Chapter 236 Leave me alone, I'm here for a blind date
"Oh." Cai Hao agreed in a dull voice. This time, as usual, Cai Hao felt that his sister was really unpredictable. She was sometimes willing, sometimes forced, and she was very skillful in planning and counting everyone.
But after all, it was the Cai family who gave up the land in the end, which made Cai Mao very unhappy.
Cai frowned and thought for a while, then said in deep thought: "Those families are all censors who are greedy for life and afraid of death. In addition to explaining Liu Zhang's abomination to them and arousing their hatred and doubts, the most important thing is to let them know the strength in our hands.
Chen Sheng's troops, Zhang Yun's navy, Huang Zu's Jiangxia army, and the Jiangdong army that continues to advance westward are all our support. You can exaggerate to them and make them feel that we have at least nine advantages against Liu Zhang.
Chances of winning."
"What's the actual percentage?" Cai Hao asked.
"Man is three points, destiny is seven points."
Cai Mao stared blankly at Ms. Cai. Ms. Cai waved her hand. Cai Mao turned away in confusion. Ms. Cai stopped her again and said: "And you, don't run to me casually in the future and don't speak so loudly. Yizhou Butcher is not the one on the bed."
You can compare to Sick Yangzi, but remember, no matter what happens, we, the Cai family, cannot take the lead."
"Yes." Cai Mao bowed, turned and left.
"Alas." Mrs. Cai sighed quietly in front of the bronze mirror. For so many years, she has been staying in this attic and rarely goes out. Apart from eating and sleeping, she almost always looks in the mirror and makes up. However, her face is getting older, and only the bronze mirror is there.
It's still the same as before.
Cai took down the bronze mirror from the wooden frame. In the past, dressing up could at least make Liu Biao smile and make her talk in his ear more effective. But now, Liu Biao is about to die, who can she dress up for?
Ms. Cai raised the bronze mirror and faced it out of the window. After hesitating for a long time, she pulled it back. She opened the black wood cabinet and threw the bronze mirror in, leaving an empty dressing shelf.
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Zhang Ren came to report, and after some twists and turns, the Sichuan army invited the Cai family to confront him on the spot. The Cai family finally agreed to give up the land.
Liu Zhang frowned. As Cai thought, this move did not arouse Liu Zhang's suspicion, and he did not see Cai's intentions from this matter, but Liu Zhang was even more convinced. Cai's prestige in the Cai family was extremely high.
And as long as you know this, you also know that people like Cai will definitely not let themselves take advantage easily.
"Strengthen military control and implement decrees step by step." Liu Zhang ordered Zhang Ren and Li Yan. He wanted to see how these Xiangyang aristocratic families would make trouble. It was best not to make themselves angry.
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The sun is shining brightly, beside the Qingshui River, in a river valley.
The valley is surrounded by cliffs on three sides and faces water on one side. In the valley, a boat is parked in the middle of the underground river. Dozens of people gather together, all with solemn expressions. Only a middle-aged man in his forties is cooking tea at the bow of the boat. An ugly man
The woman sat lazily on the barricade and looked at the scenery of the river valley.
In the cabin, a young man said indignantly: "Look, what did Liu Zhang do when he came to Jingzhou? Jingnan, Jiangling, Xiangjiang. You didn't see how many refugees there were. It was simply perverse and such a tyrant.
, how can we take over Jingzhou?"
Everyone listened quietly and frowned. The young man's name was Cai Yu. He was a distinguished member of the Cai family. He was ordered by Cai Hao to summon representatives from other clans. At such a sensitive moment, the clan leader naturally could not move lightly.
They are all young talents.
Cai Yu saw that his words did not impress these noble families. The blood of Jiangzhou and Hanzhong was floating in front of his eyes. Now that Liu Zhang would take over Xiangyang was a foregone conclusion. How could these people dare to easily oppose Liu Zhang? They might end up confiscating their families and exterminating their clans.
"Our Cai family is unlucky to be the first target of the Yizhou Butcher. Liu Zhang's dog thief actually forced our Cai family to give up half of the land, otherwise he would kill Duke Jing Sheng and seize Mrs. Cai. How can he be worthy of me if he is so despicable?
Lord of Jingzhou.
Today it is my Cai family, and tomorrow it may be one of you. When Liu Zhang seizes your wives, children, and children, and asks you to threaten the land, what can you do? Let me tell you, none of you can live alone.
Looking at what Liu Zhang did, he was all sincere and self-willed. He used the butcher's knife to achieve his goals according to his own wishful thinking. In the heart of Liu Zhang, the butcher, we are just fish on the chopping board.
In the Four Imperial Examinations, a woman like Fan Lixiang could become the governor of Changsha and also be in charge of Lingling of Guiyang. She has such overwhelming power. This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world. "Women are prone to subjugating others." From ancient times to the present
, I have never heard of a woman being an official.
Yang Zishang has been a carpenter for more than 30 years, and he is an old man by the Xiangjiang River. But look at the expression on Yang Zishang's face when he looks at us now, his nose is almost turned up to his eyes. If things go on like this, aren't we going to treat those untouchables
Are you nodding your head and bowing? Even if you can endure it, can the virtuous people in your clan endure it? Can your descendants endure it?
The land order is even more of a joke. The land belongs to me. How do I sell it? What does it have to do with Liu Zhang? Interfering unreasonably will make people angry. Your ancestors have been expanding the ancestral property for generations. Is it possible that in your generation, you can only maintain the status quo? Or even go backwards?
Why should the lintel of the gate be illuminated? How can it be worthy of our ancestors?"
Cai Yu said angrily, and other members of the family also had dissatisfaction on their faces and whispered to each other. A young man said angrily to Cai Yu: "What can be done about this? Who caused the current situation? Your Cai family controls the military power of Xiangyang.
, but sat back and watched Xu Shu's destruction, and then opened the city to surrender to the enemy. If it weren't for your Cai family, how would we be where we are today.
You, the Cai family, were forced to give up their land at your own fault, and now they want to drag us into trouble. Everyone knows that Liu Zhang kills without blinking an eye, so we would rather just live with it."
As soon as the young man finished speaking angrily, a middle-aged man immediately yelled: "Ma Jia Chang'er, what are you talking about? You usually talk freely, but now you talk freely. The Sichuan army under Liu Zhang is brave and good at fighting. Our Jingzhou army is at Xu Shu's side."
How can General Cai Mao resist when he is defeated one after another under his command and loses all his elite troops? Now that you are making such sarcastic remarks, can you lead troops to resist the Sichuan army? Then when the Cai family asked for everyone's opinions, why didn't you stand up?"
The young man twisted his neck and stopped talking. Cai Yu bowed to the middle-aged man and said, "Thank you, Uncle Kuai, for your understanding. Although we sought everyone's opinions before surrendering to Butcher Liu Zhang, our Cai family is not responsible for the loss of Xiangyang."
There must be some responsibility.
Cai Yu is here. I don't beg for your forgiveness. I just hope that you can help. Our surrender to Liu Zhang is not to be loyal to Liu Zhang. Instead, we are preparing to retake Xiangyang. As Uncle Kuai said, if we had fought hard at that time, we would have ended up like this at most.
The fate of Xiangyang is that we can only have a chance when the Sichuan army enters the city and Liu Zhang relaxes his vigilance.
As for the specific plan, for the sake of caution, we need everyone to sincerely decide to oppose Liu before we dare to reveal it. But I, Cai Yu, can pat my chest and assure you that this plan is at least 90% guaranteed to succeed, and the remaining 10% will be damned.
I am Xiangyang."
The children of all the aristocratic families were talking about it.
Cai Yu looked at everyone and took out a silk pen and inkstone from the corner of the cabin. He said loudly: "Now let's make a statement. If you are willing to join, just sign it."
Cai Yu handed the silk to everyone. Everyone looked at the silk and did not dare to take the pen. Against Liu Zhang, the people in Jiangzhou tried it and the people in Hanzhong tried it, but Liu Zhang is still alive and well.
, where have the people who once opposed him gone?
Cai Yu handed it around, but no one dared to sign it. When the silk was turned to the ugly girl, Cai Yu said with a smile: "Miss Yueying, people from all over the country will hear about the girl's talent. What do you mean?"
Huang Yueying is dressed in a light shirt and has a lifelike figure. Her yellow hair and bark-like face make people shy away. Cai Yu, with a friendly smile on his face, can't help but stand far away from Huang Yueying. His arms are stretched out to the longest
length.
The light shirt was flying in the wind. Huang Yueying's eyes moved from the scenery outside the boat to Cai Yu: "Leave me alone. I'm here for a blind date. Other things have nothing to do with me... Huh."
Huang Yueying looked at Cai Yu and suddenly shouted in surprise: "Master Cai is really handsome. I wonder if he has ever been married. If you are willing to come with me to meet your father, how about I sign this silk? No matter how many you sign, hehe
laugh."
Huang Yueying's face is full of smiles. If it is an ordinary girl, her smile will bloom. For Huang Yueying, her smile will bloom like a nest of pitcher plants.
Cai Yu shivered all over and hurriedly turned the silk to the other disciples of the family.
Huang Yueying smiled, jumped off the railing, and walked to the man making tea on the bow of the boat, "Brother Cui, I'm so excited."
The man who cooked the tea was named Cui Jun, whose courtesy name was Zhouping. He was from Boling. He was the second son of Cui Lie, the great captain of the Han Dynasty. He served successively as Lieutenant Commander of Huben and the Grand Administrator of Xihe, and he also participated in Dong Zhuo's expedition.
After his father Cui Lie was imprisoned and killed by Dong Zhuo, Cui Zhouping traveled to Jingxiang and became friends with Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others. He can be said to be the oldest among the young celebrities in Jingxiang.
Cuizhou's work in parallel has always been unconventional, or to be precise, unconventional.
In the Han Dynasty, filial piety was the most important virtue, and Cui Zhouping was a very unfilial person. When his father Cui Lie bought an official position, Cui Zhouping scolded his father for having the smell of copper. Cui Lie was so angry that he wanted to hit Cui Zhouping, but Cui Zhouping got away.
He fled, and later led troops to rebel against Dong despite his father being an official in the court, which directly led to the death of his father Cui Lie.
Because of this relationship, although Cui Zhouping is a noble man with a well-established family, he is not popular among the family members. When he traveled to Xiangyang, only Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others saw his talent and became friendly with him, and only a few of them
a friend.
But Cui Zhouping didn't care about all this, and still went his own way. Now he was cooking tea alone in the bow of the boat, and no one paid attention to him. Cui Zhouping was happy to be quiet.
"The girl is in a good mood. She is willing to come out and accompany Cui Jun." Cui Zhouping opened the lid of the teapot, and steam came out. Cui Zhouping took a look and saw that the tea had not been fully boiled, so he covered it again.
"Brother Cui is a hero of the world. Yueying has a strange appearance. I am very excited to be able to talk to Brother Cui."
"A hero in this world?" Cui Zhouping smiled lonely: "What a hero? His heart has already died." When the rebellion against Dong failed, Cui Zhouping was already disheartened. The eighteen princes were in disarray when they rebelled against Dong.
, attacking and killing each other, the whole world is just a battle between princes for hegemony.
In the unjust war of the Spring and Autumn Period, Cui Zhouping no longer wanted to get involved in worldly affairs, he just wanted to face the waves of the river and cook tea for the rest of his life.
The tea was finally cooked. Cui Zhouping filled two cups and brought one cup to Huang Yueying. Huang Yueying took it and took a sip and said to Cui Zhouping: "Brother Cui, originally you were Kong Ming's Xilang, so it was inconvenient for you to say something, but my father
Yueying dare not violate the order, so she still has to speak up."
"Girl, speak frankly." Cui Zhouping drank tea.
"Brother Cui, are you willing to be Yueying's husband?" Huang Yueying asked solemnly, staring at Cui Zhouping.
Cui Zhouping looked as usual and asked quietly: "Is the girl willing?"
"I was born with such a strange appearance, and Brother Cui is a hero among men. Even if he lives free from the world in the future, he will still be a hermit. Yueying can marry Brother Cui. It is a blessing accumulated in eight lifetimes."
"Hahahaha." Cui Zhouping suddenly laughed loudly, and the laughter echoed in the valley, attracting the attention of the family members in the cabin. They all looked at the two people with disdain, one was an unfilial son, the other was ugly, but they were chatting happily.
After Cui Zhouping finished laughing, he looked at the churning river at the mouth of the valley and said, "Girl, don't make fun of Cui Jun. I looked up and down, left and right, and the meaning expressed in the girl's eyes never misunderstood me.
In the eyes of an old man who is over forty years old, the girl Lan Xinhui is very kind. I am afraid that there are few people in this world who are worthy of her. Even Kong Ming, the girl seems to be just reluctant to give in.
Although Cui Jun is not a great observer of people, he has experienced some ups and downs. Even if the girl deliberately hides it, the arrogance in her bones cannot be hidden. If Cui Jun marries the girl, it will be the blessing he has cultivated in eight lifetimes, and the girl will not have to
You are making fun of Cui Jun."
"But isn't it true that marrying a girl means marrying beauty? What's the use of a beautiful woman?"
Cui Zhouping drank tea with a faint smile on his face. After a while, he asked in a deep voice: "Girl, Cui Jun has always wanted to ask you something. Kong Ming has left Longzhong, do you still care about him?
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Huang Yueying was silent for a while, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and felt the heat in her throat. She raised the cup in front of Cui Zhouping. Cui Zhouping looked at the empty tea cup for a long time, smiled, sighed, and poured tea for Huang Yueying.
, while saying, "Cui Jun knows the girl's answer. It's just a pity. Kong Ming is really passionate about the girl. I'm sure of this."
"But it doesn't matter. Everyone in the world is addicted to women's skin. I am afraid that the only person who knows how good a girl is is Kong Ming. And only a man like Kong Ming can barely match a girl. Cui Jun feels that sooner or later, you will still be together.
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"Really?" Huang Yueying asked in her heart. She looked into the distance and didn't know where Zhuge Liang had gone. Sure enough, since he grew older and uglier when he was ten years old, no one except Zhuge Liang has ever seen him. He will be alive.
Huang Chengyan and his wife were so worried that they looked ten years older.
Even the butcher Liu Zhang despised him. It seemed that he could only marry Zhuge Liang in this life.