The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Today's update, I feel that the content behind is a bit complicated, so I need to revise it.

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Everyone was drinking and dancing, and suddenly one of them jumped off the wall.

Even though Chen Bao was drunk, his reaction was the fastest, he pressed his left hand on the ground, jumped up with a "Teng", swiped his right hand to the side of his leg, took out his short knife, left the table, got down to the ground, grabbed Xun Zhen, and shouted, "Who is there? people?"

Du Mai, Cheng Yan and the others jumped up, grabbed the knife and asked, "Who is it?"

Two sentences of "who" were asked one after another, and the sound became louder than the sound, which disturbed the flock of chickens in the chicken coop and the two horses in the stable, and the courtyard was in chaos for a while.

Xun Zhenan sat on the seat, narrowed his eyes, looked down the wall, looked at the person who came, and saw that he was not tall, hidden in the shadows, and could not see his face clearly.

He beckoned Xu Ji back, and ordered: "Take care of your mother." He slowly got up, slowly adjusted his clothes, and asked, "Who is the gentleman under the wall?" Who, the first person who thought of the Taiping Taoist who caused the greatest pressure on him, "Could it be that the incident happened tonight?" After thinking about it, he thinks it is unlikely. It is not yet the Jiazi year. He is not a Taiping Taoist. It would be thieves and bandits, "Or Xu Zhongpeng's party?"

When the Xu family was sealed up, Xu Zhong's friends left a deep impression on him, and he had no doubt that those people had the courage to come to the pavilion to rob Xu's mother. If it is Xu Zhong's cronies? I'm afraid it won't be alone. Xun Zhen glanced at the wall and the courtyard gate, it was quiet, and no one was there.

The visitor stayed in the shadows under the wall for a while, then walked out quickly. With the help of the light of the torches, everyone could see clearly that he was about seven feet tall. A short brown coat with a long knife in his waist.

"Xu, Xu Zhong?" It was Cheng Yan who spoke, very surprised.

Immediately after, Xu Mu, Xu Ji, Chen Bao, Du Mai and others also exclaimed softly, some called "Zhonglang", some called "Second Brother", and some called him by his first name, "Xu Zhong".

"It's actually Xu Zhong?" Xun Zhen's eyes lit up, looking at the person who came, she was extremely surprised, and said to her heart, "How dare he? Zhong?"

"Xu Zhong has met Xun Jun." The visitor bowed and saluted in the dark. His voice was low and penetrating.

"Come here all night, I don't know what to do?"

"Xu Zhong is not filial, and implicates his mother. Tonight, I want to ask Xun Jun to raise your hand and release my mother."

"Let go?"

"Exactly."

"Are you here to surrender yourself?"

"The law of the Han family: 'The murderer dies'. Although Xu Zhong is stupid, it is useful to stay here, and he is not willing to seek his own death."

"You don't surrender, but you want your grandmother to go home. So, do you want to rob someone?"

Xu Zhong was silent, under the night, his eyes shone brightly. He pressed the knife and asked, "Let it go or not, Xun Jun will decide in one word."

"Did you come alone?"

"Of course."

"So, are you deceiving me that there is no one in the pavilion?"

"What do you mean by this, Xun-Jun?"

"The county lord strictly ordered that if you don't surrender to the case for one day, your mother cannot leave the pavilion for one day. You came here alone tonight, neither surrendering, but also wanting me to release your mother, you want me to accept the county lord. Are you angry? Do you see the people in my pavilion as nothing?"

Xu Zhong put his hand on the handle of the knife, ignoring the faint surrounding of the people in Tingshe, took a step forward, stared at Xun Zhen, and said in a low voice: "Xu Zhong is not talented, only one person, how dare you treat all the lords as nothing? If Xun Jun refuses to let him go. ,..."

"how?"

"The average man was angry and splattered five steps with blood."

Hey! Alone and single, hostile to six or seven people, his face does not change, and he makes threats.

Du Mai and others could hear Xu Zhong's strong killing intent hidden in his calm tone. Cheng Yan and Chen Bao were better, while Fan Shang and Huang Zhong had pale faces.

Du Mai reluctantly shouted: "Xu Zhong! You are only one person, I am waiting for seven people, where do you come from? I know you are strong, but the pavilion is very important, don't mess around! If you annoy the county lord, you will escape thousands of miles. , can't escape death!"

He pulled out the county magistrate to scare Xu Zhong, but Xu Zhong ignored it and forced him to take a step forward: "Tonight, I will either let my mother go, or the corpse will be bloodied." His aura was different from that of Qin Gan. It's undisguised murderousness.

Du Mai was forced by it, knowing that he was crowded, but involuntarily took a step back. Huang Zhong trembled, Fan Shang was sweating like pulp. Fan Tan and Cheng Yan subconsciously clenched the handle of the knife, as if they were not alone, but a fierce tiger that devoured them.

The courtyard fell silent.

Suddenly, a "pop" came from behind Xun Zhen.

As timid as Fan Shang was frightened by this, he almost threw the knife away. Everyone looked and saw that Xu's mother fell the wooden bowl to the ground and was supported by Xu Ji. She trembled over Xun Zhen and walked in front of Xu Zhong: "Nizi, don't kneel!"

"Mother, the child is not filial, and you are tired of suffering." Under this situation, how could Xu Zhong kneel? He stared at everyone with his knife, and instructed Xu Ji, "Help my mother come behind me."

"Don't help me!" Mother Xu tried to push Xu Ji away, "Let me go!"

Xu Ji was in a dilemma, looked at Xu Zhong, looked at Xu's mother, then turned to look at Xun Zhen, hesitated, and in the end, mother and son were connected, fearing that Xu's mother would fall, she stood firm and refused to leave.

Mother Xu's tears fell: "You two rebels, do you want to be mad at me?"

Where can Xu Zhong and Xu Ji see their mother cry? Immediately, he became flustered, and he didn't know whether to comfort him or kneel. Xu Zhong, in particular, was completely at a loss as to how calm he was just now.

Xun Zhen was considerate, winked at Du Mai, Chen Bao and others, and retreated to a distance, leaving enough space and distance for the mother and son of the Xu family to speak. After Xu Zhong made such a fuss, everyone had already woken up. Chen Bao approached Xun Zhen and said in a low voice, "Mr. Xun, do you want the villain to go out and take a look?"

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "What's the difference whether I bring the same party or not? Although I treat Xu mother well, but tonight, Xu mother must not hand it over to Xu Zhong. If you do, it will not only be You lose face in front of the youthful chivalry in the village, and you will definitely be punished by the county magistrate."

He shook his head and said, "Xu Zhong is famous and won't deceive me. He said he came alone, and he came alone."

Cheng Yan took it seriously: "Husband promises a lot of money. Abao, you are too careful. Xu Zhong is not a faker." He asked Xunzhen, "Just what should I do now?"

"The top priority is not to let him take Mother Xu away."

Everyone thought so. Although they may respect or fear Xu Zhong, their duty is that if he really robs people tonight, unless they are willing to let go of everything and follow him to their deaths, as Xun Zhen said, no one will bear the anger of the county magistrate. Amazing.

"Jun Du, brothers from the Fan family, the three of you guard the hospital gate." To prevent Xu Zhong from attacking, he took Xu's mother to break through the encirclement and rushed out.

Du Mai and the Fan brothers responded, quietly went to the gate of the courtyard, stood still in search of a favorable location, held the handle of the knife, and faced the mother and son of the Xu family in the courtyard, as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Xun Zhen gave proper instructions, stabilized her mind, and watched the mother and son of the Xu family speak from a distance. Whether there will be a turning point tonight depends on Mother Xu. I don't know how useful the kindness and service you have been serving over the past few days will be? He looked at Xu Zhong carefully, and said in his heart, "I have heard of this person's reputation for a long time, and I saw him tonight. I thought he was a big man, but he was unexpectedly so thin."

Without Xun Zhen and others around him, Xu Zhong took out the knife, put it on the ground, held it in one hand, and knelt on the ground. Xu Ji also knelt down. The two stood in a row and bowed down in front of Mother Xu.

Mother Xu wiped away her tears and said, "Xun Lang treats me like his own mother. He gave me his own house to live in, and when it came time to eat, he knelt down and served meals. Afraid that I would be cold, he took out his bedding and gave it to me. Your brother sees all of this. Zhonglang, you have murdered and desperately wanted to come here tonight and forced Xunlang to let me go. Not to mention that I am old, where can I run? Xun Lang? ..., because of me, you killed people; because of me, do you want Xun Lang to be punished by the county lord?"

Xu Zhong was stunned: "..., Xun Jun treats his mother like his own mother?"

Xu Ji once studied with Xun Ling, and Xun Zhen treated him like a warm spring breeze, and really did not want **** conflict between the two sides. He said, "Every word is true. The eldest brother treats his mother and me like his own mother and brother."

Seeing his mother's sad face and earnest words, Xu Zhong heard his brother's confirmation, and immediately made a decision. He bowed his head to the ground, kowtowed three times to Xu's mother, and said, "If this is the case, the child is not filial and can no longer be happy. I'm done." He explained to Xu Ji, "My mother was pregnant in October and raised you and me. If you are not filial, you will be ashamed of being a son of man. I will not be at home in the future, and you must serve your mother with all your heart."

After he finished his explanation, without waiting for Xu Ji to answer, he stood up proudly, strode up to Xun Zhen, first took off his saber, held it in his hands, then knelt on the ground, straightening his waist and said, "Xu Zhong is ignorant, I don't know Xun Zhen. Jun Daen, you are in danger of injustice. Just now I saw Xun Jun and his family sitting with their mother, and saw the younger brother dancing on the field. He thought that Xun Jun was teasing his mother and younger brother, so his words were offensive, and I should be punished.  …, I wish Surrender yourself and change your mother to go home." Gao Gao picked up his saber and leaned over to the ground.

- Separate seats for men and women. Although it is not uncommon for men and women to eat and drink together in the lower classes and even in the upper classes, if the etiquette is strictly followed, even if Xu's mother is old, Xun Zhen and the others should not sit and eat with her.

Just now, he was still pressing step by step, and in the blink of an eye, he surrendered himself, and the reason was just a word from Xu's mother. This change was too fast, and everyone was dumbfounded.

The saddest and most difficult one was Mother Xu. On one side was Xun Zhen, who treated her like her own mother in distress, and on the other was a filial parent and child. She didn't want to hurt either, but in the current situation, she had to choose. Drop one. Is it to abandon Xun Zhen, or to abandon the parent and child? Tears welled up in her turbid eyes, watching Xu Zhong present the knife, listening to him voluntarily surrender, her heart felt like colic, and her body was shaking.

Xu Ji was startled, jumped up quickly, supported her, and called, "Mum?" Xu Ji used all her strength to grab Xu Ji's arm, sobbing silently, but gritted her teeth and refused to speak A sentence: "Zhonglang, let's go!"

Seeing Xu's mother's sad face, Xun Zhen let out a long sigh and said, "If there is a mother, there must be a son! Xu Jun, tonight I will know why there is such a wonderful man of pure filial piety, benevolence, and virtue in this world!" He got up, took his saber, and hung it back on his waist with his own hands.

"Xun Jun?"

"I am the head of the pavilion, and you are a fugitive. According to the law, I should have brought you to justice. However, it is not difficult to catch you, but it is too difficult not to hurt your mother's heart. Xu Jun, I cannot let your mother go. , you, I won't catch it either. You go!"

One was willing to lay down his weapon and surrendered himself to save his mother. One was unwilling to ask for this great merit, and in order not to hurt Xu Mu's heart, he was willing to risk being punished by the county magistrate and let her go. Chen Bao and Cheng Yan were dazzled and looked at each other.

Du Mai dragged Xun Zhen aside and whispered: "Xun Jun, Xu Zhong is pure filial piety, but if he is let go tonight? If the word spreads out, I'm afraid that the county lord will be furious!"

Xun Zhen didn't take it seriously, and said with awe and impassioned enthusiasm: "The meaning of "Spring and Autumn" is that a child does not take revenge, and is not a child. How can I destroy the Spring and Autumn and kill a filial child because of the laws of the state? I would rather suffer the anger of the county ruler than May there be no benevolence or righteousness, and I will kill a strange person for the world."

Chen Bao didn't quite understand what he was talking about, but he agreed with his decision and said, "Yeah. Xu Jun will come and go again. As long as we don't talk about it, who will know?" asked Cheng Yan, Huang Zhong and others, " Do you say so?"

Huang Zhong and Fan's brothers have been in Benting for a long time, and they know Xu Zhong well. They know that although he looks thin and small, he is actually very brave. If he does it again, he is afraid that he will inevitably end up with "five steps of blood", and no one wants to die. Now that he can keep Xu's mother in the pavilion, he is satisfied, and they all said: "What A Bao said is very true. "Xunjun, don't worry, we will keep our mouth shut. I won't spread a word about tonight's incident."

Everyone promised, but Xu Zhong still refused to leave and stood there motionless. Xun Zhen thought about it for a moment, knew his worries, and said: "Xu Jun, your mother is here with me, you can rest assured that you will definitely not suffer the slightest hardship."

"My mother was in the pavilion, but I fled outside. This is not what the son of man did. Xun Jun, thank you for your kindness, but I can't go."

He was determined to surrender.

How could Xun Zhen be willing to watch him die? He persuaded: "You have committed a serious crime of thief murder. If you surrender, you will surely die. If you die, who will be filial to your mother? You are still young, and you are not as weak as the weak crown. You entrust your mother to him. Are you relieved?"

"This,…."

"When today's Zi Kuanren, since Jianning has been granted amnesty almost every year, next year should be no exception. If you catch up with allowing redemption, your crime is serious, but it is not impossible to redeem. Otherwise, it is September now. , you wait a little longer, wait until next summer, and see if the emperor has an edict to allow the death to be redeemed. If not, how about you surrender again?"

Sometimes, the imperial court will issue edicts, allowing criminals in the world to use money, grain, silk, etc., or buy titles to atone for their crimes. It can be as small as "redemption" or as big as "redemption".

This is the best of both worlds. Mother Xu said, "Xun Lang said so, why are you standing there!"

Xun Zhen is right.

If Xu's mother had a bad life in the pavilion and was abused, Xu Zhong would save her even if he died, and if he couldn't save her, he would be willing to surrender. But now, Mother Xu is doing well, and with Xu Ji at her side, it seems that there is really no need to insist on committing suicide. The court's amnesty is not in the spring but in the summer. It is entirely possible to wait a few more months to see the situation before making a decision.

Xu Zhong is a person who can afford it and let it go. Just like when he heard his mother say that Xun Zhen "serves her like a mother" and didn't want Xun Zhen to be convicted, he immediately changed from robbing people to surrendering without saying a word. In the same way, after listening to Xun Zhen's persuasion, he felt that it was reasonable, so he walked back to Xu's mother, knelt on the ground again, bowed his head and pleaded guilty, saying: "Because of the child, the mother has suffered this great disaster. The child originally wanted to surrender, but Change the mother to go home,..."

Mother Xu interrupted him: "You also know that I was pregnant in October and raised you. Did I raise you just to make you die? Don't say it anymore, hurry up, hurry up!" Holding his hand, his eyes met with tears, and he said, "Ten thousand, ten thousand, don't forget Xun Lang's kindness!"

"Plop" and "Plop" muffled three or four times in succession, interrupting the mother and son's speech. Everyone was taken aback, opened their eyes and looked, three or four more people jumped into the courtyard, all dressed in short clothes, holding long swords, and one holding a bow and crossbow.

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The Fan family brothers jumped, jumped away from the courtyard gate, leaned back against the wall, and slammed the knife across their chests with a bang. Fan Tan exclaimed: "Who is so bold? Night criminals!"

There were so many people standing in the courtyard, which was unexpected. One of the visitors quickly swept the courtyard and said, "Don't scare the old lady!" He ran to Xu Zhong and shouted, "Xu Lang, all of our people are here, and they are all outside the courtyard."

The other three held knives and crossbows.

The crossbow-wielding men confronted Xun Zhen and the others. The knife-wielding man slowly pushed towards the Fan brothers. The fool can also see that these people must be from Xu Zhongpeng's party.

Xun Zhen saw the light of torches flashing in the gap of the courtyard door. Although she didn't hear the noise of people, her footsteps were rustling, and she didn't know how many people gathered. He was deeply immersed in the palace, but seeing that the situation that had been calmed down suddenly broke out, he couldn't help but get nervous. He thought, "Oh, did you see Xu Zhong wrong? Isn't he here alone?" He took a deep breath and maintained Stay calm and stop Cheng Yan and Chen Bao from driving forward.

Xu Zhong raised his head, and a look of surprise appeared on his face against the backdrop of the fire.

Xun Zhen's eyes were half on the person who came, and half on him. Seeing him like this, she felt relieved and said, "It seems that these people didn't come with Xu Zhong."

Sure enough, Xu Zhong got up and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Aqin sent us a letter saying that you went to his house tonight, and that after knowing that my mother was **** in the house, I couldn't find anyone in a blink of an eye. I guess you must have come here, so we greeted each other and met. Come and help."

The people in Tingshe were fine at first, but when they saw Xu Zhongpeng's party coming, they all lost their color. Only Xun Zhen and Chen Bao were able to keep their composure.

Xun Zhen gently moved her fingers twice, touched the short knife at her waist, and kept an eye on the movement of the person coming in, without saying a word. At this point, it's useless to say anything. If Xu Zhongruo doesn't change his mind, then everything will be fine; Xu Zhongruo suddenly changes his plan because he has come to help. There is nothing else to say, only the blood stains the courtyard and sees who will kill the deer.

Chen Bao sneered and said: "Xu Zhong! I respect your countryman, so after your mother came to the pavilion, Xun Jun ordered us to serve respectfully, and I have no complaints, but I didn't expect that you are such a villain. Now that you have left behind, but just now you surrendered your knife to the crime and knelt down and kowtowed, are you all playing tricks and teasing us? Although you are crowded, I am not afraid!"

Xu Zhong's face turned slightly red, and Xun Zhen smiled and said: "Everyone came so aggressively, I thought what I wanted to do, it turned out to be for the sake of my mother. Xu Jun, whether you come alone or a lot of people, I am the same. It's all this sentence: I can't let your mother go."

Xu Zhong's stature was much lower than that of the later man, but when the two stood together, everyone's eyes fell on him.

He said in a low voice: "I really came alone. They were probably worried about my safety, so they gathered here. ... Xun Jun, you took good care of my mother, and you can't forget your kindness and kindness. If you can use it in the future Send a person, take a piece of paper, and send a sentence, and I will go to the sword mountain, sword tree, **** fire pit, I will not hesitate to do it." He grabbed the person next to him and said, "Let's go."

The man beside him was stunned and asked, "Let's go?"

"Jun Xun serves my mother like a mother, and his kindness is like a mountain, and the rewards are not enough. How can you face each other with swords?" Xu Zhong took the man's hand, strode to the courtyard door, and said to the Fan brothers, "Excuse me, open the door. Open the door."

Fan Tan and Fan Shang turned to look at Xun Zhen, Xun Zhen nodded, and the two of them opened the door.

Rao is Xunzhen brave, can't help but gasp for breath, the courtyard is densely packed, and there are twenty or thirty people standing. Fortunately, Mother Xu and Ji Ji helped to speak just now, otherwise the six or seven people in the pavilion would really make a move, and none of them would survive.

Xu Zhong stood at the door. Two of his friends lit torches, which illuminated his face. Facing the crowd outside the courtyard, he said, "Xu Zhong is very grateful for you coming to help me tonight." He knelt on the ground and kowtowed. salute.

Everyone outside the courtyard hurriedly dropped their knives and bows, all bowed down, and said in unison, "All of us are not immune to Xu Jun's favor, and this body has already been paid and driven. You can't bear the great gift of the king! Xu Jun, please hurry up. Get up! Xu Jun, please get up!"

Xu Zhong got up and said: "Because of my fault, my mother was locked in the pavilion. I came tonight to save my mother, but only after I came did I realize that Xun Jun's virtue is as high as a mountain, and he treats my mother like a real mother. I almost made a big mistake again when I heard my mother's words. .

The people outside the hospital were inexplicable and didn't know what Xu Zhong meant, but none of them disobeyed, and they all said, "Please come out and see Mr. Xun."

Accompanied by Du Mai, Cheng Yan, and Chen Bao, Xun Zhen walked to the courtyard gate.

Including the four people who had been admitted to the hospital before, everyone worshipped: "Xu Jun is our elder brother, and his mother is our mother. Xunjun respects Xu Jun's mother, and respects our mother. Kindness is like a mountain, please let me wait and worship."

Xun Zhen looked around the people, not only the ones she had seen at Xu's house a few days ago, but the person at the top of the line was the one who drew the sword that day; there were also many unfamiliar faces, judging by their appearances and behaviors, they should also be nearby. A hero and light man in the township and pavilion. He treats Mother Xu kindly, what did he do? Isn't it just for this scene? I just didn't expect this scene to come so quickly, let alone that there are so many people in "this scene". However, he had no complacency, and the danger of Shicai made him calm and calm.

"This is just the beginning," he thought.

He cupped his hands and said, "Xu Jun's reputation for benevolent filial piety has spread throughout the county and county. I was a student and I was a classmate when I was young. My mother is kind and amiable, and I have long regarded her as my mother. Gentlemen, Since you regard your mother as your own mother and Xu Jun as your elder brother, then you and I are brothers Kun Zhong. Why do you have to do such a vain ceremony?…, You are friends to save your mother, and you will not risk your life, I I admire it very much, and please accept me."

This statement speaks volumes. He not only praised Xu Zhong, but also implied that he and Xu Ji were classmates, and the relationship was extraordinary. He also used Xu's mother to get closer to everyone. Finally, he did not forget to praise everyone for "spending life for friends".

When he bowed, Du Mai, Chen Bao and others could no longer stand, so they bowed. Thirty to forty people inside and outside the hospital, bowed down to each other. Only Xu's mother and Xu Ji, who was supporting her, were standing.

Xun Zhen said again: "Tonight, everyone gathered here for my mother. Why don't you bow down to my mother here?"

He invited Mother Xu to come out and stand in front of everyone. Xun Zhen took the lead, Xu Zhong and Xu Ji were next, and everyone lined up at the back, and they all bowed three times to Xu's mother in unison. Some of them prayed and praised, and said loudly: "I wish my mother the perpetuation of the moon and the rise of the sun. Such as the longevity of Nanshan." - This sentence comes from the "Book of Songs", I didn't expect that these heroes and Qingxia still read "The Poetry".

If few people came, Xun Zhen might invite them to join the banquet, but once the wine was gone and the meat was gone, even killing all the chickens in the chicken coop would not be enough for the thirty or forty people to eat together. Second, most of Xu Zhong's cronies were not from Benting, and they might have already disturbed the pavilions along the way when they came.

Therefore, Xun Zhen did not keep the people, not only did not stay, but urged Xu Zhong: "Xu Jun, it is late at night. If so many people gather in the pavilion, it will definitely attract attention. If it attracts people from the village, it will not be beautiful. In my opinion, you'd better leave early."

Xu Zhong stared at Xun Zhen, was silent for a moment, nodded, and said, "I saw you tonight, I can't talk about it. Xun Jun's kindness is in my heart." He then bowed and bowed to Mother Xu, greeted everyone, and was about to go out.