Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 51
Pei Yuanshao was not active in the tasks assigned by his superiors, and slept all day, which showed that the Yellow Turban Army was like a mess from top to bottom.

And according to Liu He's understanding, apart from Zhang Jiao's three brothers who are generals, there are 36 Fang Qu commanders, and there is only one commander under him. Each person has different numbers of people in charge, and the rest have no official positions.

There are less than 10 managers among [-] people, which is no different from herding sheep. The Yellow Turban Army actually only knows one person, Zhang Jiao, the great sage master. If it were not for the so-called control of souls, I am afraid they would have fled in all directions.

The next day, the officers and soldiers had already reached the outside of Xiaquyang City. The Yellow Turban Army outside the city could not resist and could not enter the city. They scattered and fled in all directions. Three generals sent by Zhang Bao were all beheaded. .

When Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao came back for lunch, Zhou Cang looked excited and kept chanting Guan Yu's name. Today at the top of the city, he saw Guan Yu beheading two people with majestic majesty. firmly engraved in the mind.

The officers and soldiers besieged the city in three groups. Guan Yu outside the north gate, Zhang Fei outside the east gate, and Guo Dian outside the south gate led an army of [-] people with bright armor. The morale of the officers and soldiers was high after the consecutive victories, and no one dared to go out to fight again.

"That black-faced one who looks a bit like you is not weak either!"

Pei Yuanshao sighed helplessly. Zhang Fei also singled out several people outside the east gate, and they all assassinated them in one attack. Pei Yuanshao was terrified when he saw them.

Zhou Cang bowed his head and pondered for a long time before he said to Liu He: "General Digong is going to ask the gods for help. You may go to help him draw a magic talisman. Are you willing?"

Liu He thought for a while, and said: "I've heard people say that great virtuous teachers are all deceitful tricks. This time I went to see what happened."

Zhou Cang glanced at Pei Yuanshao, gritted his teeth and said, "If you can really prove that General Digong is a liar, let's go to Guan Yunchang together."

Pei Yuanshao patted Liu He's shoulder heavily: "Little brother, you must be careful!"

After dinner in the evening, Pei Yuanshao took Liu He to the government office. This is where Zhang Bao, the local general, lived. There were incense burners around the government office. almost.

The Yellow Turban soldiers inside were a little more neatly dressed, their armor and weapons were more sophisticated, and their heads were wrapped in yellow satin, but they were also radiant, and they only had a bit of religious style here.

Hearing that Pei Yuanshao found someone who could write, Du Yuan was very happy. Yesterday, he found an old man who could read and write in the entire Xiaquyang city, but his eyesight was still dim. This was more difficult than going out to grab food.

Du Yuan praised Pei Yuanshao, but left him in the courtyard. He brought Liu He to the lobby to meet Zhang Bao, and took the credit for himself, saying that he found it after searching all night.

Sitting in the lobby, Zhang Bao had two mustaches, a pair of triangular eyes under thick eyebrows, and was wearing a yellow robe. He looked quite haggard, obviously worried about the defeat during this period.

After listening to Du Yuan's introduction, Zhang Bao waved his hand to signal him to back down. He was already upset at this moment, and he didn't ask Liu He's background at all, so he asked his attendants to take him to the back hall to prepare the talisman.

Liu He followed to the back hall, and saw that there were only three people here, drawing on it with a pen and paper. It seemed that there were a lot of them. After hearing the attendant's introduction, Liu He already knew it.

The Yellow Turban Army suffered successive defeats, people were scattered, morale was low, and they urgently needed to boost morale to fight the official army. Zhang Bao had to use this magic again to confuse people.

In fact, the so-called talisman is to draw the runes on the paper in advance. The runes must be drawn in one stroke without interruption. In fact, the runes are dipped in saltpeter. After drying, there will be no traces on the paper.

When it's time to do it, touch the burning incense at the marked place, and the talisman will appear. This trick of the rivers and lakes has long been exposed in later generations, but it is extremely effective in this era.

Someone brought yellow paper and nitrate, the so-called Shenshui, and asked Liu He to draw the talismans as usual. Liu He was also dexterous, and quickly drew a few runes. The attendant was very happy to see Liu He's ingenuity, and sent him brought to the other side.

The runes here are more complicated, mainly drawing seals and ghost shapes, using turmeric water, which can't be seen at all after drying on yellow paper. This thing should be used to kill three souls and six souls.

This kind of deception is also very common. The peach wood sword is often sprayed with lye and cut off. The turmeric water reacts with lye to produce red color, which will show a bloody demon corpse.

Liu He knew at a glance that the three Zhang Jiao brothers were old charlatans!

While doing as ordered, he was thinking about how to expose the magic stick on the spot. If Zhang Bao was knocked off the altar, the fighting spirit of the bandit army would be completely disintegrated.

I drew forty or fifty talismans in the morning, and the attendants sent them in and showed them to Zhang Bao. Zhang Bao was overjoyed when he saw it, and immediately summoned Liu He.

After Liu He lied that he was an official, he was framed by Shi Changshi and imprisoned. He escaped by chance while studying abroad. He wanted to avenge his family, so he joined the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Bao saw that he was smart and could read and write, so he intended to make Liu He his disciple, and on the spot he made Liu He the envoy of the gods, and he followed him around, promising that he would benefit from meeting the great virtuous teacher.

Liu He didn't expect to reach the sky in one step, and was secretly happy. He followed Zhang Bao to set up the dojo. After a day, he finally figured out Zhang Bao's routine. At this time, his status had greatly increased, and he could act more conveniently. It was really God's way.

It turned out that Zhang Jiao's three brothers used the talisman water to cure diseases, which was the first piece of talisman paper. After drinking the talisman water, the disciples surrendered their souls and souls, and obeyed the orders of the great virtuous teacher.

The second talisman paper draws two different types of monsters and human figures. Monster runes are often used to exorcise evil spirits. The soul is scattered, and you will never be reborn forever.

At this time, please take out the magic weapon, which looks like it is placed in an oil pan, but in fact it is filled with vinegar, and there is a layer of oil on it. When the vinegar is heated, it floats upwards. It looks like boiling oil, but the temperature is not high. .

Because the magic weapon is in the oil pan, no one dares to steal it, so they can only obey orders obediently. When seeing the three brothers Zhang Jiao calmly taking things from the boiling oil, everyone is even more in awe and dare not Not the slightest bit of profanity.

After the dojo was built, Zhang Bao pretended to calculate for a while, and he calculated that the auspicious day would be tomorrow, and asked his disciples to strictly abide by the Dharma platform and not allow anyone to approach him, and when he did, he asked God to do something.

The news of the defeat in the past few days exhausted Zhang Bao physically and mentally, and he was ready to fight to the death. After everything was arranged, Liu He was asked to continue to supervise the drawing of runes, and he went back to rest first.

At night, Liu He transferred Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang to guard the dojo on the pretext of protecting the dojo. Pei Yuanshao did not expect Liu He to rise to the top in one fell swoop, so he was very envious and asked him to take care of him in the future.

Liu He secretly said to the two: "General Di Gong has passed on the practice to me. It is indeed a deceptive trick. We were all deceived by him."

Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang were shocked, and hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"

Liu Heyan said: "Since Zhang Jiao and the others are deceiving people, it will be difficult for us to accomplish anything. We might as well turn our backs on the dark side and turn to the bright side, and seek refuge with Guan Yunchang. Since this man is so righteous, I think he will take us in."

Pei Yuanshao hesitated and said, "How do you know that General Digong's approach will fail? If he really cuts our souls, wouldn't it be..."

Liu He said: "Tomorrow evening, you will know what the general is doing on stage. If his method fails, everyone will be very flustered. Then we will play by ear. What do you two think?"

Pei Yuanshao gritted his teeth, nodded and said, "Okay, if they are really a trick and dare to fool me, I must settle the score."

Zhou Cang also nodded and said: "It is my lifelong wish to be able to follow Guan Yunchang around. If I can really turn my back on the dark and turn to the bright, I will definitely take you little brother with me."

"Okay, it's a deal!" Liu He made an agreement with the two and high-fived it as an oath.

(End of this chapter)