This is the beginning and the end of the king.

The naïve dialectic always reveals such a truth:

"Any gift of fate has been secretly marked with a price."

When Yuan Shao went down to Runan in the middle of the month, when his great cause began to take off. A very inconspicuous little person unconsciously pryed the Mazha under Yuan Shao's seat.

He is Deng Dang, who should have died, but jumped into the water and lived.

Since he is not dead, his story naturally continues. It's just a pity that Deng Dang is a small person in the end, and he can't shoulder the main body of historical narration.

So, the camera turned to the so-called big shots, the so-called hot spots of the times.

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In the third year of the Republic, on the sixth day of the third month. Jinan, Dongpingling.

In the liquor shop in the city, there are constantly characters such as rangers who are drinking wine, boasting about what they have seen and heard at the mouth of the West Market today.

They are all talking about one thing, that is, Cao Cao, the prime minister of Jinan, beheaded the local tyrants in the east township of Licheng at the entrance of the West Market.

At this time, there was a ranger in the wine shop, who spoke like this:

"Cao Xiang killed well. Those inferior tyrants in Dongxiang, I think they should have died a long time ago. I don't know how many times I've heard it, Dongxiang was forced to sell his children by these people. The moth thieves didn't kill them, but the local tyrants broke their house. Hateful. ”

By the time the ranger was about to say more, one of his companions had already pulled his hand at the hem and asked him to look around.

Sure enough, after he said the word moth thief, some of the other people in the wine shop who were also dressed as rangers skimmed their eyes.

The ranger immediately knew that he had committed a taboo, and hurriedly changed the subject:

"Hey, this Cao Xiang is good anywhere, first, we are first making obscenity, and then punishing the inferior, which one is not very happy. It's just that one thing is not good, that is, I am starting to ban alcohol. ”

After saying that, the ranger drank the contents of the cup, and then hurried away with his friend.

The ranger circled the neighborhood with his friend a few times, and then suddenly jumped into a dirt pit and held his breath.

Sure enough, a few figures hurriedly walked by on the street above, and they were just in the wine shop.

Seeing that the few people in the distance were all carrying long knives cross-body, the ranger couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The friend next to him couldn't help but say:

"Yuan Zhi, if I didn't say you, you can't take care of your bad habit of making trouble? This way with you to the east, I am really fateful, so I can accompany you to Jinan. ”

The one called Yuan Zhi, surnamed Xu Mingfu, is a member of Yingchuan Changshe.

Originally, he was a ranger in the area of Changshe, and he was also a decent person in the local area. But three years ago, after the Battle of Yingyang, the Taishan army went north to lay down the Changshe.

Some of Xu Fu's companions felt that the Taishan army could succeed, and they joined the army after the Taishan army entered the city. Originally, they were still pulling Xu Fu together, but Xu Fu hated his little brothers for respecting the Taishan Army too much, and felt that his former majesty was offended, and after approving the Taishan Army for nothing, he left.

After that, the Han army really counterattacked, and the Taishan army evacuated Changshe in a hurry. Most of his little brothers were reluctant to leave their hometowns, so they fled back to Changshe.

However, after the Han army entered the city, it did not block the four people, but began to investigate the people who collaborated with the enemy during the period of thief occupation. In this way, Xu Fu's township party was betrayed and all beheaded by the Han army.

At this moment, Xu Fu couldn't sit still, he wanted to avenge his township party.

So, after half a year of preparation, he took the only remaining men to attack and kill the traitors who betrayed the township party and exterminate them.

After committing such a big case, Xu Fu naturally had no choice but to flee from the Changshe. He didn't want to take refuge in the Taishan Army, because he felt that the death of the township party was a huge responsibility for the Taishan Army.

So, Xu Fu and Shi Tao wandered the lakes and seas, earning some food while serving as guards for the caravan while looking for opportunities.

Later, in the process of accompanying a merchant on a business trip, they heard the deeds of Cao Cao, the prime minister of Jinan, from the mouths of these merchants.

They all said that this person is a meritocrat, as long as he is talented, he will be reused, so they want to come to Jinan to try their luck.

Hearing Shi Tao's complaints, Xu Fu smiled, spat at the rangers who had gone wrong, and said:

"Nagong is afraid of them? The sword in the hand of the prince is not enough for me to kill. I'm worried that they're splattering my straw sandals with blood. ”

Shi Tao has become accustomed to Xu Fu's ranger nature.

He and Xu Fu are actually people with completely different personalities. He was steady and anxious. He is so scheming and Xu Fu is ruthless. But both of them are the same kind of people, that is, righteousness comes first.

Even though they knew that avenging the township party would put the two of them in a desperate situation, the two still did not hesitate.

Now, Shi Tao was thinking, and he said to Xu Fu:

"It seems that you said the word moth thief and struck these people."

Xu Fu's face was full of indifference, he didn't understand:

"I scolded the moth thieves, what does it have to do with them? As for stealing knives to fight me for your life? I heard that Qingzhou people have a strong temperament, and they will draw their knives if they don't agree with each other, and I think this is true. ”

Shi Tao glanced at Xu Fu:

"Yuan Zhi, you have to study hard, no matter how bad it is, you have to think more. Do you know where this is? It's Jinan. Where did those Tarzan Kou come from? It's from Jinan. How many people do you say in Taishan and how many people are in Jinan? Which one of these is not related to the Tarzan thief? Don't you scold a moth thief in front of others? ”

Xu Fu suddenly smiled:

"Yes, yes, Naigong is reading more. Didn't you see that we changed our names, that is, we want to change our minds and abandon martial arts. ”

Shi Tao really believed Xu Fu's words, and actually said to Xu Fu seriously:

"Yes, your name is Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi, no longer called Xu Fu."

Then I listened to our Xu Shu laughing.

Shi Tao was helpless, but he also reminded:

"You said that Cao Cao has an idea, but from now on, this Cao Cao doesn't even control Dongpingling. Otherwise, how could there be so many rangers with yellow scarves swaggering through the market? ”

When Xu Shu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and felt that what Shi Tao said was very reasonable.

So Xu Shu was anxious:

"What then? We spent all the money to come to Jinan, and if we don't vote for Cao Cao, what will we do later? ”

Shi Tao's face was embarrassed, and he could only comfort Xu Shu:

"It's okay, let's go and vote first, and see if Cao Cao knows the goods."

In this way, the two of them were stumped by a penny of heroes, and reluctantly walked to Cao Cao's Juxian Pavilion in Xishi.

This pavilion is said to have been expanded from a previous post house.

Neither of them knew the way, so they still asked a local firewood seller.

As soon as the firewood seller heard these two people ask about the Juxian Pavilion, he came to the spirit. not only showed the two of them the way, but also told the two of them in a matter-of-fact manner:

"Do you know what happened to that pavilion three years ago?"

Seeing that the old Chinese atmosphere was so cold, Xu Shu couldn't help but accost:

"What's going on?"

Then I saw the old man with his teeth and claws:

"Three years ago, it was here that the general of Taiping Dao killed the people of the county temple to the point of blood. At that time, it was said that the blood on the street did not dry for three days and three nights the next day. Moreover, all of them were killed by the Grand General Chongtian alone. It was because of the killing field there that no one wanted to live there after that, so it was used as a Juxian Pavilion by the new prime minister. ”

After listening to the old man's narration, Xu Shu and Shi Tao looked at each other, as if they were listening to the family under the big locust tree telling a story.

Since the two entered Dongpingling, they have been listening to all kinds of people tell such stories.

There were even a few good people who led these two earth hammers from other places to the east city gate, and then pointed out the two pits on the city wall to Xu Shu and Shi Tao, and said proudly:

"If you see it, it's the fingerprint left by the Great General. I saw with my own eyes that night that the sky-high general was climbing over the city wall with his hands in his hands. This is the skyrocketing, got it? ”

At that time, Xu Shu and Shi Tao already felt that they were listening to myths. Then they saw another wave of outsiders who were also pulled by the locals in Dongpingling to watch, and the two felt that this was poor Qingzhou people blowing the atmosphere.

Fool whom? We Yingchuan people are so smart, can we be deceived by you Dongyi earth hammers?

But what the two didn't know was that after Cao Cao entered the city from Dongpingling and Xicheng with 3,000 troops that day, he passed through the city to see this finger print.

At that time, Xiahou Chun saw that this kind of thing had grown into a prestige, and he wanted to be erased. But Cao Cao stopped him.

Even, before Zhang Chong broke the Dongping Tomb, the three arrows shot under the temple of the county state office were also retained by Cao Cao.

The meaning of this is unknown.

Xu Shu and Shi Tao listened to the old man's story for a while, and then walked to the Juxian Pavilion under the guidance of the old man.

But when there was still some way to go from the Juxian Pavilion, the old man was reluctant to go.

Xu Shu asked the old man why?

The old man said complicatedly:

"Of course I know what this Juxian Pavilion is for. When the two of you go there, you must vote for the demolition of the ancestral house. When the time comes, you people will still have to fight the Yellow Turbans. Hey, the way of the world has changed now. If the Taishan Army and Taiping Dao were still there, even if the old man was killed, he would not have brought you here. ”

Xu Shu was strange at this moment, and he asked:

"Old man, isn't this Taishan thief, Taiping Dao, and the Yellow Turban Soldier the same thing? What's the difference? ”

Who knew that when the old man heard this, he sprayed Xu Shu directly:

"What thief? If the Tarzan army is a thief? Are there any good people in the world? They are certainly not the same. In the past, the best thing for us poor men was the Taishan Army, when they were in the past, who dared to bully us in this place? bullied us during the day, and at night we were about to be broken by the field guards of the Taishan Army. ”

The old man seemed to be reminiscing about the past, and then sighed:

"Then there is our Taiping Dao, and we are also in charge of it, but there are also those who bully us, and we have to pay for it. But then the Taishan army left, and Taiping Dao also left, leaving the Yellow Turban soldiers. Those people are really bad. It's also from our bitter people, but it's connected with those heroes to oppress us. So you go to demolish the ancestral house, and our old man has no opinion, so I'll show you the way. But there is no way to go. ”

At this time, Shi Tao asked:

"Old man, is the demolition of the ancestral hall you are talking about Cao Cao, the minister of Jinan?"

Seeing that this person directly called Cao Cao, the old man also looked at Shi Tao and said with a smile:

"It's him, and this man is half a good man. Although it is worse than the Taishan army, it is much better than other officials. We are suffering in Jinan, and there are many hardships in this ancestral hall. The wizards of each family take turns to come to your house and ask you to pay for the worship of ghosts and gods, which is really to peel off the skin and extract the marrow. Originally, the Taishan army was in the east of Jinan, and the Taiping Road was in the city and the countryside, so these wizards couldn't do anything. ”

Speaking of which, the old man is still complicated:

"Later, last year, the demolition of the ancestral hall brought troops to Dongpingling. Within a few days, the demolition of those ancestral halls began, and except for those with good reviews, the other ancestral halls were flattened. Even some of the shamans with great grievances were sunk in the pond. After that, we will tell him to demolish the ancestral house. ”

Shi Tao was silent, but Xu Shu asked about other things:

"Did you say that the Yellow Turban soldiers left behind are also in the city?"

At this time, the old man knew that he was afraid, so he looked around and saw that there was no one, so he whispered:

"Don't tell me. These Yellow Turban soldiers are actually some rangers, colluding with the Yellow Turban soldiers in the Qi country, specializing in bullying us. If you meet those with knives, stay away. Don't look at you to take refuge in the demolition of ancestral halls, but if you offend these people, no one will be able to save you. You didn't see that one of the subordinates of the ancestral hall demolition was drinking outside, offended these people, and was directly hacked to death by these people. And then what? What about the demolition of ancestral halls? I don't dare to put anything. Also let the following stop drinking. ”

Hearing this, Shi Tao already understood that this old man was also the knowledge of ordinary rumors, and he chased the wind and shadows on weekdays, and casually strung them together to talk about it.

So how could Cao Cao ban alcohol because one of his subordinates was drinking and causing trouble? Shi Tao guessed that Cao Cao should have hoarded grain to crack down on the wine industry.

Seeing that he had been delayed here for so long, Shi Tao was about to drag Xu Shu away.

But at this time, Xu Shu asked the last question, which was also the question he had always had in his heart:

"Old man, are the Taishan troops really good people?"

The old man is categorical:

"Yes, they are the best people the old man has ever met. Although they are gone now, the old man believes that they will still come. At that time, our grandson will also grow up, and we have to let him join the Taishan Army. In this way, our family will never be bullied again. ”

So, Xu Shu was silent.

He didn't know why the old man was so relieved, obviously the two of them were going to vote for Cao Cao, and the Taishan thief was an iron thief. Isn't he afraid that the two of them will be dense and then arrest this old man?

At this time, Xu Shu didn't know that the heart of one person was the heart of tens of millions of people. Is he the only one who thinks like an old man? If you really want to catch it, will you finish it?

In the end, Xu Shu was dragged away by Shi Tao, and they came to the well in front of the Juxian Pavilion, first shook the water and cleaned it briefly, and then found a clean set of clothes from the baggage.

Both of them are poor singles with a certain foundation, and they are not enough to compare, but they are much stronger than those mud legs.

After a simple clean-up and a new dress, the two of them are ready to post.

Just as Xu Shu walked towards the Juxian Pavilion with his and Shi Tao's greetings, Shi Tao grabbed him.

Shi Tao said with a serious face:

"Why don't we go and join the Taishan Army."

When Xu Shu heard such abrupt words, the two bamboo talismans in his hands fell to the ground in shock.