Three Kingdoms: I don’t want to fall in love in troubled times

Chapter 142 Secretary
"Zimao, Zimao." Huanjie saw Xu Jiashu sitting under the tree in a daze and pushed him gently, "Why are you dazed?"

Xu Jiashu came back to his senses, shook his head, looked down at the yellowing dead leaves in the courtyard, and murmured: "The trees are blooming at night, and the geese return to Hengyang. One leaf falls and the world knows autumn."

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Huan Jie was speechless for a while. Why was he still talking about "Huainanzi"?

Strange to say, Zi Mao has been like this since he came back from Jincheng County.

He has obviously done a great deed to make friends with Ma Teng's forces, but he is always unhappy. Those who don't know think that he has done some deceptive and shameful thing.
As for Huan Jie himself, now that the autumn harvest in Wushi County is over, a large part of the burden that Liu Ying has taken over has become lighter. It is a leisure time like a vacation.

One of the two people was in a very good mood and the other was in a depressed mood. Together, they could be described as mindless and unhappy, which is an appropriate description.

"Hey, I didn't expect this person to live a long life and live an easy life one day" - Huan Boxu, who has always felt like a cow and a horse since he became Shang Shulang, sighed.

Occasionally, you have to take a good nap in this crisp autumn time, which is called life!
"The thief Dong is dead. No one is taking care of your wanted order now, so you don't have any plans?" Zimao didn't respond. He turned around and asked, "It is said that not long after we escaped, Duke Ciming died of illness. It is reasonable to write a letter to Chang'an."

Although Huan Jie was not familiar with Xun Shuang, the fact that Lao Sikong interceded for Zimao before his death was known to everyone in Chang'an officialdom.

Hearing this, Xu Jiashu on the side finally reacted. He nodded: "There are still many old friends still in Chang'an City. I don't know how Brother Gongda is doing now."

The sudden assassination of Dong Zhuo greatly changed the direction of history, and a counter-intuitive thing was that for the scholars in Chang'an, this was huge bad news.

First of all, Wang Yun and Xun You, two groups of scholars who were ready to go, suddenly lost their goals, and the plan to assassinate the directors that had been planned for more than half a year was meaningless.

What's worse is that Li Ru actually became the leader of the Dong family.

This person is much more difficult to deal with than Dong Zhuo.

Compared to his father-in-law, who frequently made political mistakes, Li Wenyou did not have the illusion of using the scholar group to control the country, but rather straightforwardly labeled all scholars as enemies.

The imperial court?In such a situation, why should the court care about it?As long as Chang'an is firmly held, the Dong family will not be destroyed.

No one expected that the Han Dynasty, which had declined to only a corner of Guanzhong, would still have room to decline. Nowadays, all government orders, big and small, come from Li Ru, and officials must be careful about his eyes and ears in every move they make. If you are not careful, you will be taken care of.

Xu Jiashu was too lazy to care about Wang Yun, but Xun You must care about him, whether it was because of their personal relationship or because of the Yingchuan Xun family behind him.

He patted the dirt on his butt and stood up, "What Boxu said makes sense, I will write it now."

"Hey, wait!"

Huan Jie suddenly called out to him.

"Huh?" Xu Jiashu turned around and asked, "Bo Xu, is there anything else you want to say?"

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"As well as Miss Cai's side, go and have a look." Huanjie looked hesitant, but he still said, "Zimao, you owe me something."

Originally, as an outsider, it was not his turn to talk about this kind of thing, but as a bystander and a good brother, he felt that he still needed to remind Zimao about this matter.

You see, now that the eldest princess is handling government affairs and Miss Lu is training the army, only Cai Yan has nothing to do. To put it too much, this is called favoring one over the other. Regardless of whether Cai Yan has this intention, Zi Mao should at least take the initiative to propose it.

"I didn't notice it before when I was too busy to touch the ground," Huan Jie smiled bitterly, "Now that I'm free, I find that Zi Mao is really lonely when she's not around."

Hearing this, Xu Jiashu no longer felt sad about the spring and autumn. He took a step forward and walked towards Cai Yan's residence.

"call--"

Seeing his leaving figure, Huan Jie stretched and continued to lie down - that's right, Zi Mao was indeed a person who listened to advice.

And
He always sits next to him with such a grimace on his face that he is no longer in the mood to fish!

"The wild geese return to Hengyang"

Huan Jie lay down on his back and let himself be covered by the falling leaves.

Should I say it or not, I really feel a little homesick.

To outsiders, Miss Cai's life does not seem monotonous.

Not only is he beautiful in appearance, he is also versatile.

In his spare time, he would practice calligraphy in his room, or go to a quiet place to play the piano. He even took the time to write a thin collection of poems, which can be said to be both political and political.

Even if she was placed in the capital city of Chang'an, a place with many aristocratic families, she could also be called a model among ladies, and even the virtuous concubines in the history books could not compare with her.

But anyone who knows her well knows that this is not the real Cai Yan, at least not completely.

Although the real Miss Cai looks quiet and elegant, Cai Yong's years of arrogance and education have turned her into a free and fearless soul.

She is not afraid of anything.

The quieter and well-behaved Cai Yan is, the more worrying he is.

When Xu Jiashu walked into Cai Yan's study, she was practicing calligraphy.

"Good calligraphy!" After watching silently for a while, Xu Jiashu couldn't help but praise: "It can be said that it connects to the nature of nature and the phenomena of all kinds of things!"

Although this font was brought from the future and shaped by his systematic calligraphy experience, as time went by, the difference in talent became apparent. The more Xu Jiashu looked at it, the more he felt that unless he gained a lot of calligraphy experience, Cai Yan's calligraphy would be It has reached the point where it is difficult for him to catch up with him.

Faced with such straightforward compliments, Cai Yan pursed the corners of her upturned lips and asked lightly: "I heard that you met Dong Bai in Jincheng County and hugged her?"

His tone was normal, as if he was asking what he had eaten this morning.

Xu Jiashu felt a cold sweat break out on his forehead, and could even clearly feel it flowing down his temples and cheekbones.
Obscene?What's obscene?
bah bah bah.

Who in the end leaked the wind?
He began to think about this issue crazily - could it be Xingba who said it?

Cai Yan seemed to have seen through what he was thinking, and quickly said: "In public, many soldiers have seen it."

"Oh," Xu Jiashu raised his hand and wiped his sweat and said, "So, that's it."

"Humph--"

Miss Cai snorted to express her dissatisfaction, and then murmured in a low voice: "You still want to hide it from me. It's really too much. I haven't seen her for a long time."

Since the capital was moved, Dong Bai followed his tribe to live in Dong Zhuo's fiefdom, Xi County. The two people who had been good friends had never seen each other again. Of course, Cai Yan would miss her.

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Is it because of this?
Xu Jiashu, who thought he had encountered some Shura field, suddenly smiled with relief, and his laughter spread halfway up the mountain.
"Then let's just write her a letter. It's on our way anyway," he suggested, "I'm about to send someone to Chang'an."

"Oh——", Cai Yan nodded, and then said suddenly: "Is there anyone else in Chang'an who has hugged you?"

I can't talk today
"It's Xun Gongda from the Xun family in Yingchuan," Xu Jiashu straightened his back and replied confidently, "I have been a close friend for many years, and Mr. Ciming cultivated me a lot during his lifetime, so it is appropriate to express condolences."

You misunderstood me, please apologize!

"That's pretty much it." After receiving a satisfactory reply, Miss Cai finally calmed down her anger, "Then wait a moment, I'll write now."

After finishing speaking, he bent over his desk and wrote a letter.

Xu Jiashu wanted to get closer and take a look, but she twisted her body and blocked her.

"Why don't you show it to me?" he wondered with slight malice, "Are you secretly saying bad things about me?"

Hearing this, Cai Yan turned around and rolled his eyes at him and said: "It's really weird. Girls are talking to each other. What do you think you are doing?" Of course, he was trying to persuade his good sisters to keep their eyes open and not fall into the tricks of a certain man named Xu. , this is the merit of rescuing people in need.

"Do you want to teach?" Xu Jiashu didn't bother and asked Cai Yan while she was writing a letter, "I remember when you were at Chang'an Imperial College, you seemed to like teaching very much."

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"Just what?" Xu Jiashu asked curiously.

It's just that with his father by his side, he is willing to try anything.

"Nothing!" Cai Yan frowned, his expression looking fierce, "Why, the people who follow Xiao Xu Langguan can't be idle anymore?"

"Don't dare." Xu Jiashu was instantly frightened.

So aggressive!
Seeing that Miss Cai, who had been at a standstill, started again, he even felt that Boxu had given him a bad idea.

After finishing the letter, Cai Yan stood up, thought for a while and said: "Teaching is not impossible, but if possible, I still want to do something else."

"what?"

"Internal officer."

As soon as she said it, she felt that she had made a mistake - the internal officer was an official position only available to the royal family.

"It's just about following you and recording your words and deeds." Cai Yan changed his description to a more complicated one.

"Uh," Xu Jiashu asked tentatively, "Secretary?"

Secretary Lang was an official position established during the Cao Wei period. It had not officially appeared at this time, so he removed the word "lang" and directly said it with the meaning of later generations. Anyway, it was basically the same.

"Yes!" Cai Yan's eyes lit up, "That's the best way to say it."

Xu Jiashu thought for a while and felt something was wrong, "Recording words and deeds, isn't that a daily note?"

It was only in the Wei and Jin Dynasties that a dedicated person was officially appointed to write this kind of thing. Before that, Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty wrote "Notes on the Daily Life of the Forbidden City" and Empress Mingde Ma of the Eastern Han Dynasty wrote "Notes on the Daily Life of the Ming Emperor", both of which were written by internal officials.

In other words, the notes on daily life at this time can only be written by someone close to you.

That won't work!
As the saying goes, no serious person can write a diary, let alone a diary written by someone else. It’s so shameful, right?

Xu Jiashu hesitated for a moment, trying to find a reason to persuade her to change her job.

"You're not going to go back on your word, are you?" Cai Yan saw his hesitation, "Your teacher and my father Cai Bojie are not easy to mess with."

This is true. Despite his age, Old Man Cai has a very strong body. When he is really anxious, it is not a joke to hit someone, it really hurts.

"I'm afraid," Xu Jiashu raised his hands in surrender, "You can write if you want, but you can't follow me when you go out to fight. It's too dangerous."

Cai Yan nodded obediently.

"Also," Xu Jiashu felt bad and tried to add some more patches, "please get my consent before writing anything too private."

Cai Yan nodded again.

"And..." He thought for a moment and said, "I'll add the rest later."

"Great!"

Seeing that he finally finished speaking, Cai Yan threw away the pen and jumped up behind Xu Jiashu like a koala. His long black hair hung down and tickled Xu Jiashu's face.

It smells so good, it makes you intoxicated.

Miss Cai finally returned to her former self. Xu Jiashu was also happy and carried her around the study room twice, but Cai Yan still refused to come down.

"No," Xu Jiashu asked doubtfully, "Is it that simple?"

What he wants to say is, is it so easy to become happy?

Say it early!
"Why is it so simple?" Cai Yan, who was hanging on him, lowered his head and came closer to ask. Unexpectedly, their ears hooked together and they raised their heads as if to escape.

Swish!
There was a scratching sound in my ears at the same time. When I looked back, Miss Cai had already gone to the ground and was holding back her messy hair with a straight face, as if nothing had happened just now.

"Uh-", Xu Jiashu, who was also panicked, quickly changed the subject, "Since you are the secretary, please write a letter for me first."

In a hurry, he thought of the letter he originally planned to write to Xun You.

"Okay." Cai Yan sat down obediently, picked up another pen and asked, "What do you want to write?"

Xu Jiashu thought and said, but the speed was a bit slow. After all, he used to help the leaders write, and he only needed to be a tool.

"Brother Gongda, it's been a hundred days since we parted ways, and I still see him when we went to visit Duke Ciming at his residence." This letter first commemorates Xun Shuang, then introduces his actions in Liangzhou, and also analyzes the situation for Xun You. , "The princes of Guandong are attacking each other, so they cannot rely on them to support the Han Dynasty, and Li Wenyou has the heart of a poisonous person, so he cannot act rashly."

Cai Yan wrote quickly, and the beautiful block letters fell on the paper like flowing water, making people feel that the paper was not worthy of such fine calligraphy.

"My brother bows his head and bows again!"

Xu Jiashu finished speaking.

In fact, with Xun You's intelligence, he did not need to remind him of these truths. The main function of this letter was to regain contact with Xun Gongda.

Xu Jiashu took the letter and read it carefully. He still felt that something was missing, so he added another sentence himself.

"If it's urgent, you can go to Dong Mansion to ask Dong Bai for help."

After recruiting reinforcements from Liangzhou, Dong Bai has become a very important figure in the Dong clan. With her here, even if Xun You really offends Li Ru, as long as his name Xu Zimao is reported, his life will not be in danger.

Simply put, send him an amulet.

"Why did you write it yourself?" Cai Yan pouted and said dissatisfiedly, but obediently did not step forward to look.

I really can’t let you write this!
Xu Jiashu quickly put the letter away, and then quickly thought of the next official document, "We also need to write a military order. In addition to Yang Qiu's territory in Anding County, we will take over everything north of Jingyang County."

Han Sui and Ma Teng are about to leave, and there are no major warlords in Liangzhou now - except for Ma Chao, who stays to guard.

But for Xu Jiashu, this point can actually be ignored.

I dare not say that Ma Chao will give up his territory, at least he will not take the initiative to attack him, so of course he must seize the vacuum zone now.

"Okay." When it came to business, Cai Yan quickly got into work mode and asked him quickly, "I've finished writing, is there anything else?"

"Uh", Xu Jiashu looked at her and felt that he would be sorry if he didn't say anything. He thought for a while and clapped his hands, "We also want the law to try Meng Da's case."

"Yes!" Cai Yan nodded vigorously, looked at him and continued to ask: "Is there more? Is there any more?"

Don't be so good! Hey!
Xu Jiashu couldn't help but laugh out loud, "There are many more. Write slowly and don't be in a hurry."

"Oh, there's more?"

Cai Yan looked up at the ceiling and pretended to turn over to look at him.

"Well, there are tens of thousands of them," Xu Jiashu pretended to be serious, "but after a few decades of writing, I should be able to almost finish it."

(End of this chapter)