Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Three Watching Poison Birds
"And the origin of Pan Fu's pretext also arises from this." [Preface]
Wang Duan was warming himself by the fire. After a while, Liu Miao walked in from outside.
Among the two, although Liu Miao's qualifications, reputation, and official titles are far superior to Wang Duan, on this occasion, Liu Miao rarely maintained a trace of respect for Wang Duan, a gentle and generous young man: "Hua Tuo."
Already found."
"Where is he now?" Wang Duan, who was dozing, opened his eyes with inquiry in his eyes, as if he wanted to prove something.
Liu Miao seemed a little unbelievable and said softly: "It's in Tao Shijun's shogunate."
"This is the human heart." Wang Duan said inexplicably with emotion: "Before leaving, your Majesty once told me that I must treat others with sincerity. Now I am deceiving others because I was not aware of it.
Isn’t this considered a violation of the edict?”
"The country is generous and benevolent." Liu Miao said, looking at Wang Duan. Seeing that his face was still gentle and calm, without any trace of the anger that he should have felt when he learned that he had been deceived, he couldn't help but admire this young man's magnanimity. Again.
He plucked up the courage and said, "Da Honglu has talked with Tao Shijun several times about old times. It is impossible not to know that Hua Tuo is in the mansion."
"You are just guessing. Hua Tuo is an unknown person. Even if he meets Da Honglu, Duke Zhou may not be able to recognize him." Wang Duan's eyes flashed with an imperceptible gloom, and he said casually: "And Ambassador Tao
But Jun was not like that. He knew that Hua Tuo was the person appointed by the emperor to conquer, so he acted as if nothing had happened. Regardless of whether he knew Hua Tuo's use to the emperor or not, his thoughts were not advisable.
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"Tao Qian is old. He is no longer as wise as he used to be. How can he get a glimpse of big things from the details?" Liu Miao answered resolutely, still insisting on his previous point of view: "I think it still has nothing to do with Da Honglu."
Wang Duan had half-closed his eyelids at this time and made it clear that he did not want to talk any more: "When I leave, I will visit Wenzhou Mufu again and see what Mr. Tao has to say."
"No." Liu Miao nodded and agreed.
This time the emperor not only conquered Hua Tuo, but also sent people to Jingzhou to find Zhang Ji and famous doctors from other places. Although the rhetoric was to prevent possible diseases caused by drought locusts in Guanzhong, in fact, there were many hidden intentions.
No one understood it, even Zhou Huan was only half-convinced.
As a member of the clan, Liu Miao must be cautious in his words and deeds in everything he does. On this sensitive issue, his best way to deal with it is to be a fool, rather than say it in front of Wang Duan. It's just that he has something in mind
Please, I have to find out. But seeing Wang Duan's cautious look, Liu Miao also reacted and stopped continuing the topic. Instead, he said: "Recently, an old friend came from Yangdu, saying that he was worried about being punished in Sangzi.
There was a military disaster, so he wanted to go with us to Chang'an."
"An old friend from Yangdu?" Wang Duan asked curiously.
Liu Miao said with a smile: "This is the Langxie Zhuge family. Their ancestor Zhuge Feng was a Sili school captain during the reign of Emperor Xiaoyuan."
Emperor Xiaoyuan is a matter of the previous dynasty. Generally speaking, if you want to trace the glory of your ancestors, you will first talk about the first and most famous ancestors, and then talk about the ancestors of the latest generation. It is rare to only talk about the distant ancestors. Put like this
People can only say that their family name is not obvious and their background is insufficient. Otherwise, why would they only say that Zhuge Feng was born two or three hundred years ago, but not mention anything about the characters who came into the family after that?
Wang Duan obviously knew the twists and turns involved. He didn't point it out. He just picked up the wine bowl placed by the copper stove to warm. While drinking, he thought carefully about Zhuge Feng's deeds and said lightly: "Chang'an Proverbs
"How wide is the world, I meet Zhuge", it turns out that he is a descendant of Zhuge, an upright and disciplined person."
Liu Miao knew that these were polite words, so he nodded and talked about his relationship with the Zhuge family.
It turns out that Liu Miao went to Chang'an to pay tribute on the order of his brother in the first year of Chuping. Since he was the first batch of ministers to pay tribute after the imperial court moved the capital, he was especially trusted by the imperial court and was worshiped as the governor of Jiujiang and granted the title of Yangdu.
Hou Liu Miao did not stay in Jiujiang for long before he returned to Yangdu, where he met the Zhuge family. At that time, the head of the Zhuge family, Zhuge Gui, the prime minister of Taishan County, died not long ago. Liu Miao, as a feudal lord, and
Zhuge had many contacts with him.
This time Cao Cao invaded Tao Qian, causing too many killings. Langye was also close to Qingzhou and other counties where bandits were raging. A slight mistake would lead to disaster. In order to protect themselves, the Zhuge family was planning to move to Jingzhou in the south under the auspices of Zhuge Xuan.
, just at this time, he learned the news that Liu Miao had returned to Langye. After thinking about it, Zhuge Xuan resolutely made the decision to follow the mission back to Chang'an. After all, compared with Jingzhou, Guanzhong has more development prospects, not to mention that there is a person.
He was the governor of Taiyuan and an old friend of the Han clan?
"It turns out that's the reason." Wang Duan nodded. Anyway, the emperor told him to conquer the Qingxu people. At this time, he didn't care about one more insignificant Zhuge family, so he said nonchalantly: "Since the prince is interested, let's go with him."
It’s okay for us to go together.”
The weather in the next few days was not as rainy and snowy as the person who knew the weather said. Instead, after two days of strong winds, the clouds suddenly broke and the sun rose, showing a clear sky. Although it was a cold winter,
On this occasion, there was something strange about the sudden warmth and sunshine, but Zhou Huan and others were still sincerely happy and returned immediately after Langxie lingered for a few days.
A few days later, the team arrived at Xiaopei City. Cao Cao restrained his troops and retreated ten miles to allow the angels to drive. Liu Bei and others rode out on horseback and waited outside the city for the angels to pass by.
Zhuge Xuan was wearing simple dark clothes and wide robes, sitting in a chariot. A young man with only a weak crown was holding the bridle and driving the chariot. Next to Zhuge Xuan sat a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old.
Handsome, with eyes like morning stars, he is somewhat similar to the young man driving the car.
They were in the procession and passed under the city. Along the way, they passed through Langye, Donghai, Pengcheng and other counties. They saw the hungry and desolate situation, and it was not until they came to Pei that things got a little better.
The handsome young man looked around in the car and suddenly asked: "Uncle, who is that person by the pavilion?"
"He? It seems to be Liu Bei, the prime minister of Pei. He was originally an unknown person under Sun Zan, the shepherd of Youzhou. He gradually became famous in the past two years." Zhuge Xuan looked at it intently and thought for a while before saying: "Xuzhou suffered a disaster this year. Tao Shijun
We asked for help everywhere, but he was the only one who came to help us with his troops."
"But didn't he still fail to save the defeat?" the young man asked softly.
"He came too late and missed the opportunity to fight." After Zhuge Xuan finished speaking, he hesitated and said: "He didn't have enough troops at the time. In short, there must be many reasons."
"If that's the case, then why doesn't he withdraw his troops? He is not from Xuzhou. If I were his adviser, I would advise him to withdraw his troops and go south, first occupy the entire Pei Kingdom, then enter Runan, and then go north to capture the Liang Kingdom. Such an army
The territory is vast enough to threaten the southern border of Yanzhou. No matter how powerful Cao Cao was at that time, he did not dare to ignore it and invade Xuzhou." The young man had read several volumes of Sanyi's military books, and he could see the truth at a glance and said easily.
Zhu Ge
, interjecting: "Because he promised Tao Shijun to defend Xuzhou, the reason why he didn't leave may be because of the benevolence and righteousness in his heart."
The young man did not expect to get such an answer, and murmured: "Renyi? There is such a person in this world."
He looked at the man standing on horseback outside the pavilion. The man was of medium build and extraordinary appearance, with a hint of elegance and honesty. There were two sturdy men standing on each side of him, like two iron towers guarding him.
As if there was some bond somewhere, the man's eyes moved, and in a blink of an eye he met the young man's eyes.