MTL - Farmer of Shu Han-Chapter 1279 lost heart

  Chapter 1279 Heart Lost

  Xiahouzhu winked at Xiahouwei.

  Xia Houwei understood, turned around and walked to the door, looked left and right to make sure there was no one there, and then closed the door tightly.

   "At dusk today, just before the city gate was locked, two caravans left the city from Xiyang Gate and Dongyang Gate."

  Although there were no outsiders, Xia Houmao still lowered his voice, "At that time, you can dress up in disguise and follow the caravan at Dongyangmen to leave Luoyang."

   After a pause, he said something special, "Don't worry, the caravan is under the banner of Sima Mansion, and no one will stop it."

   Rao is Xia Houxuan, no matter how much he pays attention to the collapse of Mount Tai in front of his eyes without changing his expression, he is also a little startled when he hears Xia Houzhu's words:

   "Sima Mansion? Taifu Mansion?"

   These words seemed to have scratched Xia Houmao's itch, but seeing a slightly smug expression on his face: "Exactly!"

  Xia Houxuan frowned:

   "How can the caravan sent by my uncle be able to hang the banner of the Taifu Mansion? Isn't this a dead end?"

  In today's Luoyang City, every gate is guarded by the Sima family's cronies, how can you not recognize other people pretending to be?

   No matter how urgently he escaped from Luoyang City, he would not use such inferior means.

   "No, no!" Xia Houmao's face became more smug, "It's not that the caravans in my house privately hang the banner of the Taifu's house, but this is the request of the Taifu's house."

"What's the meaning?"

   Are the Sima brothers crazy?

  Hanging up your own banner, sending someone out of the city?

   Self-anti-self?

  Xia Houmao smiled:

   "Your uncle and I have no other skills, but the ability to manage the property is something few people can match."

   "For so many years, Da...ahem, the good things from the Han country that entered the Kanto must have my credit."

   "I think back then, even the first emperor asked me to find a way to raise raw materials for the army..."

  Although he embezzled the military rations in Guanzhong in his early years, which delayed the battle of Longyou.

   But didn’t the first emperor just transfer himself out of Guanzhong, and even sent himself to Duqing and Xu Erzhou in the end? (Chapter 659)

Why?

   Isn't it because of your own ability to do business?

  Take good things and sell them in the east, which can not only help appease and make good relations with the Kanto family, but also take the opportunity to raise money and food.

  It's a pity that I escaped the first calamity, but I couldn't escape the second calamity.

  Tai Chu offended Cao Rui by not giving the emperor face in public.

  Zhongquan (that is, Xiahouba) "voted to the enemy country" again. I heard that Xiaoguan's 100,000 troops were almost wiped out in the first battle, precisely because of his responsibility.

  I, who was dedicated to doing business conscientiously in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, was recalled to Luoyang inexplicably by Cao Rui who turned over the old account of selling military rations in Guanzhong one day.

  Since then, the Xiahou clan has declined.

   into his mother's!

  When you need to use your Ah Weng, you will act magnanimous, and when you don't need to use your Ah Weng, you will turn your face and deny anyone.

   It's your Cao family's betrayal!

   "Time is urgent, don't be too long-winded, get to the point, get to the point!"

   After closing the door, Xia Houwei turned back and reminded Xia Houmao.

  Xia Houmao, who was about to sigh, felt a little resentful, so he had to swallow the extra words:

   "Anyway, you also know that I actually have some business channels in the Han country, and many of the rich families in Qingzhou and Xuzhou also have good friends with me."

   "Do you think that over the past few years, Sima Yi has more than 100,000 or 200,000 horses, guarding here in Henan, and has no shortage of food and clothing. They are all provided by Taicang and Xuchang?"

   "In fact, there is me in it, and my credit!"

  Xia Houmao pointed to his nose:

   "Over the years, the caravans in my house have exchanged things, except for the tense wars that cannot pass the pass, and there is little rest throughout the year. In fact, they are all used to make money for the Sima family to support soldiers."

  Xia Houmao was a little aggrieved when he mentioned this matter:

   "Sima Yi is not a good guy either. He used my family's caravan to transport rare items from the west, and then sold them in Shandong and Hebei under the name of the Sima family."

   "Not only did he earn money and food, but he also took the opportunity to secretly inform the rich and powerful. I really don't know! If not, he could have taken Jizhou so easily..."

   "Okay! It's over!" Xia Houwei drank softly, interrupting Xia Houmao's words again, "Get to the point!"

  Xia Houmao let out a dissatisfied "tsk" and choked out a sentence:

   "The point is, this time, there is a batch of goods that are going to be sent to the east, and they are in a hurry. There is also a caravan that wants to try their luck in the west."

   Speaking of this, Xia Houmao couldn't help but complained again:

   "I reckon, it should be after Sima Yi won Jizhou, so I want to test the reaction of the three aristocratic families in Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Xuzhou."

  Xia Houwei glanced at Xia Houmao, this time, he didn't interrupt Xiahoumao's words.

  Because he felt that Xia Houmao's words were quite reasonable.

  No matter what reason Sima Yi took Jizhou, it is an unchangeable fact that he did not get the emperor's edict beforehand.

   If you say that before, Sima Yi and the general had some concerns, and they were a little secretive.

  Then the incident in Jizhou this time almost made the conflict public.

   This also means that Wei's internal struggle has reached a feverish stage, forcing all parties to prepare to stand in line.

   "Now Sima Yi is not in Luoyang, and Sima Shi is too sick to be in charge. The person in charge is Sima Zhao."

   "Sima Zhao is not as talented as his brother, and not as vicious as his brother. He has the heart to do great things, but he has no decisions about his likes and dislikes."

  Xia Houmao became more and more excited as he talked:

   "These days, Luoyang has been chaotic and chaotic. Who is missing? This is the first time he took over the matter. He probably has no clue and can only follow the old routine. This gave us a rare good opportunity."

  Don't look at Xia Houmao all these years, he only knows how to do business to make money for the Sima family, but in fact he has used this relationship to inquire into many ways in secret.

   For a long time, Sima Yi focused on cultivating Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao was at most just running errands under orders.

   Now that Sima Zhao has suddenly taken power, he doesn't have much practical experience at all, and he is already in a hurry.

  The Han army in the west will come to the city at any time, and the east will help Sima Yi win over the aristocratic family. How can Sima Zhao have time to study and prepare slowly?

   As far as Sima Yi is concerned, Luoyang City is just a tasteless city anyway, and he doesn't feel bad even if his son ruins it.

  If you can’t play badly, maybe you can still practice your hands and accumulate some experience.

  As the saying goes, a wise man will lose something if he worries a lot, and a fool will gain something if he worries a lot.

  For a novice like Sima Zhao, in the face of the current situation, it is almost natural for him to make mistakes in his busy schedule.

  The king of the country, Xia Houmao, has been running the rat road for many years. At this time, seeing the light of hope in the gap ahead, he naturally wants to drill hard.

   "That's right." Xiahouwei said, "We and the Xiahou clan have been trapped in Luoyang for a long time, and we wanted to leave but were unable to get there."

   "Seeing that the army of western thieves is coming sooner or later, I am afraid that staying here will be more dangerous. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, it is better to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible."

  When Xia Houxuan heard this, his calm and indifferent expression finally changed.

  Different from Xia Houxuan’s resentment towards Cao, although Xia Houxuan once offended Cao Rui, and because of his identity as the leader of metaphysics, he was implicated in the "Fashion Case", which led to the suppression of the entire Cao Rui era.

  But Cao Shuang, the general who is in charge of state affairs now, is his cousin!

  After Cao Shuang came to power, he repeatedly asked Sima Yi for someone. For this reason, he even pinched his nose and promoted Sima Shi and Sima Zhao. It can be seen that he still values ​​Xia Houxuan, his cousin.

  However, Xia Houxuan's reputation was too great, and Sima Yi was also afraid that Xia Houxuan would go to assist Cao Shuang and make a bad start for the scholars of the world, so he was reluctant to agree to let him go.

   Now that he has the opportunity to leave Luoyang for Xuchang and show off his ambition, it is impossible to say that Xia Houxuan is not tempted.

   It's just that after a rare agitation appeared on his face, it quickly disappeared.

  Then they unexpectedly shook their heads:

   "No, I can't go."

  Xiahouzhu and Xiahouwei were stunned and asked in unison:

   "Why?"

  Xia Houxuan let out a long sigh:

   "The Sima family is very strict with me. If I follow, I'm afraid they will find out before I leave Luoyang."

   "When the time comes, not only will I not be able to leave, but I'm afraid the two uncles will also be unable to leave."

   It was originally Cao Rui's intention that the Xiahou clan be trapped in Luoyang.

  The biggest trigger is Xiahouba's "thieves casting".

  So when Cao Rui was here, the Xiahouwei family was the most strictly guarded.

  Later, under the strong pressure of General Guan, Cao Rui fled to Luoyang. After Luoyang was taken over by Sima Yi, the personnel who monitored Xiahouwei's clan were a little embarrassed.

  Until Cao Rui died of illness, Sima Yi and Cao Shuang divided Luoyang and Xuchang, and Sima Yi apparently had to follow Cao Rui's legacy.

  In fact, in order to strengthen his control over Luoyang, it would be a ghost to let the people left behind by Cao Rui stay safe.

   Xia Houba betrayed Cao Wei, what does it have to do with me, Sima Yi?

   On the contrary, it is the people who the emperor stayed behind to monitor, who have been staying under my nose, making people feel even more uncomfortable.

   After all, if you can monitor the Xiahou family, you can also monitor the Sima family, right?

  So the monitoring of Xia Houwei's family became less and less, and more and more relaxed.

   Not to mention Xia Houmao.

   He had already made atonement in Qingxu Erzhou, but he didn't expect to be involved.

   Later, they flattered Sima Shi, not to mention being trusted by Sima Shi, but after kneeling and licking for so many years, at least Sima Yi and his son would not be too wary of Xia Houmao.

   On the contrary, it was Xia Houxuan, who at first was hated by Cao Rui, but at least still had the position of Habayashi Supervisor.

   At most, it is just not to be promoted, not to the point of being guarded.

  Unexpectedly, after Cao Rui's death, because of his great reputation and close relationship with Cao Shuang, he was tabooed by the Sima family and was closely monitored.

  Thinking about these, Xia Houxuan only felt that there is nothing more absurd in this world than this.

  I wanted to enter the court and serve the country, but I was guarded in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty.

  Da Wei, what happened?

   As soon as he thought of this, Xia Houxuan's originally joyful mood disappeared without a trace, and was replaced by sadness.

  I saw him say to Xia Houmao:

   "I am grateful for my uncle's kindness. Xuan thanked me here, but I'm afraid I won't be able to leave. If my uncle can take pity on my lineage, please **** my wife and children to leave Luoyang. Xuan is under the yellow soil. I also appreciate the great kindness."

  Unexpectedly, when Xia Houmao heard this, his face changed slightly, and his expression was a little embarrassed:

   "Well, cough, Taichu, this time, we will go separately. I plan to go with the caravan at Xiyangmen."

   "How about, how about this, you entrust your wife and children to Ji Quan and let him take them to Xuchang."

  Hearing what Xia Houzhen said, Xia Houxuan couldn't react immediately:

   "Uncle, if you go out from Xiyang Gate, you are heading west. If you want to go to Xuchang, you have to go around Luoyang at least again. Not only is it a waste of time, but it also delays the journey."

   "If you are chased by Sima's men, you probably won't be able to escape..."

  Xia Houzhen's eyes wandered, and he didn't dare to look directly at Xia Houxuan, but said with some guilt:

   "You don't have to worry about me, I have my own way, and everyone is going together, the risk is too high, it is better to go separately."

  Xia Houxuan instinctively felt that something was wrong when he heard Xia Houmao's words, and then saw the other party's expression.

  He seemed to have thought of something, straightened his body suddenly, and stared at Xia Houmao:

   "Uncle, you...couldn't you...you are going to cast a thief!?"

  Probably because this matter was too frightening, even Xia Houxuan's face changed drastically at this time, no matter how much he paid attention to the detachment of body and mind.

   "What to vote for, what to vote for a thief, I am not a thief, I am a refuge, a refuge, a refuge, understand!"

  Being called by Xia Houxuan to ruin his plan, Xia Houzhen simply stopped pretending:

   "I heard that Zhongquan (that is, Xiahouba) has always been very good in the Han Dynasty. I am going to join him, and taking refuge in him is not considered a traitor..."

   Speaking of the latter, he muttered an indistinct sentence.

   Still voting for thieves?

   With the current situation in the world, it is still unknown who will be the thief in the end!

   "Uncle!" At this time, Xia Houxuan no longer cared about self-cultivation, he stepped forward a little excitedly, "Our Xiahou family, since the beginning of Emperor Wu's rebellion, has shared honor and disgrace with the Cao family, and lived and died together."

   "After the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the favor of our Xiahou clan was even greater. Now that the country is in trouble, uncle, you don't want to repay the country's favor, but go to surrender to the bandits."

   "I'm sorry to the Great Wei Houen, I'm sorry to Xiahou Xiangong, and I'm hurting my tribe, you, you, you, how can you do this?"

  If it wasn't for the fact that the other party was his uncle, Xia Houxuan would have scolded him like a beast, caring about human relations, and ignorant of justice.

   "Complaints? What troubles! My two good brothers, when they falsely accused me, did they ever think that they would kill me?"

  It’s okay not to mention the tribe, but when it comes to the tribe, Xia Houmao suddenly becomes a little irritable:

   "I don't go west. Do I want to go east to Xuchang to find that poisonous woman? How is that different from seeking death? Instead of going to Xuchang to seek death, I might as well stay in Luoyang and wait for death!"

  The "poisonous woman and lowly maidservant" that Xia Houzhen talked about was naturally his own titular princess, Princess Qinghe—now she should be called Princess Qinghe.

  In the early years, Princess Qinghe, out of jealousy and hatred, once conspired with Xia Houmao's two younger brothers to frame Xiahoumao for crimes.

   Coupled with the matter of selling grain in Chang'an, Xia Houmao was almost killed by Cao Rui's edict.

  After this incident, Xia Houmao and Princess Qinghe turned against each other.

  One who has become more and more serious about keeping a beautiful girl, and one who is unwilling to be lonely and takes care of a face.

  As for Xia Houmao and his two brothers, they are basically strangers.

   This is almost a taboo pain that cannot be mentioned in front of Xia Houmao.

  Cao Rui made a hasty tour to the east, and after Xuchang died of illness, the Cao family members who stayed in Luoyang were basically Sima's political hostages.

  Under such circumstances, Princess Qinghe, who ranks high in the clan, is naturally panic-stricken and has been seeking to go to Xuchang. (chapters 1083 and 1087)

  Anyway, I don't know what method she used to make Taifufu let go, and finally got what she wanted.

  Although it is said that Princess Qinghe was implicated a lot last year because her retainer was a thief.

   But Cao Shuang did not overly pursue the responsibility of the eldest princess.

  After all, it is the most common thing that the Han, Wei and Wu kingdoms send secret works to each other.

  No one can guarantee when and where the enemy's secret operations will appear.

  Yinfan, who was sent by the first emperor to Wu Kou, and Guo Xun, who was sent by Sima Yi to the Western Thieves, which one did not make great achievements in the enemy's country?

  In addition to this factor, there is another more important reason that cannot be said:

  If it weren't for the thieves and spies in the Dachang Princess' mansion, Sima Yi lost Luoyang's last barrier, Shaanxi, making Luoyang defenseless.

   I am afraid that if you lose General Cao in Xiangyang, you will be criticized by thousands of people.

  So after this incident, Princess Qinghe was questioned by Cao Shuang in the name of the emperor's edict, and Tang Muyi was cut down, and she was banned from the mansion. This matter is over.

   After all, no matter how high the status of General Cao is, he is also the clan of Cao.

  As for the seniority of the eldest princess in the clan, few people can compare.

   In addition, she is not like the queen mother, who poses a threat to General Cao's dictatorship.

  So naturally it is a small punishment and a big warning!

  Xiahoumao is different.

  He fled to Xuchang at this time, just like a lost dog.

  The Eldest Princess is mainly resentful towards him, and Cao Shuang will probably treat it as if he didn't see any tricks.

   At that time, Xia Houmao may be as he said, no different from seeking death.

  He is greedy for money and does not understand military strategy, but he is not a fool.

  Xia Houxuan was taken aback when he heard what Xia Houzhen said, and then saw the other party's appearance.

  Just now he was in a hurry, but he forgot this section.

   Subconsciously looked at Xia Houwei next to him.

  Xia Houwei smiled wryly, shook his head and remained silent.

   Obviously, before coming here, he and Xia Houmao probably had some discussions and even arguments.

  Xia Houxuan slumped to the ground, feeling a sense of sadness gradually filling his chest, and murmured:

   "How could this be? How could this be..."

  Da Wei, why did he become like this?

  There was a minister who ordered the Pei family to surrender to the bandits, and now the Xiahou family, who shared weal and woe with the Cao family, fled westward. What happened to the Great Wei?

   Xia Houwei was silent and could not answer.

  He had already argued with Xia Houmao about this question, and at the same time asked himself, but he also didn't get an answer. (Chapter 1123)

   It was Xia Houmao, who broke the pot, sat down with an indifferent face, and poured a cup of tea to drink.

how so?

  Of course it is a fixed body question!

  There must be something wrong with the Great Wei’s system. If not, how could the Great Wei, which was so close to unifying the world, start to fall apart in less than twenty years, and the hearts of the people were scattered?

  For Xia Houmao, the so-called eldest princess was just an excuse for him not to go to Xuchang.

   At least in Luoyang, you can do some business with the big man. Although it is to help Sima make money, but with the convenience of a caravan, you can naturally enjoy a lot of good things from the big man on weekdays.

  What is there in Xuchang?

  Going to Xuchang, the business will definitely not be able to be done, and the hundreds of beauties in the house can't be brought over. What's the point of waiting for others to give away some leftovers all day long?

  Zhongquan was captured by a big man before the battle, and he can live happily there. My dignified son-in-law of the big Wei took the initiative to run over, could it be worse?

  Even if it’s leftovers, Dahan’s is better than Dawei’s!

  Xiahoumao still has a secret hidden in his heart that no one can tell:

  Over the years, the caravans in my house have been able to bring back so many good things from the big man. Is it really because he gave me face?

   Someone must have set me up secretly!

  When the first emperor was around, the story of the eldest princess raising a noodle head was circulated in the elite circles, making Xia Houzhu a joke.

  The dignified son-in-law of Wei, can't do anything to the eldest princess, can't he also deal with a little boy with no foundation who escaped from the west?

   As long as Xia Houmao can go all out, even if he beats the other party to death in the street, the eldest princess probably doesn't dare to make this matter a big deal.

  In addition to the nasty things that the eldest princess did before, with Cao Rui's temperament, it is impossible to blame the eldest princess.

  But Xia Houmao didn't do anything, but endured it.

   Not only did I endure it, but I endured it for many years.

Why?

  It's just a poisonous woman and a lowly maidservant, who can play as soon as she is played by others. How can she be compared with the trading channels of big men?

  PS: The 5,500-word chapter is not short, is it?

  (end of this chapter)