Shu Chen

Chapter 82 Drinking Blood
After the snow, it is clear and the cold wind is hunting.

The sky that is still densely covered with clouds, with continuous ashes, urges the mountains and rivers to descend, showing the trembling power of all things.

As far as the eye can see, the plains are covered in silver, and they are all shivering and shuddering.

Only the Longquan Mountains from Guanghan to Qianwei County, the peaks are ups and downs, enduring the bitterness of the cold at the heights, let the north wind pick out the dark green of the trees and stand proudly in the sky, adding to the silent and chilling winter. A bit angry and unyielding.

North of Chengdu, Dongfeng Canal and Jindu, Xiaoting.

From here, cross the Dongfeng Canal, go north to Pijiang, Xindu County, Guanghan County, and then turn east along the Pijiang to reach Jintang Gorge.

Outside the small pavilion, several cramped deer carts were placed horizontally in the north to cover the wind.

Four or five guards with knives stood upright, enclosing the four people in the small pavilion.

They are the Son of Heaven and his party who have left the palace.

The emperor Liu Shan, who claimed to be feeling the wind and cold recently, was not coming to court recently. He was wearing a sackcloth with armpits and a long sword on his waist. He stopped and looked in the direction of Chengdu.

Dong Yun and others have repeatedly advised the emperor not to stand against the wind and suffer from the cold.

However, the Son of Heaven rejected it altogether.

Due to a secret trip, the emperor and his party went out of the capital with Zheng Pu Nai, and they were scheduled to meet here.

But Zheng Pu has not arrived yet.

It wasn't that Zheng Pu was delayed by something, but that in the past, he could only leave the city of Chengdu only when he was in the suburbs and when he visited the late emperor Huiling. He urged everyone to arrive an hour early.

He also said it so clearly, using the "Book of Songs, Oxiao" to call everyone: "Before it rains in the sky, I will thoroughly clean the mulberry soil, and take precautions for the households."

Euphemistically called "pre-events sooner rather than later."

However, in the cold wind, he stopped for half an hour, and his face was full of impatience.

The bronze beast-inspired heater that I had brought up since I put it on the ground and brought it up again, will inevitably look far and wide in the direction of Chengdu in half a quarter of an hour.

If it wasn't for Dong Yun's remonstrance, he would have sent a group back along the road to look for someone.

Zhuge Qiao, who has a rather suave temperament, deliberately persuaded the emperor to learn to read and pass on for meditation, but then turned his head and thought, as soon as he left the city, he urged the emperor to read, which might be too harsh.

He simply took the qin from the deer cart, placed it on his knees, and played it for everyone.

Seeing no taste, let the emperor suspend his anxiety.

However, it's a pity.

He has the heart to set the qin for Boya, but the Son of Heaven has no desire to be a child.

However, Zheng Pu arrived at this time.

Out of his duty as a courtier, he was also determined to come here three quarters of an hour earlier to meet the emperor, but he didn't expect the emperor to hear it earlier.

"Ashamed to have worked with Liu Jun and you long-time marquis! Ashamed!"

As soon as he arrived at the small pavilion, Zheng Pu saw that everyone had arrived, so he hurriedly bowed his hands and apologized.

Well, in order to cover up their identity, everyone called the Son of Heaven as Liu Jun, and the rest of them matched their names.

Only Zhuge Qiao, in order to avoid Zhuge Jin's taboo, called Zheng Pu Zheng Jun.Under the etiquette exchanges, and because the surname "Zhuge" is too familiar in Bashu, it is easy to attract other people's reverie, so Zheng Pu also had to call him "Ge Jun". 【Note 1】

"Zijin is more polite."

With a smile on his face, the emperor Liu Chan stepped up to hold Zheng Pu's hand and headed for Jindu.

When everyone saw this, they quickly packed up and followed.

The Dongfeng Canal is not wide, and there are pontoons for pedestrians, but deer carts and Yunnan horses must be crossed by boat and boat.

Therefore, Jindu took a lot of time, and the days were short in winter. After walking more than ten miles north, everyone stayed in the post, fearing that the sky would be dark, and they would not be able to reach the post in front and sleep in the wilderness.

Trivial matters such as paying money to move in, cleaning up the post house, and making a fire for cooking are properly arranged by the relevant squires.

Everyone is busy.

Either fetching water to clean the dust, or stopping to look at the scenery, or kneading and beating the legs to relieve the pain of not walking for a long time, and so on.

The eye-catching is the emperor Liu Shan who has lived in the cage for a long time.

He thought it would be novel and looked around, but he went to Zhuge Qiao to get the biography, sitting on the Hu bed and reading.

Well, he was stimulated.

Along the way, Fu Yan and Xiao Zheng Chou recited the whole way with bamboo slips in their hands.

When he arrived at the post office and waited for the evening meal, he performed martial arts with swords and spears.

When the emperor saw this, he was quite curious, so he looked for Zheng Pu and asked.

After learning that Fu Yan was so diligent in his studies, it was a habit he developed when he went to Nanzhong School last year, and after he slacked off every day, he sighed, "I am not as good as a kid because I am skilled in diligence!"

In this situation, Dong Yun, who has been paying attention to the actions of the emperor, hurriedly took the inkstone and turned it into ink and wrote a daily note.

The book says:

At the beginning of Shiyou, after crossing the canal and Jin, Shang and Pu carried along the road.

He asked, "What's the benefit of going out today?"

Pu said: "Shangshu: Shuozhiming has a cloud, 'It is not difficult to know, but to do it is difficult.' For those who are rational in the world, they know the book, know the teacher, are quick in thinking, and know how to do it. ."

The superior said good, and asked again, "Knowing, knowing, and thinking, what is the command?"

Pu said: "There are soldiers at the post station, guarding the road, seeing countless people, and those who know the customs of Li and Shu. If you stay overnight, you can find them at the top."

Upvote: "As Qing said."

On the way, Yan and a young child recited the Dao without letting go of the scroll.At the station, they all dance with swords and spears.

When I saw and heard, I sighed with shame, but I took the book and read it by myself.

After the book was finished, the pen was put down, and the bamboo slips were blown dry and gently rolled up into a cloth bag.

Immediately, Dong Yun turned his head to the side and looked at the emperor who was focusing on his studies, with various expressions in his eyes.

Surprised, moved, delighted, and sour, etc., intertwined back and forth, competing to reflect each other.

From the 24th year of Jian'an, he was selected by the late emperor as the prince's sheren, and he moved back to Xima. Now he is the servant of Huangmen. Dong Yun has been serving the emperor for six years.Witness the growth of the emperor from a young man without a beard to getting married, ascending the throne, and practicing government affairs under the supervision of the prime minister.

He knows nothing about the temperament of the Son of Heaven.

Honest and honest, filial piety, wisdom no less than ordinary people, however, stubbornness is very heavy!

According to legend, the late emperor Liu Bei was not very fond of reading when he was young, but liked dogs and horses, music, beautiful clothes, and was good at making friends with heroes.

However, in his later years, he was full of teeth, and he had an enterprising heart to make achievements. He was unsuccessful for half his life, and he was never discouraged, and finally succeeded in the glory of the Han Dynasty.

Today is the opposite.

Before tying my hair, I was quite diligent in reading, and I tried to doubt it according to the consultation. 【Note 2】

Later, when I was older and tired from the palace ban, I didn't like reading!

Only Queen Zhang of Phoenix Yufei came to read with her, and the book specially ordered by the Prime Minister. The emperor read and read it carefully. Every time he read and studied politics, his face was tired and he seemed to be "overwhelmed by things".

Moreover, often conceived out of the palace to visit, and to increase the heart of vocal music.

Dong Yun himself had some advice. At the beginning, the emperor was still able to hear it, but later he turned a blind eye, and it was gone.

Today, the act of looking for a book to read is something that has not happened in years!

Incredible!
How can it not be surprising?
I have heard that Zheng Zijin is quite talented and learned, and has been treated differently by the prime minister. Could it be that this remonstrance that the emperor went out of the palace to travel, did he understand the evil that Confucius taught him according to his aptitude?
Thinking of this, Dong Yun couldn't help but turn his eyes to Zheng Pu, who was having a good chat with Zhuge Qiao.

At first, Dong Yun was quite disgusted when he heard that Zheng Pu had advised the Prime Minister to let the Son of Heaven leave the palace.

The Son of Heaven has not yet reached the crown, and his mind is uncertain, how can An Neng condone and encourage stubbornness?

Moreover, the Son of Heaven is a country, and he is called a poor man, and he is called an orphan and a widow. He should be respected and feared by scholars and concubines.
However, today, when he heard the saying of "the unity of knowledge and action", and seeing that the Son of Heaven was willing to read diligently, Dong Yun turned the disgust in his heart into melting ice and snow.

Perhaps, I am a fool.

I don't know Zijin's talent, but he is just a laughing stock!
Shaking his head slightly, Dong Yun laughed at himself.

Just at this moment, there was a faint sound of footsteps behind him, and he couldn't help but turn his head, and then he shouted, "Ah!"

The people in the post office were startled, competing to be on guard and paying attention.

It turned out that after arriving at the post, he returned to the Beggar House, which was in the nearby mountains and forests.

But it wasn't that he had a majestic body with bird feathers on his head and animal teeth on his neck, which made Dong Yun mistaken for a villain in the twilight, but he was holding a long worm more than six feet in his hand!

That bifurcated snake letter that kept spitting out was no more than ten feet away from Dong Yun.

When you see it suddenly, how can you not be surprised?

"Begging for the teeth, hurry up and apologize!"

Hearing the sound, Zheng Pu, who came in a hurry, first told his squire, and then handed Dong Yun's hand, "Brother Xiu Zhao, my squire is a man of the scorpion, and I have always eaten rice and snake soup. I don't want to surprise Brother Xiu Zhao, I am ashamed. Ashamed!"

"No problem, no problem."

Dong Yun, who had already recovered his senses, waved his hand quickly, smiling gurglingly, "It's not the fault of Zijin's followers, but I was startled by the sudden sight of the worm, but it made Zijin laugh."

When the words fell, he stopped Qi Ya Cuo's salute.

His eyes lit up with joy, he looked at the begging teeth house, and said happily, "Zijin, could this be the person of Zhu Bao, a thief with a knife? What a strong man!"

After complimenting him, he actually wanted to reach out and pat Qi Ya Cuo's shoulder to show intimacy.

Just seeing that the long worm was still spitting out the letter, stretched out his hand halfway, and took it back with embarrassment.

"Hahaha~~~"

The emperor who also heard the sound saw it so clearly, he couldn't help laughing, and he sneered, "I know now that Xiu Zhao, who is usually unsmiling, is actually afraid of a long worm!"

It made Dong Yun laugh and laugh, and felt embarrassed for a while.

It's just that the emperor laughed, and after a while, his face turned pale.

After the misunderstanding was resolved, Beggar warmed the worms in his hands before he came to make the fire for cooking rice.

Immediately, he held the long worm's head and tail in both hands, held it high above the top, and after biting off the snake's tail with his teeth, he leaned forward and sucked its blood!

The end of life is quite incomparable.

Quietly moving away from the fire, the emperor pulled Zheng Pu and said softly, "Zijin, the barbarians in the south, are all so ruddy and bloody?"

And Guan Xing, Zhuge Qiao and Dong Yun also stepped forward and waited.

"There are few salt wells in the middle of the South."

Hearing this, Zheng Pu nodded slightly and said with a smile, "The big people of the South can still have the resources to buy salt for food. But the natives and barbarians do not avoid raw food, and often drink blood, which is beneficial to the body."

"Bah!"

As soon as Zheng Pufu finished his words, the emperor gasped in a breathless breath, his eyes widening in disbelief.

When his eyes were stunned for a while, he shook his head slightly and sighed in a low voice, "The natives and barbarians are also my people. It is my immorality to be so troubled."

However, with a sigh, he seemed to remember something.

He turned his head suddenly, his eyes were burning, "Zijin followed the march to Nanzhong, more than one year old, has he ever been born with the evil of drinking blood?"
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[Note 1: "Three Kingdoms: Zhuge Jin Biography" contains Pei Song's notes on the origin of Zhuge's surname. "Book of Wu" says: The Ge family first came from Langye County, and later moved to Yangdu.Yangdu first had a person with the surname Ge, who was called Zhuge at that time because of his clan. "Customs Pass" says: Ge Ying was General Chen She, who was executed for meritorious service. 】

[Note 2: In the Han Dynasty, men have fifteen strands of hair at the latest. "Book of Rites · Yuzao": "The festival of the boy is also, the commoner clothes, the brocade, the brocade and the gentlemen, and the brocade hair."]

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