The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 209 Nagasaka Sacrifice
After Liu Chan entrusted the affairs of the barbarians and the establishment of the cottage to Deng Ai, he took Zhuge Qiao, Zhao Feng and his wife and five hundred elites to escort the convoy, wandered around the mountains for a few days, and finally walked out of the mountains.

In fact, before going out of the mountain, they took a detour around the mountainous area and went to Lumen Mountain where Duke Pang lived in seclusion.It's a pity that Liu Chan sent all his men to search, but still couldn't find the location. I really don't know how Pang Degong's residence is so secret.

Liu Chan felt very disappointed. He wanted to have a good chat with Mr. Pang De!But now the time is really tight, and I can't stay any longer, so I have to turn around and go out of the mountain...

After leaving the mountainous area, Liu Chan couldn't help but look back at the mountain pass behind him, sighing secretly that it was not easy for him to walk this way, and he didn't want to go through so many troubles!Then for the next thing, he can only pray that God will take care of him and change the course of Jingzhou's history.

When Zhuge Qiao saw Liu Chan's mount take a few steps, he had to look back, feeling a little strange in his heart.

In fact, there is no good scenery behind him, except for his long convoy transporting various supplies, it is just a mountain pass.

The cliffs on both sides stand tall, like two tall and mighty door gods. The color of the mountain is a little whitish. It looks like rock or white clay, but the texture must be extremely hard.

The entrance of the mountain pass is narrow, but the inside is actually not spacious. It is less than seven or eight miles long to go in. In addition, there are dense green shrubs growing on the cliffs on both sides, which looks like a winding bamboo leaf lying on the ground.

Zhuge Qiao asked, "My lord, what are you looking at?"

Liu Chan was distracted, but he came to his senses after being asked by Zhuge Qiao.Of course, he didn't want to talk more about the not-so-righteous thing he did among the Jingshan barbarians, so he just said "oh" and said nothing more.

Although Zhuge Qiao still felt strange in his heart-why did the prince ignore him?But since the son was unwilling to speak, he naturally had no room to ask further questions, so he had to silently follow aside.

Only then did Liu Chan remember that he still had a map in his arms, so he took it out.The above is just a few extremely simple lines drawn, not a fine work.The names of Xiangyang, Dangyang and Jiangling are marked in it, which should be a map of Jingzhou.But between these locations, there is an eye-catching central point—Changbanpo.

This map was drawn by Liu Chan to Deng Ai before leaving.Among them, Changbanpo is naturally the Changbanpo who Zhao Zilong killed seven times in Cao Jun and rescued Liu Chan from death.

However, during the Battle of Changbanpo, Liu Chan was still in his infancy, and he didn't know anything, and even his soul hadn't been reborn on this Liu Chan, so it wasn't certain.

However, in that battle, Madam Mi did die trying to save him, it can be said that she has done the utmost of benevolence and righteousness.Such a benefactor is really rare in this era full of intrigue, so he should at least pay homage to Madam Mi.

Therefore, Liu Chan turned his horse's head and ordered Zhao Feng to prepare the Baier army and go to Changbanpo with him first.Then, he raised his voice to order the [-] infantry units behind, as well as the convoy escorted by them, to speed up the march and rush to meet up later!
Changbanpo is surrounded by the Han River in the east, the Jingshan Mountain and the steep Juzhang River in the west, and the Huya Pass in the north, which is the only passage for the Jingxiang ancient road going south.Then, it is naturally the only passage for Liu Chan and others to leave Jingshan and go south to Jiangling.

However, the area of ​​Changbanpo is not small. According to Deng Ai, it has a radius of fifty miles. It will take a lot of effort to find the place where Mrs. Mi buried her head.So in order to coordinate the time, Liu Chan sent the order like this.

Liu Chan raised the whip, and lashed the horse's buttocks lightly, and after a soft sound, the white horse immediately galloped forward.Liu Chan's riding skills have been practiced, but they are not very good. Naturally, he dare not run too fast in the mountains, but now that he has come out of the mountains, the road ahead is fairly flat, so galloping is not a big problem.

Liu Chan and the others hurried forward, and after more than two hours, everyone finally saw a high slope in the flat land in front of them.

The trees on the hill are sparse, like malnourished children, dry and thin, and those yellowish branches and leaves are like children with yellowish hair.

The yellow and brown soil was exposed on the ground, like a variegated bowl turned upside down on the ground, and the position happened to be stuck on the Jingxiang Ancient Road, forming a dangerous terrain.

Liu Chan secretly said in his heart that this is the place.He handed over the map to Zhao Feng for confirmation. After all, he is very good at marching and fighting, so it should be easy to identify the geography.

Of course Zhao Feng knew the significance of Changbanpo to the young master, so he didn't dare to slack off at all. After comparing the map several times, he reported to Liu Chan with confidence: "My lord, there should be Changbanpo. Sakapo!"

Liu Chan sent an order to let all the white-eared guards disperse to find the place where Mrs. Mi died that year. Only Zhao Feng and his wife were left by his side to protect him and Zhuge Qiao.After the white-eared guards quickly dispersed, Liu Chan and the others walked towards the hill without haste.

After a while, the guards came back to report that they had found a ruin and a dry well, which was most likely the place where Mrs. Mi died, and there was also a stone tablet standing there.Liu Chan knew that they were looking for the right place, after all, they could find the stele.So he ordered the man to lead the way.

When Liu Chan arrived at the place the guard had mentioned, he dismounted and saw the ruins that the man had mentioned, but they could no longer be counted as ruins.The original bricks and stones have already turned into a pile of loess. If you look carefully, you can't really distinguish the soil. It turned out that a house could be built.

The grass on the ruins is now luxuriant, and it looks more like a big grave.Next to the ruins was a dry well. The edge of the well was blackened by wind and rain, and a large corner was broken, like a row of good teeth falling out, turning into an ugly gap.

The well is very dilapidated, but a large stone tablet erected next to it is quite new, obviously not many years old, and the inscription reads:
After Prince Jing of Hanzhong Mountain, Inspector of Yuzhou, Xuzhou Mu, General Zhendong, Tinghou of Yicheng...Leading Yizhou Mu, Hanzhong King Liu Bei's wife Gan, gentle, kind and virtuous, but unfortunately they suffered here, and erected a monument to commemorate it .

Looking at this series of dazzling words, most of them are actually writing the series of official titles that Liu Bei has done.As for Mrs. Mi, there are only eighteen words, which makes people feel a little dumbfounded, and even gives rise to an illusion: Is this showing off Liu Bei's identity, or commemorating Mrs. Mi?
Liu Chan cursed inwardly, which bastard did this!He must be a guy who is good at flattering people. If he meets him, he will have to whip dozens of whips to calm down.

However, there is still a column of small characters on the edge of the stele.Liu Chan approached and looked at it, and was really dumbfounded.Because those words actually said that this stele was erected by brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang to commemorate Mrs. Mi!
Mi Zhu was serious and upright, somewhat similar to Liu Ba. Such a person always did things directly, and it was impossible to flatter Liu Bei by erecting a monument for his sister.Then Mi Fang is very suspicious. As Mi Zhu's younger brother, he is not the head of the Mi family. If he wants to erect a monument to flatter his younger sister, he must get Mi Zhu's consent. As for how he will do it himself, Mi Zhu probably doesn't know.

Thinking about this, Liu Chan couldn't help spitting, and scolded Mi Fang bloody in his heart.Then, Liu Chan thought that since Mi Fang erected a monument here instead of building a grave, it was obvious that Mrs. Mi's bones had been buried elsewhere.

After Liu Chan figured this out, he could actually leave here. It is also possible to ask Mi Fang about the cemetery after Jiangling.

But looking at the long weeds around the stele, it has already covered up the text underneath.It rained a few days ago, and there were footprints of wild foxes and birds on the ground. Now they have been dried by the sun, and the hardened marks are like patterns embroidered on the ground.From the looks of it, it must have been a long time since no one came to take care of it.

Liu Chan couldn't bear it, so he rolled up his sleeves and went to clean up the weeds himself.Seeing this, Zhuge Qiao and others, as well as the white-eared guards who came to gather, all stepped forward to help.

Liu Chan naturally refused, leaving only Zhuge Qiao and Zhao Feng to help. In fact, these people are almost the same as his family, and then let the guards chop some wood.He wanted to build a pavilion here to protect the stele from the wind and rain.

Liu Chan and the others were busy until sunset, when the weeds were stripped away, and the pavilion was built in style.

Since coming to this Three Kingdoms era, Liu Chan has always been pampered. When did he do such a job as pulling weeds?So in the end, the entire palm of the hand has turned red, and experienced people know that after a while, Liu Chan's hand will be painful and blisters will appear.And Zhuge Qiao's situation is actually similar.

Zhao Feng went to move a stone, let Liu Chan and Zhuge Qiao sit down, and called Shi Hui to apply medicine for them.

Although Shi Hui was extremely ruthless when she killed someone, she was also extremely careful when she was gentle.Every movement of her applying the medicine was done extremely gently, which made the pain on Liu Chan's hands seem to be relieved a lot at once, and Liu Chan couldn't help but think of her mother—Mrs. Lying by the river outside Jiangling city.Although, now he can't remember what Mrs. Gan looks like at all.

Then, there is Sun Shangxiang who Liu Chan has always cared about.She should have accepted Gu Shao by now, right?Liu Chan can only wish her happiness in his heart.

Thinking about it, Liu Chan's eyes suddenly became a little blurred.

He originally thought that his vision was blurred because the dim light of the setting sun on the opposite side blocked his vision.But Shi Hui suddenly exclaimed: "My lord, why are you crying?" She quickly took out a silk handkerchief to wipe away his tears, only then did Liu Chan know that he was crying.

Zhuge Qiao's eye sockets were also reddened.Although Huang Yueying and Kong Ming treated him very well now, he suddenly began to miss his parents who were far away in Jiangdong.The reason why the relationship between him and Liu Chan is so good is probably because they are suffering from the same disease!

(End of this chapter)