Wei Ni

Chapter 1 Wedges
In late spring and March, everything is revived and full of vitality.

The rolling hills and forests in the northern part of Yingchuan County have sprouted greenness, and they are even more verdant in the warm sunshine.

The Yingshui meandering south is wrinkled by the spring breeze, and the blooming ripples complement each other with the hazy mist by the water.Occasionally, a few fish jumped up mischievously, making a few birds fly by with their wings folded, rejoicing at the spring dawn of the revival of all things.

On the riverside post road, seven or eight knights rode their horses and drove, looking at Xuanyuan Pass entering Luoyang.

From the dust on their bodies and the messy strands of hair emerging from their headbands, it can be seen that they have traveled for a long time and are in a hurry.

However, it seems that they have long been used to it.

Not only was there no trace of tiredness on their faces, but the knights on the periphery also turned their gazes to the low hills, reeds, and woods where the bad guys could hide from time to time, as cautious as scouts in the ranks.

Cangtou, who was driving his horse to explore the road, was about forty years old, and his beard and hair had long been stained with hoarfrost.

I saw him raising his hand to cover the sun, squinting his eyes straight on the horse's back for a while, then turned his horse back to the team, bowed his hands to the people surrounded by him, and asked for instructions loudly, "Liulang, what's next for you?" The last post in front of Xuanyuan Pass has been closed. There are angels and army messengers passing through this pass all year round, and the guards dare not relax. We all have swords and knives, and there are no goods, women and children accompanying us. .No, I’ll rest at the post for a while, and I’ll send someone to report first, and then enter the valley road, okay?”

The man who is called Liulang is about the year of the weak crown.

He is seven feet six inches in length, with a full sky, bright eyes and lacquered eyes, thick eyebrows flying slantingly, a nose like a gall, and temples like a knife. He looks dignified and talented.

He is Xia Houhui, whose character is childish.

A native of Qiaoxian County, Yuzhou, the sixth son of Xiahouyuan, the former general of Cao Wei Yuanxun who conquered the West.

He was famous for his talent and learning when he was young, but Xia Hourong, who died early, had the ability to "be able to write at the age of seven and have a photographic memory".

When he was ten years old, his father Xia Houyuan died in battle in Hanzhong. Hui followed his eldest brother Xia Houheng to watch the funeral outside Xuchang City.

At the age of fourteen, he went on an outing in Yanshi and went boating in Luoshui.

In a sudden strong wind, the boat capsizes, drowns, and dies for a while.

After recovering, he developed a febrile illness, tranced and babbled frequently, and spoke strangely, and everyone knew what it meant.

It has not healed for seven or eight days, and it is becoming more and more dangerous.

Family please heal.

The imperial doctor looked at it and was helpless, so he poured it with decoction and said: "The wind and evil enter the body, and the cold and evil enter the bone, which cannot be touched by needles and stones. Forgive the old and incompetent, whether Shaolang survives or not depends on God's will."

The family mourned for it and wanted to set up an altar to pray for it.

Before he could do it, Hui healed himself, but he was like a departed soul, unable to help himself.

A few days after the recovery, he finally regained his sanity and behaved as before.

From then on, Hui was reticent, especially fond of martial arts, and studied military books behind closed doors, learning how to bow and horse. There was no such thing as writing to gain fame, and having banquets with others to debate and fish for fame.

At that time, everyone was puzzled.

Some people said: "In the past, Cangshu and Youquan were both early-witted, and they were called child prodigies. They both died at the age of thirteen. Now that Juquan is in trouble, they close their households and guard their clumsiness. It is because they are afraid that the sky will not leave the new year!"

The mother of the meeting, Ding, mourned and kept filial piety.

At the age of seventeen, Xiaoman, the elder brother Xia Houheng wanted to show the emperor to seek a job for Hui.

Hui Ci said: "If you are young and have little learning, you can't manage a town with talent and knowledge, and you can't manage a team with martial arts. You can ascend to the Tianzi Hall if you are safe."

The family wants the wife of the minister and daughter.

The resignation said: "When a husband is born in the world, he should seek to make meritorious deeds and be recorded in the history of history! There is no merit in his body, so why should he seek a wife!"

If you are strong, you will no longer be strong.

At that time, He Yan, Xia Houxuan, Zhuge Dan, Deng Yang, Ding Mi, Bi Gui, Xun Can, Sima Shi and others often gathered to make friends and talk about their names and principles.

Xuan Nai, the descendant of Xia Houshang, is also the son of the Hui family, so he often sends people to invite him.

Hui all do not go.

The eldest brother Xia Houheng heard about it, and said: "At the beginning of Tai Dynasty, the family is also of flesh and blood. Why don't you go to evil today because of the love between Yin and Yin?"

Confrontation said: "When young, you should study hard and practice. It is not what I want to make friends and talk freely."

Therefore, all those who seek fame and wealth in Kyoto are not a place to study, but bid farewell to my brothers and return to Qiao County, my hometown. I study reading and biography in spring and summer, and hunt in autumn and winter.

Now returning to Luoyang in the north was ordered by the emperor Cao Rui, and he was appointed as the servant of Huangmen on Sanqi.

Sanqi Huangmen Shilang is an official position placed by Wei Wen Cao Pi.

The reason is to learn the lessons of the eunuch's disorderly government in the late Han Dynasty, so the gentry were changed to serve as the emperor's servants, and later formed a system. The imperial court often had four Sanqi regular servants and four Sanqi Huangmen servants.

The duty is to accompany the driver around, to be in charge of the attendant, to be an advisor to deal with, and to advise on gains and losses.

Although there is no specific real power, it is extremely dignified.

Gaiyin started from Wei Wen Cao Pi, Sanqi Changshi and Sanqi Huangmen Shilang all chose his old confidants, high-ranking children or heroes, and then transferred to other positions after serving for several years. handheld.

It can be said that this position is the emperor's promotion of confidants.

Now that the edict came, it was not surprising that Xia Houhui was in a hurry.

Because the previous Xia Houhui had died when he drowned in Yanshi, the soul occupying this body now comes from 2000 years later.

With the memory of later generations, he roughly knows the direction of history.

Similarly, he also knew that if he did not die early, the "Gaoping Mausoleum Change" would be inevitable.

In other words, after the Sima family came to power, Xiahouyuan's lineage seemed to have no loss except that Xiahouba died and fled to Shu, and Xiahouxuan was killed.For example, on the original historical track, Xiahou Wei's granddaughter Xiahou Guangji also became the biological mother of Sima Rui in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which also allowed Xiahou's lintel to continue to be prominent in the world.

But when Xia Houhui thought of Sima Yi swearing at Luoshui (farting), Sima Zhao's act of killing the king in the street, and the Shenzhou land sinking induced by his descendants after they won the world, he felt that he had to continue his life for Cao Wei.

In any case, no matter how bad Cao Wei was to Li Shu, it would not bring nearly 300 years of darkness to the common people in the world.

As for how to do this, he thinks it is not difficult.

For example, try my best to dissuade Cao Rui from letting go, and try to live longer and die later than Sima Yi.

For example, when Cao Rui was in Tuogu, he tried hard to prevent Sun Zi and Liu from making trouble in the middle, and changed Tuogu's candidates to Cao Shuang and Sima Yi.

Or to see if it is possible to prevent Cao Shuang from becoming the "calf ear" in Huan Fan's mouth!
Of course, it is better to ask for others than to ask for yourself.

It is unreliable to pin all your hopes of success on others.

He felt that he had to try his best to be prepared just in case.

If you work hard to have the right to speak in the temple and have soldiers and horses under your command, you can be the oriole that "mantis catches cicadas and orioles are behind" when Sima launched the Gaoping Mausoleum Change.

However, all the premise must be established on the basis that he first entered the core of Cao Wei Temple.

Power first, and then military power!
This kind of thinking is the reason why he behaved differently after he came to this era.

To study military books and practice bow and horse frequently is to have the opportunity to lead the army in the future; to thank guests behind closed doors, not to make friends with celebrities, and to reject Xia Houxuan's kindness, etc., is to avoid the "flashy case" and prevent Cao Rui from classifying himself as an admiration. generation.

After all, if he wanted to change the course of history and contend against the Sima family backed by the gentry family, his only choice was to fight for enough power from Cao Rui.

Now, in the third year of Taihe (AD 229), he finally waited for the first step.

"No need."

He who was still riding his horse forward, heard the family's request for instructions, raised his head and looked at the dangerous valley road into Xuanyuan Pass, and said loudly, "The emperor has a call, so don't neglect it. Just send one person to the pass to report first, and we will wait for you." Stay overnight in Goushi County after Guanhou today, and arrive at the capital’s mansion the next day.”

"only."

(End of this chapter)