The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

A woman slept in the next room. Although the night was dark, she couldn't see her appearance, but after waking her up and saying a few words, Xun Zhen asked her where she came from. One, it was sent by Yin Xiu.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "So it seems that the female mistresses I saw in the prefect's mansion are indeed the female musicians of the country." Du You and Guo Jun should have dedicated them to Yin Xiu. To a Shan Han disciple like Xi Zhicai, Yin Xiu was not willing to give even a single "Cao Shi", but to a disciple from a famous clan like Xun Zhen, he was very generous. He is one.

Practically speaking, officials like Yin Xiu are already good officials. Although they cannot take the initiative to eliminate evil, they can at least "raise the virtuous", treat the nobles well, and are willing to do things. It is not long before they take office. It is no wonder that it has a good reputation in the county. As for the cold family? Who cares about them! Anyway, the right to speak public opinion is not in their hands.

Copy the Shen family once, and get three benefits. Xun Zhen was very amused. Since Yin Xiu has sent people, there is no need to pretend to return. Tang Er has been serving him for more than ten years. It is very hard work, and her daughter-in-law should also become a mother-in-law. It is good to have someone to help her. He didn't ask the woman's name, let her go to sleep and go back to the house where she lived.

Tang Er didn't expect him to come back. She was surprised and happy, so she hurriedly fetched warm water and asked him to bathe.

Xun Zhen couldn't stand water and heat, it was useless, she poured a bucket of well water, and after she helped to rinse her body, she felt refreshed. She glanced at her forehead and saw fine sweat on her forehead, her cheeks were flushed, and she could smell the water vapor. Ru Lan was fragrant, his heart swayed, and he asked, "What kind of incense is on the clothes? It's so fragrant?"

"The day before yesterday, Xixiang Gao Su sent a person to send a round incense burner, saying it was called a bed incense burner, and it could be used in the bed. It was probably smoked at night, right?"

"What kind of incense burner? Can it be used in bedding? Not afraid of tipping over? Is it hot?"

Tang Er said, "That incense burner is very ingenious. No matter how you turn it, the body of the burner is always flat and won't tip over." As he spoke, he was about to bring it over to Xun Zhen to see.

How could Xun Zhen be interested in watching it at the moment? He stretched out his hand to hold her, and said with a smile, "It smells so good, let me smell it carefully." He took her into his arms and found that she had been sweating and lightly dressed for some unknown time.

The beauty is in the arms, the fragrance is stronger and fragrant, just now it is fragrant with water vapor, and now it is the fragrance of beauty/body ripeness. He picked her up by the waist, started with plump and warm hands, rubbed his ears and temples, heard her breathing getting thicker, searched for the cherry lips, the clove entrance, and the tongue melted sweet spit. Tang Er grabbed his neck, reluctantly turned her head away, and breathed lightly, "Er is an old man, why don't you go to rest in the new man's house?"

Xun Zhen laughed softly and said, "Everyone says that newcomers are good, but I think old clothes are good."

"Why, why?"

"How can life be so sparse as to be familiar with the road?"

Although Tang Er had been "experienced" by him for a long time, she couldn't help being shy when she heard the words, and buried her head in his arms.

Xun Zhen didn't go to bed, she put her in front of the desk, taught her to turn around, and bent down a few times according to the desk, then lifted her dress from the bottom and piled it up to her waist. The shadow of the candle is shaking red, the hips are like snow, and the legs are like suet. He touched her crotch, the Taoyuan was already muddy, and he immediately drove into the familiar road. After going out of town for half a month, Xiao Biesheng was newly married, and his actions were inevitably a bit bigger. Poor Tang Er held the case, bent her legs, raised her hips, and swayed, covering her mouth, trying her best to press down her soft muscles, so as not to scream, she looked back and begged for mercy: "Don't let people hear you. "

It's cloudy and rainy, and the two of them are dripping with sweat. Tang Er brought water again, wiped it clean, blew out the lights, and slept in embrace.

Tang Er knew her identity, she was just a maid, and she was ten years older than Xun Zhen. Even though Xun Zhen had always treated her very well, whenever no one was alone, she would take a self-portrait in the mirror and see the people in the mirror getting older. Since I was melancholy and panicked, I occasionally woke up from a dream in the dead of night, and I often felt that the paper green hill on the screen in front of the couch was so lonely.

Xun Zhen rose step by step, of course she was happy, but Gao Sheng represented another meaning: she will not be the only servant in the family in the future, and there will be more servants to serve Xun Zhen in the foreseeable future. .

Didn't the prefect Yin Xiu send one to Xun Zhen? Although that little maid doesn't look like a coquettish woman, she is better than being young and beautiful. Who can guarantee that Xun Zhen will not change her mind? She was not jealous, but was afraid that Xun Zhen would forget her. As a maid, if you lose your master's favor, the best way out is to be good. Tang Er, a woman, even if she is let go and becomes a commoner, what can she do? Find a commoner to marry? With her looks, it wasn't a problem. The problem is: she doesn't want to.

If you don't want to be good, you can't fall out of favor. But fortunately, Xun Zhen is not a person who likes the new and hates the old, which makes her feel at ease a lot.

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Xun Zhen and Tang Er are called master maids, and they are in love with their younger brothers and sisters. They have traveled back to this era for more than ten years, and it is only thanks to Tang Er's care that he can study the book and shoot without distractions, and he has grown to this day. He was not a merciless person, and he had both gratitude and love for Tanger. He had never thought about what Tanger was worried about, and he was unaware of Tanger's panic tonight.

Listening to Tanger's thin breathing, when she fell asleep, he gently pulled his arms out from under her neck, put his hands under his head, and opened his eyes to look at the beams of the house. He didn't feel sleepy at the moment, he was not thinking about the soundness just now, nor was he thinking about the girl next door, but was thinking about his trip to the north of the county this time.

This trip to the northern counties of the county, offending Zhao Zhong's nephew, may bring trouble to the upper body, but the gain is greater than the trouble.

From an emotional point of view, apart from the many silverfish, he has a great sense of accomplishment, which needless to say, only the gains in interests.

The material harvest is more than 20 million yuan, hundreds of good soldiers, and a few pieces of fine armor. This wealth is enough for him to arm several hundred more people.

To be on the safe side, we can't call people with great fanfare, but with the money, we can let Xu Zhong and Jiang Qin expand the scope of recruiting Qingxia and evil youths, and they can extend their tentacles to Xixiang and Yingyin.

Xu Zhong did not speak. With Xun Zhen's secret support, Jiang Qin is now quite famous in Yingyin.

Jiang Qin has a scheming, and his position in their original circle was second only to Xu Zhong, but now he has been supported by Xun Zhen. He has money, people, a backstage, and he is also generous and courageous. He is already a "hero". . Xixiang is located in the southwest of Yingyin, and people call him "the bird of the city".

Not long ago, Xun Zhen heard a joke about his name from Xiao Xia and Xiao Ren, saying that there was a person in Yingyin County who had the same surname and the same word as him. Qin, the people sitting in the seat were all shocked when they heard the notice from the gatekeeper.

The light chivalrous men are still chivalrous, what is "ren chivalrous"? Responsibility, strength; chivalry, coercion, assisting people with power. What do they value most? Those who are strong are respected, those who are strong and can help others have a great reputation. With fame and money, it is not difficult to recruit people.

At the same time, Xu Zhong and Jiang Qin can also buy some strong slaves and train them like the people in Fanyangting. Of course, in order to avoid suspicion, one had to buy some land before buying slaves, and it was said that slaves were bought for farming.

At the same time, you can quietly buy some weapons from the market and hide them in Xixiang for spare. You can't buy too much of this weapon, and let Xu Zhong and Jiang Qin buy it at their discretion. You can also buy more food, but you don't need to buy too much, just enough to feed hundreds of people for a few months.

They have to recruit people, buy slaves, and store weapons and food, and other courtyards in Xixiang are too small. You can ask Gaosu or Feng Gong to come forward and buy a piece of land in Xixiang to build a village. In the future, after the Yellow Turbans rise, if there is nowhere to go, this village can be used as a shelter.

Twenty million dollars can do a lot of things. Plus, the fame gains are even bigger.

He won the popularity of the people of the half-county, and he was praised not only by ordinary people, but also by followers of Taiping Road. With this reputation, if you are in trouble in the future, maybe you can save your life? And was recognized by the gentry, and entered the door of the Li family in Xiangcheng County. This is also very happy.

In addition to wealth and fame, there is another important harvest: iron officials.

It has been nearly half a month since the last time I went to Tieguan.

In the past two weeks, while he was in various counties, he also carefully considered what he should do to control the iron official. After more than ten days of consideration, a more mature plan was formed.

The plan is to go in two steps.

The first step is to recommend Shen Rong as Tieguan Chief.

Tonight at the Prefect's Mansion, he had recommended Shen Rong to Yin Xiu, and Yin Xiu agreed, but it was up to the court to approve or not. According to his estimation, with the relationship of Zhao Zhong's nephew, the court should not reject it.

If the court does not reject it and Shen Rong successfully becomes the Tieguan Chief, he can proceed to the second step.

After all, Shen Rong was an outsider. Even if he had the handle in his hands, he couldn't rely on him for such an important matter as controlling Tieguan. He had to put another person in. Who should be put in? He also thought about it.

This person must first be calm, then brave, literate and knowledgeable, and finally, have an official body. Only with composure can we deal with complex situations. There are Shen Rong, Fan Sheng, Taiping Dao believers, and Tieguan disciples in Tieguan. Only his bravery can suppress Tieguan's disciples, and if something changes, he will not be at a loss. Only with his literacy knowledge can he ensure that he will not be deceived like a blind man. Only if he has an official body can he be transferred from Xixiang and Yingyin to Tieguan as an official.

In this way, among so many people under Xun Zhen's family, only one is the most suitable: Le Jin, who is currently wandering in Xixiang.

Le Jin is literate and literate, has a rough understanding of scriptures, has force, dares to kill, is calm, reliable, and has an official body. It is more than enough for a wanderer, a hundred stone official, to be a rafter in Tieguanli. What's even better is that you are still a county official, directly under the jurisdiction of the county government, so you don't have to go through the procedure of the county court. In addition, there is the most wonderful point, Le Jin this wandering is personally appointed by Yin Xiu. ——Yin Xiuxing went to Xixiang the year before last, and saw Le Jin outside the official temple in Xixiang. He liked his bravery, martial arts, loyalty and filial piety, so he was excluded from wandering.

Now that there is a candidate, the rest just needs to find a reason to put him in. So, how to find this origin?

Also simple. After Shen Rong took office, he ordered him to write a memorial note to Yin Xiu, and on the grounds of "Shen Rong's sudden death, Tieguan's inner feelings were fluctuating, and Tieguan's disciples often made trouble", he asked the county government to transfer a brave and knowledgeable person to him. be an assistant. Then, Xun Zhen could pretend to be casual and mention Le Jin to Zhong Yao. When Yin Xiu used Le Jin as a wanderer the year before, he was there and knew about Le Jin.

Zhong Yao is open to acting rationally. Although he strictly adheres to his position on major matters and does not hesitate to speak bluntly, he is not unreasonable when it comes to small matters. In the case of Le Jin really being usable and being a client of Xun Zhen, he should be able to move along with the flow and sell it to Xun Zhen felt a favor and recommended her to Yin Xiu. He is the county meritorious officer, and it is easy to recommend a hundred stone officials, and Yin Xiu will definitely not refute his face.

This is the second step, transferring Le Jin to Tieguan.

There are so many people in Tieguan, and Lejin alone is not enough. You can let him bring a few guests with him, and pick a few people from Xixiang Qingxia to accompany him.

With Shen Rong on the top and Le Jin on the bottom, no matter how capable Fan Sheng is, it's probably hard to make waves.

For the sake of safety, one more person can be dispatched. It is said that it is given to Shen Rong as a long follower. In fact, he shoulders the responsibility of monitoring Shen Rong. This person does not need to have an official status, as long as he is loyal and shrewd, Xiao Xia is the best choice. Xiao Xia has been with Xun Zhen for almost two years. She has been well nourished by Xun Zhen, and she is grateful to know that she has reported. For the past two years, she has been loyal and devoted, working tirelessly, and calling herself a servant. She is smart and capable. There's nothing wrong with it, it's the best choice.

In this way: restraining the development of Taiping Road in Tieguanli, recruiting Tieguan’s apprentices, there is joy; monitoring Shen Rong, passing news, Xiao Xia, and a few light warriors for his ears, eyes and minions, I dare not say in the short term , After a year and a half, Tieguan will be able to take control.

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Xun Zhen recalled the trip to the north of the county, and pondered over the strategy of Tieguan again and again, and felt that there were no loopholes in this plan, and it could be implemented only after Shen Rong successfully became the head of Tieguan, and it was easy. Zhuan recalled what Xun Yu had said tonight to remind him to beware of assassins.

He thought: "In the early years of Guangwu, when the generals attacked Shu, the earthquake in Shu was terrified, and the people of Shu were greatly afraid, so they sent assassins to stab Laisha and Cen Peng. In Laisha, they attacked Hexi Kuai, cut down the mountains to clear the way, attacked Lueyang, Kuai. The clamor turned pale and said: 'What a god'! Cen Peng attacked Shu, and traveled more than 2,000 miles in the morning and night. He sent his fine horses to gallop across Guangdu, and went to Chengdu for dozens of miles. He said: 'What gods are you'! Such two brave and adept 'gods' could not escape assassination. "

After thinking about it for a while, I don't think it's reliable. He thought: "Zhang Jiao has anti-will, and has hundreds of thousands of believers all over the world. He must be guarded strictly when entering and leaving. A dead man is afraid that he cannot be stabbed. Even if he is stabbed to death, there are Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang. All three of his brothers were stabbed to death, and there were also his disciples and disciples in all the states and counties in the world. Rebellion is a matter of losing his head. Zhang Jiao will not fail to discuss with his disciples and disciples, and his disciples and disciples will not be unaware of this matter. It will be the year of Jiazi in more than a year. With the current organization and communication conditions, the Taiping Daoqu Commander in various states and counties may have already made preparations. The arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent. The general trend is that Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, Zhang Liang, Zhao Jiao, Zhao Bao, and Zhao Liang, can't be solved by killing one or two of their leaders."

When I think of Shuai Qu from all over Taiping Road, I can't help but think of Po Cai and Po Lian. He pondered: "Tai Ping Dao's hand stretched long enough to even let off the iron officials. I can't just sit back and watch them rise, and I should take precautions and make some early preparations." The best way is to control the iron. Just like officials, send individuals into their interiors, so that they can always keep track of their movements.

"Yingchuan's Taiping Dao believers, I am most familiar with Yuan Pan, he also likes me, but unfortunately his status is too low, even if he has been summoned by Bo Cai, he should not know anything about the rebellion. To detect important information, we can only start from Bo Cai."

He and Bo Cai didn't know each other, so how could he send someone to Bo Cai's side? Who should I send to ensure that Pocai will not be suspicious and that this person can get Pocai to reuse?

He thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of a good solution until he fell asleep. The next morning, while half asleep, an inspiration suddenly came to his brain.

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1, Ren Xia.

There is also a saying: "Believe and trust are trusts, and both right and wrong are heroes."