Chapter 223 Leaving Chang'an
Chapter 223 Li Chang'an
Tong Yan Wuji, the little girl is ignorant and said something in the car again. Zhang Wen is quite old and can't open the car door, go in and catch the little girl out, and educate him, so he can only pretend not to hear it, and he dare not offend Wenrou now. Without knowing whether Li Qin is dead or alive, how dare he offend Li Qin's unmarried wife!
Zhang Wen was a mature man and knew very well that he could yell at Cao Cao and blame Cao Cao for his crimes, but he must not offend the people of the Fujiao Army. It is true that he is the Sili School Captain, but in Li Qin's eyes, he was afraid that he was nothing. Not to mention Li Qin, even the generals of the Fujiao Army did not take him seriously. They dared to lead the army into Sizhou. This is enough to show that they did not treat him as the Sili School Captain at all!
Zhang Wen was scolded by the little girl and had no choice but to listen. He stayed away from the gentle car and went to see Cao Cao. He didn't ask Cao Cao's background, but he didn't need to ask. He just listened with his ears, so naturally his subordinates asked him.
However, after walking ten miles, Cao Cao's family background was found out. It was mainly Cao Cao's family generals. They were afraid that Zhang Wen would hurt Cao Cao again, so they quickly told Cao Cao's family background, hoping to shock Zhang Wen and not go too far.
When Zhang Wen learned that Cao Cao was actually Cao Song's son, he hesitated a little, not knowing whether he should use Cao Cao as a scapegoat. It would be impossible for him to be afraid of Cao Song. He is the Sili School Captain, a general with real power, and the highest military officer in the local area. Although Cao Song is the Grand Marshal of the court, this position was bought with money. He is just a short Grand Marshal and has no real power. He and Cao Song are incomparable in power.
But even if he was not afraid of Cao Song, he could not do too much to Cao Cao. After all, Cao Song himself could not suppress his power. However, Cao Song knew many people and had good relationships with many high-ranking officials in the court. People and relationships were not useful, but at a critical moment, they were not only useful, but also very useful.
Zhang Wen was embarrassed, what should I do? Using Cao Cao as a scapegoat is probably due to endless troubles. If Cao Cao is killed, would Cao Song have to fight his life with him? Otherwise, after returning, we will discuss with Gai Xun. Gai Xun can become the Jingzhao Yin, and his power is only greater than that of him. It is still necessary to have him share some of the troubles in the past.
Along the way, he was no longer embarrassed by Cao Cao. On the contrary, he was much more polite. He should give him food and loosen his ties. Anyway, he was not afraid that Cao Cao would run away. He had to be relieved in terms of face.
When he returned to Chang'an, Zhang Wen told Gai Xun about the matter and said Wen Rou again. Of course, he would not ask Wen Rou personally, but Cao Cao's generals all said it, saying how Wen Rou was so cruel that he said it in jealousy. Even Zhang Wen was afraid of it. After arranging a residence for Wen Rou, he would not dare to go and see it no matter how good she looked.
After listening to Zhang Wen's narration, Gai Xun said, "This woman is simply an assassin. Is Zhang Rang so confused? Why did he accept such a pampered girl and betroth him to Li Junhou? Isn't this going to harm him?"
"What is vital? It has been harmed, and it is harmed in our jurisdiction!" Zhang Wen said angrily.
Gai Xun swallowed his saliva and said, "You were anxious when you left, and you had to write a memorial. I had no choice but to listen to you, write the memorial and send it to Luoyang. Now, it's better to get a son of the Grand Marshal. What should I do? Before you go to arrest someone, why don't you figure it out? Even Cao Cao's father is not clear, so he caught him. With that memorial, Cao Song won't fight with you for his life, and he will even implicate me!"
Zhang Wen was furious and shouted, "When is it now? We still have to fight in the internal strife! Cao Cao is just a small cavalry captain. When I catch such a guy, I still have to care who his father is!"
Gai Xun sighed and said, "What should we do now? Do we have to send someone to find Li Junhou? We have to meet people alive and see the corpse when we die. Otherwise, we don't have to wait for Cao Song to fight with you, and those horn-helping soldiers will have to fight your life first!"
"You guys...you, I really can't say to you!" Zhang Wen saw Gai Xun insisting on putting the blame on him, but he couldn't say to him. He was so angry that he glared at him, but he had no choice but to do anything.
Gai Xun said again: "That Cao Cao was imprisoned? Otherwise, I think this would be the case. If Jia Xu cares about us, we will hand over the woman and Cao Cao together and let them deal with it themselves. At worst, we can write a memorial to apologize, and then I will tell you about the relationship. Now that the court is employed, it may not be possible to do anything to you!"
Zhang Wen shook his head and said, "Okay, then I'll only take care of this matter, but Jia Xu has to deal with it. I just have to take the blame, and don't care about anything else!"
Gai Xun said happily: "Then let's just say that!" Once someone is willing to take the blame, his head will immediately become flexible. As long as the matter is not related to him, his intelligence will come.
After thinking about it, Gai Xun said, "No, no matter how confused Zhang Rang is, he cannot marry a woman who has defeated so many husbands to Li Qin. I think he was plotted by someone, and the only one who can plot against him is He Jin. Do you think He Jin wants to kill Li Qin? That's why he got into such a thing, and he really made Li Qin ignorant of his life or death?"
Zhang Wen's mind also became clear and nodded, "Yes, after you said this, I understand. We are involved in the whirlpool of the struggle between the two factions. How should we deal with it?"
Gai Xun said: "Of course I'm stuck on the matter. I think Cao Cao can't hand it over to Jia Xu. If he's handing over it, it means we'll join the fight. You and I won't get any benefits, there's no need!"
"Just tell me what to do!" Zhang Wen said vently.
Gai Xun said: "Catch the memorial back immediately. Let's wait and see if it changes, and not interfere with this matter. Then let Cao Cao go to Chang'an quickly with the bride-sending team. Cao Cao is his business if he is willing to go to Liangzhou again. It is his business if he returns to Luoyang. It is his business if Jia Xu leads troops to look for people everywhere. If he doesn't want to find it, no matter if we want that woman, we will say that we have been taken away by Cao Cao. Is he still his business if he can find it?"
Zhang Wen nodded and said, "Anyway, it's their business, it has nothing to do with us. We don't have to be busy anymore. Just watch the wall and pretend to be deaf and dumb, right?"
Gai Xun said: "Yes, this is called governance by inaction, which is the highest level of the way to be an official!"
"Just listen to you, you have the final say!" Zhang Wen said.
Gai Xun suddenly became anxious and said, "Don't let it go, what do you mean by listening to me? I just talk casually, you have to take your ideas. I have never had any opinion on it!"
Zhang Wen was so angry that he cursed in his heart: "Damn, this animal refused to take any responsibility no matter what he said!" He had to say: "Okay, it's all my idea. I like to do nothing the most. This is OK!"
Gai Xun nodded. He ordered someone to let Cao Cao go, invite Wenrou out of the yamen, and then bombard the whole bride-sending team from Chang'an City, pretending that nothing had happened!
The plan is not as fast as the change. Neither Cao Cao nor Jia Xu expected Gai Xun would deal with this matter like this and actually do nothing but do nothing but control. However, this trick of controlling without anything is really good, and he immediately cured Cao Cao and Jia Xu.
Cao Cao was driven out of Chang'an and felt like he had a nightmare. When he woke up, he didn't know what to do. Jia Xu didn't know about this at all and was still leading his troops to Chang'an!
Cao Cao left Chang'an, except for fear, and he suffered no losses. He checked the number of people, no shortage of them, and even more so. He asked what Wenrou should do, and asked through the car. No matter what, when he was arrested, Wenrou said good things for him, so whether he wanted to go to Liangzhou, he had to ask about Wenrou's meaning.
Wenrou didn't know what to do. If Cao Cao didn't ask her, she would really want to go home to find Qiao Xuan. At least she could live a normal life with Qiao Xuan. But when Cao Cao asked her to make an idea, Wenrou would think differently.
Gentle thought: "I have made up for so many marriages, but my fiancé is dead. If I go back, I may have to remarry again in the future. Maybe I will kill others. Maybe I really have no life to get married. Instead of marrying around, it is better to stop here, don't harm others anymore, and just live the rest of my life honestly!"
Wenrou told Cao Cao that she wanted to go to Liangzhou, be a widow for Li Qin, and be Li Qin's vassal. From then on, she settled in Fujiaobao and gave Li Qin's parents his old age to see him off. She accepted this. But one thing she wanted to ask Cao Cao was to send the second Qiao, the eldest and second Qiao back to Luoyang and hand it over to Qiao Xuan. She didn't want the two little girls to suffer with her. They had aunts like themselves, and they would be difficult to get married when they grew up, and maybe their reputation would be affected!
After hearing this, Cao Cao was shocked. This woman had such an idea. He really didn't expect it. Wenrou begged him to bring the second Qiao, the old and the old, back to Luoyang. This is easy. He wants to go back anyway, but Wenrou wants to be a widow for Li Qin, which is difficult to deal with. Li Qin is "dead", and there is no point in sending a bride. From his perspective, he doesn't want to go to Fujiao Fort.
But who asked him to ask? Wenrou gave a clear answer. He had to agree and took the bride-sending team to go to Fujiao Fort, but this time he walked faster!
But as soon as Cao Cao led his team to a hundred miles away, he saw the brigade of Fujiao soldiers passing by. Cao Cao did not dare to go over to meet him immediately. He planned to go to Fujiao Fort to see Li Qin's parents. If he could not contact the generals of Fujiao Army, try to contact as little as possible. If Li Qin is gone, the generals will definitely compete for power and even have internal strife. If he meets Fujiao soldiers who are "angry", he will most likely be "dead first and then report", which is not a matter of calculation.
With the bride-sending team, Cao Cao hid in a small valley and waited for the horn-supporting troops to come out before he dared to come out.
Chapter completed!