Comprehensive Martial Arts: Get the Nine Suns Divine Art at the beginning

Chapter 25 The Story of the Tiger and Wolf in the Hometown of Confucius and Mencius

After Gao Huan and his party rode away from Hengshan, they drove along the official road for half a month at a leisurely pace.

On this day, a group of people came to the boundary of Ningyang County, Yanzhou Prefecture. Gao Huan saw that it was getting late, so he decided to spend the night in a village called Zhaojiazhuang along the way.

However, what Gao Huan and others did not expect was that after seeing the Baochang, they found that the Baochang always had an attitude of rejecting others thousands of miles away.

Yu Qing took the initiative to take out ten taels of silver from the bag, handed it to the security chief, and said, "I'm only staying here for one night, and I'll leave early tomorrow morning."

"It's not that I don't know etiquette, it's because something important happened in the clan tonight, so I hope you will forgive me for the inconvenience." Bao Zhang said.

At this time, an old man with white beard and hair came slowly accompanied by two young people.

Seeing this, the Baochang quickly stepped forward to greet the old man, and introduced Gao Huan and the others, "This is the elder of the clan and also a village elder."

The village elder looked very imposing when facing the young security chief, and he spoke with an unquestionable tone, saying: "The visitor is a guest, how can I refuse?"

Seeing that Gao Huan and the others were wearing fine clothes and were very generous in their actions, the village elders immediately decided to welcome them into the village, and took the initiative to vacate their courtyard for them to live in.

Zhu Houzhao took Liu Jin around the old man's yard, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "This place is only twenty miles away from Qufu County, and only thirty miles away from Zou County. The old man knows how to be polite. The home furnishing is also very particular, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius really deserves its reputation.”

Gao Huan just smiled when he heard the words, but didn't answer.

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning, looked sideways at Gao Huan, and said, "Am I not right?"

As soon as Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he saw villagers rushing towards the entrance of the village in groups of three or four.

Reminiscent of Baochang's previous attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, Gao Huan suddenly had a very bad premonition in his heart. He silently looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "It is said that the hometown of Confucius and Mencius often travels. I don’t know if the tiger and wolf matter is true or not.”

"The matter of the tiger and the wolf?"

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help frowning, and said, "You'll know if you go and have a look." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and called Gao Huan and others to follow the villagers to the entrance of the village.

After a long time.

When Gao Huan and Zhu Houzhao saw the pile of firewood at the entrance of the village, they were shocked by the scene before them and couldn't help but gasped.

A young woman was tied up in front of the firewood pile. The woman's face was ashen, and there were two long tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. Now she was just sobbing continuously, but there was not a single tear in sight.

Looking at the ashen-faced woman, Gao Huan shook his head helplessly, and sighed: "It seems that the tears have been shed."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Gao Huan beside him with a puzzled face, and said, "What are you doing?"

Gao Huan frowned and thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "Is it a sacrifice to a god? Or is it a human sacrifice?"

"what?"

Zhu Houzhao was greatly shocked, and said: "The folks also practice human sacrifice?"

Gao Huan didn't answer Zhu Houzhao directly, but looked past Zhu Houzhao to Yu Qing and Liu Jin who were beside him.

Both Yu Qing and Liu Jin came from bitter backgrounds, and they know this kind of thing best.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao's face was not very good-looking, Liu Jin had obviously reached the critical point of going crazy. He didn't dare to frown Zhu Houzhao's brows, so he could only smile embarrassingly, not daring to speak easily.

Yu Qing is a straight-hearted person, seeing Liu Jin keeping his head down all the time, not even daring to fart, so he immediately nodded without thinking, and said: "In the folk, after the death of a husband, a wife who has nothing to do must follow her husband. "

While the few people were talking, the elders came slowly, surrounded by the chief security guard.

Glancing at Gao Huan and the others with unkind faces, the old man just smiled slightly, with a look of indifference.

The old man looked around and glanced around among the villagers, seeing that everyone treated him like a god, so he nodded in satisfaction, then took a step forward, stood in front of the young girl, and said: "Zhao Da is suffering from a serious illness. He died of illness a few days ago, as Zhao Da's concubine, since you can't carry on the family line for him, then let him go down and continue the relationship, and be a pair of gods and immortals, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

"Ah"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he couldn't help rolling his eyes, smiled contemptuously, and said, "He's a countryman who can speak well."

The old man made a generous statement in front of the whole village, which made Zhu Houzhao furious.

The young woman who was framed in front of the fire kept crying and begging in a hoarse voice, but the village elders, the Baozhang and others showed a deaf attitude towards this.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Bao Zhang and others walking towards the fire with torches, he immediately drew his sword and stepped forward to perform a real heroic rescue.

Seeing this, Gao Huan quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, saying: "If you can save the life for a while, what's the point of killing the old man and the head of the village? They are just following the rules of the clan. Kill the village elders and security chiefs today, and there will be new village elders and security chiefs tomorrow, even if you kill the village elders and security chiefs in Zhaojiazhuang, will you kill all the village elders and security chiefs in the world?"

Zhu Houzhao was startled, then looked at Gao Huan with an angry face, and said, "According to what you say, should we just sit back and watch them do whatever they want?"

"Since the road is rough, I have to draw my sword to help. As for the elders and security chiefs in other prefectures and counties, I can't control so many, but I will save this person today." Zhu Houzhao said word by word.

Seeing this, Gao Huan smiled relievedly, and said, "Since you have the heart, I will help you accomplish things. It's just that you have to pay attention to the method and method when saving people. You can't kill two people just to save one person, right?"

After Gao Huan finished speaking, without waiting for Zhu Houzhao's reply, he immediately nodded to Yu Qing who was beside him, and said, "Clarify your identity to the other party."

Seeing this, Yu Qing secretly glanced at Zhu Houzhao and saw his noncommittal appearance, so he immediately took out his waist card, waved it in front of the village elders and the head of the security, and said: "Jin Yiwei is doing business, and the idlers wait for speed." Dodge quickly."

Hearing Jin Yiwei's name for the first time, the old man's eyes dimmed, and he was about to faint, but fortunately the Baochang helped him from behind, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself in public today.

The old man fixed his eyes on the Jinyiwei waist plate that Yu Qing held up in the air, and after confirming that it was correct, he asked in a trembling voice, "I don't know what the military master is doing?"

Yu Qing silently withdrew his badge, turned to look at Gao Huan, and said, "My lord has something to say."

The old man, the security chief and others followed Yu Qing's eyes to look at Gao Huan. The old man saw Gao Huan's outstanding temperament and was very comparable to others, so he quickly accompanied him with a smiling face, stepped forward to salute and said, "I don't know what orders do you have?"

Gao Huan smiled slightly, and kept a gentle attitude as much as possible when speaking, and said: "I know that the sacrificial burial system is the custom of your Zhaojiazhuang, and I have no objection to it."

"what?"

Before Gao Huan could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Zhu Houzhao: "Gao Huan, what do you mean?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Huan shook his head helplessly, cast Zhu Houzhao a calm look, and immediately continued to say to the village elders and others: "I respect your customs, but we also have our own customs."

"Our custom is that we behead anyone who burns a widow."

"You do it according to your custom, and I will do it according to my custom."

As soon as this remark came out, the village elder and the head of the security immediately became wilted.

The old man muttered for a long time, and then he hesitated and said: "But... the funeral custom of our Zhaojiazhuang has been passed down for more than fifty years."

"Compared to Zhaojiazhuang's more than [-]-year burial customs, the imperial edict will only last longer. You can follow your burial customs, but we must also follow the imperial edict and act in accordance with the law."

The old man was speechless, so he took the chief security officer and others to have an in-depth exchange. After discussing for about a quarter of an hour, the old man announced in public: "From today onwards, the burial system in Zhaojiazhuang will be completely abolished, but, Widows are not allowed to step out of the house without the permission of the elders and the head of the house.”

Gao Huan looked sideways at Zhu Houzhao, and said, "This is already the best result. Not to mention the widows in the countryside, even the widows in the capital would never even think about stepping out of their homes."

until this time.

Zhu Houzhao finally nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's it."

(End of this chapter)