Rise From the Humble

In early winter, the sun went down very quickly, and it was just now that the sun was setting, but in the blink of an eye, night had already fallen.

"Look, it's getting dark, and the third day is about to pass, where are there any traces of Japanese pirates?"

The man who had complained before looked hard at the dark night in the distance on the city wall. There was no trace of people under the night, and he complained again.

"No, as the saying goes, if you keep repeating it again and again, the third day will pass quickly, and the Japanese pirates have not come. It seems that the Japanese pirates will not come again. Our county magistrate is a tiger taking a nap this time. "The person who complained with him before also said.

"Hehe." The locals gave them a meaningful glance and replied with a hehe.

The two of them replied, "Hey", murmuring in their hearts that the county magistrate is not a god, so it doesn't matter if he makes a mistake once. Our gratitude to the county magistrate will not be reduced much.

The night was getting darker and darker, and it didn't take long before it was so dark that you couldn't even see your fingers. There was still silence outside the city, except for the night owls that occasionally made one or two menacing calls.

"Another day of worry and fear was in vain! Let's go, go home and go to sleep. From now on, we will no longer be afraid. Japanese pirates are not dogs respected by the county, and the county does not predict the future."

"that is."

The two stayed on the city wall for a while, tugged at the corners of their mouths, muttered a few words in a low voice, and then walked down.

However, before the two stepped down a step, they heard a commotion behind them.

"Look, someone is coming straight to the city gate over there."

"Oh, it's really fast."

"The Japanese pirates are coming"

A cry of surprise from the city wall reached the ears of the two of them, and they couldn't help but stop in their steps. The timid one among them had his legs weak on the spot. If he hadn't held on to the wall in time, he would have rolled down in fear.

The two of them looked at each other, as if they were struck by thunder, with green smoke coming out of their heads, and said in a trembling voice, "The Japanese pirates are really coming?"

"Brother, brother, please give me a hand. Let's go down quickly and find a cellar, a smelly ditch or something to hide. I hope we are lucky and the Japanese pirates can't find us."

The timid man clung to the wall, his legs trembling uncontrollably, and said to the man tremblingly.

"Ah? Ah! Yes, yes." The man couldn't help but panic when he heard the Japanese pirates.

When the locals on the city wall saw this, they looked at them with a sneer, took out a butcher's knife from their sleeves, spat on the butcher's knife, and said to themselves, "Brother, today We can fight side by side again. Last time we defended the city, I didn’t let you drink enough blood from the Japanese pirates. Today I will help you drink enough."

After finishing speaking, the locals crowded to the front line of the city wall with butcher's knives, looking determined.

"He's crazy. Even though the Japanese pirates are short and dressed like beggars, they are all highly skilled in martial arts. They have three-foot-long swords at their waists. They can cut gold and cut iron. They can kill without blinking an eye and can eat people without salt. Go up with the butcher's knife, isn't this the old longevity star who thinks he has a long life?!"

When the two saw this, they couldn't help but say.

"The Japanese pirates are here, and I finally have the money to marry my wife."

"Excuse me. Last time I didn't go up the city wall. I regretted it for half a year. This time I didn't say anything about going up."

In the blink of an eye, many people armed with manure forks, shovels, red-tasseled guns and other weapons squeezed past them, scrambling to occupy the wall stacks, and looking out of the city with gleaming eyes.

"Under what circumstances, can madness be contagious?! Are all these people crazy?!"

When the two saw so many people rushing forward, they were completely stunned and murmured to themselves.

"No, it's not a Japanese pirate. That's one of our people. That's the government servant Zhang Ergou. I know him." A sharp-eyed person discovered the clue and couldn't help but loudly remind the people around him.

"Well, it's really not Zhang Ergou. Behind him is Gou Yue's Tiedan, who is also a yamen servant."

Soon someone recognized several people outside the city who were quickly approaching the city gate and shouted.

"Ah?! It's not a Japanese pirate." When the two heard this, the tension and worry on their faces disappeared. Their bodies quickly relaxed again, and they said excitedly, "I'm just saying, how could a Japanese pirate say that?" Come as soon as you come?!"

Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, several torches from outside the city came to the city gate and began to call the door.

It was Zhang Erniu, Tiedan and the others.

"Er Niu, Tiedan, the county magistrate ordered you to monitor the coast closely. Why did you come back?! This city gate cannot be opened. The county magistrate has an order. Without the county magistrate's order, no city gate can be opened."

A guard on the city wall asked.

"There was a situation on the sea. Hundreds of Yawat boats appeared on the sea and came straight to Jingnan. Yawat boats are warships commonly used by Japanese pirates. After the leader noticed this situation, he quickly ordered us to report to the county. Old Zhang, since the city gate cannot be opened, please send the basket down quickly and we can go up in the basket so that we can report the situation to the county magistrate in time."

Zhang Erniu and others were at the city gate, explaining loudly and urging the guards on the city wall to put down the baskets.

After verifying their identities again, two cradles were quickly hung from the city wall with ropes, and Zhang Erniu and Tie Suo were pulled up one by one. After Zhang Erniu and others came up, they quickly went down the city wall and reported to Zhu Pingan the news that the Japanese pirates were approaching Jingnan waters.

“The Japanese pirates are really here!!”

“The Japanese pirates are really here!!”

When the two people at the city wall heard this, they looked at each other, dumbfounded and shocked. How could they have imagined that when the county official said that the Japanese pirates were coming, they actually came!

Soon, the news of the Japanese pirates' arrival spread throughout Jingnan County. Although Zhu Pingan had warned everyone, everyone was still shocked and frightened when they heard the news.

"The Japanese pirates are really here. These Japanese pirates who have killed thousands of swords are so insidious and treacherous that they attacked in the middle of the night. How could we have discovered the Japanese pirates' tricks without the county magistrate reminding them! Who would have thought that the Japanese pirates would attack at night. This big thing At night, everyone must be asleep at home. If there was no reminder from the county magistrate, I don’t know how many families would have been murdered by Japanese pirates; if there was no reminder from the county magistrate, I am afraid that the county seat might also be attacked by Japanese pirates."

"These Japanese pirates who killed thousands of knives attacked late at night, this is the rhythm of their killing spree."

"The county magistrate is really amazing. He said that the Japanese pirates were coming and ordered us to move away in advance, but the Japanese pirates really came. Our village is right on the seaside. If the Japanese pirates attack with thousands of swords, we will definitely be the first to suffer. Thank you, county magistrate. Ah, if it wasn't for the county lord, I'm afraid our whole family would have been in trouble at this moment."

People were afraid, but also thankful. They were afraid that Japanese pirates would attack late at night. Fortunately, the county magistrate informed them in advance that they had taken precautions and evacuated in advance. Otherwise, they would have been doomed tonight.