Taiping fell.
The Japanese pirates rushed into the city like wolves and tigers. The Taiping defenders, who had no city walls for defense, were like a group of sheep. They were defeated at the first contact, and they threw away their helmets and armor. They were chased and hacked to death by the Japanese pirates all over the city.
Even Xiahou County Magistrate at the North Gate was unable to turn the tide of the war. He was attacked from both inside and outside by the Japanese pirates and died fighting hard. Before he died, he glared in the direction of the South Gate and cursed non-stop, "You little magistrate, you are as stupid as a pig and as timid as a mouse. You have ruined the lives of tens of thousands of people!!!! You have ruined the lives of tens of thousands of people!!!!!"
After occupying Taiping County, the Japanese pirates burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities wantonly, from day to night.
As the night deepened, the Japanese pirates continued to burn, kill and loot. Screams, cries and screams echoed everywhere in Taiping County.
Under the moonlight, the streets of Taiping County were soaked in blood, flowing one after another to form a blood-red stream. The streets were full of mutilated corpses lying, falling, and piled up everywhere. Some streets were so dry that there was no place to step...
"Hahahaha... Boys, you see, it's a boy. I guessed right. All of you bring some silver."
A Japanese pirate with an ugly hairstyle and strange appearance, held high a Japanese sword with a bloody baby skewered on it in one hand, and stretched out his other hand to make a gesture of silver. He laughed loudly and shouted to the Japanese pirates around him, asking them to pay the silver if they were willing to accept the bet.
At his feet, there lay a woman with her chest cut open, her clothes in disarray, and her eyes had lost their luster.
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Hell is no different. The bright moon in the sky seems unable to bear to watch the tragedy on earth, and hides behind the dark clouds...
Another Daming county town was stepped on by me! !
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro sat contentedly in the lobby of Taiping County Government Office, with his feet on the desk, carefully wiping a Japanese sword. The plaque "Open and Honest" hanging above his head and the screen with "Pleading for the People" behind him seemed particularly ironic.
Magistrate Wang was tied up in shackles and held down by two Japanese pirates. He was shaking with fear and protested weakly, "Your Majesty, how can you not keep your word? You agreed to accept the gift and withdraw the troops. Why did you take the opportunity to seize the gate and attack the city?"
"No, no, haha, Magistrate Wang is wrong. I am a man of integrity, how can I go back on my word? I am not here to attack the city, but my ancestral sword has fallen into your city, so I came to take it."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and replied with a smile.
"Take the sword?" Magistrate Wang was stunned, and said with a look of grievance, "When did the king's ancestral sword end up in our Taiping County?"
"Haha, Magistrate Wang is really a forgetful man. When you asked for peace, I gave you two gifts (an ancestral Japanese sword and ten shells) and asked you to choose one. You chose the shells. But you didn't return my ancestral sword to me. How dare I lose something passed down from my ancestors? Otherwise, how can I face my ancestors in the afterlife? That's why I came to get the sword."
The Japanese pirate Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly.
When County Magistrate Wang heard this, his chest heaved. This Japanese pirate leader was lying with his eyes open. My housekeeper told me in person that the pirate leader casually pulled out a Japanese sword from someone else's waist and actually said it was an inherited sword from his ancestors!
"Ahem, my king, now that we have obtained the ancestral sword, can we fulfill our previous peace agreement and withdraw from Taiping County?" Magistrate Wang looked at the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro with anticipation.
"Yes, of course." The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro nodded.
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Wang exclaimed in disbelief, his face full of joy. In fact, he had not held out any hope at all, but just thought that if the Japanese pirate leader refused, he would compromise and ask the Japanese pirate leader to spare his life. He never expected that the Japanese pirate leader would actually agree to withdraw from Taiping County. It was truly a blessing from heaven!
In this way, he could make a memorial saying that he was the one who saved the day and drove the Japanese pirates out of Taiping County at the last moment. Well, didn't Xiahou County Magistrate die in the battle? Then he could put all the blame on him and say that he had secretly asked for peace with the Japanese pirates. Haha, the memorials were written by living people. Anyway, Xiahou County Magistrate was dead and there was no evidence to prove his wrongdoing. So I had the final say on what was right and wrong.
While Magistrate Wang was in ecstasy, the Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro spoke again leisurely, "Well, of course, but I'm not sure if this sword is an ancestral sword. I need to verify it."
"Of course, of course. I wonder how Your Majesty needs to verify it?" Magistrate Wang nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice. Magistrate Wang was very confident that this Japanese sword was brought back by the butler Liu Qi, and it couldn't be wrong.
"My ancestral sword will break if it is blown by hair. Well, I need to borrow the hair from Magistrate Wang's neck."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro narrowed his eyes and looked at Magistrate Wang, and said in a friendly manner.
"Borrow your hair?"
County Magistrate Wang was stunned for a moment. If you want to borrow my hair, then that's fine. Although our hair and body are given by our parents, I am now at the mercy of others. The Japanese pirates have broken into the county town, and it is not surprising that they would cut off my hair to humiliate me. As the saying goes, those who accomplish great things do not care about trivial matters. I will lend you my hair!
"What? Magistrate Wang is not willing to lend you a mere strand of hair?" The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro lowered his voice.
"Lend it! Of course! Haha, it is my blessing that Your Majesty likes my hair. Please feel free to use it." When Magistrate Wang saw the pirate leader's expression change, he hurriedly replied with a fawning face and no image at all.
"Haha, your Ming Dynasty has a saying: He who knows the current affairs is a hero. County Magistrate Wang is indeed a hero of his generation."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro took his feet off the table, picked up his Japanese sword, slowly walked up to Magistrate Wang, and said with a smile.
"hehe."
Magistrate Wang smiled awkwardly, not daring to show it, but in his heart he despised the Japanese pirate leader, saying he was such a barbarian. Is this how a man who knows the times is considered a hero? !
"Haha, Magistrate Wang, can I borrow your hair to test the knife?"
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro came to Magistrate Wang, lifted his hair and smiled slightly.
"Hehe, please, Your Majesty."
Magistrate Wang forced a smile and his body began to tremble.
"Haha, don't be afraid. My swordsmanship is well-known to be excellent."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro smiled slightly, slowly raised his Japanese sword, made a starting posture, and then swung it down horizontally!
Swish!
A flash of white light appeared.
A surge of blood gushed out onto the roof of the county government hall.
A great head rolled to the ground!
Magistrate Wang's head fell to the ground, his face full of disbelief, his eyes wide open, as if questioning Heihachiro, didn't you say you wanted to borrow my hair, why did you borrow my head? !
"Oops, sorry, my hands are shaking."
The Japanese pirate leader Heihachiro said to Magistrate Wang's head with an apologetic smile, showing no sincerity at all.
At this time, in the Jingnan County Yamen, sixty miles away from Taiping County, Zhu Ping'an was working at his desk, writing official documents.