Three Kingdoms

What exactly is malice?

Sometimes malice arises simply because kind people are too kind, too easy to trust, and too easy to deceive.

This has to tell the story of Cao Cao and Wang Wei.

Since it is a story, it may not be true, but it may not be false either...

Cao Cao had more people but less food. He was going to run out of food soon. The soldiers were eating less and less every day, and they all complained. Wang Jie, the grain official, came to us and said, "We are really out of food. What should we do?" 』

Cao Cao said, "There is no other way. I can only borrow your head." 』

Wang Ge was frightened and defended himself: "I am not guilty!" 』

Cao Cao said: "I know you are not guilty, but if I don't kill you, the morale of the army will change." 』

After Wang Yu was killed, Cao Cao explained to everyone that everyone had nothing to eat because Wang Yu was greedy for military rations, and finally stabilized the morale of the army.

If it is corruption, then not only Wang He, the grain official in charge of grain, is guilty, but also upstream and downstream people are not aware of it?

Those who bought the grain from Wang Jie must not have known that it was military ration?

Whoever took the money from Wang Jie had absolutely no idea where the money came from?

Just killing Wang Ye, what does it mean?

Did you take off your white gloves?

The problem is, doing this actually stabilizes the morale of the army.

So, he said, "One head can be used as food, and the grievances can be eliminated. Isn't this simple?"

Of course, feudal society directly borrowed heads. Later modern times are much more civilized. Borrowing other people's heads is too cruel, so let them go and hide abroad...

How about grabbing a small one and just showing off your feelings?

After all, everyone understands that they are all vulnerable groups...

Just like Qiao Shi now, she felt that Zhang Orion didn't understand.

Everyone has difficulties, can't everyone take a step back?

Qiao had given up the price, so how could Orion Zhang not buy it?

Besides, those who sell charms are ordinary people, so why bother the common people?

When a spell is made, regardless of whether it has any effect or not, the original intention is for everyone's benefit. Why can't you understand it?

Doesn't this prove that Orion Zhang was malicious in not buying the talisman?

And he still maliciously refuses to consume! How can Qiao make more spells for everyone without consumption?

Saving money maliciously! Everyone is saving money like Orion Zhang, so how can the charms made by Qiao be sold at a high price?

At the same time, he still travels maliciously! Walking around without a charm, isn't this to make it clear that the Qiao's charm is useless?

If this Orion is not malicious, what is it? !

Anyway, Qiao felt that as long as Orion Zhang didn't want to be a leek, anything he did would be malicious.

The Five Directions Catholic Church itself is for good, conveys goodwill, and makes people cultivate virtue. However, like many policies, it was formulated with good intentions. After the explanation, these things changed.

So, what should I do if someone has "malicious intentions" and doesn't buy the charm?

Just borrowing people's heads.

Zhang Laizi and his men met Zhang Orion on his way back.

Zhang Orion lives alone in the middle of the mountain in a shack he built himself. A trail that he trampled on during his daily travels.

Zhang Laizi and others were waiting by the trail.

There are more mosquitoes in summer, and it is approaching evening, so they buzz very arrogantly. Zhang Zizi and others cannot move around at will. In the eyes of mosquitoes, it is undoubtedly the best fixed delicacy. They took bite after bite, making Zhang Zizi and others scream.

"I said, boss, how about we go to his house and wait?" There are so many mosquitoes! "One person slapped himself on the back of the neck, then stretched out his hand to look, and saw two or three mosquito corpses lying in his palm, with some blood stains on them. He couldn't help but shouted depressedly, "Look, how many mosquitoes are there!" 』

Zhang Laizi also had some regrets. If he went to the countryside to collect money and food on weekdays, he would bring some gear with him, including insect repellent, moxa smoke and so on. But now he has a sharp knife in his arms and nothing else.

While he was hesitating, the watchman at the foot of the mountain ran up and said, "Coming, coming!" 』

Zhang Laizi waved his hand quickly, and several people around him understood, and took out their sharp blades one after another, or hid them behind the trees, or hid in the bushes, waiting for Zhang Orion to come.

Not long after, a figure came staggering from the bottom of the mountain.

Orion Zhang drank some wine, and his dark face was slightly red. Now he just wanted to go back to his cabin and have a good sleep. As he walked forward, he hummed the tune he heard today.

As he was walking, Zhang Orion suddenly saw a bit of clothes hanging out from behind a tree. He was stunned and stopped.

After all, Zhang Zizi and others were not professional assassins, so they inevitably exposed some flaws while hiding.

On weekdays, few people come to Zhang Orion's place, so Zhang Orion immediately became vigilant and shouted: "Who is hiding behind the tree?" ! 』

Seeing the traces revealed, Zhang Laizi also shouted and took action.

Zhang Laizi's eyes were full of fierceness, and he turned out from behind the tree with a short blade in his hand, attracting Zhang Orion's attention. However, it was not Lame Zhang who actually took action, but another person hiding in the bushes nearby. The man also thrust his knife straight into Zhang Orion's chest, and footsteps could be heard behind and to the left of Zhang Orion at the same time. Accompanied by the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, an evil wind hit him.

Zhang Orion was also fighting ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests. Although he was not experienced in a hundred battles, he was not a person whose legs would weaken when he saw blood. He didn't need to look back to know that there were people coming to kill him from behind and to the left. Although he was on his body He also brought a short blade for self-defense, but the opponent's action was too sudden. In an instant, the knife was in front of his chest, and he didn't even have time to draw it.

"Ah ah! ” Zhang Orion roared, and at the critical moment, he used his right arm to slightly move the knife blade in front of him to the right, and blocked it with his left hand to the left, trying to use the short-edged scabbard in his sleeve to block the knife coming from the left. But he didn't adjust his center of gravity, couldn't move his steps, and a blade behind him had already stabbed into his back!

At the critical moment of life and death, Zhang Orion used his many years of experience in encountering ferocious beasts. He flinched and tilted. The blade stabbed from behind did not penetrate directly into the body, but opened a long path along the back. From the gap, blood suddenly spurted out.

Zhang Laizi is lame and moves slowly, but being slow has its advantages. When Orion Zhang dodged or parried the first wave of attacks, Zhang Laizi arrived. He grabbed the handle of the knife tightly and stabbed Orion Zhang with all his strength.

Zhang Orion was injured on his right arm and back at this time. He pulled out the short blade and forced the man on the right away. He also threw the scabbard to scare the man on the left back and subconsciously rushed forward. He wanted to return to his hut, but Zhang Laizi stabbed him in the ribs with a knife. The short blade broke open the muscles of Orion's ribs and rubbed against the ribs, making a harsh scraping sound.

The foreign object and pain caused the muscles around Zhang Orion's wound to contract violently, clamping the blade tightly. Zhang Laizi wanted to pull out the knife, but was unable to do so for a while.

Zhang Orion howled, and slashed at Zhang Laizi with his backhand. Zhang Laizi wanted to hide, but he was lame, so he couldn't dodge. He was hit by Zhang Orion's knife in return, and his chest was torn open, and blood dripped out.

But then the blade struck again, making it impossible for Zhang Orion to continue chasing Zhang Laizi. After being stabbed several times in a row, Orion Zhang felt that all the strength in his body had disappeared and he fell softly.

Several people still didn't let go, and rushed forward, stabbing Zhang Orion with knives. Everyone stabbed three or four times. After a lot of blood was splashed on their faces and bodies, they stopped panting. …

Seeing that Zhang Orion was dead, Zhang Laizi realized that he had also been hit by a knife. He screamed, and then angrily wanted to kick Zhang Orion's head, but because of his lameness, his center of gravity was unstable and he fell again. When he fell down and hit the wound, he screamed in pain.

The people on the side quickly stepped forward to help, "Sir, just rest, we will take care of this matter..."

Zhang Laizi covered the wound with his hand and screamed, "It hurts me so much... What do you do? Do you know what to do?" 』

Several of his subordinates just knew that they wanted to kill Zhang Orion, but of course they didn't know why.

"I want to look like a ghost is coming to harm me!" Zhang Laizi pointed at Zhang Orion's body and said, "It was a ghost that killed him. Do you understand?" If you want people to see that it's a ghost... oh, it hurts, it's a ghost, do you understand? 』

"clear! ” The subordinate responded subconsciously, and then realized, “But...head, what should this ghost’s harm be like? 』

"It's caused by ghosts, of course..." Zhang Zizi said half a sentence smoothly, and then got stuck for a moment, "Of course it's like ghosts... Ghosts are stronger than people, so... well, this, yes Yes, go and look inside his house to see if there is any ax or anything like that. Get it! Then the hands, feet and head are separated...throw the hands and feet over there, far away, and the intestines will be pulled out, and also far away, and the head will be thrown into the house..."

……_(:з　∠)_……

Qiao Ming admired Zhang Zizi's execution ability very much.

Seeing that Zhang Laizi was injured again, he gave him a reward without saying a word.

Leaders, of course, like subordinates like this the most. They don’t have to explain anything clearly, and then the subordinates just get it done. In this way, if there is any responsibility, it is not the fault of the leader. It is the subordinates who made their own decisions, failed to understand the spirit, increased the pressure without authorization, and deviated from the original direction...

For example, in future generations, those born after 2000 will carry a voice recorder and leave evidence of everything. The leaders just don’t like it, saying that such people have no initiative at all, they only do what they are called, and their execution ability is too high. If you are poor, you cannot keep it. You must give it away when you are thirty-five years old.

Zhang Zizi received the reward. Of course, Qiao also said that the reward had nothing to do with Zhang Orion, but was just a reward for Zhang Zizi's hard work in the past.

Zhang Laizi also knew that the reason why he could kill Zhang Orion was inseparable from the help of several of his helpers. Therefore, after he received the reward, he did not say that he would take it all by himself. Instead, he asked his subordinates to buy wine and meat for them together. After eating and drinking, give some money to your subordinates, which can be regarded as labor fees, etc., and then let these subordinates spread new rumors, saying that Zhang Orion was visited by a ghost and the news of his violent death was released...

The news gradually spread.

Although this news made the farmers feel more and more "scary" about ghosts, it also attracted the attention of Chengdu inspection inspector Ma Zhong.

Ma Zhong is a native of Langzhong County, Brazil County. When he was a child, he was fostered in his grandfather's house. His surname was Hu and Du. Later, he reverted to his surname of Ma and changed his name to Zhong. As someone who was deeply involved in the Chengdu Li family's rebellion, Ma Zhong knew that many things were not what they seemed on the surface. Sometimes a slight oversight could lead to serious consequences.

It was precisely because of this that he discovered the anomaly in Zhang Orion's death.

Ordinary people can't tell what are the bites of ghosts and what are the wounds of swords and guns, but Ma Zhong knows it.

There are also some veterans who came out of retirement for inspection. When they walked around the scene, nothing could escape their eyes.

Ghosts eat people.

Wild animals occasionally eat humans.

But the blood all over the ground seems very miserable, but in fact if you look closely, you will find that the body of Orion Zhang is actually not missing much flesh and blood, but more like the bites of small animals after death. It was not the work of some man-eating ghost as the rumors said.

If ghosts really eat people, how many of them would be left?

So Ma Zhong reported the abnormality to Fa Zheng.

Immediately, Fazheng ordered Ma Zhong to conduct further verification. As a result, during Ma Zhong's investigation, Zhang Laizi jumped out. It's not that Zhang Zizi is arrogant, but because Zhang Zizi is sick.

After Zhang Laizi was injured, in order to show his hard work, he did not choose to clean the wound. Instead, he simply bandaged it and went to see Qiao Ming. After receiving the reward, he took his brothers to drink. It was very satisfying. The result The wound is infected.

Maybe the wound should be cleaned in time, or maybe there is no rush to drink and eat meat. Zhang Zizi may not have any problems, but it is just like Zhang Zizi thinks that after cutting Zhang Orion into pieces, he can pretend to be a ghost. He is so ignorant and ignorant. .

What's even more interesting is that after Zhang Laizi fell ill, his subordinates also fell ill.

Zhang Laizi was infected, while his subordinates had malaria and were bitten by a certain mosquito carrying bacteria.

Neither Zhang Laizi nor his subordinates had much knowledge and culture, so they were tortured by illness and hallucinated, thinking that Zhang Orion had come to seek their lives...

In order to deal with the life-threatening ghost, Zhang Laizi's other two men hired "professional" people, Taoist priests from the Five Directions Sect, and they were Taoist priests who they believed to be "real" powerful. Of course, the basis of their judgment is also very simple, that is, those who become Taoist priests just to collect money, like them, basically have no ability, and those who do not collect money can be called "real" Taoist priests.

The "real" Taoist priests found were naturally not from the Qiao family. The Taoist priest originally looked down on the behavior of these people who were making money under the guise of the Five Directions God Religion. He just said that since he wanted to cast spells on Zhang Laizi to drive away ghosts, of course he had to ask clearly. When he asked, Zhang Laizi's subordinates hesitated again. , and finally said that the ghost that harmed Zhang Orion also came to harm Zhang Laizi and the others...

The Taoist priest turned around and reported it, and then Ma Zhong came with the inspection team. Of course, Zhang Laizi's remaining two men could not have the spirit of preferring death to surrender, and they told him everything when asked.

……┐(?～?)┌……

The news about the Qiao family brought by Fazheng made Xu Shu laugh and sigh, but also feel a little relieved.

The laughter is due to the stupidity and greed of the Qiao family, and the sigh is because of these deceived people.

As for peace of mind, it is for Nanzhong.

After all, there was a period of chaos in Nanzhong, and roads have been paved during this period, and the interests involved are naturally not small. Therefore, I heard that it was the Qiao family that caused the matter, not the gang in Nanzhong, or Liu Bei trying to stir up trouble. Of course it will make you feel a little more at ease.

Of course, it is still impossible to let go of the caution that should be exercised. Ma Heng still has to go to Nanzhong, but it is not so urgent now.

Xu Shu thought for a while and said to Fazheng and Ma Heng: "Although this matter is still controllable, it also reflects many problems... The people of Sichuan and Shu are confused and ignorant... If there is a slight disturbance, they just listen to and believe... 』

Fazheng nodded, "That's true." The local squire still controls the mouthpiece, and the Qiao family uses the Five Gods to make money. If... it would be bad..."

Since people can be encouraged to believe in ghosts and gods, it is also possible to encourage people to believe in something else.

In Sichuan and Sichuan, there have been ghosts and ghosts since the beginning of the Five Fighting Sect. This incident of the Five Directions God Sect also shows that religion is actually two-sided, and it can be taken advantage of by others if you are not careful.

Xu Shu thought for a moment, "How about this... Your lord has a great debate at Qinglong Temple in Chang'an, so how about we follow your lord's lead and have a debate in Sichuan and Shu?" 』

When Fa Zheng hears the sound of the string, he knows the elegant meaning, "Breaking the prophecy?" 』

Xu Shu nodded.

The study of prophecy is a serious problem in Sichuan and Shu. Historically, in the late Zhuge Dynasty, there were still a lot of people from Sichuan and Shu using the prophecy to cause trouble. Although there is no talk of prophecies in the official circles of Chang'an Sanfu, there is still a market for prophecies among the people of Sichuan and Sichuan. The people are used to this, just like the rumors about ghosts and gods this time. That it can be spread like this also illustrates this point.

In the debate, the prophecies were dispelled, which was done in the previous Qinglong Temple lectures. Now Sichuan and Shu not only have to do it officially, but also pass it on, so that more people will no longer spread the prophecies. Words, the talk of ghosts and gods.

The Five Directions Catholic Church can only be used as a spiritual sustenance and a guide for good, and cannot be used by some people to spread rumors and cause trouble, collect money, and destroy the place.

Xu Shu said: "In addition, we can make up some slang songs for people to sing... Nowadays, people who sing and sing in Chengdu mostly regard vulgarity as beauty. Although they are also liked by the people, it is of no benefit... If it can educate people and entertain them, , there is no great good. 』

"What the envoy said is true." Fazheng nodded and said, "The people of Sichuan and Sichuan have lived in the mountains and wilderness for a long time. They are also mixed with Tibetan and Tibetan people, and are intertwined with barbarians and barbarians. If they are governed by official learning, the results will be very slow. Only by governing them with common folk music can they penetrate the people and reach the ears of the people... …Elegance and vulgarity must be combined to avoid being biased. 』

It's like literary and artistic films have the benefits of literature and art, and commercial films also have the advantages of commercial films. If we insist on replacing commercial films with literary and artistic films to make people put down their popcorn, it is undoubtedly a matter of seeking the far away instead of the near. Those who can mix some good things into commercial films are their real talents. Those who just blindly say that people's appreciation level is not enough are just the same thing.

"Anyone who collects money in the name of the gods of the five directions is a hypocrite and can be reported and arrested!" ” Fazheng said, “If all the people can know this law, most chaos can be avoided! 』

Xu Shu nodded in approval.

Ma Heng stood aside, seemingly hesitant to speak.

Xu Shu turned to Ma Heng and said, "If Zhong Chang has any ideas, just say so." 』

Ma Heng suggested: "I heard that in Chang'an, there was a public trial and sentencing, and punishment on the spot... Since the Qiao family is like this, why not use it?" 』

Xu Shu smiled and said, "Zhong Chang's strategy is wonderful!" It's just a good use of it! 』