Three Kingdoms

Deep in the peach forest.

There is a separate courtyard.

"How did I just say it?" 』

Fei Qian stood in the courtyard that originally belonged to Cai Yan and asked Feizhen with his hands behind his back.

Although Cai Yan lives in Chang'an, there are still some people taking care of the yard. Houses like those in the Han Dynasty, which were mainly made of bricks and wood, would easily decay and collapse if no one took care of them.

Some people say that popularity can support a house, but in fact it is not. It is the humidity and temperature that are suitable for people to live in, but not suitable for insects, ants, and mold. Of course, if these human daily cleaning behaviors and maintaining a dry and ventilated living environment are highly summarized as "Yang Qi", and the environment suitable for the growth of mold, insects and ants is called "Yin Qi", it is not Can't.

Therefore, the same thing may be said differently and give people different feelings.

Just like Fei Qian's impassioned words in the Moriyama Academy and above the Minglun Hall...

"Father said it very well! ” Feizhen still clenched her fists excitedly, “As a Han Chinese, it’s easy to live in the darkest place, especially the light! 』

Fei Qian laughed a few times and said, "Are you trying to make me happy?" 』

Feizhen shook her head, "No!" it is true! 』

Fei Qian smiled and shook his head silently.

Some words are indeed classics.

Especially when it's said for the first time.

Fei Qian still remembers the first time he heard someone say that the night gave the eyes pitch-black eyes, but they had to use them to find light, etc. Of course, they were not the original authors. After all, at that time, Fei Qian could only be I first heard this sentence from some people in a debate. Fei Qian remembers being extremely excited at the time. But when these words were repeated over and over again, and then Fei Qian discovered that the people who said these words were also looking for green bills with red eyes, and began to openly insult human intelligence...

Some orange and wheat peels, I don’t know if they should be used as pulp or oars.

Later I figured it out, at the very beginning, people had clearly written the two words "Variety Show" in huge letters to tell the world, but some people still took it seriously, so who can blame them? No matter how you say it, it is more real than some of the old Chinese medicine doctors and old academicians who can cure all diseases and have miraculous effects broadcast on local stations.

"How many students are there in the hall?" Fei Qian suddenly asked.

"Well? ! Feizhen stared, "How do I know this?" I can’t count them one by one..."

"But I don't have a number, but I know...more than two hundred, but less than three hundred..." Fei Qian said with a smile, "When you start to lead troops, this will also become something you must master." His ability, at a glance, is to know the approximate number of people. If he makes a mistake in judgment, he will be defeated and die..."

"..." Feizhen was speechless. What Fei Qian said is true. This ability is found in most qualified generals, even ordinary scouts. "Father, what you mean is...I just...didn't pay attention to the important point?" 』

"Of course." ” Fei Qian nodded.

Feizhen tilted her head and thought for a long time, "Father, please give me some advice..."

"Don't you understand? Fei Qian asked.

Feizhen nodded.

"Then you come with me..."

After Fei Qian finished speaking, he put his hands behind his back and walked slowly along the corridor. After a while, he went around the backyard and arrived in front of the library.

"This is the library..." Fei Qian raised his head, looked at it, and then said to Feizhen, "Cai's Library..."

The library door was pushed open.

Although people often come to clean it, it is different from when Cai Yan lived here.

In order to prevent insects and moths, a lot of insect repellent drugs were placed in the library. When the door was opened, it was a bit choking.

Fei Qian and Fei Zhen stood outside the door. After the smell dissipated, they entered the library.

"Look..." Fei Qian raised his hand and pointed around it. "Every time I see these books, I can feel that there are many differences between people. Sometimes, no matter how hard I try, it's impossible." Be better than others in everything..."

"Cai's collection of books?" Feizhen was obviously startled by the bookshelves and collections of books in front of her. She raised her head and looked around, "These, these...could it be..."

Fei Qian nodded, "Your mother-in-law has read them all... and she can memorize every one... There are many books in it that she read when she was young, but later lost them and re-written them from memory." from……"

"Aha?" Feizhen's eyes widened, and she walked to the bookshelf nearby, and then pulled out a book from the bookshelf, "It's really Er Niang's handwriting!" 』

"Huh..." Fei Qian also took a book, unfolded it, and blew the dust on it that had not yet been cleaned. "These books still have to be transported to Chang'an... They keep them here. Sooner or later they will still be there." bad……"

Some of them have been shipped before, but it may be because Cai Yan feels that most of the books left behind were written silently by her in the later period, so they are not as precious as those original copies, so she didn't have much luck.

"Everyone has his own strengths and weaknesses, so what should he do when he stands on the stage?" Fei Qian put the book back, turned around and said, "Competing with the people in the audience?" There are so many people in the world who can read, know how to read, or even master reading... So do you understand? 』

"Hmm..." Feizhen thought for a moment, and then said, "Like dad, marry someone who can read?" 』

"Hi! ” Fei Qian patted Fei Zhen on the back of the head, “This is something you can’t find, but there are so many women like you! You can't beat the people in the world, but you can use the people in the world! Since you are standing on the stage, you have to watch more people! Let me ask you, after you just said something for your father, who was the first to applaud? 』

"Aha?" ” Feizhen was dumbfounded.

"Then who is clapping and cheering? ” Fei Qianqian then asked, “How many of them are sincerely cheering, and how many are pretending to agree? Are those who applaud more understanding, or those who applaud later? Aha what aha? Do you think it's fun for you to stand on the stage? 』

『?(;′Д｀?)! ” Feizhen was speechless.

"The first person to applaud just now was Uncle Linghu Kong... Why is it him? Have you ever thought about it?" Fei Qian said slowly, "Then under his leadership, the rest of the people gradually cheered and clapped... But there were a few people who didn't cheer at the beginning, but followed after they got to the back... And what do you think about this?" Among people, who are usable and who are not? And how should it be used? 』

"..." Feizhen didn't know what to say anymore, so she said after a while, "Father... you are like this every day... isn't it hard?" 』

"You think I am willing?" Fei Qian sighed slightly, "It's not easy to get on stage, but it's even harder to get off stage." If you are not careful, your body will be shattered, your family will be destroyed, and your family will be destroyed... Let me ask you again, in the Spring and Autumn Period, were there many kings who lost their country? Do you know why during the Spring and Autumn Period, those kings who lost their countries did not record their descendants? 』

Feizhen thought for a while, then her expression changed, "What father means is..."

Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, that's what it means...because there is no need to record it...there are no people left, so what else can be recorded?" If I can't keep this inheritance, you will die in a mass burial in the mountains. If you can't keep it, your descendants will die under the sword of others! So...are you still playing? 』

Feizhen was silent for a while, then prostrated on the ground, "The child is unfilial and has caused the father to worry..."

……ヽ(???)?(???)?……

While Fei Qian was teaching Fei Zhen in Pingyang, Shi Xie who was far away in southern Xinjiang was also scolding his son.

Shi Xie hurriedly escaped from Jiaozhi City, and soon he ran into Shi Zhi who came to rescue him...

"If you had arrived a few days earlier, I wouldn't have fallen into this trap!" 』

Shi Xie was heartbroken. It was his old nest that he had been operating for many years! Not to mention anything else, in the garden where he lives, there is a camphor tree that he finally transplanted into life...

Well, it's a camphor tree, not the kind of toon tree that has a 14,000 fine.

Camphor trees repel insects, which is a good treasure in the Lingnan area. In addition, the roots and branches of the camphor trees are complex and powerful. Especially the one that Shi Xie liked was like a swimming dragon. It was very pleasing to the eye, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money. , so that people can transplant it from other places. Everyone knows that once a sapling grows, it is not easy to transplant it, so it takes a lot of effort and effort to see the transplant survive, but it ends up falling into the hands of Liu Bei. How can Shi Xie not be heartbroken?

Nowadays, there are no camphor trees in the north of the Han Dynasty, and there is no biological research, so Shi Xie always thought that camphor trees can repel insects because camphor trees have a magical power, which can even allow Shi Xie to obtain more What a greater future...

"Um..." Shi Zhi asked cautiously, "I wonder where father wants to go?" 』

Shi Xie was on the run for several days. His originally gorgeous brocade robe was already wrinkled like rags, his originally neat beard was stained with dust, and his eyes were cloudy. After listening to Shi Zhi's questions, it seemed that a long period of time had passed. In the process, the questions raised by Shi Zhi entered Shi Xie's ears and reached his head.

"Where to go?" ” Shi Xie murmured.

When I was escaping, I just thought about escaping and couldn't think about other things at all. I would only consider this issue after escaping.

Where to go?

This is a good question.

There are only two roads left, one is to continue south and escape further south, and the other is to take advantage of Liu Bei's busy consolidation and consolidation of Jiaozhi to escape from Lingnan on a ship...

Both options have pros and cons.

Going south, Shi Xie has actually made good friends with some local indigenous people in recent years, and the strength of these indigenous people is not small. If they unite, there is no doubt that the chance of counterattack is still great, but in this way, Shi Xie was originally in Lingnan The authority that Jiaozhi has always maintained is gone. Even if Liu Bei is driven away, it will be very difficult to maintain Jiaozhi's transcendent status.

In order to let these Lingnan natives know the power of the Han family, Shi Xie put a lot of thought into it. Even the ceremonial guards for traveling were specially customized. On the one hand, they used the gold and silver jewelry that the Lingnan natives liked, and on the other hand, they also used They used the flags and banners of the Han people. It is precisely because of this that Shi Xie and others have a relatively high position in the minds of the Lingnan natives. But if Liu Bei is now chasing him, he has to ask the natives for help. …

The other direction is to find Sun Quan.

Sun Quan had sent people to contact Shi Xie before. Because they were far apart, land transportation was not to mention. Even if they traveled by sea, it was calculated in months. In addition, Shi Xie was relatively good at communication, so he sent some Lingnan specialties and so on, and then he said some nice words, which made Sun Quan fascinated and made him a confidant, so Shi Xie went to find Sun Quan. Sun Quan would most likely accept him, so there was no problem with this.

But looking for Sun Quan would be equivalent to losing the power of Jiaozhou governor. Even if Sun Quan sends Liu Bei to fight in the future, no matter the outcome, Shi Xie will have nothing to do...

On the one hand, it is possible to regain territory, but from then on it will no longer have the title of Han Shangguo and be forced to associate with these natives. On the other hand, it may be possible to maintain a false name, but it will never gain real power in the future. hope.

How to choose? Standing at this fork in life, Shi Xie fell into hesitation...

……(/□＼*)……

"Brother! 』

Zhang Fei's voice was like a thunderbolt.

Liu Bei stuck out his head on the sentry tower, then waved towards Zhang Fei, "Hey, I'm here..."

"Brother!" Where are you going and what are you doing? Wait for me! Zhang Fei said all the way up the tower, and soon he reached Liu Bei's side, "Brother, why are you here alone?" 』

"Well..." Liu Bei chuckled, and then said, "How is it?" How are the soldiers eating and drinking today? 』

"Ha ha ha ha! "Speaking of this, Zhang Fei laughed so hard that his little tongue trembled, and then patted his belly, "Comfortable! So comfortable! I snatched five hooves! If the second brother hadn’t stopped...uh...this...』

Liu Bei smiled and pretended not to hear.

It's not that Liu Bei didn't want to pursue Shi Xie, but that his soldiers were working too hard. After capturing Jiaozhi, they could only temporarily repair and reward them.

"Brother, what are you doing here?" ” Zhang Fei ended the topic just now and asked.

Liu Bei looked up at the sky, the sky was filled with bright stars, "I came to climb to the sky... but I took one step, and then found... it didn't seem to be much closer..."

Zhang Fei also stretched his head to look up at the sky, "Oh... Brother, you... I didn't even notice how much you drank just now..."

"Haha..." Liu Bei smiled, "I'm just kidding... I was thinking of those Jiaozhi people before... The Shi clan has a good reputation here..."

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "That's right!" On that day when we attacked the city, it was actually the people in the city who came to cut off the queen of this group of Shishi native dogs! I really don’t know what’s going on in these guys’ heads! 』

"I know..." Liu Bei said.

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, "How do you know?" 』

Liu Bei replied, "I know what the Shi clan does...I am also very curious about this, so I went to find the answer to this matter..."

"oh? Brother, tell me, tell me! ” Zhang Fei asked repeatedly.

"At the beginning, when the Shi family first arrived in the Jiaozhi area of ​​Lingnan, there were not many people, let alone how much money they had, so they found Sha Wenna..."

"What? Kill the door? Zhang Fei asked, "Can the door be killed?" 』

"Haha... it's Sha Wen Na..." Liu Bei said with a smile, "Isn't there a place for barbarians in the city?" That’s what’s inside…』

"Oh, brother, you mean those barbarians with shaved heads?" ” asked Zhang Fei.

Liu Bei nodded, "What Sha Wen said means that by shaving off your beard and hair, you can stop all evil... Then you can regulate your body and mind and practice good deeds diligently, and you can achieve nirvana in the future... To put it simply, it means that you are bald." , lose your beard, then work more and complain less, you will be blessed in the future and you can be reborn into a good family..."

Zhang Fei touched his beard, "Does anyone believe this?" 』

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Didn't you meet those common people?" 』

"Uh..." Zhang Fei didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Every year, the Shi family would select a diligent, honest, hard-working, or even disabled person from among the people who had listened to Sha Wenna, and then invite him to ride with him and parade through the streets to praise his merits..." Liu Bei said slowly. .

"ah? Zhang Fei asked, "Crippled?" 』

Liu Bei nodded, then turned to look in a direction outside the city, "Over there, there is a mountain called Xiaoling. Those who are disabled and unable to do anything will be sent all the way to Xiaoling Mountain by people from the Shi family... It is said that There is a single house for one person, not only food and clothing, but also servants to serve..."

"oh? so good? Zhang Fei obviously didn't believe it, "Are you kidding me, Shishi is willing to support them for the rest of his life?" 』

Liu Bei nodded, "Of course." It's just that most of these people will "die" within two or three years... Oh, they just die sitting up without eating or drinking..."

"Hi! ” Zhang Fei clapped his hands and said, “Isn’t that it? As a scholar, I really support these people in vain... So these people should understand? 』

"No..." Liu Bei shook his head, "Not only no, these people will also offer incense to these sitting people... I hope that one day I can become a new "sitting" person..."

"ah? ha? ” Zhang Fei’s eyes widened, feeling that what Liu Bei said tonight had simply subverted his original understanding, “Aren’t these... these people too stupid? 』

"No..." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "This is very subtle... First of all, if Shishi and others are in need and have work, they will first find these Shawenna, and then give them a slightly higher reward. Shawenna came forward to find work for the people... Then if there were disputes among the people, they would favor the people who believed in Shawenna... In addition, in addition to shaving and shaving their hair, all believers in Shawenna must kneel down... 』

"kneel? Zhang Fei asked, "Why?" 』

"Because when you stand up straight... you are a human being..." Liu Bei said, "Kneel down and get down on all fours, what is that?" Haha, and what’s interesting is that every time he kneels down to worship Shawenna, Shawenna will give some benefits to the people who kneel down first... and then there will be more people... Haha, wonderful, wonderful..."

"Third brother, think about it, if someone is unwilling to kneel down, they will be ridiculed and told not to think too highly of themselves. Aren't they just a little short?" There are benefits to kneeling down early, but nothing will happen if you go late... There will still be people who mean to advise you. If you don't kneel down, the benefits are another matter. If you argue with others in the future, the other party will be a follower of Shawenna. Not to mention that one person can withstand it, and that his wife, children, and children should not be implicated, why not kneel down now... Doesn't it make sense? 』

"The more I think about it, the more I feel that this method is exquisite..." Liu Bei said with emotion, "No wonder so many people sacrificed their lives for the sake of the Shi family during the attack on the city..."

Zhang Fei listened blankly and was suddenly startled, "Brother, are you... are you... could you..."

Liu Bei was also stunned, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed, "Third brother!" Who do you think I am? ! Someone has given an order to kill all these barbarians! You and I are both Han people. As Han people, we can fall down and lie down, but we must never kneel down! Since Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty, those who insult the emperor will be spared, but those who bend their knees to humiliation will not be forgiven! It doesn't matter if your brothers bow their heads to each other, but being groveling to outsiders... Haha! There is a right way between heaven and earth! Since I am a Han son, I should stand up for myself in heaven and earth! If you don't take it straight from the center, you will be wasting your life! How can we bow our knees and worship the barbarians? 』