Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 655 Is it worth the money? (4100)

Yang Wanli set off two days early.

Wu Liang and Cao Chun's troops set off early with Boss Cao's army and headed straight for Wen County. Except for Dian Wei who was temporarily absent due to injury, the backbone of the accompanying Huan army was taken by Wu Liang. .

Each of these backbones of the army has a different role, and no one can replace them.

As for the soldiers of the Tuan army, only 10 were brought along, and the rest stayed in Cao's army to take care of Dianwei's daily life.

After all, with Cao Chun and hundreds of "tiger and leopard cavalry" soldiers accompanying him this time, there shouldn't be too many problems in defense. Even if he fought Lu Bu head-on, Wu Liang would have a good heart.

But in the end it is going to someone else's sphere of influence.

Wu Liang adhered to the principle that one thing more is worse than one thing less, and he did not lead hundreds of "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry" soldiers to march openly, but ordered the "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry" to hide their whereabouts and protect secretly as usual, leaving only Cao Chun and Shi Lai behind. A soldier is by his side in case of emergency.

This went on for about three days.

Wu Liang and others finally entered the boundary of Wen County.

Unlike the border between Yanzhou and Jizhou, the atmosphere in this place is obviously less tense. After all, Wen County belongs to Hanoi County, and the south where Wu Liang and others entered is Henan Yin. It has not been subject to strong separatism and checks and balances, and there has not been any war in this place recently. Relatively speaking, it can be regarded as a state of "living and working in peace and contentment".

Therefore, they hardly encountered any twists and turns, and walked into Wenxian County with ease.

Yang Wanli had already made arrangements to explore the way in advance. There were soldiers from the Huren army waiting to greet him outside the city gate, leading Wu Liang and others along the way without taking a single wrong path.

After temporarily settling down in the city.

Yang Wanli took the initiative to come to Wu Liang's room alone to report to him the news he had obtained during the past two days.

"Young master, what you said before is not bad. The Sima family is indeed the dominant family in Wen County. From the county government officials to the common people, they all respect the members of the Sima family. During these two days, as long as I hear When someone talks about their family, they are always talking about their patriarch, Sima Fang."

Yang Wanli said exaggeratedly, "I didn't say that, even our Zhu family in Chenliu is far from able to achieve this level of field. This Sima family is indeed not simple."

Wu Liang shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's different, Chenliu is the main city of a county, and besides the Zhu family, there are other big and small families living in it. The county is just a county seat, just like our Tuan army in Yongqiu County, our family is the only one... But everyone talks about the Sima family full of praise, which is indeed a bit exaggerated. It seems that Sima The method of the family is indeed not simple."

In Wu Liang's view, this world is not a place where everyone can be satisfied simply by being a good person and doing good deeds.

After all, everyone's interests cannot be exactly the same, and the interests of many people are still in conflict with each other. Therefore, good people and good things can only be relative terms. To protect the interests of one group of people, it may harm the interests of another group of people. interests, and how can this group of people who have lost their interests be reconciled?

Isn’t there such a saying on the Internet in later generations——“I’m not RMB, why should everyone like me.”

The Sima family is neither gold nor jewels, so it is absolutely impossible for everyone to praise them...unless they are both kind and powerful.

Sweet dates are absolutely the same as big sticks!
"Young master is saying that even if you resettled so many refugees in Yongqiu, you still can't get everyone's praise, so what can the Sima family do? They must have used unusual methods!"

Yang Wanli said with a very tactful smile, this guy was a greasy spy before, but after following Wu Liang, he will only become more greasy, and his ability to climb along the pole will gradually increase.

"Have you seen the Sima family with your own eyes in the past two days?"

Wu Liang asked again.

"Never seen."

Yang Wanli shook his head, "I have been following the young master's instructions for the past two days. I have given priority to being cautious and low-key in everything. When I go out, I seldom ask people for random inquiries. I just inadvertently go to crowded places to listen to the people chatting here. I know the location of the Sima Mansion, but I haven't gone to investigate it secretly."

"Well, you did a great job."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, and said, "In addition to these, there are other news, especially the rumors about Wen County and Lu Bu."

"Speaking of Wen County, my local people say that the word 'Wen' originated from the name of the country in the Zhou Dynasty. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when the Di people destroyed Wen, the emperor of Zhou took this place back as the land of Jinei, and finally established a county. .”

Yang Wanli said solemnly, "However, the word 'Wen' is not just as simple as the name of the country. Earlier, this place was called Wendi, because there are two rather strange hot springs in the territory. These two hot springs are so strange. It can change with the seasons, making the water temperature in the spring cool in summer and warm in winter, which benefits the surrounding people a lot.”

"Cool in summer and warm in winter?"

It was the first time Wu Liang heard of such a hot spring.

In his usual cognition, all hot springs are a specific water source produced by geothermal heat. Normally, as long as the heat source does not change, the water temperature will not change much throughout the year, and naturally it should not. The anti-seasonal phenomenon of "cool in summer and warm in winter".

This indeed accounts for an "odd" word.

Wu Liang secretly kept this matter in mind, and thought it necessary to go to these two hot springs to investigate, and try to find out the real reason for this strange phenomenon.

In addition...

Although Wu Liang's later generations have never been to Wen County, he is not sure whether there are such two hot springs in Wen County in later generations, but he can be sure that it seems that there are few known hot springs in China that have such strange characteristics. .

"It should be true. Yesterday I went to one of the hot springs to investigate. At this time, the hot springs were warm, and white mist kept rising from the water. I felt it with my hands. The water temperature should be higher than that of a human." The body temperature is slightly higher. Although you can feel the heat when you put your hands in it, it doesn't feel hot. The fellow villagers nearby told me that the water temperature will gradually drop in April next year, and then it will be hot in summer. In this season, it is as cold as the well water that has just been tapped."

Seeing Wu Liang's suspicious expression, Yang Wanli hastily stated the conclusions he reached during his personal visit.

"Let's go back and have a look together."

Wu Liang nodded, and continued, "What about Lu Bu? Did you find any valuable news?"

Yang Wanli spread his hands helplessly and said, "My lord, I've been walking around for the past two days, but I haven't heard any news about Lu Bu, and even many local people don't even know who Lu Bu is. I also deliberately mentioned 'Wen Hou' in front of several people, but they didn't know that there was a 'Wen Hou' in Wen County, and someone asked me if 'Wen Hou' was from the Sima family. Patriarch Sima Fang."

"..."

Wu Liang was also speechless.

In fact, this is not to blame for the ignorance of the local people.

After all, the means of information transmission in this era is too simple, and it is actually difficult for ordinary people to get access to information in this regard.

In addition, Lu Bu was in Chang'an when he was named "Marquis of Wen". After being named "Marquis of Wen", he never came to Wen County to take office. Guo Si led his troops into Chang'an and fled in a hurry. He almost never served as a marquis in Wen County for a day.

Under such circumstances, they don't know Lu Bu, and it's only reasonable that they don't know that there was a "Wenhou" here.

After pondering for a moment, Wu Liang then asked, "Is there any other news that needs to be added?"

"Not for the time being. Young master, is there anything that needs to be inquired about, and I will arrange it immediately?"

Yang Wanli responded quickly.

"No, be cautious, keep a low profile."

Wu Liang smiled.

……

It seems that if you want to find out about Lu Bu through folk rumors, this road should be very difficult to get through, and you still have to visit it yourself.

The only clue he got now was what Zhang Liao and Gao Shun said.

Together, they confirmed that Lu Bu suddenly became a "flying general" after Ding Yuan was stationed in Wen County. They are not the kind of cunning and sophistical people, but two tough guys who spit on each other and make holes in each other. Their words are naturally relatively more credible.

So I trimmed it a little overnight.

In the early morning of the second day, Wu Liang called together the backbone of the Huan army and Cao Chun to announce his plan: "Yesterday I heard from Yang Wanli that there are two rather peculiar hot springs in Wen County, and now is the most comfortable time for hot springs. I’ve already come here, so it would be unreasonable not to take a look, so I decided to take everyone to visit these two hot springs today, and relax by the way, what do you think?”

Don't have any clue yet.

Then it is also a good choice to start with the most peculiar things in this place, and maybe there will be some unexpected discoveries.

"Great!"

Zhuge Liang has not yet reached the age of playing with his heart, and when he heard that some people are playing, he expressed his approval with both hands.

And the backbone of the other Tuan army also nodded to express their obedience.

They already knew enough about Wu Liang, and they knew that Wu Liang's question of "what do you think" was actually not a discussion with them at all, but another form of notification. He must have his own plan in mind.

Only Cao Chun frowned slightly, and said with a straight face: "Wu Taishi, Brother Meng De ordered me to come here with you on business, so I think this leisure time of traveling around the mountains and rivers should be put an end to it." , finish the business as soon as possible and go back to your order, not to mention that there are some potential risks in this place, if you stay for one more day, there will be more dangers. special trust."

"?"

Hearing this, everyone in the Huan army immediately looked at Cao Chun with strange expressions.

Cao Chun is only in his twenties, and his brows and eyes look quite clever, but he is so rigid in how he speaks, which is called old-fashioned.

Of course, his appearance is not without clues.

On the way to Wen County these few days, he said very little, and when he was stationed outside, he had to get up and inspect for an hour every night, and he would go back to rest after inspecting all the sentry points. They are all very punctual, and the difference between back and forth is no more than a cup of tea.

This is a very self-disciplined person, so self-disciplined that outsiders seem to be a bit tired of living.

However, it seems that only such self-disciplined people can train the elite troops of the "Tiger and Leopard Cavalry". After all, the special forces of later generations have experienced inhuman training before they can show extraordinary combat effectiveness.

"Zi and brother, do you know what I'm here for this time?"

Wu Liang looked at Cao Chun with a smile.

"Look for Lu Bu, cut the weeds and root them out."

Cao Chun said sternly.

"Then, do you know where Lu Bu is now?"

Wu Liang asked again.

"How would I know that?"

Cao Chun pouted.

"That's right."

Wu Liang grinned, "My son and brother don't know where Lu Bu is now, and I also don't know where Lu Bu is now, so tell me, son and brother, is it possible for Lu Bu to take a bath in the hot spring right now?" ?”

"This……"

Cao Chun was taken aback by the question.

It seems to be like this, since no one knows where Lu Bu is at the moment, he may appear anywhere, including the hot springs in Wen County.

But this is also a paradox.

After all, Lu Bu may appear anywhere, and naturally he may not appear anywhere.

Cao Chun quickly figured out the joints, and immediately glanced at the backbone of the Huan army next to him, and said: "Wu Taishi can send a few people to investigate first, if you find Lu Bu's traces, you can't take any action It’s late, not like it is now... dragging the family and traveling around, this is not what it should be like to go out for business."

In fact, he has long been a bit reluctant to see it, but because of Boss Cao's entrustment, he refrained from saying more.

Among Wu Liang's pedestrians, only Yang Wanli and a few soldiers of the Tuan Army could be regarded as serious people. , There is also a younger girl who is a "gentleman" with Wu Liang.

"Zi and brother may have misunderstood."

But Wu Liang said with a smile, "These are all the elites of our army. They are not dragging their families. Look at this white girl, she has been a school lieutenant for a long time, and this An old gentleman, although he is not a captain, but he is also a Sima who is only one step away from the captain. The rest of the people also hold important positions in the Liren army, and they have all made great contributions to Ming Gong. Treat them as idlers, and my son and brother see that I sometimes have a close relationship with them, but in fact it is just an inseparable fellowship."

"?!"

Cao Chun was stunned again.

Isn't this the **** who pays for nothing? !

He has grown up so much, and he has never seen such a righteous and upright person like Wu Liang, who is so shameless!
Is brother Mengde blind?

Otherwise, how could you rely so heavily on such a thing?

If things go on like this, the career in Brother Meng De's heart may be in jeopardy!
　Thank you [Yu Wen] boss for your support, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)