Chapter 33, the heart is heavy
Zhao Yun returned to the house with a heavy heart, and as soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Cai Yan, who had already cried into tears, this time Cai Yan did not faint, as soon as he saw Zhao Yun, Cai Yan couldn't cry, and was busy kneeling on the ground.
Zhao Yun was taken aback, and quickly helped her up, "What are you doing, get up quickly." β
Cai Yan's eyes were red when he cried, "General, I beg you to save my father, and now, only you can save him." β
"Me?"
Zhao Yun sighed, and said in his heart, "It's useless for civil and military officials to plead hard, I don't have so much energy." β
However, no matter whether it works or not, Zhao Yun will never sit idly by, and immediately persuaded, "Don't worry, I will do my best to rescue Cai Zhonglang from the cage." β
Cai Yan cried, "If the general can rescue his father, the slave family is willing to serve the general as a slave!" β
Zhao Yun waved his hand again and again: "Madame, it's serious." β
Cai Yan bit his lip, a hint of blush appeared on his face, and he said softly, "General, the slave family's husband has passed away, and I have left the Hedong Wei clan, so don't call me Mrs. anymore." β
Cai Yan's life experience is very pitiful, only a year after marrying Wei Zhongdao, her husband died, because she left no heirs, Cai Yan left the Wei family, speaking of which, there are also elements of being forced away by the Wei family.
Her husband died early, Cai Yan was considered a bad omen by the Wei family, and she was suspected of being a husband, although she didn't say it in the open, but Cai Yan, who was young, was treated coldly by the Wei family in every way since her husband died.
Zhao Yun nodded, "Okay!" β
Calling Mrs., Zhao Yun himself felt a little awkward, but he didn't know what to call it for a while, girl, miss, obviously not suitable.
Cai Yan Bingxue was smart, guessed what Zhao Yun was thinking, and hurriedly said, "If the general doesn't give up, you can call me Wen Ji in the future." β
Wen Ji is her word, in ancient times, few women have words, Cai Yan is the daughter of Cai Zhonglang, the great Confucian of the world, the status is extraordinary, it is not surprising to have a word, it can also be seen that her status at that time is definitely second to none among women.
In later generations, many people said that Cai Yan was originally called Cai Zhaoji, but later because Sima Zhao was the king, in order to avoid secrecy, he changed it to Wen Ji.
In fact, this statement is not valid at all.
Because Sima Zhao was crowned king in his later years, he died after two years of kingship. He was crowned king in 263 C.E. And Cai Yan died many years earlier at that time, and the two of them are not people of the same era at all!
Zhao Yun nodded reluctantly, he has always paid attention to etiquette, for him, Wen Ji is equivalent to Cai Yan's milk name, calling him by his name, he always feels a little ambiguous, and he is not very respectful to people.
But since Cai Yan said so, Zhao Yun couldn't refuse.
Without dinner, Zhao Yun left the inn with Tai Shici, and he decided to visit a few influential courtiers first, and by the way, he could probe them from their mouths, so as to understand Wang Yun's attitude towards this matter from the side.
I visited several courtiers in a row, but they were not optimistic, especially when Taiwei Ma Riyan mentioned Wang Yun, he sighed again and again, saying that Wang Yun can't listen to anyone's words now, he is too domineering and domineering, he can't get a needle in, he can't splash water, and he is stubborn to the extreme.
Zhao Yun's mood became heavier and heavier, and he didn't even give Wang Yun the affection of the captain, and things were very difficult to handle.
"Let's go, come with me to the cell to visit Cai Zhonglang."
Zhao Yun made up his mind and took Tai Shici to the prison.
When he met the jailer, Zhao Yun secretly gave them a lot of benefits, and successfully got permission to visit the prison, Tai Shici was indignant and couldn't help complaining, "Those little minions are really hateful, if they don't give them benefits, they will make things difficult in every way, I really want to clean them up." β
Zhao Yun disagreed, "It's all trivial things that are not worth mentioning, it's important to do the right thing, why bother to be like a few gatekeepers." β
came to the cell where Cai Yong was being held, and the scene in front of him made Zhao Yun unable to say a word for a long time.
The bars of the cells cast black shadows, and a suffocating stench wafted everywhere, and the dim lights and shadows were all the more gloomy and desolate like ghost fires raising the ground.
Cai Yong, who was full of white hair, curled up, leaning against the corner of the wall, the contrast between black and white in height was even more terrifying in the weirdness, this prodigy of the world had lost his former grace, and beside him, there was a dilapidated clay basin, and there were a lot of rough leftovers in it.
Hearing the footsteps, Cai Yong didn't look up, and was locked in prison all day, which made his facial senses become sluggish, and people were also depressed and numb.
"Lord Cai!"
Zhao Yun cleared his voice and called out.
Maybe the voice was too small, Cai Yong didn't hear it, Zhao Yun shouted twice, and Cai Yong slowly raised his head.
I saw him, described as withered, with a disheveled head, and his appearance was very haggard, and by the dim light, Cai Yong looked at Zhao Yun a few times, but did not recognize who he was.
"Who are you?"
The voice is hoarse, and he seems to be lacking in strength and very weak.
Zhao Yun sighed in his heart, and hurriedly replied, "I am Zhao Yun, Changshan Zhao Yun, and I am here to visit the old man." β
"Zhao Yun?"
Cai Yong's eyes lit up, he staggered to his feet, and as soon as his body moved, the iron chains on his body made a gurgling metal sound.
Zhao Yun gritted his teeth angrily, Cai Yong was already a handful of years, and he was almost inhuman when he was tortured, not counting, he was actually handcuffed and shackled.
Who would have thought that a generation of Confucianism would end up in such a situation.
Cai Yong took a few steps forward and came to Zhao Yun's approach, if he hadn't reached out to hold the fence, he would not be able to stand steadily.
"Are you really Zhao Yun?"
Zhao Yun nodded, asked the jailer to open the prison door, and Zhao Yun and Tai Shici walked in.
It was very dirty inside, the smell was unpleasant, and there was no place to stay, but Zhao Yun didn't care about these, and asked Tai Shici to put down the food box, Zhao Yun helped Cai Yong to sit down first, and he also sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Why are you here?"
Cai Yong was very puzzled, he had nothing to do with Zhao Yun, but when Zhao Yun killed Dong Zhuo, Cai Yong still admired him very much, and he didn't expect that Zhao Yun would come to Chang'an and visit him in prison.
Zhao Yun told Cai Yong the reason why he came to Chang'an without concealment, and also mentioned that he met Cai Yan on the way.
"Wen Ji, she..."
Cai Yong was startled at first, and then let out a long sigh, "Wen Ji is really a hard-working child, and the old husband didn't know that her husband's family had died until today." β
As a parent, how can anyone not love their daughter, although the atmosphere in the late Han Dynasty was relatively enlightened, and women did not need to be widowed for men, and they could remarry, but their daughter suffered such misfortune at a young age, Cai Yong's heart was like a knife, and she was speechless for a long time.
After a while, Cai Yong struggled to stand up and bowed deeply to Zhao Yun, "General Zhao Yun, you are chivalrous and courageous, open-minded, not only saved my daughter, but also worked hard to escort her all the way to Chang'an, the old man remembers your great kindness and is grateful!" β