If people drink too much, they will easily break.
The next day, Zhang Xi woke up in Guan Mansion, and he no longer remembered how he got drunk.
But one thing, Zhang Xi seemed to vaguely remember. When he was bragging after drinking too much yesterday, he called Cao Cao the hero of that time.
Hmm...this seems a bit fatal.
Liu Bei's camp hated Cao Cao very much.
After all, he is a national traitor!
As a result, I drank too much yesterday and yet I said Cao Cao was a hero of the world? ? !
After Zhang Xi woke up, he started to sweat coldly on his back when he thought about this... Isn't he really going to be killed by the second master this time?
There was nothing I could do about it. The second master's scary stare yesterday left such a deep impression on Zhang Xi that he felt psychologically affected.
The first thing Zhang Xi did after getting up was to see if he could sneak away... Apparently Zhang Xi was overthinking.
As soon as he left the room, Zhang Xi was stopped by a servant.
"Major General, please give me a brief talk in the front hall, sir!"
Well, okay, okay...it's Guan Ping, not Guan Yu.
Yesterday we drank together and bragged. Zhang Xi had a good sense of Guan Ping.
As for saying Cao Cao is a hero yesterday... forget it, let's take it one step at a time.
When I came to the front hall, I saw Guan Ping and Kou Feng.
Zhang Xi carefully observed the reactions of Guan Ping and Kou Feng and found that there seemed to be nothing special. When they saw him, they came forward to greet him with a smile, and their attitudes seemed to be the same as yesterday.
"Did you sleep well, sir?" Kou Feng stepped forward to say hello.
"I met you late yesterday, so I asked you to stay at my house for one night. I hope you won't blame me!" Guan Ping stepped forward and bowed.
Zhang Xi was silent for a moment, feeling that the two of them were not joking with him in this state. There should not be an ambush of five hundred swordsmen in this corridor...
"How dare you, how dare you, it was Xi who lost his temper yesterday!" Zhang Xi quickly returned the greeting and said.
Then...just keep drinking.
Anyway, for people in this era, these are the daily entertainment activities. It’s the winter vacation, so why not just stay at home and drink.
Although Zhang Xi can't stand it, but...he still has "problems" that he needs to figure out and explain.
"I drank by the stream yesterday. If I was rude, I hope you will forgive me, Major General!" Zhang Xi said to Guan Ping with a smile.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Xi felt that this matter must be discussed with Guan Ping first... Maybe Guan Ping hasn't had time to file a complaint yet? !
Guan Ping waved his hands and said, "Sir, you have never been rude, but yesterday, your words were very enlightening. Ping and his father relayed his words, and his father also praised him very much, saying that he is a wonderful person in the world!"
The second master praised me as a genius of the world... Who can believe this nonsense? !
What a arrogant person the second master is, do you think I don’t know? ! He doesn't even pay attention to Zhuge Liang who just came out of the army. How can you praise me as a genius in this world just by telling you two sentences? !
Also, have you already told the second master what happened last night? !
Why are you talking so fast? !
Zhang Xi is anxious. If the second master knows about this, doesn't that mean Liu Bei will know about it soon... It's over, his future and life may not be guaranteed.
This thing really doesn't require five hundred swords and axes, and it is useless against Zhang Xi. With Zhang Xi's small body, a jailer is enough.
You have to save yourself, save yourself quickly.
"No, the second general is over-rewarded!" Zhang Xi quickly thought of an excuse and said, "Actually, there was something wrong with what he said yesterday. Yesterday, Xi called the thief Cao a hero, which was actually inappropriate. Cao Cao , who pretends to be the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty and a traitor!"
"...Uh, sir, what do you mean by this?!" Guan Ping asked strangely.
The term "treacherous hero" sounds new, but Guan Ping has never heard of it.
In fact, Zhang Xi really went wrong at one point.
As for whether Cao Cao is a hero, the world has a public opinion.
Cao Cao, no matter who likes him or hates him, will not deliberately deny that he is a hero of the world.
Even Liu Bei, who had complicated senses about Cao Cao and called him a Han traitor, did not deny that he was a hero of the world.
So Zhang Xi called Cao Cao the hero of the world, Guan Ping, Kou Feng, and even Guan Yu didn't think much about it... This is a title that Cao Cao deserves.
But this was the first time Guan Ping had heard of this traitor's remarks.
"Those who are traitors may have heroic aspirations, but not the spirit of a hero!" Zhang Xi felt that he had grasped a life-saving straw and said quickly, "Cao Cao destroyed the princes and brought peace to the north. Although he had great talents, he had no strategy. This man He kidnapped the emperor and massacred the people. Even though he had contributed to pacifying the troubled times, he was also guilty of cholera in the imperial court. Therefore, Xu Shao of Yingchuan once said, "Cao, a capable minister in governing the world, is also a treacherous hero in troubled times."
The more Guan Ping listened, the more it made sense, and he nodded frequently to express his approval.
I didn't think much about it before, but now that I think about it, it seems to be true.
Zhang Xi, on the other hand, secretly breathed a sigh of relief...it seemed like he could get through it.
In fact, as Xu Shao said, "A minister who can rule the world is a hero in troubled times"... The idea of a traitor first came from "Miscellaneous Languages of Similarities and Differences" written by Sun Sheng of Jin Dynasty.
It's hard to say whether Sun Sheng deliberately changed a word to disparage Cao Cao, or whether Xu Shao said this deliberately to coax Cao Cao out of fear that Cao Cao would act arrogantly.
But the theory of Cao Cao's traitor really became popular among people. It was after the appearance of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
But Zhang Xi doesn't care about it now. For the sake of his own future and life, he had better tell it first.
Anyway, with the efficiency of information transmission in this era, Guan Ping couldn't directly confront Xu Shao to see if he had said this.
Obviously Guan Ping is not that boring, and his evaluation of Cao Cao as a "treacherous hero" really made Guan Ping, who was hostile to Cao Cao, very appreciative.
A hero must be someone like his lord Liu Shijun. Cao Cao, a man who disrespected the emperor and cholera the emperor, cannot be called a hero no matter how great his merits are.
A traitor is just right.
Guan Ping was happy, Zhang Xi was relieved, and together with Kou Feng, the three of them started bragging and chatting again.
But this time, Zhang Xi finally learned his lesson and didn't dare to drink too much. At noon, he formally said goodbye and left Guan Mansion.
After Zhang Xi left, Guan Ping returned to the back house and told Guan Yu what happened today.
"What a traitor..." After listening to Zhang Xi's latest critical comments on Cao Cao, Guan Yu sighed and said, "What the Prime Minister did was indeed inappropriate, but he was not a treacherous person... .Eh!"
Regarding Cao Cao, Guan Yu's mood was very complicated.
On the one hand, Cao Cao is really good to Guan Yu. Although he doesn't have gold and silver, he really values Guan Yu. Guan Yu's Han Shouting Marquis was conferred by Cao Cao upon request from the emperor.
But on the other hand, Guan Yu couldn't stand Cao Cao's bullying of the emperor and the officials.
Coupled with the reasons for his eldest brother Liu Bei... In short, Guan Yu can be said to have quite complicated feelings towards Cao Cao.
As for Zhang Xi...
"Ping'er, you usually interact with Master Zhang more than he does." Guan Yu thought for a moment and said to Guan Ping, "It's just that you need to pay more attention to his words and deeds. If there is any emergency, report it to me as soon as possible!"
Guan Ping nodded in agreement.
The reason why Guan Yu did this was not because Zhang Xi said Cao Cao was a hero yesterday, but today he said Cao Cao was a traitor, which made Guan Yu angry.
The real reason is that Zhang Xi drank too much yesterday and said something he shouldn't have said while setting up the dragon gate formation.
Yesterday, when Zhang Xi and Guan Ping Kou Feng were bragging after drinking, they told them the whole process of the Battle of Guandu.
This whole process is not a whole process from a personal perspective, but a whole process from a full perspective.
From the logistics, economy, political environment, military, and strategy of both Yuan and Cao, it comprehensively explains the reasons why Cao Cao was able to win the Battle of Guandu.
This is something quite unusual.
To put it simply, Zhang Xi had a God's perspective and knew all kinds of information about Yuan and Cao's family, which Guan Yu couldn't understand.
Let's just talk about Guan Yu. Guan Yu himself participated in the Battle of White Horse, so he was very aware of the battlefield trends of the two armies before and after the Battle of White Horse, but he did not know the situation on other battlefields.
Guan Yu was still a participant in the Battle of Guandu.
Yesterday, Zhang Xi not only told the details of each battle in the entire Battle of Guandu, but also what preparations Cao Cao made before the Battle of Guandu broke out, what the strategic plan was, and how it was implemented. And Yuan Shaona How Bian dealt with it, where he dealt with it well, and where there were problems... This was terrifying.
The efficiency of information transmission in this era is very low. Although five years have passed since the Battle of Guandu, and many princes and aristocratic families already know the general process of the Battle of Guandu, Zhang Xi's analysis is too detailed and comprehensive. It was like staying with Cao Cao the whole time and experiencing it personally.
But this is almost impossible.
If Zhang Xi knew so many secrets, then he definitely couldn't be Cao Cao's attendant...Cao Cao never allowed his attendants to participate in actual affairs.
But if it was a staff member who participated in the entire battle of Guandu, formulated or counseled military affairs... this would be impossible. How old was Zhang Xi five years ago? How brave did Cao Cao have to let a teenage child serve as a counselor? Military affairs? !
Being a military counselor is not about marrying a wife and having children, and you can do it when you are old enough.
Moreover, it was an important battle related to Cao Cao's life and death. Cao Cao could not be so arrogant.
Furthermore, Guan Yu was under Cao Cao's tent at the time and was highly valued by Cao Cao. If such a person existed, Guan Yu could not have known about it.
Therefore, Guan Yu is more inclined to believe that Zhang Xi or the family behind Zhang Xi may have a fairly large source of information channels and can obtain Cao Jun's intelligence in many aspects.
It's not impossible. The family has become very powerful these days, and Zhang Xi comes from Yingchuan.
The top counselors in Cao Cao's army are basically inseparable from Yingchuan, and the counselors under Yuan Shao have some connection with Yingchuan. After all, they are all famous families in the world.
Therefore, if Zhang Xi really has the support of the Yingchuan family, it would not be difficult to know this.
As for Zhang Xi's claim that he was just a disciple from a poor family... Guan Yu doesn't really believe it now anyway.
Let Guan Ping interact more and pay more attention, just to avoid alerting others.
It is common for aristocratic families to make long bets these days, and Guan Yu would not suspect that Zhang Xi was a spy sent by Cao Cao just because most of the aristocratic families in Yingchuan supported Cao Cao.
However, you still have to take precautions, and you can't just be sold and paid for by others.
It is definitely inconvenient for Guan Yu to come forward to do this. It would be too much to leave it to Chen Dao.
It's better to let Guan Ping pay more attention to it so that he can be prepared in case something happens in the future.
