Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1578 See the details in consideration

  Xu County.

  Sikong government office lobby.

   Xun Yu is still working at his desk.

  It is already late at night, and it will be dawn soon after calculating the time, but Xun Yu is still dealing with various affairs non-stop.

  As the New Year approached, Xu County gradually had a New Year atmosphere, but in this atmosphere, it was sometimes accompanied by a bit of desolation.

Ever since the news of Yuan Shao's going south reached Xu County, many people were watching, and some people had already withdrawn to their own Wubao early, waiting for the final result, and even prepared congratulatory gifts and gifts to Cao Cao. Yuan Shao's meeting gift, anyway, only needs to prepare one copy, the big deal is to change the title of the gift list at that time.

The rest of the ordinary people couldn't abandon the city in a leisurely way, but could only stay in the city for a while. The atmosphere of the New Year and the prelude to the upcoming military disaster were closely related to one place, and people couldn't help but feel this moment all the time. The torment of the share, feeling the tremor and anxiety above the atrium.

  Cao Cao went to the front line, and there must be no one in the rear, so Xun Yu and others were left in the Sikong Mansion to handle internal affairs and logistics.

  The sky has a slight brilliance, from gray to orange, like molten iron.

  The servant came in tiptoely, replaced the brazier that had lost its temperature, blew out a few candles, brought some hot soup, and served it to the table of Xun Yu and the others, skillfully and meticulously.

   Xun Yu raised his sore neck, moved it a bit, made a rattling sound, and asked, "What time is it?"

   "It's already a quarter of Yin time to report back to Lord Xun Ling..." A steward replied softly.

  Xun Yu picked up the hot soup, took a sip, then took a long breath, glanced at the steward, and asked, "How is the arrangement inside and outside the government office?"

   "Reporting to Mr. Xun Ling, everything has been properly arranged..." The steward replied respectfully as before.

It's very interesting and contradictory. From Xun Yu's heart, he hopes that all these materials for the New Year can be shipped to the front line. After all, the front line where Cao Cao is located is in short supply of all materials. It is natural to have more support for the front line. Okay, but the problem is that the New Year is coming after all, if everything is arranged, it is inevitable that some people will start to mutter something...

Therefore, those who are responsible for transshipment of front-line materials are overwhelmed, and those who are responsible for decorating lanterns and festoons to create a New Year atmosphere are also very busy, and these two lines are all gathered here, including political, military, people's livelihood, etc. There are some espionage and personnel arrangements, so they are highly tense almost every day, and they stay up all night, which has become the norm during this period of time.

  One side is the New Year, the other side is the war. These two atmospheres are strangely intertwined. They both influence each other and separate from each other, forming a strange scene in Xu County, which makes people extremely speechless.

Xun Yu has to take care of his teammates, and he must also guard against his pig teammates. Of course, if Xun Yu knows the definition of the word pig teammate, he will definitely agree. After all, in Xun Yu's heart, these pig teammates are really not helping at all...

Perhaps from the day when Yuan Shao officially went south, there have been many inexplicable things in Cao Cao's political system. It was originally a unified organization, but suddenly it felt like it had its own ideas, which led to Cao Cao's Xun Yu Every time people take a step forward, they seem to be pulled by various resistances as if they are in a swamp, which is extremely uncomfortable.

  There are all kinds of things to say, and some rumors spread from time to time among the market place, some of which are naturally spread by some spies of Yuan Shao, and some are booed by pig teammates who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao...

This kind of situation, at that time point of Dong Cheng, almost reached the extreme, as if he was walking alone, and then in a blink of an eye, it seemed that the thigh had the idea of ​​the thigh, the forearm had the idea of ​​the forearm, and then the stomach also had the stomach As the heads, Cao Cao and Xun Yu must constantly adjust the will of each part, appease the changes, and then strive to move forward with these parts, resisting external and internal pressure.

   Fortunately, after the huge ups and downs in the court subsided, the situation was more or less stable.

  Han Emperor Liu Xie didn't know whether he had a sense of enlightenment, or was hit a little bit depressed. Anyway, he was in the imperial city for a while, and he didn't go to court for two or three consecutive court meetings.

When Dong Chengzhi's case broke out, Xun Yu and others had an urgent meeting to discuss the matter, and mutually confirmed that Dong Chengzhi's case could not be expanded, and the impact must be eliminated in a short period of time, and it must be stopped just to catch some important things. After all, the current confrontation with Yuan Shao This is the last thing. If civil strife breaks out, wouldn't it be just for Yuan Shao to take advantage of it?

But for other court officials, it is not a problem to shut up and not talk about Dong Cheng on the surface, but whether they will get together behind the scenes and discuss right and wrong is beyond the control of Xun Yu Manchong and others. In many eyes, no matter what, Dong Cheng still has the status of the head of the Han Emperor...

  Of course, there is Dong Guiren...

   In addition, there is news about Yuan Shao, which is also disturbing.

  From December 21st, Yuan Tan from Qingzhou led soldiers and horses and began to go down Qingzhou, harassing Yanzhou, pointing directly at Xuzhou, burning, killing and looting on the way, eating places...

Although there were not many prosperous places in the areas that Yuan Tan attacked, not many villages were destroyed, and the distance was still far away, but for these people in Yuzhou, it was no less than the human tragedy of the year. Advent and stage.

The sound of roosters crowing in the distance, Xun Yu stood up, moved his stiff hands and feet, wrapped in a cloak, looked at the servants outside the hall who were cleaning the corridor courtyard, felt the slightest chill, couldn't help hugging cloak.

  At this moment, the sound of an alarm suddenly came from the outer courtyard wall, and then there was noise and screaming. Xun Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then angrily said: "What's the trouble!?"

   Immediately, guards rushed to the hall and reported: "There are traitors making trouble in the porridge shed outside the city! The eldest son is on the spot, and martial law has been ordered to arrest him!"

  Xun Yu's expression suddenly changed upon hearing this, and he shouted, "Come on! Order Xiahou to lead the troops out of the city quickly! Guard the eldest son!"

The disaster relief porridge shed puts porridge twice a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. From the perspective of time, it happens to be the time when the porridge is put out in the morning. Almost immediately realized that the riot this time was mostly aimed at Cao Ang!

When Xun Yu arrived at the scene with his men, the entire Xu County was under martial law, and soldiers went out to patrol the streets to arrest the rioters. Because of the sudden incident, there were small-scale chaos and conflicts on the long street from time to time, and the bluestone was stained with blood. , Even on the wooden boards of the closed shop doors on both sides of the street, there are many **** marks.

  Xia Houchong came in a hurry, his body stained with blood. At first Xun Yu thought that Xia Houchong was injured, but after hearing Xia Houchong's words, Xun Yu would rather Xia Houchong was injured...

"...The thieves and bandits mixed among the refugees, and when they saw the eldest son coming, they made a noise and caused chaos...Elder son, the eldest son was caught off guard, and an arrow was shot in his shoulder..." Xia Houchong's face was as gloomy as ice, and he said through gritted teeth, " These thieves must be instigated by someone! Someone has already ordered torture and interrogation! We must find out these treacherous culprits!"

Xun Yu swayed a bit. I don't know if it was because the rising sun was dazzling, or because he was dizzy and couldn't stand still. He couldn't help but put his hand on his forehead, closed his eyes, and after a pause of three or four breaths, he put down his hand and slowly looked up.

  Xia Houchong couldn't help being taken aback.

  Under the early sun, I saw blood in Xun Yu's eyes...

  …………………

  The cold wind in the mountains is biting, it seems that no matter how many clothes you wear, you can't cover it. You only feel that the cold seems to come in from every gap, and easily take away the only heat on your body.

  Among the vast mountains, the forests and trees are all very large, making the group of people extremely small against the backdrop, like ants climbing on top of steamed cakes.

  The further you go to Dazhuo, the more roads will be lost. Walking among the mountains and forests, you not only need to identify the direction, but also need to overcome thorns and thorns all the way to open up a road, which is indeed extremely difficult.

The southwest is vast, and those who can survive in this remote village are often fierce and abnormal. After all, it takes nothing without a little courage to fight against the heaven and the earth. Therefore, no matter if they are Zha people, Zhe people, or other barbarians, they are not very easy to talk about. …

   Well, of course, even if we speak, we may not be able to understand each other.

   Therefore, among this group of people, not only do they need to carry some mountain camping equipment, but also some coarse salt. After all, in this kind of place, sometimes salt is more useful than money.

Before General Zhengxi decided who would be in charge of the mining of the Dazuo iron mine, these big households in Sichuan and Shu could no longer hold back, so they united and sent a team to go to Dazao first. Anyway, no matter who it is in the end, it needs to open up a path, and the sooner it is investigated, the sooner it will be rewarded.

  The war in the Central Plains is spreading, and people in Sichuan and Shu have heard a lot about it. The world is about to change drastically, so the significance of having an extra iron mine is naturally needless to say.

The leader of this team is Li Hui's nephew Li Qiu, and Li Qiu's goal is not to find the iron mine near Dazuo all at once, but to find Yuan Yue who fled into the forest before. Waiting for the Jin people tribe.

After the battle in Langzhong, Yuan Yue knew that following Liu Zhang was of no benefit, so he led his people all the way into the mountainous area. Because the incident between Liu Zhang and Liu Bei broke out, no one cared about where these people were hiding. Among that mountain top.

If General Zhengxi hadn't said that Da Ruo had discovered iron ore this time, Li Hui wouldn't have thought about re-establishing contact with Yuan Yue, a group of people like Yuan Yue. The character is like a dog. It was as if it was lost before. It was not a big deal. Now I suddenly remembered that the dog was still useful, so I sent Li Qiu to search for it, trying to seize some opportunities for mining or something...

  So Li Qiu and the others didn't even care about the New Year, so they took them into the mountain. Although I heard that there are some scammers around to buy some supplies, but for Li Qiu, it is not an easy task to find the traces of these scammers. After all, Jinren felt a little frightened. Maybe he was huddled in that cave. In addition, there are many caves in the southwest. There are no specific clues, so he can only explore along the most likely direction. .

  After all, people always rely on water sources, so if you search along the water sources, you can always find some traces, but the mountains are lush and forested, making it difficult to travel.

  Li Qiu narrowed his eyes and kept moving forward along the stream, when he suddenly saw something unusual on the other side of the stream, he couldn't help but stopped the guide, pointed to the area and said, "Look quickly! There seems to be a small road over there!"

In fact, most of the roads in the mountains were animal paths at the beginning. After all, beasts are more savvy than humans, and they knew that those roads were safer to walk, without ditches and rocks falling. Walking along the road, on the one hand, is trampling, and on the other hand, it is also consciously clearing, so the growth of plants is separated, forming a road.

  The guide also rushed over and looked across the stream, "There seems to be a cave here..."

This is a section of the Southwest Mountain Range. Because of the limestone, there are many caves hidden in the mountains. Even the aborigines who are familiar with this place do not know exactly how many caves there are, how big the caves are, and those caves lead to where.

   Li Qiu's heart jumped suddenly, and he asked, "Is this road newly opened?"

  The guide hesitated for a moment, and said, "I don't know... After all, this place is rarely visited..."

  Li Qiu pondered for a moment, then made a decision, and said, "Let's go! Find a place to go, let's take a look!" Whether it's a newly opened road or not, there is always nothing wrong with checking it out.

  The water is shallow in winter, and this stream is not big, so Li Qiu led a few people to the other side quickly, and then carefully inspected this mountain path.

   This road is only about the width of three or four feet. The grass on both sides of the road shows some signs of falling, which is obviously caused by trampling. Therefore, it is certain that there are people moving here, and it is frequent.

"Could it be...the way to get water? Well, it should be..." The guide stood up, frowned, and said while looking at the surrounding hills, "If you want to get water...then it must be around, but here the forest There are so many dense grasses, I can't see them at all...how do I find them..."

  The sun was shining down from the white clouds in the sky, and the mountains and fields were desolate, with only the occasional rustling of the wind, and the occasional cry of beasts, making it even more desolate.

  Li Qiu rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "No, we don't need to go up the mountain to find it! We will camp behind the forest on the opposite bank, and then send people to watch here, as long as these people come to fetch water again!"

  (end of this chapter)