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

Chapter 135: The trick of carving insects, you dare to get an axe?
Youzhou, Zhuojun, and Zhuoxian are upstairs.

At this moment, countless people are gathered here. It is reasonable to say... Under the plague, most people are not willing to gather together, for fear that one bad person will be infected with the plague. On the wall next to the city gate.

The unknown fear and confusion still attracted a large group of people to watch.

The two middle-aged men were carrying vegetable baskets and went to a farmhouse outside the city to buy two chickens this morning. They were driven here by the crowd just after entering the city.

A man pointed to the notice and read: "From now on, Zhuo County will be closed, and everyone will not be allowed to enter or leave."

After reading this, the man's pupils widened...

Exclaimed "No way..." Three words...

A civil official explained to everyone at the city gate, "The newly arrived Liu County Magistrate has an order that those who dare not respect official documents and break into the city gate will be imprisoned and exiled at the border."

A commoner yelled, "The city is closed? Then... what shall we eat?"

He is a woodcutter, and he collects firewood for a living. Once the city gate is closed, it is equivalent to cutting off his livelihood.

Another person answered: "Yes, the official closed the city? Does the official control our food?"

A gangster said: "Magistrate Liu? Which County Magistrate Liu? Didn't the County Magistrate Liu run away just now, and another County Magistrate Liu came here? This county magistrate, I can do it myself if I issue official documents indiscriminately!"

Everyone quickly echoed: "I think it's okay, you are a county magistrate, I'm afraid you are a hundred times more reliable than this county magistrate Liu!"

The gangster snorted, "Okay, then you all listen to me from now on, we turned against this county magistrate! Let me be the one, maybe the plague in Zhuo County will be cured!"

Of course, these are words of outrage...

opposite?It's easy to say, but who would be against it if they weren't forced to a dead end?

A scribe shook his head and sighed, "What the hell are you doing? Closing down the city... Is the court going to abandon our Zhuo County?"

One hunter was silent, but... the expression in his eyes made people feel sad.

A little girl next to him asked: "Daddy, after the city is closed...is there no way to go out of the city to hunt wild rabbits?"

"Daughter is not afraid, father will find a way." Orion comforted the little girl while stroking the little girl's back.

In fact, his family has already run out of food storage...

Before, prices in Zhuoxian County skyrocketed because of the plague, but later on, no matter how rich they were, they could not buy food or medicinal materials... There are many people like this Orion.

Every day at dawn, I go out to hunt in the city, pick some wild fruits, and even dig some grass... I come home at night and steam it for food. This is the truest portrayal of many people in Zhuo County.

An elderly old man sighed with emotion: "Zhuo County was closed before, and that was because Wuhuan went south...to strengthen the walls and clear the wilderness. That time...within a few months of that time, Zhuo County died. Tens of thousands of people died, probably Yes...he died of starvation!"

His words blurted out...

Zhuo County, which was already covered with clouds, was once again covered with a thick layer of haze.

Even some people in Zhuo County were unwilling to stand still and rushed to the gate of the city like crazy.

However, Zhang Fei stands here alone at the gate of the city, no matter how many people rush in, they can't pass him.

"Sure enough..." Jian Yong, who was among the common people, frowned, and said to himself with emotion: "After all, I can't escape this level of panic... Once the panic spreads again...then..."

Apparently, what Jian Yong thought of was rebellion.

Just when the haze over Zhuojun became more and more dense.

Suddenly... a voice sounded on the street.

——"Let the power of the alliance, the decree of the supreme law. Unify the three days, kill ghosts and live people. Punish evil and counterfeit, and clean up ghost energy."

——"To enter my celestial master's way, you need to pay five buckets of rice. All my celestial master's disciples can enjoy talisman water to cure diseases and talismans to exorcise evil spirits!"

——"Respect my teachings, those who join my teachings will never be hungry!"

never hungry...

With such a loud tone, all the people in Zhuo County looked at each other and talked one after another.

"Fu water cures diseases, and talisman exorcises evil spirits. I've heard of it. It's the same as what the Taiping Dao great virtuous teacher preached, but you will never be hungry. What do you mean?"

"Could it be possible that under the closure of Zhuo County, our rations...is he in charge of the heavenly master? If so, I will immediately join the teaching, and the whole family will join!"

"Yeah... food is real, isn't it a way to become a celestial master? At least... we have to let us live?"

The common people whispered to each other in fear.

At this time...

Suddenly I heard a person running towards me shouting loudly, he seemed to be extremely excited.

Everyone was shocked. Looking back, they saw this man shouting: "It's true, it's true... I just paid five buckets of rice and entered the Tianshijiao... Tianshidao sent disciples to deliver food to my home , I'm saved... I'm saved, my whole family is... saved."

He was in a frenzy, running like crazy!
Even now, he still can't believe it...it's true.

There will be such a sect that will give him hope of living in despair.

Under the plague, the people in Zhuo County are simple and kind, and they will tell their parents the good news.

This…

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and immediately looked at each other, and then... they scrambled to catch up with the man, asking repeatedly: "Where is the Tao of Heavenly Master? Where can I become a teacher?"

This side...

In front of a Taoist temple with a new plaque of "Tianshiguan", to be precise...this is not an orthodox Taoist temple, it is more like a mansion, temporarily named "Tianshiguan", which was originally the residence of the magistrate of Zhuojun The mansion is very spacious.

Countless people flocked to... want to join the Tao of Heavenly Master one after another.

Some ghost soldiers maintain order, and some ghost soldiers explicitly tell every believer who wants to become a heavenly master.

Once they enter the Tao of Heavenly Masters and join the Zhengyi League, they will be a 'ghost pawn'!
All ghost soldiers must obey the orders of the leader of Tianshijiao, Zhitou Dajiu, and the saint. If they don't listen... then not only will all the food supplies and talisman water be removed to cure the disease, but they will be severely punished and expelled from the sect forever !
"Listen up, listen up..."

A ghost soldier was shouting at the top of his voice: "Any ghost soldier who joins my teaching must immediately let his family members stay at home and never go out. The daily food and medicinal materials will be sent to the door by the Tianshi Daohui. If anyone who goes out is found to be a family member of a ghost soldier, immediately excommunicate the ghost soldier, and no more food will be distributed!"

This ghost soldier yelled many times...

It is to let every common people understand.

You can enter the Tao of Heavenly Master, just five buckets of rice, but...you must let your family stay at home honestly.

Of course, there was no concept of "home isolation" in ancient times.

But... to deal with the plague, under the premise that "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" have not yet been accurately verified, "home isolation" is undoubtedly the most effective method to prevent the spread of the plague to the greatest extent.

certainly…

In ancient times, it was almost impossible to keep the people "isolated at home".

But... because of food, because of medicinal materials, because of the instinctive fear of the people after the closure of the city, maybe... "home isolation" in Zhuoxian County can also become possible.

This is Liu Yu's thinking...

Of course, Liu Bei's status as a "county magistrate" is equivalent to the official;

Zhang Yulan's identity as a "saint" in the way of celestial masters is equivalent to folk...

The two sides must cooperate extremely tacitly to complete this task.

"I...I promise to keep my family and clan members from going out..."

"I...I promise too."

"I... and me!"

A group of newly joined ghost soldiers took oaths one after another.

A ghost soldier shouted again: "If you find that there are other ghost soldiers around you who disobey the decree, or if you find that the family members of other ghost soldiers go out without reason, tell us immediately. Both crimes and punishment!"

Visible to the naked eye…

Because of the emergence of the Heavenly Master Way, and because a large number of people in Zhuo County became ghost soldiers...

The order of the entire Zhuo County has miraculously stabilized a lot.

Countless ghost soldiers actively maintained order in the streets and alleys, and sent the common people back home. Those who did not have a house would also temporarily welcome those lonely, old and young into their homes.

Zhang Fei and his husband guarded the city gate;

Liu Bei pretended to be an iron-blooded county magistrate. You know, in history, he even dared to beat the post office.

Jian Yong was among the common people, closely observing the hearts and minds of the people here.

Zhuo County, which was originally covered in dark clouds...

With the cooperation of several people, suddenly there was a feeling of clearing the clouds and seeing the sun, and the clear sky gradually rising.

On the other side, there is another rather large workshop.

"Please ask the saintess to show me these talisman papers? Burn all of them?" A ghost soldier asked the saintess Zhang Yulan.

Zhang Yulan nodded, "Burn them all in a conspicuous place, so that all the newly joined ghost soldiers can see them, and then... serve the water to those suffering from the plague."

"Yes..." The ghost soldier promised to do it immediately.

Fushui healing is a school of alchemy, and Taoism has integrated alchemy. Naturally, one of the most important things in the process of practice is alchemy, which can also be called "medical skills"!
As the only daughter of the second-generation celestial master Zhang Heng, Zhang Yulan's "alchemy" is not simple. She uses herbal medicine to make talisman paper and burns it into talisman water. She can easily grasp this basic alchemy trick.

According to Liu Yu, this is actually equivalent to...sprinkling a pair of "anti-inflammatory drugs" in the water and letting the common people drink it.

In ancient times, the common people did not take western medicine, and their body's resistance to the medicine was not strong, so... Fushui's treatment of diseases can alleviate the spread of the plague to a certain extent.

call…

After the ghost pawn left, Zhang Yulan wiped the sweat from her forehead, and continued to talk to Yi Qiankun behind her... to smash those specific herbs to make talisman paper...

The task her husband Liu Yu gave her was to persist for three months!
This is the first day...

This task...is not easy!
...

...

Nanyang, Wancheng.

The 28 generals in Yuntai, the second-ranked Wu family mansion.

Arriving here, Liu Yu was stunned, a little surprised... because what was in front of her was not a closed door, a closed door or a thank-you order, but the door was wide open, as if it was very welcome.

it's weird...

Because according to the usual practice of aristocratic families, unless they are welcoming imperial edicts or people of higher rank, they generally do not open the middle door and do not enter the main hall.

But now... not only the middle door is opened, even the red silk pavement leads to the main hall.

How can the 28 generals of Yuntai take a county guard so seriously?

At this time, it was almost dusk. Although there was still afterglow outside, the houses in the courtyard were burning brightly. The polished marble floor was walking slowly, his eyes casually glanced at the door.

Finally, as if he saw something, he stopped and turned around, the long beard under his chin moved automatically without wind.

He groaned softly in his mouth.

"coming"

Indeed, with his distant eyes, he has already observed that Liu Yu has strode towards the mansion with Wen Pin.

And this time...

The middle-aged butler in a purple robe didn't show the face that would turn people away like the stewards of the Liu residence, but greeted them with a smile.

"I have seen Taishou Liu, my master has been waiting in the mansion for a long time."

This battle...

Such acquaintance made Wenpin a little suspicious.

Liu Yu also narrowed her eyes slightly, and the old man always liked to say a word - A dog that bites does not bark!
People who have a bad stomach in their hearts...often they will bow ninety degrees when they see others...for example, a certain countryman who lives a good life.

It can be seen from this that the head of the Wu family... is not simple!

Liu Yu followed the housekeeper into the main hall through the middle door.

In the courtyard in front of the main hall, there are several desks and futons... four or five elderly people are sitting on them, drinking tea and chatting from time to time, as if they are commenting on Liu Yu.

Liu Yu asked Wenpin, and learned...these people are not the head of the Wu family...

at this time.

"Hahahaha, I finally waited for Sheriff Liu, come and come, I have seen Sheriff Liu together with the old man!"

A low and heavy voice suddenly came out.

A moderately fat, muscular middle-aged man came out with a grin. He was wearing a set of half-worn home clothes, but the jade belt around his waist seemed extremely luxurious. Grace.

He walked to Liu Yu's side, slightly bowed and saluted, his voice was like a bell.

"Old man Wu Cang, I have met Liu Junshou."

Liu Yu nodded silently, wanting to see what bad water is hidden in the stomach of this smiling guy?

"I heard that the prefect Liu had just shined in Liu's mansion, but he was almost lost. The old man admired him, but he was also very scared. This is not... so I invited some friends, and wanted to see Liu with the big guys. How can the eunuch shine in this old man's mansion?"

Wu Cang was followed by two middle-aged men.

Wenpin wanted to introduce in a low voice...

Unexpectedly, Wu Cang had already taken a step ahead, he spread his palms with a smile, and said to the two behind him.

"This is our Wancheng, Zhu An, the patriarch of the Zhu family, and this is Ren Quan, the patriarch of the Ren family... Their ancestors, one is the 'Ronghou' Zhu You, who was named the eighth of Yuntai's 28 generals, and one is the patriarch of the Ren family. The 28th place among the 24 generals of Yuntai is 'Wu Chenghou' Ren Guang!"

"As for the ancestors of the old man, speaking of them, during the Yongping period, Emperor Ming recalled...the veteran generals who followed Emperor Guangwu to defeat the Eastern Han Dynasty, and ordered to paint portraits of 28 heroes on the cloud platform of the Nangong Palace in Luoyang...The ancestors of the old man were Ranked second among these portraits of heroes!"

When mentioning the ancestors and the Wu family's status among the 28 generals in Yuntai, Wu Cang began to shriek.

only…

Liu Yu's eyeballs must be. "General Wu Han? How can I not know that when I was young, General Wu Han once solved double dangers with one arrow in the school grounds, and drove away Jia Fu in anger. He was summoned by the traitor Wang Mang who usurped the Han as his son-in-law, and he was named the general town of Tongguan. Later, he killed his wife. Returning to Han, ranked second among the 28 generals of Yuntai, the corresponding star is—Kang Jinlong!"

Originally thought Liu Yu was holding...

I never thought... the topic changed.

"However, people say 'Wu Han killed his wife', hehe, if you don't want to be with the rebels, you don't want to be Wang Mang's son-in-law. Since you are married, then why should you kill your wife and return to the Han? This behavior, no matter what No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem very glorious."

Liu Yu's tone was cold.

Whether it is "Romance of the Eastern Han Dynasty" in "Pingshu", or the famous "Wu Han Kills His Wife" in opera, or an excerpt from "Zhan Jingtang".

Even... Peking Opera, Pu Opera, Qin Opera, Hebei Bangzi, Jin Opera, Cantonese Opera, and Chu Opera all have such a section. Liu Yu has heard such a famous opera countless times.

Of course... this play shows Wu Han's righteousness of killing his wife and returning to Han, but whether it is the values ​​of later generations or ancient values, this kind of behavior of "killing his wife and returning to Han" will still be cast aside by thousands of people.

And this is one of the few stains on the ancestors of the Wu family...

Who made him Wang Mang's son-in-law when he was young?

certainly…

After blurting out such words, Wu Cang's face turned green, but he suppressed the anger in his heart and still kept smiling.

He knew that Liu Gu fell under this kid's words. He had to be calm. Only by being calm could he maintain his rationality. Only by being rational... would he not reveal his weaknesses.

"How dare we, the younger generations, judge the ancestors? How can we dare to judge the sages?"

Wu Cang groaned softly, prevaricating, and then continued to explain.

This time it was a few people kneeling on the futon.

"Mr. Liu Jun, let me introduce you again. These four are all well-known old men in our Wancheng. This one is Nanyang County's former county magistrate, Mr. Chen Hua... this one has been a captain of Sili, and his name is Mr. Qi Qiang!"

Introduced four people in a row...

Without exception, they are all officials of the older generation, with long hair and long beard... At this age... I think they are quite prestigious in the county.

Liu Yu took the initiative to bow to them one by one.

"Junior Liu Yu is being polite here."

These four old men also returned a gift to Liu Yu...

However, Liu Yu was curious, and looked at Wu Cang suspiciously, "The chief of the Wu clan, Ren and the two chiefs of Zhu, the younger generation can understand, but why did you invite these four clan elders? Is it possible... to prevent refugees from entering the city, hoarding Gathering medicinal materials... driving up food prices, these actions are related to these four seniors?"

"No, no, no!" Wu Cang waved his hands repeatedly. "The four old men didn't know what Liu Junshou mentioned. It's just that the old man invited them here today to be a witness, lest... Liu Junshou lay on the ground again, with dust on his face and ashes all over his body, and finally slandered It was caused by the old man’s beating.”

Wu Cang waved his palm with a smile, and then looked at Liu Yu with teasing eyes, and said in a teasing tone: "Under the eyes of everyone, what happened in our Wu Mansion is not afraid of the old man's empty words. Say...isn't it? Ah...haha!"

Speaking of here…

Zhu An, the patriarch of the Zhu family, and Ren Quan, the patriarch of the Ren family, both laughed out loud and looked at Liu Yu playfully.

Zhu An smiled complacently, and couldn't help but said: "Now, Liu Xiaojun might as well show your methods, and let us all see and see? Haha!"

This…

At this time, Liu Yu just said "hehe". Before...he let the head of the Liu family suffer, nothing more than using "Pengci" to slander him for beating the imperial court officials, and supplemented by the "Du Tian Ling" incident as a deterrent, In this way... to force him to submit.

However, this kind of strategy can only be carried out if the two of them get along alone, or...there are no witnesses from outsiders in the mansion.

But now...

With someone witnessing it, if Liu Yu "touches porcelain" again, it won't have any effect.

Immediately, Liu Yu's eyes narrowed...

I muttered in my heart, as expected of... Yuntai 28 will rank second.

The ancestor Wu Han was able to do the act of "killing his wife and surrendering to the Han", which shows that this family has careful thinking and cruel methods, which is difficult to deal with.

On the other hand...

Today's Wu Cang, Zhu An, and Ren Quan...without exception, the corners of their mouths are grinning presumptuously, as if they are complacent in their hearts.

In their view, the Liu family was too young after all.

With the three of them working together, how could the Governor Liu break through?

At this moment, the expressions of the three of them seemed to be written all over their faces.

——How dare you make a fool of yourself even if you have a small skill?
for a while...

The atmosphere in the entire Wu Mansion became grim...

Wen Pin frowned, and he whispered in Liu Yu's ear: "They have prepared, today is probably..."

Wenpin didn't finish his speech, but the meaning couldn't be more clear. Wu Cang, Zhu An, Ren Quan... These three newspaper groups are warming up, and they have already prepared... I'm afraid they won't be able to take them down today.

only…

Liu Yu waved her hand lightly, pondered for a moment, and sat down on a stone step very unceremoniously.

"What?" Zhu An asked with a smile: "Is the governor of Liu County going to repeat the old tricks? Look at the clan elders, none of us is violent, let alone anyone. Our Yuntai generals in Nanyang are all Gentleman, use your mouth but not your hands!"

The words just blurted out.

Liu Yu's words had already spread. "Are you the descendant of General Zhu You?"

"So what?" Zhu An looked confident.

"Your ancestor lost his father when he was young, and he knew Emperor Guangwu since he was a child. In the last years of Xinmang, the society was in turmoil, and the Green Forest Army and the Red Eyebrow Army revolted one after another. The brothers of Emperor Guangwu also raised troops in Nanyang County, known as 'Chongling Soldiers'. From then on , your ancestor followed around. Emperor Guangwu’s elder brother was killed by Liu Xuan, and it was your ancestor who ran alone to report to Emperor Guangwu, which made him prepare and survived!”

"Afterwards, your ancestors besieged Luoyang from Pinghebei, and wiped out the civilian army. Even if they were defeated and captured, Emperor Guangwu still pardoned him for being captured. He was reinstated as an official and continued to fight! Your ancestors even made great contributions. He successively led troops to capture Xinye and Sui County, and captured Qin Feng, the King of Chu and Li of Jingxiang's generation alive, and at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic, he took the initiative to invite Ying to defend the Xiongnu!"

Speaking of this, Liu Yu paused for a moment before continuing:
"It is he who proposed to remove the big characters of the three companies, Da Sima, Da Situ, and Da Sikong, to consolidate the imperial power. It is not an exaggeration to say that he and Emperor Guangwu have a fateful friendship! In the early years, Emperor Guangwu was ill and had no money to buy medicine. Your ancestors immediately paid for the honey and used it as medicine when they knew about it. Emperor Guangwu recalled these past events and gave your ancestor a stone of white honey and asked, "How does this honey compare with the honey we bought together in Chang'an?" what?'"

"Also, when your ancestor was studying as a teenager, Emperor Guangwu went to look for him and waited for him for a long time, but the first thing he did was not to receive Emperor Guangwu, but to go to the scripture hall first. This matter made Emperor Guangwu' To be brooding', after rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, I specially went to your ancestor's mansion and jokingly asked your ancestor, 'Master won't leave me to go to class again?'"

"The relationship between the monarch and his ministers is such that you are brave and invincible and have repeatedly made military exploits. How amazing is your ancestor of the Zhu family? How did you give birth to a descendant like you who doesn't ask right and wrong, doesn't know right and wrong, and only seeks profit?"

Liu Yu said a lot in one breath...

Because the front is full of high praise, Zhu Anben is getting more and more interesting the more he listens, but he never thought that the last sentence would change suddenly.

——How amazing are your ancestors?How did you give birth to offspring like you who don't ask right and wrong, don't know right and wrong, and are only interested in profit?

Don't ask right and wrong, don't know right and wrong, only seek profit...

These twelve words seemed to scratch Zhu An's heart.

"You..." Zhu An was about to curse immediately.

But he was stopped by Ren Quan, "Brother Zhu, don't be impatient, don't fall into this guy's tricks..."

As a reminder, Ren Quan looked directly at Liu Yu. "Why did Liu Junshou want to anger Brother Zhu? Is it a conspiracy? Or is he deliberately delaying time."

Hey…

It really made the kid guess right.

Liu Yu was indeed stalling for time, because... while he was in the Wu residence, someone was already doing a "big deal"!
A major event that can completely change the situation and make the Wu family, the Ren family, and the Zhu family obediently obey!
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(End of this chapter)