Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279 Vision blocking the road
In October and a half of the fourth year of Jian'an, in order to present the jade seal, a team of more than a thousand people, from ceremonial guards to escorts, left Jinling under Bai Tu's farewell.

With a little disappointment and full admiration, the people of Jinling spontaneously saw each other off at the city gate.

Originally there were rumors that Bai Tu wanted to imitate Yuan Shu, to which the people responded with great joy.

This is also inevitable. If even the people at the base of Jinling City do not agree with Bai Tu, how can he be a general or a prince of Chu?
From public opinion propaganda such as theater troupes, daily notices, to various practical measures to benefit the people, is it all a waste of time?
If Baitu spreads rumors in Jinling and wants to proclaim himself emperor, there will be no chaos among the people at all. Instead, the nobles who are close to the general's palace but not close to the six centers and lack first-hand information are a little panicked.

But now all the rumors have been self-exposed - Bai Tu is indeed a sage in this world, and those previous slanders were obviously villainous and had ulterior motives!
After getting the imperial seal, he sent it back to the court without any hesitation...

I would like to ask, apart from Bai Tu, which other princes have such noble sentiments?
"Ziyu is here to say hello to His Majesty for me, and also to let Your Majesty know that no matter what others say, the General's Mansion is the most solid backing for the imperial court." Bai Tu instructed.

The backing of the imperial court... If it were in the prosperous times, this statement would already have a somewhat disrespectful meaning, but now no one would pay attention to this.

Even Baitu, who took the initiative to send back the jade seal, will be picked on?So are you still human?
Hua Xin also knew what Bai Tu meant, and said calmly: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely live up to the court and my lord by going here."

That's right, Bai Tu finally decided that Hua Xin would lead the team to deliver the jade seal and serve as the main envoy.

Originally, Bai Tu had hesitated on the choice of candidate, mainly between Hua Xin and Bing Yuan...

Both of them are famous scholars, so they are perfect for this position.

As for Kong Rong... although he has not yet become the chief bodyguard of the Confucian Academy, he is already significantly higher than other celebrities. For him to be the leader is not only inappropriate in character, but also too grand.

The biggest advantage of Bing Yuan as an envoy is that he doesn't have to worry about what Cao Cao will do to him, and Bing Yuan is upright, even if Bai Tu has not discussed anything with him in advance, as long as everyone else's "work" is done properly. Under the circumstances, Bing Yuan's true character will be the best performance.

And... although Bing Yuan, Guan Ning and Hua Xin were combined into a "one-stop team", compared to Hua Xin, Bing Yuan's main role in the General's Mansion was the "mascot".

Without actually doing anything, Bing Yuan's existence itself just adds a layer of shame to Bai Tu.

Even if Cao Cao shamelessly detains Bing Yuan as a court official, Bai Tu will not suffer much loss.

In contrast, Hua Xin did more practical things. The promotion of rural studies and rural studies in the Ministry of Rites was mainly planned by Hua Xin. Moreover, 360 days a year, Hua Xin spent more than 100 days in various counties of Yangzhou. County visits.

The township school and county school have the current scale, and Hua Xin has contributed a lot.

If Cao Cao detains Hua Xin, Bai Tu will feel uncomfortable for a while...

However, Hua Xin has an obvious advantage over Bing Yuan - both of them are famous people in the world, but Bing Yuan can only act in his true colors, while Hua Xin... can perfectly get the key points provided by Bai Tu.

And then strive for greater benefits for Bai Tu and the General's Mansion, and even Xu Du's current situation is a time of uncertainty!
Historically, before the Battle of Guandu, there were many ministers under Cao Cao who had secretly communicated with Yuan Shao. Even if they didn't sell Cao Cao openly, they were at least flattering Yuan Shao and leaving a way out for themselves.

Just like the eve of the Battle of Guandu in history, in the first year, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao only engaged in some tentative battles around the north and south of the Yellow River. , it also takes a long time to dispatch from personnel to baggage.

And now...under the influence of the White Rabbit Effect, the situation in Xudu will only become more chaotic. Liu Bei, as a prince and allied with Cao Cao, is a guest in Xudu. There are also many people in the court who are dissatisfied with Cao Cao. There is an undercurrent in Xudu. when.

Therefore, Hua Xin's judgment is needed to enable him to adapt to changes in Xudu.

Bai Tu considered that Cao Pi was also in Jinling and that Cao Cao would not dare to do anything to his envoy, so he finally decided that Hua Xin would lead the envoy.

At the same time, a small honor guard from the Prime Minister's Palace, about 50 to [-] people, has arrived in Jinling and will accompany Hua Xin.

It's not that Cao Cao is stingy and only so few people came, but... no matter how many people there are, I'm afraid Bai Tu will despise it instead!

Cao Cao didn't want to provoke Bai Tu now, as if he was "supervising" him to return the jade seal.

What is also somewhat surprising is that the deputy envoy delivering the jade seal this time is a girl in her twenties and eighties - none other than Xu Rong, the Taishi Cheng of the General's Mansion!
In Bai Tu's words, this trip must be grand, how much to travel every day, and when to rest, all have to be determined by Xu Rong watching the sky.

When they reach the north of the Huaihe River, Xu Rong will return with a small number of honor guards and escorts, and Cao Cao will plan the route later...

Bai Tu suddenly felt so ceremonial, and when negotiating the terms, he didn't open his mouth like a lion as expected, which made Sima Lang a little uneasy.

Unfortunately, he didn't have the chance to go back with him.

Cao Pi actually wanted "Cao Bang" and went back with the team delivering the jade seal. Anyway, Cao Pi was the most important. Whether Cao Bang stayed in Jinling or not, the General's Office didn't care.

However, "Cao Bang" refused. After all, there were still so many dramas that were halfway through. When he returned to the Central Plains, there would only be some wild troupes performing some "weird" dramas every day.

Being in the "enemy camp", Cao Pi didn't dare to expose too much, so naturally he couldn't force Cao Bang to do anything...

The representative of the mission Cao Cao sent to Jinling was Liu Ye, who had been to Jinling before and was from a clan.

He originally thought that along the way... Bai Tu might have other plans. Sure enough, it didn't take long for this idea to come true.

A few days after departure, when they were about to reach Shucheng, suddenly several fierce tigers rushed to the official road, blocking the frame of sending the seal, and the power of the beast caused the engine of the horse to jam...

After being forcibly driven away by Chong Bu wearing foot armor, the team was able to continue to pass.

Because the people of Shu County were already watching, rumors soon spread that God did not want Yuxi to leave Chu and return to the Central Plains!
Originally, Liu Ye was very sensitive to this rumor and suspected that Bai Tu wanted to use these tigers to order the delegation back to Jinling under the guise of destiny.

However, after that, Hua Xin had no intention of retreating because of this rumor.

Xu Rong proposed to stay temporarily, watch the stars and do divination, to see if it was a warning from God, but Hua Xin refused, and continued to urge the team to go north, and encouraged: "This must be God's test for us! On behalf of the Lord, Returning the jade seal with admiration for the Han family, how can we hesitate to go forward and delay the auspicious day because of a few tigers?"

Even Liu Ye, who was secretly preparing to condemn him, couldn't help wondering... Could it be that this tiger was not released by Bai Tu?

Little does he know that the "God's will" that Bai Tu pretends to be can't be represented by just a few tigers...

On the contrary, Liu Ye was a little embarrassed by his suspicion.

Eight days have passed since encountering the tiger, and the team has arrived in Shouchun. With the soldiers and civilians of Shouchun seeing each other off and the soldiers and civilians of Runan welcoming each other, the team crossed the Huaihe River.

At this point, Liu Ye has decided that he was too worried before, and that "the tigers rushing on the road"...maybe it really wasn't Bai Tu's arrangement?
Of course, it may indeed be Bai Tu's arrangement, but it is not to take advantage of the situation to turn back the ceremonial guard, but just to leave an introduction, further enhance his prestige, and set off his determination to return the jade seal.

After all, after crossing the Huaihe River, it was Cao Cao's control area. It would not be easy for the team to return later. At least on the matter of returning the jade seal, Bai Tu probably did not want to go back on his word.

However, it is true that the story of "a group of tigers rushing on the road" has spread in Jiangdong and the Central Plains, making Bai Tu even more popular.

After crossing the Huaihe River, the honor guard camped for a short rest.

There is also a small tributary in the back, no ferry is needed, the narrow river has a bridge to walk, and even the river has some weak ice floes.

According to Hua Xin and Xu Rong's request, before dawn, there will be a large number of soldiers and civilians waiting to greet them, and the guard of honor will pass on the bridge tomorrow morning.

In later generations, it would be a tormenting formalism, and everyone deserves to be scolded. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the people's tolerance was much higher, especially now that it is also the slack time for farming, so the tossing is a bit torturous, but it is a bit cold...

Neither Liu Ye nor the other think tanks in the prime minister's residence had any idea of ​​Baitu's route, so they had no way of guarding against it.

That night, there were just some people doing something under the bridge, but they didn't disturb anyone on both sides.

Early the next morning, soldiers and civilians came to the bridge a mile away.

Just listen...a thunder on the ground!

According to folk rumors in the future, under the witness of countless people, Thunder Lord descended to earth in anger... I saw the small river that the honor guard was about to pass. With Thunder Lord's anger, the bridge collapsed and the river flowed backwards. It looked like the end of the world!

Seeing this scene, countless people spontaneously knelt down and worshiped the power of God, hoping that God would appease his anger.

And Liu Ye, as well as other officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion and court officials, were also confused at this time!
The tiger before was just fine. After all... there are too many ways to fake it, but what is the situation now?
Lei Gong destroyed the bridge in his anger?
Could it be that God really wanted to keep the jade seal in the Chu land and did not want the jade seal to return to the Han Dynasty?

Even Zangji, who was sent by the little emperor to welcome the jade seal guard of honor and was loyal to the Han Dynasty, was stunned for a long time when he saw this scene on the other side of the bridge. Although the originally extremely firm faith of the Han Dynasty in his heart did not completely collapse like the bridge. Bad, but it seems that the ice below is already full of cracks...

(End of this chapter)