Snow was falling heavily outside the house, and the two people inside the house who were silent were as cold as ice.
When Xia Houxuan learned that Gou Like wanted to poison him to death, he couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and anger.
During this period, Xia Houxuan treated Gouli Ke with utmost courtesy and never treated Gouli Ke badly. However, Gouli Ke planned to kill himself with a bowl of poison. No matter how kind-hearted Xia Houxuan is, he can't suppress his anger at this moment.
The two of them faced each other in silence for two full moments. Gouli Ke originally admired Xia Houxuan's character very much, so it was really helpless to poison him. Julike, who was still feeling guilty, saw Xia Houxuan was angry and remained silent. He took out a medical knife from his arms and pierced his chest!
Although Xia Houxuan was angry, his heart softened when he saw that Julike actually wanted to kill himself. With quick eyes and quick hands, he swung away the medical knife in Julike's hand and knocked it to the ground. Xiahouxuan let out a long sigh:
"Sir, why bother..."
Goulike felt even more sad when he saw that Xia Houxuan had forgiven him. With tears in his eyes, he saluted Xia Houxuan:
"General, a certain barbarian was promoted to the army thanks to the general's kindness. Instead of repaying the favor, he took revenge out of selfish kindness. Now he has no face to stay with the general... After he leaves, the general must do more. treasure......"
After hearing Li Ke's words, Xia Houxuan suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in his heart. The two of them could be regarded as having fought together on the battlefield. Now that the other party was about to leave, Xia Houxuan couldn't bear it, but he also understood that Wei's counterattack against Gao Gouli was imminent, and Gao Gouli would definitely be unable to resist it. The two countries are at odds with each other, so how can Juli Ke stay at ease in the Wei camp?
When Xia Houxuan saw that Gouli Ke was about to push the door open and leave, he hurriedly took a book from the bookshelf, caught up with him and said:
"Sir, please stay. Sir, in the previous battle at Luogu, thank you to me for helping the wounded soldiers day and night. I don't know how many people were saved. Sir, Xuan Wu can repay your great kindness. This book is the pharmacopoeia of Master Zhuo Jing. This is Xuan's book." The rubbings I copied myself are now given to you as a gift, I hope you will not dislike them!"
After listening to Xia Houxuan's words, Julike turned around slowly, his eyes filled with tears again. He was so crazy about good doctors that he did not lie, but took the precious pharmacopoeia from Xia Houxuan's hand with trembling hands. .
Goulike was so excited that he burst into tears and was choked with sobs that he could not say a word. After a while, Julike adjusted his mood and saluted Xia Houxuan again:
"The general is so kind that I am ashamed of myself. I have another unkind request. I wonder if the general is willing to help?"
Xia Houxuan nodded:
"Sir, it doesn't matter."
Julike's eyes were full of pleading at this moment. He grabbed Xia Houxuan's hand and prayed in an almost pleading manner:
"To be honest, this is the brother of the powerful minister of Gaogouli, Lu and Peizhe!"
Xia Houxuan was surprised when he heard this. He had also heard about the reputation he had gained. This man was now the pillar of the Koguryo Kingdom. He heard that King Dongchuan of Koguryo wanted to invade Wei, so he strongly opposed it. For this reason, he also fought with King Dongchuan. There were a lot of quarrels with the ministers in the court of Gaoguli.
[Note 1: Peizhe and Da Dui Lu are both official titles of Gaoguli. Da Dui Lu means the Prime Minister of the country. 】
Goulike continued:
"The king of Dongchuan is unruly and does not follow my brother's words. Once he rushes into Wei, he will definitely cause the disaster of destroying the country. I know that General Wuqiu, the governor of Youzhou and the Marquis of Changyi, has a close friendship with the general. Can the general write a book? Feng, tell General Guanqiu not to harm my brother and his family on the day the city is breached. If the general is willing to help me with this, I will definitely repay the general for his great kindness by forming a ring of grass in the next life!"
Having said this, Julike bowed his head and bowed to Xiahouxuan. Xiahouxuan hurriedly helped Julike up and answered him:
"Sir, why do you need to give such a great gift? Xuan Yi has always heard of your brother's virtuous name, and naturally he doesn't want to see such a talented and benevolent person in the grass. So Xuan then revised the book himself and ordered it to be sent to Youzhou as quickly as possible. He will definitely live up to the sir. Entrusted!"
After hearing Xia Houxuan's words, Julike knelt down directly on the ground, kowtowed to Xia Houxuan as much as possible, and then turned around and left the study of Zhengxi Mansion.
I don't know when he started to hate separation. Xia Houxuan looked at Ju Like's lonely back, and suddenly felt an uncontrollable sadness in his heart.
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Youzhou, Du Liao General's Mansion.
One month later, when the messenger sent by Xiahou Xuan arrived in Youzhou, Guanqiu Jian was in the palace of General Du Liao with the Northern General Cheng Xi, the governor of Youbin, Wang Qi, the governor of Xuantu, Gong Zun, the governor of Daifang, and Liu, the governor of Lelang. Mao discussed the detailed plan to attack Gaoguli.
Cheng Xizheng, the general who conquered the north, Cheng Shenbo, was a second-grade general and the governor of Hebei Youbin. He was nominally Guanqiu Jian’s superior. However, as early as the Ming Dynasty, Guan Qiu Jian, as a close confidant of the emperor and a famous general in the dynasty, had always been closely attached to him. Holding the military power of Youzhou. Due to Guan Qiu Jian's connections, abilities, and reputation, Cheng Xi, who had also killed Soochow general Zhou He and had achieved military success, although he felt a little unhappy, he never dared to have any thoughts against Guan Qiu Jian.
This situation is actually very common. For example, Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, who also has extraordinary abilities, also has higher power and prestige in the two northwest states than his boss Xia Houxuan.
Cheng Xi believes that after all, he is Guanqiu Jian's boss. No matter how powerful Guan Qiu Jian is and how many contributions he has made, he will inevitably have his share. Cheng Xi, who had clearly thought about the stakes, had always cooperated with Guan Qiujian's various ideas and arrangements. Cheng Xi also heard that Luoyang had begun to discuss the new candidate for the governor of Bingzhou. Cheng Xi only hoped that the new governor of Bingzhou would be someone easy to get along with, otherwise Cheng Xi would be annoyed to death once he started fighting with each other all day long.
After the discussion, several people left Guanqiu Jian's Duliao Mansion one by one.
Not long after, the messenger who came all the way finally handed the letter into Guanqiu Jian's hands. After Guan Qiujian asked about the situation in Chang'an, he immediately arranged a banquet for the messenger, but he was busy with military affairs and did not attend in person.
After reading the contents of Xiahou Xuanxin, Guanqiu Jian had many thoughts in his heart. He thought that what he got was Gaogouli's ruling power, Lu, the enemy's leading official. If he let go, would he be suspected of letting the tiger go back to the mountain?
Guanqiu Jian, who originally planned to write a letter to reject Xia Houxuan, suddenly changed his mind. Na De Lai had always been known as a sage, and he was quite popular in Liaodong and deeply loved by the people. If he did not let Na De Lai go, he would indeed be in trouble. The disadvantages outweighed the advantages. Considering this, Guanqiu Jian immediately changed his mind and planned to let the richer people get it.
There was heavy snow in Liaodong, and it was originally a time to spend the winter with peace of mind. However, the Gaowei Palace of King Dongchuan of the Goguli Kingdom north of Liaodong was ambitious and made arrangements for the Western Expedition in full swing.
But what he didn't know was that every move he made at this moment was already under Guan Qiujian's attention.
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Ever since Emperor Cao Rui of the Ming Dynasty sent the generals Qin Lang and Xia Houxuan to lead the Xiaoqi camp and Yulin camp to expedition to Xianbei, Mobei Xianbei had suffered a serious loss of vitality. Later, the Ming Emperor sent the assassin Wang Xiong to kill the ambitious Xianbei King Kebineng. The Xianbei clan fell into endless civil strife, and it would be difficult to rise again within a hundred years.
However, in recent years, although the Xianbei clan has declined, the Xiongnu clan south of the river and on the banks of Bingzhou, which had long declined, has gradually become stronger again.
Seeing that Wei had a strong neighbor like the Xiongnu, the Xianbei clan, which was still lingering on, became more courageous. From time to time, they would have the courage to go south to the border of Wei to attack the local people.
The power of the Xiongnu King Liu Jing was increasing day by day, and the Xianbei people repeatedly invaded the border. Therefore, everyone in the imperial court felt that a capable person should be sent immediately to Bingzhou to take charge of the northern border.
Sima Yi immediately recommended to Cao Fang Sun Li, who had recently been reinstated and promoted to the city gate captain.
It turned out that when Sun Li was serving as pastor of Jizhou, he completely angered Cao Shuang because of the determination of the boundaries between Qinghe and Pingyuan counties, and was sentenced to five years in prison by Cao Shuang. It was not until last year that Sun Li, who had just served his sentence, returned home as a commoner.
After Cao Shuang was defeated in the battle of Luogu, he lost a lot of prestige, and he has been decadent and unruly. Therefore, when Sima Yi appointed Sun Li as the city gate captain not long ago, Cao Shuang did not stop the success.
Nowadays, Sima Yi is pushing the envelope and wants to arrange for Sun Li, who has just recovered, to serve as the governor of Bingzhou. This undoubtedly makes Cao Shuang very dissatisfied.
However, the talents in Cao Shuang's party are all performing their respective duties at the moment. There is no such person with outstanding military and political talents who happens to be idle and can take charge of a state. Therefore, even if Cao Shuang wanted to stop Sun Li, he had no suitable reason or replacement.
In this way, under the advice of Sima Yi and a group of veterans, Sun Li was successfully appointed as the governor of Bingzhou, and was granted the title of General Zhenwu and General Protecting the Huns. He gained the power to maintain integrity. He will go north to Bingzhou to take up his post soon. .
In the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, Sima Yi personally came to hold a farewell banquet for Sun Li on his departure.
Six years ago, Sun Li still had a trace of guilt in his heart for the kindness of the Ming Emperor. But now, Sun Li, who has been in prison for five years, is filled with endless resentment and attachment to the Cao family. Naturally much less. At this moment, Sun Li, who was wearing a bright official uniform, was very preoccupied, with an angry expression on his face and said nothing.
Seeing this, Sima Yi roughly understood the other party's mood. He patted Sun Li on the shoulder and couldn't help but ask:
"Deda, now that you have Bingzhou, are you still dissatisfied? Are you still unhappy about the demarcation of Jizhou's boundaries? Now that you are about to go to the north, if you have something on your mind, you might as well tell me directly. "
Seeing that Sima Yi was so concerned, he was flattered and sighed heavily. He was originally the general appointed by Emperor Ming, and he should be respected and treated with courtesy by both the government and the public. However, in these years, he has not lived a good life for a few days. First, After being sent to Yangzhou by Cao Shuang, he finally achieved military exploits and became the shepherd of Jizhou, but was convicted for dividing the county boundaries. Now he was finally re-employed by the Taifu, but he still didn't know what his future would be. He had mixed feelings in his heart and couldn't help crying. With his face full of tears, he bowed deeply to Sima Yi and respectfully said something:
"Taiwei, how can you treat Sun Li like this? Although Li is not virtuous, how can he care about these old grievances in the officialdom? Li originally thought that you, Ming Gong, could imitate Yi Yin and Lu Wang and assist the Wei family. , report to Emperor Ming’s entrustment, and build a legacy for all generations. However, what Sun Li sees now is that the country is in danger and the world is in turmoil. This is the reason for Sun Li’s displeasure!"
After hearing Sun Li's words of "helping the Wei family", Sima Yi's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself: It seems that the reason why Sun Li followed him was just out of resentment towards Cao Shuang, not completely disloyal to the Wei family.
Except for the gang of boys like Zhong Yu and Fu Gu, the people under him were all old bureaucrats who entered the official position during the Jian'an period at the end of the Han Dynasty. Most of them were from Hebei aristocratic families who had been attacked and suppressed by Taizu Cao Cao.
Although these people dare not express their true inner thoughts, in fact, they have long been disgusted and disgusted with Cao.
Today, it seems that Sun Li is completely different. He only prefers himself because of Cao Shuang.
However, as long as you control this person well, why worry that he can't be fully used by you?
Sima Yi held Sun Li's shoulders with a solemn expression and continued to comfort him:
"Deda, I understand your suffering. Remember, be patient. Only if you can endure the unbearable things, will you and I be successful in the future!"
After hearing Sima Yi's assurance, Sun Li seemed to see hope for the future in an instant. He nodded heavily towards Sima Yi, raised the wine bottle, drank a full glass of wine, wiped away his tears and said:
"Thank you Ming Gong for your understanding. Sun Li will take note of it."
After the two drank another bottle of wine, Sun Li led the honor guard and rode north to Bingzhou to take up his post.
