Chapter 369: Turmoil in the City
Just when Wei Ba was thinking about it behind closed doors, the situation in Chengdu slowly underwent subtle changes.
As Wu Yi and others returned to Chengdu and walked into Chengdu with a team of prisoners and a large amount of loot, the news of Xiangyang's victory finally entered the field of vision of every Chengdu people. The streets and alleys of Chengdu began to discuss the Battle of Xiangyang, and almost every Shu Han person was very excited about the vicious battle of the Shu Han army with a mere 30,000 troops to mobilize more than 100,000 troops on both sides of Cao and Wei, and obtained such rich results. Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu Han is the weakest, Cao Wei is like a fierce beast, even a glance is terrifying, and Wu is also not to be underestimated, after Liu Bei entered Shu, first lost the battle for the four counties south of the Yangtze River, then lost the battle of Guan Yu Xiangyang, and then Liu Bei's Eastern Expedition failed, three defeats in a row, so that the Shu Han people also have an indescribable fear of Eastern Wu.
Suddenly, the weakest Shu Han played two strong opponents in the palm of his hand at the same time, and won an unexpected victory, Sun Quan was raided by the Wei army and suffered heavy losses, and Cao Rui was raided by the Shu army and almost died, in this way, isn't the combat effectiveness of the Shu Han army stronger than the combat effectiveness of the Wei army?
Ordinary people don't understand those complicated power trade-offs, they only know who wins and who loses, whoever wins, whose strength is stronger, in terms of the current situation, the strength ranking of the Three Kingdoms is, of course, Shu Han first, Cao Wei second, and Wu State, which has defeated Shu Han three times in a row, can only be at the bottom.
As a result, it has naturally become a topic of conversation among the people.
Chinese people like to concentrate the collective victory and defeat on one person, and win the battle. Naturally, there will be heroes. As the elder brother of the Queen Mother, Wu Yi, who had just triumphed, immediately became a hero who was expected to return, and every day was full of traffic. The queen's brother Zhang Shao followed closely behind, ushering in the delivery every day, from opening his eyes to closing his eyes. Other meritorious generals were no exception, and there was an endless stream of congratulatory people, and it was very lively. People with status and conditions want to hold a banquet at home, while ordinary soldiers can only go to the wine market to get drunk when they get rewarded. It has greatly stimulated Chengdu's economy.
Under the buzz. An undercurrent gradually emerged, and some people began to notice the discordant elements in this national celebration. First of all, someone heard that Wei Ba, who had made great contributions to this battle, was not only not in celebration now, but also thought about it behind closed doors, and then someone found out. Zhang Wen, the envoy of Wu, and Xiahou Xuan, the envoy of Wei, were both in Chengdu. And the purpose of their coming to Chengdu is invariably related to one person: Wei Bawei, who was thinking behind closed doors, joined the army. Wei was scared. Sending people to make peace with each other, of course, made the people of Shu Han very proud, while the envoys of Wu were not so popular. They came to accuse Wei Bawei of joining the army and destroying the alliance.
Ordinary people don't have so many complicated trade-offs, since they have determined that Wei Ba is a hero, then whoever opposes the hero is the enemy. The Wei people are here to curry favor with Wei Ba, so they can be treated as guests, and the Wu people are here to embarrass Wei Ba, so they are persona non grata. This sentiment began to ferment as the weather became hotter, reaching a flashpoint in just a few days.
Early in the morning, Zhang Wen rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion in the car. He was so preoccupied that he frowned. After coming to Chengdu for many days, the Shu army has been triumphant, and the reward is imminent, but his mission has not yet been completed. Wei Ba thought about it behind closed doors, but he refused to admit his mistakes, and Zhuge Liang did not make a conclusion about the cooperation mistakes between Han and Wu in the Battle of Xiangyang, he could not return to Wuchang to hand over to Sun Quan, and if it dragged on, Sun Quan could not enter the soil for peace, Sun Quan's anger would only increase, and his situation could only become worse and worse.
Zhang Wen was in a hurry. He is now a person who treats crimes, if it weren't for Zhuge Liang secretly helping him to act, implying that Sun Quan was only willing to negotiate with him, Sun Quan would not have released him. The last time he was implicated in the Ji Yan case, the Zhang family suffered heavy losses, his younger brother Zhang Bai died in the depreciation center, and his middle sister also died because she was unwilling to submit to the official order to marry and drink medicine, his comeback this time was for the revival of the family and endured humiliation and stealing life, if he could not complete the task, the humiliation he endured was meaningless.
Just as Zhang Wen was pondering how to get Zhuge Liang to force Wei Ba Zuihou to bow his head, his appearance attracted the attention of several young girls on the side of the road. Zhang Wen is slender, talented, and has the graceful demeanor of a talented man and a celebrity, standing out and outstanding wherever he goes. As soon as he appeared on the street, whether it was a man or a woman, they would praise him when they saw him, and Zhang Wen was used to this, so he didn't take the eager gaze of those girls too seriously, and was still immersed in his thoughts.
But he never expected that after the first exclamation or two, the topic of those girls immediately changed radically.
"Who is that man? What a wonderful man. ”
"Well, it's beautiful, I think I've seen it somewhere."
"Hehe, don't be ashamed, where have you ever seen such a wonderful person?"
"Really, you wait for me to think about it." The girl who was questioned by her companions rubbed her eyebrows and thought for a moment, suddenly remembered, and exclaimed in surprise: "By the way, he is Zhang Wen, the envoy of the State of Wu, who is older and taller than the envoy of the State of Wei. ”
"Envoy of the State of Wu?" The companion's face changed suddenly: "But you came to make things difficult for Xiao Langjun of the Wei family?" ”
"I think so. Wu Guo lost the battle and died a prince, not blaming himself for being incompetent, but saying that it was the fault of Xiaolangjun of the Wei family. Now that Xiao Langjun of the Wei family has thought about it behind closed doors, I haven't seen him for several days. Alas, to put it mildly, although this Zhang Wen is beautiful, he is not as much like a man as Xiao Langjun of the Wei family. Alas, alas, what are you doing with my eggs? ”
In the girl's astonishment, her companion ran to Zhang Wen's car with an egg in one hand and a skirt in the other, and screamed: "Smash you turtle!" ”
Zhang Wen is used to being watched, and his entourage is also used to often having girls approaching Zhang Wen and throwing flattery at them, they are not vigilant about this girl's actions at all, and when they find out that the girl is not throwing a coquettish look, but an egg, it is too late.
The egg landed accurately on Zhang Wen's face, and with a "pop" sound, the eggshell cracked, and the egg yolk protein flowed down his face, dripping on his white clothes, and suddenly it was a mess.
"Hey, you woman, so rude!" The retinue caught up with her, stopped the girl who was about to rush up and spit again, and drew their swords to intimidate. The girl was not afraid, and while looking around for weapons that could be used, she scolded loudly: "You turtle, you don't have the ability to fight the Wei people, but you rely on us Han people, you are really shameless things." Your king is even more shameless, his son died at the hands of the Wei people, and he didn't dare to go to the Wei people for revenge, but he came to us in Chengdu to make trouble, are we easy to bully when we are Yizhou people? ”
Zhang Wen and the others were scolded so red-faced, speechless for a while, someone came up to drive the girl, but the girl refused to leave, screaming and scolding, while pushing and shoving. Her companions also rushed to help, and for a moment the warbler was singing and making a noise. Their shouting and scolding attracted more people, and many people who had just come out of the market gathered around, and their eyebrows fluttered to see the excitement. When they heard that this person was the envoy of Wu and Wei Ba, the hero of the Battle of Xiangyang, the crowd immediately became indignant.
"Smash him, smash him!" More people shouted, and a piece of vegetable flew towards Zhang Wen.
"Smash this shameless Wu man." Another egg flew out.
"Go back to your Wu country, you are not welcome in Chengdu!" A mouthful of thick phlegm flew a few steps away, sticking to the face of an entourage with a "snap".
Zhang Wen was dumbfounded, in the face of this situation, he was not prepared at all, no one wanted to walk out of the disaster, the always docile Chengdu people actually collectively attacked him, swearing foul language in his mouth, throwing stones and bricks in his hands, all kinds of vegetables, mixed with saliva and thick phlegm.
"Let's go, let's go!" Zhang Wen shouted repeatedly.
The driver waved his whip and wanted to drive away, but found that the road was blocked and the horse could not run at all, and his whipping caused even more commotion, and some people in the crowd shouted: "Wu dog beats people!" ”
"Beat him!" Angry people gathered around, some grabbed the reins of horses, some grabbed the carriage, and some stretched out their hands to Zhang Wen on the carriage. Zhang Wen was startled, jumped out of the carriage without thinking, and shouted: "Hurry up, hurry up!" ”
Seeing that the situation was out of control, the entourage immediately rushed over, protected Zhang Wen in the center, and broke out. They didn't dare to kill people in the street, but only dared to push them with scabbards and knife rings. But this still made the onlookers angry, and immediately someone shouted: "Wu Dog kills, Wu Dog kills!" ”
As soon as they heard that there had been murder, some people were timid and retreated, but others were even more angry and rushed forward with a roar. Zhang Wen's entourage did not dare to fight, and escorted Zhang Wen to flee. The angry people chased out of the street, and then the stupidity dispersed.
Zhang Wen was embarrassed, the crown on his head had fallen off, his hair was scattered, eggs were flowing on his face, and a few vegetable leaves were sticking to it, and the original spotless Yuebu single clothes on his body were dirty. Looking at the equally panicked entourage, Zhang Wen wanted to cry without tears. He thought about it, and didn't go back to change his clothes, so he rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion. The doorman of the Prime Minister's Mansion was startled when he saw his appearance, and thought that a refugee had come to shout grievances, and when he recognized that it was the envoy of Wu State, he hurriedly entered the mansion to report.
When Zhuge Liang heard the report, he was shocked, rushed out as soon as possible, took Zhang Wen's hand, and said after a while: "Huishu, this is ......"
"Alas, Prime Minister, I have become the enemy of all Chengdu people." Zhang Wen sighed and roughly explained what happened: "If you don't come up with a charter and let me leave early, someone will hit me with vegetable leaves and eggs today, and I'm afraid someone won't kill me with a knife tomorrow." ”
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Huishu, do you think I don't want to?" It's hard to ride a tiger now. You come with me......" He led Zhang Wen to the hall and took out a stack of documents and put them in front of Zhang Wen: "Look, this is all for Wei Ba's grievances." He took out a different piece of paper from the side: "This is our bixia's inquiry, even he knows that Wei Ba has been wronged, what do you say I should do?" I admit that it was Wei Ba's mistake today, and tomorrow someone may do this to me. ”
Zhang Wen looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise and gasped: "Prime Minister, this is someone behind the scenes." ”
"You just know?!" (To be continued......)
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