In the novel, because Cao Ren was defeated, Cao Cao immediately realized that Liu Bei had a capable person to help him, and when he inquired about it, he learned that it was Xu Shu.
Then Cheng Yu, a wicked and evil master, came up with an idea to deceive Xu's mother to Xuchang, and then forged a letter from Xu's mother to lure Xu Shu to defect to Cao Cao. After that, there was a saying that "Xu Shu entered Cao Cao's camp without saying a word." .
But in history, although the reason why Xu Shu defected to Cao Ying was also because of Xu's mother, it was not at this time.
Historically, Xu Shu defected to Cao Cao because during the Battle of Changbanpo, Cao Jun captured many of Liu Bei's family members during their pursuit of Liu Bei, including Xu's mother.
There was no way, Liu Bei himself abandoned his wife and children and escaped under the cover of more than a dozen cavalry. His daughter was captured by Cao Cao, not to mention the families of the generals and soldiers in the army.
If Zhao Yun hadn't opened Wushuang in Changbanpo, Mrs. Gan and Adou wouldn't have been spared.
Xu Shu fled to Xiakou with Liu Bei and settled down. After learning that his old mother had been captured by Cao Cao, he asked Liu Bei to resign, and Liu Bei agreed to Xu Shu's resignation. Therefore, Xu Shu defected to Cao Cao northward, and finally became an official in Cao Wei. Censor Zhongcheng.
This Xu Shu on the historical line... is somewhat difficult to say. After all, in this era, filial piety is the first priority, and Xu Shu's behavior is hard to find fault with.
But... I always feel like something is wrong.
Zhang Xi didn't want to use conspiracy theories to think too badly of Xu Shu. At most, he just wanted to see if he could help Xu Shu when he got to Changbanpo.
Of course, if the lord Liu Bei can really control Jiangxia County in advance, all this will be easier to handle.
Anyway, since Xu Shu sent someone to pick up Xu's mother early, at least this matter did not have to go through the romance route, which was very disappointing.
Apart from walking a little slowly along the way, Xu's mother didn't have any problems. In early November, she finally arrived in Xinye and lived with Xu Shu.
As a neighbor, Zhang Xi specially bought some gifts and paid a visit to Xu's mother to see what the old lady who understood justice in the novel looked like.
Xu's mother received Zhang Xi very politely and introduced Mrs. Xu to Zhang Xi.
That's right, this guy Xu Shu has a wife.
Let’s just say, a thirty-year-old “middle-aged” person, even if he has been on the run and studying abroad for several years, it is impossible for him to remain unmarried.
But Xu Shu was also embarrassed at the moment. He had really never seen his wife.
There is no clear record in history when Xu Shu fled, but Xu Shu told Zhang Xi that he actually fled when he was a teenager and was not married at all at that time.
In the process of escaping, Xu Shu deeply felt his own shortcomings, so he changed his name from Xu Shu to Shan Fu and studied everywhere. Even when he was a classmate with Zhang Xi in Yingchuan, he did not dare to return to his hometown. , Afraid of being recognized and causing trouble to the old mother.
Because of this, Xu Shu had no idea that Xu's mother had arranged a marriage for herself in her hometown. This time when she came to Xinye, Xu's mother brought her daughter-in-law with her.
Xu Shu was not used to having an extra wife out of thin air, but Xu Shu's mother didn't give Xu Shu any chance to speak. The first thing she did when she met Xu Shu was to ask Xu Shu to kneel down to Mrs. Xu.
Although the etiquette system of this era was not as abnormal as that of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still a society where men were superior to women. When Xu Shu heard this, he almost jumped up.
But in the end, he knelt down and bowed respectfully to Mrs. Xu.
Just because Mrs. Xu has been helping to take care of Xu's mother these years, Xu Shu must pay homage to Mrs. Xu for this reason.
Although the Xu family was from a poor family, they still had hundreds of acres of land and some servants to take care of these fields. Even if Xu Shu ran away alone, Xu's mother would still have no worries about food and clothing.
But Xu Shu is the only child in the Xu family, who can be regarded as the mainstay and talker in the family. After he leaves, it will be very hard for Xu's mother to support the Xu family by herself. If Mrs. Xu's family had not helped take care of her, Xu's mother would have been miserable these years. It won't be easy.
This was the reason why Xu Shu truly accepted his wife.
Of course, Zhang Xi secretly complained that this old guy probably only looked at the beauty of his parents, otherwise he would not have been so easy to obey.
Mrs. Xu is only in her early twenties now, two years older than Zhang Xi. She is also very delicate, and her overall temperament is dignified and elegant... Zhang Xi is now imagining that the unknown person in history Mrs. Xu already looks like this. If this is Diao Chan or Jiangdong Erqiao, beauties like these who are famous in history, how beautiful must they be? !
Zhang Xi was looking forward to it... Diao Chan probably won't be able to see her, and Jiangdong Erqiao... think about it, forget it, she probably won't see him either.
One is Sun Bofu's widow, who won't go out easily.
One is Zhou Gongjin's concubine. No matter how "magnanimous" the governor is, he can't just let you see what his little wife looks like.
But because of this, Zhang Xi began to gossip about another woman whose name was recorded in history.
"By the way...Mr. Zhuge's wife, is she really ugly?!"
Zhang Xi visited Xu Shu's house. After eating with Xu Shu's mother, he took advantage of the situation and started gossiping with Xu Shu.
As for Xu Shu, it was the time when he was proud of the spring breeze.
First, his mother came to Xinye to reunite with him, and he was finally able to confess his true name and origin to Liu Bei without any worries, and gained Liu Bei's forgiveness.
And for no reason, Xu Shu got a pretty daughter-in-law. Xu Shu was in a very good mood now, and of course he wanted to gossip with Zhang Xi.
Xu Shu first glanced at his wife, whom he was not familiar with, and then secretly said to Zhang Xi, "Kong Ming's wife is nicknamed A Chou...it's just a nickname, do you understand?! "
Everyone has the desire to gossip... Xu Shu was actually curious about this issue in his early years, until he met Huang Yueying.
"Oh~ you mean, Mrs. Zhuge is just nicknamed A Chou, but she is actually very beautiful?!" Zhang Xi said with sudden realization.
Xu Shu curled his lips and said, "Huang's daughter has a rich family background and outstanding temperament. How could it be possible... Well, her skin is indeed dark and yellow. When neighbors saw her, they privately called her A Chou."
Why did Zhang Xi, the dumb guy, make such a big turn? !
Looking back again, I found Mrs. Xu appearing nearby for no apparent reason.
He didn't say anything, as if he was just passing by... Well, Zhang Xi now understood why the turn of events was so big.
He nodded to Mrs. Xu with a smile, and then watched Mrs. Xu "passing by" farther and farther away, and then asked Xu Shu in a low voice, "Don't talk about this, there is such a beautiful wife like you, our Mr. Zhuge His style and demeanor can’t be worse than yours, right?!”
Xu Shu raised his head slightly, glanced around, and found that there was no one there, so he said, "Kong Ming is indeed extraordinary, but the Huang girl is not an unintelligent person. The two of them can only be said to complement each other. Furthermore, the Huang family in Jing The relationship between Xiang and Xiang is complicated, and the marriage between Kong Ming and the Huang family of Jing and Xiang is also the hope of the Zhuge family... What is the importance of being ugly or not?!"
"...So you've been talking for a long time about whether it's ugly or not!" Zhang Xi said impatiently.
Who cares about this anymore.
Who doesn’t know that Zhuge Liang married Huang Yueying with the intention of marrying each other? Why do we care about these things? We are not going to work to make analysis reports for Liu Bei.
This is gossip, the question of whether the wife of Prime Minister Zhuge, who is famous in the history of gossip, is ugly or not, okay? !
Xu Shu also struggled for a long time and finally came to such a conclusion.
"In terms of facial features, although she is not as good as my wife, she is still decent... her skin is dark and yellow, and her body is thin... Well, she is not as tall as my wife!"
I'll go fuck myself!
Good guy, we've only known each other for a few days, but you're so good at protecting food and so good at spreading dog food? !
Your wife is not nearby either, so who are you showing off to? ?
Zhang Xi was so angry that he ignored this guy. He stood up and cupped his hands to say goodbye and went home.
Zhang Xi feels that he has got the answer to the question of whether Huang Yueying is ugly or not.
Let Xu Shu tell the truth, that is, although she is not as beautiful as Mrs. Xu, she is not ugly either. Coupled with her intelligence, she can be said to be a good match for Zhuge Liang.
The only shortcomings are that his hair is a little yellower, his skin is a little darker, and his figure is a little thinner... Well, if you think about it this way, it does not conform to the aesthetics of this era, and it may not conform to the aesthetics of modern people.
Zhang Xi has seen what people with dark and sallow skin look like in this era. If he goes to Xinye Street and picks up any half-year-old child from a civilian family, they all look like this.
It's really not Indian style, it's just long-term exposure to the sun and malnutrition.
Although Zhang Xi didn't understand how the daughter of a wealthy Jingxiang family could be the same as a child from a commoner family, but if her skin was dark and yellow according to her perception, Zhuge Liang's wife was indeed not beautiful.
If you think about it carefully, Zhuge Liang didn't take a concubine and have children until he was fifty years old... I have to say that Huang Yueying really may have a physical problem.
Anyway, Zhang Xi finally solved a puzzle and returned home easily.
But when I get home, I can’t relax anymore.
"Master, you are back?!"
Fortunately, as soon as he entered the door, Xiao Qibao took the initiative to come over and greet him.
But Zhang Xi has been a little scared when seeing Xiao Qibao recently and wants to hide away.
The reason was simple. Xiao Qibao felt that Zhang Xi's family should have a mistress, so he went out and asked around if there were any girls from wealthy families waiting to be married nearby.
It was not his place as a servant to ask about this matter, but Xiao Qibao felt that he was the butler of Zhang Xi's family. His master was busy with official affairs, so he had to share his worries.
Besides, when Zhang Xi came out to separate the family, none of the elders in the family came with him. Zhang Xi made the decision in everything. This kind of thing only requires Zhang Xi's nod.
So Xiao Qibao has been asking everywhere recently. He has asked so much that even the village elders of Dengjia Village know about it. Occasionally, he meets Zhang Xi during the day and asks about it.
And Xiao Qibao went even further.
Now when he comes home from get off work every day, the first thing Xiao Qibao does when he meets him is to introduce to him that there is a lady somewhere, and listen to what others say...
Good guy, Zhang Xi has heard of children being forced to marry by their parents, but this is the first time he has heard of a master being forced to marry by a servant.
Reprimand Xiao Qibao. Xiao Qibao was in tears and kept talking to Zhang Xi about the benefits of having a mistress at home. He looked like "I am a loyal servant" and you couldn't help but go too far. Harsh.
Just one thing, Xiao Qibao didn't do very well.
Xiao Qibao saw that Zhang Xi always didn't care about him looking for a mistress, so he simply said that if Zhang Xi didn't want to find a mistress now, he could also bring Xiao Ba into the room first and temporarily act as a mistress for a while... .... Zhang Xi was so angry that he almost beat Xiao Qibao.
That's human language, Xiaoba is only thirteen years old this year, okay!
So, Zhang Xi has nothing to do with Xiao Qibao. If he doesn't listen to scolding and can't talk, it's better to hide.
