Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Cao Cao suppressed the anger in Liu Bei's heart after Liu Bei was so guilty that he dared not say anything. Since Sun Ce won Xiapi and Guangling counties, Cao Hong and Xun Yu had to make up for their losses. In the hall, Sun Ce made a disgraceful face, so that he could express the depression in his heart.

So he led Liu Bei to find the little emperor and cried.

When Liu Xie saw that Cao Sikong brought people in without reporting, he was used to it and didn't think it was disobedient.Having experienced a series of puppet days without freedom of life for more than ten years after Dong Zhuo, such small details as Cao Cao are nothing.Instead, he greeted Cao Cao.

"Cao Sikong, Sun Bofu, Marquis of Wu, sent ginkgo biloba, a local specialty, from Xiapi, Xuzhou. There are dozens of ginkgo porridge recipes. I asked people to make glutinous rice ginkgo porridge, lean meat and sea cucumber ginkgo porridge, and served with Xuzhou's special tribute dishes. You can stay and taste together later to see if the taste is what Wu Hou said. So delicious. Tribute dishes are good things that have been tributed to the royal family since the time of the first emperor. I haven’t eaten it since I left Chang’an.”

As the little emperor spoke, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and apologized to Cao Cao embarrassingly.

"Cao Sikong, it's my appearance. It's not because I'm greedy for food and drink, but after the death of the late emperor, I haven't eaten Xuzhou's progressive specialties, so I think of my childhood days in front of Empress Dowager Dong when I was a child. It was the happiest time of my life.”

The son of heaven was full of nostalgia and slightly melancholy words, blocking back the tears that Liu Bei had brewed.

Sun Ce paid tribute to Xuzhou's specialty ginkgo and tribute vegetables?

Cao Cao had an intuition that things were going to be bad. He looked back at Liu Bei in a state of bewilderment, and knew that Liu Bei was just like himself. He didn't take Liu Xie seriously at all, unlike Sun Ce who would search for local specialties to pay tribute to the little emperor wherever he went. , Do everything possible to show loyalty in front of the little emperor.

Now it is not the time to cry to the little emperor that Sun Ce has taken Xuzhou, and accuse Sun Ce of treason.For Liu Xie, you, Liu Bei, are loyal to the imperial family, but you have been in Xuzhou for so long, have you ever thought about sending me a tribute vegetable or a ginkgo?These are all things that Xuzhou has paid tribute to over the years, and the bottom line can be checked.

If Liu Bei were to cry at this time, Cao Cao would be able to guess the little emperor's mind with his toes—anyway, it doesn't matter who you occupy Xuzhou, it's all you guys who are going to grab it by force, so why can't I support one? Wherever he goes, he misses Sun Ce?

But the emperor must not be given the possibility to support Sun Ce.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao immediately stepped forward to interrupt the emperor's fond memories of his childhood, "Your Majesty, I want to report to you the affairs of Xuzhou. Wuhou Sun Ce will not attack the false emperor Yuan Shu, and take advantage of the fact that I and Liu Bei, the governor of Xuzhou, have all their troops. When he was sent to attack Yuan Shu, he led the troops to capture Xuzhou."

Liu Bei immediately knelt down, covered his head and face with his sleeves and began to howl, "Your Majesty, Sun Ce attacked me for no reason, please Your Majesty, let me be the master and uphold justice for you."

Liu Xie's face twitched, who are you?Why should I call the shots for you?Give you justice?Who gave me the right?Is there anyone listening to me?

"Cao Sikong, this is?"

The Son of Heaven looked at Cao Cao with a puzzled face, and he was a little upset when Cao Cao interrupted him to recall the wonderful times when he was a child.He waited for Cao Cao to introduce who was kneeling, crying so disregardingly.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei helplessly, and pinched his nose to introduce to Emperor Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, this is Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, governor of Xuzhou. He is a descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, so he is still His Majesty's uncle."

Liu Xie immediately knew that this was the legendary Liu Huangshu Liu Bei.Cao Cao's face was serious, as if he wanted to admit the identity of Liu Bei's uncle according to the emperor.But now all forces in Luoyang are mixed, and they are in a delicate balance stage. Cao Cao can't be arbitrary, and the emperor is not so afraid of him.

Liu Xie hurriedly said: "Since it is the clan, please hurry up. Come on, go and pass on Zongzheng. Let's see which branch Liu Xuande belongs to King Jing of Zhongshan."

After ordering such words, Liu Xie looked at Liu Bei who was still kneeling and couldn't afford to howl, so he asked Xiao Huangmen to help him up, set him aside and sat down, and then ordered Xiao Huangmen to fetch water for Liu Bei to wash his face.

"Oh, I was coerced by Dong thief to go west to Chang'an. Fortunately, Zongzheng was able to do so and never lost the score. Although King Jing of Zhongshan is a little far away, what should be given to Xuande is the decline of the royal family. I will never be reluctant .”

Cao Cao rolled his eyes to the little emperor in his heart.

King Jing of Zhongshan, Liu Sheng, had 120 sons, and each of his sons could be recorded in the clan records. The grandsons might all be recorded in the clan, and the great-grandsons should and could be completely recorded.

But the problem is that there was a gap of 270 years between Liu Biao and Liu Sheng.

Great-grandchildren should have great-grandchildren, and then great-grandchildren.

Even if Liu Bei is a clan, it is obviously a descendant of a concubine, and a descendant of a great-grandson of Prince Jing of Zhongshan.

If the identity of the clan so far away can be found out, even the false name of a school lieutenant is not eligible to be bestowed.

Not to mention the 16 years of Wang Mang usurping the Han and reforming the system.During this turmoil, some people were exiled to remote places, and some descendants of the Liu family failed to enter the genealogy.However, there were also a large number of people who changed their surnames to Liu privately. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty re-recorded the clan genealogy after he ascended the throne.

There was once a nanny holding a three-year-old child and pretending to be a relative of the emperor at the registry office of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty.In other words, the child's mother said that this is a descendant of the Liu family of the royal family, and there is no more proof.

It is likely that there is no basis for investigation.

One more courtesy to Liu Bei is his status as the emperor's uncle of the clan, if there is no record in the clan...

Cao Cao didn't dare to think about it any further.

No, I brought Liu Bei here to say that Sun Ce looked after the false emperor Yuan Shu, crossed the area occupied by the false emperor Yuan Shu, and came to attack Xuzhou, which sent a large army to conquer the false emperor.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Xie who was very close to Liu Bei with a smile, and secretly hated that the little emperor Liu Xie had become more cunning than the previous two years, and was no longer the obedient and resigned appearance when he first returned to Luoyang.

In Xuzhou on the other side, not long after Liu Bei left Xiaopei, Xun Yu led a team of a hundred people to Xiapi.Xun Yu planned to establish a good relationship with Liu Bei, his neighbor, before taking office in Guangling County. After all, Guangling County was a power that Cao Cao had vacantly outside, and he could not rely on Cao Hong until he returned.

Cao Cao's strategic goal Xun Yu is very clear, even if Xuzhou is half covered by Guangling County, he will not worry that Liu Xuande will not become part of Cao Ying in the future, and with Guangling, he will have a base camp to attack Yuan Shu.Waiting for Huainan, a rich land, is almost equivalent to holding half of the Central Plains in your hands.

This is also the route I had imagined and planned for Cao Cao before. Now that Guo Fengxiao added fire to Cao Cao, Cao Cao immediately ordered Cao Hong to bring [-] elite soldiers to cooperate with Guan Yu to avenge Liu Bei, in order to repay Yuan Shu for sending troops to attack Xuzhou several times. hatred.

In fact, he seized Huainan to find a foothold for himself.

After Cao Cao learned that Cao Hong had captured Guangling County as he wished, he immediately went to the emperor and ordered Xun Yu to go to Guangling County as the prefect.Cao Cao’s thoughts were firstly that Xun Yu’s unhappiness for unknown reasons caused him to no longer be able to provide him with useful advice in politics and military affairs; He was afraid of losing Xun Yu, a rare and good helper.

Since he couldn't find out the reason for Xun Yu's illness, he had to find something to distract Xun Yu while he was still able to get up.He was so busy with specific affairs that he had no time to think about things, did he forget the reason for his unhappiness? !

I have to say that Cao Cao's thinking is very correct.

Xun Yu is very familiar with everything in Yanzhou, no matter what kind of difficulties come to him, he will not surprise him.Only Guangling County, which has been in Yuan Shu's hands for a certain number of years and has never been in contact with Xun Yu, can put a certain amount of pressure on Xun Yu and keep him busy.

This idea is very right to treat depression, and the effect is also very good.

When Xun Yu learned that he was going to be the prefect of Guangling County, he quickly cheered up and recovered at a speed that surprised the people around him.Seeing such a change in Xun Yu, and knowing the reason why Xun Yu got better, they all want to praise Cao Mengde for really caring for Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo, a man of great talent.

But even so, almost a month has passed since Cao Hong won Guangling County, then sent a letter to Cao Cao, Cao Cao appointed him to be the prefect, and Xun Yu was able to set off for a trip.

Cao Cao worked hard for Xun Yu's sake, but he didn't expect that the situation in Xuzhou would change so quickly. Sun Ce suddenly raised a surprise army, Guangling County changed hands in a blink of an eye, and Xun Yu was stopped by Wu Jing before he reached his destination, Guangling County.

Let’s look at Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others, watching Cao Hong struggling in the gossip formation became more and more embarrassing, but they rested for a long time and had a good meal. Cao Hong came out of the formation.

As expected, Cao Hongguo led the remaining hundreds of soldiers out of the Eight Diagrams formation when the sky was full of stars.The direction is reversed, it is the side of Xiangshouchun.

Zhou Yu led his soldiers to block Cao Hong's way.As soon as Cao Hong came out, the bamboo whistle in his mouth blew sharply.Although the soldiers who followed Zhou Yu were all soldiers without night blindness, they listened to the whistle and watched the direction indicated by the rocket fired by Zhou Yu and began to fire.

Cao Hong dialed the arrow vigorously, and when he heard the cries of pain from the soldiers around him less and less, he knew something was wrong and immediately retreated into the gossip formation.

This deadly formation has actually become a life-saving place.

Cao Hong retreated back to the gossip formation and smiled wryly, knowing in his heart that if he continued to suffer here, it would be a dead end.He plucked up his courage, gathered the few remaining soldiers around him, and explained the reason that although there were people guarding outside the formation, he couldn't go out in the daytime. He mustered up his courage and followed the guidance of the stars in the night sky to go out of the Eight Diagrams formation.

This time the direction was right, heading towards Yanzhou, but was intercepted by the army led by Sun Ce.

The rocket directed by Sun Ce shot out, and the soldiers behind him fired all the arrows under the instruction of the bamboo whistle. Cao Hong didn't even have a chance to retreat to the eight trigrams formation, and was directly shot into a hedgehog.

A generation of famous generals just threw their corpses outside the gossip array in Qiao County.

Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao, who were far away in Yanzhou, got the handwriting of Cao Cao sent back by Yujin [-] miles away, and immediately gathered [-] soldiers. With Xiahouyuan as the general and Xiahoushang as the vanguard, they galloped all the way to Qiaojun to meet Cao Hong.

Seeing Guo Jia's worried appearance, Xia Houyuan comforted him and said, "Feng Xiao should relax his mind. Zi Lian will surely see through Sun Ce's thoughts of a young child after several years of fighting."

Guo Jia's eyebrows were furrowed, "Zi Lian was able to figure it out after Guangling County ran out of food and grass. I just don't know how long it took Liu Xuande to come to Luoyang and meet the lord after losing Xiao Pei."

Xia Houyuan immediately understood Guo Jia's anxiety. If Liu Bei was delayed on the road for too long, Sun Ce might have time to set up an ambush from Xiao Peiheng to Qiaojun, cutting off the way for Cao Hong's ten thousand people to return to Yanzhou.Thinking about Sun Ce's reputation of being invincible in all battles, Xia Houyuan was actually a little jealous of Sun Ce even though he belittled Sun Ce as a child.

So he comforted Guo Jia dryly, "My lord appointed to pick him up in Qiao County, I hope we can come in time."

Guo Jia nodded, hoping there would be time.But based on his consideration of Liu Bei's loss of Xuzhou several times, he doesn't think Liu Bei is a person who can seize the opportunity, the opportunity, and make the right decision.The more he thought about it, the deeper his worries became.His mind was all on thinking about things, and he was in a daze immediately because of the uneven road. Fortunately, Xia Houyuan had been paying attention to him and reached out to grab his arm to prevent him from falling off the horse.

His pale face and exhausted look, coupled with his thin body, intuitively made Xia Houyuan suspect that even if the journey goes smoothly, Guo Jia will suffer from a serious illness.

"Being filial piety is worse than lying down in the car." Xia Houyuan sympathized with Guo Jia's difficulty and advised him to lie down in the car.

Guo Jia smiled wryly and shook her head, "I'd better ride a horse. I'm in a hurry, and my bones will be broken in the car."

Xia Houyuan was speechless. He rode a horse whenever he traveled. He really didn't know that riding a car was more uncomfortable than riding a horse.It's just that since then he has taken on all the affairs in the army, so that Guo Jia can take a good rest after setting up camp to nourish his body and mind.

Guo Jia was very grateful to Xia Houyuan for his kindness.

The army stayed overnight at Xiaoxing, galloped for days, and arrived at the border of Qiao County in a short time.

Stepping into the boundary of Qiao County, the weird atmosphere in the air becomes more serious as you go south.

Not only the war horses, but Guo Jia, Xia Houyuan, and Xia Houshang all felt the smell of blood and death in the air. This should be the breath of many people who died violently not long ago.

That was the aura that a great war took place in Qiao County not long ago, and this battle caused many deaths.

Guo Jia counted with his fingers for a long time, then turned pale with shock and repeatedly deduced, and finally hung his head sadly.

Xia Houyuan hurriedly asked Guo Jia, "Did Feng Xiao find something unusual?"

Guo Jia's dejected voice could not hide the sadness.

"Miaocai, Boren, I'm afraid we are late. Zilian has already died in battle."

Although Wu Jing is a military general, he was born in an official family. When his parents died early, he lived with his famous elder sister.After Sun Jian came to ask to marry Wu's name, he followed Sun Jian to conquer the north and south.After more than 20 years of experience in the cold and summer, it can be said that he is a well-founded and knowledgeable all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

When he saw the yamen servants sending Xun Yu and his party to the official residence, he thought that Xun Yu was not an ordinary study tour figure just from his appearance and demeanor.

He asked Xun Yu to be left alone, and then bowed his hands first.

"Next is Wu Jing and Wu Jingrui from Soochow. Now he is entrusted by Marquis Wu to serve as governor of Xuzhou in Tianju. May I ask your name, sir?"

At this point in the matter, Xun Yu knew that Sun Ce must have acquired Guangling County as well.He bowed and cupped his fists to return the salute to Wu Jing.

"My lord, Xun Yu and Xun Wenruo, don't dare to bear the word of the governor of Wu. It was Cao Mengde and Cao Sikong who entrusted me to be the prefect of Guangling County."

Wu Jing laughed in his heart, and predicted it for his sister again.Said that Cao Cao would never give Guangling County to Liu Bei, and would definitely send someone he trusted to run Guangling County.He still remembered his sister's order, no matter who was sent to Guangling County, they must be stopped and sent to Qu'alai.

It would be great if it was Xun Yu who came now, this is Cao Cao's trusted advisor.

I have made a great contribution!

"Disrespect, disrespect, it turned out to be Prefect Xun."

"Inspector Wu."

The two greeted each other again, with a smile on their faces and a haha ​​in their mouths.

Wu Jing asked Xun Yu to sit down, and said politely to Xun Yu, "It is good for Governor Xun to call me Jingrui."

Xun Yu also followed Wu Jing's words and said, "I have been praised by Jingrui. My calligraphy is Wenruo. Please call me Wenruo."

Wu Jing's attitude is good, Xun Yu knows that his life is safe, but what will happen next really depends on bewitching Wu Jing with a good tongue.

With a good atmosphere to pave the way, Wu Jing said bluntly: "Wu Hou, the prefect of Guangling County, has ordered Jiang Qin and Jiang Gongyi to act as his agent, and we will wait for the court to issue a formal document."

Xun Yu didn't hide it anymore, "The imperial court has given me the position of prefect of Guangling County, and I have all the documents."

"Does Wen Ruo want to be the prefect of Guangling County?" Wu Jing asked with great interest.

"So what if you want to? What if you don't want to? Brother Jing Rui must have a gap in his heart."

"That depends on Wen Ruo's choice. The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful. I would like to invite brother Wen Ruo to visit the south of the Yangtze River. Is brother Wen Ruo interested?"

Governor Xun Yu can no longer choose by himself, if he agrees well, he can still be treated as a guest, if he makes false excuses, he may be sent to Qu'a as a prisoner in the next moment, and his wife and children will suffer accordingly.

He immediately expressed his opinion to Wu Jing, "I dare not ask you if I stick to my wish."

Wu Jing successfully achieved his goal, and it was not difficult for Xun Yu's family, but he replaced all the soldiers who escorted him to the post with his confidantes, ordered them to take good care of Xun Yu's family on the way, and sent them to Qu'a to settle the matter.

Xun Yu's family enjoyed the treatment of "VIP" on the way to Qu'a, it seems that Marquis Wu intended to solicit.As long as he doesn't deliberately think about being forced to go to Soochow, the food, clothing, housing and transportation provided by the guards alone are no different from those in Yanzhou.But Xun Yu never lost his wry smiles along the way, his family was here, so he couldn't help but disobey Wu Jing's arrangement.

After exchanging boats and cars several times, Xun Yu's family was successfully sent to Qu'a.

Zhang Zhao Dexin came to greet him in person.

"Wen Ruo, I left in Luoyang in the past, and I don't want to see each other in Jiangnan in my lifetime."

Xun Yu was a bit unfamiliar with Zhang Zhao, he couldn't remember when he had seen this person.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Zhao introduced himself: "Zhang Zhao and Zhang Zibu in Pengcheng, Wen Ruoke still has an impression?"

Xun Yu was stunned and hurriedly clasped his fists to return the salute, "Wen Ruo was rude. He has been ill for about a year and can't remember many things."

Zhang Zhao hurriedly said, "It's okay, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is good and the scenery is beautiful, which is the most suitable for generals to take care of themselves. Wen Ruo might as well rest in Soochow. I'll introduce a good doctor to you someday."

Xun Yu thanked Zhang Zhao for his concern.Would it be useful if he said he didn't want to raise his health in Jiangnan?

Zhang Zhao commanded the guards to send Xun Yu's family to live in the prepared courtyard, and helped Xun Yu settle all the family affairs.Then he said to him: "Wen Ruo, Marquis Wu led the army to Xuzhou, and we can only wait for him to come back to see you again. If you are interested in Jiangnan, you can take your family members around Qu'a City if you have nothing to do. Official school, you can also send young masters and girls to study, I believe you will fall in love with Soochow soon."

Xun Yu thanked Zhang Zhao, allowing himself and his family to walk around Qu'a, which was considered a good thing.He turned back to the main room and said to his wife Tang: "Now that I have arrived in Soochow, I can stay here with peace of mind. Take a couple of days off to go to the official school, and I heard that girls can also go to study."

Tang experienced the state of her husband's death and lack of interest some time ago, seeing that he is now willing to take the initiative to care about the children's studies, she immediately burst into tears.

"Wen Ruo, are you alright?"

"Oh." Xun Yu sighed, "I'm not sick at all."

"Yes, I know you are just feeling uncomfortable. What is it for?"

Xun Yu shook his head, unwilling to talk to Tang.Tang asked Xun Yu for more than a year but still couldn't get it out of Xun Yu's mouth, so he shook his head and sighed, and arranged for Xun Yu to wash up.

When Xun Yu took office in Guangling County this time, he not only brought a bunch of radish heads from his family, but also brought his two nephews, Xun Shao and Xun Hong, who studied with him.The former is the son of his third brother Xun Yan, and the latter is the son of his fourth brother Xun Chen.

The third brother Xun Yan is still under the orders of Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and the fourth brother is in Yuan Shao's army.As long as he thought that now that he was in Soochow again, his brothers had to disperse, Xun Yu's thoughts sank again.

Alas, in the chaotic world, everything is involuntary...

After Xun Yu rested in the mansion for a day, he was pestered by the children to go to the government school, and even his seven-year-old daughter was eager to try.

"Aweng, the maid said that there are girls in the government school, so Aweng will take me to have a look."

If he was facing his son, Xun Yu might put on airs as a strict father or put on a preaching posture, but he was basically responsive to his only daughter.Although he didn't want to move, he couldn't bear the tears that were about to fall from his daughter's eyes, so he had to agree.

So Tang happily tidied up all the children, big and small, and herself, as happy as in the new year.The husband is finally willing to go outside to see what's new.

Because of Xun Yu's illness, the Tang family was going to be grieved. The older the six sons were, the less they dared to persuade Xun Yu. Coax her husband to eat, and occasionally tell the children about books.So she pampered her daughter even more, coupled with the care of her eight older brothers and younger brothers, even the royal princess, no one could be treated like the girl from the Xun family and the stars and moons of her brothers.

However, Xun Yu had no choice but to pack up his still depressed mood and force himself to go out with his wife, Tang, with his eight sons and only daughter, taking care of them along the way. Xun Yu unknowingly forgot his long-standing depression.

The author has something to say: Xia Houyuan's character is Miaocai, Xiahou Shang's character is Boren

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