The medicine Dongfang Jian left behind was indeed effective. In just three days, Lady Guan had basically recovered. Seeing that his wife had finally bid farewell to her illness, Guan Yu was extremely happy. He cheered like a child. However, there was one thing that troubled Guan Yu. It turned out that in order to repay Dongfang Jian for saving her life, Lady Guan wanted Guan Yu to serve Dongfang Jian.
"Furen, you should know that I am now a murderer and a fugitive, and he is also a provincial governor. I can't walk into a trap!”Guan Yu said.
Lady Guan said," My husband, I know your difficulties. But we can't hide like this forever. We can't show our true faces. Besides, I've waited until I came to Youzhou because I heard some rumors about Youzhou. Through my observation, I should be sure that Mr. Dongfang is a rare good official and is regarded as the model of the Han Dynasty by the Emperor. Additionally, he has a high prestige among the common people. It is impossible for such a person to ignore the lives of the common people. Besides, Mr. Dongfang has done me a favor. My husband always says that he will repay the favor. Besides, Mr. Dongfang is such a benevolent and righteous person. Isn't he worthy of my husband's service?”
" But..." Guan Yu wanted to say something, but when he saw his wife's gaze, he could not say anything. He knew that his wife was right. It was indeed difficult to find a good official like Dongfang Jian. Under his rule, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Now, he heard that he was actively training soldiers. It seemed that he was planning to go to war with the foreign tribes. As a man of seven feet tall, he should immediately sweep across the battlefield and make a great contribution. Thinking of this, he said to his wife,"I'll go to his place tomorrow. Firstly, I'll go and thank him. Secondly, I'll see what kind of person he is.”Lady Guan knew that Guan Yu had decided to join Dongfang Jian or else he wouldn't have suggested going to take a look.
Early the next morning, someone came to report that two people wanted to see Daren. Dongfang Jian immediately ordered the two of them to be invited to the court. It was Guan Yu and his wife.
"Madam Guan, how are you feeling?”Dongfang Jian asked kindly.
Lady Guan bowed and replied respectfully,""It was all thanks to Daren's rescue that this woman has already recovered.”
Dongfang Jian glanced at Guan Yu, who was standing beside Lady Guan with an arrogant look on his face. He then asked Guan Yu,""Chief Yun, why are you here today?”
"Daren, I have no way to repay your great kindness to my wife, so I will serve under the envoy's tent.”Guan Yu said. Dongfang Jian was stunned for a moment. Although he had expected that Guan Yu and his wife would come today to repay their kindness for saving his life, he did not expect Guan Yu to work for them. To put it bluntly, this kind of behavior was similar to selling one's body. The social morality required that one be faithful to the end. If one deviated halfway, they would be looked down upon by everyone and would carry a mark of shame that would never be washed away. Therefore, Guan Yu's decision was very important. At the same time, it also showed Guan Yu's determination and sincerity to repay his kindness.
"It's true, Commander Yun is really willing to submit to me," Dongfang Jian said happily.”
"I've already decided to follow you to the death." Guan Yu said.
Dongfang Jian immediately helped Guan Yu up and said," I have Yun Chang, just like how my great-great-grandfather had Han Xin. To be honest, when I saw Yun Changjian yesterday, I was thinking about how to get Yun Chang. Today, my sword has finally come true." After saying that, he laughed happily.
Guan Yu did not expect Dongfang Jian to think so highly of him. He knelt down and said,""This subordinate greets my lord."
"Captain Yun, please get up. From now on, you and I are brothers. Today, I'm going to welcome Captain Yun. Men, invite all the generals and gentlemen here. Today, I'm going to introduce the generals of Youzhou Province to Captain Yun.”Dongfang Jian shouted happily.
How could he not be happy? Getting the loyalty of Guan Yu, who was known to be the most loyal of the Three Kingdoms, was the happiest thing in the world. Moreover, Liu Bei had become a commander without a commander.
During the banquet, Dongfang Jian introduced all the Youzhou generals to Guan Yu. During this period, Zhang Fei was arguing about competing with Guan Yu, but he was stopped by Dongfang Jian. However, the two of them competed in martial arts in private and were evenly matched. The older they grew, the more congenial they became. In the end, they even pulled the generals to become sworn brothers. As for the situation, Dongfang Jian did not know because they did not call Dongfang Jian to become sworn brothers with them.
After more than a month, Pu Yuan (a famous blacksmith during the Three Kingdoms period, who made Guan Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade, Zhang Fei's Snake Spear, and Liu Bei's Double Sword) closed the door of a blacksmith shop in Ji County. He sat alone in the courtyard and thought about something. These days, he had been forging weapons for Zhang Fei and the others. He either felt that they were not suitable for him or Zhang Fei and the others did not feel that they were suitable for him. Because of this, he had destroyed several furnaces of iron. Today, he had failed again.
Sitting outside the house and looking at the bright starry sky, Pu Yuan was filled with emotions. Ever since he came to Ji County from Zhuo County, Pu Yuan had been appointed as the blacksmith of Youzhou's military equipment. His monthly remuneration was also considerable. Besides being able to feed his family, he could also buy a few bolts of cloth and make a few new clothes for his family. This was a far cry from the hard life he had in Zhuo County. He was grateful to Dongfang Jian and the others who had allowed him to live a good life. This was because Dongfang Jian and the others had been with him for a period of time almost every day in order to forge good weapons. Moreover, Dongfang Jian had also taught him how to use coal to make fire. The temperature was much higher than that of wood, and the weapons forged were also harder and sharper. However, this was not what excited him the most. What touched him the most was that Dongfang Jian did not have the arrogance and condescension of those tycoons. He had been taking care of a blacksmith with a low status like him. How could there be such a good official in other places? Therefore, he kept swearing that he would use his useful body to forge the best equipment in the world for Dongfang Jian's army. However, other than the sabers and spears used by some ordinary soldiers, he could not even forge a single excellent weapon, let alone the weapons requested by Zhang Fei and the others. After another failure just now, he was extremely frustrated. Now, he could only look at the stars and sigh.
"The starry sky seems a little strange today!”Pu Yuan noticed that the stars in the sky were a little strange, as if they were about to fall. Before he could finish his surprise, he saw the stars in the east start to fall.
"Meteor shower?" Pu Yuan looked at the hundreds of stars falling from the sky in shock. He was shocked, but before he could finish, something even more shocking happened. He saw a shooting star break away from the stars and fall in his direction.
Pu Yuanhe and the people outside cried out in alarm when they saw this. Just as everyone was crying out in alarm, they saw the stone fly towards the outskirts of Ji County. A moment later, there was a loud bang and everything fell silent again.
Right after Dongfang Jian had finished his dinner and was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard with Zhen Jiang and Lu Zhen, explaining some knowledge about the overseas world to the two girls, he suddenly saw a meteor shower falling from the sky.
"What a beautiful meteor shower." The two women also saw the beautiful meteor shower and let out waves of praise.
Looking at this rare meteor shower, Dongfang Jian sighed in his heart. The starry sky during the Three Kingdoms was so bright and clear. In this time and space, it seemed that the distance between the stars and Earth was very close. It was unlike the modern times, where one had to use a telescope to look at the stars at night.
Just as I was sighing, I suddenly saw a meteor deviate from its original trajectory and fall in the direction of Ji County. When the women saw this, they immediately cried out in surprise. I was also stunned. This little bit? Just as I was in a daze, I saw that the meteor had already hit the ground. I looked at the approximate location and thought to myself, how dangerous. This was because the meteor had not landed in Ji County, but in the countryside outside the city.
Coming back to his senses, Dongfang Jian suddenly thought of a problem and hurriedly said to the two girls,""You guys stay in the residence and don't wander around. I'll go outside and take a look. If I come back late, you guys can go to sleep first! You don't have to wait for me." With that, he ran out without waiting for them to speak.
Before the two girls could open their mouths, they saw Dongfang Jian running away in a hurry. Their hearts ached because Dongfang Jian had been leaving early and returning late frequently recently. He was extremely busy and had lost a lot of weight. Although his face and skin were still as fair as before, it still made their hearts ache. Today, they had finally returned a few hours earlier, but this happened again. The two girls could not help but hate this damn meteor shower. They swore that if they encountered a meteor shower in the future, they would never watch it. Shaking their heads and sighing, the two women were still worried. Thus, accompanied by the servant girls, they went to the main hall to wait for Dongfang Jian.
The impact of the falling rocks was great for Ji County. Almost everyone was shocked by the loud boom. Commoners in the city ran out of their houses and asked those who had seen the whole scene what had happened. Those people then told those people vividly and exaggeratedly, causing those people to be stunned. As a result, the story became more and more marvelous. Some people even said that it must be because the Youzhou Mausoleum was under the governance of their provincial governor. The commoners were so happy that they were moved by the Heavens. Therefore, flying stones fell from the Heavens. All in all, it was a good omen for the prosperity of the world. After this event, the commoners became more loyal to Dongfang Jian. In the future, under the governance of Dongfang Jian, Youzhou Province would become richer and richer. Commoners would not close their doors at night and pick up any relics on the way. Their lives would become better and better. They were more convinced about the event of flying stones from the Heavens. Someone even described me as a deity. He had specially descended to the lower realm to save the world. In short, this seemingly coincidental incident had brought endless benefits to Dongfang Jian. This was also something Dongfang Jian had not expected.
Accompanied by Dian Wei, Zhang Fei, and the other generals, he led hundreds of soldiers out of the city and searched for the meteorite in the west. Twenty miles out of the city, he finally found the huge meteorite with a diameter of ten meters in a dilapidated pit. Due to the friction of the atmosphere, the meteorite was emitting green smoke.
Dongfang Jian was pleasantly surprised when he saw it. It should be known that a typical meteor would be rubbed clean when it passed through the atmosphere. Those that could pass through the atmosphere and fall to the ground were definitely extremely hard metal materials, which were commonly known as cold iron in ancient times. Ordinary cold iron weighing dozens of kilograms was enough to make countless blacksmiths break their heads. Now, this huge meteorite, excluding a small amount of stone skin, was at least a hundred thousand kilograms. It was enough to forge thousands of excellent weapons.
Dongfang Jian was overjoyed. He hurriedly instructed the soldiers,""Protect this place well. No one is allowed to enter or leave within a five-mile radius.”The hundred soldiers immediately spread out and cleaned up the scene within a five-mile radius, not allowing a single bird beast to enter.
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