Fall In Love with the Technology Tree - Chapter 96
The military camp is no stranger to Ah Sheng.
Especially Cao Cao’s barracks, in addition to Zhang Huan’s words and deeds, there are traces that are familiar to her: the setting of the real and fake main tents comes from the cunning **** grandfather; Horses are the habit of Cao’s soldiers in the early years of being cautious; the complete bathroom facilities and epidemic prevention system are the result of Ah Sheng’s constant chattering.
On the premise of the surrender of the magistrate of Ta County, he did not enter the city, but chose to camp in the upper reaches of the river outside the city, which shows that Cao Cao’s mind is quite clear.
Horseback riding, road occupation, and noise are not allowed in the camp.
“Dalang is very strict in governing the army.” Duan Jiong said with a smile, “However, in terms of complete procedures and detailed records, Weihai is the only one I have seen in my life.”
A Sheng nodded, first let Cao Cao take him around the camp, let the entourage Twenty-seven and others write down the location of the camp gate and the escape route in detail, and then asked about food procurement and The way of dumping household garbage, I checked two soldiers’ tents, and seeing that everything was safe, I was willing to go to the central open space for a banquet.
Cao Cao knew her hair, and she was also showing off. “Can you pick out a bad spot?”
“If brother is like this all his life, he must be a famous general in history.”
The compliment of the genius sister, Cao Cao obviously benefited greatly. The corners of his mouth twitched, and even his steps were brisk.
Walking along the main road, passing by the neatly arranged tents of the various teams, and then going around a point and coming to the front of one of the main tents. The food table has been laid, and on the bonfire, the six roasted whole sheep are sizzling with aroma.
Besides there are several beggar chickens wrapped in yellow mud, waiting to be buried in the fire and roasted.
Vegetables are wild vegetables collected from the nearby mountains, and some mountain mushrooms.
“Sit and eat.” Cao Cao waved his hand boldly, “Let’s not say anything else, the mutton is enough.”
After eating seafood for half a month, it really makes people nauseous when they smell fishy. Ah Sheng did not refuse, and gave Duan Jong a seat to sit beside the second food table in the guest room. A cavalryman enthusiastically took a leg of lamb and gave it to her, which took up half of the table.
Asheng thanked him and took out his dagger to cut the flesh. The first piece was tested for poison by Wenchuan, and then it was slowly sliced, thinly sliced into a plate, sprinkled with salt and cumin, and honored to Duan Lao; and then sliced into a plate, poured with miso, and presented to Duan Lao. Cao Cao; the third plate is reserved for herself, she likes to brush some sweet-scented osmanthus honey.
Alcohol is not allowed in the camp, so everyone drinks milk tea. The kind made from ghee and old tea bricks has a slightly salty taste, and it feels a little good after drinking too much. The milk tea is added with corn, which quenches thirst and hunger.
After three rounds with tea instead of wine, and my stomach was full, it was time to talk about business.
Cao Cao gave three high-fives, and saw the woman in charge of the laundry in the camp, leading a group of young children in brocade clothes to come forward. The eldest young man didn’t look like a high school student, and the youngest was still breastfeeding.
“Meet Erlang, concubine Cao Yao’s. These are the princes and girls of the Ta family.”
Cao Yao’s, indicating that the woman’s original surname was Yao, and she later married a servant of the Cao family. Her husband can be given the surname Cao, and she can lead her family to do logistics in Cao Cao’s camp, which is enough to show that their family is very loyal.
Although this woman was already a part of the population that Ah Sheng did not know, she nodded politely and thanked her for her hard work.
Then the orphans of the Ta family came up one by one to serve tea to Ah Sheng under Cao Yao’s stern gaze.
The leader was a pair of thirteen- or fourteen-year-old twin girls, their legs were still trembling, but they still tried to put on a smile on their faces, calling them “Second Uncle”.
Cao Cao sat on the head, tilted his body and put one hand on his thigh: “Tap… how to say it in the local dialect, oh, Baniang, Jiuniang. The two of them said it. Gongsun Du of Liaodong is a concubine. The document has been issued, and he is considered a member of the Gongsun family.”
A Sheng suddenly realized that the Cao family did not want to tear their face with the Gongsun family. This is why the two little girls were able to survive. But the two sisters are concubines at the same time, and Ta’s flattering face is too ugly.
“Although Gongsun Du said he wanted to hire Cao’s daughter, my family, Ah Zhen, is still young, and my concubine sisters are far away in Luoyang.” Cao Cao smiled, “I see Biniang and Jiu. The mother is not bad, so I accept it as a righteous daughter, add 10% to the dowry, and still get along well with the Gongsun family.”
A Sheng frowned.
You ancients really know how to play.
But thinking about it carefully, killing the whole family and taking them as righteous daughters, this operation seems ridiculous at first glance, but it is actually very reasonable. This is the signal that the newly-arrived Cao family told the major families in Liaodong that “this is the end of the matter”. “Our appeal is to replace the Ta Clan to master Tajin. What the Ta Clan can give, so can my Cao family.”
Whether the two sisters of the Ta clan want revenge, whether they want to catch up with the Cao family, it is not within the consideration of Cao Cao and Gongsun Du. By marrying them, they can maintain the short-term peace that the Cao family desperately needs. As for the future, it depends on whether the east wind prevails over the west wind or the west wind prevails over the east wind for the Cao family and the Gongsun family. What’s more, the Yellow Turban Uprising was imminent, and it was normal for a family to disappear in a troubled world.
A Sheng sighed, and she knew that Cao Cao would not be kind;
“It came in a hurry, there is nothing I can give you.” Ah Sheng took a translucent blue-green colored glass pendant from his waist, “click”, I don’t know what mechanism was triggered, the carved pattern Separated, they turned into two pieces that looked like yin and yang fish. “The materials are worthless, but the workmanship is exquisite, so let’s give it to you to play.”
The two little girls carefully took the glass pendant and thanked them with blushing faces.
Only then did Ah Sheng realize that her expression seemed to be too kind, so she straightened her face and turned her gaze to the eldest high school student.
The appearance is plain, the demeanor is shrinking, the clothes on the body obviously do not fit well, and there are calluses on the hands. Even the concubine is a bit shabby, far less generous than the two concubine daughters.
“This is Ta Ping,” said Cao Cao, “a side branch. He volunteered to sacrifice to the Ta family.”
It was clearly stated in the front that it was a concubine, but it has become a side branch again? Is it still a “side branch”? Ah Sheng frowned and thought about it. I’m afraid that this one is from a disgraceful background. It’s not as disgraceful as a maidservant. Instead, he has to go to the outer room, or even climb the ashes and lean against the wall.
Taping didn’t expect that he would also have a share, and he was stunned for a moment before he murmured, “Thank you, Langjun.”
On the surface, these three are obedient, but when it is the turn of the little ones, there are thorns. The nine-year-old grandson Tayue, with resentment in his eyes, knocked over the teacup and refused to serve tea to Ah Sheng. The chubby little face was distorted by clenching his teeth. He lowered his head and clenched his fists, his whole being as tight as a bowstring.
There are soldiers around immediately rushing up and erecting the chubby pier.
A Sheng waved his hand, letting the overturned milk tea spill on the shallow clothes. “Since you don’t want to serve tea, why did you come to the banquet? Since you just compromised, why are you making trouble now?”
Ta Yue twisted in vain in the shackles of the soldiers, his face flushed: “You… are all bad people, you killed Aon… woo…”
The faces of the two girls were pale, and the middle school students were shaking with their thighs. The other two who were in swaddling clothes were also woken up by the movement and burst into tears.
The whole banquet was filled with the cries of children.
Cao Yaoshi had a cold face, and brought a few stout servants, and was about to take people away.
Cao Cao stepped up in a few steps and pierced Ta Yue’s heart with a sword. The loudest cries came to an abrupt end, leaving only the cries of babies.
A Sheng closed his eyes, and the **** smell lingered on the tip of his nose.
“Humph.” Cao Cao drew out his sword, without even looking at the three teenagers who had fallen to the ground in fright, “I originally wanted to keep the heirs as restraint, but if you don’t agree, then forget it. Anyway, there are still two little ones.” He turned around and strode back to his seat: “Ta Yue’s assassination has already been executed. Pack up the body and send it to the ancestral tomb of the Ta clan.”
“No!” There was an angry reply from the surrounding circle, it seemed that this spoiled child made many people in the barracks feel at ease.
A child died.
But what is a dead child in this day and age? When Cao Cao was six years old, he killed an orphan who was trying to escape. Strictly speaking, Cao Sheng is the acquiescence and an accomplice.
The same is true today.
Just seeing it with my own eyes is still a shock.
In less than five minutes, the ground is going to be clean. A new round of grilled chicken and grilled mushrooms was delivered to the table, and Ah Sheng slowly cut it up and ate it. After eating, she slowly washed her hands and said, “Show me the youngest one.”
The little baby is only three months old, will be able to open his eyes, can’t speak, can’t walk, can’t understand anything, was patted twice by Ah Sheng with the correct posture, and then slowly stopped to cry.
A-sheng first carefully observed the child’s facial features, and then untied the swaddle to check up and down. After checking, the swaddling clothes were **** again. “He is a lucky man,” Ah Sheng said.
No birthmarks, no other signs, and nothing special from the facial features. Most importantly, he did not inherit Ta’s signature double eyelids and small ears.
Isn’t that lucky?
Maybe ten years later, when the Ta sisters and Ta Ping have turned into bones, he can still live carefree.
Asheng ordered Qin Liu: “I won’t ask for the name. Change the swaddling clothes, then starve for two more meals, and pick a random nursery hall and send it in. The number is only for you to write down. Even a high-level steward will not know his origin. If there is no accident, just raise him as a refugee orphan.”
If there is an accident between the Ta sisters and Ta Ping, they will inevitably find the child back according to the number, or use it as a hostage or as a bargaining chip. But Ah Sheng felt that it was unnecessary. The power of the Ta clan was too weak. If there were no descendants possessed by real dragons, she would not have calculated so much.
Qin Liu carried the child down.
A Sheng clapped his hands: “There is one more.”
The eight-month-old baby couldn’t speak yet, looked at her with big frightened eyes, and made an “ahah” sound from her mouth.
“This child is handsome, but his luck is not as good as the other one.” There is a beautiful tear mole under the corner of his right eye. Ah Sheng sighed, there are still living tear moles in the world, not much worse than in novels, anime and TV series.
Cao Cao laughed while eating meat, as if he was not the one who killed him just now: “If you like it, you can keep it for fun.”
“If I want children, I have more options.”
“Yes, then…”
Ta Jiuniang suddenly rushed up, threw herself to the ground, and kowtowed: “Please accept him, my sister and I must be obedient. My father is just such a grandson.”
A Sheng’s hand holding the dagger to cut the meat paused for a while: “Which one?”
“The one I just took away belongs to my uncle’s…”
The big family is really complicated. Ah Sheng rubbed her temples, she couldn’t keep the enemy’s child by her side, but looking at Cao Cao’s intention, it seemed that she would send it to deal with it if she didn’t want it. And this one seems to have a miraculous effect to stabilize Ba Niang Jiu Niang.
“I’m going to live in Liaodong for a few years. In the past few years, he should follow me first.”
Let’s see how the conspiracy between Cao Cao and the Gongsun family will play out, and then talk about the fate of Ta’s orphans.