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Chapter 1059 Interweaving

Chapter 1059 Interweaving

At the right time on the first day of August, the sound of gun salutes fired from the east and west walls of Chengdu shook the earth and the sky. Under the bright autumn sun, the huge and rhythmic sound covered the ancient city of Shu from two directions.

The first military parade of the Huaxia Army officially started.The Fifth Army entered the city from the west, and the Seventh Army entered the city from the northeast. The flags embroidered with their respective numbers stretched out. Accompanied by the neat pace of the soldiers of the Huaxia Army, they walked across the long street full of pedestrians.

The military parade is no more than a temple fair, there are no juggling with flying knives, and there are no dragon and lion dances, but this year, there is a lack of large-scale events for the whole people, and many residents in Chengdu have already taken up seats on the side of the road.People waved red flowers in their hands, and adults and children all wanted to come and see what this mighty army that defeated the invincible Jurchens looked like.

Half of the people join in the fun, and half of the people have already begun to support this army sincerely—Jurchen has been raging for more than ten years, and the Wu Dynasty has been turned upside down. Although Chengdu is located in the southwest and has never experienced war, after more than ten years, they just fled from famine The number of people is not a small number.On the other hand, although the Huaxia Army occupied Chengdu not long ago, some measures were not very close to the people due to the approaching war, but there were indeed many policies that really gathered the hearts of the people.

"Did you see those women?" The Huaxia Army's team had already entered the city. In a teahouse beside the avenue to the north of the city, the middle-aged scholar who pointed out Jiangshan pointed to the crowd below to signal to his companions.

"After the Huaxia Army occupied the southwest, one of the measures was to encourage women to go out to work... In the past, there were also some small workshops here. Businessmen often went to the farmers' homes to collect silk and cloth, and some women worked in the off-season. Embroidery supplements the family income. However, it is difficult to say the income of these businesses, because most of the things and how much they charge are based on the mouths of merchants, and from time to time there will be some stories about women being bullied..."

"...Mr. Ning of the Huaxia Army started his business in business. His wife's Su family was originally a cloth shop. After the Huaxia Army took over Chengdu, they encouraged peasant women to work in workshops. A certain person has been in Chengdu for more than a month, and privately inquired that these women all had work before... a thing called training, the teacher taught them how to do things, and unified the craftsmanship. In addition, this Mr. Ning has strictly guaranteed that the income of these women will not be deducted, and some of them have killed some people..."

"In this way, both men and women in these families can make money to support their families. Although it has only been more than a year, they have become rich. These women's families have benefited from this, and they have worked for the Huaxia Army, and the Huaxia Army has also benefited. , At this time, their voices are so loud, why? They are tied to the Huaxia Army."

"The business of the Huaxia Army is not limited to weaving, including their papermaking, book printing, colored glaze, brick making, perfume... There are workshops in every industry, and those who enter these workshops also stand with the Huaxia Army. It's a piece... I'm waiting to watch this army pass by here today, but the root of the Huaxia Army is far more than these troops."

"...As I said in the past, it is said that merchants are cheap businesses. Looking at it now, is it cheap? You give people food, and people will help you do things. From what I see, in the world from now on, the right to do business should be Take it up and allocate it by the imperial court. Not only important businesses such as salt and iron, but all kinds of businesses should be led by the imperial court. You send them money, and they will fight with you. This time I leave Chengdu, I will take this Write down everything you know..."

People downstairs waved red flowers and shouted, while scholars upstairs summed up the experience of this trip.At every corner of the street, propagandists arranged by the Huaxia Army are loudly proclaiming the military exploits and achievements of the passing army.

The newly built Victory Square on the northwest side of the Maha Pond in the city was originally an abandoned house with a schoolyard belonging to the Chengdu Yamen. At this time, it has been completely cleared out, widened and opened to the outside world.It will take some time for the fifth and seventh armies to return to their divisions, but a large number of people have already gathered.

In the auditorium on the south side of the square, the guests who were invited by the Huaxia Army have already started to gather upstairs.This is a delegation that represents all forces, large and small, and is willing to accept the goodwill of the Huaxia Army on the open face. An Xifu from Jindi, Zuo Xiuquan representing the Zuo family, and the official representatives sent by Liu Guangshi and those who have been running for a long time Merchants and middlemen from all over the world communicate with each other and talk to each other.Most of them come with a purpose, and their bodies are relatively soft, and their means are flexible. Even if they can't get anything from the Huaxia Army, they may do business with each other in the future. In fact, there are also exchanges with Dai Mengwei, Wu Qimei and others. A good person, but usually he won't point it out directly, he knows it well.

On the viewing platform on the east side of the square, all the celebrities and Confucians who came to Chengdu this time gathered at the moment.This time, those who received invitations regardless of civil or martial arts, such as Lu Liutong, his son Lu Xiaolun, etc. who are martial arts heroes, and some relatively famous green forest heroes who did not make a move on July [-] to cause trouble, were screened. A group came up, and the rest of the various great scholars and young talents who had recently become famous also received a batch of invitations.

Yang Tiehuai took the invitation and went upstairs, looked around, and saw some famous Confucian figures who were relatively familiar in the past, such as Chen Shichun, Guan Shanhai, Lang Guoxing...etc. The ones who quarreled were talkers like Chen Shichun; there were also those who had discussed "big things" with him in the past, but found that he hadn't done anything, such as Guan Shanhai, Lang Guoxing and others.At this time, when everyone saw him coming up, they showed contemptuous expressions.

No one scolded him on the spot, probably because he was afraid that he would reveal more things in a moment of anger, and no one came to beat him, and the literati spoke without touching.But Yang Tiehuai knew that he had been completely isolated by these people.

With cold eyes, he straightened his clothes with his chin raised, and was extremely disdainful of these people's hypocrisy.The reason why I didn't take action is that I can see clearly that there is nothing I can do. It's difficult for fools and fools to understand. What are you pretending to do.

He looked up at the other side of the square, Ning Motou and those villains hadn't appeared yet.but it doesn't matter...

He held the invitation tightly in his hand.

The decision has been made, there is no other way.Yang Tiehuai thought so in his heart.When those villains appear, he will do a feat that shocks everyone.

"Mr. Yang, please follow me, this is your seat."

The soldiers on the viewing stand led him to the back row of the platform and showed him where he was.

Ahead, the crowd was discussing, talking with each other, or seriously arguing, or loudly stating.The old man sits there... none of this has anything to do with him.

……

The salute at the top of the city stopped after 28 shots, and then the heavy and rhythmic sound of war drums guided the team forward. The crowd on both sides of the road shouted, and someone tried to throw flowers into the team.

The pace of the army is uniform, and they step on the long street with almost the same rhythm and sound. Even soldiers without arms walk at the same pace as ordinary soldiers. Many teams have wheelchairs in front of them and have lost their arms. The meritorious soldier with legs sat upright on top, and in his eyes, there was a faint flash of murderous vigor.

Mao Yishan was walking in the team, and he could occasionally see figures kowtowing on the side of the road. Over ten years, too many people died at the hands of the Jurchen.

The Fifth Army participated in the military parade with 3000 people, stretching and running through the long street for several miles. At the rear of the army, 140 and six Jurchen prisoners of war were held in [-] prison cars and were passing through the streets of the city.The person in charge of the presentation roughly introduced their identities. Some people threw mud and other objects into it. Although they were immediately stopped by the soldiers maintaining order, a lot of sludge, vegetable leaves, and rotten eggs were thrown in.

Behind the [-] prison cars holding the Jurchen prisoners of war, there are four more prison cars driving forward. Among them are the vicious Han military prisoners who appeared in the war, and some prisoners who made troubles and murdered in the southwest rear. Among them, there are two people. At the beginning, he was the leading dignitary in Chengdu.

In the accounts of the preachers in every street, not a few recognized them.

……

Wanyan Qingjue leaned on the railing of the prison car and looked out.

He was hit by a few pieces of mud and hit by a few rotten eggs, but as a prisoner, such humiliation is nothing.

Along the way, he listened carefully to the words of the street preachers, how the Huaxia Army introduced them, and how they would deal with them.Wanyan Qingjue hoped to hear some clues from the beginning.

It's a pity that he was on the first prison car, and the prison car passed by after the preacher started, so he could only hear the beginning of the preacher's words every time.

Many times, it is not very clear.The crowd on the side of the road was very emotional, their faces were distorted, and they were full of abuse. Due to the occasional debris flying over, Wanyan Qingjue could only glance at those people from the corner of his eyes.He is not afraid of these people. These people are the weak among the Han people. If he opens the car door and removes the shackles, he does not know how many people he can kill in the past. He has also seen these people kneeling and begging countless times. .

It's just a fox pretending to be a tiger...

That's what he told himself in his mind as the mud hit his head.

I am afraid that these people have never experienced the scenery in front of them in their entire lives.And for the past half of my life, I spent most of it in the scenery - thinking about it this way, I felt a little calmer in my heart.

boom!

The rotten egg exploded on his head, and he wiped it off with his hand. It was full of stench, but the expression on his face didn't change much.

"...Han Xin still bears the humiliation of his crotch." The words that the teacher who looked down upon the world once said to him sounded in his mind, "Those who can become masters have also suffered through hardships..."

This is... my bitterness... as long as I eat it...

As long as you have eaten...

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Along with the sound of people, the war drums spread throughout the city of Chengdu.

Ning Xi trotted all the way, passed through the security around Victory Square, passed through the Drum Tower in the west, and went to the three-story building in the north.

Entering the small auditorium inside, Ning Yi, Qin Shaoqian, Chen Fan and others were still drinking tea and discussing matters inside.After Ning Xi came in, she roughly reported the new round of alerts in the city.

"... I ran around again from the beginning to the end. Those who wanted to make trouble were caught in three batches. No major problems have occurred yet. The roads in the several districts passed by the military parade are not seriously blocked. According to what I said before, go After that, several key openings were unsealed. Anyway, after a tour, the responsible persons of each district signed and marked..."

Ning Xi walked the entire city again since the morning, and was so tired that there were beads of sweat on her forehead.Ning Yi nodded: "Well, the military parade is a cutscene, step by step, and there will be no big things next, you pour a glass of water and clean up, and you will go out to meet people later... In addition, I have my own ideas about the militia ..."

He dismissed Ning Xi casually, and then discussed government affairs with Qin Shaoqian.Ning Xi curled her lips, then turned around and went out to clean up her image.

……

At three o'clock, the sound of roaring war drums seemed to be approaching the square here.

On the viewing platform, several members of the Huaxia Army who had been arranged to be responsible for the reception and explanation began to persuade a kind of elders and scholars to sit down and be quiet. Yang Tiehuai looked forward, and Ning Yi and others seemed to have come out to the north.

He stood up and was about to walk towards the edge of the viewing platform ahead.

Two Huaxia Army soldiers came over and stopped him with their hands outstretched.

"Mr. Yang, the time is almost up, please sit down and watch the ceremony."

"I'll just take a look."

"Please sit down and watch the ceremony, it's not easy to block others, is it?"

"Aren't you here yet..."

"sorry."

Two Huaxia Army soldiers smiled and stretched out their hands to stop him. They were strong and strong, and the old man couldn't make it through. Although they were wearing military uniforms, their smiles didn't look like real frontline soldiers.And the apology was too casual.

The old man thought for a while and sat back in his original position.

Not long after, the first two groups of soldiers entered the square from different directions almost at the same time.

The old man stood up again, he took a few steps, and the two soldiers came again.

"I, I go to the hut."

"Please, I'll take you there, the toilet is down below..."

The soldiers took him down.

……

Yu Hezhong sat in the front row of the auditorium and watched the soldiers line up neatly into the square.

Although he and Yan Daolun took over Liu Guangshi's mission, but because they did not join the envoys on the surface, they were arranged at the same viewing platform on the east side as all the famous Confucian scholars.

At this moment, he didn't notice the change of the old man named Yang Tiehuai behind the viewing platform.He didn't know much about war and the army. Seeing the army marching in neatly, he felt a little fancy in his heart. He could only vaguely feel that this army was a little different from other armies.

Experts watch the doorway, and laymen can only watch the fun. There are mostly scholars here, and some people among the crowd said: "It seems that the spirit is a little different, but the time of this training is wasted on this step... How useful it is to go on the battlefield so neatly, I see, I am picky..."

"After fighting for so many years, Black Flag has finally shown off some capital. With so many people watching on stage today, it's understandable for them to walk in a more orderly manner. I just don't know how long the temporary training..."

"The wounded at the front of the queue are very interesting. So many survived with severed hands and feet on the battlefield, which shows that the doctors accompanying the Huaxia Army are quite good. Brother, I have seen many places in the Huaxia Army recently. They were traumatized. Quite accomplished..."

"Brother Xu knows everything from a glimpse, it's really amazing..."

Yu Hezhong couldn't help but want to nod in response to everyone's voices.Immediately, someone said: "The Huaxia Army has strict military discipline. They can practice the steps that you think are useless to such an extent, which shows that there are orders and prohibitions in the army. Once on the battlefield, the army orders to advance, and the lieutenants will know the steps around them. No one will retreat, you are so frivolous, maybe outside of the southwest, is there any army that can do this?"

This voice made Yuhe Center vigilant, but it was immediately drowned in the conversation of everyone, and everyone just pretended not to hear it and did not answer the call.

Lu Xiaolun sat on the stool at the back side, thankful that the Badao people didn't really open the back door for him, let him join the Black Banner Army as an instructor - it's okay to do other things, as an instructor, he will inevitably be beaten soon To death——From this point of view, there is indeed some genuine friendship between my father and Ba Dao.Almost misunderstood them at first.

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After going to the toilet, Yang Tiehuai came up from below and returned to the seat behind under the "escort" of the soldiers of the Huaxia Army.

He watched soldiers gather in the square, and there seemed to be countless people shouting in the city.As time passed, two Huaxia Army soldiers not far away looked at him with half-smiles.

People were discussing and chatting, and occasionally someone turned around, and it seemed that they all mocked him with a half-smile.With his status in the past, he always sat in the front row, only this time he was placed in the back...

He looked to the north, and looked at Ning Motou, Qin Shaoqian and other villains over there. It was they who trampled on the orthodoxy of the Wu Dynasty, and they used various means to alienate everyone in the Wu Dynasty. He died on the face of Ning Motou, but how could these villains be so easy to deal with?They had already made preparations and stared at themselves. It was ridiculous that no one on the so-called viewing platform realized this.

Look at the two soldiers of the Huaxia Army, they were arranged by Ning Yi to deal with me.

No one saw it.

Yang Tiehuai sat there in a daze for a long time.

Finally, he took a deep breath, stood up for the third time, tidied his clothes, and walked out of the auditorium.

The soldier came over again: "Where is Mr. Yang going again..."

"I'm going down, I have something to do, so I won't read it." Yang Tiehuai stared at him sternly, "Is that okay?"

"Oh, of course, I'll take you down."

Soldiers escorted him out of the viewing stand and then out of the inner circle of Victory Square.

At this time, more than [-] soldiers represented by the two armies had assembled in the square, and the vehicles holding the prisoners had also arrived. Batch after batch of prisoners were getting out of the vehicles and lined up in the open space on the side of the square.The streets around the square are almost full of people.

The sun was hanging in the sky, Yang Tiehuai took a deep breath, the sky was vast, and the city of Chengdu was full of colors, but at this moment, for him, everything was gray.

The nearby servants and students have already seen him, and they are coming here with difficulty from a distance.The old man lifted up his robe, and hurriedly ran towards the highest nearby tea shop besides Victory Square.

The tea shop is three stories high, including the roof, there are four floors.The old man paid the money downstairs, accepted the inspection, and then went all the way up.

The crowd in the teahouse was watching the movement not far away, and no one saw him right now.

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The flags of the Fifth and Seventh Armies of China formally joined forces on Victory Square. After a simple ceremony, they were raised in the sky together with the star flags on a black background representing the entire Chinese Army. The military flags with serial numbers lined up.

Wanyan Qingjue was dragged off the carriage and led by the soldiers to stand in the open space on the southeast side of the square. They could only watch the raising of the flag and the process of joining forces from a distance. Of course, he knew in his heart that nothing more than It's all cutscenes, all acting.

Many people gathered on the nearby streets, and they were isolated by the Huaxia army when they got close. Someone threw mud here, but at this moment, they couldn't throw mud on the Jurchen captives.Someone knelt on the street crying and cursing, perhaps because he killed his relatives on his side.There were also a few people who wanted to rush over, but the Huaxia Army stopped them.

In fact, Wanyan Qingjue didn't mind being humiliated, but the Huaxia Army was always so weird, and there was nothing he could do about it.

On the street not far away, the preacher was repeating loudly the movement in the square, Wanyan Qingjue didn't care, he just listened to the things about himself and others.

At some point, he finally heard...

……

The old man passed through the third floor of the teahouse and climbed up to the top of the building along the small unattended side stairs.

The upstairs was covered with gray tiles, and since it hadn't rained recently, it looked dry, but for an old man of his age, it still looked too scary.

He stood there for a moment.

From here, you can see the open space of the square where the prisoners are standing not far away, and you can also see a corner of the military parade farther away.Ning Motou and other villains must be enjoying themselves and talking over there.

You will have your comeuppance!

he thought to himself.

In the crowd not far away, his servants, students and others seemed to be still coming here.

He remembered many things.

I remembered the suicide note written in the room of Xiangwu Guild Hall.

Think of some pointers in my suicide note on how to use the news of my death.

Thinking of the scene of remorse when everyone started to regret after his death, and felt that he had misunderstood a great Confucian.

He wants to step out...

However, it is too steep.

The old man looked back at the ladder behind him.

For some reason, he actually took several steps on the roof.

It's too steep there too.

In the streets not far away, the preacher seemed to say something, and suddenly the voices spread.

Hatred welled up in the old man's heart, gnashing his teeth and "too steep" intertwined in his heart.

Above the tea shop, people whispered to each other.

"What was said? What was said over there..."

"Wow--" and "Ah--" sounded, a black shadow with tiles flashed across the eyes suddenly, and then the sound of bang bang and bang bang sounded from below.

The people upstairs poked their heads out, only to find that someone slipped and fell from the roof and smashed a noodle cart downstairs to pieces. The corpses on the ground were twisted and bloody red.

Upstairs and downstairs, many people were silent for a moment. Some people turned their heads to look at the roof and the ground... Then, screams began to come out.

……

At some point, Wanyan Qingjue heard the voice of the preacher—that was the part he had been paying attention to.

But his mind was tied for a moment, and after the sound outside suddenly became louder, he still didn't quite understand the meaning of those words.

"...After the Southwest War, our army has dealt with the Jurchen captives captured this time after rigorous screening and evidence collection..."

"...For these war criminals who owed a lot of blood debts in the long-term aggressive war, the Chinese People's Court has listed 140 six of them who are extremely vicious. Today, they will be sentenced in public for their crimes, and their sentences will be executed immediately!"

"...the first of these criminals, Wanyan Qingjue—"

There was a buzzing sound in Wanyan Qingjue's mind.

He still doesn't know what the Huaxia Army will do to him, but some clues have come to mind.

"The Heinous Ones".

……I?

He felt puzzled in his mind, and looked at the other people around him. These people must be considered extremely vicious. He maintained the dignity of a scholar throughout the war, and he was arrested twice even before he was successful. Will it be the most vicious?

He remembered the scene when he saw Ning Yi last time.

Ning Yi is a person who values ​​interests, not a person who is easy to kill...

Now that Ning Yi is in the square, he wanted to go in and take a look for a while.

Ning Yi should remember him.

The rabbit master surnamed Zuo and some other people should have submitted their letters to Ning Yi...

Didn't he see...

The sentence in the speaker's mouth was quite long. After a brief introduction of his background, he began to talk about what he did in Lin'an.

"...Assisting Wanyan Xiyin to open the gate of Lin'an City, which directly led to the subsequent Lin'an massacre...caused the loss of life—"

Wanyan Qingjue thought of the dysprosium sound in the wind that day, and the fight in Lin'an City.Many people wanted to prevent the Jurchen envoys from entering the city. They killed the fake envoys, but Wanyan Qingjue walked out afterward. The corpses and bright red all over the ground were like the red carpet in front of him.

That was the greatest victory of his life. He walked towards the palace in Lin'an, where the Han people all over the ground and the entire Wu Dynasty surrendered to him, followed by countless intoxicating cries and bloodshed...

"... After deliberation by the Huaxia People's Court, it was sentenced to death. Immediate execution—"

The surrounding voices boiled.

Wanyan Qingjue stood there, he wanted to say something, he wanted to do something, he wanted to escape, he wanted to rush into the square, he wanted to yell loudly, he wanted to struggle... He knew that the shackles under his feet were not His actions were completely restricted, and there were more than a hundred "vicious" former Jurchen generals around him. Although they were surrounded by soldiers of the Huaxia Army, they were not unable to resist... He wanted to resist, wanted to start agitating ...

He stood, staring.

Can't move...

(End of this chapter)