Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 253 Zhuge Liang Chengdu Said Mandate of Heaven, Cao Mengde Ye City Feeling Nightmare
"Damn it, this Lengbao is really made of copper or iron. After so many tortures, he still refuses to confess!"

In the government office of Yizhou, Ma Di was a little out of breath.Similar to him are Wang Lei and Huang Quan, but they don't shout so loudly, but their expressions are very helpless.It has been four days since Leng Bao was captured, Deng Xian was punished, and the assassination was put down.During these four days, Ma Di volunteered to torture Leng Bao, and after four days, Ma Di gave Leng Bao all the tortures. As a result, Leng Bao refused to say anything about the inside story, let alone who instigated it. His only wish is a quick death.

"This fellow Leng Bao has always been stubborn, and it is extremely difficult for him to speak up!" Yan Yan also sighed.At this moment, the jailer came to report that Leng Bao had committed suicide in prison.

"What did you do? Didn't you make you look good? Why did you commit suicide?" Ma Di became anxious when he heard this.The jailer waited for Ma Su to have had a fit, and then he said cautiously: "This guy is unarmed, we all thought he couldn't commit suicide, we don't want him to smash his rice bowl and swallow broken pieces of porcelain just now when he was feeding him." and die!"

"How could he die like this!" Ma Su was completely convinced when he heard that Leng Bao committed suicide like this.Depressed, he could only turn his head and look at Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang with pleading eyes.

"Since Liu Jiyu surrendered Leng Bao Deng Xian, the general did not reuse them, but dismissed them as idle officials. Perhaps because of this, there is resentment, so this is the reason for this treasonous move!" Huang Quan thought for a while , or the first to put forward their own views.

"I just don't know if there is someone instigating these two people behind them. If the two of them spontaneously return it, if someone instigates them, it will be a big hidden danger if they are not captured in one fell swoop!" Wang Lei sighed.It can't be said that he is worrying unfoundedly. In fact, Zhao Feng himself feels that it is impossible for Zhao Feng to rebel and assassinate with the help of Deng Xian and Leng Bao, and the level is so poor.

After Liu Zhang surrendered, Zhang Ren and others Zhao Feng gave him certain appointments. Only Leng Bao, Deng Xian, and Peng Yi, who had left stains in history, Zhao Feng didn't dare to use them.Like these two, Zhao Feng only let them be partial generals, commanding thousands of people.With their energy, they dared to attack Chengdu and assassinate themselves. No one would believe this matter.

"Forget it, everyone, don't worry, I will be careful in the future!" Now that all the clues are broken, Zhao Feng can only comfort everyone first.If he is not calm, then it is estimated that another round of panic will be triggered.After he said that, Zhuge Liang and others couldn't say anything more.Everyone talked about other things, and they were busy with their official duties.

"Kong Ming, what do you think about this matter?" Zhao Feng left Zhuge Liang alone after everyone left and asked him.With Zhuge Liang's insight, he should be able to see some clues.

"Liang doesn't dare to speak nonsense, but with Deng Xian Lengbao's ability, he must not dare to act directly, and there must be someone behind him to support him. However, they are ambitious and talented, and they did not concentrate all their strength on dealing with the general. Instead, they wanted to deal with the general while at the same time Occupying Chengdu, the result is insufficient strength, and the two campaigns ended in failure." After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang was still quite cautious.

"Yeah, I think it should be the same. I just don't know, who wants to put me to death?" Zhao Feng murmured.I am a veteran in the battlefield, with countless enemies in my life, who is it that wants to make life difficult for me?
"It's hard to decide on this right now, but general, these people will definitely not let it go, and the general needs to be careful in the future." Zhuge Liang said with some hesitation.

"I know, maybe this time, it's just that I shouldn't die!" Zhao Feng speculated secretly.The old Taoist Zuo Ci said that he still has a reputation of sixty years old, and he hasn't used any vicious tricks these years, so he shouldn't lose his life for no reason.

"Oh, the general also believes in the destiny?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised when he heard the words.

"It's not really a letter, it's just that these things can't be explained clearly. You can't believe everything, but you have to believe it!" Zhao Feng thought for a while.I absolutely didn't believe it in my previous life, but now that I travel through the past and the present, I can be regarded as a strange person. In addition to the old Taoist incident with Zuo Ci last time, I can't help but not believe it.

"Why, Kong Ming, do you believe in the destiny?" Zhao Feng suddenly remembered that in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhuge Liang and that Qiao Zhou were talking all day long, staring at the stars when they had nothing to do, and at the end they did nothing to pray for longevity. Know if this thing is reliable or not.

"It's hard for mortals to guess about destiny. In fact, what Liang has learned in his life is only superficial!" Zhuge Liang sighed.It seems that Ah Liang is in a good mood today, he stood up and turned around twice, Zhuge Liang continued: "My family teacher Jingxiang Pang Degong has devoted his whole life to studying astronomy and astrology. The depth of his attainments may not be inferior to that of Guiguzi in the pre-Qin period. Good at seeing wind and knowing people, nine out of ten things in the world can be calculated accurately."

"Is there such a god?" Zhao Feng felt that Zhuge Liang's words were a bit mysterious.Zhao Feng had admired Mr. Pang De's name for a long time. It would be a bit of a joke for Pang De to meet him.But in history, Pound died in Jingzhou. Is it really because of the conflicting names?If Zhuge Liang knew that Zhao Feng arranged his teacher in such a way, he would probably vomit blood.

"Facts will come true after all, but some things do seem to make sense now!" Zhuge Liang thought for a while.Seeing Zhao Feng motioning him to continue, Zhuge Liang simply talked eloquently: "In the third year of Chuping, that is, the year Liang was rescued by General Meng in Xuzhou, Liang moved to Jingxiang with his uncle and his family, and was taken care of by Liu Jingsheng. The uncle of the family became the prefect of Yuzhang, and Liang joined the tutor of the family."

"My family teacher once visited Luoyang when he was Emperor Ling, and he had a relationship with Cao Cao. At that time, Cao Cao was just a young man with a weak crown, flying eagles and fighting dogs all day long, doing mischief. But the family teacher looked at this person's face and said Cao Cao His life is too precious to speak of, and he will surely flourish in the future. Since then, my master will pay more attention to Cao Cao's life star every night when he observes the sky."

"After Chuping, my teacher suddenly sighed deeply after watching the sky at night. Liang asked the reason, and the teacher sighed for a long time before telling him that Cao Cao was originally destined to be extremely noble, and he was even expected to rule the world. It is a pity that the battle of Xuzhou killed and wounded countless lives, but it was self-defeating. I am afraid that there is no hope of being a Ninth Five-Year Master in his life."

"In the battle of Ye City a few years later, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Tan, but killed [-] soldiers. The teacher looked at the sky that night, but he was silent for a long time, but he sighed. Liang asked why, and the teacher said, Cao Cao was killed. Killing again, killing too much will definitely damage the longevity of life. Moreover, the disaster will extend to the descendants. In the future, the life of the son will not be as long as his father, and the life of his grandson will not be as long as his son. Wealthy."

After speaking eloquently for a long time, Zhuge Liang drank some water to moisten his throat.Zhao Feng thought about Zhuge Liang's words carefully, and felt that although it was a bit mysterious, it seemed to be quite accurate.For example, when Pang Degong said about Cao Cao, Cao Cao was indeed powerful in the world in history, but in the end he still did not proclaim himself emperor.And his son Cao Pi died at forty, and Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang and others also failed to live past their prime.Later, Cao Pi's son, Cao Rui, died earlier than Cao Pi.However, after the Cao family was usurped by the Sima family, their treatment was not as good as that of Liu Adou and Liu Xie, and it was considered retribution.

After digesting Zhuge Liang's words for a while, looking at Zhuge Liang who was talking eloquently in front of him, Zhao Feng suddenly felt a little guilty towards him.Although due to his own reasons, Zhuge Liang became famous earlier than in history.But compared with Zhuge Liang, who was Liu Bei's number one adviser and civil servant in history, and who obeyed his words, he is now just a small Yizhou Biejia.In terms of weight in Liu Bei's heart, not to mention definitely not as good as Lu Su, I'm afraid it's even worse than Chen Qun.I don't know if this A Liang has a chance to leave such a great reputation in history.And Mr. Pang De, this old monster is pedantic about heaven and man, and he knows about the major events of the past hundred years.I don't know how this old guy's morality compares with Zuo Ci's?If I have a chance to meet him, can I ask him to calculate my own fortune?

Feeling that his head was a little swollen, Zhao Feng could only rub his temples.At this time, Niu Jin and Zhuge Jun who went to search Deng Xian and Leng Bao's house also came back. According to Zhuge Jun, they did not find anything of value, nor did they find any correspondence between the two of them and their comrades.This result was basically expected by Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng, as the two were illiterate generals, it was unlikely that they would exchange letters.

The assassination and rebellion of Deng Xian and Leng Bao can only be regarded as a small episode, and their attack, which lasted only one day, failed to cause any uproar in Xichuan, let alone a wider range.In terms of horizontal comparison, compared with the Zhang Wu and Chen Sun rebellion in Jiangxia last time, the scale of the turmoil this time is far less than that.And after Zhuge Liang's assassination, unless it was windy and rainy, he basically watched the stars every night, monitoring the life stars of these important people at all times, so as to be as prepared as possible.

"Look, General, the emperor's star is dim, but the lord's life star is extremely strong. It seems that the fate of the great man is not in the current day, but in the lord!" After watching the sky that night, Zhuge Liang also said with emotion.Following what he pointed out, Zhao Feng indeed saw that the so-called Emperor Star was extremely dim, but beside it, there was a big star that was extremely prosperous, and it must be Cao Cao.The customer is strong and the host is weak, this situation is also clear at a glance.

However, at this moment, another star suddenly lit up on the side of the fate star of Cao Cao and Emperor Xian.The difference is that the light emitted by this star is actually orange-red, which looks extremely coquettish.Under its influence, even Cao Cao's life star, which was originally extremely bright, seemed to be somewhat dimmed.

Although Zhao Feng never disliked red, when he saw this star at first glance, he suddenly felt uncomfortable, as if someone had punched his chest so hard that he almost vomited on the spot.

"Crack!" The fan in Zhuge Liang's hand fell to the ground, Zhao Feng turned his head to look at the sound, but saw that his expression was unprecedentedly solemn, and he was still muttering something, but he couldn't hear clearly for a while.

"Ah!" In the city of Yecheng, Wei Wang Cao Cao suddenly yelled, straightened up suddenly and got up, still in shock for a long time.Looking at the bright moon outside the window, and Cai Wenji who was still sleeping beside him, Cao Cao let out a long breath, and then felt the coolness behind him, and he was already breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Why did you have this dream again?" Cao Cao said helplessly to himself, sighed, Cao Cao fell asleep, but he couldn't fall asleep again because of his thoughts, tossed and turned for a long time, and finally made Cai Wenji fool Woke up.

"My husband hasn't been able to sleep well the past few nights, do you want a bowl of calming soup?" Feeling Cao Cao's heart beating violently, Cai Wenji asked softly.

"It's nothing, it's just a nightmare!" Cao Cao comforted softly, but he was asking himself in his heart: Is this really just a nightmare?It wasn't really a nightmare at all, it was just too weird.Why do I always have this dream, and every time after I finish it, I am so scared that I break out in a cold sweat?

Naturally, Cai Wenji didn't know what was going on in Cao Cao's mind. After hearing this, she smiled and said, "Husband, you have been courageous since you were a child. What nightmare can scare you so hard that you can't sleep at night?"

"Yeah, I'm so courageous, otherwise, how dare I go to the northern border and capture you, a little girl?" Cao Cao laughed and scolded, while slapping Cai Wenji lightly on the buttocks.

"By the way, Wen Ji, can you interpret dreams?" Cao Cao asked suddenly.

"Dream interpretation?" Cai Wenji was a little surprised by Cao Cao's sudden words, but she smiled after a moment of pondering: "I love to read miscellaneous books and almanacs since I was a child, and I know a little bit about the way to interpret dreams, but I don't know what dream you want me to interpret, sir? "

"I've been having the same dream recently. I dreamed of three horses in the same trough." Cao Cao frowned, and then explained in detail: "It's just three horses grazing in the same trough. It’s a weird feeling, and I’m sweaty when I wake up, I don’t know why.”

"Three horses in the same slot?" Cai Wenji also frowned when she heard this, thinking hard.Cao Cao stared at her eyebrows, he knew that his wife was not inferior to him in all talents and learning, and she also had a wide range of knowledge, so he had heard a lot about these strange things.I just hope that she can tell the truth, so that I can feel a little more at ease.

After a while, Cao Cao saw that Cai Wenji's forehead stretched a little, but not completely. Cao Cao knew that Cai Wenji had only solved part of the problem.Sure enough, Cai Wenji said: "The trough eater, the eater Cao Ye, is your husband's surname. This dream is not bad as I expected. It should mean that someone is going to endanger your husband's foundation!"

"Is there such a thing?" Cao Cao was shocked when he heard the words, and he was horrified.Rao is a traitor all his life, so he can hold his breath, even when encountering such a thing, he is also very nervous. "Wen Ji, are you sure?" Cao Cao asked tremblingly.

"Husband, have you had this dream many times?" Cai Wenji asked back.

"Exactly, there have been more than ten times!" Cao Cao said honestly.

"That's true." Cai Wenji sighed quietly, and then explained in detail: "It is said that there are thoughts in the day and dreams in the night. But there are gods three feet above the head, and the heavens don't say anything. We can only use dreams to warn the world. Husband, you have dreamed of three horses in the same trough again and again, it must be that the heavens foretell that someone will plot to take over the Cao family, and this is an early warning!"

"Wen Ji, can you figure out who is trying to usurp my foundation!" Cao Cao asked hastily, almost bewildered.

Cai Wenji smiled wryly when she heard the words, and finally said: "Since I returned to the Central Plains, I have lived in seclusion. I don't know many people in the world. How can I know who it is? But according to my calculations, this person must be one of those three. Ma Suoyu pointed out who it is, Husband, you need to investigate carefully in the future."

"It should be so!" Cao Cao nodded, and he fell asleep with a little peace of mind.

(End of this chapter)