In the first year of Emperor Xingping of the Han Dynasty (194 AD), Yanzhou suffered a drought of Yan zhòng, and in August it suffered a locust plague.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move the grain and grass, the grain has already become a problem, so don't mention how to fight.

During this period, Cao Cao and Lü Bu fought several times, but due to the lack of food and grass, both sides retreated.

Seeing Cao Cao's embarrassment, Yuan Shao, who was far away in Yecheng, Jizhou, had a bad heart and sent someone to "salute" Cao Cao to come over and cast it under his account

"Hey~" Cao Cao threw the letter sent by Yuan Shao to the ground and shook his head helplessly.

In front of Cao Cao, Cheng Yu half-bowed, picked up the bamboo slips on the ground without saying a word, and looked at them.

After reading the contents of the bamboo slip, Cheng Yu asked Cao Cao: "Lord, Yuan Shao is here to write this letter, do you read it?" ”

Cao Cao sighed and shook his head: "That's it, I see, let's go to Yuan Shao, at least, I was a young friend."

Before Cao Cao finished speaking, Cheng Yu immediately straightened up and said righteously: "The lord can't!" ”

Cheng Yu took a step forward: "How can the lord be so defeated? Thinking about Yuan Benchu, although he has the ambition to annex the world, but with his intelligence, can he do it? ”

Cao Cao exhaled and didn't say anything.

Cheng Yu took another step forward: "If you become Yuan Shao's subordinate, one day, have you ever thought that you will become Peng Yue Han Xin?" ”

When Cao Cao heard this, his fists clenched, and he seemed to be moved.

Cheng Yu took a step further: "Lord, although my Yanzhou is lost today, there are still three counties in our hands, just with these three counties, and then with me and Wen Ruo, we will definitely be able to assist the lord and help you achieve hegemony!" Therefore, Yu hopes that the lord will think twice! ”

When Cheng Yu said this, Cao Cao was completely moved. In fact, Cao Cao didn't really want to take refuge in Yuan Shao, after all, now he is equivalent to a dog in the water, even if he goes to Yuan Shao, he will inevitably be ridiculed and beaten and scolded.

Cao Cao asked himself if his skin was thick enough to withstand it, but what about the group of advisers and soldiers who loyally followed him? If you are lowly, can these soldiers and ministers still look up to themselves?

"Hmm~" Cao Cao exhaled a long breath, raised his head, and nodded again: "Zhongde, you are right, I, accept your opinion!" ”

When Cheng Yu heard this, he knelt on the ground respectfully, knocked his head three times, and said loudly: "Lord Mingjian!" ”

Cao Cao stepped forward, helped Cheng Yu up, and said, "Then please ask Zhongde and Wen Ruo to help me!" ”

Cheng Yu clasped his hands into fists and said respectfully: "I will not disgrace my mission!" ”

Under Cheng Yu's persuasion, Cao Cao regained his confidence and decided to fight a few battles with Lu Bu, but in the final analysis, the problem of military rations was still a top priority and needed to be solved. Cao Cao cheekily sent a messenger to ask Tao Qian in Xuzhou to ask for it, the reason is that you killed my father and robbed my father's property, so you have to give something to compensate for it, I don't want anything else, come and eat some grain and grass first.

The messenger came to Xuzhou with confidence, who would have thought that Tao Qian, the old guy, would die of illness and death, and as a result, Liu Bei, who had always been regarded as a guest, became the pastor of Xuzhou. Although Liu Bei has no holiday with Cao Cao for the time being, how can he not understand the truth that Liu Bei is the primary productive force? In addition, several strategists around Liu Bei (that is, Sun Qianmizhu and the like at that time) said that Cao Cao now has only three counties left, and the lord can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wait for Lu Bu to destroy him, and then we will take the opportunity to attack the exhausted Lu Bu and seize his Yanzhou

Liu Bei was dizzy by what these second-pole strategists said, but of course he agreed. As for the envoy sent by Cao Cao to borrow grain and grass, Liu Bei played Laipi and said, "Oh, General Anton didn't tell me about this matter (General Anton is a military officer in front of Tao Qian")

One sentence choked the messenger to death, and in desperation, the messenger had to return depressed.

After hearing the envoy's report, instead of getting angry, Cao Cao burst out laughing.

Indeed, at this time, his own power is not as good as others, and it may be really difficult to ask for help. Therefore, at the same time that Cao Cao sent the envoy, he discussed with Cheng Yu Xunyu how to make the next plan

After listening to the plan of the two advisors, Cao Cao raised his head, let out a long sigh, and said to himself: "If that demon path is here, perhaps, I, Cao Mengde, will not be so wolf, right?" ”

Dongjun, Ma Xiaoquan's wing.

"Ah sneeze~" This sneeze is already Ma Xiaoquan's eighth hit today.

If he wanted to say that he sneezed, Ma Xiaoquan felt that someone was talking about him, but after hitting too much, Ma Xiaoquan inevitably wondered if he had a cold.

However, as soon as this idea arose, it was immediately vetoed by Ma Xiaoquan.

Because of the heart of time in his body, Ma Xiaoquan will not and will never get any diseases, which means that since Ma Xiaoquan has the heart of time, all diseases have been isolated from him forever.

Although Ma Xiaoquan is like this, the subordinates and daughters around him will not be so lucky.

The first year of Xingping is destined to be an extraordinary year, in addition to the drought and locust plague this year, in winter, there is a flu.

Of course, the word flu was not known at the end of the Han Dynasty, but after Ma Xiaoquan saw this situation, he definitely determined that the outbreak in winter was the flu.

Ma Xiaoquan is currently in the late Han Dynasty, so there are no anti-influenza drugs such as penicillin cephalosporin.

However, why our Chinese culture can last for 5,000 years and why it can endure is not only the charming Chinese culture, but also Chinese herbal medicine.

It must be reasonable for the ancestors to stay, so between the female dependents and the subordinates, Ma Xiaoquan personally isolated the sick and those who were not sick, and made a decoction for those who were sick by himself.

In the huge Ma family compound, in addition to Ma Xiaoquan being busy alone, there are Hua Yuexin and Miaoyu helping, and the rest of the people are still sick in addition to illness, so after a few days, Miaoyu is too tired to support herself and falls ill.

After Ma Xiaoquan settled Miaoyu in distress, he forcibly ordered Hua Yuexin to stop helping, and he did everything by himself.

Of course, Hua Yuexin refused to give in, Ma Xiaoquan had no choice but to knock Hua Yuexin unconscious, lock her in the wing, and prevent her from coming out.

Time passed day by day, due to the personal medicine and care of the master Ma Xiaoquan, the condition of the subordinates and the female dependents gradually improved, and on the seventh day, Zhang Gong and his four brothers were almost better.

And Ma Xiaoquan, although he has the heart of time in his body to support him, he has been squeezed out of his body by the strong internal overdraft for several days. Ma Xiaoquan urgently needs to rest now, as long as he is given a bed, within 10 seconds, Ma Xiaoquan will definitely fall asleep.

Watching the master take care of his subordinates and his daughters hard, the four brothers Zhang Gong wept bitterly, and swore from the bottom of their hearts: for the rest of their lives, as well as for the lives of their descendants, they will not betray the master and the descendants of the master.

Zhang Gong took the soup bowl handed over by Liang Long, looked at Ma Xiaoquan, who was still busy, and cried: "Master, please, can you take a rest?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, opened his bloodshot eyes, and then wiped his face with his hand, and in an instant, a black ash was left on his face.

"It's okay, now that I have you, I'm much more relaxed, Yu'er's girl is sick again, there's no way, she doesn't take the medicine sent by anyone, she wants me to send it, and Yue'er, I've locked her up for so long, I don't know if she's still angry with me."

Ma Xiaoquan actually didn't know that Hua Yuexin had already escaped from the wing, of course, how did Miss Hua come out, this is no longer important.

Behind a room not far from Ma Xiaoquan, Hua Yuexin covered her mouth and forcibly prevented herself from crying.

These days, Hua Yuexin actually sees it all, so she secretly sneaked into the wards of several sisters to take care of it while Ma Xiaoquan was away, and the reason why Miaoyu asked for the medicine must be given to Brother Xian was also Hua Yuexin begged Miaoyu to do so, because at that time, Hua Yuexin had time to secretly take a few more glances at this purple-haired man.

In Miaoyu's room, Ma Xiaoquan carefully blew the decoction in the soup spoon, and then slowly sent it to Miaoyu's mouth.

"Yu'er comes, open her mouth, the medicine is bitter, but it cures."

Miaoyu was not infected with wind and cold (flu), but because of overwork, so Ma Xiaoquan made some nourishing decoction for Miaoyu.

Miaoyu opened her small mouth, poked out her little tongue and gently tapped the spoon.

"Wow ~ so bitter ~ Brother, why is today's decoction more bitter than yesterday's?"

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, brought the soup spoon to his mouth, and tasted it first.

"Hiss~" Ma Xiaoquan's brows furrowed, and then quickly expanded, "Well, the ingredients of this medicine are good today, Yu'er come, take the medicine, and my brother will make you something delicious." ”

Miaoyu turned her little head and looked reluctant: "My brother is deceiving, my brother will bake sweet potatoes (sweet potatoes), and I have eaten them for almost 3 days~"

Ma Xiaoquan helplessly put down the soup bowl and spoon, scratched his scalp, and laughed.

In the other compartment of Miaoyu's wing, Hua Yuexin bit her lower lip and smiled softly

At night, Ma Xiaoquan was finally forcibly pushed back to the wing room by several subordinates.

With a "bang", the door of Ma Xiaoquan's wing room was slammed shut, and then there was another sound of chains locking.

"These guys~" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head helplessly.

These days, Ma Xiaoquan is really tired, and he can't believe that he can still stand up and work.

Ma Xiaoquan sighed, patted his lower abdomen, and said to himself: "It seems that it is because of the heart of time." ”

As soon as Ma Xiaoquan's words fell, another female voice came from in front of him.

"You're back?"

Ma Xiaoquan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly raised his head to look ahead.

"Yueyue'er?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at the Yiren in front of him, and his mood suddenly became excited, "When did you come out of the wing?" ”

Hua Yuexin turned around slightly, stuck out her tongue very cutely, and said, "If I want to come out, I'll come out~"

Ma Xiaoquan walked gently in front of Hua Yuexin and slowly hugged Hua Yuexin's small body.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry to lock you up in a wing these days"

Hua Yuexin hugged Ma Xiaoquan's waist very cooperatively, and then buried her head in Ma Xiaoquan's arms.

"It's okay, I know you're doing it for my good, I know."

Ma Xiaoquan smiled, slowly sent Hua Yuexin out of his arms, and then gently scraped the tip of Hua Yuexin's nose.

"Okay, I'm tired and need to rest, well, the door is locked, if you're going out, knock on the door, shout, and they'll open the door."

Ma Xiaoquan said, and before Hua Yuexin could speak, a hungry tiger pounced on the bed.

After Hua Yuexin reacted, she found that Ma Xiaoquan had slept and snored slightly.

Hua Yuexin bit lightly, stomped her foot fiercely, and scolded: "Dengzi~"

Indeed, Ma Xiaoquan put down a sentence and slept by himself, but what about Hua Yuexin, the eldest lady of the Renhua family, the pearl in the palm of her hand, lock a room with you at the moment, if you don't take the opportunity to push it, forget it, then you have to send people out, it's good now, I slept by myself, what should I do with Miss Hua?

In the house, there are lonely men and widows, one is the owner of the Ma family's compound, and the other is the daughter-in-law (wife) of the Ma family, but the person hasn't passed the door yet, right?

The more Hua Yuexin thought about it, the more angry she became, the more angry she became, and she couldn't help but step forward and kick Ma Xiaoquan fiercely: "Dengzi, you get up for me, look at you, you go to sleep, what should I do?" ”

Hua Yue was puzzled, and kicked several times in a row, and one kick hit Ma Xiaoquan's lifeline impartially.

only heard the sound of "ah-oh", Ma Xiaoquan sat up with his life covered.

Hua Yuexin was stunned by Ma Xiaoquan's call, and at this moment, Ma Xiaoquan is the most deserving person.

Holding the root of life kicked by Hua Yuexin, Ma Xiaoquan's face was incredible.

"How is that possible?" Ma Xiaoquan kept shaking his head.

still remembers that when he slaughtered Lu Xian's subordinates, Ma Xiaoquan once used a pair of people. Ma Xiaoquan clearly remembers that time, his vital point was attacked more than once, and several times it was cut by the blade, but at that time, his vital point was not only not painful, but not injured at all, why now, being kicked by Hua Yuexin, there is such an uncomfortable feeling?

After relieving for a while, the pain at the root of his life was suppressed by Ma Xiaoquan.

"Could it be that something is wrong with the Heart of Time?" Ma Xiaoquan touched his lower abdomen.

At this time, Hua Yuexin came back to her senses, and when she saw Ma Xiaoquan covering the vital point, Hua Yuexin's face turned red all of a sudden.

Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, saw Hua Yuexin, and stood up suddenly.

Without waiting for Hua Yuexin to react, Ma Xiaoquan grabbed Hua Yuexin's shoulder.

"Who the hell are you? Why did you hurt me? ”

Ma Xiaoquan's words stunned Hua Yuexin all of a sudden, and for a while, Hua Yuexin didn't know how to answer.

"Sue sù me~"

Hua Yuexin raised her head, looked at Ma Xiaoquan in horror, didn't take a few breaths, and cried all of a sudden.

"Wow~~"

Hua Yuexin cried like this, and Ma Xiaoquan panicked.

"Don't cry, don't cry, okay, I'm wrong, I shouldn't have asked that, I'm wrong, okay, don't cry"

coaxed for a long time before Hua Yuexin stopped crying.

Ma Xiaoquan wiped the sweat from his head, panted and said, "My aunt, you tossed me to death, you let me sleep, please." ”

Hua Yue's heart was flattened, although she didn't cry anymore, her tears were still flowing.

Hua Yuexin meant that you have to let people open the door and let me out, but after Ma Xiaoquan saw her expression, she understood it as another meaning.

Ma Xiaoquan thought about it and slapped his head hard.

"Oh, look at my brain, it's really stupid!"

When Hua Yuexin heard this, her eyes lit up, thinking that Ma Xiaoquan had finally reacted and wanted to let her out, but who knew that Ma Xiaoquan hugged Hua Yuexin horizontally, and said arrogantly: "Come, sleep together!" ”