Xiaoguangong

Chapter 109 There is one condition

As a landlord, Zhuge Liang greeted Cao Zhi and Sima Fu to drink in a friendly manner, and did not do anything weird because of Cao Zhi's identity.

Although Huang Zhong and Wei Yan's expressions were rather unkind, Cao Zhi finally recovered from his initial panic.

After all, he is a great talent who is famous all over the world. Cao Zhi retreated nervously, and immediately showed the posture of a celebrity, and calmly made a request to Zhuge Liang, hoping that he could release Chen Qun and Xun You.

After listening to Cao Zhi's narration, Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Of course."

Cao Zhi straightened his body and said solemnly:

"I don't know what Army Master Zhuge wants."

"Nothing."

Cao Zhi: ...

Zhuge Liang smiled and said:

"Xun Gongda is famous all over the world. He was the righteous man who assassinated Dong Zhuo. He was separated from his father in the previous battle. Now that he wants to return to Yingchuan, we will naturally have to send him away.

It's just that Chen Changwen and my master are old friends, they haven't seen each other for a long time, and it will take some time to catch up. "

Liu Bei and Chen Qun still have something old to tell...

Both Cao Zhi and Sima Fu showed a very helpless expression on their faces.

Xun You is Xun Yu's nephew, and Chen Qun is Xun Yu's son-in-law, and it would be better to get neither of them back if they only get one back.

Zhuge Liang's move was to retreat and advance, which really made Sima Fu speechless.

Cao Zhi was not reconciled. At this moment, he reverted to his old ways, and couldn't help mocking:

"Back then, Chen Changwen had a long friendship with Liu Shijun in Xuzhou. He first voted for Lu Bu and then returned to the court. He is still thinking about Liu Shijun."

After Chen Qun ran away from Liu Bei, he stayed with Lu Bu for a while. After Lu Bu was defeated, he immediately defected to Cao Cao's account. Cao Zhi was insinuating that the friendship between Liu Bei and Chen Qun was not as good as that of Lu Bu. How can there be any old things? Syria.

Zhuge Liang was quite calm and said with a smile:

"I don't know what Mr. Zhi thinks, what is Changwen like?"

Cao Zhi was stunned immediately, and said solemnly: "Chen Gongrong is a corporal, and the hearts of the people will not be united; if he is aggressive and scheming, the opinions of the people will be disqualified. He is really a calm man and a talent for the country's prime minister."

Chen Qun's knowledge and skills are first-class in the world, and he is especially good at managing his own reputation. Famous lunatics like Kong Rong and humble people like Wu Zhi are highly respected by him. His existence is very important for Cao Cao to stabilize the court. It can also play a huge role.

Now the leader of Cao Cao's Qingliu is Xun Yu. As we all know, since Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and abolished the Sangong and established the prime minister, a rift began to appear between Cao Cao and Xun Yu.Cao Cao's current "talent-only approach" can win over a group of highly capable people who don't pay much attention to moral values, but the future of the Cao family cannot be dominated by people with flexible moral bottom lines like Jia Xu and Cheng Yu. Tang, thinking about it like this makes Cao Cao tremble a little.

So Chen Qun is very important. When he grows up, he can gradually replace Xun Yu to help Cao Cao win Qingliu's support, and Cao Cao's successor can also use his fame to gradually ease the relationship with Qingliu.

Therefore, we must strive to get Chen Qun back!

Cao Zhi flattered Chen Qun at will, and thought that if Liu Bei continued to force him to stay, he would write an article angrily accusing Liu Bei of kidnapping the world's famous scholars. His reputation is enough to make the world's scholars and Liu Bei alienated, which is a good thing.

Zhuge Liang nodded slowly when he heard the words, and said with a smile:

"Well said, Mr. Chen is such a person—then please think about it, Mr. Changwen, who has not seen my lord for many years, does he not care about his old friend at all? My lord is not forced to stay, at least ten For the rest of the day, five or six years at most, when my lord restores the Han Dynasty, Changwen will naturally be able to return to his homeland."

Cao Zhi thumped in his heart, only to realize that he had fallen into Zhuge Liang's trap.

He played Chen Qun like a saint. Since he is a saint, why would he refuse to talk about the old days with the person who recommended him because of the political disagreement many years ago? After this talk, the two lingered on the scene and fell in love with each other. What happened after that can be explained , How can it be said that Liu Bei kidnapped celebrities?
"Liang was still young, and he always admired Changwen's character and knowledge.

There are also quite a few people from Xuzhou under my master tent. When talking about the events of the year, with Changwen's character, I naturally feel a little uneasy.

What did Mr. Cao do in Xuzhou?The world knows about this.

Every time Changwen thinks about this matter, he sighs and feels a lot of emotion, and feels a little bit of self-blame in his heart. This time, when he heard me talking about it, he immediately burst into tears, and blamed himself for not caring about this matter for many years. It is a negative for the people of Xuzhou back then.

If Mr. Cao is willing to write a book about what happened back then, I think Changwen will be very happy, and I will rush back to the Central Plains immediately, and I will definitely see you off hand in hand when the time comes.

If Mr. Cao is unwilling... Hehe, with Changwen's character and knowledge, I'm afraid I'll be ashamed to go back to the Central Plains. "

Chen Qun focused on character, but when Cao Cao slaughtered Xuzhou, the literati represented by him were silent, and they didn't even dare to say a fart. They didn't have the style of celebrities to say whatever they wanted.

Only Xun Yu persuaded Cao Cao to use the words "before the attack on Xuzhou, and the imposition of punishment, and his sons would think of the shame of their father and brother, and they must defend themselves. If they don't surrender their hearts, they can break it, which is not possible." It's better to kill fewer people.

Chen Qun has been silent for so many years. In fact, he feels very uncomfortable in his heart. He feels that this is not what a celebrity should do. After meeting Liu Bei and talking about the past, this former old friend gave up his previous political disagreement with Liu Bei , and instead hope that Cao Cao will admit the crimes of the year. Isn't this what a celebrity with high morals should do, and should have done long ago?
The crowd fell silent.

Even the corners of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan's mouths couldn't help twitching a few times.

When they first heard that Zhuge Liang was going to let go of Xun You unconditionally, they thought that Zhuge Liang was taking advantage of Liu Bei's absence to do it for himself, but they didn't expect him to ramble and throw all his high hats at Chen. The group's foreheads made it impossible for Cao Zhi to step down.

come on.

The only way Cao Zhi can do now is to refuse to admit that Cao Cao massacred a lot in Xuzhou back then, and then Zhuge Liang made the conversation public today, and Cao Zhi will have to admit it in front of Cao Cao in the future, and then most of his reputation in Qingliu will evaporate in an instant. This kind of behavior of getting darker and darker may not necessarily make Cao Cao happy.

But if you admit it...

At that time, Mencius and Xunzi had conflicts on whether nature is good or evil, but they all agreed that benevolent government is the kingly way, and tyranny should be eliminated.

Does acknowledging Cao Cao's atrocities back then mean that Cao Cao should be wiped out sooner or later?

It doesn't exist.

Well, if you pretend that this matter doesn't exist...

Well, Zhuge Liang can still send this condition to the Yingchuan family in the future. At that time, a hat of ineffectiveness will inevitably be placed on Cao Zhi's head.You must know that Chen Qun, Wu Zhi, Sima Yi, and Wang Can are the iron brothers next to his second brother who is also outstanding in literature, and it would be a ghost if the second brother didn't take the opportunity to make trouble.

Now, Cao Zhi is suddenly envious of Ding Yi.

Ding Yi was thrown in Shiyang after being beaten up by Yunshan. If he was the one who was beaten up at that time, wouldn't he be able to experience this kind of torture less?

Zhuge Liang's torture was more piercing than Yunshan's fist. He hurriedly looked at Sima Fu for help, asking him to give him some advice. Sima Fu was so stared at that he had no choice but to cough dryly:
"May I ask where Xun Gongda is? Can I see him?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Of course, as I said before, you can take Xun Gongda away."

You can bring one too.

Cao Zhi and Sima Fu looked at each other helplessly, and could only hope that Xun You was willing to abandon Chen Qun and run away.

Zhuge Liang sent Cao Zhi, Guan Ping, and Sima Fu to see Xun You.

They thought that Xun You would be locked up in a large courtyard thinking about life, but they didn't expect Xun You to wear a bamboo hat and squat in a field row in a daze under the drizzle.

There were bursts of spring thunder, and the fine raindrops were scattered, and quickly connected into thin lines.

Xun You just squatted on the ground like this, watching a few old farmers teach their children and grandchildren how to cultivate the land, listening with great interest for a while, as if listening to a great Confucian scholar explaining the Dao.

Cao Zhi and Sima Fu walked over and called to Duke Xun softly, and then he stood up leisurely, pulled up the bamboo hat on his head, and revealed a face that had aged a lot.

"Master Lao Zhi is here." Xun You looked guilty, first bowed to Cao Zhi, and then nodded to Sima Fu and Guan Ping.

Yes, he also nodded towards Guan Ping.

"Grand Xun, let's go. We'll take you back!" Sima Fu said impatiently.

He didn't want to stay in this ghost place for a moment.

Being able to bring Xun You back means that most of the tasks have been completed, at least Cao Cao can make sense for the time being.

A warm smile appeared on Xun You's face, and Guan Ping also bowed slightly to salute him. He shook his head and put the bamboo hat on top of his rain-drenched head.

"I won't go." He walked along the field ridge with his hands behind his back, and Cao Zhi and Sima Fu hurriedly followed behind, feeling extremely anxious when he heard this.

"Mr. Xun, you can't do this. Even if Mr. Chen can't go back, why should you..."

In Cao Zhi's view, Xun You must have been embarrassed to run back because he knew Chen Qun couldn't leave.

But now is the time to worry about this, it is Cao Zhi's great credit to be able to escape one, of course he will try his best to persuade Xun You to go back.

Xun You cast his eyes on Guan Ping, and he remembered what happened in Huarong Road that night.

This was the most humiliating night in his life. His self-confidence, elegance and tenacity were swept away. Although not many people saw this scene, Xun You really felt that he was completely defeated.

He was ashamed to go back to Cao Cao, give advice like a normal person, and criticize the world's most romantic figures with everyone.

During the days when he was captured, Xun You talked with Zhuge Liang almost every day. The two people with a big age gap talked about the art of war and major events in the world, and they unknowingly talked about the years back then.

If there were no military disasters in Xuzhou, with Zhuge Liang's talent, he would definitely be recommended to the imperial court sooner or later, and become a celebrity judged by celebrities such as Xun You and Chen Qun.

But that military disaster changed everything.

The young man back then has become a person who can stir up the situation, his appearance will definitely rewrite this era, and Xun You is so old, and he has been hit so hard, he will never be able to reproduce the magnanimity of the year.

It's good to be young.

"I'm not leaving, really." Xun You said sincerely, "I'll hang around here for a while, and when I want to go back, I'll go back by myself."

(End of this chapter)