allonlinenovel Chapter 233 Zhao Yun, Zhao Feiyan, and Zhao Hede 3 Siblings!
Chapter 233 Zhao Yun, Zhao Feiyan, and Zhao Hede 3 Siblings!
Chapter 233 Zhao Yun, Zhao Feiyan, and Zhao Hede Three Siblings!
"The bones of the dead are exposed in the wild, and there is no chicken crowing for a thousand miles. One hundred people are left alone, and the thought is heartbreaking!" This is the most true portrayal of this village with a radius of [-] miles!
Seeing the collapsed houses in the village and a pile of charred corpses somewhere in the village, one word popped into Gao Cheng's mind: "Plague!"
Xia Bing asked with a pale face: "Brother Cheng, there is no living person in these villages, so could it be that they are haunted by demons?"
Gao Cheng shook his head, and said with a heavy face, "It's not a demon, it's a plague!"
"Xiaobai, look for the breath of a stranger." He patted Xiaobai on his crotch and said.
Now that this happened, it was all human life, and it could save as much as it could.
"Hey~!" Xiaobai roared, and ran wildly on all fours!
Every time he passed a village and saw vultures and rats gnawing on the carrion remaining on the charred bones, Gao Cheng would cast a magic spell to kill the animals, and then burn the remaining carcasses with a fire.
The origin and spread of the plague can be divided into two factors.
One is natural factors, namely the four familiar natural disasters: floods, droughts, locust plagues, and earthquakes.
The occurrence of these four kinds of disasters is often difficult to predict, and they sometimes even occur together, causing serious consequences.The direct consequences of floods and earthquakes are massive deaths of people and livestock.
If a large number of human and animal corpses are not dealt with in time, they will easily form a source of infection for diseases.Drought and locust plagues caused crop failure and food shortage, which in turn led to the death of humans and livestock and the formation of sources of infection.
The second is social factors, including war and famine.
Wars were not uncommon in ancient times, such as wars at the turn of dynasties, scrambles between nations, and peasant uprisings of all sizes.
After the war, there will inevitably be corpses strewn all over the field, causing countless casualties. If the treatment is not done well, it is easy to form an epidemic.As for the famine, it turned out to be very similar to the previous example.
When these natural or man-made disasters occur, people will migrate to escape the disaster, and the migration makes the diseases spread widely among people.
Even if there is no migration, people live together and have frequent contact, which can easily lead to the spread of the disease.So if one person gets sick, the whole family and even the whole village may suffer!
Obviously, the thinking of the ancients had its inevitable limitations of the times.It is often difficult for people to respond effectively in the face of plague ravages.
Once the plague raged among a large number of people, the ancient people's protection measures were weak and food storage was insufficient, and the imperial court's treatment was too far away to reach the place in time.
Coupled with the harsh living environment, people's nutritional status has become very unsatisfactory.The lack of human nutrition will more or less lead to the decline of human immunity, so that the occurrence and spread of the plague are easier.
And every time a plague broke out on a large scale in ancient times, a large number of people who were not infected with the plague were buried with them.
why?
Because the common methods of dealing with the plague in ancient times were isolation and disinfection, burning, and drinking medicine.
Quarantine is to concentrate all the people in the affected area in one area for centralized treatment. Except for imperial officials and doctors, no one is allowed to enter, and no one is allowed to leave at the same time, so that the plague cannot be allowed to spread.
And some people who are not infected also become sick because they have been crowded with infected people for a long time.
The villages encountered along the way were obviously the villages that the imperial court sent people to burn.
However, no one continues to deal with the remains and bones left over from burning, which shows how "child's play" the ancients had in dealing with epidemic prevention work.
Yanmen Mountain in the western province is an important pass on the Great Wall. There has always been a saying that "there are nine fortresses in the world, and Yanmen is the first", which shows the importance of its location.
The stone plaque on the front of the north gate is engraved with three big characters "Yanmen Pass", and the two sides are inlaid with bricks inscribed with the couplet: "Three passes must be unparalleled, and Jiusai respects the first pass."
As we all know, all important frontier fortresses, whether in war-torn times or peaceful times, have large and small wars happening at border fortresses from time to time.
There are roughly three types of corpses disposed of after wars during this period.
The first one is deterrence.
The victorious side of the battlefield often uses corpses to deter the enemy, so that others will not dare to resist or rebel.The specific method is to pile up the enemy's corpses into a mountain, which is called corpse mountain.It is generally piled up on both sides of the road, or in a conspicuous position.The purpose is for more people to see the fate of opposing it, so as to frighten others.
The second type is mass graves.
The victor will often follow the ancient tradition of "putting the dead soldiers to the ground for peace".Of course, there is no time to dig pits and erect monuments one by one.We can only dig some big pits together, and bury the dead soldiers of both sides in them, or bury them separately.This way the bodies can be disposed of quickly.
The third type is fire.
In fact, this method was the least favorite in ancient times.Because the ancients believed that if the body was burned to ashes, it would be a great insult to a person.It is even more disrespectful to the dead, making their souls restless.You can't rest in the ground, your soul is broken, and you can't be reborn as a human in the next life.
The origin of the plague this time was due to the fact that after many wars between the Han Dynasty and the border Huns, the piles of corpses on both sides were not properly disposed of.
Because the corpses were buried shallowly, they were dug up by wild beasts to dig up the corpses and eat meat, which evolved into what it is today.
Twenty miles away from Yanmen Pass is the current isolation zone.
On this verdant plain, there are hundreds of simple thatched huts densely packed.
These crooked-looking "houses" were built by the Yanmenguan General's Mansion, and they were also sent by the General's Mansion to isolate and infect the villagers and burn their corpses~
It is worth mentioning that the person who guards the Yanmen Pass border fortress is Xue Rengui, and he is the third-rank officer of the dynasty, General Zhenxi!
Gao Cheng didn't know this yet, otherwise he would have to doubt life again.
Right now he is saving lives.
These are three children who are yellow and emaciated and have fainted from hunger.
If Gao Cheng hadn't passed the village and sensed that they still had a faint breath in the dry well, the fate of these three children can be imagined.
After feeding each of the three children a bottle of milk, Gao Chenghua gave them a primary healing talisman in a mineral water bottle and fed them to drink one by one.
Not long after, they woke up one after another, and the two youngest girls among them began to cry loudly, shouting: "Daddy, Mommy."
The older child didn't cry loudly, but was sobbing silently wiping away his tears.
The two younger of the three children should be sisters, because they look like they know each other five or six times, and they are about six years old.
The oldest one was a boy, probably about seven or eight years old.
"Don't be afraid, you are all fine." Gao Cheng comforted them with a smile: "Tell uncle, what are your names? How old are you this year?"
"My name is Zhao Yun, and I am nine years old." The boy wiped his tears, pointed to the two crying little girls, and said, "They are my younger sisters, Zhao Hede and Zhao Feiyan, and they are seven years old this year."
Gao Cheng's body froze, he looked at the boy who was as thin as a monkey, and then at the two skinny little girls, he was not well.
Zhao Feiyan, Zhao Hede?
On the list of beauties in Chinese history, Zhao Feiyan is one of the famous four ancient beauties (Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Zhao Feiyan, Yang Yuhuan).
It may be due to Zhao Feiyan's poor reputation, I don't know when it started, and I don't know who did it. Changing the enigmatic Zhao Feiyan into the equally enigmatic Diao Chan is a bit wronged.
There is an idiom called "ring fat, swallows and thin".
"Huan" refers to Tang Xuanzong's favorite concubine Yang Yuhuan. She has plump breasts and fat buttocks. She has a beautiful appearance and is a plump beauty.
"Yan" refers to Zhao Feiyan, the empress of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. She has a slender body and is as light as a swallow. She is a slender beauty.
This idiom comes from the poem "Sun Xinlao Qiu Mo Miaoting" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty: "Short, long, fertile, and different styles, who dares to hate the flying swallows in Yuhuan?" All kinds of things are different.”
And Zhao Feiyan's twin sister, Zhao Hede, is not much worse than her sister Zhao Feiyan.Otherwise, Emperor Han Cheng would not have favored the sisters in the harem, and even died on Zhao Hede's bed because of excessive indulgence.
Therefore, all civil and military officials in the court blamed Zhao Hede, and Zhao Hede had to commit suicide by taking poison at the age of 38.
And Zhao Yun is even more hanging!
The famous general Changshan Zhao Zilong during the Three Kingdoms period in history, this Zhao Yun who is "full of guts" and "seven in and seven out", who has never heard of his name in the later generations born in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and even 00s?
Xia Bing noticed Gao Cheng's strangeness, and couldn't help asking worriedly: "Brother Cheng, what's wrong with you?"
Gao Cheng waved his hand at Xia Bing, and said, "It's okay." Then he looked at the little boy seriously and asked, "Your name is that Zhao, that Yun?"
The boy said, "Just that Zhao, that Yun."
Gao Cheng: "..."
Look at his silly appearance, they should have the same name and surname, right?
Otherwise, how could sister Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Yun be brother and sister?
And look at the three of them, all three of them are as thin as monkeys, how can they look handsome, mighty or beautiful?
Thinking of this, Gao Cheng didn't think too much. A large piece of steaming bison barbecue appeared out of nowhere in his hand. He tore it into small pieces and handed it to Zhao Yun: "You must be starving, right? Eat."
Smelling the delicious barbecue, the two sisters, Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede, stopped crying. They both swallowed their saliva and subconsciously reached out to pick up the barbecue, but their brother Zhao Yun angrily scolded: "How did your parents teach you?"
"Benefactor's life-saving grace, our brothers and sisters have not repaid, how can we still accept the benefactor's precious meat?"
"Wuuuuuu~ But brother, I'm so hungry. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu~"
"Yeah brother, I'm hungry too~"
The two little ones started crying again with their mouths flattened.
Seeing that Zhao Yun spoke like a grown-up, Gao Cheng was a little surprised and uncertain.
Zhao Yun looked at the two younger sisters, and at the barbecue in Gao Cheng's hands. He gritted his teeth, knelt down suddenly, knocked his head three times, and then swore to the sky with a serious face.
"The sky is above, and the soil is below. Today, my benefactor saved the lives of my three brothers and sisters. There is no way to repay my kindness. The only thing I can do is to be my benefactor from now on, to take care of the house and guard the house...never betray, in order to repay my kindness." .”
"If you break this oath, heaven and earth will destroy you, and you will die!"
After swearing, he stood up, took the barbecue in Gao Cheng's hands half-bowed, and distributed it to the two younger sisters who were staring at the barbecue in his hands.
Only then did Gao Cheng recover from Zhao Yun's operation of "recognizing the master", and ten thousand grass and mud horses galloped past in his heart!
How could there be such a precocious and sensible eight-year-old child from an ordinary family in ancient times?Speak clearly and in a set manner, and speak with "such a high level of education"?
So the skinny boy in front of me is 80.00% Zhao Yun from Three Kingdoms!
Then if Zhao Yun is the Zhao Yun in the history of the Three Kingdoms, then could these two sallow and thin girls be the Zhao Feiyan sisters in the history of the Western Han Dynasty?
Gao Chengxin said: "The possibility is very high!"
"After all, this is a parallel historical world. Didn't Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, also become the son of Han Gaozu, the current emperor of Han Dynasty? So, nothing is impossible."
After Zhao Yun brothers and sisters finished eating the barbecue, Gao Cheng handed them a bottle of mineral water each.
Just now, Gao Cheng conjured barbecue out of thin air. Zhao Yun's three brothers and sisters didn't notice, but this time he conjured three bottles of mineral water out of thin air that they had never seen before. The three brothers and sisters all saw it, and they all stared at Gao Cheng.
"Uncle, are you a fairy?" Among the sisters, a little girl asked with wide eyes.
I don't know if she is Zhao Feiyan or Zhao Hede.
On the surface, the two little girls look alike.It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to distinguish them.
However, Gao Cheng has keen senses and can tell the difference between the two sisters.Although the bodies and faces of the two sisters looked exactly the same, he felt that their faces were somewhat different. The little girl on the left had a slightly thinner face than the girl on the right.
"You can think so." Gao Cheng smiled and asked, "Are you Zhao Feiyan or Zhao Hede?"
The little girl said: "I am my elder sister Zhao Feiyan."
Gao Cheng nodded, and made a silent note in his heart: sister Zhao Feiyan has a slightly thinner face than younger sister Zhao Hede.
"My lord, is this water? How did you drink the water in it?" Zhao Yun asked while playing with the mineral water in his hand.
The corner of Gao Cheng's mouth twitched, and he complained in his heart: My lord?
You can't really be reborn from the Three Kingdoms time travel, right?
"Call me Brother Cheng or Young Master. Don't call me Master, it sounds weird." Gao Cheng said helplessly.
Zhao Yun said respectfully: "Yes, young master!"
"Unscrew it and drink it."
"After drinking, just put the cap back on and tighten it." Gao Cheng took out a bottle of mineral water from the system space, and taught them to twist the bottle of mineral water and cap it.
According to Gao Chengjiao's method, Zhao Yun unscrewed it all at once, feeling very miraculous.
The Zhao Feiyan and sisters were weak, but they couldn't unscrew them no matter what. They were so anxious that tears rolled in their eyes, and they looked pitiful that they were about to cry.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately handed the mineral water and the bottle cap in his hand to his younger sister Zhao Hede: "Hey, my younger sister drinks mine, and my elder brother opens it for you."
Zhao Hede thanked with a smile: "Thank you brother." Then he held the mineral water with his head up and drank it.
Looking at this scene, Gao Cheng felt that their parents must be extraordinary people, so he asked, "Zhao Yun, are your parents still alive?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yun's face darkened, and he handed the opened mineral water to his younger sister Zhao Feiyan, and said in a depressed mood: "My father was infected with the plague, and soon my mother was also infected. They asked us brothers and sisters to bring all the food at home. , secretly hid in the dry well, and then covered the well cover."
Zhao Yun wiped away his tears and continued: "My father and mother said that they will die soon after being infected with the epidemic, and they are hopeless. Let me hide in the dry well with my two younger sisters until I hear the officers and soldiers from the village come. , and wait for them to leave before they can come out."
Hearing that his parents were going to die, Zhao Yun burst into tears and refused to go down the dry well.
But Zhao's father said in a long voice: "We are really hopeless. Zilong, you are an elder brother. For the sake of your two younger sisters, you have to listen to your father and hide in a dry well. Otherwise, when the officers and soldiers come, you three brothers and sisters All must die!"
Only then did Zhao Yun cry and take his two younger sisters to hide in the dry well obediently.
"But after the officers and soldiers left, I had been hungry for two days, and I really didn't have the energy to climb up to the exit of the dry well by myself and open the well cover."
"Then I passed out from hunger."
Gao Chengran, no wonder when the three of them were found, among the three brothers and sisters, Zhao Yun was the most hungry, almost starving to death.
It is estimated that he left the little food for his two younger sisters.
It's a "little man".
"Then what are your parents' names?"
"I don't know." Zhao Yun shook his head, perhaps feeling too thirsty, he took a sip of the mineral water and said, "All the uncles and grandpas in the village call me Daddy: Yuen Long."
"My mother calls my father: Brother Zhao."
"He never told me my father's real name, nor did I ask, so I don't know what my father's real name is."
Zhao Hede raised his small hand and interjected: "Brother, Mommy called Dad: where is Kuang Yin?"
Zhao Feiyan also nodded her head and echoed, "Mmm, yes."
Gao Cheng: "..."
Surname Zhao?
Yuen Long?
Kuang Yin?
Isn't this horse riding the Song Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty? !
What the hell is this all about?
Zhao Yundao: "Master, I do know my mother's real name."
Gao Cheng asked, "What's your mother's name?"
Zhao Feiyan quickly raised her little hand, and shouted, "I also know Auntie's name, Wu Zhao."
Wu Zhao [zhào].
Gao Cheng stared at the sky speechlessly.
Your parents are so awesome.
Father is Song Taizu, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty!
Niang is the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history, Wu Zetian!
That's okay, the problem is that two such awesome people died of the plague?
"Forget it, don't worry about it. It's not surprising that I meet Qin Shihuang, Li Shimin, and Wu Dalang again in the future."
After complaining, Gao Cheng waved to Xiaobai, Xiaobai's huge body began to shrink rapidly, and finally turned into an adult-sized "little white cat" screaming "meow" in panic on the spot.
Xia Bing beside him and Zhao Yun's three brothers and sisters were stunned.
"Wow~ Uncle is really a fairy!"
The two sisters were both surprised and happy, and looked very excited.
"Uncle is amazing!"
Gao Cheng squeezed the sword formula with his hands, and condensed a huge flying sword under his feet, and said to everyone: "Stand up."
Xiaobai was the first to run over with short legs "meow meow~".
Gao Cheng leaned over and picked up Xiaobai who kept screaming "meow meow". Seeing that the "little guy"'s eyes were full of anxiety, he couldn't help but smiled and patted her head, comforting him: "Don't worry, your current form is just Temporarily, I will change you back later."
Only then did Xiao Bai feel relieved, and stopped calling.
"There are still many plague-infected patients waiting for me to save their lives. Why are you all standing there? Hurry up." Gao Cheng urged.
"Oh." Xia Bing, who came back to his senses, stood up holding sister Zhao Feiyan with both hands.
Zhao Yun also suppressed the shock in his heart and stepped onto the huge flying sword.
"Xia Bing, you stand in front of me, Zhao Yun stands behind me, Zhao Feiyan and Zhao Hede stand beside me."
After they did so, Gao Cheng used the spiritual power of the flying sword under his feet to absorb their feet, and said: "Hold on to me!"
Then the huge flying sword carried the crowd and began to rise slowly, which immediately scared Xia Bing and Zhao Yun brothers and sisters into screaming.
(End of this chapter)