Rogue master in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 147
"That's strange... He has been stationed on the north bank of Luoshui for half a month. He neither invaded Yiyang where Liu Bei was stationed in the south, nor attacked our Luoyang north. What kind of medicine did he put in the gourd?"

The sky was gloomy, black clouds hovered in the night sky, and the sky was so dark that it seemed to press down on the ground, making people feel breathless.

The wilderness before the heavy rain was so hot that there was no wind, and the lonely weeds stood quietly on the vast land, bending over weakly.Occasionally, when autumn insects chirped, there was a deep thunder on the dark clouds.

And in this wilderness where there is no village in the front and no shops in the back, on an ancient road extending from a distance, the sound of horseshoes gradually resounded, and after a while, a roll of sand and dust billowed, and the horse galloped towards it. , The horse was spitting, but the rider looked up and glanced at the mountains in the distance. Under the dark clouds in the night sky, strange peaks and rocks, with a hint of ferocity.

He waved his horsewhip, shouted "drive" in a low voice, and then saw the smoke and dust billowing, and the rider had already left!
Among the majestic mountains, there is an inconspicuous short mountain named Lishan.In the howling wind, the rain falling from the sky rolled over a small shop in the wilderness at the foot of Lishan Mountain.An oil lamp was lit alone in the small shop, showing a faint light in the vast barren mountains and wilderness.

The shopkeeper's surname is Liu, a middle-aged man in his early forties, and he is a resident of Lintong County, five miles away.In 400 BC, in order to win people's hearts, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang arranged for [-] families to live near Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, and guarded Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum as mausoleum guardians.After hundreds of years of reproduction, these [-] families have taken root and multiplied their descendants here, and the small village where they lived has developed into today's Lintong County.Although [-] years have passed, the Han Dynasty has come to a time when the wind and rain are on the verge of collapse, and these mausoleum guards still abide by the wishes left by their ancestors and guard the foot of Mount Li for generations.The world only knows that Qin Shihuang is buried in this area, but there are thousands of mountains, and where the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum is really hidden is still a secret for thousands of years.

Shopkeeper Liu has entered the age of forty, his spouse died young, and he has a son, but unfortunately he is a dementia.The father and son depended on each other for their lives. In this remote place, beside the ancient road, they worked hard to build a simple house, providing a place for business travelers to rest and drink tea, and earn some hard money.

In fact, Lintong County has been the hub of Guanzhong since ancient times, and the only way between Luoyang and Chang'an. The geographical location is very important.And the ancient road in front of Shopkeeper Liu's small shop leads to things, from Tongguan in the west to Luoyang in the east, so there are many people coming and going. In the turbulent world, it can be regarded as stable.

At this moment, shopkeeper Liu was standing in front of the store, looking at the dark cloudy night sky, and then at both sides of the ancient road, his brows were slightly frowned, and he sighed softly. In such bad weather, there must be no merchants and travelers rushing. It seems that the business in the store has been ruined today.However, there were still a few customers in the small shop, sitting silently in the dark and yellow room, avoiding the bitter wind and rain outside.

Lightning flashed in the dark sky, and then the low thunder rolled in the dark clouds, and the silent mountain suddenly blew up, making the doors and windows of the shop rattling, and dust falling from the wooden beams overhead.

At this moment, shopkeeper Liu turned his head and shouted at the demented son in the shop: "What are you doing, you son of a bitch? It's windy, why don't you roll over and move things into the house?"

Shopkeeper Liu's tone was rough, obviously resentful towards the dementia left by his dead wife.

In the dark corner of the shop, a young man about seventeen or eighteen years old was squatting on the ground, playing with a shaggy wild dog.Surprisingly, this young man is simply a giant, with a majestic face, a burly figure, and long and dirty hair on his head. Hearing his father's call, he immediately picked up the extremely ugly puppy and walked to his father's side , laughing foolishly.When he stood beside his father, his burly body appeared to be extraordinarily strong. The old saying that he is eight feet tall couldn't be more appropriate for him. He stood upright, with a figure of more than two meters, and his head almost touched the roof. .Standing beside his son, shopkeeper Liu suddenly looked small.But this idiot obeyed his father, and worked tirelessly to carry things outside the house in the wind and rain.Next to the store door are two sealed wine tanks full of spirits, which look no less than a hundred catties in size.What is amazing is that the demented child stretched out his long and thick arm like an ape to hold the wine tank, and even hugged it with one arm, and moved it into the house with ease. There was a slight vibration, and I thought he was moving a pillow.

The supernatural power of such a burly demented child immediately attracted the attention of the silent customers in the small shop.There are only six tables in the shabby and dark hut, three of them are sitting with customers resting their feet to shelter from the rain, and the two tables near the door are all year-round traders. Although the war has brought suffering, However, the increase in material demand has also created more opportunities for some traders and pawns to seek wealth.Compared with these busy and dusty ordinary traders, a pair of young men and women sitting at a table by the window is particularly eye-catching.

This pair of young men and women are obviously extraordinary people. The man has a handsome and delicate face, two sword eyebrows slanted into the temples, a pair of phoenix eyes look forward to look powerful, a high nose bridge, thin lips tightly closed, and long black hair hanging down. On both shoulders, the navy blue robe fluttered in the wind, indescribably free and easy, handsome, such a handsome young man.

If Chen Wei were here, he would be surprised to find that this person was the man in white who almost killed him.

And next to this young man, there is a woman with tall hair, tied in the shape of a conch, her face is covered with a white gauze, only her eyes are exposed, the pupils are black and bright, glamorous and incomparable, like a fairy falling from the nine heavens Entering the mortal world, when people love and pity, there is still a bit of awe.

The customers in the store are all well-informed traders and pawns who have been wandering in the rivers and lakes for a long time, but they have never seen such a refined fairy, but they can look at them from a distance and dare not feel obscene.

When the fairy-like woman saw the idiot lifting the wine jar, her eyes were so beautiful that they lit up, and when she saw him smiling foolishly and drooling from his mouth, the eyes flashed A look of disappointment and regret.

The young man next to him observed the woman's gaze, and then smiled slightly: "Exquisite bones, natural supernatural power, he is simply a wonderful seedling, but it is a pity that he is an idiot."

Because of the light veil covering the woman's face, she couldn't see her expression clearly, but her eyes were as flat as water, and she couldn't see any emotions, giving people an unpredictable feeling.But just like this, it made the eyes of the young master beside him flash a hint of admiration.

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The muffled thunder rolled past, and the rain between the sky and the earth gradually increased.After helping the things, the dingy ugly dog ​​crouching in the arms of the big man under the eaves in the corner was frightened by the thunder, jumped out of his arms, and ran towards the rain curtain ahead.The stupid big man let out a scream, and then chased out in a panic regardless of the heavy rain and mud.

The big man's cry was like thunder, and the merchant who had driven the small shop for most of the night took the opportunity to doze off and was startled, and could not help cursing a few words in complaint.Shopkeeper Liu apologized, and apologized to all the guests: "The dog scared you, forgive me, forgive me..."

Naturally, those vendors wouldn't really care about a fool, and one of them asked, "Shopkeeper, why don't you let your stupid son run out in the rainy night like this, are you afraid of being caught by jackals?"

Shopkeeper Liu is not angry when he hears customers calling his son a fool. He opens a store here to welcome customers and earn some hard-earned money, and he always smiles at anyone.At this time, he glanced at his son who had disappeared into the rain, then turned around and said politely to the guest with a smile on his face: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, the wolves in the mountains will only hide away when they see him..."

Several customers in the store laughed when they heard this, but one of them couldn't help but sneered: "I guess the shopkeeper wants the jackal to eat that stupid son. It's a waste of food after raising it..."

Shopkeeper Liu was still not annoyed, and with a smiling face, he said twice in a row: "I don't eat tiger poison, I don't eat tiger poison..."

The guests laughed even more.After a while, the small shop returned to calm.

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Beside the window of the small shop in the wilderness, listening intently to the sound of wind and rain whistling in the field, the young master Pianpian couldn't help saying again: "I wonder if the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor is really at the foot of Lishan Mountain as Mr. Zhuge said?"

The masked woman finally spoke, and her voice was like the sound of heaven, which made the drowsy traders immediately relieve their drowsiness and prick up their ears.

"I should ask Mr. Sima this question." The woman said softly.

The young master showed embarrassment on his face, and said: "Mr. Zhuge is very clever, he knows astronomy and geography, since he is so sure that he is in Lishan, he should be right. In any case, I, Sima Yi, will not let Feixue go away for nothing. trip."

When the woman heard him call her name directly, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed inadvertently, as if she was a little dissatisfied.But soon she continued: "It's a coincidence that I have a young senior brother named Zhuge Liang. He is extremely talented, but he is unrestrained. But I would like to meet the Mr. Zhuge that Mr. Sima said, who can make Cao Cao pay homage to him." As a military advisor, Mr. Sima also admires how outstanding the character is."

(End of this chapter)