In the torture room, this is the first time Guan Lin has interrogated a prisoner, and it is still Wei Spy.

He walked to the back of the table and sat down, a little unsure of whether to be delicate or calm.

This house belonging to the thief Cao Peng cannot be regarded as a serious public court, but it gives people more pressure than the public court, and the room is small and dark, which looks gloomy.

On the walls were newly purchased heavy flails, whips, soldering irons, and even the stove where the soldering iron was baked smelled new, as if waiting for some traitor to test its power.

The two shirtless and sturdy torturers, with their indifferent expressions, seemed to tell the prisoners, whoever it was? When you come here, you are all equal and humble.

Guan Lin sat down slowly, this time, Guan Yinping and Zhang Xingcai did not follow, but stayed outside the door.

Still, the two of them pricked up their ears and listened to the sound.

Guan Lin said: "Take Wei Spy!" ”

The shopkeeper of the wine shop walked slowly into the torture room, although his hair was fluffy, and he was followed by the escort of the torturer, but his calm demeanor seemed to have seen through everything here, with a sense of absoluteness.

This feeling... It makes people feel that it is difficult to get anything out of his mouth.

When he saw Guan Lin again, he no longer begged for mercy.

And when he saw those torture instruments, he just let out a long breath.

Surprised and dazed, he blurted out: "I have already told the official master, I am not a Wei spy, I am just an ordinary person, who fled from the north, I... I and Neiko both live in Gangneung, how could I collude with that Cao thief? ”

Guan Lin smiled: "So, you still don't move!" ”

The shopkeeper didn't answer directly, he just raised his eyes and looked at the torture instrument again.

"Is the official planning to bend into a trick?"

In the torture chamber, a light burst out from the torch, and a hint of fierceness flashed in Guan Lin's eyes, but soon, this fierce color dissipated into nothingness, and was replaced by the essence of the bamboo in the chest.

"Lao Tzu has a saying, called 'all things in the world are born from being, and some are born from nothing', and there is another sentence called 'Tao gives birth to one, life two, two gives birth to three, three gives birth to all things, all things are negative yin and embrace yang, and the impulse thinks that it is harmonious, 'A person in this world, once he does something, it will inevitably affect everything around him, it can't be fake, and it can't be true, if you are really not Wei Spy, you might as well answer me a few questions? If you can answer it? That..."

Before Guan Lin's words could be said, the shopkeeper straightened his waist, "I have a clear conscience!" ”

He has self-confidence, as a... Cao Peng, the deputy of Cao Wei's military division, the old man in Wei's spy, he is bound to be able to withstand all tests!

On the other hand, Guan Lin stood up, walked in front of him with great interest, raised his eyebrows, and began to interrogate.

"Where is your ancestral home?"

- "Xuzhou." ”

"What's it called?"

- "Wang Qi! ”

"Where is your hometown? How many people are in the family? ”

- "A native of Shijing Village, Dongwu County, Langya County, Xuzhou! I'm the only one in the house, and the others are dead. ”

"When did it come out?"

"This..."The shopkeeper of the wine shop obviously hesitated, but he quickly picked up, "It was the fifth year of Jian'an, and the Cao thief attacked Xuzhou in order to avenge his father, and there were no people and animals left behind, so... We people from Tobu Prefecture fled south, and I fled to Shinno.

"After the Cao thief went south, Uncle Liu Huang crossed the river with the people, and I fled to Nanjun again, and then... Again... I can't escape anymore, just... Just settled down here. ”

"Oh..."Guan Linhuan nodded with interest, "Xuzhou Langya Country, I remember that Cao Cao's father Cao Song lived in Langya Country, right?" ”

- "I don't know! ”

"Then the hometown of Zhuge Kongming, the military advisor of my Han Army, is also in Langya Kingdom, Xuzhou, you have always heard of this."

- "I'm a vulgar family, and I haven't studied, how can I get acquainted with a lintel like Zhuge Shi?" ”

"Oh... Haven't been to school? Are you illiterate? ”

- "I don't know, the account books are all made by insiders, and I am only in charge of the back kitchen." ”

"Then what kind of shopkeeper are you?"

- "Hehe, I'm just a name, Neiko is the real shopkeeper, to be honest, at home... It's Uchiko in charge! ”

"Oh... If you say that, you can't even write your own name? Guan Lin smiled and groaned, "Wang Qi, there are only six strokes in this name!" ”

"Let the official master laugh, no!"

"Then you just said that there are no people and animals left where the Cao thief passed, eh, people and animals are not left, do you still have idioms?"

"I've been in Gangneung City for a long time, so I've learned a little from Uchiko."

"Are you afraid of death?"

"Afraid! I'm scared! ”

"What did you do when you were in Langya, Xuzhou?" Guan Lin's question is starting to get jumpy...

Obviously, the shopkeeper paused again, "I'm just a fellow, cooking for big families." ”

"My third sister said that you cooked authentic northern food! It's delicious! ”

"Of course, that's what he does, it's the guy who eats."

"That's... Do you know how to make wine? ”

“… Yes, but not well-brewed. ”

"When making wine, when brewing, use two pieces of coarse rice and one piece of koji, and how many buckets can you get into wine?"

This...

When Guan Lin asked this, the shopkeeper of the wine store was obviously hesitant.

However, he reacted quickly and hurriedly replied: "I can't remember, it's all done by the subordinates... I didn't pay much attention. ”

And the words are asked here.

Zhang Xingcai, who was outside the door, whispered to Guan Yinping: "He doesn't know how to make wine at all..."

"Why?"

"Anyone who has made wine, who doesn't know, one brew with coarse rice and two hu, koji and one hu, and the wine is only in six hu, how can it be accurate to the bucket? Seem... Brother Yunqi is cheating on him! ”

Not...

Zhang Xingcai's words made Guan Yinping stunned, and Guan Yinping hurriedly asked, "How do you know?" ”

"My dad loves to drink!" Zhang Xingcai lowered his voice and replied: "So, my mother always brews it for him... I also taught me that whether it is Qian Pei's 'Nine Brewed Spring Wine' or Langya's 'Qingyun Lang Wine', I will brew..."

Oh...

Guan Yinping realized that Xingcai's sister's mother was an authentic northerner.

Even, not only the northerners, but also the niece of the meritorious Xiahou family in Cao Wei's camp?

It's a noble girl!

At this time, Guan Lin's questioning did not mean to stop at all.

"How much wine can you get? I really don't know? ”

"I don't know!"

"Oh, I forgot, you just said where your hometown is?" Guan Lin started a new round of questioning.

"A native of Dongwu County, Langya County, Xuzhou..."

"There are a few people in the family."

"There is no one in the family except me and Neiko."

"Why did you come out?"

"Didn't I say that? Flee..."This time, the shopkeeper replied succinctly.

"How did you escape?"

"Follow the fellow and drive the donkey cart..."

"You just said that where the Cao thief passed, there were no people and animals, who taught you the idiom?"

"I... I listened to the guests. ”

As soon as this answer came out, Guan Lin smiled slightly, "But you didn't answer like that, what you just said was taught by your inner son!" How did it become a guest again? ”

Now... The shopkeeper was visibly nervous, "Both... Both. ”

"What's your name?" Guan Lin asked again.

"Wang Qi!"

"Which king?"

"The king of the kings!" The shopkeeper blurted out following Guan Lin's words.

And as he blurted out this sentence, Guan Lin's eyes narrowed suddenly, and he looked directly at the shopkeeper of the wine shop with a smile, "Didn't you just say that you can't read?" Do you know... Which king is the 'king' of the Great King? ”

This...

For a while, the shopkeeper of the wine shop subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

For a moment, he felt that the smiling eyes of the young man in front of him were simply breathtaking, as if all lies could not escape his eyes at all, all vain... will be recognized by him.

Meanwhile...

Zhang Xingcai and Guan Yinping at the door were shocked.

Guan Yinping's eyes widened and he lowered his voice.

"The fourth brother got it right, he really has a ghost..."

Zhang Xingcai nodded heavily, "Otherwise, why would he hide that he can write?" ”

Without waiting for Guan Yinping and Zhang Xingcai to fully understand, Guan Lin's voice came out again. "I've asked and answered, I've had enough of playing, and now... It's time for us to get down to business. ”

Guan Lin's eyes moved upward, "How can you escape Ben Cao Peng's fiery eyes, don't you plan to recruit them?" ”

"Wei Spy—Nightingale!"

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…

Luoyang City.

Since Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang, it has become an empty city, with empty houses uninhabited, and some still have traces of burning.

On the wide street, a few ragged people and unkempt children gathered at the once glorious Hongdumen School.

At this moment, someone is taking advantage of the night to tell a story in front of the ruins of Hongdu Gate School.

Storytelling elsewhere is to make money, but storytelling here is to bring a lonely paradise to the only remaining people in this empty city.

Historically, Cao Cao's rebuilding of Luoyang was after Guan Yu defeated Maicheng.

And Cao Cao has extremely complex feelings for Luoyang, and double meaning.

First, he buried Guan Yu here.

The second is that Cao Cao himself came to the end of his life here.

Speaking of which, where Cao Cao was buried has always been controversial, but where he died is undisputed.

Cao Cao was rebuilt in Luoyang City.

Of course, at this moment, Luoyang has not yet rebuilt half of the flavor.

The streets are full of broken walls, the magnificent palaces are hideous and dilapidated, and the palaces are full of weeds, rabbits and foxes.

Taking advantage of the night, a carriage slowly came to the ruins of Hongdu Gate School, and the woman who walked out of it was dressed in red, which was the woman who stabbed the dagger again and again at the portrait of Cao Cao in the underground of the Mangdang Mountain Cemetery that day.

She walked slowly among the people, sat on a stone step, and quietly listened to the storyteller's story.

Then again...

Storytelling in the North is very different from storytelling in the South.

The northern storyteller praised Cao Cao, and degraded the Liu, Guan, Zhang and Sun families;

But the storytelling in the south is completely opposite, praising Liu and degrading Cao.

The truth of success and defeat is applicable everywhere.

As for the truth of history?

Heavy or?

The truth in the minds of the people is just a story circulating in the market, this is public opinion!

The woman in red Yao remembered that the last time she came here to listen to the book, the storyteller told the story of Liu, Guan, and Zhang Taoyuan forming a righteous alliance and killing each other's children to "seal their hearts".

And a "sealed heart" completely subverted his impression of Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

This time... It's about it...

The woman in red slowly raised her eyes, and the storyteller at this moment had just started.

- "Diao Chan was originally the righteous daughter of Situ Wang Yun, in order to eradicate the rebellious minister Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun used Diao Chan as a bait and set up a series of schemes. first pretended to give it to Lu Bu, and then clearly dedicated Diao Chan to Dong Zhuo. In the end, he provoked Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo and became famous all over the world. ”

——" After that, Lu Bu took Diao Chan like a lost dog, fled in all directions, and was finally defeated by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and died in the White Gate Tower. However, how to deal with Diao Chan has become a tricky matter. ”

- "Prime Minister Cao Cheng's good wife, known to the world, he naturally covets Diao Chan's beauty, but Diao Chan doesn't like Cao Cao at all, and he doesn't care about it. ”

- Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked Cheng Yu for a plan. Cheng Yu had a lot of eyes, and suggested that Cao Cao, why not learn from Wang Yun back then, come up with a serial plan, use Diao Chan as bait, provoke discord between the three brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang, and finally reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

Tonight's storyteller is talking about Diao Chan.

Often women's stories, especially the stories of famous women such as Diao Chan, can arouse men's curiosity.

Because of this, there are more than twice as many people who come here tonight to learn and listen to books than usual.

Most of them are ragged men!

On the other hand, the woman in red, when she heard "Diao Chan", her heart "clicked", as if this name touched a certain nerve in him.

It also made her eyes open and her ears pricked up, looking forward to the storyteller's next story.

- "Although Cao Cao was reluctant to send the world's first beauty Diao Chan out for nothing, but after all, he was also a hero, and after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately made a decision and sent people to spread the news everywhere, saying that he would marry Diao Chan to Guan Yu. ”

- "Among the three brothers in Taoyuan, Zhang Fei has the most reckless personality, he ate a little more wine this day, and heard that Prime Minister Cao Cheng was going to promise Diao Chan to the second brother, his face changed at that time, the eldest brother Kuang Fu Han was not successful, and the second brother thought about begging Mrs., so what kind of heart did he 'seal' at the beginning? This is also against the original oath, and it really shouldn't be! Immediately rode straight to the small courtyard where Diao Chan was. ”

Speaking of this, a gangster shouted: "Zhang Sanye, is this going to occupy Diao Chan first?" ”

As soon as these words came out, "Hahaha..." everyone burst into laughter.

But the woman in red, her face was condensed... The eyebrows are even darker than water.

"Of course not!"

The storyteller replied casually and continued the sermon.

- "It is said that Guan Erye's courtyard is only separated by a wall from Diao's courtyard, this night Guan Erye was reading "Spring and Autumn" by the moonlight, and suddenly heard a woman crying next door, so he asked Xiaobing who was crying? ”

- "Soon, the creep replied that it was Diao Chan crying. Guan Erye was thoughtful in his heart, and asked his subordinates to bring Diao Chan. After a while, the sable cicada came, although it was sad, but it was still outstanding, which can be called the national color and fragrance. ”

- "Guan Erye sighed again and again in his heart, Diao Chan looks so beautiful, no wonder heroic heroes like Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu will kneel under his pomegranate skirt, and now it is rumored that Cao Cao will marry her to himself, most of them harbor evil intentions, and want to use serial schemes to make the three brothers fall out of harmony, so it seems that no matter how good-looking Diao Chan is, it is also harmful, and it can't be kept! ”

- "Thinking of this, Second Master Guan couldn't help but be moved! ”

Speaking of this, the storyteller paused, and then slowly...

It's just the first half.

Can... mentioned that Guan Erye wanted to kill Diao Chan.

The woman in red suddenly became excited, her fists clenched, and the hurried words came out quickly through her veil.

- "And then?" Guan yu... Guan Yu really killed..."

The tone of the incomparably hurried...

Don't wait for her to finish.

The other people coaxed: "It's Diao Chan who killed, it's not you, what are you excited about..."

"I... I..."

The woman in red's fist clenched tighter in an instant.

She opened her mouth to say something, but eventually... In the end, I swallowed back everything I wanted to say.

It was her pupils, and there were a few wisps of red essence in those crystal eyes!

…

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(End of chapter)