Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 137 I have divine calculations and can peek into God’s will
These words were spoken by Zhu Maichen after he put on dry clothes, drank hot soup, and shivered around the stove for half an hour. He almost froze to death.

After Li Huan heard this, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Zhu Maichen seemed to notice the chill coming from Li Huan. He just lowered his head and drank the hot soup with oil beads rolling in the bowl, not daring to raise his head to look at anything. people.

"You eat your fill first, and then immediately take us to the place where you were separated!" Li Huan almost said this sentence from between his teeth.

"Ah!" Zhu Maichen glanced at Li Huan in fear, "General, that place has been completely submerged by floods. Even if we try to find it, we can't find it..."

Li Huan said coldly: "Then don't eat anything and take me to find someone right away. Or, I'll break your legs and have someone make a wooden frame to carry you to find someone!"

Zhu Maichen looked at Li Huan in horror, he had no doubt whether Li Huan would dare to do this.

"Your Majesty, calm down and let him eat his fill!" Han Yan appeared in time, and Zhu Maichen, who was almost frightened to death, breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Huan glanced at Zhu Maichen coldly: "We will set off in half an hour..."

"Jun Hou, the place where we and the two thousand men were separated has long been covered by a rolling mountain torrent. We can't find it. If we really want to find it, we have to wait until the mountain torrent passes!"

Zhu Maichen looked at Li Huan in horror, his upper and lower lips were trembling with fear and turned purple.

With this look, it almost looked like he was scared to death by Li Huan.

Han Yan also tried to persuade her: "Your Majesty, think twice. It rains so heavily. Even if our soldiers go out to look for people, there is nothing they can do. If they are not careful, they will encounter flash floods again and lose their men in vain..."

Li Huan felt a little strange, why would Han Yan speak for this Zhu Maichen?
"Then wait for the heavy rain to end." He looked at Zhu Maichen with still unkind eyes: "Since you know that it is raining heavily in the north, why do you force people to go north, so greedy for success, and so ignorant of human life? ?”

"General, please calm down. I have my own reasons for being a subordinate..." Zhu Maichen looked miserable.

Li Huan sneered: "You'd better pray that nothing happens to 2000 people, otherwise, if you feel the heads on your neck, you'll be able to chop them off."

Zhu Maichen suddenly became panicked. Han Yan was worried that Zhu Maichen had really frightened Li Huan to death, so she had no choice but to pull him away.

"This doesn't seem like your style." Li Huan expressed his dissatisfaction, that is, the relationship between the two is still close. Otherwise, Han Yan is not qualified to drag Li Huan away. Even if he gets started, the relatives around Li Huan will be killed. Wei would have him pinned to the ground and tied up in an instant.

"He is a close minister of His Majesty. This must be His Majesty's order. Do you want to force him to announce in public that His Majesty asked him to do this?" After Han Yan said this, she immediately showed regret on her face. look.

Li Huan's eyes narrowed and he was silent for a moment: "I don't quite believe that His Majesty would do such a thing. When we were fighting abroad, His Majesty would never give orders rashly to direct us on how to fight. It makes no sense to do things like immigration to the border. Your Majesty You will become so unreasonable."

"Your Majesty is of course wise." Han Yan said in a slightly slow tone: "Those who can carry out orders may not be smart people. Zhu Maichen can be entrusted with important tasks only because he was promoted from a humble background by your Majesty. Official, naturally he wants to do something decent in front of His Majesty and the courtiers?"

"This is a waste of human life." Li Huan's eyes were cold: "We have worked so hard here to trade our lives with the Huns just to let the people behind us live a comfortable life, but Zhu Maichen did it just for this ridiculous and decent thing. Son, just risk the lives of 2000 people?"

Han Yan nodded and agreed with Li Huan's statement: "It's just that, looking at the whole world, there are many such dog officials, but even so, His Majesty has to use these people to govern the world while despising them."

After hearing this, Li Huan suddenly became silent.

Han Yan patted his arm: "There are so many things that are unpleasant to the eyes of the world, and you are not in front of His Majesty, so you don't know how disgusting the things those smart people do are.

Zhu Maichen is not smart enough, but he is honest enough. We can't take his head just because he made a mistake in executing the order honestly, right? "

"What orders did you get that I don't know about?" Li Huan looked at Han Yan displeased.

Han Yan took out a silk book from her sleeve and said, "This is His Majesty's secret edict. If you want to read it, take it yourself."

Li Huan snorted coldly, raised his middle finger at Han Yan with disdain, and then returned to his wooden house.

The Holy Snow Master was doing the unique Huns' sacrificial movements by the fire again, but in Li Huan's opinion, she was wearing too little and was weird. She was just like a primitive person sliding on a pole, stimulating primitive desires.

After watching for a while, Master Shengxue still showed no tendency to stop praying, so Li Huan directly put on his raincoat and went around the army for a tour.

Li Huan didn't care at all if Emperor Liu Che had any secret edict for Han Yan. He just wanted to know when the damn rainstorm would stop and whether those 2000 people would just disappear like Zhang Qian and Gan Fu. On the endless grassland.

The prayers of the Holy Snow Master had no effect. Later in the evening, the rain became heavier, as if the sky was leaking. The rumbling sound of rain made people upset.

Li Huan realized that he was really a ridiculous person. Before Zhu Maichen, a terrible person, came here, he once told Master Shengxue that listening to the rain is also a state, a kind of enjoyment, and a kind of cultural people can only understand It's so beautiful; I even included two lines of poetry, "leaning against the building and listening to the wind and rain, looking at the rivers and lakes indifferently" to enhance the style.

But now, when he thought that two thousand men might be swallowed up by the flood, Li Huan couldn't listen to the rain no matter how culturally charming it was.

Master Shengxue began to divine fortune for Zhang Qian.

This woman is so considerate and can always think of what Li Huan is thinking.

Li Huan didn't even know where she found the tortoise shell, nor did she know that the Huns had the ability to burn tortoise shells and judge the good or bad fortune by looking at the crack marks.

After a strange and lengthy ceremony, the Holy Snow Master looked at the cracked tortoise shell and said to Li Huan: "The north is good luck, and the east is bad luck."

Li Huan scratched his head and said, "Say something I can understand."

"If Zhang Qian came back from the north, it would be auspicious, and many people would live because of him; if he came back from the east, it would be a bad omen, and many people would lose their lives."

Li Huan didn't understand and wanted Master Shengxue to explain in detail.

However, Master Shengxue shook his head: "The sign of cracks in the tortoise shell means this. You cannot interpret it too deeply, otherwise it will not be effective."

Li Huan opened his mouth, thinking that if his little concubine opened a fortune-telling shop in Chang'an City, the business would be booming; but she might be beaten to death.

Because what she said was completely equivalent to saying nothing.

"Okay, go to sleep. What happened today made me unhappy."

"The general has murderous intent." Master Shengxue reached out and touched Li Huan's face: "Since you came back and inspected the military camp, the murderous intent on your body has dissipated a lot, but it is still strong. Look at our room, a little There are no bugs,"

Li Huan was a little surprised. He rummaged around carefully and found that there were no insects crawling around in the entire spacious wooden house.

But then, Li Huan saw Li Huan, and his face couldn't help but twitch. This girl may have drunk too much of the Huns' fake wine, so she just said some nonsense.

"General, what I said is true." Master Shengxue said: "The murderous aura in you can scare people to death."

"Then just scare that bastard Zhu Maichen to death!" Li Huan cursed nonchalantly, and couldn't help but picture Zhu Maichen being frightened by him in his mind...

Is there really such an illusory thing as murderous intent?

Li Huan raised his left and right hands and looked at them, an evil smile instantly appeared on his face.

"How long will the heavy rain last?"

The Holy Snow Master replied: "This requires divination."

"If the calculation is not accurate, I will sell you when I return to Chang'an!" Li Huan threatened in a pretentious manner.However, Master Shengxue was really frightened: "It is most accurate to use fresh blood of cattle and sheep as a primer for divination!"

"Then forget it. There is no shortage of this in the army now. The cattle and sheep left by the Huns have become our staple food."

Li Huan yawned, turned over, and began to fall asleep.

"Ten days, before and after, it will last for ten days!"

A strange shouting woke Li Huan up. He yawned and opened his eyes. He saw that the Holy Snow Master had strange red runes smeared all over his face. There was a place in the house where the wooden boards were covered with blood paintings of cattle and sheep. The strange lines that came out looked like patterns and words. They were beautiful in shape, but... the whole thing was weird.

After all, no matter how beautiful the patterns or words are, once they are drawn with blood, they will bring a thrilling visual sense.

"Ten days, general, this heavy rain will last for ten days!"

The Holy Snow Master had disheveled hair and her face was also covered with strange red runes. She walked on the ground with her feet and hands. The strange feeling reminded Li Huan of fictional things like zombies.

"Ten days?" Li Huan rubbed his eyes and suddenly realized that what he casually said to scare Master Shengxue last night seemed to have really caused a lot of pressure on her.

She used almost everything she had learned throughout her life to divine fortune...

Li Huan complained in his heart, he was so idle, why did he scare this poor woman?

"Wash your face first, and then talk to me." Li Huan looked at the white falling rain outside the window with a depressed mood. He seemed to be used to this kind of crackling rain these days.

The Holy Snow Master immediately wiped off the red runes on his face, and what Li Huan could accept was that they were actually painted with cinnabar, not the fresh blood of cattle and sheep.

"General, I have divined that the heavy rain will last for ten days. It really is ten days."

Li Huan reassured: "I know, ten days... today is the seventh day, and the rain will stop in three days."

"Also, no matter whether your calculation is accurate or not, I will never sell you. You will stay with me for the rest of your life."

The Holy Snow Master said seriously: "It's really ten days. In three more days, the heavy rain will pass and the sunshine will shine on the earth again."

Li Huan realized that his comfort had the opposite effect, so it was difficult to continue talking about this matter.

The Holy Snow Master burned the runes drawn with the fresh blood of cattle and sheep with fire, then poured the remaining ashes into the rainwater, watching the ashes being taken away by the rainwater, and then worshiped solemnly.

Li Huan didn't want her to live in panic worrying that she would be sold out, so he taught her how to play backgammon, and the two had a great time playing.

Because whoever loses has to take off one piece of clothing...

However, Li Huan never expected that after three days, the heavy rain actually stopped without any warning.

The scorching sun baked the earth after the heavy rain, and a muddy yet comforting earthy smell instantly filled the entire military camp.

Li Huan was so stunned that he could not speak for a long time.

Master Shengxue poured tea for him: "General, my divination was correct. From now on, the general can never talk about selling me again."

Li Huan coughed lightly, took Master Snow's hand, mounted his horse, and walked around the grassland under the pass.

The Yellow River has not flooded, but the low-lying areas of the grassland are full of stagnant water. Li Huan did not dare to touch the deepest places, but looking from a distance, it was a vast expanse of white, and it was impossible to know how deep it was.

The most terrifying thing is that for some reason, there are several wide rivers under the Yin Mountain.

This kind of river is not a real river, but is formed on the grassland by raging floods rushing down from the Yinshan Mountains.

Li Huan had walked less than fifty miles and already saw six deep ditches still flowing with rapid water. It looked like Yinshan was leaking urine...

The deepest ravine was almost three to four feet long. Li Huan only dared to stand in the distance and look at it. It was like a sinkhole, or like an angry god waving his divine sword and slashing a terrifying path across the earth. sword marks.

This is a force of nature.

Li Huan did not dare to go too close. The soil on the edge of the giant ravine was very loose. He and the Holy Snow Master stood in the distance and could see that the flowing water here was constantly scraping away the soil, and from time to time, patches of soil would roll down. In the fast flowing water.

The power of nature is the truly infinite and terrifying power.

"Those 2000 strong men may not be able to survive in such a hostile environment." Li Huan sighed silently.

"This is the will of the heavens, and it cannot be controlled by the general." Sheng Xueshi smiled slightly, and she was in a very happy mood. She was right in divination, which means that from now on, she will not be ruled by the power of the Han Empire. Men are abandoned.

The joys and sorrows of human beings are inherently incompatible.

"After a few more days, we can head home." Li Huan turned his horse and rushed back to the military camp: "No matter whether these people are still alive or not, I will send people out to search for them."

However, before Li Huan got close to the military camp, he heard very lively sounds coming from the military camp.

"What happened?"

As soon as Li Huan asked, a personal guard rushed forward to ask.

Then, Li Huan saw a man in ragged clothes from a distance... It can't be said to be ragged. This man was wearing a lot of animal skins, including sheepskin, dog skin, fox skin, and even some rough patchwork of the fur of other small animals. He walked quickly towards Li Huan with his dirty clothes and dirty black hair that was messily knotted and tangled with each other.

Li Huan just felt that this person was very familiar. After taking a closer look, he suddenly remembered who this person was. He immediately jumped off the horse with disbelief on his face and ran over quickly.

"Hahaha..." The dirty man laughed loudly and heartily: "In the Western Region of the Han Dynasty, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain, Lord, we meet again."

"Brother! You're worried about me!" Li Huan gave Zhang Qian a warm hug.

This god-like man actually managed to survive in such a hostile environment and found Gaoquekou.

"I know you are worried about another thing. Ding Zhuang, who was separated from Zhu Maichen, met me hiding in the mountains. We ate leaves and gnawed grass roots and endured for ten days. 2000 people were all alive. , I brought them all here for you!"

Zhang Qian turned around excitedly, raised his finger and pointed to the direction where the cheers were the most enthusiastic.

Li Huan was suddenly startled. He looked back at the Holy Snow Master who was sitting calmly on the horse. He suddenly thought of the Holy Snow Master's divination words of burning tortoise shells.

"The north is good luck, and the east is bad luck."

The moment before, Zhang Qian happened to be walking down the hillside from the due north direction.

(End of this chapter)