The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

"Father, brother is dead."

Sima Yi's voice seemed to come from the cold abyss.

Sima Fang stared straight at the roof, opened his mouth slightly, like a fish out of water, but couldn't utter a single syllable.His body was also motionless, if it wasn't for his slightly undulating chest, he would really be no different from a dead person.

"However, this is not the end." The cold voice continued, "Let's go, I invite you to watch a good show."

When Sima Lang died of illness in Juchao, the family must of course mourn. As brothers, the remaining Qida in the "Bada" must also serve his elder brother in filial piety.

This is not a very eye-catching thing, because there are a lot of dead families this year, and the plague not only spread among the unaccustomed soldiers, but also swept through Xudu.Among the famous "Seven Sons of Jian'an" in later generations, five people died of this plague, the most famous of which was Wang Can, and two of them did not die because of this plague - because they died early, and one died in the In the hands of Boss Cao, his name is Kong Rong. In addition to the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", many literary friends of Cao Pi have also passed away one after another, leaving almost only one Wu Zhi.

In comparison, Sima Lang died in the Sima family, and he was still a martyr with the army, which is already considered good luck.

After Sima Lang's funeral was over, Sima Yi asked Sima Fu to inform the remaining brothers to discuss family affairs.

Everyone came, including Sima Min who was still very young and underage.

"I invite everyone to come here today for a discussion. The eldest brother has passed away, my father is sick in bed, and my mother has been ill all year round. The Sima family must have someone who comes out to manage things. We need to re-determine the head of the family."

The fourth eldest, Sima Xu, quit after hearing this: "Patriarch? Still re-determined? Sima Yi, why don't you just say to re-elect the patriarch?"

Sima Fu coughed, "Ji Da, don't be rude to your second brother."

"What second brother! She is not from the Sima family at all! I said third brother, what are you doing to her like this!"

Sima Yi seemed to be in a good mood, and he wasn't angry. He just said lightly, "There is no one in charge of the family. Why not make a decision again? Now that the head of the family has been elected, he can be regarded as the future patriarch. What Jida said is not wrong. "

"Sima Yi! It's not your turn to intervene if the Sima family is in charge!" Sima Xu said loudly.

The fifth elder Sima Xun looked at the excited fourth brother, and then at the confident Sima Yi: "Why should the fourth brother be excited? The Sima family really can't live without a patriarch, so it's good to take this opportunity to settle down. The eldest brother is the logical eldest son, and now the eldest brother Now that he is dead, the eldest brother's eldest son is still there, and the eldest grandson of the house should inherit the family business, third brother, don't you think so?"

Sima Fu remained silent.

Sima Tong and Sima Jin all agreed.

Sima Yi listened quietly for a while: "You brothers are right, but the eldest grandson is too young to support such a large family business. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do so."

"You don't need to worry about it! We uncles can't help him with family affairs!" Sima Xu interrupted Sima Yi.

"You brothers all mean this?"

"That's right! That's what we all mean." The other younger brothers followed Sima Xu to express their opinions.

Sima Yi turned to Sima Fu: "Where's Shu Da?"

"Uh...I..." Sima Fu hesitated for a long time, then looked up at his younger brothers: "Uh...the elder brother has the eldest grandson Sima Yi, and it is logical that he should be in charge of the Sima family, but he is too young to be competent; My brother is now the elder among the brothers, so it would be logical if he leads the Sima family... So what I mean is... don't rush to decide on the head of the family, let the second brother assist the eldest grandson to take care of the family affairs for the time being, and discuss this matter when he becomes an adult Late……"

"Hahahahahahaha!" Sima Yi laughed loudly, "Shu Da, you are right! You are not offended!"

Sima Fu quickly waved his hands in defense: "It's not...Second Brother, I..."

"Needless to say." Sima Yi interrupted him, looking around at the other brothers, "It means that you all don't recognize me as an elder brother, and you don't want me to manage the Sima family."

"Second brother, no..."

"So what!" Sima Xu glanced at Sima Fu angrily, "Third brother, what are you afraid of a foreign bastard! Just tell him, if you don't like her, what can she do!"

"Sima Xu, you are presumptuous!" Sima Fu knelt down in front of Sima Yi anxiously: "Second brother! Please don't be as knowledgeable as Ji Da!"

"Third brother!" "Third brother, get up!" "Third brother begging her to do something!"

The atmosphere in the room was full of gunpowder, and conflicts were imminent.

"Okay." Sima Yi spit out the word suddenly and easily, "As you said, the eldest grandson Sima Yi will be the head of the family. Household affairs should be discussed by everyone."

Sima Fu couldn't believe that Sima Yi took so much trouble to gather these people, but he gave up the position of Patriarch so quickly.

"Second brother, do you really agree?"

"Yes, what you brothers said is reasonable, of course I agree." Sima Yi helped Sima Fu up, speaking very easily.

"Then you... called everyone together... just to decide this matter..."

"Ah, that's not true." Sima Yi didn't take it seriously, and stood up from where he was sitting and clapped three times. "Actually, the main reason for calling everyone here is another matter."

Two people dressed as servants walked in outside, one was holding a tray with seven bowls in his hand, and the other was holding a jar.

"Wei Prince's son is very sorry for Sima Lang's illness, and he gave soup and medicine to the rest of Sima's family to avoid the plague—" the man holding the jar said in a drawn out tone.

"Because of the elder brother's death, my son couldn't bear the loss of another member of Sima's family in this plague, so I came here to find this recipe, use the precious medicinal materials from the inner court, cook it meticulously according to the order of the imperial physician, and send it to us to prevent the plague and cure the disease." Sima Yi was beside him. explain.

Sima Xu and others looked at Sima Yi with distrust.

"Why? Don't you believe me? Do you not believe me, or do you not believe the prince?"

"I don't dare not believe in the prince, but who knows if you will tamper with it?"

"Hehe," Sima Yi laughed, then leaned down and said to Sima Min: "You Da, your fourth brother doesn't believe in your second brother. Then this way: you distribute the bowls, you pour the soup and medicine yourself, and you pass the medicine to the brothers." In the hands, the second brother and everyone will not interfere, and then the second brother will drink with you, okay?"

Sima Min was a little scared: "Second brother... I drank a lot just now, and now I can't drink it."

Sima Yi's smile deepened: "You want to disobey Prince Wei's order?"

Sima Min was startled, so he had no choice but to take the bowl from the waiter, lined up in front of the case, took the jar with difficulty, opened the seal, poured bowls of soup, and finally handed the soup in order To you brothers.

Sima Xu observed carefully. Sima Yi stood by with his arms folded throughout the whole process and did not step forward. The bowls were arranged randomly, and the jars filled with medicine were tightly sealed with mud. Sima Min poured the medicine and distributed them randomly. Everyone, there is nothing suspicious.

"Drink." Sima Yi raised his bowl.

Nobody moved.

"Are you waiting for me? Okay." Sima Yi briskly raised his bowl and drank it in front of everyone, and then showed the bottom of the bowl to everyone.

"Shu Da, drink." Sima Yi looked at Sima Fu who was still in a daze beside him.

Sima Fu stared at the bowl of medicine in his hand, and didn't believe that Sima Yi would really be so magnanimous, but after thinking about it, everyone drank it. Even though the medicine was poisonous, he would go to hell with his younger brothers, so it wasn't his own harm. took them.Moreover, Sima Yi drank it himself, so there may not be any problems with the medicine.So he drank it too.

Seeing this, Sima Xu and others also drank up the medicine in their hands.

Only Sima Min took a few sips and frowned: "Second Brother...I really can't drink anymore."

"Then stop drinking." Sima Yi didn't force it.

Everyone put down their medicine bowls, and Sima Xu asked, "Sima Yi, do you have anything else to do? If nothing else, we'll leave."

Sima Yi smiled and said nothing.

Sima Xu felt strange, but he soon felt uncomfortable.

Not only him, but also the other younger brothers, except Sima Fu and Sima Min.

"Sima Yi! You..." Sima Xu and the others rolled to the ground due to the severe pain.

"This plague is too severe. Xudu has already killed so many people. It is normal for the Sima family to die a few. Don't worry, everyone. When King Wei returns, I will definitely beg for you as the head of the Sima family." County Marquis. As for your family members, as long as there is no trouble, I will treat them well, who let them be left by my dear brother?" Sima Yi looked at Sima Xu, who was bleeding from seven orifices, and was in great pain, with a smile that was not a smile.

"You... poisoned..."

"I do not have."

"Why are you alright..."

"Fate." Sima Yi glanced at Sima Fu who was shocked and Sima Tong who was crying in fright, "It's not just me, all three of us are lucky."

"Sima Yi...you...you killed your brother and father, you mutilated your siblings, you will die a terrible death!"

"Father is still alive, don't curse him."

"You will have retribution... retribution..." Sima Xu spat out the last few words, and there was only the breath left, not the breath.

"Second brother, why did second brother do this!" Sima Fu finally came to his senses, looking at the corpses all over the floor, he could only scream, "Why am I still alive!"

"You went to your second sister-in-law's place just now, right?" Sima Yi casually called the warrior to come in to drag the corpse, "Did she make you eat a lot of tofu and drink a lot of soy milk?"

"This……"

"Don't deny it, I asked her to do this. Youda is fine, and it's also because I had someone feed him soy milk in advance."

"But..." Sima Fu looked at the tragic scene of his younger brothers' dead bodies, with tears in his eyes.

"I told you, follow me, and I won't treat you badly; if you don't know people, I will never forgive you!" Sima Yi looked at Sima Fu's grief, and his tone became cold.

Sima Fu quickly wiped away his tears: "Second brother, the family members of the younger brothers don't know about it, so don't—"

"Don't worry, I didn't intend to kill them. But, it's useless for their biological mothers to stay at home, and their father doesn't need them to serve them. I will send them back to their original places. As for their wives and children, as long as there is no trouble, I will take care of them." Theirs, but be obedient."

"As for Youda," Sima Yi came over and took Sima Tong's hand who was still crying, "Remember, all brothers died of illness, you know?"

Sima Min was so frightened that he lost his ability to judge, no matter what Sima Yi said, he nodded.

Then Sima Yi went to see Sima Fang behind the screen in the outer room.

"Father, what a pity. After your elder brother, you lost four more sons."

Sima Fang couldn't speak, only his throat crackled, and muddy tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.

"But don't worry, Shu Da and I will support you forever." Sima Yi looked at Sima Fang with satisfaction, "Now, my son will drive those useless women out of the house."

Sima Yi was one step too late.

When she walked into the inner room, Zhang Chunhua turned around amidst the fallen corpses, and smiled at her charmingly: "Husband, look, my concubine has already done everything that needs to be done for you."

The shadow of the beating lights reflected on her face like a weird snake.

Sima Yi looked at the bodies of the women and couldn't believe it. There was a young woman in the corner, that was Sima Lang's wife.This scene was beyond Sima Yi's expectation.

Zhang Chunhua came over: "Zhongda..."

Sima Yi slapped her backhand: "Who told you to do this!"

Zhang Chunhua staggered back two steps, covered his cheeks and raised his head: "Who told me to do this? What do you think? I know what you think, but you want to be a good person, and you don't have to kill anyone who doesn't offend you." Yes. But do you know how crazy these women are for their sons? Do you still want to send them back to their original place? If they go to denounce you, no, it doesn’t need to be successful. It's over!"

"Do you think it's safe to kill everyone! If there are too many dead people, no one will doubt it?"

"That's why I spared my sister-in-law's life. As long as they are obedient and under our supervision, they can be spared. Anyway, because of the plague, the son died, and the mother also died. Among the dead, there are men and women. See Doesn't it sound natural?"

"Then what's going on with the sister-in-law! Sima Lang is already dead, and you insist on putting her to death again?" Sima Yi pointed at the corpse in the corner.

"Aside from the death of a few old women, what's wrong with killing a young wife? If you want to be the head of the Sima family, I can't be the housewife of the Sima family?!" Zhang Chunhua shouted.

"I did it for revenge! Being the head of the family is just a part of revenge. I'm different from you!"

"Hehe..." Zhang Chunhua smiled, put one hand on Sima Yi's shoulder, and whispered in Sima Yi's ear, "It's different...it's different, you are doing it for yourself, but I want to do it for you...I was originally I don’t want to kill her, but do you know what she said? She said, ‘Your husband kills brothers and relatives today, and will usurp the throne tomorrow!’ I smiled and told her ‘You’ve got the truth’, and then someone fed her a A bowl of arsenic..."

Hearing the words "Kill the king and usurp the throne", Sima Yi's face changed slightly, and he pushed Zhang Chunhua away abruptly.

"Speaking of things on your mind... huh?"

Sima Yi looked coldly at Zhang Chunhua who fell on the ground: "I am Han Chen now, and Wei Chen in the future, please remember!" After speaking, he turned and went out.

"Really? I'm afraid, then you won't be able to control yourself!" Zhang Chunhua's voice sounded like a curse from behind him.

In the spring of the next year, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao took Wu Lan and others to the Xiabian where Cao Hong commanded troops.

Xiabian City is high, deep, and has the advantage of the Qinling Mountains. It is condescending, and a strong attack will pay a high price.

As soon as Zhang Fei and Ma Chao discussed, it would be better to follow Cao Hong's back route and attack back and forth, making Cao Hong difficult to care about, and the key is to shake Cao's army's morale.

"I'll go!" Ma Chao took the initiative to ask Ying to lead someone to take a back route.

Zhang Fei thought for a while: "The road is difficult, and we are not familiar with geography. Meng Qi doesn't need to really find the way. He just needs to spread the news along the way. When Cao Hong hears the news, he must divide his troops to defend the rear. If we join forces again, we can defeat them."

Ma Chao nodded, and led the Xiliang soldiers under his command to pretend to outflank, and ordered the soldiers to pass the news to the city pretending to be ordinary people.

Cao Hong listened to reports in Xiabian City, saying that someone in the city had found Ma Chaojun's trail, and it seemed that he had gone behind the mountain.

Cao Hong was most worried about this situation. He planned to divide his troops to block and defend Ma Chao's attack from the back mountain, but Cao Zhen stopped him: "Guardian, according to Zhen's opinion, this is Zhang Fei and Ma Chao's plan."

“How come you see?”

"It's been a long time under the guard of the guard, and I have sent people to explore the road, but I have never seen a path leading to the back of the mountain. How many days has Ma Chao been here? How can I know? What's more, if the enemy really wants to attack back and forth, they will make the army stealth. , avoiding people's eyes and ears for fear that people will know, how can the people know it?"

"That makes sense." Cao Hong nodded, "Since this is the case, how should we deal with it?"

"While Zhang Fei and Ma Chao divide their forces, we will preemptively strike and concentrate our forces to defeat the enemy!"

"Fu, please bring an army to kill Ma Chao's head and present it before the general!" Someone outside answered, and then a figure flashed, and someone came in, knelt down in front of Cao Hong and asked for orders.

Cao Hong took a closer look and found that it was Yang Fu who was transferred here after the Xiliang War.Everyone knows that he and Ma Chao have a sworn feud.

Cao Hong hesitated for a moment: "Yishan, Ma Chao is brave, let Zidan go."

Yang Fu begged to no avail, so he had no choice but to back down. Cao Hong looked at his back and heaved a sigh of relief: Too many people in the Yang family have died because of Ma Chao. The king of Wei said that this precious lump should be kept no matter what. Loyal ministers cannot be cut off from their children and grandchildren.

The next day, Cao Hong gathered most of his troops to attack Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei ordered people to ask Ma Chao for help. Ren Kui's three generals died in battle, Zhang Fei struggled to keep his camp, and Cao Hong did not let Cao Hong seize a piece of favorable terrain he had found so easily.However, Cao Hong's offensive continued unabated, and Ma Chao could not respond. If this continues, this place will be lost sooner or later.

Ma Chao was entangled and killed by Cao Zhen. Knowing that Zhang Fei was having a hard time there, he was so anxious that he had no other choice. He ordered someone to bring a letter of his own to ask for help from the main force led by Liu Bei.

Liu Bei received the letter and asked who can go to rescue?Wei Yan and others asked for orders.Liu Bei thought about it and thought it was wrong. Cao Zhen and Cao Hong also experienced many battles. If you want to choose a general who can fight back against them, you have to retreat quickly, try not to lose troops, and return to help quickly when the situation is stable—— Even Liu Bei himself is not absolutely sure to do this.

Zhao Yun was listening, and asked Ma Chao's soldiers who came back to ask for help: "Who do you think Meng Qi was stopped by? Cao Zhen?"

"Exactly!"

Zhao Yun stood up: "My lord, I'll go."

"Zilong, the attack here is not going well, and you still need to charge forward." Liu Bei shook his head.

"Don't worry, my lord. Yun only takes 3000 people there, and he will return after the siege is over. He will return in more than ten days, and there will be no major losses in the army."

"Zilong, there is no joke in the army!"

"Yun has his own way to ensure that what he says is true!"

"My lord, just let General Zhao go. If General Zhao doesn't go, I'm afraid the loss will be even greater with General Zhang." Fa Zheng persuaded from the side.

Liu Bei finally nodded, and Zhao Yun led the people to set off.

Zhao Yun went to Ma Chao's place first, and came to the battlefield within a few days. He observed from a high place and saw that the fighting was going on fiercely.

Cao Zhenzhen and several manpower rivals Ma Chao suddenly saw a team rushing into the southeast of the battlefield. The first person was a white-robed white horse with a shining gun in his hand.

Cao Zhen felt that this person looked familiar. At this time, the visitor was already in front of him, and he raised his gun and shot out.

Now Cao Zhen was a little flustered, he quickly reined in the silk rein, stepped back a few steps, and looked closely.

"Cao Zhen! Do you recognize Zhao Yun from Changbanpo?"

Zhao Yun's voice was full of confidence, Cao Zhen was still doing well, and the soldiers nearby all trembled: Zhao Yun!

Cao Zhen recognized that it was indeed Zhao Yun, and he cursed inwardly, knowing that this woman was difficult to deal with.

"Zhao Yun! You are here to die this time!" Cao Zhen shouted, at least his momentum couldn't be weaker.

"What are you thinking! I'm here to discuss matters with you." Zhao Yun's words were unexpected. How could he discuss matters on the battlefield?

"Do you still want to know where that baby is? Tell you, I brought her here."

Cao Zhen was shocked, it seems that he did not go to this incident, and Zhao Yun did not forget: "Where is now?"

Zhao Yun smiled: "I won't tell you."

Again.

Last time in Changbanpo, Cao Zhen was molested by Zhao Yun in this way, and this time it is a repeat.Cao Zhen raised his knife angrily, and slashed at Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun dodged and blocked the blade with the barrel of his gun.

When Ma Chao saw Zhao Yun coming, he felt a little more at ease. Although Zhao Yun didn't seem to have many people with him, it was good that she could come. Ma Chao wanted to come to help, but another group of people entangled him again.

Seeing the three moves and five moves, Zhao Yun became more and more powerless, and she became more and more impatient, and her eyes couldn't help turning to a small road behind.

Cao Zhenxin knew it well, and his men stepped up their attacks.

Finally, Zhao Yun couldn't resist, she made a feint, turned her horse's head and fled towards the path, shouting as she ran, "Quickly inform General Chen and take that man up the cliff!" The soldier next to him agreed and followed Zhao Yun run.

As soon as Cao Zhen heard it, he knew that Zhao Yun was going to threaten him with a hostage. He hurriedly ordered the cavalry to wave the command flag, and summoned people to chase after him.

After running for a short time, I saw Zhao Yun in front, and someone was pushing a car beside him, running hurriedly. Cao Zhen shouted from behind: "Leave this man! Spare your life!"

Seeing that Cao Zhen was approaching, Zhao Yun and the soldiers ran away in a hurry, ignoring the people in the car.Cao Zhen rushed to the front and lifted the curtain of the car——

There was no one inside.

Cao Zhen knew he had been fooled, but it was too late.

The people behind him have already followed into the narrow path one after another, and it is not so easy to get out.

"Chen Dao, light the fire!"

Accompanied by Zhao Yun's loud shout, rockets and fireballs fell one after another. It was the dry winter, and there were many dry trees on both sides of the path, which were easy to ignite.

For a while, there was a scream, Cao Jun was on fire, and many people trampled on each other.

Zhao Yun reined in his horse on the cliff, and Ma Chao watched excitedly from behind: "Good job! Zilong, you really have a way! Let's rush down and wipe out the enemy army in a while!"

"There's no time! General Zhang is still waiting for us! Cao Zhen doesn't have many people in the first place, this fire is just to stop him temporarily, let's go to Xiabian City!"

Without hesitation, Ma Chao quickly organized his troops, joined Zhao Yun's men and horses, and returned to Xiabian City. Cao Hong, who had attacked Zhang Fei out of the city, finally forced Cao Hong to give up his fierce pursuit of Zhang Fei and retreat to the city.The camp is temporarily kept.

"Zilong came just in time!" Zhang Fei was very happy to see Zhao Yun and Ma Chao back.

"How about the loss?" Zhao Yun didn't bother to ask other questions.

"Let's say there are 5000 people. I only brought less than [-] people this time! Wu Lan, Lei Tong, and Ren Kui have already died in battle! How is the Lord?"

Zhao Yun did not speak, but sighed.

"It's not going well either?"

"Xia Houyuan, Zhang He and others can't hold out, and under the strong attack, the loss is not small."

"How can we win like this?" Zhang Fei was a little anxious.

"Xiaozhi said that we should not relax and maintain our power over Hanzhong, and we must not give up no matter what. The military division, food and reinforcements should arrive soon."

Zhao Yun encouraged Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, and then hurriedly took people back to report.

"Zilong..." Ma Chao stopped Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun looked at him.

"That...I..."

"We'll see you soon." Zhao Yun stretched out his hand, "It's settled, see you in Hanzhong."

Ma Chao nodded and held Zhao Yun's hand tightly.

The author has something to say:

The author is thinking, if Cao Zhen shouted in the army: Zhao Yun is a woman!what will happen

It seems... It can't be done... Who cares if you're all in a mess, besides, Zhao Yun's reputation has been spread, it's still a question of whether people believe it or not, even if they believe it-so what!You can't even beat a woman, but you still have the guts to be a general!

Therefore, Cao Zidan decided to save effort...

Of course, it is more likely that...he forgot to shout...

Ps: The birth and death years of the Sima family were not recorded in detail in history. The author was too lazy to give them roles in the future, so he simply killed them all.So the most ruthless one is neither Sima Yi nor Zhang Chunhua but the author... Sima Lang's son is called Sima Yi (two tones, which is different from Zhongda's four tones). The interesting thing is that although he has grown up, he has no son... ...Later Sima Fu adopted his son under the name of Sima Lang, and Sima Fu's grandson inherited Sima Lang's family business.Touching the chin is good material for conspiracy theories...