Chapter 22: Ears of the Partition
Hu Biao was not a very well-educated person. His father worked as a laborer in the port when he was young. With his thin shoulders, he managed to raise Hu Biao to adulthood.
Growing up in an environment like the port, Hu Biao had long been accustomed to being brave and fierce, and he often had to fight for his life just to get a job.
On one occasion, Hu Biao's clever method of fighting people in the water was seen by a captain of the Jingzhou Navy who was passing by here, and he immediately adopted it for his own use.
Hu Biao went out for three years. When he came back, he had obtained a considerable official position. He led 500 people to build a water fortress on the edge of the Yellow River, which is now the Hujia Fort.
The reason why Hu Biao dared to build a fortress here was entirely because he had someone above him. The location of Hu's Fort is close to Sanmenxia in later generations. Friends who have seen the map should know that to the north of Sanmenxia is the Salt Lake, known as the Dead Sea in China.
Salt is an indispensable and important material. As long as we can control the mining rights of the salt lake, it is not like gold.
The people above Hu Biao were said to be from Luoyang, and even the current governor of Hedong County had to show courtesy to Hu Biao when he met him.
Because of this, Hu Biao was rampant in the local area. He would win over some local prominent families if he could, and he would not look down upon those who couldn't.
In the past, the Wei family was just a relatively famous local family in Hu Biao's eyes. If he really wanted to deal with it, his five hundred warriors from Hujiapu could wipe out the Wei family.
However, when he learned that Dong Zhuo, the governor of Bingzhou, did not go to Luoyang, but came to Hedong with a large army, he panicked.
He didn't know much about the situation in the DPRK. He only knew that the people above him had not given him new instructions for a long time. Half a month ago, he found out that the person in charge of the situation now was General He Jin.
He Jin was a relative, and he could not urinate in the same pot as the eunuchs. He was still alive, and the person above Hu Biao was a big eunuch, so he had to find a way out for himself.
After Dong Zhuo entered the territory of Anyi, Hu Biao sent people to watch him all the way.
It wasn't until he was sure that Dong Zhuo had entered the Wei family mansion that he began to think about his future.
Hu Biao was no stranger to Dong Zhuo. When he went out with the nobles, he had met Dong Zhuo once in Jingzhou. At that time, Dong Zhuo was not a state pastor, but a brave and capable school captain.
He had heard about Dong Zhuo's deeds. He was from a humble background like him, but he single-handedly became the pastor of a state, pastoring the state on behalf of the emperor. What an honor it was.
It can be said that Dong Zhuo is his idol like Hu Biao.
Now that his idol was not far away, Hu Biao wanted to visit him, but he couldn't find a good reason.
"Master General, this man is either greedy for money or lustful. It is said that Dong Zhuo is a man who is eager for justice and regards money as dirt, so he can't escape the word lust. We can do this... It just so happens that I recently got a
Virgin, hehe."
There were many dog-headed military advisors around Hu Biao, and the person who spoke was one of them. He mainly helped him run several kilns. He was a rare talent. After all, there were very few people in this era who could read and write.
When Hu Biao heard this, he immediately felt that it was feasible and used himself to save others. He was lustful and felt that Dong Zhuo was the same.
"Okay, okay, how is the quality of the virgin? Come and bring her to me to see."
The dog-headed military advisor was startled when he heard this, and said awkwardly: "This person hasn't been sent here yet. Tomorrow, at noon tomorrow, I promise to clean him up and bring him to your presence."
Hu Biao frowned slightly. He wanted to scold him a few words, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. As long as he could get close to Dong Zhuo, these people would have to be killed one by one to avoid ruining his reputation.
The shadow of a person's famous tree. During the Three Kingdoms period, a person's reputation was more important than anything else.
He doesn't want to be stained with these bad reputations...
at the same time.
Dong Zhuo had been welcomed into the mansion by Wei Hao to rest.
Wei Hao was a great scholar of the time and was not very fond of Dong Zhuo, so he asked his adopted son Wei Gong to come forward to receive him.
As for the eldest son Wei Qian, he has returned to take office.
In the hall, Wei Gong clasped his fists and saluted: "Sir Zhou Mu, please rest for a while. Food will be delivered shortly. If there is anything wrong with the reception, please forgive me."
Dong Zhuo cupped his fists and returned the greeting: "Uncle Wen, you're so polite. I'm just on my way to the south this time. After completing the task entrusted by my friend, I have to rush to Beijing. It's just a pity that I couldn't meet Brother Zhongdao."
Wei Gong smiled awkwardly. The second lady was sent back to her parents' home just a few days ago. At this time, the master was still angry.
As for Wei Cheng, he hid in the deep mountains and forests for unknown reasons, and it was hard for him to explain too much.
Emiya said goodbye and left.
Dong Zhuo sat opposite the Xiongnu Zuoxian King disguised as a Han.
King Zuo Xian frowned and said, "Brother Dong, it seems that the Wei family doesn't want to see me, and they don't seem to welcome Miss Cai back when she comes back. Especially Wei Zhongdao, who actually hides away from people, huh."
King Zuo Xian had a crush on Cai Yan ever since he met Cai Yan. At this time, seeing his sweetheart being ignored was even more uncomfortable than being ignored himself.
When Dong Zhuo heard this, his thick eyebrows raised slightly, and he naturally felt the Wei family's unusual atmosphere.
However, this is a family matter after all. Cai Yan is the daughter-in-law of the Wei family that Ming Media is marrying. Now that she is married to the Wei family, only she can decide how to deal with herself, and no outsider can interfere.
"Okay, okay, let's take a break after dinner and let's leave quickly." Dong Zhuo said angrily.
The food prepared by Mrs. Wei was quite exquisite, and the wine was the best soju. After a few glasses of wine, both of them felt a little dizzy.
The desert is no better than the Central Plains. If you want to drink such good wine on weekdays, you can only buy it at a high price from the merchants. Not only is it not enough to drink, but you often encounter fake wine mixed with water.
Unlike the wine provided by the Wei family, which is mellow and rich, this is the real good wine. Even King Zuo Xian, who had never forgotten Cai Yan, was drinking until his face was red, and he was mumbling nonsense.
After three rounds of drinking, I suddenly felt the urge to urinate.
Dong Zhuo got up and walked outside the door, asked where the latrine was, and wandered towards the side yard.
Passing by a rockery and green bamboo land, I suddenly heard a conversation between two people.
"The second master said that He Jin will die. From now on, those eunuchs will still have the final say in the court. Isn't it true that the career of us scholars will be in doubt?"
"Who says otherwise? Let me tell you, not only He Jin deserves death, but all those eunuchs had better die as well."
"It's a pity that the second master seems to only attack He Jin..."
"That's hard to say. I heard what Uncle Wen said. The second master means that if He Jin dies, there will be chaos in the court. Doesn't He Jin have a younger brother, He Miao? He will definitely take revenge on He Jin. This person's behavior He is so radical that he might kill anyone on sight, so he asked us to leave Kyoto to avoid trouble."
"The second master's move is really clever. It's a typical killing with a borrowed knife. When He Jin dies, He Miao will definitely think that it was the eunuch. When the time comes, not only the officials will suffer, but even the Queen Mother and the Emperor may not escape death. From now on, the world will belong to our clan again...
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"Ahem, don't talk nonsense like this. The emperor's kindness is so great that we still point to the emperor to reuse it so that we can stand out."
"Yes, yes, haha...who is there?"
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he was startled and hurriedly turned around and walked around the Moon Cave Gate.
When the two people who were talking came to the place where he had just stood, they could see nothing but a pool of liquid on the ground.
Chapter completed!