Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

The one who walked out from the curtain was Fa Zheng.

The man who was described by Cao Cao as "the filial piety of Shu" was, at this moment, walking out from behind the curtain with his extremely sonorous steps.

The dim light made his cheeks look cold, and that vengeful face revealed a strong murderous intent and evil spirit.

And that sentence:
—What my Lord cannot do, I do;

——I will kill those whom my Lord cannot bear to kill.

It also pushed the evil spirit emanating from his body to its peak—

His voice continued, as cold as ever, as if it had been immersed in ten thousand years of ice.

"I heard that Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi are on their way to Luoyang. His father died in your hands—"

"I heard that Zhou Buyi's uncle Liu Xian knelt in front of my Lord's door for a day and a night, begging my Lord to avenge his child—"

"I heard that Kong Rong's clansmen and disciples of the sage have jointly issued an imperial edict to bring you, Cao Cao, to justice, in order to comfort the spirit of Kong Rong, the 20th generation descendant of Confucius..."

"I heard..."

Having said this, Fa Zheng paused.

This also made Cao Cao's eyes tighten. He stared at Fa Zheng for a long time, and then he said in a very heavy voice, "It seems that Xuande doesn't know that you are here to see me?"

Following Cao Cao's words...

There was a slight hint of evasion in Fa Zheng's eyes, but soon, that brief hesitation was replaced by a more determined look.

"My trip has nothing to do with my Lord—"

"Who does that concern?"

"It is related to the great cause of our Lord, the stability of the current situation, and the peace of the world—"

At this point, Fa Zheng looked straight at Cao Cao's eyes, which were a little old but still bright, "That's right, my lord is unwilling to kill you, but if my lord doesn't kill you? How can I explain to Ma Chao and Ma Mengqi in Xiliang? How can I explain to Zhou Buyi's family? How can I explain to Kong Rong's clansmen? How can I explain to Bian Rang, Chen Gong, Cui Yan, Xu You, Hua Tuo and others? How can I explain to Xuzhou, where the Si River has stopped flowing after you massacred the city? How can I explain to those old people in Yongqiu who lost their parents, wives and children? Xingguo, Fuhan, Hechi, Wancheng... How can I explain the hundreds of thousands of bloods on your hands? Humph, you are heroes who appreciate heroes, but why should my lord...block the anger of millions of ghosts in the underworld for a sinner like you? Even if my lord doesn't care about his reputation, I, Fa Zheng, can't indulge him!"

call…

call…

It is no exaggeration to say that when Fa Zheng spoke these words rapidly.

After all, he was Cao Cao, and he couldn't help but take a breath.

He was not without fear, but he thought of Guo Jia more realistically... more vividly.

——"If Fengxiao were still here, and if I were to switch places with Xuande, I'm sure Fengxiao would also help me get rid of Xuande, right?"

Hehehe…Hehehe…

Thinking of this, Cao Cao felt relieved.

At this age, life and death have long been indifferent, but what Fa Xiaozhi said is the most true -

Who can protect Cao Cao from the wrath of the millions of ghosts in the underworld?

Xuande, his small body is not strong enough to withstand the hatred from the world!

"Okay, okay, okay—"

Cao Cao said "good" three times in a row, as if he was responding to Fa Zheng, but also as if he was asking himself in his heart.

After receiving these three good words, Fa Zheng bowed solemnly.

"On behalf of my lord, thank the King of Wei—"

...

...

Cao Cao was destined to be absent-minded today.

Even when a huge world map was placed in front of him, he did not show any surprise, nor did he show any extra curiosity.

He just stared at the map, his eyes no longer had the sparkle of the past, but rather seemed empty and lifeless.

Rather…

Guan Lin, who showed the map to Cao Cao in its entirety, did not notice anything unusual about him.

Still talking freely.

"In fact, the world is round—"

"Emperor Gaozu once said that only those with the surname Liu could be called king. This is the case. The existence of the Great Wei is not in accordance with the rules, and the Great Han cannot coexist with the title of King of Wei."

"But, just because the King of Wei cannot be the King of the Han Dynasty, it doesn't mean that he cannot be the King of other places!"

As he spoke, Guan Lin pointed to a corner of the map.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, seemed to have no reaction at all...

The sudden silence seemed to have brought Cao Cao back to his senses. He quickly asked, "What did you just say?"

Guan Lin still didn't think much about it, just thinking that Cao Cao was not in a very good condition today.

Could it be that he was thinking about the situation in Bingzhou?
Or are you worried that... Zhang Wenyuan's action was not successful?
Of course, these are all understandable and excusable.

With this in mind, Guan Lin suggested, "How about this, I'll come back in the afternoon, and King Wei can take a rest first."

"No, go on..."

Cao Cao put aside all his troubled and gloomy thoughts, pointed at the huge map and asked, "You mean? The entire land in this map is under the same sky as us?"

"That's right!" Guan Lin continued to explain, "We are only in Asia. In addition to Asia, there is Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania. This is due to the movement of the earth's crust..."

When mentioning terms like crustal movement, Guan Lin suddenly stopped talking. He felt that he had spoken too high-soundingly.

It seems that there is no need to explain it in such detail.

"Ahem..." He coughed lightly, then changed the subject and continued to explain: "The location of the Han Dynasty is only a part of Asia, less than 30%, and Asia only occupies 30% of the entire world's land..."

Having said this, Guan Lin paused, and his subsequent words became serious and meticulous.

"In fact, why should we be so obsessed with fighting within this piece of land? Shouldn't we unite and make our land more vast?"

At this point, Guan Lin pointed to the map again, pointing to the European part. "This is Europe... This is the Mediterranean. According to the intelligence I have, it is now falling apart. In the third year of Guanghe, the wise king there died, and his son was killed in the same year as Dong Zhuo. Since then... the long-term stability in the Mediterranean has ended. We are in a civil war, and they are also in a civil war. We are struggling with the game and pain of the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty. Their so-called Roman Empire... is also falling apart... and is disintegrating at a rapid speed. This is their weakest time."

Guan Lin paused, "At this time, the Han Dynasty is actually the same empire as them, but what we lack is to quickly unify the mountains and rivers and turn all the disintegration into a joint force. We also lack a general who can expand the territory to the west. With his unique vision and courage, he can bring our cavalry and crossbows over there to conquer the divided Roman Empire!"

"…Wei, Han, and Wu fought back and forth, but in the end, weren't they still the same territories? The Xianbei in the north, the Luosha in the north of the Xianbei, the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean, the Kushan Empire west of Bashu…and the overseas, the distant North and South America, the Oceania in the ocean, aren't they…more worthy of our conquest and development? Isn't this the 'conquest of the west' that the King of Wei has always dreamed of?"

This…

Undoubtedly, even if Cao Cao was absent-minded today and was preoccupied with other things, the scene described by Guan Lin and the map presented in front of him were still too, too, too shocking.

In fact, if someone else showed Cao Cao such a map whose authenticity no one knew, Cao Cao would definitely not take it seriously.

After all, it's too big.

On the map, to the north of Xianbei is the Rakshasa Kingdom in the world of ice and snow;

To the west of Bashu there is the Kushan Empire and India;
There are also kingdoms with strange names such as "Byzantium", "Armenia" and "Britain"!

It’s a big place, with a vast territory…

Cao Cao even couldn't help but think that the former Silk Road... couldn't have reached as far as the so-called Rome, right?
And there...are they really in a civil war?
Is it possible to take advantage of the opportunity?

What about the fighting power of their army? Can they compare with Cao Cao's soldiers? Can they compare with Cao Cao's generals?

Too many, too many, too many doubts and confusions...

Too much, too much, too much mystery and weirdness...

All these made Cao Cao daydream a lot.

Finally, after a long pause, Cao Cao slowly tried to point to the Mediterranean Sea, and then asked: "You mean, I can still be the King of Wei there?"

"Who says we can't?" Guan Lin smiled. "The King of Wei once released my uncle, and he was able to achieve his hegemony starting from Bashu. Now, my uncle has reconciled with the King of Wei, right? Let the King of Wei become the General of the Western Expedition of the Han Dynasty as he wishes. Who can guarantee that when the King of Wei conquers that place one day, at the very least, he will be an uncrowned king..."

The Han Dynasty conquered the West?

The uncrowned king?

"Hahaha..." These words and phrases made Cao Cao laugh. It was a kind of self-mockery towards Guan Lin's fantastic idea. "You are too naive. Even if we take a step back and say that I left the Han Dynasty, I led the army to do what you call the Western Expedition, and even established hegemony in this Mediterranean you mentioned.

"Who can guarantee that I won't make a comeback? Even if I am old, my sons and grandsons... who can guarantee that they won't miss the glory and honor of the Han land?"

"But that will happen a hundred years from now..." Guan Lin took a deep breath, "The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification, and after a long period of unification, there will be division. Who can predict the situation a hundred years from now?"

"All I can do is share my vision and what I have seen with my uncle, my father, my third uncle, the King of Wei, and every knowledgeable person in the Han Dynasty... Isn't the King of Wei's dream to be the General of the Western Expedition of the Han Dynasty? When he was young, the King of Wei had no choice but to be a treacherous hero in troubled times, but now... a peaceful era is about to come. Doesn't the King of Wei want to return to the way he dreamed of as a child and be a capable minister in a peaceful era!"

"Besides... at this age? Who would have any special ambitions? As for... the future? That's all for future generations. If the King of Wei can build... China's territory spanning Asia and Europe, including the Mediterranean, and write a history and heavy chapter for this new land... then never mind what future generations will think of it. At least when we are dying, we can look back on the past and proudly tell ourselves that wherever the sun and moon shine, wherever the mountains and rivers flow... it's all Han territory, and wherever there are Han people on Han territory! This ideal of Emperor Wu's reign has been realized in our generation!"

"At that time, I will also point to this map and tell my descendants that the world is round and we cannot change it, but every inch of land on this circle was conquered by our generation, and to this day, there is only one voice on this circle... that is the voice of us Han people, there is only one language, one writing, that is our Chinese language and Chinese characters. Even if it has a history of thousands or tens of thousands of years, even if this land will fall apart again, as long as everyone remembers one thing, remembers that there was once a powerful empire that made the world's wheels, books, and customs the same... that's enough! And you, Cao Cao... as the general of this empire's expedition to the west, even the champion marquis... can hardly be compared with you. This achievement is enough to eliminate all sins and is enough to be praised for thousands of years and generations—"

"call…"

Hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

But soon, he laughed, "Hahaha..." He waved his hand, "Other people's conquest of the west is to sweep away the Xiongnu and recover the Western Regions, but your conquest of the west has brought me to the westernmost part of this continent, it's really western enough..."

At this point, Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "I am old now, I am afraid I won't live to the westernmost part..."

"The King of Wei can command them... We have many young people. With the prestige of the King of Wei, isn't it enough to dispatch them?"

It was Guan Lin's words that made Cao Cao laugh again. While laughing, he shook his head and said with emotion: "I finally understand why so many enemies can be used by you in the end... and each of them is so loyal to you. Hahahaha, I envy you, and I am also jealous——"

I am envious. I am envious that Guan Yu has such a son.

Jealousy comes from the fact that the big man is jealous of having the help of such a "magical boy".

The Han Dynasty should last another four hundred years.

"It's my suggestion, King Wei may want to consider it... If you agree, I will tell my uncle..."

Having said enough, Guan Lin stood up and bowed to say goodbye.

Cao Cao did not try to keep him and let him leave.

But just as Guan Lin was about to leave, a Han soldier respectfully presented a battle report, as if it had been prepared in advance.

Cao Cao was curious about why the battle report was delivered at this time.

But at the moment when he started to report the battle, his tiger eyes suddenly fixed, becoming huge and bright.

Because there is no mention of him in this battle report.

Just one sentence.

——A great victory in Jinyang, 400,000 Hu people were killed, and there are no more men in Mobei!

It was at this moment that Cao Cao, who had been kneeling and had not stood up once during the entire time he faced Guan Lin,

It only took him a moment to stand up.

The tiger's eyes were gleaming with brilliance.

So much so that next he groaned in that hoarse, rough voice.

"All four hundred thousand Hu people were killed, haha, hahahahaha——"

"I did it. Guan Lin really helped me achieve it. Hahahaha, hahahahaha——"

"Conquer the West, conquer the West... Four hundred thousand Hu people were killed, what a great Conquer the West! Even Huo Qubing back then couldn't do it to this extent, right? Hahahaha, Guan Lin really gave me a great gift. This gift... is enough to wash away all the innocent people I slaughtered when I was young in the historian's paper money, right? Enough, right..."

Speaking of the latter, Cao Cao seemed a little discouraged...

When I get old, my heart is not as strong as steel as when I was young. When I get old, my heart becomes soft. It is not until this age that I realize... When I was young, I was full of energy. In fact, many people could be spared from being killed, and many cities could be spared from being massacred.

only…

It's just that it's too late to say this now, too late...

"Uu——"

Take a deep breath.

Cao Cao seemed to have made the final decision, and he said with a smile.

"Haha, I thought Guan Lin's expedition to the west was a man without a soul in Mobei, but who would have thought that Guan Lin's expedition to the west would reach the westernmost part of this continent!"

"Well...well, let me give the fame of the Western Expedition to my people!"

"Guan Lin, now that the four hundred thousand Hu people have been killed, my remaining wish has been fulfilled. I can now face my younger self calmly."

…Let me explain this in two ways.

Just when Guan Lin left Cao Cao's room, he went to the medical department specifically, as if he had other intentions.

Zhang Zhongjing was not there. To be more precise, there was a patient in the military camp, and by chance, the patient was so serious that he had to deal with him personally.

Instead, the eldest disciple Wang Shuhe was in charge here.

He was originally opening the door to see a patient, but the moment he saw Guan Lin, he quickly stood up... handed the patient to his disciple, and took the initiative to salute.

"Greetings to the Fourth Young Master..."

Speaking of which, when Guan Lin invited Zhang Zhongjing to come out of seclusion, he also became his disciple. According to this seniority theory, Wang Shuhe is still Guan Lin's senior brother?
It is precisely because of this that Guan Lin has always been very polite to him.

Often when hearing words like "Greetings, Fourth Young Master", I would politely reply, "Don't be so polite, Senior Brother!"
But this time...something's different.

Rarely, a sharp edge emerged from Guan Lin's eyes.

Facing the smiling Wang Shuhe, Guan Lin just said something to him coldly.

"Come with me—"

Under Guan Lin's guidance, the two came to a quiet house in the medical office.

Only the two of them were so suddenly chilly that Wang Shuhe couldn't help but shiver.

A hint of timidity and guilt seemed to stir in my heart instinctively.

…Wang Shuhe’s eyes kept rolling. Seeing that Guan Lin hadn’t spoken for a long time, he couldn’t stand this atmosphere, so he asked first: “Fourth Master, what’s going on…”

call…

First there was a faint sigh, and then Guan Lin murmured quietly, "I met my senior brother when I went to Changsha to invite the genius doctor Zhongjing to come out of seclusion. At that time, my senior brother said that you were just a poor boy who was studying medicine in Changsha..."

At this point, Guan Lin's voice suddenly turned cold, even extremely cold... and sharp.

"I'll ask you again now."

"Are you just a poor kid from a poor family?"

As Guan Lin's words were chanted.

Suddenly, a huge shudder broke out in Wang Shuhe's body. He swallowed deeply, and his dazed eyes finally became firm.

"I...I have always been like this..."

"Sir, you know that I have always been a child of a poor family... absolutely true!
That is the moment when this sentence was chanted.

Guan Lin uttered in a voice that was almost a roar and a shout.

"The Wang family of Langya is also a descendant of a poor family that has fallen on hard times?"

"Lang...Langya Wang Clan..."

Just after he said this, Uncle Wang staggered and fell to his knees on the ground, with Guan Lin's fingers pressing heavily against his forehead.

He spoke angrily at him in an extremely slow but extremely cold voice.

"The reason you are still alive today, besides being Zhang Zhongjing's eldest disciple, is that you haven't done anything to let me down in these years..."

That is, after these words were uttered...

Guan Lin immediately added a few more words.

"Han Chan, the aristocratic alliance headed by your Langya Wang family and Henei Sima family is actually doing something shameful. Am I right?"

Chilling…

The mysterious alliance of aristocratic families that was only mentioned by Sima Yi!

If Guan Lin had not accidentally... subconsciously chanted the line "The King and Ma share the world" once, he would probably still be kept in the dark.

As we all know…

The shameful Jin Dynasty was a dynasty formed by an alliance of aristocratic families!
As we all know, there was a saying that was widely circulated in the Jin Dynasty.

That is - the king and the horse share the world.

The Ma here refers to the Sima family of Henei, the "Ma" of Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, and Sima Yan!
The king here is none other than the Wang family of Langya, the "king" of Wang Xiang who lay on the ice to catch carp, and also the "king" of Wang Shuhe, the eldest disciple who accompanied Zhang Zhongjing!
Because of the sentence "Wang and Ma share the world", Guan Lin subconsciously became more cautious and sent people to investigate. It was just like this...

The cicadas buried underground, led by the Sima family, once united the four families of Xun, Zhong, Han, and Chen in Yingchuan, with the Yuzhou clan as their support... and the Yanzhou Langya Wang family as their 'henchmen'... the secret line that established the clan dynasty "Jin" has been thoroughly brought to the surface.

Fortunately, over the years, Han Chan never leaked any key information from Guan Lin when he was tasked with a mission. He never betrayed Guan Lin, and the information he gave to Han Chan was always irrelevant.

Perhaps it is because of Master Zhang Zhongjing’s earnest teachings…

Or maybe it was because Guan Lin established an ideal city-state that gave Wang Shuhe more hope.

No matter what, after all, Wang Shuhe has not yet been deeply tied to or colluded with those aristocratic families.

It was precisely based on this that Guan Lin confronted him today.

The only fault he committed was concealing the truth.

"Do you have anything else to say?"

"Or do you want to tell me in detail all the names of the people inside Han Chan and everything that has been done over the years? Oh, and also the way and signal you contacted Sima Yi. I also need this..."

"From now on, you have a quarter of an hour to consider--"

"Will you stand on the side of your family, the Wang family of Langya? Will you choose Han Chan? Or will you choose this new ideal city-state after the rise of the Han Dynasty?"

...

...

“Hurry, hurry—”

"Drive, drive, drive——"

On the official road from Bingzhou to Jizhou, more than thirty horses were galloping, and a carriage was surrounded by these horses. The person driving the horses was Li Miao.

Sitting in the carriage were Xiahou Dun and Cao Zhi.

They escaped from the meeting place in Jinyang. Because they fled in such a hurry and the incident happened so quickly, they did not have much time to gather the remnants. Therefore, only the three of them escaped with more than 30 personal guards.

And the follow-up guards told the story...

Only then did they realize that Cao Zhang’s so-called alliance had become a joke!
Four hundred thousand barbarians all died in Xishan!

It seemed as if all the crows in Bingzhou had flown there, greedily eating the corpses, which they could not finish in a year.

Similarly, most of the Wei army's soldiers surrendered without even seeing any decent resistance.

"It's gone, it's gone, there's no hope..."

Along the way, Xiahou Dun lamented in great annoyance, "Those Hu people are gone, our last troops are gone, everything is gone, gone——"

After all, he watched the rise of Wei with his own eyes.

Ironically, the decline of the Wei Dynasty came so quickly and so swiftly, and it was so desolate that it didn't even give Xiahou Dun a single eye or a chance to open his eyes to say goodbye!

Confused, upset, hesitant...

All these negative emotions were enough to completely crush Xiahou Dun, shattering him into pieces.

However, Cao Zhi had a completely different reaction from Xiahou Dun.

If Xiahou Dun was so discouraged that he could only sigh helplessly, then... Cao Zhi was so discouraged that he was in despair, as if... he already felt... there was no need to sigh at all, because who could win this battle that was doomed to fail!
Of course, his silence could also be due to other reasons.

"Hannan, where are we... where are we going?"

Finally, Cao Zhi in the carriage said his first words after his escape.

"Go to Jizhou, go to Yecheng..." Li Miao replied.

"How...how could it be with my second brother?" Cao Zhi's expression fluctuated slightly, but it was not because of his second brother in Yecheng, but because the person he was thinking about was in Yecheng.

At this time, Li Miao chanted in a heavy tone: "Zijian... now we don't have any choice, except Jizhou... we have nowhere else to go!"

That is, after this sound.

Cao Zhi lowered his voice, as if he was muttering to himself.

"Jizhou...Yecheng, Jizhou, Yecheng——"

"Sister Zhen...Sister Zhen——"

It seemed that at least that city, at least that person who made him yearn for could still move his heartstrings...

Is anything else important?

Nothing else matters!
At this time, a cavalry guard reminded Li Miao: "Mr. Li, we have been running for a whole day and night. The men can bear it, but the horses can't. Some horses have already died... Now, we must let the brothers rest and let the horses rest..."

"Ugh…"

Following the cavalry guard's words, Li Miao sighed and had no choice but to give the order.

"Everyone stop and rest where you are..."

Finally, the team, which had been running for a day and a night, was able to take a short rest.

Most people were holding their urine, and after getting off the horse, they didn't care about the numbness in their legs and just took off their pants... and urinated on the spot.

Li Miao was a scholar, even though he had been a madman, but he disdained to pee with these vulgar warriors, so he walked aside alone and just took off his pants.

"Hannan—"

A subtle voice sounded behind him.

The sound scared Li Miao, and he was about to burst out with a sigh, but he held it back.

As Li Miao turned his head, he saw clearly that it was Cao Zhi...

In short, the appearance of Cao Zhi made Li Miao feel a lot more relaxed.

"What's wrong, Master Zijian..."

While asking the questions, Li Miao relaxed appropriately and called out the urge to urinate that had been held back.

But then... Cao Zhi's words made Li Miao lose the urge to urinate forever at that moment...

That was because of the shock, and the pee that was about to come out was completely and totally frightened back——

"Hannan? You...you..."

"When did you start to betray the Wei Dynasty?"

Such a sentence which was not cold but even somewhat gentle and slow came out from Cao Zhi's mouth.

Li Miao's pupils widened to the extreme.

He...he couldn't believe that these words came from Cao Zhi's mouth.

He…he couldn't believe it even more. When did he…did he reveal himself? How could he be seen through?

at this time…

Cao Zhi's words were recited again.

"Han Nan, your calm demeanor on the meeting stage has betrayed you. If I follow this thought and recall the past, including why Uncle Xiahou gave up Tongguan? Why did my father's flying ball land at Wuzhangyuan? Why did we... why did we participate in this ridiculous meeting? And... and our current destination, Yecheng... This... This is your last action and mission, Han Nan!"

"I..." Li Miao subconsciously wanted to explain.

He had practiced explaining such emergencies countless times and memorized countless lines...

But undoubtedly, this was his first time in actual combat.

This was the most dangerous one.

Unfortunately, Cao Zhi did not give him a chance to explain. He said with full confidence, "Yes, Hannan, you are the one who will deal with me. I, Cao Zhi... do not like treacherous and unpredictable plots and conspiracies, and I hate factional struggles between brothers, but..."

"But my eyes can see, and my heart is not completely blind... I can still see, feel, and distinguish everything you do..."

At this point, Cao Zhi swallowed deeply, and then he continued, seriously and meticulously, "So, the Wei Dynasty could go from its peak... to decline suddenly. These... are all your masterpieces, right? No... to be precise... these are all your contributions to the Han Dynasty, Li Miao and Li Hannan, right?"

"Hannan, what I said... is the truth, right?"

Today... is destined to be the day for all lurkers to show their hand;

Today, it is destined that all those things that were buried deep underground and could not see the light of day will be exposed under the sky, see the light again, and even... be roasted by the blazing sun.

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…(End of chapter)