"After careful consideration, I felt that I hated Liu Biao even more. My family raised me and it was the responsibility of the children of the family to sacrifice for the family. So from then on, I never thought about the Liu family again, but wholeheartedly helped the family.
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But as time went on, I realized more and more that even if my family became glorious, powerful, and prosperous, I was still confused, as if I were standing alone in the mid-air at night, surrounded by darkness and nothingness.
But I can only keep going like this, because I have no choice, until my husband appears and destroys both things.
I don’t know why, maybe it’s numbness, indifference, confusion, or maybe I’m just a bad-hearted woman. When my family was destroyed, I didn’t feel much. I just thought it was ridiculous. I had worked hard to maintain it for more than ten years, but in the end,
It’s still all in vain.”
Liu Zhang listened quietly to Cai Ming's story. A woman who was manipulated by her family but was unable to struggle would have been an ordinary woman. But God gave Cai Ming wisdom and scheming, so that this woman, who was already suffering,
Struggling in vain against the constraints of fate.
The struggle is not to get out, but to prove that you are still alive.
"Then why did you participate in the Four Imperial Examinations, why did you accept the appointment as Protector, why did you do something rebellious and still keep your grievances in your heart?"
"Because from the moment you left Xiangyang, I suddenly felt that I was no longer a woman of the Cai family, but a woman of the Liu family...your woman."
Cai Ming hugged Liu Zhang tightly, his face pressed against Liu Zhang's, and a little bit of cold liquid soaked into it. Cai Ming seemed to want to pour out everything in his heart and said thoughtfully.
"Husband, do you remember? When you left Xiangyang, you asked me to go with you, but I didn't leave. You must think that Ming'er is a hopeless woman, right? Or, Ming'er only has family in her heart and can no longer pretend to be anything.
other.
I know that my husband thinks so, but I was really in pain at that time. I really wanted to follow my husband, but I have been protecting my family for ten years. How could I just leave it behind?
After my husband left, it happened to be my birthday. It was my first birthday, because it was the first time that I felt my living presence from outside the family. I cried all night. The next day, I finally figured it out.
Something happened.
I have done enough for my family. The family is really not that important, and it is a family that has sacrificed all my happiness. Ordinary girls have paid off their debts the day they marry for the family. I
Ten more years of repayment is enough.
Pursuing one's own happiness and happiness is the youth that a woman should have.
But when I understood, I had no choice, my husband had left. The family was slipping further and further into the abyss of rebellion, and I knew I had to make another choice.
This choice I made was not as painful as the choice I made ten years ago. The destruction of my family had long been doomed. I was a bad woman. I did not feel too much sadness. Perhaps in the ten years I planned for my family,
My feelings for my family have already diluted a little bit.
That’s why I took part in the Four Civil Service Examinations, accepted the appointment as Protector, and concentrated on doing good deeds. It was for my husband’s great cause, for the people I loved, and at the same time for myself.
Isn't it the greatest happiness for a woman like me to have someone she loves and be able to do what she wants to do?
But I can't tell my husband. I don't know if Dao Dao regards Ming'er as a plaything or something. I also know that my ruin will bring a bad reputation to my husband. But the most important thing is that in southern Xinjiang,
At that time, I still couldn't let go of the shadow of my family.
Even if Ming'er is willing to work for her husband from the bottom of her heart and give up everything for her husband, including her life, even if she has made a choice, she still cannot put aside the barrier of the destruction of her family. Therefore, when her husband wants to question Ming'er, Ming'er does not dare to say it frankly.
, it is for the sake of my husband that I dare not admit my inner thoughts.
Until just now when I was sick, my husband hurriedly took care of me. From my husband's expression, Ming'er knew that even if my husband didn't love me, he didn't treat Ming'er as a plaything. Ming'er was not that humble in the heart of her husband, so she finally dared to open her heart.
Tell your husband this."
"Ming'er." Liu Zhang looked at Cai Ming, and after listening to Cai Ming's words, he finally realized that this woman's heart was actually not as rigid as she appeared on the surface. Her cold appearance was just a cover-up for the fragility in her heart, including her own.
How much does the person with the most poisonous heart know about her?
Liu Zhang touched Cai Ming's slowly cooling back, kissed him on the lips, and laid him down on the bed: "Don't worry Ming'er, I won't let you be wronged again in the future, and you won't have to face so many painful choices tonight.
Have a good rest and I will see you again tomorrow."
"Husband, don't leave." Cai Ming pulled Liu Zhang, looked at him with deep eyes and said, "Ming'er talked a lot, but now that I have finished speaking, I feel empty. Tonight, let Ming'er serve my husband with peace of mind for the night, okay?
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"You are in such bad health, from now on... okay, I'll stay here tonight, but you have to sleep well and don't have random thoughts."
Liu Zhang put out the gauze lamp, and Cai Ming took off Liu Zhang's coat as he had done in Jingzhou, and placed it beside the bed. The two slept together in their clothes. Liu Zhang hugged Cai Ming's thin body and whispered: "Sleep peacefully.
I'll see if there's any good and auspicious days tomorrow... Oh, forget it, Yue'er and Ronger's wedding hasn't happened yet. Anyway, you are my woman. I will announce it tomorrow. Who dares to make irresponsible remarks... I
See, no one dares to make irresponsible remarks."
Cai Ming looked at Liu Zhang's appearance in the moonlight, and couldn't help but smile, and said softly: "It's enough for your husband to have this heart. Ming'er can meet her husband, and it's like regaining life. She doesn't dare to do it again."
What are you asking for...Oh, my husband is not honest, did he agree not to be served by others?"
Liu Zhang's hand rested on Cai Ming's towering chest. He couldn't hold it back for a moment. He was embarrassed. He wanted to go further, but he was afraid of hurting Cai Ming's body. Cai Ming looked at Liu Zhang's appearance, with a faint smile, and gently offered it to him.
The red lips allowed Liu Zhang to taste the fragrance as much as he wanted.
After they separated for a long time, Cai Ming murmured: "Husband, let Ming'er serve you."
"Ming'er..."
"Don't worry, it won't hurt Ming'er's body."
Cai Ming slid down like a snake, gently opened Liu Zhang's belt, and felt Liu Zhang's need from the spray there, and gently kissed and wrapped...
Cai Qiao, who was taking a nap on a stool not far away, had already been woken up by the two talking. He was happy for his young lady. At this time, he squinted his eyes and saw the ups and downs on the bed. He blushed with embarrassment and could only continue to pretend to sleep.
He didn't dare to move at all, for fear of disturbing the two of them.
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"Report, Southern Xinjiang military report, Southern Xinjiang great victory."
On the second day of that night, Liu Zhang ordered Fa Zheng to use force to annihilate the rebellion in the three counties.
A month later, good news came back from southern Xinjiang. Fazheng used the Wuxi border army, the southern Xinjiang Protectorate Army and 10,000 Chengdu troops to defeat the rebels in the three counties. Gaofang, the king of Yue Junyi, surrendered and handed over
Yong Kai, the son of the Yong family, attacked the Zhu family, and the Yongchang Wang family was defeated and returned.
Fa Zheng led 50,000 Sichuan troops. He first defeated the rebels from the Three Counties, captured many soldiers from the Three Counties, and then released them all. Over time, the rebels from the Three Counties thought that Fa Zheng was afraid of them and did not dare to make things worse, so they became more and more emboldened.
Even when the rebels were arrogant, Fazheng still went his own way. After catching the rebels, he took away the weapons and armor and released them. However, after capturing a person of Yue Junyi Wang Gaofang, he deliberately thought he was a member of the Zangda Zhu family.
He asked him to go back and tell the Zhu family rebel leader about the murder of Gao Fang, so he should not hesitate.
Originally, there were many discords among the three counties. After Fazheng arrived in southern Xinjiang, he promoted Wang Xu's soft attack and benevolent government. It was inevitable that some people would be tempted, even King Junyi of Yue himself was tempted.
After all, if the Sichuan Army opens the Silk Road, what harm will it do to the three counties? Even if they do not have jurisdiction over the road section, they can still make money. At most, it is just a road connection. It will be easier for the Sichuan Army to attack the three counties, but other
Forgot, the lifeblood of the Silk Road is still in the hands of the three counties.
Originally, this battle was fought inexplicably. In the past, in the first six years of Liu Zhang's rule, he was lenient to southern Xinjiang, and the powerful southern barbarians and four southern counties did not cause trouble. On the surface, they were all prefectures and counties of Yizhou. Every year
He also paid tribute to the Mufu in full.
In the past two years, the attitude of the Mufu has become tougher, but it has not touched their fundamental interests. The four civil service examinations and land orders have nothing to do with these half-barbarian and half-Han savages.
It's just that this time the Yong family was suddenly attacked, and the other three counties had to step in. Otherwise, the Sichuan army would defeat them one by one, and it would be too late to regret.
But from the bottom of their hearts, the three counties' fighting will is not that determined.
He is a Yi, and it is reasonable for the Han people to unite to fight against him. So when King Yue Junyi learned from the soldiers who ran back that the Zhu family of Zangdao might unite with the Sichuan army to harm him, he believed it to 80%. In addition, Fazheng kept releasing
The prisoners, barbarians and Han people under their command were all grateful to the Sichuan army and did not want to fight with the Sichuan army.
The soft attack and benevolent government promoted by Fazheng, bounties and titles, the opening of mutual markets, the title of children, and the extra points and preferential treatment for the four imperial examinations all moved the heart of King Yue Junyi. Therefore, King Yue Junyi decided to strike first and defeated the king in one fell swoop.
The power of the Zhu family.
Many of the Zhu family's soldiers were also released by Fa Zheng. Feeling grateful for their kindness, they surrendered in large numbers.
King Yue Junyi brought the chiefs of the Zhu family to see Fa Zheng, but Fazheng tried to kill King Yue Junyi by pretending to surrender. King Yue Junyi had to agree to Fa Zheng's conditions and attack the Yongchang Wang family to clear his name.
The royal family of Yongchang was caught off guard and was attacked and collapsed by King Yue Junyi and the Sichuan army. A small number of their troops fled and a large number of them surrendered.
When the Wang family returned to Yongchang, Yongchang County was not in control of the city, and the city gates were closed. Lu Kai, a young celebrity in the city, heard that the Wang family was defeated, surrendered to the Sichuan army, gathered the heroes in the city, killed all the Wang family, closed the city to resist the enemy, and the Wang family rebels
When he was desperate, he killed his leader and surrendered to Fa Zheng.
At this point, Yuejun, Jianning, and Yongchang have formally returned to Yizhou, leaving only the remnants of the Zhu family, led by the youngest son Zhu Bao, becoming a factor of instability. (To be continued)