At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 31
"These two war horses are so handsome, I have never seen them in this life!"

The dark-faced young man followed the sound of horse hooves and his eyes were directly caught by the two divine horses, and he couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.

As for the knight on horseback, he ignored it instead.

The tall young man looked happy and reminded: "Aren't the people on the horse Ayu and Xiang Bode? How could they have such mounts?"

Not to mention Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong, who live in the countryside, even the local wealthy families may not be able to own such a divine mount, so the tall young man would have this doubt.

"It doesn't seem quite right, do you think that what Ayu is holding in his hand is a human head?"

Another young man with better eyesight stared intently, and said to the people around him with a trembling voice, with a little fear in his eyes.

Everyone hastily observed carefully, and then all of them turned pale with astonishment.

"Tap Tap!"

The speed of the war horse was very fast, and it came to the side of all the young people in an instant.

"Shut up!"

Zhou Qi reined in the reins, and said to the tall young man, "I have beheaded Wang Ji, and I am returning home this time to commemorate my father and Bird's mother. The officers and soldiers may come to arrest us soon, please trouble me." Meng led people to keep an eye on the entrance of the village, and if they saw officers and soldiers, they would call for help!"

Suddenly knowing that Zhou Qi was holding the head of Pei Guoxiang Wang Ji, everyone felt their brains buzzing, and instead of showing any fear, their eyes lit up.

Attacking and killing Wang Ji, the Prime Minister of the State of Pei, was such an earth-shattering event.

Although the young people did not participate in this matter, they could become a source of discussion in the future. Just saying that he and Zhou Qi are best friends from the same hometown is enough to make him look good.

As for whether they will be implicated, there is no need to worry at all.

They were not involved in it, and they were not Zhou Qi's relatives or family members. No matter how much they were involved, it was impossible to implicate these young people.

After being shocked, the tall young man immediately stood up, patted his chest and promised: "Mr. Zhou, go and pay homage to the Grand Duke. I will keep an eye on the entrance of the village. Whenever I see officers and soldiers coming, I will immediately report them!"

Seeing Zhou Qi doing this important thing, the tall young man stopped calling him by his nickname and directly addressed him as Zhou Lang.

The Han Dynasty paid attention to patriarchal ethics and family systems, so there was a system of hiding relatives. This system continued into the Tang Dynasty and was even clearly recorded in the laws and regulations.

The so-called hiding among relatives refers to relatives who are related by blood or special relationship. Even if they know that someone among them has committed a crime, but do not report it or even deliberately cover up or hide the criminal, they will not be punished even if they are finally found out.

As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius proposed in "The Analects of Confucius: Zilu": "The father hides for the son, and the son hides for the father. It is always within it."

During the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, it was even clearly stipulated that: the humble children should not bear criminal responsibility if they hide their elders;

In the Tang Dynasty, "Tang Lv Shu Yi" expanded this scope, believing that blood relationship was the basis for relatives to hide each other, and at the same time, it recognized the rationality of human relationships in a wider range.Except for serious crimes such as treason and treason, relatives and cohabitants can hide from each other.

Almost all Chinese dynasties have affirmed the rule of concealment between relatives. Even in the period of the Republic of China, according to the "Criminal Law", it was still stipulated that relatives who hid crimes could be given a lighter punishment.

On the contrary, if you take the initiative to report crimes committed by your father, brother or elders to the government, you will even be punished for disrespecting filial piety, so you will be cast aside.

Both the government and the people will think that a person like this who can even report his father, brother, elders, and relatives must have bad moral character and disrespect for filial piety.

It is precisely because of this kind of environment where relatives hide from each other that Zhou Qi dared to hold Wang Ji's head and swagger back to his hometown to pay homage to the old grandpa, without worrying about his fellow villagers going to the government to report.

Putting aside Taigong's prestige in the village, the villagers would do their best to help Zhou Qi avoid being pursued by the officers and soldiers just because of the unspoken rule of hiding from each other.

Zhou Qi nodded to several young people, and then galloped towards the location of the ancestral grave in the countryside again.

Watching the two people leave on horseback, the tall young man immediately slapped the dark-skinned young man and cursed: "What did you just say? How could such a majestic and majestic man like Zhou Lang not avenge the Grand Duke because he was afraid of the power of Wang Ji, the dog thief?"

The dark-faced man was staggered and said: "I never said that before, don't you want to slander me. Besides, didn't you agree with Zhou Lang's assassination of Pei Guoxiang just now?"

The tall young man became furious, pushed the dark-faced young man, and yelled at the rest of the people: "What are you doing here, hurry up and look at the only way to enter the village, and see officers and soldiers coming in to chase Zhou Lang, hurry up!" Come over from the small road to report!"

Regardless of the thoughts and actions of the villagers and several young people, it is said that Zhou Qi held Wang Ji's head, and Xiang Hong arrived at Zhou's ancestral grave. They dismounted together and walked towards the two new graves. go.

"Bang bang bang!"

Zhou Qi placed Wang Ji's head in front of the old grandpa's grave, knocked his head three times on the tombstone, and said in a dry voice: "The grandson has lived up to the expectations of his father, and he has beheaded Wang Ji here."

"Secretly tell my father one thing. In fact, the soul of my grandson came from more than 800 years later. But since I have occupied this body, I will be a descendant of the Zhou family from now on. I will not disgrace the name of Zhou's ancestors."

"You may not know that the world will be in chaos soon. This is the best of times and the worst of times."

"My grandson also met a hero during this trip, and that is Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, who will surely shine in the future."

"To be honest, although my grandson only met him once, and the conversation was only a few words, I can feel the heroism in the heart of this future hero."

Speaking of this, Zhou Qi suddenly smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I feel ashamed to say it. When my grandson learned that the person who donated the horse was the hero Cao Cao, he was deeply impressed by his magnanimity and even accepted it. The idea of ​​bowing your head."

"However, my grandson thought to himself, since God has given me the opportunity to live a new life, if I don't risk my life and risk everything, but continue to be humble and watch other people's faces, how different is it from a salted fish?"

"Using Lu Bu's words in the Romance: A real man was born in heaven and earth, how can he live in depression for a long time?"

Although Zhou Qi smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyes were a little moist.

It has been three years since he came to this era, and he has never told anyone about the secret hidden deep in his heart. He can only talk to the dead in front of the tombstone.

No one knows the loneliness that Zhou Qi hides in his heart.

"Zhou Lang, Zhou Lang, the official servants have arrived, let's go!"

At this moment, Zhou Qi heard Amon's voice.

He hurriedly wiped away his tears, stood up and shouted to Xiang Hong who was worshiping his mother: "Brother Bird, it's time to go!"

　Regarding the killing of Wang Ji, the reason for letting him kill himself before was because although he was cool, he had done a lot of practical things after all, so I wanted to give him some dignity.Since everyone doesn't like it, let's just change it. Brothers who are interested can go back and take a look.But killing women and children, I don’t think it’s necessary.If you are worried about a child's future revenge, the protagonist will lose his dignity and there will be no need to fight for hegemony.Because when this child grows up, the protagonist will definitely have enemies all over the world. There are countless families and princes who want to kill him. One more person is not more than him, and one person less than him is not too many.The protagonist has the kind of courage that no one can match even though he is the enemy of the world. It is not the benevolence of a woman who does not want to kill a child.

　　Of course, there are deeper considerations.Just like what Cao Cao said before, after Wang Fu and Wang Ji die, the Wang family will be retaliated by various parties. Orphans and widows may not be able to leave Xiangxian County alive. The protagonist does not need to bear the reputation of indiscriminate killing.This point is not clearly explained in the book.

　　The protagonist of this book is positioned as a hero, so in many cases, he may act out-of-hand, and it may also make people feel hypocritical. Let the brothers take precautions in advance.

　　In addition, brothers are welcome to post book reviews enthusiastically. Regardless of good or bad reviews, as long as they are written carefully and polished.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)