Yin Li also glanced at it, and also whispered, "General Lu's sword is vertical and horizontal, and his bravery is unparalleled, I'm afraid he can't look down on our brothers." ”

"Ahem," Zang Ba coughed, "I originally, well, now that I want to come, marrying General Lu may not be suitable for my family." ”

"I really didn't expect that," Yin Li whispered, "Liu Yuanjun would send troops!" ”

When Liu Bei was mentioned in this vague conversation, the atmosphere suddenly became delicate.

The two of them didn't say a word, and after a while, after Zang Ba stretched his neck and couldn't see Lu Lian's back, he finally spoke.

"Looking at the situation today, what else is there to worry about? Let's follow Liu Yuanjun in the future, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to get into the position of a feudal marquis. ”

Despite Guo Tu's persuasion, Yuan Tan still didn't bring those many guards.

That's more than ten rides, plus a Guo Tu.

…… Guo Tu's expression was a little dead, but the middle-aged scribe still insisted on following.

"If Gongzi insists on seeing Lu Lian, I must be there to protect him." He said, "Although I am not good at short-handed soldiers, I have a seven-foot body and a lot of blood. ”

Yuan Tan, who had been a little sick on the road, was said by this, and immediately felt hot in his heart.

"Don't worry," he said, "I'll treat her with courtesy, and she'll be fine." ”

Rather than saying what is the use of "treating each other with courtesy", Guo Tu feels that it is more useful to say that his father is Yuan Shao.

But Yuan Tan has made up his mind, and it is useless to say more.

They waited on that small hillside for a long time, and then they saw two horses coming from a distance, one was a messenger he sent, and the other was a young man sitting on the other horse, who was born quite handsomely, but after all, he could not compare to the pretty women in Yuan Tanhou's house, and there was always a bland and arrogant look between his eyebrows, which made people feel a little itchy when they looked at their hands, as if they wanted to fight......

This person will definitely not be a beautiful witch who deceives the lord, not only can he not win the love of men with this face, but he is afraid that he will have to rely on his fists to make a way.

…… Yuan Tan always felt that he had found the reason why Lu Lian was brave and unbeatable in the world.

"I came to you," he said frankly, "because you repelled me. ”

Lu Lian rode on the horse and smiled slightly, "Does the eldest prince want to fight alone with me?" ”

"Since you are the world-famous 'Column Lack Sword', I am naturally not your opponent," Yuan Tan said, "It's just that it's better to be famous than to meet, I just want to see you with my own eyes." ”

Lu Lian's face seemed to show a hint of surprise.

"From now on, the eldest prince leads the three counties of Qingzhou, and General Lu is the same, isn't it a neighbor?" Guo Tu smiled and said, "If you can turn the war into a jade silk, all the people of Qingzhou will be grateful for the kindness of the two." ”

"If the eldest prince has such a mind, it is naturally the best." After a while, she said this dryly.

This person is not good at words, but he is not a hard-hearted person, which even Yuan Tan has noticed.

And Guo Tu seemed to look her up and down a few times, and his smile was even bigger, "But Liu Xuande lives in the land of the four wars, and he is tired from a long battle, my lord is in Hebei, and all the people are in their hearts, and the general has to make more plans." ”

"What are you going to do?" She asked, stunned.

Guo Tu didn't want to say more to her, but pointed to a few people under the mountain, "I heard that Liu Yuanjun is about to go to Yangdu, I am very relieved, Kong Beihai has been trapped by thieves several times, and the eldest prince originally came to help, since Liu Yuanjun is coming, these ten sheep, two urns of wine, the general remembers to bring it back." ”

Seeing that he had already seen it, and it was pointless to keep it on the hillside, Yuan Tan politely arched his hand at her, and this group of cavalry was going to escort him away.

Lu Hangyu remembered the last question.

A very important question.

"The eldest son."

"Huh?" The sickly-looking young man turned his head to look at her, "What's the matter?" ”

"The eldest prince has been besieging the city for nearly a month," she asked, "have you ever seen the corpses of the city?" ”

Yuan Tan frowned, "See." ”

There was no weakness in his expression, no guilt, no annoyance, only a little surprise.

As a result, Lu Xuanyu's pupils constricted in an instant.

"Are you guilty?"

Yuan Tan glanced at Guo Tu in surprise, and Guo Tu touched his beard.

The eldest son of the Runan Yuan clan suddenly burst out laughing.

"Look like a general," he said, "what a young girl!" ”

“…… What does that mean? ”

"You'll have another ten years...... No," he pondered, "in another three years, looking back, you can still ask such a question!" ”

Chapter 203

It was overcast, so there weren't many pedestrians on the street.

Most of the displaced people have slowly left the city, and the few who remain have found houses to live in, so that there are very few people who stay on the streets.

Occasionally, strangely dressed men walked by, covering their faces with a muslin veil that showed only their eyes, and they were all dressed in white fine linen. These people never walk alone, but they will always appear in groups of threes and twos, and one of them always carries a bamboo basket on his back.

They would sometimes go from house to house, sometimes focusing on one household, and in the case of the former, two people would normally be sufficient, and in the latter case, at least four people would be needed, two of whom would be strong men to carry away the corpses, one of whom would be responsible for pacifying the household, and the other would be responsible for distributing herbs and telling them not to go out at will. When they go out, they use charcoal to draw large marks on the door panels and earthen walls.

So the rest of the people knew that this household had provoked the "plague god".

"Plague god" is a kind of evasive, flattering expression, and the actual name is "plague ghost".

After the great war, there will be a great plague.

The souls of the dead who could not return to their homeland watched the city day and night, cursed it, died for it, and this death could not bring them any comfort.

Therefore, the souls of the dead walked silently around the city every night, bringing plague and death with their resentful steps, and then taking away the same innocent lives as they were sacrificed.

It's the only thing they can grab and they won't let go.

Under such intensifying rumors, General Lu Lian did not leave, but briefly stopped in Qiancheng City for a while.

She heeded the advice of the witch priest and placed some offerings under the city to sacrifice to the souls of the dead, and at the same time ordered the mobilization of physicians and soldiers to begin the treatment of the plague.

First, the whole city began to exterminate rats, and rat poison was distributed everywhere, then herbs were distributed, houses were fumigated, and then the people were warned to boil the water from the wells.

Eventually, she invented a muslin mask in which some kapok was added between the two layers of muslin to cover her mouth and nose tightly. This strange thing was distributed first to doctors and officials, and then to the people and the common people.

Even so, the plague-infected civilians were dying every day, and every house where someone had died was marked with charcoal, and others knew to avoid it at first sight.

The corpses of those who died of the plague had no honorable funeral, and they had to be taken away and burned in unison, turning into thick black smoke along with the ever-shrinking mountain of corpses outside the city.

So in those days, the clean woman had to wipe down the furniture over and over again, because the black ash drifted all over the city.

The witch priest euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction with General Lu Lian, according to him, the plague ghosts did not like to be treated like this, and what they needed was not vigilance and confrontation, but continuous sacrifices and offerings.

This witch festival is a person who is very valued by the people of Qiancheng City, with white beard and white hair, fairy spirit, I heard that he is also a master in the mountains, and only came to the city a few years ago to accept the people's worship, not only the powerful guests in the city, but also often give people medical treatment, draw talismans, and distribute talisman water.

Lu Hangyu was riding out of the city at that time, going to the military camp outside the city to have a look, hearing him say this, he stopped his horse and looked at the wizard dressed in a witch costume condescendingly, "What does the wizard think?" ”

"The villain thinks that it is time to rectify and worship again," the old man who had led a few disciples said cautiously, "Qiancheng has suffered this great disaster, why doesn't the general levy more taxes?" ”

“…… What is it for? ”

"Nature is to deal with the pandemic! The villain knows an ancient method, general, but it costs a lot ......"

She blinked, with a strange sense of déjà vu, "What ancient method?" ”

"If it is two children, sacrifice to ......"

She was stunned for a moment, "Have you heard of Simon Leopard?" ”

“…… That is, who is that? ”

Lu Hangyu waved his horsewhip, "Tie him up." ”

"General! What a sin of the villain! The villain is sincere! Just trying to save the city! ”

…… This kind of person is actually a famous wizard in the city, which is outrageous.

"The wizard has both magic and spirits," she ordered, "send him out of the city, and light it with the pile of corpses, and let him persuade the plague spirit, remember to shut his mouth and that of these disciples, and don't make a sound!" ”

"Yes!"

After the end of the war, Kong Rong sent someone to Qiancheng with 3,000 Beihai soldiers to leave, and before leaving, he didn't forget to bring her a message, asking her to go back quickly.

Also left together were Zhao Yun, Zang Ba and others, these people were also busy going to see the lord, it was convenient to help her, and brushing Liu Bei's favorability was the main job, understanding and understanding, she said that she understood very much.

…… But what made her a little puzzled was that Zhang Liao and Gao Shun stayed, and they didn't say anything, just that Lu Bu asked them to come and didn't let them go.

…… Considering that neither of these two is stupid, there must be something else in mind.

…… Forget it.

Five miles east of the city was her own military camp, with a camp of more than 2,000 people stationed beside a river that had never crossed a thousand times.

Seeing her return, the soldiers immediately ran forward to greet her.

"How is General Ziyi today?"

When the guards in front of the tent heard this, they looked at each other, and no one said a word, and one of the men bowed his head, and when he looked up again, his eyes turned red.

The back tent was very dim, and as soon as you walked in you could smell a rather unpleasant smell, it was too complex to describe in words, and there was the smell of carrion, the smell of herbs, and it seemed to smell of vomit.

But all parts of the tent had been cleared, and only Tai Shici was left who could not be cleaned.

The new muslin bandage had a faint stale color, and she knew it was a purulent wound that still tormented him.

He has not eaten water and rice these days, and his cheeks have been completely sunken, so his skin has an ominous color.

It made her almost impossible to imagine what it would be like for him to rush into the city of Disgust covered in blood.

The heroic man who stood up to the sky was lying on the bed at the moment, waiting for death to come.

It was very quiet in the tent.

As a result, the sound of soldiers running by in the battalion can be heard.

After a while, Tai Shi Ci seemed to cough and slowly woke up from his slumber.

“…… Resignation? ”

"Well," she smiled, "I'll come and see you." ”

Tai Shici seemed a little embarrassed, "What do I have to look at, the plan I have set up cannot be realized, even if I really die, it will only increase my laughter." ”

She also found the topic very interesting, "When we make plans, we can't always follow our own smooth sailing, we always have to think about what to do if reinforcements can't come." ”