Chapter 197: Burial
Meng Da looked at the war knife on his shoulder, and he was indeed not too flustered.
Although his relationship with Liu Feng is not good, he knows Liu Feng very well, if Liu Feng really wants to kill him, then he is afraid that he is already in a different place now!
"Why should General Liu Feng be angry!" Meng Da chuckled, "If General Liu Feng doesn't like it, then a certain family won't talk about it in the future!" ”
"Humph!" Liu Feng snorted coldly, and his face became extremely unkind, "If you say this kind of thing, you will definitely die if you say it again!" ”
Meng Da looked at Liu Feng with an indignant face, and knew that he really couldn't say more, so he couldn't help but chuckle, and then arched his hand and was about to leave!
Liu Feng didn't keep it this time, and directly stretched out his hand to send off the guest.
It wasn't until Meng Da took his drummers out of the camp that he came to his senses, "Who's the guest, this damn guy, was it just a send-off, right?" ”
Whether it was the entourage around him or the drummer, no one dared to speak much, for fear that he would be slapped in the face by Meng Da!
However, Meng Da didn't point to what recovery this group of guys would give him, his eyes turned to the dancing girls who had just danced, he didn't know if there was someone in here who would make Liu Fengdu lose his proportion.
Meng Da is not a fool, he doesn't know that Liu Feng did it on purpose just now, it's just that he doesn't want to ask more, but now since Liu Feng doesn't want to turn the gun, then he has to prepare for cooperation, and he also has to be careful, if something happens to Fa Zheng, he can also have a way to restrain Liu Feng.
"Haha, it's hard work, I'm back to the mansion today, don't perform anymore, let's take a rest!"
Meng Da quickly left after saying this, and those drum musicians and dancers also hurriedly thanked them again and again after hearing them, they are all performing arts to make a living, and it is already very lucky to have a long-term customer, if this customer is not bad for them, it is even better.
Meng Da returned to his dancing girl with a group of people, and at the same time, he also let his relatives start to investigate, inquiring about Liu Feng's movements, the reaction of the Shen family, and the dancing girl sent by the Shen family, as well as his drum musician, he also began to prepare.
However, even though Meng Da's ability is not weak, he is not familiar with life in Shangyong after all, and with the two old foxes of the Shen family, Shen Yi and Zhang Shiping, he can only inquire about what he wants him to know.
There will be no major changes here in Hanzhong for a short time, but now Luoyang has begun a big change.
Luoyang's school government has newly established the headquarters of the school office, which is to move the center of the school office from Yecheng to Luoyang, and this process is personally supervised by Cao Pi.
The land of Guanzhong has now begun to become more flowery, this is not because Cao Pi migrated to how many people, his father Cao Cao had done this kind of thing countless times, but it was useless, the people did not want to be displaced and leave the country.
Cao Pi did not choose to move, he just moved the school office to Luoyang, changed the Luoyang Palace, and moved the power center of the Principality of Wei to Luoyang, and then let the civil and military officials of the Principality of Wei also come to Luoyang to work.
In the end, he let one of his henchmen, Xiahou Shang, a partial general under Yan Ling Hou Cao Zhang, return to Yecheng with Cao Cao's body for burial, and he continued to preside over the affairs of the Principality of Wei.
At this moment, Guanzhong became prosperous, and it became very prosperous, not because of how many people came, but because the civil and military officials of the Principality of Wei came to Luoyang in a swarm with their private soldiers, slaves, etc.
Along with them came the families and servants who relied on them, each of whom could bring hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of people, and at the same time there were merchants and goods one by one, flooding Luoyang and even Guanzhong!
I don't know whether Cao Pi did it intentionally, or if it was a coincidence that he didn't write a book, and it was really unintentional.
In short, Cao Pi realized one to the end this time, that is, the effect of forcibly relocating the people is far less than now, the effect of relying on the right to migrate, and at the same time he also successfully saw the ability of the family, what his father did not do at the beginning, those families, did not use force, so they did it easily.
The guy who came from tens of thousands of people at every turn, Cao Pi was dumbfounded, and when he was young, he heard people say that Liu Xuande controlled the entire Xuzhou for the daughter of a businessman, and even gave up Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping, who had followed him for many years, for the sake of a Mi family, and also abandoned Chen Deng and Chen Qun, two geniuses in the world.
Cao Pi was simply an endless ridicule of this, because he also married Zhen Mi, he felt that Zhen Mi was not of much use to him, and the Zhen family, as one of the several wealthy businessmen, was not inferior to the Mi family, so Cao Pi thought that their strength was about the same.
But the Zhen family did not help him much, and he didn't take it seriously, but when Cao Pi saw this group of people from the family, he came to Luoyang with his own strength, and even came late to settle in the counties around Luoyang, and went farther and farther.
What does this scene show, just with less than three points of the strength of the Central Plains, Cao Cao has not been able to complete one thing for most of his life, thanks to the blessing of their group, Guanzhong has quickly recovered his vitality.
After all, what is most lacking in Guanzhong is the population, a large number of young and strong, Guanzhong is not short of land, not even lack of fertile soil, Zhong Miao has been a lieutenant for so many years, and he has done a good job in the people's livelihood.
But he didn't dare to encourage birth and breeding too much, because Guanzhong couldn't afford to raise so many people, plus there was a steady stream of cholera in Xiliang before, and one after another rebelled and made trouble, each of which needed to be wiped by Guanzhong, so the population couldn't go up, and at the same time, a lot of fertile land became deserted.
But now, a large number of families have migrated, bringing a large number of servants and young people, Cao Pi can control this group of people again, and finally, Luoyang is also becoming the most central place of power in the world step by step.
With these conditions, plus those capable ministers, it is much easier for Guanzhong to recover his vitality.
"King!" Just as Cao Pi was standing on the city wall, looking at the traffic below, the stalwart general Xu Chu walked to his side, "General Xiahou Shang is here, come to bid farewell to the king!" ”
Cao Mengde's mourning period has passed, and now he must be buried, Cao Pi went against the norm and did not let Cao Cao be buried in Luoyang, but let out the wind and told everyone that Cao Cao was going back to Yecheng and back to the tomb prepared for him by Wei.
However, this wind was let out, and the advance troops had already left, but the real coffin, and Xiahou who escorted the coffin, had not yet left.
"Is Boren leaving?" Cao Pi came back to his senses, and at the same time showed a light chuckle, "Let me come up, I just have something to tell him!" ”
"No!" After Xu Chu agreed, he retreated, and soon Xiahou Shang, who was dressed in clothes, walked over and walked in front of Cao Pi.
"The last general, Xiahou Shang, has seen King Wei!" Xiahou Shang is considered to be Xiahou Ru's cousin, and he is also the cousin of the late Xiahou Yuan, and the Cao family can also be regarded as the family, but at this time, Xiahou Shang was indeed a little surprised when he saw Cao Pi, and he was also a little flustered.
"What? Are you scared? Cao Pi looked at Xiahou Shang and chuckled, "Those sour Confucian literati, can you believe it too?" ”
Cao Pi's tone of voice is very light, there is no sense of blame, and there is no unfathomable but domineering feeling of Cao Cao, more like a spring breeze and rain, there is a silent meaning of moisturizing things, maybe this is the difference between Cao Pi and his father Cao Cao.
"The last general doesn't dare, the last general is just a general, and he doesn't have so many thoughts!" Xiahou Shang's answer can be regarded as remarkable, very good.
However, after Xiahou Shang finished speaking, Cao Pi laughed, either angrily or genuinely.
"You, you're still hiding in front of my brother, isn't it possible that you're afraid that Lone will say something about you?" Cao Pi shook his head, "Lone knows, you have a good relationship with the third brother, although people outside say that you are a lone person, but Lone knows that your heart is still towards the third brother, but you love your brother, and you know that Aru went to his command, and he didn't want to be a brother with him, so he came to Lone's command."
But you still care about the third brother very much, when the Wuhuan people were in turmoil, his father didn't have time to give him soldiers and horses, so he rushed over directly with only his own soldiers and horses, more than 1,000 people, he dared to impact the army of tens of thousands of people in Wuhuan, if it wasn't for the critical situation at the beginning, you would not ignore the dissuasion of Xiahou's parents, and take someone to the third brother as a general! ”
Cao Pi said this, and Xiahou Shang also knew that those things couldn't be hidden.
Everyone in the world said that Cao Pi's power rose greatly after becoming the prince of the king, not only Cao Mengde's adopted son Cao Zhen, who was good friends with him, became more and more outstanding, but also Xiahou Shangna, the second-generation general who was good friends with Xiahou Shangna, was also smooth sailing, and won Cao Cao's trust.
With Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang, Cao Pi has a lot more say in the Cao family, but only they know that Cao Pi does not have any military power.
Cao Zhen's military power is Cao Cao's, although Xiahou Shang's military power is his own, but only the father and son of the Cao family know, Xiahou Shang's heart may not be Cao Pi's, which may be the reason why Cao Pi was so envious and jealous of Cao Zhang.
Cao Zhang went to fight with the Wuhuan people, Xiahou Shang ignored the dissuasion, did not have an order, and rushed directly to Youzhou, regardless of the reaction of Xiahou's parents, joined Cao Zhang's camp, just to protect Cao Zhang's safety, although in the end Cao Zhang erased all traces of him, and the battle was also fought very quickly, so fast that many people did not react, Cao Zhang took them to Guanzhong.
But the school government still found out the traces of Xiahou Shang, and when Cao Pi saw the news handed over by the school office, and it was obviously a military order issued by his father and queen, Cao Pi's heart was still very uncomfortable.
Obviously, he is the prince of the king, and he is also very good if he works so hard, but everyone doesn't seem to like him, even his confidants have other sons in their hearts.
But these have passed, and now the loyal horseman Sima Xiahou Ru of his third brother is helping him to quell cholera in the northwest and help him stabilize Yongliang.
And this Xiahou Shang, who can be regarded as wavering, is also in front of him, waiting for his own order, Cao Pi sometimes really thinks that this feeling may be really good.
"Boren, get up!" Cao Pi slowed down, let Xiahou Shang stand up, and then sighed and said, "What happened before, let him pass, this sentence was said to the third brother by the Lone King at the beginning, and now I will say it to you again, you don't have to think about it, the relationship between the Lone King and the third brother is actually quite good!" ”
After hearing this, Xiahou Shang paused for a moment, and then said softly, "Yan Linghou also told us so at the beginning, he said that the Cao family, only the king can persuade him!" ”
"Hahahaha!" Cao Pi laughed, "If other people say this to the Lone King, the Lone King will definitely think that it is flattering the Lone King, but you Boren will not, and the Lone King will believe you!" ”
At the same time, Cao Pi also sneered, "Then Yan Linghou didn't tell you, why did this guy say that?" At the beginning, that guy and his wife, the two of them almost demolished the school office, this is still a certain family to persuade, otherwise, the school office will disappear from my Cao family from that day!
But think about it, I really miss it, at that time, there was a father to shelter me from the wind and rain, I waited to show my ambitions to the fullest, where like now, what you want to do, you have to rely on yourself to do it, a little careless, that is all lost, step by step difficult! ”
Xiahou didn't know what Cao Pi meant by saying this to himself, and he didn't dare to reply, so he knelt on one knee with his fists in his hands and didn't say a word, Cao Pi also shook his head when he saw him like this.
"Go, go to Yecheng, bury my father, let my father rest in peace!" Cao Pi sighed, then took out a piece of cloth from his arms and handed it over, "There is a cloth here, when you see someone who can't believe it, open it!" ”
After finishing speaking, he didn't give Xiahou Shang a chance to explain, so he waved his hand directly and let him go down.
Cao Pi's series of operations, to be honest, Xiahou Shang is a little blind, but seeing that Cao Pi didn't explain, he didn't want to bother too much, and saluted Cao Pi again, and then retreated, and soon where the city gate was, a team walked out again, led by Xiahou Shang, and then surrounded an extremely wide coffin, and went to Yecheng, where there were also people waiting for them.
"Hey, Zhongkang!" After Cao Pi saw Cao Cao's coffin leave, he sighed in a low voice and looked at Xu Chu who had just walked up, "You say, is it right for the Lone King to do this?" ”
Xu Chu didn't say whether he was right or wrong, this was to tell Cao Pi, "If the lord has knowledge, he will definitely feel gratified!" ”
Xu Chu's words may have given Cao Pi some comfort, and then nodded, while still sighing silently in his heart, "It's a pity that a certain family is destined to disappoint my father, some people, a certain family really can't let go, let him go, I, Cao Pi, will not be able to sleep in this life!" ”
Cao Pi returned to his palace and continued to deal with all kinds of things, and now anyone with a discerning eye can see that Cao's rights have been moved from Yecheng to Luoyang, which may be preparing for that step, every day there are all kinds of dignitaries and dignitaries coming to Guanzhong, and there are endless things waiting for him every day.
And Xiahou Shang took the army and the coffin on the journey back to Yecheng, and now the climate is still cold, which is why they dare to travel a long distance to bring Cao Cao's coffin to Yecheng, if it is in the summer, I am afraid this matter will be embarrassing.
Xiahou Shang has not gone slowly, but from Luoyang to Yecheng, he still went to Xudu first, this is the rule, after all, Cao Cao used to be the king of Wei of the Han Dynasty, and he was also the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and he was in charge of the Cao family for many years, and he was in charge of the Han for many years!
Although Emperor Han really wanted to make soup for Cao Cao's bones, he still had to do things to save face at this time.
If Xiahou Shang wants to take Cao Cao to Xudu, then there is one place that he is absolutely indispensable, and that is the border county of Xudu, Yanling!
When Cao Zhang was given the title of Yan Linghou, many people felt incredible, because Yan Ling and Xu Du were too close, which was simply telling everyone that he wanted to put this son by his side.
But that was all before, and now Yanling Hou Cao Zhang can really only be a rich man in Yanling, with no power or power, and he didn't even take one away from him.
Xiahou Shang arrived outside Yanling City, he was very hesitant, he had countless impulses, wanting to enter Yanling, this kind of thing is also reasonable, and at this time, the county order of Yanling City, I am afraid that he has also set aside an area of his city to prepare for the army to be stationed.
It's just that Xiahou Shang finally chose to be stationed outside the city, not to mention other things, the most difficult thing for him is that he doesn't know how to face that person, he has told that person more than once that he is willing to assist him as the king of Wei, but in the end, he still obeyed the orders of his elders and bowed down in front of Cao Pi.
"The army is stationed outside the city, and it is encamped on the spot!" As soon as Xiahou Shang gave the order, he let the army start to station, and he himself was as usual, looking for a small hill with no people, and then staring at the night sky blankly, thinking about what he should do in the rest of his life, people like him probably have no chance to come to the battlefield again.
But this time, before he could leave, he was stopped by the guards beside him.
"General!" The guard's voice trembled a little, "General, look over there, is there a person there?" ”
"People? Isn't it normal for someone here? Xiahou Shang chuckled, "It's so close to Yanling here, and the people passing by here, what's there..."
Before Xiahou Shang finished speaking, he was stunned, because he also saw that person, the person that the guard said was the person he had been hesitating about, wanting to see but not having the courage to see.
Although the distance was very far, although the sky was already a little dark, Xiahou Shang still recognized it at a glance, that appearance had been imprinted into his bones, the fiery red war horse that could be seen in the dusk, the long Fang Tian painting halberd, and the one that was draped.
"Aaki... No, that's Yan Linghou? Xiahou Shang's eyes suddenly turned a little red, he didn't know why he was like this, it stands to reason that he should be scared now, he was sorry for that guy, but now he really wanted to rush over and say sorry to him.
Just when Xiahou Shang was still giving himself courage, he suddenly saw that the person he wanted to see but didn't dare to see had begun to walk in his direction.
Xiahou Shang's personal guards have followed him for a long time, and naturally they also know some things about his own general, and they are all people who followed Xiahou Shang to Youzhou at the beginning, and they also know the grievances and grievances between Yan Ling Hou Cao Zhang and his own general.
"General, Yan Linghou is here!" The entourage looked at Xiahou Shang, who was still in a daze, and reminded softly, dragging his spirit back.
Xiahou Shang struck a spirit, and then said softly, "Continue to do your business, don't worry about anything else, protect the corpse of the former King of Wei, and continue to set up camp!" ”
After finishing speaking, he also greeted Cao Zhang directly, although he still didn't know what Cao Zhang was here for, and he also didn't know why a person who had already retired would appear in front of him so quickly, or appear so openly.
However, in other words, Xiahou Shang really didn't want that person to say anything to embarrass him, and now he had no hope.
When he walked in front of Cao Zhang, looking at the face that had almost no change, but no longer had any sharp energy, Xiahou Shang regretted it again, a fierce general who was full of sharpness, but now he has become like this, and has become a rather amiable person, among them, what a setback!
"Ahh Yan Linghou! Xiahou Shang opened his mouth, but finally sighed and called Yan Linghou, "Do you have any other orders?" Haven't you already retired? ”
Cao Zhang sneered directly, "Could it be that you guy, when you left Luoyang again, didn't you hear anything?" For example, the King of Wei, the eldest brother of a certain family gave it to you? ”
Cao Zhang said this, but it gave Xiahou Shang a wake-up call, and he was stunned suddenly, and then took out the letter from his arms that had not been opened.
"You...."Xiahou Shang shook the letter in front of Cao Zhang, "This thing is related to Yan Linghou?" ”
"See for yourself!" Cao Zhang stretched his waist, he was tired these days, he had been busy fighting before, and he couldn't take care of settling down at home, but now he finally has a chance, of course, he has to clean up the back cover of Yan Linghou, especially his own house.
If it weren't for his eldest brother writing to him and asking him to help deal with things that only he can do, he really wouldn't have bothered to bother with this matter!
Xiahou Shang looked at Cao Zhang's posture, and knew that he had guessed correctly, but after thinking about it, this was still true, although it was not impossible to see Cao Zhang on this trip, but in the same way, he was really a person who should not appear when he appeared here at this time.
The words on the letter are very simple, to put it bluntly, tell him that he should completely obey Cao Zhang's orders and let Cao Zhang arrange his later itinerary!
Xiahou Shang looked at this letter, kept frowning and then loosening, then wrinkling, and finally loosening, and finally at the end, he sighed helplessly, "I really can't understand you two brothers, since King Wei has an order, then he will definitely obey it!" ”
After finishing speaking, Xiahou Shang also arched his hand towards Cao Zhang.
After Cao Zhang saw it, he also nodded, and simply asked for the command of this army, which was also Cao Pi's calculation, and now he is a general in Luoyang, and there are not many people who can be released to Cao Cao for burial, but there are not many people who can make Cao Pi and Cao Zhang trust.
Xiahou Ru is still in Yongliang, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu have important things to do, and the kid from Cao Chun's family has no name in vain and has no ability!
In particular, this kind of thing is not very convenient for the Cao family, so they can only use the relationship of the Xiahou family, Xiahou Dian's sons, although Xiahou Chong is the eldest son, but this ability is.... But it's hard to put into words!
Xiahou Xuan's second son, Xiahou Nan, to be honest, although he does not have the ability to lead troops into battle, he is also a good hand at stabilizing the family business, especially not good at power, and he has been friends with Cao Pi, the king of Wei, since he was young, this kind of character, it can be said that it is very suitable to do this, but it is a pity that his popularity is not good, not to mention that he does not deal with Cao Zhang, it is the two younger brothers, he often blames, which makes him feel disgusted with dogs in Xiahou's family now.
As for the remaining two sons of the Xiahou family and the young son, don't say it, the former is ambitious and talented, and the latter is still breastfeeding!
So after Xiahoudun, Cao Pi can only choose from a few other people, at this time, I have to say that the bloodline of Xiahou's family is really strong, although the quality of Xiahoudun's son is not good, but the quantity is still very good.
However, the number of sons of his brother Xiahou Yuan is even greater than that of Xiahou Yuan, even if the lost young son is thrown away, there are as many as seven, and the quality of each one is excellent, and each of them is a rare talent!
The eldest son Xiahou Heng is indeed the same as Xiahou Chong, the eldest son of Xiahou Heng, both of whom are the kind of masters who are not able to write and do not do martial arts, but Xiahou Heng has the ability, although he is not good at civil and military, but he will please people, when Cao Cao was alive, he was very fond of this eldest nephew, and he almost had to be raised as his own son, but it is a pity that the relationship with Cao Zhang is not good.
The second son Xiahou Ba is also Cao Pi's cousin, his mother is the younger sister of the Ding family, and his eldest brother Xiahou Heng is different, Xiahou Ba is also not very talented, but Xiahou Ba's ability is good, he is not a genius but he works extremely hard, and he has slowly begun to emerge over the years, he respects Cao Zhang very much, but unfortunately he is a big mouth, not suitable for this matter.
The third son Xiahou said, that is the most regrettable person, when Xiahou said that both civil and military, Wen can refute everyone, Wu can bend the bow to shoot the tiger, but it is a pity that when he was eighteen years old, he unfortunately died, this is a great pity for everyone, even Cao Cao kept admiring, if Xiahou said to throw it in, many Cao juniors, there is no such scenery.
The remaining sons, Xiahou Wei, who has a rather chivalrous personality, have a good relationship with Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, but they don't like Cao Zhang, who is charging into battle!
Xiahou Rong died in the battle of Dingjun Mountain in Hanzhong with his father, Xiahou Hui and Cao Zhi were good friends, Cao Pi wanted to kill him, if it weren't for his excellent ability and high talent, now Xiahou Hui should really regret it, and the remaining age is too young and not suitable.
In the end, in desperation, Cao Pi brought out this side line of the Xiahou family, Xiahou Shang, although Cao Zhi also said that Xiahou Shang's ability is not weak, although it is the Xiahou family's Pang clan, but its ability is not slightly worse than Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others.
But for Xiahou Shang, he still doesn't like it, but there is no way, what he and Cao Zhang are going to do is very final, very important to Cao Cao, very important to them, and very important to the Cao family, so in desperation, although he didn't like it, he still chose to believe Xiahou Shang.
Moreover, Xiahou Shang used to be a general under Cao Zhang, which can be regarded as understanding, with the two of them here, it will be much easier to make arrangements behind him.
Xiahou Shang may not have figured out these things in his life, but after he figured it out now, he handed over the army to Cao Zhang very happily, but Cao Zhang did not accept it, but directly let the army continue to move forward, and then took the coffin to Xudu to settle down and go to Yecheng for burial!
But the coffin is there, but Cao Cao's body is gone!
That night, after worshipping Cao Cao, Cao Zhang personally took Cao Cao's body out of the coffin, and then put it in a coffin that he had prepared a long time ago.
"Can you please not look at it with such eyes, a certain family knows that this coffin is not good-looking, and it is very rough!" Cao Zhang saw Xiahou Shang's eyes, and couldn't help but snort coldly, "This is made by a certain family!" ”
Xiahou Shang still didn't know what Cao Zhang and Cao Pi were going to do, but when he saw Cao Zhang tossing Cao Cao's corpse like this, he seemed to understand a little bit.
"King Xian, won't you send it to Yecheng?"
Cao Zhang stopped the movement in his hand and sighed helplessly, "What my father did at the beginning was a bit damaging to Yin morality, a certain family and the eldest brother are worried, and after I am both a hundred years old, if there is another Cao family, I am afraid that my father will not be at peace below, so I discussed that a certain family will personally bury my father!" ”
When Xiahou Shang heard this, the thoughts in his heart became clear, and at the same time, he also knew what Cao Zhang and Cao Pi were worried about, mainly because the two departments created by the first king Cao Cao were really a bit excessive.
A school office, so that all civil and military officials, all princes began to distrust each other, a lot of the meaning of the pre-Qin Black Ice Terrace, this is not enough, after all, there is still a precedent for this.
But Cao Cao also created a gold-touching school captain, although this official position has never been said, what is it for, but everyone is not stupid, and they all know that this is to get gold and silver money and food from the dead, as for how to get it, that is, it is dug out of the ground.
Although in the later stage, the Cao clan no longer needed them, but Cao Cao did not choose to kill them all, but stopped there, and paid money and food to support them, but although Cao Cao no longer did this, their craftsmanship was really spread, and it became bigger and bigger.
"Hey, is the first king afraid that after he dies, he will also run into Captain Jin?" There are only two people here, Xiahou Shang and Cao Zhang, so Xiahou Shang spoke a lot more naturally, "Hey, I really don't know how to say this kind of thing!" ”
Cao Zhang also sighed, and then began to continue to beat, for the things of the year, should you do that, at this time, there is no need to continue, things have happened, what he can do now is to do his best to help his father, so that he can be stable.
That night, Cao Zhang took Xiahou Shang and the coffin out of the camp, and the army behind him was handed over to the deputy general of the trip, as for all the people who wanted to follow, whether it was the general or Xiahou Shang's personal guards, they were not allowed to bring it!
"Yan Linghou, where am I going now?" Xiahou Shang looked at Cao Zhang, who was driving alone, and then looked at the already dejected war horse used to drive, and couldn't help but chuckle, "It seems that the direction you are walking is a little remote!" ”
Cao Zhang chuckled, "Just follow it, you don't have to worry where you go!" ”
The two of them walked all the way, laughing, Xiahou Shang suddenly felt that this task was actually not bad, because of family affairs before, because of various reasons, he, the eldest son of the concubine, was not treated well in the Xiahou family and the Cao family, and he couldn't do what he liked.
Now it's different, chatting with my friends, talking and laughing, looking at the night, it's quite peaceful.
"Boren!" Just when Xiahou was still in a daze, Cao Zhang suddenly called him, "You say, now the general trend of the world, do you have any opinions?" ”
Suddenly said this question, Xiahou Shang was a little depressed, he was only in his early thirties, it was a good time to make contributions, and his qualifications were not bad, he had followed Cao Cao and Cao Zhang, father and son, and had been a partial general, although he had not commanded the army like Cao Zhen, but he had also experienced the battlefield.
But he knew that he didn't seem to have a chance to continue on the battlefield, and the person who usually went to guard the spirit of the former king and the person who gave the funeral to the former king were the same person, so Xiahou Shang felt that he might stay by Cao Cao's side in the future.
"What are you talking about, what does the general trend of the world have to do with a certain family?" Xiahou Shang let out a long breath, "In the second half of a certain family's life, is it possible that there will be any opportunities in the future, and it will not be possible to go to the battlefield again?" ”
"Why not?" Cao Zhang snorted coldly, "You Xiahou Boren used to be a general under my account, how did the guy who was full of vitality at the beginning become like this now, could it be that you were castrated by them?" ”
Xiahou Shang was choked by Cao Zhang, but he still took a deep breath, and still said with a chuckle, "Before, before a certain family came out, my important ministers of the Wei State had already come, and then the King of Wei began to seal the vassals!" ”
"When the new king ascends the throne, he needs to seal many henchmen as officials, this is the rule!" Cao Chang didn't think there was anything wrong with that.
"Yes, there is no problem with this, after the King of Wei ascended the throne, he first let the backbone general Xu Chu continue to stay in the palace, and at the same time protect his own safety, and moved the Shu general Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi, and the governor of Yongliang Zhujun, and then named Jia Xu as the captain, Hua Xin as the Xiangguo, and Wang Lang as the imperial historian!
After that, the king of Wei named his uncle Xiahoudun as a general, and at the same time cleaned up Luoyang, and welcomed many foreign envoys, and the group of people who were sent to pay tribute here were sent by the king of Khotan, although there were not many things, and the envoys were not very good, but speaking of which, it was also outside the Yangwei Sai!
At the same time, the school government used Wei Wei as an excuse, Wang Zhao and Zheng Gan as the introduction, and wantonly hunted and killed ministers, and until now, the prison in Luoyang has been filled with many civil and military and their families. ”
Speaking of this, Xiahou Shang sighed helplessly, "Ah Zhang, do you want to say, I said so much, what does it have to do with a certain family?" That's right, having said so much, each has an appointment, that is, Cao Xiu was put next to his uncle, just in case, ready to replace General Cao Ren, but it has nothing to do with a certain family! ”
The new king ascends the throne, theoretically, it should be a large-scale division of cronies and brothers, as well as old ministers and important ministers, and finally his own henchmen!
Now that the list of the first batch has come out, it is obvious that Xu Chu, Jia Xu, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, and Xiahoudun are the important ministers left by the previous king to Cao Pi, and they are also the important ministers and generals who support Cao Pi.
And Cao Zhang and others returned to the fiefdom, and Cao Zhang was the first to be rewarded with 5,000 households, which is to reassure many brothers.
Then Cao Zhen of the Cao family, Cao Xiu's righteous son and collateral lineage, and the children of the Xiahou Yuan family have also inherited their father's title, but in all the things, there is no arrangement from Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Shang will not believe anything, he is Cao Pi's henchman, and he will not be in the final list.
In other words, even if Xiahou does not have to continue to guard Cao Cao's tomb for a few years, he will withdraw from the power center of the Cao family, which is inevitable.
The people who followed Cao Zhi at the beginning are still worried about survival, the most famous three tigers and four wolves, that is the biggest reliance on Cao Zhi's side, and they are also the seven people that Cao Pi hates the most.
"But a certain family is fine!" Xiahou Shang looked at Cao Zhang's face a little ugly, so he comforted him and said, "Look at Ding Yi, Ding Xuan, Yang Xiu, Kong Gui, Yang Jun, Jia Kui, and Handan Chun, except for Yang Xiu, who is already dead, the rest are still worried about whether they can live!" ”
The seven people Ding Yi, Ding Xuan, Yang Xiu, Kong Gui, Yang Jun, Jia Kui, and Handan Chun that Xiahou Shang said just now are the three tigers and four wolves under Cao Zhi, and they are also the people that Cao Zhi once relied on the most.
However, when Cao Zhang heard their names, he directly snorted coldly, "Are you worried about them?" Other people don't know, but Jia Kui's guy is not Cao Zhi's stupid guy's person, if nothing else, Jia Kui is the eldest brother's person! ”
"Wow!" As soon as Xiahou Shang heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, and when he saw that there was no one around, he directly screamed, "This is really interesting, how do you know?" ”
"Do you think a certain family is really killing?" Cao Zhang sneered disdainfully, "A certain family obviously set off earlier than Cao Pi, why did the last one arrive later than the eldest brother, you have also seen it with your own eyes, don't you want to think about it?" ”
Xiahou Shang was stunned after listening to it, he also knew about it, when Cao Zhang headed towards Luoyang, he was not far away, even if the army did not follow, but Cao Zhang should also follow, Cao Zhang is not stupid, this time is to grab time!
But why is this so, even if he doesn't bring a single soldier, there is Xu Chu still there, and there is the first king Yu Wei is still there, this kind of thing, he can't figure it out.
Cao Zhang sneered directly, "A certain family went very early, but they were stopped outside Luoyang City, and they had no choice but to invite the army to come, but at this time, the mother concubine and the eldest brother had already taken the lead on the throne!" ”
After listening to this, Xiahou Shang couldn't help but pause, "What are you talking about, Jia Kui?" ”
"Yes, it's Jia Kui!" Cao Zhang's face was very helpless, "He directly stopped a certain family, and then pressed it outside Luoyang City, a certain family originally wanted to ask him for the seal of King Wei, but instead of asking for it, he was even angrily reprimanded!" ”
After hearing this, Xiahou Shang suddenly laughed, "Don't you want to cut him directly?" A certain family remembers that the former king has already recalled you, which is obviously to be..."
Xiahou Shang's words hadn't finished yet, and then he took the initiative to shut up, he knew that if he said the rest of the words, it would be a little ugly.
However, Cao Chang didn't give him a chance to speak, "A certain family thought about killing this annoying guy directly, but Jia Kui said a word, but it was for a certain family to take back their knives, Jia Kui told a certain family, if a certain is the king of Wei, who can be a subordinate?" ”
After Xiahou Shang heard this, he also became silent, he can now understand Cao Zhang's helplessness at the beginning, Cao Zhang has already received the order of his father, and he has also got the last chance, but just like Jia Kui said, he has been a general for so many years, if he is the king of Wei, who can be a subordinate!
Cao Zhang does not have so much family support, has not commanded hundreds of civil and military officials, and does not even have many henchmen, his manpower is in his military tent, but only those people in his military tent cannot support the world.
Maybe he can still find these old ministers and make them believe in him, but he can't last long!
Even if Cao Pi is not good in a thousand ways, everything is not good, but Cao Pi already has his own power, even if there is no Cao Cao, he can smoothly take over the Cao family and let his manpower quickly fill in, but Cao Zhang can't, if he is on the throne and does not move Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's people, he is not at ease, and if he moves their people, the Cao family will be finished.
"So you gave up, didn't you?" Xiahou Shang sniffed his nose, "You won't, work a little harder, what if it happens?" ”
"It can't be done!" Cao Zhang suddenly laughed, very frank, "Actually, what Jia Kui said is quite reasonable, there is no need to look at the position of the King of Wei, this world, it is very big, if you have time, isn't it good to accompany your wife more?" It is also saved every day not to let a certain family enter the house! ”
"Hahaha, then, you're a blessing in disguise!" Xiahou Shang also laughed, "You can herd Ma Nanshan like this, but it is also a kind of happiness!" ”
Cao Zhang looked at Xiahou Shang, who seemed to be cheerful, suddenly smiled, and asked softly, "Have you ever regretted it?" No one knew your mind at the beginning, as long as you didn't say anything, as long as you listened to the elders of the Xiahou family, you could! ”
Xiahou Shang didn't answer Cao Zhang immediately, but shook his head gently, "The heart of a certain family does not allow a certain family to do this, if even their own friends can give up, a certain family can't do it!" ”
"Hey!" Cao Zhang could have thought that he would say this, but after hearing him say this, he was still very uncomfortable, "You have never regretted it, and a certain family has never regretted it, but you haven't told a certain family, how do you see the general trend of the world!" ”
"I said Ah Zhang, why are you bothering!" Xiahou Shang looked at Cao Zhang, who had to ask himself about the general trend of the world, and his face was full of helplessness, "A certain family is like this, why do you have to talk to a certain family about this?" ”
"It's a long night, and there's still a lot of road, so I have to say something, can't we just camp and sleep on the spot?" Cao Zhang sneered, "Just say it if you say it, you didn't have such grinding and chirping before!" ”
In the end, Xiahou Shang still couldn't stand Cao Zhang's endless interrogation, perhaps because he couldn't stand the thought in his heart.
"If you go outside, you must first settle inside, this is an immutable theorem!"
Xiahou Shang's answer was very simple, it was such a simple sentence, but he believed that with Cao Zhang's ability, he could understand it and know what he meant.
Sure enough, when Cao Zhang heard this, his brows furrowed directly, but in the end, Cao Zhang continued to ask, "How to keep the outside, how to settle the inside, and how to do it?" ”
Perhaps it has already begun, Xiahou Shang also opened the conversation box, and said directly to Cao Zhang, "Outside is to pacify Jiangdong and Xichuan, and Annei is the land of Yongliang and Qingxu Prefecture!" Now Jiangdong, Xichuan and my Central Plains have no strength to use swords and soldiers, Jiangdong has no new commander, and at the same time, civil strife continues, and the land of Xichuan has also fallen into a battle for succession, which is a great opportunity for us to be in peace!
In fact, now we have become the same stage again, who solves their own problems first, who first completely calms down their internal troubles, then we can give priority to the start, as the so-called step first, step by step, as long as we can take the lead in pacifying the Qiang Rebellion in the Yongliang Land, and open up the Silk Road in the Western Regions again, our forces can be three points stronger!
At the same time, there is less threat from the northwest, and when I wait to send troops to Xichuan, I don't have to worry about being attacked on my back, Ma Mengqi's position in the land of Xichuan has become more and more embarrassing, and finally with his, it's not bad if I don't be scared to death by Liu Bei and himself, where can I still make trouble!
As for Jiangdong, it must be pacified Qingxu, although Zang Ba and Sun Yu of Qingzhou are now obedient to my Central Plains, and Zang Ba is a good general for a while, but people's hearts will become, their hearts will become bigger and bigger, if they want to send troops to Jiangdong, then the problem of Qingxu must be solved, and it must be solved peacefully, and no swords and soldiers can be used, so as not to give Jiangdong a chance! ”
Cao Zhang looked at Xiahou Shang, and finally nodded, "So, do you think the most important thing for me to do now is to calm Yongliang, and then solve the land of Qingxu?" ”
But Xiahou Shang shook his head directly, looked at Cao Zhang, and said with a smile, "Ah Zhang, it's not interesting for you to talk to a certain family like this!" You know, there are some things that you Cao family can say, but we Xiahou family can't say it! ”
Cao Zhang pursed his lips, "What you said, a certain family is an idle marquis, that is, a Yan Linghou, what is not as good as you, what my Cao family said, your Xiahou family can't say it, do you and I still want to share this?" ”
Xiahou Shang also kept shaking his head, "You guy, you are just such a fool, do you have to say that taboo thing?" Is it just Yongliang and Qingxu that a certain family said? Isn't that the one in Xudu also the biggest internal trouble? ”
"So, do you think the biggest thing for King Wei is to abolish Xu Du?" Cao Zhang's eyes seemed to flash a bright light, a fleeting light.
"The first thing King Wei did was to send troops to Shangyong!" Xiahou Shang snorted coldly, "The internal troubles in the land of Yongliang are about to be calmed down now, but this is nothing more than the pacification of cholera, don't say that now they can't move those people in the Western Regions, even if they move, it can't be completed in a year and a half, if you want to subdue the countries of the Western Regions, it's a water mill!"
Similarly, in the land of Qingxu, Zang Ba, and Sun Yu, the power of the two is deep-rooted, if you want to uproot it in one fell swoop, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and if you want to do it, you can only try your best to extract their vitality little by little! This is also a water mill, and it is also just to quell cholera, and if he wants to ascend the throne, he still needs a great achievement! ”
"So, you think it's mediocre?"
"What our army can touch now is only the first line of Jiangling in Jingzhou, the first line of Shangyong, the first line of Hanzhong, and the first line of Liaodong in Youzhou, but the Gongsun family of Liaodong has always been obedient, and there is no reason to deal with them, and although Zhu Ran of Jiangling is not enterprising, he is more than capable of defending it, plus Cao Ren and Xu Huang are not on good terms now, General Cao Ren has just experienced a big defeat before, and he has no strength to capture Jiangling!
As for Hanzhong, three steps and one mountain, five steps and one pass, a certain family once went to Hanzhong with the first king, that one by one Xiongguan Mountains, if you want to fight and overcome must have a hidden path, but at this time it is Wei Yan who defends Hanzhong, that person is a risky character, if you want to trick from under his nose, this is unrealistic!
On the contrary, it is Shangyong, here is very important for us now, for Liu Xuande in Xichuan is like chicken ribs, now Guan Yu handed over Jingzhou to Jiangdong, they have lost the opportunity to go hand in hand, so Shangyong is already dispensable for them.
And if they want to send troops to Jingzhou, they don't necessarily need to use Shangyong, even if they do, it is not a matter of these two years, so sending troops to Shangyong now is the best choice, and only by sending troops can this matter be solved at the fastest speed! ”
Xiahou Shang said all this in one breath, and it could be seen that he was really a little excited, but after the excitement, he quickly fell into silence, he knew, no matter how clearly he saw it, no matter how clearly he said it, it had nothing to do with him!
Cao Zhang watched Xiahou Shang change from silence to excitement, and from excitement to silence again, looking at Xiahou Shang's appearance, this change, he knew that this guy had not given up yet, and he had not given up being a general!
The two of them walked in silence, knowing that the sky had changed from dusk to pitch black, and then from pitch black to bright, looking at the spectacular scene of the sun rising, Xiahou Shang took a deep breath of the morning air, and then exhaled the turbid air in his chest.
"For so many years, I haven't let my heart down, if I can see this scenery of the rising sun as soon as possible, a certain family will definitely like this!"
Cao Zhang looked at Xiahou Shang, who looked like he was enjoying the beautiful scenery, and a smile appeared on his face, not only because of Xiahou Shang, not only because of the newborn rising sun, but also because he saw his destination.
"Boren, let's enjoy this scene again in the future, we should get down to business!" Cao Zhang called Xiahou Shang up with a word, and then flicked the horsewhip in his hand and ran into the distance.
Xiahou Shang also looked in the direction of Cao Zhang's galloping, and also saw the guy who was constantly greeting them, looking at his unique dress, Xiahou Shang knew who it was, it was the notorious captain who touched gold.
"Yu~" The two rushed to the man's side, and then stopped their war horses, and at the same time Cao Zhang took the lead in speaking, "How did you do what you did?" ”
The captain who touched Jin arched his hand at Cao Zhang, then directly measured his body, and exposed the cave behind him, "General rest assured, this is the place chosen by a certain family, this is the best feng shui treasure land within a radius of two hundred miles from this Xudu, and at the same time, this is also a tomb of a wealthy merchant, a certain family has changed the feng shui here slightly, and when the time comes, we can put the king next to this tomb, and we can also hide people's eyes!" ”
Cao Zhang looked at the cave that was not very spacious, and couldn't help but nodded, "Good job, the rest of the time, it's a certain family, you stand back!" ”
"No!" Captain Jin bowed his hand, then took a few steps back, completely giving way to the cave behind him.
Cao Zhang didn't worry about anything wrong inside, so he directly lifted Cao Cao's coffin with one hand, and then walked step by step into the tunnel.
As for Xiahou Shang, he was also standing outside with the captain who touched the gold, although Cao Zhang didn't say what he should do just now, but he could also see that Cao Zhang said that he would let him solve the rest of the things by himself, so it had nothing to do with him Xiahou Shang.
After waiting for half an hour, Cao Zhang crawled out of the tunnel, and at the same time there was a coffin that came out, which was comparable to the previous coffin, both in terms of the new and old coffins and the style.
"Ziwen you..."With the existence of outsiders, Xiahou Shang naturally won't call Cao Zhang a zhang anymore, but it still can't change his current confusion, "What is this going to do?" ”
Cao Zhang did not answer Xiahou Shang's words, but directly tied the coffin to the carriage again, and at the same time fed the war horse some grass and water, and Cao Zhang's appearance, the silent Captain Jin on the side also suddenly walked in front of Cao Zhang and the coffin, and then knelt directly in front of them, kowtowing three heads to them, and they were heavier than ever.
After the big salute, the Captain of the Golden Tree went directly into the cave, and then soon, the surrounding of the cave began to vibrate, followed by the soil falling continuously, and soon the cave was directly buried by the soil, and everything seemed to return to its usual appearance.
At this time, Cao Zhangcai sighed, "This is my father's coffin, here is a tomb of my father, the same as here, there are seventy more, plus the well-dressed mound in Yecheng, there are a total of seventy-two graves, each of which is carefully selected by us, and they have all been explored by Captain Jin!" ”
When Xiahou Shang heard this, he couldn't help but pause, he had to feel terrible for their thoughts, and then pointed to the coffin and said, "Then this is one of the seventy-two coffins?" ”
Cao Zhang touched the coffin and couldn't help chuckling, "This kind of place, how can it be the burial place of my father's tomb, just here, is it worthy?" ”
But he turned his head and looked at Xiahou Shang again, "You remember, this is the last time for this matter, you shouldn't have been here, but since you know, that's it, forget everything that happened today, all the captains who touch the gold will die there after completing their own things, as the mausoleum guard!" ”
Xiahou Shang also sneered, and shook his head even more helplessly, "A certain family understands, it stands to reason that a certain family should also be... Mausoleum keepers? ”
Who knew that Cao Zhang sneered directly, "What nonsense are you talking about, you are my Cao clan's heavy general, used to guard the spirit, isn't it too wasteful?" ”
Xiahou Shang only felt that he was comforting himself, and he didn't really take it seriously, "Ah Zhang, don't..."
Before Xiahou Shang's words were finished, he was directly pasted on his face by a ball of letters, and at the same time, Cao Zhang's big hand slapped on Xiahou Shang's face, "You guy, can you be quiet for a while!" ”
Xiahou Shang covered his cheeks, which were already a little swollen, and picked up the cloth on his face and looked at it.
"Edict of Appointment?" The first thing Xiahou Shang saw was these words, and his face was suddenly stunned, "This is.... An edict of appointment from a certain family? Some? ”
Cao Zhang looked at Xiahou Shang and looked at his friend, and he was also sincerely happy, "You guy, you can be regarded as staying up to the end, I won't say much about a specific family, in short, you Xiahou Shang is also a commander!" ”
"Commander?" Xiahou Shang looked at the letter in his hand, and couldn't help but become very stunned, "A certain family has also become a commander?" And... Same as Cao Zhen? ”
Maybe the surprise came too suddenly, Xiahou Shang couldn't believe it, he actually became the commander of the party, and suddenly turned into a smirk.
Cao Zhang shook his head, seeing that his war horse had also recovered a lot of strength, he put on the reins again, and then arched his hand towards Xiahou Shang, "Remember what you said, this time your goal is Shangyong, you know how important Shangyong is, so you must be cautious, at the same time, this time your deputy general is General Xu Huang, remember, don't despise him!" ”
After finishing speaking, Cao Zhang drew the war horse, and directly took the war horse to continue walking into the distance, and the newborn sun shone on Cao Zhang's body, which looked very magnificent!