Han Xiang

Chapter 101 The Feishui Conspiracy
In the fourth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu vomited blood and died. His younger brother Yuan Yin temporarily led the Shouchun congregation.

Shouchun is on the banks of the Huai River, with flat terrain, convenient transportation, and no danger to defend. Yuan Yin worried that Cao Cao would take the opportunity to go south, so he voluntarily gave up the big city of Shouchun and chose to join Liu Xun in Lujiang.

Yuan Yin wanted to take Yuan Shu's family members away, and all the dignitaries in Shouchun City packed their belongings into trucks and planned to move their families to Lujiang.

The upper-class dignitaries wanted to throw themselves into the Lujiang River, and the lower-level people were afraid of Cao Cao's notoriety for massacring the city, so they packed their bags and fled.

For a time, Shouchun was like a plague, and no one wanted to stay.

8 to [-] people were on the road together, and the scene was like the migration of African animals, one group and one group, but they did not form a whole.

There were more than 30 people from the Qiao family, including the servants, following them.

Yuan Shu passed away in a hurry, and Yuan Yin's decision was also hasty. The people in Shouchun wanted to leave when they heard the news, so cattle, horses and other livestock were very nervous.

There were thousands of Yuan Shu's family members and palace people alone. They had countless luggage to take away, so they sent troops to forcefully requisition horses and vehicles from wealthy households and officials.

After the bridge mansion was forcibly confiscated, there was only one carriage left on the way, and the mother and daughter could only squeeze together.

Because of Li Tun, Qiao Niu has a war horse that can travel instead, and followers like Luo Yicheng can only honestly throw hams.

On the way, the weather was hot and dusty.

And because there are many people walking slowly, we can only hurry up in the morning and evening when the weather is cool, so the daily journey is only more than ten miles.

Sleeping in the wild at night, the Qiao family took the carriage as the center, and the entourage and family members leaned together to rest, while Li Tun's guards guarded the outside.

There are more than 200 soldiers under Li Tun's command, and now he has become the talker of the Qiao family. He is not only responsible for the safety of the Qiao family, but also serves as a representative to the Chinese army for a collegiate meeting every night.

Tens of thousands of people are on the road, and every day the ministries meet to talk about the rules and difficulties.

On the first night of Shouchun, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians slept by the Fei River, and most of them fell asleep after meals.

The sound of insects chirping outside the carriage, Mrs. Chen was originally irritable due to the stuffy heat, and suddenly noticed Qiao Wan moving around, so she touched Qiao Wan with her elbow, and scolded softly: "Going out in exile is no better than a soft couch at home, Wan'er Be honest."

"Mother, I have some abdominal pain." Qiao Wan moaned softly.

"stomach ache?"

Mrs. Chen frowned, and said to herself: "Perhaps it's because the rice was stuffed with raw rice just now. Your sister and I didn't eat much, but you ate it with great relish."

Qiao Wan clutched her lower abdomen: "After a day in the car, my daughter is really hungry. Hiss. It's so uncomfortable."

Chen opened the curtain of the car, and saw only a little light from the fire along the Feishui River, probably most of the people had already fallen asleep.

"There is no place to find a doctor for you now, so I can only take you to find a place to relieve yourself"

After saying that, Chen was about to get up, but Qiao Wei, who was sitting across from her, stretched out her hand and pressed her down: "Mom, please rest, I will take the second sister out."

"Be careful and avoid people." Chen reminded in a low voice.

"Ah."

Qiao Wei responded lightly, then pulled Qiao Wan to lift the curtain and walked out.

As soon as the two sisters got off the carriage, they were spotted by the bridgeman who was resting next to him, and they hurried up to Zhu Zhu and asked, "Where are you going so late?"

"my stomach"

Qiao Wan was about to explain, but Qiao Wei snatched her away.

"Second sister eats too much at night, and now the weather is so hot that she can't sleep, so I will take her for a walk around"

Qiao Nu nodded lightly: "It's quite stuffy in the carriage, can you go far? I'm afraid it's not safe at night, let Luo Yicheng go with you? Or ask Uncle Li to send two people?"

"No, we'll just walk around and be back soon."

"OK then."

The river bank will be relatively wet, so Qiao Wei took Qiao Wan to the river, intending to find a 'geomancy treasure place' with no one around to relieve her abdominal pain.

When Qiao Wan found a place to squat down, Qiao Wei stood by and looked out for her sister.

After a while, suddenly the river wind blew gently on her face, Qiao Wei was inexperienced and stood downwind, and soon smelled a pungent smell.

Qiao Wei pinched her nose impatiently: "How long?"

"Wait a while. Eldest sister, why don't you wait a little bit longer?" Qiao Wan was smart, and she had already guessed what happened from her voice and tone just now.

"Okay, I'll stay away a little bit"

After Qiao Wei finished speaking, she lifted her hem and continued to move downstream. It took dozens of steps before the smell disappeared.

While waiting, her stomach growled twice, so she followed Qiao Wan's lead and found a reed bush, thinking that everything was coming.

Qiao Wei had just squatted down here, when heavy footsteps came from her ears, she immediately recognized that it wasn't Qiao Wan's, she was as frightened as a frightened quail and dared not make a sound.

"Why are you looking for me so late?"

"Why do you need to ask knowingly? Give me a quick word."

"But I am the captain of General Bridge's guard."

"Loyalty has a price. Qiao Rui is dead. Your loyalty is not worth mentioning now. You should plan for yourself earlier. General Li is hesitant. Could it be that he also covets those two beauties?"

"General Zhang, don't talk nonsense. I, Li Tun, have self-knowledge. I can't imitate Qin Yilu if I imitate anyone."

"Haha, I thought you were pedantic, but you are actually sober. Do you think you can really protect the mother and daughter of the Qiao family with just those two hundred soldiers?

When we get to Liu Xun's territory, it's really not up to the Qiao family to decide who the Qiao family's daughter will marry in the end, beauties in troubled times suffer."

Qiao Wei heard Li Tun talking to outsiders, her eyes widened in the dark, shocked that someone was thinking of her.

"Liu Taishou and General Qiao are ministers in the same palace, he probably won't"

"Under the fence, Liu Zitai certainly agrees with the feelings of bureaucrats, but what about the mighty generals under his command and the tyrants of Lujiang County? When we go to Wan County to eat and live in other people's homes, don't we want to bow our heads?"

"But General Zhang said that the man's reputation seems to be a bit bad. General Qiao is a general after all."

"I just lost two wives. What's the big deal? Brother Cai is Liu Zitai's brother-in-law. If he and I weren't old friends, the daughter of the Qiao family wouldn't be a regular wife, so let's enjoy the blessing secretly."

"Enjoy the blessing. I heard that he was a licentious man. It turns out that the two wives died of strange things."

"Don't listen to outsiders' random arrangements. It's all nonsense. Now tens of thousands of people are going to vote in Lujiang. There are some things you don't want to do, but there are many people who are willing to do them.

Now that His Majesty has passed away, and even Yuan Yin wants to bow his head to Governor Liu, who do you show your arrogance to?If brother Cai hadn't asked for the Qiao family's daughter by name, would it be your turn to show your affection?I really don't know the times. "

"But the two ladies are still in their filial piety"

"Your Majesty has passed away, who will observe the etiquette? Besides, Qiao Rui's tomb is not in Huainan, and they don't need to guard it for three years. Give me an answer now, is it okay or not?"

"I have a condition. If General Zhang agrees, I will persuade Madam."

"Tell me."

"In troubled times, if you don't have soldiers, you have no power. When Miss gets married, she needs to call me two thousand songs."

"Huh? I really didn't realize that General Li has some ambitions. I think Brother Cai will persuade Governor Liu."

"General, please don't get me wrong. Madam hopes that the son will become a talent. When the son becomes an adult in the future, these parts will be his."

"Hahaha, I have met Mr. Qiao Family, he is not that kind of material at all, Brother Li wants to be a soldier himself, why bother to hide it?"

Qiao Wei's face paled when she heard this, she never thought that she and her younger sister would become Li Tun's possessions, is there really loyalty in this world?
(End of this chapter)