confirmed Wu Liang's ability with his own eyes, and Cao Yuru obtained the treasure, and his originally anxious heart finally settled down.

Knowing that he would have to wait for two hours in the future, he ordered a few cronies to take care of him in the same place, so he invited Wu Liang to return to the military tent to "discuss important matters".

Wu Liang also said that something important was something, and he was a little strange in his heart.

As a result, after Cao Yu put the curtain of the military tent away, he showed an aunt smile, and then turned around and took out a small unopened jar from the wooden box accompanying him.

"Hehe, although the lord explicitly prohibits drinking during the expedition, I must make an exception to drink with you tonight, otherwise it will be difficult to calm the excitement in my heart, but the conditions are limited, this wine is not warm, let's take a moment first, and I will invite you to drink after the class teacher."

Putting the small jar on the table, Cao Yu slapped open the mud and poured the wine, while suppressing his voice and laughing.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no distillation and purification of the wine-making process, so the liquor at this time was still some rice wine with a lower degree, that is, the ancestor of rice wine in later generations.

When the sake is served in a bowl, the aroma is overflowing, mixed with the sweetness characteristic of rice wine.

After Cao Yu poured the wine, he personally picked up a bowl and presented it to Wu Liang with both hands, and saluted very formally: "You have made a great contribution tonight, and I will salute you on behalf of the envoy and the army of the people." ”

"Be loyal to his position, and the military does not have to be so polite."

Wu Liang also stood up, took the wine bowl with both hands and saluted Cao Yu, raised his head and drank it all.

This wine has a slight hint of bitterness in its sweetness, and it should be a corn wine unique to the north, not a glutinous rice wine from the south.

"Hah

A bowl of wine was in his stomach, and Cao Yu was intoxicated and moaned.

Seeing that Wu Liang had already taken the initiative to get up and pour the wine, the appreciation on his face became stronger, and he asked with a smile: "The man has twenty crowns and words, you should have already taken the words, right?" ”

Wu Liang knew that people who knew each other in this era would usually be called by words, which was both a sign of intimacy and a kind of respect, Cao Yu suddenly asked this question to have the meaning of befriending him, so he said with a smile: "Back to the army, Liang already has words, words have talents." ”

"Talented and talented, talented in the chest, good words!"

Cao Yu is also a talkative master, and when he heard this, he immediately picked up the wine and said with a sense of solicitation, "I am slightly older than you, you and I are familiar at first sight, in the future, I will call you a virtuous brother in private, and you don't want to be angry, just call me Brother Anmin, how about it?" ”

An Min?

Wu Liang felt that these two were very familiar when he first heard them, so after reading them twice more in his heart, Cao Yu's identity was about to come out.

"An Min...... Cao Anmin...... Could it be that Cao Anmin?! ”

The person "Cao Anmin" only appears twice in historical documents.

Once in Cao Pi's "Self-Introduction": "At the beginning of Jian'an, Shangnan conquered Jingzhou, Zhiwan, Zhang Xiu descended, and the sun was reversed. The deceased brother Xiaolian Zixiu and his brother Anmin were killed. ”

The other time was in "Three Kingdoms: Emperor Wu Ji": "In the first month of the spring of the second year, the public arrived in Wan. Zhang Xiu surrendered, regretted it, and reversed. Gong fought with the army, the army was defeated, and the eldest son Ang and his disciple An Min were killed. ”

This all points out the identity of "Cao Anmin", he is the son of Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De, so he is Cao Cao's nephew and Cao Pi's cousin.

However, in both documents, only his character is mentioned, and his name is not mentioned.

So that later generations have no way to verify it, so they can only write in his biography: "Cao Anmin, the word Anmin, the name is unknown."

However, the date of Cao Anmin's death is very clear in historical documents, and it is even accurate to the month - the first month of the second year of Jian'an (197 AD).

In the second year of Jian'an, that is, four years after the present, Cao Cao led the army to the south, and Zhang Xiu, the defender of Wancheng, led the people to surrender.

As a result, after entering the city, Cao Cao committed the "Cao thief disease" again, and forcibly took Zhang Xiu's aunt Mrs. Zou as a concubine, and Zhang Xiu held a grudge because of this.

Cao Cao also knew that Zhang Xiu had a grudge in his heart, so he was ready to secretly kill Zhang Xiu to get rid of the trouble, but the plan was leaked, Zhang Xiu listened to Jia Xu's plan and took the lead in launching a sneak attack, Cao Cao was defeated and fled in a hurry.

Cao Anmin died in the war.

He was also killed by Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, and the famous general Dian Wei, known as the "Ancient Evil......

Unexpectedly, this little military candidate in front of him is still an amazing second-generation official?

However, recalling the previous details, it is not without a trace.

Although Cao Cao was not the only one with the surname Cao in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the officers surnamed Cao in the Cao camp had some relationship with Cao Cao.

In addition, raising military salaries is fundamental to marching and fighting.

Stealing the tomb of the royal family of the Han Dynasty is a matter that defies the world's disapproval, and it is easy to give people a handle.

With Cao Cao's temperament of "I'd rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me", he would definitely not hand over such an important and sensitive matter to a person who can't be trusted.

From this, it can be inferred that this Cao Yu must be a person who has won Cao Cao's trust, and naturally it cannot be as simple as a military candidate on the surface.

It's just that the name Cao Yu has not been passed on to future generations, and Wu Liang has never heard of it, so he didn't think about it deeply.

But it's not too late to know.

Wu conscience was pleasantly surprised.

Now as long as he is good friends with Cao Yu, it is equivalent to hugging Prime Minister Cao Cheng's toes, and it is not far from hugging his thighs to rob the tomb by order.

"Talented and virtuous brother?"

Seeing Wu Liang looking at him with a strange expression and not saying a word, Cao Yu shouted in surprise.

Wu Liang finally came back to his senses, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Anmin, I respect you." ”

"Hahaha, a talented and virtuous brother can't have anything on his mind, right? You and I are now commensurate with each other, and if a virtuous brother has something on his mind, he doesn't have to hide it, maybe he can help his brother. ”

After drinking this bowl of wine, Cao Yu was already a little embarrassed, but the degree of this wine was not high, and now he has only drunk two bowls, so it should not be enough to be drunk, but this guy is born with alcohol allergies.

"I don't have anything to worry about, but I think the tomb of King Liang Xiao is probably not simple."

Wu Liang wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said.

"What do you mean by that?"

Cao Yu's face immediately became solemn.

"Brother An Min, have you ever read "The Records of Taishi Gongji"?"

"Taishi Gongji" is the later secular called "Historical Records", which is a general history of the Western Han Dynasty, and this work was completed only a few hundred years ago.

However, looking at Cao Yu's confused expression, Wu Liang already knew that this guy must not have seen it, so he continued: "It is recorded in the "Taishi Gongji": In the sixth year of the Middle Yuan Dynasty, Liu Wu, the king of Liang Xiao, went to Liangshan to hunt, and someone gave him a strange cow with feet on his back. ”

Hearing this, Cao Yu's hand pouring wine stopped, frowned slightly and said, "I only know that Liu Wuju, the king of Liangxiao, is favored, the treasury has nearly a trillion dollars, there are more jewels and jade treasures than the Jingshi, and there are three hundred miles of Sui Garden, its luxury is better than the palace, and the world's talented people are fascinated, this person has this name before his death, and the burial in the mausoleum after death must be no different, but I have never heard of such strange things...... What does a talented brother know about this? ”

"It's hard to say."

Seeing that there was no information from Cao Yu's mouth that could confirm the "Historical Records", Wu Liang shook his head and said, "But since it is recorded in the "Taishi Gongji", I am afraid that this matter is not groundless, and we had better be more careful when entering the tomb, so as not to be happy and sad." ”

"Brother Xian's words are very true, for the first time my brother has done this grave digging thing, I really don't know the depths of it, and I have to pay more attention to Brother Xian."

Cao Yu asked with a deep groan.

"If you can help Brother Anmin, my brother will be a fool."

Wu Liang got up and hugged his fists.

"Well said! What I want is the phrase of the virtuous brother, come on, let's drink! ”

Hearing Wu Liang say this, Cao Yu was overjoyed, took the wine bowl and drank it all, wiped his mouth and said, "Talented and virtuous brother, I see that you talk extraordinary, you must have read a lot of sage books, but why did you hide it before, and be willing to be enslaved and driven by others?" ”

"It's just a few side doors, and you can't get on the stage."

Wu Liang looked at his nose and nose, and then smiled modestly, "Talented Brother" really hasn't read a book, Dou Da doesn't know a lot of words, and it is actually him who has read a lot of "sage books".

"Not really."

Cao Yu shook his head and said, "Now that the princes from all walks of life are in troubled times, it is the time to employ people, no matter where you go with your knowledge, it should be easy to be a guest." ”

"Brother Anmin praised it falsely, my brother is just a little person with no ambition in his chest, he just wants to live a stable life in the Wanren Army for a few days, I hope Brother Anmin will understand."

Wu Liang said again.

In fact, he knows better than Cao Yu that there was no nine-year compulsory education in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the vast majority of the people did not have a high level of education.

It's a pity that he doesn't have the ambition to do this, how can fighting a war be as interesting as robbing a tomb......

"A talented and virtuous brother is really a wonderful person."

Cao Yu smiled, and then Zhengse said, "In this case, after stealing the tomb of King Liang Xiao, I will take you to meet the envoy in person, and ask for an official position for you to show your skills in the Gongren army, how about it?" ”

"Thank you Brother An Min, in fact, it doesn't matter if you are an official or not, my brother mainly admires the people of the envoy and Brother An Min, and is willing to do what he can for the hero."

These words were in Wu Liang's heart, and he was pleasantly surprised in his heart, so he just excused himself a little and then came down.

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