I am fish

Zhen Wenjun was not called Zhen Wenjun when she was 12 years old, she had a very common name - "A Lai".

In that year, her legendary life was slowly unfolding.

In the sixth year of Shenchu, Meng Dong was in a great wilderness.

An important town in the northwest of Dayu, Qi County in Suichuan.

In the cold night, the sky is gray and snowy, and the cold wind is howling.The gates of the Sifang City in Qixian County are closed, and people are starving and dying outside the city.The refugees who came from the war in the northwest still showed no signs of dispersing.

The lights on the city wall are like torches, the rolling stones above the crenels are ready, and the square caves are ready to go.

Sun Mingyi, the magistrate of the county, held a torch and went down the city to see the frozen floating corpses winding on the surface of the moat outside the city slowly drifting away in the dark night. Tie it down, push away the thin ice, and waves rushed towards the city wall.

The three-car-wide ring road under the city wall is full of provocative heads, and the sound of wailing, begging, and beating on the city gate is non-stop day and night, stirring up panic in the city.These refugees have been besieging the city for three days. No matter how they reprimand, drive or even threaten, they turn a deaf ear and never leave.

The food bags thrown from the city in the evening had already been looted.There are more and more refugees coming from the northwest, blocking the city gate and blocking the river. Yesterday, more than a dozen drowned corpses were fished out of the river, but there are still more refugees who are not afraid of death threats to surround and even break into the river. city.

Qi County is an important road in the northwest highlands, with extremely high city walls. These refugees have not received any military training, but they can climb the wall with bare hands in order to survive, and even organize to build human ladders.In the night, dense black shadows cling to the city wall like ants, constantly climbing up.

"Falling rocks!"

Sun Mingyi gave an order, and the armored soldiers swung their swords and cut off the rolling stone guide ropes.The heavy boulder crashed down along the wall, wiping off the black spots on the city wall one by one.The sound of the boulder hitting the ground was like thunder, the earth trembled violently, and people were smashed into pulp like grass.For a while, the refugees were exhausted and chaotic.

Boulders rolled across the blood-filled steps, and the sound of wailing was everywhere.Not long after, the surviving refugees gathered around again.Their callused and filthy feet stepped on the blood clots and surrounded the high wall again, continued to knock on the door, and continued to build human ladders in an attempt to attack the city.

These refugees climbed up regardless of their lives. In their eyes, the city was full of warm torches and delicious food. As long as they crossed this high wall, they could feast on it.All of them are red-eyed for food, like hungry wolves rushing for food.

Sun Mingyi was a veteran general who had participated in countless battles, but the famine-driven refugees in front of him still made him fearful, and the shouts made his scalp numb.

So are the dead.

After killing the refugees all night, there was no decline. When Mao was approaching, another wave of refugees attacked again.Sun Mingyi raised the flag with one hand and shouted, "Fire the arrow!"

The drums were beating loudly, and a full two hundred archers were about to release arrows, and the kerosene was ready to pour down on their heads, when suddenly a loud roar pierced through the wind and snow.

"stop!"

Before Sun Mingyi could look back to see who it was, he was grabbed by the tall man who broke through the soldiers and grabbed the flag.The opponent came aggressively and wanted to take the flag away, but Sun Mingyi, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, pulled backhand, easily destroying the opponent's balance.Two soldiers stepped forward with their spears, and the spears stabbed forward, forming an angle to lock the neck of the comer, and stepped heavily on the back with both feet, making him let out a low cry of pain.In a blink of an eye, he was clamped to the ground, and when his jaw was about to hit the ground, the visitor hurriedly shouted:

"Wait a minute, magistrate! I'm Xie Suishan!"

Sun Mingyi wondered: "Mr. Xie?"

With the light of the fire, it was clear that this person was indeed Xie Suishan, the eldest son of Suichuan prefect Xie Taihang.

The soldier withdrew his spear, and Sun Mingyi said, "What are you doing here?"

Xie Suishan pushed away the soldiers behind him, took out the prefect's talisman from his sleeve, and pressed it in front of Sun Mingyi's eyes: "What do you think I'm here for! Seeing the talisman is like seeing the prefect himself! Sun Mingyi, how dare you slaughter your compatriots so recklessly! It's a reckless disregard for human life! "

Sun Mingyi didn't change his face, and asked with a cold light in his bloody eyes: "Dare to ask Mr. Xie, how did Sun slaughter his compatriots? How can he carelessly ignore human lives?"

Xie Suishan pointed to the corpses all over the city and said, "The evidence is right in front of you, what else do you have to argue about? You insist on not opening the city gate, and let your compatriots starve to death outside the city. It's not a careless disregard for human life! They are not bandits, they are just pitiful in the wilderness." People! I came to Qi County from thousands of miles just to beg for food for myself, my wife and children! Qi County has a lot of public warehouses, why can’t they let them go to the city to save their lives? Instead, they are murdered!”

Sun Mingyi said in surprise, "Gongcang Fengyu? Do you call that half-empty rice warehouse Fengyu? Not to mention that these refugees are victims of the war in the northwest and the Xi people. How much food can be fed? Once the food supply of Qi County officials is insufficient, do you know what the consequences of the refugee riots will be?"

"There are not only public warehouses, but also the private food of the people in the city! The country of Jixi borders our Dayu territory, and has always been our vassal state. If it is a vassal state, it is also the people of Dayu! Both public and private should open warehouses to release grain to the people! You If you don't open the city gates and freeze them to death and starve to death outside the city, how can you bear it? People's hearts are made of flesh, so give them a mouthful of hot food at this time and they will definitely remember it in their hearts. It’s a small profit in front of me. Grain and rice can be collected again, and the loss of people’s hearts is hard to stop! I will bear any consequences of refugees entering the city!"

Xie Suishan's angry howl broke through his days of resentment.

Relying on his military power, Sun Mingyi sent troops to massacre the refugees without a word to his father.Qi County is just the next county seat of Suichuan County, why did the county magistrate have such a big idea?Not taking the prefect of Suichuan seriously at all, this is contempt for the Xie family.This kind of arrogant and arrogant attitude has to make him suffer.After the exile was over, he decided to ask his father to impeach Sun Mingyi and exile him to Yizhou.

In the final analysis, dealing with Sun Mingyi is only a trivial matter, and what is more important is merit.

Although there is no decree from the imperial court, there are more and more refugees, and the emperor will soon issue an edict to let the counties open warehouses for disaster relief and accept refugees.If Suichuan can be one step ahead, his father will be able to stay in the capital after the next year when his father goes to Beijing to report on his duties.This is a very important move for the Xie family. As the eldest son, he must make a good move and show his face in front of his father, lest the father say that the Xie family men are not as good as their daughters.

The torch above his head swayed with the wind, exploding sparks from time to time, and Sun Mingyi quietly looked at Xie Suishan's youthful and aggressive face.His snow-stained beard was dry and gray, and his rough lips with a few bloody mouths trembled.

"Okay." Sun Mingyi spit out this word so neatly that everyone didn't expect it.

He shouted to the exhausted soldiers who had been guarding the city gate under the city wall for several days:

"Everything is up to the prince of the prefect! Withdraw the troops and open the city gate!"

The cold weather in the north is so cold that it makes people shiver, and the skin seems to be covered with a layer of frost.

Xie Suishan saw that the city gate was slowly opening, and tens of thousands of refugees rushed to enter the city like rats, ants and snakes. The excited shouts made his ears hurt.

He drove Sun Mingyi away, and stood on the top of the city, the triumphant smile on his mouth should have been relaxed, but unexpectedly stiffened and lacked confidence.

The refugees roared hungry like beasts, knocked away the soldiers, trampled on fellow Jixi countrymen, and squeezed into the hopeful city.What will they do here?

He had to admit that there was a feeling of panic that was unexpected and undecided slowly spreading in his heart.

Xie Suishan forced himself to calm down.Opening warehouses to release grain to relieve the people is a matter of reason everywhere.

His father taught him to be kind since he was a child, and he walked frankly on the path of righteousness with a compassionate heart, so why worry?

The sky was about to shine, and Xie Suishan came down from the city wall when he saw that all the [-] refugees outside the city had entered the city.

He came alone on horseback, but now he saw Xie's carriage parked here, and after a little thought, he showed a clear expression.When he was about to go forward, he was stopped by a young general and asked him how to resettle the [-] refugees.

Xie Suishan hesitated for a while, and then ordered: "Place the victims in Nanshan Qingshui Temple first, and you take my talisman to see the abbot, and ask him to give these victims some porridge, water, and noodle soup first. By the way, after the people are resettled, you Lead people to the county grain depot, and send [-] carts of grain to Qingshui Temple to appease the victims. Do you understand?"

The young general received the order to retreat, Xie Suishan brushed off his sleeves, straightened his crown, stepped into the carriage, and sure enough, he saw a middle-aged gentleman in a blue shirt sitting in the carriage, he respectfully saluted the gentleman and asked : "It's so cold, why did Mr. Fang come here?"

This Mr. Fang, surnamed Fang, surnamed Yuwenhuaiyuan, and named Mr. Yunmeng, is known as one of the Five Sages of Suichuan, and is also Xie Suishan's teacher.Three years ago, Xie Taihang had personally seen Mr. Yunmeng's demeanor when he was chatting with others, and he was very yearning, so he went to a remote place in Suichuan and invited him into Xie's house, became the staff member of Xie's mansion, and later served as a member of the Xie family. The teacher of the legitimate son and daughter.

This time persuading the refugees to enter the city should have waited for Xie Taihang to discuss after he returned from Yanzhou before making a decision, but firstly, the cold weather had already froze many victims to death, and secondly, Sun Mingyi was killing people in disregard of human life. A good time to compete.Seeing the fleeting opportunity, he couldn't wait any longer. It just so happened that Mr. Xie didn't go out to give lectures at Xie's residence, so Xie Suishan had an idea.I have studied with my husband for many years, and I should decide some things by myself. When my father comes back and sees him doing meritorious service, he will definitely look at him with admiration.

Mr. Yunmeng opened the curtain of the carriage and glanced at the refugees who were being driven to the south of the city by the officers and soldiers. His voice was low and he needed to listen carefully to hear what he was saying:

"The refugees are all from the country of Jixi. The people of Jixi are always tough, I wonder if you have a way to deal with them?"

Xie Suishan was stunned, and asked rather strangely:

"No matter how tough they are, they are just refugees. Isn't it just for a bite to eat? Qi County opened a warehouse to help disasters for nothing else, as long as they remember the kindness of our Xie family. The students have some friendship with Minghui, the host of Qingshui Temple in Nanshan. Settle the refugees to him. Qingshui Temple has always had a good reputation, and will definitely arrange it properly. The students guess that there is no need to wait until the beginning of the spring. The imperial court must issue an edict to allocate funds. At that time, all states and counties will have to open warehouses to release food to relieve the disaster. Send it out Food can be transferred from other counties in Suichuan, but my Xie family's insight into the holy will is a real step ahead. Maybe the good job of planning disaster relief will eventually fall on my father. Disaster relief funds will not be mentioned for the time being. The important thing is to have achievements to show. All the chances of being promoted over the years have been snatched by those warriors who led troops to fight, and our Xie family has not done anything." After sorting out his thoughts, Xie Suishan felt that his brain was still pretty good Enough, and the self-doubt that was suddenly asked disappeared immediately.

"The Xie family can't stay in this small place like Suichuan." Xie Suishan's body swayed gently from side to side following the bumps of the carriages and horses, with a steady smile on his face, "Let me pave the way for my father."

Taoyuan Temple in the north of Qi County.

A beautiful woman was walking up the steps with her skirt in her hand, taking every step carefully.

The dead plants on both sides of the steps were in decay, and a lot of the dirty snow on the stone steps had been swept away in the early morning, and it was covered with another layer at this time.The evening air in the morning had frozen the remaining snow into ice, and the stone steps were very slippery.The beautiful woman lowered her head and carefully watched the footsteps, for fear that one of them would slip if she didn't walk well.

The beautiful woman wore a half-worn sumac-colored jacket and skirt, and in her hair was only a butterfly hairpin pinched with silver silk.Although the clothing is simple, the small and exquisite red copper hand stove held in the palm is extraordinary, and only a wealthy family can make it.It's just that she followed suit and her face was covered with thick clouds of sorrow, and she sighed from time to time.

Behind the beautiful woman was a young girl in a gray rough cloth and thin clothes. The girl was only eleven or twelve years old, and she was walking lightly with a basket in her hand. She turned around and looked around from time to time, her clever eyes seemed to be looking for something.The higher you go, the more you can see the whole Qixian County, and you can see the towering city walls through the gray sky.

The girl's brows were slightly tight, and after thinking for a moment, she looked vigilantly at the decadent surroundings.

"A Lai." The beautiful woman still paid attention to her feet and asked casually, "Did Ah Xun tell you when she and her father will come back?"

The girl called A Lai followed the beautiful woman two steps faster and said: "Back to the fourth aunt, my sister didn't tell me, and they were in a hurry when they left. I just went to buy a flower pot, so I didn't see her." .”

The fourth aunt stopped talking to her when she didn't get the answer, and the two walked to the gate of Taoyuan Temple, where a young monk came out to meet them.

Alai was still looking around, and the fourth aunt asked her, "What are you looking at?"

Alai said: "Back to Fourth Aunt, I think the soldiers on the city wall have already withdrawn, and there are no guards in front of the city gate. What if more refugees break into the city without permission? It is said that these refugees The attack is fierce, Nanshan Qingshui Temple can't hold so many people, the food sent by the young master will be eaten up soon, and they will definitely not stay where they are. Fourth aunt, let's go back quickly, I always feel that it is not safe outside. "

The fourth aunt said "oh" slowly with a raised tone: "You are more thoughtful than the eldest son of the Xie family."

Alai was slightly taken aback, then quickly lowered his head, and whispered: "Alai is just a servant, how can he be compared with the young master. It's just that the mistress ordered the servant to remind the fourth aunt to go early and return early. Everything was told by the mistress to the servant."