Chapter 259: The Light of the Righteous Path Shines on the Boundless Land
Chapter 259 The light of the righteous path shines on the vast land
Author: milk sugar sugar sugar
Chapter 259 The light of the righteous path shines on the vast land
In the prison chambers of Jiaozhou, Yulin, and Bushan City.
The torch exploded into a lantern, and a fierce light flashed in Shi Hui's eyes.
He said to Lu Xun coldly.
"General Lu, there is a saying in the Tao Te Ching, 'The wind will not last until the morning, and the rain will not last all day.' No matter how strong the wind is, it will not blow for a whole morning; no matter how strong the rainstorm is, it will not last for a whole day."
God, when you attacked my Jiaozhou and slaughtered my people, did you ever think that one day it would fall into the hands of our scholar family?"
"The winner is the king, the loser is the bandit...why bother to say more?" Lu Xun was tied up, and his legs were still numb. He needed treatment, but in the current situation, let alone treatment, he was afraid that he was about to receive a more brutal punishment.
"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth. If you fall into my hands today, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Listening to Shi Hui's words, Lu Xun just stared at him, helpless.
"Someone is coming..."
Just as Shi Hui was about to give the order, Lu Xun asked tremblingly, "Can you tell me, where is my wife? Where is my son? And...and the patriarch of my Lu family, Gongji...he...is he still alive?"
"
"Your son is in another torture chamber!" Shi Hui looked at Lu Xun jokingly, like a villain, and kept laughing wildly, "Haha, what about Lu Ji? What kind of pacer general is he?
All the same, he was smashed into flesh by stones, and some of your Lu family members have already recognized him... As for your wife... Well..."
Shi Hui deliberately hesitated to speak. He was provoking Lu Xun.
"What are you going to do? What are you going to do to my wife?"
"You should take care of yourself first!" Shi Hui ordered: "Come here, twenty sticks!"
The expressionless executioner came over to drag Lu Xun away. Lu Xun waved his hand in disgust, "Don't touch me!"
He suppressed the pride in his heart and the upcoming humiliation and resentment. He knew that resistance was futile. He slowly leaned down on the ground. The torturers on both sides lifted up his robe and raised their sticks to Lu Xun's body.
Knocked off the buttocks and legs.
Although Lu Xun was not pampered, he was still a noble son. It was his first time to undergo such a physical torture. His leg was numb, and the other leg was sore with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.
He could only grit his teeth and said nothing. The twenty sticks were quickly finished, and there was already a blood stain behind Lu Xun.
The executioner walked away, Lu Xun breathed deeply, knelt down with the trembling support of the wall, and stood up again with difficulty. He looked at Shi Hui coldly.
This obviously did not achieve the effect Shi Hui hoped for.
You must know that after the war between Jiaozhou and the Lu family, the Lu family's army fought and won consecutive battles, and more than a few thousand Jiaozhou soldiers died at the hands of Lu Xun. Shi Hui wanted to avenge them today.
"These twenty sticks are just for General Lu to have a taste and understand that we in Jiaozhou are not easy to bully. Now you know how hard I waited?"
"Your giant crossbow that can shoot eight hundred steps? Where did it come from?" Lu Xun asked, holding back the pain.
"What?" Shi Hui was startled.
Lu Xun smiled lightly, "How can you, Jiaozhou, have such ability to create such a magical weapon? It must be... Huang Laoxie? Right? Right?"
Lu Xun's eyes were sharp, and his words shocked Shi Hui.
Shi Hui suppressed his anger after being seen through and sneered: "General Lu is really admirable. Now that he is in prison, he can still worry about these things? But now that you have fallen into our hands? Can you still get out alive?
?”
"Just think that I want to be a sensible person..." Lu Xun met Shi Hui's stern gaze directly, and he said calmly: "It's not just a giant crossbow? Even... even captured Lu Ji and used him to threaten me, It’s also…that Huang Laoxie taught you, right?”
Shi Hui's face turned green. He did not dare to expose the relationship between Guan Lin and Huang Laoxie. He said coldly: "At this time, if you are still quick to talk, it's no wonder that my heart is as iron as a furnace and my hatred is as strong as a furnace. This person... Hang him up, whip him, and let him talk nonsense!"
Not long after...
The crisp sound of whipping sounded in the execution chamber.
Heavy clouds were billowing in the sky, the sky became dark, and the muffled thunder could be heard faintly.
…
"Ah sneeze——"
Not far away, Shi Xie and Shi were on the official road. They had received news that Yu Lin was guarding and the enemy general Lu Xun was captured alive...
This gave them a brief sigh of relief.
I was amazed at the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow.
I also lamented that after capturing the thief and capturing the king... the war in Jiaozhou finally ended in stages.
But...it was just a moment.
Shibian felt something was wrong, and suddenly thought of a bad thing.
——"This boy Shi Hui won't beat Lu Xun to death, right?"
yes…
This Lu Xun was the person Guan Lin wanted. He was lucky not to die on the battlefield or under the crossbow bolts of the Eight Ox Crossbow, but he must not be beaten to death!
Considering the hatred between Shi Jia and Lu Xun, this possibility exists!
"Ah sneeze..."
Thinking of this, Shi Xie sneezed again.
The scholar quickly urged, "Hurry, faster!"
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…
At dusk, Mi Fang directed a group of coolies to move stones on the tower of Jiangling City.
Everyone, including Mi Fang, was in ragged clothes...covered in mud. It was obvious that the task of building a new city in Jiangling City was not an easy one.
Money, manpower, geographical environment, city design and planning, city structure, defense...
Weather, time, natural disasters, water supply and drainage systems, road facilities, foundation structure, waterproofing, zoning...
After all, Mi Fang, the governor of Jiangling City and a shrewd businessman, felt overwhelmed for a while. He had to do many things personally before he could understand the specific problems. How to speed up the construction period. If the construction was impregnable.
Speaking of which, after the matter of selling "blood is not wet" to the north was handed over to Fu Shiren, Mi Fang finally had the energy to build this new city in Jiangling City.
Of course, Guan Lin's abundant gold is also an essential condition.
Mi Fang raised her head, looked at the sky, wiped away the sweat, there were tears in her eyes, it was the standard pain and joy. "Hurry, let's see if the weather can last another hour, work harder, dinner will be served in an hour ."
Mi Fang showed rare persistence and city-building talent. For ten consecutive days, the construction of Jiangling City's new city progressed rapidly.
At this moment, after Mi Fang had just directed a wave of coolies to move the stone, a clerk under Mi Fang quietly walked behind him.
"Prefect Mi?"
"What?" Mi Fang recognized this official, who was responsible for purchasing stones for the city's construction, and who was regarded as Mi Fang's confidant.
"Ahem..." The clerk coughed softly, then lowered his voice, "The batch of stones that Prefect Mi was interested in before cost a full fifty thousand gold... It's too expensive, even if the Fourth Young Master Guan has a cornucopia, You can’t waste it like this. Yesterday, I found a batch of slightly inferior quality ones. They look exactly the same as the original ones. If..."
At this point, the official's words stopped abruptly...
Mi Fang's eyes were fixed. He took a step closer to the clerk and lowered his voice, "What do you mean? You changed this batch of stones?"
"Yes!" The civil servant nodded repeatedly, "In this case, wouldn't the extra 20,000 gold go into Prefect Mi's own pocket? Even a small one...also..."
The civil servant looked like he was excited about the money and looked at Mi Fang with joy.
In his view, it was absolutely impossible for Mi Taishou, who was always greedy for money and profit, to give up such a costless and profitable business.
But…
A strange thing happened. Mi Fang was still laughing at first, but at the end of the day, his expression suddenly turned cold.
"How dare you—"
Mi Fang's eyes widened, and he said loudly: "Is it all my fault for enriching my own pockets? If I didn't deal with you, everyone would still think that I, Mi Fang, am a greedy person who is eager for quick success..."
Uh... after hearing Mi Fang's words, the civil servants were stunned.
A word subconsciously came to his mind.
——"Prefect Mi, aren't you?"
"Here comes someone."
Before the clerk could figure it out, Mi Fang shouted.
"Prefect Mi." Immediately, several guards rushed over.
Mi Fang pointed at the official's nose and said, "This man is trying to trick this prefect into cutting corners on the stone materials for building the city and lining his own pockets. This is unreasonable. You guys will take him down and behead him at noon tomorrow as a warning to others!"
ah…
Mi Fang's words made these guards confused. It was indeed a serious crime to bewitch the prefect, but it didn't mean... just beheading him in public, right?
How do these guards know what Mi Fang is thinking?
Damn, what is the purpose of building two new cities in Jiangling and Changsha?
That was to guard against the sneak attacks of the shameless Jiangdong Biyaner and the backstabbing of those rats.
Mi Fang is a vengeful person.
Even though they are thousands of miles apart, even so much time has passed, Mi Fang's hatred for Sun Quan and Soochow has not diminished, it is still enough to melt everything!
This new city is about preventing these rats? How could he, Mi Fang, cut corners?
Even if the money is not enough, it is not an exaggeration to say that he, Mi Fang, can make up for it with any extra money.
This is one of them.
Secondly, you must know that 80% of the income of this new city now belongs to his "good third brother" Guan Lin of Mi Fang.
And 30% of it belongs to Mi Fang. If this is a project that is about to collapse, is it someone else who is being cheated? It is Mi Fang himself who is being cheated...
Cutting corners and cutting corners, Mi Fang always felt like someone was stealing his money and challenging his majesty!
Therefore, when the official said that he was cutting corners and cutting corners, three words popped into Mi Fang's mind:
——"Your sister's"
Even if we take another 10,000 steps back, according to Guan Lin's idea, after the new city is built, Mianshui Villa, as well as a large number of workshops, even the 'blood is not wet' production workshop, will be moved to
In this new city.
If the new city is lost? Then... how much will Mi Fang lose? This number is unimaginable.
It is precisely because of this, whether it is from face or from inside...
Mi Fang must severely punish this civil servant to set an example and see who dares to touch the money for building the city...
Damn, don’t treat him like a spoiled brat, don’t treat him as solid food!
"What? What I said doesn't work anymore?"
Seeing that the guard didn't respond, Mi Fang raised her voice...
At this time, the guards quickly handed over their hands and then dragged the civil servant down to the city tower. The civil servant was still stunned at first. It was not until he was dragged to the city ladder that he realized the impending disaster...
He shouted hysterically: "Prefect Mi... Prefect Mi..."
"Prefect Mi...you...did you hear that clearly? This is a good thing...you...when did you change? How did you become such a person!"
hehe…
Listening to this voice, Mi Fang just felt like laughing.
He raised his head in a dignified manner and said loudly: "I have always put justice first. I have always been a person who sacrifices his family for the sake of everyone and has noble sentiments!"
"How can I, the prefect, be complicit in this kind of sneaky and sneaky behavior? Huh, if you find one of them, I will deal with it and I will definitely kill you!"
For a moment, even if it was dusk, Youzi's light of righteousness was about to fall on the earth!
At this moment, another guard reported: "Prefect Mi, Mr. Yunqi has brought a surrendered general named Hao Zhao to watch the construction of the new city..."
"Hao Zhao?" Mi Fang sighed, and he quickly remembered, "Isn't that the governor of the captives who married Pang, the daughter of the Xi family? Yun Qi... why did you bring him to see this? He
Do you know how to build a city?"
Although she had such doubts, Mi Fang still gave orders quickly.
"Quick, lead the way from the front!"
Mi Fang seemed a little nervous, not because of Hao Zhao, you know... Guan Lin is the sponsor of the new city!
The sponsor came to inspect, which is a big deal for the project.
As for Mi Fang’s doubts:
——Hao Zhao, does he know how to build a city?
hehe…
If we follow the original historical records, there were only two cities that were easy to defend and difficult to attack during the Three Kingdoms era.
——Jiangling City, Chencang City!
Among them, Jiangling City is easy to defend and difficult to attack because the new city built by Guan Yu has an extremely solid foundation;
As for Chencang City... From the inside to the outside, from top to bottom, it was all built under the coordination of Hao Zhao. It is known in history as "Chencang Lower City" or "Han Chencang City".
Is Jiangling City tough? You have to ask Cao Ren, who was humiliated when Cao Pi conquered Wu on three routes...
And Zhu Ran, who guarded Jiangling and shocked Cao Wei in the first battle!
One more thing, Zhu Ran’s word means “Feng”!
Is Chencang City strong? Let’s ask Zhuge Liang, who led the attack with 30,000 troops. Ask Zhuge Liang, why did he not capture Chencang City in more than 20 days in the face of more than a thousand defenders?
Jiangling City and Chencang City are both hard, but which one is harder? It seems...Hao Zhao's Chencang City is better!
really…
Over there, Hao Zhao followed Guan Lin to see the drawings of the entire new city and the construction progress, and he immediately sighed with emotion.
"Surrounded by water on both sides, the old and new cities complement each other, and the design is ingenious... The enemy needs to attack the city twice if they want to attack Jiangling. This is undoubtedly twice the difficulty, but..."
After feeling the ingenuity of the construction of Jiangling City's new city, Hao Zhao immediately put forward a new view to Guan Lin, "However, I have a method that will increase the cost of construction but make it more difficult for the enemy to attack the city.
Double, become four times!”
this…
Hao Zhao's words made Guan Lin slightly startled.
He doesn't know what the so-called double difficulty, quadruple difficulty...
He only had one feeling: with Hao Zhao, a top city builder and defender, he would be twice as happy!
Now, judging from this, Hao Zhao is extremely enthusiastic about the construction of Jiangling City New City and can't wait to join in it. In Guan Lin's opinion, this is four times the happiness!
Guan Lin stretched out his hand to signal, "Bo Daodan said it doesn't matter, money is not an issue..."
Having said this, Guan Lin suddenly had an idea in his mind.
Why are you suddenly looking forward to Soochow's backstab?
So here comes the question, if Soochow's back stab stabs the iron plate? What will be the consequences?
Does it hurt?
…
…
Inside the execution chamber.
Lu Xun's arms were hung from the beam, and his clothes were torn to pieces by the whip. Blood stains oozed out. His back was already torn. He was already fainting, but the whip was still being beaten down.
The clerk who took the note frowned at the out-of-control scene and said, "Sir, he fainted, or..."
Shi Hui must stop Lu Xun's mouth. He cannot allow the matter of "Jiaozhou purchasing ordnance from Huang Laoxie" to be exposed, let alone Huang Laoxie's identity being exposed because of his Shi Hui.
Therefore, Shi Hui was determined to let Lu Xun die in an extremely humiliating and painful way.
"Wake up——"
The executioner also felt a little guilty and looked at Shi Hui without taking any action.
The official said: "One of the regulations promulgated by the seven county governors in Jiaozhou states that the number of whippings cannot exceed a hundred in a day, and the prisoner will faint and stop!"
Shi Hui said coldly: "My father is too kind. Otherwise, he would have met a noble man long ago. How could we allow this Soochow to ride on our heads for so long? You guys woke him up..."
at this time.
A bucket of water was poured over, and Lu Xun slowly opened his eyes. He was extremely weak, but the eyes he looked at Shi Hui were full of teasing and contempt.
"You relied on, relied on Huang Laoxie to get away with it... you just got lucky and defeated me. You... are you proud... what are you proud of?"
The more Lu Xun said this, the more Shi Hui felt powerless and afraid...
He said coldly: "Do you believe that I dedicated your wife to Huang Laoxie——"
"How dare you—" Lu Xun stared at him with eyes split open.
Shi Hui still wants to fight...
"Stop!" A strong and powerful voice came out...
Shi Hui turned around and was surprised to see his father Shi Xie...
He exclaimed, "Dad? Why are you here?"
"If I don't come, you will cause a big disaster." Shi Xie glared at his son fiercely, but soon his eyes became loose. He knew... This is not his son's fault. The hatred between the Shi family and the Lu family , it has been formed since the Guanshan Stone Cave in Changsha County...until death!
If it weren't for Mr. Yun Qi, Shi Xie would have dealt with Lu Xun so cruelly.
"Send Mr. Lu down and ask the doctor to diagnose and treat him..."
Shi Xie's words shocked Shi Hui and also shocked Lu Xun.
Especially Lu Xun, after being briefly surprised, he thought of something even more terrifying.
——"The Shi family still doesn't understand their hatred for killing me? Are they going to... want to kill my entire Lu family? They... they are so cruel——"
Lu Xun wanted to ask...but his current weak body made it impossible for him to open his mouth.
Not long after, Lu Xun was led down...
Shi Hui asked his father in confusion, "Dad...he...he is our enemy!"
"But he is also the person that Young Master Yunqi wants!" Shi Xie's words leave no room for doubt... "No one is allowed to touch this Lu Xun. After the doctor recovers, we will pay for him and then let him go, along with everyone in the Lu family." !”
this…
Shi Hui was stunned. He opened his mouth and wanted to persuade his father...but because of the four words "Master Yunqi", any words of dissuasion seemed pale and weak at this moment.
"Master Yun Qi, why... why do you want him Lu Xun?" Shi Hui asked next.
"This is 30,000 Lu family troops!" Shi Xie said with emotion: "Besides, do you really think that if you kill Lu Xun, we can have peace in Jiaozhou? Master Yunqi is helping Jiaozhou!"
Shi Xie's words made Shi Hui tremble, and he thought of a terrible thing.
Sun Ce was assassinated by assassins because he killed too many wealthy clans in Jiangdong.
The Lu family is a powerful family in Wu County. If Lu Xun is really killed by his Shi Hui, then...then...I am afraid that the disaster between him and Jiaozhou has just begun.
Considering this, it would be the best destination for Mr. Yunqi to accept him, Lu Xun, and this Lu family army.
Shi Hui was thinking of the first level...
Shi Yi was old. He was stroking his beard and meditating. He had already thought about the second level.
——"The Lu family army was defeated, the supervisor of the army was dead, and the nominal leader Lu Ji was dead, but Lu Xun was released by us? This...hehe, this is too coincidental, isn't it?"
Shi Yiba smacked his lips, and his eyes gradually narrowed, as if he understood the situation.
This game was set up by Mr. Yunqi early in the morning!
Lu Xun was destined to abandon Wu and surrender to Shu!
Shi Yi smacked his lips again.
——"Both Lu Xun and Lu Jiajun have no choice. Young Master Yun Qi's move...play hard to get, how clever!"
——"Fortunately, he is a friend of Jiaozhou...how lucky he is!"
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The morning light was dim and the weather was still a bit cold. Sun Ru, who was released first, stood outside Busan City in the wind, looking at the gate...
The wind blew her sleeves, making them look so thin and desolate.
Lu Yan came to her side and said, "Mother, please go to the carriage first. I'll just wait for my father outside."
Sun Ru's tone was like a child, "The clan members have been released, why hasn't Boyan come back yet? Do you want... do you want to send someone to ask?"
"Father has an injury on his leg and is expected to have difficulty moving." Lu Yan comforted him: "If Jiaozhou really wants to embarrass the Lu family, there is no reason to let us go and only keep father."
"Maybe I'm unfounded..." Sun Ru pursed her lips, "I didn't feel anything in prison, but when I suddenly came out, I always felt... like something was going to happen!"
The words just fell.
The silent door, like a giant beast dormant, opened with a creaking sound, and a carriage walked out. The groom was a member of the Lu Family Army. There were dry food, water, and medicinal materials in the carriage...
Apart from that, Lu Xun was lying there.
"Madam, General Lu is inside..." the groom quickly reminded when he saw Sun Ru.
Sun Ru and Lu Yan quickly entered the carriage...
But seeing Lu Xun at this moment, he was covered in wounds. He closed his eyes, and his tears were like a broken bead chain, pouring out with "pat, pat"...
This was the first time for Sun Ru and Lu Yan to see Lu Xun like this.
"Bo Yan, Boyan..." Sun Ru quickly whispered Lu Xun's name.
Lu Xun was not unconscious, but he was so shrewd and wise that he had already seen the future and understood everything.
"Why? Why don't you kill me——"
Lu Xun wept while murmuring: "If you let me go, if you let me go, then the whole Lu family...then the whole Lu family will be finished, it will be finished -"
"It's all over -"
At this moment, Lu Xun's face full of sadness was filled with six big words: