Chapter 651: Crazy Scholar

Ever since he lost his kidney, Kublai Khan, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, has felt the threat of the containment more deeply.

A little Taoist priest almost took his life.

He has sent people to investigate the identity of the Taoist priest. He knows some medical skills, can give people advice on Feng Shui, and can also make elixirs.

Ten years ago, he bribed the Prime Minister of Song, Jia Sidao, and successfully sneaked into the palace to make elixirs for the emperor. Unfortunately, the good days did not last long before the country was destroyed.

After that, he became a wandering Taoist priest, wandering around, collecting herbs and making elixirs, hoping to become an immortal.

In his elixir recipe, placenta is an indispensable material, and there are even things like virgin tiankui.

It is conceivable that after his medicine cabinet suddenly became a containment, he ate all the placenta he got.

This guy could take out the placenta from the cabinet every day, so he naturally knew the magic of the drawer. However, he was not well-informed after all, so he probably didn't expect that he could change the brand. He just thought that it was the immortal's guidance and support. When he wanted the placenta, the immortal would secretly send it in and force him to eat a bite.

Only in this way can it be explained that this guy only took the placenta for several consecutive days. And he stopped the action after hearing the rumors of the strange death of a pregnant woman and the revenge of the wronged ghost.

Knowing that a pregnant woman lost her placenta alive, even if he was stupid from taking drugs, he would think about the wonderful use of the drawer at this moment, realizing that it was not the immortal who helped secretly, but that there was something wrong with the drawer.

Later, he heard that Zhao Mengyu's kidney could become immortal if eaten, so he just tried it.

In this way, he took the kidney of the Xixia emperor who was under house arrest in Dadu.

This guy used the emperor's kidney to make elixir, which was undoubtedly useless. Later, he took Kublai Khan's kidney, probably just to test the function of the drawer.

So, this guy thought, wouldn't it be wonderful to take the heart of the real dragon directly? Legend has it that immortals eat dragon liver and phoenix marrow, so he also got some dragon heart and liver, would he be able to ascend to heaven?

As a result, this move was a big mistake, not only killing himself, but also causing the Yellow River to change its course.

After Kublai Khan personally experienced the danger of the shelter, he began to cultivate his own shelter force.

The confidants and death warriors he cultivated when he was still a prince formed a secret intelligence department, named "Menghe Wuen", which means eternal truth, also known as the Deacon Factory.

Kublai Khan personally taught his confidants every day. The teaching method was very simple, telling stories. He told them himself when he was free, and when he was busy, he handed them over to his personal eunuchs. The eunuchs also listened to so many stories with him, so they were still good at teaching.

These people sneaked out of Dadu in an endless stream, and were scattered by Kublai Khan to various places to find shelter.

His situation is very bad now. The rebels are blocking the country's borders, and there is no good news from Diaoyu City. Boyan wrote three times in a row to request to return to the capital for assistance, saying that Diaoyu City cannot be attacked brute force, but can only be captured by strategy.

But how can Kublai Khan take back the decision he made? If Boyan's army is allowed to return, the south will only be more unstable, because in the eyes of civilians, whether the army retreats voluntarily or not, they will think that his Yuan Dynasty has been defeated.

Thinking of the horror of his kidney being taken away inexplicably, he was shocked and angry, but also excited. He was excited because there is such a power in the world.

If he can find such a thing again, he will definitely break the deadlock.

However, it is not so easy to find a shelter. For such a patchwork intelligence organization, it is purely luck to find a shelter.

These people have amazing power. After investigating various abnormal rumors, they did not find the shelter, but found a lot of corruption problems.

Some local officials even secretly had close contacts with the rebels. The barbarians did not encounter any unusual incidents, but they did confiscate many houses...

Fortunately, they were loyal to Kublai Khan. They made a lot of money and saved it for Kublai Khan, and only used a small amount to develop spies.

However, loyalty is loyalty, but it does not mean that they are capable.

They were eager to show off. At the beginning, they used some of the fur they learned from Kublai Khan to test suspicious targets, but later, after they always had no results, they directly acted on the rumors. If there was any suspicion, they would directly arrest and torture them with great power.

They had the power granted by Kublai Khan to investigate everything. Even if they were frontier officials, they would lose a layer of skin if they entered the prison of the "Menghe Wuen" barbarians.

Some people just boasted that they had a serious illness before, and their ancestors told them to marry a concubine in their dreams. After they married a concubine, they really recovered from the illness.

As a result, they were arrested by the barbarians of "Menghe Wuen" and asked to hand over their "ancestors".

After a series of interrogations and torture, he confessed that he was only pretending to be sick in order to marry a concubine.

Such groundless accusations made local officials panic. However, this kind of carpet search, which would rather kill the wrong person than let him go, will always hit a ghost as long as the luck is not too bad.

On this day, the Yangzhou branch caught a scholar who looked like an idiot.

The scholar was mentally ill, crazy, and kept reciting the Three Character Classic.

"Why arrest him? Isn't he just a crazy scholar?" asked the deacon in charge of the Yangzhou area.

The subordinate said, "Lord Hatu, this kid is sloppy and stumbles on the road. He said something strange, so I brought him here. His name is Liu He. He lives in a large manor of several thousand acres outside Yangzhou City. However, he is not a member of the Liu family, but just a servant of the Liu family."

"Hehe, you are thinking about the money of the Liu family, right? Can you pay more attention? I received a letter from the higher-ups, scolding me severely. Listen, finding rare objects is the right way, and only real rare objects can make His Majesty happy!" said the steward Hatu.

"Yes, yes, I will ask the Liu family to pick him up." The subordinate was scolded and did not dare to say more.

However, after a few hours, the guards who went to Liujia Village to inform him had not returned.

"The people below are getting more and more unreasonable!" The factory guard cursed and sent two more people to Liuzhuang outside the city.

But half a day passed, and the second wave of people did not come back to report.

"Huh? Not right!"

The factory guard felt that something was wrong and quickly informed the steward Hatu.

When the steward Hatu heard that two consecutive waves of people had not returned from Liujiazhuang, he was not angry but happy, and said excitedly: "There is something strange! There is something strange!"

"Sir, what should we do?" The factory guard asked.

The steward Hatu smiled and said: "Don't worry, don't worry! What about Liu He? I want to interrogate him personally!"

"As for Liujiazhuang, send soldiers to surround it first, and don't let anyone escape. If there is any unusual movement, report immediately."

After passing down the order, he came to Liu He's cell.

I saw that the scholar was disheveled and looked sloppy after being locked up for a day. He was huddled in the corner, shivering, and when he saw someone coming, he screamed in fear: "When people are born, they are good. Natures are close, but habits make them different! Gou... Gou..."

"You..." A guard was about to shout.

The deacon Hatu immediately waved his hand to stop him, and whispered: "Hush! His Majesty said, observe carefully and start from the details. Here, write down his every move."

"Yes! Your Excellency is smart." The guard quickly took out the charcoal pencil and recorded it carefully.

But the scholar was no longer screaming, he seemed to realize that the person who came was not the one he was afraid of.

He huddled up and was stunned for a while, and suddenly cried and laughed, his mouth was vague, and only words such as "Ling'er" and "Young Master" could be vaguely heard.

The deacon opened the cell door, approached gently, squatted down and listened closely.

Before he could hear anything, the scholar suddenly roared "Ling'er, don't!", and suddenly jumped up and threw the deacon, tearing him with his hands and feet, and was extremely cruel.

While scratching, he was still muttering: "When a man is born, his nature is good. Natures are close, but habits make them different! What are you...what are you saying?"

"Pull him away! Pull him away!" The deacon was scratched until his face was covered with blood, and he was furious.

The men immediately rushed forward, pulled the scholar away, knocked him to the ground, and kicked him.

They didn't stop until the scholar was groaning and unable to move on the ground.

The deacon covered his face with a silk scarf and said angrily: "You kid are pretending to be crazy! Tell me, what happened in Liujiazhuang?"

The scholar was originally groaning on the ground, and when he heard this, he cried loudly: "Dead... dead... all dead... the master and the young master are dead... Ling'er is dead too..."

Everyone looked stern, and the deacon asked: "How did he die?"

But the scholar was crazy and kept crying, and from time to time he would say a few words about people's nature being good.

The deacon patiently asked, "Was it a ghost?"

He remembered that the scholar had mentioned ghosts in his crazy nonsense before.

Unexpectedly, when he mentioned it, the scholar was shocked and jumped up from the ground and rushed out of the prison door.

He seemed to use all his strength, and the guard at the door was knocked down directly.

Fortunately, there was a dragnet in this dungeon, and a scholar couldn't run out even if he was hysterical. He was caught and brought back after a few steps.

The crowd locked him up and hung him in the cell.

"Damn it, you are looking for death!" The guard rubbed his chest and shouted angrily.

The scholar was hanging there, muttering: "There is a ghost... There is a ghost..."

The deacon asked again without getting tired of it: "What kind of ghost, how did he kill people?"

"Heads piled up into a mountain, blood flowed into a sea of ​​blood." The scholar said in horror.

"What does blood flow into a sea of ​​blood mean?" the deacon asked.

"Blood flow... blood flow that... Man is good at the beginning..." The scholar said with a frown.

"Here we go again!" The patience of the steward was finally exhausted.

The factory guard was also angry when he saw this: "What a sour scholar! He is crazy and still wants to show off his writings. He is stupid and still wants to talk about it! Humph, he wants to say blood flowing and floating pestles? I know all these idioms. He has read too much!"

The steward saw that he could not get any information out of him, so he said directly: "Since there is a ghost, let's go and find out. Let's go! Take him with us and go to Liu's house!"

"No! I don't want to go back! I will die! I will die!" The scholar suddenly said in horror.

"Oh! How do you hear this so clearly?" The factory guard sneered.

But the scholar still struggled: "Don't go! Don't go!"

The guards didn't care whether he was willing or not, and just dragged him away.

The steward led the team personally, took out a scimitar, sprayed a mouthful of wine on it and wiped it, then put on armor and rode on a warhorse.

"Let's go! For the Khan!"

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