Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 108 Liu Paopao, galloping like an arrow off the string

After Liu Yu asked, "Is the news reliable?", the farmhouse suddenly became very quiet.

Liu Bei and Zhen Yi looked at each other, but Zhen Yi opened his mouth and said, "Whether the news is accurate or not, I'll let you judge."

While speaking, Zhen Yi clapped his hands.

A man walked in from behind the door, and when he saw Liu Yu, he knelt down with a "click".

"Young Li Ergou, I have met your benefactor."

benefactor?

As soon as this title was mentioned, Liu Yu frowned slightly, and stared at him deeply the next moment, her delicate cheeks were full of suspicion, "I have never met you before, how could you call me benefactor?"

"Engong, it's like this. My family is in Xieliang County, Hedong. I went to Zhongshan Wuji to work together with my fellow countrymen. However... Last year, I received a letter from my family. My mother was seriously ill. Even if I spent all my savings, there was not enough to treat my mother. Yes, at that time it was... the Zhen family hoarded horses... widely recruiting grooms, and the young one was recruited because he had learned how to raise horses for several years, and he was recruited, and the salary was generous."

Speaking of this, the man named Li Ergou hesitated for a moment, and continued: "Later, Master Zhen knew about the situation in Xiao's family, so he gave Xiao a sum of money in advance, and asked Xiao to go to treat my mother's illness. Only then did my mother get cured, and the younger one thanked Master Zhen after returning home, but Master Zhen said that if Liu Guan hadn’t mainly hoarded horses, he wouldn’t have recruited the younger ones. If it wasn’t for Liu Guan’s instructions to treat the people below well, he wouldn’t have moved ahead of schedule. Giving Xiao the money, it was Guanzhu Liu's words that saved Xiao's old lady, isn't that the benefactor of 'Little'?"

At the end, the man hugged Liu Yu's legs, tears rolling down his face.

The big man ruled the world with filial piety, no matter what the reason or method, if he saved someone else's old lady, it was almost like recreating love.

Similar to, this man's mother gave birth to him once, and Liu Yu gave birth to him again.

Liu Yu raised her head and looked around Zhen Yi, seeing Zhen Yi nodding to him, indicating that what he said was true.

Unexpectedly, because of hoarding horses, because of being kind to servants, because of these insignificant things, it would have such a positive impact.

"Get up... I didn't help you too much."

Liu Yu helped Li Ergou up.

Li Ergou's eyes were still full of tears, "These things are insignificant things to Engong, but to me, it is to preserve my mother, to preserve a filial piety, Engong... I am Hedong Xieliang, I know everything about Xieliang County, so I'll tell you... tell you."

Speaking of Xieliang County, Liu Yu suddenly became vigilant.

He stretched out his hand to signal Li Ergou not to speak yet, and he turned his eyes to Zhen Yi.

"When you came, did you pay attention behind you?"

Zhen Yi understood, and quickly said: "Throwing away, entering this farm, I also turned over from the courtyard of the next farm. I can be sure that no one noticed."

After talking about this, Liu Yu nodded lightly, and he continued to ask: "Have Li Ergou's wife and family settled down?"

The burning of Lijia Village was vivid in his mind, and Liu Yu did not want any more tragedies to happen.

"Brother, don't worry." Zhen Yi said solemnly: "Since Li Ergou dared to stand up, then those who should be transferred and those who should be settled should be properly settled. During this process, Xuande helped a lot."

Speaking of Liu Bei...

Liu Yu shifted her gaze to him again, "Brother Liu, thank you very much."

"It's an honor for Bei to go through fire and water for my virtuous brother!" Liu Bei blurted out.

After confirming this, Liu Yu extinguished a few more candles, and then ordered: "Li Ergou, you can talk."

Therefore, Li Ergou narrated the "dark things" about Jieliang in Hedong.

In fact... Xie Liang knows everything about these things.

For example, the Qin family colluded with Jietianwu to collect "tolls" from merchants along the way. If they did not pay, they would be robbed by "hu people".

For example, Jietianwu pretends to be "Hu people". In addition to plundering merchants, whenever they meet righteous people and fight against injustices, they will take action, making the illusion of Hu people looting the village. The lives in their hands have long been hundreds of thousands of people. Thousands.

For another example, the Yan family is involved with the Qin family and Thief of Heaven. Every year in this illegal activity in Xieliang County, the Yan family always takes the lion's share.

There are also the Qin family's bullying and the stealing of Tianwu, one by one, Li Ergou told Liu Yu eloquently.

Liu Yu pretended to be calm on the surface, but inside he was turbulent.

Sure enough... the place where the light does not reach is endless darkness.

These dark corners, these dark people, do everything they can...

"Li Ergou, you dare to stand up and say this, I thank you on behalf of the people of Jieliang County in Hedong."

Liu Yu poured a bowl of tea for Li Ergou and handed it to him.

Li Ergou didn't dare to pick it up, he just said, "I should be the people of Xieliang County, thank you benefactor, if there is no benefactor, I don't know when the sky in this place will be lit."

call…

Liu Yu let out a long breath, feeling throbbing.

at this time.

"Bang bang... bang bang."

Two long and three short.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and everyone suddenly became vigilant.

Only Zhang Yulan, she stretched out her index finger to signal everyone not to speak, she walked lightly to the door and opened it slightly.

"Saint... I got the things."

Outside the door was the ghost soldier who had just sneaked into the stable of the government office.

Zhang Yulan quickly took the letter and gave him a wink, and the ghost left in a hurry.

Seeing that Zhang Yulan handed the bamboo slips to Liu Yu, and Liu Yu quickly scanned the contents, Zhen Yi quickly said, "My dear brother, I will take Li Ergou down to rest first."

"it is good…"

"I..." Liu Bei's eyesight was so sharp, he also planned to leave when he saw this.

Unexpectedly, Liu Yu greeted directly. "Brother Liu, stay here, I still need your help."

what…

Liu Bei was startled, and it was his wish to stay.

When Zhen Yi and Li Ergou walked out, Liu Yu had already scanned the contents of the letter paper, and there was nothing else in it. Just like what Li Ergou said, the activities of the Yan family, the Qin family, and Thief of Tianwu were all in Xieliang County. Everyone knows, it's not a secret at all.

but…

In the letterhead, a very crucial piece of information was mentioned.

In the accountant room of the Qin family, there is a secret compartment, which contains the evidence of the Qin family's collusion with Jietianwu.

This is important information.

Liu Yu didn't hide anything, and told Liu Bei and Zhang Yulan the contents of the letter.

Zhang Yulan knocked lightly on the forehead, and she questioned: "Will the evidence of the Qin family's crimes be hidden in her home? Could this be the news that the other party deliberately released? Is the person who wrote the letter reliable?"

Liu Bei was also deeply suspicious of this. "My virtuous brother, you must be on guard against others, this letterhead..."

just like…

Liu Bei also didn't believe that someone would be so stupid as to hide the criminal evidence in his own home.

but…

This matter is actually very easy to understand. Liu Yu has encountered it before. For example, Zhang Rang, the head of the ten permanent attendants, hid his black book in his mansion, and was stolen by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. .

This is similar to the corrupt officials of later generations, do you expect them to deposit the corrupted money and food in the bank?
That's obviously not possible!

So, what kind of fruit box, suitcase, storage room, hidden in these are all ordinary.

What's more, some people hide money in tree holes, in ash piles, in rice fields, under tiles on roofs, and even some cadres are ingenious and hide accounts in fish maws.

But no matter where they are, the stolen money must be placed where they can see and touch it.

Every night in the dead of night, they would put the money on the ground, one pile after another, to smell their bodies.

Biru, in the county town before Liu Yu crossed over, was a small town in the north.

A corrupt official hid money under the quilt very unimaginatively. The funny thing is that a thief came to steal it. When the quilt was lifted, the thief peed in fright and fell directly to the ground, waking up the corrupt official in his sleep.

The corrupt official was also very calm, pointed at the money and told the thief, you can pretend as you like, you can pretend as much as you can tonight, and if you leave this door, none of us will know anyone!
There are a lot of things like this.

This is the so-called black under the lamp.

"Don't worry, this letter is very reliable." Liu Yu explained. "Not to mention that the person who sent the letter is a junior of the Taiyuan Wang family. The Taiyuan Wang family is a famous family in Shanxi. The patriarch Wang Yun alone hates this kind of corruption, perversion of the law, and malpractice for personal gain. What's more...he is also entrusted by others. For loyalty, he must give that person face."

Zhang Yulan still had some doubts.

"Who has such a big face? Can the children of a big clan take such risks?"

"The former head of the Taixue——Qiao Xuan."

Liu Yu smiled slightly and explained in detail. "Speaking of which, Wang Yun is still Qiaozi's earliest disciple. The master has an order. How dare disciple An not obey?"

Speaking of this, what Liu Yu thought of was that when he was about to leave Luoyang, Qiao Xuan, who was reinstated as an official and became a captain again, specially guarded the west gate to see Liu Yu off.

Among them, Qiao Xuan said something to Liu Yu.

——Luoyang in the Han Empire and beyond Luoyang are two worlds.

——In addition to Sili and Sili, there are two worlds.

——The farther away from Luoyang, the darker the place... Moreover, these dark forces have penetrated into every field. If you want to defeat them, you must understand them from the beginning.

When he said this, Qiao Xuan's eyes seemed to tell Liu Yu that he knew a lot.

After that, it was Qiao Xuanyu who told Liu Yu earnestly that he had arranged for someone to stay at the stables in Xieliang County every day, where the most authentic scenes in Xieliang County could be seen.

At that time, Liu Yu was also suspicious, and asked Qiao Xuan, is this person reliable?

Qiao Xuan's answer was extremely firm.

That's right, as his former disciple in Taixue, Wang Yun, the patriarch of the Wang family in Taiyuan, no one is more jealous or more reliable than him?
With this in mind, Liu Yu ordered without hesitation. "Xuande, let me write a letter, and you will hand it over to Wen Ruo, who is rushing to Xieliang County."

"Wen Ruo? Is that the Xun Duyou sent by the imperial court?" Liu Bei asked.

"Exactly, if you follow the official path, you will meet him soon." Liu Yu nodded.

Zhang Yulan at the side had already unrolled the silk cloth for him, and Liu Yu was writing something on it.

Very neat and small characters in seal script, not long after Liu Yu finished writing, he blew on it, as if to let the ink dry faster.

After the ink dried up, Liu Yu rolled it up and handed it to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei accepted it cautiously, he actually wanted to ask, such an important letter, why did Guanzhu Liu choose me?

But the moment he met Liu Yu's eyes, he felt the urgency and determination of the other party, and immediately stopped speaking...but cupped his hands and said: "My brother entrusts you with such important things, and you must fulfill your mission."

Having said that, Liu Bei turned around and planned to go out.

"Brother Liu..."

Liu Yu finally stopped him.

Liu Bei paused without turning around, and Liu Yu's words came out one after another.

"Be very careful."

"Don't worry." Liu Bei bit his lower lip lightly. "Unless I die, faith is in people!"

While talking, Liu Bei went out.

"Get it..."

In the middle of the night, the horse neighed suddenly, its hooves galloped, and it galloped down the official road.

Hearing the neighing of the horse and the sound of hooves, Zhang Yulan paused.

"My lord, why did you choose Liu Bei? It's the first time my lord met him, and there are so many ghost soldiers in the way of heavenly masters, can't he be competent?"

"Because..." Liu Yu continued waving her pen, writing something on another piece of silk, and replied, "Sister Yulan, no one knows Liu Xuande better than me!"

"In this world, if he wants to run, no one can catch up."

As Liu Yu said.

In later generations, Liu Bei was affectionately called "Liu Paopao".

This is due to the fact that he set up a stall selling straw sandals since he was a child.

Just like the "urban management" and "hawkers" of later generations, Liu Bei's "traditional handicraft industry" plus "street stall management" model, and in the game with the "urban management" of this era, has trained his keen observation skills, and The ability to formulate the correct escape route in a short time.

To catch him is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky!

...

...

Liu Bei was riding his horse at this time, when he suddenly saw a Hu cavalry ambushing in the village chasing towards him.

Sure enough, it was too sensitive to send a letter at this time, and it still attracted the attention of those "nails".

Looking at the crowd of people behind him, Liu Bei knew that these were the people from Thief of Heaven, if they caught them, the letter would never be delivered.

Liu Bei's heart was twisted for a while, he hesitated for a moment, and never looked back!

His hand that was holding the rein tightly was trembling. Finally, he tried his best to calm down and galloped the horse.

Behind him, the dust rose more and more.

The sound of "da da da" horseshoes can be heard endlessly.

There are more and more people chasing, until - flying sand and stones.

And Liu Bei, who did not know where the energy burst out, the horsewhip kept slapping on the horse's buttocks, like an arrow off the string, facing the light of dawn, galloping like lightning!
...

...

In Thieves Dock, Wen Chou's lips were trembling, and his heart was very entangled.

On the one hand, Yan He ordered him to act in a low-key manner, so that he could no longer send out "Hu Qi".

It seems that they are going to send a letter to the upcoming "Xun Du Post".

Wen Chou didn't know the content of this letter, but he had to intercept the letter in order to know how much the other party's vanguard had found.
He pondered for a long time before he opened his mouth and said: "Chasing, send some more people to continue chasing!"

A younger brother under his command frowned and said: "We recognized that person, he was the one who ruined our affairs with that Guan Changsheng and that black face in the past, but... But his horse is too fast, he has already sent dozens of people, Still can't catch up."

Well…

With Guan Changsheng, with that black face?

Wen Chou stared at the little brother in front of him, and there was a little more complicated look in his eyes, "If it's him, then we can't let him see Duyou!"

"But... I can't catch up..." The younger brother wanted to say "I can't catch up", but he never thought, before he opened his mouth.

With a "bang", Wen Chou's hands clenched into fists and slammed heavily on the table.

"If you can't catch up, I will block the official road for Lao Tzu and force him to go elsewhere, no matter whether he lives or dies, but... he must not be allowed to see the cavalry of the governor!"

"Yes Yes…"

The younger brother of Thieves Skywood seems to have felt the anger of the leader.

Without further ado, the counting people quickly flew out.

Master Chou is right, if he can't catch up, then block the official way in advance and force him to go elsewhere.

Chase slowly, you can always catch up.

Live or die.

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...

On the bank of the Fen River to the north of Emeiling, on the official road, Liu Bei rode his horse galloping, and behind him more than [-] thieves dressed in horseback riding came movingly, and he was still gnashing his teeth and whipping his horse.

Liu Bei used to be a classmate with Gongsun Zan of Liaodong, and he considered him his eldest brother, and he even learned equestrianism from him. Therefore, his equestrian skills are very superb, and he can always keep a distance of [-] steps from the opponent.

The pursuers were all sturdy men, they all drew their bows and shot away, but Liu Bei rode fast, only to hear the whistling sound of arrows, but none of the feathered arrows hit him.

"Da da da…"

"Da da da…"

After running wildly for two hours, the sound of the horse's hooves has gradually weakened.

at this time.

When Liu Bei raised his eyes, he saw more than a dozen horsemen standing in the middle of the official road. Is this to... double-team him?
Suddenly, Liu Bei's mood fell to the bottom.

But... being keen, he immediately saw a small road beside the official road, which led to the jungle, and based on his feeling, the only way to escape the opponent and find a piece of land was to hide in the jungle in such a chase. vitality.

"Drive, drive!"

Reining in his horse, Liu Bei turned his horse and headed towards the jungle.

Surprisingly, when the pursuers saw Liu Bei turn around, they seemed to be happy to hear it, and immediately slowed down their horseshoes, but kept their distance, and a few chased into the jungle.

More people are guarding the door.

Including more than a dozen bandit soldiers stationed on the official road also joined together.

This is a cat-and-mouse game, or a game of catching a turtle in a pot. I don't know if it's the shrewdness of the cat or the agility of the mouse. Liu Bei froze left and right, constantly throwing his opponents away while keeping himself in a safe place.

Over the years, the sharp eyesight he has cultivated in the "traditional handicraft industry" and "street stall management" models, and the choice of desperate situations have kept him invincible.

call…

Another sharp turn, Liu Bei breathed out, he stopped his horse, looked back, and there was no thief behind him after riding Juechen.

I could only hear people echoing in the jungle.

——"Not here."

——“Not here either!”

——"Block all the exits, let's play with him slowly!"

Hearing this, Liu Bei bit his lips tightly. He got off the horse, untied the water bag, drank some himself, and let the horse drink some too.

suddenly.

"not good"…

He suddenly realized something, and instinctively touched the letterhead on his chest with both hands.

The letterhead is still there...but...

"Too bad, they didn't intend to catch me at all, but... they wanted to block this letter!"

Liu Bei looked at the official road that was already far away, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead...

"The task given by Guanzhu Liu, I'm afraid it's... I'm afraid it's..."

Liu Bei's tone carried an infinite sense of urgency and helplessness.

Xun Yu, the postal supervisor, will come to Xieliang County tomorrow, and Guan Changsheng will be asked to kill him the next day. Even if Xun Yu is the postal supervisor, without any evidence and preparations, it is impossible to rescue Guan Yu.

This…

Time is running out.

Liu Bei tightly clenched the letter paper in his hand, grief came from his heart, he raised his whip, and planned to rush out.

But at this time, the other party has more than forty cavalry and blocked every exit in the jungle. Where did he get out from?
"Shit, shit!"

Liu Bei's back molars "clacked", and he still remembered his firm words to Liu Yu - "I will not disgrace my mission!"

Can…

This time, it seemed that he was farther and farther away from his mission.

After all, did Guanzhu Liu "pay by mistake"?

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...

The sun has already risen, and Xun Yu, the governor appointed by the imperial court, has just ordered a hundred officers and soldiers from the Hedong County Government Office to gallop on the official road.

Xun Yu was sitting on the carriage, his eyes were fixed on the end of the official road, as if he was waiting for something.

He knew that Liu Yu arrived in Hedong County two days ahead of schedule, and that Guan Changsheng's beheading would be two days later. There was not much time left for Xun Yu, and once he entered the city, the local government would do everything possible to prevent him from Xun Yu's death. Yu meets "unrelated people".

That is to say, today... My good brother Liu Yu will most likely send someone to summon him.

This is the last chance.

"Still not?"

The light of dawn gradually rises, and the official road is endless, except for their horse team, there are no pedestrians, not even a person in the fields on the bank of the Fen River at the foot of Mount Emei.

The whole place looks extraordinarily weird.

call…

Xun Yu let out a long breath, and he slowly unfolded a picture scroll. This is a "Princess Xijun and Princess Going to the Fortress", which was drawn by the emperor Liu Hong himself.

It is drawn during the period of Emperor Wu, who sent Liu Xijun, the daughter of Liu Jian, the king of Jiangdu, as a married princess to marry the king of Wusun Kingdom.

Liu Hong is very good at poetry and painting. When he gave this painting to Xun Yu, he gave some meaningful instructions.

In the past, Emperor Wu wanted to join forces with the "Wusun Kingdom" to attack the Xiongnu, so he sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to propose marriage to the King of Wusun Kingdom. It was only then that the alliance between the two countries was reached, which severely damaged the Huns.

It's just that Princess Xijun was forced to live a life of fiddle and pipa because of a language barrier.

Even after Lao Shanyu's death, according to local customs, Princess Xijun was in charge of Lao Shanyu's grandson, and she gave birth to a daughter with her grandson, named Shaofu, and finally died in depression.

It is worth mentioning that the making of the pipa is also related to Princess Xijun.

This is because Emperor Wu felt ashamed, so after the victory over the Xiongnu, he asked people to make a musical instrument for Princess Xijun and sent it to Wusun to relieve the longing for Princess Xijun.

This musical instrument is "Ruan", also known as "Qin Pipa".

At this moment, Xun Yu's fingers are lightly touching the "pipa" in the scroll, and his mind is full of thoughts...

Liu Hong gave Xun Yu this picture to show his "determination" to Xun Yu.

In order to sweep away the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu could sacrifice "princesses" one by one, and Liu Hong, in order to rectify the darkest local government, would not hesitate to cut off the wrists of a strong man!

—— "Let's do it! You and your good brother!"

This is Liu Hong's last words to Xun Yu, and this sentence is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Indeed, in history, the real dragon in the reign of Emperor Ling was blind, but once someone tried to touch the eyes of the real dragon, even if he only saw a little light, why wouldn't the real dragon go all out and give it a go?
"call…"

Just when Xun Yu was feeling emotional again.

Blocked by tree shadows, I saw a horse galloping from a distance, and the figure on the horse gradually became clear, but it wasn't Zhang Fei Zhang Yide, who else could it be?
Xun Yu was quite impressed by this black guy who loves to paint.

"Him? Brother Xian sent him to deliver the letter?"

Xun Yu muttered in his heart...

But, how could he know.

——The night is like a rock, under the dark night, Zhang Fei's complexion is the best camouflage!

——And Liu Bei, who is good at "escaping", is the best bait!

Here he comes, here he comes!
Carrying Liu Yu's letterhead, he broke through the darkness and came galloping roaringly.

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(End of this chapter)