At noon on the third day, my uncle came and Cao Dufan, a thief from the county.
Du Fan didn't say anything, but looked at Ye Qing carefully, then looked at the seventeen people, and recognized a few of them with a flash of his eyes.
Uncle Liu Yuanqi took a step forward and ordered someone to open a wooden box, and a sword flashed out. Inside were all official-style long knives.
Liu Yuanqi said: "Bei'er, since you want to do such a big thing, how can you not have weapons at hand? You can take these knives."
Du Fan's face was a little gloomy, with a bit of a chilling air. He was a junior official in charge of the bandits. He said in a deep voice: "I have informed the county magistrate and asked you to suppress the bandits in the name of the county."
"These knives are temporarily lent to you, so don't let anything go wrong."
After Ye Qing heard this, his heart moved, he was surprised and happy. The thief Cao Dufan also took a risk with this move, but once it is done, he can take credit for the merit.
But even so, in order to promote this matter, his uncle Liu Yuanqi might have mortgaged his entire family property and even his life.
Of course, the biggest benefit to Liu Bei is that he has an official name and will not be liquidated afterwards. Even if there is no official reward, he still has the status of a rich man.
When Du Fan finished speaking, he stopped talking and walked out with a wave of his sleeves. His uncle Liu Yuanqi hurriedly chased them out the door. Seeing them walking away, Ye Qing smiled and ordered: "Get the knife."
After taking the knife, two people came into the door. Ye Qing took a look and saw one person with a Chinese character face, a red face and a long beard, and a dignified appearance. The other person did not have a black face and a messy beard. He was tall and tall, but he was very clean.
"Brother Zhang, please come in, brother Guan." Ye Qing greeted him and laughed: "You came here today, do you want to work together?
The custom of knights in the Han Dynasty was very strong. These knights were not afraid of the law, and if they were in love with each other, they would commit their lives to each other.
This reminded Ye Qing that in the future, the underworld on earth would all worship "Guan Gong". Could it be that this divinity came from the custom of the Han Dynasty?
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei just looked around and saw seventeen strong men, all holding long swords with murderous intent. Both of them had strange looks on their faces, and they both thought: "Although I made friends with this guy before, it was just mediocre.
I don’t think we’ve seen each other for just a few days and already have such a huge momentum. Could it be that the local legend is true and Liu Bei can really achieve great things?”
He immediately laughed and said, "Brother Liu has summoned us to do such a big thing, how could we not come?"
It's really the style of a knight-errant, who can make a decision with just one word.
Ye Qing looked up secretly and saw a white cloud above Zhang Fei, slightly tinged with red. This was because Zhang Fei's family was a wealthy landowner.
I also saw a faint white air and a gray cloud above Guan Yu. This was a violation of the law.
At this moment, as soon as they made a promise, a burst of red energy arrived at them.
I originally had a few white auras and a few gray auras. Since I started to create a big deception, there have been a lot of white auras flowing through me, and a few gray auras. Although I have a vague shape, it is a little unstable.
Apparently someone is jealous.
But now as soon as the two red qi arrived, the luck suddenly started to tumble, stabilized, and condensed into a half-red and half-white color.
Some people may be surprised, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are only white, why do they have these two red auras?
This is very simple. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's talents cannot be used on themselves, but when used on others, they can achieve success, so they are popular.
Seeing this and hearing the promise, Ye Qing clapped his hands and laughed: "Shan, you two have made great things happen."
Immediately I was told to cook and eat meat, and then went to rest.
At dusk, a muffled thunder woke Ye Qing up. He sat up and took a look, and realized that it was dusk. At this time, a bright flash illuminated the inside and outside in white.
Ye Qing quickly stepped out of the room, and felt a gust of wind blow against his face. The cool wind brought rain, and he looked up at the sky. Lightning flashed across the clouds from time to time. Without any hesitation, he ordered: "Put on your clothes and call for help immediately."
, come with me”
At this moment, the heavy rain has fallen, but there is no need to call people. A large number of people are well-trained and rushed out immediately. Ye Qing gave the order: "Everyone put on poor clothes, five people in a group, and bring more food. There must be no mistakes."
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"yes"
Ye Qing thought about it and ordered: "Brother Zhang, brother Guan, please come with us."
"Go" made Guan Yu and Zhang Fei change their expressions.
Ye Qing stopped talking and stood up to walk. A large number of people gathered in their clothes and walked through the garden and went straight out the door. Watching the group of people leaving, Liu's mother leaned against the door and couldn't help but shed tears.
It is said that when Ye Qing and his party were leaving, they saw the sound of leaves and water chestnuts in the forest not far away, and someone asked: "Who?"
"It's me." Ji Caizhu's voice revealed his figure in the thicket of bamboo leaves, and he bowed to Ye Qing: "I, Ji Caizhu, pay my respects to my lord."
"Lord" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other in shock when they heard this formal title, but they were both silent.
Ye Qing calmed down and let out a breath: "It would be great if Mr. Ji is here. If we capture it, I may ask you to count your belongings and register them."
Ji Caizhu nodded in agreement, understanding the situation, secretly thinking about summoning people, he must find a way to get in touch with the mistress, and ran out.
Ye Qing shouted: "Everyone, follow me."
The whole team moved quickly.
A hundred miles away, in Jixian County, Guangping County, the seat of Youzhou Prefecture, a scout opened the heavy city gate. In the rain, horse hooves shattered countless good dreams. He walked through the long straight street like a shower and arrived at the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou.
It is wrong to call Liu Yan, the prefect of Youzhou, in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The prefect of a certain state is actually the governor of a certain state, and Liu Yan was the governor of Jizhou. He finally took over Shuzhong and was promoted to the governor of Yizhou. He is Liu Zhang's father... You
The governor of the state was Guo Xun, who died in office and was killed by the Yellow Turbans. He was replaced by Zou Jing, who also died in the battle.
At this time, a report sounded in the state capital: "The bandit general Cheng Yuanzhi has led an army of 50,000 to attack Zhuojun. The prefect Wen Shu sent me to ask for help..."
In the Huanghuang official hall, there was a crisp "pop" sound. Guo Xun, the governor, accidentally dropped the wine cup and broke it into pieces. However, he didn't realize it and only stared at the scout: "Fifty thousand?"
"yes"
After waving him down, Guo Xun was pacing alone in the hall. It was not that he had never seen a war, so he knew that he was probably a good person, but visual inspection of the number of soldiers was the basic skill of a scout. Even if he was able to coerce the refugees, he still had 10,000 soldiers who could fight.
"The problem is that there are only five thousand standing troops now, of which three thousand are guarding Wuhuan and Xianbei at the border, one thousand are in each county, and we only have one thousand in Jixian County... What support can we use?" Guo Xun smiled bitterly, and then shouted: "Passport
The prefect Liu Wei and the school captain Zou Jing are here."
School Captain Zou Jing's residence was nearby, and he was summoned not long after. After hearing this information, he quickly said: "There are many thieves and I have few soldiers. It is better for you to recruit troops quickly to meet the enemy."
"This is a great thing to say." Guo Xun nodded. In fact, this was what he meant, but military affairs had to go through this process and the imperial system existed, so the governor could not ignore the power of his deputy.
Having reached a consensus, they immediately took out a piece of paper with the list of volunteers to be recruited and gave it to the subordinate officials: "Copy this and pass it on to the sixty-nine counties under the rule."
Youzhou has ten counties under its jurisdiction, and also governs the Yan Kingdom and the Liaodong Kingdom. Its registered population alone is 2.5 million, which is equivalent to that of some small European countries in later generations, not to mention the population hidden and unreported by local wealthy families. Mobilization is
Huge power.
Zou Jing sighed: "My state has no worries."
"It's too early to say this." Guo Xun shook his head and sighed worriedly: "After this autumn harvest, the state now has no food and cannot support more wars."
"...I would like to donate two hundred stones of food."
"Ah, the captain is so loyal to the government and the country, I accept it on behalf of the court." Guo Xun immediately smiled.
"This is the duty of a lower official."
Zou Jing said goodbye and came out, passing by Liu Wei, the prefect of Guangping County, nodding to each other, getting into the carriage of Zou Mansion alone, and casually asked his confidant: "How much food do you have at home?"
"Three hoards."
Zou Jing nodded and ordered: "Increase the purchase of grain, and the price of the grain sold can be higher."
"yes"
The carriage rolled through the streets, disturbing the sweet dreams again.
At this time, Ye Qing and his party arrived at their destination. Everyone broke off a branch and bit it in their mouths, then headed towards the valley camp in the dark.
There is no moon in the night sky, and many stars are twinkling. You can barely see the desolate rolling hills. There are no mountains here, just small hills like this. Maybe many years later they will be covered up by layers of loess from the Yellow River, but at this time the Yellow River has not yet
After changing the route and passing through this, there is still a faint red light in a small mountain.
The evening wind of early autumn blew by, as if the banquet was not over yet. Looking closer, the bonfire was burning brightly, and under the red light were dozens of simple tents, but only a dozen people gathered...the number was wrong.
Ye Qing frowned and looked over.
The leader of the thieves, Bai Qu, was a border soldier. He committed crimes and became a bandit in the mountains. He was attacked by the government all the year round, and formed a pattern of always being ready to move. Although the temporary camp was simple and simple, there was still some organization, but tonight he seemed to have relaxed his vigilance. Only two sentries envied him.
Looking at the gathering inside, noisy and enthusiastic voices came from inside from time to time: "I heard that Marshal Cheng has captured Danxian County and is facing the army across the Hengshui River. He will attack Yicheng soon..."
"Brother Bai will definitely have a bright future if he joins Marshal Cheng..."
"Brothers, it's too early to speak. Brother Bai has given instructions. We are still in Youzhou territory. Please be alert to the government.
"Brother Bai is worrying too much. The government has no time to take care of us. It's better if we don't shrink back..."
"Don't talk nonsense. This is the old camp. Your and my family members are all here. Be careful and wait until Brother Bai brings his people back.
Ye Qing smiled, thinking that this was God's help, and ordered: "Kill these two."
"Yes" was the response of Zhou Feng and Zhang Fangbiao. One of them was from Gongmen and the other was from the patrol camp, and they are both proficient in this kind of thing.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not generals at this time, so they both stared at him.
I saw two figures touching it, and suddenly strung out like poisonous snakes. The dagger was slashed on the necks of the two sentinels. Everyone heard the soft pop sound and couldn't help but tremble.
Gradually, the faint smell of blood came over.
The two sentries at the entrance of the valley fell softly, and there was a sound of water chestnuts. They quickly stood up again, lowered their heads and walked inside. Ye Qing waved his hand: "Follow me."
Some people saw it strangely. At this time, the bandits were not strict in their rules. They just came in to ask for a bowl of wine and turned a blind eye.
Until the bonfire, a sudden gust of wind blew by. One of the leaders felt a chill on his body and sobered up a bit. He turned around and saw the two sentries. He immediately pressed his sword and yelled: "If you don't go back and guard, come here..."
"Yes, yes." The sentry responded vaguely, took another two steps closer, raised his head, and felt murderous intent coming towards his face...
"Ah" the sound of drawing the sword amidst the roar.