something big happened in the clan tonight, and I hope you can forgive me for any inconvenience caused." Bao Zhang said.

At this time, an old man with white beard and hair walked over slowly, accompanied by two young people.

Seeing this, the chief security officer quickly stepped forward to greet the old man and took the initiative to introduce Gao Huan and others: "This is the elder of the clan and a village elder."

The village elder looked very imposing when facing the young security chief. He spoke with a tone of no doubt: "The visitor is a guest, how can I refuse him?"

When the village elder saw that Gao Huan and others were wearing rich clothes and being extremely generous with their actions, he immediately took the initiative and welcomed everyone into the village, and took the initiative to vacate his courtyard for everyone to live in.

Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin around the village elder's yard, then nodded with satisfaction and said: "This place is only more than twenty miles away from Qufu County, and only more than thirty miles away from Zouxian County. The village elder knows the etiquette.

The home furnishings are also very particular, and the hometown of Confucius and Mencius truly deserves its reputation."

When Gao Huan heard this, he just smiled slightly but did not answer.

When Zhu Houzhao saw this, he couldn't help but frowned, looked sideways at Gao Huan, and said, "Am I wrong?"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he saw villagers swarming towards the entrance of the village in small groups.

Thinking of the Baozhang's previous attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, Gao Huan suddenly had a very bad feeling in his heart. He silently looked at Zhu Houzhao and said: "It is said that Changxing, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius,

I don’t know if the tiger and wolf thing is true.”

"Tiger and wolf thing?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "You'll know if you go and see." After that, he waved his hand and asked Gao Huan and others to follow the villagers and walk towards the entrance of the village.

After a long time.

When Gao Huan and Zhu Houzhao saw the pile of firewood set up at the entrance of the village, they were so shocked by the scene in front of them that they couldn't help but gasp.

A young woman was tied up in front of the pile of firewood. Her face was ashen, and there were two long tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. She was just sobbing constantly, but there was no tear in sight.

Looking at the ashen-faced woman, Gao Huan shook his head helplessly and sighed: "It seems that the tears have dried up."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Huan aside with a puzzled face and said, "What are you doing?"

Gao Huan frowned and thought for a moment, then said with a slight hesitation: "Maybe he is offering sacrifices to gods? Or is he sacrificing himself?"

"What?"

Zhu Houzhao was shocked and said: "People also engage in the practice of killing people?"

Gao Huan did not answer Zhu Houzhao directly, but looked past Zhu Houzhao to Yu Qing and Liu Jin who were standing aside.

Yu Qing and Liu Jin both came from miserable backgrounds, and they know this kind of thing best.

Liu Jin saw that Zhu Houzhao's face was not very good, and he had obviously reached the critical point of getting angry. He did not dare to frown Zhu Houzhao, so he had to smile and did not dare to answer easily.

Yu Qing was a conscientious person. Seeing Liu Jin always lowering his head and not even daring to fart, he immediately nodded without thinking and said: "In the folk, after the death of the husband, the wife who has nothing to offer must follow her husband.

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While a few people were talking, the village elders came slowly, surrounded by the security chief.

When he caught a glimpse of Gao Huan and others with unkind expressions on the side, the villager just smiled slightly and looked unconcerned.

The village elder looked around and scanned the villagers. Seeing that everyone was treating him like a god, he nodded with satisfaction, then stepped forward, stood in front of the young girl, and said: "Zhao Dashen is suffering from a serious disease.

He died of illness a few days ago. As Zhao Da's family member, since you can't carry on the family lineage for him, wouldn't it be nice to just let him go and reconnect with each other and become a couple of gods and immortals?"

"Ah"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help but rolled his eyes, smiled contemptuously, and said, "He is a country boy who is quite good at speaking words."

The village elder made an impassioned speech in front of the whole village, which made Zhu Houzhao furious.

The young woman who was held in front of the fire kept crying and begging in a hoarse voice, but the village elder, the security chief and others turned a deaf ear to this.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Bao Zhang and others walking toward the fire with torches, he immediately drew his sword and stepped forward to perform a true hero's rescue of the beauty.

Seeing this, Gao Huan quickly stretched out his hand to stop him and said: "We can save you for a while, but you can't save us forever. What's the point of killing the village elder and the security chief? They are just following the rules of the clan. You

If you kill the village elders and security chiefs today, there will be new village elders and security chiefs tomorrow. Even if you kill the village elders and security chiefs in Zhaojiazhuang, will you kill all the village elders and security chiefs in the world?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled, then looked at Gao Huan with an angry look on his face, and said, "According to what you said, do we still have to sit back and watch them do whatever they want?"

"Since the road is rough, we must draw out our swords to help. As for the village elders and security chiefs in other prefectures and counties, I can't control that many, but I have saved this person today." Zhu Houzhao said word by word.

When Gao Huan saw this, he smiled happily and said: "Since you have this intention, I will help you achieve your goal. However, you must pay attention to methods and methods when saving people. You can't kill two people just to save one person, right?"

After Gao Huan finished speaking, he didn't even wait for Zhu Houzhao to reply. He immediately nodded to Yu Qing and said, "Show your identity to the other party."

Seeing this, Yu Qing glanced at Zhu Houzhao secretly, and saw that he looked noncommittal, so he immediately took out his badge, waved it in front of the village elder and the security chief, and said: "Jin Yiwei is doing something, and the rest of the people are waiting for you."

Retreat quickly."

When he first heard the name Jinyiwei, the old man felt his eyes dazzled and he thought he was about to faint. Fortunately, the chief security officer helped him from behind, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself in public today.

The village elder looked intently at the Jin Yiwei waist badge that was held up in the air by Yu Qing. After confirming that it was correct, he asked in a trembling voice: "I wonder what you do, Master Jun?"

Yu Qing quietly took back his badge, turned to look at Gao Huan, and said, "My Lord has something to say."

The village elder, the security chief and others followed Yu Qing's gaze and looked at Gao Huan. Seeing that Gao Huan's temperament was outstanding and incomparable, the village elder hurriedly put a smile on his face and stepped forward to greet him: "I wonder what your orders are?"

Gao Huan smiled slightly and tried to maintain a gentle attitude when speaking, saying: "I know that the burial system is your Zhaojiazhuang custom, and I have no objection to it."

"What?"

Before Gao Huan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Houzhao: "Gao Huan, what do you mean?"

Hearing this, Gao Huan shook his head helplessly, cast a calm look at Zhu Houzhao, and then continued to say to the village elders and others: "I respect your customs, but we also have our own customs."

"Our custom is that whoever burns the widow will have his head chopped off."

"You follow your customs, and I will follow mine."

As soon as these words came out, the village elder and the security chief immediately withered.

The village elder murmured for a long time, then hesitantly said: "But... our Zhaojiazhuang burial custom has been passed down for more than fifty years."

"Compared to the more than 50 years of burial customs in Zhaojiazhuang, the imperial edict will only be passed down for a longer period of time. You can follow your burial customs, but we must also follow the edict and act in accordance with the law."

The village elder was speechless, so he led the Bao Zhang and others to have a profound exchange. After about a quarter of an hour of discussion, the village elder announced in public: "From today on, Zhaojiazhuang will completely abolish the burial system. However,

Without the permission of the village elders and the security chief, the widow is not allowed to step out of the house."

Gao Huan turned his head and looked at Zhu Houzhao aside and said, "This is the best result. Not to mention a widow in the countryside, even a widow in the capital can't even think of stepping out of the house."

Until then.

Zhu Houzhao finally nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's it."

(End of chapter)