Chapter 44: Cannon Storytelling (1)

Liu Xiu is very worried, the battle of Xiao Chang'an has made him lose too much, if his younger brother Liu Xiu has an accident, what is his face, to see his dead parents and younger siblings?

No, you have to visit in person to be at ease.

Liu Xiu disguised himself, bought off the jailer, and met Liu Xiu in the prison.

"Uncle Wen, I'm the eldest brother Liu Xuan." The visitor took off the black gauze hat and revealed his true face.

Liu Xiu was very happy to see her eldest brother, and recounted the lovesickness she hadn't seen for many days.

"Big brother, hurry up, don't worry about me, I'm doing well." Liu Xiu didn't tell a lie, since he was imprisoned, he has not neglected his diet and daily life, let alone been tortured.

Liu Xiu felt that she was here for a leisure vacation, and her life was very comfortable.

"Uncle Wen, don't worry, big brother, I will definitely save you at any cost." Before leaving, Liu Xiu said to Liu Xiu.

Liu Xuan wanted to negotiate with Wang Kuang and Wang Feng, and the generals of the green forest also wanted to use this to blackmail a sum.

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Liu Xiu in prison lay flat for a few days, and then felt bored, and the days were too boring.

As an otaku in a previous life, if you look at online articles, play games, and then watch short videos, and live in prison, you will have the fun of not thinking about it.

But now, in a small cell, in addition to eating and sleeping, it is to chat with fellow inmates.

At first, they were just chatting and telling jokes, but one day Liu Xiu had a whim, why didn't he tell a story?

Cai Dongfan's Romance of the Later Han Dynasty, or Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, tells stories like storytelling.

When the inmates heard that Liu Xiu would tell stories, they all gathered around and listened to him through the bars.

"Speaking of the general trend of the world, it will be together for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time... On this day, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty ascended the Wende Palace, just sat down, a gust of wind blew in the corner of the hall, and I saw a big green snake, falling from the sky, hanging on the beam. ”

Liu Xiu paused when he said this, and when he saw that everyone was fascinated, he continued to make up: "Liu Hong was shocked and sick, and the ministers hurried to rescue, and after a while, the big snake was gone." ”

"Cannon, you go on, how did this big green snake come about?" A man with a leper on his head urged.

Cannon is the nickname given to Liu Xiu by his fellow inmates.

Because Liu Xiu can speak well, and he is very good at talking, he can't stop like a cannon.

I thank you so much! Liu Xiu was speechless.

The most heard in the past few days is Liu Cannon, the word cannon, which was very resistant at first, but then I got used to it.

Later, I felt that cannon is not necessarily a derogatory term, but an honorary title, at least it shows that I am very eloquent.

"This big snake, I think it's the one that Emperor Gaozu beheaded." Liu Xiu had a big brain and began to talk nonsense, but the inmates believed it and seriously discussed the origin of the big snake.

Some say that it is the reincarnation of the white snake that Liu Bang killed, and some say that the green snake is the descendant of the white snake and came to seek revenge on the descendants of Gaozu, and some people say that it is a wild monster, and the green snake demon is causing trouble.

Liu Xiu continued: "This year, natural and man-made disasters first rained heavily and hail, destroying people's houses; Then, the Luoyang earthquake and the tsunami in the East China Sea; And then the hen becomes the rooster, and all kinds of ominous..."

"Cannon, why are there so many disasters?" A young cellmate asked.

The leper head indicates the same question.

Other inmates are looking forward to Liu Xiu's reasonable explanation.

"It's hard to say, the scientific statement is a natural disaster, and the godly statement is caused by the mediocrity of the king and the corruption of the court."

"I think it's the latter. You see, after Wang Mang became the emperor, did he continue to have natural and man-made disasters..."

"It makes sense, this Daxin Emperor is not a good emperor, and the Daxin Dynasty is corrupt." Everyone came to this conclusion unanimously.

From the calamity to the ten permanent servants who are not shallow for the calamity, everyone heard that these ten eunuchs had done a lot of evil, and they cursed and cursed.

I sent greetings to Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others.

"What happened to the Ten Permanent Servants, are they dead?" The leper head asked curiously.

Everyone asked.

"It's still early, this kind of scourge will not die, and heaven will not tolerate it." Liu Xiu also hated the eunuchs who brought disaster to the country and the people, whether it was the first eunuch Zhao Gao, or the Ten Standing Attendants, or Wei Zhongxian, anyway, he was very disgusted with eunuchs interfering in politics.

"Go on." The more they listened, the more fascinated they became, as if they had forgotten that they were in prison.

Seeing so many people gathered, the guards also came over curiously, and they were also very interested when they heard Liu Xiu telling the story of the Three Kingdoms.

"The world has been suffering for a long time, in this place of Julu, there are three brothers, Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang, what are you doing?"

"What is the brother surnamed Zhang doing?" The head of the prison also came up and couldn't help but ask.

Liu Xiu was surprised, I just told the story casually, how did I attract the jailers and prison heads?

didn't care about that, and continued: "These three brothers have no other skills, and they can especially fool people. ”

"It turned out to be an old fool, who have you fooled?"

"What are you fooling people for?" An elderly inmate asked.

"This year's plague epidemic, Zhang Jiao lied to people that drinking Fu water could cure diseases, and many people believed it to be true, willingly followed, and became Zhang Jiao's disciples. At this time, he called himself a great sage and good teacher, gathered 36 people, more than 10,000 people in the big way, 6 or 7,000 in the small side, and called the general. When Liu Xiu said this, he was thirsty.

The jailers were very caring, poured tea and water for Liu Xiu, and waited very thoughtfully.

"Cannon, what happened to you?" The prison boss usually likes to listen to stories the most, and it is rare to have this opportunity, not to mention that Liu Xiu tells the story very vividly.

"I look at this Zhang Jiao, is it going to rebel?" As soon as the leper said this, everyone agreed.

If you don't rebel, why play these tricks?

"Congratulations to this friend for guessing correctly, Brother Zhang Jiao is going to rebel." Liu Xiu gave him a thumbs up.

Liu Xiu continued: Zhang Jiao shouted a slogan, "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand; The year is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. ”

"This old fool, is the rebellion justified?" The young inmate said.

"This old liar is going to fall into the hands of the masters, and he has to be allowed to experience torture." The jailers were talking.

"Hahaha..."Liu Xiu was amused by everyone.

"Was the rebellion successful?" Everyone asked.

"Zhang Jiao has a disciple named Tang Zhou, this person is a bit stupid. Ben asked him to go to the trickle in the middle of the confession, this old boy went directly to the government to inform, and then the general He Jin killed Ma Yuanyi, confiscated Zhen and Tang Zhou, and punished him for treason. ”

"Shy B!"

"The surname Tang has a bag in his brain, if you go to the informant, isn't it just throwing yourself into the net?" It is rare for fellow inmates and jailers to form a united front.

"And then what?" Everyone asked.

When Zhang Jiao saw that the matter was revealed, he immediately raised troops and called himself "General Tiangong", Zhang Bao called "General Digong", and Zhang Liang called "General Rengong". ”

"These three brothers are really good at bragging, they all call themselves generals, are they the material to be generals?" The elderly inmate said dismissively.

"That is, from the fact that his disciple is against the water, you can see that this corner is not good."

Liu Xiu briefly told the story of the Yellow Turban, the imperial court sent Zhonglang General Lu Zhi and others to lead elite soldiers to fight thieves.