Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 6 Cao Thief Disease

Having confirmed Wu Liang's ability with his own eyes, Cao Ting felt as if he had found a treasure, and his anxious heart finally settled down.

Knowing that he would have to wait for two more hours, he ordered a few of his cronies to take care of him at the same place, and invited Wu Liang to return to the military tent to "discuss important matters".

Wu Liang also asked what was the important matter, feeling a little strange in his heart.

As a result, after the curtain of General Cao Zhi's tent was put away, he showed an aunt's smile, and then turned around and took out an unopened small jar from the accompanying wooden box.

"Hehe, although my lord expressly forbids drinking alcohol during the expedition, I must make an exception to drink with you tonight, otherwise it will be difficult to calm down the excitement in my heart, but the conditions are limited, this wine will not be lukewarm, let's just settle down for a while, and I will wait for the class teacher. There will be another banquet to invite you to drink."

Putting the small jar on the table, Cao Ting slapped the Kaifeng clay and poured the wine, while suppressing his voice and laughing.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no distillation and purification winemaking process, so the wine at this time was still some rice wine with a low alcohol content, which was the ancestor of later generations of rice wine.

When the wine is poured into the bowl, the aroma is overflowing, mixed with the unique sweetness of rice wine.

After pouring the wine, Cao Ting brought up a bowl in front of Wu Liang with both hands, and saluted very formally: "You have made a great contribution tonight, and I will respect you on behalf of the envoy and the army."

"If you are loyal to your position, you don't have to be so polite as a military marshal."

Wu Liang also stood up, took the wine bowl with both hands, respected each other with Cao Ting, and drank with his head raised.

This wine is sweet and has a slightly rustling taste. It should be the unique corn wine in the north, not the glutinous rice wine in the south.

"Ha - happy!"

After drinking a bowl of wine, Cao Ti moaned intoxicated.

Seeing that Wu Liang had already taken the initiative to get up to pour the wine, his expression of appreciation grew stronger, and he asked with a smile: "A man with twenty crowns has a character, you should have already taken the character?"

Wu Liang knew that in this era, people who are acquainted with each other usually call each other by words, which is not only a kind of intimacy but also a kind of respect. When Cao Ting suddenly asked this question, he meant to make friends with him, so he laughed. He said: "When you return to the army, Liang has writing and writing has talent."

"Have talent, have the talent of the world, good words!"

Cao Ting is also a master who can talk, and when he heard the words, he immediately picked up the wine again and said, "I am a little older than you, you and I hit it off right away, from now on I will call you my good brother in private, and you will also Don't want to be born, just call me Brother An Min, how about it?"

Anmin?

Wu Liang felt that these two were very familiar when he first heard it, and after repeating it in his heart twice, Cao Ting's identity was ready to be revealed.

"Anmin...Cao Anmin...could it be that Cao Anmin?!"

"Cao Anmin" only appeared twice in historical documents.

One is in Cao Pi's "Preface": "At the beginning of Jian'an, he went south to conquer Jingzhou, arrived at Wan, Zhang Xiu surrendered, and turned back in ten days. The deceased brother Xiaolian Zixiu and Cong brother Anmin were killed."

The other time was in "Three Kingdoms·Wu Di Ji": "In the first month of the spring of the second year, the public arrived in Wan. Zhang Xiu surrendered, regretted it, and rebelled. The public and the war, the army was defeated, and it was Liu Shi. The eldest son Ang and his disciple Anmin Killed."

The identity of "Cao Anmin" is pointed out here. He is the son of Cao Cao's younger brother Cao De, so he is Cao Cao's own nephew and Cao Pi's cousin.

It's just that these two documents only mentioned his characters, not his name.

So that later generations have no way to verify it, so they can only write in his biography: "Cao Anmin, styled Anmin, name unknown".

However, the date of Cao Anmin's death is very clear in historical documents, even accurate to the month - the first month of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197).

In the second year of Jian'an, that is, four years later, Cao Cao led his army to march south, and Zhang Xiu, the defender of Wancheng, led his troops to surrender.

As a result, after entering the city, Cao Cao fell into the "Cao thief's disease" and forcibly took Zhang Xiu's aunt, Mrs. Zou, as his concubine. Zhang Xiu held a grudge for this.

Cao Cao also knew that Zhang Xiu had resentment in his heart, so he planned to kill Zhang Xiu in secret to eliminate future troubles. However, the plan was leaked. Zhang Xiu followed Jia Xu's strategy and launched a sneak attack first. Cao Cao was defeated and fled in a hurry.

Cao Anmin died in this war.

Died with him were Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, and the famous general Dian Wei who was called "the evil from the past"...

Unexpectedly, this little military officer in front of him is actually an amazing second-generation official?

However, recalling the previous details, it is not without trace.

Although Cao Cao's family was not the only one with the surname Cao at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, most of the officers surnamed Cao in Cao Ying had some relationship with Cao Cao.

In addition, raising military pay is the foundation of marching and fighting.

Stealing the tombs of the royal family of the Han Dynasty is also a matter of brazenness to the world, and it is easy to give people a reason to talk about it.

With Cao Cao's temperament of "I would rather let the world down than the people in the world let me down", he definitely would not entrust such an important and sensitive matter to a person who cannot be trusted.

It can be inferred from this that this Cao Zhi must be someone who has won the trust of Cao Cao, and naturally it cannot be as simple as a military officer on the surface.

It's just that the name Cao Ti has not been passed down to later generations, and Wu Liang has never heard of it, so he didn't think about it further.

But it's not too late to know now.

Wu Liang was pleasantly surprised.

Now as long as you have a good relationship with Cao Ting, it means that you have hugged Prime Minister Cao's toes, and no matter how hard you try, you will not be far from hugging your thighs to rob the tomb.

"A talented and virtuous brother?"

Seeing Wu Liang staring at him with a strange expression and not saying a word, Cao Ting cried out in surprise.

Wu Liang finally came back to his senses, quickly smiled and held the bowl and said, "Brother An Min, I respect you."

"Hahaha, talented and virtuous brother, don't you have something on your mind? You and I are considered brothers now. If you have something on your mind, you don't need to hide it. Maybe I can help you a bit."

After drinking this bowl of wine, Cao Ting was already looking good, but the alcohol content was not high, and now he had only drank two more bowls, so he should not be too drunk, but this guy was born with an alcohol allergy.

"I don't have anything on my mind, I just feel that the tomb of King Liang Xiao may not be simple."

Wu Liang wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and said along the way.

"how do I say this?"

Cao Jin's expression immediately became serious.

"Brother An Min, have you ever read "Tai Shi Gong Ji"?"

"Tai Shi Gong Ji" is commonly known as "Historical Records" in later generations. It is a biographical general history of the Western Han Dynasty. This work was completed only a few hundred years ago.

But looking at Cao Ting's confused expression, Wu Liang already knew that this guy must have never seen it, so he went on to say: "It is recorded in "Tai Shi Gong Ji": In the sixth year of Zhongyuan, Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu went to Liangshan to hunt. He sent a strange cow with feet on its back, but Liu Wu seemed to lose his soul after seeing the strange cow. Not long after returning home, he contracted a fever, and died suddenly six days later. "

Hearing that Cao Bing's hand pouring wine stopped, he frowned slightly and said, "I only know that Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu has been favored for his meritorious service. Its luxury level is better than that of the imperial palace, and all capable people and strangers in the world are fascinated by it. This man had this name in his lifetime, and he must be buried with him in the mausoleum after death, but he has never heard of such a strange thing...you can know it... What is the implication of this?"

"Hard to say."

Seeing that there was no information that could prove the "Historical Records" from Cao Ting's mouth, Wu Liang shook his head and said, "But since it is recorded in "Tai Shi Gong Ji", this matter may not be groundless. One more thing to be careful, lest extreme joy beget sorrow."

"Your brother's words are very true. This is the first time for my brother to dig a grave. I really don't know the depth of it. You need to pay more attention to it."

Cao Ting asked in a deep voice.

"If you can help Brother An Min, I will be completely heartbroken."

Wu Liang got up and clasped his fists.

"Well said! What I want is my brother's words, come, come, let's drink!"

Hearing what Wu Liang said, Cao Ting was overjoyed, picked up the wine bowl and drank it down, wiped his mouth and said, "Your talented brother, I see that you are very eloquent, you must have read many sages. The book, but why was it hidden and not published before, willing to be enslaved and driven by others?"

"It's just heresy, and it's not on the stage."

Wu Liang looked at the nose and the heart, and then smiled humbly, "Brother Talented" has indeed never read a book, and Dou Da does not know a lot of Chinese characters, and he is actually the one who has read a lot of "sage books".

"otherwise."

Cao Ting shook his head and said, "Nowadays the princes from all walks of life are in troubled times, and it's time to employ people. With your knowledge, no matter where you go to, it should be easy to be a disciple."

"Brother Anmin is ridiculously praised. Brother Anmin is just a small person without the slightest ambition. I just want to live a stable life in the Huanren Army for a few days. I hope Brother Anmin will understand."

Wu Liang said again.

In fact, he knows better than Cao Ting that there was no nine-year compulsory education at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mao Sui recommended himself, based on his understanding of history, it is not too easy to make a living.

It's a pity that he doesn't have this ambition, and there's no fun in fighting a war...

"The talented and virtuous brother is really a wonderful person."

Cao Ting smiled, and then said seriously, "In this case, after stealing King Liang Xiao's tomb, I will take you to meet the envoy in person, and ask for an official position for you so that you can show your talents in the Tuan army, how about it? "

"Thank you, Brother An Min. In fact, it doesn't matter if you are an official or not. My brother mainly admires the character of the envoy and Brother An Min. I am willing to do what I can for the heroes."

These words hit Wu Liang's heart, and he was pleasantly surprised, so he just declined and agreed.

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　The signed contract has been sent out, and the first wave of free investment is sure to make a profit without losing money, so hurry up.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)