Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian and his party headed west along the north bank of the Yellow River.

This day we have reached the vicinity of Wenxian County. The reason why Wen County is called Wen County is because there are hot springs in Wen County. The springs flow at a constant temperature all year round. The people are virtuous and the people are irrigated.

For Fei Qian and his party, having such a hot spring in the mountains in early spring is simply a gift from God.

Huang Zhong chose a relatively sheltered mountain col near the hot spring and set up camp. Because this time Fei Qian only had more than a hundred private soldiers, so the camp was no longer as strict as before. Instead, it was built according to the mountain terrain as much as possible, striving to be hidden and not easily discovered from a distance.

After all, the current military strength is not like the nearly a thousand people before, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, after Fei Qian and Yi Ji separated, they kept a low profile as much as possible.

In the past, Liu Jingzhou was the representative of the scepter. At least no one asked for trouble when encountering any obstacles. However, now Fei Qian and his party have no coordination and no writing. If they encounter someone who is unreasonable, they may not even be able to talk. No chance.

This is why Fei Qian tried his best to avoid big counties along the way.

The sun was about to set, and even Huang Zhong, who had been worried about his son along the way, smiled at the thought of taking a bath in the hot springs at night.

Although marching is just two words, it represents dust, stains, dirt and lice...

Fei Qian, Huang Zhong, and the Huang family members led by Huang Cheng were relatively good and paid more attention to their own hygiene, but the hundreds of private soldiers were not so concerned about whether there were other creatures on their bodies. Settled.

Although people have paid attention to personal hygiene as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. For example, the word "Mu" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions means a person stretches his head into a device to wash his hair, which means "wash hair", while the word "bath" means "washing hair". It refers to washing the body, that is, "sprinkling the body."

But those are mostly for high-level people, and ordinary working people mostly take baths at some important time nodes, such as sacrifices, prayers, and Shangsi Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, etc. Take a bath.

And other times, haha...

Even Fei Qian has not been properly cleaned since leaving Luyang until now. Now that he has encountered such a treasured hot spring land, every pore in his body seems to be itching...

The camp was set up, and Fei Qian couldn't wait to take his clean clothes to the mountain to soak in the hot springs.

There have long been soldiers on the mountain separated by curtains. The two small areas upstream enclosed by curtains are for Fei Qian and Huang Zhong, and the larger one further down is for Huang Cheng and the Huang family. Sir, as for ordinary private soldiers, it is already a luxury to have an area where they can take a hot bath. What else can they ask for privacy?

Fei Qian entered the small partition surrounded by a cloth curtain and submerged his whole body into the hot spring, almost sighing with relief. At this time, if you add a small red stove and warm a pot of old rice wine, it will be a fairy-level enjoyment...

But even now, Fei Qian felt that the fatigue accumulated over this period of time all over his body seemed to be slowly dissipating from his pores under the gentle caress of the hot spring.

Fei Qian started to enjoy it first, while Huang Zhong carefully arranged the rotation, sentry duties, etc., and then went to the small partition with curtains that belonged to him, and first checked the condition of his son who had been in his arms. I carefully put the records away to make sure they would not get soaked by water before soaking in the hot spring.

"Han Sheng, thanks to your help on this journey... Not far to the west from here is Mengjin. After crossing Mengjin and about a day's journey to the west, we will reach Luoyang..."

Perhaps because of the hot springs, and because he seemed to have put down the record of his son's condition in his arms, Huang Zhong's voice sounded obviously more relaxed and casual, "Zi Yuan, don't say that. If it weren't for your method, I would Maybe you are still feeling helpless worries at home..."

Regarding this matter, although Huang Zhong was in a better mood, he obviously still didn't want to talk more, so he changed the subject and said: "...By the way, Ziyuan, you asked Yi Jibo to move forward quickly a few days ago. Could it be that Is there any danger?"

"Well...if this edict has already been made clear that it will be detrimental to me, at this critical moment, maybe no one will be willing to accept it? If Uncle Ji is not allowed to leave early, what if he is mistakenly hit by the passenger car..."

When Fei Qian said this, he thought of another question - Cao Cao also intended to let Fei Qian go north with the imperial envoy that day. Could it be that Cao Cao was so smart that he didn't understand what Yuan Shao was extremely reluctant to accept at this point in time? , the emperor’s edict from Luoyang City?

And based on Fei Qian's guess, Yuan Shao would probably instruct his personnel to intercept these envoys from Luoyang, and even worse, he would even find an excuse like yellow turban bandits...

The edict issued at this point is either to stop the troops or release power, so an edict like this is obviously unacceptable. Otherwise, wouldn't Yuan Shao's own undertaking in Ye County become a joke?

However, even Fei Qian could think of the problem, but Cao Cao couldn't?

This is obviously somewhat unlikely.

So what was Cao Ca thinking at that time?

Although he knew that Fei Qian would be more risky if he followed the envoy than if he went alone, he still suggested going north with the envoy. The implication of this was a bit embarrassing.

Just when Fei Qian was wondering what Cao Cao was thinking at that time, he didn't realize that what he just said had a huge impact on Huang Zhong's thinking mode...

Huang Zhong, like most people in the Han Dynasty, had always believed that the emperor was sacred and the nobles were superior. These two levels were the ones who legitimately controlled the world.

Needless to say, the emperor, through centuries of continuous mythology, Liu has become the representative of the gods in heaven and earth.

The gentry, under the wise leadership of the emperor, managed the four directions, served the emperor as herdsmen, and prayed for the people. As a noble clan that has always prided itself on being knowledgeable and sensible, even if it is unwilling to accept the emperor's edict, it is only right to proceed first, then find a way to explain it, and go to the court to express one's feelings.

How can you accept the imperial edict if you are willing to accept it, but not accept the imperial edict if you are unwilling to accept it, and even attack the envoys of the imperial court? !

In this way, isn't it just like a bandit who dominates the mountain and becomes the king? How can such a noble clan be like the number one crown clan in the world?

Huang Zhong became a little silent...

At this moment, the soldiers on sentry sent a message. A soldier came up to report that he had caught three people peeping, and they were also holding weapons!

At this time, it was getting late, and those who were still out and about at this time, if there was no official banner, then it meant that they were either thieves or bandits, most of them were lawless elements.

Where is this uninvited guest?