The first year of Xingping, 194 AD.
Cao Cao avenged his father and attacked Xuzhou. Cao Cao's army passed by and slaughtered many people. There were no chickens or dogs left, and the Si River stopped flowing.
The guard of Chen Gong in Dongjun was dissatisfied with Cao Cao, so he joined forces with Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and engaged in the rebellion of Zhonglang Xu Si and others, leading Lu Bu to Yanzhou. Cao Cao had to turn back to Yanzhou to rescue Yanzhou and fight against Lu Bu.
In the second year of Xingping, Cao Cao fought against Lu Bu again and recaptured Yanzhou.
After the war, Chen Gong ran away with Lu Bu.
Zhang Miao and others were executed by Cao Cao.
There were also some relatives, friends, colleagues and subordinates of Zhang Miao and others who had no time to escape from Yanzhou, so they were all captured by Cao Cao and imprisoned in Puyang Prison in Dongjun.
There were so many people arrested that the cells could no longer be closed.
After the war in Yanzhou subsided, Cao Cao began to sharpen his sword against these people, first interrogating them and then beheading them.
Every once in a while, he takes a group of people out to kill.
Half a month ago, a truck driver kicked the accelerator and brought Chen Zhou to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, he became one of Zhang Miao's subordinates, was implicated, and was imprisoned in this dark, rancid cell.
"This opening..."
"I'm probably the most unlucky time traveler ever!"
Being imprisoned, Chen Zhou had not thought about escaping, but there was basically no possibility of escaping. The only thing waiting for him was death.
Anyway, he had died once, and he couldn't leave the prison. He gradually came up with the idea of destroying himself and waiting to be executed. He didn't know when he would die, but when he saw the other prisoners around him being taken away one by one, he couldn't help but feel sad. nervous.
Waiting to die is a bit boring.
Chen Zhou told the prisoners, jailers and others around him stories and boasted, and impressed everyone in the cell with his knowledge and insights that were more than a thousand years ahead of the Three Kingdoms.
One of them, a young master who should be a relative of the Cao family, came to the cell one day and was deeply interested in hearing Chen Zhou's explanation.
So, he gave Chen Zhou an independent, clean cell and clean clothes. He brought food and wine to Chen Zhou every day and asked him this and that.
"gentlemen!"
At this time, the young master appeared outside the cell.
He is Cao Ang, the eldest son of Cao Cao. Three days ago, a distant relative of the Cao family committed an offense in Puyang and was imprisoned here.
Cao Ang had no choice but to come to fish for people. He happened to hear Chen Zhou explaining the relationship between the Yellow Turban Uprising and the Han economy, and was immediately attracted by that unique insight.
During these three days, Cao Ang came to Chen Zhou every day to ask for various knowledge, admiring Chen Zhou's extensive knowledge and profound insights into the Han Dynasty.
He even offered to become a disciple.
Chen Zhou could see that Cao Ang's identity was not simple, and he had a certain status in the Cao family.
He wondered if he could do something to save Cao Ang from death.
With this idea, Chen Zhou came out of his state of ruin and was full of expectations for life. He cooperated and answered whatever questions Cao Ang asked.
"The master is here."
When he saw Cao Ang, Chen Zhou stood up and bowed.
Cao Ang quickly returned the greeting and said: "Sir, there is no need to be polite. Let's talk in the private room. Sir, please come here!"
The so-called private room was a room he had reserved outside the prison specifically for entertaining Chen Zhou.
"good!"
Chen Zhou followed Cao Ang and walked towards the door of the cell under the envious gazes of other prisoners.
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Dongjun Prefecture.
"Zixiu has been going to the cell these past few days?"
Cao Cao sat in the hall and asked in disbelief.
Cao Ren, standing in front of him, nodded when he heard this and said: "A few days ago, one of my relatives committed a crime and was imprisoned. I asked Zixiu to go and bring him out. From that day on, I heard that Zixiu went there every day. I went to the cell and stayed there for most of the day, as if I wanted to worship one of Zhang Miao's subordinates as my disciples."
"Being a disciple of a death row prisoner? Ridiculous!"
Cao Cao slapped his hand on the desk.
If this spreads out, where will I put my face?
What's more, that death row prisoner is still Zhang Miao's man!
He asked again: "Why haven't we finished killing all the people related to Zhang Miao and the others?"
Cao Ren said: "This is the last batch and is expected to be sent to the execution ground early next month."
Cao Cao said displeased: "You don't have to wait until next month, just take them out today and kill them all!"
However, he had just finished speaking.
"Lord!"
An official who was responsible for keeping an eye on Cao Ang hurriedly walked in, bowed and said: "Young master went to the prison again. He also took Zhang Miao's subordinate out and asked him to give a lecture."
Cao Ren added: "In the past few days, Zixiu has been giving lectures to the death row prisoner."
"How qualified is a death row prisoner to give lectures?"
Cao Cao snorted coldly.
He attached great importance to Cao Ang and placed hope on him. He usually let Xun Yu and other scribes teach him.
But Cao Ang ignored Xun Yu and actually went to find a death row prisoner to give a lecture. Could it be that the content of that person's lecture was more attractive to Cao Ang than what Xun Yu and the others taught?
Even Cao Ang can become a disciple!
Cao Cao was dissatisfied, but after hearing what Cao Ren and others said, he became a little curious about Chen Zhou.
"Don't kill yet."
"I would like to see what a death row prisoner can do."
Cao Cao got up and walked directly outside.
Cao Ren saw it and quickly followed him.
Not long after, they arrived outside the cell and next to the private room.
The private room is actually a relatively clean room with some decorations compared to the prison cell, but it is still simple inside.
As soon as Cao Cao approached, he heard a voice coming from inside.
"Sir, I don't quite understand the issue you asked me to think about yesterday."
"What's the relationship between brothels and people's livelihood?"
This is Cao Ang's voice.
The brothel was a place of filth and evil, and he didn't even bother to get close to it.
Soon, another voice came.
"Young master, you should know that every time Cao Cao goes to a city, he will ask, 'Are there any prostitutes here?'"
"Actually, what Cao Cao is asking about is not prostitutes, but people's livelihood."
"But from the young master's point of view, Cao Cao asked this question to vent his desires, right?"
This is Chen Zhou talking.
Cao Ang: "..."
Is not it?
Cao Ang was confused.
Mrs. Bian, who came in some time ago, was prostituted by Cao Cao in this way. She always thought that Cao Cao just wanted to have fun.
"Sir, please enlighten me!"
Cao Ang is very sincere.
Outside the private room.
Cao Cao and Cao Ren were stunned when they heard this conversation, and then their faces turned slightly red.
Cao Cao never expected that he would hear such an embarrassing topic when he first arrived. It was his own son discussing the problem of finding a prostitute.
Cao Ren felt that the death row prisoner dared to slander his lord and also dared to call his lord by his name, which was disrespectful.
The people under Zhang Miao are simply lawless!
"I'm going to find him right now!"
Cao Ren couldn't bear it. He was so murderous that he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go in and catch someone.
"Wait a minute!"
Cao Cao stopped Cao Ren and first listened to how the man inside explained this problem.
