The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

To make up for the tenth update.

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Xun You asked about Li Hu, but Xun Zhen did not hide it from him, and told him the truth of the matter.

After listening to Xun You, he said: "I didn't expect that I was away from the county for more than a month, and so many things happened in the county. The prince treated Li Xiang so thickly, but Li Xiang betrayed the prince, which is a shame! Junhou, Li Xiang today Die, I don't know what's going on in the army?"

It has been a long time since I learned that Li Xiang was bought by Zhao Ran, and Li Xiang is also dead, but Xun Zhen still has a different feeling in her heart when it comes to Li Xiang.

He said: "I had high hopes for Li Xiang and had great expectations for him, but he eventually turned my back on me, so I had to kill him. Every time I think about it, my heart aches. . . . I didn't let him down. After he died, I concealed what he did to me, and said to everyone in the righteous army: He was stabbed to death by Li Hu because he refused to betray me. All the righteous army was indignant. Li Hu and the Zhao family all hated him."

"That's fine. Li Xiang committed wicked deeds in his life, but he died with a reputation of loyalty. The lord and lord really lived up to him! ... What about Li Hu? Li Hu is the chief of Wei County and the lackey of the Zhao family. ?"

"I told Jun Chang and others to pay close attention to the county. There are people in the county who are suspicious of the cause of Li Hu's death, but because Li Hu has always been to the Zhao family in Afu and has no good name in the county's scholar forest, the majority of the county people applaud him. I also asked Chen Yi to write an oath, which was sent to the counties, and was ordered to post outside the county temple. In the oath, Li Hu's past evil deeds and crimes were recorded in the oath. The county's Zhongfeng discussion originally condemned Li Hu, and there is another omen It is expected that even if there are still doubts about the cause of Li Hu's death among the county people, they will not be able to turn the tide."

Xun You nodded and said, "I saw Chen Yi's letter before entering the prefecture, and it was really well written."

There is a very important thing in the political struggle, that is, public opinion. Public opinion is morality, and whoever controls public opinion can occupy the commanding heights of morality. Morality is a very mysterious thing that cannot be seen or touched, but it actually exists. For example, the military strategist said that "the teacher is famous", and this "name" is morality. An army with "unknown teacher" will inevitably have low fighting spirit, but if the teacher is famous, the fighting spirit will inevitably be relatively high. This is true in military affairs as well as in politics.

Li Hu had a bad reputation in the first place, and this letter from Chen Yi came out to make him "worse." It can be said that Xun Zhen has now completely controlled the public opinion in this area in the county. Therefore, even if there are still doubts about the cause of Li Hu's death, But in such an atmosphere that everyone scolded Li Hu, said he was "damn", and felt that his imprisonment and death from illness were really pleasing to the heart, it was expected that he would not dare to express any objection.

However, it is one thing for the county people to dare not express their dissent, and it is another for how the Zhao family will react.

Xun You had a worried look on his face, and said, "When the prince arrested and killed Li Hu, Zhao Ran will be shocked. Has there been any change in the Zhao family recently?"

"Not long before you entered the mansion, I heard that Zhao Ran galloped out of Ye City, and brought many disciples and swordsmen to his family's manor in Yebei."

Xun You was stunned for a while, like Cheng Jia, he also guessed the reason why Zhao Ran left the city in an instant, and said with a smile: "At the beginning of the year when Jun and Marquis first entered Wei County, Zhao Ran was so angry that he wanted to humiliate Jun Marquis several times. Hu died in prison, but he was about to escape at dusk, and how frantic it is." He paused and said, "So, Zhao Ran is not worried about it,...but what if he asks for help in the capital? "

"In case he turns to Kyoto for help, ... Gongda, you and I can only resign yourself to fate."

Xun You thought about it, it was true, although Xun Zhen's status was not low now, her qualifications were still relatively low. .

This kind of life and death in the hands of others is very uncomfortable, but there is nothing I can do.

Talk about it, the night has come.

Outside the hall, Dian Wei and the others rolled up the curtain, and several maids filed in, lighting the candles in the hall.

Following the entry of the maids, a gust of cold wind swept into the hall, blowing the charcoal fire in the brazier to the brink of extinction.

Xun Zhen tucked her padded coat to resist the cold, and looked outside the hall.

In winter, the days are short and it gets dark early. It’s not too late now, but in the courtyard outside the hall, people can’t see clearly. the guards. The wind whistled and passed over the treetops in the courtyard.

The maids first lit the candles on the bronze lampstands on both sides of the hall, and then placed the candles on the desks in front of Xun Zhen and Xun You.

Xun You saw that the shoulders of the maid who lit the candles on his case had a little white on the shoulders, "Huh", and said, "Is it snowing?"

The maid put down the candlestick, bowed down Yingying, and replied softly, "Yes, just down, not much."

This is the first snow of this winter.

Xun Zhen stood up, went around the case, walked to the door of the hall, looked carefully, and sure enough, snow petals were sparsely fluttering in the sky.

"Gongda, Jin Qing and others are returning to the county, and snow is falling from the sky. It's a good omen."

Xun You smiled and said, "This Ruixue did not come down for you, but for the prince."

"how do I say this?"

"Li Hu has been doing evil in the county for many years, and people's grievances are boiling. Now he died of illness and the snow fell in the sky. It can be seen that God is very pleased with the king's capture of Li Hu."

Confucianism talks about the unity of man and nature, especially since Dong Zhongshu of the former Han Dynasty, whenever there is a natural phenomenon of disasters and good luck, the court and the prefectures will link it with political affairs. To change people, Xiang Xiaoli said that if Jia Rui appeared in a county or even a county or township, it would often be attributed to the local officials.

Proverbs: Rui Xue signifies a good year. A suitable good snow is good for the next year's harvest. Since the beginning of winter, the people of Wei County have been thirsty for snow for a long time, but the first snow of this year in Wei County did not come early or late, but it happened after Li Hu died of illness. Not long ago, it was indeed a "Jia Rui".

Xun Zhen laughed when she heard the words, and said, "Since you said that, I will shamelessly accept it!"

Xun Zhen didn't connect the snow with Li Hu's death, but after Xun You's reminder, she secretly decided that she would ask Cheng Jia and others to spread the word in the county tomorrow, "This snow is the act of heaven for Xun Zhen to capture Li Hu. hilarious".

Soon after nightfall, Zhao Yun, Liu Deng, Xu Fu, and Xu Ji, who had been dressed by Huo Mu, came back, and Xun Zhen called the chief bookkeeper Shang Zheng, the county thief Cao Luangu, the county judge Cao Huo Heng, the chief secretary Shi Chenyi, and Cheng. Jia and others set up a banquet for Xun You and others.

The night is getting darker and the snow is getting bigger.

Xun Zhen and the others gathered in the hall, watched the snow and listened to the wind, held candles and drank at night.

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The next day, Cheng Jia waited for Xun Zhen's hint and spread remarks everywhere, linking the snow with Li Hu's death.

Whether it is a scholar, or a commoner of Qianshou, most of them are convinced of this remark.

As the remarks spread more and more widely, Wei Guang in Liangqi County also heard about it.

It has been three days and nights since the snow fell.

He put his hands in the courtyard, raised his head to mush the snow, and said in his heart, "I remember last year, it snowed shortly after the beginning of winter, but this year, it has been winter for a long time, but it has not started to snow until now, is it really because of the government Did you kill Li Hu and resolve the grievances of the people?"

Although Wei Guang was born in a ranger, he later studied in a special way. He not only has ambition, but also has a lot of knowledge. He is not comparable to ordinary people and Confucian scholars. He didn't believe it very much, but now the whole county is saying this, saying that the snow fell because Xun Zhen arrested Li Hu, but he couldn't help but doubt it.

Wei Guang has two sons, the eldest son Wei Weng and the second son Wei Fang.

Wei Weng was a good chivalrous man, and he was able to change organically despite his courage.

When Wei Guang was a guest in the Zhao family before, his two sons accompanied him all the year round. Therefore, his two sons were not only famous in Liang Qi, but also in Ye County.

After Wei Guang left the Zhao family and returned to the county, his two sons followed him back.

Seeing him in the independent courtyard at this time, Wei Weng took a thick coat, came to him with Wei Fang, and put the thick coat on him.

Wei Guang turned his head and saw that his sons were coming. He took his mind back and stopped thinking about whether the snow had something to do with Xun Zhen. He asked, "Have you finished your homework today?"

Wei Weng and Wei Fang said respectfully, "The scriptures and swords are all finished."

Since Wei Guang is eager for fame and fame, of course he will not let his two sons act as light chivalrous things like when he was young. Every day, he strictly urges his two sons to read the scriptures and study books, and makes them practice swordsmanship to strengthen their bodies, and use "both civil and military skills". "The high standard to demand the second son.

Hearing that the second son didn't delay today's homework because of the snow and freezing weather, Wei Guang nodded in satisfaction.

Wei Weng said, "Father, you ordered me to send people to Ye County two days ago to inquire about the actions of the Fu-Jun and the Zhao family in recent days. The people I sent have already returned."

"How's Fu-Jun doing recently?"

"As always, diligent and unswerving, there is no abnormality."

Wei Guang's expression remained unmoved, but he was secretly surprised, and said to himself, "Li Hu is a minion of the Zhao family, but he was arrested and imprisoned by the lord of the government, and even died of illness in prison. As old?"

This is either because Xun Zhen has something to rely on and is not afraid of the Zhao family's counterattack, or Xun Zhen is very courageous and does not take the Zhao family seriously. No matter what the reason is, UU reading www.uukanshu.com shows that Xun Zhen is very personable.

Wei Guang asked again, "Where's the Zhao family? What's going on?"

"Three days ago, on the evening of the day when the snow began to fall, the young master of the Zhao family, along with more than 100 disciples and servants, drove out of Ye County and went to the manor in Yebei, where they have lived until now."

"The young master of the Zhao family went to the manor in Yebei?"

"Yes."

"After arriving at the manor, did he move?"

"Nothing happened. I heard from the person I sent to inquire about the news that he hadn't been out of the house for the past few days."

Wei Guang was dumbfounded.

Wei Guang has been in the Zhao family for many years, and he knows Zhao Ran's temperament and preferences, and he knows that he doesn't like to live in the village in the countryside, but now he suddenly takes people out of the city to the village in the north of the county, and puts them in the current environment. Said, it can only be for two reasons, either they want to arm the clan soldiers and disciples in Zhuangzi and use force to deal with Xun Zhen, or they are afraid of Xun Zhen and dare not stay in Yecheng, so Stay out of the county. And from what Wei Wengzhi said, after he went to Zhuangzhong, he did not go out for several days, then it can be judged that the reason for his leaving the county this time should be the latter. Go out, don't show up.

Wei Guang said in his heart, "The young master of the Zhao family has always been arrogant and has no sons, but now he is afraid of the ruler?"

He looked up at the snow again.

There was a lot of snow, covering the distance, and as far as the eyes could see, the trees and houses were all white.

On the one hand, Xun Zhen was as plain as ever, and on the other, Zhao Ran escaped in panic. Before he knew it, the balance in Wei Guang's heart began to tilt in favor of Xun Zhen.