Chapter 267: Make a Covenant with the Heavens
In the early morning of the third day of the first month of autumn and September, the rising sun dew a thin arc, and Chang'an City was already panicked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoBecause the guards urgently reported not to drive Xu Shu: Hua Fei, the co-owner of Guanzhong and Yizhou, suddenly disappeared silently.
Xu Shu was shocked when he heard the report! He hurriedly passed down an urgent order, ordering Tai Shici and Xu Chu and other trusted generals to lead troops to search everywhere in the house, in the city, and in various places; Bian strictly ordered everyone not to leak the news; Bian personally led people to rush to Hua Fei's residence to check.
As a result, all the armies in Chang'an City moved to the fullest, so that all the villagers thought that there was another big war coming, and they were all terrified!
Unexpectedly, when the army was in chaos, he suddenly heard Xu Chu, the fierce general in charge of searching the area of the South City Gate, with a slight crying voice.
"My lord? It can be regarded as letting me find you, why did you come here alone? What are you trying to do to get this mud? It's almost my old Xu's heart, it's so scared that it can't beat anymore......"
"I'm scared to death! You didn't listen to my orders yesterday, and you can pretend to be sick! ”
The morning mist as thin as smoke Hua Fei glared at Xu Chu secretly, but he didn't speak, wearing a black dress full of dew, with a body of dirt and a fragrant smell of earth, and walked towards the Great Wall.
Xu Chu hurriedly led people to follow up, but opened his mouth and said loudly to the guards beside him: "You, quickly go and report to Xu Beijia that the lord is back, except for making a little muddy and dirty, there is nothing else to do, let him not panic." ”
"Whoa!"
The guard Gao Ying turned around and hurried to Jingzhao Mansion, but he heard Hua Fei suddenly say in a loud voice: "Wait, you can go and tell Xu Shu by the way, and ask him to inform all the people in Chang'an City that I have something important to announce at the top of the flag pavilion today, so that everyone who has time can come and watch." ”
"Whoa!" The guard heard the order and left.
Hua Fei commanded loudly as he walked: "Zhongkang, you quickly ask someone to prepare some oil, salt, chopsticks, bowls, firewood and other things for me, and I want to cook some good things." ”
"It's the lord!" Xu Chu responded with his fists clenched and bowed his head when he heard this, but then raised his head and asked Hua Fei, "The lord wants to cook by himself because he is hungry, or will he let someone bring you some food first?" ”
"I'm not going to cook." When Hua Fei heard this, he walked towards the flag pavilion, the tallest building in Chang'an City, without looking back, but said loudly, "If you want to prepare, you can go and prepare quickly, don't ask too much." ”
Xu Chu had no choice but to ask people to quickly prepare a thing, but he took someone to follow Hua Fei's protection every step of the way.
After a while, Xu Shu and the others, who learned the news, also hurried towards the flag pavilion. After seeing that Hua Fei was fine, everyone's hanging hearts finally fell to the ground.
But it turned out that Hua Fei thought about it carefully last night, thinking that the locust plague was overwhelming, and even if he could have three heads and six arms, he would not be able to capture it all.
Therefore, if you want to deal with the locust plague, you still have to rely on the strategy of many people to exert the strength of numbers.
But if the minds of the people are not changed, then rest and command the people who believe that the locust plague is sent by heaven. His mind had turned countless thoughts in the depths of the night.
Finally, when the sky was about to dawn, I finally thought of a clever plan for the reason why the people did not dare to hunt locusts because they thought that locusts were messengers of heaven and were afraid that they would be punished by heaven after catching locusts.
After thinking about it repeatedly, he decided that even if this plan could not completely change people's thinking, it would still be able to achieve some effect to a greater or lesser extent, so that the work of locust prevention could be carried out smoothly.
And because of the consideration of these people around him, although they are loyal to themselves, it is a pity that they are all ancient people without exception, and it is difficult to escape this spiritual shackle.
If they are asked to do this, they will not only not do it, but will also try to prevent them from doing it themselves.
That's why he quietly slipped out of the place where he lived, and ran to the grass in the city one by one, and was so busy.
It wasn't until he finally got something that he hurriedly got out of the grass, but unexpectedly ran into Xu Chu, who was leading the sergeants to search everywhere, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.
That day, after Xu Shu and the others arrived, Hua Fei didn't explain much to them, but just let them wait and watch. But on top of the flag pavilion, people got the firewood and put the iron pot on it.
Until the time of the mountain hill on the day, the people in Chang'an City heard that General Zhenxi and Nanzheng Hou Huafei had summoned everyone to announce a major event at the top of the flag pavilion.
And curiously inquired about each other's news, they came to the flag pavilion in twos and threes, and surrounded the towering flag pavilion.
Hua Fei looked down from a high place, and saw that the surroundings were already densely packed with people, and he knew that people were almost there.
He ordered the elite guards who followed him to light the fire, poured oil into the pot and heated it until the smoke was rising, but set up a table full of incense tables full of sacrifices next to the iron pot.
When everything was ready, Hua Feinai gave a loud order: "Everyone above the flag pavilion obeys the order, all evacuate the flag pavilion, and they are not allowed to go upstairs without an order." ”
Hua Fei, who gave the order, thought about it for a while, and in order to prevent himself from being stopped by people halfway through his work. Nai suddenly shouted again: "I will tell the heavens with a sincere heart, in order to prevent people from disturbing ......"
As he spoke, he glanced at the people under the pavilion, and suddenly shouted in a solemn voice: "Tai Shici, Xu Chu listen to the order!" ”
"The last general!" Tai Shi Ci and Xu Chu heard the order, and they came out in unison, clenching their fists.
Hua Fei looked at the second general and ordered in a loud voice: "Order the two of you to lead the army to guard around the flag pavilion, and anyone who does not obey the order and rushes to the flag pavilion in vain to disturb my communication with the heavens, behead, stand, and decide!" ”
"The last general commands!" Tai Shi Ci and Xu Chu responded with a bang, and then turned around and ordered the guards to enclose the flag pavilion.
Hua Fei personally went downstairs to close the doors and windows of the flag pavilion from the inside, and then went upstairs to pray to the sky with incense: "The sky is above!" The believer Hua Fei sincerely prayed that there would be a terrible locust plague in the world today, and if it did, the people would have nothing to eat. ”
At this time, everyone saw that Hua Fei took the lead in praying for heaven, so everyone clasped their hands together and prayed to the sky one by one, but they heard Hua Fei's voice speak loudly, and he said loudly through the sky.
"There is also a matter that is known to the heavens, and now the people of the world have misunderstood the will of heaven, and only think that this evil locust is the messenger sent by you, so everyone is frightened when they see it, and no one dares to move, because they are afraid that moving this insect will be a blasphemy of heaven's will, and they will be punished."
Speaking of this, Hua Fei paused slightly, and suddenly shouted: "Today, Hua Fei will tell the sky here and make an agreement with you." If this insect is really a thing sent by you, then let retribution come on Hua Fei before the end of tonight; If it does not come, it proves that this worm is not a thing sent by heaven. ”
Yan Yan suddenly shouted in the crowd, "Not good! In the midst of this, he reached out and took out a string of locusts from his bosom and raised his hands to show the crowd and shouted.
"All of you look at it, this is what you call the messengers of heaven, and I will blow them up today. You just wait and see if there will be any punishment from heaven on me, right? ”
The sound fell, and the string of locusts that had been caught so hard was thrown into the boiling hot oil pan and fried in the terrified eyes of everyone.
In an instant, the sound of "Zizi" rose slightly, and everyone downstairs who were so frightened that they could hear this small voice, but it was like the huge thunder exploding in their ears, and they were so shocked that their hearts and galls were broken!
Bing Yuan, Ren An, Zhang Lu and others saw the locusts entering the pot, and they were all so shocked that they beat their chests and cried loudly.
"Oh my God! My lord is a wise man, why did he do such a foolish thing today......"
"Heaven is above, my lord is dedicated to the people and has no intention of offending your envoy, please forgive my lord for the sake of my lord's benevolence......"
"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! Disciple Zhang Lu prayed sincerely, my lord Hua Fei killed the messenger of heaven due to a momentary mistake, and asked for Taoist respect......"
Suddenly, countless people and sergeants who were grateful for Hua Fei's life all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to God not to punish Hua Fei. A sonic boom in the sky, heard for hundreds of miles.
Hua Fei saw countless soldiers and civilians pleading with God for him, but he didn't appreciate it at all, thinking that this would not work.
Because if they were okay at that time, the people would not have thought that their sincerity had touched God, and God had spared himself, the murderer who had killed the 'Angel One'.
If this is the case, wouldn't all the hard work that I have been busy with for most of the day be wasted and have no effect at all? (To be continued.) )