At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 34 Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest
Xiang County, Prince Pei's Mansion.

When King Liu Cong of Pei heard that Wang Ji had been stabbed and even his head was beheaded, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Wang Ji is a dog thief, and he is like today!"

"Zhou Ziyi is truly a hero."

"Pass this order, when you see Zhou Ziyi and Xiang Hong, you must introduce them into the mansion and treat them as guests without any slights!"

Liu Cong remembered the killing of King Bohai's family, and a little hatred flashed in his eyes.

The kings in the late Han Dynasty were not as prominent as they were in the early Han Dynasty. Apart from being able to enjoy the taxes and offerings from the feudal state, they basically had no other real power, just like those kings who were regarded as mascots and spiritual symbols in later constitutional monarchy countries.

It is precisely because the kings do not have real power that the kings of all countries are more united. Only in this way can there be a sense of security.

But Wang Fu's actions angered all the clans and kings.

No one wants to be falsely accused for no reason, resulting in the murder of his entire family and the abolition of a feudal country.

That's why Liu Cong, King of Pei, was so happy after learning that Wang Fu's adopted son Wang Ji was killed, and even wanted to protect the assassin.

When the palace steward heard this, he hesitated and said: "Prince Pei's palace has not interfered in domestic affairs for a long time. Wang Ji is an official with a two-thousand-stone border. If he rashly hides the assassin, will it implicate Prince Pei?"

Due to the loss of real power, most of the feudal kings in various places stayed on their own, fearing that the emperor would grab their pigtails at any time, so they would find excuses to get rid of the feudal country.

After a long time, the servants in the palace are naturally cautious.

Unexpectedly, Pei King Liu Cong was very tough this time and said: "Just do what I say!"

The housekeeper asked again: "What if Lieutenant Liu sends people to search the house?"

King Pei Liu Cong put down the water cup in his hand and said angrily: "If he dares to send people here, he will directly order the soldiers in the palace to kill him. After all, this country of Pei is still a feudal country of this king, and the palace of King Pei is not something that anyone can search if they want!"

"only!"

Seeing that his master had made up his mind, the steward didn't dare to say anything more, so he had to pass on King Pei's order.

"drive!"

In a large and luxurious courtyard outside Xiangxian County, Zhou Jing, a well-known scholar of the Pei Kingdom, finished reading the copied "Xia Ke Xing" and couldn't help clapping his hands in praise: "I really didn't expect that my branch of the Zhou Clan of the Pei Kingdom would produce something like this." Junior!"

He stroked his beard, did not hide the expression of appreciation on his face, and then told his relatives: "Contact Zhou Ziyi and hide him in the mansion. Then send someone to spend money to manage the government. I don't want such an excellent junior of the Zhou family to be trapped Prison. After the arrival of the envoy of Weiyang, the Sili school, I will recommend Zhou Ziyi to the envoy."

Zhou Jing, as the current Patriarch of the Zhou Clan in Peiguo, even though he has no official status, is well-known all over the territory of Peiguo.

Perhaps many people don't know Zhou Jing.

If you haven't heard of Zhou Jing, then the governor of Jizhou, Wang Fen, has always heard of it, right?

If you haven't even heard of Wang Fen, you should have heard of Nanyang Xu You, the counselor who abandoned Yuan Shao and turned to Cao Cao, and offered Cao Cao a plan to burn Wuchao.

According to the original history, Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, Xu You of Nanyang, and Zhou Jing of Pei State wanted to take advantage of Emperor Ling's return to Hejian to launch a coup, kill the eunuchs, abolish the emperor, and establish the Marquis of Hefei as emperor.

In order to do this great event, they even invited Cao Cao to participate, but Cao Cao refused.

It has to be said that these three people are extremely brave.

Even if Dong Zhuo abolishes and establishes the young emperor in the future, he will be cast aside by the people of the world after he controls the court, and he will end up decapitated.

When today's son is an adult, even if he experiences the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the future, as long as he is not dead, the situation may not completely collapse.

How can Wang Fen, Xu You and Zhou Jing dare to abolish and establish?
By virtue of his mere white body, Zhou Jing not only interacted with Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, and Xu You, a famous scholar in Nanyang, but also participated in such a major event.

From this we can also see how powerful Zhou Jing is.

Not to mention Zhou Qi angrily killing Pei Guoxiang, which caused a huge disturbance after the news spread in Xiang County.

But when Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong entered the mountain forest, they felt that the mountain road was rough and difficult.The two had no choice but to get down and lead the horses forward slowly.

Xiang Hong was walking, but suddenly stopped, with a look of caution in his eyes.

The two war horses led by the two also seemed a little uneasy.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Zhou Qi also noticed something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what happened, so he asked Xiang Hong immediately.

Pointing to the quiet and lifeless forest, Xiang Hong said: "In such a dense forest, even if it is adjacent to the official road, animals should be seen from time to time. However, we have walked half a mile in the dense forest, but we have never seen animals." Seeing any animals and not seeing a pedestrian, this is too abnormal!"

Zhou Qi also looked up and observed. There were no birds hovering above the treetops, and his heart sank.

"Sun Tzu's Art of War" wrote: Don't enter the forest, don't chase the poor.

The forest mentioned in it is similar to this kind of forest. Either there are no animals in the forest, or the birds hover in the sky for a long time and refuse to fall.

Most of these forests have ambushes, so they cannot easily enter.

But like now, there were no birds circling in the treetops, but Zhou Qi felt a chill in his heart.

Xiang Hong tried his best to sniff the air, then his face changed slightly, and he said: "There may be tigers in the mountains, we will retreat!"

Zhou Qi was also slightly shocked when he heard this.

Tigers in reality are not like those in zoos. They are just mascots for people to watch. They are very ferocious existences.

The two of them had neither Dian Wei's ability to chase a tiger across a ravine, nor Wu Song's bravery to kill a tiger with his bare hands.

If they had brought strong bows, they would have been able to deal with the tigers if they were prepared, but because they were too anxious to escape, they did not bring the two strong bows gifted by Shi Huan.Only by cutting the blade with their hands, it is difficult for the two of them to survive the tiger's attack.

"Go, get out, first ask the nearby villagers to find out the situation!"

Their horses were fast, and they traveled day and night. Their speed was much faster than the officers who conveyed the government's sea arrest documents.So I wasn't worried about being caught and sent to the government to collect the reward.

"Roar!"

At this moment, a thunderous howl of a tiger suddenly sounded in the distance.

The two war horses started to get restless when they heard the roar. If Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong hadn't held the reins tightly, they might have run away for their lives.

"Don't let this tiger go!"

At the same time, a powerful voice sounded like thunder, mixed with many random shouts.

Zhou Qi breathed a sigh of relief after being horrified, and said, "We are so lucky that we happened to meet a strong man hunting tigers in the mountains!"

Xiang Hong also breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "Listening to the roar of the tiger just now, the tiger should have been injured. I don't think there will be any storms. Why doesn't Ziyi follow me to watch the strong man hunt the tiger?"

Zhou Qi laughed loudly when he heard this and said, "That's exactly what I meant!"

(End of this chapter)