Chapter 2919: Rats, rats, rats, no food for me
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 those days. 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.
In and around 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, I don’t know why, got a lot better...
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, as well as Taishi Ci''s flag being planted on the top of the city and his soldiers stationed on the city wall and streets, the commotion in the city and the situation in the neighborhood immediately calmed down.
The people in the city have resumed their original activities, but the streets are in a mess, the ruins of the walls, the burned and damaged utensils, and the bloodstains on them seem to be telling something, but no one is listening.
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 You Wensi.
?Even the people in Youwensi know 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 Wen initially discovered the anomaly in Guan Er, but did not choose to report it. Instead, he waited until Taishi Ci... No, he waited until General Hussar confirmed it. After arriving at Xihai City, his whereabouts were revealed and he came to report the matter.
?Of course, the superficial reason is that Taishi Ci has taken up the banner of the 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. Is there another deeper reason...
Tai Shici didn''t want to ask, and Liu Min, who had heard about it, certainly wouldn''t tell.
Human nature is something that has never been clearly explained.
"Since there are two connections in the city," Tai Shici stared at Liu Min, who was in the Youwen Division, and said in a low voice, "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 Regions not long ago... I only discovered Pass 2 recently, so I thought I would go 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? 』
Tai Shi 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 think a certain knife is harmful? 』
Liu Min lowered his head and said, "I don''t dare!" I mean, we can take action first on the 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... The new governor has arrived, and as usual, the priority is to appease the people, which will make these people relax to some extent. …』
?Xihai City, under Lu Bu’s governance, was almost like a sieve, with holes everywhere, incomparable to the Aunt District in later generations...
Hunt, spy, 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 into it.
???When Lu Bu suddenly rose up in Xihai City and attracted everyone from the Western Regions, did he just attract good people?
??Had it not been for Zhang Liao''s two migrations of the people in the West Sea, which disrupted the relationship and arrangement of these people, there would have been problems long ago. If Taishi Ci wants to accept the title of Protector of the Western Regions, the first thing he has to do is face the mess left by Lu Bu.
Zhang Liao mainly considered the soldiers in the army, while Taishi Ci had to consider even more...
Tai Shici 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, and if there is an evildoer in the West Sea by then...I will chop off your head first! 』
! 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!” 』
Tai Shi 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 talismans. 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 in the painting are not connected together.
With a definite text, such problems are obviously less likely to occur.
It’s just that these few days, there has been little business at the calligraphy and painting stalls.
?With the war in chaos, who can bother to write a letter?
After Taishi Ci came, 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, pretending 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. 』
What good is that to 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 you want to use, not the uncle who begs you!" 』
The two men''s eyes met. 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. Now 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 and said, “This is the second time you have threatened me with your family. 』
??Yang Kan smiled, with a cruel taste in his smile, "Don''t worry, there won''t be a third time." 』
The two people narrowed their eyes. After looking at each other for a moment, they 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 left a sentence coldly: "Inquire about the time when Qiusi will arrive at Xihai, and 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 is 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.
Xihai City, starting from scratch is not that easy.
Li Ru sat in charge, appearing calm and calm on the surface, but in fact he was very dark underneath. When Lu Bu became the leader, he appeared to be 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 have been excluded by the big man talk about the good things of the big man in their hearts?
The calligraphy and painting stall owner is such a person. From the time he can remember, the big man has given him nothing. He is the same as 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 **** 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...
?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 has never felt such 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 afar, why does this garbage still miss this country?
『Yeah, 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.
?Arrived at the door of his house, 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 men 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 from 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 on the left and the other on 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 forward troops, Han Guo returned to Xihai City with his damaged troops.
Seeing Taishi Ci''s flag flying at the top of the city, Han Guo ignored the dust and dirt all over 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. 』
Tai Shici nodded and said, "So you want to gain more military exploits before my 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, "The lower official is guilty." 』
Tai Shi 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 Zhang Liao estimated that the situation was about the same, so he went to rescue the army camp with his troops, 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. Normally 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 rotten. 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! 』
Tai Shici 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 to the poor Taoist, and feels that he I narrowly escaped the blame, escaped the storm, and now I can feel at ease.
Repent?
Does not exist.
For creatures like officials, the word "regret" has never been used. There is no such thing as regret or repentance.
Haven’t you seen that you cried bitterly only after you were caught? Were you sanctimonious before you were caught?
"Forget it... I wanted to kill Wei Xu before, but my lord stopped me... Maybe you and General Wenyuan are right to do this... I will tell you the specific merits and demerits when my lord comes... Now, get to work first!" ” 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 my countrymen, establish the laws of rural exodus, and consolidate the big and small kingdoms; secondly, 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 Shi Ci pointed to the position in the foyer, "Han Zhizhi, please ask a craftsman to find a craftsman to carve these three items into plaques and hang them on them, so as not to forget them..."
?Han Guo responded.
Tai Shici suddenly smiled and said, "Just like my lord said, don''t 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! 』
(End of this chapter)