Chapter 262: Soliciting Bribes
Last time, I said that Liang Xu saw some inappropriate pictures for children at Kong Rong's banquet and felt uncomfortable.
In order to dispel the evil thoughts in his heart, Liang Xu began to recall a very famous poem in later generations: The merchant girl does not forget the hatred of the country, and she still sings Dongting flowers across the river. It's a hypocritical admonition that you can't immerse yourself in the sound of song and dance.
Easy, Liang Xu finally survived the long banquet and was sent back to the post station by Kong Taishou to rest.
The next day, Kong Taishou once again ordered someone to invite Liang Xu to the banquet, but Liang Xu politely refused on the grounds that he hoped to listen to the teachings of Huangfu Duxiang (Hou) as soon as possible.
After that, Kong Taishou led a group of subordinates and personally sent Liang Xu and his party out of the city.
After leaving Yingling County, Liang Xu was reflecting on everything he saw in Yingling.
Yingling looks really far away from the troubled times, not only Kong Rong and these officials sing songs every night, but the lives of the people in the city also seem to be a peaceful scene.
But as soon as I left the walls of the camp, I saw a different scene.
This is not to say that there is heaven inside the Yingling Tomb and hell outside, it is not the case, but the lazy government of the Beihai County Government has turned the world outside the Yingling City into an anarchic state.
For example, in the small fishing village where Liang Xu was hiding before, it has been more than half a year since Liang Xu went to that fishing village and visited Tai Shi Ci, who was the first official with an official background to visit the fishing village.
Of course, there are also factors in the Yellow Turban Army, and in the early stage, they themselves isolated the small fishing village from the outside world. It was only after the Yellow Turban Army began its overall transformation that the small fishing village began to come into contact with the outside world.
After coming into contact with the outside world in the small fishing village, Liang Xu, who was accustomed to abiding by the law, consciously went to the government to pay taxes. Because of Liang Xu's initiative and the huge amount of money and food handed over, the government did not send anyone over to investigate the site, and it was completely inactive.
This gave Liang Xu and these lawbreakers a huge living space.
This led to the fact that it was an official from the next county who discovered Liang Xu, and it was because he liked the products of Dongping Food that he noticed Liang Xu.
Liang Xu really doesn't know whether he should be glad that the Yellow Turban Army has gained living space, or whether he should feel sad for the people of Dahan who have been taxed according to the law.
In addition to thinking about the current situation of Beihai County, Liang Xu's mind also appeared from time to time the glamorous picture he saw in the Taishou Mansion yesterday, which made Liang Xu's heart flutter.
Whenever this happens, Liang Xu will pinch his thigh desperately, so that he can wake up quickly and avoid being embarrassed by others.
A few days later, Liu Bei led his troops into the boundary of Jibei County, because Guan Yu was arranged to take more than a dozen soldiers to the nearby county town to buy supplies, so they began to camp early.
But before the scheduled time, Guan Yu and the others came back, and they also brought back a bad news: the central government of the Han Dynasty sent a large number of soldiers down to recruit troops to support the northwest front, and they were staying in the county town where Guan Yu went to buy supplies recently, so Guan Yu and they didn't dare to approach at all. Moreover, in order to reach the surrounding towns and villages, the government closed all the roads leading to neighboring counties.
This means that Liu Bei and they can't go. If there were only three people, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, they could still try to find out if there was a hidden path to cross the blockade line, but they still had troops of more than 100 people, and there was no way to slip away without noticing. Just the traces of more than 100 people resting together are easy to be discovered by those who have a heart.
This made Liu Bei and them worried.
Liu Bei asked Guan Yu: "Second brother, can you tell me more about the specific situation?" Did you see the notice? β
Guan Yu looked guilty, and probably blushed, but everyone couldn't see it. He shook his head and said, "They arrest people when they see them, and I can't get close." β
Seeing that the two brothers were at a loss, Zhang Fei suggested: "Or, why don't we kill them?" β
Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei like fools, and looked at Zhang Fei embarrassed.
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Zhang Fei asked weakly: "Isn't this okay?" β
Liu Bei asked rhetorically: "What do you say?" β
"I think it's good......" Before Zhang Fei finished speaking, he was glared at by Guan Yu, and he couldn't continue.
Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei again: "Do you want to rebel?" β
Zhang Fei took out Zhang Ping to be his shield: "Won't the fourth brother rebel?" β
Liu Bei was angry and scolded: "The fourth brother is now going to Luoyang to find General Huangfu and prepare to serve the Han Dynasty." β
Zhang Fei felt that Liu Bei's statement was very strange, the fourth brother was obviously a thief, how could he dare to get into the court? Still planning to play for Dahan? Could this be true? Zhang Fei refused to believe it even if he was killed.
Seeing Zhang Fei's expression of disbelief and disdain, Liu Bei sighed in his heart: The third brother was taken by the fourth brother, and he casually thought about rebelling.
Liu Bei added: "When Shuda (Zhang San) said that the fourth brother was going to join General Huangfu, you were also present. Do you want to be the enemy of the fourth brother? β
Hearing this, Zhang Fei finally gave up the idea of rebellion, and said weakly: "If we were women, we wouldn't have to bother." β
Liu Bei and Guan Yu listened to Zhang Fei's words, and suddenly felt that they had captured something in their minds, and asked loudly at Zhang Fei in unison: "What did you just say?" β
Zhang Fei was taken aback by the two brothers, thinking that they blamed themselves for saying that they were women, so he hurriedly shirked: "No! I didn't say anything! β
When Liu Bei and Guan Yu saw Zhang Fei's frightened appearance, they realized that their reaction was too great.
Liu Bei lowered his posture and asked Zhang Fei, "Third brother, what did you just say we we?" β
Zhang Fei saw that the two brothers were really angry that they were women, of course he didn't dare to admit it, and said repeatedly: "No! I really didn't say anything! It's really not what I said, you heard me wrong! β
Guan Yu was enraged by Zhang Fei's nonsense, and scolded Zhang Fei loudly: "If you tell you, just say it, what does your mother-in-law look like?" β
Zhang Fei was drunk by Guan Yu, he was also angry, and shouted: "Just say it!" I said if we were women! β
Liu Bei and Guan Yu listened to Zhang Fei's words, the two glanced at each other, and found that the other party seemed to be the same as they thought, so they smiled heartily, and then turned their heads to look at Zhang Fei in unison.
Zhang Fei was horrified by the two elder brothers: the two elder brothers were still fierce just now, but just now they looked at each other affectionately, and they laughed ambiguously, and now they are still looking at themselves.
Zhang Fei secretly prayed: The two brothers want to be women, but don't pull me! I look so handsome and chic, how many girls come to propose, but none of them can be eyed by me, and I still have to keep this useful body for the Zhang family to inherit!
(End of chapter)