Three Kingdoms

The public is a very strange creature. When they gather together, they often lose their individual rationality and are left with only group behavior. This may be because humans were accustomed to living in groups in ancient times, and there was no writing in that era. In an age where there was no language, someone who behaved slightly unsocially might be directly chopped into pieces and cooked into food by others.

Inside and outside Xihai City, Taishi Ci's soldiers deliberately formed an array.

The remaining people in the street looked with some fear, but when they saw a group of people, either with bald spots on their heads or with pigtails, being escorted by the Han army. At that moment, his courage suddenly grew, and he started to move around, shouting curses at these people, and throwing clods and stones.

Then the mood of these people became much better for some reason...

Taishi Ci's method was very direct. He did not issue any notices, nor broadcast any slogans throughout the city. He did not even say a single word. He just dragged some prisoners and wandered around the city.

With such a simple action, plus the planting of Taishi Ci's flag on the top of the city and the soldiers stationed on the city wall and streets, the commotion in the city and the situation in the inner square immediately calmed down.

The people in the city resumed their original activities, but the mess on the streets, the ruins of the walls, the burned and damaged utensils, and the blood stains seemed to be still telling something, but no one listened.

At this moment, Taishi Ci was furious with Liu Min, the leader of the action team of the Youwen Division in the city. The reason was that Liu Min discovered Guan Er's actions but did not stop him.

No one likes Yuwenji.

Even Youwensi himself knows this, but many times, if a city or a country wants to be stable, it cannot do without Youwensi.

Taishi Ci also knew this, so he did not ask in detail why Si Youwen discovered the anomaly in Guan Er in the first place, but did not choose to report it. Instead, he waited until Taishi Ci... No, he waited until General Hussar. After confirming that he was going to Xihai City, he revealed his whereabouts and came to report the matter.

Of course, the superficial reason is that Taishi Ci has taken up the banner of Protector of the Western Regions, so Youwen Si will work under the new Protector of the Western Regions in the future and has to come to see his boss. But is there another deeper reason... …

Taishi Ci didn't want to ask, and Liu Min, who was in charge of Wensi, certainly wouldn't tell.

Human nature is something that can never be explained clearly.

"Since there are two connections in the city," Tai Shici stared at Liu Min from the Wen Department, his voice low, "There must be three connections!" John Doe! Can you, Wen Si, do this? ! I don’t want to fight outside the city while the city is on fire! 』

Liu Min smiled bitterly and said: "I have just arrived in the Western Region not long ago... I only discovered Pass 2 recently. I am thinking of fishing for a long time..."

“Now the result is that the fish has escaped. ” Tai Shici interrupted Liu Min, “I don’t want to hear any excuses or explanations, so I’m asking you what to do now!” 』

Liu Min reported back: "To report to the Protector, when I followed Guan Er before I came down, I found two suspicious things. One was a calligraphy and painting stall diagonally opposite Guan Er's original residence. He helped people write letters. The person in charge of the calligraphy and painting stall , when writing, look around a lot... There is another place that is a bun shop, or a place for delivering messages... I would like to ask the governor, do you want to arrest the people from these two places? 』

Taishi Ci narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "Didn't someone just say that?" I'm asking you what to do! Up to now, I still hide it, because I feel that a certain knife is harmful? 』

Liu Min lowered his head and said, "I don't dare!" I mean, we can take action first on that calligraphy and painting stall... As for the bun shop, it's better to keep an eye on it first and not take action for the time being... With the new arrival of the Protector, as usual, the priority is to appease the people, which will make these people more or less People are lax..."

Xihai City, under Lu Bu's governance, was almost like a sieve, with holes everywhere, incomparable to the Aunt District in later generations...

A secret agent, a spy, a spy.

This is a method used by almost any dynasty, both at home and abroad.

Even if it is not in the original castle, a wooden horse must be created and sent in.

When Lu Bu suddenly rose up in Xihai City and attracted everyone from the Western Regions, was he just attracting good people?

If Zhang Liao hadn't moved the people in the West Sea twice, disrupting the relationship and arrangements between these people, problems would have arisen long ago. If Taishi Ci wanted to accept the title of Protector of the Western Regions, the first thing he had to do was face the mess left by Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao mainly considered the soldiers in the army, but Taishi Ci had more to consider...

Taishi Ci was silent for a long time, nodded and said, "Keep an eye on these two places!" But there is a deadline! The Lord is coming. If there is someone evil in the West Sea by then... I will chop off your head first! 』

"only! I am determined to make the city clean when the Hussars come! ” Liu Min kowtowed and said, “Please give me a commanding flag by the commander-in-chief. If you need it urgently, you can mobilize your troops and horses!” 』

Taishi Ci took an order flag from the side of the table and threw it in front of Liu Min, "There will be results within three days!" 』

……(*`ェ′*)……

Not everyone in Xihai City can read. The Western Region is too far away from Guanzhong. Many people from Guanzhong who come to the Western Region will inevitably think of the soil of their hometown and the people in the courtyard in the Gobi Desert, so there is business in calligraphy and painting stalls.

If there weren't these calligraphy and painting stalls, if you wanted to send a letter home and you couldn't read, you might have to draw symbols by ghost. It's okay if someone in the family guesses correctly, but if they guess wrong...

For example, the painting of two people may have originally meant missing his wife at home, but the wife cried as soon as she read it, indicating that this letter was about "breaking up"!

Because the claws of the two matchsticks drawn are not hooked together.

With definite text, such problems are obviously less likely to occur.

But these days, there is no business at the calligraphy and painting stalls.

In the chaos of war, who can bother to write a letter?

After Taishi Ci arrived, he saw the soldiers on duty in Xihai City. The people in Xihai City gradually settled down, and there was no longer such a strict curfew. People took to the streets for activities, and calligraphy and painting stalls were set up again.

Not long after the stall was set up, business came to the door.

One person walked over with a smile, and even nodded and said hello to people he knew or didn't know. He looked very kind and kind. However, after sitting down, his face became gloomy. The original kindness disappeared, and the rest was all gloomy. cold. "What happened to Guan Er?" Didn't we agree not to expose it? ! 』

The owner of the calligraphy and painting stall took out a pen and paper, pretended to sharpen ink, and glanced around, "How do I know?" Maybe he was scared and ran away. I only found out the news after he ran away. 』

"Then what's the use of you?" ! ” The man’s eyelids stood up, and there was a fierceness in his triangular eyes.

The owner of the calligraphy and painting stall put down his pen and said, "You guys with the surname Yang are the ones who want to use me, not me who begs you!" 』

The two of them looked at each other, and although their faces were different, their eyes were equally fierce.

The calligraphy and painting stall owner was frightened every day and was already on the verge of collapse due to stress. When he saw Yang Kan threatening him, he naturally felt an unknown fire in his heart.

Yang Kan sneered, stretched his head forward, and then made a virtual chop on his neck with his palm, "Come on, you go report it, let the Hussar's knife chop me first, and then I will definitely be in the underworld." Wait, wait to see your wife and children die without a burial place! 』

"..." The calligraphy and painting stall owner was silent for a moment, then rolled his eyelids, "This is the second time you have threatened me with your family." 』

Yang Kan chuckled, his smile full of cruelty, "Don't worry, there won't be a third time." 』

The two people narrowed their eyes, looked at each other for a moment, then turned their heads away and scanned their surroundings.

The calligraphy and painting stall owner whispered: "What on earth are you going to do?" 』

Yang Kan dropped a sentence coldly: "Inquire about the time when Qiao Qi will arrive at Xihai, as well as the daily arrangements." 』

The calligraphy and painting stall owner also sneered, "Do you think I can find out what I want to ask about?" 』

"That's your business. Yang Kan stood up and said, "What did I find out? What's the price?" 』

After saying that, Yang Kan left.

The calligraphy and painting stall owner was silent for a long time, and then other people came and asked him to write a letter for him to go home. It was not until the afternoon, near dusk, that the calligraphy and painting stall owner slowly collected the cloth stall and gathered it into a baggage. Carrying it on my back, I slowly went home.

It is not that easy to build Xihai City from scratch.

Li Ru was sitting in it, and he looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was very dark underneath. When Lu Bu became the leader, he looked very cruel on the surface, but everyone knew that as long as they gave money, everything would be fine, so from that time on, Xihai City began to Rotten.

The Western Region is somewhat similar to that of Jiaozhi. It is also a place where "heroes" from all walks of life have been exiled for many years.

How many of these people who were excluded by the big man would talk about the good things about the big man in their hearts?

The calligraphy and painting stall owner is like this. Ever since he can remember, the big man has never given him anything. Like Guan Er, everything he has, including his youth, has nothing to do with the big man. Now someone suddenly appears and says in a nonchalant manner that your ancestors were Han Chinese, so you are now a Han Chinese, and then expect that the calligraphy and painting stall owner will have a sense of belonging as a Han Chinese?

Do you really think that if you have a Chinese face, wear Chinese clothes, and speak a Chinese language, you really must be a Chinese?

The calligraphy and painting stall owner sighed silently as he walked home.

He did not recognize the Han people, but he found that as long as he boasted about the advantages of the Han people in front of other Han people, and then despised the disadvantages of some countries in the Western Regions, those simple Han people would accept him and express their gratitude. That's it, so everyone laughed together like good friends.

Of course, if you are like the future generation, if you study abroad in a certain country, you can get tens of thousands of free scholarships every year and spend them as you like, and you can live in an international student dormitory with unlimited electricity. When you play ball on the playground, you can tell the local students to go away, and you can also give the teacher the middle finger and the teacher still He will laugh. At the same time, when a girl from a certain country sees it, she wants to come up and pester her to add a communication number. Every night, she goes home with a different girl and plays multi-player sports all night long. She randomly shoots a few videos to praise a certain country and what food is the best in that country. Some fans spontaneously knelt on the ground to lick them. They skipped the queue no matter what they did when they went out, and they could even shout loudly to tell people from a certain country to get out of a certain country. The police officers had nothing to do but talk about size and understanding, and they could also enjoy superior treatment from locals. When Tintin was injured, many medical experts rushed over to take care of him...

In this way, there will definitely be people who love this country so much, from the bottom of their hearts, with tears streaming down their cheeks, and with excitement in their heads.

The calligraphy and painting stall owner didn't feel this kind of treatment. So how could he, who grew up in the Western Regions, love a big man?

Do you love holding a hammer?

But when he remembered that his father was holding his hand when he was dying, and saying some incoherent words that he would return to his roots no matter what, he felt sad and confused. When a country treats its citizens as trash, Just throw it away from a distance, why does this garbage still concern this country?

"Yeah, yeah, I'm back." 』The calligrapher smiled habitually and greeted the neighbors with a friendly face. He also habitually paid attention to his surroundings and found nothing unusual.

He even regretted not escaping from Xihai City with Guan Er. He felt that Xihai City was like a prison, a cage that closed his body and suppressed his thoughts. He really wanted to return to the Western Regions. Gobi and grasslands, at least in those places, he did not need to be threatened by Yang Kai.

When he arrived at the door of his home, the calligraphy and painting stall owner took a long breath, calmed down his anxious mood, looked around, then opened the door and walked in. There are no locks on the doors. On the one hand, locks are not cheap. On the other hand, some people with no money will even stare at houses with locks and climb over the walls to steal. Because the locks mean that there is something that needs to be locked. …

The calligraphy and painting stall owner closed the door, then bolted it. Then he took a deep breath, relaxed his whole body, lowered his head and moved forward. Then he pushed the door open. After taking two steps, he was stunned. 's stop.

There were three people in soap clothes standing in the room, and the one sitting on the earthen bed by the window was Liu Min.

Liu Min didn't even look at him, but was picking out the black mud inside his nails with a knife.

The calligraphy and painting stall owner turned his head slightly and looked at both sides. Two men in black were already approaching, one from the left and the other from the right.

He raised his head and sighed, and the baggage in his hand fell to the ground.

……(〒︿〒)……

Not long after Taishi Ci arrived at Xihai City with his vanguard troops, Han Guo returned to Xihai City with his damaged troops.

Seeing Taishi Ci's flag waving at the top of the city, Han Guo ignored the dust and dirt on his body and hurriedly came to pay homage to Taishi Ci. As a result, Taishi Ci's first words were not to accuse him of neglecting his duty or the amount of damage he suffered in the battle, but Did he say: "Is this Zhang Wenyuan's idea or yours?" Are you afraid that I will take away your military power? 』

"This..." Han Guo forced a smile, "General Taishi's words are serious. 』

Taishi Ci nodded and said, "So you want to gain more military merit before the Lord comes?" Why? Is it what you want, or is it for some other reason? 』

Han Guo stopped talking.

"Then do you know that if you leave like this, Xihai City will be in chaos?" ” Tai Shici asked again.

Han Guo was silent for a long time, then reached out and took out the bronze seal from his waist, placed it in front of him, kowtowed and said, "This official is guilty." 』

Taishi Ci looked at Han Guo and fell silent.

Zhang Liaohan met two people, and they actually discussed it.

Zhang Liao can guarantee that he will not be bureaucratic or engage in formalities, but Zhang Liao has no way to confirm whether Tai Shici will do it. If his estimation is wrong, just like Zhang Liao originally thought that he could persuade Lu Bu to change his ways with just one visit, but it failed. , it’s very troublesome. So when Zhang Liao estimated that the situation was about the same, he took his men and horses to rescue the army camp, and then Taishi Ci came to fill the gap. Although there was a slight gap in the middle, Zhang Liao was in front and Taishi Ci was behind. It was normal. It won't be a big problem.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong.

Plans can never keep up with changes, that's all.

Xihai City is like being at a crossroads. Although it is easy to control up, down, left, and right, it also allows some people to escape in four directions. According to reports from scouts, those who escaped this time went south.

"Xihai City is already in ruins. Tai Shici said slowly, "All officials in Xihai, big and small, deserve to be killed!" 』

Han Guo raised his head, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

"Is it you, or General Wenyuan, who thinks there are still some people who can be saved? "Taishici looked at Han Guo's expression and asked, "Look, this is what those people who you think can still be saved did it! 』

Taishi Ci said in a deep voice, "General Wenyuan and you gave them a chance, but do they care about this chance?" You think there may be some injustice involved, but in the current situation of Sihai City, which official can be completely without responsibility? 』

Perhaps at the beginning, these officials in the Western Regions did not want to be corrupt, but also wanted to make a career. However, when they saw the corpses above them, they became greedy, and those who insisted on being upright and innocent were either killed or killed. After being expelled, the remaining officials naturally became complicit.

Over time, habits become natural. Even if Zhang Liao comes and kills a group of people, it is still impossible to get a complete change. It may even be a breath of relief behind his back. The dead Taoist friend is not dead and the poor Taoist feels that he I narrowly escaped the blame, escaped the storm, and now I can feel at ease.

repent?

nonexistent.

For creatures like officials, the word "regret" has never existed. Whether it is regret or repentance, there is no such thing.

Didn’t you see that you cried bitterly only after you were caught? Were you sanctimonious before you were caught?

"Forget it... A certain person wanted to kill Wei Xu before, but the lord stopped him... Maybe you and General Wenyuan did the right thing... We will discuss the specific merits and demerits when the lord comes... Now, let's do it first live! ” Taishi Ci waved his hand and asked Han Guo to put the copper seal away.

"My lord has given instructions, and I have also made a promise in front of my lord. On the one hand, I will treat the people of the Western Sea as the country's citizens, establish the laws of rural exodus, and consolidate the big and small kingdoms; second, I will focus on the four people without forgetting to fight, and use the ability of civil servants to supervise their power." ; Thirdly, if someone is corrupt and lazy and pursues his selfish desires, he will bind himself under the lord's command and die as an apology! ” Tai Shici pointed to the position in the foyer, “Han Zheng, please ask a craftsman to find these three items, carve them into plaques, and hang them on them, so as not to forget them...”

Han Guo responded.

Taishi Ci suddenly smiled and said, "Just like my lord said, never kill someone without teaching!" So let them know right now... that they must die knowingly when they reach the underworld! Tell them that if they surrender within three days, their crime will be reduced! 』