Chapter 22: On the Road (1)
A team of lightly armed men and horses drove quickly across the border of Hedong, led by a short man, at this time he had a lot of resentment and melancholy in his heart difficult to express, when he saw another team of strong men and luxury convoy in front of him, his face flashed a contemptuous smile, immediately increased his speed, wanting to advance. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
Just by virtue of his father's might, he surpassed his childhood playmate and sat in the position of the lieutenant of the north of Luoyang in one fell swoop, and he wanted to be the capable minister of the world and show his ambitions. The five-color stick, which has only been erected for a short time, happened to encounter something like Jian Tu that doesn't know whether to live or die.
He was very idealistic and ambitious, and he thought that he was very different from his playmate, so how frustrated he was when he thought he was trapped in the dragon and ascended to heaven but was immediately sent to the eighteenth layer of hell by a eunuch like Jian Shuo.
If you don't know, you must think that Dunqiu is such a rich land, and the tax there is the highest place in the Eastern Han Dynasty today. A few days ago, Cao Cao didn't understand why an enemy like Jian Shuo would promote himself as the Taishou of Dunqiu, and later listened to the explanation of Da Si Nong's father and learned that Dunqiu was because of a local tyrant like Wang Fu who levied evil and caused the tax to become high. Jian Shuo let himself go to Dunqiu, and his purpose was just to get rid of himself by Wang Fu's hand.
But he Cao Mengde is not afraid, how can he, who claims to be capable, be afraid of a local tyrant? Go to Dunqiu, go to Dunqiu, Lao Tzu even dared to beat Jian Shuo, the uncle of the little red guy, to death, is he afraid of Wang Fu?
But before his tenure, Cao Song gave him another task, and now he is very satisfied with his envoy to Anyi on behalf of the Cao family, and he has long been interested in the man who invented chess and has a marriage contract with his little sister.
Cao Mengde stopped thinking, and when he was about to overtake the convoy in front of him, he stopped the shadow under his crotch, stretched out his hand and patted the flagpole of the "Yuan" flag set up by the convoy, and laughed.
"I heard that you were injured by a vicious dog in Luoyang, the foolish brother was really worried, and he wanted to ride side by side with you to talk about his childhood, but it seems that he can't do it as usual."
Cao Cao's unbridled laughter had already made the generals in the convoy look at each other angrily, and he was impulsive, like Yu She, who already had a tendency to draw his sword.
Cao Cao wasn't nervous, just looked at Yu Shi and said with a smile, "General Yu doesn't have to be nervous, how can the relationship between Cao and your lord be swordsmanship?" β
After speaking, ignoring the anger of the Yuan army, he patted the horse's back again and drove away, not forgetting to shout: "Highway, foolish brother will not deceive you if you are injured, we will see you in Anyi!" β
Yuan Shu's face in the carriage was extremely dark, and he smashed the jade bracelet he was playing with.
In the face of Cao Cao, who had bullied him since he was a child, he had no way, Cao Mengde, a short man, did not care about his identity as the fourth and third duke of the Yuan family, and he did not spare his hand when he should beat him Yuan Highway. Many times he returned home with injuries, and the key was to hide from his father Yuan Feng that he was beaten by Cao Mengde, because telling the truth would make him very embarrassed.
Thinking of this, Yuan Shu was angry, in fact, he was bitten by a vicious dog a few months ago, and the injuries on his body had already improved a lot, this time he was sent by his father to represent the Yuan family to Hedong, how could he be tired of riding a horse?
It's all that hateful son! Yuan Shu's face was terrifying black again, if it weren't for his half-brother Yuan Shao, who had gone to the mansion of the great general He Jin not long ago, to be a staff member and upright party eunuch during the grim period of the struggle, how could he have come forward this time?
Thinking back to the past, when Cao Cao beat him, that hateful concubine never reached out to help, but chose to watch his jokes on the sidelines!
The jade bracelet was lost, and when he took off the jade wrench on his middle finger, he was about to break it, but he still thought about it and held back.
This is a token of love given to him by his wife Feng, and he is still a little reluctant after all.
"And that Xu Ziyuan!" Yuan Shu finally put the wrench back on his index finger and began to anger everyone.
Obviously, the four of them have been playmates since childhood, and this is the worst in Xu You's family, but Xu You's eyes on Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are obviously different from those of himself!
Every time Cao Mengde and Yuan Benchu had a little trouble, Xu You made suggestions, but when he wanted to come up with a way to cure the two of them, Xu You always shirked it with the reason of short-mindedness.
"I heard that this bastard has already gone to Yuzhou to study!"
Yuan Shu's eyes were on fire.
"These three guys are bastards!"
Tearing open the curtain of the carriage and facing Yu She, who was guarding on the side, Ji Ling instructed: "Speed up for me, chase, you must catch up with Cao Mengde for me!" β
Ji Ling was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Lord, we have a carriage, Cao Mengde is full of horses, and it is difficult for us to catch up with him..."
"I don't care!" Yuan Shu was furious, "It's your business how to catch up, I don't believe that my Yuan family's Dawan Horse will send him a shadow from which horn!" β
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Two sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers in Xie County were sitting opposite each other in the post house, and on the table in the middle were the chess invented by Wei Yu.
One of the men then moved his chess pieces forward two squares, and then spoke: "Senior brother, this trip to Hedong is really fruitful, and today I see that the refined salt of the Yang family's shop seems to be purer than ours in Guanzhong. β
The man called Senior Brother nodded, and then moved back the chess pieces that his junior brother had just moved, "What Wen Wei said is very true, I think I have been studying articles with Master since I was ten years old, and I have been sticking to the courtyard for five or six years. Thinking about it, there are endless talented people in this world, and my sister's fiancΓ© is also a genius, whether it is the chess in your hands or the art of refining salt. β
After speaking, the senior brother looked at the man again and said, "My cannon is directly in front of your horse, according to the rules, you can't walk forward if you have left your horse's legs." β
Lu Cui was not angry when his senior brother turned the chess pieces back, and after thinking about it, he moved his car forward and said: "I think it's also our senior brother who is too eager to study articles, this chess is just a few days of study, and if you don't understand the rules, please forgive me." β
Ruan Yu smiled, and moved his cannon to the left, "This is yours to move forward, but my cannon is already a general!" β
Ruan Yu saw that Lu Cui was thinking, so he also started the conversation: "I want to come to you and me, Yuan sigh, Zhao Ji Zhenji, including the little junior brother Wang Cang, have inherited the academic articles of their teacher. On the contrary, only Cao Mengde is a real free and unrestrained person! β
Lu Cui thought about it again and again and avoided the catastrophe by adopting the method of supporting the priest, and then raised his head to respond to Ruan Yu's words: "Hmph, Cao Mengde is just a eunuch, and he is just a registered disciple of the master, senior brother must not compare this person with us!" β
"That's right." Ruan Yu came back to his senses, and then focused his eyes on the chessboard again, and suddenly a clever man only felt that Liu Dark Flower Bright directly moved the other cannon over, forming a double cannon chain.
"This is what Wei Gongzi said about the double cannon chain, it has become a nirvana, Wen Wei is you lost!"
Lu Cui glanced at the chess road, but for a while, he didn't find a way out, and he had no choice but to lose.
At this time, the door of the two has been pushed open, they are both under Cai Yong's door, and there is no need to knock on the door to enter and exit the brother's room.
The one who came in was a child about eight years old, but he was also dressed as a Confucian student, and then he saluted the two of them and said, "Senior brother, second senior brother, third senior brother and senior sister have returned from the market, and the old man is asking the two senior brothers to go." β
So these two future "Seven Sons of Jian'an" and a ruthless man who forced Kong Rong to death and made the world fear his writing came to the room of their co-teacher Cai Yong.
The three of them heard Cai Yong and Cai Yan's quarrel at the door.
After knocking on the door, the three of them saluted Cai Yong obediently, but Cai Zhaoji was still venting her dissatisfaction.
"Father, in the past, everyone used to say that the son of Hedong Wei was talented, kind and charitable, and he was gentle and elegant when he came to Hedong in the past few days to know that these were all deceived by those people in the market!"
Cai Yan was obviously angry: "The art of refined salt is the foundation of the people, I thought that Wei Zhongdao was also a person who lamented the suffering of the people, but when I looked at it today, I realized that this refined salt was sold at such a high price, this is simply absorbing the blood of the people, how can such a filthy person who is full of copper smell be worthy of being my Cai Yan's husband?" β
Cai Zhaoji at this age is rebellious and hot-blooded, coupled with the popularity of Wei Zhongdao in Guanzhong, who values profit over the people, she is not very optimistic about Wei Zhongdao. After finishing speaking, he glanced at Gu Yong, who had the best relationship with her here, and motioned for him to help her speak.
And Gu Yong was obviously afraid of Cai Yong, and he looked indifferent.
"Nonsense! I heard Yuan Si say that you are going to the Yang family's shop today, what does the selling price have to do with his Wei family? β
Gu Yong couldn't help but be embarrassed when he heard Cai Yong pull himself out, and immediately leaned down and began to add some firewood to the brazier, so that the people in the house could better resist the cold of early winter.
Cai Yan glanced at Gu Yong hatefully, and then pulled the jacket on his body up, "Father is Yan'er a three-year-old child, isn't it?" The three families of Hedong Wei and Yang Cheng are already going to wear a pair of pants, and such a selling price must have been negotiated by the three before being decided.
I heard that a few days ago, at the meeting of the Hedong family, Wei Zhongdao stipulated that the purchase of refined salt could only be used for grain. The weather is exceptionally cold this year, listening to Brother Yuan Changshi (Zhong Xuan's words) said that next year's spring ploughing may not even be able to chisel the frozen soil, Wei Zhongdao's wolf ambition to use the high price of refined salt to hoard grain, isn't it to cut off the livelihood of the people?
So no matter what, my daughter will not marry this kind of pig and dog! β
"Nonsense!" Cai Yong was almost so angry with his daughter that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven, "Since ancient times, the marriage of his parents, the words of the matchmaker, his family's century-old family, and his ancestors and martial arts talents came out together, how can you talk nonsense?" β
After speaking, Cai Yong ignored Cai Yan at all, and ordered the four disciples: "I asked you to come to prepare to leave tomorrow, Xie County is still four or five days away from Anyi, and I am afraid it will be too late if it is delayed..."
After Cai Yong left, Ruan Yu Lucui Wang Cang did not follow, leaving only Gu Yong, who was still fiddling with firewood, and Cai Zhaoji, who was already crying with red eyes, in the room.
"Senior sister, don't be sad... The master is also bitter like this, this time the whole world is gathering in Anyi for this refined salt, the master's position is to help the Hedong Wei family, how can it be possible to cancel the marriage contract between the senior sister and Wei Gongzi at such a juncture? β
Cai Zhaoji sat down in a chair in a hurry and didn't want to say a word.
Gu Yong has always regarded Cai Zhaoji as his sister, how can he not persuade him when he is sad?
"Also, junior sister must not say such words again, the teacher and his academic Confucian just watched Cai Zhenji's sister elope with Yang Wei, how can he tolerate his junior sister to do such a regretful marriage? Besides, the marriage between the junior sister and Wei Gongzi is also a few years later, who knows if there will be any variables in it? β
As soon as Cai Zhaoji heard Gu Yong mention her sister who had just eloped not long ago, her eyes became even more red, her sister can pursue her own happiness, but what about herself? Why are you burdened with worldly rules?
Gu Yong saw that Cai Yan was crying even more, and he was in a hurry for a while before he had an idea.
"Senior sister, don't cry, it's better to pack up and rush to Anyi with your teacher as soon as possible, senior brother heard that... Heard... Cao Mengde also came during this trip to Anyi! β
After Gu Yong finished speaking, he left, and Cai Yan, who was the only one left, also stopped crying, how could she not know that she was the nominal disciple of her father.
Maybe as Gu Yong said, getting married is also a matter of a few years later...
Thing...? Cai Wenji's mind has already begun to imagine what the short man who has not seen him for months is now... What kind of things are you doing...