"Han Feizi Five Worms" "Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry violates the ban with martial arts." In "Historical Records: Taishi Gong's Self-Introduction", Sima Qian stated his purpose for writing "The Biography of the Ranger". The ranger can "save people from misfortune, inspire people without support, and the benevolent are concerned; If you don't believe it, you don't say it, but the righteous have something to do. He wrote "The Legend of the Rangers" sixty-fourth. What he values is the noble character of the ranger to help the poor and keep his promises, and he is a true benevolent and righteous man. There are rangers such as Zhu Jia, Tian Zhong, Ju Meng, Wang Meng, Guo Jie, Guo Jie's father, Zhou Yong, Zhu Bai, Han Wupi, Han Ru and so on.

Sima Qian wrote at the beginning of "Historical Records: The Biography of the Rangers": "Today's rangers, although their deeds are not in the course of justice, but their words must be believed, their deeds must be fruitful, they have promised to be sincere, they do not love their bodies, and they have survived and died, but they have not been able to do so, and they are ashamed of their virtues, and there are many people." ”

However, the traces of chivalry that are not seen in the historical records are still admirable and unforgettable.

"Two flowers, one for each flower".

At this point, the Central Plains world is changing, and the exchanges are impermanent, let's look back to explore the ins and outs of this "Heroic Soul in Troubled Times" turned into "Three Cats Wandering". Now it is the first year of Liang Kaiping in 907, mid-to-late June.

The book continues with the preface - in "5, mixed with joy and sorrow, is it joy or sorrow? At the end of this chapter, it is said that in May 907 of the first year of Kaiping of the Great Liang Dynasty, Yang Wu, the king of Hongnong, took Liu Cun, the observer of Eyue, as the envoy of the southwest, Chen Zhixin, the assassin of Yuezhou, as the training envoy of the Yuezhou regiment, and Liu Wei, the observer of Luzhou, as the support envoy, and did not make Xu Xuanying the supervising army, and led 30,000 troops to attack Chu. Ma Yin, the king of Chu, was very frightened by this, but Yang Dingzhen, the envoy of the Jingjiang army, congratulated him and said: "Our army is victorious. Ma Yin asked why, and Dingzhen said: "If the husband is afraid, he will win, and if he is arrogant, he will lose." Today, the Huainan soldiers are approaching our city, which is arrogant and underestimated the enemy; And the king is afraid, and by this I know that our army will prevail. So Ma Yin ordered Qin Yanhui, the commander of the city, to lead 30,000 sailors down the river, and the deputy commander of the navy made Huang Fan's 300 warships stationed in Liuyangkou, preparing to fight Liu Cun.

In June, Liu Cun's army encountered heavy rain and led his troops to retreat to the north of the embankment, and the Chu general commanded Qin Yanhui to lead the army to pursue in the city. In the unfavorable situation of several battles, Liu Cunnai sent Ma Yin a letter to deceive him. Yanhui sent someone to report to Ma Yin, the king of Chu: "There is fraud in this, and it is unacceptable. ”

When Liu Cun and Qin Yanhui faced each other in the water, Liu Zhuang shouted from afar on the boat: "Yanhui! Killing those who surrender is a bad omen, don't you think about future generations? Yan Hui replied loudly: "If the thieves invade my realm and don't fight back, then they don't care about their children and grandchildren!" So the drum beat and marched. Seeing this, Liu Cun led his army to abscond. Huang Fan, the deputy commander of the navy, led the troops from Liuyang to intercept the river, joined forces with Yanhui, broke Liu Cun's army, captured Liu Cun alive and Chen Zhixin, the commander of the Yuezhou regiment of Yuezhou Assassin Shi, killed more than 100 generals, 10,000 soldiers, and harvested 800 warships. Luzhou observation envoy and support envoy Liu Wei led the rest of the people to flee, and Yanhui quickly conquered Yuezhou. Ma Yin ordered people to loosen the ties of Liu Cun and Chen Zhixin and persuade them to surrender. Both of them scolded: "How can a husband serve his lord with death to serve his lord, how can he do things for thieves? Ma Yin then beheaded the two men. Unexpectedly, these two generals died very heroically.

Don't be a general and supervise the army Xu Yingxuan, who is a confidant of Yang Wu, the king of Hongnong, and often interferes in political affairs. Zhang Hao and Xu Wen were beheaded because of their defeat.

Ma Yin, the king of Chu, sent troops and horses to join Jizhou to assassinate Shi Pengji to attack Hongzhou, but did not conquer it.

Kang Huaizhen led the troops to Luzhou, and Jin Zhaoyi made Li Sizhao and deputy envoy Li Sibi close the city and refused to defend. Huaizhen attacked day and night, and did not resist it for half a month, but built a fortress to pierce the worm and defend it, cutting off its inside and outside. Li Ke, the king of Jin, used Zhou Dewei, the commander of the Han capital, as the commander of the camp, Li Siben, the commander of the handsome horse army, Li Cunzhang, the marquis of Yu, the commander of the vanguard, Shi Jianjiao, the commander of Tielin, An Yuanxin, the commander of the rampage, Li Siyuan, and the cavalry general An Jinquan to rescue Luzhou. Among them, Li Sibi is the son of Li Kexiu; Li Siben, whose surname is Zhang; Shi Jianjiao is the son of Shi Jingsi; An Jinquan is a person from the north.

The Jin troops attacked Zezhou, and Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang sent Zuo Shenyong to make Fan Jushi lead the troops to rescue him.

It was the day of Jiayin in the month, and Emperor Liang made Han Jian Shou Situ and Tongping Zhangshi with the Pinglu Festival.

Wu Zhen Jiedu made Lei Yangong join the Chu soldiers to attack Jiangling, and Jingnan Jiedu made Gao Jichang lead troops to garrison the public security and cut off its grain route. As a result, Lei Yangong was defeated, the Chu army also fled, and the land of Jingnan was temporarily peaceful. As for what happened next, please see the end of the chapter "53, Thunder Splits the Torrent".

During this period, Emperor Zhu Wen of Liang sent another "secret envoy of the emperor" to step up secret operations.

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It is said that the three cats walked out of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda harmlessly, and suddenly heard someone shouting behind him, turned around and looked, it was him-

"Hah! Ha! Ha! Not who am I? Even your master and me, you can barely hear me, have you forgotten me? ”

"Nope! No! How dare you! How dare you! The apprentices will never forget the teachings of Master Cao, and I will never forget the teacher! I just felt that the teacher had come very suddenly, and besides, how did you know I was here? ”

"Suddenly?!" Cao Luzhuang seemed to be a little surprised, but he immediately smiled again, "I didn't feel sudden at all, but I expected that this was inevitable!" ”

"Inevitably?!" At this time, the third prince Ye was a little inexplicable by Cao Luzhuang's mystery and calmness, and couldn't help asking, "Where do you start with this?" ”

"Hah! Ha! Ha! Cao Luzhuang still smiled happily, "My clever apprentice, you are really smart and foolish for a while. Wouldn't I see your little donkey tethered here and not think you're nearby? ”

"Oh-I see!" Ye harmless did not feel the gaffe, suddenly realized, and said, "I almost forgot this joint, I was really negligent!" ”

"You're not just negligent! I just don't care! Cao Luzhuang seemed to be angry, and shouted harmlessly, "I left you a piece of paper at home, asking you to meet at the foot of the Little Wild Goose Pagoda on June 6, but now it has been three days, and you have arrived at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda instead of going to the Little Wild Goose Pagoda." If you want me to come and find you in person, it's really hard for me to be a master. ”

"But......" Ya explained aggrieved, "I don't see any paper in your house at all!" ”

"What?! Didn't see it! Cao Luzhuang finally said in surprise, "I put it on the table of the Eight Immortals in the main hall, and you can see it as soon as you enter the door, how can you not see it?" ”

"Master, please believe me, I really haven't seen the paper you left me. And at that time, I especially checked the Eight Immortals Table in the main hall, and I didn't see any items. ……”

"Hmmm! Needless to say, I think it must have been taken by someone else! Cao Luzhuang speculated with great confidence.

"Another person?! ......" Ye Wuwu thought to himself, and one character after another flashed in his mind......

At this time, I only heard Cao Luzhuang continue to ask: "Apprentice, think about it, did you see any suspicious people when you opened the door and entered the courtyard?" Are there any signs of prying on the doors and windows of the main hall? ”

"I remember it well!" Ye replied without hesitation, "The doors and windows of the courtyard and the main hall are intact, and I have not seen any suspicious people before and after entering the courtyard gate. I only met my sister and Shi Xiaomei before leaving. ”

"Oh......" Cao Luzhuang pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "They are all close to you, and they have absolutely nothing to do with this piece of paper!" I'm afraid that if this piece of paper falls into Chen Jiannan's hands, it will ruin your and my big deal! ”

In fact, things have already happened like this, and the piece of paper that Cao Luzhuang was most worried about at this time happened to make Chen Jiannan, the harmless classmate of the third son, accidentally steal it and leave, so that Cao Luzhuang's negligence at this time turned out to be his future murder, and it left Ye Wuwu with the root of the evil family and the sorrow and regret of his life. However, Cao Luzhuang never imagined that his future affairs would end up so miserably and harm others because of "a piece of paper".

As for when this piece of paper fell into the hands of Chen Jiannan, the attentive reader will know a little bit from the events described above. I don't know if you can still remember that when the "Flying Dragon" Ye Jinfeng took Ouyang Qingfeng and Huang Shiying to leave Jingzhou and pass by the Cao family private school in Jiangyang Town, the young man in white clothes and bundled hair who crossed the wall was Chen Jiannan, the son of Prime Minister Zuo, who was known as the "Golden Fan Son". What did Chen Jiannan do in the courtyard hall of Cao Luzhuang? In fact, this is self-evident, not to mention that Chen Jiannan's deeds and the drape outside his body have already aroused the suspicion of "Flying Dragon", "Iron Fan Boy" and "Windbreaker", and "Windstorm" Huang Shiying guessed at that time that the boy in white must have stolen items in the courtyard of the Cao family. So now, the truth has been revealed, Cao Luzhuang originally intended to leave a piece of paper at home, but it turned out to be wrong, so that the narrow-minded and arrogant "Golden Fan Son" Chen Jiannan accidentally snatched away.

At this moment, the third prince Ye harmlessly thought that he had been subjected to all kinds of difficulties and frame-ups by Chen Jiannan, and his heart seemed to be burning like a needle. He was annoyed, how could he have such a classmate who was unscrupulous, high-flying, and had no one in his eyes; He was angry that it was this well-dressed Chen Jiannan who stole and destroyed his beloved "Wanbaoyu", which was a priceless treasure inherited from his family, and losing it seemed to have lost the root of his life. However, if his beloved thing is lost, he can find it again, but his "Wan Baoyu" has been turned into powder by Chen Jiannan, how can he find it back? He had already been heartbroken by this matter, and since he saw Chen Jiannan spilling the "jade powder" of his beloved thing to the ground, he seemed to be disheartened; After a night of ups and downs, Ye Wuwu expected that his "jade powder" had disappeared. However, he knew that this matter was difficult to find, but he was still determined to find his "Wanbaoyu", even if he found the ends of the earth and the vast sky, he had no complaints. That only dang: He has already gone with the jade powder, why do you need to ask for it everywhere. I hope to look up to the sky and watch the stars and the moon, and the heavens and the earth will flow according to the wind.

However, the third son, who was deeply deceived by the truth and falsehood, did not know that his "Wan Baoyu" was still intact in Chen Jiannan's hands! It is even more difficult for him to know that his persistence will be exchanged for "killing two birds with one stone" in the future. If the words are made clearer, this "one arrow" is the spirit of Yahweh's harmless perseverance; The "double eagle" means that the "Wanbaoyu" he thought he was looking for was actually in the hands of Cheng Yuanyuan, the "Princess of Ten Thousand Flowers", and the other was still in the hands of Chen Jiannan, the "Golden Fan Prince", and these "double eagles" were encountered by him one by one in the days to come. This is just as later generations have commented - there is a intention to plant flowers that do not bloom, and there is no intention to plant willows and willows. People's hearts are providential, often with each other, and they will exchange their jade bodies for gold bodies.

At this time, the third prince Ye was harmless and worried about what Cao Luzhuang said, and he finally concluded that he said: "I think this piece of paper must have been stolen by Chen Jiannan." I wonder what the master wrote on it? ”

Cao Luzhuang listened to the disciple's question, and said with deep guilt: "Actually, there are only a few words on it, that is, I will ask you to meet at the Little Wild Goose Pagoda on June 6; In addition, I also warn you that Chen Jiannan is a villain with a bad heart, so you should not get close to this person. If you meet him on the way to Beijing. You should avoid it from afar, and you must not be in the same path with it. ”