Chapter 135: How dare you try your best even though you have a small skill?

Youzhou, Zhuojun, Zhuoxian City Tower.

At this moment, countless people are gathered here. It stands to reason that... under the plague, most people are unwilling to gather together for fear that if they do something wrong, they will be infected with the plague, but... when a small official hung up the "City Closing" notice,

On the wall next to the city gate.

The unknown fear and confusion still attracted a large group of people to watch.

Two middle-aged men were carrying vegetable baskets and went to the farmhouse outside the city this morning to buy two chickens. They were rushed here by the crowd just after entering the city.

A man pointed to the notice and read: "From now on, Zhuo County will be closed down and no one will be allowed in or out."

After reading this, the man's pupils suddenly widened...

I exclaimed the words "No way..."...

A civil servant explained to everyone at the city gate, "The newly arrived Liu County Magistrate has an order. Anyone who dares to disrespect official documents and break into the city gate without permission will be imprisoned or exiled to the border gate."

One of the people shouted, "The city is closed? Then...what shall we eat?"

He is a woodcutter who makes a living by collecting firewood. Once the city gate is closed, it is equivalent to cutting off his livelihood.

Someone else answered: "Yes, the official has closed the city? Does the official care about our food?"

A gangster said: "County Magistrate Liu? Which Magistrate Liu? Didn't Magistrate Liu just run away, and here comes another Magistrate Liu? I'm fine with issuing official documents indiscriminately, even if I'm the magistrate!"

Everyone hurriedly echoed: "I think it's OK. As a county magistrate, I'm afraid you will be a hundred times more reliable than this County Magistrate Liu!"

The gangster snorted, "Okay, then you all will listen to me from now on. Let's rebel against the county magistrate! Let me be the magistrate, and maybe the plague in Zhuo County will be cured!"

Of course, these are just words to vent your anger...

Counterattack? It's easy to say that. If you are not forced to a dead end, who will counterattack?

A scribe shook his head and sighed, "What on earth are you doing? Closing the city...Is the court going to give up on our Zhuoxian County?"

An Orion was silent, but...the look in his eyes made people feel sad.

A little girl next to him asked: "Dad, after the city is closed...will it be impossible to go out of the city to hunt wild rabbits?"

"Don't be afraid, little girl, daddy will find a way." Orion comforted the little girl while stroking her back.

In fact, his family has already run out of food supplies...

In the past, prices in Zhuoxian County skyrocketed due to the plague, but later on, no matter how rich they were, they could not buy food or medicinal materials... There were many people like this Orion.

Every day at dawn, I go out to the city to hunt, pick some wild fruits, and even dig some grass... At night, I go home and steam and eat them. This is the truest portrayal of many Zhuo County people.

An old man sighed with emotion: "Zhuoxian County was once closed. It was because Wuhuan went south... The walls were strong and the country was cleared. That time... That time, within a few months, Zhuoxian County died. Tens of thousands of people died, most of them.

It’s… it’s starving to death!”

His words came out of his mouth...

Zhuo County, which was already cloudy, was once again cast under a thick layer of haze.

So much so that some people in Zhuo County were unwilling to sit back and wait for death, so they rushed towards the city gate like crazy.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei stood guarding the gate at the city gate. No matter how many people rushed towards him, they could not get past him.

"Sure enough..." Jian Yong, among the common people, frowned and said to himself: "After all, there is no way to escape this layer of panic... Once the panic spreads again... then..."

It seems that Jian Yong was thinking of rebellion.

Just as the haze over Zhuojun became increasingly dense.

Suddenly...a voice sounded on the street.

——"The power of the alliance is the supreme decree. It is unified for three days, killing ghosts and creating humans. Punishing evil and counterfeiting, and sorting out the ghost energy."

——"To enter the path of my heavenly master, you need to pay five buckets of rice. All my disciples of the heavenly master's path can enjoy the talisman water to cure diseases and the talismans to ward off evil spirits!"

——"Those who respect my teachings and join my religion will never be hungry!"

Never be hungry…

With such a loud tone, all the people in Zhuo County looked at each other and talked about it one after another.

"I have heard that the Talisman Water cures diseases and the Talisman Ribbon exorcises evil spirits. It is the same as what the great master of Taiping Dao preached. But what does it mean to never be hungry?"

"Is it possible that under the lockdown of Zhuoxian County, our food rations... will the Heavenly Master have any control over it? If so, I will join the religion immediately and my whole family will join!"

"Yes... food is real. Does it mean that we have entered the path of the Heavenly Master? At least... we have to survive, right?"

The common people all whispered to each other in fear.

At this time...

Suddenly I heard a man running towards me, shouting loudly. He seemed to be extremely excited.

Everyone was shocked and looked back, only to see this man shouting: "It's true, it's true... I just paid five buckets of rice and joined the Tianshi Sect... The Tianshi Taoist sent followers to deliver the food to my home.

, it’s been saved…it’s been saved, my whole family…has been saved.”

He was completely crazy, running like crazy!

Even now, he still can't believe it... this is true.

There will be such a sect that gives him hope to live in despair.

Despite the plague, the people of Zhuo County were simple and kind-hearted, and they would tell their fellow villagers the good news.

this…

Hearing this, everyone was startled for a moment, then looked at each other, and then... rushed to catch up with that person, asking again and again: "Where is Tianshi Dao? Where can I join the religion?"

This side…

In front of a Taoist temple with a new plaque of "Tianshi Temple", to be precise... this is not an orthodox Taoist temple, but more like a mansion. It was temporarily named "Tianshi Temple". It was originally the residence of the magistrate of Zhuojun County.

The house is very spacious.

Countless people rushed there... one after another to join Tianshi Dao.

Some ghost soldiers maintain order, and some ghost soldiers give explicit instructions to every believer who wants to enter the Celestial Master's Way.

Once they enter the Celestial Master's Way and join the Zhengyi Alliance, they become a 'ghost soldier'!

All ghost soldiers must obey the orders of the leader of the Tianshi Sect, cure their heads, offer wine, and the saint's order. If they do not obey... not only will all food supplies and talisman water be removed, but they will also be severely punished and expelled from the sect forever.

!

"Listen, everyone, listen..."

A ghost soldier was shouting at the top of his voice: "Any ghost soldier who joins our religion must immediately let all his family members live at home and not go out. The Tianshi Taoist Association will send people to deliver the daily food and medicinal materials to their homes. If so,

If it is discovered that anyone outside is a member of the ghost soldiers’ family, the ghost soldiers will be expelled from the religion immediately and no more food will be distributed!”

This ghost soldier shouted many times in a row...

It is to make every common people understand.

It's okay to enter the Celestial Master's Way, as long as five buckets of rice is enough, but... you must let your family stay at home.

Of course, there was no concept of "home isolation" in ancient times.

But... to deal with the plague, on the premise that "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" and "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber" have not yet been accurately verified, "home isolation" is undoubtedly the most effective method to prevent the spread of the plague to the greatest extent.

certainly…

In ancient times, it was almost impossible to achieve "home isolation" for people.

But... because of food, because of medicinal materials, and because of the people's instinctive fear after the city was closed, maybe... "home isolation" in Zhuoxian County can also be made possible.

This is Liu Yu's idea...

Of course, Liu Bei's status as "county magistrate" is equivalent to the official;

Zhang Yulan's status as a "saint" of the Celestial Master Tao is equivalent to the folk...

Both parties must cooperate with each other in an extremely tacit understanding to complete this task.

"I...I promise that my family and tribe will never go out again..."

"I...I promise too."

"I...and I!"

The newly joined ghost soldiers swore an oath one after another.

One of the ghost soldiers shouted loudly again: "If you find other ghost soldiers around you who disobey the teachings, or if you find other ghost soldiers' family members going out for no reason, tell us immediately. Heavenly Master's way of rewards and punishments is clear. If you don't warn, then

Same crime and equal punishment!”

Visible to the naked eye…

Because of the emergence of Tianshi Dao, a large number of people in Zhuojun became ghost soldiers...

The order in the entire Zhuoxian County has miraculously become much more stable.

Countless ghost soldiers took the initiative to maintain order on the streets and at the entrances of alleys, sending the people home. Those who did not have homes also temporarily welcomed the lonely, old and young into their homes.

Zhang Fei and his husband guard the city gate;
To be continued...