Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2678 Borrowing a human head and using it

  What exactly is malice?

  Sometimes maliciousness arises, it is very simple, those kind people are too kind, too easy to believe, too easy to deceive.

  This has to be the story of Cao Cao and Wang Hou.

  Since it is a story, it may not be true, but it may not be false...

  Cao Cao has more people and less food, and the food will soon run out. The soldiers eat less and less every day, and they all complain. The food officer Wang Hou ran to say, "There is really no food, what should I do?" 』

  Cao Cao said, "That can't be helped, I can only borrow your head." 』

  Wang Hou was terrified, and argued, "I am innocent!" 』

  Cao Cao said: "I know you are innocent, but if you don't kill you, the morale of the army will change." 』

  After Wang Hou was killed, Cao Cao explained to everyone that everyone had nothing to eat because Wang Hou was greedy for military rations, and finally stabilized the morale of the army.

  If it is corruption, then not only the grain official Wang Hou who is in charge of grain is guilty, but the upstream and downstream don’t know about it?

   Those who bought food from Wang Hou must not know that it is military food?

  Whoever took the money from Wang Hou has absolutely no idea how the money came from?

   Just killed Wang Hou, what is it?

  Did you take off your white gloves?

  The problem is, doing so actually stabilized the morale of the army.

  So, he said oh, a human head can be eaten as food, and it can relieve grievances, isn't it simple?

   Feudal society is of course borrowing heads directly. Later generations are more civilized in modern times. Borrowing other people's heads is too cruel, so let them go out and hide abroad...

   How about grabbing a small one and just thinking about it?

  After all, everyone understands that they are all vulnerable groups...

   Just like Qiao Shi at the moment, he feels that Zhang Orion is very incomprehensible.

  Everyone has difficulties, so why not take a step back?

  Qiao’s price has been lowered, how can Zhang Orion not buy it?

  Besides, the ones selling spells are ordinary people, so why do the common people make things difficult for them?

   The spell is made, regardless of whether it has any effect, the original intention is for everyone's benefit, why can't you understand it?

   In this way, doesn't it prove that Zhang Orion did not buy the charm maliciously?

   And still do not consume maliciously! How can Qiao's make more spells for everyone without consumption?

  Save money maliciously! Everyone is saving money like Zhang Orion, so how can the charms made by Qiao's be sold at a high price?

   At the same time, it is also malicious travel! Walking around without spells, isn't this trying to make it clear that Qiao's spells are useless?

  If this Orion is not malicious, what is it? !

  Anyway, Qiao felt that as long as Zhang Orion didn't want to be a leek, he would do anything maliciously.

The five-party Catholicism itself is good, conveying goodwill and making people cultivate virtue, but like many policies, it was formulated with good intentions, but after a series of squires known as "people who are caring people" " After explaining”, these things changed.

  So, what if some people "maliciously" don't buy spells now?

   It is to borrow someone's head for use.

   Zhang lame took the man with him, and the cat was on the way back from Orion Zhang.

  Zhang Orion lives alone in the mid-mountain in a hut he built himself. A small path was created by his daily travels.

   Zhang Laizi and others were waiting by the side of the path.

  There are more mosquitoes in summer, and it is approaching evening, and the buzzing is very arrogant. Zhang Laizi and the others couldn't move around at will. In the eyes of mosquitoes, it was undoubtedly the best fixed-point delicacy. They took bites after bites, making Zhang Laizi and the others scream.

  『I said, head, or we go to his house and wait! There are too many mosquitoes! One person slapped himself on the back of his neck, and then stretched out his hand to see, two or three mosquito corpses were lying in his palm, with some blood stains, he couldn't help shouting a little depressed, "Look, how many mosquitoes there are here!" 』

   Zhang lame is also a little regretful. If you go to the countryside to collect money and food on weekdays, you will bring some outfits, insect repellent, wormwood and so on, but now you have a sharp knife in your pocket, and nothing else.

   While hesitating, the watchman at the foot of the mountain ran up, "Come, come! 』

   Zhang Laizi waved his hand quickly, and several people around understood, took out their sharp blades one after another, or hid behind a tree, or hid among the bushes, waiting for Orion Zhang to come.

   Not long after, a figure swayed from the foot of the mountain.

   Zhang Orion drank some wine, his dark face turned slightly red. Now he just wants to go back to his hut and have a good sleep, while walking forward, humming the little tune he heard today.

  Walking, Zhang Orion suddenly saw a little hem of his clothes protruding from behind the tree, he was taken aback, and stopped.

  Gizi Zhang and the others are not professional assassins after all, so they inevitably showed some flaws when hiding.

  On weekdays, few people came to Zhang Orion's place, so Zhang Orion immediately became vigilant and shouted: "Who is hiding behind the tree?" ! 』

   Seeing the traces revealed, Zhang Laizi also yelled to do it.

   Zhang lame's eyes were fierce, and he turned out from behind the tree with a short blade in his hand, attracting the attention of Zhang Orion, but it was not lame Zhang who actually did it, but another person hiding in the bushes beside him. The man stabbed Zhang Orion's chest straight with a straight knife, and at the same time there were footsteps behind Zhang Orion and on the left side, accompanied by the sound of clothes rubbing against each other, and the wind hit.

In the mountains and forests, Zhang Liehu also fought with ferocious beasts. Although he is not experienced in many battles, he is not a person whose legs are weak when he sees blood. He brought a short blade for self-defense, but the other party's action was too sudden, the knife had already reached his chest in an instant, and he didn't even have time to draw it.

"Ah ah! ’ Zhang Orion roared, and at the critical moment, he used his right arm to slightly move the knife blade stabbing in front of him to the right, and his left hand moved to the left, trying to block the knife coming from the left with the short-edged scabbard in his sleeve. But he didn't adjust his center of gravity, he couldn't move in time, and a blade behind him had already pierced his back!

At the juncture of life and death, Zhang Orion displayed his years of experience in encountering ferocious beasts. He shrank and slanted. The blade stabbed from behind did not directly penetrate into the body, but opened a long line along the back. Blood gushed out of the gap.

   Zhang lame has lame legs and moves slowly, but being slow also has the advantage of being slow. When Zhang Orion dodged or parried the first wave of attacks, Zhang Laizi just arrived. He grabbed the handle of the knife tightly and stabbed Zhang Orion desperately.

At this time, Zhang Orion was injured on his right arm and back. He pulled out the short blade to force the person on the right away, and then threw the scabbard to scare the person behind him back a step. Subconsciously, he wanted to rush forward. He wanted to go back to his hut, but was stabbed under the ribs by Zhang Lizi. The short blade pierced the muscles in Orion's ribs, and rubbed against his ribs, making a harsh scratching sound.

  The foreign body and pain caused the muscles around Zhang Orion's wound to contract violently, clamping the blade tightly. Zhang Laizi wanted to pull out the knife, but he couldn't pull it out for a while.

   Zhang Orion howled, and slashed at Zhang Cripple with his backhand. Zhang Laizi wanted to hide, but he was lame, so he couldn't dodge. He was hit by Zhang Orion's counterattack, and his clothes were torn open on his chest, and blood dripped out.

  But the blade that struck again later made it impossible for Zhang Orion to continue chasing and killing Zhang Laizi. After being stabbed a few times in a row, Zhang Orion felt that all the strength in his body had disappeared, and he fell limply.

The few people still didn't let go, rushed up, stabbed Zhang Orion's body randomly with knives, everyone stabbed three or four times, and after a lot of blood was splashed on the face, body, and ground, they stopped breathlessly …

Seeing Zhang Orion's death, Zhang Laizi realized that he was also hit by the knife, so he yelled, and then angrily wanted to kick Zhang Orion's head, but because of his lame leg, his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell again. When he fell and touched the wound, he cried out in pain.

  The people on the side quickly stepped forward to help, "Head, you rest, we will take care of this matter..."

  Cripple Zhang covered the wound with his hands, yelling, "It hurts me to death...you guys, do you know what to do?" 』

   Several subordinates just knew that Zhang Orion was going to be killed, but of course they didn't know why.

  『Make it look like a ghost is coming! ’ Zhang Laizi pointed to Zhang Orion’s corpse and said, ‘It’s a ghost that killed him, understand? To be seen as a ghost... oh, it hurts, it's a ghost, understand? 』

"clear! ”The subordinate responded subconsciously, and then came to his senses, “But…head, what should this ghost look like? 』

"Ghosts are harmful, of course..." Zhang Lizi said casually, and then got stuck, "Of course it looks like a ghost...Ghosts are stronger than humans, so...um, this, right, go He searched in the house to see if there was any ax or something, fetch it! Then the hands, feet and head were separated...the hands and feet were thrown over there, a little further away, the intestines were pulled out, and the head was thrown into the room...』

  …_(:з」∠)_…

   Qiao Ming admired Zhang Laizi's executive ability very much.

  Seeing that Zhang Lizi was injured again, he gave a reward without saying a word.

  As a leader, of course, I like such subordinates the most. I don’t need to explain everything clearly, and then the subordinates will go to **** and do it. In this way, if there is any responsibility, it is not the leader's fault, but the subordinates' self-assertion, failure to comprehend the spirit, unauthorized overweight, and deviation from the original direction...

It’s like the post-00s in the later generations, who always carry a recording pen and leave evidence for everything. The leaders don’t like it very much, saying that such people have no initiative at all, and they only do what they are called, and their execution is too strong. Poor, I can't keep it, I have to send it out when I'm thirty-five.

   Zhang Laizi received the bounty. Of course, Qiao Shi also said that this bounty has nothing to do with Zhang Orion, but only because of the hard work accumulated by Zhang Laizi before.

Zhang Laizi also knew that the reason why he was able to kill Zhang Orion was also inseparable from the assistance of several of his helpers, so after he got the reward, he did not say that he was alone, but asked his subordinates to buy wine and meat together. Eat and drink, give some money to his subordinates, which can be regarded as labor expenses, and then let these subordinates spread new rumors, saying that Zhang Orion was approached by ghosts, and the news of his sudden death was released...

  The news gradually spread.

  This news made the farmers feel the "scary" of ghosts even more, but it also attracted the attention of Ma Zhong, the inspector in Chengdu.

  Ma Zhong is a native of Langzhong County, Brazil County. He was fostered by his grandfather's family when he was a child. As a person deeply involved in the Li family's rebellion incident in Chengdu, Ma Zhong knows that many things are not what they seem on the surface, and sometimes slight negligence may lead to serious consequences.

   It was because of this that he discovered the abnormality of Zhang Orion's death.

  Ordinary people can't tell what is a ghost's bite and what is a knife wound, but Ma Zhong knows it well.

   There are also some inspectors who have retired from the military. When they walk around the scene, nothing can escape their eyes.

   Ghosts eat people.

   Beasts occasionally eat people.

But the blood all over the ground seems to be very miserable, but in fact, after careful inspection, you will find that there is not much flesh and blood missing from Zhang Orion's corpse, and it is more like a small animal gnawed after death. It was not the work of some man-eating ghosts as the rumors said.

  If ghosts really eat people, can there be so many left?

  So Ma Zhong reported the abnormality to Fazheng.

   Immediately, Fazheng ordered Ma Zhong to conduct a further investigation. As a result, during Ma Zhong's investigation, Zhang Laizi jumped out by himself. It's not that Zhang Zizi is so arrogant, but because Zhang Zizi is sick.

After Zhang Laizi was injured, in order to show his hard work, he did not choose to clean the wound. Instead, he simply bandaged it and went to see Qiao Ming. After receiving the reward, he took his brother to drink again. It was very cool. The result The wound is infected.

Maybe clean up the wound in time, maybe don’t rush to drink and eat meat, Zhang Laizi may not have any problems, but it’s like Zhang Laizi thinks that after dismembering Zhang Orion’s body, he can pretend to be a ghost, it’s just so ignorant and ignorant .

   What's more interesting is that after Zhang Laizi fell ill, his subordinates also fell ill.

   Zhang Laizi was infected, while his subordinates had malaria and were bitten by a certain mosquito.

   Neither Zhang Laizi nor his subordinates have any knowledge and culture, so under the torment of illness, in the hallucination, they thought that it was Zhang Orion who came to them to ask for their lives...

  In order to deal with the life-threatening ghosts, Zhang Zizi's other two subordinates recruited "professional" people, Taoist priests from the Wufang Catholic Church, and they are also Taoist priests who they think are "true" with magic power. Of course, the basis for their judgment is also very simple, that is, those who become Taoist priests in order to collect money like them basically have no ability, and those who do not collect money can be called "true" Taoist priests.

  The "true" Taoist priests found are naturally not from the Qiao family. This Taoist originally looked down on the behavior of these people who made money under the guise of the five gods, but it was just because he said that since he wanted to cast a spell on Zhang Laizi to drive away ghosts, he had to ask clearly, but when he asked, Zhang Laizi's subordinates faltered again In the end, it was said that the ghost that killed Orion Zhang also came to kill Lame Zhang and the others...

  The Taoist turned his head and reported it, and then Ma Zhong came with inspections. Of course, Zhang Laizi's remaining two subordinates couldn't have any spirit of preferring death to surrender, and they said everything when asked.

  …┐(～)┌…

  The news about the Qiao clan brought by Fazheng made Xu Shu not only laugh and sigh, but also feel a little relieved.

   Laughing is aimed at the stupidity and greed of the Qiao clan, and sighing is because of these deceived people.

  As for peace of mind, it is for Nanzhong.

After all, there was a period of chaos in Nanzhong back then, and roads were laid during this period of time, so the interests involved are naturally not small, so I heard that it was the Qiao family who made the matter, not the gang of Nanzhong, or Liu Bei trying to disrupt. Of course it will be a little more at ease.

  Of course, it is still impossible to let go of the vigilance that should be there. Ma Heng still has to go to Nanzhong, but it is not so urgent now.

  Xu Shu thought for a while, and said to Fazheng and Ma Heng: "Although this matter is still controllable, it also reveals many problems...The people in Sichuan and Sichuan are confused and ignorant... There is a little bit of trouble, just listening to and believing..."

  Fazheng nodded, "Indeed. The local gentry still control the mouthpiece, and the Qiao family uses the five gods to collect money, if... that would be bad...』

  Since people can be encouraged to believe in ghosts and gods, it is also possible to encourage people to believe in something else.

  In Sichuan and Sichuan, since the beginning of the Five Dou Sect, there have been gods and ghosts. This incident of the Wufang God Sect also shows that religion is actually two-sided, and people will take advantage of it if they are not careful.

  Xu Shu pondered for a while, "How about this...My lord in Chang'an, there is a big debate at the Qinglong Temple, so how about we follow the example of the lord and have a debate in Sichuan and Shu?" 』

  Fazheng hears the sound of strings and knows the elegant meaning, "Get rid of the prophecy? 』

  Xu Shu nodded.

  The study of prophecy and weft is a major chronic disease in Sichuan and Shu. Historically, in the late Zhuge period, there were still a large number of Sichuan and Shu people who used prophecy to do things. At present, even though Chang'an Sanfu and officials don't talk about prophecy, there is still a market for the words of prophecy among the people in Sichuan and Shu. Being able to spread like this also shows this point from the side.

During the debate, breaking the prophecy was done in the Qinglong Temple discussion before. Now Sichuan and Shu not only want to do it on the official side, but also pass it on, so that more people will stop spreading the prophecy. Words, the theory of ghosts and gods.

  Wufang Catholicism can only be used as a spiritual sustenance and a guide for good, and cannot be used by some people to spread rumors, collect money, and destroy places.

Xu Shu said: "In addition, compose some slang songs to make people sing... Now in Chengdu, most people who sing and sing regard gaudy as their beauty. Although they are also liked by the people, it is useless... If you can entertain and teach, there is no great good." . 』

  『What the envoy said is true. ’ Fazheng nodded and said, ‘The people of Sichuan and Shu lived in the mountains for a long time, and there was a mixture of scorpions and barbarians. Both elegance and vulgarity are mentioned, and it is not biased. 』

  It’s like literary movies have the advantages of literature and art, and commercial films also have the advantages of commercial films. Then we must use literary films to replace commercial films, so that people put down their popcorn. Those who can mix some good things into commercial films are the real skills, and those who just blindly say that the appreciation level of the people is not enough, that's the same thing.

  『Anyone who collects money in the name of the five gods is a hypocrite and can be reported and arrested! ’ Fazheng said, ‘If the people can know this law, most of the troubles can be avoided! 』

  Xu Shu nodded in approval.

  Ma Heng stood aside, seemingly hesitating to speak.

  Xu Shu turned to Ma Heng and said, "If Zhong Chang has any ideas, just say it." 』

   Ma Heng suggested: "I heard that there was a public trial and sentencing in Chang'an before, and the punishment was on the spot... Since Qiao's is like this, why not use it?" 』

  Xu Shu laughed and said, "Zhong Chang's strategy is very good!" Just use it for the first time! 』

  (end of this chapter)