Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

chapter 68

Hulao Pass, one of the eight passes in Luoyang.

It is adjacent to Songyue Mountain in the south and the Yellow River in the north. In ancient times, there was only a deep valley leading to Luoyang.

It is said that when King Mu of Zhou went hunting here in the Western Zhou Dynasty, his warrior "Gao Benrong" captured a tiger alive and kept it here in captivity, hence the name - Hulao!
In Xiongguan here, even the tea stalls and wine shops are different from other places, showing a different kind of majesty and solidity.

In the continuous flow of people entering the pass, a carriage with green canopy and double shafts was sandwiched inconspicuously, and it was driving slowly in the distance. If you look carefully, there was an old man before him, leading the people in the carriage into a post.

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The barbecue was burning on the stove, and the warm wine bottle was steaming. Cai Yong took out the hot wine from the wine bottle, poured it on Liu Yu, cut off the barbecue meat, and let Liu Yu put it on the plate.

A middle-aged man pouring wine for a young son, this is an extremely weird scene.

What's more, it is Cai Yong, a famous Confucian who is famous in the world!

Cai Yong, this beautiful man who was known as "Zhilan Yushu" in the past is now over [-] years old, but his correct appearance and straight facial features still retain his youthful handsomeness, and his body shape is also maintained very well, moderately fat and thin, Strong and vigorous.

At this time, he was wearing a set of half-worn Confucian robes, with no luxurious accessories except a jade belt around his waist, but there was a different kind of confusion in his eyes, as if he was revealing his thoughts everywhere.

On the other hand, Liu Yu had a faint smile on his lips, and he said lightly: "Qiaozi is a little bit impatient. I originally planned to visit Caizi after arriving in Luoyang."

Cai Yong was a little dazed: "I have been at home for more than half a year, but the guilt keeps coming up again and again, and I am terrified every day. Originally, I, Cai Yong, a seven-foot boy, died as soon as he died. I shouldn't be so timid. But my daughter Zhao Ji is not yet one year old, I, Cai Yong, really don't want to get involved with her!"

"I heard from 'Qiaozi' that Guanzhu Liu can save me? How can I wait, so I came to Hulao Pass, looking forward to each other day and night, and I only hope Guanzhu Liu can give me some guidance."

Sincere words...

Among them, between the lines, is full of care and guilt for her daughter.

Liu Yu let out a long sigh, and closed her eyes, as if feeling emotional.

The first thing he thought of was that decades later, Cai Yong's daughter, Cai Zhaoji, a talented woman who experienced ups and downs in her life, said in the opening chapter of "Hujia Eighteen Pads" with grief and indignation——

——"At the beginning of my life, I did nothing. After I was born, Han Zuo declined. The inhumanity of the sky brings chaos and separation, and the inhumanity of the earth makes me at this time!"

And the starting point of her twists and turns of fate began with Cai Yong's current dilemma, where life and death are uncertain.

It all started last year, the year Cai Zhaoji was born.

Since the beginning of the year, several strange things have happened one after another in Dahan.

In the servants' office, there was a hen with a comb that grew longer and longer. One day the hen crowed, and the hen suddenly turned into a rooster. Everyone inside and outside the palace was amazed.

Later, one night in the palace, a strangely dressed man in white came to the Deyang Hall of the palace, and happened to meet the servant of the Zhonghuang Gate. The servant stopped him and asked him why he wanted to enter the palace.
The man in white showed no sign of fear, instead he asked sharply, "'Liang Dexia' told me to go to the hall, why are you blocking me? Get out of the way!"

The attendant of the Huang Gate knew that there was no one named "Liang Dexia" in the palace at all, so he immediately went up to meet the man in white, intending to grab the man in white to learn more about his origins, but he didn't want... the man in white turned into black smoke and disappeared in an instant.

Now the entire palace is looking for the name "Liang Dexia", but there is no such person inside or outside the palace.

Not long later, on a certain day, a black air suddenly descended from the sky and fell into the east courtyard of Wende Palace, where the emperor Liu Hong often went. It was more than ten feet long and shaped like a dragon. gradually dispersed.

The next day, in the apse of Yutang in the Northern Palace of the Imperial Palace, a green snake appeared.

The emergence of these "monstrous" phenomena has led to the spread of prophecy, saying that the red "fire virtue" of the great man will soon be replaced by the yellow "earth virtue".

In addition, in recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently throughout the empire, sometimes thunderstorms and hailstones, sometimes earthquakes and locusts, sometimes heavy rains and high winds, internal and external troubles, refugee riots, foreign invasions, and documents from states and counties pleading for help poured into the court like snowflakes.

All these made the emperor Liu Hong restless!

"Tai Chang", one of the Nine Ministers, suggested that Yilang Cai Yong knew a thing or two about Fang Shi and spells, so he might as well invite him into the palace to eliminate disasters and explain differences.

Liu Hong hurriedly ordered someone to summon Cai Yong. It happened that Cai Yong, who knew the "topic" in advance, was afraid that he could not speak well, so he wrote down what he wanted to say and summarized it into seven points!
Precisely in these seven articles, the evils of the times are pointed out, eunuchs do evil, and the behaviors of the public officials and scholar-bureaucrats in the court are explained in detail, and it is suggested that the emperor should make drastic reforms and punish all traitors.

To put it bluntly, it is to tell the emperor that you, a real dragon, are blind and can no longer see things outside the palace!

That's not bad...

Cai Yong's words are almost equivalent to offending the eunuchs and the clan, and shaking their fundamental interests!

But this remonstrance leaked out.

In addition, Cai Yong and Liu Yun, who was then Situ, had always been dissatisfied with each other, and Cai Yong's uncle Cai Zhi had a deep conflict with the powerful minister Yang Qiu, who happened to be the son-in-law of Cheng Huang, an eunuch and one of the five princes.

Therefore, there was a rare eunuch and scholar-officials united to frame Cai Yong and Cai Zhi.

You know, no matter whether it is an eunuch or a scholar-bureaucrat, any one single out has huge energy.

What's more, when the two sides join forces, Cai Yong and Cai Zhi are naturally powerless to resist, so they will be guilty of "revenging private revenge and committing disrespect", and they should be beheaded!
Thanks to Qiao Xuan's willingness to remonstrate with the emperor at the cost of his resignation, he suppressed the matter temporarily.

Of course, the emperor Liu Hong also has a clear heart, but he just dismissed Cai Yong and Cai Zhi from their official titles and told them to stay at home and not be allowed to leave the official office, waiting to be punished!
The scholar-bureaucrat group and the eunuch group were naturally unwilling.

However, after Wang Fu's death and Cao Jie's retreat, the two sides stopped for a while, and the case of Cai Yong continued to be delayed.

But... it's not a problem to keep procrastinating!

To know…

This crime can be big or small, and it can be beheaded all over the family if it is serious, and it can be exiled to the border...

Because the Cai family offended the two major forces, it is impossible to change the sentence. Now Cai Yong is facing only the issue of life and death!
This matter, Qiao Xuan and Liu Yu talked about it when they were talking in Xiangyang City.

At that time, Liu Yu casually uttered a sentence, he has a way to help Cai Zi break the situation.

Therefore, Qiao Xuan immediately told Cai Yong when he returned to Luoyang, and it was only then that Cai Yong rushed over without stopping.

"Does Cai Zi regret it?" Liu Yu opened his mouth and asked... "If there is another chance to meet His Majesty, will Cai Zi still present the seven suggestions that shake the foundation of the eunuch and family?"

As soon as this statement comes out…

Obviously, Cai Yong paused for a moment, and he closed his eyes, as if he wanted to erase the glitz from his eyes. "I studied under Hu Guang, and I have always only recognized the eight characters in the Taixue Shijing - the emperor's assistant minister, the country's pillar!"

Cai Yong let out a long sigh. "The past and the past are like smoke and dust, like the clouds disperse and the water dries up. How can there be a new day? I, Cai Yong, do things with the heart, and the only one who owes is my wife and daughter!"

While speaking, Cai Yong clasped his hands tightly, his eyes full of determination.

Looking back at Liu Yu, he was silent for a while, and then slowly opened his eyes. "Don't worry, Cai Zi, I have two plans here, the upper and the lower. The lower is enough to keep Cai Zi's family safe from disasters, stay away from the troubles of this world, and live a peaceful and peaceful life. The first is to ask Cai Zi to step on this sword with me. Shan, go and try to be what Cai Zi called 'the emperor's minister, the country's pillar'!"

Speaking of here…

Liu Yu stood up slowly, his eyes were flickering, and his words became more and more meaningful.

——"One is a paradise, and the other is a sea of ​​swords and flames?"

——"The boy is bold... Please Cai Zi make a choice!"

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(End of this chapter)