Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 166 Liu Biao's Ambition

Jia Xu's willingness to seek refuge did not surprise Shen Chen. For thousands of years, they will help whoever has a greater chance of winning. This is an eternal truth.

It's just that people in the world are stupid, and Yuan Shao felt that Yuan Shao had a good chance of winning in the battle of Guandu, so Yuan Shao received so many responses on the surface.

But a smart person like Jia Xu, who is extremely smart in the world, can naturally see the essence through the phenomenon, thinking that Cao Cao has a greater chance of winning, so he wants to persuade Zhang Xiu to join Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Shen Chen was killed halfway. Although Cao Cao won the battle of Guandu, he suffered heavy losses and his strength was greatly weakened.

Therefore, Jia Xu must find a new strong person to attach to.

Shen Chen didn't know what he wanted to do, but at the moment, he just needed to stabilize the rear and ensure that Zhang Xiu wouldn't make any trouble.

Except for the family members of Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu as hostages, Liu Biao would definitely not trust him completely, and he would have to send the family members of the Xiliang Army under Zhang Xiu's command to Xiangyang.

After leaving Rangcheng, I went back to Huangmen Pavilion first.

Taking off his military uniform and putting on a scholar's gown, from general Shen Chen to scholar Shen Chen, his temperament also changed greatly, becoming more refined.

I saw that he was wearing a blue-gray wide-sleeved gown with a right lapel, a black fine silk cloak underneath, a sapphire blue satin cloak, a turban on his head, a jade pendant on his left waist, and a sword sheath hanging on his left. between.

The height of the 15-year-old has also reached 1.7 meters four. After a year of training outside, he exudes a masculine air all over his body. His resolute face looks forward, and he looks quite handsome.

"My son is really handsome."

Shen Chen's mother, Mrs. Deng, was full of praise when she saw her son dressed up as a scholar, and laughed and said, "Your second uncle's family has a younger sister, Asi, who is 12 years old this year and looks very pleasant. What does my son think?"

"Mother, the world is not peaceful, how can I start a family, besides, I am only fifteen this year, and I will talk about starting a family after I reach my twenties."

Shen Chen only felt his scalp go numb.

12 years old?
Or cousin?
Pooh.

Nausea.

I'm all closed.

Pooh.

It will take an unknown number of years to release it to future generations.

It's just that the environment in the Han Dynasty was like this. Cao Cao married his cousin, Mrs. Ding, when he was a teenager.

Not only the aristocratic families, but also the people at the bottom are like this, getting married early and getting pregnant early.

So he couldn't resist directly, he could only make excuses.

Fortunately, Shen Chen is not a low-level person who was randomly manipulated by his parents, and now his family status has risen sharply.

Parents are also used to him having his own ideas, so as long as they make reasonable excuses, such as being young, they probably won't say anything after the crown.

After all, even if it is a matter of passing on the family line, I still have a brother Shen Zhong above me, and now there are three nephews and nieces.

Deng said regretfully: "Even if you can't make a blind date, it's better to make a blind date first."

"Mother."

Shen Chen persuaded earnestly: "You can't think like this, I can be regarded as very important in Jingzhou now, if I want to become faint, I can't get married with someone from my parents' clan, but I have to marry with other big clans."

"Is that right?"

Deng's eyes widened, and suddenly he remembered the stories about his ancestors told by his parents when he was a child, and only then remembered that it seemed to be the case.

"nature."

Shen Chen explained: "So if you want to grow your clan, you must marry a foreign clan."

It's just an excuse.

In ancient times, cousins, cousins, and the like were often chosen to marry each other in order to get closer.

However, close relatives marry, it is easy to have deformed children or premature death of children.Cao Cao and Mrs. Ding did not have children, it is very likely because the children died.

So of course Shen Chen refused to marry the cousins ​​of his mother clan.

Deng said with some regret: "It seems that I can only refuse your second uncle. The elders of the clan have also asked about this matter, and I am afraid it is difficult to explain."

"It doesn't matter, the clan affairs are up to me to decide."

Shen Chen waved his hand.

The two clans of Deng and Chen are deeply intertwined, and they marry each other a lot, just like the relationship between the Cao clan and the Xiahou clan. One more is not too much, and one less is not much, and it will not affect the relationship between the two families.

At that moment, after comforting his mother, Shen Chen stayed at home for one night, and set off on the second day in a carriage, heading towards Xiangyang.

I set off in the morning and arrived outside Xiangyang City in the afternoon. Because I didn't tell everyone in advance, no one came to greet me.

The wharf outside the city is still the same as before, crowded with people, especially in recent days, due to the Battle of Guandu, Henan once again experienced large-scale population migration, and tens of thousands of people migrated to Nanyang, Nanjun, and Jiangxia.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the population of Jingzhou doubled in just over ten years, which was caused by the war in the north.This caused Xiangyang City to be expanded again. After not returning for a year, countless new street houses were added to the east and west of the city.

The carriage drove into Deng Hong's house first.

It was already afternoon, Deng Hong had already returned home from get off work, when he suddenly heard that Shen Chen had come back, he happily ran from the backyard to the front yard.

Before anyone saw him, hearty laughter came.

"Hahahaha, Ah Chen, Ah Chen."

Deng Hong shouted, walked out of the hall, and saw Shen Chen and his servants in the yard carrying large and small bags. His mother asked him to bring Deng Hong a gift, so he rushed up and hugged his grandson with a big smile, saying, "Ah Chen, you Finally came back."

"granduncle."

Shen Chen hurriedly dodged, held up the big and small bags, and shouted: "This is the egg my mother gave to my uncle, be careful not to drop it."

"Come here as soon as you come, I take so much every time, I can't finish eating at home."

Deng Hong put him down, looked at the things brought by the servants behind, and scratched his head. In fact, it was not an expensive gift, but some farm products such as bacon, eggs, grains and rice, which were very valuable to poor families, but Deng Hong Now that Hong is hugging Cai's thigh, he has already made a fortune.

"Where is the sixth grandmother?"

Shen Chen did not see Mrs. Cai.

Deng Hong said: "Go with Mrs. Second Young Master to accompany Mrs. Cai."

"Oh."

Shen Chen's eyes flickered, and he nodded slowly.

The second son is Liu Cong.

He is actually not Mrs. Cai's son, he is a brother with the eldest son Liu Qi.

But Liu Cong married Cai Yan's daughter.

The Cai family has three brothers and two sisters, and the two sisters are Mrs. and Mrs. Cai.Mrs. Da Cai is the wife of Huang Chengyan, and Mrs. Xiao Cai is the wife of Liu Biao.

The three brothers are Cai Hao, Cai Yan and Cai Zan. Among them, Deng Hong's wife is Cai Zan's daughter, and Liu Cong's wife is Cai Yan's daughter. They are cousins ​​and are also Mrs. Xiao Cai's niece.

The reason why the Cai family fully supports Liu Cong is that Liu Cong is weak and manipulative, and the other is naturally that Liu Cong is the son-in-law of the Cai family, and everyone has a marriage relationship.

It was a bit late when I returned to Xiangyang today, so Shen Chen wrote a letter and sent someone to the Hussar General's mansion, saying that he would report to the general tomorrow or something.

Everyone used to call Liu Biao Liu Jingzhou, but now they have to change their name to Liu Hussar, and the letter format must also be Hussar General. Bigger than San Gong.

It was almost evening, and Liu Biao was reading a book in his study.Although Mrs. Cai is only in her 30s and looks as beautiful as a flower, he is already 58 years old. The older he gets, the less energy he has. Not as energetic as when I was young.

Madam stays alone in the boudoir all year round, and can only find two nieces as companions. Liu Biao feels guilty, but he is obedient to Madam Cai. It turns out that because the eldest son Liu Qi looks similar to him when he was young, he loves him the most, and it is also because Madam Cai prefers Liu Cong gradually started to hate Liu Qi.

Halfway through the book, someone knocked on the door and said, "General."

"Come in."

Liu Biao put down the book in his hand.

A close friend Cheng Qi came in with a letter outside the door and said, "It's General Shen who delivered the letter."

"let me see."

Liu Biao took the bamboo slips, glanced at them, and showed a smile on his face: "Well, yes, tomorrow people will prepare a banquet in the hall, and call Cai Mao, Kuai Yue and many other guests to welcome my gentleman together!"

Cheng Qi was very surprised. He was not an illiterate person to be Liu Biao's confidant. Junwen was written by Jia Fu. Jia Fu was the third of the 28 generals of Yuntai. He is a strong general, and he did not expect Liu Biao to have such a high opinion of Shen Chen.

But after thinking about it, Shen Chen was also a Confucian student. He studied in Xianshan Academy since he was a child and practiced martial arts diligently every day. , is also a matter of course.

Immediately, he cupped his hands and said, "Wei."

After Cheng Qi left, the expression on Liu Biao's face was also very happy.

This time Shen Chen volunteered to go north to attack Cao Cao's rear, but he didn't have much hope.

Because his main force was fighting the rebellion in Jingnan, there were too few frontal troops, and there was Zhang Xiu who was always jumping around repeatedly at critical moments. The whole army is wiped out, even if it is thankful.

However, he felt that even if the entire army was wiped out, if Yuan Shao won, it would be regarded as an explanation to Yuan Shao.

So he chose to support Shen Chen in sending troops.

In the end, he never expected that planting flowers intentionally but not blooming, but unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade, originally just to deal with Yuan Shao's actions, turned out to be very fruitful.

Shen Chen actually killed a large number of Cao Cao's men with a force of less than [-]. He also attacked Xudu three times, and finally burned Xudu City, which seriously injured Cao Cao's vitality.

The Jingzhou army's reputation is second to none, and the most important thing is to hurt Cao Cao's vitality.

The reason why Liu Biao united with Yuan Shao was because everyone thought Yuan Shao would win at the time, and he didn't want to offend Yuan Shao to death. He had the same mentality as the Northern Song Dynasty's alliance with Jin to destroy Liao.

As a result, Yuan Shao was defeated in the blink of an eye, and Cao Cao had the momentum to settle in the north, which made him very worried.

Now that Shen Chen burned Xudu, Cao Cao's strength and prestige were severely consumed, causing both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to lose, so he, a fisherman, would naturally be happy.

After the banquet was arranged for tomorrow, Liu Biao slowly stood up from behind the desk in the study, walked to the inner room of the side room of the study, and took out a large black and red robe from the hidden compartment under the closet beside him.

This robe is different from ordinary robes.

I saw six chapters of patterns on the upper garment of the sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, and Chinese insects, and six patterns of embroidered algae, fire, rice, Zongyi, Fu, and Fu on the lower garment, a total of twelve chapters.In the depths of the hidden compartment, there are twelve crowns of white jade strings.

The combination of the robe and the crown is called Daqiu Mian.

Liu Biao picked up the robe and admired it, with joy and excitement in his eyes.

next spring.

He wants to put on this suit and go to the suburbs to sacrifice to heaven and earth!

　"Book of the Later Han Dynasty": Liu Biao did not serve as a tribute, but often acted falsely, so he sacrificed to heaven and earth in the suburbs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)