The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

There was a burst of cheers from a distance outside the hall. Everyone listened and heard a lot of people shouting: "There was Xuxian Taiqiu before, and now there is Yingyin Milk Tiger!"

Xuankang said: "Is this what the people inside and outside are calling? ... Yes, they must have learned about Shen Xun's death by Xun Jun from the big and small Gao Jun. ..., 'Xu County Taiqiu '? This puts Xun Jun and Duke Taiqiu on a par!"

Chen Yu also served as a postmaster in the north when he was young. Xuan Kang is very happy. Chen Yannian, a high morality, is the Big Dipper of Mount Tai among celebrities, and it is an honor to be compared with him. ——If the Chen family had let him know about the marriage proposal to Xun Zhen, he would probably be happier.

Xun Zhen glanced at Xi Zhicai.

Xi Zhicai shook his head, saying that this rumor was not "created" by him, but made up by the common people. Come to think of it, compared to "Xun's family **** tigers, beggars beg for traitors, eliminate evil for the people, and have no time to warm themselves", these two sentences are much more popular and shallow.

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Xun Zhen felt ashamed at the praises and cheers of the people in the county. He did not think he could compare with Chen Hao, nor did he think he deserved such praise from them. Although ashamed, listening to the cheers from a distance, he couldn't help but feel a little joy, and felt that there was nothing wrong with taking the risk to kill Shen Xun. In addition to joy, he faintly felt that a strange emotion seemed to sprout and grow in him.

He didn't know what to call this emotion for a while, but felt that it made him restless, warm-blooded and generous, made him feel that what he was doing now seemed meaningful, and made him feel that his life was worthwhile. Just like what he said to Xi Zhicai on the way to Shen's house, this emotion inspired him, stimulated him, and made him feel that "it's worth dying here."

Even, compared to that time, at this moment, the impulse brought by this kind of love to him is even stronger. Because the songs that the people sang at that time were made up by Xi Zhicai, but the songs that the people sing now are spontaneous.

He realized the terrifying emotion of this kind of emotion, and it was able to make him give up the idea of ​​"just trying to save his life" all the time. He clenched his fists, trembling slightly, not out of fear, but out of excitement. He did not intend to resist this emotion, but was happy to be pushed by it, even if it would eventually be pushed into the unknown. Because he knew very well that this emotion was right.

But he couldn't understand, what kind of emotion was this? What should I call "it"? Where did it come from? Why didn't it appear before, but it suddenly appeared after hearing the cheers of the people? He felt very strange.

In fact, this is not surprising, it's just that he can't think deeply in his current state.

If he can calm down and think deeply, he will soon discover that the name of this emotion is "mission sense", in other words, it can also be called "taking the world as one's own responsibility". What I have learned, seen and heard over the past ten years.

Since he crossed over, he has studied under Xun Qu's school for more than ten years, and all he has read is the "Book of Saints", and what he has learned is "the place of righteousness, although thousands of people will go to me". The Xun clan has many sages and famous scholars, and there are many martyrs who sacrificed their lives for righteousness and generously died. I often hear stories of famous people from all over the world who stick to the road and regard death as home. "Growing up" in such an environment, even if he is already an "adult", how can he not be affected more or less?

Just like Xi Zhicai said: "Making virtue and meritorious deeds", "people inherently die, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather". This is the outlook on life of the virtuous scholar-bureaucrats in the world. "Take the world as one's own responsibility" and "please order for the people" are also the sense of mission and responsibility of the scholar-officials. The reason why he didn't clearly feel the existence of this emotion before was because he spent most of the time in Gaoyang studying and studying swordsmanship, and he didn't have much contact with the outside world; Yangting, in Xixiang again, and now in the north of the county, for more than two years, he has been in contact with the bottom of the people extensively, and he has seen too many people's hardships. This emotion has been accumulating strength, and finally to this day, after two consecutive years. After hearing the cheers and singing of the people for the first time, the sense of mission was finally inspired.

Before, he was all about life-saving, but now, after hearing the cheers of the county residents, he seemed to suddenly realize that there are more important things in this world than life-saving, that is value and meaning. ——When this emotion subsides, when the impulse and passion brought about by this emotion recede, if he puts mediocrity in life and vigor in death before his eyes again, and lets him choose, he may not dare. The impulsiveness and generosity of this time are guaranteed, but at least for now, he's leaning towards the latter.

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The cheers of the people gradually dissipated. It should be that they obeyed the persuasion of the Gao brothers and went home.

It was late at night, the night wind was getting cooler, and the candlelight in the hall swayed with the wind. Xun Zhen slowly calmed down and picked up her impulsiveness and generosity. Of course it feels good to do things for the people, but if you want to do more good things for the people, you must first make yourself stronger.

If he had not been promoted by the prefect to be the postal supervisor in the north, he is still in Xixiang, and he has ruled only ten or twenty li of land, and he can’t stay within the territory of a township. ? And if you want to make yourself stronger, there may be many ways in the peaceful era, but when the troubled times are approaching, there is only one way: to continuously expand your own strength. And if you want to expand your strength, one thing is indispensable, that is: money.

In the eyes of miser, money is a treasure; in Xun Zhen's eyes, money is a tool. With money, you can raise more people, you can exchange for weapons, you can exchange for armor, you can exchange for food. Therefore, this Shen family must not let go. The Shen family has been smelting iron for generations, and the family must have a huge amount of money. Even if they can't fit all of them into their own pockets, they have to make a fortune.

He ordered Cheng Yan, Xuankang, Liu Deng, and Li Bo, and ordered them to bring a team of people, first to check the Shen family's family background and make a list. Don't care about anything else, just remember gold and silver jewelry, weapons and horses.

It took more than an hour for the four of them to turn the Shen family upside down. The treasures they found in the pavilions and houses were not much, and most of them were in the basement warehouse in the backyard. When they came to report, the four of them were incoherent and incoherent, only repeating over and over: "Too much, too much." Xun Zhen went to inspect it in person, and was also taken aback. I knew that the Shen family was rich, but I didn't expect it to be so rich.

In the huge warehouse, half of the piles are copper coins, and some of the strings of money have rotted and broken because they have been left for too long.

The other half is gold and silver jewelry, coral jade, silk satin, weapons and armor.

Gold and silver jewelry, beautiful coral and jade are placed on shelves and served in lacquer dishes. More than a dozen rows of shelves with up to five floors were filled. At a glance, it is densely packed, with dazzling gold and silver, and jewels. Aya satin is packed in boxes, dozens of boxes.

Weapons and armor are placed on Lan Qi. Most of the weapons are swords, a few spears and halberds, and no bows and crossbows. It may be that the smelting workshop of the Shen family does not produce bows and crossbows. There are not many armors, only five pieces, and they are all double armors. The double armor is composed of two parts: the breastplate and the back armor. It is a kind of armor suitable for cavalry to wear. It should be used by Shen Jiabei for hunting. Under the light of the torches, the brilliance flowed on the armor.

Xun Zhen tried to slash with a saber, but the armor was unscathed. Xi Zhi only knew the goods and praised: "This armor must be made of refined steel."

"Refining" means "folding and forging refined iron". The more "smelting", the better the steel. In terms of swordsmanship, a 30-year-old sword is a good soldier. Xun Zhen was surprised when Shi Tiao, the chief of the Andingli in Fanyangting, bought a 30-steel steel-making knife.

These five-collar armors are actually made of hundred-refined steel, which is really rare. No wonder the Shen family kept it in the storeroom when it was not in use. Xun Zhen secretly called for luck, if this armor was put on by the Shen family who besieged them, only one person would be enough to break through the lines of defense of Xu Zhong and Liu Deng.

Hundreds of weapons.

Compared with the sword, Xun Zhen prefers the ring-head sword. The shape of the ring-head knife is similar to that of the sword, with a straight edge. Unlike the sword, it has only one edge and a thick back, which is suitable for slashing on the battlefield. He took out a ring knife and straightened it in front of him. He looked sideways at the back of the knife. It was very straight. He held it in his hand and danced it twice. He ordered Liu Deng: "Put your sword out!" After Liu Deng pulled out the sword, he took the knife and chopped it down. The swords collided with a harsh sound, and Liu Deng's dagger was split into a deep hole. The onlookers were amazed.

Xun Zhen looked back at the knife, and there was no injury on the blade.

An inscription was engraved on the back of the knife, which read: "In the sixth year of Yongchu, Bailian Qingsteel was built on the top of the constellation and the stars are unknown." The sixth year of Yongchu was the era name of Andi, and it has been seventy years since then. He couldn't help but praise: "No wonder it's so sharp, it's actually a treasured sword, a real treasure!" He returned the sword to the sheath, handed it to Liu Deng, and said with a smile, "A treasured sword is given to a hero. Your sword was cut off by me. I'll give you the knife!"

The rest of the weapons have been roughly looked at, and they are all swords and swords above "30 refining", and the spears and halberds are also made of stainless steel.

After taking the inventory and scraping off the jewelry, silk and satin, only gold and silver cakes were counted, totaling more than three thousand. A piece of gold cake is a pound, the official price is equivalent to 10,000 yuan, and the market price is equivalent to about 20,000 yuan. Just these two thousand gold cakes are worth 30 to 40 million. Rao was stunned by Xun Zhen's "informed and knowledgeable", and sighed: "Dong Zhongshu of the former Han said: 'The rich have no place to stand in the fields, and the poor have no place to stand'. He also occupies a large area of ​​fertile land, and is rich in prefectures. When I was in Xieli, I heard that the villagers called him 'Rich than Qiancheng Shen Bochun', and looking at it now, it is really a thousand vehicles."

He really wanted to remove all these golden cakes, but he also knew that it was impossible. He hesitated and decided to remove half of them. Half of it is a thousand catties of gold cakes, which is 20 million yuan. At the market price, an ordinary sword is five or six hundred dollars. The price of ordinary bows and swords is similar. If all of them are used to buy swords, bows and arrows, they can arm more than 20,000 people. Even with the addition of armor and rations, it was enough to support an army of several thousand people, and it was more than enough. The money can't be taken out, but all the weapons and armor can be taken away. Even the golden cake is equipped with weapons and armor, and three carriages are loaded. He didn't use his car, he used all the Shen family's cars.

After finishing the installation, I ordered half of Qingxia to come out. I just waited for the morning of tomorrow, and Cheng Yan and Xiaoren led the team to **** these cars back to Xixiang. Gold pancakes and weapons were placed in the courtyard of Xixiang. The Shen family also kept more than a dozen good horses, and they couldn't let them go. They picked five of the most powerful horses, and they were brought back by Cheng Yan and others first.

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The car was just installed here, and Xu Zhong came back over there, rushing three cars with goods left by Guo Jue.

Xun Zhen took a look and saw that, just like the example of the Shen family, they only needed gold cakes, and they moved half of them, about three hundred or so, and they were worth four or five million. The rest will stay in the Shen family temporarily, waiting for the county government to deal with them.

There were five or six women with Xu Zhongqi.

Xu Zhong said, "This is a girl's music that Guojiu bought in Yangcheng for several years. He didn't take it with him when he left." He asked Xunzhen, "How should I arrange them?"

Xun Zhen looked at these women, all of them were beautiful and full of body, and all of them were first-class beauty. He is not a man of Lu, and he is also tempted by his beauty, but he knows that such beauty is not something he can enjoy now, and said, "Let's stay in the Shen mansion, and wait for the ruler of the palace to come and go."

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After the long night, the east turns white.

When Xiao Xia came back, she went to Xun Zhen to report: "On the way to the Shen family's private smelting, I met hundreds of iron workers from the Shen family. After seeing Shen Dan's head and knowing that Shen Xun was dead, he brought him with him. The team's steward was very obedient, so he gave up the idea of ​​entering the city at that time. Shi Juxian led people to **** them back to Yefang, and the villain came back first to report to Xunjun."

"Where's Shen Rong?"

"To be with Shi Juxian."

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "It's already dawn, and Brother Su Ze hasn't come back yet. It seems that he didn't meet Tieguan's apprentice on the way. The stewards of the two Tieguan's are still very knowledgeable and did not obey Shen Tung's orders. "Since Tieguan has nothing to do and everything in the county has been dealt with, there is no need to continue to stay in the Shen residence. He called Cheng Yan and Xiao Ren, and after a few words, ordered them to drive out of the city and go back to Xixiang first.

Afterwards, he took the crowd to the front yard, and he first found a clerk in the post office, gave him the written memorial, and ordered him to send it to the county government immediately. Then, looking at the Tieguan disciples and Shen Xun's wife, sons and daughters who were locked up in the house, he said to the members of the Shen family, guests, and servants who had gathered in the courtyard: "I have written a memorial to the prefect for three days at most. You will be able to receive the order from the lord of the government~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Don't walk around, just wait in the Shen mansion, and wait for the lord to deal with the order. Don't worry, I said that you will be spared your sins, and I will not go back on your word. "

These people of the Shen family were in awe of the bravery of Xun Zhen, Xu Zhong, and Liu Deng, and they only complied with their promises.

Xun Zhen explained to Xu Zhong and Liu Deng, and said, "I'll go to see Tieguan and the Shen family's private smelter later. Tieguan is not close to the city. , it will take a day or two anyway. You two are injured, so don't go with me. During this period, these people will be handed over to you, and I will leave them to you two teams, the officials in my hospital. All of them are left to assist you, and you will send someone to invite the county magistrate and Wei to dial some county soldiers to come over. You must take good care of the Shen residence, no one can enter, and no one can leave. You must not beat, scold, or abuse the Shen family.” Xu Zhong, Liu Deng Yingnuo.

As soon as he finished his instructions, he smiled and said to Xi Zhicai: "Brother Zhicai, I have to come back before the order of the Fujun, this time to Tieguan and the Shen family's private smelter, I can't take a car, I have to ride a horse. One or two hundred miles away, the weather is hot, so you don't have to accompany me to suffer this crime! ..., Ziyuan, Shuye, both of you stay here and have a good rest for two days. How?"

Xi Zhicai said to his heart, "Walking two hundred miles in two days against the scorching sun, I really suffer. But the question is, since I know I'm going to suffer, why do I have to go?" He smiled and said, "Okay, it's better to be respectful. Obey." Li Bo and Xuankang also had no objection.

Xun Zhen only brought Xiao Xia and the Gao brothers who had just returned from the city gate, a group of twenty people, after asking about the way to Tieguan, they went out of the city.

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1. Thirty Refinements, Fifty Refinements, and Hundred Refinements.

"Of course, the number of times the steel is folded and exercised should be calculated as 2 to the power of π. The so-called 30, 50, and 100 exercises are four or five times of folding, but only six times." The first volume made a typo on the number of forgings and has been revised.