Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 710 The Scumbag of the Qin Dynasty (4000)

The prefecture of Donglai County is not in Laoshan, so Kong Chen, the prefect, does not usually live here, but he happened to be here recently when he was patrolling the south, and he met the Huan army.

Wu Liang's face was already thick enough, and this time he acted aggressively according to the order. Dang even handed over to Kong Chen the matter that should have been asked for help by the Laoshan county magistrate in the form of a "request". Helping to collect information, and Yang Wanli visiting the people at the same time, it is naturally more efficient to use two prongs.

Wait for Wu Liang and others to return to Laoshan County.

It was already dark, but the inside of the government office was brightly lit, and the magistrate of Laoshan County and Kong Chen were waiting for him.

In particular, the magistrate of Laoshan County is sitting upright.

This is an old man over fifty years old, called Dong Sanshi.

Originally, Dong Sanshi was just the three elders in the village. After Boss Cao occupied Qingzhou, the original county magistrate and some gentry state officials followed the then Qingzhou governor Tian Kai, Liu Bei and others to Jizhou to join Yuan Shao, so the position of county magistrate was vacant. After coming down, Dong Sanshi, who was still somewhat famous in the local area, picked up a ready-made bargain.

Now that Wu Liang, a high-ranking Beijing official, came to this small county together with the prefect Kong Chen, Dong Sanshi had never seen anything in the world, so he was unavoidably nervous.

"Welcome Wu Taishi."

After receiving the notification from the gatekeepers, Kong Chen and Dong Sanshi quickly came out of the government office to welcome them. When they saw Wu Liang, they saluted Wu Liang. After the food and wine are ready, we just wait for Wu Taishi to come back, if Wu Taishi doesn't come back, I will go up the mountain to meet him myself."

"Hahaha, Prefect Kong is too polite, County Magistrate Dong has spent money."

Wu Liang laughed and walked forward to greet the two of them.

"Wu Taishi, please."

"Please!"

After exchanging a few simple greetings, a group of mermaids entered the guest hall of the government office for the first time. After being seated, Dong Sanshi called a servant and whispered a few words, and hot drinks and food were brought in one after another.

Wu Liang toasted the two of them first, and then went straight to the point: "Prefect Kong, County Magistrate Dong, has the matter I asked the two of you to help investigate come to fruition?"

"Naturally, County Magistrate Dong is a native of Laoshan, so it is most appropriate for him to investigate this matter."

Kong Chen is not a person who steals credit, so he winked at Dong Sanshi who was beside him when he said this, and motioned him to show Wu Liang the result of the investigation.

"According to Wu Taishi's request, I have recorded all the folk legends about Xu Fu that have appeared in the Laoshan area, and recorded them all in this bamboo slip."

Dong Sanshi hurriedly got up and waved, and a servant bowed to Wu Liang with a tray, and there were three volumes of bamboo slips in the tray. Inherited to Wu Liang, he continued, "In addition, I also found Xu Fu's descendants. After Xu Fu went to sea, they changed their surnames to Lao or Lao. Now there are three branches, which live in three by the sea. In the fishing village, in order to facilitate Wu Taishi's investigation, I have ordered their patriarchs to come to the government office with their respective genealogies, and Wu Taishi can call them in for questioning at any time."

"Dong county magistrate handles so many things, it's a bit of a shame to be a county magistrate."

After hearing this, Wu Liang nodded repeatedly, and smiled appreciatively.

This Dong Sanshi's ability to handle affairs is indeed very strong, no matter what Wu Liang mentioned or not, he has done everything, unlike some mediocre people who can only move twice with a whip, which is extremely difficult to use.

And with just one sentence, Wu Liang has already calmly painted a big cake for him.

He had more contact with those officials, and he also unknowingly got some bureaucratic atmosphere. Just saying "be talented" can win people's hearts, and create an illusion that Dong Sanshi may be promoted.

really.

"Wu Taishi praises it, it is an honor to be able to help Wu Taishi!"

Dong Sanshi trembled with obvious excitement, and the wrinkles on his face stretched a little, but he added with a high emotional intelligence, "Actually, this is not due to me. My ancestors have been rough people for three generations. I can't imagine being so meticulous. Thanks to Prefect Kong for his guidance."

"Prefect Kong is a descendant of a famous family, I dare not make random comments, I only have admiration in my heart."

Wu Liang smiled and saluted Kong Chen again.

The Kong family is indeed descended from a famous family, and it is a very famous family, because they are the descendants of Confucius.

By the time of Kong Chen’s generation, it was already the 20th generation. In addition to Kong Shengren, their fathers and grandparents also had many high-ranking officials. The tallest in historical records was even the teacher of Emperor Han Yuan.

"Wu Taishou won the award, it's just a false name."

Kong Chen's performance was much calmer, and he returned the courtesy to Wu Liang with a smile on his face.

After exchanging mutual praises in business, Wu Liang had already handed over the volumes of bamboo slips to Yu Ji, and taught him to check the contents, while he himself said to Dong Sanshi: "Magistrate Dong, since you have invited Xu Fu's descendants Come over, why not teach them to come in and have a banquet together, I will eat and drink with them while asking questions, it will not be a waste of time."

"They are all vulgar people, I'm afraid that Wu Taishi's elegance will be spared."

Dong Sanshi said with some embarrassment.

"It's okay, I don't care that much."

Wu Liang smiled.

"In that case, I have no choice but to obey."

Seeing what Wu Liang said, Dong Sanshi naturally couldn't insist anymore, so he had to call the servant over and whisper a few words.

And at the same time.

"..."

Kong Chen moved his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak.

……

After a moment.

Three men with dark and rough skin were brought in.

Their facial features and physical appearance do not have much in common. One of them is taller, about 1.7 meters five, and the other two are slightly shorter, about 1.6 meters.

It seems that the oldest one is over half a hundred years old, and the youngest one should be in his thirties or forties.

If there is anything in common, it is the traces left by the sun and sea wind on their bodies. Unlike the people in the Central Plains, their cheeks are slightly darker in color.

"I've seen... I've seen..."

Obviously, these three people have never been in contact with such an occasion, and they seemed more cramped than Dong Sanshi. They didn't even dare to lift their heads and hurriedly saluted, but they didn't know who to salute to or how to address each other, so that they got stuck when they opened their mouths. Shelled out, standing on the spot at a loss.

Fortunately, Dong Sanshi saw their embarrassment in an instant, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead them to Wu Liang, and said with a smile: "This is Taishi Ling Wu Taishi from the capital, he is the one who wants to see you."

"Meet Wu Taishi!"

The three of them didn't dare to look at Wu Liang at all, they just bowed quickly to salute.

"This is the prefect Kong prefect of our Donglai County."

Dong Sanshi led them to Kong Chen again, and introduced them.

"I've seen Prefect Kong!"

The three of them still looked the same, they hurriedly bowed and saluted, their movements appearing extremely stiff.

"Don't worry, what Wu Taishi will ask you later will be what you will answer. Wu Taishi is kind and kind, if you answer well, he may even reward you."

Seeing the appearance of the three of them, Dong Sanshi was worried that they would not be able to cooperate well with Wu Liang, so he patted them on the shoulder again, smiling and reassuring them.

"promise……"

The three of them were still fidgeting submissively.

At this moment, Wu Liang got up and came in front of the three of them, and said with a smile: "Why do you need to wait later, I have delayed your work by inviting you here today, and I should have rewarded you, how can I ask you to return empty-handed... Dian Wei , you teach people to fetch three shi of corn, and each of them will share one shi with them when they go back."

A stone of corn sounds like that.

However, there is a saying in "Hanshu": "Thirty catties are jun, and four are stones." Wu Liang said 120 catties of corn per person, which is not a small hand in the era of war and famine everywhere.

Moreover, although these three people are all the heads of the clan, judging from their appearance and clothes, their lives must not be satisfactory. In addition, Dong Sanshi just said that they all live by the sea, and that kind of place is basically not suitable for farming. To produce food, they can only rely on fishing to make a living. In this era, eating seafood is not popular at all, and there is basically no market. Food is naturally more precious to them.

"real?!"

Hearing this, the three of them were instantly stimulated, and they all raised their heads to look at Wu Liang with a "huh", with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

"Prefect Kong and County Magistrate Dong are watching, how can I break my promise?"

Wu Liang smiled and nodded slightly, Dian Wei had already taken orders, and walked out of the hall in front of them.

"Thank you, Prefect Wu! Thank you, Prefect Wu! The villain is so grateful!"

Only then did the three of them finally believe it was true, and then simply knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Wu Liang.

"..."

Seeing this scene, the witch Hu who was sitting in the corner was in a complicated mood.

After hearing Dong Sanshi's introduction just now, she naturally knew that these three people were one of Xu Fu's descendants.

And Xu Fu is the ancestor god of the Japanese people, the supreme god in their hearts. It is somewhat unacceptable that the descendants of the ancestor god have fallen to such a level, even bowing their knees so low for a stone of corn.

Fortunately, Wu Liang didn't enjoy the feeling of being bowed down by others. Seeing this, he stepped forward to support him regardless of his status: "There is no need to be polite, get up, everyone get up."

In this way, the three of them were lifted up one by one.

The distance between the two sides has been shortened a lot, and the three of them looked at Wu Liang happily, patted their chests and said, "Prefect Wu, if you have anything to say, just ask, as long as we know it, we don't dare to say a word." Conceal it, and you will be satisfied."

"Can you lend me your genealogy first?"

Wu Liang smiled.

"Of course, please, Governor Wu."

The three of them nodded again and again, and immediately took down a burden behind their backs and handed it to Wu Liang. Inside the burden was the genealogy of each family. Hundreds of years of inheritance, each family already had several thick volumes. The burden has to be about ten catties.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang and Prince Chamu hurried up to help pick it up.

They knew exactly what Wu Liang wanted to see.

With just a flash of skill, he found the earliest volume from these genealogies, and then brought it to Wu Liang and asked him to read it one by one.

Genealogy proves that all three are indeed descendants of Xu Fu.

Because the first and largest name in the genealogy is Xu Fu, and there are also the words "Xu, Viscount, Ying surname, after Gaotao".

This genealogy should not be a fake, because as a descendant of Xu Fu in the Qin Dynasty, he did not enjoy any privileges, and even later Xu Fu went to sea and did not return, and it may bring disaster to them... According to historical records, after Xu Fu went to sea for several years and did not return, Xu Fu Several offshoots of the family all moved south to live in seclusion, and the reason was "to avoid the disaster of Qin Shihuang's destruction of the family".

And waited until the Han Dynasty.

Xu Fu's descendants have never received any preferential treatment, but they will not destroy their family for Qin Shihuang.

So it doesn't make any sense to forge such a family tree.

The only difference is that the names of the first mothers in the three genealogies are completely different.

And just after only one generation, the surnames in the three genealogies have changed by coincidence. Xu is no longer the surname, two of them are changed to "Lao", and one is changed to "Lao". .

As for the reason for changing the surname, the genealogy did not make an explanation.

"You are all descendants of Xu Fu, do you know the background and reason why your ancestors changed their surnames?"

Although Wu Liang guessed that they might have had to change their surnames "to avoid the disaster of Qin Shihuang's family destruction" after Xu Fu went to sea and never returned, he still wanted to hear what the parties had to say.

"Let me tell you."

The tallest man had a gloomy look on his face, and Shi Li said, "Prefect Wu should have noticed that our first mothers were different people, but our first fathers are the same person."

"Before Xu Fu went to sea, he built a big ship in Laoshan, and asked the first emperor to send troops to shoot the sharks that hindered the navigation in the sea. We lived here for several years. Our first mother was deceived by Xu Fu at that time... "

"?"

After only listening to a few words, Wu Liang's face was suspicious.

He knows what a shark is. This is also a strange beast recorded in the "Shan Hai Jing". It is not a shark who can weave dragons and light lamps at the same time. This is a relatively normal strange beast. The fish is three feet long, with armor on its back, and strong pearl inscriptions, which can be used to decorate the edge of the knife and to shave things." .

Later studies believe that mackerel is actually a shark, which is nothing to say.

the most important is.

This descendant of Xu Fu actually used the word "deception" and claimed that their first mother was deceived by Xu Fu?
"Xu Fu deceived our late mother with sweet words, promising that our late mother would marry them and lead them to live a prosperous and healthy life."

The man went on to say, "But when our first mother was pregnant or just gave birth to a young child, the mirage was built, so Xu Fu took three thousand boys and girls captured by the officers and soldiers, and brought all his His family property went out to sea quietly. When our first mother found out, he didn't even leave a bucket of grain, a farm tool, or a word of instructions... At that time, our first mother already knew that he would not come back Yes, because Xu Fu promised them a long time ago that he will take them with him when he leaves."

(End of this chapter)