Jiang Lie did not want to discuss related issues with Jian Shicai anymore and just continued on his way in silence.

Wearing the robe of the Lion Flame Army, Jiang Lie followed Jian Shicai through the enemy-occupied area unimpeded. The soldiers of the Xiang Army and the common people in the enemy-occupied area all cast incredulous looks when they saw Jiang Lie.

As a dashing general, Jian Shicai, despite his slovenly appearance, was still respected when he passed various checkpoints in enemy-occupied areas.

Every night, Jian Shicai would prepare an inn for Jiang Lie and sleep in a room with Jiang Lie.

Jiang Lie would stay vigilant every time he slept, but he didn't notice anything unusual, and everything was calm along the way.

…

According to the calendar of the Divine Lion Kingdom, it was the fourteenth night of the first lunar month in the third year of Shengfan. Jian Shicai had already led Jiang Lie to Guansheng County.

Jian Shicai found an inn, settled down with Jiang Lie, and prepared to spend the night.

After washing up, Jiang Lie lay down on the bed, but he tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he put on a plush robe and walked out of the room.

"Sir, how can I help you?" A waiter ran up to Jiang Lie enthusiastically and asked.

Jiang Lie looked around for a while and found that there was no one else around, so he asked, "Are you a local?"

The waiter nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I am a native of Guansheng."

Jiang Lie took out his badge, waved it in front of the waiter's eyes twice, and said seriously: "I am the Divine Lion, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Lion Flame Army of the Divine Lion Army. My name is Jiang Lie."

The waiter was shocked and said in a low voice: "Sir, this is the territory of the Xiangmei people. How can you, an officer of the Divine Lion, live openly in your enemy's territory?"

"The head coach of Xiangjun invited me here. He said he would treat me to a drink in Guansheng County on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, so I came." Jiang Lie also lowered his voice.

Although the waiter didn't quite understand what this meant, he still nodded: "Sir, do you think the Xiangmei people are leaving?"

Jiang Lie did not answer directly, but instead asked: "Do you want the Xiangmei people to stay, or do you want them to leave?"

The waiter looked around and whispered, "Of course I hope they leave."

Jiang Lie smiled slightly and asked, "How do you say this?"

The waiter lowered his voice and said: "Since the Eastern Xinjiang border troops retreated, the people in our city, including the officers and soldiers of the government, were unable to fight against the Xiangmei people, so when they came, they occupied the entire county without a fight, and everyone The officers and soldiers surrendered to them. To put it bluntly, we ordinary people just want to make a living. We don’t care who becomes the emperor, and we don’t care whether the country is called Qiu Shi or Xiang Mei. As long as we can It doesn't matter where you live just to make a living."

"Oh, you are a mother if you have breasts, I understand, what next?" Jiang Lie said and nodded slightly.

The waiter continued: "That's why, from the county government to every citizen, no one in Guansheng County will resist the Xiangmei people. It has always been relatively stable, except that we can't provoke the Xiangmei people." Other than that, this day is no different from the past."

Jiang Lie asked: "Then why do you still want them to leave?"

The waiter sighed and said: "Since the Xiangmei people came, the county government is still the county government, and the county magistrate is still the county magistrate, but the county magistrate has become like a puppet, like that kind of puppet on a string, Xiangmei When someone mentions it, he will move. Whatever the Xiangmei people ask him to do, he has to do it. We ordinary people still live our lives, but we just lack a lot of our own wishes. No matter what happens, we have to go with the Xiangmei people. , otherwise there will be no good fruit to eat.”

After sighing again, the waiter continued: "If General Xiangmei has a girl he likes, he will use three matchmakers and six betrothals, and carry eight sedans to force her to be a concubine. Many girls will

They are unwilling, but they dare not say anything, no one dares to say anything, no one dares to go against them, no one dares to offend them. There was a girl before, she was a very talented woman, she had read a lot of books, she could chant

poetry

Yes, music, chess, calligraphy and painting are all capable of anything. There is a general among the Xiangmei people. I don’t know what general he is. Anyway, he just fell in love with the girl. He carried it to the door of the girl’s house in a big sedan chair. After a while, he said,

I just want to take him away. Although the girl is not married, she seems to have fallen in love with him. She refuses to get into the sedan chair and even bites the general until blood drips from her bite."

Jiang Lie narrowed his eyes: "What then?"

The waiter closed his eyes and shook his head: "People say that a tiger's butt cannot be touched. The girl bit her, which was much more serious than touching the tiger's butt. Then, the general felt the pain and drew his knife to kill the girl.

Hacked to death. That girl's

My father was also a scholar, a great Confucian there. He couldn't swallow this, so he wrote a blood letter, which I heard was several feet long. He took the blood letter to the county government office to complain. The county magistrate actually accepted his request.

The prosecutor also personally tried this case."

Jiang Lie frowned and asked, "I received the complaint and tried the case. What was the result?"

The waiter sighed repeatedly: "The county magistrate is just a puppet. What can he find out? People who know the truth say that according to common sense, the girl was wrong when she bit someone, but the crime will definitely not lead to death. The general can kill him with a knife."

Her killing was a proper crime of homicide. Killing requires a life. But the county magistrate has Xiang Mei on his head, and every move he makes is influenced by Xiang Mei.

It was controlled by others, and the final result of his trial was that the girl was provoking trouble, the general defended himself properly, and the girl's father falsely accused a good man. In other words, the general was not guilty, and the girl's father was guilty, so the girl's father was convicted

He was imprisoned and died within half a month. He was said to have died violently, but who knows whether it was a real violent death or a fake death?"

"With this lesson learned, the Qiu Shi people dare not have any objections to the Xiang Mei people, and the Xiang Mei people will do whatever they want, right?" Jiang Lie said with a sneer.

The waiter sighed and nodded: "That's it. Let me tell you, the general's behavior is just a formality, but on the surface he wants to marry someone like a junior officer or soldier.

, if they like a girl, how can they get three matchmakers and six betrothals, how can they get an eight-carriage sedan? If they like someone, they will just arrest her, and after she is arrested, she will not be counted as a wife.

Not counting me as a concubine, I will take her away the next day

What did they do when they sent the girl home? To be honest, everyone wanted it. The girl was definitely not willing to do it, but she didn’t dare to disobey. If she obeyed, she would lose her virginity. If she didn’t obey, she might be raped all over the house.

Everyone knows whether killing is more important or less important. Oh, by the way, people like Xiangmei are not only interested in yellow-flowered girls, but also other people’s wives, those who have given birth to children, and those who are pregnant.

Victims."

Jiang Lie clenched his fists, and a fire of ignorance was already burning in his heart. Along the way, he passed through many cities in enemy-occupied areas. Young women were rarely seen on the streets. At most, they were just trying to make a living.

And the old lady who has to travel around, although in this feudal era, it is natural for women to stay at home.

Yes, but in fact, the Qiu Shi Kingdom has developed science and technology and is more open-minded than the Shenshi Kingdom. There are many women who are not bound by traditional feudal ideas. He has learned that in the Qiu Shi Kingdom, people from the Xiang Mei Kingdom

Before the invasion, there were handsome men and beautiful women everywhere in the streets and alleys of Qiu Shiguo. It was not like what it is now.

The reason why women in enemy-occupied areas do not dare to go out on the streets is obvious. Once they go out, it is equivalent to exploring the tiger's mouth, and the risk is no less than going deep into the tiger's den. Therefore, Guansheng County's apparent stability is as close as the Mei family.

, they were all forced out by the unreasonable and tyrannical behavior of the Xiangmei Army, and were against the will of the people.

Jiang Lie asked again tentatively: "If the Xiang Army wants to have a truce with the Qiu Army and our Shi Yan Army, but the price is that the place currently occupied by the Xiang Army will always be Xiang Mei's territory, you guys

I will have to be ruled by Xiangmei people forever. If so, are you willing?"

"Are you telling the truth?" The waiter blinked twice.

"Nonsense, why should I tell lies?" Jiang Lie said with a bitter smile.

The waiter sighed again: "To be honest, I definitely don't want to. To be honest, we ordinary people don't have the ability. If we had the ability, we would wish to drive away the Xiangmei people as soon as possible. Unfortunately,

There is nothing we can do. You have an army, you have warriors, and you have a way to confront the Xiangmei people, then we will try our best to help you. Although we may not be able to help you much, we will definitely support you."

Jiang Lie smiled slightly and said: "If you say that, then I feel relieved. Don't worry, no matter what, at least our Lion Flame Army will fight to the end and never compromise. The reason why Marshal Zheng Zhibin of Xiangmei came to invite me

Drinking this wine is to cease the war, just like I said, the price is that you will have to live under the rule of the Xiangmei people from now on. He wants to invite me, and I am here, but his unreasonable request, I

It is absolutely impossible to agree to it."

The waiter quietly gave a thumbs up: "The army of the Divine Lion Kingdom is much stronger than our own army in Xiangmei Kingdom. Our Xiangmei Kingdom's eastern frontier army can only run, keep running all the way, and run from the east."

When they get to the west, their backbone is not as good as yours."

Jiang Lie expected that Wang Luoyin was probably sneezing again and again, so he still said to the point: "There is nothing we can do if they run away. If they can beat them, they will definitely try their best to fight them, but if they can't beat them, there is no way."

, they had no choice but to retreat, otherwise the whole army would be annihilated. The green hills were left, and they were not afraid of running out of firewood. Their temporary retreat was not to escape, but to regroup and come back to take revenge and regain the lost ground."

The waiter nodded: "Thank you for your advice. I don't know much about military affairs and can only see the surface, so I may have misunderstood our own army. But even so, I still think your army of the Lion Kingdom will be better."
Chapter completed!