Fall In Love with the Technology Tree - Chapter 178

    Because of being seriously injured, Duke Zhonghua disappeared from the political stage of Xu County.

    She only appeared twice during the long winter. The first time was in November, when the first snow fell from the sky, and Cao’s army successively conquered Linyi, Kaiyang, Changju, and Lanling, and approached Tancheng where Tao Qian was located.

      Cao Cao was full of this wave of dividends and began to consider making peace with Tao Qian.

    “I don’t think you can hand over Liu Bei.” Cao Cao wrote in the letter sent to Tancheng, “I believe that Liu Bei is not in your hands, but it is also true that he defected after conspiring with you. Without your conspiracy first, there would be no matter of my brother being injured. In this way, you hand over the Mi family who took the lead in this incident. I have an explanation for my brother, and this is the end of this time. “

    The head of the Mi family is Mi Zhu. At this time, he was only a young man in his thirties. Hearing this, he couldn’t stop crying, but he still let his family tie him up and walked to the state shepherd’s house. “Zhu has been born and raised in Xuzhou for more than 30 years,” he cried, “I can’t bear to implicate the elders of Xuzhou because of me, so please use my head to calm Cao Cao’s anger.”

    Snowflakes fell quietly on the black stone steps, and there were houses on both sides of the street.

    Vaguely, as if there were whispering voices floating in the dense dwellings:

    “Did you hear Cao Jun’s shouting outside?”

    “You still go to the city wall? You are so bold, I see the black armored cavalry and my legs go weak.”

    “So what are you shouting?”

    “Ah-“

    “What can I do?”

    The ground was covered with a thin layer of snow, Tao Qian dragged Laohan’s legs and walked to Mi Zhu step by step. His hair was completely white, his face was covered with wrinkles and age spots, and he looked older than seventy years old.

    He fell to his knees in the snow with a plop, hugged Mi Zhu and sobbed.

    Mi Zhu also burst into tears.

    The bustling streets of the past were extremely empty, only two hoarse cries were intertwined, reaching the gray and snowy sky.

    “Zizhong, the character is Zhong-” Tao Qian’s voice was like a broken bellows, but what he said was resolute after being squeezed to the extreme, “I am old, not as good as young When I saw Cao Ang shot and killed Yuan Shu, I was so scared that I shivered; why should Cao Cao’s tiger and leopard division be pressed under the city wall? But, Zizhong, I have been thinking these days, if I use the If the subordinates’ lives are to be taken for granted, what is there in this world worth holding on to?”

    Mi Zhu opened his mouth in disbelief and ate a mouthful of snowflakes, but the hope and emotion of life enveloped him, making him feel hot all over. “Master…” Mi Zhu lost his voice, and hot tears fell on Tao Qian’s shoulder one by one. “My lord… It’s not Zhu’s, I have a good relationship with Liu Bei, and I ignored the lord’s situation… It’s all my fault. If I can get the lord’s back to protect me, I will die without regrets.”

    Tao Qian patted Mi Zhu on the shoulder. He was already in his twilight years, and Mi Zhu was only about the same age as his youngest son.

    “What nonsense are you talking about? If you want to communicate with Liu Bei, it’s also me, the prefectural shepherd of Xuzhou. Cao Cao spread the blame on you, but he saw that the city of Tan was strong and could not be conquered for a long time. It’s just a trick.” Tao Qian suddenly stood up, and his old body burst out with astonishing power, standing still in the snow, “I am defending Xiongcheng, I have stored food for ten years, and have 100,000 armor, can I beat Cao Cao’s five Thousands of horses?”

    An arrow shot out of the city and hit the permafrost in front of Cao Ying. The blood-red arrow sticks only have the word “war” engraved on them.

    The situation is very serious, but Cao Cao smiled, a very cold smile. “I’ve been underestimated by the world.” He looked at the gray city walls of Tancheng, “Because Ah Sheng provided the logistics, they all thought that I would only fight the kind of battle where the wind is smooth and the more wins the less.”

    Xiahou Dun was the first to follow Ying He and laughed. After laughing, he said murderously: “When Tancheng is conquered, I will cut off Tao Qian’s head and use it as a spittoon for my second brother.” This sincere child still believes that Liu Bei was ordered by Tao Qian.

      It’s really not difficult to climb to the sky.

    The last battle, and the underdog will win.

    This battle is probably the most tragic battle that Cao Cao has fought in recent years. The blood stained the snow, and then turned into a babbling blood-colored stream. The snow kept falling and melting, like a tug-of-war between the sun and the snowflakes, never stopping on this land where cold weapons were wielded.

    When Ah Sheng got off the carriage, he saw the ruined Tancheng. The city gate has been broken, and the huge wooden door was unexpectedly broken by the door shaft. Inside and outside the city gate are full of broken swords and broken halberds, and each weapon tells a story of blood and fire.

    She dragged her thick cloak, walked through the door, and saw Tao Qian’s head hanging on the city gate. The old state shepherd committed suicide in the mansion. Therefore, the head closed his eyes and looked a little serene.

    “You, go and put down Tao Gongzu’s head.” Ah Sheng stopped a patrolling centurion.

    The centurion originally thought she was a member of the Xuzhou clan, and came to arrest her with a long ge, but when he saw Ah Sheng’s pale face, he was so frightened that he didn’t dare to move. “Zhong… Zhongzhong Zhonghua, why did you come to Tancheng?”

    His shouting caused a commotion, and for almost a minute, soldiers were surrounded. They are either excited, rejoiced, or worshipped.

    “Master Zhonghua, how are you?”

     “Master Zhonghua, I have never seen anything better for your safety. My family is from Xu County, and both brothers in the family like to listen to your lectures.”

    “Princess Zhonghua, the lord has gone to the prefectural shepherd’s house to pack up the papers, we will call him here.”

    “You all let it go, Duke Zhonghua is seriously injured, how can he stand for a long time in this weather?”

     “That’s right, get a charcoal basin for Duke Zhong Hua soon.”

    “There is still hot water, the villain will go to the gang.”

    …

    A Sheng was surrounded by the crowd, and she looked weaker than the strong soldiers, but she still had decent pity on her face. “Come on someone, take off Tao Gongzu’s head.”

    “This…” The soldiers looked at each other in dismay, and then someone sneered, “Mr. Zhonghua, this is what the lord hung up by himself.”

    “Ah, my brother hung it up by hand, I’ll be the only one to untie it myself.” She said, and she was about to walk towards the city wall.

    “Hey, hey, you are still dragging your sick body, but I dare not let you blow your hair.” He took Tao Qian’s hair down.

    A Sheng took the head, smiled at the soldiers who were hesitant to say anything, then turned around and moved step by step to Tao Qian’s headless body in the middle of the street. She squatted down, spliced ​​the head and body together, and put the corpse’s hands on her abdomen.

    It was cold and the corpse was already frozen, so she worked very hard. In the end, the soldiers had to help her to put Tao Qian’s body in order.

    “Anyway, it’s the elder of a state.” As Sheng moved, he said, “The deceased is gone, give each other some face.”

    The bloodthirsty frenzy in the eyes of the soldiers has receded, and they all bowed their heads to listen to her words. “Yes, Duke Zhonghua has a good heart.”

    A Sheng shook his head, but did not refute anything.

    The hem of her cloak has been stained with blood and mud, and it looks black. A Sheng asked Tao Qian’s body to be wrapped in a straw mat and placed in a nearby abandoned shop, and then dragged her still slow pace towards the direction of the prefectural shepherd’s house.

    The news of her coming to this city, like being carried by the fluttering snowflakes, soon drifted into thousands of households. The people who fought in the streets, looted, and ransacked their homes couldn’t help but stop and follow the streets and alleys to both sides of the main road, looking at the legendary figure who caused the war.

    She walked with difficulty, in the eyes of countless enemies and me. It seems to have affected the wound, and even her lips that had been frozen red gradually lost their blood.

    “Asheng—” Cao Cao heard such an explosive news before he even got hot in the state and shepherd’s house. younger sister. “You are nonsense! You were lying in bed half a month ago and can’t move. Don’t tell me you are all done, I don’t believe it!”

    A Sheng knelt down straight: “I beg Duke Cao to take it back.”

    Cao Cao’s brain crashed for a second: “What happened?”

      “I heard that my brother and Tao Gongzu sweared that they would slaughter Tancheng, and it would be difficult to sleep and eat. Although I was on the verge of life and death, in the end I survived. Because I am still alive, innocent people really die, I can’t accept it. , I’m afraid that in the next few decades, I will have no face to see the world, so please take your life back.”

    Cao Cao bowed his head, silent.

    “Brother, we talked about the law when we were young. You and I both thought that sitting together was a first-class violent law in the world and should be discarded by future generations. Do you remember?” Her dark eyes , reflecting the sky, with snow flakes swaying and swaying, as if it could illuminate hexagonal crystals.

    “A-sheng,” Cao Cao sighed and reached out to help her, “Get up, get up. I’ll listen to you, don’t slaughter the city.”

    “The people are innocent.”

    Cao Cao glanced at the flag with the word “Mi” hanging next to the street, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, but he continued to follow his sister’s words: “The common people are innocent.”

    This night, the snow suddenly fell heavily, and it no longer looks like it will not accumulate. The next day, Tancheng became a white world, and the blood on the ground, along with the scorched marks on the city tower, were covered with snow.

    Blood is gone.

    Three days later, the bodies of Tao Qian and his family were buried in a fairly good tomb outside Tancheng. Ah Sheng didn’t go to the funeral, she sat on a warm couch in the former Tao Mansion, looked at the crystal clear world outside, and said sorry to the old man in her heart.

    He is a good lord, and a man with a backbone.

    With this snow, winter has come.

    This is a good winter, the thickness of the snow is just right, which can freeze the eggs in the fields without causing a snow disaster.

    Because of the aggravation of his condition caused by a trip to Xuzhou, Ah Sheng disappeared from the eyes of everyone again. Even when Cao Cao mobilized the lower-level officials of the Nandao family to go to various counties in Xuzhou, she did not show up.

    Yanzhou officials were not used to it at first, but immediately they found that their colleagues from the South Island were much calmer than them.

    “Can’t you work without Duke Zhonghua?”

    “Now is the time for us to worry about Zhonghua, where can we be confused?”

    Gradually, Yanzhou became accustomed to the days without Cao Zhonghua, and Xuxian Academy was also used to the days without Master Cao. One month is enough to get everything on track. The world will not stop spinning without anyone, and a mature regime will not stop running without anyone.

    Asheng sat on the couch by the window, spending one afternoon after another wrapped in snow. There are endless orange peels and longan shells on the incense burner. This kind of life is very good, as if she is an ordinary person.

    In the blink of an eye, the New Year is here.

    The new year is also the first anniversary of the death of Emperor Han. Cao Cao led Baiguan to the mausoleum to pay homage to Liu Xie, and then it was a common question: what to do with the era? How to name the office? Even, should Cao Cao become emperor?

    Cao Cao refused, “I will be filial piety for the late emperor for three years.”

    The courtiers looked at each other outside.

    “Let’s go.” Guo Jia took the lead in laughing and slipped away with a jug. “The rafters in the early days will rot first, and children understand the truth. The world is not at peace, so why bother?”

    The Xun family members left with a relaxed look, followed by Jia Xu.

    The smartest advisors in the camp all have this attitude, what else do the others don’t understand: it’s not yet time to become an emperor. So the crowd dispersed.

    Cao Cao heard that there was no sound outside, so he secretly opened a door and looked out. Seeing that no one was there, he breathed a sigh of relief, took off the door bolt, shook his hand, and straightened the crooked hat.

    “These people are going to burn me with fire.” He shook his head, and then walked back to the house with frivolous steps. He is going to find a chance to find people one by one to ventilate.

      Some. But the idea of ​​proclaiming emperor is only a small flame. After all, his background is here, and the resistance can be imagined.

    At least, Yuan Shao is immortal, he will not be emperor.

    Even, Cao Cao thought that he would never become an emperor in his life. He was a minister of the Han Dynasty, and received the grace of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and the order of Tuogu. Maybe only Aang is going to be the emperor.

    He shared this idea with those close to him in private, which aroused applause from Guo Jia and others. Xun You also agreed, saying that Cao Cao’s idea was right and he didn’t need to worry about it. On the contrary, Xun Yu was a little silent, but who could not understand the current situation. He finally toasted Cao Cao at the banquet.

      Cao Cao set his sister’s seat beside him, and then poured a bowl of warm rice milk for her with great enthusiasm.

    Ah Sheng replaced the wine with rice soup and took it one by one.

    After three rounds of wine, barbecue and pear cream came up. Like a child, Cao Cao picked out the fullest bowl of pear paste, put it in front of his sister, and helped her slice several pieces of tenderloin, dipped it in honey and put it on a plate. Baba watched her eat, and Cao Cao was happy. He took a leg of lamb, sprinkled it with cumin and spicy, and ate it deliciously.

    I like to eat in front of me, Ah Sheng is also very relaxed. For more than 30 years, they have grown from little children after eunuchs to big princes on the rich side. But Cao Cao treated her with sincerity, which was very precious. Perhaps it is rare and precious throughout history.

    “What are your plans for the new year?” Cao Cao touched his wine glass with his sister’s rice soup bowl.

    A Sheng took a sip of the warm sweet rice soup and replied, “I’m going to continue to recuperate.”

    “Ah, I don’t believe it!” Cao Cao showed a “I believe you a ghost” expression, “You can’t be idle.”

    A Sheng almost fell on the food table with laughter, she supported her head with her hands lazily: “I promised the students to write a book of “Optics”. And “Yan, Qing, Yu, The drafting of the Xu Sizhou General Law is only halfway done.”

& nbsp; Which one goes, I have nothing to say!”