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

Chapter 168: Sit back and watch

Kabuki filed in.

No one needed any extra introduction. The first time he saw Diao Chan in the crowd, Xu Jiashu felt extremely convinced.

It's her, there's nothing wrong with that.

The girl slowly walked in from the night outside the door, carrying an indescribable mysterious aura - her face was clearly expressionless, but she seemed to have loneliness and stars; she was clearly silent, but her eyes were filled with a thousand words. All said and done.

Xu Jiashu has never seen the legendary Han succubus Liu Bei, but he feels that if there is a succubus in the world, it is probably someone like Diao Chan. Just standing there quietly can make people intoxicated.

"Fantastic!"

Seeing a row of young girls with different styles on the stage, Zhong Yao was overjoyed and sighed that the singers in Wang Situ's house were indeed well-deserved. Then his eyes accidentally moved to Diao Chan, but he was fascinated by it.

After a long time, Zhong Yaofu sighed again in a low voice, "It's really wonderful."

At this time, the singing and dancing had not yet begun. In this silent banquet, Zhong Yao's words were heard clearly by the other two.

Which of the people present is not a human being?Hearing this, he knew it well - if Zhong Yao had just said some flattering words at the beginning, the weight of this second sigh would be much heavier.

Xu Jiashu was still amazed at Diao Chan's charm, while Wang Yun, who was in charge, was already slightly unhappy.

He glanced at Zhong Yao calmly - maybe this old boy really fell in love with Diao Chan.
It should be noted that as the third prince of the dynasty and the leader of the scholars, when he entertained Zhong Yao with such high standards, he was paying homage to the heroes of Yingchuan behind him, and to the backbone figures with the most prosperous literary style and the greatest influence in the family group.

Speaking of Zhong Yuanchang himself, at this time he was over forty and had not made any achievements. He was just a Huangmen servant with good calligraphy. He was far from the Sili Xiaowei who guarded Guanzhong for Cao Wei in history. .

Wang Yun frowned - if Zhong Yao really asked him for Diao Chan later, he would be out of touch.

Although there is no big fish like Lu Bu, but a beauty of Diao Chan's level, which man can resist her temptation?

Wang Yun had made up his mind to use such a trump card at the critical moment.

Whether it is given to Niu Fu and Dong Huang to make a nail into the Dong family, or given to Ma Teng and Han Sui to counter the two threats around Chang'an, Diao Chan's trump card may be used.

After all, his prince's master has been raising singers for so long, and he has spent money and hard work in vain, not to help Zhong Yuanchang raise a concubine!
Zhong Yao kept looking at Diao Chan, not hiding the burning desire in his heart, and the unhappiness in Wang Yun's heart also accumulated.

Logically speaking, not to mention a mere singer, even a concubine is something that can be given away casually. Zhong Yao just failed to maintain the airs of a scholar and showed his lustful appearance. It was not considered rude. Behavior.

However, if we analyze the specific issues in detail, when her beauty reaches the level of Diao Chan, she cannot simply be regarded as an ordinary singer. What's more, Wang Yun did not raise these singers for his own enjoyment. He had the intention of using them as pawns from the beginning.

The performance officially started. The three of them each had their own calculations in mind, and they all fell silent in unison.

Xu Jiashu looked at Diao Chan. Although he was prepared before coming, he might meet this legendary figure, but he was still amazed by her grace - just not as gaffey as Zhong Yao. After all, he had seen many stunning beauties. , it is not so easy to be lustful.

All kinds of beautiful girls in the family can have an illustrated book
Therefore, his eyes are more of admiration for famous places or historical sites - this is Diao Chan, let me see what's going on?
The more I looked at her, the more I realized she was a natural beauty.

Soon, the song ended.

Zhong Yao hurriedly raised his head and drank from the wine bottle in his hand. He teased Diao Chan in front of the case: "This girl, can you pour me some wine for me?"

Hearing this request, Diao Chan raised her head and looked around. Seeing that Wang Yun did not express her position, she walked forward in small steps. Her beautiful eyes seemed to have accidentally glanced at Xu Jiashu's side, timidly, and her appearance matched the slight frown. Emei, I feel pity for you.

Xu Jiashu was shaken when he saw this scene. He raised his head and drank a glass of wine before suppressing his accelerated heartbeat.

Don’t be a shrimp-headed man, Xu Zimao!

For no reason, no reason at all, I should favor you, a stranger.
Diao Chan came to Zhong Yao's side, filled his wine bottle obediently, and when she turned around and was about to leave, she was grabbed.

"Well--"

She couldn't help but exclaim, and then raised her eyes to carefully observe everyone's reactions, as if she was being bullied but didn't dare to speak out.

I don’t know what happened to others, but the housekeeper in the corner felt his blood rushing straight towards Tianling Gai. He wished he could draw out his knife on the spot and save the beauty, and kill this old pervert Zhong Yuanchang - let go of that girl and let her go. I come!

After all, it was a private banquet, and this kind of thing was normal. It was over with a word of celebrity, but Wang Yun did not intend to let Zhong Yao continue.

"I don't know what's going on," Wang Situ, who was in the top position, ordered coldly, as if he was really blaming the singer for not knowing the rules and embarrassing himself in front of the guests, "Go and give Zi Mao a full load."

He keenly noticed that just now Xu Jiashu also raised his head to drink, which was just the opportunity for Diao Chan to leave Zhong Yao's side.

Unlike Zhong Yao, it is most likely safe to serve Xu Zimao.

Wang Yun had also heard about what happened between him and the girl from the Cai family, and he, a guy who had just returned from Xiliang in despair, did not have the courage to touch the people in his Situ Mansion, let alone try to take them away. Go home.After hearing Wang Yun's order, Diao Chan bowed and saluted, finally able to look at him openly and honestly.

Xu Jiashu sat upright - the first contact with the simulation object needs to leave a good impression on others, so that subsequent simulations will go more smoothly.

Especially at times like this, it is the behavior of a gentleman to be able to take advantage but not to do so.

Wang Yun's singers here are all recruited from wealthy families near Chang'an, and they are not really women who have fallen into prostitution. In essence, they still have the temperament of innocent girls. The Huacong veterans may not look down on them.

Xu Jiashu let the warm fragrance of Diao Chan surround him. When pouring wine, her sleeves crossed his wrists, which made him feel a little itchy.

As expected of me!

"I haven't seen him for so long, but Zimao is still so upright." Seeing his appearance, Wang Yun's face looked a little better. "The beauty of the country is in front of him and his expression remains unchanged. He is comparable to the sages of ancient times. He will become a great person in the future!"

These words seem to be praising Xu Jiashu, but in fact, every sentence is criticizing Sang and Huai, implying that a certain 40-year-old is not serious.

Diao Chan was not in the mood to listen to these men complimenting each other at this time. She was only thinking about why Xu Zimao didn't look at her - was she wearing the wrong clothes today?
It's impossible. Zhong Yuanchang, an old and crooked man, almost had his eyes bulging out of his head.
Although she was naturally charming, she rarely had any doubts about her charm because she saw so few men.

For Diao Chan, this is not the first meeting with Xu Zimao.

When the Luoyang court moved here, there were three incidents of house expropriation.

The first time was when the Qiu Ba from the Northern Army moved directly into a large area of ​​ordinary houses in the inner city without giving any money to the original owners.

Then there was the time when Lu Bu came back from excavating the imperial tomb, voluntarily sold it to the court officials, and led his men to violently drive away the big families in the inner city to make room for high-ranking officials like Wang Yun.

The third time was the subsequent spontaneous robbery. The powerful and powerful people used their own methods to carve up the good areas in the outer city. It was also at that time that charity houses and gangs became prosperous.

Diao Chan's family were ordinary merchants from the outer city. They were lucky enough to escape the first two times, but there was nothing they could do the third time.

Man-made disasters have completely lost order, and they are no different from natural disasters. They come to the door to extort money, and without even negotiating, they loot the store. There is no male in the family, so they have to go to the gang for help.

At that time, Xu Zimao often visited Jinfan Ranger's territory and persuaded Gan Ning to transform from a violent street gangster to a gang godfather. It was because of their business experience that Diao Chan and his family became peripheral members of Jinfan Ranger and made a living.

Later, Xu Shangshu governed Chang'an, and gangs were transformed into charity houses, and his presence was often seen.

Diao Chan saw Xu Zimao supervising the relief work with her own eyes. The young man had a long sword hanging on his waist, running around in the smelly refugee camp, giving orders with his imperial students, and order was maintained for a while.

You know, since the day the Han Dynasty was founded, it has not cared much about grassroots governance for hundreds of years.

Taking the "Four People's Monthly Orders" written in the late Eastern Han Dynasty as an example, ordinary people in the Han Dynasty basically followed the seasons and solar terms in their daily lives. However, throughout the year's production and life, there was no government presence. At most, some sacrifices were performed by the emperor. Activities mean something to God.

In other words, in terms of grassroots governance, the Han court has always been absent, and no one from top to bottom thought there was anything wrong with this.

The strong intervention policy adopted by Xu Zimao when he governed Chang'an effectively reversed the situation that was almost collapsing at that time. It can even be said that he had to do everything personally. Diao Chan, who is close to the water, saw this with his own eyes.

In the sudden disaster, the young Lang Guan who turned the tide from collapse was her only memory of that time.

I don't know whether it was Diao Chan's beauty or Xun You who had already hinted, but Zhong Yao quickly got himself drunk - he was a standard fence-sitter and had never been interested in resisting the Dong family.

Wang Yun asked the steward to take him to a wing to rest, and the singers also left. The hall suddenly became deserted, but the two of them were extremely sober.

It’s time to open the skylight and speak out.

"Zimao," Wang Yun took the initiative to test: "I wonder what you think of Chang'an now after you come back?"

coming.

"From what I see, the people's lives don't seem to have changed much," Xu Jiashu said as he looked around.

common people?

Hearing this, Wang Yun sneered secretly.

What do these little people have to do with him?

What he wants to do is an earth-shattering event!

"Nowadays, all the power in the government and the public is controlled by the hussar general Dong Min. This thief is cruel and mean, and is ten times more cruel than his brother!" Wang Yun's voice was chilling as he slapped Dong Min on the head for free. "Zimao'an can't bear to sit back and watch?"

(End of this chapter)