Three Kingdoms: The Reverse Son of the Guan Family, Dragon Blessing Jingxiang

Fifteen to forty-five.

Three entire generations, gone, all gone!

What's even more shocking is that women, the whole Qiao Pei...even women under the age of fifty are rare.

The magistrate of Qiao County opened his mouth tremblingly: "This is the hometown of the Prime Minister and all the generals. Whether it is conscription of soldiers or widows, if this place does not support the Prime Minister's decree, then... the entire Wei Dynasty? Who else will support it, so …so…"

Cao Cao threw down his household registration in anger, and stood up suddenly, looking angrily: "The conscription order emptied out the men in Gu's hometown, and the widow's conscription order emptied out the women in Gu's hometown. The men are gone, and the women are gone. In the whole Qiao Pei... unexpectedly... you old men are the only ones left, so... fighting this world alone? What... exactly is it for?"

Cheng Yu and Jia Xu were both beside Cao Cao.

Jia Xu was silent. He was born in Guanzhong...the situation there had been like this ten or twenty years ago.

However, I never thought...Cao Cao established the Wei Dynasty, fought in the south and north, and in the end, he actually reduced the Central Plains to Guanzhong, and reduced the ten houses to nine empty houses.

Cheng Yu comforted Cao Cao: "Prime Minister, three feet of ice is not as cold as a day... In recent years, the Wei Dynasty has indeed carried out more conquests, especially in the second half of last year, when the Wei Dynasty conscripted troops and widows. This is true for Qiao Pei... let alone other cities and counties?"

call…

Listening to Cheng Yu's words, Cao Cao let out a long sigh. He couldn't help but ponder: "In the past six months, too many people have died!"

Yes, thanks to Guan Lin's sudden success, in several battlefields... Cao Wei killed more people than in the past few years combined.

At this time, a tiger soldier came in and reported, "To report to the Prime Minister, the emperor sent an envoy to ask for an audience with Xiahou Dun!"

Cao Cao did not expect that the emperor would send an envoy at this time, nor did he expect that Xiahou Dun would arrive here after being shot blind.

He sighed in his heart and couldn't help but sneer, "One after the other, you really know how to choose the right time!"

Sergeant Huben asked cautiously: "Prime Minister, which one should I meet first?"

Cao Cao said: "How dare you neglect the emperor's envoy? Let the emperor's envoy come first..."

Having said this, Cao Cao glanced at the household registration that was smashed on the ground and told the county magistrate, "Put it away and get down..."

The county magistrate retreated in a hurry. The elders and a group of elderly villagers did not dare to go anywhere without Cao Cao's order, so they could only stay here.

Not long after, the emperor's envoy walked in quickly and saluted Cao Cao, "Prime Minister, the envoy from Gaomiao is here to convey the decree on the order of the emperor."

As soon as these words came out, a group of fellow villagers quickly lifted their robes and knelt down.

Cao Cao said slowly: "What are your orders? Read it!"

The envoy unfolded the imperial edict and said: "Since ancient times, emperors, although the imperial edicts are called phase changes and the titles are different, they are to praise the heroes, establish merits, honor the surname, and extend it to the descendants. How can there be any difference between relatives with the common surname... As a sage and sage, I take it as my own duty to repay the merits of my ministers. How can I be less virtuous and help the emperor to provide relief, but the rewards are not rich? How can I answer the gods and comfort all the people!"

"Now that I am the king of Wei, my envoys will be held by the censor, Zongzheng, and Liu Ai. I will serve as a seal to the Xuantu Society. I will use the white grass as the jujube, the golden tiger talisman from the first to the fifth, and the bamboo talisman from the first to the tenth. Your Majesty. As for the throne, the Prime Minister will lead Jizhou Mu as before. On it is Wei Gong's seal and ribbon to commemorate the policy. Respect my order, be simple and considerate of all the people, overcome the achievements of the common people in Sui, and promote the death of my ancestors."

After the messenger from Gaomiao finished reciting, he kowtowed and said, "Congratulations to the King of Wei..."

Just as the messenger from Gaomiao read out, this was an edict conferring the title of Cao Cao from the Duke of Wei to the King of Wei.

This was also a huge hint given to the Han Dynasty by Cao Cao after he completed the construction of Luoyang.

——This King of Wei, your emperor will give it to you. If you don’t give it to him, Cao Cao will take it away.

This is the penultimate step in "renaming" the Han Dynasty's "fangben" to the Wei Dynasty.

Cao Cao should have been excited and ecstatic about this!

only…

At this moment, Cao Cao, listening to every sentence in this edict, was not excited or ecstatic, but felt huge irony...

——The king of sages takes matters into his own hands.

——To endanger the country, you will restore your generals, dragons and tigers will rise up, hunt down their leaders, and massacre their cave dwellers.

——In the Battle of Yangping, I personally broke out my armor, went deep into the dangers, attacked the candid thieves, destroyed their ferocity and ugliness, and destroyed the western frontier.

These are all great achievements.

But at this time...

Face the situation at hand.

There is not even a single Qiao Pei man left in his prime, Qiao Pei women are forced to remarry, and every father, fellow villager, and family member is panic-stricken.

Under this situation, Cao Cao felt that he was ashamed of his hometown elders...

Thinking about it again, Qiao Pei always looks like this, then? What about other cities and counties in the Wei Dynasty?

Cao Cao only felt ashamed of the world.

yes.

Battle reports of those killed in action.

Jiangxia's 60,000, Xiangfan's 35,000... these are just cold numbers when they pass in front of Cao Cao. But for the entire Wei Dynasty, and for each city and county of the Wei Dynasty, it is Chi Guoguo's life is in ruins. General reality.

Seemingly seeing that Cao Cao did not accept the order, the messenger from Gaomiao hurriedly said: "King Wei, the time and place are favorable and the people are ready. King Wei has already established immortal achievements, so don't delay..."

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and asked: "The right time, right place and right people?"

Having said this, he turned around and walked along the muddy road towards the village in Qiao County, murmuring:

"I joined the army at the age of fifteen and returned home at the age of eighty. I met people from the countryside. Who is there in my family?

From a distance, it is Jun's house, with numerous pine and cypress graves. The rabbit enters from the dog's sinus, and the pheasant flies from the beam.

The valley is born in the atrium, and the sunflower is born in the well. The grain is pounded for rice, and the sunflower is picked for soup.

The rice is cooked for a while, but I don’t know who it is! When I went out and looked eastward, my clothes were stained with tears. "

After reciting this piece, Cao Cao's mood seemed to be even more tragic... He raised his voice and chanted again loudly: "White bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles, hundreds of living people have lost one, and the thoughts are heartbreaking... Thoughts are heart-breaking——"

The words fell.

What Cao Cao saw was behind this muddy road. Hidden under the surface of "peace" and "antian", nine out of ten households in Qiao County did not exist.

It’s those houses that are still there, but are in ruins and no longer inhabited. It’s the young people in the entire county who are no longer there!

this…

Is this what Cao Cao brought to this world?

Is this what Cao Cao has brought to the world after fighting hard all his life?

Is it?

Is it?

Cao Cao still remembered that when he was a student of the imperial family, he devoted himself to being "the emperor's assistant and the pillar of the country" and devoted himself to being a general who conquered the Western Han Dynasty and left a name in history;

He remembered that when he was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang, he set up a five-color stick and beat the powerful;

He remembered that when he made the Dunqiu Order, he issued the "Ten Sins" to return the people to the sky;

He remembered that when he was the prime minister of Jinan, he destroyed evil temples and gave hope to the people.

He still remembered that he bowed down to serve the director and raised his arms;

He remembered that when the eighteen princes attacked Dong, they all looked north, while I headed west, but was defeated and returned...

He remembers…

"Ha ha…"

"Ha ha ha ha…"

"Hahahahaha..."

Cao Cao suddenly burst out laughing. He laughed wildly at first, but soon turned into a suppressed laugh, turned into a bitter laugh, and turned into a sarcastic laugh.

This total laughter turned him into the "King of Wei", this one person? No... He is already at the top of this era, he is already the man above ten thousand people.

It's the "Uncrowned Emperor"!

But...what did he leave to this world?

Is his original intention still there? No...his original intention has been fed to the dog!

"Hahahahahaha…"

Cao Cao's laughter became more and more sad.

It seems that in this hometown of Qiao Pei, in this ten-room house with nine empty houses, in this hometown where young people are scarce, Cao Cao is crowned King of Wei... This... this is such a ridiculous thing?

How ironic is this?

The dragon-slaying boy turned into a dragon after all!

How much better was the Wei Dynasty under Cao Cao than the two emperors Huan Ling and Dong Zhuo when he brought disaster to the country and the people?

It’s just a matter of fifty steps and a hundred steps!

"Ha ha ha ha…"

Amid Cao Cao's increasingly sad laughter, Cao Cao's old body suddenly fell to the side, his hands heavily touching his forehead, his expression ugly.

"Prime Minister...Prime Minister..."

"King Wei..."

Xu Chu and the Gaomiao envoy opened their mouths at the same time and ran towards Cao Cao at the same time.

Cao Cao, who was in pain, seemed to be aware of Xu Chu's arrival. He grabbed Xu Chu's arm and whispered to him: "Huhou, you... you do something for me!"

Facing the huge pain in his forehead and the huge sadness in his heart, Cao Cao whispered to Xu Chu.

"Send someone to tell Sun Zhongmou that he killed the Guan family and his son on behalf of Gu... Gu gave him the whole of Huainan and Gu's Shouchun——"

Hearing this...Xu Chu's eyes narrowed.

Even Xu Chu is aware of this tragic fact.

The Prime Minister has always known his mistakes, corrected them, never admitted his mistakes, and never compromised... However, at this age, he opened his mouth to compromise for the first time.

Because of Guan Lin;

Because of Guan Yu, the prime minister... no, it was the King of Wei who finally compromised with Soochow! Deeply compromised!

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Chengdu, General Zuo's Mansion.

In the middle of the night, three urgent letters were placed in front of Liu Bei and his "good friend" Fazheng.

These are the urgent reports that have been accumulated over this period of time.

Liu Bei and Fazheng rushed back to Chengdu from Jiangzhou, and Zhuge Liang sent people to deliver these urgent items together.

The first letter is about the situation in Xiangfan during this period.

It is no exaggeration to say that things can change quickly.

As Liu Bei and Fazheng watched, their eyes could not help but widen, and they became nervous when they saw the key points. They were even more worried when they saw Guan Yu trapped in an ambush, and they broke out in cold sweat.

But... when he saw Guan Yu beheading him, Huang Zhong shot and killed Pang De, and Guan Lin's magical hot air balloon spied on the entire battlefield, thus... turning the tide and helping the building to collapse.

In the end, they turned the tide... The Guan family army was not destroyed, Guan Yu was fine, and even Wancheng counterattacked.

The situation... suddenly reversed.

This change from great sadness to great joy made Liu Bei's heart not only feel relieved, but also on fire.

This battle has been fought, this turning point has come, my eyes can't keep up with the changes in the situation, and my heart is "thumping"——

Also shocked to the point of being unable to breathe was Fa Zheng.

He shook his head and nodded from time to time, and finally his eyes were fixed on the three words "hot air balloon".

In fact, when he saw the unfavorable situation stated in the previous battle report, Fazheng was also silently deducing in his mind, if it were him, how would he break the situation?

He has even thought of two or three strategies, but there is no doubt that... none of these strategies are "perfect", they all carry huge risks, and they are not as refreshing and direct as this mysterious "hot air balloon".

It is no exaggeration to say that this hot air balloon's assistance to the battlefield is revolutionary.

From a bird's eye view, you can see everything at a glance, which is a huge advantage on the battlefield!

After reading this letter, Liu Bei and Fazheng looked at each other. What was revealed in their eyes was "mysterious", "unbelievable" and "miraculous"!

"This Guan Yunqi once again brings us a huge surprise..."

Fa Zheng said with emotion.

"Yes!" Liu Bei nodded. He no longer knew what words to use to describe his praise of Guan Lin.

Even because of Guan Lin, he could no longer look directly at his son.

This is simply one galloping wildly in the sky and the other playing in the mud!

Guan Lin, Adou...one dragon and one insect!

"I'm not surprised that these novel things can be invented, but Yun Qi actually invited Xu Yuanzhi. That's what surprised me!" When Liu Bei said this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Yun Chang admires Yuanzhi. , You Yuanzhi is in Jingzhou, Kong Ming and I can finally let go."

At this point, Fazheng had already taken the second letter. In his opinion, Zhuge Liang sent the three letters at the same time. This move was by no means accidental.

"This is a letter from Yang Yi..."

Fa Zheng saw the signature and handed it directly to Liu Bei.

——'Yang Yi? 』

Liu Bei chanted his name in his mind, and then suddenly thought of something, "Oh, I had discussed with Kong Ming before and sent Yang Yi to Jingzhou to try to see if I could summon Yunqi to Bashu to teach Adou. I never thought that I would reply so soon. ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei unfolded his words.

But as his eyes looked at the words in the letter, his expression suddenly hardened.

"What? Is... Yun Qi unwilling?" Fazheng just blurted out his words.

Liu Bei directly handed the letter to him again, "Xiaozhi, read it yourself..."

When Fazheng took a look, it turned out that... Yang Yi had not seen this "Qilin'er" of the Guan family at all, but... through many visits, Yang Yi discovered that Jingzhou could not do without this Mr. Yunqi!

Fazheng was a little surprised and said with emotion: "I never thought that now... Yunqi's prestige in Jingzhou is actually higher than that of General Yun Chang!"

At this point, Fazheng paused, "That's right...General Yunchang is in danger this time. If it weren't for Yunqi, I don't know what this situation would be like? Not to mention capturing Wancheng to threaten Xuchang, I'm afraid Lian Yunchang Whether we can escape unscathed and whether Xiangyang can be saved are unknown!"

"What a pity..." Liu Bei said with emotion: "Adou is stubborn and disobedient to discipline. I thought that choosing someone like Yun Qi who is similar in age would be easier to follow and be good at teaching. Even if I can learn a level, it will be better than his current temperament, but..."

"Lord..." Hearing this, Fazheng rolled his eyes, as if he understood Zhuge Liang's meaning, and quickly reminded him, "Weigong's letter proposed another compromise method, and Kong Ming combined this letter with the first one. Presenting it to the lord, the meaning is very clear, can the lord try another method proposed by Wei Gong? "

Liu Bei was startled, then opened his mouth: "Send Adou to Jingzhou?"

Fa Zheng nodded, "Indeed, since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, only the princes have sent their sons to the king as hostages. No king has ever sent his son to the princes, but... my lord is different from those monarchs in ancient times. My lord and The friendship between the second general and the third general is not comparable to that of monarchs and princes in ancient times!"

As a close friend of Liu Bei, Fazheng knew Liu Bei very well. Even though Fazheng always stayed by Liu Bei's side, he ate at the same table and slept in the same bed.

However, when it comes to friendship, the friendship between Liu, Guan, and Zhang Taoyuan is far greater than the friendship between Fazheng and Liu Bei. It is not even comparable to the friendship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, who are both teachers and friends.

In Liu Bei's eyes, Guan Yu is a brother, not a general, let alone a "king" and a "lord".

They are lifelong friends.

really…

Following Fazheng's words, "Hahahaha" Liu Bei laughed heartily, "Those who know me are Xiaozhi, and those who know me are Kong Ming... It seems that both Kong Ming and Xiaozhi are sure that I will send Adou to Jingzhou to follow By his side, Brother Yun Qi, I will gain experience and learn skills..."

"If there are three of us traveling together, there must be a master like me, let alone a master like Mr. Yunqi." Fa Zheng said with emotion: "Adou goes to Jingzhou. This is feasible and should be done..."

In this way, during the conversation between this pair of good friends, the matter of sending Adou to Jingzhou was finally decided.

But... as the third letter unfolded, suddenly... Adou's trip to Jingzhou was cast into a thick layer of haze.

"how?"

Fazheng noticed something wrong in Liu Bei's eyes.

Liu Bei frowned and pointed at the words in the letter... and then handed the letter to Fazheng.

This is a letter sent by Huang Yueying to Zhuge Liang. It is more like a letter from home than a letter.

Of course, in the first half, Huang Yueying talked about "Guan Lin" and "Mianshui Villa", as well as the incredibleness of those magical ordnance. This is supported by the previous two letters, so it is not surprising.

But what is strange is the following content. Huang Yueying told Zhuge Liang his worries, that is, after Guan Yu killed Guan Xing, Guan Lin "broken" with Guan Yu, left Xiangyang, and rushed to Jiangxia with his troops.

It would be fine if we just rushed to Jiangxia. After all, Jiangxia is also an important military town, bordering Nanyang to the north and Huainan to the east.

Protection here is also very important!

However, Huang Yueying's letter mentioned that after Guan Lin arrived in Jiangxia, he indulged in singing and dancing every day, and was intoxicated every day.

It seems that the death of his brother has caused great trauma to Guan Lin.

This is spiritual sadness!

The letter also mentioned that Guan Lin had a tit-for-tat confrontation with Guan Yu before he left. This was a tit-for-tat confrontation that the Guan family and his son had not had for a long time!

as well as…

After arriving in Jiangxia, many officials tried to dissuade him but failed, and even Zhang Xingcai's cry to his mother Xia Houjuan was eloquently written.

——‘Is this self-destruction and self-pity? 』

Liu Bei couldn't help but think so.

Fazheng's face didn't look good either. The feeling of losing a loved one can indeed make a person temporarily lost. Don't forget that Guan Lin is only a teenager.

He is immature, still just a teenager.

As for when he would be able to come out, Fazheng was unsure, and Liu Bei was even less sure...

If you calculate it this way, if you send Liu Chan there, wouldn't it mean that you and Guan Lin are "indulged in singing and dancing", "drunk in life and death", and "indulged in wealth"? This... let alone being good at tempting, I'm afraid they are "similar", right?

Because of this letter sent by Huang Yueying, Adou... this long-standing problem has been settled, and it suddenly casts a huge haze.

"Takanao, what do you think?"

For a moment, Liu Bei hesitated, not knowing how to arrange it.

Fazheng also pondered, and when Liu Bei asked him, he opened his mouth, but his tone was a little awkward: "I...I want...I want..."

He didn't wait for Fazheng to chant the words.

"Brother...brother..."

Outside the door, roaring sounds like tigers roaring, dragons roaring, thunder and lightning roared out first.

It’s Zhang Fei…

Before anyone arrived, Zhang Fei's voice had already resounded throughout General Zuo's mansion.

"I heard the letter from Xiangfan. I rode three horses to death from Sanba before I came back..."

"I just want to ask my eldest brother. My second brother is about to attack Xudu and welcome back the emperor. When will eldest brother let me go and attack Bencheng? My eight-foot-long snake spear is already hungry and thirsty!"

This is what Zhang Fei said.

In fact, it wasn't Zhangba Snake Spear who was so hungry and thirsty, it was Zhang Fei who was ready to take action and was sharpening his sword...

Zhang Fei has read the latest chapter of "The God of War" Chapter 2: Defeating the War with Cao Xiu more than a hundred times!

It just so happened that it was written in the novel... that Zhang Fei actually lost!

This... this... this...

This is so, Zhang Fei can't bear it——

He had to get back on his feet and tell Guan Lin that this chapter had to be rewritten. How could Zhang Fei lose to Cao Xiu?

How could Zhang Fei let Cao Xiu get upset?

This...can't be done!

This makes Zhang Fei anxious to death!

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