Chapter 294: A Stormy Night
Thousands of miles of warblers cry green and red, and the water village mountain Guo wine flag wind. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info they scramble one by one, gobbling up, drinking in big bowls, eating large pieces of meat, and feasting on them. Then they gathered around the fire, singing and dancing, chatting about the heavens and the earth, talking about ideals, looking at the stars, looking at the moon, and watching meteor showers. Then, under the supervision of Zhao Yun, he practiced martial arts for an hour.
As their master elder, the enlightened Zhao Yun just laughed it off, because he was also young. For Liu Chan and Yan Shanxue, who are made up of pink makeup, he treats them as if they were out of his own, and he has a bit of a conniving taste. Especially when the apprentices were smiling, holding roast chicken, lamb shank, and pork ribs to honor him, Zhao Yun felt full of happiness and laughed happily.
When they were tired of eating poultry and livestock meat, they would go down to the river to fish for shrimp, hunt birds and animals, and search for delicious wild vegetables all over the mountains and fields, and then cook soup and stew meat, or steal sweet potatoes from farmers' houses, go up trees to pick fruits, and hang some money at the theft point. In this way, the name of the thief spread widely along the road.
At five watches in the morning of the next day, Zhao Yun rushed them up early in the morning to practice mental techniques, punching and kicking, dancing knives and guns.
Everyone was playing happily, and Yan Shanxue was even more excited and happy.
Sun Wolf also began to slowly integrate into the team, and after two days of contact, he felt unprecedented warmth, brotherhood and team spirit. Although he didn't know Liu Chan's specific identity, he firmly believed that his choice was right.
Along the way, such as corrupt officials and corrupt officials exploiting the people, bullying men and women, the people are ragged, yellow and thin, and they have to bear heavy forced labor, many people die on the side of the road and no one is buried, and the wealthy, the rich are extremely luxurious, arrogant and lascivious, squandering and wasteful, and so on, so that chaos can be seen everywhere.
Liu Chan and his entourage couldn't bear it, and they also did some relief within their ability, but it was too much, so he could only lament: "Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road!" ”
scolded a few words of Cao thief's tyranny, and felt even more that the responsibility on his shoulders was so heavy. The heavens will descend on our people's sense of historical responsibility, and the ambition of the only one who will give rise spontaneously.
In this way, under the guidance of Sun Wolf, Liu Chan was afraid that the rescue of Ma Teng would be delayed, so he rode his horse all the way and accelerated his march.
The next evening, when the sun set, Wancheng faintly appeared on the distant horizon.
The sun is setting in the west, the sky is covered with red fiery clouds, and under the rays of ten thousand rays, the tall iron-gray city is dyed with a layer of strange gold, which is more brilliant and magnificent.
Wancheng is the seat of Nanyang County. Under the high center of the four directions, surrounded by mountains on three sides in the west, north and east, the middle is low and flat, which is a typical basin landform feature, so it is named "Wan". The so-called "Wan", that is, the grass is self-tracking, that is, the grass covers the ground, and the vegetation is verdant. This word vividly reflects the geomorphological characteristics and ecological environment of the basin.
However, Wancheng made the deepest impression on Liu Chan that was the tragic battle between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu. In that battle, Cao Cao, who was lustful and especially a good woman, paid an extremely heavy price for his one-night affair with Zhang Ji's wife Zhang Xiuzhi's aunt Zou: the eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, the first bodyguard, Gu Zhixilai, and Wu Meng's lieutenant Dian Wei died on the spot, and thousands of soldiers slept here, and also left Wancheng with rich conversations after tea and dinner. Of course, Wancheng is also famous because of this war and Cao Cao's affair, and the world is eyed by it, and there is no city to compete with.
However, the price of Cao Cao's amorous nature does not stop there, it is simply endless troubles, which directly affects the future of the Cao family. The funeral of the eldest son Cao Ang made his original wife, Mrs. Ding, grief-stricken, and deeply hated Cao Cao's extravagance, and categorically turned against him, and Cao Cao wanted to welcome him back but could not get it. Cao Ang's death deprived Cao Cao of an extremely good and ideal heir, because neither Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, nor Cao Zhang were Cao Cao's satisfactory successors. Cao Cao also gained notoriety in the Han Empire because of this peach-colored murder, his reputation was discredited, his face was greatly lost, and his prestige plummeted. Many loyal and righteous people and outstanding talents parted ways with Cao Cao because of his shameful behavior, or deviated from morality, or secretly accumulated strength and conspired to replace him.
I saw that the city gate was open, and the two teams of armored soldiers were lazily guarding the city gate, loose and saggy, forming a strong contrast with the fierce and serious soldiers of Xiangyang.
Looking at Liu Chan's puzzled eyes, Sun Wolf explained: "Xiangyang is located in the border area of Cao Cao's ruling area, so elite foreign troops are stationed to garrison Liu Han's army. Prime Minister Bo Sima Lang suggested to Cao Cao that he should establish a state and county army to 'prepare four evils on the outside and evil on the inside'. Cao Cao adopted, in addition to Sizhou, Jizhou, and Gunzhou in the interior, the twenty counties of the eight border states all set up state and county soldiers. The assassin in charge of civil affairs, the state pastor, and the county guard, plus the title of general, can lead the state and county soldiers, and the power is heavier. For example, Lu Tinghou and Xiangyang guarded Lu Chang, and after General Pingdi, they monopolized military and political power, and their status rose sharply. Wancheng lives in the interior, so there are border soldiers stationed in the state and county. Each county has two lieutenants, who are full-time military personnel. The border county has a long history, which is a military position and the position of leading the county. ”
"I see!" Liu Chan sighed.
Liu Chan asked again: "Who is Cao Cao's Jingzhou assassination history now?" And who are the Taishou of Nanxiang and Nanyang? ”
Sun Wolf said: "The current Jingzhou Thorn Shi is Hu Xiu, and Nanxiang County Taishou is Fu Fang. Nanyang County Taishou is Dongli Gon, and Du Wei is Hou Yin and Wei Kai. ”
Liu Chan's body was shocked when he heard this, these are all celebrities in Jingzhou, and they need to be paid attention to.
Liu Chan and the others saw the bear-like appearance of these urinary soldiers, and they were about to walk into the city with their heads held high. However, the city gate official looked at Liu Chan and his party unpleasantly, and stopped them with the county soldiers.
Sun Wolf and Yan Yu, who were quick-eyed, hurriedly greeted them, handed over the pass and money bag before they passed smoothly.
"These bitches!" Liu Chan scolded a foul word, and then sighed and said, "The world is as black as a crow!" ”
Entering the city, Sun Wolf, who was familiar with the road, found a beautiful and comfortable inn and ordered a table of delicious food.
After the wine and food were full, the washing was finished, the saddle horse was tired all the way, and the tired people went to bed early.
Liu Chan lived alone in a single room, he lay on the bed, looking at the flickering lights, thinking about his thoughts inexplicably. After a while, the eyelids began to close uncontrollably, and they fell asleep sweetly.
In the middle of the night, Liu Chan was woken up by the sound of rolling thunder and the sound of windows slapping. He got up and looked out the window, only to see that the hazy sky was already covered with dark clouds, the wind was blowing strongly, lightning and thunder were roaring, and the weather was suddenly extremely hot.
Liu Chan knew that a violent storm would come unexpectedly.
After a burst of golden light flashed, and after the silver snake danced wildly, the thunder became louder and louder, and a thunderbolt sounded earth-shatteringly, rolling and muffled thunder ruthlessly crushed the sky for thousands of miles, and the heavens and the earth were instantly surrounded by boundless darkness mercilessly.
As an immensely large lightning bolt tore through the inky black sky, the downpour fell wildly.
Liu Chan hurriedly closed the window, covered the quilt, and looked at the wind and rain in a daze, not knowing if Yan Shanxue next door slept well.
Thinking about it, Liu Chan fell asleep again in a daze. (To be continued.) )