Chapter 574: Ambition
Cao Cao was naturally happy about Liu Ye's arrival, and there was also Zhou Shaoyu's letter of recommendation, so he was naturally more favorable, and the facts have proved that anyone recommended by Zhou Shaoyu, whether it is talent or loyalty, is absolutely proper, so even if Liu Ye is a relative of the Han family, it is not a problem.
It's just that Cao Cao resented that Zhou Shaoyu's guy actually ran away again, not only that, but also took Diao Chan away, now God knows what.
In addition, Liu Bei is also worried, this guy who ran blindly when he had nothing to do actually rebelled, Cao Cao was ambitious not long ago, and felt that there was no need to worry about it, Yuan Shu had fallen, and he originally planned to recuperate for a while, and then fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao, but the result was good, Liu Bei jumped out to make trouble again.
In other words, for the time being, in the confrontation with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's side has already lost the upper hand, because the people have already destroyed Gongsun Zan in the north, and there is no need to worry about the future, so what Cao Cao has to do now is to defeat Liu Bei as soon as possible, so as to gain time, and there is no extra mind to pay attention to Zhou Shaoyu, who is now missing.
From Liu Ye's mouth, Cao Cao knew that Sun Ce had attacked Lujiang County, and in view of the letter sent by Zhou Shaoyu before, he really thought that Sun Ce and Liu Xun were fighting with Zhou Shaoyu's figure, so Cao Cao said in his heart, his junior brother, everything is good, but he loves to run around.
Zhou Shaoyu is indeed running around, Cao Cao's territory must not go, what if he is forcibly taken back, so he detoured to Xiangyang, took Liu Biao's territory, and then went around to Chang'an, Zhou Shaoyu was ready to go there to worship Cai Yong, although he was sad, he did plan to let Cai Zhaoji come over and worship his deceased father, this is her right and obligation, Zhou Shaoyu can't hide it.
According to Zhou Shaoyu's thoughts, since they have all passed through Xiangyang, why don't you hook up with Huang Yueying? But think about it, it's too late, it's too late to make a detour, it's very time-consuming, hooking up with a girl is not just taken away in the past, it takes time, and the difficulty is not small.
Huang Yueying's father, Huang Chengyan, is a famous person in Jingxiang, and the Huang family is not a small family, and Huang Chengyan is also Cai Wei's eldest son-in-law.
Many people may not know the name Cai Yan, but his other daughter and son know more or less.
His eldest daughter married Huang Chengyan, and his second daughter married Liu Biao, that's right, it's that Mrs. Cai, in order to support her son Liu Cong, the eldest son Liu Qi doesn't want it, isn't there still a son Liu Qi in the romance to seek a plan.
As for the son, that's Cai Mao.
In short, the Cai family has a lot of influence in the land of Jingxiang, and even Liu Biao has to scruple about it, when Liu Biao took office, there was only one name of Bajun, but he successfully gained a foothold in Xiangyang and developed a huge power, which has a lot to do with the girl who married the Cai family and won the support of the Cai family.
Therefore, Huang Chengyan not only has a good family, but also has a close relationship with Jingxiang's Cai family, as Huang Chengyan's daughter Huang Yueying, even if she is really as talented and not beautiful as written in the history books, she will not casually promise to marry. As for marrying Zhuge Liang later, aren't you kidding, it's really a dry meal for the Zhuge family, and they are also very powerful.
Everyone knows that Liu Bei entered Shu, but why does Zhuge sit in the rear as a military officer? That is, with the help of the power of the family, befriending the major families, so as to stabilize Jingzhou and let Liu Bei have a stable rear.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang and Huang Yueying are a good match.
Look at Zhou Shaoyu again, on the surface, he is really good, but he has no background, the more ancient he is, the more he values the portal, the cold door is the cold door, and the difference between the family and the family is great, Huang Chengyan, as a celebrity, is not as good as Lao Qiao.
Besides, Zhou Shaoyu also brought several girls, how to hook up with Huang Yueying, it was not easy to do so, and it was also difficult to increase the difficulty, so why bother.
Okay, having said so much, in fact, to put it bluntly, Zhou Shaoyu is still weak-hearted, if you add the step trainer, this trip is already five girls, plus Huang Yueying, that is six, take so many back at once, panic, the girls don't say it, they will definitely be jealous, how bad, so, let's talk about it later, let's talk about it later.
The path of Xiangyang, Zhou Shaoyu didn't stop at all, he didn't even enter the city, Liu Biao and Cao Cao were hostile, and he was an important minister under Cao Cao, and he didn't have a family background to guarantee, and if he was caught, he was caught. However, although Zhou Shaoyu is a little famous, he has not appeared for many years, and if he changes his name to the outside world, it is not eye-catching, that is, a few girls should be careful, not only the wealth is moving, but also the beauties.
There are really people who want to besiege when they see it, and they have a big head when they think about it, but now there is no guard, only Zhou Shaoyu can fight, Lu Lingqi is also okay, and the others are all proper weak women.
Diao Chan and Lu Lingqi are okay, they all didn't plan to return to Xu Du after Zhou Shaoyu came out, and the step trainer followed, and he couldn't raise any objections, that is, Big and Little Qiao, the name of abducting these two is to welcome relatives from an expedient time, so obviously the next step is to get married to Xu Du, and the result is good, and the domestic servants and guards of Lao Qiao's family are all thrown off, which makes Xiao Qiao, who has never been far away, quite uneasy.
On the one hand, he subconsciously relied on Zhou Shaoyu, but on the other hand, he was a little vigilant, and he didn't understand what he was going to do, just marrying his husband and following his husband, and now this situation is almost the same if he hasn't passed the door.
"It's good to wait until you get to Chang'an, no need to panic." As the earliest existence to follow Zhou Shaoyu, Diao Chan comforted softly. Although Zhou Shaoyu hasn't said anything to her yet, he has paid some attention to it, of course, the brain hole is not so big, and he won't think that he will go to the other world, he just thinks that it is a good place to live in seclusion.
It's just that Diao Chan is somewhat confused, since Zhou Shaoyu said that he would go home to Chang'an to do something, listening to that tone, it is obviously not too far from Chang'an, but Chang'an is a piece of peace, can it be considered peaceful?
There are many people who pay attention to the Three Kingdoms, but few people will pay attention to Chang'an, after all, the center of the stage is not here, but on the heroes.
Chang'an during the Three Kingdoms period can be described as a tragic word, and in the summary of history, it is called the Sanfu Rebellion.
Everyone knows that Dong Zhuo controlled the government, and then the princes crusaded, in order to avoid trouble, Dong Zhuo ordered to move west, moving the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an.
Who is Dong Zhuo? When this guy entered Luoyang, his style was very cruel, killing people everywhere and setting fires, robbing women or something, it was not a matter, and when he moved west, he not only robbed his house, but also dug graves, looted property everywhere, and then burned Luoyang, forcing all the people to move to Chang'an.
After moving west, Dong Zhuo built a dock and prepared to hoard grain and grass for 30 years.
Thirty years! Aren't you kidding, there was only a lot of output during the Three Kingdoms period, not to mention the successive natural and man-made disasters, so where can I get the food? Simple, looted among the people.
The consequence was that there were countless starvations, the people were easy to eat, and Chang'an was in chaos.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Yun and Lu Bu joined forces to kill Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun controlled the government, this old man who had maintained a good character for most of his life, came to a late festival and was not guaranteed, and he actually felt that Dong Zhuo was killed by his design, who else in the world was his opponent? was proud of his achievements, and while wantonly sweeping away Dong Zhuo's remnants, he also killed his political enemies one by one.
Don't you see, even Cai Yong was killed by him.
Such a high pressure, made the people panic, the result was that Dong Zhuo's old department Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, raised more than 100,000 troops to attack the city for ten days, attacked the city in one fell swoop, and entered the street battle, the two of them killed people and set fire to the soldiers, Chang'an was in chaos, Lu Bu was defeated and fled, and Wang Yun died.
After that, Dong Zhuo's old ministry once again controlled the government, such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, etc.
However, these people can fight wars and engage in development? Dream, from time to time, they set up troops to act wantonly, and then Li Dao and Guo Yan killed Fan Chou first, and then these two engaged in civil strife, and the main battlefield was even the palace!
After a few months, what else is left in Chang'an? Not to mention, there was a major drought and locust plague before.
Even the emperor and hundreds of officials didn't have anything to eat, and they begged the princes for a long time, and only one Zhang Yang sent food over, even the emperor was like this, not to mention the people.
The emperor has no food, and the soldiers under him can endure it? What should I do if I want to eat? Grab it! Where to rob? It is the common people who are suffering.
In short, whether it is Chang'an or Luoyang, the two huge ancient capitals are completely abandoned. That is, this year, Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan to Chang'an, and the situation slowly improved, but this is just the beginning.
After all, most of the people in this place died, and most of them starved to death, and the rest were either running to Zhang Lu's territory in Hanzhong, or running to Liu Biao, the huge Chang'an, and there were almost no people.
The former Han court has been dilapidated, the city is also depressed, Zhou Shaoyu, who rushed to Chang'an, has a complicated mood, some people say that the history of human development is the history of war, but not all wars will bring development.
The original imperial court prison has been abandoned, not to mention dirty and messy, and it still smells, Zhou Shaoyu sighed and said: "Lingqi, you wait here for a while, I will come out after a while, protect them, if there is a situation, shout loudly, I will come out." ”
"Whoa." Lu Lingqi looked curious, she went all the way around in such a big circle just to come here? It's still so mysterious, is there any treasure hidden in it? However, seeing Zhou Shaoyu's heavy expression, he didn't say anything, in addition, the atmosphere of Chang'an City is indeed depressing, and I don't know how many white bones I have seen along the way.
Entered the prison, lit the torch, ignored the pungent smell, walked to the depths of the investigation cell, finally paid off, on the wall of a prison, found some blurred handwriting, as a disciple, naturally can see that this is Cai Yong's handwriting.
cleaned up, took out a small table, put offerings, put incense burners, and lit candles, Zhou Shaoyu summoned Cai Yan over.
"It's so stinky......" Cai Yan was stunned, and covered his nose before he understood what the situation was, and his brows were furrowed. Zhou Lang, this, where is this? ”
Zhou Shaoyu was silent for a while, took out three long incense sticks, and said, "Let's worship." ”
Cai Yan was stunned, and her tears fell immediately, she had already crossed over to the beam, and naturally knew Cai Yong's final ending, but she knew that she had never experienced it, and now she ......
Cai Yan remembers clearly that according to the history books that Li Qingzhao and they had read, Cai Yong was finally killed by Wang Yunci and died in prison, and here, obviously, this is it.
Zhou Shaoyu also wanted to find Cai Yong's tomb, but he didn't know where Cai Yong's real bones were buried, and he was buried near Chang'an, so it was better to go to the place where Cai Yong died to worship.
"Father, unfilial daughter Cai Yan, I have come to see you......"
Looking at Cai Yan's sad look, Zhou Shaoyu was very emotional, remembering that Cai Yong said that to save the Han, Dong Zhuo could not die easily, otherwise it would be chaotic, it was because he was loyal to the Han family that he would be committed to Dong Zhuo's account, and he sighed after hearing Dong Zhuo's death, not for Dong Zhuo, not for himself, but for the Han who was destined to perish.
There may be a lot of people loyal to the Han family, but how many are as far-sighted as Cai Yong, Dong Zhuo is arrogant and domineering, but it is not difficult to get rid of such people, Dong Zhuo is here, he can suppress the heroes and slowly regain control of the place and obey the court, but as soon as Dong Zhuo died, the court was in chaos, and the place was completely out of control, and he wanted to take it back again? It's hard, it's hard.
Cai Yong is talented, no one can deny it, but it's a pity that it's not worth dying, the innocent who was killed by Wang Yun died in prison, just like a good fierce general, who died on the battlefield before calling it back, but as a result, he was killed by a villain, just like Zhang Fei, who was fierce all his life, and was beheaded in his sleep, how sad.
Zhou Shaoyu also lit incense and knelt down and kowtowed with Cai Yan, whether as a disciple or as a son-in-law, this is all right. Kneeling to the sky and kneeling to the parents, the master is the father, and the father-in-law is also the father.
This kneeling, Cai Yan, who was originally infinitely sad, also eased a lot, the sadness is certain, but he has known about it for a long time, and he is somewhat prepared, and Zhou Shaoyu is by his side, which proves that she is not alone, and she still has to rely on, and she will not be displaced like the original history, and even went to the outside of the Saiwai.
"Husband, ......" for a while, Cai Yan got up, leaned on Zhou Shaoyu's side, and said with tears in his eyes.
"Well, here, the master has passed away, but the person is dead, the name is immortal, thousands of years later, people will still remember that there is a Cai family, as long as you and the little sister are happy, I want to come to his old man's house can also smile Jiuquan, but it's a pity that this big man is powerless to return to the sky." Zhou Shaoyu patted Cai Yan's shoulder and comforted.
"The concubine understands." Cai Yan smiled reluctantly and said, "It's a pity that my father made a long-cherished wish...... Husband, is this Chang'an outside? I don't know what year it is, the concubine thought to herself, see with her own eyes, what has become of the Han who my father did everything he could to save. ”
Probably, hell on earth......
Zhou Shaoyu thought so secretly, he couldn't help but think of Daliang, wars, natural disasters, and the people of Daliang would also be forced to get involved in a series of disputes, but Zhou Shaoyu did not hesitate, because even without his existence, Daliang would definitely be chaotic.
In this way, it is not in vain to cross back and forth.
Drunk and lying on the knees of beauties, wake up and take charge of the world! There is no shortage of the former, but what about the latter? Every man's ambition, Zhou Shaoyu is naturally no exception.
(End of chapter)