Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 718 Tomb of the Five Hundred Disciples (4000)

buy!

Wu Liang, this is Chi Guoguo's bribe!

As we all know, the Han Dynasty did not have an imperial examination system, so how were the officials of the court selected?

Naturally it is recommended.

Mutual recommendation among the gentry.

Take the recent incident as an example, when Xi Zhicai died, Boss Cao suddenly had no one to replace him, so he could only ask Xun Yu for help, asking Xun Yu to recommend a counselor who could stand shoulder to shoulder with Xi Zhicai.

So Xun Yu recommended Guo Jia, but he knew that Guo Jia hadn't come to Caoying to report before Wu Liang left this time.

In addition, Xun Yu has been taken care of by Boss Cao too early. If Guo Jia comes to report at this time, Boss Cao may not be able to trust him... This indirectly leads to Guo Jia's future is uncertain, and he will be able to get it like in history. Boss Cao's favor, becoming Boss Cao's "Qi Zuo" is still unknown.

It's getting too far, but I still have to continue talking about the recommendation.

This phenomenon was almost the only promotion channel in the Han Dynasty. Anyone with a certain understanding of the history of the Han Dynasty knew that the most common thing people at this time did in order to get promotion and recommendation opportunities was to visit celebrities.

Getting the appreciation of celebrities during the visit is equivalent to getting a ticket to enter the officialdom.

For example, Zhuge Liang in history, he was able to receive the courtesy of Liu Bei's three visits to the thatched cottage, not because Liu Bei had already seen Zhuge Liang's talent, but because he was jointly recommended by Sima Hui and Xu Shu.

Then again.

Is Wu Liang a celebrity?
Certainly not, his connections among the gentry are actually very narrow, and he seldom deals with the gentry on a daily basis. Even those gentry in Cao Ying rarely have personal contact, so there is no reputation or word of mouth.

But don't forget, he is Tai Shiling now.

This is an undisputed Beijing official who can directly deliver a message to Emperor Xian Liu Xie, and can also speak to many high-ranking officials in the imperial court. From this perspective, Wu Liang can undoubtedly be close to the water. In a few months, the ability to recommend is higher than many celebrities today.

And it is a great thing for Bing Li to get such an evaluation from Wu Liang.

"Wu Taishi praised it absurdly. How could Bing be so respected by Wu Taishi? He didn't dare to do it. He really didn't dare to do it."

Bing Li hurriedly and modestly waved his hands when he heard this, but the joy and excitement in his heart was hard to hide, even his eyes were already curled up with a smile.

This shows that Wu Liang's empty promise, which is not even a promise, has successfully completed the acquisition of Bing Li, at least more than half of it.

Wu Liang knew it well.

But he is not just painting cakes for Bing Li.

Although Wu Liang had no interest in officialdom, and would never recommend talents to Boss Cao in order to avoid suspicion, a small prefect was nothing serious, and casually mentioning it to Boss Cao had no effect at all.

And the idea of ​​having such thoughts is not only to buy Bing Li, but also to make him willingly cooperate with him in handling affairs.

At the same time, there is also some idea of ​​helping the people of Qu County to solve the current predicament.

If Bing Li became the prefect of Donghai County, he would naturally be fully responsible for the extermination of this group of "Yellow Turban Bandits". The catastrophe that may come in the future...

As for whether they will continue to stay on Yuzhou Mountain to hide from the world.

Or return to Qu County to accept continuous corvee and forced conscripts.

That was their own business, Wu Liang was neither qualified nor able to make choices for them, after all, even he himself was living in the cracks of this chaotic world, and had to keep his tail between his legs.

"The county magistrate of Bing doesn't have to be humble. There are not many people like the county magistrate of Bing who are willing to plead for the common people these days."

Wu Liang knew that his goal had been achieved, so he smiled and said, "Now that I understand the difficulties of these people, I will naturally not embarrass them. I also ask the magistrate of Bing County to convey my thoughts after returning. I can guarantee that as long as they don't embarrass them I will never hurt these children at all, they eat well and sleep well here, and they will be sent back safe and sound when I leave, maybe these children will be fatter by then, and they are reluctant to go back."

"Please rest assured Wu Taishi, I will definitely convey this matter truthfully, and try my best to resolve the misunderstanding between Wu Taishi and these common people."

Bing Li patted his chest and said.

"In addition, I will bring people back to Qu County in three days. I will ask Bing County Magistrate to arrange for me to meet Jin Yu, Jin Wei and his son. I hope to communicate with them face to face."

Wu Liang said again.

"This matter is also on Bing."

Bing Li hurriedly nodded.

……

Wu Liang finally took the Tuan army to Houqiu County, three hundred miles away.

Unlike Qu County, Houqiu County is considered an important military town because it is closer to Tan County, the county seat of Donghai County. There are not only boss Cao's defenders stationed in the city, but also more supplies.

Naturally, it would be best to use this as a backup location just in case.

Don't say that the group of "yellow turban thieves" are just fakes, even if they are serious regular soldiers, they will never dare to attack Tan County rashly and try to rescue those children.

After revealing his identity, the magistrate of Tan County immediately regarded Wu Liang as a distinguished guest.

They were entertained with good wine and good meat, and even the Huan army was properly arranged, and the small life was very nourishing.

However, Wu Liang did not tell the magistrate of Tan County what had happened to Qu County. After staying overnight, he left the children and a small number of soldiers of the Tuan army in the city, and then carried out some supplies, and then brought everyone Some people turned back to Qu County.

So back and forth.

Although it seems that he has taken a lot of wrong roads for no reason, Wu Liang feels that it is necessary. He is a very cautious person, and until now he still cannot fully trust Bing Li and the group of "yellow turban thieves".

After making such an arrangement, it was equivalent to adding double insurance to the operation in Qu County.

Since then, the group of "yellow turban thieves" not only have to worry about the safety of those children, but also have to consider their own situation. If something happened to Wu Liang in Qu County, Tan County and Donghai County would not dare to sit idly by when they received the news. Ignore them, let's not talk about those children at that time, even this group of "yellow turban thieves" will also be buried with Wu Liang.

of course.

"Burying with him" is certainly not what Wu Liang wants. What he wants is enough deterrence to make those "yellow turban thieves" not dare to act rashly, to ensure nothing goes wrong.

This time back to Qu County.

The treatment of the Liren Army has been completely different.

Thirty miles away from the county seat of Qu County, a team of twenty young and middle-aged men came up to meet him. After asking Wu Liang's identity, he immediately sent someone back to inform him, and at the same time warmly greeted him. The army opened the way.

And when the Liren army arrived at the county seat of Qu County.

Many people went out of the city to greet them, the leader was the old man who tried to stop the Zhuan army from leaving that day, Wu Liang already knew his name, his name was Jin Yu.

Beside him, in addition to Bing Li, the magistrate of Qu County, stood a middle-aged man who looked about 30 years old.

This person has a very upright Chinese-character face, with a slightly wider jawbone and a stronger body, with the half of the exposed arm dark and powerful.

From his slightly similar facial features and standing position to Jin Yu's, it is not difficult to judge that this person should be Jin Yu's son Jin Wei, the leader of the group of "Yellow Turban Thieves" on Yuzhou Mountain.

"Wu Taishi, you're here. If you're far away, please bear with me..."

Seeing Wu Liang, Bing Li went up to greet him first, and introduced Jin Yu and Jin Wei to him. Wu Liang's guess was really good, the strong man with a Chinese face was Jin Wei.

Jin Yu, Jin Wei and the common people who came out to greet him were the first to look at the Huan army behind Wu Liang.

However, when it was discovered that the Liren Army did not bring their children with them when they came back this time, a trace of disappointment appeared on their faces, which is also normal. into the hands of others.

"Meet Wu Taishi."

After Bing Li gave a brief introduction, Jin Yu, Jin Wei and his son also took the initiative to salute.

"It's polite."

Wu Liang returned the salute with a smile, then went straight to the point and said, "Uncle Jin, Brother Jin, the County Magistrate Bing must have told you the purpose of my trip, right?"

"Returning to Wu Taishi's words, I have already said it."

After the short confrontation a few days ago, Jin Yu was obviously a little jealous of Wu Liang, and said respectfully, "But the villain has lived in Qu County for generations, and he has never heard of Xu Fu's return, and he treated Qu County as a villain. As far as I know, there is indeed no secret place in the county that can live in seclusion without being noticed... Could it be that Wu Taishi made a mistake, or maybe Xu Fu did not return to Qu County to live in seclusion, but I went to some fat unknown place."

"It's not impossible."

Wu Liang smiled and said, "So I didn't jump to conclusions, I just hope that I can visit Qu County. If I can prove that Xu Fu has indeed never returned to Qu County, I will lead my people to leave."

"The villain is willing to do his best to cooperate with Wu Taishi."

Jin Yu saluted immediately and said.

His son Jin Wei also saluted together, but remained silent from the beginning to the end, not just naturally taciturn, but still had some thoughts in his heart.

Wu Liang also didn't take the initiative to talk to him, turned his head and looked at Bing Li again, and asked, "Magistrate Bing, have you sorted out the legends and anecdotes about Xu Fu in Qu County in the past few days?"

"It has been sorted out, and all records are in the government office. Wu Taishi can go to check at any time."

Bing Li saluted.

"It's work."

Wu Liang nodded slightly, made a gesture of invitation and entered the city generously.

After coming to the government office in this way, Wu Liang finally understood what Bing Li meant by "all records are in the government office". All the rumors and anecdotes were written in charcoal on the walls of the government office. The three walls in the northeast and west were so densely written that it was a bit spectacular at first glance.

This is a very different decoration style in later generations. It usually appears in some theme hotels or restaurants, and it is also different in theme hotels and restaurants.

"Wu Taishi please take care of me. Bamboo is scarce in Qu County, and Bing is too cash-strapped, so he came up with this bad plan..."

Bing Li was still a little embarrassed, and said with embarrassment.

"Very good, I like it."

Wu Liang nodded again and again, smiled and said to Yu Ji and Zhuge Liang behind him, "You guys read it first, and record any differences."

"promise."

Yu Ji and Zhuge Liang responded, took out their pens and silk cloth, and looked at different walls separately.

"Magistrate Bing, they are watching here now, and they still need to trouble you to wait for me to go to Xu Fu's former residence to check."

Leaving some soldiers in the government office to stand guard for Yu Ji and Zhuge Liang, Wu Liang said to Bing Li again.

"Naturally, please."

Bing Li responded.

……

Said to be the former residence of Xu Fu.

In fact, it has become a site with only a small part of the earthen wall left, and it is located on the edge of the south of the city. It should have been "borrowed" by the people and livestock in the city during the period.

In short, the destruction was so thorough that it was possible to see a scale, but it was wishful thinking to find something valuable from the ruins.

"How about it?"

In fact, Wu Liang didn't hold out much hope. After walking around the ruins, he came to Miko Hu and asked in a low voice.

"..."

The witch shook her head, indicating that the Qiong Gouyu on her chest remained unchanged.

In this way, the so-called "Xu Fu's former residence" naturally has no value.

Wu Liangli pondered on the spot for a moment, then suddenly looked at Bing Li who was testing him again: "By the way, Bing County Magistrate, Yuzhou Mountain was once called Tian Heng Island because Tian Heng once occupied the island. As far as I know, Tian Heng is the pre-Qin The nobles of the Qi State, Xu Fu was also the nobleman of the Qi State in the pre-Qin period, there should be old friends between the two, right?"

There is no record in the history books whether Tian Heng and Xu Fu had old friends.

However, Xu Fu lived when the first emperor was alive, and the Wa people stated that when he came back, it was the time when the Han Dynasty was established, and there was a huge gap between them.

And Tian Heng also lived when the first emperor was alive, and died after the founding of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, the two are indeed people of the same period.

Also.

Qu County is the hometown of Xu Fu and also the homeland of Qi State in the pre-Qin period.

After Liu Bang unified the world, Tian Heng fled to Yuzhou Mountain in Qu County with his followers because he refused to be a vassal of the Han Dynasty.

Many of these coincidences made him conjecture involuntarily after careful consideration. Although it was a whim, it was not groundless.

"Wu Taishi is right."

Bing Li nodded and said, "During the Qin Dynasty, the Tian and Xu families were both big families in Qu County, and Tian Heng and Xu Fu were playmates when they were young, but Xu Fu was recruited by the First Emperor, and then went to Xu Fu to search for the elixir of longevity. It seems that there are very few contacts anymore, but unfortunately the former residence of the Tianfu in the city has long since ceased to exist, and Wu Taishi can't even see a ruin."

Seeing what Bing Li said, Wu Liang immediately looked at Jin Yu, Jin Wei and his son who had been with him all the time, and asked, "Then where is the mansion where Tian Heng practiced on Yuzhou Mountain? Is it still there?"

"exist."

Jin Yu and Jin Wei looked at each other, and Jin Yu continued to say, "There are hundreds of monumentless tombs near Tian Heng's mansion. I heard that those buried in them were those who committed suicide with their masters after learning of Tian Heng's death. Five hundred people went there, but the place is very evil..."

(End of this chapter)