On the first day, Liu Zhang gathered his own soldiers and went to the relief camp outside the southern city, and before leaving the pastoral mansion, he recruited the generals to deploy defenses.

"Yang Ren led the army to guard the two gates of the west city, Deng Zhi guarded the east city, Yan Yan guarded the inner city, the people in charge of the army of the world all controlled their soldiers and horses, and all the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou were transferred to the commander of the Shu generals."

Liu Zhang thought for a while and said: "The Cai family's soldiers and horses are not controlled, not transferred, and not monitored, besides, who of you here is fond of drinking?" ”

The generals looked at each other, and Shamoko stepped forward and said, "I love to drink. ”

"Do you also drink at critical moments?"

"Of course not."

"Then you're not qualified."

Shamoko was depressed.

Yan Yan stepped forward and said: "There is a general under the last general, named Han Dianchen, who loves to drink, because he was drunk and misbehaved, he has been dealt with many times by military law, and he still refuses to change his teachings, he is still brave in battle, if he hadn't drunk, I'm afraid he would have been promoted to captain now, I don't know if he is a person who wants the lord." ”

"Okay, that's it." Liu Zhang said: "Let him guard the armory and monitor the treasury official Pang Ming." ”

"Ah, this ......"

"Okay, that's it, filial piety, let's go to the southern suburbs to have a look, 200,000 refugees is not a small number."

Liu Zhang remembered that there was a disaster in modern times, and the leaders went to the disaster area as soon as possible, condoled the victims, made emergency arrangements, and said that the family members of the deceased were emotionally stable, and they should also go to see it, otherwise how could they be worthy of the name of the reincarnation of the Red Emperor.

At this moment, a girl in yellow jumped out from inside: "Liu Zhang, oh, my lord, I am also going, I am also going to disaster relief." ”

When Fa Zheng saw that it was Xu Zhaoxue, he frowned at Liu Zhang and said, "She can't go." ”

Liu Zhang nodded, stepped forward and said to Xu Zhaoxue with a smile: "Hehe, it turned out to be Miss Zhaoxue, is Miss Zhaoxue going to tell fortunes for refugees?" ”

Xu Zhaoxue's face was blank, and her eyes blinked, "No, I also have to go to disaster relief." ”

Liu Zhang nodded: "That's right, Miss Zhaoxue is so lively and kind-hearted, she should go to the disaster relief, but it is estimated that Miss Zhaoxue has no money and no food around her...... But kindness is priceless, Miss Zhaoxue went, you can chop wood, burn fire, pick up rice burdens, and push carts, and the refugee area should be kept clean, there is a lot of food and phlegm on the ground, you can also sweep it with a broom, some can't sweep, just clasp it with your hand......"

Xu Zhaoxue's pink face changed color.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that there is not enough preparation in advance, there are not enough latrines in the refugee area, and the refugees, especially those old people and children, may be solved on the spot, and Miss Zhaoxue can also go and put a sack in a sack, sprinkle it in the field, and then wash the sack, and some of them have red spots on their bodies......"

"Ah, yes." Xu Zhaoxue suddenly shouted: "I almost forgot, there is a statue of Laojun in the West Pavilion, I haven't gone to pray for the disaster victims, I'll go, you go first, don't wait for me." ”

"Don't wait for me......" Xu Zhaoxue ran away with broken steps.

Liu Zhang smiled, turned around, waved his hand, and the whole army got on his horse and galloped towards the southern suburbs.

…… Qu Lingchen lined up in front of the old lady's tent, and last night there was a man with a wine trough nose in the bunk next to him, snoring and snoring, still rolling on the straw, his big hand almost put on himself several times, and opened a few times, Qu Lingchen couldn't stand it, so he could only sit up and meditate all night.

People who study martial arts do not meditate on internal strength, but to adjust their breathing between breathing, refreshing their lungs and intestines, which is beneficial to their health, but the smell in the tent is really uncomfortable, they have no sleep all night, and they are very tired now.

"Do you have venison to eat today?" A familiar voice rang out in the tent next to it, the voice of a young refugee.

"The wild donkey has just laid eggs."

"Descendants of Huangxiang."

"All the best."

The young refugee and the almsgiving clan in the back said some words again, the voice was very low, Ren Qu Lingchen was deaf and blind, and it seemed that in addition to his own group of people, there were indeed people who wanted to take the opportunity to be unfavorable to Liu Zhang.

At this moment, Qu Lingchen heard the whispers of the two men in front of him: "The people in Xiangyang City are ready, Liu Zhang allows the family to accommodate long-term and short-term workers, and many brothers have mixed into the city, we are in front of this old woman, what should we do?" ”

The old man and the old lady kept scooping porridge and vegetables in front of the tent.

The two of them spoke very low, if they were ordinary people, even if they were close at hand, it would be difficult to hear clearly, but Qu Lingchen had inherited a famous teacher, and he had been breathing for a long time, and his ears were a little better than ordinary people, and he could barely hear the words.

The other thought for a while and said, "Then we have to make some moves, this old couple is really in the way, find a way to solve it." ”

At this moment, dozens of fast horses galloped out of the city, and when they arrived at the tent area, they slowed down their horses, and the sound of neighing of horses attracted the victims.

"It's Uncle Liu Huang here."

"Uncle Liu Huang is here in person."

First, a few soup kitcheners said a few words, and then I don't know who shouted: "Look, everyone, Uncle Liu Huang is here, Uncle Liu Huang has come to see us." ”

Qu Lingchen could hear that it was Yang Kai's voice, there were too many people, and he didn't know where it came out.

Then, "Uncle Liu Huang is here." "Look, Uncle Liu." "Wow, is this Uncle Liuhuang? At first glance, his bearing is extraordinary, and he is worthy of being the reincarnation of the Red Emperor. ”

"Everyone, go and pay homage to Uncle Liu."

The voices came and went, and the last voice woke up the surprised victims, when a person is in the most danger, he is most grateful to the person who has helped him at this time, let alone a person who has always thought that he would not give, but he gave selflessly.

One of the victims fled to Jiangxia for refuge in Xiangyang, and the other was the aborigines of Jiangxia County, but they begged hard outside Jiangxia City, but they never saw the cold city gate open, and even saw their relatives faint in the rain, and none of the defenders in the city came out.

When they arrived in Xiangyang, Uncle Liu Huang, who originally thought that he was a butcher who killed people without blinking, and Uncle Liu Huang, who originally thought that he would be more ruthless than the city gate of Jiangxia, actually built a tent for them to live in early and prepared a meal to satisfy their hunger.

At this time, seeing Liu Zhang, under the encouragement of those who have a heart, he evoked the gratitude in the hearts of these Xiangyang people and Jiangxia people, and rushed towards Liu Zhang's direction together.

The order of the whole scene immediately got out of control, the control of the troops was insufficient, and they were afraid of hurting the victims, the soldiers intercepted in the middle were instantly rushed away, and tens of thousands of victims rushed towards Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang's personal soldiers hurriedly dismounted and lined up.

These pro-soldiers are the elite of the elite of the Dongzhou soldiers, the formation is quickly and tightly, and the long shields are tightly sealed, but the number is too small, and it is not a real fight.

Just as the refugees were rushing towards Liu Zhang, several people did not move, and Yang Kai winked at Qu Lingchen, with his pride in successfully encouraging the refugees, and his eagerness to urge Qu Lingchen to act quickly.

Qu Lingchen clenched the dagger in his sleeve and followed the flow of people, as long as he was within five steps, he could assassinate Liu Zhang on the horse fifty steps, thirty steps, and twenty steps with one blow.

Qu Lingchen's heart trembled more and more, and some of the unclothed victims around him looked excited, desperately squeezing forward, Qu Lingchen moved forward, but whenever those crazy victims on their faces came into their eyes, Qu Lingchen felt a palpitation.

"Are you really going to kill him? Do you really want to kill him at this time? What about these victims? ”

Qu Lingchen has never been so nervous about doing things as he is now, his steps have been moving forward, but his heart has been retreating, and the palm of his hand holding the dagger has already pinched out fine sweat.

"I'm sorry, Liu Zhang, I'm sorry, people, just this once, for the last time."

Qu Lingchen crossed his heart, re-grasped the dagger, and with his light and agile body, he swept away the crowd and entered within ten steps.

Ten steps, nine steps, leaving the rest of the victims behind.

Eight steps.

At this moment, suddenly, the victims in front of him knelt down, it was the victims who had just run in front of Liu Zhang, kneeling in front, and kneeling down in front of Qu Lingchen, an old man in front of him cried bitterly, his gray hair flew with his shaking head, his palms slapped on the ground, and he kowtowed again and again.

"Uncle Liuhuang, I'm sorry for you, I listened to the rich man, I ran to Jiangxia blindly, I don't know that Uncle Huang is the savior of our people, my wife died in the mud because Jiangxia confiscated her appearance, poor my old man with a little granddaughter, and he couldn't even collect his wife's body.

When I arrived in Xiangyang, my granddaughter was also sick, and the old man was still blinded by lard at that time, thinking that the imperial uncle would not be contained, so he waited for his granddaughter to go, and my old man also went, but I didn't expect it. Li Laosan couldn't cry as he spoke: "Uncle Huang not only gave our grandchildren clothes to wear and hot meals, but also treated my little granddaughter, I, Li Laosan, am sorry for you." ”

Li Laosan kowtowed again and again as he spoke, and a pretty girl next to him also kowtowed.

"Uncle Huang, I Lai Tietou used to say bad things about you, saying that you are the reincarnation of the Demon King, and you are the evil star of Jingzhou, at that time, you were fast-talking, but now I think of the beast is not as good, in the end, it was Uncle Huang who saved our family's life, and Tietou kowtowed to you here."

"Uncle Liu was reincarnated as Emperor Chidi, and the mandate of heaven was crowned king, from now on, we are all the people of Uncle Liu, Uncle Liu has a life, and I and these villagers will go to the soup." A civilian, somewhat cultured, shouted.

"Uncle Liu Huang is the reincarnation of Emperor Chidi, the mandate of heaven is crowned king, long live Uncle Liu."

Kneeling down in front of him, he kept kowtowing to Liu Zhang's military formation, Liu Zhang and his personal army were surrounded by the disaster victims who kowtowed, Qu Lingchen looked left and right, and the people around him knelt down, wearing a black gauze hat, too much attention, and hurriedly knelt down.

At this moment, for some reason, Qu Lingchen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Folks." Liu Zhang looked around, rode on his horse and shouted: "This official is on behalf of the Son of Heaven to crusade against the ministers, shepherd and guard the two states of Jingyi, as the uncle of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but all the people of the Han Dynasty, as long as the official is able, will not let any of the people suffer from freezing and starvation." This is true for the people of Jiangshui, this is true for the people of Xiangjiang, and the same is true for you.

Nowadays, the Son of Heaven is in trouble, the country is divided, the national thief is in charge, as the only Han clan relative of the princes in the world, seeing the Han people in trouble, how can he be indifferent, what the official has to do is to keep the last number of the Han Dynasty in the current day of the rebellious ministers, what is the last number of the Han Dynasty, that is, you, thousands of Han Li people.

Since the beginning of this official Jiangzhou, countless people have been killed, and the blood on his hands is full of the river, why? In troubled times, why is the Han world divided, why is the society suffering, because the world is dirty, and the treacherous people are in charge, not killing it is not enough to anger the people, not killing it is not enough to revitalize the dynasty, not killing it is not enough to vent the hatred of the officials, and venting the monstrous hatred of the officials when they saw the overthrow of the Han Dynasty and the people suffering.

What you heard before is right, I, Liu Zhang, have killed people, killed countless people, and will kill people in the future, but this official only kills treacherous evils, only kills the disrupted party, kills the moths that make the fortune of the national disaster in the midst of a national disaster, exploits the people, and eats the big man.

If so, I, Liu Zhang, will die without hatred, let alone being wronged for a while, and carrying a temporary infamy, this official believes that the clear will be self-purifying, and the turbid will be turbid, even if it is misunderstood by you, by them, and by the world today, but the Danqing history books, the world in the future, will remember that I Liu Zhang is preaching for the people. ”

After Liu Zhang's half-truths and half-truths were impassioned, Zhang Ren pulled out his sword and raised his head to the sky, "Preach for the people!" ”

All the soldiers of the Sichuan army raised their spears and shouted: "Kuang Fu Han, step on the country." ”

"Kuang Fu Han, step on the country."

The sound shook the sky, smelling Mo Mo did not change color, and the people kneeling involuntarily, and all the people bowed and shouted: "Long live Uncle Liu." ”

The people of the clan in front of the soup kitchen looked at this scene in amazement, several old men hid in the tent and slapped hard, and a boy about ten years old said to a white-eyed young man beside him: "Brother, did we do something wrong?" ”

The white-eyed young man looked at the scene outside and took a light breath: "There is no right or wrong, the way is just different, Brother Tan remember, there is no turning back when you open the bow." ”

At this moment, Li Laosan, who was originally kneeling, suddenly got up, rushed to a tent on the side, and grabbed a middle-aged little fat man in front of the soup kitchen.

"Master Wang, why did you tell me to flee to Jiangxia, why did you say bad things about Uncle Liu Huang, now that my wife is dead and my granddaughter is sick, I want to die with you."

Li Laohan said and picked up his thin fist and hit the rich man Wang, under this kind of situation, the rich man didn't dare to fight back, and the two soldiers next to him hurriedly pulled Li Laosan away.

Liu Zhang got off the horse, and the powerful Fa Zheng followed the dismount, Liu Zhang walked over under the escort of the guards, and said with a smile: "When Liu Biao was in power, the rich man Wang was also forced to do so, isn't it, the rich man?" ”

Liu Zhang looked at the little fat man, the rich man Wang was stunned for a moment, immediately woke up, and repeatedly scolded Li Laosan, and said loudly: "I'm sorry, Uncle Li, I'm so sorry, uncle, I was also forced to be helpless at the beginning."

In fact, my Wang Gui has long known that Uncle Liu Huang is the reincarnation of the Red Emperor, and the mandate of heaven is the king, which is the savior sent by God to save my Han and save my Han people, but you also know that this arm can't reach the thigh, when Liu Biao sent troops to threaten me, to encourage you to flee, so as to weaken Uncle Liu's merits, in order to succeed in his wolf ambitions, I am helpless. ”

"Uncle, just forgive the rich man, don't you see that he also came to give porridge? It shows that there is still remorse. ”

The rich man Wang was moved by Liu Zhang's help, and said again and again: "Yes, yes, Liu Biao's family, Liu Biao has done a lot of evil, Liu Qi has robbed Jingnan, Liu Cong is even more unfilial to his father, the family is a big thief, my Wang Gui has endured it for so many years, and now Uncle Liu Huang is here, and he has finally turned over." ”

Wang Gui let out a sigh of relief as he spoke, feeling extremely relieved.

"I was forced to do it at the beginning."

"Me too."

"Me too."

Seeing that the people of Xiangyang were searching for people who bewitched them, one by one the rich landlords and landlords and gentry expressed their attitudes, "Liu Biao is a thief, father and son are all raccoon dogs, royal scum, and big Han moths." Voices came and went.

Fa Zheng said loudly to the victims in a calm voice: "Everyone has seen it, what you saw and heard at the beginning was just Liu Biao's malicious fabrication in order to confront my lord.

In this world, traitors are in charge, although Liu Biao is in addition to, there are countless Liu Biao, you also tell those relatives in other places and Jingyi Erzhou not to listen to the words of the clan, otherwise they will harm others and themselves. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." A group of clans agreed, and the clansmen in front of the tent came out one after another to bow their hands to Liu Zhang: "From today onwards, we will swear allegiance to Uncle Liu Huang to the death, forgive the sins of the past, and if there is a betrayal, ten thousand arrows will pierce the heart." ”

Liu Zhang smiled in his heart, raised his head, and said with emotion: "Okay, all the families are loyal and patriotic people, I hope you remember today's words and be consistent, otherwise, even if the official spares you, these people will not let you go." ”

When the clans of all the worlds saw Liu Zhang's cold face, they all looked solemn and their hearts were awe-inspiring.

"Yes, yes."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

Liu Zhang turned to the people and said: "The mud is dirty, everyone get up, these families can come out for disaster relief under the call of this official, which shows that there is a heart of repentance, it was all Liu Biao's instruction before, everyone doesn't have to care, you live here first, I Liu Zhang promise that in the shortest possible time, let you live and work in peace and contentment, there is soil to cultivate, land to plant, and grain to harvest, okay?" ”

"Long live Uncle Liu."

After the people bowed, they dispersed under the guidance of the soldiers, and each lined up, Qu Lingchen also stood up, Qu Lingchen did not have any political scheming, but he would not believe the words of the officials, he only believed what he saw.

But at present, Liu Zhang is indeed doing things for the people, at least let them not have to sleep in the wilderness, do not have to gnaw on tree bark, and give them a place to live and live, if it is really as promised, let these people live and work in peace and contentment, have soil to cultivate, land to plant, and grain to harvest, it is undoubtedly a great merit.

Doesn't it seem too selfish for such an official to assassinate himself for his own personal vendetta?

"But forget it, the assassination failed anyway." Qu Lingchen felt relaxed in his heart, and returned to the queue from the new, and at this moment, there was a sudden quarrel in front of him.

"Dead old woman, look at the porridge you have served, there is still chaff floating on it, yellow like."

The young refugee put the porridge bowl on the table and spilled the gruel on the table.

"That's right, look down on us refugees?" Another young man echoed: "Look at the porridge that people give, it's all white rice, look at yours again, there is more bran than rice, it's still wild vegetables, the poor ghost comes out to put some big garlic, go back if you're poor, don't be embarrassed here." ”

The people around him were all angry.

The old lady hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, we, we didn't mean to." ”

The old man on the side also said apologetically: "The family is poor, only these bran rice, more inclusive and more inclusive, we just want to pay a little respect to Uncle Liu Huang and General Fan, we really didn't deliberately take the bran rice out." ”

The old man laughed a few times innocently, looked at a bowl of rice bucket, there was not much rice left in it, only one layer, no matter what, he couldn't avoid the bran on it, so he could only turn around and shout: "Daughter-in-law, come out with a bowl of white rice porridge and pick out the bran." ”

"Yes, okay." A woman inside said crisply.

When the man went back to pick rice, his daughter-in-law took care of the pot, and called his youngest son, a child of about seven or eight years old, who was tending to the wild vegetables, and brought out a bowl of white porridge tremblingly.

Qu Lingchen shook his head, these two young people obviously didn't want to receive food in front of this tent, no matter what the old man and old lady did, it would be useless.

The old lady hurriedly took the white porridge and handed it to the young man with a smiling face, but unexpectedly the young man suddenly reached out and knocked it over on the table, and the hot rice porridge was sprinkled on the arm of the old man who was wiping the table.

"Do you want to amuse us, and treat us refugees like beggars? Look at that kid, a dirty face, haven't washed his face and hands for a few days? I just picked the vegetables, and I stuck my fingers in the bowl when I served it, how else do you want me to eat? ”

"It's just, it's too much, look at the stains on that bowl?" Another young man followed.

The movement here immediately attracted the surrounding refugees, who gathered around to point fingers at the two young people, all of whom were very dissatisfied.

"Ouch, take a look." The young man suddenly noticed the old man with a sucking mouth and thin hands: "You say that you are disgusting, who dares to eat the bowl that a person like you has taken, do you want to disgust us?" No, we have to change the porridge shack and stop receiving porridge here. ”

"That's it, we're going to change."

The excessive behavior of the two young people caused a commotion among the people, and the discussion became louder and louder, all of which blamed the two young people, but the two young people stubbornly looked at the old man and the old lady with dissatisfaction.

The movement attracted the attention of Liu Zhang, who was chatting with Huang Yueying in Huang Yueying's tent, this ugly girl was so eye-catching anywhere, but people didn't dare to look at it directly.

At this time, he heard the movement, and rushed over with his own soldiers, Yang Kai, who was depressed about the failure of the assassination in the crowd, saw this, and immediately found the opportunity, seeing Liu Zhang separated from the crowd with his own soldiers, he immediately yelled, "Come and see, everyone, there are two idiots here, the old lady who insulted the soup porridge, lost all conscience, and the heavens and men were angry." ”

"Yes, come and see, come and see the idiots." The other people under Wu Junbu also shouted.

The voice came from afar, and the surrounding people began to stir again, and they gathered around the position of the old man and the old lady, Qu Lingchen saw the smug eyes that Yang Kai handed to him, and saw that Liu Zhang was about to step in, his heart was suddenly raised, and the dagger in his sleeve tightened.

(To be continued)