Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6909: Pretend to be crazy
The Wan family was considered to be one of the more superior families among the founding marquises of the Later Han Dynasty. Well, the inferior ones were no longer around. Although the Wan family had been extinct twice, they managed to find some unofficial branches to continue the family line. So it was a bit tragic, but it was much better than those who were truly extinct.

But no matter what, the Wan family is only one step away from extinction, and a noble family, when on the verge of extinction, will try all kinds of tricks to struggle, such as summoning spirits, moving graves, and performing shaman dances. In short, they will try almost every trick they can.

This is also the direct reason why black and white beauties became popular in the founding marquis lineage. To put it bluntly, there are rumors that black and white beauties are good at giving birth. As for whether they are really good at giving birth, to be honest, it is already this time, of course all kinds of folk remedies will be arranged, believe it or not, maybe it will be useful, right!

Therefore, in any family of marquis that is on the verge of extinction, there will always be strange species such as black and white beauty and frosted gorilla!
If you really ask whether Wan believed this or not, she was actually skeptical, just like she didn't really believe in Feng Shui, which was not in line with the customs of the people in Liangzhou. But after moving to the peak of the Pamir Mountains, Wan Peng's concubines gave birth to six children in a row, and four of them lived to the age of toddlers, which almost reached the peak scale of Wan's direct lineage in history, and at this age, there is a high probability that they can live to adulthood.

So now the Wan family is extremely obsessed with Feng Shui, and this is also the key point of conflict with the Wang family of Taiyuan, because the position occupied by the Wan family is on the front line of the Pamir Mountains, which is a place that the Wang family cannot avoid if they want to fight the Three Idiots.

To be honest, the Wang and Wan families actually have a pretty good relationship. Both are marquis families with a long history, so the two families have been friends for hundreds of years. Originally, the Wang family was just acting like a bunch of idiots, and the Wan family was just standing still and watching. After all, the Wan family only had a few big and small cats, and they had no intention of joining in the fun. They were all thinking about how to keep their family line intact.

Therefore, the Wang family had never considered that the Wan family would stand on the side of the three idiots. As for the matter of Wan Peng in Congling, Wan Peng was still in the Xiliang Army at that time. Look at every battle of the Xiliang Army that Wan Peng participated in. When the battle was about to start, the elders of the Wan family would strangle Wan Peng's throat and take him back at night, and then release him after the Xiliang Army was finished fighting. As a result, the three idiots never thought that Wan Peng was in the same boat, and don't expect them to be in the same boat.

But sometimes things are so unexpected. The Wan clan leader has studied childbirth and pregnancy protection for half his life, but it has been useless. But since Wan Peng ran to Congling, the Wan clan has automatically branched out, and the number of core clan members has increased exponentially, doubling!
Because the child was born in Pamirs, all the elders of the Wan family had to move from Liangzhou to Pamirs. After all, it was impossible to let the child travel all the way from Pamirs to Liangzhou. That was not realistic. After all, this was the orthodox bloodline of their Wan family, and it was the first new sprout to be born and survived in more than 30 years, and they had to watch.

So the Wan family moved with gifts to the area where Wan Peng was at the time, and then things started to get fun. Wan Peng's concubines gave birth to six children in three years.

Even after Wan Peng's uncle came here, his concubine became pregnant. Although the child died before it was formed due to failure to protect the fetus, Master Wan, who had no news in the first sixty years, came up with a possibility at the age of sixty. Damn it, and said, "Nude!" The Wan family wants this place!
There was no political consideration at all, or it could be said that any political consideration was bullshit to the Wan family. Without descendants, everything was shit. A bunch of old guys looked at each other for decades, but there was not even a child. The youngest, Wan Zhen, was already in his thirties at that time. The Wan family, the founding marquis, had not seen a living descendant in more than 30 years!
What a beastly plot!
Master Wan, who is temporarily acting as the clan leader, has failed to produce a living descendant in more than 60 years. After coming here, he actually produced one. Although he failed, with Wan Peng's six cubs, how does Master Wan feel - this place belongs to our Wan family!
As for Master Wan, after he occupied this place and held a hundred-day banquet for his children, his mind gradually became clear and he realized that his side might lead to huge political disputes. But the thought only lasted for a second before he threw it over the wall.

Damn it, political disputes can only occur when there are people. If there is no one, there is no point in talking. Just do it. Even if you have to take the blame for the three idiots, the Wan family will accept it. After all, being able to take the blame means you are still alive, right?

Therefore, the century-old friendship between the Wan and Wang families deteriorated rapidly. In response, Mr. Wan expressed his regret that Wang had given up this friendship, and said that their family would never move away no matter what. If you don't agree, just come and do it. There's nothing to be afraid of.

Having said that, the Wang family had nothing more to talk about, saying that a century-long friendship was ruined. However, after all the chatter, it was obvious that Mrs. Wan didn't hear a word she said.

For Mrs. Wan, there was nothing much to say. This place could now allow her to have children. Even if she didn't understand what was going on, the best option was to not touch anything and maintain everything as it was.

Therefore, anyone who dares to destroy the feng shui here is an enemy of the Wan family.

As for fighting with a super family like the Wang family, the worst that could happen is that they will be crippled. Even if they are crippled, they will not be stripped of their titles, but if their descendants become extinct, they will really be stripped of their titles. Their Wan family can't even find any branches now, and if they are crippled again, they will be completely finished, so just fight without thinking.

After all, even if the Wan family cannot win in a fight with the super Wang family, they will not necessarily die. After all, they are descendants of the founding marquis and have some foundation. They can also leverage the power of their allies and get some people to help. Even if the Wang family is a monster, their family may not suffer a great defeat.

Well, let's take a step back and say that even if Super Wang really did achieve enlightenment against all odds, would he really dare to wipe out the entire Wan family?
Right, if you lose the fight, you still have the golden signboard of founding marquis, at most you will be released and your whole family will not die. But if you give up this place and go back to your hometown, your whole family will really die. For more than 30 years, the family has not had a new member. This is not a small family, but one of the only more than 100 wealthy families in the country. This is really going to destroy itself.

So is there any need to say how to choose?

"It's a pity that the news can't be talked about casually, alas." Chen Xi sighed. The cinnabar foundation will lead to a series of problems. Even if Chen Xi and others knew about it, they couldn't spread it. Because if this thing got out, all kinds of conspiracy theories would directly blow up the highest level of the Han Dynasty.

If we really say that Liu Xiu had pure good intentions, with the attitude of sharing with the emperor, he gave cinnabar to his brothers to raise the foundation, and Liu Xiu himself did the same. In fact, this is also the reason why there were so many young emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty and why emperors died one after another, requiring side branches to inherit the throne.

The emperor was like this, and it was even more so for the founding marquises who used cinnabar to raise the foundation. Moreover, the imperial palace was big enough, so there were some missing places. No matter how big the mansions of the marquises were, they would be filled with cinnabar and even the walls would be paved with it. If this doesn't end in death, who will?
In fact, those who can give birth to offspring in this environment are those with very strong reproductive functions, but no matter how strong the reproductive ability is, it cannot withstand this kind of gameplay.

On the contrary, the branches that do not live in the main house can barely avoid this kind of suppression. However, when the direct line of the main house dies, the emperors, in order to show their own benevolence, raise their hands to make the branches survive and pass them into the direct line to inherit the incense. The branches that inherit the direct line will definitely hold on to the founding marquis' mansion to show their loyalty and commemorate their ancestors...

Then it becomes a vicious cycle. The Wan family is in such a vicious cycle. They have been extinct twice, especially the second time, which puts more pressure on the heirs. In order to show that they are the new orthodoxy, they will definitely live in the main house all year round instead of the remote location where they used to live.

The result is that the poison is more serious and the person will be destroyed faster.

Chen Xi analyzed this from both pathological and psychological perspectives, and fully understood why the founding marquises of the Eastern Han Dynasty died out at such an alarming rate. He also understood why after the death of their descendants, the branches that inherited the incense died out faster than their predecessors.

But after summarizing these things, can Chen Xi tell the founding marquises? No!

You can't say a word, you can only give them hints. Don't go to the main house unless you have something to do. Just go there once a year to worship. Don't live in the main house all the time. Living there will only lead to disaster.

After all, there are some fait accompli and the people are dead. If we bring them out and talk about them publicly, it will only lead to more conspiracy theories and affect the reputation of our ancestors. So for now, this matter can only be kept secret.

But keeping it secret was also a problem. Liu Bei was also troubled by this matter, but was it something that could be said publicly? No!

"It doesn't affect the overall situation, so let it be." Liu Bei sighed. Since Wan was blocking that position, it was not easy to pursue it, or to be more direct, there was no way to pursue it.

"I feel like my ancestors left me a bunch of things that I don't know how to solve. They're all historical issues. Some of them have even been answered, but they're obviously the correct answers and they're still unsatisfactory. Zichuan, is there something wrong with this world?" Liu Bei turned his head and looked at Chen Xi and asked.

"Are you realizing now that there's something wrong with this world?" Chen Xi said with a sneer.

"Is the small world ready? I think the preliminaries will end tomorrow at the latest." Hearing Chen Xi's straightforward words, Liu Bei was stunned and naturally changed the subject. However, he felt that from Chen Xi's point of view, there was really nothing to talk about the fact that the world was sick.

"The tests have been completed, and we have discussed with General Guan and the others. They will use their divine power to help block it when the time comes. As for the reinforcement of the small world, Zilong happens to be free recently." Chen Xi said with a smile. He had already made most of the arrangements.

"Actually, I am somewhat worried about Yunchang and Zilong." Liu Bei nodded first, then spoke with some hesitation.

"Lord Xuande, are you worried about the strength of Brother Guan and Zilong?" Chen Xi said with a smile, "Don't worry at all, they will do a good job of this matter."

"No, what I mean is, I'm worried that Yunchang and Zilong will take advantage of this opportunity to set up the venue and do some tricks in it that you can't see, but they do exist." Liu Bei said with some emotion.

"Not really. It's not good to do this kind of thing in this kind of competition." Chen Xi said so, but his entangled brows had already made it clear what Chen Xi was thinking. Yes, Chen Xi also felt that what Liu Bei said made sense. Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were very honest in major matters, but in this kind of matter...

Considering that Guan Yu had threatened the referee the last time when Guan Yu's football team and Zhu Jun's football team were fighting for the dragon, even if Guan Ping admitted that he was the one who threw the big Guan Dao, Chen Xi, who knew Guan Ping well, knew what he was doing!
As for Zhao Yun, he is an upright person and basically won't do anything tricky when it comes to big things. But if he doesn't do anything tricky in this kind of matter, he wouldn't be Zhao Yun.

Liu Bei didn't say anything, just gave a look.

"Does Second Brother have a private team?" Chen Xi whispered to Liu Bei, and this time he used a special encrypted channel to prevent Guan Yu from eavesdropping.

"Yunchang must have. He has many Yellow Turban veterans under his command. Most of the more than 200 Yellow Turban veterans I asked before have received Yunchang's hint to let go and not be timid. Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion more than 20 years ago was wrong, it is human instinct to survive and we should not admit our mistakes because of this." Liu Bei sent a voice message to Chen Xi, "Yunchang's attitude in this regard conflicts with General Huangfu's."

Although Liu, Guan and Zhang also rose to power by killing the Yellow Turbans, compared to Huangfu Song's brutal attitude, although Guan Yu also killed a large number of Yellow Turbans, Guan Yu did not think that the Yellow Turbans were wrong. The two sides just had different positions. But no matter what the position is, it should never be wrong to fight to the death in order to survive!

Guan Yu used to sympathize with the Yellow Turbans, or to put it more directly, Guan Yu's nature was characterized by "being proud of superiors but not humiliating inferiors, bullying the strong but not bullying the weak, distinguishing clearly between gratitude and resentment, and being trustworthy and loyal", so he did not agree with Huangfu Song's attitude that "I will crush you to death just because you are weak and cannot beat me, so you deserve it."

However, in the previous era, even if Guan Yu had this understanding, it could not solve the problem. But in this era, Chen Xi used his knowledge and strength to show Guan Yu what the mistakes of the times were. This made Guan Yu more determined - private grudges are private grudges. Even if they were born in the Three Rivers and Five Schools, protected the legal system of the Han Dynasty in that era, and lived to this era, it does not mean that they are qualified to judge the Yellow Turbans who have lived to this era.

In other words, Guan Yu is ready to take charge of the participating Yellow Turbans. Even if you have no leader, since I, Guan Yu, have received so many Yellow Turbans, it is only natural for me to be your backer when your leader is not around.

"I have my own complaints about General Huangfu." Chen Xi only listened to a general idea and knew what was going on. To be honest, let alone Guan Yu, even Chen Xi had some complaints about Huangfu Song's attitude towards the Yellow Turbans, but Chen Xi rarely mentioned it.

"But given the general environment back then, I can't say anything." After Chen Xi finished speaking, he felt that it was a bit too much, so he added, "If you really want to say it, it's still Emperor Ling's fault."

How can I describe Huangfu Song's performance during Emperor Ling's reign? He was just a perfect tool, and a heartless robot without any emotions. You input the commands and I execute them. It was really amazing.

What's even more outrageous is that Huangfu Song didn't care about his face at that time. You told me to withdraw the county marquis, so I did. You told me to hand over the troops to others, so I did. You told me to lose the battle, so I did. He didn't have the habit of the Han Dynasty officers who would argue with the central government no matter what. You should know that the famous generals before Huangfu Song basically had a tendency to be crazy and could always give you some incredible fun.

There is no need to mention the distant ones like Han Xin, Zhou Bo, Zhou Yafu, and Tiao Hou, there are too many jokes about them to mention. As for the famous generals nearby, Duan Xing was the biggest troublemaker. In order to save trouble, he forged the imperial edict, deceived the Hu people, and then lured the Hu people over and killed them together.

This was exactly the impression that Emperor Lingdi had of the Han Dynasty officers who were known for their insanity. But when Huangfu Song, such an iron-blooded and ruthless robot, appeared, Emperor Lingdi was also confused.

"I guess this time the old generation of the Three Rivers and Five Schools and the old generation of the Yellow Turbans will have to fight each other since they have their own backers. It's inevitable." Liu Bei said with some emotion, "Although General Huangfu didn't say anything, the old soldiers of the Three Rivers and Five Schools all know that he is behind them. The title of general is not for nothing. The same goes for the Yellow Turbans. Second brother, it's almost a clear hint."

"That's good too. In this way, even if General Guan cheats, the scale will be small, and at most he will use one or two people as trump cards." Chen Xi said thoughtfully. After all, his opponent is Huangfu Song, and he really played too much. Huangfu Song is not blind. He is a guy with qualifications and abilities.

"Then there is one thing I need to inform you of." Liu Bei nodded slowly when he heard it. He would not participate this time. If he did, who to support, or who not to support, would be a problem. Especially when it comes to historical issues, Liu Bei can neither give an answer nor completely suppress it, so it is better not to participate and just wait and see the result.

"What's the matter?" Chen Xi looked at Liu Bei and asked in confusion. Is there anything else that requires him to inform him so solemnly?
"I eliminated the etched armors numbered in the first thousand and gave them to the Atlantis Kingdom." Liu Bei looked ahead with empty eyes and even spoke evasively.

"Huh?" Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized what Liu Bei was talking about. Damn, this is an etched heavy armor helmet, the highest-grade armor prepared for shield guards, which is the equivalent of 400+ armor that Chen Xi boasted should be available in the twelfth year of Yuanfeng.

"I saw that the numbers had reached four digits, so the ones in the front should be eliminated, so I eliminated the ones with three digits." Liu Bei explained quickly.

Chen Xi took a deep breath and tried not to be angry.

"Lord Xuande, the main fighting force of the Great Western Kingdom is the white horse. Why would they need so many heavy plate armors?" Chen Xi said in a low voice, "To be precise, where did the Great Western Kingdom get so many heavy infantry?"

"Some of the old soldiers under Tian Yu could not stand the bitter cold in the north, so a group of infantrymen in their forties were eliminated." Liu Bei said with a dry laugh.

Chen Xi has already completed the entire operation in his mind. The old soldiers under Tian Yu's command are the border soldiers of Youzhou, and some of them are indeed old soldiers from the era of Gongsun Zan. Now it is said that a group of people in their forties who cannot endure the bitter cold have been eliminated. That is Liaodong. Why didn't they say this in the past ten years?

"After going to the Ganges, I found that I was not used to the climate here, so I retreated." Liu Bei explained in a roundabout way.

"They are heavy infantry with heavy armor defense, right?" Chen Xi did not want to pursue the matter. After all, Gongsun Zan did not die in the era when he was completely stubborn and broke with Liu Bei. He still retained some heroic spirit. So after Gongsun Xu inherited his father's connections, Chen Xi also knew that Liu Bei secretly gave him some benefits. After all, he was the White Horse General. Although he did things in an extreme way, he did have some popularity.

"Yes, so I've returned all the old products with serial numbers before 999." Liu Bei said with a dry laugh, "Besides, my nephew Gongsun really needs some strength to support the business recently."

Chen Xi was speechless. Is this just a bit of strength to support the situation? This is a thousand, extremely heavy armored walls. It is not too outrageous if it is placed in the Han Dynasty. If it is placed in a non-empire force, it is already a force that can destroy a country. What else do you want?
"What happened?" Chen Xi asked casually.

"I heard a rumor that the old clan leader might be planning to marry his daughter to nephew Gongsun as a concubine. I am inclined to facilitate this matter, so after he came to visit me, I thought that he had such a group of infantrymen, but they were almost equipped, so I armed them to keep up the occasion. I remember you said that in the twelfth year of Yuanfeng, at least six digits must be obtained, so numbers before 999 should be fine." Liu Bei said solemnly to Chen Xi.

Based on Liu Bei's understanding of Chen Xi, Chen Xi said that he could at least come up with a six-digit number, which meant that it was very likely a six-digit number starting with nine. This person's conservatism was so radical that others could not even imagine it, so Liu Bei thought that it was no big deal to eliminate the three-digit number first.

"Ah, has Mr. Liu finally gone crazy?" Chen Xi said in a daze.

After the incident of Liu Yu offering sacrifices to Gongsun Zan came out, Chen Xi felt that Liu Yu seemed a little crazy. Now he was actually planning to marry his daughter to Gongsun Xu as a successor. This seemed completely insane.

"What you said..." Liu Bei glanced at Chen Xi, "Don't you think this is a good idea? The two sides are only dealing with issues of route, why do you make it sound like a life-and-death issue?"

Chen Xi had a lot to say but didn't know what to say, so he could only nod silently. It was already the tenth year of Yuanfeng, and most of the people alive now believed that Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan were actually arguing over routes, and that the cooperation between the two was OK in the early days, but later on it might be a disagreement over which side was better. Liu Bei also thought so, at least he had believed this completely since the third year of Yuanfeng.

"Well, it is indeed a good thing from all aspects." Chen Xi recalled the distribution of fiefdoms and had to admit that Liu Yu was probably pretending to be crazy.

Sent it, war started, war started, I don't want to use my brain anymore