Three Kingdoms: I rely on system loopholes to survive

Chapter 200 Weakness
The matter of sending Liu Bei to Jiaozhou was decided so easily. Zhongping was still in a daze for a while. After returning, he stared at the map and studied it for a long time, feeling uneasy.

Uncle Huang trusts me so much. If I really come up with a bad idea and trick him... then I...

Zhongping tried hard to recall the time-travel novels he had read in his previous life. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that he really couldn't make a living as a counselor. Maybe someone from the Three Kingdoms Bar could do a better job for him.

With a rather complicated mood, Zhongping gave full play to his subjective initiative and read the "Jingyue Complete Book" all night. Combining his own knowledge of epidemic prevention and control, he compiled an 8,000-word theory on malaria, including currently available prescriptions and prevention and treatment methods. I asked Xu Shao, who was looking for people to chat with every day, to send it to Liu Bei.

Fan Ah had long wanted to come to Xudu to "help" Zhong Ping get a full body check-up, but Xiahou Dun couldn't leave because he needed medical treatment.

Now that Xiahou Dun's injury has basically recovered, he doesn't need to worry about the rest of his recovery. After two days of leisure, he couldn't help but write to his teacher Hua Tuo again to ask if he had ended his affairs in Yangzhou, hoping that he could come to Xudu with him. Study Zhongping's strange physique.

Zhong Ping felt horrified when he heard Xu Shao talking about this matter. His first reaction was to run away quickly to avoid a heart-wrenching reunion with Fan Alai. However, now that the clothing order was still hanging over his head, he wanted to leave. Xu Du estimates that it is temporarily impossible.

If Liu Xie wants to feel at ease, Zhongping can't do nothing, but if he wants to save his father's life, he really can't make any changes under Cao Cao's nose.

As the day for Liu Bei to leave Xudu got closer, Zhong Ping gritted his teeth and decided to use another thing to divert Liu Xie's attention.

As he expected, when Liu Xie knew that Liu Bian was still alive, Liu Xie forgot all about killing Cao Cao and the bloody edict.

After a long time, Liu Xie remembered and sat down again: "It's been so long, why did Qing Zhong tell me?"

Liu Bian is five years older than Liu Xie. Although Liu Bian's biological mother, Queen He, and Liu Xie's biological mother, Meiren Wang, have always been at odds with each other, and even Wang Meiren died under the poisonous wine of Queen He, as the elder brother, Liu Bian is very devoted to his younger brother. Love and care, the relationship between the two is very harmonious.

He knew that Zhongping once tried to save Liu Bian from Dong Zhuo, but he thought that Zhongping just tried his best and failed. Otherwise, how could everyone in the world know that Liu Bian was killed by Li Ru, and there would be no one like him in the world? News about your brother?

While he brushed off Liu Bian's physical condition, he only said that the situation was critical in the past and it was extremely difficult to save Liu Bian, so he had to send the seriously injured Liu Bian away from Luoyang.

In this time and space, when the Kwantung Allied Forces attacked Dong Zhi, there was no proposal to establish another emperor. Therefore, this was the first time Liu Xie suffered an impact that might shake his throne.

Liu Xie took the silk cloth, lit the candle, and looked down.

Thongping's words are three true and one false.

Sorry, that's really not the case.

Zhong Pingxin said, "If I don't use a big move, how can I get you to let go of your desire to cause trouble?"
"This is my fault."

Zhong Ping's hand in his sleeve caressed the half piece of jade that had been with him for a long time.

How could he not recognize that this was the private seal that Liu Bian carved himself when he was a child and couldn't put it down?

Zhong Ping nodded very good-naturedly: "How dare I commit fraud on such a big matter?"

Whether this result is good or bad for Liu Bian, Zhongping has no way of knowing.

Liu Xie was confused for a while.

Liu Xie couldn't tell what he was thinking now. The only emotion he could express was shock.

"Isn't Qing Zhong lying to me?"

The clues can be seen from the fact that Xun You smuggled Liu Bian out, but kept it secret until now. Zhongping guessed that the long-term lack of oxygen and damage to the neck, apart from becoming mute, the most likely result would be to become an idiot.

In fact, he didn't know where Liu Bian was now, but he knew that it was impossible to survive under Bai Ling intact. Even if he was lucky enough to survive, his body would be irreversibly damaged.

He was in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, and responded unconsciously: "...This is really a blessing..."

Out of conscience, he despised himself for using Liu Bian to divert Liu Xie's attention, but it only stopped there. If there was any psychological burden...

On the other hand, he took out a piece of camel-colored silk cloth with Liu Bian's personal seal printed on it.

Picking up this object by the riverside of Beimang Mountain, he once used this half piece of jade to deceive Tao Qian into trusting him, and now he enlarged the tiny inscription engraved on it to deceive Liu Xie.

This hobby of collecting odds and ends has helped him twice.

In fact, if Liu Xie's memory was good enough, he should have known that Zhong Ping had asked about this piece of jade. After knowing that it was Liu Bian's personal belongings, Zhong Ping had taken the initiative to return the piece of jade, but Liu Xie dismissed it indifferently. It was given to Tanahira.

Perhaps for Liu Xie, such a small thing is not enough to take it to heart, and he cannot think of this insignificant and damaged jade, which makes it convenient for him to do things in parallel.

As for Xun You...

Zhongping had thought about Xunshi a long time ago.

When he first planned to save Liu Bian's life, he relied on Xun You's ability from beginning to end.

Whether it was delivering a message to the palace to tell Liu Bian not to drink the poisonous wine sent by Li Ru, or the most risky thing, smuggling Liu Bian's "corpse" out of the palace under Dong Zhuo's eyes.

Did Xun You, the Huangmen Minister, control the Forbidden Palace too much?

Even after Liu Bian was hanged, Dong Zhuo's handling of his body was considered careless: in the original history, it was Liu Xie who later ordered the brother's body to be placed in the tomb of the late imperial minister Zhao Zhong, so that Liu Bian could have his life. A place to stay.

But this does not mean that Xun You's job of covering up Liu Bian's life and death will be any easier.

His thinking has diverged somewhat, but he has only scratched the surface.

Xun You used to be tight-lipped about Liu Xie, and he will do the same now.

Zhong Ping is not worried about Liu Xie going to Xun You to ask... As for Liu Bian being alive, Liu Xie will probably keep it in his heart and not want to let a third party know about it anyway.

Sure enough, in the conversation that followed, Liu Xie was visibly restless, trying to find out from Zhong Ping about Liu Bian's current situation and whether anyone else knew about it.

In such a face-to-face confidential conversation, Zhong Ping was still almost certain to fool Liu Xie. Even though he didn't have much information in hand, compared with Liu Xie who was already confused and always worried about whether there would be ears through the wall, Zhong Pingyuan's eight points of certainty became ten points at this time.

After that night, Liu Xie unexpectedly fell silent. Such abnormal calmness caused Cao Cao, Dong Cheng and others to fall into confusion at the same time.

In the past two days, Liu Xie had only met one person, Zhongping. But what words did Zhongping use to appease Liu Xie?
The more eyes focused on Zhongpei, the more he became more at ease.

Except for a brief outing when seeing Liu Bei off, he usually just stayed in his house to study maps, read various local chronicles and medical books, and almost never left the house.

"Father, do you think Xi Lu is worthy of being a teacher?"

Zhongping received a letter from Guoyuan in the morning. Before opening it, he thought it was because Liu Bei had some trouble. After opening it, he found out that it was Xi Lu who wanted to be Cao Pi's teacher, but he had no way out.

His relationship with Zhongping was not good enough for Zhongping to recommend him twice, so he had no choice but to use Guoyuan's relationship.

Zhong Ping knew that Xi Lu was good at Confucian classics and was proficient in "Sima Fa", so he had no problem with his academic skills, but he didn't know much about this man's character. After Zhong Ji became a Taiwei, although he still had no personal relationship with the ministers of the court because of his irritating character, he still had to deal with a lot more affairs and subordinate officials, and he had some understanding of the new officials who joined the court.

"Those who flatter themselves and hypocrites will make progress based on the wind."

Zhong Ji knew that Xi Lu was a disciple of Zheng Xuan, so he thought for a while and added: "You can learn from him together, but you can't learn from him; you can learn from him, but you can't stand with him; you can stand with him, but you can't stand with him."

Tanehira couldn't help but frown as he listened.

My father rarely takes the initiative to evaluate anyone, but once he does speak, he rarely makes a mistake.

On the way back to Xudu with Wei Zhong and others, he also talked with Xi Lu. At that time, he only thought that this man was a little arrogant, but the rest was okay.

Now it seems that this person is not something to be deeply friends with.

"Why did Hu'er mention this person? Who does he want to recommend to be a teacher?"

The compilation is a bit strange.

Zhong Ping was in a dilemma as to how to reject this matter, so he took out Guoyuan's letter and showed it to Zhong Ji. Zhong Ji thought for a while and said, "Has the second young master learned the Book of Documents?"

"Fang Zhi's "Yu Shu·Yi Ji"."

Zhong Ping touched his nose and felt a little guilty: "I only skimmed it and didn't explain it in depth."

"Then we should have said that 'the suspicion of crime should be light, and the doubt of merit should be heavy'."

Zhong Ji put the letter in his sleeve: "Just leave this matter to my father."

It was rare for Zhong Ping to rely on his father. Although he suspected that Xun You would help resolve this matter in the end, he still liked the feeling of having a parent he could rely on.

He pretended to say casually: "Father, I seem to have done something wrong..."

Zhongji put his hand on Zhongping's shoulder and pressed down gently: "Does your purpose of doing that thing seem wrong to you?"

The anxiety in Zhong Ping's heart disappeared. He originally wanted to have a warm father-son conversation with Zhong Ji, but when he heard Zhong Ji's words, all his emotions were instantly overwhelmed by the desire to complain: Why do I feel like my father is giving me chicken soup again?
He looked at Zhong Ji with some resentment: "Of course my intentions are good, but I'm afraid that good intentions may lead to bad things."

Zhong Ji suddenly felt itchy in his palms.

To be honest, Tanehei has never experienced the love and education from his father in his entire life. Although they are father and son, both of them are stubborn, and sometimes they even seem to be distant and polite.

"Besides, I think my intentions are good...maybe they are wrong for others?"

Zhong Ping murmured softly, thinking that if Zhong Ji knew that he had done something "good" to the little emperor behind his back, then he might be covered in blood after a while.

Zhong Ji looked at Zhong Ping with a very new look. It was the first time that he saw Zhong Ping with such a side that deserves to be beaten.

He endured it, but when he couldn't hold it back, he slapped Zhongpei on the forehead: "I only said this for my father, why do you talk so much back?"

Realizing that this was a good opportunity, Zhongping covered his head with feigned grievance: "Then according to father's wishes, I secretly hid father's sword before the hunt. This is not wrong."

Zhong Ji felt confused and said reluctantly: "Since the purpose is good..."

Eh?
Not even angry?
Zhong Ping swallowed his saliva and continued boldly: "Then I want to report my father's illness to death...I also do this out of good intentions..."

"What kind of kindness is this?"

Zhong Ji curled his lips in an awkward manner, with a look of disgust on his face: "To become an official? A doctor gets into trouble when he is seventy, and my father is only in his early sixties this year. Why do he want to become an official? And he is sick? My father is so healthy, how can he get sick?" "

He still wanted to persuade him, but suddenly he realized something was wrong... Why did his father's tone sound like there was no way to do this?

Tanehira was so excited that his heart was beating fast. He had been waiting for this day for an unknown amount of time. He thought that with Tanehira's character, there was no chance of him agreeing, but who would have thought that he would actually let go today!
"I'm weak! I'm sick!"

He was so happy that he could not speak coherently: "Father! Father! I will resign tomorrow. Can we go back to my hometown together?"

Zhong Pingxin said that after leaving Xudu, he would first settle his father in Jingzhou.

Although Jiaozhou is far away from the war in the Central Plains, it is not very safe. On the contrary, Jingzhou is relatively peaceful and close to Jiaozhou.

After the teacher finished compiling "Dong Guan Han Ji" at hand, I asked the teacher to give lectures in Yangzhou in the name of Mr. Kang Cheng...

Just leave Xudu.

Zhongji couldn't help but sigh.

I thought Hu'er had grown up enough to be able to take charge of his own business, but unexpectedly he was still childish.

Whatever.

"My father still has some things to deal with, Hu'er, please wait a little longer."

His eyes were soft, and his wrinkled hand gently rested on the back of Zhongping's hand: "When you return to the ancestral land, I should take you to worship your ancestors, so that my ancestors of the Zhong family can take a good look at it. I also have such a person." Excellent junior.”

Zhongping felt something was wrong in his heart. He thought his father's words were strange, but he couldn't understand the meaning for the moment.

His excitement dissipated, and then he felt uneasy, as if it was some kind of warning sent by the connected blood.

Why does this sound more and more like a flag?

Based on his experience of reading online articles in his previous life, usually if a character utters such abnormal last words, it will almost always turn out to be a prophecy. Either he will die or he will be disabled!
"Father, these words are unlucky. It's better not to mention them again... I was also impulsive today and made such crazy remarks..."

Zhong Ping held Zhong Ji's hand and spoke from the bottom of his heart: "The child's biggest wish is that his father and teacher can be well, and the rest is up to him... The child is not smart, and has no ability to save the world and the people."

He didn't know why, but his nose felt a little sore: "Father, don't leave me."

Don't let me be left alone in this world, wandering and helpless.

Zhong Ji silently raised his head and wiped away the tears Zhong Ping shed unconsciously.

This was the first time Zhongpei had shown such a panicked and helpless look in front of Zhongji, and it was also the first time Zhongping had seen his son cry.

He didn't say anything more, "What a true man and a gentleman should do," but he lowered his head, wondering if he was making a promise to Tanehira: "No."

(End of this chapter)