Three Kingdoms

On this day, Cai Yong was sitting in the side hall, with pen and ink placed in front of him, but he did not pick up the pen, thinking deeply.

As the saying goes, when people grow old, they are often left with their memories, and Cai Yong is no exception. He is recalling the ups and downs he has gone through in his life.

Cai Yong's life was also full of ups and downs.

The first time was during the period of Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, when he was recruited to serve as an official. Cai Yong felt that the eunuchs at that time were too dim in controlling the government, so he pretended to be sick halfway and returned home.

The second time he became an official was recommended by Qiao Xuan, who was an honest official, and he served as a vassal. He was treated favorably by Qiao Xuan. Later he became the magistrate of Heping County. He was also called to be a doctor. He studied in Dongguan School and was promoted to Yilang. He became famous. The Xiping Stone Scripture was written during that period.

But after all, because of his youth and lack of experience in political struggles, he misjudged the performance of ZTE shown by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was uneasy because of frequent natural disasters. He approached Cai Yong and asked him to speak freely about the government without any scruples. Cai Yong believed it to be true and wrote a solid article on the current affairs. As a result, Cao Jie, the official of the Central Committee, resented Cai Yong and falsely accused Cai Yong. Yong, which led to Cai Yong being exiled to Shuofang, a bitter cold place in the north of Bingzhou near Xianbei...

Fortunately, Cai Yong was pardoned when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty granted amnesty to the world. Later, Cai Yong wandered around the world and lived in many places. He lived in Wudi in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time before he was recruited by the court again and returned to Luoyang City...

I suffered a lot because of my upright character when I was young, but my sincere heart has never changed even though it has gone through ups and downs. Will it change when I get old?

Cai Yong smiled, picked up the ink block, and ground it carefully. Then he picked up the pen and wrote a line of words with flying speed.

Fei Qian happened to see this scene when he came with the housekeeper of Cai Mansion.

Seeing Fei Qian arriving, Cai Yong put down his pen and motioned Fei Qian to sit down.

Cai Yong looked at the disciple in front of him. Although he had not been with him for a long time, he felt that he was friendly and courteous. This was in line with his own temperament. In some aspects, he was even better than his younger self. He needs to do better, understand the principles and know how to adapt. He is indeed a rare talent. Of course, it would be better if he could improve his knowledge in literature.

Cai Yong waited for Fei Qian to sit down and asked, "Can Zuo Zhuan be recited in full?"

Fei Qian was about to stand up to answer, but was stopped by Cai Yong, and said: "You can read through it now." - Reading through and reciting is the basic requirement for learning a book. The standard for being able to read through is just that you can understand the meaning of the words in the book. Therefore, Cai Yong's request is really not too high.

Cai Yong nodded and said: "Fu Zuozhuan, one is about history and the present, the other is all-encompassing, and the third is about how to live in the world. You need to understand it carefully after reading it."

Fei Qian nodded in agreement.

Cai Yong continued: "What you said about Chong'er a few days ago is true, but I have grown tired of it. I really don't want to accept the land of barbarians and the water of fertile water!"

Fei Qian couldn't help but change his expression when he heard this. Does Mr. Cai Yong and Cai mean that he doesn't want to leave?

Cai Yong's "land of barbarians, fertile water" refers to two things that happened to Chong'er during his escape. One was that Chong'er fled to the Wulu area of ​​​​Weiguo and found no food, so he went to the wasteland. The farmer who was clearing the land asked for food, but instead of giving him food, the farmer picked up a piece of dirt from the ground and said, "Do you want food? If you want to eat, just eat this..."

The second thing is that when Chong'er fled to Qin, Duke Mu of Qin gave five girls to Chong'er as concubines. Duke Mu of Qin's daughter Huai Ying was also among them. Once, Huai Ying held a vessel filled with water and asked Chong'er to wash his hands. , Chong'er finished washing and waved Huaiying casually to go away.

As a result, Qin Mu Gong's daughter Huai Ying became angry and said: "Qin and Jin are equally big countries. In that case, do you regard me as a servant? Why do you do such rash actions? Do you look down on me?" Chong'er was frightened, so he took off his clothes and locked himself up to express his apology to Duke Mu of Qin.

When he was young, Cai Yong offended the eunuch Cao Jie because he spoke out about current affairs, and was framed by Cao Jie. He went from a high-ranking official to a prisoner, resulting in twelve years of exile. Although Cai Yong said there was no danger for his life in the past twelve years, he had suffered a lot. He had really experienced enough of the warmth and coldness of the world. For him, he really didn't want to experience this kind of life of escape again...

Although he is famous all over the world now, running away may not be as painful as when he was young, but after all, people are old and no longer have the energy to run around...

Fei Qian wanted to persuade him again, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Cai Yong stopped him.

Cai Yong gave Fei Qian the words he had just written on the desk and motioned for Fei Qian to take a look.

Fei Qian took it and saw a line of words written on the paper: "I have traveled thousands of miles to cross the sand curtain, and I will fight for the Huns as a general. The road is exhausted, and the arrows will destroy it, and the soldiers will be destroyed, and my name will be lost."

what does this mean? Fei Qian didn't react for a while.

Cai Yong smiled when he saw this and asked: "Zi Yuan, can you read Han Shu?" - Han Shu was Cai Yan's additional extracurricular reading for Fei Qian later. Of course, in addition to Han Shu, these extracurricular readings also included other A large number of books...

"Read a little bit." Fei Qian replied, thinking in his mind, why did Cai Yong and Cai Cai suddenly ask about Han Shu?

Suddenly Fei Qian remembered, no wonder Cai Yong asked Han Shu. It turned out that this sentence came from Han Shu, and it was also a very famous figure-Su Wu.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty continued to attack the Xiongnu, and the relationship was bad. In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Qi Danhou Chanyu came to the throne. He was afraid of being attacked by the Han Dynasty when he first took the throne, so he softened his attitude towards the Han Dynasty and returned the things that the Xiongnu had previously detained. The Han envoy. In order to applaud Shan Yu's behavior, Emperor Wu sent Su Wu as a Zhonglang General to escort some Huns envoys detained in the Han Dynasty back to China, and gave Shan Yu gifts to thank Shan Yu.

But when Su Wu arrived at the Xiongnu, he found that the Xiongnu were not submissive, but just a temporary delaying tactic. It happened that the Xiongnu were at odds with each other, so he took this opportunity to assassinate the Shanyu. Unfortunately, he failed and was captured. Then he refused to surrender and was exiled to Shanyu. North Sea Shepherd.

However, Li Ling, who was also serving as a servant to Su Wu at that time, did not have such backbone and surrendered to the Huns. Later, when Su Wu returned to the Han Dynasty, Li Ling went to see him off and wrote these four sentences: "I traveled thousands of miles across the sand curtain to serve as your general." We are fighting against the Xiongnu. The road is exhausted, arrows are destroying us, and all the soldiers are destroyed, so our name has already faded away."

What Li Ling means is that I also traveled thousands of miles and crossed the desert to lead the troops of the Han Dynasty to fight against the Huns. As a result, the return route was cut off, the swords and arrows were destroyed, and all the soldiers died. I had no choice but to surrender. Now my reputation has been corrupted...

This is a heartfelt poem written by Li Ling to justify his surrender and admire Su Wu's integrity.

Cai Yong's intention in writing these four sentences was definitely not to praise Li Ling, but to express that he wanted to be like Su Wu and preserve his character and integrity...

Fei Qian couldn't help but feel anxious, Cai Yong, old man Cai, do you know that tragedy will happen again if this happens?

How on earth am I going to save you, old man Cai Yong Cai?

How can I save you, Cai Yan and Cai Zhaoji?