The Three Kingdoms: My Wife is a Great and Good Teacher

The woman looked at the dried meat and choked unconsciously. She was really hungry and hadn't eaten meat for many days.

She opened her mouth and took a bite. Although it was a bit dry, the long-lost fragrance made her wipe her eyes.

"Your Excellency...you are such a good man."

Liu Zhaoqing: “…”

After the woman finished eating, Liu Zhaoqing asked, "Now can you tell me about your origins and the purpose of your trip to Luoyang?"

By now, the woman completely believed in Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao.

She carefully got off the horse and bowed to Liu Zhaoqing.

"My name is Lv Hong, and I am from Bingzhou. Although my family is a noble family, it has long fallen into decline. In my generation, only my sister and I live with my father. Because we have a few acres of land, although we are not as well-known as a prominent family, our family still has enough food and clothing. However..."

Lv Hong looked sad, and after a pause she continued, "A few days ago, my father fell seriously ill..."

It was just as Liu Zhaoqing expected. The woman was not a refugee, but a lady from a declining aristocratic family in Bingzhou.

"So you're going to Luoyang to find a doctor for your father?" Zhang Liao asked, "But there shouldn't be a shortage of good doctors in Bingzhou, right?"

"General, you are right. I am going to Luoyang to find a doctor, but..." Lu Hong was silent for a while, shook her head and said, "My father passed away last month after he was infected."

"He's already passed away..." Liu Zhaoqing looked at her, "Then why did you go to Luoyang?"

"Because I want to find a better doctor." Lu Hong said.

"You mean 'you' are looking for someone?" Liu Zhaoqing was even more confused. "I don't think you are sick. And what disease did your father have?"

Lu Hong remained silent again, then took a small step back, lowered her head and said, "I don't know what my father's disease is, but I know that my father's disease... was caused by me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Liao came directly in front of Liu Zhaoqing.

Liu Zhaoqing looked at Lv Hong but was not afraid. If the disease she mentioned could be transmitted through the air, he and Zhang Liao would have shown symptoms by now. Moreover, it was impossible for Lv Hong to run so far and be caught on the road.

Liu Zhaoqing continued, "You don't look like a prostitute. Your illness should not be an ordinary one, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have insisted on going to Luoyang."

Lu Hong nodded: "I wonder if you two have heard of 'Tianji'."

"Tianji?" It was the first time Liu Zhaoqing heard this word.

Zhang Liao had heard of it before: "I have heard of it in the army. It seems to be a different kind of 'God's gift'. Some soldiers have received it before, and then they died suddenly. For example, their whole body turned into stone, or their bones melted into blood."

"As the general said, 'natural disease' is indeed a 'gift from heaven'." Lv Hong looked sad, "but the 'gift' is not an ability, but a disease. Hong's disease is plants and trees."

"Plants?" Liu Zhaoqing was surprised.

Lv Hong nodded, and then continued: "That day, I was reading at home, and I saw seven or eight ducks coming down the mountain. My father went to fight the ducks to protect me and my sister, but my father was old and was defeated. My sister felt a gift from God. When Hong and my father felt relieved, a duck came towards us. Hong was caught in panic and flew into the sky, but found that the duck fell again. It turned out that the claws of the duck pierced my arm, and the claws of the duck stained with my blood gradually turned into wood."

"Father caught me, but his wounded chest was stained with my blood..."

After Lu Hong finished speaking, Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao looked at each other, both extremely surprised.

This disease is really unheard of.

Then, as if to prove that what she said was not necessary, Lu Hong took out the dried meat that she had not finished eating, bit her finger, and dripped a drop of blood on it.

Later, Zhang Liao and Liu Zhaoqing saw that the part of the dried meat stained with blood had actually become a little woody.

Just now she said that seven or eight ducks came down from the mountain... Her sister thought Tianci must have killed a few of them, and Bingzhou was not far from the plain.

Could it be that the Fu Xi and Lu Hong that he had met before were the same group?

Liu Zhaoqing looked at Lv Hong's slowly healing wound, and after a moment of silence, he said, "So, in order not to accidentally hurt your family again, you ran away from home alone?"

"Yeah." Lv Hong nodded gently.

"Then why did you come out alone? Since your sister has awakened to heaven, she should be recruited by the government to be a government official. No matter how old she is, you should not need to spend money to support her. If you run away, she will be more worried, right?" Zhang Liao asked.

Lv Hong shook her head: "Compared to my sister's worry, I am more afraid that it will affect her career. If she knew that I was sick, she would definitely give up everything to find a doctor to save me, and then she would lose the opportunity to soar to the sky."

"That's why, even though my father died because of me, he never told me the truth before his death. He comforted me, saying it wasn't my fault, and told me to live a good life with you. You are now shouldering the responsibility of reviving the family, and I... should also carry on my father's wishes and not become a burden to him."

After Lu Hong finished speaking, she also tried to put on a smile: "I haven't given up either. I heard that there is a miracle doctor named Hua Tuo in Luoyang. People say that Hua Tuo can bring people back to life. He must be able to cure natural diseases. As long as my disease is cured, I can go back to Bingzhou and live with my sister again."

But even if Lv Hong went to Luoyang, how could she see Hua Tuo? How could Hua Tuo be willing to treat her? And could Hua Tuo really cure natural diseases?

Liu Zhaoqing did not raise these questions, as he believed that Lu Hong must know them too.

The reason why she didn't commit suicide after her father died because of her was all because of her father's will and the fact that she still had a relative in this world. It was also because of this that she was making her final effort.

Liu Zhaoqing had been told all of Lu Hong's background and purpose of going to Luoyang.

Liu Zhaoqing pondered for a moment and was about to say something, but at this time Zhang Liao turned around and whispered something to him.

Although it was spoken in a low voice and Lv Hong did not hear the specific content, she had already lowered her head, clenched her hands slightly, and then slowly relaxed them.

She had already guessed what Zhang Liao was whispering to Liu Zhaoqing.

"Is it dangerous..." Liu Zhaoqing murmured softly.

Zhang Liao nodded.

Lv Hong's blood can turn Fu Xi into wood, and if it falls on a person it can kill the person directly, although Lv Hong just said that his father died because of a chest wound due to his blood.

Regardless of whether Lv Hong lied about this matter, Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao might stumble on the way to Luoyang. If Lv Hong also stumbled and got injured, even if she had no intention of hurting anyone, Liu Zhaoqing and Zhang Liao would be in danger of their lives.

Zhang Liao, who had previously sympathized with Lu Hong, was now a staunch "rejectionist".

"Thank you both for your rescue and food. I am penniless and have no way to repay you..."

Lu Hong's expression gradually relaxed and calmed. She then bent down, prostrated herself on the ground, stretched out her hands, and performed a great ceremony towards Liu Zhaoqing that she would only perform towards important elders such as her father.

When Zhang Liao saw this, the fierceness in her eyes disappeared a lot. At this time, she seemed to understand why Lu Hong was so wary of strangers.

Not only because of her beautiful appearance, she was targeted by many bad guys, but also because her disease was too horrific.

He was able to leave his hometown alone and still live in the world despite being guilty of murdering his father, all because of his deceased father's trust and the fact that he still had family members around him.

If either of these two did not exist, Lu Hong would have probably given up hope of living long ago.

Another miserable person.

Zhang Liao sighed in his heart. Lu Hong was also a pitiful person. After all, she and he were from the same state.

"Wenyuan." Liu Zhaoqing suddenly said at this time.

"Do you still have the dagger you took from her earlier?"

"Ah? Yes, I'll get it." Zhang Liao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, pulled out the dagger from his horse and handed it to Liu Zhaoqing.

Then she looked at Liu Zhaoqing holding the dagger and fell silent.

Could it be that the benefactor wants to...

Zhang Liao looked at Lu Hong who had just stood up, and his expression changed slightly.

Lu Hong also saw Liu Zhaoqing holding the dagger. There was a trace of fear in his eyes that came from the soul of a living creature, but it quickly disappeared.

She stood still and did not run away.

Zhang Liao was hesitant to speak, although this might be the best solution. He would only have to bear a bad reputation, Lu Hong would be freed, and no one would be hurt.

But... it seems that there is no need to do this?

"What's wrong with you?"

At this moment, Liu Zhaoqing suddenly looked at them strangely and asked.

Lu Hong closed his eyes as if he had made up his mind, and Zhang Liao kept opening and closing his mouth as if he was freezing.

After asking, Liu Zhaoqing didn't understand what the two men were doing, so he picked up a dagger and cut his hair slightly.

Suddenly a handful of hair appeared in his hand.

Then Liu Zhaoqing said to Zhang Liao, "Wenyuan, can you lend me some of yours, too?"

"Uh...Okay, please do as you please, benefactor." Zhang Liao understood what Liu Zhaoqing wanted to do, but he didn't understand the purpose of his doing so.

After getting permission, Liu Zhaoqing walked up behind Zhang Liao and cut a few strands of hair from her ponytail.

Then he came to Lu Hong.

"Could you please drop two more drops of blood on it?" Liu Zhaoqing asked.

Lu Hong was confused and didn't understand what Liu Zhaoqing was doing, but looking at Liu Zhaoqing's face, she did as he asked.

Placing her fingers on her red lips and biting them lightly with her white teeth, Lu Hong stretched out her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the hair on the grass on the left. The hair instantly became as stiff as a twig.

But when Lv Hong dropped another drop on the right side of Liu Zhaoqing's hair, something unexpected happened: the short hair did not change.

The blood slid through the hair and dripped onto the grass below, disappearing into the ground.

Lu Hong opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth, a look of disbelief on her face.

Zhang Liao was also very surprised.

Liu Zhaoqing was relieved when he saw this, as he expected.

"Originally I wanted to try it with my hands, but then I thought it was too risky. If I turned into a 'vegetable', our trip to Luoyang would end early." Liu Zhaoqing joked.

Unfortunately, neither of them knew what the “vegetative state” was.

No one responded, and Liu Zhaoqing felt a little embarrassed. After coughing, he walked towards the horse while speaking.

"That's fine now. Then Lu Hong, just sit on my horse. You can't hurt me."

Chapter 63: Crisis on the Shore

Liu Zhaoqing's purpose of rescuing Lu Hong was very simple.

One reason was that Lv Hong did have someone she knew in Luoyang. According to what she said on horseback, her father had a close friend in Luoyang who he studied with in his early years. Although she didn't know where in Luoyang the friend worked or what his specific official position was, Luoyang was big and she would definitely be able to find the friend if she looked for him.

This time when she went to Luoyang, she only had to find her father's friend and ask him to help her find Hua Tuo, then she would be saved.

The second reason is because of Lv Hong’s ability... Liu Zhaoqing had some other ideas. If this drop of blood is so powerful, then not only will he have Zhang Liao to protect him along the way, but with Lv Hong by his side, wouldn’t he be even more invincible?

I just don't know how effective Lu Hong's blood is. Can it turn some ferocious beasts or more powerful people into petrified forms?

But thinking about it, it should be unlikely. If there is really such power, she herself is not even a hero. If there is such energy, she will become a real vegetable.

By the way, I would send Lu Hong to Luoyang, so that I could perhaps make friends with her father's friends, which would help me to stay in Luoyang without being in the dark and not knowing anyone or anything.

Moreover, Liu Zhaoqing was quite curious about what "Tianji" was.

Anyway, he was protected by the Book of Personnel and seemed immune to most "abnormal conditions". So Liu Zhaoqing had no reason to refuse the "Luoyang connections" sent to him.

However, at the beginning, Liu Zhaoqing did not realize that there was a gender difference between him and Lu Hong.

Because Liu, Guan, Zhang and Zhang Liao in this mythical late Han Dynasty were all women, Liu Zhaoqing almost forgot that in that era, it was still very important that ordinary men and women should not have too close contact.

But unexpectedly, Lu Hong did not show much discomfort. Instead, Zhang Liao, who was walking side by side, saw a lot of surprise and curiosity in her eyes. There is no need to explain the reason.

And speaking of which, Zhang Liao himself was actually quite curious as to why Lu Hong's diseased blood had no effect on Liu Zhaoqing.

Liu Zhaoqing also gave a brief explanation, saying that it might be the reason why he killed the dragon.

Remembering that Liu Zhaoqing came out of the six-headed dragon and bathed in a large amount of the six-headed dragon's blood, Zhang Liao nodded slightly and thought that this should be the reason.

"Kill the dragon?" Lu Hong, who was behind the horse, also showed a curious look when he heard this word.

But unfortunately, neither Liu Zhaoqing nor Zhang Liao showed any intention to explain.

Later on the road, Liu Zhaoqing asked about her physical condition again. Lu Hong said that her body was slowly becoming stiff, which was obviously due to the effect of the natural disease.

When she knew that she didn't have much time left and was afraid that her illness would be exposed and affect her sister, she left in a hurry during the Yellow River Rebellion.

Liu Zhaoqing couldn't comment on this, after all, it was someone else's family affair.

After the three men and two horses arrived in Wei County, they found two ferry crossings but neither had been repaired. When it was almost sunset, they arrived at the third ferry crossing and finally found one that had been repaired. They narrowly managed to catch the last ferry crossing.

On the ferry, Zhang Liao was leading two horses, while Liu Zhaoqing was standing beside Lu Hong looking at the Yellow River below.

The river flowed slowly and steadily after the flood. Until now, Liu Zhaoqing still found it hard to imagine that the six-headed dragons could attract such amount of Yellow River water.

"It's true. Don't you see that the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky, flows to the sea and never comes back?" Liu Zhaoqing said softly.

I also hope that it won’t come back, otherwise it will be a big disaster.

Lv Hong, who was standing by, was surprised when she heard these two sentences and said, "Young Master, what you are talking about... is it a Yuefu poem?"

"Huh?" Liu Zhaoqing was slightly surprised and looked at Lv Hong, "You also know this?"

Lu Hong, who had washed the mud off her face, looked shy. Although she was still wearing that tattered coat, the beauty between her eyebrows and eyes was enough to attract the attention of people on the same boat around her.

"Hong can play some zither music, and prefers singing and dancing. Although he is not good at writing poetry, he is also good at singing."