Yuan Shao listened to the words of his advisers and sent people to Xuzhou to listen to the information, but he himself took out the letter every day and read it repeatedly, with a sad look on his face.

Looking down at the letter, Yuan Shao secretly thought, "Meng De, if it is possible, I really don't want to be your enemy." If you want to be a prime minister or a general, when I win the world, I can give you a reward. ”

Yuan Shao, who lived in anxiety and entanglement, waited for more than ten days before he passed back the news that Xuzhou Tan heard.

"Cao Mengde led the position of pastor of Yanzhou, and once sent envoys to Guanzhong to ask for grain and grass, intending to raise troops to attack Yanzhou."

After Yuan Shao read the letter, his face turned extremely pale. He angrily tore the letter to shreds and shouted loudly: "Cao Apu'an dares to do this, An dares to do this!" ”

After the anger, Yuan Shao's face sank like water. He summoned his subordinates, drew his sword in his hand and said sharply: "Pass my military order, raise a large army to attack Xuzhou, and capture Cao Mengde alive!" ”

The strategist of Jizhou, although he felt a little incredible, did not say anything after all. Yuan Shao's ability to make up his mind to wage war with Cao Cao shows that he was sure of the authenticity of that letter.

With Yuan Shao's order, the entire Jizhou, Youzhou, and Yanzhou shook, and a steady stream of Yuan troops gathered, indicating the outbreak of a major war.

That night, Yuan Shao was full of melancholy, dressed in casual clothes with some guards, strolling in the city.

"Big brother, you just lie on it and don't let it come down, see if I can stab you with a wooden sword."

Suddenly, a childish voice came from the courtyard next to it. Yuan Shao made a gesture of silence, and those guards suddenly didn't even dare to make a sound.

Yuan Shao tiptoed to the door of the courtyard and watched the situation inside through the crack in the door.

I saw a slightly older boy, reclining on a wooden stool. Another little boy was holding a rough wooden sword, and he was standing next to him with excitement on his face.

The big boy said disapprerovingly, "You've stabbed you many times, and you've never been stabbed once." ”

The little boy muttered and pretended to be fierce, "I must stab you this time, and I am not allowed to come down." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy ran over violently and stabbed at the big boy lying on the wooden bench.

"I didn't hit it again."

The little boy's head was really not very good, and a sword stabbed out without any strength, and actually stabbed under the wooden bench.

"One more time, one last time!"

The little boy was not reconciled, and shouted and retreated again, he secretly thought in his heart: "The stab was too low just now, this time I stabbed a little higher." ”

The big boy also thought: "He stabbed low just now, and he will definitely stab it this time." I just had to hold on to the wooden bench and he wouldn't be able to stab me. ”

"Yikes!"

The little boy shouted again and stabbed at the charge. I have to say that he played exceptionally this time, and his accuracy was still very good.

It's just that the big boy was on guard, and when the little boy came over with a sword, his body was tightly attached to the wooden bench. The little boy's sword stabbed too high, but it didn't hit it.

"Wow, you're a fool!"

Frustrated, the boy threw away his wooden sword and sat on the ground crying. The big boy was at a loss and hurriedly ran over to comfort him.

Yuan Shao led his entourage and silently returned to the mansion. All night, his mind was full of the situation. The shadows of the two boys seemed to overlap with him and Cao Cao when he was a child.

When they were younger, the two of them also played the game a lot. But Cao Cao was always able to guess Yuan Shao's intentions and calmly dodged the wooden sword stabbed by Yuan Shao.

The martial arts of the two of them were also slowly tempered in this kind of play.

"Mengde, did you ever think of today in previous years?"

Sighing slightly, Yuan Shao closed his eyes and fell asleep grogily.

Puban City, the General's Mansion, Li Ru rushed in with a letter and a happy face.

"Lord, Yuan Benchu really raised his army and went to attack Cao Mengde. After Liu Biao of Jingzhou received the edict of the Son of Heaven, he also began to mobilize a large army and prepare to attack Jiangdong. ”

Wen Zhao stroked his palms and laughed and said, "Okay, that's great!" ”

Several edicts and letters made the whole world turbulent, and the most powerful princes of the Kanto region were involved in disputes because of this.

The benefits of bringing angels to the princes began to be revealed at this time.

However, it was said that after Wen Zhao learned that Chen Qun had hung up the seal and left, he had been thinking about it day and night, wanting to recruit Chen Qun over. But he also knew that the Chen clan was a member of the Yingchuan clan and a model of scholars.

Now under Chen Xu, except for Zhong Xuan, who is a famous person in Yingchuan, most of the rest of the Yingchuan scholars have defected to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

What's more, Chen Xu's background is not very good.

Even if he is now coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, in the eyes of those scholars who have eyes above the top and have a view of the family, Chen Xu is still a martial artist.

Just like Dong Zhuo at the beginning, even if he controlled the military and political power of the imperial court and could decide the life and death of others with one word, there was still no way to make the scholars return to their hearts.

Of course, Chen Xu's current reputation is much better than Dong Zhuo's original. After all, he is still nominally a descendant of Chen Ping, the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and a student of Qiao Xuan.

However, these two identities can only make Chen Xu barely rank among the ranks of the scholars.

Rao is like this, and he is not confident that he can easily pass a piece of paper and recruit Chen Qun.

As mentioned earlier, most of the Yingchuan scholars defected to Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and if Chen Qun went to these two princes, he would be able to quickly integrate into this small circle of Yingchuan scholars.

On the contrary, if he came to defect to Chen Xu, only Zhong Xuan, a foreign aid, would be a little lonely in the Chen group.

The current Wenzhao is no longer what it used to be. Although he wanted to get Chen Qun very much, he did not leave Pusaka, and personally went to Yingchuan to invite Chen Qun to join the gang.

Only when they become princes can they know that in addition to having the scenery of princes, they also have too many things on them. Just the documents submitted by the counties every day can be piled up into a small mountain.

If it weren't for Cheng Yu and others to share the burden for him, I'm afraid Wen Zhao would be overwhelmed by those documents like a tide every day.

While gaining rights, you also lose a lot of things. Many times, Chen Xu also feels tired.

It was precisely because of this that Wen Zhao had no way to take the time to go to Yingchuan and invite Chen Qun in person. Moreover, Yingchuan is now under Liu Bei's rule, and he went there for no reason, but it was also a little inappropriate.

The celebrities of this era have their own arrogance. Even if they were conquered by the Son of Heaven before, there are still many people who refuse to take office, let alone now?

Full of apprehension and expectation in his heart, Wen Zhao secretly thought: "I don't know if Changwen will apply." ”

Yingchuan County, Xuchang, Chenfu.

Although the Yingchuan Chen family can be regarded as a local wealthy family, their background is still too shallow.

In the past, the Chen family was just Yingchuan, a little-known humble family. It wasn't until Chen Qun's patriarch Chen Yu was born that the Yingchuan Chen clan slowly became one of the Yingchuan scholars.

Chen Yu's character Zhonggong, out of humility, has shown extraordinary talent since childhood. He was still a child, and when he only knew how to play, he was embraced by the rest of the children.

As a county official, he was just a small guy who did chores at first, and was later promoted to Du Tingzuo. Although he was not from a good background, he was eager to learn, and he sat and recited.

After the county commander Deng Shao heard about Chen Yu's deeds, he called him over to talk. After some words, Deng Shao knew that Chen Yu was by no means an idle person, so he recommended him to study in Taixue.

Chen Yu later learned and was recruited as an official again, and since then, he has had a smooth career. Successively for the post superintendent, reinstated as the county Ximen Pavilion chief, four for the county Gongcao, five for Yuzhou, six for the three mansions, and then for the general's mansion.

Later, the Taiqiu Chang was removed, so later generations called it 'Chen Taiqiu', and his son Chen Ji and Chen Chen were famous, and the time name was 'Sanjun'.

Chen Yu and the people of the same county, Zhong Hao, Xun Shu, Han Shao, etc., are famous for their high and virtuous deeds, and are collectively known as the 'Four Chiefs of Yingchuan'.

Chen Yu's ability to achieve something as a humble warrior is inseparable from his noble character.

At the beginning, the county order recruited him as an official, but Chen Yu was unwilling to answer the call, so he escaped and lived in seclusion in the mountains of Yangcheng.

At this time, someone happened to be killed, and when Yang Yi of the same county saw Chen Yu fleeing into the mountains, he suspected that the murderer was Chen Yu and ordered him to be arrested. After torture and interrogation, there was no factual basis, and he was released.

Later, Chen Yu became the post supervisor, not only did not hold a grudge and retaliate against Yang Yan, but summoned him with courtesy. When people near and far heard about this, they couldn't help but admire Chen Yu's morality.

One night, a thief sneaked into Chen Yu's house and hid on the roof beam, trying to take advantage of the opportunity to steal.

Chen Yu knew that there were people on the roof beams, so he did not call for someone to arrest the thief, but called his children and grandchildren to the front and instructed: "In the future, everyone should work hard and not go down the evil road." ”

"People who do bad things are not born bad, but they don't learn well and slowly develop bad habits. could have been a righteous gentleman but became a villain, don't learn the behavior of a gentleman on the beam! ”

When the thief heard this, he was ashamed and went down to the ground and kowtowed to the ground. Chen Yu encouraged him to change from evil to good, and gave silk cloth to the thieves on the roof beams.

Later generations often use 'Chen Yu's thief' as a metaphor for righteous deeds, and 'Liang Shang Gentleman' has also become synonymous with thieves and nicknames.

During the first party disaster, Chen Yu was imprisoned for one year. After being pardoned, he was conscripted by the general Dou Wu as a subordinate of the general's mansion and plotted to punish the eunuchs.

Soon, Dou Wu was killed by the eunuchs, and Chen Yu, the second party disaster, was resigned from his official position.

However, as long as there is a vacancy in the official position of the DPRK and China, many ministers will jointly recommend him. Chen Yu saw the eunuchs gaining power, but he was disheartened and politely declined.

Later, Chen Yu returned to the township, calmly and with the highest morality at that time, his reputation became more and more important, and he was a master from near and far. Yingchuan Chen, this is the only time to enter the forest of scholars.

His two sons were also prominent.

Among them, Chen Ji is Chen Qun's father, and he once served as the plain minister, Shizhong, and Dahonglu. This Chen Ji is not the person under Yuan Shu.

Chen Chennai is Chen Qun's uncle and once served as Sikong Peng. The rise of Chen Ji and Chen Chen has made the Yingchuan Chen family a well-deserved wealthy family.

In addition, the Chen family has an in-law relationship with the Yingchuan Xun family, and the Yingchuan Zhong family is also inextricably linked. This can't help but make Chen's position in Yingchuan even more unbreakable.

At this time, Chen Qun stayed in his house, looking at the document in his hand, but his face showed a tangled look.

Just when Chen Qun was entangled, a little guy knocked on the door and said, "Young master, the old lady called you over." ”

When Chen Qun heard this, he hurriedly put the paper in his arms and went to Chen Ji in front of him.

Chen Ji is now sixty-eight, and since the death of his father Chen Yu ten years ago, Chen Ji's health has been getting worse and worse. Especially in the past two years, he has stayed at home almost every day.

Chen Qun is very worried about his father's health and often serves around. When he heard Chen Ji call him, he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly ran over.

"Crunch!"

Pushing open the door, Chen Qun smelled a choking smell of medicine. But his face did not change color in the slightest.

Chen Qun stepped forward, looked at Chen Ji lying on the bed, and called softly: "Ah Weng." ”

Chen Ji sat up, looked at Chen Qun kindly, and said, "Changwen is here." ”

"Yes."

Chen Qun lowered his head and stood aside respectfully.

Chen Ji patted the bed and said to Chen Qun, "Come, sit on the bed." ”

Seeing Chen Qun sitting on the bed, a smile appeared on Chen Ji's face. Chen Ji only had Chen Qun's son at the age of thirty-seven, and he can also be regarded as an old son, and he also attaches great importance to this only son.

"I heard that the general Chen Wenzhao wants to conquer you?"

Chen Qun replied, "Exactly. ”

Chen Jidao: "I don't know if you are willing to go to serve under the general's account?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Chen Qun shook his head and said, "My parents are here, not far away." Aung is old, and I just want to be by Awen's side. ”

Although Chen Ji was happy in his heart, his face was a tiger, and he said sharply: "Confused, now that the heroes are rising together, it is a good time to make contributions, how can you stay at home all the time?" ”

"Liu Yuzhou recruited you before, if I hadn't forced you again and again, I'm afraid you wouldn't have applied for it. I didn't expect that not long after you came out, you hung up the seal and left. ”

Chen Qun didn't argue, just bowed his head and said nothing.

With a sigh, Chen Ji said: "I know that you are arrogant and want to find a male lord to assist. Does Changwen think that the general is not a hero? ”

Chen Qun said: "Although the general has the style of a hero, he has a bad background, and he once defected to the Yellow Turban. Our Chen clan is the Yingchuan Wang clan, how can I go to the general? ”

What's more, Wen Ruo and Gongda are also serving under Cao Mengde's account. If I defect to Chen Wenzhao, won't I be the enemy of the two of them in the future? ”

Chen Ji said: "Those who achieve great things are not informal, if because Er Xun served in Cao Mengde, you can't defect to other princes, isn't it a joke?" ”

"It must be known that even among the Xun clan, there are people who defected to Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde respectively. It's just that our Chen family is thin and has no way to cast a wide net. ”

Speaking of this, Chen Ji changed his words and said, "What do you think of the general?" ”

After pondering for a long time, the long article said: "The great general started from the end of the micro, but in just over ten years, he has laid such a big foundation. Now there are many generals under his command, and the strategists are like clouds, which should not be underestimated. ”

"The general is in charge of the Son of Heaven to conquer the Quartet, and he occupies the righteousness. This time, with tens of thousands of troops, the 300,000 Yuan army was broken, and everyone in the world knew the reputation of the general. ”

Chen Ji nodded and said, "In this case, Chen Wenzhao is the lord of one party, what are you hesitating about?" ”

Chen Qun was just silent, he still had some misgivings about Chen Xu's background.

As if seeing what his son was thinking, Chen Ji sighed and asked, "Can the long text know the origin of my Chen family?" ”

Chen Qun was stunned when he heard this, and immediately said with some shame: "The child knows that he is wrong, my Chen family has not always been prominent, and my grandfather was also poor when he was young. ”

"I shouldn't have prejudices against a general because of his background."

He also thought that his father mentioned his grandfather's deeds to make him understand that his origin could not be decided, but he could change it.

Just like Chen Yu at the beginning, he was also from a humble background, but in the end he became famous all over the world. It makes the Yingchuan Chen family a famous local family.

Shaking his head slightly, Chen Ji took out a book from the bed. He looked at the book with a respectful look on his face.

After being silent for half a pillar of incense, he solemnly handed the book to Chen Qun and said, "Changwen has now passed the year of its establishment, and it is time for the genealogy to be handed over to you for safekeeping. ”

"Genealogy?"

Chen Qun was inexplicably surprised.

To distinguish whether a family is well-established, in addition to looking at whether there are people in the past three generations, genealogy is also a very important judgment.

For those big families that have a long heritage, their genealogy can even record in detail the clansmen of the family within a few hundred years.

Just by relying on a genealogy, you can see whether the ancestors of this family have served as big officials, and it can also reveal the heritage of a family.

In the homes of ordinary people, very few people are able to keep their family trees. Even if there were, it was kept in the hands of the patriarch of a large clan.

Chen Yu's bad background has long been known to Changwen. In his image, there shouldn't be a genealogy of the Yingchuan Chen clan.

Taking the opportunity to hand over the family tree, as if unloading a burden, Chen Ji breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Open it and take a look." ”

The long article opened the family tree, and the first page read: Chen Ping, the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty.

"This, how is this possible?"

Chen Ji chuckled twice and said, "What's impossible about this? ”

It turned out that because of Chen Ping, the Chen family was extremely prominent at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty. After Chen Ping's death, there were three generations of hereditary Chen Ping's title.

However, although Chen Ping was prominent at the beginning, there were not many enemies. Even though Chen Ping's descendants inherited Chen Ping's title, the Chen family still gradually declined.

Chen Ping's great-grandson Chen He took over the throne and was framed by the enemy when he was the Hou for twenty-three years. Later, he was sentenced to death for the crime of stealing another person's wife, and the feudal state was abolished.

Since then, the entire Chan clan has completely declined.

Without the huge Chen clan of the feudal country, it was naturally falling apart, and the clansmen migrated to other counties one after another. One of them is the Yingchuan Chen family.

After hundreds of years, the Yingchuan Chen clan has always preserved its genealogy, although its condition has become worse and worse. But they didn't want to insult their ancestors, so they kept concealing that their ancestors were Chen Ping's affairs.

Only the head of the family of each generation can keep the family tree. This is also why, Chen Qun doesn't know about genealogy.

Looking at the shocked Chen Qun, Chen Ji was even more shocked: "According to the genealogy, Chen Wenzhao is actually your brother." ”

(Since some book friends asked, I'll just say: This book was originally released, but it didn't sign a contract, and then I sent a few chapters to Genesis, but I didn't expect a signing text message to come, and then it has been released in Genesis.) Whether you are reading this book or reading a pirated version, if possible, I hope you can help promote it. The results of this book are very bad, and it is not easy for me to persist in writing this far. ）