The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Vol 5 Chapter 81: But the case of bandits and thieves in the mountains (5)

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Liu Bei and Xin Ai would take the initiative to invite Ying, which Xun Zhen never expected.

Xin Ai is usually unrestrained and unrestrained in etiquette, but he didn't expect that he would not drop the chain at this critical moment, which made Xun Zhen admire him.

As for Liu Bei, although Xun Zhen did not expect that he would invite Ying as a literate officer, Lieutenant Gong Cao, to relieve his worries, but after thinking about it carefully, since Liu Bei could stand out in the late Han Dynasty, when there were many heroes, he must be a responsible person. Those who can stand up at critical moments will not be loved, recruited and valued by so many local princes. ..

Xun Zhen was reluctant to send Xin Ai to Xunxing County, although his first meeting with Xin A was not pleasant. The first time he met Xin A was at Xun Yu's house many years ago. Very "rude", but after so many contacts, Xin Ai got to know him and respected him more and more. He also got to know Xin Ai and loved Xin A more and more. He really didn't want Xin Ai to do this. It's a job with a high risk factor, but you can't just agree to Liu Bei, but reject Xin Ai. He hesitated, and said, "Okay! The matter of patrolling the county will be handed over to Xuande and Yulang."

Liu Bei volunteered and stepped forward. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong, as his cronies, naturally would not sit back and watch.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have been participating in the training of new soldiers in the camp these days. They were also in the tent at this time. They immediately sat up and said in unison, "Yu (Fei) wishes to assist Gong Cao." Jian Yong is now a member of the Gong Cao Academy. The official, standing by Liu Bei's side, also said, "Yong also wishes."

Seeing that Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, and Liu Bei were so united, Xun Zhen couldn't help but let out a sigh, and said to herself, "Although there are not many friends and guests brought by Xuande to Zhao County, only Guan, Zhang, and Jian Yong are enough. It can be compared to ten or a hundred people.”

Of course, this does not mean that Liu Deng, Wenpin, Chen Bao, Chen Dao, Gao Su and others are not as loyal as Guan, Zhang, and Jian. As his subordinates, Liu Deng and the others would definitely follow him to patrol the county without complaint, but Xun Zhen didn't need to go on patrol in person, so Jiang Qin and others would inevitably have their own plans.

Xun Zhen took a glance at Jiang Qin and the others, turned back, smiled and said to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong: "Yunchang, Yide, Xianhe, Youqing and other three assist Xuande, and there is security in this county. It must be as stable as a rock." He agreed to the request of the three of them.

Immediately in the tent, Xun Zhen handed down a military order, ordering Xu Zhong to transfer 300 people from the old army to Liu Bei and Xin Ai. With Liu Bei as the main force, Xin Ai as the auxiliary, Jian Yong as the assistant, and Guan and Zhang as the minions, from today onwards, they will tour each township in the county.

After agreeing on this matter, Xun Zhen told everyone to leave.

Xu Zhong mobilized 300 soldiers and gave them to Liu Bei and Xin Ai. The two of them and Guan Zhang Jianyong bid farewell to Xun Zhen, and took the soldiers and horses out of the camp first, and then went to the village.

Xun Zhen didn't go with them. He took Xi Zhicai, Xun You, and Liu Bei to patrol the camp for another week. After seeing the anti-epidemic decoction brewed on the fire, he left the camp and returned to the city. Before leaving, he repeatedly explained to Xu Zhong: "Tell the doctors to continue to examine the soldiers. Isolate patient transfer."

Xu Zhong respectfully agreed.

Xun You stayed behind and did not follow him back.

Xun Zhen's car was driving outside the camp, and on the way to the camp, Jiang Qin got out of nowhere, got close to him, lowered his eyebrows and said pleasingly, "Lieutenant, it's not that I don't want to lead troops out on patrol, the lieutenant is Knowing me, I'm not afraid of death! It's just like A Deng said, "A man should die on the battlefield", and the bird really doesn't want to die on the sickbed. The lieutenant don't be angry....Or else? in the county."

"Well, I can understand your thoughts."

Not long after Jiang Qin left, Liu Deng appeared out of nowhere, leaned closer, scratched his face, and said in a muffled voice, "Lieutenant, it's not that I don't want to lead troops to patrol the camp, the lieutenant knows me, I'm not afraid of death! It's just the same sentence: I really don't want to die of illness. Lieutenant, don't be angry. . . . Isn't the lieutenant planning to attack the thief again when the weather warms up?

"Well, I can understand your thoughts."

Not long after Liu Deng left, Gao Su appeared out of nowhere, leaned closer, and said with a dry smile, "Lieutenant, it's not that I don't want to lead troops to patrol the camp, the lieutenant knows me..."

"I know you don't shoot to death."

"Ah?" Xun Zhen said what he wanted to say first, Gao Su was stunned for a while, then moved, patted his chest and said, "The parents who gave birth to me, the lieutenant who knew me! Who am I, Gao Su? The lieutenant knows best! When it comes to bravery, I, Gao Su, can't compare to Lao Liu, but when it comes to loyalty, if Gao Su were to be second, no one would dare to be first in this barracks with thousands of footsteps! Hehe, hehe It's just like what Lao Liu said, how can a man die on the couch? If I contract typhoid fever, I, Gao Su, will die if I die. It's not a pity, but I can't serve the lieutenant anymore! Lieutenant! Don't be angry. . . . Or, the lieutenant will punish me again?"

"Well, I can understand your thoughts."

Not long after Gao Su left, Wen Ping appeared out of nowhere, leaned closer, carefully peeked at Xun Zhen's face, and said in a low voice, "Lieutenant, if you don't want to share your worries with your lord, it's just that you have just arrived in Zhao County. , I am not familiar with the roads and people's conditions of the local village pavilion, so I rashly asked for my life, which might delay the lieutenant's important affairs, so I thought about it again and again, but in the end I didn't take the initiative to ask."

"Zhongye, I know that you are not a person who shrinks from life. Don't think about it, I am not angry."

Not long after Wen Pin left, the two generals He Yi and Li Xiang appeared out of nowhere.

Xun Zhen stopped and told them to stand up.

Li Xiang said embarrassedly: "Lieutenant, it's right in the tent, the two of us were hesitant because we were afraid of contracting typhoid fever, and we couldn't take the initiative to ask for Ying immediately, so Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were placed in front of me. I'm really ashamed of the lieutenant. Your credit! Lieutenant, the two of us are willing to lead troops to patrol the camp."

When Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were in the tent just now, when Guan Yu and Zhang Fei volunteered to help Liu Bei, Xun Zhen glanced at everyone in the tent. Xiang and the others could all see his dissatisfaction, so they came to admit their mistakes one by one, and because everyone's spleen was different, although the words for admitting mistakes were similar, they were also different. To be sincere and sincere, It's Li Xiang's words.

It's no wonder that among the few people who came to admit their mistakes, only Li Xiang and He Yi were descended generals, and they were the most unsure.

Xun Zhen and Yan Yue said softly, "There's no need for this. It's enough to have Yulang, Xuande, Yunchang, Yide, Xian and a few others patrol the county. You two have been in the camp and obeyed the orders of Junqing and the public. According to Da's arrangement, it is a credit to take good care of the soldiers of your headquarters."

Xun Zhen had an attitude towards Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, Gao Su, and Wenpin, the old people from Xixiang. Regarding the surrendered generals, Xun Zhen had another attitude because she knew their worries.

Thinking that they had angered Xun Zhen, they came to plead uneasy, but they were comforted by Xun Zhen and Yan Yue, and Li Xiang and He Yi went away with tears in their eyes. After Li Xiang and He Yi left, Chen Bao, Chen Dao, Chen Wu and others came over.

On the short way out of the camp, more than ten people came to plead guilty.

After leaving the camp gate and getting into the car, Xi Zhicai, who had been watching on the side, couldn't help laughing, and said to Xun Zhen, "The lieutenant's eyes make the three armies terrified!" He also saw Xun Zhen sweeping across The eyes of everyone in the account.

Xun Zhen has always been strict in rewards and punishments. No matter how close or distant you are in the army, you will always be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and punished if you do anything wrong. If you have ruled the army for such a long time, if you don't even have the prestige of "frightening the three armies at a glance", then this soldier will be punished. He even has a white belt.

"Zhicai don't want to laugh at me. Alas, fortunately, there have been no typhoid patients in the barracks so far, and I hope there will be no need to appear after the outbreak of the epidemic!"

...

Xun Zhen's hope was nothing but hope.

From the second day onwards, the documents from the counties in the county flew in one after another like snowflakes, and they all reported the occurrence of typhoid fever patients in the county. On the sixth day, the prefectural shepherd Huangfu Song's letter was sent from Gaoyi: more than 90% of the counties in Jizhou have experienced epidemics.

At the end of January, on the tenth day after the first case of typhoid fever in Zhao County, a large-scale outbreak broke out.

If Xun Zhen and Xi Zhicai expected, the refugee settlements would be the first flashpoint.

Overnight, the refugee settlement site closest to the barracks alone had dozens of patients. There are only two or three thousand people in total, and dozens of people contracted typhoid fever at the same time in one night. In addition, the patients who contracted the disease one after another in the previous ten days, almost every ten people had a patient.

Handan was the capital of Zhao State, and when the news came, the palace, the prime minister's mansion, and the lieutenant's mansion were all shocked.

King Zhao was not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the army and the people in the country. Although he was frightened, he had nothing to do. The only thing he could do was to close the palace gate. Even Liu Heng, Huang Zong and other high-ranking officials in the country asked to see him, but he avoided seeing him. into the palace.

Within half a day, Liu Heng issued three orders to the temple in Handan County, ordering the county temple to immediately dispatch officials and soldiers to strengthen the control of the refugee settlements, strictly prohibit any refugees from coming out, and set the five-mile area around the refugee settlements as A near no-man's-land location.

This method of his is too rude, and it is clearly to let the refugees fend for themselves.

Xun Zhen objected to this, but now he didn't have time to pay attention to it, because there were also typhoid patients in the barracks, not many, only two. But Rao is so, it can't be careless. He had just ordered Xu Zhong and Xun You to properly place the patients in the camp, and to stabilize the morale of the army, when another news came: there were also patients in the lieutenant's mansion.

Hearing this news, Xun Zhen subconsciously shuddered, feeling cold all over her body.

As mentioned above, disease is different from hunger. Hunger is not contagious, and only the poor will starve, and the dignitaries will not starve.

The lieutenant's mansion was Xun Zhen's usual residence and office, and the presence of patients in the mansion meant that he, Chen Zhi, Tang Er, Chi maid and others might also have contracted typhoid fever, and what shocked him even more was: It was Fan Tan who contracted typhoid fever.

This is the first old man from Xixiang to contract typhoid fever this year.

In order to prevent the spread of the disease into the Fuzhong, the lieutenant's residence, like the barracks outside the county, was not allowed to come in at all times. Du Mai came to Xun Zhen in a panic and asked to leave the house: "Lieutenant, Fan Tan has contracted typhoid fever. I want to go to the city medical center to get him a doctor."

After Du Mai, Fan Tan, and Fan Shang came to Zhao County with Chen Bao and Xun Cheng, Xun Zhen treated them very well. in panic.

"What about Fanshang?"

Fan Tan is Fan Shang's co-born brother, and his brother has typhoid fever. It should be Fan Shang who came to ask for a doctor, but why did Du buy it?

"Fan Shang was afraid of contracting the disease, so he locked himself in the house and refused to go out half a step."

Only in times of great disasters and chaos will a person's essence be revealed. Xun Zhen knew that Fan Tan and Fan Shang were both selfish and easy to take advantage of, but he didn't expect Fan Shang to be so cold that he didn't even care about his own brother's illness.

Xun Zhen let out a rare anger, and said sullenly: "'You can't carve a rotten wood, and a wall of dung can't be plastered, so why should Yu Yu be punished'?"

This is what Confucius said. Zai Yu was sleeping in bed during the day, so Confucius said this. "What's the use of blaming Yu Yu?"

Du Mai hadn't read the book and didn't know what Xun Zhen was talking about, but he saw Xun Zhen's anger and fell to the ground tremblingly, not knowing what to say. Xun Zhen left the table, walked around the table, and stepped forward to help him up.

Although Du Mai has various shortcomings, he did not give up after Fan Tan became ill, and he was able to suppress his fear of the disease and asked to leave the house to seek medical treatment for Fan Tan. This alone is worthy of Xun Zhen's respect for him. .

Xun Zhen helped him up and called Yuan Zhongqing on the outer porch of the Guard Hall to come in, and ordered, "Take two people to move Fan Tan to the guest house in Funan, and immediately send someone out of the manor to ask for a medical doctor. Come and heal him."

Yuan Zhongqing had already heard Du Mai's words outside the hall. Knowing that Fan Tan had the disease, he immediately agreed and hurried away.

"Du Jun, don't worry, I will order the doctors to do their best to treat Fan Tan."

"Yes Yes."

Du Mai waited to leave, but Xun Zhen stopped him again, told him to wait a moment, and ordered Zuo Bohou, who was outside the hall, to come in, and ordered: "You and Du Jun go to Fan Shang and throw him out of the lieutenant's mansion. I have a good reputation in the mansion. Innocent, there is no place for someone like him who doesn't know how to love his brother."

"promise."

Everyone has a bottom line. People without bottom line can't accomplish anything. Xun Zhen's bottom line is the word filial piety. He can ignore or even laugh at small mistakes, but filial piety and tiring are big festivals, and he will never tolerate those who are not filial and tiring.

Xun Zhen has always been amiable and caring towards Du Mai and the Fan family brothers, but this time she turned her face into anger. He fought in several states, and personally killed more than tens of thousands of Yellow Turbans and bandits. When he was not angry, he made people feel like sitting in a chūn style. Du Mai's knees were weak, and if it wasn't for Zuo Bohou who grabbed him in time, he almost fell to the ground again.

...

In order not to make Chen Zhi, Tang Er, and Concubine Chi afraid that Fan Tan contracted typhoid fever, Xun Zhen was not going to tell them.

Back at the back house in the evening, Tang Er served him to change clothes and wash his hands.

Seeing her frowning and worrying, Xun Zhen tried to cheer up, temporarily putting aside the incident of the successive patients in the camp and the mansion, and said with a smile, "Er, the maid from another family sees a man. You come home happily, but why do you frown? Don't you want to see me?"

"I heard that the epidemic in the county is getting worse and worse, I am worried..."

"What are you worried about?"

"The second year of Xiping was like this year. When you opened the chūn, there was an epidemic. You were young at that time, but you should remember the tragic situation at that time. The only family lived in Gaoyangli..."

Xun Zhen interrupted her again and said with a smile, "Of course I remember. But don't worry... Azhi, don't worry too, this year's epidemic will not be as serious as the second year of Xiping. I ordered the counties to actively treat the epidemic, and I have also sent people to Julu and other places to find Fan A, he is a disciple of the famous doctor Hua Tuo, as long as he can be invited to the county, what is a small typhoid fever!"

Chen Zhi asked, "Is it the Fan Ah who sewed He Yi's intestines?"

Fan A's medical skills were excellent, and Xun Zhen told Chen Zhi about how he treated He Yi, which made Chen Zhi amazed.

"It is this man."

Although Chen Zhi was young, when the epidemic broke out in the second year of Xiping, she had already remembered it. Like most people, the misery of that year left her a very deep memory. Although she is smart and assertive, she has experienced few things in the end. After hearing about the epidemic in the county, she has been worried these days, not for herself, but for Xun Zhen who is out every day. Hearing that Xun Zhen had sent someone to look for Fan Ah, he put down his snacks a little and said, "I hope to find him sooner!"

Fan A hangs the pot to help the world, and his whereabouts are uncertain. It is not easy to find him.

Moreover, the reason why Fan A came to Jizhou was because he was worried that Jizhou would have an epidemic after the war. Now there are serious epidemics in all counties in Jizhou. Even if he is found, he may not agree to come to Zhao County immediately.

Xun Zhen is quite regretful now, knowing that she would have left Fan A behind no matter what. Having a doctor at hand during a pandemic is like having a general at hand during a war. It is hard to find a general until there is chaos, and it is difficult to find a doctor until you are sick. Xun Zhen secretly decided that this time as long as Fan A could be found and invited to Zhao County, he would be kept by his side no matter what.

Hearing that Xunzhen sent someone to find Fan A, Chen Zhi was a little relieved, but still worried, she paused, and then said, "I don't know about Yingchuan?"

She stopped after only half of her words, but Xun Zhen and Tang Er knew what she meant, she was worried about her family. The epidemic in the second year of Xiping was a "big epidemic in the world", and none of the prefectures and counties in the North and Central Plains escaped. A "worldwide epidemic", Yuzhou may also be doomed.

Xun Zhen was also worried about the family, but not as worried as Chen Zhi, because he knew that at least Xun Shuang, Xun Yu, Chen Yu, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao and others did not die in the epidemic.

Speaking of which, those heroes, generals, and counselors who have entered the stage of history a few years later are also considered "lucky" people. Each of them has experienced at least two major epidemics, but they are safe and sound. Good luck . But then again, there are those who are lucky, and of course there are those who are unlucky, but I don't know how much talent and bravery are not inferior to them, and those who are not inferior to them quietly died in the epidemic?

Time and luck, if you want to leave a name in the long river of history, only talent is not enough, fortune is also very important.

Xun Zhen was touched, and she couldn't help thinking, "What will happen to my fortune?"

...

It is not known what his fortune will be at the moment, but at least it is better than the people who died in the epidemic this time.

After the epidemic broke out on a large scale in the refugee settlements, it was soon the township's turn, followed by the county.

At first, the county and township pavilion could strictly implement Liu Heng's order, and organize people to transport and bury the body in time, but within a few days, Liu Heng's order was useless and no one carried out.

The reason why no one is executed is very simple: there are too many dead people, and they are pulled out in carts and carts. Only one county in Handan, dozens of carts of dead bodies are pulled out every day. Even though the county has repeatedly raised wages, and even though the county has repeatedly stated that it will be severely punished, they will not do this work any more.

If the order to bury the corpse in time is not carried out, the direct consequence is that corpses are thrown everywhere in the county and the countryside.

Fortunately, it is early in the morning, the weather is cold, and it will be put into summer, I am afraid that it will not take long for the county to stink.

Nonetheless, this situation must be dealt with.

At a critical moment, Liu Bei volunteered again and ordered Jian Yong to take people into the city and go to the countryside to collect the corpse.

For this matter, Liu Heng made a special trip to the lieutenant's mansion, held Xun Zhen's hand, thanked him with a face, and praised Liu Bei repeatedly, saying that Xun Zhen had a meritorious deed.

Xun Zhen praised Liu Bei first.

Liu Bei is indeed worthy of the word "Xian". He not only led people to patrol the county every night to prevent the people and displaced people from chaotic life, he not only sent Jian Yong to be responsible for transporting and burying the corpses, but also personally went deep into the refugee areas and those with severe epidemics. The village distributes soup and medicine to the refugees and common people.

The first two are nothing, but the last one is really something that people can do.

To be honest, Xun Zhen had a bit of bad intentions when he promised Liu Bei to volunteer himself earlier. He never thought that Liu Bei might contract typhoid fever, but after seeing what Liu Bei did after taking the order, he was awe-inspiring to Liu Bei. Respect.

Regardless of whether Liu Bei's actions to go deep into the epidemic area and distribute medicine to save the people are for the sake of the people or to raise his own reputation, Xun Zhen asked himself, he can't do like Liu Bei.

Since ancient times, those who have achieved great things must have something special~www.wuxiaspot.com~ In today's world, Liu Bei has two advantages that few people can match. One is that he would rather take risks than abandon the people's "benevolence and righteousness".

In the original history, Liu Bei fled Jingzhou in order to avoid Cao's army, and more than 100,000 soldiers and citizens of Jingzhou followed. There were too many people to follow, and the march was slow, only traveling for more than ten miles. To avoid being overtaken by Cao Cao, Liu Bei replied: "Fu Ji must be people-oriented in important matters, and people will return to me today, how can I bear to abandon it!" Then there was the great defeat of Dangyang Changban.

"In the face of adversity, the faith will become clearer, and in the face of danger, the truth is not lost."

Knowing Liu Bei's move to distribute medicines to the people, Xun Zhen sighed: "I am not as good as Xuande."

Sitting in the hall, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, he got up three times and sat down three times. After a fierce ideological struggle, he finally let out a long sigh and muttered to himself, "That's it, that's it." Dian Wei was summoned, and the commander said, "You go out of the house immediately, go to Xuande, and tell him: You can be kind to the people, never forget it, you don't have to do everything yourself, and the matter of distributing the medicinal soup to the people can be handed over to the subordinate officials. Fang Ding, the epidemic has re-emerged, the thieves are like bees, and the sea is not safe, the gentleman should hide and cherish his life, and use it in a timely manner, and never take risks personally."

Dian Wei Yingnuo, take the order to go out.

Seeing Dian Wei striding out of the hospital, Xun Zhen felt a little remorse and a little regret that he was emotional, but since he had already asked Dian Wei to find Liu Bei, he could no longer call Dian Wei back.

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