"Captain, spare your life!"
"Lord Governor, there are a lot of them, please spare the lives of the little ones!"
Five soldiers of Yuan's army knelt in front of Yuan Yao, kowtow and begged for mercy.
Among them, the corps commander, the gatekeeper, was the one who kowtowed the most fiercely and begged for mercy the most pitifully.
"I have an eighty-year-old mother above me and a three-year-old child below me. If the governor wants to kill me, my mother will die of grief and my son will starve to death!"
Yuan Yao sat on the couch with his eyes closed, playing with a newly built gold seal of "Yangzhou Governor" in his hand.
Hearing Soldier A's begging for mercy, the corner of his mouth twitched.
Who taught this line?
Can you say something fresh?
After waving, Qi Ji on the side quickly handed over a few bamboo slips.
"Captain, this is the background of these people."
Yuan Yao opened his eyes, looked at Soldier A, and pulled out a bamboo slip.
"Your name is Xun Wu? Are you from Shouchun?"
Soldier A was sweating coldly. He had no idea that Yuan Yao not only sent people to arrest him and others, but also investigated the details of several of them.
"Yes, the villain Xun Wu is known as Xiao Wu. When I go out, my brothers give me face and call me Fifth Brother."
Qi Ji glared at Xun Wu: "Did I ask you anything else?"
Xun Wu's head shrank.
Yuan Yao took the bamboo slips and read Xun Wu's books at a glance.
[Xun Wu was born in Sanliting, Shouxian County, and his mother was an old woman. 】
Yuan Yao was surprised.
Old man?
The Han Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, and seventy-year-olds had special economic and political benefits.
Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty issued an edict in the second year of Jianshi: If you are over seventy years old, you should wear a king's staff with a staff of six hundred stones. If you do not enter the government, if you dare to beat and humiliate the officials and the people, they will be disobedient and abandon the market.
In later generations, when the old man passed away, the filial stick held by the filial son evolved from this.
And octogenarian means eighty to ninety years old. For old people who can live to this age, local officials will even send people to support them.
In ancient times, it was a good political achievement for officials to have long-lived old people in their jurisdiction!
The register will also be specially marked.
"Is your mother really eighty years old?"
"how old are you?"
Xun Wu replied honestly: "The villain is eighteen years old."
Yuan Yao gasped: "Your mother gave birth to you in her sixties?"
Xun Wu's eyes widened: "Captain, are you kidding me? How can anyone in their sixties still have children..."
"Be brave! Whatever the governor asks you, just answer it!"
Qi Ji shouted from the side.
Xun Wu was frightened by Qi Ji and said quickly: "The villain was not born by his mother...ah no...the villain was born by his mother...that's not right either..."
"The little man was picked up by my mother. My mother had given birth to four sons before, and all of them died. So when she saw the little man on the roadside, she took the little man home and raised him."
Yuan Yao seemed to realize something: "Oh, your name is Xun Wu because you are the fifth in the family, right?"
Xun Wu flattered and said with a smile: "The Governor is a master of calculation!"
Yuan Yao was a little curious: "How did your half-brothers die?"
Xun Wu opened the conversation: "I heard from my mother that the eldest brother did not live more than three days after he was born. The second brother grew up to eight years old. He fell into the water and was picked up. He had a cold and left after seven days."
"The third brother and the fourth brother have grown up, but when the Yellow Turbans broke out, the third brother went to fight with General Polu and never came back."
"Fourth brother was drafted during the Shouchun war the year before last and died too."
Yuan Yao felt a little sad. He couldn't imagine how a mother who had lost four sons in a row still had the courage and confidence to live strong in this world.
"Where are the two copper seals?"
Xun Wu asked in confusion: "What copper seal?"
Qi Ji said angrily: "It's the two lumps of copper we gave you!"
"Oh oh oh," Xun Wu reacted, "I offered one to my mother, and I still have one with me. I plan to turn it into something and give it to my brothers..."
As he said this, Xun Wu took out a copper seal from his arms.
Qi Ji took it over and looked at the bottom. It was undoubtedly his Chaisang County captain's seal.
"Where's the ink-colored ribbon with this copper seal?"
Xun Wuwei shrank and said: "Throw it away..."
Qi Ji was furious and opened his hand to hit Xun Wu, but Yuan Yao stopped him: "Qi Ji!"
Qi Ji hurriedly retreated, cupped his hands towards Yuan Yao and said: "Captain, these ignorant pawns, please leave them to the general to deal with them."
"What to do with it?" Yuan Yao shook his head: "You also know that they are ignorant!"
"You should go to Sanliting!"
Qi Ji lowered his head and said yes.
"Wait a minute, bring another sixty bushels of grain and three thousand dollars."
Yuan Yao stopped Qi Ji again.
"If what Xun Wu is telling the truth, you can use food and money to exchange for the copper seal. Don't scare the old man."
"If what he told was a lie, he would also give the old man money and food, and then tell her that her son left for the army today. From now on, the government will follow the old rules for raising elderly people over seventy years old and give her a full monthly payment of six Ten bushels of grain!"
Qi Ji: "I will finally understand!"
While Yuan Yao was speaking, he had already read the other four bamboo slips.
Except for Xun Wu, there are no elderly people in their seventies in the other four families.
When Xun Wu originally heard that Yuan Yao sent people to his house, he looked horrified at first.
But after listening to Yuan Yao's words, he felt relieved and kowtowed again: "The governor is so kind and kind, I will never forget it!"
"This little man is willing to work as a cow or a horse from now on to repay the kindness of the Governor!"
After saying that, Xun Wu turned around and gave the four brothers a secret wink.
Soldier B was the first to react and led the other three people to bow before him: "We are willing to act like oxen and horses to serve the governor!"
Yuan Yao sat at a high place and had a panoramic view of everything, and he had a rough judgment on Xun Wu's character.
"I never said that I would spare your lives!"
Yuan Yao pretended to sneer.
Xun Wu gritted his teeth: "It's all a villain's idea to draw cards at the city gate!"
"The Commander-in-Chief wants to hold them accountable, and the villain is willing to shoulder the responsibility. Please spare their lives, Commander-in-Chief!"
Yuan Yao laughed again: "I didn't say that I would definitely kill you."
Xun Wu fainted: "Then the governor..."
Yuan Yao said coldly: "You want to be a cow or a horse, do you have the strength to be a cow or a horse?"
"Furthermore, does this governor lack cattle, horses and livestock?"
Xun Wu secretly looked at Yuan Yao.
Suddenly, he realized.
"The governor has no shortage of capable horses and oxen, but he lacks loyal dogs!"
"Young people are willing to be the Governor's dog from now on!"
"Oh no, five dogs! Evil dogs!"
While Xun Wu expressed his stance, he lay on the ground and made a small gesture.
Yuan Yao was happy.
He was right.
This person is indeed very suitable to be adopted as a dog.
He comes from a humble background, doesn't take his face seriously, reacts quickly, and can take into account brotherly loyalty.
I am in Shouchun now and really lack manpower!
If it turns out that this man and his brothers are not treacherous or evil-doing people, they can be put to good use.
Although it cannot be used in a big way, it can be used in small ways.
After a while, Xun Wu and four of his men walked out of the door.
thump!
Soldier B's legs went weak and he fell down on the steps.
"Scared me!"
The others also let out a big sigh, and then realized that everyone's clothes were soaked with sweat.
Xun Wu said angrily: "Stand up!"
"Being a bitch will make you weak in front of the governor!"
"We must be tough in front of outsiders! Remember, we will be the vicious dogs raised by the governor from now on!"
Soldier B quickly got up and said, "Shh, fifth brother, keep your voice down!"
"This is being treated like a dog. If you tell me, you will be laughed at!"
Xun Wu snorted: "You know nothing!"
"What's wrong with being a dog?"
"Being able to serve as a dog to the Governor is a blessing that we will never be able to achieve in our lifetimes!"
"How many people want to be dogs for our master, but they can't!"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but it was still difficult to accept Xun Wu's words for a while.
But Xun Wu raised his head, puffed out his chest, and swaggered towards the door of the yard.
Four yellow-clad iron guards stood at the door.
Xun Wu took out a seal, held it up, shook it, and shouted loudly: "I am the governor's dog!"
The yellow-clad iron guards glanced at the seal and ignored Xun Wu.
Xun Wu held up the seal, shook it left and right, and walked out of the door.
The other four were about to follow, but were stopped by the iron guard in yellow with his sword drawn.
The four of them were afraid that they would not be able to get out, so they scrambled to say: "We are dogs too, so are we!"
