Chapter 265 Save! (4k)

Liang County
Suburb
Whenever passers-by looked far away, they could see flags fluttering in the distance. The style of the flags did not look like those of the county soldiers, but they looked like those of the Han army. The problem was that the people who had escaped from Luoyang a few days ago brought back a terrifying news. The emperor's feet had actually been robbed? !
Bandits pass by like combing soldiers through a grate.

This is a truth that every Han citizen knows, but this kind of thing has happened before.
It's really horrifying.

So when they discovered the strange troops, panic spread like wildfire, instantly alarming the county magistrate in the county government office. The county magistrate and the county lieutenant were so nervous that sweat hung on their foreheads. They immediately mounted their horses and led a hundred people to find out what was going on.

Just as the county residents were eagerly waiting, their hands clenched with sweat, for news from the county magistrate.

The county magistrate came back. When he left, there were a hundred people with him. When he came back, there were still a hundred people with him, not one more or one less.

The anxiety on their faces was replaced by calmness and composure.

This left the county residents confused, but the county magistrate issued a notice explaining that the superiors had sent troops to suppress the bandits and that the county residents did not need to panic.

after all
"How can a secret decree be considered a secret decree if it is known to others?"

"Dong Zhuo is cruel, but Lord Xuande is kind and benevolent. He led his troops through the border without disturbing the people. We also received a secret decree from the general. This is a blessing for us!"

"Why don't we cover up for Lord Xuande?"

The county magistrate and the county lieutenant smiled at each other. Although they were stopped several miles away when they went to the camp, they felt an indescribable sense of security when they saw the fluttering flag with the word "Liu" on it. After learning the identity of the general, the stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

Liu Xuande's reputation for virtue spread far and wide. With the popularity of Liangzhou popular romances, the story of Liu Xuande's three fights against corrupt officials was spread by storytellers and spread throughout the three prefectures.

If they ask themselves honestly, they are not corrupt officials and have not done anything to harm the people.

Apart from the idea of ​​covering up, they were afraid that the people would be too enthusiastic and thus ruin Liu Bei's plan!
Unlike the joy of the county magistrate and the county lieutenant, the envoy who served as Dong Zhuo's lobbyist had a bitter look on his face and was so scared that he almost cried.

The envoy kept Dong Zhuo's instructions in mind. He rode at full speed all the way out of the pass and was about to head south. However, his horse stumbled and he fell to the ground accidentally. He also fell headfirst. He got up from the ground, spat out the dirt in his mouth, and carefully checked the cause. He found that the horse's leg was lame.

Fortunately, there is a county town nearby, its name is Liang County.

In order not to delay Dong Xiang's important business, he decided to buy a good horse on the spot.

After changing to a good horse, the envoy set out from Liang County and galloped for more than ten miles. Before he reached the next post station, he saw two scouts rushing towards him.

He was shocked

Where did this scout come from?
So he pulled the reins, slowly stopped the horse, and clasped his fists towards the two scouts.

"May I ask who these two warriors are?"

The scouts looked big and strong, but surprisingly they were very friendly. The two of them clasped their fists in return.

"We are knights under the command of Liu Xuande, the governor of Jingzhou. May I ask who you are and what brings you here?"

"Liu Xuande"

The messenger's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't have time to think about why Liu Xuande appeared here. His mind was full of God's help! He had completed the instructions of Prime Minister Dong!

So, regardless of the consequences, he blurted out
"My name is Dong Li, and I am the envoy of Prime Minister Dong. Prime Minister Dong has an important matter for me to ask."

Dong Li didn't notice that the atmosphere had become strange, nor did he see the scout's face darken.

Only the sound of "whoosh" breaking through the air was heard.

Dong Li was stunned. It was only now that he realized the danger. He looked up and his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhole. A crossbow arrow was coming at him at high speed. In a panic, he wanted to dodge, but it was too late!

The horse under his crotch cried out in pain, its huge body fell to the ground, and he fell headfirst once again.

"Why did you suddenly attack?! I came here for Prime Minister Dong's important matter! Can you bear it?!"

Dong Li got up from the ground and immediately scolded the scout, but the only response he got was cold silence.

The scout dismounted and walked quickly behind the messenger. The two men had clear division of labor and held down the messenger's arm with extremely skillful techniques.

He just felt that his arms were in terrible pain and even moving them was a luxury.

He didn't understand why the two men took action. If he met Liu Xuande, he would definitely report them!
Wait a minute? Could it be that Xixiang Hou instructed this? !
"My Lord, I finally see you!"

The scouts escorted Dong Li into a tent, and Dong Li's hands, which were bound and numb, were finally freed. He heard the two scouts addressing the person in front of him, and realized that the person in front of him was the famous Liu Xuande, Marquis of Xixiang. So, regardless of the numbness in his body, he immediately saluted and bowed to Liu Bei, and at the same time, he glanced at the two retreating scouts with resentment.

"Are you the envoy of Prime Minister Dong? What does the Prime Minister want to tell you?"

Liu Bei looked normal, and Dong Li couldn't see any clues no matter how hard he looked. He finally put his mind at ease and thought, I'm probably worrying too much.

He no longer hesitated, took out an imperial edict from his pocket, and said with a smile:

"Congratulations, envoy. Prime Minister Dong thinks of your hard work and great achievements. You are a wise elder of the royal family. Jingzhou still needs your garrison, so Prime Minister Dong is willing to appoint you as the General of the Southern Expedition and grant you the title of County Marquis."

"Sir, you haven't received the order yet?"

Dong Li's face was full of smiles. The General of the Southern Expedition was the General of the Fourth Expedition. How many people dreamed of this? It was not easy to be granted a title of nobility. Without doing anything, he jumped from a township marquis to a county marquis. Even in Prime Minister Dong's army, there were few people who could do this, right? !
Even Liu Xuande, who is well-known for his virtue, cannot be ignored, right?

When Liu Xuande accepts this order, I will sue the two people in front of him!
Dong Li was calculating in his mind how to exaggerate the crimes of the scout who offended him.

"Zheng——"

However, only a clear clanging sound was heard.

A white light flashed before his eyes.

A creepy feeling occupied Dong Li's brain in an instant, scaring him so much that his pupils dilated, his hair stood on end, and his legs began to tremble uncontrollably. He looked at Liu Bei stupidly, and his expressionless face finally showed some changes.

The wrinkles in his long eyebrows were deeper than the ravines in his forehead, and his eyes seemed to be spewing out blazing flames.

The sharp sword narrowly passed by his temple, cutting off a strand of his hair.

It was a close call. I almost died.
Dong Li could still feel the chill of the sword just now, which frightened him so much that his face turned pale and sweat soaked his back. He forced a smile.

"Lord Xuanxuande, what do you mean? Is there something wrong? If not, why not tell me so that I can go back and give an explanation to Prime Minister Dong."

However, Liu Bei did not even look at the edict in Dong Li's hand. He sneered and said:

"Confess? Tell Dong Zhuo to let him be killed!"

"what?!"

Dong Li stumbled back several steps. He didn't understand why Liu Xuande declared war on Dong Zhuo. He asked
"My Lord, what did I do wrong?"

"He oppresses the people and calls himself prime minister. He is truly a traitor!"

"Envoy"

The scholar walked in with the gait of a dragon and a tiger. He bowed to Liu Bei.
“Don’t let anger get the better of you.”

"We can't let this person go for now. If we alert the enemy, it will be very bad."

As if he felt that his words were not convincing, he added:

"Robbing civilians is just a trivial matter for them. This person will be of great use if you keep him. Why don't you hand him over to me?"

"Zheng"

There was another clanging sound, and Liu Bei put the sword back into the scabbard, and his frown gradually relaxed.

"Yuanzhi, I'll leave it to you. If you can find out something, that would be great. But if you can't, don't delay the trip." "Yes."

Dong Li's face froze. What did this mean? Were they going to let him go or not?

Xu Shu looked at Dong Li with a smile
"Has Dong Zhuo made any moves recently?"

"I, I, I don't know?!" Dong Li shut his mouth. He and Dong Zhuo were from the same clan and had a very good personal relationship with Dong Min. How could he betray them?

Dong Li was taken into a prison van and then locked in a tent.

There was no one else in the tent, it was empty.

All around him were the sounds of soldiers walking back and forth and whispers coming from all directions. Gradually, he understood the identity of the Confucian scholar. It was Xu Yuanzhi, whose voice in the army was second only to Liu Xuande. The soldiers all said that Xu Yuanzhi was cruel and had various ways of torturing people. Just listening to them made people shudder. Some even said that before this, there was a thief who refused to cooperate and was stabbed a thousand times before he died in pain.

One thousand dollars
Dong Li felt his scalp tingling just thinking about it, as if those thousand knives were falling on him. Suddenly, he remembered Dong Zhuo's confidant Li Ru. Li Ru looked gentle and smiling on the surface, just like Xu Shu just now!
Maybe Xu Shu could really do it!
The more Dong Li thought about it, the more scared he became. He immediately shouted outside the tent:

"I confess! I confess everything!!!"

"How is Yuanzhi?"

Liu Bei, who was mixing among the soldiers and sorting out the military baggage, stopped what he was doing and looked at Xu Shu who was walking towards him.

Xu Shu dragged Liu Bei to a corner and sighed
"One good news and one bad news."

"Let me tell you the bad news first." Liu Bei didn't think much about it.

Xu Shu frowned, his face full of worry

"Bad news. Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Min seems to have enemies in Yangcheng. Recently, the people of Yangcheng are celebrating a good day and festival. According to Dong Li, Dong Min may send troops to massacre Yangcheng."

"What?!" Liu Bei was stunned. You know, even in the Han Dynasty, massacre was the most atrocity.

He subconsciously clenched his fists and asked with gritted teeth

"Where's the good news? Is Dong Min dead? Is the massacre just empty talk?"

Xu Shu shook his head and sighed: "No, it's this man and the commander of the nearest pass."

The following words seemed to be stuck in Xu Shu's throat and he couldn't say them no matter what. For others, capturing a pass without spending a single soldier was great news. Compared with that, the lives of the people in a city were simply not worth mentioning.

It was not their fault in the first place, so even the gods and the earth cannot blame them.

Maybe he would cry afterwards and sigh about the hardships of the people?
but.
Xu Shu couldn't do it. He was born a knight-errant, so how could he pretend to be crazy and stupid and cover his eyes and ears, pretending to be unaware?
He believed that Liu Bei would never do that!
If you can't do small justice, how can you talk about big justice?!

Just as Xu Shu looked up at Liu Bei, Liu Bei said firmly: "Yuanzhi, forget about the baggage and only prepare a few days' worth of food. We will travel light and head straight to Yangcheng!"

"Yes!" Xu Shu nodded solemnly.

"Your Majesty, it is a pity to lose all these baggage. Do you think the envoy is confused?"

Looking at the food and grass scattered all over the ground, Sha Gu Shi, who was then a general under the command of Shamoke, the King of Wuxi Barbarians, felt reluctant to leave.

"You brat!" Shamoke, imitating the Han accent, slapped Shalishi on the head, almost making Shalishi fall to the ground.

"Didn't you hear what that donkey-faced clerk said just now?"

"Lord, you are going to rescue people. Wouldn't these things slow down the march?!"

"Besides, that donkey-faced clerk will lead some people to stay here, so we won't get lost!"

Gravel, rubbing his head, corrected Shamoke's words
"Your Majesty, that donkey-faced clerk seems to be called Zhuge something."

Shamoko immediately frowned, "I only know one Zhuge Kongming! How can anyone else be called Zhuge?!"

"?"

Gravel touched his head and felt that the king was weird today.

Then he looked in the direction where Liu Bei was.

The envoy is also weird.

"Finally, we are back to Yingchuan."

Xun Yu, who had finally resigned from his official position in the court, led two or three servants on a tiring journey by boat and carriage and finally arrived at Yingchuan. Looking at Yangcheng not far ahead, he showed a tired smile. Even though he was still some distance away from his hometown, it was still worth being happy to be away from Dong Zhuo, a powerful official who was even more powerful than Liang Ji.

"Mr. Xun, do you want to go into the city and rest for a while?"

The servant asked, panting.

"Okay." Xun Yu nodded. After all, they had worked hard along the way, and it was normal to take a rest. Besides, they had already left the territory controlled by Dong Zhuo, so what was there to worry about?

This is a good opportunity to think about what to do in the future.

Xun Yu thought secretly.

After entering Yangcheng, Xun Yu was glad that he had decided to rest here.

Standing on the long street and looking around, there is an endless stream of pedestrians coming and going, no matter they are scholars wearing hats, children who are not even as tall as their waists, or common people in coarse linen clothes, everyone has a smile on his face.

The air was filled with the crackling sound of bamboo being roasted in the fire.

They all seemed to be looking in the same direction.

Xun Yu cast his gaze in that direction.

Some men dressed in exaggerated clothes, holding bamboo poles or objects in their hands, danced like dragons. They were extremely agile, jumping up and down, flowing and circling amid the cheers and shouts of the crowd.

Dragon dance.

A word popped into Xun Yu's mind.

This is a kind of sacrifice originating from ancient times, the purpose of which is to pray to God for rain.

However, after so many years of development, it became a form of entertainment for people to celebrate festivals as early as the Western Han Dynasty.

After the dragon dance, someone discovered that Xun Yu was an eloquent man and invited him to the attic to recite poems and compose essays.

Originally, a man held his head high and his chest puffed out, chanting loudly with great momentum: "There are no old friends west of Yangguan Pass"

As a result, the people threw stones at him that were everywhere, saying that they did not understand other people's poems, but did they think they were stupid by using General Zhang's poems?

When Xun Yu came on stage, although he was not proficient in poetry, he had studied Zhang Fei's poems. After thinking for a while, he said a few lines, which aroused thunderous applause from the audience. He undoubtedly won the first place.

Later he went to see the temple fair. After a day of fun, he returned to the inn and fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow.

He was thinking leisurely just before going to sleep.

Really, really good.
It's worth the trip. It's worth the trip.
However, in his daze, he was awakened by a scream.

"Oh no! Someone is attacking the city! Someone is attacking the city!"

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