After the meeting, everyone had left. Only Zhang Jiao was sitting at the main seat, with his face alternately happy and sad, not knowing what he was remembering.
A beautiful girl in red clothes walked out from one side and said to Zhang Jiao: "Father, are you looking for Sheng'er?"
"Yes, I want to have a good chat with my Sheng'er!"
After seeing the visitor, Zhang Jiao suddenly showed a loving smile and chuckled: "The first time I met Sheng'er, you were only six years old. But now ten years have passed, and Sheng'er has become a great beauty who can conquer the whole country."
Wow, time flies so fast!"
"My father is much older than he was ten years ago."
A wave of emotion flashed across Dongfang Sheng's cold face, and he took the initiative to hold Zhang Jiao's hands.
Zhang Jiao patted the back of Dongfang Sheng's hand and said slowly: "Sheng'er, do you know that the thing I regret most in my life as a father is that I caused trouble for your family..."
"Stop talking!" Dongfang Sheng turned away and said with some pain: "Father, I don't blame you, Sheng'er has never blamed you!"
"Sheng'er, in fact, there is no need for you to change your mother's surname. Things will develop to the point where your biological father wants to see it." Zhang Jiao advised.
Dongfang Sheng said coldly: "If he hadn't insisted on his own way, my mother and my family would not have been wiped out!"
Although Dongfang Sheng is a descendant of Dongfang Shuo, his biological father is not named Dongfang, and her mother is the Queen of Dongfang.
Dongfang Sheng's father and Zhang Jiao were close friends in life and death, and the reason why the family was exterminated was also because of Zhang Jiao's involvement.
Zhang Jiao had also sent a message to Dongfang Sheng's father, asking him to resign and retire, but Dongfang Sheng's father was reluctant to give up his power.
In the end, Dongfang Sheng's family was exterminated by the elder He He. Dongfang Sheng was resentful of his biological father, so he changed his mother's surname.
"Sheng'er, a person's life should not be filled with hatred!"
After Dongfang Sheng was silent for a while, he said: "At least I will not give up my hatred until I take revenge on the Han Dynasty."
"Hey!" Zhang Jiao sighed and said: "Fang La told me that during this evacuation, we had the opportunity to kill Qin Jian, but because of your release, Sun Kewang died in battle and Li Dingguo was captured..."
"Father." Dongfang Sheng struggled, holding his head in pain and saying, "My child really can't do it!"
Seeing the pain on his daughter's face, Zhang Jiao also felt a burst of heartache in his heart. He hugged Dongfang Sheng into his arms and sighed, "Can you still not forget that boy?"
"If it weren't for him, I would have died long ago. Qin Jian is his fourth uncle, so how could I have done it!"
Four years ago, Dongfang Sheng's family was exterminated by Big He. Just when Dongfang Sheng was at her most desperate, a thin figure stood in front of her and said to her: Don't be afraid, sister, I will protect you!
Two lines of tears flowed down Dongfang Sheng's cheeks. She was burdened with a blood feud, but she was caught between reason and impulse. No one could understand the pain in her heart.
"I don't blame you as a father, I just hope you can distinguish between public and private matters." Zhang Jiao wiped away Dongfang Sheng's tears and said lovingly: "You have repaid that boy's love by sending him a message secretly this time. Now you
I don’t owe him anything!”
Dongfang Sheng shook his head bitterly. He and Qin Hao were not just grudges, there were also things that even Dongfang Sheng did not dare to tell his adoptive father.
Seeing his daughter shaking her head, Zhang Jiao couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He, his adopted daughter, had never been disloyal to any man. Xiang Yu couldn't even fall in her eyes, but she only cared about Qin Hao.
What happened between Sheng'er and Qin Hao?
Zhang Jue failed to persuade Dongfang Sheng in the end. After leaving Zhang Jue, Dongfang Sheng came to a remote corner and shouted coldly into the darkness: "Come out!"
"See Commander."
Two men in black emerged from the darkness and knelt respectfully in front of Dongfang Sheng. After Dongfang Sheng threw something over, he turned his back to the man in black and said coldly: "Tell him, we are no longer involved!" After saying that, Dongfang Sheng walked away slowly, leaving the two men in black looking at each other. After a while, the man in black picked up the items and disappeared into the darkness again, and soon disappeared.
However, neither Dongfang Sheng nor the man in black noticed that a Taoist priest with an immortal style and a middle-aged Confucian scholar were watching them on the roof thirty steps away.
Being able to follow the 'Empress' quietly without being discovered shows just how deep their skills are.
Seeing that both parties had left, the two of them also left, but in the direction of Zhang Jiao.
After noticing movement around him, Zhang Jue immediately grasped the sword beside him tightly, but when he saw the person coming, Zhang Jue's eyes narrowed and he said in surprise: "Is it you?"
"Why, don't you even bow to the master when you see him?" the old Taoist priest said calmly.
The old Taoist priest is Zhang Jiao's master, Taoist Nanhua, one of the three great immortal masters of Taoism, but he also has another identity, that is, the head of the Yin and Yang family of hundreds of schools of thought.
Zhang Jiao returned the sword to its sheath, saluted Nan Hua casually, and said: "Meet the Master!"
"Brother Zhang, long time no see!" the middle-aged Confucian scholar clasped his fists at Zhang Jiao and said with a smile.
Zhang Jiao took a deep look at the Confucian scholar and said calmly: "Brother Kong Ming, long time no see!"
As we all know, Zhuge Kongming was the most famous expert in the Three Kingdoms era of the Later Han Dynasty. He was invited by Liu Bei to "visit the thatched cottage three times" and realized the strategy of dividing the world into three parts.
In his later years, Zhuge Kongming made several Northern Expeditions to fight against Sima Yi, and later died of illness in the army, becoming a model of "devoting one's energy to death".
Zhuge Liang's name is resounding throughout the world, and the word "Kongming" goes with Zhuge and has become synonymous with "smart and wise".
But many people don’t know that there was actually a man named Kong Ming in the late Han Dynasty.
This man is not inferior to Zhuge Kongming in terms of talent and learning, and his seniority is far higher than Zhuge Kongming. He is on par with Sima Hui and other great scholars. He is Hu Zhao and Hu Kongming.
Hu Zhao, courtesy name Kongming, was from Yingchuan and was a famous sage and master in the late Han Dynasty. Without him, Zhuge Kongming might really have gone against the grain!
Hu Zhao fled the chaos in Jizhou in his early years. Yuan Shao asked him to come out several times, but he politely declined. Later, Cao Cao became prime minister. Hearing that Hu Zhao had talents in the world, he invited him to assist him.
Hu Kongming also went to see Cao Cao, but he did not agree to assist Cao Cao, but asked again not to force himself.
Cao Cao was also very generous and said: "Everyone has his own ambitions, so there is no need to force him." He let Kong Ming go.
But Cao Cao did not expect that Hu Kongming, whom he spared, would affect his country!
Historical records record: In the early days, when Emperor Xuan of the Jin Dynasty was a commoner, he had an old relationship with (Hu) Zhao. Zhou Sheng and others from the same county plotted to harm the emperor. When Zhao heard about it, he went to Zhi and asked him to live between Wei and Mian, but he refused to live.
Zhao weeps and joins sincerely, feeling its meaning, then stops. Zhao Yin and the jujube tree form an alliance and part ways.
When Sima Yi was not an official in his early years, a man named Zhou Sheng wanted to kill him. Hu Zhao tried every means to thwart Zhou Sheng, which ultimately led to the bankruptcy of the plan to kill Sima Yi
Hu Zhao's behavior allowed Sima Yi to escape disaster. When he became an adult, this "Sima Tomb Tiger" fought against Zhuge Kongming, dragging the former Kongming to death, and then usurped the power of Cao Wei.
After Sima Yi became successful, he missed Hu Zhao's life-saving grace, so he treated this great benefactor with "the characteristics of a public car."
So if Hu Zhao hadn't saved Sima Yi, Sima Yi might have gotten up a long time ago. It's not an exaggeration to say that his Kong Ming tricked another Kong Ming to death.