Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 140: Xun Yu's Death, Five Surnames and Seven Favors
Zhou Tai still couldn't resist Xing Daorong's "deception".

Listening to Xing Daorong saying that Zhao Yun was killing people everywhere in Jiaozhou, he did not dare to refute at all and looked embarrassed.

Xing Daorong immediately realized that the chaos in Jiangdong might be more serious than he had imagined.

With a sudden thought, he exchanged cups with Zhou Tai for a while, pretending to be a little drunk, and said, "Youping, if you have any problems in Jiangdong in the future, come find me and I will protect you."

Zhou Tai was stunned when he heard this, then he realized that Xing Daorong had no intention of recruiting him, but was just showing concern out of pure friendship.

But he said: "The Lord of Wu has shown me great kindness and will never embarrass me..."

Zhou Tai had a strong relationship with Sun Quan, and Xing Daorong was naturally aware of this.

But nothing is certain.

The relationship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu is still strong, it would be bad if it goes wrong!
Thinking of this, Xing Daorong took out a white jade pendant with the word "Xing" written on it, handed it to Zhou Tai and said, "Youping, take this. If something really happens, you can go anywhere in Jingyi with this."

Zhou Tai quickly refused after hearing this: "No need to do that!"

Unexpectedly, Xing Daorong did not send her to the man's arms, and even said: "Youping, don't you think highly of me?"

Zhou Tai had no choice but to surrender when seeing Xing Daorong was so powerful.

He didn't think that this piece of jade could be used, but with such things, no one could say for sure.

Cui Yan has been in a good mood recently.

Since arriving in Chengdu, he realized that his decision to leave Cao Cao was the right one.

Since the defeat at Red Cliff, Cao Cao seemed to have completely changed.

He first called himself a duke and then a king. His disloyalty was obvious.

what?
You said Liu Bei also became king?

Liu Bei was the emperor's uncle, and he was trying to resist Cao Cao, so there was nothing wrong with him becoming king. What is there to say!

Moreover, Cao Cao and Sun Quan were defeated successively in Hanzhong and Jiangling. Although they were both defensive battles, they were both won very brilliantly.

After these days, Cui Yan decided to do his best.

...

"Ah? Mr. Cui, you are serious!"

"You have iron ore too?"

Xing Daorong listened to Cui Yan's words with a face full of confusion.

I know you are capable, but you are too capable!

Can iron ore be found in the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty?
Why don’t you say it can be used to make gunpowder?
Xing Daorong still underestimated the ability of the Qinghe Cui family, one of the "Five Surnames and Seven Affiliations".

These families began to exist during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and reached their peak during the Sui and Tang Dynasties. They enjoyed extremely high social status and prestige and were considered to be prominent families. Even the royal family was not qualified to marry women from these families.

The ability of it is indeed beyond imagination.

Cui Yan looked at Xing Daorong with a surprised expression, seemingly unbelieving, but laughed and said, "General Xing will know if he has the ability when he goes to West City."

When Xing Daorong saw Cui Yan spoke so confidently, how could he not believe it?

He just sighed and said, "Mr. Cui! You are really helping a lot!"

Cui Yan was calm.

He just smiled lightly and said, "Since I'm here, I'll naturally have to put in some effort."

Xing Daorong nodded vigorously, feeling that the Mo Dao plan was becoming more and more promising. He was a little too excited. Thinking of Cui Yan's original ending of dying at the hands of Cao Cao, he couldn't help but sighed: "Mr. Cui, it's a good thing that you came here and didn't kill yourself in vain!"

Cui Gong was stunned for a moment, but asked: "General Xing, do you think I can be killed?"

When Cui Yan ran away, he only knew that he was going to be imprisoned and never thought that he would die.

Seeing that Cui Yan was truly following Liu Bei wholeheartedly, Xing Daorong began to talk it out.

"Kong Rong of Lu, Xu You and Lou Gui of Nanyang all relied on their old friendship with Cao Cao to be disrespectful... If a wise ruler is kind-hearted, he will punish them."

"Cao Cao is so good, just kill him directly!" "Cao Cao really has no tolerance for others, Lord Cui...you don't want Cao Cao to be called Lord, can he tolerate you?"

"I will kill you!"

Cui Yan's expression changed several times when he heard this.

Finally, he could not help but sigh and said, "General Xing is right. To be honest, I got the news the day before yesterday that Lord Xun... has passed away."

Now it was Xing Daorong's turn to be surprised.

Is Xun Yu dead?
Xing Daorong remembered Xun Yu's death clearly. He died in the 17th year of Jian'an.

I didn't expect that he died two years earlier!
It seems that Xun Yu’s death was indeed closely related to Cao Cao’s enthronement.

Cao Cao became king early, and Xun Yu also died early.

However, Cao Cao would not have been able to kill Xun Yu directly. I wonder if he was forced to death by sending the empty box.

No wonder…

In fact, Cui Yan himself should have been able to feel that since Xun Yu died because of this, how could he escape?

He could only sigh, "Lord Xun was devoted to the Han Dynasty, but he never expected that the real traitor to the Han Dynasty was Cao Cao. That's why his knot is so hard to get rid of."

Cui Yan listened and nodded without denying it.

Power is the most terrifying thing. Cao Cao might have been the captain of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty, and he did take it as his mission to eradicate Dong Zhuo. But now... he has been eroded by power and has forgotten his original intention.

The two sighed for a while, then said goodbye and parted ways.

The death of Xun Yu was just a reminder to Xing Daorong.

Xun Yu's death actually had a huge impact within the Cao Wei Group. After all, many of the talents recommended by Xun Yu held important positions in the Cao Wei Group, and most of these people came from aristocratic families, so they gradually became alienated from the Cao Wei Group.

The same is true for the unnatural situation in the Xun family.

Even though Xun You still holds a high position of power under Cao Cao, can the son of Xun Yu just let it go?
Xun Yu's son Xun Xi later became the vanguard of the overthrow of Wei.

Later, when Sima family was trying to seize power, he was the one who warned Sima family about the rebellions of Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin.

If Cao Cao had not forced Xun Yu to death, would Xun Yu have been like this?
It’s hard to say…

All we can say is that everything has a cause. The seeds for the Cao family to be overthrown by the Sima family had already been sown from that moment on.

But for Xing Daorong, that was decades later.

at the moment…

As long as there is unrest within Cao Wei, it is time to attack!
No one knew whether Zhuge Liang knew about this or not, but Xing Daorong didn't care and went straight to the military advisor's residence.

...

Zhuge Liang naturally knew about this a long time ago. Hearing Xing Daorong's somewhat excited words, he smiled and said, "Zi Yu, you have a wide range of sources for this information."

"Only a few people know about Xun Yu's death right now."

Xing Daorong was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you let more people know?"

Zhuge Liang said: "How can we hide matters concerning life and death in this world?"

"Cao Cao didn't spread this matter, and neither did we, but how come everyone in the world doesn't know about it?"

"That's why more people are speculating about how Xun Yu died."

"Isn't this mix of truth and falsehood a perfect contrast to the Emperor's uncle's frank and honest style?"

"As for what Ziyu said about taking advantage of the situation to attack Cao Cao... now that we have negotiated peace with Sun Quan, Zilong will return to Chengdu. Ziyu... it's your turn to go to Jiangling again!"

Xing Daorong naturally knew that he would not be able to stay in Chengdu for long, but he did not expect that he was not asked to return to Hanzhong, but to go to Jiangling again.

However, he soon understood the mission of his trip from Zhuge Liang's explanation.

(End of this chapter)