Three Kingdoms

Everything can be seen from different angles depending on the standpoint.

For Fei Qian, the sudden assassination and thieves made him realize that he had become a thorn in the side of many people...

After all, it touches the cheese of many people.

Maybe most people don't really want to take action against Fei Qian, or they don't have the guts to do it, but that doesn't stop them from turning a blind eye or turning a blind eye at certain times. Provide some help if necessary.

This made Fei Qian couldn't help but think of Cao Cao, and he felt quite sympathetic. Even if Cao Cao sent someone to assassinate him, if Fei Qian were in Cao Cao's shoes, he would probably do the same thing.

Who would like a very threatening person next door to their house every day?

At the same time, it also made Fei Qian feel that if he welcomed the Han Emperor at this time, I am afraid that the world's accusations and indignation against him would be even stronger!

In Fei Qian's mind, messy things came one after another, like gourds and gourds placed in boiling water. As soon as this one rolled up, the other one followed. It was hot to press, and they collided with each other and clicked again. Uncomfortable noise. Of course, among them, there is also a big gourd with the word Cai Yan written on it...

No matter what kind of woman, big or small, old or young, they basically all have the potential to be bored, more or less. When they enter the boring state, it is like a variety show. Sometimes it is funny, sometimes it is just... It's a forced smile...

"Hmm..." Fei Qian looked at Cai Menghulu Yan, thought about what he just said, and then said tentatively, "How about this year when the hypothetical porridge shed gives out porridge, you will also participate?"

"Really?" Cai Yan immediately raised his eyes with bright eyes (,,??.??,,) "Is it okay?"

really.

Fei Qian laughed twice and said, "Okay." Although he said this, Fei Qian felt in his heart that another gourd with the three words "Huang Yueying" was about to roll up.

Cai Yan seemed a little happy as if he had got a new book. He looked around and suddenly said to Fei Qian: "You seem to be a little worried too. Why don't I play a piano for you..."

Fei Qian nodded and said, "That's very good."

Cai Yan stood up and greeted Feng Shu to start preparations.

To play the piano, you don't just set up a table and set up the piano and then sit down to play. Instead, you first have to burn incense and purify your hands, then sit quietly for a while to get rid of distracting thoughts. Some even need to change clothes. There are not many steps at all. In addition, there are some requirements or taboos such as the Seven Diseases, Five Precepts, etc., which cannot be played anytime and anywhere.

When Fei Qian was in later generations, he also listened to some guqin records, MP3s, etc., but he didn't seem to have much feeling about it. But I don't know because the music of the Han Dynasty was not as complex and gorgeous as later generations, but it was more of a foil. Does it reveal the pure beauty of the guqin, or are there some differences between the live performance and the recorded version?

Or……

When a person has been in an environment without any music for a long time, and suddenly hears music, will it have an additional defense-breaking effect? Just like seeing people every day will make you feel annoyed, but if you only see one person every half a year, even a stranger will feel more friendly?

With the sandalwood lingering, Cai Yan rolled up one of his sleeves, revealing his snow-white and delicate arms, then gently placed the catkins on the strings, and followed his fingers like butterflies on the strings. Falling, each note slowly rippled out, calming down the irritability in Fei Qian's heart little by little, just like the messy hair that couldn't be pressed flat when he got up in the morning, finally smoothed down...

The song is over.

Cai Yan stopped, looked at Fei Qian and smiled, "But do you feel better?"

Fei Qian also smiled and cupped his hands: "It's better. The river is really full of water, and the Beiliu is alive. Shi Fenghao, and the tuna is hairy... Well, it seems that I have to have a good chat with Cai Zifeng..."

Cai Yan was cleaning up, and after hearing Fei Qian's words, he almost lost his grip and threw the piano to the ground. He turned around and glared, then said to Fei Qian: "Okay, I know that the general's official duties are heavy... I, I will take my leave first... ...General, please come back, general..." After saying that, he was like a frightened deer, holding on to his slender ears that turned red at some point, and quickly fled back to the backyard.

Fei Qian didn't take it seriously, laughed twice, nodded, and left the Cai Mansion. He gave some instructions to the guards of the Cai Mansion before heading to the General's Mansion.

The bleak north wind has begun to blow, and the temperature has dropped sharply.

Although the temperature has dropped a lot in the past few days, normally in a big city like Chang'an, even if the weather changes, the flow of people in the city will still not decrease too much, businessmen will still shout about business, and children will still be carefree. playing in the street corners and alleys.

However, after a brief period of turmoil, even though Fei Qian took some measures to appease the people and most of the stores began to open for business, the bustle of the past was still not immediately restored.

Fei Qian watched and then entered the general's mansion. Instead of turning towards the political hall, he went around to the backyard.

Huang Yueying was coaxing Xiao Feizhen to play when she saw Fei Qian coming. While grabbing Xiao Feizhen's hands and imitating a salute, she asked, "How is Sister Cai doing?"

Fei Qian nodded and said, "I was a little frightened, but it's nothing serious..."

Huang Yueying first handed Xiao Feizhen to Mo Dou to take out to play, then turned back and asked: "Where are those Huang's crossbows? Have they been found out?"

Although according to the serial number, it does not belong to Feiqian Chang'an or the Huang's workshop in Bingbei, but what if it is the early inventory of Bingbei? Before the numbering system was implemented, Bingbei Gongfang also produced a batch of crossbows. Therefore, Fei Qian also sent several people to Pingyang to count the inventory and check the files.

"There is no problem with Pingyang's inventory..." Fei Qian nodded, sat down and said, "These crossbows probably didn't come from us..."

Huang Yueying breathed out, but quickly raised her heart again, frowning and said: "But father's side..." If it's not Chang'an and Pingyang, then it can only be the Huang's workshop in Jingxiang. After all, many craftsmen are It belongs to the Huang family, and Huang Chengyan himself also has the background to make crossbow machines, so things like crossbow machines are not considered to be full copyright owned by Fei Qian.

"Just write a confidential letter and ask..." Fei Qian said, "Just mention a little bit about Chang'an. My father-in-law must also know what to do..."

Normally, things like crossbows would not be sold casually. On the one hand, crossbow machines are cumbersome to make and use copper, and copper was basically equivalent to money in the Han Dynasty, so the price is naturally conceivable and ordinary people cannot afford it. On the other hand, Huang Chengyan is not a fool either. You won't do anything to shoot yourself in the foot.

So overall, the biggest possibility is that Liu Biao purchased the crossbow machine from Huang Chengyan, and then part of it was lost. It's very simple. In Jingxiang, whether in terms of money or relationships, if Liu Biao wants to purchase some sharper armor, Huang Chengyan cannot refuse. After all, Huang Chengyan and Liu Biao are relatives...

So did Liu Biao lose it accidentally, or did he do it intentionally?

This requires further thinking and judgment...

"In addition, I need you to use people from the Mo family..." Fei Qian paused for a moment, and then said, "Two things, one is to secretly find out who the ranger has contacted before in Jiangling... the other thing is, Ask someone to inform Mozi and say that someone is looking for him..."

"Use someone from the Mo family? Inform Mozi?" Huang Yueying asked with a frown, somewhat confused.

"This Mozi is really forbearing..." Fei Qian chuckled twice, "But having said that, if he wasn't forbearing enough, I'm afraid the Mo family would have been gone a long time ago... Tell him that I am going to wipe out the ranger disciples. If he does it again Shrink down, don’t blame someone if you get hurt..."

When Fei Qian was still in Pingyang, the Mo family sent people to contact him, but Mo Zi and Mo Jie only showed up once and did not appear again. Some people from the Mo family who stayed on Huang Yueying's side seemed to be protecting Huang Yueying, the "Mo family elder", but in fact both parties knew that this was also a thread of connection.

When Mo Jie left a token, he may not have no intention of betting. On the one hand, it was because Fei Qian's workshop in Pingyang attracted Mo Jie's attention. On the other hand, it may be that Fei Qian's ideas were very similar to those of ordinary princes. It's different, and after talking with Fei Qian, I felt that Fei Qian's thinking was very novel, so Mo Jie acted like an angel investment, betting on some people and property on Fei Qian's side...

Fei Qian always thought that Mo Jie, the angel investor, would definitely come back, so he didn't make any special contact. However, he didn't expect that there would be no news for so many years. It wasn't until the Chang'an thieves made trouble that Fei Qian suddenly realized that he was actually Sources of information at the lower levels of society are scarce, and can even be said to be almost zero.

If Wang Chang hadn't provided timely feedback, Pang Tong might not have known that someone had contacted the ranger prodigal in the city, not to mention that although he captured Shi Huan and Li Tong, he still missed another group of people in the city.

Short-term martial law and the implementation of the Baojia system can indeed solve part of the problem, but just like the saying of later generations, Fei Qian also knows that after any policy is implemented for a period of time, there will be some people who know how to take advantage of the policy loopholes. , this is not only true for China, it is the same at all times and in all countries...

If the Han Dynasty at this stage is regarded as a pyramid, then whether it is the central court at the top or the powerful nobles at the middle level, Fei Qian has some tentacles from which he can also obtain some information, but at the lower middle level, it is relatively Near the bottom level, the information sources are basically very vague, and there is basically no information.

Although the bachelor of agriculture and engineering is facing farmers and craftsmen, many of these farmers and craftsmen are still subordinate to the big landlord class and local powerful people. It is unlikely that the big landowners and local tyrants, regardless of their friendly character or bad habits, would freely and selflessly let other farmers who are not under them come before their own farmers and craftsmen are fully familiar with the new farming and new tools. study.

Therefore, there are actually certain restrictions on the exposure of agricultural and engineering bachelors.

The people of the Mohist family basically moved around in the middle and lower levels of society. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they were composed of a large number of craftsmen, knights and other lower-class people, with the group goal of "promoting the benefits of the world and eliminating the harm of the world". , takes "the Kong mat is not warm, the ink is not Guizhou" as the code of conduct, and pays special attention to hard practice. "Short brown clothes, soup of quinoa and grass, if you get it in the morning, you will not get it in the evening", "Wear brown fur as clothes, They live in humiliation, day and night, and suffer themselves to the extreme." This is a group of people who are willing to live in poverty.

Of course, the Mohists at this stage may not necessarily be as hardworking as they were during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but they should still be somewhat reserved so as not to be as corrupted as the Confucian disciples under Confucius.

Therefore, under the policy on the surface, Fei Qian still needs some people who work in the shadows, and these people, who have already been contacted by the Mohist family, are undoubtedly a more suitable option...

Huang Yueying didn't know that Fei Qian had considered it so much, but since it was Fei Qian's request, he naturally agreed.

The cold wind blew, and Fei Qian sat, looking up at the branches that looked a little desolate because of fallen leaves, and seemed completely different from before, and suddenly sighed in his heart...

"Yueying..." Fei Qian's voice also deepened a little, and he said slowly, "I found that I have changed a lot...not only my age, but also my heart...you know, it was my first time to kill someone. When I was there, I was so scared that my whole body was shaking, and my legs were so weak from vomiting that I couldn’t even stand up. But now..."

Not only that, Fei Qian suddenly remembered that when he first left Luoyang, he had lamented and lamented the tragic fate after Luoyang, but now Chang'an City has been invaded by thieves, and there are also a large number of innocent people. In such an incident, there were casualties, but Fei Qian found that in his heart, he did not feel the slightest concern for these innocent people who were implicated...

Regarding the previous assassination incident, Fei Qian even began to doubt the people around him, which didn't seem to be a good sign. When Huang's crossbow appeared, Fei Qian also listed Huang Yueying as a suspect in his mind, and immediately eliminated it. However, this incident made Fei Qian feel funny and suddenly a little scared. .

When did you become like this?

Just like action and reaction, Fei Qian changes Da Han, and Da Han changes Fei Qian. When Fei Qian once again recalled the time when he was in Luoyang, a little middle-class, a little literary, and even a bit of a slut, his heart suddenly jumped. Unknowingly, it seemed that he had changed. one person……

Amidst the soft rustling sounds, Huang Yueying gently moved over, sat beside Fei Qian, rested her head on Fei Qian's shoulder, and stretched out her hand to hold Fei Qian's hand.

"You haven't changed, you will always be my husband..."

The fingertips of Huang Yueying's hands are slightly cold, but the palms of her hands are warm...