Be a master through ancient times

After Wang Sihai, magistrate of Xi County, heard the report, he didn't dare to delay at all, and directly summoned people to listen to the order.Not long after, the people from the navy also gathered.

Everyone knows what "bandit" stands for in such a tense time. Now that there are these murderous and looting bandits in Xi County, if Shangfeng blames them, not only the county magistrate, but even the navy commander will follow suit melons fall.

Chu Ci motioned for the two of them to get into the carriage and talk while talking, and then asked someone to help Du Yu get off the carriage.

On the carriage, Chu Ci told the two people the ins and outs of the incident in detail.After hearing this, the two frowned in unison, obviously very troubled, especially the county magistrate Wang, with a mournful expression, as if it was his relatives who died.

Chu Ci can roughly guess what he was thinking, because this valley is the place where Juyeshan people live, if such a nationally famous university student dies in the place under his jurisdiction, it will probably attract the attention of the whole country, and it will be inevitable at that time To punish him for a crime of dereliction of duty.

No one wants this to happen. If it is really strictly investigated, the county magistrate Wang can only admit that he is unlucky.Chu Ci felt a little sympathetic to him, but there was nothing he could do about it. Perhaps strictly speaking, he was more unlucky, at least County Magistrate Wang did not suffer the fatal disaster.

He walked nervously all the way, and soon came to the trail just now. The blood stains on the ground were clearly visible, and the horse lying there was even warm to the touch.Standing on the edge of the cliff and looking down, I can vaguely see the two horses and the man who just fell off.

County Magistrate Wang and Navy Commander Guan Yun each sent some men to search, while others continued to walk along this path.

The bloody smell became stronger and stronger along the way, and when they reached the entrance of the valley, a chilling scene appeared in front of everyone—I saw some corpses lying on the ground, and the bright red blood had become thick and dark. The man's wide-open eyes were full of horror, and the expression on his face was full of pain.

This hell-like scene can't help but make people feel that maybe the No. 18 floor of the underworld can only be like this, right?

The timid people have already gone to the side to vomit, and the faces of the others are heavy and compassionate. There are still hoes and sickles scattered around these people, presumably they are just about to go to the fields.But they didn't expect that this trip would be a farewell...

There were tears in Chu Ci's eyes. At this moment, his hatred for those Japanese people reached the highest point.The enmity between the country and the family of the two generations was deeply imprinted in his heart, and these Japanese must pay the price in blood!

The people from Yacha and the navy spontaneously lifted up these corpses and placed them on the side of the road. They tried to help these people close their eyes, but it was all in vain—they didn’t want to die with peace in their eyes!

County magistrate Wang looked at these familiar and unfamiliar faces, couldn't help crying, and shouted: "Folks, rest in peace! I, Wang Sihai, swear here that I will catch the murderer as soon as possible and let them pay with blood. Give you justice!"

As soon as the words fell, the corpses of the servants all closed their eyes, and the pain on their faces seemed to ease a little.Seeing this, Chu Ci understood that in the hearts of these people, Mr. Wang should be a good official, and only a good official can have the power to be convincing.

Going further inside, they also found some corpses. Unlike the village entrance, which were almost all men, there were old and young, men and women, and everyone's faces were full of fear and panic.Mr. Wang's crying basically never stopped. He swore the oath over and over again in order to let these people rest in peace.

The Juyeshanren's yard was at the far end. When they arrived, the gate of the yard was open, and the ground was messy, apparently many people had just walked through it.Strangely, there was no trace of blood in the yard, it was just empty everywhere.

Everyone couldn't help but look forward to it, hoping that the people here could escape that cruel massacre.However, the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment. They looked over the entire yard. Although there were no corpses, every room was messy and there was no one.

This situation shows that the purpose of those Japanese people is probably to want Juyeshanren. They intend to take him away, and then rob and kill the people in the whole village along the way!

Just when everyone was helpless, a light breath caught everyone's attention, and a small black head suddenly appeared in a dog hole hidden by weeds by the wall.

When Chu Ci saw the red birthmark the size of a copper coin on her face, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ugly girl, why are you here?"

With tears in her eyes, the ugly girl rushed towards Chu Ci: "Uncle Chu, please let someone save Grandpa and everyone!" She saw with her own eyes that everyone was taken away by those bad guys, she was very scared, and wanted to go out to save people, but Seeing grandpa gesturing to her, telling her to hide and not come out.

Although she is eight years old, her body has always been very small. She shrank in this dog hole and was covered by weeds, so the bad guys couldn't find her.After everyone had left, she was about to go out to find someone, but when she heard footsteps, she hurried back.

Although these people were dressed differently from those people, Chou Ya still didn't dare to go out, she was afraid that she would be arrested too, and there would be no one to ask for help.At this moment, she saw a person, this uncle Chu had taught her to read, although it was only two or three days, but what she gained was the kindness and respect that she had never had since she was born.

Chu Ci also has a lot to ask, but now that the situation is urgent, he can only ask: "Ugly girl, where did the bad guys take Grandpa and the others, do you know?"

Ugly girl nodded vigorously: "They took grandpa to the back of the mountain. Grandpa asked them if they wanted to take them away from Dawei by boat. Someone nodded!"

That's right, there are mountains in front of this place and sea in the back. If these Japanese people want to take people away, they will definitely walk through the sea.Hearing this, Guan Yun immediately took out a thin bamboo tube from his body, lit it and put it up to the sky, instantly red smoke rose into the air, rose to a high place and then fell slowly.

After the release, he hurried to the coast of the back mountain with the sailors.The people in the yamen were of little use at sea, most of them stayed to place the remains, and a small number of them followed to be helpers.

Chu Ci also followed the Navy's people to the back of the mountain, followed closely behind him by a small figure, Chu Ci was taken aback for a moment, and was about to tell her to let her stay here, but saw those pair of hands full of determination and enthusiasm. The persistent eyes seemed to say that even if she was left behind, she would go by herself.Chu Ci understood her thoughts, so he leaned over to pick her up, but Zhang Hu stepped in sideways. The little girl knew that she was not physically strong, so she didn't protest, so she sat on Zhang Hu obediently and let him take her. Hurry on your way.

The back mountain is not very far from the coast, and the Juyeshan people built their residence here for the convenience of viewing the sea.There were many footprints along the way. Chu Ci asked Chouya, and he knew that six people were taken away. In addition to Ju Yeshan, there were three members of Lao Liu's family who were in charge of cooking and sewing, and the youngest son who was in charge of driving cars and handling chores in the yard. and Little Six.For a well-known university scholar, it is really simple.

In addition to these six people, it is estimated that there are seventeen or eight people. Counting the two who fell off the cliff, there are about twenty people.They have enough manpower here, if they meet, they should be able to rescue them.Chu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, and hoped that they would never leave so fast.

But how can everything go as expected?When they arrived, they saw a sharp-headed boat commonly used by the Japanese moving forward rapidly at a distance of more than 100 meters from the coast.There were five tied people lying on the shore. They hurried over to check, and were pleasantly surprised to find that they were just unconscious.

"Where's grandpa?!" Ugly Ya suddenly shouted, and everyone realized that the old man, Juyeshan, had already been taken away by the Japanese.

Seeing the boat go farther and farther, everyone couldn't help feeling sorry for them. Could it be that they were allowed to escape like this?

At this time, a horn sounded suddenly in the distance, and a military ship with the Wei flag was blocking the front of the pointed ship, and the archers on the ship were raising their bows to the people on the ship, waiting As soon as the order is given, the arrows will be released.

Behind this ship, there were two smaller ones, one of which turned a corner and came to pick up people this way.It was only then that Chu Ci remembered that Commander Guan seemed to have fired a signal smoke just now.

A group of people boarded the boat and headed towards the pointed boat. Under the siege and interception of the two ships, the pointed boat finally stopped unwillingly.The Japanese put a long, thin knife across Juye Shanren's neck and shouted: "Big Wei man, leave quickly, or kill this old man!"

His pronunciation was a bit weird, and he stared at the people on board with bloodthirsty eyes.

"You Japanese, I advise you to surrender quickly and release the people, or I will tell you to taste the power of your grandfathers!" Thinking of the brothers who died in the hands of the Japanese, these sailors became even more angry.

"I want to talk to your high officials!" the Japanese man holding Juye Shanren said again.

Among these ships, the military attache with the highest official position should be Commander Guan stationed in Xi County, but besides him, there were two civil servants at the scene.County Magistrate Wang is in charge of the livelihood of a county, but Chu Ci is in charge of the school administration of a prefecture. In terms of official position, Chu Ci is greater, but in terms of real power, County Magistrate Wang is greater.

No one answered for a while, the man put the knife to Juyeshanren's neck and gave it away again.It was the first time for Chu Ci to see the man living in the wild mountains, but he saw that he had white hair and white beard, and his appearance was ordinary, but his face was very calm. Even in such a dangerous situation, there was no panic in his eyes, but full of See through the detachment of the world.

"Your Excellency is dressed as a samurai, so you must also believe in Bushido, right? Is this your Bushido spirit when you attack ordinary people?" Chu Ci said in a hurry.

There was a flash of surprise in the man's eyes: "How do you know, Bushido spirit!" When he mentioned this, his expression became a little painful, but soon became firm again, "For the emperor, for the shogunate, no matter what you do , this is my way!"

Chu Ci cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to press too hard: "Your way itself violates the spirit of Bushido, you have the ability to compare yourself with other warriors, and use ordinary people as threats What is it?"

The man was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Cunning Wei man, no matter what you say, I won't let him go. If you don't want him to die, get out of the way!"

The situation is deadlocked, the Navy and Yamen cannot let them go, but they cannot be allowed to kill Juyeshanren, this respected old man is deeply loved by the students of the Great Wei, if they insist on killing him regardless of his life, then Even if these people are captured, they will probably bear a lifetime of infamy.

Chu Ci also couldn't speak. The dead people were so innocent, but what was wrong with the Juyeshan people on the boat?The fault is clearly those ruthless Japanese, they have committed many evils, even if they die a hundred times, they will not be able to escape their responsibility!

At this moment, Juyeshanren suddenly said: "You can do it. Lu has been an upright person all his life. Even if he dies, he will die in an upright manner. He will never live in the hands of the Japanese. After I die, please everyone take me away. Take out the property in the house and distribute it equally to the people in the valley, so don’t make things difficult for them.”

The people on the boat were stunned, but the Juyeshan people didn't even know that all the people in the valley had died?

Juyeshanren saw that there was something wrong with everyone's expressions. He was such a smart person, and he mourned unceasingly. The indifferent expression on his face had disappeared without a trace.

The reason why he treats it indifferently is that he has already put his own life and death aside.But he values ​​the lives of those common people more than anyone else!