Chapter 457: People's hearts are swaying

This sudden heavy rain seemed to envelop all the states of Dahan.

Lu County, in a Buddhist hall.

The corners of the face are broad, the complexion is ruddy, wearing monk's robes, the cloak is spreading, and he is kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, and earnestly worships the Buddha.

Outside the small Buddha hall, Qiao Mao was eating fast, shaking her head constantly.

He glanced at the reverent Rong inside, his eyes flashed with a sneer of disdain, and he turned his head to look out the door.

The rain is getting lighter, but everywhere the rain is spreading and flowing, and some low-lying places are accumulating I don't know how much, and the depth is not visible to the naked eye.

"Brother Qiao, how is my fasting?" I don't know when, Zhen Rong walked out, with a generous and compassionate face, and sat opposite the bridge with a smile.

Qiao Mao put down her chopsticks, shook her head, and said, "It's tasteless." Think of the original county order, the prancing horse whip, the prestige, and now you can eat this kind of coarse tea and light rice? ”

Instead of getting angry, he folded his hands together and chanted 'Amitabha'.

Immediately, he looked at Qiao Mao and said, "There are too many karma obstacles in life, but restrain yourself to atone for your sins." ”

Qiao Mao didn't believe a word, and he didn't want to go around with Zhen, and if he went around with this person, he couldn't get around it after dark.

Qiao Mao sat up a little straighter, his expression slowly solemnized, and said: "Nanjun suffered heavy rain, and the flood broke the river embankment and flooded three counties, I heard that Liu Yuanjun has sent a letter asking for help?" ”

Zhen Rong sighed lightly, showing more compassion, and said: "Amitabha, the people are suffering, I also feel the same way, may the Buddha bless." ”

Qiao Mao's expression was a little indifferent, and said, "Brother Zhen, your Buddha Lord can bless the people of Jingzhou, can he protect you?" ”

Zhen Rong's face did not change, and said: "The bridge donor is fallacious. The Buddha is merciful and purifies all sentient beings, I am one of the many people, how can the Buddha abandon me. ”

Qiao Mao sneered and said: "The imperial court is just taking care of itself, but if you free up your hands, not to mention what Brother Zhen is doing here, just talking about the luck of the three counties, will it always be entrusted to Brother Zhen?" Once someone takes over, how can Brother Zhen's actions be covered? With the 5,000 people in the hands of Brother Zhen or your Buddha? ”

Zhen Rong was touched to the pain point, and Zhen Rong's face disappeared with compassion, replaced by a fierce color, staring at Qiao Mao with gloomy eyes.

Seeing this familiar expression, Qiao Mao smiled instead, and said, "Brother Zhen, in the world of great disputes, you must take precautions and make plans early." ”

Zhen Rong took off his monk's robe and tied up his hair, and then said in a deep voice: "Qiao Mao, I know that there are many people in Pengcheng, and I can tolerate it." But what exactly are you coming to me for!? ”

"This is the Zhenrong I know,"

Qiao Mao smiled heartily, and immediately looked straight, and said: "Brother Zhen, if you have the world, why bother with a golden knife!?" ”

Zhen Rong's expression changed suddenly, and he immediately sneered, and said, "Didn't Brother Qiao try it many years ago?" At that time, the court was worried about internal and external troubles, and it was about to collapse, and Brother Qiao raised the banner, but what is happening now? Lost dog ears! ”

Qiao Mao didn't care about Zhen Rong's sarcasm at all, but said: "At that time, I was really in a hurry, but time has changed, and today's court seems to be strong and united, but it is strong on the outside and dry in the middle, and it is vain on the inside, and it can't withstand a little setback." Only one place will collapse, the world will collapse, and the Han family will end! ”

Zhen Rong actually knew that Qiao Mao's thief was not dead, but he still sneered and said, "Brother Qiao, do you want me to rebel with thousands of people in Pengcheng?" ”

"It's not Peng Cheng,"

Qiao Mao's expression changed, and he said: "There are many people who lift big things, and some people will climb the heights, and Brother Zhen will raise the flag in response, and the world will follow, and the big things will be done!" ”

Zhen Rong's face was full of disdain, his eyes were cold, and he said: "Eunuch Dang, He Jin, Yuan Shi, Yuan Yi, you, Yuan Shu, Dong Zhuo...... There are so many lessons from the past, Brother Qiao, there is still a head missing from you under the car. ”

Qiao Mao didn't have any look of annoyance, and said: "There are Shixie, Yuan Shao, and Liu Biao in the south, with 200,000 armor, and Liu Zhang in the west, who is divided into a state and 100,000 in Hanzhong." There are Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and 50,000 cavalry in the north. Now the treasury of the imperial court is empty, and even the soldiers, horses, grain and grass can not be fed, only a fire, and the world will be in chaos immediately. ”

Qiao Mao knew that this could not convince Zhen Rong, and continued: "Then Cao Cao is in charge of the soldiers and horses in the world, and now he slaughters the three cities, which will definitely be abandoned by Liu Wei!" As soon as Cao Cao died, who was in charge of the troops? And Yuzhou, is a place of chaos, after this rainstorm, there will be a good opportunity! ”

This sentence made Zhenrong's expression move slightly, but he still said coldly: "I am a county guard, and I eat the king's Lu, how can I be rebellious." Brother Qiao, thinking of past friendships, I don't take you to the court to ask for credit is the limit, don't say much, please! ”

Zhen Rong sternly refused, but in Qiao Mao's eyes, it was clear that he had agreed.

After he got up, he raised his hand to salute, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhen, farewell!" ”

Zhen Rong snorted coldly, didn't even look at it, but put on a monk's robe and untied his hair.

At this time, Liu Hao, the lieutenant of Pengcheng County, walked in and said in a respectful and low voice: "Fujun, I am afraid that there are many untruths in this Qiaomao's words, just to encourage Fujun to rebel and vent his anger to Luoyang." ”

Zhen Rong got up and stood at the door of the Buddha hall, his face was full of compassion, but his tone was as cold as ice, and said: "No matter what he is planning, we will not move, just sit and watch the situation change." ”

Liu Hao's face was overjoyed and said, "The prince of the mansion is smart, and the lower officials will retire." ”

"Wait." Di Rong, who had his back to him, said loudly: "Then Qiao Mao just said that it was raining heavily in Nanjun, and Liu Biao of Jingzhou sent someone to ask for help?" ”

Liu Hao was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes." Not only Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou have sent people to ask for money and grain, but they have all been sent away by the lower officials. ”

Zhen Rong was silent for a while, looked at the Buddha statue quietly, and said, "Send 3,000 young people and 10,000 stone grain to Yuzhou." ”

Liu Hao looked puzzled and said: "Fujun, Yuzhou has no interference with us, so Liu Miao and Fujun are still a little dirty, why do you want to help him?" ”

"Go ahead and do it." Without explanation, he folded his hands and reverently entered the Buddhist hall.

Liu Hao suddenly didn't dare to ask again, bowed and retreated.

But not long after, he trotted back again, looking at the Buddha kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, concentrating on the Buddha's recitation, wanting to speak and stopping, his face full of anxiety.

Zhen Rong lowered his head and muttered to himself, I don't know how long it took, and said loudly: "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Hao hurriedly held up a letter and said, "It's Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao sent a letter to transfer all the city defense troops in Pengcheng, and also asked the government to transport all the income from the past year's transportation to Xiapi to control the water." ”

Zhenrong's eyes flashed indifferently, and he immediately bowed to the Buddha statue, chanted 'Amitabha', and then was silent for a while, and said, "Only give half." ”

Liu Hao said: "Do you want to give half of everything?" ”

Zhen Rong said: "Yes, in addition, delay for a few more days, write to that Zhang Liao, and talk about Pengcheng's predicament." ”

"Yes." Liu Hao's heart was relieved, and he should leave.

"Let's raise taxes."

Liu Hao hadn't walked a few steps when the voice of Zhen Rong came again.

Liu Hao immediately knew that this was to make up for it, and immediately said: "Xiaguan understands." ”

Zhen Rong did not speak again, concentrating on worshipping the Buddha.

At this time, Qiao Mao had already mounted his horse and was about to leave Lu County.

He looked back at the Holy Buddha Temple, which seemed to be braving the light of a huge Buddha, and his heart was both angry and disdainful, and he said to himself: "At that time, I will be able to help you, fool!" ”

Qiao Mao rode a horse and walked slowly, with all kinds of thoughts about Lu County in his heart.

The assets of this Lu County are really too rich, if you can take here, you will have money and food for several years of the 100,000 army!

'You'd better obey, or I'll take your flag!' Qiao Mao's heart was ruthless.

It didn't take long for Qiao Mao to leave the city, and the servants around him looked at the road in front of him and said, "Master, are we going to Jingzhou or Yangzhou now?" ”

Qiao Mao came all the way, and what was in front of him was to see Liu Biao or Yuan Shao first?

Qiao Mao groaned a little and said, "Go to Wu County first." ”

The servant was stunned for a moment and said: "Master, Sun Ce, the Marquis of Wucheng in Wu County, is loyal to the imperial court, and it is said that he took the initiative to write and was willing to be the servant of the Dog Emperor, but now he is no longer in Wu County." ”

Qiao Mao looked in the direction of Wu Jun and said, "It's just a false and wrongful move." Then Sun Jian is not a loyal person, how can his son be a loyal and good general? Let's go, let's go to Kure first. ”

Without saying a word, the servant followed Qiaomao to the southeast.

At this time, Liu Miao was still busy controlling the river, although the rain became smaller, but the water level was still increasing, impacting the river dam, and the embankment could burst at any time.

Fan Neng came down from the front, his face was resentful, he casually lifted a big log, gritted his teeth and said to Liu Xuan: "Envoy, there is still shoddy, you see this wood, it is all empty, it is fake!" ”

Liu Miao was startled, hurriedly approached, stretched out his hand and broke it, and the seemingly thick and sturdy wood fell apart in an instant, and the debris fell to the ground!

"Who did that!?"

Liu Miao was shocked and angry, and turned his head to look at the embankment.

If all these things are down there, then the levee burst is almost inevitable!

When Fan Neng saw it, he hurriedly said: "Rest assured, as soon as I find out, I will come to report it, and I will not bury it for the time being." ”

Liu Xuan's expression was immediately relieved, and he said: "Hurry up, find out all the fakes, and you must not put them into the river embankment." ”

Yu Lu came over at this time and said, "Rest assured, I am ordering someone to look for me." However, the lower officials are worried about other places. ”

Liu Miao woke up suddenly, and said: "Yes, yes, quickly, inform Tian Feng, Liu Bei and others, we must strictly verify, and we must not allow this kind of thing to be used to cast the embankment!" ”

"Fujun,"

Before he finished speaking, Tian Feng had already walked over quickly.

He was covered in mud, the mud on his face had dried up, his brows were all over, and only a pair of eyes were still red and bloodshot.

Tian Feng held the sword, strode over, and said in a deep voice: "Didn't you say strict inspection and strict acceptance?" Why is there such a thing? But if we are a little careless, we will fall short, how to explain to the parents and villagers in Yuzhou!? ”

Liu Miao obviously felt that Tian Feng was in a hurry, and his tone was murderous, and he immediately shouted: "Fan Neng, you say!" ”

Fan Neng is a person who has followed Liu Miao for many years, and he didn't know what he meant, so he said urgently: "Envoy, Tian Fujun, it's not the negligence of the lower officials, what should be checked, what should be checked has been done, the lower officials, the lower officials don't know what went wrong!" ”

Tian Feng was indeed moved to kill, knowing that the person who was questioned by the imperial court would arrive soon, if he was arrested, what would happen to this embankment? Those people don't want to do whatever they want and do whatever they want!

"Check it out!"

Tian Feng shouted angrily, at this time, he was even more powerful than Liu Xuan, and said directly: "No matter who it is, if you find it, you will kill it!" ”

Liu Miao was startled, and immediately stopped him, saying, "No!" ”

Immediately realized that something was wrong, stepped forward quickly, pulled Tian Feng to the side, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Hao, it is not appropriate to move lightly at this time." Perhaps, this is a conspiracy of some people, at this time, don't make trouble, everything must be stable! ”

Tian Feng didn't know that rumors were flying everywhere, and there were even more troublemakers, and his hateful face was hideous, and he said, "What is the best plan for the king?" ”

Liu Miao raised his head, looked at the rain that was gradually stopping, and said, "Yuan Hao, now that the rain has stopped, it is a good opportunity." We plugged the gap first, and then dredged it downstream to bring the water level down and ensure that the flood was under control. Right now, don't make extraneous branches, and ruin big things! ”

Seeing that Liu Miao didn't say anything useful, Tian Feng forcibly suppressed his anger and said, "Okay, then follow the king." ”

In fact, Tian Feng has other ideas.

Before he was captured by the imperial court, he would capture all those hidden Xiaoxiao, and even kill them all!

Only in this way can their work of repairing the river be guaranteed, and if it continues, the people of several counties in Yuzhou will not be swallowed up by the flood.

Seeing that Tian Feng was obedient, Liu Miao's heart was a little relieved, he looked back, and said closely: "I got the news not long ago that the imperial court sent an envoy to come. ”

Tian Feng was not surprised, he killed so many people in Xiangxian County, it was strange that the court was indifferent, and said with an unmoved expression: "Who is it?" ”

"Cao Song." Liu Miao said, only said these two words, and didn't say much else.

Tian Feng was stunned and said, "Cao Song? ”

He naturally knows this person, not to mention that he is the father of the famous Cao Cao, but Cao Song himself is also a capable person, and he has been prosperous all the way, and he is one of the three princes in the Zhongping period.

What's more, Cao Song's adoptive father is still Cao Teng, the Great Changqiu throughout the Three Dynasties!

"Cao Cao's father, Cao Song?" Tian Feng's face was strange.

What happened in Yanzhou, Tian Feng naturally knew. Cao Cao slaughtered the three cities in Yanzhou, and the government and the opposition were boiling, eager to cut him with a thousand knives, but the court ordered his father to come to Yuzhou as an envoy at this time, what does this mean?

Seeing Tian Feng pondering, Liu Miao said, "Yuan Hao, we don't need to think about the rest. This Cao Song has always lived in Qian County, silently. After he entered Pei County from Qian County, he suddenly disappeared without a trace, no one knows where he went, I am worried, he is already in Xiang County, and he is secretly investigating. ”

Tian Feng's eyes twisted into Sichuan characters, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Miao looked up at the sky again, and pretended to hesitate and said: "This rain is said to be stopped for a few days, we have time to go back to Xiangxian County, perhaps, there is still room to turn around." ”

Tian Feng didn't understand what Liu Miao meant, and immediately said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, the person was caught by Tian Feng and killed by Tian Feng, and he will never be involved with the king!" Please continue to govern the river for the time being, and go to Xiangxian to accept the guilt! ”

"No, no!"

Liu Miao hurriedly said: "How can this matter be Yuan Hao's fault alone." Let's go back together and explain how powerful it is, and I believe that the court and Your Majesty have their own judgment. ”

The envoys were killed, and the county order of Xiangxian County was raided and exterminated, this kind of thing, how can the court and Your Majesty be judged?

Tian Feng knew it and said: "Let the king rest assured, the lower officials know what to do!" ”

Since Tian Feng made his decision, he also has the heart to die, and at this time, he just wants to pick out Liu Xuan, so that he can continue to govern the river.

In any case, Liu Miao is not a corrupt and incompetent person, but he still has the heart of serving the people and the country.

Liu Miao was just about to continue talking, but Fan Neng suddenly ran over and said urgently: "It's not good to make the king, the envoy has fallen into the hands of bandits!" ”

(End of chapter)