Dressed in a crane, holding a quinoa cane, with blue eyes and a childish face.

When he met Sun Ce for the second time, Yu Ji had a great change in both his dress and his face.

It feels like going to a certain Smecta country and coming back from a high-end plastic surgery dinner.

Although in fact, not to mention the technology of Smecta Country, even if it is the existing human technology, it is estimated that if you want to make a person realize without makeup, he was still an old man a month ago, and a childlike face after a month, oh no, it is impossible to look like a crane with a childish face, after all, I have only heard of the technology of changing the head with a body, but I have not heard of the technology of changing the head with the body.

Not to mention a guy like Sun Ce who has a somewhat impatient temper, even Zhou Yu couldn't help but twitch a little at the corner of his eyes when he saw Yu Ji in front of him, as for those ordinary soldiers and ordinary people, they have now lit up precious incense and worshiped on both sides of the road.

Just like what happened in Lou County that day, Yu Ji was able to set off a wave far more than Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong.

"How dare the mad Dao incite people's hearts here!"

Although the person was invited by Sun Ce, it seems that Sun Ce has no intention of "Corporal Lixian" at all, and even asked a question in a loud voice as soon as they met, it seems that if Yu Ji answered incorrectly, he was afraid that he would encounter a sword in the next moment.

Only this time, Zhou Yu, who had already discussed in advance, would not stand up and obstruct Sun Ce like the last time, and even at this time, this elegant man famous in Jiangdong quietly admired Sun Ce's seemingly reckless actions with a calm smile and Yu Jina's calmness and calmness that was no different from the last time in Lou County.

"Poor Dao is the Taoist priest of Lang Evil Palace, Emperor Shun had gone into the mountains to collect medicine, got the book of God on the water of Yangqu Spring, called "Taiping Qing Lingdao", where more than 100 volumes, are the prescription for curing diseases and saving people. Poor people get it. Until this time, he has been Xuanhua on behalf of the heavens, saving thousands of people, and has never taken anything from people, let alone inciting people's hearts. Now I have come here to relieve the suffering of the people. ”

"You say you don't take anything from anyone. Where do you get your clothes, and your food? In my opinion, what is the difference between your behavior and the likes of the Demon Dao Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao of the day, if you don't restrict it, you will have trouble! ”

After speaking, he beckoned left and right, and he looked like he wanted to take Yu Ji down and ask for a beheading. The soldiers seemed to be a little hesitant about such an order, but they finally obeyed Sun Ce, who was the sovereign. However, those trusted subordinates of Sun Ce, led by Zhang Zhao, became anxious when they saw that Zhou Yu did not know why he did not continue to stop Sun Ce's behavior this time.

Zhou Yu naturally couldn't dismantle his good friend's stage in this situation, not to mention that he was very familiar with Sun Ce's temperament, he knew very well that although Sun Ce looked very angry now, he still maintained a certain degree of restraint, it can be said that Yu Ji is indeed a good actor at the Oscar level, but if Sun Ce is a crappy actor, Zhou Yu will definitely laugh.

There is no choice. Zhang Zhao had no choice but to take those civil officials who supported Sun Ce to ban Sun Ce, saying that the Yu Jidao people in front of him had really not made any mistakes in the past few decades of activities in Jiangdong. If you kill it, it is definitely not what the master should do.

It's a pity that it seems that Sun Ce is still angry even if he is admonished by the ministers, but he is not good at disobeying the bitter admonitions of his subordinates, and in the end he can only choose a more compromise plan with an angry appearance, that is, to put this Yu Jidao person in prison, and wait until it is confirmed that he is indeed a good person. It's not too late to make amends – although that's probably not possible.

However, since the sovereign has accepted the mention of his subordinates from a certain Cheng dù, then as a courtier, he should also accept it when he sees it, after all, even if they are not as good as a good friend like Zhou Yu, they can be regarded as very aware of Sun Ce's temper, and know that although this monarch is very big, it can be said that he is soft and hard. But the act of hard resistance is obviously more likely to provoke his anger and madness than the soft one.

So on the premise of Sun Ce taking a step back, the ministers finally left one after another, but today's meeting was also over.

However, for Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, Yu Ji is the first thing they have to solve, just an internal affairs meeting, even if it is postponed for ten days and a half months, in fact, it will not affect too many things seriously, if many things are not to be reformed, even Xiao Gui Cao Sui will not cause too many problems, and it is impossible to shake the foundation of Sun Cejun.

However, just after testing the reaction of his subordinates to this matter, Sun Ce had to face another "great god" reproaching him on this matter, and the threat of this "great god" was even more powerful than those courtiers from a certain point of view.

Here are Sun Ce's biological mother and his biological mother's sister, as well as his father Sun Jian's two widows, Mrs. Wu's sisters.

Although Sun Ce is in a prosperous situation outside, and he is even more decisive and slashing countless people on the battlefield, he can be regarded as a filial son and grandson at home, although he cannot be said to be obedient to the two mothers who have lost their husbands, but he also tries to meet their requirements as much as possible.

So when he decided to take such a move, he already thought about the possible consequences.

Speaking of which, the two Mrs. Wu have been in the quiet room since Sun Jian's death, and they don't have too much of a worldly matter, even if Sun Ce is already an adult now, they no longer have a wife and concubine to take care of them and don't interfere too much, or they may still be looking forward to Sun Ce's wonderful ending with the beautiful girl of the Yuan family, hoping that Sun Ce can change his mind.

It's just that for Yu Jidao being thrown into prison, the two of them can't ignore it anyway.

The influence of Buddhists in this era is still very limited, but it is the Taoist Huang Laozhixue, who also pays attention to the idea of quiet and inaction, which has a great attraction to the two women who have lost their support, and Yu Ji is not only a very famous longevity immortal, but also has a great reputation in the land of Jiangdong, Yu public and private, even these two women who are close to seclusion have received the news at the first time.

"I heard that Ce'er used the silk to arrest the Yuji Dao who is known as the 'immortal', but this person has healed all kinds of diseases and wounds many times, so that the famous people of the family, down to the ordinary people and soldiers are very respectful of him, even if you suspect that he is an ambitious person, you can't harm such a person at will. Not to mention the untold harm it can bring to you. ”

Sun Ce was not moved by his mother's admonition at all, but it was obviously impossible for him to confront his mother head-on, so he only reaffirmed his determination to investigate carefully, neither wronging a good person nor letting go of a bad person.

Of course. This also once again strengthened his determination to get rid of Yu Ji, a Taoist.

If he wanted to get rid of Yu Ji in the past, he instinctively felt that Yu Ji, who was supported by the people and had great prestige, was a possible disaster for his rule in Jiangdong, so he wanted to eliminate it in advance. But now, feeling the unparalleled influence of the other party, Sun Ce has regarded the other party as an extremely huge stumbling block on his way forward.

However, the mother's worry about her son is not unreasonable, it is precisely because she is worried that Yu Ji still has some unpredictable backhand, even if the fire in her heart continues to burn her heart and lungs, she still restrains herself and continues his and Zhou Yu's plan.

But. Before Sun Ce and Zhou Yu could carry out their next plan, a person they didn't expect jumped out.

This person is Sun Ce's old subordinates Lu Fan and Lu Ziheng, who admired him very much when he was serving under Yuan Shu, and gave up the official position given by Yuan Shu and followed him wholeheartedly.

Although Lu Fan is not a too conspicuous figure in Sun Ce's camp, his identity is very special - perhaps he has not followed Sun Ce as long as Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Zhu Zhi and others who have served the Sun family since Sun Jian's time, but when he followed Sun Ce, it happened to be when Sun Ce was still young, although he had just gained some fame but was not qualified to lead the army independently, it can be said that he was completely discerning, and even Sun Ce was able to be enabled by Yuan Shu. Lu Fan also made a lot of effort.

And now, don't look at Lu Fan's official position. With the title of governor but no possibility of leading troops independently, staying in Sun Ce's rebellious general's mansion in Wu County all day as a civil official, it can be regarded as a model in name only, but in fact Lu Fan is in charge of Sun Cejun's central financial power, whether it is Sun Ce's internal money or Sun Cejun's treasury. It's all up to them.

To put it bluntly, Lu Fan's status is equivalent to today's Minister of Finance, and he is also the Minister of Finance of Midi, an absolutely powerful figure.

Therefore, we can know Sun Ce's trust in Lu Fan, and we can also know what Lu Fan's ability is.

Moreover, Lu Fan is not only good at meeting people and managing finances, but also quite good at divination (note). Although it can only be regarded as a hobby, it has gained a little reputation over time, and it has a good accuracy rate when used occasionally.

So, when Zhang Zhao and others kept trying to rescue Yu Ji without success, he finally stood up.

"I have heard many people say that in addition to being able to use special runes to cure diseases and save people, this Yu Jidao people are also very good at praying for wind and rain, just now in Danyang, Huiji drought, if it is allowed to continue, it will definitely affect the financial revenue of our army this year, if you can make the people of Yu Jidao pray for the rain, not only can you atone for their sins, but also the general can also get a glimpse of some of the skills of the people of Jidao."

Lu Fan is such a character, although he can't compare to Zhou Yu, a good friend, in terms of affection, and he can't compare to Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, Huaisi celebrities, or Jiangdong celebrities like Yu Fu and Gu Yong, but for his speech, even a high-minded and arrogant person like Zhou Yu can't care at all, not to mention that his statement is actually quite in line with Zhou Yu's thoughts. Although this approach may further Yu Ji's fame, for Sun Ce, who is determined to get rid of the other party, he doesn't care whether it is a little more or a lot, as long as it can make him see the enemy's strength more clearly.

Of course, because of this suggestion, Lu Fan also had a little more status in front of Sun Cejun's subordinates in Jiangdong, and even Sun Ce personally promised that in the future, he would be ordered to command the troops and participate in the battle to clear the Shanyue Marshal under the premise that his own work was inconvenient.

Well, in fact, the main reason is that Sun Ce originally used Lu Fan too easily and didn't want to let go, but he didn't really want to suppress Lu Fan, a henchman he trusted very much, but now that he has a good excuse, he naturally opens an upward channel for him.

As for Yu Ji Lao Dao, he naturally readily agreed to Sun Ce's suggestion, after all, if he did his best, such a thing could definitely enhance his reputation among the people, and if it weren't for the troubled times now, he might still be able to enter the center and be worshipped.

Changing the heavens can be said to have always been the highest pursuit of cultivators, but anyone who can do this independently is the legendary immortal-level existence zài - but in fact, human beings are so small compared to heaven and earth, and wanting to change the heavens and the earth with the power of one person is tantamount to seeking fish from the wood, and even an inhuman existence like Su Xiaololi. Being able to temporarily pause the celestial phenomena is already an extremely terrifying power, not to mention those ordinary people whose lives are like white horses.

In fact, if it is really a personal effort to change the celestial phenomena, it is not so much to change the celestial phenomena as to conform to the will of heaven - such as letting the sky that will clear up in a while clear in advance, or letting the sky that has already accumulated a lot of water and gas rain rain, these are all homeopathic. Both the difficulty and the cost of oneself have been reduced to a minimum.

However, the wisdom and creativity of human beings are obviously something that all species have to marvel at - when they realized that they could not break through the shackles that were almost heavenly for human beings by their own strength, they explored ways to unite and cooperate to have greater power in practice, and they also invented the use of certain mysterious rituals and objects to increase the probability of success and the effects that can be achieved after success - various means are constantly being researched and verified through practice.

Although these invented methods are often not widely disseminated due to the inferior nature of human beings, and are limited to a limited range in order to ensure the interests of individuals or small groups, they still bring more possibilities to mankind after all.

For example, in front of the revolving gate, in order to obtain the battlefield environment for the appearance of the green dragon, the princes and the alliance set up an altar and joined forces. In the end, it succeeded in making heavy rain fall within a radius of dozens of miles from the revolving gate, and the sun was shining outside the range, and then the green dragon appeared on the stage, turning the most important of the eight passes in Luoyang into a pile of rubble ruins.

For example, in the battle of the siege of Chang'an by the Bingzhou army, Su Xiaololi also used a complex formation map, so that the weather became a suitable condition for the appearance of the Xuanwu Imperial Sister, so that the Xiliang army once again tasted the taste of returning to the heavens and the earth, and compared to the battle of the revolving gate, they still had the help of the white tiger to ensure that they were barely able to fight at the same level as the enemy, and the battle of Chang'an did not have a civilian army that had the ability to summon the white tiger. Under the devastating attack, he could only tremble (no fog).

It can be seen that we want to change the trend against the sky. Even if the strength of the individual is strong enough, it will take a lot of auxiliary means to achieve it, and if you want to get it done with personal heroism alone, even if it is a non-human ordinary existence like Su Xiaololi, she will fall into weakness for a long time after the fact...... Of course, this may also be its rare coquettish time, which is not necessarily.

Anyway, at that time, he was holding the fragrant and soft Su Xiaololi, and Li Shushi said that even on the battlefield was a very happy thing.

Ahem. Gossip is not mentioned.

The reason why he said so much was entirely because although Sun Ce listened to Lu Fan's advice, he didn't have the slightest desire to let Yu Ji go, he agreed to let Yu Ji beg for rain, but he didn't arrange any manpower to help. Even Yu Ji's disciples and grandchildren prevented them from giving Yu Ji possible help because of "fear of spies getting involved".

In other words, Yu Ji needs to use some means to complete the process of asking for rain independently with the help of some means, as Su Xiaololi did outside Chang'an City—in order to test the limits of Yu Ji's old road, Sun Ce naturally has to impose many restrictions on it.

It's a pity that even so, Yu Ji still looks so breezy and calm, it seems that Sun Ce's request can't cause any trouble to him, and the great difficulties in the eyes of others have become a breeze in his face and can be easily solved.

Although this attitude made Sun Ce jealous of him a lot, the militant also felt a sense of excitement that seeped out of his bone marrow, and perhaps only by sending such a capable man into the underworld and watching him constantly wail in despair could the tiger feel satisfied...... No, this kind of play that has failed the opponent should probably be called a jackal.

Shaking his head, expelling this sudden and inexplicable feeling from his mind, Sun Ce prepared to watch the play with great interest.

Although there is only one person, Yu Ji is finally able to command some soldiers to fight for him, this is not that Sun Ce is really so "merciful", just because the two Mrs. Wu have taken care of him, he really can't do too much.

Well, at least I won't let Sun Ce Yuji tie it to a pillar, and then pile it up with firewood under his body, and then pour a few buckets of rapeseed oil or something. It's like Bruno in Campo de' Fiori - unfortunately the latter died in pursuit of the truth, and the cause of the former's death is probably written with statements such as "failed to jump the great god" or "demon path burst into a nerve".

Anyway, it's just a simple-looking altar that has been built, and those so-called "magic weapons" are also some very ordinary things, and the three animals as "sacrifices", namely deer, deer, and muntjac may be the most valuable things, but maybe it can also be seen from here what Yu Ji Laodao and his disciples and grandchildren can eat on weekdays.

Although those sacrifices were made to worship the gods and ancestors. But in the end, it still has to enter the stomach pouch of the living, and in this regard, the Chinese people always seem to be very frugal and practical, and even because of the treatment of meat after the sacrifice, a lot of grievances and hatreds can be derived.

Holding a quinoa staff in his hand, stepping on square steps, and chanting words in his mouth—although the altar where Yu Ji Lao Dao was located was very simple, it could not be compared with the three-story platform built by the princes' coalition army, and there were no attendant guards around him, and the soldiers who helped him just now had already left here. Only two soldiers with a faced face and a ghost-headed broadsword were left, and they knew exactly what they wanted to do at a glance.

But these foreign objects don't seem to be able to affect Yu Ji Lao Dao, he is still taking mysterious steps, stepping on the seven stars, turning around the gossip, and holding three flowers on his head, just like the kind of person who is expected to attain the Tao, and his appearance is so good that most people have a feeling of worship. Even Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, two good friends, gradually just looked at it in a daze.

I have to say. Yu Ji Lao Dao feels very special at this time, maybe ordinary people can only feel that this old Taoist is a fairy and must have extraordinary skills, but in the eyes of Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, although they also have no way to explain these mysterious things, they seem to have a lot of more inexplicable inspiration for themselves.

Whether it is martial arts or the art of war. It is still the way of man, the way of government, in which those wise people will always find what they need, and then look more greedily at the person who is doing it on the altar, hoping to get more gains.

Even Sun Ce, who originally shouted and shouted for Ji to kill. At this time, he also fell into this mysterious realm, and even because of his top combat power in this era, maybe he could get more things.

In such an atmosphere, a cloud of black qi suddenly rose from the sky above the altar, and then rushed into the higher Nine Heavens, gradually merging into the original azure sky.

Soon, the original azure sky gave birth to patches of dark clouds, the time was close to noon, but the people of Wu County did not feel the scorching sun that should have appeared at this time, they only felt that the yin wind gusted, and the sudden wind seemed to be able to blow through the armor on their bodies, making them seem to have returned to the cold winter of the number nine.

The dark clouds are rolling and brewing, and those with good eyesight seem to be able to see the brightness that is constantly faintly reflected in the dark clouds.

It seems that the heavens are ready to go, and the next moment, there will be rain down.

But after waiting for a long time, I saw dark clouds rolling, thunder and lightning brewing in them, but I didn't see even the slightest rain falling.

Could it be that Yu Ji has also exhausted his donkey skills after all, and he can't continue?

Just when everyone couldn't help but have doubts about Ji, just when Sun Ce's face showed a victorious smile, and when Yu Ji's disciples and grandchildren couldn't help but be secretly anxious for their ancestors......

Only Yu Ji, only Yu Ji Lao Dao was not affected in the slightest, he was still so calm, still so calm, as if the qiē in front of him was just a prelude to the coming, and the pouring rain would eventually appear when it should have appeared.

Probably infected by this feeling, most of the ignorant people settled down again, completely unaware of how disrespectful their thoughts just now were to their beliefs in their hearts - but this is probably also a matter of course, after all, the thousand-year-old civilization history of the Central Plains, even if the Taiyi Sect, which was almost about to become the state religion of the Han Dynasty, gradually lost its influence, for the Han Dynasty, which took pragmatism as its ideology, instead of believing in those ethereal things, It's more meaningful to do something practical and effective, or to worship those holy beasts who are also very influential, but usually sleep well.

Just in the anticipation of everyone, suddenly! Yu Ji's eyes widened, the quinoa staff in his hand pointed to the sky, and he opened his mouth to let out a silent roar, and even the drifting long beard was scattered with the wind, like a Shura, as if something important was about to appear in the next moment.

It's getting darker.

Note: According to the records of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the person who is good at magic and calculates Guan Yu's movements in the Battle of Jingzhou should be called Wu Fan Ziwen Ze, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" gave this credit to Lu Fan probably like Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi combined, but from the process of Lu Fan following Sun Ce, it may not be an exaggeration to say that he has the ability to face to face? (To be continued......)