After a short and tragic massacre, Liu Yuan and the others sorted out their thoughts, returned to the official road, and continued to move forward.

Along the way, as far as the eye can see, there is a depression, and in the bleak autumn wind, it looks even more desolate. It seems that there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and there is no one for hundreds of miles.

You must know that Yingchuan, but the entire Han Dynasty is one of the most densely populated places. And now, after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the prosperity of the past has been completely extinguished and disappeared.

Liu Yuan and Liu Yan sighed at each other every time they talked about this matter, speechless.

The westward journey went out of Yingchuan and entered Nanyang County, Jingzhou.

Bowangpo, where Cao Ying set the fire at the beginning, Liu Yuan also went to observe it.

There, the stumps were broken, and only a little artemisia grass grew all over the mountains, and the tall and dense jungle had long since disappeared. That is, in the Han Dynasty, if he got the modern era and set fire to the forest like this, Cao Ying would definitely go to prison, sit in a class room for more than ten or twenty years, and maybe deprive him of political rights for life.

After Bowang, the group soon arrived at the capital of Nanyang, Wancheng.

Looking from afar, on the city wall four or five zhang high, the knife marks are mottled, the holes are dense, and a sad and heavy breath is blowing in the face.

Entering Nanyang, the streets are sparsely populated, many portals are closed, and I don't know if there is no one or what, it is extremely depressed.

After finding an inn, the group prepared to rest for the night.

Everything was arranged, Liu Yuan and Liu Yan confessed, and went out with Dian Wei.

He has always been thinking about one of the tiger generals in Nanyang City-Huang Zhong!

At the beginning of the Yellow Turban turmoil, Zhang Mancheng besieged Wancheng, and finally broke through the city and killed the Taishou Qin Jie, only Huang Zhong escaped with a few people. And for this fame. Now that the Yellow Turban has been suppressed, presumably Huang Zhong should also return to his former residence.

So Liu Yuan wanted to try his luck and see if he could conquer it.

Walking on the street, I just asked someone, and I knew where Huang Zhong lived. There is no way, Huang Zhong's reputation among the people of Nanyang is the same as Liu Yuan's in Youzhou.

Walking through a straight street, turning around several times, the two finally stopped in front of a remote courtyard house.

Liu Yuan straightened his robe, took a step forward, grabbed the door knocker, and knocked lightly.

"Who?"

After a while, the voice of a middle-aged woman came from inside the door, and then the door creaked open.

"Excuse me, is this Huang Zhong Huang Hansheng's house?"

Liu Yuan looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him and asked in a harmonious voice.

"Yes, you are" The middle-aged woman nodded, looking at Liu Yuan and the others suspiciously.

"Oh, the two of us have heard of Huang Hansheng's prestige for a long time, and now I am passing by here, and I just happened to come to visit, so please don't worry too much."

Liu Yuan hurriedly explained.

"Oh." The woman nodded and said, "That's not the right time for the two of you to come, my husband went out a few days ago, and I'm afraid it will take some time to go home." ”

"It turned out to be Mrs. Huang." Liu Yuan bowed and said regretfully: "The honorable husband is not at home, it seems that it is fate, and it is inconvenient for me to wait, so I will leave." ”

"In this case, the little woman will not leave two guests" Looking at Liu Yuan, who was quite regretful on his face, Mrs. Huang said again: "My husband heard that Zhang Ji in Changsha was too benevolent a few days ago, so he took my son to see a doctor for treatment, if the two guests go to Changsha, they may be able to meet Hansheng."

Liu Yuan paused, saluted again, thanked him, and turned to leave.

"Young master, do you want to go to Changsha?"

After walking a short distance, Dian Wei asked.

"Hmm" Liu Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Go, why don't you go." It's just that I didn't meet Huang Hansheng, isn't there still Zhang Ji in Changsha? ”

"Who is Zhang Ji?"

"Hey, I said Lao Dian, you know Hua Tuo, why don't you know Zhang Ji?" Liu Yuan looked at him strangely.

"Could it be that Zhang Ji is also a doctor?" Dian Wei said suddenly: "But I still worship Doctor Hua, Zhang Ji, I haven't heard of it." ”

Liu Yuan was speechless, but after thinking about it, he was relieved. According to historical records, Zhang Ji was born in a big family, and now he is still the Taishou of Changsha, how can he wander around the people and heal civilians everywhere? No wonder he doesn't have Hua Tuo's reputation.

However, this does not negate Zhang Ji's medical skills.

Historically, although Hua Tuo's reputation is immortal, there is no medical book that is only a few words, and Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing wrote the ancient book "Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Miscellaneous Diseases". It can be said to be the pinnacle of medical technology in this era.

Therefore, even if you don't meet Huang Zhong in Changsha, as long as you can see Zhang Zhongjing, it's not worth the trip.

Back at the inn, Liu Yuan told Liu Yan about his preparation to go south to Changsha, and Liu Yan said that it didn't matter. Anyway, this is already Nanyang, and to the west is Yizhou Shangyong. When he arrives in Yizhou, he, the new assassin, will naturally be received and protected, so it doesn't matter whether Liu Yuan is with him or not. Besides, Liu Yuan has his own affairs, and it is impossible to act as a bodyguard, so accompany him all the way.

The next time, the two said goodbye outside Wancheng and left separately.

Changsha County, and Nanyang across the river and summer.

Liu Yuan and his party rode twelve horses, all the way to the dust, and the horses were whipped quickly, but in five or six days, they had already passed through Jiangxia County and entered the bank of the Yangtze River in a corner of Nanjun.

Standing on the edge of the Yangtze River, looking at the misty mist on the river surface and feeling the slight river breeze, Liu Yuan squinted his eyes slightly, letting the leather robe hunt and hunt.

"Lao Dian, the opposite shore is Dongting Lake! You go find a boatman, and we're ready to cross the river. ”

"Hmm."

Dian Wei nodded, beat his horse and walked to the ferry, and at a glance saw more than a dozen boats moored on the shore.

"Hey, boatman, we're going to cross the river!"

Dian Wei looked at the nearest old man dressed in short clothes and shouted.

"Hey, okay. Guest officer, how many of you are there, the old man's eyes are not good, and he can't count them. ”

The old boatman stood up and nodded.

"Twelve of us, twelve horsemen, can your boat fit?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" The old boatman's face flashed with joy, and he said: "It's not that the old man is boasting, our boat, one is strong, the other is big, and thirty people can fit it." ”

"Okay, you wait, I'll come when I go."

Seeing that Dian Wei was far away, the old boatman suddenly stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and then, the remaining dozen boats quickly drove away and entered the vast river.

When Liu Yuan and his party came to the ferry, Dian Wei couldn't help but wonder: "Huh? Didn't there just have a dozen boats? Why is it all gone now? ”

"Uh, hehe, guest officer, look, at noon, they all went home for dinner."

"Oh!" Dian Wei was stunned.

Dian Wei didn't pay attention to this detail, but Liu Yuan was secretly vigilant.

Home for dinner? Do you carry the boat home for dinner? What about liars!

Dian Wei is easy to deceive, Liu Yuan is not so easy to deceive!

"Just about to see what tricks to play!"

Liu Yuan was very confident, and he didn't care about leading the lion tiger beast onto the ferry.

Dian Wei and others also followed on the boat.

"Hey, let's go!"

The old boatman drank a nondescript tune, stretched out his oars, and the ferry gradually left the shore and headed out into the river.

Liu Yuan stood at the bow of the boat, facing the river breeze, and seemed to be relaxed. Next to him, the boatman shook the oars, looking leisurely, but those eyes glanced at Liu Yuan from time to time, flashing a trace of inexplicable look.

Although Liu Yuan closed his eyes and turned his back to the old boatman, he was actually more and more vigilant in his heart, and his seemingly loose whole body had begun to slowly tense.

Two quarters of an hour, two full quarters of an hour, the ferry had rowed into the middle of the river.

At this time, on the surface of the river, there were suddenly bursts of shouts, gongs and drums.

The old boatman stopped his oars in disbelief and stood up. And Dian Wei and the others also held the weapons on their waists and became vigilant.

In the mist directly opposite, a small ship gradually appeared, and next to the black shadow, dozens of small boats escorted, speeding towards this side.

Then, on the river behind and on both sides, more than a dozen small boats also sailed out!

These ships were all targeting the boat that Liu Yuan was on!

"Water thieves! It's a water thief! ”

The old boatman pointed angrily at the big boat in front of him and scolded.

"And what about these?"

Liu Yuan suddenly pointed to the more than ten small boats that were rushing behind him on both sides, and asked the old boatman with a smile.

"Uh" A trace of surprise flashed on the old boatman's face, and he immediately disappeared, "It's also a water thief!" ”

"So, old man, what should we do now?"

"I heard uh," the old boatman said, hurriedly glanced at Liu Yuan, and changed his words: "This river is the activity area of the Dongting water thieves, although this group of water thieves is hateful, but they are not extremely vicious, as long as they offer their wealth, they must be safe and sound." ”

"I see"

Liu Yuan looked at the old man's smile, and it became more and more prosperous.

During the conversation, all the boats surrounded and surrounded the boat where Liu Yuan was located.

"Hand over all your belongings, Uncle Ben will let you cross the river!"

On the big boat, Qingyue's shouts were heard.

"Roar Roar"

On the small boats around the big ship, countless water thieves danced knives and guns, screaming, cooperating with the bandit leaders on the big ship to intimidate Liu Yuan and others.

With this strange cry, two big men came out of the big boat and stood in the bow of the boat.

"Wow, there are more than ten horses, good goods!"

The man on the left saw at a glance more than a dozen horses on the ship that were snorting uneasily, and he couldn't help shouting with joy.

No wonder this person is excited, you know, in Jiangnan, horses are very valuable. Especially the best horses, hundreds of thousands of gold, that's still a small amount. These more than ten horses are worth at least 5,000 gold, what a fortune!

"And this monster!" The man pointed to the lion and tiger beast on Liu Yuan's side again, and said to the person on the right: "Brother Zhou, look at that monster, the real divine horse, I'm afraid it's not worth tens of thousands of gold, right?" ”

"Second brother, don't babble," the big man on the right frowned and said, "These more than ten people, none of them are simple characters!" ”

"I know." The man on the left said indifferently: "No matter how powerful he is, he is a tiger on land and a phoenix in the sky, and when he arrives in this river, he still doesn't let me wait for fish and meat?" ”

Hearing this, the big man on the right also nodded in agreement.

After all, they are all characters who eat mixed rice in the river, and in the water, they are the dragons who turn over the river.

"You guys, the water thieves in the caves? Jiang Qin? Zhou Tai? Or Ganning? ”

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