Rise From the Humble

Taiping fell.

The Japanese pirates rushed into the city like wolves and tigers. The Taiping garrison without city wall defense was like a herd of sheep. They were in close combat and collapsed at the first contact. They abandoned their helmets and armor. They were chased by the Japanese pirates throughout the city and hacked to death countless times.

Even the magistrate of Xiahou County at the north gate was unable to turn the tide of the battle. He was attacked by the Japanese pirates from both sides and fought hard. Before he died, he glared in the direction of the south gate and cursed, "The son of the county magistrate is as stupid as a pig and as timid as a mouse. , By mistake, I can bring peace to tens of thousands of people!!!! By mistake, I can bring peace to tens of thousands of people!!!!”

After occupying Taiping County, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, and looted unscrupulously, committing all kinds of crimes from day to night.

It was late at night, and the Japanese pirates' burning, killing, and looting continued. Screams, cries, and screams echoed everywhere in Taiping County.

Under the moonlight, the streets of Taiping County were soaked with blood, and the blood pooled together to form a blood-red stream. There were corpses with mutilated limbs lying, throwing, and piled up everywhere on the streets. Some streets even There is no place to set foot...

"Hahahaha...boy, you saw it, it's a boy, I guessed it right, you all bring money."

A five-short Japanese pirate with ugly hair and strange shapes held up a Japanese sword in one hand, with a bloody baby strung on the Japanese sword. He stretched out his hand to make a silver shape, laughed and shouted to the Japanese pirates around him, "Let's go." They are willing to accept the loss and gain money.

At his feet, lay a woman with her chest cut open. She was disheveled and her eyes had long lost their sparkle.

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Hell is no different than this. The bright moon in the sky seems unable to bear to look directly at the tragedy in the world and hides behind the dark clouds...

Another Daming County town was trampled under his feet! !

The leader of the Japanese pirates, Heihachiro, was sitting contentedly in the lobby of the Taiping County government office, with his feet on the desk and carefully wiping a Japanese knife. The "Upright and Bright" plaque hanging above his head and the screen behind him "please help the people" seemed Extremely ironic.

Wang Zhixian was tied up in shackles and held down by two Japanese pirates. He was trembling with fear and weakly protested, "Your Majesty, how can you not keep your integrity? You agreed to accept the gift and retreat, why did you seize the opportunity to seize the gate and attack the city?" ?”

"No, no, haha, what Wang Zhixian said is wrong. How can a person with integrity in this governor break his word? This governor is not attacking the city, but the governor's ancestral sword has fallen into your city. , came here to get the knife."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and replied with a smile.

"Get the sword?" Wang Zhixian was stunned and said with an aggrieved look, "When did the King's ancestral sword fall into our Taiping County?"

"Haha, Wang Zhixian is really a noble man who forgets things. When you sued for peace before, the governor gave you two gifts (an ancestral Japanese sword and ten shells) for you to choose, and you chose the shells. But I also didn’t return the governor’s ancestral sword to me. How dare I lose something belonging to my ancestors? Otherwise, I will not be able to see my ancestors in the future under the Nine Springs. That’s why I came here to get the sword.”

Japanese pirate Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and said leisurely.

When Wang Zhixian heard this, his chest heaved. This Japanese pirate leader opened his eyes and told lies. The housekeeper told me personally that the Japanese pirate leader casually pulled out a Japanese sword from someone else's waist, and actually said it was an ancestral Japanese sword!

"Ahem, Your Majesty, now that we have obtained the ancestral sword, can we fulfill our previous peace agreement and withdraw from Taiping County?" Wang Zhixian looked at the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro expectantly.

"Yes, of course." Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro nodded.

When Wang Zhixian heard this, he screamed in disbelief and looked overjoyed. In fact, he had no hope at all. He just thought that if the Japanese pirate leader refused, he would do the next best thing and let the Japanese pirate leader spare his life. I never expected that the leader of the Japanese pirates would agree to withdraw from Taiping County. I was so happy!

In this case, he can report that he turned the tide, supported the building from collapse, and led the crowd to drive the Japanese pirates out of Taiping County at the last moment. Well, didn't the Xiahou County Magistrate die in the battle? Then put all the blame on his head and say that he sued for peace with the Japanese pirates behind his back. Haha, the memorials were all written by living people. Anyway, the death of the Xiahou County Prime Minister has no evidence, so it is not up to me to decide what is right or wrong.

While Wangzhi County was overjoyed, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro spoke leisurely again, "Well, of course, but I'm not sure yet whether this sword is an ancestral sword. I need to verify it."

"Of course, of course, I wonder how the king needs to verify it?" Wang Zhixian nodded repeatedly as if he was talking to a chicken. Wang Zhixian was very confident that this Japanese sword was brought back by the housekeeper Liu Qi, and there was no way it could be wrong.

"My ancestral sword broke when I blew it on my hair. Well, I need to borrow some of Wang Zhixian's hair."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Zhixian, and said kindly.

"Borrowing hair?"

Wang Zhixian was stunned for a moment. If you can borrow your hair, that's fine. Although the hair and skin of your body are affected by your parents, now it's human beings who use swords and I'm fish and meat. The Japanese pirates invaded the county town and humiliated me by cutting off my hair. It was expected. It is said that those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. I borrowed this hair!

"What? Wang Zhixian is not willing to borrow just a strand of hair?" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro lowered his voice.

"Borrow! Of course I borrow it! Haha, your Majesty, you like my hair. It's my blessing. Please feel free to use it." When Wang Zhixian saw the face of the Japanese pirate leader change, he hurriedly replied, with a flattering look on his face, without any trace of it. Image at all.

"Haha, you guys have a saying in the Ming Dynasty: Those who understand current affairs are heroes. Wangzhi County is worthy of a generation of heroes."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro took his feet off the table, picked up the Japanese sword, walked slowly to Wang Zhixian, and said with a smile.

"hehe."

Wang Zhixian smiled in embarrassment and did not dare to show anything on his face, but in his heart he despised the Japanese pirate leader. He is really a barbaric person, but is this how a person who knows the current affairs can be regarded as a hero? !

"Haha, Magistrate Wang, I'd like to lend you a bun to test the knife."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro came to Wang Zhixian's side, stretched out his hand to lift Wang Zhixian's hair bun, and smiled slightly.

"Haha, please, Your Majesty."

Wang Zhixian forced a smile and his body trembled.

"Haha, don't be afraid. The governor's sword skills are notoriously good."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro smiled slightly, slowly raised the Japanese sword, made a starting gesture, and then swung it down horizontally!

Uh-huh!

A white light flashed.

A stream of hot blood spurted onto the roof of the county government hall.

A big head rolled to the ground!

Wang Zhixian's head rolled to the ground, with an expression of disbelief on his face. His eyes were wide open, as if he was asking Heihachiro, "Didn't you borrow your hair? Why did you borrow your head?" !

"Oh, I'm sorry, the governor's hands are shaking."

The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro said to Wang Zhixian's head with an apologetic smile, without any sincerity at all.

At this time, in the Jingnan County Yamen, sixty miles away from Taiping County, Zhu Pingan was writing official documents at his desk.