Chapter 138 Preparing for the Wedding
Guo Jiayu said: "First, as Xun Wenruo said, although this Sun Lang is Sun Jian's son, but now he is under the account of Cao Gong, he can be regarded as Cao Gong's guest, if he is killed just because of a little pursuit of fame and fortune, then from now on, no one will be willing to come to Cao Gong." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Second, we ordered Sun Lang to come to Xudu to marry Miss Cao, just to detain him in Xudu as a hostage, so as to blackmail Sun Ce in the south, so that he would not dare to rashly wave his army north and march into the Central Plains. But if we kill Sun Lang now, then all the plans will come to naught, not only that, Sun Ce will also raise troops to fight Xu Du with the revenge of killing his brother, when the time comes, we have Yuan Shao in the north and Lu Bu in the east, which is already very moving, if there is Sun Ce in the south to attack, it will really become a place of four wars, stuck in the quagmire and unable to extricate itself. ”
After he said these two points, Cao Cao twisted his beard and nodded his head, obviously liking this statement, and hurriedly asked, "What is the third reason?" ”
"What is the third...... The minister heard that this Sun Lang was the only concubine among General Sun Jian's five sons, and he had a lot of suspicions and old grudges with his second brother Sun Quan, third brother Sun Yi and stepmother Mrs. Wu. Why don't the lord be kind to him, maybe he will rebel against the Jiangdong Army, so he will sincerely surrender to the lord. Even if he can't, he may be able to extract a lot of secrets and military information about the Jiangdong Army from his mouth. With such a plan to kill two birds with one stone, why not? ”
Cao Cao listened to Guo Jia's suggestion and stroked his palms, obviously extremely satisfied. Cheng Yu wanted to persuade again, but Cao Cao said: "Cheng Zhongde didn't say anything more!" Guo Fengxiao's suggestion is very much in line with my heart! Pass on my order, on the day of Sun Lang's wedding, he ordered all the civil and military ministers in the court to go to the banquet to congratulate him, and then prepare a generous gift for me, which was brought by Xun Wenruo! Although this kid is Sun Jian's son and Sun Ce's younger brother, he is very angry with me! After saying this, he left with a smile.
Xun Yu and Guo Jia followed closely behind, and only Cheng Yu was left in the empty hall with a resentful and vicious face, thinking about how to come up with a conspiracy to frame Sun Lang.
Aside from Cao Cao's words, on the way back to Sun Lang and others, Cao Ren couldn't stop talking, complaining that Sun Lang didn't listen to his own persuasion, and should have been honestly low-key and silent, but how did he know that Sun Lang did the opposite, and loved to steal the limelight everywhere. Say that young people should be down-to-earth, and if they are too sharp, they will attract the jealousy and framing of others. He had completely recognized this son-in-law in his heart, and it was a word of concern that he put himself in his shoes.
But Sun Lang was very disapproving, saying that Cao Gong would not harm himself no matter what. Cao Ren asked why, but Sun Lang didn't want to explain too much to him, because he knew that although Cao Ren was his father-in-law, he was Cao Cao's henchman after all.
Cao Ren regarded himself as an elder, nagging Sun Lang to follow the good path, Sun Lang was annoyed by listening, so he changed the topic and asked: "Lord Yue, Cao Gong said that a banquet will be held in the deer shooting platform next month, and he also said that the Son of Heaven will also be there, I don't know what?" ”
Cao Ren saw that his son-in-law was finally willing to answer to him, so he replied happily and smeared: "Do you know, since Cao Gong built this deer shooting platform, he has stipulated that a grand wine banquet will be held here every year, and the fifteenth day of two months later is the day of the full moon. It's just that while drinking, a high ring will be set up, so that all the generals will compete one-on-one on the stage to help the wine, and whoever wins in the end can use the golden helmet on Cao Gong's head to drink wine, which can be described as extremely glorious. At the same time, there will be scholars and strategists chanting poems and singing praises, which is indeed a lively and grand scene. ”
Sun Lang faintly remembered that Cao Cao in history did like to put on this kind of open-air feast to show his merits. Later, the Tongque Terrace was built, and the poems were once written on it, and his son Cao Zhi also made the famous "Tongque Taifu". Unexpectedly, it is the first year of Jian'an, and this custom already exists in this Cao camp.
However, as soon as he thought that the winner was going to drink wine with the golden helmet worn by Cao Apu, Sun Lang was disgusted with his stomach, and secretly thought that many of the actions of the ancients really could not be faced and experienced from the perspective of modern people.
The two walked all the way, chatted all the way, and talked about Xu Chu and Dian Wei's martial arts and magic skills, Cao Ren naturally boasted again, saying that the generals in our Cao camp all had unique skills, Dian Wei and Xu Chu were not er, and the more powerful Xiahou Dun had not yet come out. Sun Lang secretly laughed at his father-in-law, who was also good-looking, and was knocked out like a ball by Dian Wei, but at this time, he still said that other people's skills were mediocre.
Unknowingly, he returned to Cao's mansion. Cao Ajiao had been waiting at the gate of the mansion for a long time, and when she heard that her uncle had approved her marriage with her lover's brother, she was as happy as a lark, chattering non-stop, and sticking to Sun Lang like syrup, except for sleeping at night, she had to be with him at all times.
Saying that early the next morning, Cao Ren hurriedly began to prepare for the marriage of the two, flipped through the almanacs, carefully selected a suitable wedding date, and ordered all the families in the house to go into battle, put up lanterns, sweep the house and paint the walls, cut new clothes, and buy wine and food. Cao Ren's official residence is the title of the county guard, and the family is naturally very rich, and the yellow gold is like flowing water, and he wants to hold the most luxurious wedding in the future.
And Sun Lang was pestered by Cao Ajiao most of the time, and when he had a little leisure, he took out the puppet villain that Huang Yueying gave him and watched it box. Cao Ren was busy with the marriage, and seeing that his son-in-law was so fond of martial arts, he naturally liked him even more.
More than half a month has passed in a hurry, and it has come to the wedding day in a blink of an eye, Sun Lang is wearing a silk brocade and vermilion robe, wearing a crown of openwork and gold bouquets, and is surrounded by more than a dozen subordinates Standing at the door of Cao's mansion, specially greeting the guests who came to congratulate him. Sun Lang used to wander around, conquer the world on horseback, and stay in the sword for the rest of his life, so he usually wears very casually. But at this moment, people are in good spirits on happy occasions, coupled with such a dress of brocade clothes and embroidered belts, he is really a handsome boy with a jade face and a graceful face. (To be continued.) )