A few days later, when Zhang Liao's injuries improved slightly, Yang Ming set off for Luoyang.

A group of people swept out of the city.

There were more than a hundred of them when they came, and even more when they returned.

In addition to Wang Xiu, Fu Ya also arranged for someone to escort them to the Beihai ferry.

"The road is far away, and Shaojun cherishes it all the way." Fu Ya saw Yang Ming off at the city gate.

Yang Ming said goodbye, and then got into the ox cart.

Looking back, Buqi County and Buqi Mountain are gradually moving away.

When he turned around, Yang Ming unconsciously looked at the side of the road.

At this time, although the land was still depressed, there were not many hungry people, and there were farmers working in the fields in the distance.

Spring has arrived, and it is time to plant spring wheat.

Just like the winter wheat that Zheng Xuan took him to see that day, after many disasters and famines, life showed signs of recovery.

When passing by the farmland being cultivated, a farmer stopped his movements and bowed in the direction of Yang Ming.

This should be the hungry people who went to Buqi County with Yang Ming before and got food from Zhao Yan's mansion.

Three days later, they arrived at the Beihai ferry port and began to return to Luoyang along the same road they had come.

Because it is tracing the river, the speed is much slower.

However, at this time, the climate is less rainy in spring, and it is still most convenient to take the waterway.

More than 20 days later, they arrived at Cangting, East County, Qingzhou, and stopped on the shore to rest, preparing to set off again tomorrow.

After sitting on the boat for a long time and being bored, Yang Ming and Wang Xiu got off the boat and walked around together.

Cangting, later also known as Cangtingjin.

Yang Ming is familiar with this place name, because there have been two major wars in this place in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

First, when Lu Bu entered Yanzhou to fight Cao Cao, Chen Gong wanted to cross Cangtingjin to take Dong'a and cut off the remnants of Cao Cao, but he was unsuccessful;

Second, after the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao entangled the rest of the troops to fight the final decisive battle with Cao Cao here, that is, the Battle of Cangting, and Yuan Shao was defeated;

However, at this time, Cangting is still a relatively small ferry, and there is a mile behind the ferry.

When they entered, they found that there was a famine here, but not to the extent that it had been cannibalistic as before.

"Shuzhi, do we have any food left?" Yang Ming turned his head and asked.

"Fu Shi gave some more when he left, there should be nearly ten hundred." Wang Xiu replied to Yang Ming, but then said, "But that food is not enough to help them survive the famine, and if there is a storm, we will also be affected." ”

"It would be nice to have a few more people alive." Yang Ming looked at the hungry people and said.

They sailed fast, and when they were really affected by the wind and waves, they would dock and replenish on the way.

Wang Xiu did not persuade again, and motioned to the guards to go and get food.

So, they were just walking, but at this time they started food in it.

When the villagers received the food, they all bowed down to Yang Ming.

Yang Ming sighed at this time, this was the second time he had encountered such a scene after leaving Buqi County.

He suddenly felt that Zhang Jiao's success was not difficult to replicate, because what the people of the Han Dynasty wanted was only to survive.

Even if there is no Zhang Jiao, there will be Li Jiao and Wang Jiao, but the difference is just in scale and time.

Yang Ming was thinking about it, when suddenly a familiar figure burst into view.

"Shaojun." The other party took the initiative to salute him.

"Doctor Huashen." Yang Ming was excited and stepped forward directly.

He didn't expect that he would not be able to thank him that day, and he would meet Hua Tuo again here.

However, calculating the time, Hua Tuo set off more than ten days earlier than him, and it is not surprising that he met here.

Of course, it's also fate.

Yang Ming naturally would not miss the opportunity, so he asked Wang Xiu to continue distributing food and invited Hua Tuo to the ship as a guest.

The two sat opposite each other, and Ah Yi was making tea for them.

"Shaojun doesn't have to call me a miracle doctor, just call me Yuanhua." Hua Tuo said.

Yang Ming nodded, and then asked, "How could Brother Yuanhua be here?" ”

"When the traveling doctor came here, he met hungry people dying of hunger on the way, so he guided them to bury their bodies to avoid epidemics." Hua Tuo explained.

At this time, Ah Yi made the tea, Yang Ming made a "please" gesture to Hua Tuo, and then praised: "Fortunately, there is Brother Yuanhua in the world, I don't know how many people will live." ”

Hua Tuo shook his head when he heard this: "My strength alone is weak, but it is the young monarch who gives food to the people, which is admirable." ”

His words are not compliments, he has been a doctor for many years, and he has seen dozens of big families, but he treats the common people as people, yes, just as people, and there are only a handful.

Yang Ming also sighed: "The famine has been a drop in the bucket for many years. ”

The two then talked about Zhang Liao's injury, and Yang Ming directly called Zhang Liao in.

At this time, Zhang Liao seemed to have almost recovered, and I have to say that Hua Tuo was really a surgical saint.

After chatting for a while, Wang Xiu had already returned from distributing food.

Yang Ming opened his mouth at this time and asked, "Where is Brother Yuanhua going next?" ”

"Juancheng, there is an epidemic there." Hua Tuo replied that the so-called traveling doctor is to go wherever there is a disaster.

"That's just on the way with me, why don't Brother Yuanhua join me? If you take a boat, you can get there a little earlier. Yang Ming sent out an invitation.

"It couldn't be better." Hua Tuo nodded in agreement.

The next day, they continued westward.

Hua Tuo was not idle on the ship, in addition to giving Zhang Liao a follow-up examination, he also treated the unwell people in Yang Ming's fleet.

As he himself said, it is his duty to practice medicine to save people.

After about ten days, they arrived in Puyang.

Hua Tuo bid farewell to Yang Ming and headed for Juancheng, while Yang Ming's fleet docked at Puyang for replenishment.

The food sent out before was indeed as Wang Xiu said, which made the fleet short of food.

Zhang Liao's health was almost good at this time, and Yang Ming ordered him to take people to buy food, while he and Wang Xiu played six games of chess on the bow of the ship.

It was raining, and suddenly someone came to visit from the shore.

When he saw the comer, Yang Ming put down the chess pieces in his hand and immediately got up with a smile.

The person who came turned out to be his former subordinate, Zheng Hun.

"Sima." When he arrived on the boat, Zheng Hun smiled and saluted Yang Ming, he was still used to being called in the army in the past.

Yang Ming looked at the outfit on his body and asked with a smile, "Puyang County Magistrate?" ”

Zheng Hun nodded and replied: "Not long after I was transferred, I heard that Sima had arrived in Puyang, so I rushed to it non-stop. ”

"Not bad." Yang Ming gave an evaluation.

At this time, although Puyang is not a big county, there is a Yellow River crossing, which is a very good starting point.

In the past, Yuan Shao raised filial piety, and his first official position was also the magistrate of Puyang County.

"This is Shuzhi, from the Yingling Wang clan." Yang Ming turned his head and introduced.

"Zheng Hun in Xiahenan, the word Wengong, Sima used to be the head of the tun." Zheng Hun bowed his hand and saluted.

Wang Xiu smiled and returned the salute politely.

"I have prepared a banquet in the mansion, Sima must appreciate his face." Zheng Hun then turned around and invited Yang Ming.

Yang Ming looked at the sky and agreed.

They were going to stay for a while, and Zheng Hun was a former subordinate, so it was difficult to resist.

So he took Wang Xiu and two guards to the mansion with Zheng Hun.

As soon as he entered the mansion, a servant walked in a panic and ran directly into Yang Ming.

"How to walk!" Zheng Hun immediately reprimanded.

The servant fell to his knees and trembled.

"Forget it, I don't have anything to do, don't spoil your interest." Yang Ming immediately persuaded.

"If it weren't for Sima Renyi, your life would be hard to protect today, so don't go down quickly!" Zheng Hun waved his hand, and the servant hurriedly retreated.

In an interlude, several people entered the main hall.

The hall has indeed prepared a banquet as Zheng Hun said.

After taking a seat, it is natural to have a reminiscence of the past.

After three rounds of drinking, Zheng Hun raised his glass and sighed: "Sima took the lead in Hongluo Valley, I thought that I could follow Sima and die in this life, and I would die without regrets." ”

Yang Ming smiled and raised his glass to drink in the air.

After another glass of wine, Yang Ming got up and left the table for a while.

Not long after, Wang Xiu also got up and left the table.

"My lord, this place is dangerous." When Lu Xuan found Yang Ming, Wang Xiu whispered.

Yang Ming looked at Wang Xiu suspiciously, where did he start with this?

"When I entered the mansion, I observed the servants, and they were all panicked, and when I came to Xuanxuan, I also found that someone was secretly following." Wang Xiu continued to lower his voice.

"Could it be that Shuzhi is too worried?" Yang Ming thought that when he first entered the mansion, there was indeed a servant who bumped into him in a panic, but it seemed to be an accident.

"Lord, I waited until Puyang and didn't make a noise, how did Zheng Hun know?" Wang Xiu continued.

Yang Ming woke up most of the time when he heard this wine, and he also realized that something was wrong.

Just because Zheng Hun was a former subordinate, running thousands of miles can be described as a friend of life and death, and he has the grace of supporting Zheng Hun is his benefactor, so he didn't think about it at all.

"And Zheng Hun has not been promoted to filial piety, with his former military exploits, how can he be the head of a county? has just been transferred to Puyang, which is too much of a coincidence. Wang Xiu continued.

"Let's go through the back door." Yang Ming immediately said, although it is not determined, but life and death are at stake, and there is no sloppiness.

"The lord can go first, I need to go back to stabilize him, so that he will not be suspicious and send someone to pursue." Wang Xiu shook his head and said.

"How can I put you in danger?" Yang Ming immediately shook his head.

"The lord doesn't have to worry about me, according to my expectations, Zheng Hun's goal should only be the lord, and he will definitely not embarrass me." Wang Xiu replied.

"......"

"My lord, make a decision at the right time, and be suspicious when it is late." Wang Xiu said and glanced at the door of Xuan Xuan again.

Yang Ming thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Seeing this, Wang Xiu turned around and walked out, just when he met a servant who was about to come in, he immediately pretended to be drunk, babbled nonsense in his mouth, and pulled the other party into the small bamboo forest on the side.

Yang Ming seized the opportunity, turned around and left in a hurry.

Leaving the range of Lu Xuan, he did not walk around, but first found a rockery to hide, and when a maid passed by, he took people in and covered his mouth.

After asking about the terrain of Zheng Mansion, he knocked the other party unconscious, and untied the other party's belt to tie his hands and feet, and then left carefully.

When he reached the back door, he found a stable with a red date-colored BMW in the stable.

The stables were now unattended, and he stepped forward to untie the reins, and led the horse briskly to the back door.

The person guarding the door didn't know Yang Ming, and when he saw that he was actually leading Zheng Hun's mount, he immediately stretched out his hand to stop him.

Yang Ming directly drew his sword, and at the same time revealed the purple ribbon of the gold seal he was wearing, and said sharply: "I am the Marquis of the Long Live Pavilion, quickly open the door with me!" ”

The servant's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and one knelt on the ground, and the other hurriedly opened the door.

"When you ask him, tell him that I have ridden back to the west." After Yang Ming finished speaking to the servant, he jumped on his horse.

The horse was fierce, Yang Ming slapped the horse's buttocks directly with his sword, and the horse galloped out after neighing.

Yang Ming rode a horse and galloped on the street, attracting a wave of onlookers from passers-by, and he couldn't care about that much.

He went out from the west gate of Puyang City, rode directly to the north for a long time, and encountered a dense forest, before turning to the southeast.

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