Wan Nanshan shouted loudly: "Who are you? You are so bold. You go against the imperial court and you are not afraid of beheading?"

The man at the head of the crowd was very angry: "Even if I behead you, I won't allow you to destroy the tomb of Gu."

"What kind of tomb?" Wan Nanshan asked.

Dan Tomb, Li Jiuzhou thought about it and suddenly understood.

"The tomb of Dan you mentioned is the tomb of Jiang Wei, the general of the Han Dynasty, Pingxiang Marquis?"

"Yes, I am a descendant of Jiang Wei."

It is said that after Jiang Wei was killed by Cao Wei's rebel army in Chengdu, he was cut into pieces by five horses and disemboweled to extract his bile. However, seeing that his courage was as great as a fight, Jiang Wei's men risked their lives to snatch his bile back from Chengdu and buried him on Longwei Mountain. Therefore, Jiang Wei

The tomb is also called the "gall tomb".

Seeing that it was a misunderstanding, Li Jiuzhou laughed and stepped forward and asked, "Is this the Longwei Mountain?"

"Since you are here to destroy the tomb, how could you not know?"

Li Jiuzhou explained: "It's all a misunderstanding. We went to conquer Nanzhao and camped at the foot of the mountain. We were bored and wanted to go up the mountain to hunt some game. We didn't want to stray into this place by mistake."

But the man didn't listen to his explanation and said angrily: "Even if you didn't come to destroy the tomb, you still deserve to die."

Li Jiuzhou's eyes were like lightning: "How to die?"

"Every time you go to Nanzhao to fight, you go to the villages to massacre people along the way, falsely accuse the people of being Nanzhao rebels, and then use the people's heads to go back and ask for rewards. Don't you deserve to die?"

Li Jiuzhou recalled what Wang Yuying said earlier about Xianyu Zhongtong ordering people to massacre the village. No wonder the people here hated the officers and soldiers so much.

Compared with the war caused by Nanzhao, the burning, killing and looting by the officers and soldiers was the cause of the disaster.

"All the common people in the world are suffering." Li Jiuzhou sighed to himself.

The man was still on guard, "Don't be so hypocritical. You don't look like a good person."

Li Jiuzhou pressed his hand and signaled his subordinates to put away the knives in their hands. How dare they put it away? Once they put down their knives, these people would rush over immediately.

Wan Nanshan, on the other hand, put the knife back into its sheath.

"They are all poor people just like you." Li Jiuzhou threw the knife to the ground and walked up to the man. "If it weren't for the country, who would be willing to abandon his wife and children to fight this war."

Several soldiers shed tears, yes, no one wants to fight this battle.

"Then why do you treat the people like this?" The man seemed to be convinced by him, but he still did not dare to let down his guard at all.

"We were ordered to go on an expedition. When we first arrived here, we didn't know the truth. Even if a good man is going to die, he should die on the battlefield and sacrifice his life for the country instead of dying under your hoes and sickles."

The man was moved by his words. He looked at the sad faces of several soldiers and turned around and waved to signal everyone to put down their weapons.

"Since you came here unintentionally, then go back."

"I want to pay homage to the tomb of Marquis Pingxiang."

The man picked up the ax in his hand again, "Okay, but if you still want to dig graves, you have to ask me about the ax in my hand first."

Li Jiuzhou ignored him and walked directly towards Jiang Wei's tomb.

The tomb was very clean, and it could be seen that it was cleaned every day. Li Jiuzhou knelt down and worshiped three times devoutly.

Although Jiang Wei was not highly praised in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in Li Jiuzhou's view, Jiang Wei was loyal to the Shu Han. Even if Liu Chan surrendered, Jiang Wei still wanted to recover, pretended to surrender, and rebelled against Zhong Hui.

He was defeated and killed.

In order to regain the Shu Han, he still resorted to any means, even if he was misunderstood by the world.

Li Jiuzhou was also such a person. In order to ascend to power, prevent the Anshi Rebellion, and restore peace to the world, he did not hesitate to submit to Yang Guozhong's sect.

Isn't this just like Jiang Wei?

Therefore, Li Jiuzhou worshiped him sincerely.

After standing up after praying, the man asked: "Why did you pray?"

"Without him, Marquis Pingxiang is worthy of my worship."

Most of the hostility on the man's face has dissipated, "I'm afraid you are being hypocritical."

Li Jiuzhou snorted, pointed at Wan Nanshan and said: "I dare not say that my entourage can fight against a hundred, but it is more than enough to deal with you guys."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Nanshan stood forward with a knife in his hand, majestic.

The man looked at it and said that he believed that a few soldiers could beat his own people.

Li Jiuzhou added: "If we were bad guys, we would have attacked you long ago, and we wouldn't have to spend so much time with your mother-in-law."

The man thought that what he said made sense, so he took wine from the crowd, sprinkled it around the tomb, and then took another sip.

"Want some?" The man handed the wine bag to Li Jiuzhou.

Li Jiuzhou was not polite, took it and drank it.

There was no hostility between the two sides anymore. Several villagers gathered firewood and lit a fire, and the surrounding area suddenly became bright.

Li Jiuzhou couldn't get used to wearing the armor and took it off because he felt stuffy and stuffy.

"What is that hanging around your neck? Can you show it to me?" The man looked curiously at the peace charm hanging around Li Jiuzhou's neck.

Li Jiuzhou took it off and handed it to him. The man held it in his hand and looked at it for a long time, then asked: "Where did you get this peace charm?"

"A friend of mine gave it to me."

"What's your friend's name?"

"Wang Yuying."

The man's eyes filled with tears: "I didn't expect Yuying to be alive. Where is she now?"

"She is safe in my house now." Li Jiuzhou then told the man how Wang Yuying's family of three fled from Shu to Chang'an, encountered the Yongyangfang fire, and were left alone in his house.

After hearing this, the man completely let down his guard and told Li Jiuzhou what happened.

The man's name was Jiang Chong, a descendant of Jiang Wei, and a member of the same village as Wang Yuying. They had been massacred by officers and soldiers before, but they happened to be out and were able to avoid it.

This peace talisman was passed down from generation to generation in Wang Yuying's family. It was different from other peace talismans, so Jiang Chong recognized it.

Apparently, Jiang Chong and Wang Yuying should have a very good relationship, Li Jiuzhou thought to himself.

Jiang Chong continued to talk. It turned out that the officers and soldiers learned that Jiang Wei's tomb was here, and they thought that there must be many treasures in the tomb, so several officers and soldiers often came to try to rob the tomb, but Jiang Chong led his men to fight them off.

, and several villagers died among them.

When he first saw Li Jiuzhou and his entourage, Jiang Chong thought they were also here to rob the tomb, so he made the same assumption as before.

After listening to what he said, Li Jiuzhou thought of Bai Juyi's three officials. The officials were tyrannical, the people suffered, and the prosperous Tang Dynasty had come to this.

"What are your plans for the future?" Li Jiuzhou asked.

"Everyone in our family, young and old, has suffered. Only a few of us are left homeless. Let's just live by stealing." Jiang Chong's words were quite emotional.

Li Jiuzhou glanced at them and said, "Your ancestor was a great man like Marquis Pingxiang, but you didn't want to end up in such a situation. I am determined to serve the country. Why not join the army and make achievements. I don't want to be famous for ever, but just want peace of mind."

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"Join the army? I've also thought about it, but I'm afraid the army won't tolerate me waiting." Jiang Chong stood up, and dozens of people behind him also stood up with him.

Li Jiuzhou couldn't sit down any longer, so he stood up and said, "If you join the army, you won't have to be bullied by the officers and soldiers anymore. If you join the army and make great achievements, you won't bury the brilliance of Pingxiang Hou."

Most of these villagers were descendants of Jiang Wei. Jiang Chong turned around and asked loudly: "Brothers, what do you think?"

"Okay! Okay!" Dozens of villagers shouted, resounding throughout the mountains and fields.
Chapter completed!