Chapter 383 Universal Celebration [Subscription Request]

The Cao Mansion has a secret guard team, divided into two parts: men and women, who serve the relatives in the mansion.

Diao Chan received the news in mid-April and left Yecheng for the south. Accompanied by the female guards from the inner court, she approached Pengze in mid-May.

When we were near the county, we heard a tiger's roar, which was deafening.

Diao Chan lifted the car curtain, revealing a face that was both angry and happy.

Two figures ran out from the county ahead.

One is red as fire, the other is as howling as a strong wind.

In front is Red Hare and behind is Tiger.

When Diao Chan got off the carriage, Red Hare had already run close by, lowered its neck, and stretched its big horse face in front of Diao Chan, breathing heavily, and its clear horse eyes were full of joy.

Yin followed closely behind, blocking the way, pushing Red Hare behind him, and using his big head to push forward.

Diao Chan patted the heads of the two good guys and looked back with happy eyes.

Cao Cao seemed to appear out of nowhere and stood not far away.

Diao Chan threw Yin and Chitu down, lifted her skirt, and trotted over: "Husband, I miss you so much."

The latter sentence was spoken in a low voice.

Cao Cao had been away from home for four or five months since he left Yecheng.

He also whispered something in her ear, and Diao Chan's face instantly turned red. She nodded slightly and hummed softly.

Cao Cao waved his sleeves lightly, and Diao Chan felt as if she was flying in the clouds, and soon returned to the small courtyard of the county government office.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu both showed up and greeted, "Madam."

"I'll give you half a day off, so you can move freely."

Cao Cao's subtext is Diao Chan is here, don't disturb me.

The two agreed in unison and came to the outer courtyard, standing guard at the door like door gods. They also asked people to prepare donkey ears, pig ears, horse ears, pig tails, pig trotters and other things, and cook them over a low heat until they were soft and boneless.

Two stewed geese, boiled donkey meat, and about a hundred buns per person were served one after another and we simply ate a bite.

Inner house.

Pengze County is not large, but there is a warm pool behind the government office that is warm all year round.

Boss Cao was lying in the warm pool with his arms and legs spread out and his eyes closed.

Yao Jing and Diao Chan, wearing thin inner linings, stood on the left and right.

When the couple got together, Boss Cao planned to act stupid for a while.

Diao Chan and Yao Jing wanted to go back to their rooms and act separately. But they were soon brutally suppressed and became as fast as a rabbit...

Boss Cao carried them back to the couch with swaying steps, and they kept meeting each other on the narrow road until late at night.

When the two women fell asleep on the couch, Cao Cao was still refreshed and full of energy.

the next morning.

The two girls tacitly pretended that what happened last night had never happened.

Diao Chan began to busy herself with counting the various things that were to be stored in the inner treasury.

Some of the artifacts confiscated from the homes of Jiangdong nobles were of rare origin and in large quantities.

Yao Jing has already made a preliminary arrangement.

The two women worked together to record, organize and store the things in the inner storehouse.

Cao Cao, on the other hand, was quite relaxed and looked at the situation from the side.

Yao Jing was wearing a light rouge-colored Han skirt, with a graceful figure, cool and quiet.

Diao Chan was wearing a fiery red dress with a white double-breasted collar, which was the only color other than red. Her skin was as white as fresh snow and she was extremely charming.

Near noon, Cao Cao came to the quiet room alone and took out the Mountain and River Mirror to take a look.

Inside the large cauldron reflected in the mirror, the aura flows like a long river.

“It seems to have increased a bit…”

[The luck in the tripod echoes the heaven and earth. Sending the emperor's luck into the mountain and river mirror, you can see the changes in the luck of the nine states.]

The entry gives a hint.

Cao Cao was somewhat suspicious that the large tripod he saw in the mirror was the Jiuzhou Tripod in ancient legends.

He put away the Mountain and River Mirror, immersed his thoughts into his body, and observed the situation of the Secret Armor Beast.

In the past four or five months, the Taoist sect, Li Wufang, and Ling Jin have also made considerable gains in the Qin Mausoleum.

Cao Cao was busy taking back Jiangdong and did not pay much attention to the progress in the tomb.

I checked it several times during this period and I know the general changes over the past few months.

Ling Jin, the old Taoist priest, and Li Wufang used the black bird coffin. The first time they entered it, they encountered unknown things one after another.

Including the strange shadow-like existence lying on the coffin.

Later, the coffin drifted in the darkness and entered a certain area, and the strange shadow disappeared.

'He' seemed to be quite afraid of some places in the dark.

For a period of time thereafter, Ling Jin and the other two felt that the Xuanniao Coffin had been moving according to an unknown law.

I don’t know how much time passed.

When the coffin came to a stop.

The three people came out of the coffin, only to find that they were back at the entrance of the Qinling Tomb.

The darkness in the tomb pushed the Xuanniao coffin back to its original position.

After that, the three of them experienced entering the tomb for the second time.

The process is the same as the first time.

By the third time, things changed.

The three of them adjusted their method and would get out of the coffin and push the outer coffin every once in a while to deflect the undercurrent in the tomb and avoid returning to the exit.

This time, the three entered an unknown area of ​​the tomb.

Cao Cao contacted them when they were away from the tomb.

Ling Jin said that they were in the tomb and heard strange noises, as if something was fighting in the darkness, and the sound of metal clashing.

It felt like I had entered an ancient battlefield.

The black bird coffin drifted in the darkness for a long time, and all kinds of strange noises were heard.

Ling Jin said the sound that impressed him the most was very similar to the legendary dragon's roar.

Although he had never heard a dragon's roar, he felt that the sound was the roar of a dragon, powerful and loud, with a mighty force like the collapse of heaven and earth. Along with the roar, there seemed to be the vibration of chains.

The three of them also vaguely saw a body as huge as a mountain stirring the darkness deep in the tomb.

Ling Jin felt that it was a dragon!

When the three people came to their senses from their shock, they found that there was a pale hand outside the black bird coffin, resting on the edge of the coffin.

The old Taoist in the coffin suddenly cried out, and took out the Falling Moon Pearl given by Cao Cao, dispelled the darkness, and saw the owner of the hand.

It was a Taoist priest, carrying another coffin on his back.

This Taoist is exactly the Taoist master they are looking for.

He was also attracted by the noise made by the huge dragon-like thing in the darkness, and came to this area and found the coffins of three people.

"You have this bead, which can dispel the darkness. I can then find the path outside the Qinling Tomb and get out of the tomb." said Dao Zun.

At the beginning of May, the group found the exit of the Qin Mausoleum and successfully escaped.

After that, Dao Zun entered the tomb again with the help of the three.

Ling Jin told Cao Cao that they followed the Taoist Master into a special area and found some incredible things.

Right now, Dao Zun, Ling Jin and others are preparing to leave Qinling Mountains.

I will be able to return to Yecheng around June.

Cao Cao also became very interested and prepared to go back to meet the Taoist Master.

Does this extremely mysterious Taoist know the origins of Tomb No. 4?
If he knows anything related to Tomb No. 4, countless secrets will be revealed from him.

Late May.

Diao Chan recorded and sorted out the many artifacts confiscated from Jiangdong, and followed Cao Cao on the journey back to Yecheng with a full load.

Cao Cao was accompanied back with surrendered ministers such as Sun Quan.

……

There are many aristocratic families in Jiangdong, headed by four surnames, namely Gu, Lu, Zhu and Zhang.

Historically, starting from the middle period of Sun Quan's reign, the heads of his civil and military officials were Gu Yong from the Gu family and Lu Xun from the Lu family.

The two families respectively controlled the civil and military power of Eastern Wu, which shows their power.

There is even a saying that the four surnames and the Sun family jointly ruled Jiangdong.

Without the four surnames, Sun Quan would not be able to completely control Jiangdong.

For Sun Quan, the Four Surnames are still his biggest "political enemies". If he is not careful, they will become puppets and be sidelined!
At present, two of these four surnames have been uprooted by Cao Cao and collapsed.

They are the Gu family and the Lu family among the four surnames.

All four families called on the Jiangdong gentry to support the Battle of Chibi, and then gathered troops in Jianye.

When Zhang Liao attacked Jianye, the heads of the Gu and Lu families were in Jianye, and thus fell into the hands of Cao's army and became prisoners.

The remaining Zhu and Zhang families, along with many Jiangdong gentry, rushed to Yizhou without stopping.

These Jiangdong nobles hated and feared Cao Wei.

Their century-long business was wiped out in one day, and they had to flee thousands of miles for their lives.

If the war is lost, everything will be lost.

All the property, house deeds and land deeds accumulated over hundreds of years, became the spoils of the victor.

Cao Wei not only killed and confiscated a large number of gentry, but also returned the land occupied by the gentry to the people.

Cao Wei used the wealth accumulated by the gentry over hundreds of years to quickly gain a good reputation in Jiangdong and win the support of the people.

Cao Wei took all the good things, and the gentry had to bear the blame.

"If we hadn't moved quickly this time, we would have been killed by Cao Wei's fierce soldiers."

"Cao Cao was born in a family of eunuchs, and he only knows how to kill. Sooner or later, he will suffer the consequences and die a miserable death."

The leader of the Jiangdong gentry at the moment is Zhu Li, the head of the Zhu family who was the first to escape to Yizhou and had already met Liu Bei.

His son was Zhu Huan, a famous official of Eastern Wu in history.

Zhu Ju, the General of Cavalry of Eastern Wu, also came from the Zhu family.

His grandson would succeed Zhou Yu as the Grand Commander of Eastern Wu and be given the title of General Zhennan.

Zhu Li was in his prime, forty-seven years old.

He had a square face, and was playing with a pair of jade cicadas in his hands. He sat behind a low seat and said in a deep voice:
"Revenge on Cao Wei is a matter for the future. For now, we must unite and gain a firm foothold in Yizhou.

Cao Cao has taken over Jiangdong. As long as the situation in Jiangdong stabilizes, he will definitely attack Yizhou and complete the unification."

"We must do our best to help Yizhou strengthen its power and resist Cao Wei."

"Otherwise, even if we escape from Jiangdong temporarily, we will soon be conquered by Cao Wei again. If Yizhou is defeated again, we will have nowhere to go."

The head of another family, Zhang Family's patriarch Zhang Huan, had a long face and gloomy eyes:
"I have some means that can deal with Cao Wei now, and at the same time delay the time for Cao Wei to attack Yizhou, which is very beneficial to us."

"What can you do?"

"Contact the Xianbei in the north. I know a route used for trade. It is the least guarded. If the Xianbei cavalry suddenly attacks this route, they will surely break through Cao Wei's defenses and inflict heavy damage on Cao Wei."

"I also know a group of people who are good at setting up schemes..."

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Cao Cao returned to Yecheng in mid-June.

At this time, the whole city of Ye was celebrating the fact that Wei had taken over Jiangdong and its power had increased.

Many people who had close ties with Cao Wei came from all over the place, creating a sense of universal celebration.

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