In the wilderness in Runzhou, Zheng Anping, a villager who was over 100 years old, lay down in dust and was covered in dust. With his turbid eyes, he looked at the scene of chaotic cries in front of him, crying and crying in the sky and the earth, and shouting with great grief:

"Oh my God, why is this happening... We are the righteous people who welcome the royal army."

The incense table that was placed in front of us had been knocked over to the ground, and the countless feet were stomped on it, and together with the flowers, fruits and meat dishes on it, it turned into a color like dust;

The big blue cow that was the welcome ceremony of the bull-carrying wine was stabbed and fell to the ground with blood and twitching. The wine jar wrapped in silk cloth under the carry were also knocked over and cracked and flowed all over the ground.

As for the team of elders who were welcoming, the male members were pressed to the ground, regardless of age, and some young and strong people who tried to struggle and distinguish were beaten to the ground with blood and unconsciousness.

However, it was the turn of those women who had been frightened by this incident, and were sitting on the ground crying or shouting in ignorance; including the dozen aunts, daughters-in-law, daughters-in-law, and niece whom he had finally persuaded to welcome him were all pulled away by these officials who were like wolf, lion and tigers.

Few of them procrastinate or resist, and they will be scolded by the officers and soldiers in the mildest, and those with severe dragged their hair and shaved their ears until they became unconscious and were thrown on the back of the mount with satisfaction. And those young and purple women were surrounded by officers and soldiers and moved on the spot.

Zheng Anping, who saw this scene with his own eyes, felt as if he was so regretful and painful that he felt so heartbroken. Why did he suddenly become crazy and believe the rumors that he had been thrown in private and come to welcome the king's army?

As a fellow villager, he was originally a family that had escaped from Nanyang, Dongdae, Shandong. His ancestors were the generals of Prime Minister Zheng's family in middle age; he followed the surname of the master.

Therefore, when he came to him, he never used the five surnames, Qiwang and the small white house of the Zheng family in Xingyang, which was separated from countless levels of distant clans, and regarded himself as the same surname, and was always proud of his family and juniors.

But because they are outsiders, they only stayed in the local area for one or two generations. Therefore, although they are commonly known as wealthy locally, there are not so many reasons for being punished and prosecuted; they are able to escape the inevitable disasters of most wealthy and superior families in the village.

However, for those who were paraded in the streets and humiliated by public trials, then hanged to death or hung on the wall, he could not help but feel sad about the dead rabbits and foxes, and he cursed and resented these peaceful thieves in private.

After all, these families who have accumulated good fortune for a long time are not the targets of his family's dream of day and night. Therefore, he once thought of relying on his own and his descendants to work hard for generations, and finally became one of them.

As a result, everything was over after the Taiping thief came. He urged his children and grandchildren to study and apply for the exam, and was able to become a local big family. The dream of a prosperous family was completely destroyed by those cruel methods that were enough to scare people.

Therefore, in those generations of the countryside, almost all the superior families were wiped out, or the family was cut off and the clans were scattered; those villagers who could not read a single word were at a loss, and they still thought of giving him the old man who was qualified enough but could read and read the text as the temporary leader in the villages...

However, although he was elected by everyone in the village and had daily negotiations and contacts with the peaceful thieves; and thus, he gained many tangible benefits in the process of money, grain, tax, and civil servants. However, he was obsessed with the great surnames and families he had seen in the past.

In private, he always lamented and muttered to his family when and when will the king be restored and let everything return to the original right track and the great situation caused by the superiority and inferiority. Therefore, he also severely whipped and punished several times, those grandchildren who spoke with the benefits of the thief army intentionally or unintentionally.

Therefore, when he finally confirmed that the Huainan official army was going to fight, and the peaceful thieves were competing to abandon the long-running farm and flee, he obeyed the other party's advice on escape and refuge, and persuaded most people in the village to stay in order to seek the first initiative of welcoming the official army.

In the selfishness he had originally thought, his sincere statements and actions were of some use and value in the eyes of those officials;

After all, the local households and households in the forefront were successively murdered by the thief army; shouldn’t it be a great opportunity for him, a loyal and righteous man who was in charge of the court, to take it forward and replace it?

Maybe the high-ranking officials in the royal army will look good and feel comfortable. Maybe they can make a few blanks to confess, so that their children and grandchildren will pass through the situation in the countryside and become a decent member of the city and city.

Then the real experience at this moment was like giving him a stick, and he was so fierce that he could penetrate the dust of despair and sadness; there was no chance to turn over again. Thinking of this, Zheng Anping, who was angry, suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted, and escaped more unbearable things in the future.

When Zheng Anping woke up again, he found that he was no longer lying at the intersection of the greeting, but returned to the village where he lived. Only the intensifying crying and wailing sounds, and the burnt smell brought by the fireworks.

"Is this the old village in this village? It seems that it is already useless..."

A powerful general riding on a horse and wearing a white cloak on his head was somewhat disappointed and looked at Zheng Anping who was in a daze by the wall. He turned to the other officers and soldiers who took the people back and shouted:

"It's all you guys, you're all a bunch of bastards. At least you're out of the corresponding place and you can treat them rudely? After all, you'll be able to deal with them after you've found out the reason... and you're not going to send someone home quickly."

Hearing these words, Zheng Anping couldn't help but squirm with his lips, wanting to struggle to get up and down. Maybe this was a misunderstanding at the beginning, maybe it was an opportunity to negotiate and redeem;

Then he suddenly glanced at the women who were already covered in clothes and had hoarse voices and were like walking dead, and felt ache in their hearts; because several of his family's family members were all covered in dust and mud, and rubbed wounds.

His favorite little daughter, who was not yet alone, was even more swollen and purple, and his eyes were not visible at all. However, Zheng Anping was lucky enough to work hard, and maybe he couldn't save others, and he could repay his family's lives.

"Will...."

However, before he could speak a few words, someone rushed over and rushed back to the ground and kowtowed desperately and cried:

"Go ahead and change the child to me... I will offer you a tablet."

Before he finished speaking, the general's face changed slightly, and he took the reins impatiently and immediately took a step forward. With a dull puff, everything suddenly came to an abrupt end. Then he turned around and said to his left and right with a cold sneer:

"What is this guy talking about..."

And after seeing this tragic scene with his own eyes, the spark of hope that rose in Zheng Anping's heart was quickly destroyed again. After a while, he was pushed hard into the old house where the door was opened.

The old servant who had been serving for many years almost tripped him to the ground. Then more scattered corpses left from the outside to the inside, some of his servants and some of his clan members.

It seemed that it was the result of death whether it was resisting or hiding. There was a naked body hanging in the air in the side yard, which made him unable to help but retching and retreat. It was his widowed wife who was a widow and had a child for a long time.

"Although the soldiers and horses in front of the hall are so powerful,

Nongfeng is the same as Qianghun.

Hearing the truth that he killed people on the Han River,

Most women are in the official army.”

With a unique feeling, Zheng Ping'an laughed out loud in a dismal voice, looked at the empty and messy courtyard of the house and the dry eyes that were so dry that there was no tears to flow.

This is the difference in one's own thoughts and selfishness that has caused this wealthy and beautiful family to be destroyed.

My stubborn dream and my usual paranoid thinking and things I have been avoiding have finally been completely awakened by the cruel reality. Unfortunately, everything is too late.

While thinking, he took the belt wrapped around his waist. This was the heirloom gifted by Mr. Zheng from the family, and then threw it onto the beam with all his strength. Then he found that there was no suitable footrest, but why couldn't he fit into his neck?

When he sat on the ground in a daze, he suddenly heard a shout of killing, and fierce fighting and fighting from afar; at this moment, Zheng Anping suddenly didn't want to seek death immediately;

Instead, he climbed up to the top of the corner tower despite his age, and wanted to use these pairs of eyes to watch the officers and soldiers who harmed and abused their families well.

It was like a kind of wish came true, and soon I heard the rapid and chaotic footsteps and shouts. Then the military general at the village head rushed from his house surrounded by a group of officers and soldiers, and left a faint intermittent shout in the wind:

"The damn thief army will only make these despicable means..."

"Don't you dare to fight in a straight line?"

Not long after, Zheng Ping'an saw the figure of the general returning again, but there were fewer officers and soldiers surrounding him, and the beautiful and neat white cloak became tattered and charred. But he was still cursing:

"There are firearms. I'm afraid I'm not meeting a large group of troops from the thief army. I immediately look for a protective cover and wait for help."

With his order, the remaining officials retreated into this spacious courtyard, and set up defenses against the wall and door; and erected a flag with a green-bottomed black crow, as if to regard this place as the temporary central army.

However, the whistles and drums that quickly resounded from all directions soon surrounded them; but the most wanted to appear was several spheres thrown in the curve, and a wave of air and smoke exploded among the undodged official army.

Then, Zheng Anping, who struggled to leave several bricks and tiles, fainted again in a hurry and fatigue and mental excitement towards the official army running around below. When he woke up, he could no longer feel particularly dazzling when he saw the green flag.

When Taiping soldiers searched and cleaned his house again, they finally found several grandchildren hidden in the upside-down tank, like little chickens hugging in a bunch of terror, Zheng Anping could no longer control his tears, and he broke down on the spot and cried loudly regardless of everything:

"It's all my fault, I'm so stupid...it's all my fault, I'm so stupid."

The experiences of Zheng Ping'an and his villages were just a concentrated corner of the experiences of many local people in Jiangdong's prefectures at this time.

——I am the dividing line that I am lucky—

In the inner city of Jinhua, Zhou Huaian, who was ready, also walked onto the temporary high platform, intending to see Zhang Zimian who was trapped in the inner city, what medicine is sold in this gourd.
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