Chapter 585: The Biography of Sun Jian (16)
—187 A.D.——
Luoyang, north of the city.
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai finally failed to achieve the plan of "pretending to be a hillbilly and exploring all of Luoyang".
For example, the Imperial Palace, the residence of the Ten Standing Servants, the General's Mansion, the Mansion of the Three Princes and the Nine Emperors, etc., are all heavily guarded, and judging from the two identities they play, it is impossible to venture close to the "rich man who bullies the soft and fears the hard" and "the weak and timid coachman".
In the end, the two chose the "best mid-range inn" to live in, and deliberately put on a show, saying that they were going to visit their old friends, and then went on foot the next day, and the destination was to the north of the city, an area with many high-ranking officials but little importance.
Since they were far away from the critical position, many spies who were watching them also withdrew, and perhaps a few followed quietly, but judging from the fact that they could be easily discovered by Huang Gai, it was obviously absent-minded and perfunctory, as long as the pair of masters and servants stepped into a certain mansion, they would simply come to the conclusion that "visiting friends and squires, don't care" and evacuate.
But...... Cheng Pu and Huang Gai had no one to visit.
Although Sun Jian's actions of "King Qin" and "Qingjun's side" this time were secretly supported by the courtiers of the current Taiwei Yang Biao's faction, if he went to meet him or the important ministers of the court related to him, wouldn't he not recruit himself? When the goal is achieved, the parties have already begun to do so after tearing their faces, and then they can ask for protection.
Moreover, because they were going on foot, if they did not enter any of them before reaching the line where "it is better to take a carriage than too far", the spies would have doubts, even if they had not doubted it.
When Cheng Pu was considering whether to lead them into some remote places and solve them directly, the concierge of a mansion in front of him took the initiative to greet him: "But Mr. Yang? My grandfather has been waiting for a long time. ”
"Hmph, it's the old man," Cheng Pu glanced at the lantern with the word "Wang" hanging at the main entrance of the mansion, and Shui Shun pushed the boat and responded: "It's really hard to find your place." ”
"Please come in, please come in." The porter diligently stepped forward to lead the way, bringing Cheng Pu and Huang Gai into the mansion through the side door, while the last few spies who were tracking them also withdrew.
"I haven't asked yet, who is the owner of this place?" After entering this mansion that was not too extensive, Cheng Pu asked the gatekeeper who led the way.
"The old man's surname is Wang, his name is Yun, and Ren Zhonglang is engaged in it," the servant replied, "Recently, he was dismissed for some reason. ”
"It's actually a prince's division, and I've admired his name for a long time." Cheng Pu nodded, a little settled in his heart.
This person is a member of the Hedong Wang family, he was famous when he was young, and was later recommended by Yang Ci and Yuan Kui at the same time, and served as Henan Yin and Yuzhou Assassin History, but he has always hated relatives and eunuchs, and he has been-for-tat with them everywhere, so he was dismissed twice, and he was revived because of Yang Ci's strong support, but at this time, Yang Biao, the son of Yang Ci, who was appointed as a captain, could not fight against the ten permanent servants, so he had to temporarily ask the old man who was dismissed for the third time to temporarily recuperate - but obviously, Wang Yun, who had long guessed the Yang family's plan, also wanted to contribute to this chaos.
"So, wouldn't it be my own identity to come here?" Huang Gai Road.
"Heh, the two of you can rest assured, because Taiwei Yang failed to help the old man recover, and the old man is just a 'former assassin history' with the 'former Taiwei' in their eyes." During the conversation, the servant had already led Cheng Pu and Huang Gai to the guest room, and said, "As for the carriage and luggage left by the two of them in the inn, the villain will send someone to retrieve them later." ”
"Heh, I guess it should have been turned over by some people, and there should be no more doubts about our identity." Cheng Pu nodded slightly.
"If you two need anything, you can call a servant at will, but if you want to see the master, you have to explain it in advance." The servant opened the door of the guest room for Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, and then bowed and left.
"Originally, we wanted to cooperate with the outside when Luoyang was in turmoil, but we didn't have to deliberately meet any key people," Cheng Pu walked into the courtyard with Huang Gai and said casually: "The 'rich man who likes to smoke servants', which was originally made up to deal with the 'battle that may occur at any time', can also disappear temporarily." ”
"[What~ It turned out to be fake? 】”
Cheng Pu and Huang Gai followed the prestige, only to see that there were black and red points of light in the originally empty guest room converging out of thin air, turning into a little girl about ten years old wearing a black close-fitting dress, a pink peony flower on her head, a shawl with black hair, one eye pitch black, and one eye golden.
"[I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself,]" The girl said in a peculiar, crisp and hoarse voice: "[My name is Diao Chan, and I am the adopted daughter of Lord Wang Yun~]"
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Xuzhou, Surabaya.
To the south of Xuzhou, between the Huai River and the Yangtze River, the waterways are criss-crossed and extremely complex, and some places that can be reached directly at a glance have to be carried around three or four times by boat.
The Sun family's boat was about to enter the Yangtze River and then sail upstream to their hometown of Fuchun, Wu County, and the scheduled time was quite long, so they allowed the children to play around on the boat – fortunately, no one got seasick.
"Brother Quan, I didn't understand what you said to the little brother of the Zhuge family." Sun Quan was pacing the boat on the upper floor, and his sister Sun Shangxiang followed behind.
It stands to reason that a little girl at this age should worship her father or eldest brother, not her twin brother, but Sun Jian has been so busy in the past few years that he has not returned home, and Sun Ce ...... In the girl's words, it's "a monkey smell".
In this regard, Sun Ce said that he was popular with all kinds of beasts, and it was not voluntary to be able to command them, it might be a precursor to Wushuang's awakening, and at least the fish in the river would not listen to him, wouldn't they?
"To put it simply," Sun Quan thought for a moment and explained to his sister, "he will eat with us next and eat a lot of rice." ”
"Uh-huh." Sun Shangxiang nodded in understanding.
"But he didn't plan to stay and work, and said that when he left, he would return the 'eaten rice,'" Sun Quan continued, "and I'll ask him to return as much rice as 'if it wasn't eaten, but planted in the field,' about three times." ”
"Well," the little girl tilted her head to think, and suddenly clapped her hands: "And those rice that 'grow again in the field, and then plant it again'!" ”
"Hey......" Sun Quan was shocked, why did this sister suddenly open up in this kind of thing?
"Plant again, reap again, reap and replant......" Sun Shangxiang broke her short fingers and counted for a while, successfully stunned herself, and then grabbed Sun Quan's clothes: "Quick, Brother Quan, send someone to arrest him, don't let him run away, he owes enough rice to eat for thousands of years!" ”
"Okay," Sun Quan cried and laughed: "When he is about to leave, I will send someone to stop him." ”
Gollum - Gollum –
Sun Quan doesn't need to look down to know that this is a routine blowing time every day, Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, or Zhuge Jin will push Qiao Xuan's "wheelchair" to walk on the bottom floor of the building boat, and then they will routinely meet Big and Small Qiao.
Sun Quan was watching anxiously from the sidelines - that is obviously your grandfather, right? Take the initiative to help?
"Go away, go away! The old man can push this Rausch 'wheelchair' by himself! "Mr. Qiao Xuan is routinely strong, and so far there have been few successes.
Whew-
Sun Quan was watching the excitement, and was suddenly blinded by a gust of river wind, he covered his face with his hands, rubbed his eyes twice, and reopened his eyes, but saw an amazing scene.
Where else are Surabaya, fishing boats, river banks, farmland and trees? At this time, the entire building ship was sailing on a pitch black and boundless sea, except for the sea near the building ship was still calm, the entire sea set off layers of angry waves like mountains, and between those angry waves, there were countless hideous black dragons with huge pythons and scales and claws fighting with each other.
At this time, the sky was also pitch black, only the red lightning that streaked across the sky from time to time illuminated the same pitch-black clouds and the giant black dragons that circled in the air and tore at each other, looking exactly like those of the same kind in the sea.
"The black dragon dances and the clouds fly......" Sun Quan muttered.
"What dragon?"
Sun Quan came to his senses and found that he was still on the boat of Sun Jialou, the soothing river, the drifting fishing boats, and the rice fields by the river and the busy farmers in them were all as always, and Sun Shangxiang beside him was looking out for the "dragon" she had just heard.
"No, it's nothing, about-" Sun Quan involuntarily stopped halfway through his answer.
I saw that in the air in front of me, there was a black line slowly poking out of the void, and then it fell down to Qiao Xuan, who was trying to push the wheelchair with one arm, and its target was the old man's other leg, which was still intact.
Inexplicably, Sun Quan understood its effect, it would paralyze part of the old man's body while touching the old man Qiao Xuan, just like the arms and legs that had lost control.
And if this "black line" accumulates to a certain amount, Old Man Qiao Xuan will undoubtedly - [death].
"So," Sun Quan sighed, "why am I so precocious?" Even if you understand this kind of thing, it's not good at all. ”
The little boy climbed the railing with both arms, holding firmly on the railing with one hand and the "black line" with the other with extraordinary precision.
"It's really troublesome, if suddenly one hand can't be used, my mother will be sad, but there will always be a way to get rid of this thing, after all, there are so many kinds of unparalleled - huh?"
Sun Quan, who narrowly caught the black line, was ready to paralyze one hand, and was about to turn back from the railing with one hand, but when he turned around, he found that his hand that was holding the railing had unconsciously let go, and the whole person was falling towards the bottom of the boat.
"Ah...... Oh no," he thought to himself, "the 'black line' that can only paralyze an adult's leg, if it is touched by a three-year-old child, will it affect the whole body?" ”
"Brother Quan!"
Click!!
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"Hey, have you heard, there is a child who has returned to his hometown and is playful and fell off the boat!"
"Fell into the water? As long as it is saved in time......"
"Where, there's a deck down there!"
"Ah, what then?"
"Hehe, the next thing is exciting, the child's grandfather, the official's father, was already paralyzed, sleeping in the coffin, waiting to return to his hometown for burial, but after seeing the child fall from the window, he directly opened the coffin, broke out of the window, and caught the little grandson! Smooth landing! ”
"Lie to people......"
"Hmph, let me tell you, my news is the closest to the truth, you go and ask those who spread nonsense, and some people say that the old man flew around the building boat three times with joy, nonsense."