Poverty and ignorance.

It is gradually eroding the infertile land of Hanzhong, and in another 300 years, a religion will be born here that will affect the whole of China: Taoism.

In 202 B.C., some witches and gods who claimed to be heavenly masters began to haunt the township pavilions of Hanzhong County, and they used rudimentary medical skills and mixed some specious doctrines to envelop the uncivilized people around them.

When Lu Pheasant came to Hanzhong, it was these people who wanted to contact.

In the remote countryside, the governance institutions of the Qin State are in vain, which provides the soil for the existence of heavenly masters such as witch doctors to survive and breed, among the witch doctors, the most famous is a blind old witch in the area of the Bao country, the influence of this old pious woman is not trivial, and what is more terrifying is that she has a detached status in the area of the Bao country, almost to the point of saying nothing, especially those Qiang people scattered in the deep mountains, and she is even more obedient.

In addition to the above reasons, there is another layer of relationship, that is, the Qin state's administrative officials in the Nanzheng area make her feel that she can take advantage of it.

Zhao Ben.

This guy who is the wings of Zhao Gao Shili with Yan Le, the process of his defection to Li Yuan is speechless, guarding a strong city, but it was broken by people inside and outside, and the sword was on his neck, and Zhao Ben actually surrendered shamelessly, and after surrendering Li Yuan, Zhao Ben also hit in the opposite direction, took Li Yuan's army to Xianyang, and pulled Zhao Gao and Hu Hai off the horse.

In the past, when the Han State still existed, Lü Pheasant also participated in the national discussions between Liu Bang and his subordinates, and Zhang Liang proposed that if it were not for Zhao Ben's incompetence, Liu Bang's Western Expeditionary Army should be able to take the lead and reach Xianyang from Hanzhong County, if that was the case, there would be no so-called revival of the Qin State now.

There are too many mysteries about Li Yuan's rise. For an outsider like Lu Pheasant, if he wants to get close to and explore the details of Li Yuan, people like Zhao Ben are undoubtedly suitable objects.

A coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death.

An important figure of the former core group who has been squeezed out of the center of the Qin State, such a person's mentality must be unbalanced, after all, now Hanzhong and Guanzhong are completely different levels, just like a small town and a metropolis in the countryside, far away from each other.

Lu Pheasant chose Hanzhong as an alternative foothold, and the reason is that if he can envelop a shili on the seven inches of Hanzhong. Cutting off the Bao Slope Road and Shiniu Road, and then occupying the entire Hanzhong County, it is equivalent to cutting off the contact between the Qin State and Bashu and Nanjun.

At that time, the isolated Nanjun and Bashu counties will be exposed to the front of Di Bu's troops, and in the name of the butcher Di Bu, what kind of unknown Feng Xuan will be dealt with, and Lu Pheasant can know what the result will be when he closes his eyes?

In Hanzhong County, instigate a riot that swept the county.

This is the purpose that Lu Pheasant desires the most, and this is the only way. The dream of the prince she expected could be realized, of course, the princess or something is unlikely to be possible in her current appearance, but the princess is still possible. As long as he can assist his son Liu Ying to ascend to the throne, Lu Pheasant can control Liu Ying and grasp power.

Under the strong desire for power, Lu Pheasant began to move from the backstage to the foreground, the land of Hanzhong. In her eyes, it is the base of her career.

In the sixth year of the new calendar of Great Qin, November 15.

An ordinary day. The anomalous changes in Chang'an City did not affect the area of Hanzhong County, which is located south of the Qinling Mountains, and a merchant ship moved slowly in the water.

Lu Pheasant was dressed in vulgar red and green, full of wealth and nobility, and beside her, more than a dozen strong men with big shoulders and round waists stared at the cannibalistic eyes, and unceremoniously glanced at the people around them, so that the people along the way avoided when they saw it, although the days in Chang'an were short, but let Lu Pheasant see the status of Shangjia in Qin.

So, after escaping from Chang'an, Lu Pheasant changed his image while gathering people and dressed himself as the family of a big businessman.

In this era, it is normal for a businessman to have money in his hands and raise a woman outside.

Merchant ships sail at night on the Baoshui, a river located more than 40 miles north of Nanzheng, which originates in the depths of the Qinling Mountains, and is one of the two main sources of the Han River, like the Fushui. The name of Baoshui comes from the famous beauty Bao Xi in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the princes of the Youwang Beacon Fire Opera, won the hearts of the beauties, but made the princes of all walks of life chill for this, and the king of Zhou, Zuihou, also fell into the end of a broken country.

The full moon shone on the calm water surface of Hanzhong County, a faint halo of light, a few golden fallen leaves swirled and fell from the branches, and then tightly pressed the body that had lost signs of life on the water surface, slowly, they began to sink, zuihou melted into this stream, turned into putrid mud, turned into dust.

Lu Pheasant ordered the maid to open the window and let the cold wind in the mountains blow into the cabin, the maid was a little hesitant, Lu Pheasant's body was actually very afraid of the cold, but now, what she needed most was to be calm and sober, not to keep warm.

The changes in these days have kept Lu Pheasant in a state of tension, and now, she has finally gotten rid of Yan Le, a vicious dog, and she can also think about how to develop Shili and recruit talents in Hanzhong County next.

First of all, it is the settlement of the residence, and choosing where to live in Hanzhong County is very important for Lu Pheasant, who is in the enemy territory and is like a frightened bird.

After Lu Pheasant arrived in Hanzhong, he chose to live in Bao Xipu, this place is located at the exit of Bao Slope Road, is in the traffic rush area, whether it is land or waterway, it is very convenient to leave, and more importantly, although it is not Nanzheng, but there are many people coming and going, Lu Pheasant is hiding here as a woman, and it will not attract any attention.

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Nam Zheng.

In the midst of unrest, usher in a new day.

And for Zhao Ben, who has a wide body and trembles when he walks, there is not much difference between yesterday and today, and the only good news of the Qin army on the battlefield that can attract his attention is now that he is not interested.

People, once they have no goal, there is no hope.

Zhao Ben did work hard when he just defected to Li Yuan, but as there were more and more capable people around Li Yuan, Zhao Ben found that he couldn't get in front of Li Yuan.

His use value was almost exhausted when Zhao Gao and Hu Hai died, and if he was smart, Zhao Ben should have a strong sense of crisis, and strive to do his old job like Hou Xi, Guan Yue and others, after all, there are not many people available in the hands of Minister Chen Ping in governing the place.

"It's not easy to get mixed up with the founding heroes, no matter what, I have to live comfortably for the next ten years, as for the rest, forget it." I don't know if it was one day, Zhao Ben suddenly felt very bored, and he decided to give up and began to slack off and relax.

After several unsatisfactory official evaluations, Zhao Ben was assigned out of Chang'an City by Chen Pingfa, and of course, the mansion he possessed that could be washed and washed away at any time was also recovered.

"My lord, in the area of Baogu, I heard that there is a heavenly master doing it, so we might as well go out of the city and take a look, the autumn scenery there is very beautiful." Next to Zhao Ben, the concubine bought from Chang'an stomped her feet and said coquettishly. Serving a fat man, and a fat man who is very old and not very interesting, for the young lady, it is like being imprisoned. Therefore, whether the news outside is good or bad, Xiaoniang has expressed great interest.

"Okay, just listen to you, little beauty." Zhao Benxiao's eyes narrowed into a slit and nodded in response.

Life is proud, and you should enjoy it.

If a man has a gun, he will get on the horse and rush to kill, not fight to the fullest, and never withdraw the army, last night, Zhao Ben, who was lying on the bed and enjoyed the concubine's service for a night, is now satisfied, and he naturally wants to comfort the little beauty's hard work.

Three poles on the sun.

Nan Zheng ordered Zhao Ben to take a team to go upriver along the Han River by boat, and after traveling four or five miles, a small fleet of three boats turned around and headed north, heading towards Baoshui.

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Baogu.

On a hillside overgrown with arrows, there are five or six houses made of bluestone, which are very distinctive, and the construction of such a dwelling in this impoverished and ignorant mountain is only possible for a prominent family, and a great deal of labor must be used.

Lu Pheasant's boat was far anchored in the Baoshui River downstream, and today, she was going to meet an important person, a witch who could win the greatest possible support for her in a short time.

From the foot of the mountain, go up to the place where the witch lives, there are a total of 999 stone steps, according to the people here, 1,000 stone steps means to reach the place where the gods live, and only one level away also shows that this blind old goddess is a half-immortal who can communicate with the gods in the sky.

The stone steps are steep.

Lu Pheasant has changed a pair of cloth shoes on his feet, and he is stable enough to walk up the mountain road, and with the experience of being a servant woman in Chang'an, Lu Pheasant has also regained the strength to support his family when he was in Pei County.

"Madame, here we are." The local guide led Lu Pheasant to a dark house, and then nodded slightly and retreated.

Four miles.

The silence could be heard even if a needle fell on the ground, and Lu Pheasant's eyes were pitch black, and she had just walked into the dark room from the outside light, and her eyes could not adapt to the drastic changes in light.

"You came from Chang'an, are you here to ask for someone, or to kill someone?" In the darkness, a gloomy hoarse voice suddenly sounded, which suddenly frightened the little maid beside Lu Pheasant, and she couldn't even hold the box in her hand.

Lu Pheasant's face also changed, she didn't expect that the voice of the witch mother-in-law who was blown by the Hanzhong people would be so ugly, and she was hiding in the dark to spy on herself, this kind of feeling that others are in the dark and in the light is really bad.

"Where did my mother-in-law go?" Lu Pheasant asked in a difficult voice.

"The little woman is still scheming with me, and if you don't come for these two purposes, my old pious woman will admit that she miscalculated today." There was a faint anger in the voice in the darkness. (To be continued......)