Chapter 23 Borrowing a slope to get off the donkey
"So that's it? Another inference about Cai Yan's life history in the historical materials is correct......"
Regarding Cai Yan's life experience, it is generally believed that Cai Yan was taken captive to the Xiongnu during the Li Guo Rebellion after Dong Zhuo's death, and was not ransomed by Cao Cao with a large amount of money until the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD). But there is an objection here, that is, Cai Yan's age when he was taken away and his age when he was redeemed are clearly recorded, and it is obvious that there is something wrong with it.
According to historical records, Cai Yan married Wei Zhongdao when he was sixteen years old, and the Wei family was a Hedong family at that time, and Wei Zhongdao was an outstanding university student, and the couple were very affectionate. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, less than a year after marriage, Wei Zhongdao died of illness, Cai Wenji had not given birth to a son and a half daughter at that time, and the people of the Wei family thought that she had killed her husband, so the arrogant Cai Yan couldn't stand this, so despite the opposition of his father Cai Yong, he resolutely returned to his parents' home.
Later, in 192 AD, Cai Yong died in prison because of crying Dong Zhuo, and then Li Dao and Guo Yan used Jia Xu's strategy to kill back to Chang'an, causing the Li Guo Rebellion, and people generally believe that Cai Yan was taken captive by the Xiongnu who took advantage of the fire to rob at this time. However, from Cai Yan's age, Cai Yan was clearly recorded as thirty-five years old when he returned to the Central Plains in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD), and when he went back, Cai Yan's age was 35-(208-192) at the time of Li Guo'an's rebellion. When Cai Yan was taken away, there are also reliable historical records that clearly record that Cai Yan was twenty-three years old at that time. The 23-19, this is a difference of four years in time, even if the habits of the ancients are counted, at least three years apart.
Therefore, the academic community put forward another point of view, believing that with Cai Yong's ingenuity and the ups and downs of his life's career, there is no reason not to see that Dong Zhuo will only bring disaster to Cai Yong, and Cai Yong was recruited by Dong Zhuo to Luoyang as an official, Cai Yong had returned to his hometown Chenliu from Wudi with his family, so Cai Yong, who knew that he would inevitably suffer from disaster, in order not to harm his family, was very likely to be like Cao Cao, who was also an official under Dong Zhuo at that time, did not take his family with him, but went to Luoyang alone.
Then, between 195 and 196 AD, Li Dao and Guo Yan began to kill each other, and Emperor Xian of Han took the opportunity to escape from Chang'an and fled all the way to Luoyang. When he fled halfway, Yang Feng wanted to rob Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and his own strength was weak, so he wantonly recruited outlaws from the mountains and wilderness to serve as a source of soldiers, and even borrowed troops from the Xiongnu, and chased Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty while plundering along the way. And Chen Liu is not far from Luoyang, compared to Luoyang, which was already dilapidated at that time, it is much richer, so it will naturally become the target of those marauders, Cai Yan is likely to be captured by the rebels at this time, and his age is more consistent. (Note 1)
Of course, Lu Ren has also read these historical records, but he doesn't care much about the controversy, and he is more concerned about whether Cai Yan is a beauty. In his opinion, Cai Yan can be transferred from the status of a female slave to a princess by King Zuoxian of the Huns, then it should be a very beautiful woman.
It's just that Lu Ren has been worried about his plans to run away after the crossing, and he has never taken care of these things, so he didn't inquire about this matter, so when Mi Zhen mentioned Cai Yan, he habitually thought that Cai Yan was in Chang'an. And at this moment, listening to Mi Zhen say that Cai Yan was staying in Chen, Lu Ren's mind actually flashed the idea of meeting this female celebrity.
Mi Zhen saw that Lu Ren was distracted for a while, and looked like he was thinking about something, and after a little thought, he vaguely understood something, so he asked Lu Ren: "Mr. Lu, you should know Zhao Ji, right?" ”
Lu Ren came back to his senses, and when he heard Mi Zhen's words, he almost didn't come down, and hurriedly prevaricated: "Knowing is knowing, but even if she stands in front of me now, I won't recognize it." As for whether she'll know me, God knows. Don't forget how old I was more than ten years ago, and how old was she? And I was just a handyman at the time...... If you change to Miss Mi, can you recognize the little handyman who worked in your house ten years ago? "It's a move, using offense as a defense.
"Ah......" Mi Zhen tilted her head and thought about it, and finally could only smile and shake her head at Lu Ren.
Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly pinched a cold sweat. The heart said that it was so dangerous, I, a fake Cai Mansion handyman, but don't really run into the people of the Cai family, otherwise the lie will be exposed, and I really don't know how to end it. But think about it again, this kind of worry is really redundant, because since Cao Cao raised troops to attack Xuzhou, there should basically be no contact between Xuzhou and Chen Liu, because of the boundary between the two places, Cao Cao and Lu Buke have been fighting. By the time these pieces of land were peaceful and they could have some normal contact, Cai Yan had already been taken away by the Huns for several years, and he couldn't touch it if he wanted to.
Of course, Mi Zhen didn't know what Lu Ren was thinking, so she just shook her head and sighed to herself, feeling pity in her heart. In fact, Cai Yan at this time could not be regarded as a celebrity at that time, but he was always a celebrity. Not to mention the golden signboard, the silver signboard can still be counted. There is no way to have anything to do with Cai Yan, Mi Zhen will naturally feel a pity. This is to use modern terms, just like a large company found a small trick to advertise, originally thought that this little trick and a certain big star were good friends, and wanted to use this relationship to pull the big star over to advertise, but unexpectedly this little trick said, "I am an inconspicuous trick with her, and she doesn't know me." It's a pity that the contract has been signed, how about you still take this little dragon set? How about letting this little dragon go?
Of course, the dragon set is Lu Ren, and the star is Cai Yan......
At this time, Lu Ren was really a little afraid of Mi Zhen, for fear that Mi Zhen would make it difficult for him to cope with what he said, so he simply stopped talking and hurried away with his head down. Seeing this, Mi Zhen didn't want to gossip with Lu Ren anymore, so she hurried away with the same stuffy head. In this way, it didn't take much effort for the group to return to the gate of Mifu.
Mi Zhu has been waiting there inside the gate, and someone has already reported to Mi Zhu that Mi Zhen has returned with Lu Ren. Therefore, Mi Zhu came out of the door at this time, but before Mi Zhu could see the salute, Lu Ren first bowed to Mi Zhu and said: "Lu Ren rushed out of the door in a hurry because he was in a hurry, so he disturbed Don't drive, it's a great crime!" Now to make amends, I hope don't drive forgiveness. ”
Lu Ren's great wisdom may not be there, but there are still some little cleverness, now let's take a look at it first, let yourself and Mi Zhu have a step down, and it will be good for everyone.
Mi Zhu is a shrewd businessman, so why don't you understand the benefits? Regardless of the fact that he didn't know the real reason why Lu Ren rushed out, at least he knew that Lu Ren did this, in fact, to give him enough face, so why wouldn't he go down the steps? Therefore, Mi Zhu immediately hugged Lu Ren, and with a voice that everyone around him could hear, he followed Lu Ren's words: "It seems that Mr. Lu is really in a hurry to rush out, and he didn't have time to inform me." Fortunately, it's a good thing that nothing has happened. ”
And after saying these bright words, Mi Zhu immediately said to Lu Ren in a very low voice: "I have wronged Mr. Lu, and Mi Zhu should make amends later." ”
Lu Ren secretly rolled his eyes, and said in his heart, even if you know each other, then what benefits should you give me when you turn around? But now it's still acting, not to mention cooperating with Mi Zhu, so you can't let Mi Zhu look down on herself, right? Therefore, Lu Ren pretended to smile helplessly at Mi Zhu, then glanced at Mi Zhen obliquely, then looked back at Mi Zhu, and finally shook his head with a wry smile, sighed, and responded in the same low voice: "Sister Ling...... It's amazing. ”
Mi Zhu also looked at Mi Zhen knowingly, and Mi Zhen saw Mi Zhu looking at herself, and returned a self-satisfied and cunning grimace. For a while, Mi Zhu couldn't cry or laugh, so he could only smile helplessly, and also whispered to Lu Ren: "Don't say that it is Mr. Lu, even if he is the eldest brother, there is nothing he can do with his little sister many times." ”
The two old men smiled at each other and shook their heads. Mi Zhen covered her mouth and snickered on the side.
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In the blink of an eye, a few days later.
Although there was such a small episode on the night when he first entered Mi Mansion, in the end, it was the Mi Zhu brothers and sisters who politely invited Lu Ren back, but Lu Ren was very self-aware, or very clear about his position. Mi Zhu is very polite to himself, and he can even be said to be very respectful, but there are preconditions, and he is not really full and has nothing to do...... Maybe the word labor would sound better. Anyway, although the word "use value" is ugly, I'm afraid no one can deny that the bigger this thing is on themselves, the better.
Lu Ren knows very well where his use value of Mi Zhu is, in order to be able to safely avoid the catastrophe of Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou, Lu Ren will not play any big names because of Mi Zhu's politeness to himself, that can only be self-defeating. Therefore, while Lu Ren keeps a low profile, he is also appropriately exerting his use value of Mi Zhu.
Lu Ren himself came under the brand of "missionary music", and a wealthy family like Mi Zhu raised a lot of kaki musicians in his home, and some of them were selected by Lu Ren. Lu Ren is neither shirking nor ambiguous, and in the past few days, he has been very careful in selecting musicians with better levels. Of course, Lu Ren was a little cautious and still tricked, he was picking people slowly, so that he could delay a little time, anyway, he said that whoever is not at the right level, no one can do anything about him.
And Lu Ren will not want Leki, of course he will not want too dinosaurs, and he will not want too beautiful. Who let himself be mistaken for a lascivious decent gentleman by the Mi Zhu brothers and sisters? If you just pick those beautiful ones, aren't you smashing your own signboard? However, in this way, others really think that Lu Ren is a righteous gentleman, at least there is no gossip about Lu Ren. The only thing that made Lu Ren depressed was that he didn't think about having a girl to warm his bed at night, and it could be regarded as a cocoon and conceit.
In the afternoon of this day, Lu Ren was teaching a few selected male and female musicians to play "Phoenix Song Qingtian", and when everyone was tired, they stopped to rest, but Mi Zhen suddenly appeared next to Lu Ren at this time, and said to Lu Ren with a smile: "Mr. Lu, the little girl wants to invite Mr. Lu to the wine shop for a few drinks, is Mr. Lu willing to appreciate his face?" ”
(Note 1: The above point of view comes from Mr. Tan Qixiang's research on Cai Yan in Changshui Concentration, and this view is taken because it is very suitable for the needs of the bottle for plot arrangement.) Again, 22 mistakenly wrote Cai Yan's husband Wei Zhongdao as Wei Hong, which has now been corrected...... The bottle was dizzy and dizzy for the past two days. )