Super Cultivation System of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 475 Cai Wenji
Liu He hurriedly followed the soldier to search, and soon heard cries for help.

"Help me... You shameless bastard, you... you are unworthy of being a general of the imperial court... you... ah..."

"Over there, go quickly!"

When Liu He heard the sound, he thought "not good" and hurriedly ran over to the direction of the sound. Sure enough, he saw a tiger lying on the side to rest. More than ten steps behind it, a big man was holding down a woman. The woman kept slapping the big man's arms and back and screaming.

"Da Meng, don't stop!"

Liu He shouted loudly, and the tiger that was resting and keeping watch for its master was startled. Da Meng even jumped up and looked around.

"Big brother Liu, why are you here? Da Meng has found a wife. Da Meng is going to have a little Meng. Da Meng is so happy!"

Liu He glanced at the woman, who was hurriedly picking up her torn clothes and squatting in the grass, trembling with fear.

He took off the armor he was wearing and threw it far away on the grass next to the woman. The woman hurriedly picked it up and put it on, trembling all over.

Liu He stared at Da Meng angrily: "You, come with me!"

Da Meng scratched his head, obviously not quite understanding why Liu He got angry for no reason, but he still followed him obediently.

After the two of them walked dozens of steps, Liu He finally began to question.

"What did you do to that woman!?"

Da Meng looked innocent: "She's pretty, Da Meng likes her. I want her to give birth to a child for Da Meng. But Da Meng doesn't know how to make her give birth to a child. Big brother Liu, please teach Da Meng."

Liu He was furious and slapped him hard on the head.

"You are simply kidding! If you want a woman to give birth to a child for you, you must first obtain her consent, and then you two can get married and have the baby in your wedding night. How can you be so foolish!"

Da Meng suddenly realized.

"Oh, to forgive her, she has to agree to it herself. No wonder it doesn't work. Da Meng will go back and ask her to agree."

After saying that, the idiot turned around and was about to go back, but was pulled back by Liu He.

"What nonsense! I was scared to death by you, how could I agree to you? A wife is to be pampered and loved, how can you treat her like an enemy? If I had been a few steps later, let alone giving birth to a child, this woman's bones would have been broken by you!"

Da Meng scratched his head with a look of pain on his face.

"Why is it so troublesome? Giving birth is more troublesome than beating someone up..."

Liu He was speechless for a moment, and felt a little distressed for this idiot. Cheng Mian died in battle before he could get married, leaving Da Meng alone, so he should keep some bloodline, but the military discipline in his army was strict, and he was clearly violating the military discipline now. If he didn't deal with it, it would definitely greatly undermine the majesty of military law and discipline.

"Excuse me... you... do you know that this is a violation of military discipline and you will be beheaded! You really are..."

Liu He pointed at Dameng and wanted to scold him, but when he saw Dameng's innocent and ignorant look, he couldn't say anything.

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he remembered what Da Meng had just said.

"You mean... you haven't really done anything to him yet?"

Da Meng tilted his head and looked at Liu He: "What's true or false?"

"That's right, that's you...did you do anything to that girl?"

Liu He was also scratching his head. He couldn't ask this question so directly, right?
Da Meng muttered, "Da Meng doesn't know how to make a woman give birth. Just now, Da Meng felt hot all over, so he grabbed her and hugged her. There's nothing else to do... Big brother Liu, how can a woman give birth?"

After he said this, Liu He breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good, that's good... we can be saved..."

"What did the eldest brother of the Liu family say? What can be saved?"

Liu He glared at him angrily: "Shut up! It's shameful to rob a woman and be violent to a woman. If it weren't for you... Oh, forget it, I don't want to say anything to you. Come on, take this bastard away and lock him up!"

"Lord, this..."

The soldiers around were a little reluctant. Most of them were veterans of the Anmin Army, and many were even trained by Cheng Mian. How could they have the heart to attack Da Meng?
Liu He glared at them and said, "What? You don't care about military discipline? You don't obey my orders?"

The soldiers looked at each other and walked over helplessly.

Da Meng, on the other hand, looked indifferent, thinking that the battle was over and they were going to start distributing food, so he happily followed them downstairs.

Liu He looked at Da Meng who was still confused, suppressed the sadness in his heart, and walked towards the woman.

"I am Liu He, a great general of the imperial court. I have no way of managing my subordinates and have disturbed the girl, which is a serious crime. Don't worry, this man raped a woman. No matter whether it is national law or military law, he will be severely punished and an explanation will be given to the girl." After the woman put on Liu He's armor, her mood had calmed down a lot. When she heard Liu He's words, her face was a little surprised.

"Your Excellency...Your Excellency are the current general?"

"It's absolutely true. May I ask where you live, young lady? How did you fall into the hands of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King? I will have someone send you back home later."

Upon hearing this, the woman smoothed her messy hair and saluted Liu He.

"I am not someone else. I am the Imperial Censor of the Imperial Court, the daughter of Lord Cai. My surname is Cai, my name is Yan, and my courtesy name is Wenji."

When Liu He heard the name, he couldn't help but feel a little moved.

"Are you Cai Wenji?"

Cai Yan was surprised and asked, "The general also knows me?"

Liu He put away his thoughts and said with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Censor Cai has a daughter who has been well-read since childhood, is proficient in music, and is both talented and beautiful. But I heard that you married into the Hedong Wei family three years ago. How did you appear among the captives of Zuo Xianwang?"

As soon as he mentioned this topic, Cai Yan's face couldn't help but reveal sadness, and soon tears began to flow.

"It's a long story..."

Cai Yan calmed down a little and told the whole story one by one.

It turned out that after she married Wei Zhongdao of the Hedong Wei family three years ago, it was originally a marriage between the two families. Both sides were well-educated and well-mannered, so they should have been happy.

But no one expected that Wei Zhongdao was weak and sickly. He was just like an ordinary person under normal circumstances, but every time he was sick, he was in unbearable pain. In the past two years, his illnesses became more and more frequent, and his body became weaker and weaker. The entire Wei family was worried about this.

Originally, someone in the family had mentioned the miracle doctor Hua Tuo in Yinguan City and wanted to ask him to treat Wei Zhongdao. However, the Chenliu Wei family, a branch of the Wei family, had a mortal feud with Liu He, so the matter was left unresolved.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. Not long ago, they heard that there was a famous doctor named Zhang Ji who traveled all the way to Hedong area, so they hurriedly sent someone with generous gifts to ask Wei Zhongdao and Cai Yan and his wife to visit him.

As a result, when they just arrived at the place where the famous doctor was, they learned that the doctor had gone to Beidi County in search of some herbs, so the couple hurried over with dozens of followers and guards.

It is true that when a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will get his teeth stuck.

As soon as the couple arrived in Beidi County, before they had time to inquire about the whereabouts of the famous doctor, they encountered Zuo Xian Wang who was heading south to plunder.

Tens of thousands of Hu cavalry captured the city where they were in less than half an hour. The city was immediately engulfed in flames and screams. Zuo Xian Wang also ordered that any beautiful young women and children they saw should be taken away and the rest should be killed.

Cai Yan's appearance and dress were both first-rate, and she stood out from the crowd. She was soon discovered by the Xiongnu soldiers, who came to kill Wei Zhongdao and take Cai Yan away. Fortunately, Cai Yan was quick-witted and revealed her identity, and expressed her willingness to write a letter and let the family pay money and food to redeem her husband, thus saving her husband's life.

However, Zuo Xian Wang and others in front thought that Liu He had tens of thousands of troops coming to encircle them, and they were anxious to break out and escape. Naturally, they did not care about money and property, and directly killed Wei Zhongdao with a single knife. At the same time, some women who tried to resist were also killed. In the end, only a few hundred people were left.

At this point, Cai Yan looked sad again. It was really a sympathetic thing for a young woman in her prime to become a widow just three years after getting married.

Liu He was about to say something comforting, but Cai Yan suddenly raised her head and took the initiative to ask questions.

"I dare to ask the general, what kind of punishment will that...that general...be given?"

She asked this question a little timidly, as if she even felt that she shouldn't ask the question, but finally had to ask it.

Her question made Liu He a little confused, but he still answered honestly.

"According to the national law, if a soldier forcibly abducts a civilian woman and does not cause any casualties, he shall be punished with 50 strokes of the cane and be expelled from the army."

"Is it so serious?" Cai Yan's unreasonable look of worry made Liu He even more puzzled.

"This is the law of the country. In addition, when I started my army in Bingzhou, I have strictly enforced military discipline. Any soldier who forcibly abducts a woman and destroys someone's innocence will be sentenced to beheading."

"Ah? Beheading?" Cai Yan covered her mouth and looked at Liu He in disbelief.

Liu He was about to tell her that Da Meng's plan had failed, so he would not be beheaded, but then he thought, how could he tell her about this? So he simply didn't bother.

"Why, what's the problem? He violated military discipline and almost insulted you. This is a serious crime. What's wrong with that?"

Liu He asked curiously.

"I..." Cai Yan seemed to want to say something, but when the words came to her lips, she hesitated and thought for a long time before continuing to speak.

"Yan saw that this general was very powerful and had made great contributions in this battle. If it weren't for his rescue, the hundreds of captives would have been killed by the Huns. Moreover, I saw that he... he seemed a little confused, so I don't think he had any bad intentions... The world is in chaos now, and if such a pillar of the country is killed, wouldn't it be... cutting off one's own arm?"

Having said this, she lowered her head and her face suddenly began to turn red.

(End of this chapter)