Chapter Ninety-Four: The Road Is Narrowing
"Why did the envoy's family suddenly come to Juancheng, why didn't they inform him in advance?"
After listening to the officer's report, Xun Yu immediately looked puzzled, "Pass my order, don't open the door for the time being, and make a decision after I and Captain Cao personally verify their identities!" β
He was clearly suspicious of the identity of the comer.
Under normal circumstances, the relocation of Boss Cao's family will definitely inform the officials along the way in advance, and the officials must go out of the city in advance to greet them whenever they pass, and send troops to escort them all the way when they leave to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
Therefore, if this group of people outside is really Boss Cao's family, there is no reason to come suddenly.
There may be fraud in this.
However, before the words fell, he saw that Cao Yu and Wu Liang had already stood up.
Cao Yu said to Xun Yu with an anxious expression: "Uncle Wen Ruo, quickly follow me to verify, maybe it is really my uncle's family, if this is the case, Chen Liu may have an accident!" β
"Chen Liu? Chen Liu's envoy to Zhang Miao and Zhang Taishou guarded the town, and he didn't receive any battle report recently, how could something happen? β
Xun Yu still looked puzzled.
When Boss Cao first consulted Tao Qian this spring, he also asked his family: "If I can't come back, you can go to Meng Zhuo (Zhang Miao's character)." Later, when they returned triumphantly and saw Zhang Miao, the two looked at each other and cried.
This shows how intimate their relationship is.
So without receiving any battle report, Xun Yu couldn't think of what would happen to Chen Liu, even if he wanted to break his head.
"Talk as you go!"
As they spoke, Cao Yu and Wu Liang had already walked outside the door of the guest hall.
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu looked puzzled, looked at each other, and hurriedly followed.
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On the way to the city gate, Wu Liang also kept secretly thinking about what happened to Chen Liu.
Xun Yu just said that he had not received any war report, which means that Chen Liu has not yet had a war, and even if Zhang Miao has the idea of rebelling, he should not have officially launched a mutiny.
If this is the case, why did Boss Cao's family rush to Juancheng according to the plan?
Unless......
They found out that Zhang Miao had an unusual move!
But what exactly is this action?
Wu Liang reviewed the history he knew over and over again, and finally another inconspicuous detail caught his attention.
Lu Bu!
The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms records:
Half a year before Zhang Miao's rebellion, that is, recently, Lu Bu was suspicious and hated by Yuan Shao because he had made great achievements in the battle against Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army at Yuan Shao's place, and he was arrogant and domineering, so he was hated by Yuan Shao and secretly sent a soldier to assassinate him.
Although LΓΌ Bu took precautions and survived, he could only flee to Hanoi again to join Zhang Yang.
On the way to escape, Lu Bu passed through Chenliu, and Zhang Miao sent people out of the city to greet him, not only treated him with great hospitality, but also held each other's arms and swore a good marriage when they parted......
Now, it is less than half a year before Zhang Miao rebelled against Boss Cao in history!
In other words, at the same time that Wu Liang and the Qiren Army went to Yuancheng to rob the tomb, Lu Bu had actually arrived in Chenliu, and the two almost passed by?
It is also because of this that it was Lu Bu's subordinate general Hao Meng who met the army in the Valley of No Return, not Lu Bu in person.
After all, Lu Bu may have been running away at that time, and it was already a big deal to leave a small group of troops to come out and rob the tomb, so how could he personally risk delaying time on the road, what if he was caught up by Yuan Shao?
However, there is still a small loophole in this speculation.
Now that Lu Bu and Boss Cao are not at odds with each other, even if Lu Bu meets Zhang Miao through Chen Liu, and even vows to get married, it is not a big deal, at least for the Cao family who does not know history, there is no need to be so vigilant.
After all, in this era, even horizontal and vertical are common.
In history, Boss Cao has never blamed or suspected Zhang Miao at this time, and when he marched to Tao Qian three times in the summer of the next year, he would still let Zhang Miao stay in Chen Liu, which is the most direct evidence, and it was also because of this trust that Boss Cao almost ended up homeless.
Unless......
When Wu Liang subdued Dian Wei, the beating on Zhao Pet fell into Zhang Miao's ears, and in the end it still stimulated Zhang Miao.
So much so that when Zhang Miao met with Lu Bu this time, he said or did some more radical things, and these things also fell into the ears of the Cao family, so he fled according to the plan?
Thinking like this, the group had reached the city gate.
"Who's coming?"
Cao Yu tried his best to look down by the light of the torches, but he still couldn't see the faces of the people in the city, and could only roughly see that there were about a few hundred people gathered below, so he had to ask loudly.
"An Min? Is it the people in the city? β
A woman's surprised voice sounded from below the city.
"Aunt Ding?"
Cao Yu instantly heard the identity of the woman, and hurriedly turned back to Xun Yu and said, "Uncle Wen Ruo, quickly order to open the city gate to greet you, the city is my uncle's family, and I can't be wrong!" β
At this time, Wu Liang also hurriedly howled at the top of his throat: "Can Chen Jinshui, Yin Jian and others be down there?" β
"In Miao!"
Chen Jinshui's voice with a unique accent rang out.
"My beauties are safe and sound, right?"
Wu Liang continued to howl again.
"Don't worry, Sima, there is not even a single hair missing, brothers can be on the heart!"
Chen Jinshui replied.
"Okay, okay, I'll invite you to drink later!"
Wu Liang was overjoyed.
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When he turned around, he saw Cao Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, and many soldiers on the city wall looking at him with strange expressions.
What's going on with this guy, why is he so careless, he doesn't care about whether the Jun family is sick first, but cares about his beauty first?
And in front of all the envoys' families......
Alas, the road of people's lives is narrow by themselves, and they can't complain about others.
However, how did they know that Wu Liang originally planned to walk out of a narrow road of "contentment and disgrace" in front of Boss Cao...... This was not said by Wu Liang, but by Cheng Yu, who had just been "instructed" by Wu Liang.
It is also because of this that Cheng Yu lived comfortably to the age of eighty in history and died at the end of his life.
This is in stark contrast to Xun Yu, who was more relied on by Boss Cao at this time, Xun Yu is definitely much greater than Cheng Yu's credit in history, but the ending is far less satisfactory than Cheng Yu, and it can even be said to be miserable.
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Although there are many family members of Boss Cao, they are far less than a few hundred.
Among them, in addition to Wu Liang's beauties and Caofu's personal guards, there are also those who stayed in Chenliu at the beginning, and they also came with them on this trip, and they happened to take on the duties of guards on the way, which can be regarded as making the best use of things.
Treating Boss Cao's family, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu did not dare to slack off at all, and vacated a big house for them overnight to settle down.
Wu Liang's family also got a small house.
Although the scale is not as large as the mansion left by Chen, it is much more comfortable than the military camp.
Moreover, when Zhang Miao's matter is finished, Wu Liang will definitely return to Chenliu, and he is only living here temporarily, so naturally there is no need to be so particular.
After the Jiang beauties settled down in this way, Wu Liang finally had the time to call Chen Jinshui and the others over, and asked the question in his heart: "What happened to Chen Liu?" β
"Zhang Miao has movement!"
Yin Jian lowered his voice and said, "It's not what I said, it was said by the guards of the Jun family, they were instructed by Captain Cao to pay close attention to every move in the city, and recently found out that Lu Bu's department had arrived near Chenliu, Zhang Miao not only secretly sent people to send grain and grass, so that he was secretly stationed in the dense forest, but also repeatedly had secret meetings with him late at night. β