There were two leap months in December in the fifth year of Jianxing.
When it was about to enter the leap month, there was a small boat on the bank of the Han River in Nanxiang. The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was standing on the shore and was seeing people off.
Zhuge Liang's face was solemn and somewhat sad, "Zi Jin, this is a dangerous place, so be careful."
The man's expression was indifferent, and he smiled slightly when he heard the words, "I have no special skills, but I have been treated favorably by the late emperor and the prime minister. I have always been afraid. Now that I can do my little bit to revive the Han Dynasty, how can I be greedy for life?"
"Zi Jin must not say that. When you arrive in the Wei Kingdom, I only hope that you can be careful to stay useful. When you and I reunite, we can talk and laugh together, celebrate the revival of the Han Dynasty, and congratulate ourselves."
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if your wishes were fulfilled?”
Zhuge Liang encouraged.
Although he knew that his life and death during this trip was unpredictable, and what the Prime Minister said was too long ago, Guo Mo could not help but look fascinated, as if he had seen the grand occasion of the Emperor of Han returning to his old capital.
"If I could see that day, I would have violated the prohibition on alcohol and would have been drunk for three days."
Zhuge Liang also smiled and said with emotion, "At that time, how can there be any prohibition on alcohol? You just drink, I will pour the wine for you."
"Okay! Mo has already memorized what the Prime Minister said." Guo Mo perked up, "I just hope that the Prime Minister will not forget what I said today."
"I will never forget it!"
Zhuge Liang looked determined.
Guo Mo laughed, turned around and walked onto the boat, clasping his fists towards the Prime Minister and saying, "It's getting late, Mo will leave now, Prime Minister, see you later!"
"Cherish it!" Zhuge Liang bowed deeply, "If the Han Dynasty can be revived, Zi Jin will make a great contribution. The emperor of the Liang Dynasty thanked Zi Jin for his sacrifice of life for righteousness."
"This is how a man with lofty ideals of the Han Dynasty should be!" Guo Mo laughed, turned around, and roared towards the Han River, and then sighed again, "The shadows of peach blossoms fall and fly away from the divine sword, and the tide of the blue sea touches the jade flute."
"One of my regrets is that I didn't see with my own eyes how beautiful the fallen sword danced among the flying peach blossoms, and what a fairy tune the jade flute played on the blue sea tide."
Zhuge Liang laughed and said loudly to Guo Mo from a distance, "Don't worry, Zi Jin. I dare not tell you about the Falling Heroic Sword, but I am somewhat sure that I can find the song of the blue sea tide. I just hope that Zi Jin is safe."
When I return, I will definitely serve you with both hands!"
"Oh? Prime Minister, who is Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng?"
The Han Prime Minister smiled mysteriously.
"A sneeze! A sneeze!"
Feng Yong, who led his army through Hanshou Pass, sneezed several times, wrapped his down jacket tightly, and muttered, "Why do you look so fat? You can't be so unlucky and catch a cold, right? This valley isn't too cold."
In the last month of the fifth year of Jianxing, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was in Hanzhong, preparing troops and horses. As soon as all preparations were completed, he was ready to leave Hanzhong for the Northern Expedition.
During the entire sixth year of Wu Huangwu's reign, bandits and water bandits became increasingly rampant in the Wuchang area.
Han Zong, the guard general of Wuchang, repeatedly defeated the bandits, but he still could not stop them. The plague of bandits became more and more serious.
Since the beginning of the cold winter, the Jianghuai area has become frozen again.
It was cold and freezing, and the number of business travelers on the road was almost extinct, so the banditry only subsided a little.
Han Zong wrote a memorial saying that the weather was too cold and the soldiers lacked warm clothing. King Sun Quan of Wu sent people to send a batch of woolen cloth to the Wuchang soldiers.
In leap twelfth month, in a village outside Wuchang City, dogs barked suddenly, and then someone shouted: "Thieves!"
Before the voice fell, the person who made the voice fell down, covering his neck with his hands and looking straight at the sky.
A group of soldiers wearing thick sweaters and carrying weapons broke into Zhuangzi and began to slaughter the village without any explanation.
The dilapidated door panel of the thatched house could not stop the bandit's kick at all. There was only a "thump", and the people in the house screamed, grabbed the straw to cover themselves, and hid in the corner shivering.
The male owner of the house held a wooden stick and smiled at the bandits who broke in. "Hero, there is nothing at home..."
The bandit soldier was holding a knife in his hand, and a line of blood slid down the tip of the knife. He tilted his head and looked at the young woman in the corner, with a greedy smile of unknown meaning in his eyes.
As if he felt that the man in front of him was too much of an eyesore, he suddenly swung his knife and struck at him.
The male host quickly took a few steps back. How big could a thatched house be? In just a few steps, he retreated to the edge of the mud wall.
The bandit let out a sigh, stepped forward, and was about to strike again, but he didn't notice that there was a woman behind the door. She was holding a piece of wood and smashed it directly into the back of the bandit's head.
The bandit soldier noticed something was wrong behind him, and immediately dodged to the side. In the end, he did not completely avoid it. The woman's sap hit his right shoulder, making his arm unable to swing for a while.
That was enough. The man took advantage of this opportunity and hit the opponent's temple directly with the wooden stick.
The bandit soldier swayed but did not fall down. He was about to raise the knife and move forward again, but his arms were a little sluggish and his forehead was buzzing again.
Only the whistling of the wind and a "dong" sound were heard, and the man's wooden stick struck hard again, once, twice...
The bandit soldier finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell down.
The man stepped forward, grabbed the knife that fell on the ground, gritted his teeth, and stabbed the other person hard in the heart.
The bandit soldier screamed miserably and died on the spot.
"Quick, quick!"
The man shouted to the bewildered woman, "Close the door!"
The woman finally woke up from a dream and quickly pushed the door closed again.
There was a "boom", and before she could close the door tightly, the door was kicked open again, a long knife was stabbed directly into her chest, and then her body was kicked to the ground.
"Three Leprechauns, did you fail?"
The man who came to kill the woman went directly to the man without any ambiguity.
The man had no time to block and was about to retreat, but this time there was no one to help him. How could he be his opponent?
Before his consciousness disappeared, he heard the cry of the young woman, the shadowy confusion from before, and the proud and wild lewd smile...
"Brother, save me!"
After the man heard his sister's last words, his head finally dropped, but his eyes were still wide open, as if he was telling his unwillingness...
News that Zhuangzi near Wuchang had been looted spread quickly, causing shock in the city.
Wuchang guard Han Zong was furious and summoned all the generals, "Who did this?!"
He gritted his teeth and said, "I don't care if you pretend to be water bandits and rob merchants and travelers. I don't care if you go to other places to rob. But if you do such things under the nose of Wuchang City, isn't it like framing me?"
"
Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little guilty, because they were not sure whether it was their own men who did it.
They have indulged their subordinates for more than a year. Because they have been protected by the general, they have always been safe and rogue, so they have become more and more bold and unscrupulous.
It would not be surprising at all if his subordinates looted Zhuangzi outside Wuchang City without authorization.
"Then Zhuangzi, what is his connection with the general?"
Someone asked tentatively.
Han Zong sneered, "It has nothing to do with me, but it has some connection with the governor of Jiangxia. That Zhuangzi belongs to his maternal uncle's family. He and I have always been at odds with each other, but you didn't do things cleanly, so you left clues."
"Now he has suspected me. Now the King of Wu has ordered me to return to Jianye, saying that he wants to thoroughly investigate the banditry in Wuchang. He also said that for more than a year, banditry has continued, and it was you who suppressed it.
Banditry is unfavorable."
"I also got news that the King of Wu not only sent people from Jianye, but also planned to arrest and treat Wuchang generals and officials below. If the banditry is found out again, I'm afraid we will all die without a burial.
land!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed drastically, with panic on their faces.
General Han is a hero of the third generation of Jiangdong, and has made great military exploits for Jiangdong.
General Han inherited the position of Marquis from the old general. Everyone thought that with his protection, they would have nothing to worry about, but they did not expect that things would develop to this extent.
"Is King Wu really going to attack us?"
Someone asked with some disbelief, while also holding on to some hope.
"I have been with the old general for a long time, and I have a long history of military exploits, but I was confused for a moment and made mistakes. General, why don't you ask the King of Wu for help? I just hope that I can be punished and make meritorious service."
"Don't I know better than you about King Wu's temper?" Han Zong sighed, "Is it because I am disrespectful to King Wu, or have you forgotten what happened to Zhang Wen two years ago?"
Zhang Wen was almost killed by Sun Quan at first, but later he was deposed because of people's plea for mercy, but his family was still exiled to Jiaozhou and other plague-ridden places.
However, the crime was also suspected of being imposed, so he was deeply sympathized by the Jiangdong government and the public.
"In the past few years, the King of Wu has mostly convicted people based on his preference, just like Jiaozhou Shihui. The King of Wu has promised to spare his life, but what happens next?"
Han Zong sneered and said, "Think about it, are the crimes we have done less serious than Zhang Wen's? The death penalty is inevitable. As for the wives and daughters at home, it would be good if they can live as prostitutes."
It was not once or twice that these people put other people's wives and daughters on their bodies, but when they thought about their own wives and daughters being turned into camp prostitutes, they became very angry.
They looked at each other and looked up at Han Zong, and the atmosphere became a little strange.
"General, what should I do?"
"I am in danger myself, so how do I know what to do?"
Han Zong's face was full of despair. He glanced at everyone from the corner of his eyes and said, "All I can think of is to plead guilty to the King of Wu and bear the crime with all my strength."
"If King Wu only blames me, that would be best. If not, you can find an opportunity and leave on your own to avoid being punished..."
Before Han Zong finished speaking, someone finally couldn't help but stand up and loudly exhorted, "General, don't do it! These things were done by everyone together. Even if the general does it alone, wouldn't we be ruthless?"
It is impossible for the King of Wu to hold the general accountable alone for being an unjust person."
"I think that Zhang Wen belongs to the Wujun family. Just because he wanted to be punished, his family could not avoid the pain of exile. I am not a soldier, and I am not the same as the children of that family. I made such a big mistake.
How could it be possible to make King Wu open his eyes?"
When everyone heard this, they all thought it was reasonable, and the last hope in their hearts was extinguished.
"Then what should I do? Is it possible for me to die like this?"
Han Zong said and gave the man a wink.
"The world does not belong to anyone surnamed Sun. If we are not left here, is there no other place to go?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
"I am greatly favored by King Wu..."
Han Zong looked struggling, and at the same time he secretly observed the expressions of his generals, and saw that everyone was looking at each other. Although some were surprised and confused, there were only a few who were angry. He was overjoyed: This matter has finally been accomplished!
"The sword and ax have been added to his body, is the general willing to just wait for death? If the general doesn't think about himself, doesn't he think about his parents, wife and children at home?"
Although he asked Han Zong this question, he actually asked everyone.
"General, rebel!"
Some people also stood up and said, "Jiangdong can't accommodate us, so we will seek refuge in the north. What are we afraid of? Think about Cao Wei, who has repeatedly induced the powerful clan of Fanyang into chaos. Didn't Peng Qi appear this year and say that he will fight for Wei?
Wu?"
"If the general is the general of Jiangdong, and his status is much higher than that of the clan, if he can raise his troops to the north, Cao Wei will definitely welcome him."
"That's right! General, this is a critical moment of life and death. We can no longer hesitate!"
"yes!"
…
With the leader taking the lead, the people below finally joined in the persuasion. Even those who were hesitant finally made up their mind.
After all, how much shame can be expected from people who can pretend to be thieves and murder people as officers and soldiers?
"good!"
Han Zong gritted his teeth and nodded, "It's just the opposite!"
He looked at everyone with sharp eyes, "If we as a whole family surrender, we will be entrusting our lives and fortunes to each other. We must work together and not have any different intentions."
"That's natural!"
Han Zong immediately ordered people to kill cows and drink wine, and the blood became an alliance.
After the alliance, Han Zong said to everyone, "From today on, you are Zong's brothers. Come on!"
Han Zong called his servants and said, "Go and call all my aunts, sisters, maids and concubines. Tell me that I want to pay homage to you."
When all the generals heard what Han Zong said, they were all a little confused and didn't know what he was going to do.
After a while, all the women from the Han family arrived. Han Zong pointed at them and said to the generals, "Take whichever one you like. In this way, we will be in-laws and there will be no barriers!"
"
As soon as these words came out, not only his aunts and sisters, but also all the generals were horrified.
"You disrespectful beast!"
At this time, Han Zong's biological mother, the old lady of the Han family, rushed in from behind the door, pointed at him with tears and cursed, "Is there such a heartless person as you in the world?"
"Hel the old lady down and let her have a good rest. No one is allowed to disturb the old lady without my permission!"
Han Zong shouted sharply.
"Beast! Beast..."
The old lady was forced down, but the curses were still heard in the distance.
"Why did Alang make such a big joke?"
A concubine who was usually favored by Han Zong had the courage to come over and say something. Han Zong turned around, pulled out the sword hanging on the wall, and stabbed her to death.
I saw Han Zong standing in the middle of the lobby with his sword in hand, his eyes as red as fire, "I really want to marry you, what are you still doing standing there?"
Those among the female relatives who wanted to resist, but saw this man's crazy appearance, were all as silent as cicadas.
When the tribe members saw that the female relatives, who could only be viewed from a distance but not close to them, were now huddled there, just waiting for them to come forward and choose, they couldn't help but breathe quickly.
In addition, now that there is no way out, they are already desperadoes, and everyone starts to become crazy.
"General, I have admired the Sixth Lady for a long time. If I can win the favor of the Sixth Lady, I will not regret it even if I die!"
"That's right! There are many wing rooms in this prince's mansion, and today is your wedding day!"
"Thank you, General!"
The man was overjoyed and went straight to the female relatives. He couldn't wait to pull a girl out and looked at Han Zong. Han Zong nodded. The man was overjoyed and ran away with the girl in his arms.
When everyone saw this scene, they could no longer hold back and rushed forward to snatch people away.
All of a sudden, there were calls for help, shouts, and cries.
Han Zong laughed!
Han Zong, the son of Han Dang, was reprimanded by Sun Quan for his lewd and unruly behavior during the mourning period.
Han Zong was fearful, so he first allowed Bu Qu to rob merchants and travelers, and then lied to Bu Qu and said that the incident was exposed, and the King of Wu wanted to recruit everyone and punish them, so as to force everyone to rebel.
In the leap twelfth month of the fifth year of Jianxing, Han Zong and Buqu killed cattle, drank wine, and made an alliance with their blood. They also used relatives, aunts, concubines, and maids in the mansion as tools, and gave them to Buqu.
Later, he dug out the coffin of his father Han Dang, took his mother, and led thousands of men and women to defect to Wei.
When Sun Quan, who was far away in Jianye, learned about it, he almost spewed blood!
Why did I have to be so tolerant to this disrespectful person last year?
Now before he defected, he actually cheated away the wool cloth he got in exchange for three thousand good knives...