The Shuhan Empire of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 76 Runan Deng Ai Shang

Runan Deng Aishang

Zhuge Qiao and his party came and went in a hurry; they just arrived at Wuchang City, but now they are outside the city gate, but they have lost the momentum they had when they entered the city, only twenty or so of them drove out of the city gate alone.

"Surname Deng, surname Ai Shizai, in his twenties this year, works as a farmer in a certain farmland in Runan, and has a mother" Zhuge Qiao said slowly, this is what he once saw accidentally. an introduction to
"Just this little clue, I have to search for it in each county and town of Runan County. I don't know when I will have to find it. Tun Zhang, who are you?" Liu Yu asked with a sigh, full of enthusiasm. curious.

"I don't know. The prime minister asked me to find it. As for what it is, you can ask the prime minister. By the way, he still stutters." Facing Liu Yu's inquisition, Zhuge Qiao had to move out Zhuge Liang to suppress him; Liu Yu really didn't ask Instead, he continued on his way.

Gradually, Zhuge Qiao and his group moved away from the city gate and headed towards Jingzhou, but stopped when they reached an intersection;

"Brother Youchang, goodbye, see you again in Chengdu" Zhuge Qiao bowed to Ma Di

"Bo Song take care," Ma Su replied with a sigh.

Then Zhuge Qiao and the Langya Nine people got on their horses and ran straight towards Runan; looking at Zhuge Qiao's back as he went away, I hope you can bring back good news this time, Ma Di said silently

Deng Ai lost his father since he was a child. He lived in an era of frequent wars and social turmoil. He lived in the Central Plains where the land was highly concentrated and the mergers and acquisitions were fierce. It is conceivable that life is difficult.However, Deng Ai received a good education since he was a child, which had a major impact on his life.

In 208 A.D. (the 13th year of Jian'an), after Cao Cao captured the Central Plains, he forced the local people to move northward. At this time, Deng Ai, his mother, and his clan were forcibly moved to Runan as villagers.Because of his young age, Deng Ai was originally a cowherd boy.But he had great ambitions since he was a child, determined to change his destiny through struggle. When I was 12 years old, I went to Yingchuan with my mother again, and read two sentences in the inscription of the late Taiqiu Chang Chen Shi, "Writing is the model of the world, and the conduct of the people is the rule", and I admired it very much, so I named myself Deng Fan, and the word Shi Ze .Later, there were people with the same name as him in the clan, so they changed their name to this one.

Among the people in Tuntian, there are very few people with talents and learning. Deng Ai was recommended as a bachelor of Duwei Diannong (equivalent to a county) based on his talent and learning. It is also possible to be promoted gradually due to merit, which is a way for people from humble backgrounds to change their families.But because of stuttering, Captain Diannong thought that he was not suitable for an important position, so he appointed him as a small official who guarded the straw.Seeing that his family was poor, an elder in the same county often supported him, but Deng Ai did not express his gratitude at first.

Deng Ai liked military affairs. Whenever he saw mountains and rivers, he would survey the terrain there and point out the barracks. He didn't mind being ridiculed by others.

After several days of non-stop rushing, Zhuge Qiao and his party finally came to Xiangxin, a county town in Runan County; the first thing they did after entering the county town was to take Spike to a restaurant and have a hearty meal;
"Haha, happy! I haven't eaten like this for a long time, what should we do next?" Liu Yu patted his stomach and said;
The eyes of the rest of the people in the store also stayed on Zhuge Qiao and his two tables. From the moment they entered the store, they called out to serve two buckets of rice first, but at the end of the wolfing down, the eyes of the surrounding people never shifted; according to Liu Yu's words In other words, it’s been too long since I’ve touched rice, and the dry food along the way has already made my stomach hungry.

"Later, we will divide into three teams and spread out to search in Xiangxin County, and we will gather here tomorrow to rush to the next county; remember to inquire clearly and not let any clue go," Zhuge Qiao said to them, and then Tap the table to pay and leave;
Ten fast horses galloped out of this inn again, Zhuge and Fu Qian together, Chen Qi and Liu Yu each led a team and rushed out of the city...

Runan County can also be regarded as a large county in Yuzhou, with more than ten county towns under it, and the area across the land is very wide; just one month later, Zhuge Qiao searched nearly ten county towns, and finally found a found out.

"Old man, do you know where there is a temporary residence for Tuntian people near here?" Zhuge Qiao asked an old man, his tone was not as expectant as the first time, after all, he had asked this question for a month up;
"It's enough to go forward twenty miles. I guess you are foreigners!" the old man asked in a deep voice.

"We are from Jingzhou, I don't know how we would know," Zhuge Qiao asked suspiciously

"It's not easy. If you ask the people in the village if they are not from other places, who else is there? Are you looking for someone or what are you doing?" the old man smiled proudly.
Zhuge Qiao also understood the meaning of the old man. During the Three Kingdoms period, many villagers in the villages were composed of refugees who had lost their homes, and their social status was relatively low;

"Looking for a friend of mine. Jingzhou was lost in Jingzhou in the past, and then it was reported that he moved to Runan and became a farmer, so I have been looking for this friend." Zhuge Qiao continued to move with the excuse he had used many times. come out.

The old man stared at Zhuge Qiao and thought over and over again, "If your friend knows that there is someone like you, and he is still looking for someone like you, he will be very excited. The life of the people in the village is very bitter; tell me about your friend's last name." Who is your name, the old man is familiar with most of the villagers in front of the village, and there may be someone you are looking for," the old man sighed.
"His surname is Deng and his name is Ai Shizai. He is in his twenties this year. He has a stuttering problem and has a mother; I don't know if the old man has heard of it." Zhuge Qiao read it fluently, and then looked expectant again. Waiting for the old man's answer.

After hearing this, the old man didn't answer in a hurry, but laughed while holding his beard;
"To be honest with this son, I really know their mother and son. Deng Ai is very talented and learned in the village. Now he is a Diannong Gongcao and his life is much better than that of other villagers. His family is only [-] miles ahead. In that village in Yuli," the old man said slowly to Zhuge Qiao
However, Zhuge Qiao was very anxious when he heard it!
"Thank you," he said and handed a bag of broken silver to the old man, and he immediately got on his horse and ran straight ahead. Seeing that the search for someone had finally come to an end, Fu Qian heaved a sigh of relief and followed Zhuge After Joma.

The twenty-mile journey is too small for Zhuge Qiao's footprints in Runan, but it is quite long for Zhuge Qiao at this moment, but it is relieved to think that this month's hard work will soon see the results up.

(End of this chapter)