Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 18 Is not the same, young swimmer

[A few days later, you arrived in Chang'an. Not long after the chaos in the city ended, traces of bloody battles were everywhere. Only when you saw the notice announcing the peace of the people did you know that the Liangzhou army had fled westward]

There is a poem that goes: The autumn wind brings forth the Weishui River, and the fallen leaves cover Chang'an.

At this moment, dark red blood was quietly flowing under the layers of leaves, watering their dead lives in vain.

The yellow horse under the crotch smelled the strong smell of blood everywhere and did not dare to rush too fast. Xu Jiashu held the reins with one hand and covered Dong Bai's eyes with the other hand to prevent her from seeing the tragic scene in the street. .

"I'm not a child!" Dong Bai, who was lying on his shoulder, protested strongly, but still obediently hid in his burqa and muttered in a low voice: "I knew you wanted to pick up more than just me."

"There is no other living person on the street." Xu Jiashu reminded, "The sound is too loud."

Dong Bai ignored him and fumbled around Xu Jiashu's waist for a while, but he could only feel fine pieces of iron armor!

Seeing that there was nowhere to start, Dong Bai stretched out his hand to Xu Jiashu's thigh and twisted it hard before returning to his burqa.

"What happened to Chang'an City?"

Although Xu Jiashu sent people to pay attention to the situation here, after all, the news was lagging behind and was far less informed than Dong Bai, the person involved.

"I don't know, suddenly the news came that grandpa was killed by Lu Bu." Dong Bai tried to recall what happened that day, "Then the people from Liangzhou and Bingzhou started fighting, and the rest of the people didn't know what happened. , I can only obey orders. I escaped only after I found Uncle Wenyou."

When Ru entered Luoyang, Dong Zhuo controlled several armies in different ways: the Xiliang Army was a direct line force, almost his private army, in which Dong Zhuo's cronies and tribesmen held important military positions;

The Fifth School of the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army were obtained by Dong Zhuo after incorporating He Jin's legacy. The senior officers were loyal to the emperor in Dong Zhuo's hands. As a forbidden army, they only obeyed the emperor's orders and did not recognize others.

The Bingzhou Army was obtained by Dong Zhuo, who relied on his early experience as the governor of Bingzhou to instigate Lu Bu and other military attaches. Although these military attaches were loyal to Dong Zhuo personally, in the final analysis, the Bingzhou Army only obeyed the orders of their superiors.

As for the remaining garrison of a thousand men, it was in the hands of Lieutenant Sili. At this time, Lieutenant Sili was Huang Wan, whom Dong Zhuo considered "one of his own", and together with Wang Yun, he was the mastermind behind the assassination of Dong.

Such a summary will reveal that the bond between Dong Zhuo's armies is only his own. Once "Dong Xiangguo" becomes a dead man and can no longer bring glory and wealth to his brothers, then these senior officers will have their own agendas.

Xu Jiashu couldn't help but nodded slightly - if this was the case, then the strategy Li Ru gave him was right.

The Xiliang army is in chaos right now, and their only desire is to survive. It would be great if they could still keep the spoils they have gained over the years.

By marrying Dong Bai at this time, and with Li Ru's full support, he could easily gain the recognition of the Dong family relatives in the Xiliang army and inherit this powerful frontier army.

In addition, they also hold the emperor's trump card. With a single edict, Wang Yun and Xun Shuang, who initiated the assassination of Dong, were instantly labeled as rebels and traitors. The Northern Army and Xiyuan Army, which were the imperial guards, could also easily win over them.

At that time, it will be him, Xu Jiashu, who will inherit Dong Xiangguo's legacy and lead everyone to unite under the emperor's throne to defeat the three Dukes and the Bingzhou rebels who are plotting to usurp.

The picture is simply not too beautiful.
Xu Jiashu felt like he smelled the scent of happy end!
Cai Yong's official position has not changed since he moved the capital to Chang'an and was granted the title of Marquis of Gaoyang Township. Therefore, Xu Jiashu easily moved to the location of Cai's Mansion in his memory.

"That knight, who are you?"

Seeing a horse approaching from a distance, the servant at the door of Cai Mansion asked warily, holding a homemade spear.

"." Seeing that the concierge who was very familiar with him was gone, Xu Jiashu was a little troubled. He untied Dong Bai from behind, turned over and dismounted, and said: "Please inform your lady that an old friend of Luoyang wants to see you."

"An old friend from Luoyang?" The servant looked doubtful, "I can't help you with this. If you don't believe me, just ask, who in this city doesn't have a few old friends from Luoyang?"

"Then please let the original concierge come." Xu Jiashu gradually lost patience, "He knows me."

"He's dead," the servant added. "Just a few days ago, Liangzhou soldiers killed people on sight and robbed property. He was going to tell others not to go out, but he didn't expect to die on the way. .”

"Then do you know that someone once gave your young lady a poem?" Xu Jiashu tried again.

"A word?" The servant looked like he had heard some strange legend - a word?He had never heard of such a thing.

Xu Jiashu came back to his senses. This genre should not have officially appeared at this time, so he read: "The east wind blows thousands of flowers and trees at night, and even more blows down, and the stars are like rain."

He tried to awaken the spear-wielding servant's memory.

"Oh——" the servant suddenly realized, "So you wrote that crooked poem?"

Xu Jiashu was overjoyed, "Have you heard my story?"

"Of course." The servant put down the spear and looked at him carefully and said, "My young lady keeps saying that your poem is not up to standard, and she has no clear ambitions. She is completely incomprehensible!"

"Ah?" Xu Jiashu clearly didn't believe it, "If she doesn't like it, she won't say it everywhere, right?"

"The lady doesn't like it, she doesn't like it very much."

The servant replied: "So tell us that if one day we see the person who wrote this crooked poem, we must tell her immediately. She must give her a good scolding to relieve the hatred in her heart."

"You go in."

With that said, he opened the door of Cai Mansion for Xu Jiashu, and Dong Bai went to the guest's wing.

"I heard that someone wants to scold me severely?" Xu Jiashu joked after we haven't seen him for a long time, "So I, a little county magistrate, came back from Luoyang and listened attentively. What do you think of the daughter of the emperor?"

"Go to hell!" When Cai Yan saw the person who wrote the crooked poem finally appeared, he couldn't help but rush up and punch him, leaving all his ladylike demeanor behind.

"Don't!" Xu Jiashu couldn't stop him.

After a while, he could only coax people humbly.

"Listen to what I have to say." He held Cai Yan's hand and looked at it carefully, "Fortunately, it didn't scratch the nails. How do you feel?"

"I feel like biting someone!" Cai Yan was going crazy.

"Okay then", Xu Jiashu stretched out his hand, "Just pick a place and leave some for me. I still need it for riding."

"hiss--"

He looked at the teeth marks on his palm and couldn't believe his eyes, "You really bite!"

"Humph."

Cai Yan said he deserved it.

[You learned about the current situation in Chang'an from Cai Yan. The Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army have been controlled by Wang Yun. He claimed that he was ordered by the emperor to kill Dong Zhuo and temporarily reached cooperation with Lu Bu.] From this description, Xu Jiashu noticed Something is wrong.

Historically, Wang Yun was originally from the Wang family in Taiyuan, a first-class noble family in the north. He acted resolutely and courageously in his early years, and had the reputation of "a king's life is rapid, and a king's talents are also great". Coupled with his contribution to the death of Dong Zhuo, it was logical that he became the leader of the Chang'an court. Matter people.

It's a pity that this person is easily dazzled by victory.

Cai Yong had a bad expression when he learned about Dong Zhuo's death, and was killed by Wang Yun outright; he should have pardoned the remaining Xiliang troops, but he was capricious until he forced them to rebel; even Lu Bu, who took the risk, was quickly punished by Wang Yun Disengagement and morality.

It can be said that the last chance of revival of the Eastern Han Dynasty was destroyed in the hands of this "talented king".

But it was different now. Wang Yun did not have the emperor in his hands, and the remaining members of the Dong family had not been eradicated. After his plan was successful, he found that he could not end it, so he could only deceive the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army under the guise of the emperor.

A Wang Yun who is not completely dizzy is still a formidable opponent. At least he will not kill Cai Yong recklessly now, nor will he offend Lu Bu easily.

Since Cai Yong's life is not in danger, how can he convince Cai Yan to follow him?
"Mr. Cai, I mean, how is Junhou doing now?"

Xu Jiashu tentatively said.

"My father?" Cai Yan thought for a while, "That's very good. It is said that the imperial court wants to commend him for his contribution in compiling history and let him be one of the three princes!"

Bad, Xu Jiashu thought to himself, the old man Cai has been either taking refuge abroad or taking a temporary job to study history in recent years. Wang Yun's promise to let Cai Yong be a third official is too tempting for him, and there is no way he can be fooled away.

Even if he told Cai Yong that Liu Xie, the young emperor, was not in Wang Yun's hands at all, he would not believe it. It is self-evident who can trust Cai Yong more, the dignified Situ or a county magistrate.

This is going to be a big deal. As the only daughter in the family, it's impossible for Cai Yan to abandon her father, right?
Take Cai Yan away by force?

Xu Jiashu shook his head and rejected the idea - once Wang Yun discovered that Cai Yan followed him, a remnant of Dong Zhuo, Cai Yan's life would definitely be in danger, and then he, Xu Jiashu, would become the murderer of Cai Yan's father.

"What's wrong?" Cai Yan saw Xu Jiashu's expression was abnormal, thinking that he was worried that he would be liquidated by Wang Yun, so he comforted him: "Although Wang Situ is upright, I will ask dad to intercede for you. It should be fine."

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"Is the Lord at your residence now?" Xu Jiashu asked unwillingly.

This is the last possibility. Cai Yong and Cai Yan are all forcibly taken away. Only by letting old man Cai see Liu Xie in his hands can he stand on his side.

"Not here~" Cai Yan didn't notice Xu Jiashu's thoughts. In his expectant eyes, he completely wiped out hope, "There have been so many big things recently. My father has been busy writing "Eastern View of Han Dynasty", and he also has to meet with Xu Jiashu. Wang Situ is very busy discussing how to appease the princes of Guandong."

The timing is not right.

Xu Jiashu felt that all his strength had been drained from his body. At this moment, the fatigue of running all the way finally caught up with him.

The timing is wrong again.

But is there really another chance?

Everything was running forward irrevocably. He wanted to reverse it, but he couldn't.

Cai Yan didn't know what happened, but found that the man in front of him was more vulnerable than ever before.

She came closer, caressing his back through the armor.

"I haven't been out for many days," she said softly, "come out with me for a walk."

"It's really bad!" Seeing Xu Jiashu's low interest, Cai Yan pointed at Chang'an and said, "There is no Suzaku Gate, and you can't see Shanglin Garden, which is far worse than Luoyang."

It seems that in order to prevent it from sharing the glory of Luoyang, Chang'an was previously a city that was deliberately suppressed by the Eastern Han Dynasty court.

The emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty only occasionally came to worship the ancestral temple of the former Han Dynasty to maintain the unity of theoretical inheritance, but they did not bother to restore it to its central position hundreds of years ago.

The palaces were dilapidated and the city walls were in decay. Some of them were finally repaired due to the move of the capital, but they were immediately hit by a military disaster, making them even more dilapidated.

Seeing this scene, Xu Jiashu, who was in a depressed mood, recalled the scene on Beimang Mountain a few years ago, and sighed quietly: "I wanted to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine with me, but it turned out that it was like a young man traveling."

"What a poem!" Cai Yan cheered loudly, applauding him very much.

"Isn't it a twisted poem that doesn't make sense?"

"What I like is good poetry." She quibbled.

"So you didn't like the previous song?"

"Leave without saying goodbye, of course I don't like it!" she said plausibly.

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Thinking of his last departure, Xu Jiashu remained silent.

"I know." Cai Yan turned around, trying to see through this person who risked his life and traveled thousands of miles to find him. "You're leaving again, right?"

"Ah."

"Why?" She must ask clearly this time, "Dong Zhuo is dead, and you haven't done anything wrong for him. My father will definitely be able to save you. Isn't it good to stay?"

Or do you really like Dong Bai that much? Of course, Cai Yan would not ask this question.

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Seeing that Xu Jiashu didn't speak again, Cai Yan was annoyed.

"Okay, now you see that I'm fine." Her tone had never been so cold, as if another person was speaking with her own mouth, "You can go back, Magistrate Xu."

It's ok.

Cai Yan comforted himself like this.

This time, it was me who gave the eviction order.

(End of this chapter)