Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 392 "Fox Confusion" (4000)

Another two months passed.

Wu Liang and others walked along the sunny side of Qilian Mountains, passing through Tianshui County, Anding County, Wuwei County, Zhangye County, and Jiuquan County in turn, and finally came to an oasis town called "Yuanquan (the area around Guazhou County in Jiuquan later)" .

After passing through Wuwei County, the places where the people of the Tuan Army passed by became more and more desolate, and the distance between each town became farther and farther, and sometimes there was no one in sight for a whole day.

Therefore, in order to avoid any accidents and be trapped on the road in the desert, they must take a good rest every time they pass a town, and prepare enough food and drinking water before continuing to set off.

And in fact.

After passing through Wuwei County, except for some relatively large towns, those small places have rarely seen the shadow of the Han Dynasty government.

Even if there are still government offices in some places, the government officials rarely see the shadow of the big Han officials. Most of these places are held by some local ethnic minority leaders or respected old people, basically in a relatively loose but more united state. state of autonomy.

This is the inevitable result of the political instability of the Han Dynasty.

Today's Han court can't even control the Central Plains, and even the emperor himself has become a puppet at the mercy of others, how can he still have the power to govern these places where the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Even when the situation in Liangzhou was in turmoil a few years ago, those officials and merchants who were accustomed to oppressing the local ethnic minorities had already dragged their families and ran back to the Central Plains. Those who are slow have already been killed by the local ethnic minorities, and no one dares to come to this kind of place to be an official anymore.

This is how it is these days, killing a county magistrate is nothing at all, and even killing a prefect may not be pursued.

However, the life of the Han people in these places is relatively stable, because after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many Han people who immigrated worked and intermarried with the local ethnic minorities. The integration of cultures, it is not an exaggeration to say that there is me in you, and you are in me, and naturally we will live in peace.

Fortunately, the merchants passing by the local people did not show much hostility.

Perhaps it is because living on the Silk Road that they are used to the presence of merchants. Sometimes they will go somewhere, and they will negotiate with the passing merchants. In this way, not only can they get the protection of the caravan on the way, but they can also get some food and drink, which is convenient. It is also safe, and it can be regarded as a mutually beneficial relationship.

Besides.

Sometimes they also ask the passing merchants to help them bring some goods that cannot be bought locally, or to send some messages and letters. For such requests, the passing merchants usually will not refuse, it is convenient for others.

Like this time.

A family of four ran into Wu Liang's caravan from Yumen.

They were going to Yuanquan to join their relatives, and they happened to be on the way with the Tuan army. After talking with them on the sidelines, Wu Liang found that the four members of this family were indeed relatively simple people, especially with a man and a woman. Half-aged children are basically unlikely to pose any threat to them, so they are naturally happy to provide some food, drink and shelter in exchange for free guide services.

Also.

A few more things happened along the way.

According to the news from Yang Wanli, it is said that shortly after Ma Chao and Pang De were killed by the soldiers of the Tau army, several large-scale battles took place between the two groups of Ma Teng and Han Sui.

The battlefield is in Tianshui County between Jincheng County and Mei County.

As for the specific reason, it is naturally Ma Chao's death.

Ma Teng insisted that it was Han Sui who sent an ambush to kill his son Ma Chao, but Han Sui would not admit that he had never done such a thing, so Ma Teng asked Han Sui to swear a poisonous oath to prove his innocence. He bowed his head to Ma Teng, and the two had some grievances, so they fought for no reason.

It is also said that Li Jue and Guo Si, who are now in charge of the government, have sent people to mediate the war, and it is not known what the final result will be.

In this regard, Wu Liang watched his heart carefully, saying that I am just a passerby passing by, I don't even want to have a name, you heroes can do it.

And Fang Qiong.

On the way, Wu Liang also took Fang Qiong to Jiuquan Lufu, hoping to stimulate her by revisiting the old place, which might help her recover some memory and consciousness, so that she can pry more interesting things out of her mouth. information of value.

result.

But it's useless, nothing...

……

"It's here, it's my uncle's Zhuangzi!"

The middle-aged man named "Kabul" who was traveling with the Tuan Army pointed to a small farm surrounded by red willows outside the town and shouted.

After entering the boundary of Yuanquan, the family insisted on taking Wu Liang and others to meet their relatives, saying that the Tuiren Army had taken good care of them along the way, and they wanted to express their gratitude as landlords.

In fact, this is the generosity of others.

After all, they also came to seek refuge with others. To put it bluntly, there was not much difference between fleeing from famine.

But Wu Liang still accepted their proposal.

It's not that he even wants to take advantage of this advantage, the main reason is that in such an unfamiliar place, it is better to have an agent who can speak locally. After all, when passing through "Wulan" not long ago, the local The people in the village did not trust foreigners like them very much, and encountered some difficulties in supplies. It was Yang Wanli who spent money to find a local fellow to act as an agent, and finally got rid of this embarrassing situation.

"Your uncle is quite rich, and he seems to be living a happy life."

Looking at the lush small farm, Wu Liang smiled.

"Of course, my uncle is a well-known witch doctor in this area. He has saved many lives, especially among our Yue clan."

Kabul puffed up his chest and said quite proudly.

"The doctor is kind, your uncle must be a good man."

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"You still have knowledge. My uncle is also a kind person. Sometimes Han people like you flee here in disaster, and my uncle will also send some food to help them. That's why I brought you here. If My uncle knows that you have not only taken care of us all the way, but you are also a capable person who can turn water into ice, so he will be happy to make friends with you, and naturally he will entertain you as well."

When Kabul spoke, there was always an honest and simple smile on his dark face, so people could never connect him with the wicked.

And although his wife and two children are not as talkative as he is, their usual behavior does not show the slightest scheming, and they have the same smile when they smile. It looks like a family.

As for what Kabul said about "melting water into ice"...

This is actually just a small trick of Wu Liang, because the weather has been too hot in the past few days, Wu Liang saw that the people in the Huan Army could not stand the heat, so he used the saltpeter he carried to make some ice cubes for him. Let's cool off.

People in this era know too little about saltpeter.

Naturally, he didn't know that saltpeter would absorb a lot of heat when dissolved in water. Using this extremely common chemical knowledge of later generations, even in hot summer, ice cubes could be produced to relieve the heat.

Therefore, when Wu Liang took out ice cubes from the water, the people in the Zhuan Army and the family of four were really amazed. They all looked at Wu Liang as if they saw a fairy descended from the earth.

then.

Since then, they have lived a fairy life that the royal family who has the ability to use the cellar to store ice in winter in this era may not even dare to imagine. There is nothing more comfortable than eating a bowl of cold and delicious smoothies in the hot summer. what?

Also since then.

Although the four members of the family didn't say anything, they already regarded Wu Liang as a shaman in the eyes of the Yuezhi people in their hearts, and they were full of respect and admiration in every gesture.

"I also hope to make friends with someone like your uncle, so I will trouble you to introduce him."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, and he also became interested in this well-known "witch doctor".

……

As a result, after entering this small Zhuangzi.

Go further in, until you see a row of houses built of bricks made of mixed mud and grass.

"Brother talented, what does it smell like? It stinks!"

Zhuge Liang covered his nose first, and said to Wu Liang in a sullen voice with a wrinkled face.

"Yeah, it stinks, and there is a fishy smell!"

Everyone also said in puzzlement.

In fact, they didn't smell this stench just now, but the smell was not so strong before, at least it was still under the limit of tolerability, so everyone didn't say anything.

After all, manure is already being used as fertilizer in some places at this time, and some smells are normal. We are not fairies who do not eat fireworks in the world, and it is not that we can't smell a little smell. It will only make people feel hypocritical.

"I don't know why, but this old man finds this smell somewhat familiar..."

Yu Ji sucked his nose twice, but cast a surprised look at Wu Liang.

"Is it the smell of corpses?"

Wu Liang was startled, and he also felt that the smell was very familiar, but he couldn't tell what it was for a while, but now Yu Ji's eyes finally woke Wu Liang up.

"Young master, look what that is."

Yang Wanli, who was walking in the front, also stopped quickly, turned his head and pointed to the row of rolled straw mats neatly arranged in front of the row of houses, and said with a surprised expression.

"..."

Not only Wu Liang, but everyone followed Yang Wanli's finger to look at it.

I saw a few bare feet with pale and bluish complexion exposed under a few straw mats, they were clearly human feet!

and so.

Could it be that the thing rolled up in that row of straw mats was a corpse? !

Is it also because of this that they smell such a strong stench, and it is the dead body smell that people who have been to the grave are very sure of? !

"Kabul, what's going on?!"

Wu Liang's face turned cold, and he looked sideways at Kabul who also had a look of surprise and even some fear.

Dian Wei took advantage of the situation and took down a pair of halberds.

The soldiers of the Huren Army entered a state of alert, and at the same time quietly cut off the retreat of the family of four.

They have reason to suspect that this family of four has ill intentions towards them, and it is not wise to bring them here... If so, they have already fallen into the trap, and now it is not only this that is worth noting A family of four, I am afraid there are enemies who may jump out at any time to harm them, and I am afraid that there are not a few of them.

"My lord, my lord, I don't even know what happened here!"

Kabul was already used to the people in the Tuan army addressing Wu Liang, so he quickly explained to Wu Liang with a wrinkled face, "It has been six years since I left Yuanquan, and I have never seen Ngawang in these six years. Uncle, Uncle Ngawang sent me a message a few days ago, saying that he taught me to bring my family back here to help him with some things, so I came back with your caravan. I can swear to Qilian Mountain that I will I really don’t know anything, my lord!”

"My lord, we really don't know anything..."

Kabul's wife also hugged her two children tightly, and said to Wu Liang while being quite afraid.

at this time.

"Kabul?"

A slightly hoarse old voice came from the row of houses.

Everyone looked back, only to see an old man with gray hair came out of the house at some point. This old man was wrapped in a robe with various strips of cloth hanging on it, and a string of animal teeth was hung around his neck. A chain made of silver, and two rather fashionable ring-shaped silver ornaments on the two earlobes.

"I just said that I heard your voice vaguely just now, and when I came out, it was you who came back."

The old man still didn't understand what was going on, and said with a look of surprise on his face, "You came back at the right time, and you brought such a helper with you, Kabul, you are promising."

"Uncle Awang, what's the matter with these dead people?"

Kabul didn't have the heart to tell the old man how he missed each other at this moment, so he quickly pointed to the corpses wrapped in straw mats and asked.

He made a rough estimate, and there were at least forty or fifty dead people here.

He knew better than Wu Liang what Yuanquan was. This place is vast and sparsely populated, so it is definitely a big deal for so many people to die all at once.

"That's why I called you back to help."

Looking at the dead bodies, the old man finally sighed helplessly, and said, "I heard that there is a genius doctor in Zhongyuan called Zhang Zhongjing, who called this method of death 'huhuo', and it is said that this disease is caused by excessive lust. .”

While talking, the old man lifted one of the straw mats, and generously showed the dead body inside to Kabul and everyone to watch.

It was the body of a grown man.

The body of the corpse was naked, except for the pale and bluish skin and the spots that had emerged, the most palpitating and disgusting thing was the festering abscess on the body.

"vomit!"

Bai Jingjing couldn't help retching, she quickly turned her face away and didn't dare to look at it, and covered Zhuge Liang's eyes.

　late late late... TAT
　　
　
(End of this chapter)