Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2197 arrange together

   It was already midnight, but the candles in the room were still burning tenaciously.

  The door of the room creaked, and Zang Ba came in wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat.

   Henry Zhang in the house raised his head, trying to see clearly the complexion under the hat, but couldn’t see the shadow clearly, “I’ve seen General Zang…”

   Zang Ba took off the bamboo hat, and then handed over the coir raincoat to the side guards, then sat down, showing a little smile: "It's easy to say, easy to say... These years, the wind and snow are getting bigger..."

   Zhang Xuan is the son of Zhang Hong, who went south with his father to avoid disaster.

   Zang Ba and Henry Zhang were originally people who couldn't get along with each other. If there were no previous turmoil in the court and society, Zang Ba might have been a ranger or a fugitive in Hua County, Mount Tai forever. And Henry Zhang will be a noble son at ease in Guangling's home...

  Now, the war that has almost swept across the country has changed many people.

  『I’ve heard about General Zang for a long time, and I’m lucky to meet you today...』

  『The Zhang family of Guangling has a lot of virtuous names, and they really deserve their reputation...』

  『Seeing that there are many brave men in General Zang’s army, it is enough to know that General Zang is good at running the army and commanding skills...』

  『I heard that the lord of Jiangdong called your father the "Eastern", which is enough to show that he thinks highly of it...』

  『This... the general praises...』

  『Hehe...it’s easy to talk about...』

The two of them flattered each other with a half-smile, just like a prostitute and a prostitute before the official opening, deliberately saying some words that are used to bring the relationship closer, or to alleviate the self-guilt. .

  For example, the prostitute is under the banner of saving the wrong, and the person who sells his or her body naturally wears a mask of life, and then each takes what he or she needs. Of course, it is difficult to say who prostituted whom in the end...

   Like the present moment. I don't know who cheated whom.

   The meeting between Zang Ba and Henry Zhang was originally out of order.

Zang Ba is Cao Cao's subordinate, and although Henry Zhang did not officially become an official with Sun Quan, his father was valued by Sun Quan, so it cannot be said that there is no political relationship at all. Blending with each other in the middle of the night to test the depth of each other is abnormal in itself.

   However, this is normal.

  Normal physiology... ugh, political needs.

The fundamental reason why Zang Ba is willing to meet with Henry Zhang is still the dissatisfaction of the entire Xuzhou Group towards Cao Cao. This dissatisfaction is like an undercurrent under a pool of water. Although it does not seem obvious on the surface, when it comes to the depths , is surging...

Although it is said that the Xuzhou Gang is in the Cao Wei Group, there are also a few people who have to ascend to high positions, whether it is Sangong or Shang Shuling, they all have served. Of course, Wang Lang is the most impressive to most people, but in history, Wang Lang is dead. Yu died of old age and had nothing to do with Zhuge.

On the whole, the Xuzhou gang's position is not really due to the talents of Xuzhou people, but Cao Wei's helpless balancing act in the later stage. After all, the Yingchuan faction and Jizhou regiment are too powerful. Helping so many three-legged cats can only be used barely, and balance it out. Therefore, except for Wang Lang, several other members of the Xuzhou Gang, in the biography of Cao Wei, although they have all been in charge of the center of Cao Wei and have a high status, they are not very famous.

  The same problem also occurred in Jiangdong.

  Sun Quan called the two Zhangs, which were different from others. Zhang Zhao was "Zhang Gong", and Zhang Hong was "Eastern". To others, they were all called Biaozi, which naturally reflected the status of the two, which was quite different from the officials.

   But the problem is that Sun Quan also has his own purpose, because both of them moved south to Jiangdong, without the foundation of Jiangdong, so Sun Quan's intention is very obvious, he wants to use Erzhang to restrain and suppress the faction of Jiangdong gentry.

  What a pity, everyone wants to be a smart person, not a fool.

  So, when Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Xuzhou helped these three monks get together, it is inevitable that there will be no one to carry water...

  I feel that I am at a disadvantage.

  The candle flickered.

  In the dark room, two people are testing each other, groping, looking for each other's weaknesses, trying their best to hide their own weaknesses...

   Finally Zang Ba fell silent, he is not good at this kind of thing, so he was the first to feel irritated. After being silent for a while, Zang Ba added some tea to his tea bowl, then held the tea bowl and said: "The matter of Xuzhou is up to you and me to decide. Now that the east-west war has stopped for a while, the ownership of Jiangdong is of great concern. The matter is undecided, but once it is confirmed, no one will let Jiang Dong go... It shouldn't be difficult to see this point, given Brother Zhang Xian's intelligence? 』

   Zang Ba's words now are cold and serious, and what he said at this moment. Compared with the previous greetings with Henry Zhang, they are already two completely different concepts.

  Since Zang Ba has already touched Henry Zhang’s vital points, Henry Zhang will naturally seize Zang Ba’s weakness with his backhand…

  Henry Zhang’s eyes lowered slightly, “What if Jiangdong... join hands to go north? 』

  『Join together? 』Zang Ba's eyes froze immediately.

  Being close to a distance, this was originally the only way of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, so Zang Ba could not deny this possibility.

   Henry Zhang paused, and said, "In the past few years, maybe in a few years, there will inevitably be something confronting again..."

   As soon as Henry Zhang said these words, Zang Ba couldn't help raising his eyebrows immediately, his eyes became more solemn, and the tea bowl he was holding in his hand didn't put it down for a long time.

   Zang Ba took a deep breath and said, "Brother Zhang Xian...why tell me in detail..."

  Henry Zhang smiled and said: "At this time, I can only say that I should prepare earlier... The sages have something to say, if things are forewarned, they will be established, and if they are not forewarned, they will be abandoned." 』

  The room was quiet for a moment.

  It seems that the first round of confrontation has consumed a lot of physical strength, and now each recovers.

"Now the hussars..." Henry Zhang said, "It is already in the Western Qin Dynasty, like the Japanese side, this time the general invaded Jingzhou, taking a surprise, the hussars were not prepared, so the current situation... If... a certain Born in Guangling and raised in Xuzhou, he had to avoid disasters in Jiangdong due to the war, but now he is worried that if the war comes again, the country will be destroyed! The misfortune of Juling and Xiaqiu in the past is a lesson from the past! 』

  Zang Ba hesitated for a while, and said: "If this matter is a little careless...Xuzhou will be devastated..." In fact, what Zang Ba said is nonsense, but it is also true.

  As Zang Ba, there are also these gentry families like Zang Ba who stayed in Xuzhou, whether they are big families, as for why they can unite, it is because their goals are relatively the same, that is, to protect localism. Throughout the history, these people who stayed in Xuzhou, including Zang Ba and Chen Gui and Chen Deng, were all typical scumbags, and they would always fall in the direction that was more likely to protect Xuzhou.

  Zang Ba is instinctively afraid, but he is also worried that if bad luck really comes one day, Xuzhou will suffer another catastrophe.

  So Zang Ba stood up, then looked at Henry Zhang, put on the coir raincoat from the confidant guard, put on the bamboo hat, and said when he was about to walk out of the room: "Speaking is not proven, seeing is believing..."

  As soon as the door opened, the wind and snow rushed in, and Zang Ba walked out amidst the shaking of the candlelight, leaving Henry Zhang alone in the light and shadow, dangling like a rootless duckweed.

  …()…

  Whether people are willing or unwilling, time always passes quietly.

  In the early morning, in the backyard of the rebuilt Zuixian Building in Chang'an, the hotel staff who got up early had already cleaned the snow in the courtyard, and then greeted each other in the not-so-bright sky.

  Zuixianlou, Zuixianjiu, even immortals are drunk, let alone humans?

  After having Zuixianjiu, the business of Zuixianlou is booming, and this bustling has also led to the prosperity of some other industries...

What?

  Beard girl's belly dance?

  This... There are also this, but the ones who came to the backyard of Zuixianlou early today were not those bearded girls who showed their white bellies and walked like they were trying to lift up their skirts.

   But a storyteller.

  Storytelling can be found in written records. The so-called period of real formation was probably in the Song Dynasty, but it is not true that there were no storytellers in the previous dynasties.

  The term "storytelling" first appeared in "Mozi Gengzhu": "Those who can talk and debate talk and debate, and those who can tell stories tell books." 』Of course, most of the storytelling at this time is just storytelling, without any artistic element of performance in it.

  After the Han Dynasty, storytelling began to be close to the people, and most of the performances were performed. In order to attract more people to listen to the books, some simple musical instruments were also introduced, such as snare drums.

  The storytellers in Zuixianlou are basically ahead of the times, because they not only have snare drums and other musical instruments, but also scripts specially created for their better storytelling.

  『Everyone, everyone...』 A man came out of the house and greeted the storytellers in the backyard, holding a few pieces of paper in his hand.

  『It’s getting late...Brother Wang won’t come out again, I’m going to go in and look for Brother Wang...』

  『That’s right, if there is no new story to tell today, I’m afraid that the signboard of my iron mouth will be smashed...』

  『Stop chatting, if there are any dry goods, bring them quickly! 』

  『It’s just…』

There are some quick-spoken people in the courtyard, and they talk quickly when they meet each other. They didn't give the person who came late a chance to say a second sentence, so they didn't say anything at all, just put the paper in their hands Each person shared a piece of paper, which made these storytellers shut up. "Look, everyone, Axe..."

   Not long after, someone finished watching and looked at each other, a little excited, a little hesitant, and a little dazed...

  『Brother Wang’s script today...』

  In the kitchen of the restaurant, the pre-preparation has already begun, and the unique aroma of the food began to permeate again. The nobles with money and leisure are looking for high-end ingredients like Zuixianjiu, while ordinary people are looking forward to a bowl of soup cakes with enough weight.

  The two ingredients are naturally very different, but they have the same function and the same essence, eat.

  『I know, most of what you talked about before was about gods in the sky, ancient sages, or stories about Spring and Autumn, heroes on the battlefield...』

  『That’s right, these...I’m not saying that Brother Wang’s story is not good, but, it’s just such a story, would anyone be willing to listen to it? 』

   Wang, who wrote the storybook, smiled, "Don't ask others, ask you first, are you willing to listen?" Willing to speak? Before this, no one has ever been willing to listen to or talk about these things...the gods in the sky and the heroes on earth are all very good...but those are too far away from us...so far away that we can only look at them from a distance, but close up It's like this bowl of soup cakes... no spices, no oil, just ordinary soup cakes...』

   Mrs. Wang greeted the buddy and brought bowls of soup cakes, which were steaming hot.

  『It’s like in this Zuixian tower, there is a jar of drunken wine worth a thousand dollars, and there are these three hot soup cakes worth a bowl... How about it? The delicacies of mountains and seas are certainly good, but the hot soup cakes that can satisfy ordinary people like us are still...』

   After a while, someone brought up a big bowl of soup cakes, "Then try it first?" 』

  『Well...try it...』

  …(··)(··)#…

  Snowflakes are dotted and fluttering down.

  As the new year approached, many people in Xu County relaxed and waited for the new year to come. No one thought that one thing would break the joy that was left in their hearts.

  The first and second day of the junior high school, the fifteenth and sixteenth, the Great Court Meeting.

Although it is said that Cao Cao is actually the controlling shareholder, on the surface he still wants to show that the rights belong to Liu Xie. He will also put forward some proposals at the Great Court Meeting for Liu Xie to vote on, and even prepare a few buttons, uh, prepare a few suggestions for Liu Xie to vote on. Xie came to choose, in order to enhance Liu Xie's illusion of controlling the Han Dynasty as the emperor.

   After all, everything is for stability.

  This time, the Great Court Meeting was no exception. Cao Cao proposed some personnel proposals for Si Tianjian’s astronomy and meteorology, and then submitted three names to Liu Xie, and asked Liu Xie to choose one of them to be elected...

  So the ministers above the court began to discuss if there was something to be done, and studied which one of them knew better about astrology, sacrificial etiquette and so on.

  Don't laugh, as the saying goes, "the major affairs of the country are in the sacrifice and the military", and now Cao Cao has given up half of them to the emperor Liu Xie to decide. Isn't this a very serious matter? "Heaven-human unity" and "Heaven-human interaction", if it is said that the astrology in the sky gives instructions, but the signal foretelling disaster and auspiciousness cannot be read from it, wouldn't it be a waste of the good intentions of heaven? Observing the sky is a very serious and important matter, how can you laugh?

Liu Xie was not satisfied with the candidate proposed by Cao Cao, because even a Sitianjian person is still a radish pit, not to mention that if the time is right, the radish in this radish pit can also make the sound of cabbage. Liu Xie said that Cao Cao's three candidates have some problems, and they need to discuss again...

Wait for Cao Cao to discuss again and see if there is someone he likes among them. If there is, then we can push the boat along. If not, we can continue to discuss. Anyway, the stars in the sky have been there millions of years ago. What does it matter if you watch it for a few days?

Cao Cao didn't care about Liu Xie's refusal, and he could even know that among the three recommended by him, at least there was no one whom Liu Xie particularly admired, so he could use it with a little more peace of mind. Let’s discuss it again. Anyway, the “big things” that were brought up to Liu’s agreement are all “big things”. The more complicated and repeated these “big things”, the more it can prove that Cao Cao respects the emperor and abides by the court system?

   As for the "little things", don't bother Liu Xie, Cao Cao and the others can handle it by themselves.

   It may seem unreasonable, but this is the most appropriate political ecology that meets current needs.

   It is conceivable that if Cao Cao puts down his power, a group of people will inevitably rise up and loot it. At that time, let alone the political ecology, even the most basic order will perish...

   This is not only clear to Cao Cao, but also to Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others' counselors.

  『My lord…』Cao Hong walked beside Cao Cao, his voice was low, 「The Son of Heaven…does he have any new ideas…」

  『Hehe...』 Cao Cao stroked his beard slightly, smiled but did not answer.

A few days ago, Cao Cao received a letter from the palace, saying that Liu Xie had met a lot of people one after another, and then Cao Cao tried it today, and it was true. Liu Xie didn't know why he couldn't think about it, so he was going to do something action...

It doesn't matter.

   Isn't it just a small trick...

   Everyone can do it together, anyone can do it, who is afraid of whom?

   After the court meeting, Cao Cao naturally left first. But when Cao Cao and his party left the palace and were about to turn to the general's mansion at the cross street, suddenly there was a high-pitched voice...

  『Kill the traitor! 』

   It was like an agreed signal, on the street, someone yelled suddenly, and one person lifted the cover on the nearby car, and the two assassins in the frame raised their crossbows and aimed at Cao Cao!

At the same time, another peddler who was jumping on the burden also overturned the burden, and the red-burning charcoal fire flew all over the sky towards Cao Cao's queue. Suddenly, it is straight forward!

  From the other side, several people jumped from the eaves of a private house, holding sabers and slashing at everyone!

   On the beams of the house, at some point, two men with bows stood up and shot with their bows!

"shield! 』

  Dian Wei next to Cao Cao shouted loudly, the iron halberds in his hands danced like the wind, and the arrows flew flying...

  Under the snowflakes all over the sky, there are clashes of human figures.

   Colder is the blade.

   Hotter is the blood.

  The sound of shouting and the sound of weapons colliding are entangled...

  Cao Cao gritted his teeth and muttered in a low voice.

  『My lord! ’Cao Hong also held a shield to cover Cao Cao’s face, ‘My lord, what did you say? 』

  A few days ago, I was discussing with Cao Cao about doing something, but I didn't expect Cao Cao to be so generous all of a sudden!

  Look, how realistic and tragic this sudden assassination is...

  Look, this formation, this thorough arrangement, is all aimed at Cao Cao's life...

If Cao Hong hadn't known some inside stories, he would have been shocked by what he saw right now. Seeing these dead men fight to the death, blood staining the cross streets like blooming flowers, Cao Hong couldn't help but praise in his heart. Fortunately, the lord, these dead men chose, really nothing to say.

   Awesome, thumbs up.

  『Someone said…』

  Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and his thin voice was extremely low, like a bone-piercing cold wind, wafting to Cao Hong's ears, making Cao Hong tremble all over.

  『Someone said...these guys...were not arranged by someone! 』

  (end of this chapter)