The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

"Hidden wooden households" are also inlaid. "Sit in the iron room", also known as the double halberd, is a common name for these two weapons, saying that they can defend. This is to praise Xu Zhong and Liu Deng for their bravery and invincibility. "Xun Jiahu" is naturally Xun Zhen.

Xun Zhen stood at the entrance of the hall, raised the two heads in his left hand high, and pointed at the man in the golden robe and the tall crown who was killed by Xu Zhong under the tree, and said sharply: "Shen Xun, Shen Dan, and Shen Jun have already Fu Zhu! Do you still want to help Zhou to fight against the laws of the country?"

"The villain is waiting to be found guilty!"

"If you are found guilty, you can quickly open the door of the house, capture Shen Xun's wife and children, and **** them outside the hall. I am thinking of your atonement for your sins, and you may not be punished for your sins."

Everyone echoed their promise. Except for a dozen iron officials who stayed in place, the rest of the people were divided into two groups. One quickly went to the front yard to open the door, and the other rushed into the pavilion opposite the main room. The courtyard was silent. Just very soon, there were sounds of smashing doors, knocking on doors, yelling, beating, screaming, and crying from the pavilions and houses on the opposite side. Xun Zhen glanced there and asked Xu Zhong, "Does the injury on your arm matter?"

"It doesn't matter."

Xun Zhen threw down the head in her hand, picked the spot on her clothes that was not stained with blood, cut it open with a sword, tore off a piece, returned the sword to its sheath, wrapped the wound with her own hands, and said, "Go to the house opposite. Take a look inside the pavilion, and tell those who go to take Shen Tun's wife, sons and daughters to be careful! Don't hurt anyone, and don't take advantage of the fire." Xu Zhong promised and went with his sword.

Xun Zhen tore off another piece of clothing, squatted down, and wrapped the wound on Liu Deng's leg.

When he killed the enemy just now, Liu Deng was in no position to move forward, but now he was at a loss and wanted to jump away, but he was afraid of touching Xun Zhen. dare!"

"The Shen family called you 'in the iron room', but I think they are wrong. You are not in the iron room, I am in the iron room. With you and Junqing by my side, when Mount Tai falls, I can sit comfortably. Ah!" Xun Zhen wrapped him up, clapped her hands, stood up, and said with a smile.

Liu Deng's face turned red, and he squeezed out a sentence: "Xunjun's kindness is better than the ocean, and the villain can only repay it with death."

Xun Zhen laughed and patted his shoulder. One of the iron officials and apprentices in the courtyard pulled Liu Deng's halberd from the crossbowman, wiped it clean on his clothes, bent over, and brought it up with both hands. Liu Deng caught it. The man returned to the hospital again. Xun Zhen turned her attention to the dozen or so Tieguan disciples and asked, "You all came from the Tieguan in the market?"

"Yes."

"Are they all iron officials?"

"Yes."

"What punishment?"

Some answered "Ghost Salary", some answered "Wanchengdan", and some answered "Kuntong Chengdan".

"Ghost Charge", "Wancheng Dan Chung", and "Kuntong Cheng Dan Chung" are all types of prison sentences.

Since the former Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty abolished corporal punishment, the punishment system of the two Han Dynasties generally consists of four parts: death penalty, imprisonment, flogging, and relocation. Prison sentences are further divided into several categories: Cheng Dan Chung, Gui Xin Bai Can, Si Kou, Fu Zuo, etc. "Chengdan Chung" is divided into two categories: Chengdan and Chung. The two sentences are the same, the difference is that the former is a punishment for male prisoners, which means forced fortification; the latter is a punishment for female prisoners, which means pounding rice. The same is true for "Ghost Salvage White Charm". Ghost salary, originally meant to collect salary for the ancestral temple, Baican, originally meant to choose rice for sacrifice, and also different labor punishments for male and female criminals.

"Chengdan Chong" and "Ghost Salvage White Charm" are both principal punishments. In addition to the main punishment, there are often additional punishments depending on the crime committed by the offender. Such as "kun", "resistance", "clamp", "storage" and the like. "Kun" refers to shaving off the prisoner's hair, leaving only three inches attached to the ears; "Nei" is lighter than "Kun" and refers to only cutting off the sideburns; "Clamp" refers to iron pliers, On the neck, it weighs about five or six catties, and it should be worn during the day and night; "Zao" refers to the shackles, which can be divided into left foot with shackles, right foot with shackles, or both feet. "Pliers" and "Tiao" are both indispensable torture tools for felons.

Nowadays, prison sentences such as "Chengdan Chong" and "Ghost Salvage Baican" are no longer just labor in the literal sense, but are also used in other government-run workshops. The main difference between the various sentences is the length of the sentence. It can be said to be the second worst sentence for death, and the heaviest sentence in prison, with a sentence of five years. "Complete the city once the pounding" is four years. "Ghost pay" is three years.

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Xun Zhen asked the people who answered "Kuntong Chengdan": "Since you are a Kuntong Chengdan, why don't you have no tongs?"

Those people replied: "The villain and others were originally subjected to pincers, but after serving a long time in prison, the hair has been revived. The iron officer, Shen Tun, loves the villains and the others, and he does not have the beards and hair of the villains, and he is also exempted from children. The pain of pincers on the neck of others."

Xun Zhen asked again: "Yilu, Chengdan and Guixing prisoners are all required to wear ochre clothes. Why don't you wear ochre clothes?"

The people in the courtyard replied: "The villains are honest and willing to work, and they never play tricks and tricks. Therefore, Tieguan Chief Shen Xun has specially approved that the villains do not need to wear ochre clothes."

Xun Zhen knew in his heart that this must be Shen Rong's method to win over Tieguan's disciples.

If you think about it, most of the Tieguan apprentices are people who have committed serious crimes, and many of them are aggressive and aggressive. , and will not be convicted of such a serious crime, let alone the more serious crime of "Kuntong Chengdan Rong". No matter who takes care of them, most of them will move their minds, hoping to find a few "warriors" from them, so that they can be used as their minions. Shen Xun is a local tyrant. In order to maintain the strong position of his clan in the local area, his interest in this area is estimated to be stronger than that of ordinary people.

Xun Zhen smiled and said: "So, you are all close people of Shen Xun? Yes, if you are not close people, you will not be transferred to the county and city. This is a big difference! If you are summoned to tame, you will send troops and swords to protect the courtyard and fight against me!” After laughing twice, his expression turned serious, and he asked word by word, “But, don’t you know that fighting against the laws of the country is a Is it a serious crime? As prisoners, do you want to die?"

The Tieguan disciples bowed their heads and said, "When the Tieguan Chief Shen Tun called the villain to come, he did not explain why he had called the villain. Since the villain was under the control of Shen Tiao, he dared not not come. It was not until Duyou entered the hospital that he realized that he was going to oppose the Duyou! The villain is convicted, and I just ask the Duyou to be kind and spare a life! The villain is willing to be a cow and a horse for the Duyou."

Xun Zhen thought: "'I didn't know until I entered the hospital that I was going to oppose me'? 'Would you like to be a bull and a horse for me'? Said, "So cunning, and boasting 'never tricky'?" But now is not the time to clean them up, he said to Cheng Yan, who had just come in, "Separate a group of people and **** all these iron officials to the front. Courtyard, wait for my release." Cheng Yan agreed, ordered ten people, and escorted the iron officials and disciples out.

Xuankang clenched his fists excitedly and raised them on the side of his chest, his sleeves all falling to his elbows, not knowing it. He squeezed to Xun Zhen's side, and said excitedly: "Xun Jun! We heard the shouts of the Shen family from outside! Hide the wooden house, sit in the iron room, Xunjiahu! ..., Xunjun, your reputation is very fast. It will spread all over the county!" With a proud look.

Li Bo said: "Xunjun, this is too dangerous! Although Shen's house is strong, it can always be captured. Why should you take the risk?"

Xun Zhen smiled, took Liu Deng's hand, looked around the crowd, and said, "I have sheltered wooden houses, sit in an iron room, and have tens of thousands of enemies, so why should I be afraid?"

The Qingxia people are very lively people, and they also admire Xu Zhong and Liu Deng's bravery. When they heard Xun Zhen's words, they all laughed and shouted in unison: "Hide the wooden house, sit in the iron room!" The Gao brothers , The Su brothers were all on the roof tree just now, going down the house, down the tree, and entering the courtyard. They came too late and couldn't squeeze in front. They followed the Qingxia and called twice, and took the lead in shouting: "Xunjiahu!"

Then everyone shouted in unison: "Xunjiahu!" The sound shook the roof tiles and stopped the night clouds. Compared with Xu Zhong and Liu Deng's bravery, they admired Xun Zhen's courage more. Put themselves in their own shoes and think about it for themselves, no one dared to pat their chests and say that if they were the postal supervisor in the north, they would be able to take the risk lightly like Xun Zhen.

Xi Zhicai came in at the latest, and he had to arrange for people to put out the fire. The courtyard gate of Shen's house has been opened, so there is no need to attack, and the lit fires cannot be left behind. If there is a fire, the trouble will be big. After he came in, the light chivalrous men respected him as Xun Zhen's acquaintance, and admired his previous command Ruoding, so they all made way for him.

He walked to Xun Zhen's side, bowed to the ground, and said, "Congratulations to you!"

Xun Zhen hurriedly helped him up and said with a smile, "Why He Zhiyou?"

"He Jun is not dead."

Xun Zhen heard it, and Xi Zhicai was blaming him in disguise, he laughed and said, "Didn't you stop me when I entered the hospital?"

"I didn't stop it at that time, because the situation was critical and I had to listen. Now He Jun, it is because You Jun will be proud of this, and even frivolous. As the saying goes: 'The son of a thousand gold, sitting in the hall'. Great talents in the world, such dangerous things must not be done often! Tonight, there are no warriors in the Shen family.

Xun Zhen said with restraint, "Respect and be taught." Holding his arms, she smiled again, "There are many assassins in ancient times, what does it mean when you say 'zhuanzhu'? It's to avenge the revenge I joked in the past. Is it?" Xun Zhen once joked that Xi Zhi had a special illness, laughing that he was afraid of internal affairs.

Xi Zhicai really meant it, and the two laughed at each other. Xi Zhicai said, "It's late at night, and I don't know if Tieguan has obeyed Shen Xun's orders. Zhenzhi, you can send someone to take Shen Xun's head to Tieguan as soon as possible, to secure Tieguan."

Xun Zhen agreed, his eyes swept across Zhu Qingxia's face, and decided to leave this errand to brothers Su Ze and Su Zheng. Both of them are calm and courageous, suitable for this important task.

Shen Rong has only one head, but Tieguan has two. After Xun Zhen handed Shen Rong's head to Su Ze, she thought about it for a while, and gave Su Zheng the head of Shen Jun, the high official Jinyi man killed by Xu Zhong, and said, "You two will go now. In the front yard, choose two people from Tieguan's apprentices to lead the way, with the heads of Shen Rong and Shen Jun respectively, and lead your own team out of the city immediately to Tieguan. If the stewards in Tieguan did not obey Shen Xun If you meet Tieguan’s apprentices on the road, show them the heads of the Shen family and their sons, and they will Saying that the Shen shi has already been executed, order them to return to the original path immediately, and if they do not obey the order, they will be executed immediately."

"promise!"

Xun Zhen called Xiao Xia and Shi Juxian again, and handed over the head of Shen Dan, the man he killed behind the pillar in the hall, to Xiao Xia, and said, "You take this head, and Shen Rong will lead the way. Immediately go to the smelter opened by Shen Tung and see if the ironworker there has come out. If not, tell the steward there and tell him to come to see me now; if it does, you meet on the road or outside the city, Just show them this head, and say that the Shen family and their sons have already been executed, so they will go back immediately, and those who do not obey will be executed."

Shen Rong was not dead. When Xun Zhen started to kill, he did not dare to resist and hid in the corner of the hall. At this time, a few light warriors went in and pulled them out. Xiao Xia is shrewd and strong, and should be able to do this well. He promised loudly.

"Master Ju, you take your team and Xiao Xia with you."

"Yes."

Xun Zhen paused and asked Shi Juxian: "Juxian, what was your original name?"

Since Wang Mang "forbids the reinstatement" on the grounds of "returning the name before the Qin Dynasty to cover the widow", and regards two-character names as cheap names, Han people rarely have two-character names anymore, usually single names. . "Juxian" is two characters, and it happened to be the original name of Yangzhai, a famous hero in the Xinmang period. Therefore, Xun Zhen knew that this was by no means the real name of Shi Juxian.

Shi Juxian replied: "The villain's original name is 'Ji'." He is a child of a poor family, and his name is not particularly important. Like Xu Zhong and Xu Ji, he is also named after his ranking.

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "You changed your real name to 'Giant Pioneer'. Giant Pioneer, the hero is also called Yuan She. You should admire Yuan She very much, right?"

"Yes." Shi Juxian did not forget to give a little flattery, "Xun Jun really heard about the broadcast and knew that Juxian was the name of Yuan Shi. The villain didn't know it before, but he heard it from a Confucian scholar passing by!"

"Yuan She, the hero of the ranger, conquers the world bravely. You may encounter danger when you go to the Shenjiayefang with Xiaoxia this time. If there is danger, what should you do?"

Shi Juxian replied generously: "Be like the original giant!"

"Okay! Let's go."

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The assignment has been decided, Liu Deng greeted a few people, carried the corpse out of the hall, wiped the blood stains a little, raised the candlestick, and set up the table. Xun Zhen, Xi Zhicai, Li Bo, Xuan Kang and the other Qing Xia teams, such as the Gao brothers, Jiang Hu and others, were all in attendance.

Li Bo said, "Shen Tun has already been executed, Xun Jun, what are you going to do next?"

"First deal with Tieguan's apprentices and the ironworkers in his smelter."

As soon as Shen Tun died, these people lost their officers and masters, which was a big problem and had to be arranged carefully.

"How to deal with it?"

"Shen Tun committed a serious crime, according to the law, he wanted to seize his family property, and the smelter he ran himself was also his family's property. I will report it to the lord of Mingfu and take it as an official. As for Tieguan, I will wait until After I go to see the situation tomorrow, I will also report to the Mingfu lord and ask him to serve as another iron official." In the former Han Dynasty, the salt and iron officials were under the imperial court's agricultural management, and after the rejuvenation, they belonged to the county and county management, and the prefect was reporting to the imperial court. Afterwards, you can start or dismiss the officials~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Xi Zhicai noticed that Xun Zhen seemed to be thinking when he said these words, and looked at the courtyard subconsciously.

He followed and saw that Xun Zhen was looking at the place where the dozen iron officials and disciples were kneeling before him, and his heart moved slightly. The question about why Xun Zhen used the Ministry of War to restrain the chivalrous man resurfaced, and he thought to himself: " Zhen Zhiyin used the Ministry of War to lure guests, but now he seems to be very interested in the private smuggling of Tieguan's disciples and the Shen family?" Shen Xun was a Tieguan chief of Six Hundred Stones and a local tyrant, so he was killed by Xun Zhen like this Well, there are a lot of things that need to be sorted out. Although Tieguan and the Shen family's private smelter also needs to be properly settled, it is by no means the most important one. Xun Zhen didn't say anything else, but said this matter alone, it was indeed suspicious in the eyes of people with a heart.

Xi Zhicai then thought again: "By the way, he was just at the entrance of the hall, and he said a lot to the dozen or so iron officials." Feeling it was very strange, he stared at Xun Zhen, and asked slowly, "Zhen Besides, do you already have a candidate for the new Iron Officer?"

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1. Those who "cover wood households" are inlaid. Those who "sit in the iron room" are double halberds.

"Dian Lun": "The common name is double halberd for sitting in the iron room, and the inlaid truss is for sheltering wooden doors."

Inlaid: It is about hook inlay, a kind of shield with hooks up and down. A commonly used weapon at that time, often used in conjunction with short weapons such as swords, is a sharp weapon against long weapons, especially halberds.

2. "Pliers" refers to iron pliers, which are attached to the neck and weigh about five or six pounds.

The "jin" of the Han Dynasty is used here. "Judging from the torture tools unearthed from the tombs of prisoners near the Yangling of the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty clamps were 17-24cm in diameter and weighed about 1,150-1,600 grams. In addition, there was a cockroach about 29.5-34cm long."

In addition, the various prison sentences mentioned in the book refer to the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the Western Han Dynasty, the prison terms of various kinds of imprisonment were longer than those in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Most of Qin Shi's sentences were indefinite.