Chapter 796 Perfect Excuse

At the mention of the progress in Chang'an, the face of a certain city lord suddenly became gloomy.

Cai Yong's contact with the Liangzhou warlords, although it was not as smooth as Lu Zhi's Nanyang strategy, the Liangzhou warlords did not make it too difficult for Cai Yong, at least on the surface, they gave Cai Zhonglang enough face.

Li Dao, Guo Yan and other Liangzhou bigwigs did not talk about "Lu Bu appeared in Bogu on the day of the destruction of Chang'an City and fought with Li Mengbu of Liangzhou", and they did not hesitate to ask the guilty teacher, but simply wiped a handful of mud generously, and made the official coffin theory that "the incident was purely accidental", and let that incident pass like this. They also understood that even if they wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly, Feng Xiang would never admit that he had deliberately lured Lu Bu away.

What's more, even if it was really done by Ah Niu, what was wrong?

The Liangzhou army wanted to get rid of Lu Bu up and down quickly, and Feng Xiang led Lu Bu, who had already escaped from Chang'an and fled to Guandong, to deviate from the direction, and objectively created a golden opportunity for the Liangzhou army to destroy Lu Bu, but Li Meng himself didn't grasp it. The three thousand elite Liangzhou iron cavalry, on the contrary, and the exhausted Lu Bu hundreds of light cavalry, fought a defeat and two defeats, if this is not a shame, there is really nothing in the world worthy of the word "shame".

In fact, the high-level of the Liangzhou military department did not dare to conclude whether Lu Bu's appearance in Bogu was related to Bogu City, when Feng Xiang went on his first expedition to Bogu, Lu Bu sent the Central Army in disregard of relevant laws and regulations, and personally ran over to help the invincible Dongzi, almost fighting with the Fengxiang Expeditionary Army.

Although this matter was suppressed by the joint efforts of all parties and did not make much waves in the DPRK and China, the warlords of Liangzhou, who had been in panic all day long during that time, were extremely concerned about the turmoil in Chang'an, how could they not know such a major event? Although Li, Guo and others had no way of knowing how Li Ru's Bogu hooked up with Lu Bu, and Li Ru was secretive about it when he sought help from the Liangzhou army, the facts are the facts, and there is no doubt that Wen Hou had some kind of close connection with Bogucun. At least, in the war between Fengxiang and Bo Gucheng, Lu Bu's attitude was clear.

After escaping from Chang'an, he made an unprecedented detour to Bogu, and no one was sure if Lu Bu wanted to do something in Bogucheng, but he didn't expect Li Ru to invite Xiliang Iron Cavalry to help, and the result was ...... The two reinforcements, which could theoretically help Bogu deal with the Fengxiang Expeditionary Force, fought first because of the irreconcilable hostility between them.

What is intriguing is that when the Liangzhou warlord opened this page, he intentionally or unintentionally did not mention Bogucheng, even if Mr. Cai Yong tried extremely hard to target Bogu, Li Dao and Guo Yan only pretended not to know, and quickly diverted the topic.

Among them, although Cai Yong is not good at using conspiracy and conspiracy, it is difficult to tell the lie in a straightforward manner when he knows the truth in advance, and the maintenance and favoritism of the bigwigs of the Liangzhou Army to Bogu in this matter is also obvious.

Although Li Ru retired from the Liangzhou army, those Liangzhou people still had to sell him more or less face.

Feng Xiang's recent series of campaigns obviously had the expected effect, Cai Yong's special status in the Liangzhou army was also perfectly waved, and Feng Xiang's diplomatic activities in Chang'an soon made important progress. The warlords of Liangzhou not only erased the unpleasantness of the previous days, but also said that they would continue to recognize the legitimacy of Fengxiang's reconstruction of Luoyang.

What is even more surprising is that the warlords of Liangzhou also expressed strong condemnation and stern dissatisfaction with the evil behavior of "certain princes arbitrarily interfering in the battle between lords", and expressed their appreciation for the brave spirit of the first city in the world in this battle "heroic and tenacious struggle against evil forces"! Of course, the condemnation and appreciation are only verbal, just a few words, no matter how arrogant the Liangzhou warlords are, it is impossible to meet the so-called "evil forces" on this, but Feng Xiang is the beneficiary after all, and the legitimacy of the self-defense counterattack has become more solid.

Feng Xiang naturally didn't care, and it seemed that the Liangzhou army also had a part in the "brutal interference in the battle between the lords". The security guarantee that Ah Niu wanted most was easily achieved, and it was so smooth that a certain city lord felt surprised, like a dream.

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and this sentence has been verified again.

The high-level leaders of the Liangzhou Army are not good men and women, and there is a premise for Feng Xiang's "friendliness" - they hope that Cai Bojiao will return to Chang'an and become an official.

"The name of the public is admired at home and abroad, and I hope to focus on the community and temporarily retire. If you can return to the court and do more things for the people of the world, it will be fortunate for the people and the community...... With the great talent of the public, he was the chief of internal affairs and ranked among the three princes. ”

I have to admit that the warlords of Liangzhou have great expectations and sincerity in persuading Cai Yong to return, and they are willing to give him conditions such as "ranking as the third prince".

As soon as Cai Yong heard Guo Yan say this, his old face suddenly turned red, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

Seeing this, Guo Yan, who was in charge of lobbying, was very happy, and said with a secret smile: "People say that Cai Bojiao has no choice but to repair history, indifferent to fame and fortune and have no dispute with the world, and he is a model figure of Hao's poor and honest conduct. Literati, good name! ”

The position of the third prince is indeed something that many people dare not dream of, not only can it go down in history, but also benefit the whole family for a long time! In a climate where family interests are above all else, this kind of glory and opportunity can simply make the most reserved and low-key literati rush forward with their swords.

Take Yuan, for example.

Now Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are thriving in the Kanto, occupying Jizhou, which is "the world's most important capital", and Nanyang, the "largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty", respectively. To have such a situation, it is not that these two brothers are amazing talents in the land of China in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the most important points is the Yuan's famous family background, how can the "four worlds and three dukes" be comparable to others?

Looking back in the past, when the Kwantung princes rallied against Dong Zhuo, it was clear that several assassins were involved, and none of the other princes had a low status, Yuan Shao could still become the leader of the alliance as a mere Bohai Taishou, and Yuan Shu was also responsible for the fertilizer difference in mobilizing grain and grass, which was already very revealing.

The high-level of the Liangzhou army invited Cai Yong to go back to preside over the government, not because they valued Cai Yong's talent for governing the country.

The Liangzhou army wanted Cai Yong to go back, just because they needed a flag, a fig leaf, and a shield to cover their unrighteous act of attacking Chang'an and holding power in the DPRK by means of "mutiny". Let Cai Yong, who has a good reputation among the people, stand up and preside over the government, even if it cannot completely calm the doubts of all walks of life about the usurpation of power by the Liangzhou army, it is good to ease the contradictions. Just as Dong Zhuo did when he first entered Luoyang, wooing Confucians with high prestige, Cai Yong was forcibly recruited into the court last time and almost died in prison. Unfortunately, the wheel of history once again hit Cai Yong, and the only difference is that Cai Yong can get a higher status.

Guo Yan looked at Cai Yong with a smile and was stunned, and the other party's reaction was already reasonable. Guo Yan's gratitude after waiting for Cai Yong to come back to his senses, as well as "acceptance speeches" such as "I am willing to break my bones to repay the kindness of my knowledge".

What he waited for was rejection.

Although Cai Yong spoke more tactfully, after all, it was a refusal, and Guo Yan and the others were caught off guard.

The warlords of Liangzhou are all martial artists, and they don't know anything about governing the country, so it is very unrealistic to let those reckless men who are accustomed to solving problems with swords and guns take care of the government, and it is inevitable to find other talents. The Liangzhou Army will definitely not release its military power, but the internal affairs commander is not just a person who can do it, not only to be famous at home, but also to be "close" to the Liangzhou Army, so as not to secretly make trouble like Wang Yun back then, Li, Guo and other Liangzhou Army giants don't want to become the second Dong Zhuo.

Li Ru has resolutely retreated, and when the Liangzhou army entered the city, he killed many ministers in the court, thinking about it, Guo Yan and others really couldn't come up with a more suitable candidate for a while in addition to looking for Cai Yong to go out of the mountain. In this way, in order to make Cai Yong compliant, the Liangzhou Army tried its best.

Under the instruction of Li Dao, Guo Yan and others, Cai Yong in the Liangzhou Army who had a relationship with each other took turns to visit Cai Yong and persuade Cai Yong with kind words. Li and Guo were afraid that Cai Yong would dislike those martial artists who were vulgar, so they forced the surviving officials in Chang'an City to join the lobbying ranks.

- Clear-eyed people know that most of the edicts were made by the Liangzhou army, and the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials of the court have long been held hostage by them, and this method is also in line with Dong Zhuo's practice in the past. If they are happy, they may send someone to inform the little emperor after they are done, and when they are in a normal mood, the little emperor should do what he should do.

Cai Yong was still hesitating, looking embarrassed.

Cai Yong is really not greedy for fame and fortune, he was unhappy when he was recruited into the court by Dong Zhuoqiang, and after experiencing the "Sigh Gate" incident and almost dying in prison, this great Confucian's fear of officialdom has reached the point of no return. What's more, the Liangzhou warlord is under the banner of "avenging Dong Zhuo", Dong Zhuo's title of "national thief" cannot be taken off, and the Liangzhou army brazenly sent troops into the royal city to usurp power, no matter how much his behavior is concealed, it is inseparable from the words "great rebellion".

Under the recommendation of the Liangzhou warlords, it is inevitable that the reputation will be damaged, and it is not good that one day the Kwantung princes will come over to drive away the Liangzhou army, and they will be punished as anti-thieves and fellow parties for no reason. Although Cai Yong's sense of politics is quite ordinary, he is still very clear about this point.

This official must not be done!

The difficulty lies in the fact that the edict was forged eight times out of ten.

Cai Yong was not naïve enough to verify the authenticity of the edict, the Liangzhou Legion had already taken it out, even if it was fake, they could easily make the little emperor admit that it was true. Since he has a relationship with the Son of Heaven, Cai Yong naturally can't deal with those Liangzhou people and former officials in the court, just a few words perfunctory, so he has to think carefully about the wording and excuses.

Poor Cai Zhonglang, who is famous all over the world, has an empty stomach full of economic resources, a belly full of anecdotes, but has many characteristics of a nerd. For him, it is definitely a very challenging and difficult thing to tell some insincere nonsense, where he sighs and sighs in pain for a long time, and he doesn't say one, two, three.

Thankfully, someone helped him and forced him to make a quick decision.

The people who "helped" him were the bigwigs of the Liangzhou Army.

Seeing that Cai Yong was still hesitating there, the Liangzhou bigwigs thought that their efforts had already seen results, at least they no longer refused. As for Cai Yong was still silent, those Liangzhou bigwigs quickly figured out some ways, "I still don't dare to be completely relieved when I think about it, and I'm still worried that I will cross the river and tear down the bridge." It seems that if you want to invite him out of the mountain, you must work harder and untie the knot in his heart first. ”

I don't know which smart brain had a flash of inspiration and came up with a genius idea that everyone agrees on, and everyone is willing to sign up for "dedication":

"Since Cai Zhonglang is still afraid of us, it is because his relationship with our Liangzhou Army is not close enough, if we start from here, we should get twice the result with half the effort. In my opinion, there is nothing closer than a family, why don't I ask Cai Zhonglang for marriage? In the past, when I first entered Luoyang, I heard that Cai Zhonglang had a female name under his knees, born with a beautiful face and moon appearance, and known as a talented woman, who was originally married to the second son of the Wei family of the Hedong Wang clan, but unfortunately the second son of Wei died unexpectedly before getting married, and the talented daughter of Cai Zhonglang's family, who had not yet married, had the name of 'Kefu', and has not been married. ”

The man's eyes lit up, he couldn't sigh, and there was an unknown liquid dripping from the corner of his mouth on the placket of his clothes without knowing it, and he said righteously: "Although the marriage of this woman is ominous, for the sake of the overall situation, for me to wait for Liangzhou Erlang to live better, I will also let it go!" I am willing to be willing to die in the prime of life and marry Cai Yan! ”

As soon as the words fell, the loud sound of "popping" was endless.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't applause, but the sound of slapping the table vigorously, and Fan Chou was so strong that he slapped the table in front of him to pieces.

Are you kidding? Cai Yan's name, among the Liangzhou generals here, there are also several people who have heard of it, "Kefu" said that for these martial artists who are used to life and death, it is not an obstacle at all, it is as ethereal as floating clouds, and it is real to marry a delicate beauty and go home. Everyone is a man, and although the guy spoke impassionedly, as if he had suffered a great loss, in fact, everyone understood what he was thinking, and someone immediately jumped out to stop him.

Jun A: "That's a mistake! How can you bear such a dangerous thing? I'm alone anyway, and I haven't died after so many battles, so I'm notoriously hard, so I'll go! ”

Yijun rolled his sleeves: "Lao Tzu has long been tired of living, I'll go!" ”

C said a little late, and in a hurry, he pulled out his waist knife, slashed it on the table in front of him, and shouted angrily: "Shut up, whoever grabs Lao Tzu, try my knife first!" ”

Of course, as a fierce army, the military discipline of the Liangzhou Army is still very strict, and those heroes who rushed to donate their lives with a tragic face were quickly suppressed by the three giants of Li, Guo, and Fan. According to Fan Chou's words, "I don't look at my identity, just rely on you, and you are also worthy of marrying Cai Zhonglang's family?" This kind of thing can't fall on your heads! ”

As the so-called no matter how strong the arms are, they can't twist the more majestic thighs, although Fan Chou's official position is lower than the other two giants, and the same level as other Liangzhou generals in the council hall, but within the Liangzhou army, his status is obviously higher, and his words are also counted most of the time.

As soon as Fan Chou spoke up, those martial artists who wanted to fish in troubled waters stopped speaking one by one, but the matter was not over yet, and the three giants also had different opinions on who should "dedicate" to each other.

The competition is fierce, and it is unprecedented.

All three of them embody the courage of fearlessness, the great sentiment of being nobler than that of Dr. Bethune, and the spirit of unyielding ownership. In the end, no one could convince the other two, and after compromising with each other, the three of them put the choice in Cai Yong's hands, "If Mr. doesn't give up, please choose one of the three of me to marry Ling Qianjin." ”

Cai Yong was so shocked that he almost didn't ...... in front of the three bigwigs of the Liangzhou Legion Vomit.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Cai Zhonglang was extremely resolute and thought of his words very neatly: "I am old and frail, but I hope to become a Han official in my lifetime, and my remaining wishes are enough." The high hopes of the Son of Heaven and the princes have to be thanked for not being sensitive, and the matter of entering the court as an official must not be mentioned again, otherwise, Bo Ji can only die to show his heart! ”

Although Cai Yong had never agreed to stay in Chang'an before, he only politely declined, and he had never been forced to die like now. The situation did not develop as expected by the top level of the Liangzhou Army, and Li, Guo, and Fan suddenly felt bad and frowned and remained silent.

"The posture of the little girl Pu Liu, the three generals are willing to marry the little girl Qin and Jin, it is really Yan'er's lifelong creation, and it should not be ignorant of lifting. However, during the period when the little girl lived in the first city in the world, she got along with the lord of Fengxiang City day and night, and was replaced by my old friend, Yan'er Shibo Lu Zigan, and made a marriage contract with the lord of Aniu City, which was barely in line with the etiquette. I have just learned about this matter, and no one in the DPRK and China has known about it, and since I have promised others, the good intentions of the three generals are naturally unbearable. ”

Speaking from the heart, what Cai Yong is talking about now is absolutely nonsense, but he is still talking vividly and has an existing nose and eyes, as if it is true, which also makes the three giants of the Liangzhou Army not doubt the authenticity of these words at all, who would have thought that a person like Cai Yong would talk nonsense, and it is still nonsense related to the name of his daughter?

Cai Yong's character is not like this, this is purely forced out by the Liangzhou army, Cai Yong's life to Wen Jizhen is related to Wen Ji's lifelong happiness, and Da Ru can't control it so much, he doesn't want to push Wen Ji into the fire pit. If you want to completely block the mouths of Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others, and make them have no way to continue to fight Wen Ji's idea, Cai Yong had to make this decision in a hurry.

Seeing the remarkable results, Cai Zhonglang couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart: "The city lord of Aniu is a general of Wupin Zhaode canonized by the emperor, and his territory is famous in the sea under his governance, how many people don't know the prosperity and strength of the 'first city in the world'?" The most important thing is that Ah Niu is in his prime and has not yet married (Cai Yong still doesn't know Xiaoyu's cunning), which is the same age as Yan'er, and pushing Ah Niu to the front temporarily acts as a shield, and these Liangzhou people are not easy to say. What a perfect excuse! ”

Cai Yong thought it through: it was reasonable to say that a certain city lord and Cai Yan had a marriage contract, and what he announced a few days ago that his family would move to Fengxiang seemed reasonable.

Cai Yong didn't think about the issue of Cai Yan's name, but he didn't have a choice. If you don't find a more weighty figure who can't be managed by the Liangzhou Army, several powerful figures in the Liangzhou Army are not so easy to fight, and they can only take one step at a time.

As for whether Ah Niu, who was "betrayed" by him, will have an opinion, Cai Yong is really not worried at all.

Whether it is the folk comments, or the evaluation of his old friend Lu Zhi, as well as his own observations on weekdays, the character of a certain city lord is still very good. What's more, he took the risk to run to Chang'an this time, also to help Ah Niu solve the problem, because of such a trouble on business, not to mention that a certain city lord and Wen Ji made a private contract for life, even if the two of them are already that, what dare Ah Niu? Go back and explain it properly, and this matter will be over.

Cai Zhonglang was very proud.

This great Confucian didn't know what he was talking about in a hurry, and later caused a storm in Fengxiang. Of course, that's a later story, and Mr. Cai Yong at this time can still continue to be proud for a while.

As the so-called "gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall", the words have been spoken, Cai Yong naturally does not want to live in a dangerous place for a long time, so as not to cause another incident, so he said to Guo Yan and others: "This time I came to Chang'an, I will accept the kindness of the princess, and the official business is over, so I will leave." Say goodbye to the princes, I should live in seclusion in Fengxiang, I am afraid that there is no chance to re-enter Chang'an in my lifetime, but the friendship of the princess, the life of the uncle, will be remembered in my heart. ”

If Cai Yong just walks away, the world will be peaceful, although Li, Guo and others are martial artists, but those who can occupy high positions all have a bit of a city.

With their current status and status, in fact, they are not really greedy for Wen Ji's beauty, and when they heard that Wen Ji had a marriage contract with a certain city lord, they were only slightly disappointed, and soon returned to normal. They proposed marriage, just to keep Cai Yong, but after coming to their senses, they naturally refused to let Cai Yong leave like this, and let Cai Yong stay for a few more days.

Cai Yong is a great Confucian who has devoted himself to historiography, and it is not his forte to treat people and things, seeing that the other party is trying to stay, he suddenly feels warm, and when he returns to Luoyang, he must also get the corresponding documents of the Liangzhou army, or send an envoy to see Ah Niu to ensure that there are no variables in the short term, so he had to stay hard.

Early the next morning, a male-faced Liangzhou military general came to Cai Yong's residence, claiming that he was ordered to investigate the feud between Feng Xiang and Bogu some time ago, and found out that "Feng Xiang was overdue for attacking", according to the law, Feng Xiang should be held accountable and Cai Yong was not allowed to leave Chang'an. The general's words were vulgar and his attitude was arrogant, which made Cai Yong angry enough that he ran to find the other party's "superiors", Guo Yan and others either did not make excuses, or said that "the law is ruthless, and love cannot help".

Cai Yong knew that it was bad, and the other party was clearly looking for an excuse to trap himself in Chang'an!

Fortunately, the Liangzhou army also knew that there must be an explanation for this matter, but they did not detain everyone, nor did they prevent Cai Yong from sending someone back to report the news.

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