Three Kingdoms

In fact, Zhang Liao's behavior of making people shout about the red cloak was just a test.鉩

He wasn't quite sure whether the so-called guy in the red cloak was the real leader of the horse thieves.

But you can give it a try...

It's a pity that Ma Xiu didn't know that Zhang Liao was testing.

Matthew's injured leg, which has not yet healed, is a constant reminder of his incompetence.

Matthew licked his dry lips. The jolting of the war horse still caused some pain in his legs. He endured it and tried his best not to think about the wounds on his legs, so as not to be seen as weak by others.

But when Ma Xiu turned around secretly and saw Zhang Liao's flag following closely behind him, he suddenly became short of breath and panicked.

How can this be?鉩

Ma Xiu didn't understand why he was still targeted by Zhang Liao even though he didn't raise his flag? I planned to take advantage of the chaos to escape, thinking that it would be getting dark anyway, and as long as I survived this period, I would be safe, but I didn't expect...

Matthew turned around again, and suddenly heard some chaotic shouts, and was suddenly shocked!

cloak!

Damn cape!

Because he had an injury on his leg that had not yet healed, he was afraid of the cold and wore an extra cloak than usual. The cloak can not only be used to keep out the cold in the morning and evening, but can also be used as an extra layer of quilt when sleeping, or folded and placed under the legs to relieve the pain of pressure wounds. It has many uses.

Matthew quickly tore off his cloak, threw it to a guard beside him, and shouted: "Tie it on!" Then run to the side! 』

After Matthew yelled, he accelerated again, not paying attention to the look of the guard who was half a body behind...

The guard looked down at the cloak in his hand, gritted his teeth, tied it on, and immediately turned his horse to walk to the edge of the queue. Then he turned his head and shouted to Matthew, "Young leader!" Don't let this go! 』

Matthew didn't make any move, as if he didn't hear.

Of course, even if he really heard it, he would still pretend that he didn't hear it.

Matthew had never read any books, and he had always scorned the Han people's concepts of benevolence, righteousness, and morality, thinking that the Han people were all hypocritical and that the scriptures were all lies. He thought he was very smart, saw through the treacherous plots of the Han people, and escaped the trap set by the Han people in the name of "benevolence, righteousness, and morality." However, he did not realize that the "benevolence, righteousness, and morality" of the Han people were not aimless...

More often than not, this seemingly stupid moral restraint is actually the foundation for a strong organization, a team, and a society.

Zhang Liao was not fooled, but because of Matthew's superfluous behavior, he was sure that he was chasing a big fish.

Very simple.鉩

Although Zhang Liao could not see through the figures hiding behind him and see Ma Xiu's small movements on horseback, the majority and the minority were still clear at a glance.

According to common sense, someone would abandon most of his guards and escape alone in an ingenious way? Especially when his whereabouts are revealed. Then there are only two possibilities. One is that the man in the cloak is not an important figure at all, and was forced to leave the queue in order not to affect others. The other possibility is that someone is replaced...

Of course, if there is someone who does not follow common sense, Zhang Liao will not be able to guard against him. So in order to guard against a very small number of people who don't play by common sense, and then do it in a way that goes against common sense most of the time? This is obviously not a wise choice.

The gap between the war horses slowly manifested itself as time went by and the distance increased. A serious war horse, with careful care and sufficient feed, will naturally have stronger physical strength and more endurance than those care horses carelessly taken care of by horse thieves...

So Matthew was unlucky.

Total bad luck.

There was actually no one around Matthew. There is no such person as Pound who is as loyal or as stubborn. What's even more tragic is that all of this was caused by Matthew himself. Matthew talks about his family and brothers every day, but when something really happens, his behavior towards his family and brothers is completely exposed. Family members are used to deceive, and brothers are used to sell. Matthew believes that the benevolence, righteousness and morality of the Han people are all deceptive, so he has not considered at all what will happen to the team if the leader really loses the "benevolence, righteousness and morality". How has it become...?

When there are benefits, Matthew can win over some people, but when the danger comes...

When the first danger came, Pound died in his place.

Matthew didn't learn any lessons or get any amazing growth from it.

Therefore, when the second danger came, the guards who were still loyal to him were sent away by Matthew himself with a cloak.

Among the horse thieves he summoned, those who still had some sense of justice were killed by Matthew himself.

One can naturally imagine what kind of people the remaining people around Matthew will be like.

This road, step by step, was taken by Matthew himself.鉩

Among the horse thieves who were lagging behind in Ma Xiu's queue, when they saw that Zhang Liao was about to catch up, some of them subconsciously hid aside in panic. Some were shot dead directly by Zhang Liao's men, but others escaped under the sinking dusk.

As a result, Matthew's queue was like ice cream under the summer heat. Not only did the appearance begin to melt, but even the shape gradually collapsed. More and more horse thieves broke away from Ma Xiu's queue and fled for their lives. Such collapse even occurred in an instant, making both Ma Xiu and Zhang Liao stunned for a moment...

Although there are some hills and meadows around Xihai City, most of them are relatively flat, so as soon as Matthew's queue dispersed, it was really like a snooker billiard ball being stabbed hard. Zhang Liao and Matthew They met his eyes directly!

At this time, there are still two or three loyal guards beside Matthew, but for the current situation, this number of guards is equivalent to being naked, or is it just wearing socks all over the body?

Matthew howled subconsciously, not knowing whether he was cursing those who abandoned him or venting his fear...

Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes alone. This saying sometimes makes sense.

I don't know if it was because of exhaustion of stamina, something went wrong with daily maintenance, or something was caught by the horse's hoof. Anyway, suddenly, Matthew's horse stumbled and threw Matthew out!鉩

Matthew fell heavily to the ground. Because there was a grass cushion on the ground, he did not break his neck on the spot, but only broke his other good leg...

Matthew's two or three remaining guards tried to rescue them, but they were no match for the chasing Zhang Liao and others. They almost met each other, like a few scattered snowflakes meeting the flames. They just made a light sound and then is gone.

Matthew was knocked unconscious and moaned in pain on the ground. When he came back to his senses, he realized that he seemed to be the only one left in this world.

Subconsciously, Matthew twisted crazily on the ground, crawling away from Zhang Liao, dragging his injured and broken legs, struggling for life.

Zhang Liao reined in his horse and rode back again. He looked at Ma Xiu crawling on the ground and said, "Are you the leader of the horse thieves?" 』

"No! "I don't know whether it was fear or pain. Matthew burst into tears and denied it, "No, no! I'm not! 』

Zhang Liao looked around, "But I think you are." 』鉩

Matthew finally broke down.

"Do not kill me! Matthew shouted heartbreakingly, "I'm still useful!" There are many more things I can tell you! very many! 』

Zhang Liao was determined now, so he smiled, dismounted, stood in front of Ma Xiu with his sword in hand.

"oh? What can you tell me? ” Zhang Liao looked at Ma Xiu.

Matthew looked at Zhang Liao expectantly, looking completely pitiful, "I...I can tell you everything!" Everything! real! The contacts in Xihai City... and the ones I know... will tell you! all! As long as...just spare me! Just treat me like a fart and let me go! 』

Zhang Liao thought for a moment and shook his head, "Oh, forget it, these are not important, the important thing is... I don't like farting..."

"No..." Matthew screamed.鉩

The light of the knife flashed.

Blood flew out.

……_(:,　∠)_……

The dusk is deep.

Hussar General's Mansion.

After Feiqian Guo Tu and Feng Ji left, he did not end the meeting, but retained Xun You and Pang Tong.

The attendant served some refreshments.鉩

Today's Jiangjunfu tea is similar to the tea of ​​later generations. It is loose tea rather than group tea.

The advantage of loose tea is that it does not need to be steamed but directly roasted, retaining the true color and true flavor of the tea. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to store. In addition, there is no grinding, crushing, foaming, etc. of Tuan tea. method.

The Japanese tea ceremony of later generations basically preserved the Chinese tea-drinking habit during the Tang and Song Dynasties. For example, some people are excited about matcha because it is a foreign product. In fact, it has been popular in China for a long time and has fallen out of fashion a long time ago.

The most fundamental reason why loose tea can finally defeat group tea is simplicity.

Boil water, brew, and drink.

Return to the essence.

This is enough. Although those techniques of fighting matcha tea are not called coquettish bitches, they do add too many things to the tea itself, and fail to highlight its true core.鉩

The core is the needs of people themselves.

It’s like the politics of the moment.

What is necessary is good, what is not necessary is superfluous, or the opposite.

"Jiangdong..." Fei Qian held the tea cup and asked as if he was having a normal chat, "What if we send some people...it is rumored that the Hundred Medical Center can cure Zhou Gongjin's disease?" 』

Xun You was stunned for a moment, "My lord, this Baiyi Medical Center is really capable of..."

Fei Qian smiled and said: "There are many diseases in the world, more than tens of thousands, but the Hundred Medical Clinic is only a hundred doctors after all..."

Can you still understand it this way?鉩

Xun You couldn't help stroking his beard and remained silent.

"In addition, according to someone's knowledge, is Zhou Gongjin's condition... called cough and asthma... What are the disadvantages of the internal organs, above and below the ointment?" Fei Qian sighed and said, "If Zhou Gongjin could have come to Chang'an a few years ago... maybe... now it is beyond human power after all..."

Judging from the information transmitted by Fei Qianjiangdong's intelligence line, Zhou Yu most likely suffered from respiratory infection, viral tracheitis and the like. This disease develops slowly in the early stages, often just like a common cold, and does not attract much attention. Of course, under the medical conditions of the Han Dynasty, even if it was taken seriously, there may not be any targeted anti-inflammatory drugs.

In the early stage, it may just be a cough, but in the advanced stages of this disease, it is easy to be complicated by obstructive emphysema as the disease progresses, causing lung function to be damaged, greatly affecting health and labor. There will be some relief when temperatures rise in the spring, only to return again in the winter.

Chinese traditional Chinese medicine mostly uses convention to name this disease, that is, naming the disease based on its symptoms. Therefore, in many cases, it will appear to be somewhat imprecise. For example, asthma is a disease, but all asthma and coughs are included in it. At some point, it will indeed lead to some problems, so that Mr. Zhou is very critical of traditional Chinese medicine. But what should be criticized more is not the quackery, but the mechanism that continuously produces quackery.

It's like discovering kidney deficiency, not solving the real root cause of the disease and nourishing the deficiency syndrome, but using certain elixirs to continuously stimulate Yang Qi. What will be the final result...

When Zhou Yu's symptoms were mild, if he rested, generally speaking, the symptoms of tracheitis would become chronic, but it does not mean that it would worsen too quickly. It would be possible to delay it for more than ten or twenty years, but it is obvious that Jiangdong's continuous changes made Zhou Yu unable to calm down at all.鉩

What ultimately led to Zhou Yu's current situation was illness, but it was not illness.

"But..." Fei Qian turned the topic back, "Nevertheless, the health-preserving techniques of Dr. Hua from the Baiyi Clinic can prolong life to some extent..."

This is true.

Even if there are many doctors in the Hundred Medical Center who cannot cure Zhou Yu's illness, they can more or less alleviate his pain and extend his life.

During this period of time, Fei Qian arranged a physical examination for the middle and upper-level officials in Chang'an.

Well, that's right, it's similar to the employee physical examination of later generations.

This is a benefit for employees, and it is also a benefit for bosses.鉩

"Physician Hua once said that the symptoms of cough and asthma are mostly caused by insufficient healthy qi, failure to protect the outside world, and the feeling of external evil, which invades the five internal organs, causing qi deficiency and dampness to accumulate, and the inability to absorb qi..." Fei Qian said slowly, " Just like this, it spread to Jiangdong... What choice would Sun Zhongmou make? 』

"No right to accept Qi?" ” Pang Tong laughed twice, “This sentence alone is enough to make that boy half angry to death... But I guess Sun Zhongmou will definitely refuse to let Zhou Gongjin go... My lord, this strategy can be said to be a drain on the bottom of the cauldron... ”

The matter of life and death is a great terror.

This is something that all living beings have to face, but don't want to face.

Hua Tuo was describing his cough and asthma in very normal sentences, but those restless and well-meaning guys in Jiangdong would probably be able to understand some special meaning from it.

If those guys in Jiangdong are all of the same mind, then Fei Qian's trick is not worth mentioning at all. But the question is here, can the people of Jiangdong be of the same mind?

Fei Qian also laughed, and after a while he sighed slightly, "What a pity Zhou Gongjin." 』鉩

Pang Tong also stopped laughing, as if he had recalled something, and said: "I'm not sure Zhou Langgu... tsk tsk, I never thought that this would come after all these years, phew..."

Fei Qian glanced at Pang Tong's belly and said, "Shiyuan, Doctor Hua also said that if your belly is not smaller, you will have trouble in the future..."

"ah? ” Pang Tong touched his belly, showing a very helpless and troubled look, “This... is like this, do you still want to reduce it? 』

Why should you lose weight if you gain weight based on your ability?

That's right, after Pang Tong lost weight during his trip to Wancheng some time ago, his weight rebounded with a vengeance. Pang Tong stroked his belly and sighed, "I understand." 』

Fei Qian looked at Xun You again and said, "Gongda, my shoulders and neck are sore. Doctor Hua also said that you should not sit for a long time and read... Remember to use the engraved glass I sent..."

Xun You handed over his hand and said, "Thank you, my lord, for your mercy." 』鉩

Fei Qian nodded and said, "Observe Zhou Gongjin's mistakes to learn from yourself." If Zhou Gongjin had lost his body, how could he have suffered from Jiangdong's current terminal illness? When Zhou Gongjin died, Jiang Dong suddenly lost his smoothness and became suspicious..."

This is almost an inevitable problem, but the problem is that when Jiangdong realized this problem, he still failed to really solve it.

The problem in Jiangdong should have arisen during Sun Jian's time, but Sun Jian did not take it seriously and did not solve the problem. So when Sun Ce came to the throne, he still wanted to deal with it simply, and the result was violent. . As for Sun Quan, his methods gradually matured in the later stages, but they are still problematic. It can even be said to be somewhat paranoid. It feels more like solving problems for revenge, even involving his own children. .

"The disadvantages of Jiangdong are like the disease of Gongjin, who is already in a terminal state..." Fei Qian said slowly, "The people of Huaisi feel that they are meritorious and despise the people of Jiangnan... The people of Jiangdong are more unruly and disrespectful. The Sun family is like a thief...civilian officials pride themselves on scriptures, and military generals pride themselves on violence...Only Zhou Gongjin, who is Huaisi and has a good relationship with Jiangdong, can be a civil servant with a feather fan and a silk scarf, and a military commander can roam the battlefield..."

Xun You glanced at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong looked as usual.

"If Zhou Gongjin either leaves or dies, all factions in Jiangdong will definitely be in conflict." ” Fei Qian continued, “By then, Jiangdong’s invasion of Sichuan may have gone unnoticed...”

Pang Tong nodded and said, "It's just as my lord said." The incident of Guan Jiangdong's attack on Sichuan was the result of Zhou Gongjin's desire to implement a policy of unification..."

What Zhou Yu will do in the last period of time is actually not difficult to guess.

Because Zhou Yu is a gentleman.

The behavior of a gentleman is best guessed.

Zhou Yu's current strategy may seem complicated, but if you understand its core goal, everything will be simple. In fact, everything is for Jiangdong, or in other words, everything is for the inheritance left by Sun Ce.

Under such a goal, Zhou Yu will try his best to transfer the unstable factors within Jiangdong through the war against Sichuan and Shu, allowing those unruly generals to retire with honor, or letting those double-minded civil servants wear The label of collaboration with the enemy may indeed be to obtain the land of Sichuan and Shu in the whole process, but the cleaning in this process is also indispensable.

This is also a conspiracy.鉩

Fei Qian smelled something familiar to him.

Xun You nodded at the side and said: "Zhou Gongjin relies on himself...he must not escape from this round...Zhou Gongjin will definitely die in Jiangdong..."

Pang Tong touched his palms and sighed: "My lord, by carrying out this strategy, there are rumors in Jiangdong that it will destroy Zhou Gongjin's back-up... It can be said to be a wonderful thing." If Zhou Gongjin didn't come to Chang'an, he would take it by himself. No wonder others. Naturally, there would be no so-called mourning troops. If he came... Well, what Gongda said is true, he will definitely not be able to come. 』

For a moment, the three of them fell silent.

This is the path Fei Qian gave Zhou Yu.

It doesn’t have to be Sunshine Boulevard.

But at least he will live longer than in Jiangdong.鉩

Unfortunately……

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