Three Kingdoms

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

  He wasn't sure if the so-called guy in the red cape was the real horse thief leader.

   But give it a try...

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

  Matthew's injured leg, which has not yet healed, reminds him of his incompetence all the time.

  Matthew licked his somewhat dry lips. The bumping of the horse still caused some pain in his legs. He resisted 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 Matthew secretly turned his head and saw Zhang Liao's banner closely following him, he was suddenly short of breath and flustered.

How can this be?

   Matthew didn't understand, why he was still targeted by Zhang Liao without making a show of himself? I was planning to escape in the chaos, planning that it would be getting dark anyway, as long as I survived this period of time, I would be safe, but I didn't expect...

  Matthew turned his head again, and suddenly heard some chaotic shouts, and suddenly he was shocked!

   Capes!

  Damn cape!

  Because he has an injury on his leg that has not healed, he is more afraid of the cold, so he wears an extra cloak than usual. The cloak can not only be used to keep out the cold in the morning and evening, but also can be used as an extra layer of quilt when sleeping, or folded up and placed under the legs to relieve the pain of the wound. It is very useful.

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

   After Matthew shouted, 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, and tied it on. Immediately, he steered his horse to the side of the queue, and then turned his head to Matthew and shouted, "Young leader! Get over it! 』

  Matthew didn't make any movements, 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 has never read any books, and he has always sneered at the concepts of benevolence, righteousness and morality of the Han people, thinking that the Han people are all hypocrites, and those scriptures are deceptive. He thinks he is smart enough to see through the treacherous tricks of the Han people and escape the traps set by the Han people in the name of "benevolence, righteousness and morality".

  In more cases, this seemingly stupid moral constraint is actually the foundation for an organization, a team, and a society to be strong.

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

   is very simple.

  Although Zhang Liao was unable to penetrate the shadows behind and see Matthew's small movements on horseback, the majority and the minority were still clear at a glance.

  According to common sense, some people will leave most of their guards and escape alone? Especially in the case of being called to break the whereabouts. Then there are only two possibilities, one is that the person wearing the cloak is not an important person at all, and was forced to leave the queue in order not to affect other people, and the other possibility is that someone has been replaced...

  Of course, Zhang Liao would not be able to guard against someone who did not play cards according to common sense. So in order to guard against a very small number of people who do not play cards according to 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 enough feed, naturally has stronger physical strength and more endurance than those horses carelessly taken care of by horse thieves...

  So Matthew was out of luck.

   Completely unlucky.

  There is actually no one around Matthew. There is no such loyal, or so-called die-hard person like Pound. What's even more tragic is that all of this was caused by Matthew himself. Matthew talked about his family and brothers every day, but when something happened, his behavior towards his family and brothers was 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 deceitful, so he didn't think about it at all. how become...

  When it is beneficial, Matthew can win over some people, but when the danger comes...

   When the first danger came, Pound died instead of him.

  Matthew didn't learn any lessons from it, and got any amazing growth.

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

  Originally among the horse thieves he summoned, those who still had a sense of justice were killed by Matthew himself.

   It is natural to imagine what kind of people are left by Matthew's side.

   This road, step by step, is all walked by Matthew himself.

  The horse thieves who were behind in the horse thieves saw that they were about to be overtaken by Zhang Liao, so some people panicked and subconsciously dodged to the side. Some were directly shot by Zhang Liao's men, but others escaped in the fading twilight.

  So Matthew's queue was like ice cream under the high temperature in summer, not only the appearance began to melt, but also the shape gradually collapsed. More and more horse thieves broke away from Matthew's queue and ran for their lives, and such a collapse was formed in an instant, which made both Matthew and Zhang Liao stunned for a moment...

Although there are some hills and meadows around Xihai City, most of them are relatively flat, so when Matthew's queue spreads out, it's really like a Srock billiard ball being stabbed hard, Zhang Liao and Matthew immediately They met eyes directly!

  At this time, there are still two or three loyal guards around Matthew, but in the current situation, this number of guards is already equivalent to being naked, or is the whole body only wearing socks?

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

   Blessings are unparalleled, but misfortunes never come singly. This sentence sometimes makes sense.

   I don't know if it was due to the exhaustion of stamina, or something wrong with the daily maintenance, or something caught in the horse's hoof, anyway, suddenly, one of Matthew's war horses stumbled and threw Matthew out!

  Matthew fell heavily on the ground, because the ground was covered with straw, so he didn't break his neck on the spot, but broke his other good leg...

The remaining two or three guards of Matthew tried to rescue them, but they were not the opponents of Zhang Liao and the others who were chasing after them. is gone.

  Matthew was thrown stupidly, moaning in pain on the ground, when he came back to his senses, he realized that he was the only one left in this world.

  Maxiu subconsciously writhed frantically on the ground, crawling away from Zhang Liao, dragging his injured leg, carrying a broken leg, struggling for his life.

  Zhang Liao reined in his horse, turned back, looked at Matthew crawling on the ground, and said, "Are you the leader of the horse thieves?" 』

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

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

   Matthew finally broke down.

"Do not kill me! ’ Matthew exclaimed heart-piercingly, ‘I’m still useful! I can tell you a lot more! very many! 』

   Zhang Liao was sure now, so he smiled, dismounted, and stood in front of Matthew with his saber in hand.

"oh? what can you tell me 』Zhang Liao looked at Matthew.

  Matthew looked at Zhang Liao expectantly, with a pitiful look on his face, "I...I can tell you everything! Everything! real! The joint people in Xihai City...and those I know...tell you! all! Just...just spare me! Just treat me like a fart and let me go! 』

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

   "No..." Matthew screamed.

  The light of the knife flashed.

  Blood flew out.

  …_(:,”∠)_…

   Twilight is deep.

   Hussar General's Mansion.

   After Guo Tu and Feng Ji left, Fei Qian did not end the meeting, but kept Xun You and Pang Tong.

  The servant served some refreshments.

   Today's tea leaves in the General's Mansion are similar to the tea leaves of later generations. They are loose tea rather than round tea.

The advantage of loose tea is that it does not need to be steamed and baked directly, which retains the true color and true taste of the tea, but the disadvantage is that it is not easy to store, and there is no grinding, crushing, foaming, etc. of lump tea. method.

  The tea ceremony of later generations in the East basically preserved the tea drinking habits of China during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Like matcha tea, some people are excited because it is a foreign product. In fact, it has been popular in China for a long time, and it has been out of fashion for a long time.

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

   Boil water, brew and drink.

  Back to the essence.

This is enough. Those methods of tea fighting with matcha, although they can't be called coquettish and cheap, but it is true that there are too many things added to the tea itself, but it fails to highlight its true core.

  The core is the needs of people themselves.

   It’s like politics right now.

   What is needed is good, what is not needed is superfluous, or it is the opposite.

  『Jiangdong...』 Holding a teacup, Fei Qian asked as if chatting normally, 『If you send some people... It is rumored that the Hundred Medical Hall can cure Zhou Gongjin's disease, how about it? 』

  Xun You was taken aback, "My lord, this hundred medical clinics can really..."

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

   Can you still understand this?

   Xun You couldn't help but stroked his beard, and remained silent.

  『In addition, as far as someone knows, is Zhou Gongjin’s illness...called cough and asthma...the evils of the inner palace, above blindness, under ointment, what if? Fei Qian sighed and said, "If Zhou Gongjin could have come to Chang'an a few years earlier... maybe... now it is beyond human power..."

   Judging from the information passed by Fei potential Jiangdong's intelligence line, Zhou Yu most likely has respiratory tract infection, viral tracheitis and other problems. This disease develops slowly in the early stage, and it is often like a common cold, which does not attract much attention. Of course, under the medical conditions of the Han Dynasty, even if it is paid attention to, there may not be any targeted anti-inflammatory drugs.

  In the early stage, it may be just a cough, but in the advanced stage of the disease, it is easy to be complicated by obstructive emphysema during the progress of the disease, so that the lung function is damaged, which greatly affects health and labor force. After the temperature rises in spring, it will be relieved to a certain extent, and it will repeat again in winter.

  Most of the names of this disease in Huaxia TCM are based on conventions, that is, symptoms are used to name diseases. Therefore, in many cases, it will appear a little inaccurate. For example, the disease of cough and asthma, but all asthma and cough are included in it, and sometimes it will cause some problems, so that Mr. Zhou criticized Chinese medicine very much. It's just that what should be attacked is not quack doctors, but the mechanism that constantly produces quack doctors.

  It’s like discovering kidney deficiency, instead of solving the real root cause of the disease, nourishing the deficiency syndrome, but using certain prescriptions to continuously stimulate Yang Qi, the final result...

When Zhou Yu's illness was mild, if he rested, generally speaking, the illness of tracheitis would become chronic, but it would not be said to deteriorate too quickly. It is 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.

   What finally led Zhou Yu to where he is today was a disease, but it was not a disease.

  『However…』 Fei Qian turned the topic back again, 「Nevertheless, the health-preserving technique of Physician Hua of Baiyiguan can prolong life to a certain extent...」

   This is true.

  Hundreds of medical doctors, even if they can't cure Zhou Yu's disease, they can relieve his pain and prolong his life.

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

  Well, that’s right, it’s similar to employee medical examinations for later generations.

  This is a benefit for employees, as well as a benefit for the boss.

"Doctor Hua once said that the symptoms of cough and asthma are mostly due to lack of righteousness, negligence in protecting the outside, and feeling the external evil, which invades the five internal organs, causing qi deficiency and damp accumulation, and no right to receive qi..." Fei Qian said slowly, "just So spread to Jiangdong... what choice will Sun Zhongmou make? 』

  『No right to receive Qi? Pang Tong laughed loudly, "This sentence alone is enough to make that kid half-dead... But I guess, Sun Zhongmou will definitely not let Zhou Gongjin go... My lord, this strategy can be said to be a draw from the bottom..."

  The matter of life and death is a great terror.

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

  Hua Tuo was narrating very normal sentences about cough and asthma, but those uneasy and kind guys in Jiangdong must be able to understand some special meanings from them.

  If those guys in Jiangdong can be of the same mind, then Fei Qian's trick is not worth mentioning at all, but the problem is here, is it possible for the people of Jiangdong to be of the same mind?

   Fei Qian also laughed, and after a while sighed slightly, "It's a pity Zhou Gongjin. 』

  Pang Tong also smiled, as if recalling something, and said: "There is a mistake in the song Zhou Langgu... Tsk tsk, I never thought it would come this year, huh..."

  Fei sneaked a glance at Pang Tong's belly, and said, "Shi Yuan, 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 distressed look, “This...it’s all like this, and you still need to reduce it? 』

  Why do you want to reduce the fat that grows based on your ability?

   That’s right, after Pang Tong’s weight loss during his trip to Wancheng some time ago, he regained his weight in a retaliatory manner. Pang Tong stroked his belly and sighed, "Got it. 』

  Fei Qian looked at Xun You again, and said, "Gongda, your shoulders and neck are sore. Doctor Hua also said that you should avoid sitting and reading for a long time... remember to use the engraving I sent you..."

  Xun You cupped his hands, "Thank you, my lord, for your mercy. 』

   Fei Qian nodded and said: "Look at Zhou Gongjin's mistakes, and learn from yourself." If Zhou Gongjin cherishes her body, how can she have 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 Jiang Dong still couldn't really solve it when he realized this problem.

Jiangdong's problem should have appeared in Sun Jian's era, but Sun Jian didn't take it seriously and didn't solve it, so that when Sun Ce came, he still wanted to deal with it in a simple way, and the result was a thunderstorm up. As for Sun Quan, his methods gradually matured in the later stage, but there are still problems, and it can even be said that there are some paranoid manifestations. It feels more like solving problems for revenge, even his own children. .

"Jiangdong's malpractice is like Gongjin's disease, which is already on the verge of dying..." Fei Qian said slowly, "People in Huaisi, conscious of meritorious service, despise the people in Jiangnan...Jiangdong's subordinates are more rebellious, and they look down on Sun's family." Like a thief...Civilian officials pride themselves on scriptures, military commanders pride themselves on violence...Only Zhou Gongjin, who is both a Huaisi and a good friend of Jiangdong, can write like a feather fan and scarf, and can fight freely on the battlefield...』

  Xun You glanced at Pang Tong.

  Pang Tong looked as usual.

  『Whether Zhou Gongjin leaves or perishes, the various factions in Jiangdong are bound to be crushed. ’ Fei Qian continued, ‘At that time, Jiangdong’s conquest of Sichuan may be over…’

  Pang Tong nodded and said, "It's just as my lord said. A certain view of Jiangdong's attack on Sichuan was Zhou Gongjin's plan to unify...』

   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 everything is for the foundation left by Sun Ce.

Under such a goal, Zhou Yu will try his best to pass on the unstable factors in Jiangdong through the conquest of Sichuan and Shu, so that those unruly generals will leave the field with honor, or let those half-hearted civil servants wear In the whole process, the hat of collaborating with the enemy may indeed be for the purpose of obtaining the land in Sichuan and Shu, but the cleaning in the process is also indispensable.

   This is also a conspiracy.

   Fei Qian smelled something familiar to him.

  Xun You nodded at the side and said: "Zhou Gongjin is taking care of himself... In this game, he must not withdraw... Zhou Gongjin will die in Jiangdong..."

  Pang Tong clapped his palms and sighed: "My lord's strategy is rumored in Jiangdong, and it will destroy Zhou Gongjin's successor... It can be said to be very wonderful." If Zhou Gongjin didn't come to Chang'an, he would take it on his own, no wonder others, naturally there is no such thing as a mourning soldier, if he came... Well, what Gongda said is right, he must not come. 』

   For a while, the three of them fell silent.

   This is the way Fei Qian gave Zhou Yu.

   Not necessarily Sunshine Avenue.

  But at least he will live longer than in Jiangdong.

Unfortunately…