The summer night was sweltering, and the trees were tirelessly noisy.

The roast mutton on the bonfire gave off an attractive aroma, and the Zhuge brothers, who had been hungry for most of the day, couldn't help but sigh and swallowed saliva into their stomachs.

After Cao Song reported his name, the Zhuge brothers couldn't help but be shocked.

Although the two brothers are young, they were born in a family of eunuchs, and they have been familiar with things in officialdom since they were children, so they have long heard of Cao Song's name.

Although Cao Song's name was not prominent enough in later generations, it was a famous name in this era. As early as the period of Emperor Huan, Cao Song paid homage to the lieutenant of the school, which was roughly equivalent to the director of the modern Beijing Public Security Bureau. In the period of Emperor Ling, Cao Song went further, and was worshiped as one of the nine kings, Da Honglu, and then moved to the position of Da Si Nong.

In the later period of Emperor Ling, the government was corrupt, the treasury was empty, and Emperor Ling even risked the world's condemnation to openly sell his official beard. And Cao Song, who had made a lot of money in office, naturally would not let go of this opportunity, and spent a lot of money to donate a position as a lieutenant and became the head of the three princes, thus reaching the peak of his career.

Of course, Cao Song, the Tai Lieutenant, has no real name, and not many ministers take him seriously (, and Emperor Ling just uses him as an ATM. Cao Song Zhongping's Taiwei donated in November of the fourth year, and in April of the following year, because the Yellow Turban rebels were under the command of Runan and Yingchuan counties, he was dismissed and dismissed by Emperor Ling, and Huang Wan took over.

Cao Song is not sad either. Originally, it was just spending money to get over the addiction of the three princes, just to make a reputation. After being dismissed, he immediately happily handed over the seal. packed up his family and left Luoyang, and went to Langya to take refuge in seclusion.

It is because of this story. In the eyes of later generations, Cao Song was labeled as a "buying official", but he ignored the fact that Cao Song was originally a big official, he just spent money to donate a higher-level official, not from a rich man to an important minister of the court.

In the eyes of local officials such as Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jue (Kong Ming's father), an official of this level is naturally high and thunderous, and he mentions it at home from time to time, and it has been a long time. Brother Zhuge Jin will naturally remember it.

"Oh, it turned out to be Cao Gong, but the boy brother was disrespectful!" The Zhuge Jin brothers hurriedly made a salute and showed their respect.

For the respect of the Zhuge brothers, Cao Song was quite satisfied. First, I saw that my reputation was still there, and secondly, I was willing to meet young talents, recruit talents for my son, and strengthen my strength. This is also the original intention of Cao Song to take the initiative to self-declare his name.

At that moment, Cao Song invited Zhuge Jin and his party to sit next to the bonfire. Ordered the people to serve turbid wine and gossip about it. The Zhuge brothers and the two guards were chased by the bandits for a long time, and they were already hungry with their chests against their backs, so they were naturally more respectful than obedient.

A glass of wine goes down. Cao Song was eating roast lamb shank, and at the same time, he seemed to be unintentional but asked knowingly: "I don't know who Brother Ling's name is?" Where do you want to go? ”

Zhuge Jin put down half of the barbecue in his hand, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the corner of his lower lip. Said cautiously: "My brother's surname is Zhuge and he is from Jingzhou." This trip is to go to Gaomi to visit the Confucian master Mr. Zheng Kangcheng! ”

"Oh, it turned out to be a Confucian disciple. Not bad, not bad! ”

Cao Song stretched out his hand and stroked his gray beard, and said loudly: "The old man also admires Confucianism the most in his life, and I have a good relationship with Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and other adults!" I think Brother Ling is a talent, his behavior is extraordinary, he may be able to make a difference in this troubled world, why don't you go to Xuchang with the old man? Wu'er Meng Deguan worships the general, Luoyang Hou, Yuzhou Mu and Lingsi, and Erzhou, with 150,000 armor under his command, the generals are like clouds, and the strategists are like rain, and they will become the cause of the king in the future. An old man recommended Brother Ling to my son, and he will be reused! ”

To be honest, Cao Cao's current identity and fame are indeed very attractive, if it weren't for Zhuge Jin being personally recruited by Liu Wei before, he would definitely follow Cao Song to Xuchang at this moment to seek opportunities to make contributions. But with the Son of Heaven's swift step, the Zhuge brothers will not go to other princes no matter what, not to mention that Huang Yueying's whereabouts are still uncertain, and it is even more impossible for the two brothers to change their original intentions and change their minds halfway.

But the mouth of the eater is soft, not to mention that the other party is powerful, in case of rejecting the other party's kindness and causing the disaster of killing, it is even more worth the loss, so the Zhuge brothers glanced at each other, and they understood each other.

Zhuge Jin opened his mouth to thank him: "My brother is really flattered by the love of Duke Cao!" However, he went to visit Mr. Cheng Kangcheng on the orders of his father to deliver a letter and personally greet his deceased friend on behalf of his father. Before completing his father's order, he didn't dare to run around, lest he violate filial piety! ”

In this era, filial piety is the first, not to mention that Cao Song claims to respect Confucianism, since Zhuge Jin said so, Cao Song is not reluctant. The head of the jaw approvingly said: "The father's order is indeed inviolable, since the brother is betrayed by the father's order, the old man will not be reluctant!" If your brother intends to become a leader in the future, you can go to Xuchang to find the old man, and I will recommend it to Mengde, and he will be respected! ”

The Zhuge brothers bowed and thanked together: "Thank you Cao Gong for your kindness, when my brother fulfills his father's order, he will go to Xuchang to pay respects!" ”

After chatting for an hour while eating, Cao Song became tired and got up and said, "The old man is old and sleepy, so he will rest!" Barren mountains and mountains, it's not too early, so Brother Ling won't rush anymore, and sleep with my team for a night, and it's not too late to go tomorrow! ”

In this era, all kinds of fierce beasts are everywhere in the barren mountains and mountains, and it is naturally much safer to stay with the team, and the Zhuge brothers once again bowed and thanked them. Cao Song ordered his second son Cao De to arrange a tent for the four of them, and then took his wife and concubine to sleep.

The night is dark, and the stars are lonely.

Thirty miles away from Cao's camp, there was also a group of temporary tents in the east, with a hundred and ten tents lined up in a cluster. At this moment, the bonfire was blazing in front of the tent, and a group of bandits and soldiers were drinking and feasting shirtless.

I have been in Xuzhou for so long, and I have to be bound by military discipline every day, and I can't do this or that. Zhang Min has had enough of it a long time ago. This time I finally had the opportunity to come out to carry out military affairs, so I naturally had a good time. After eating and drinking, enough presumptuousness, and then return to Xiapi.

Therefore, when they reached the halfway point, they divided the team and ordered the deputy general to lead 2,500 people back to Xuzhou to resume their lives. He took the descendants of the original Yellow Turban period and went their separate ways, claiming to suppress bandits in Langya.

It's just that along the way, Zhang Min and his entourage not only did not suppress a single bandit, but did a lot of bandits. When he met Zhuangzi, he went in and ransacked it, the cattle and sheep were killed and feasted, and all the property was robbed of a copper coin without leaving it, and when he met a young woman, he did not have a little beastly desire, if any man dared to resist, he would take people's lives with a knife. It just so happened that Langya was at the moment of handover. Liu Wei's army had retreated, and Tao Qian's forces had not yet settled in, and even if the villagers who had been victimized reported to the officials, no one cared about them.

"Haha...... It's still a happy day like this, I really miss the years when I followed the great sage and good teacher! ”

Zhang Min laughed freely with his bare arms, wearing only a pair of pants all over his body, carrying a wine jar in his hand, drinking and eating meat.

The henchman next to him smiled lewdly/evilly: "Qu Shuai, don't complain here, not to mention that there are at least eight of the girls who have been abused by you in the past few days, right?" Could it be that the evil fire that has accumulated in Xiapi in the past two years has not been discharged? ”

"Whew!"

Zhang Min picked up the wine jar and poured a large gulp of turbid wine into his stomach. began to brag: "It's not Lao Tzu and you who are bragging, what kind of goods are these country girls?" It's just an unkempt peasant woman, with rough skin, and she doesn't look good. If you want to be in shape or not, Lao Tzu's willingness to go to them is a blessing that they have cultivated in eight lifetimes! ”

Holding most of the roasted leg of lamb and chewing violently, it made his mouth greasy. Even the speckled oil flowers flowed all over his chest, and he still didn't care about boasting about the "heroic posture" of the year.

"I want to think about the past. A certain sage and good teacher broke through Yingchuan, and the whole city was frantically looted for three days. The girls in the city, that's what they call women! The skin is as white as a green onion, and the tender one comes out of the water with a pinch of your hand, and the cry when it dries is really ecstatic! ”

Listening to the leader's vivid description here, the thieves in the circle swallowed their saliva, only hating that they were too late to join the Yellow Turban and did not encounter such a good thing.

"How many are you on? Feast your ears on the brethren! A small leader flattered Zhang Min for a jar of wine, and asked with a wicked smile.

Zhang Min burped and proudly stretched out two fingers: "Lao Tzu doesn't brag at all, in three days and three nights, Lao Tzu has trampled at least twenty little ladies, all of whom are fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls!" Just by sleeping these village women in the past few days, there is no comparison, there is a world of difference! ”

"This is not called bad practice, this is called luck!" Another small leader handed over the roasted bullwhip, "Qu Shuai eats this, after eating too much, the majesty is still the same, and the golden gun will not fall!" ”

There was a drunken sigh from the leader next to him: "Alas...... It's a pity that we have few soldiers, so we can only loot the village to fight the autumn wind, if we can break through Langya, like Qu Shuai, it is worth dying! ”

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the tent behind Zhang Min, and five or six thieves pushed and shoved a woman with disheveled hair, and a bit of posture in front of Zhang Min, "Report to Qu Shuai, this woman opened the camp tent and wanted to slip away from behind, but she happened to be caught by us and others, I don't know what to do?" ”

Zhang Min was furious when he heard this, and slammed the hot bullwhip in his hand on the woman's face, and roared: "What a cheap embryo! Lao Tzu saw that you were a little beautiful, so I brought you with you to eat and drink spicy food, you slut didn't know how to lift! ”

With a wave of his hand, he commanded: "This slut has ruined Lao Tzu's mood, don't do it!" Brothers, let's have fun, this little lady hasn't given birth to a child yet, and the newlywed Yan'er is much stronger than other village women, haha......"

After receiving Zhang Min's order, a group of thieves cheered in unison, and they were about to step forward and tear the woman's clothes.

But the woman snatched the steel knife from the side of the camp and wiped it in her neck, and shouted miserably, "Heavenly Cycle, you can't wait for a good death!" ”

As the words fell, blood gushed out of his neck like a spring, and he was killed instantly.

was so troubled by the woman, Zhang Min was dismayed, cursed a few words in his mouth, and smashed the wine jar to pieces. Just as he was about to go back to the camp to sleep, suddenly the sound of horses' hoofs arose, and two scouts came from the west on horseback.

"Haha...... Qu Shuai, Qu Shuai, there is a fat sheep, and a big fat sheep has been found! ”

Before the two scouts could dismount, they shouted with flying eyebrows, immediately attracting the attention of all the thieves. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......) R1292