Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 196 Complaint
A little clerk in Lujiang County suddenly became popular.

Not only because he happened to have contributed to the assassination of Duke Bai a few days ago, but even... there are rumors that he is the prototype of "The Peacock Flies Southeast".

Jiao Zhongqing himself didn't expect that his lord, an old man and a majestic chariot and cavalry general, could even observe such a thing?
Originally, after returning home, Jiao Qing wanted to talk to his mother about this matter, and told her not to make trouble anymore—Jiao Qing also faintly sensed that there should be another vortex behind this matter.

However, he did not expect that when he returned home, his uncle was actually there, still talking to his mother. When he saw Jiao Qing coming back, he also gave some inexplicable instructions before leaving, which made Jiao Qing's ominous premonition even worse. …

Within a few days, under the guidance of an inexplicable force, the news about Jiao's family really spread in Lujiang.

However, Bai Tu's attitude of completely indifferent to the outside world made Gao Ming and others even more frightened.

From the moment he heard Jiao Zhongqing's name, Bai Tu realized that this was an opportunity - an opportunity to break the clan authority.

As for when several of them bumped into each other, Bai Tu just followed the trend. From the beginning, Bai Tu's opponent was the clan's etiquette, not just a few officials of the prefecture.

However, there were people who wanted to be clowns, and Bai Tu did not refuse, and even... expected them to be as "ugly" as possible.

Otherwise, if it's really just Jiao Zhongqing's matter, according to what Zhou Yu said, just remind Jiao's mother a few words, and everything will be resolved. Now not only Gao Ming and others, but Bai Tu... also want to make things bigger and spark discussions.

Now that Baitu is fully fledged, he is very resistant to the negative effects brought about by this conflict of public opinion.

The hematopoietic function of the talent selection hall and talent selection test has gradually emerged. Even if it arouses dissatisfaction from some conservatives, Bai Tu can handle it calmly.

At the same time, Bai Tu's move of showing his horse and flag early can also attract like-minded people.

Bai Tu also met with Jiao Qing specifically and reassured him that he only needed to calm down and do his work in the general's mansion, and there was no need to think about anything else.

As for his hometown outside the city... Zhou Yu has already sent people to keep an eye on it, and everything is under control!
"The Peacock Flies Southeast" is directly based on real events, which undoubtedly aroused everyone's nerves...

It is just a fictional story, but the hero and heroine are still so miserable. This naturally makes everyone follow the guidance of Yuefu poems and enter the mood of "sympathy".

But... now that the story has a prototype, and the person hasn't committed suicide yet, naturally some people come out to criticize it with the "Book of Rites" and paternalism.

For a while, Shu County in Lujiang became the focus of attention again.

Bai Tu, on the other hand, seemed to be alright. He only conducted a limited investigation into his assassination and had no intention of expanding the investigation. During this period, he even returned to Shouchun to inspect the epidemic control situation.

At this time, malaria in Shouchun, also known as "beating", had been effectively controlled, and the casualties caused were so small that it can be said to be a miracle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty!
This also caused Baitu's reputation to continue to rise in a flickering manner amidst the controversy.

For this reason, Lu Bu and others were built a temple in Shouchun. Shouchun's special Yaowang Temple--Baitu and Lu Bu are in the middle, with Taishi Ci, the unknown woodcutter, and Sun Ce from the temple on both sides.

Even if someone wants to use the incident of "The Peacock Flies Southeast" to criticize Bai Tu, they can only sigh in despair. Even if everyone spits and spits, it will only cause thunderstorms in the Pacific Ocean.

Of course, the stubborn conservatives will not give up at this point. It is one thing to be difficult to stigmatize Baitu himself, but it is another thing to hold the final bottom line!

In the eyes of many people, Bai Tu has broken through the lower limit this time...

At the same time, the chief ministers of the Ministry of Rites, headed by Kong Rong, have not been idle. They have published many articles recently, specializing in the topic - benevolent people love others.

This is the theory put forward by Mencius, and it cannot be corrected no matter how hard it is.

At this time, the original meaning of this sentence is "a benevolent person is a person with a loving heart", but the direction of Kong Rong and others' analysis is focused on "a benevolent person should be a person who cares about 'people'", that is, a forced transfer To a "people-oriented" direction.

The same strategy did not evaluate the Lujiang incident itself, but provided "baggage arrows" to friendly forces from the side.

Moreover, as a major paper manufacturer, Chaqi General even has its own county school, which can be directly added to the textbooks for children, which has obvious advantages in publicity.

Finally, after Bai Tu inspected the disaster area, when he returned to Shucheng, Lujiang, the moment of "decisive battle" seemed to be coming...

The day after Bai Tu returned to Shucheng, Jiao's mother also rushed into the city, accompanied by some members of the Jiao clan.

Of course, he didn't dare to make trouble in front of the general's mansion, but according to the rules, he went to the small gate to hand in a post, saying that he wanted to see Jiao Qing.

Seeing this scene, many forces from all sides who were paying attention to the matter were ready to take action. Even... many civilians in the city couldn't hide their interest in watching the excitement after hearing the news.

"This Mother Sun... no, it's Mother Jiao. What on earth are you thinking? How dare you question Mr. Bai?"

"That's right, his son is working in the General's Mansion. Seeing that he is going to be favored by Bai Gong, and he will be successful in the future, she is not satisfied?"

"You can't say that... Could it be that she is Jiao Qing's mother? Even if she goes to hell, she can't do it for a woman..."

"Hmph, let me tell you...someone must be instigating behind this!"

"Ahem! Don't talk nonsense, you don't have parents? Or don't you know how to be parents?"

"In order to achieve success, can we just leave our parents behind?"

"Hey, Qiao Lanzhi... No, it's Liu Lanzhi who is so good, and it's not that Jiao's mother is making trouble out of nothing!"

"What's good? I'm uneducated and can't understand poetry, but... being hated by my husband's parents is the biggest bad thing!"

"Husband, don't you have any thoughts? Yesterday I felt that you looked at the Widow Li next door in a wrong way, okay... I finally showed my face today... I think I can weave at the thirteenth and learn to tailor clothes at the fourteenth, Fifteen playing the harp, sixteen reciting poems..."

"When did you learn to read? Hey, hey... don't touch..."

Amidst the arguments among the melon-eating crowd, the central door of the general's mansion was opened wide. Under the protection of the guards, Bai Tu himself walked out calmly!
This really shocked many people - they had never thought that Bai Tu would end up personally.

After all, if Bai Tu appears at this time, it means that he will put himself at the center of the conflict, which is obviously not in line with Bai Tu's interests.

The people who were originally dissatisfied with Bai Tu had a sneer on their faces at this time, but... before they could smile, they could only hear the roar of the mountains and the tsunami around them. They were all singing praises. Some excited people even shouted directly on the street. Pay homage with a prostrated attitude.

The kneeling ceremony in the Han Dynasty was generally only used when kneeling and sitting, and ordinary officials would never receive the same treatment as they do today when they appeared in public places other than official offices.

"Caomin pays homage to Duke Bai..."

"Your benefactor will last forever, don't pay attention to the ghosts and monsters..."

"General Bai, princes and lords for all generations!"

Including the people who had previously criticized "The Peacock Flies Southeast" on this matter, many of them looked up to Bai Tu with admiration.

Bai Tu bowed his hands on all sides and asked his men to stop the people from saluting. On the contrary, some people with ulterior motives stood out in the crowd, but Bai Tu didn't seem to notice it... Or maybe this is "indifference", right?

"Why is this old lady in front of my father's house? But what's important?" Bai Tu asked slowly after seeing Jiao's mother.

Jiao's mother burst into tears, and she came up to hug Bai Tu's thigh. At the same time, she said miserably: "General Bai, Mr. Bai... I am the mother of your official Jiao Qing. You... have to do it for me." It’s the woman who decides!”

Behind the crowd, young master Shi Jiaoling watched this scene quietly. He couldn't wait to see how Bai Tu would take the move.

Could it be that when Jiao Qing's mother publicly accused Liu Lanzhi of being unfilial and of Jiao Qing's indifference, Bai Tu would still stand on the opposite side of filial piety?

"Oh! It turns out to be Zhongqing's mother. Zhongqing is a good boy. The old lady is..."

For a while, the onlookers also became entangled and quieted down, and then only heard Mother Jiao say in a weeping voice: "The general wants to be the master of the old man! My family Zhongqing is indeed a good boy, and his wife is also filial, but... But...there are those who kill a thousand swords! They insist on persecuting the old man, separating the old man and his daughter-in-law, and instigating the old man to let his son rest, and even... even under the banner of the clan, let the old man come and complain, saying so It’s only good for them!

Old age is miserable!Those uncles and uncles have been intimidating me all day long, asking me to lie...I shouldn't have said bad things about them, but...I see my daughter-in-law as pitiful, so how can I deliberately frame her for injustice?General Bai, what do you think I should do? "

The Jiao clan members who were originally escorting Jiao's mother were dumbfounded. Jiao Ling almost peed in the crowd...

This, what's the situation?
Not to mention them, the onlookers were also confused - why did they change the scene in the middle of the scene?
Wasn't it originally said that in this scene, the mother-in-law looked down on her daughter-in-law and forced her son to divorce her?How could he become an uncle of the clan and force his sister-in-law and destroy his family?

Even the victims have become scorched mothers!
The person who was about to say something now had thousands of words stuck in his throat - indeed, Jiao's mother, as the daughter-in-law of the Jiao family, actually bit the uncle of the Jiao family at this time, which was also against etiquette. , is also unfilial...

But... there was a lot of foreshadowing, how could they turn around and criticize Jiao's mother now?

How much they said for Jiao's mother before, how deeply they buried Jiao Ling and others now...

If Jiao's mother was really determined to get Jiao Qing to divorce his wife, even if it seemed unreasonable to modern people, in the eyes of the Eastern Han people, it was an innate truth, and it would be difficult to change it no matter how much she said. at this point.

But now... Jiao's mother directly pushed the past on the Jiao family's head. In short, everything was their conspiracy. In this way... who would dare to speak purely with etiquette?
Even Baitu's scalp tingled for a while—Grandma, show off.

"Bastard! What are you talking nonsense about?" Jiao Ling could no longer hide.

When Mother Jiao saw the uncle of the clan—actually her deceased husband's brother, who was usually the person she wanted to fawn over, a coldness flashed in her eyes, but it was immediately replaced by a look of sadness on her face.

"Uncle, I really can't! You want to talk to Mr. Bai... to Mr. Bai... to find a future for yourself, but you have to think about Zhong Qing!" Jiao's mother cried so hard that she couldn't even speak. Damn it, just say directly that the other party is targeting the white picture.

"You shrew, stop talking nonsense!" Jiao Ling was so angry that his brain was bleeding, and he was about to kick him as he spoke.

But at this moment, he was pushed away by a guard on the side, but...

Maybe it's internal strength?Mother Jiao was not kicked, but she still jumped far away and fell to the ground as if she was about to vomit blood. She cried even more hoarsely...

(End of this chapter)