Three Kingdoms

Chapter 370 Choice of direction

drizzle.

As soft as silk.

Floating like a lover's little hands, stroking and soaking, from clothes to body.

Good tea.

Fragrant and fragrant.

The gentle swing is like a lover's embrace, warm and lingering, from outside the body to inside the body.

The drizzle and the fragrance of tea separate the inside and outside of the hall into two different worlds.

"Brother, please give me tea!" Xun Yu respectfully offered the tea soup that he had prepared to Xun Chen. He saw Xun Chen taking the bowl and starting to drink. Then he picked up his own tea bowl and tasted it carefully. Tea.

There is nothing added to the tea soup, it is simply boiled with water. This is Xun Chen's habit.

It is also Xun Chen's habit to say nothing when drinking tea and not speaking when eating.

Watching Xun Chen slowly finish the tea soup and put down the bowl, Xun Yu also put down the tea bowl.

Jizhou has also been experiencing drought for a long time. Although this spring rain is not big, it makes people very happy, because with this spring rain, the seeds of the crops can finally germinate and grow, and there is hope for a year's harvest. .

But for people in Jizhou now, there are also many people whose hearts are beginning to grow quietly.

"The letter from the patriarch has arrived." Xun Chen took out a letter from his arms, put it on the table, pushed it towards Xun Yu, then turned to look at the drizzle outside the hall, His expression was full of solemnity, as if he was trying to see some picture in the drizzle outside the hall.

Xun Yu took the letter and opened it to read. The more he read, the more he frowned.

After a long time, Xun Yu put down the letter and looked at Xun Chen with a complicated expression. Then he lowered his head and looked at the water vapor rising from the kettle on the side of the table. There was a look of helplessness on his face, as if he wanted to get something from the water vapor. What a surprising answer.

The two brothers were silent, one watching the rain and the other watching the smoke.

Xun Chen sighed softly, like spring rain dripping on the tile surface, so subtle it was almost inaudible, and he chanted:

“Heaven is like a mountain,

"The great king Huangzhi.

"He did it,

"Kangzhi, King Wen.

"He's in love with Qi,

"There is a journey of barbarians,

"The descendants will protect it."

Xun Yu was silent. He knew the origin of this "Made in Heaven" and naturally also knew the meaning of this song.

This is the folk song that Duke Zhou used to worship Mount Tanqi when he became king.

Qishan is not the hometown of the Zhou tribe. However, after the Zhou tribe moved eastward, it occupied Chaoge, which represents the transition from a tribe to a dynasty. All this development and prosperity started from Qishan, and the Zhou people continued to expand eastward from here. to most areas of the Central Plains.

Therefore, for the Zhou Dynasty, the significance of Qishan was far more than the original habitat of the tribe. It was a symbol of the prosperity of the tribe and a symbol of the family moving from the local to the central.

The hometown of the Xun family is in Yingchuan, but now the head of the Xun family has followed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Chang'an, while the two brothers Xun Chen and Xun Yu are in Jizhou. In a sense, they have both left their hometown and left. "Qishan".

The meaning of "hometown" will change with the migration of people, just like the King of Zhou left his hometown Qishan and turned Chaoge into his new hometown. The original hometown may be eclipsed because it is not conducive to survival and development, while the new place of prosperity may become closer because it benefits people greatly.

To achieve success, one does not necessarily have to be born and raised in one's hometown, just like the situation the Xun family is facing now.

But Xun Yu noticed the deeper meaning behind Xun Chen's chant, and the last sentence "descendants protect him" revealed Xun Chen's current thoughts...

Xun Chen is now a descendant of the Xun family. The foundation of the Xun family, the status of the Xun family, and the future of the Xun family naturally require Xun Chen, a descendant, to come out to "protect" it.

Just like what the patriarch Xun Shuang said in his letter, although on the surface they are words of love and concern, the meaning is still very clear, asking Xun Chen to help Yuan Shao "as much as possible"...

Just like when the family persuaded Xun Chen to provide "as much help as possible" to Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou...

"Brother..."

Xun Yu left the table, bowed profusely, and put his head on the palm of his hand. He originally wanted to say some words of comfort to Xun Chen, but he couldn't say anything when he was full of words.

Xun Chen smiled slightly, helped Xun Yu up, and said, "As a brother, I should go first. There is no need for this."

Like Xun Yu, Xun Chen came to Jizhou and discovered that Jizhou Mu Han Fu was not a British master. However, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu still felt a little regretful.

Because Yuan Shao already has someone from Yingchuan, Guo Tu.

Although Guo Tu was originally a subordinate of Jizhou Mu Han Fu, since Yuan Shao came to Jizhou, he quickly established contact with Yuan Shao and gained Yuan Shao's trust. For the Xun family, who was also born in Yingchuan, , is not a very happy thing.

Guo Tu’s magnanimity...

Therefore, Xun Chen originally did not want to lean towards Yuan Shao, nor did he disdain to work with such a narrow-minded person. He hoped to have a wise leader who could fully display his talents, instead of scheming with his colleagues all day long.

But the family has orders and they dare not disobey them.

Who knows that he is the son and elder brother of the Xun family? If he doesn't do this first, how can he let his younger brother do it?

"The Korean festival will definitely fail." Xun Chen said, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, "If the people of Jizhou or Yingchuan are not allowed to look forward and backward, hesitant to make decisions, there is nothing to do with the scepter. Success. Those who achieve great things should not stick to trivial matters, and those who want to become hegemons should move forward bravely. However, in this world, such a hero has not yet appeared. Wen Ruo, you can wait for the time..."

Xun Yu knew that in fact, one of the two sentences Xun Chen said referred to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao paid too much attention to "little details". At this critical moment when he wanted to challenge Dong, he actually had to create a "contract" first. He gives himself the name of a cavalry general before doing things, but he doesn't know that good opportunities are always fleeting, and official position is something, as long as there is the name of San Gong, if you really have to take action, wait until you have achieved success. When the day comes, will it still be small?

The other sentence refers to Yuan Shu. He had troops from Runan and generals such as Sun Jian and Ji Ling under his command, but he was hovering between Yu and Ying. He did not have the spirit to "go forward bravely" and Dong Zhuo seized the opportunity and fought back. hit.

Therefore, in Xun Chen's eyes, neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu were "heroic figures" who could be relied upon, but at the request of the family, they had to join Yuan Shao's camp. Therefore, in fact, for Xun Chen, they were also Such cruelty.

"I sincerely follow your elder brother's teachings." Xun Yu bowed again.

Xun Chen nodded and turned to look outside the hall. Unknowingly, the drizzle had stopped. Xun Chen smiled slightly and said, "The rain has stopped, so we can do it."

Yes, the rain has stopped and we can go, but how do we go, and where does this road lead?

Xun Yu said goodbye to Xun Chen, left Xun Chen's residence, and walked slowly on the streets of Yecheng. He looked up at the clouds in the sky that had not yet dispersed, and couldn't help but chant slowly:

"What grass is not yellow?

"No day.

"Who doesn't general?

“Operate all directions.

"What kind of grass is not mysterious?

"Who is not jealous?

"Sorry for my concubine,

"A bandit alone.

"Bandits and tigers,

"Lead into the wilderness.

"Sorry for my concubine,

"No time to spare."