At this moment, five members of Zhang Jian, Uncle He and Tai Shici's family were surrounded in front of the hut. Among them, the dead bodies of two Yellow Turban believers were lying on the ground, bleeding.
Zhang Jian was holding a long sword with blood on the blade, and he kept swiping and stabbing.
Next to him, Uncle He and Tai Shici's father held bamboo poles and hatchets respectively to resist the attack of more than ten Yellow Turban believers. Uncle He had been with the Zhang family all his life, and he also learned some self-defense techniques with sticks from Zhang Jian when he was young.
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However, Tai Shici's father used a short halberd to chop with a hatchet, and his martial arts skills were the best among the three.
Behind the three of them, a woman held a seven-year-old boy to prevent him from coming forward. The boy's eyes were angry and he kept struggling to rush forward. He held a kitchen knife tightly in his hand and looked like he was going to help fight. This was exactly what happened.
It was Taishi Ci whom Zhu Kui had taught for a short time.
The situation was precarious for Zhang Jian and others. More than a dozen yellow turban men were waving big swords, and they were coming and going to kill them. Fortunately, Ma Yuanyi seemed to want to capture him alive, and ordered no killings. With his hands tied, Zhang Jian saw the opportunity.
Successfully killed two people.
With the cooperation of the three of them, they were able to temporarily protect the woman and child behind them.
At this time, a big man in yellow turban clearly realized that the two people behind him were weak. When Zhang Jian and the others were not paying attention, he rushed in front of Taishi Ci and Taishi Ci's mother, brandishing a knife and trying to kidnap them.
Zhu Kui had just arrived at this moment. When he saw this, he immediately stopped thinking about countermeasures or other things and shouted: "Stop!" At the same time, without stopping, he pulled out the dragon scale dagger from his waist, stretched it back, held it tightly, and
He took a big step forward, exerted force on his waist, hands and back at the same time, and threw it violently.
Taishi Ci was young and brave. In the critical situation, he did not retreat but advanced. With a violent shake of his little hand, he shook off his mother's hands that were pulling him. He protected her while she was alive and fought back. He shouted sweetly: "Hey! Brother Zhu said that
, men should be killed!"
The fierce man in yellow scarf was frightened by his fierce attitude. He had never seen such a fierce young man before, and his mind was stunned for a moment.
Sooner or later, two silver lights struck one after the other, but no scream was heard.
Taishi Ci's sword was like a crescent moon, cutting in an arc, and the sword-holding arm of the big man in yellow scarf flew away with all the bones and flesh. Behind him, there was a dagger that penetrated his back and went straight into his heart, ending his life in an instant.
, which made him not even scream.
The big man in yellow turban fell down suddenly, the scene came to a sudden halt, and both sides stopped temporarily.
Zhu Kui took a breath, took back the posture after throwing the dagger, stood up straight, shook his clothes, looked at Ma Yuanyi and others coldly, step by step, slowly and steadily, came to Zhang Jian and bowed: "
teacher!"
Zhang Jian held the bloody sword, looked sideways at Ma Yuanyi behind him, and said with some reproach: "Didn't you see the situation clearly? Why do you have to get involved? You are in a dead situation. I wonder if you can escape?"
"At the critical moment of Taishi's life and death, the teacher is under siege. Even if he dies, the disciple cannot stand by and watch." Zhu Kui shook his head and said.
"Hey!" Zhang Jian sighed, feeling that he had once again innocently implicated his student.
Then Zhu Kui asked Uncle He. Seeing that he was fine, he turned to the back, took out the dagger from the corpse of the big man in yellow turban, stood up, and said to Taishi Ci's family with an apology on his face: "Uncle Taishi, I'm so sorry.
I wanted to stay at your house for one night and leave early tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect that it would cause trouble for you guys. I really can't live with it."
Taishi Ci's father said: "Although the little brother taught my son how to read after collecting firewood, he is already a master and a disciple. Although my family is a small family, they are not selfish and rude. Mr. Zhang came to see my family."
You should be entertained.”
"Dad is right, Brother Zhu. Didn't you say, "Confucius said to become benevolent, Mencius said to seek righteousness? Reading the books of sages and sages, you can learn nothing but seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence, and you are worthy of it!" Tai Shici casually explained "The Analects of Confucius"
"When reading "Mencius", he recited the meaning of what he said.
Zhang Jian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he was overjoyed. He didn't expect that his little disciple not only gave such an incisive explanation of the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but also taught a smart disciple. If there was not a strong enemy at the moment, he would really
Praise that makes me want to look up to the sky and laugh.
On the other hand, Ma Yuanyi, who was not far away, walked out from the crowd, clapped his hands and praised Zhiyan: "Little brother, we meet again. The last time I missed you, it was Ma who was blind."
"But little brother is really surprising and different. He can give such an incisive explanation of Confucius and Mencius at such a young age. It's a shame to join Confucianism."….
When Zhu Kui heard Ma Yuanyi's praise, he turned around, held the Dragon Scale Dagger upside down, put it into his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuanyi, I'm so impressed. Recently, it has been widely spread in Gaoyou County that our master is hiding in Meihua Villa."
It was you who spread the news. It was a good way to lure the county soldiers and bounty rangers to take the lead and search all over the mountain. This forced the three of me, the master and the disciple, to run away overnight. Then, after the three of me thought that we were getting rid of those people on the mountain, we must be vigilant.
Dasong, you can easily cut us off and surround us. Am I right?"
"I just don't know why you came here with such a plan to surround my three masters and disciples?"
Since Ma Yuanyi is willing for both parties to stop talking nonsense, he naturally hopes that the talk will be as slow as possible. Although he has heard the young man named Zhao and others guessed the reason, he already has an idea in his mind, but he will take as much time as he can buy, okay
There is an opportunity to think of countermeasures to resolve the immediate crisis.
"My little brother not only has a unique interpretation of the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but he is also quick-thinking. He guessed what Ma did in just a few seconds. I admire him! I admire him!" Ma Yuanlang laughed loudly. Then he looked at Zhang Jian again, raised his hands and saluted, saying: "
Ma has just told Mr. Yuanjie (Zhang Jian’s nickname) that my teacher would like to invite him to Jizhou to have a gathering so that we can discuss knowledge with him."
When Zhu Kui heard this, he realized that it was exactly what the young men Zhao and Wu had guessed.
"Hmph!" Zhang Jian snorted coldly and said: "You Taiping Dao people, named Fu Shui to save the people, secretly continue to steal the property of believers and bully the people. What are your intentions? Don't you know anything about it?
Although I was framed by the eunuchs and fled, I will not take revenge on the Han Dynasty and join you group of anti-thieves and demons with the intention of overthrowing the imperial court."
"If those eunuchs hadn't deceived the Holy Spirit, the imperial court would have arrested you all over the country. How could you have been allowed to live freely until now? Tonight, even if I die, I will not follow you."
Zhang Jian shouted harshly. It was obvious that the gentry party had already discovered Taiping Dao's opposition, and some ministers also wrote to Emperor Ling. Unfortunately, in the early days of Emperor Ling's accession to the throne, the court was constantly fighting for power. In the next two years, the Shi Changshi gained power and took over Taiping Dao.
Bribing and defending Zhang Jiao made Emperor Ling feel that this was a civilian refugee group whose main purpose was to teach people to be good and do good deeds. It was a good sect.
These petitions have naturally become useless efforts.
Confucian scholars are good at scolding. When he scolded, the sky was dark and the earth was dark. Ma Yuanyi couldn't help but feel angry and irritated in his heart. He stretched out one hand and his subordinates handed over his sword as ordered. He tightened it tightly and slowly pulled it out. He wanted to do it himself.
Take action.
With the sound of "Qiang!" being unsheathed, Ma Yuanyi showed such magnanimity in an instant, transforming from a scribe into a green forest ranger with a lot of lives in his hands. At first glance, people would think that he was a person with strong martial arts skills. This made Zhu Kui and others feel sad.
He grabbed them and started to think desperately. Everyone gathered together and tightened the defense circle. Zhu Kui quietly said to the people behind him: "When Ma Yuanyi gets close later, we will take action together and kill him first.
As long as this person dies, the remaining Yellow Turban believers will not have anything to worry about."
Ma Yuanyi walked slowly. In his heart, he actually disagreed with Zhang Jiao's move of "inviting" celebrities like Zhang Jian to Jizhou. He had a deep sectarian view in his mind, either to establish a theocratic state of pure Taoists, or to
Just become a Taoist priest and play freely in the world.
Some time ago, his uncle Yu Ji was not optimistic about the Kingdom of God's regime. Now, the Confucian scholar's insults reminded him of whether the Kingdom of God's regime really had no chance of success. Suddenly, Ma Yuanyi once again considered accepting Zhu Kui as his disciple.
I have fallen into deep trouble with my teacher Zhang Jiao and have regressed, but I have said that I hope to have a disciple who can pass on what I have learned throughout my life instead of being lost in history. In this way, Zhu Kui's series of
The performance made him feel that this was the best choice.
Stopping, Ma Yuanyi put away the sword again, handed it to his subordinates, put his hands behind his back and said, "Little brother, I can let your teacher and the others go."
"What?" Zhu Kui and others were very puzzled that Ma Yuanyi would let go of the cooked duck for nothing, and asked: "Mr. Yuanyi, I'm afraid it's not unconditional." Ma Yuanyi definitely didn't agree with what he said.
It will be targeted without reason and with some purpose.
"That's natural. I just want you, little brother, to come with me alone. Then I will let your teacher and the others go."
Zhu Kui was stunned, what did Ma Yuanyi want him to do? Why did he suddenly want to go with him instead of being a teacher? He was confused and secretly wondered if there was any conspiracy in this.
"Why, little brother, don't you want to sacrifice your life for justice? Just now, the other little brother behind you said that you taught him how to seek kindness and get kindness. Could it be that you only talk but don't do anything?" Ma Yuanyi said sarcastically.
"Don't listen to his nonsense! I have lived as a teacher for a long time, and life and death have long been ignored. I will try my best to hold you back later, and you can just break out and leave." Zhang Jian next to him said, he is a strong man, he would rather be broken than jade.
, not complete.
"Don't listen to him, we are not afraid of death." Taishi Ci and three family members on the side made eye contact and also objected.
And Uncle He didn't say anything, he just put his arm around his shoulders and shook his head, preventing him from coming forward.
Ma Yuanyi quietly watched the people in front of him discussing with each other, smiling and not in a hurry. He knew that although Zhu Kui was young, he was very smart and very independent, and the smarter the person, the more he could think clearly about it.
Regardless of obstacles and gains and losses, I will agree to go with him.
Sure enough, just as he had guessed, Zhu Kui thought carefully about it. Although he didn't know why Ma Yuanyi suddenly turned to him, could there be something about him that was worthy of being used by the other party? With his low status, even with Zhang Jian
The name of a disciple is also useless.
There shouldn't be any danger if you go with him for the time being. At worst, you can find a chance to escape later. This is the best outcome now.
"Okay, I'll go with you." After Zhu Kui cleared his thoughts, he said with a strong voice without any regrets.