[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

But Wei Xu sneered and said: "Gao Shun is loyal to you, but I don't see how you treat me well. Although you and I have marriage relations, it is just a tight string that can be broken at any time. You trust Gao Shunzhi At that time, you called him brother and brother and gave him military power; but since Hao Meng's betrayal, you have become suspicious and repeated, and you are afraid of generals with high meritorious service. Gao Shun has never betrayed, so you can hand over his military power to me. If one day you attack me Doubt, am I the next Gao Shun?"

Lu Bu was dumbfounded.

Chen Gong sternly said: "General, leave me alone, go and defend the city quickly."

Hou Cheng and the others also wanted Lv Bu to leave early and let them go, so when Chen Gong persuaded Lv Bu to leave, no one stopped him.

Lu Bu didn't speak, but lowered his head slightly, and put the halberd behind him, as if he was going to ride his horse and leave.

Hou Cheng and the others breathed a sigh of relief.Before the breath was relieved, suddenly, a silver light flashed on the dark road, and before the three of them had time to panic, their heads died.

Lu Bu rescued Chen Gong and said, "Come with me, I will take you out of the city."

Chen Gong was dragged onto his horse by Lu Bu, and looked wearily at the city that was about to fall: "Where does the general want to go?"

"Kaicheng to release water."

The water poured in from the north gate, and Lu Bu was going to drive his horse to open the south gate, in case the city was flooded and Shui Bo was killed.

Chen Gongdao: "I'm afraid Cao Cao won't let you and me go. The general opens the south gate, and Cao's army can enter the city..."

"But if you don't open the city gates and let the torrents rage, wouldn't you tell everyone to wait to die in the city?"

"The palace is not preventing the general from opening the city. I just want to ask the general: after the opening of the city, are you willing to fight with Cao Jun?"

The red rabbit horse ran fast, but Lu Bu's answer did not come for a long time.

The last trace of devotion that Chen Gong had worked so hard to preserve was slowly extinguished by this silence.

When the gleam in his heart was only one star, Lu Bu suddenly said:

"it is good."

Chen Gong immediately straightened his back: "Gong has a plan, please listen carefully, General."

After listening to Chen Gong's plan, Lu Bu paused for a long time, and slowly expressed his thoughts that he didn't have time to say just now: "Before the 'last stand', please ask Gongtai to come back to the mansion with me, and send you, my wife, and family Take it to a safe place."

Chen Gong was stunned, and tremblingly said: "Soldiers are expensive, general—"

In the end, he fell silent and did not use any words to oppose Lu Bu's decision.

Lu Bu first went to Chen Gong's house to rescue Chen Gong's young and old, and after entrusting them to the nearby soldiers, he rushed to his mansion as quickly as possible, let the servants who had packed up their belongings leave by themselves, and rushed to the house by themselves. Going to the back hall, I want to pull my wife and children away.

Yan called for Qiao Ji and two or three loyal maids, and followed Lu Bu to his shoes, then suddenly grabbed Lu Bu and said:

"Madam Mi—"

Lu Bu paused, a trace of struggle flashed between his brows and eyes.

Yan Shi was also uneasy, she wanted to run away immediately in a panic, but was stopped by kindness and unbearable: "Husband... Mrs. Mi..."

Liu Bei's wife, concubine and children are still in his backyard.

Lu Bu sighed, grasped Yan Shi's hand tightly, and hugged her into his arms: "Madam is very right. Come—"

Two of the remaining ten soldiers were ordered to go to the backyard to find Liu Bei's wives, concubines and children and bring them here.

Chen Gong, who was acting as a background person, hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing.

After waiting for a while, the two soldiers went and returned:

"Return to General, Liu Bei's wife and children are missing!"

Before Lu Bu could speak, Chen Gong took the opportunity to speak, "General, Liu Bei's wife and children must have escaped while they were in disorder—you and I have been here for too long, and things will change if we delay."

Lu Bu no longer hesitated, and ordered his soldiers to take his wife and children away.

Listening to what Lu Bu said inside and outside the meaning, Yan didn't join them, grabbed Lu Bu's wrist and cried:

"Does the general want to abandon his concubine?"

Chen Gong's face suddenly changed: "Ma'am, the general is thinking about Madam's safety, how can you—"

The Yan family ignored Chen Gong and cried to herself: "The former concubine was in Chang'an and was abandoned by the general. Fortunately, Pang Shu rescued him with righteousness[1], and now he abandons the concubine. What's the difference?"

Looking at Lu Bu's expression, Chen Gong knew that he was shaken by Yan Shi's words, and the problem of "repetition" broke out again, and he stomped his feet angrily.

"General, do you want to follow Xiang Ji (Xiang Yu)?"

Lu Bu's head was as big as a bucket, and he said in a muffled voice, "Let me think again!"

Before he could come up with a trick, news came that Chen Yuanlong (Chen Deng) and his father Chen Gui conspired to rebel, killed the garrison at the city gate, and opened the west gate to let Cao Jun in.

Lu Bu almost lost his grip on the halberd, and sighed, "It's all over."

Chen Gong's face was numb, not in the mood to reply to Lu Bu's words, he found a step and sat down awkwardly.

At Yinshi, Lu Bu led his troops to surrender.

Before being tied up and sent to Cao Cao's camp, Chen Gong whispered to Lv Bu: "General Nian will come to rescue you tonight, and Gong will send you the last word—I have old grievances with Cao Cao, so it is not appropriate to intercede for the general. If the general wants to find someone Speak kindly to Cao Cao, but never go to Liu Bei."

"Why is this?"

"Just write it down, the general."

Lv Bu sighed: "In Cao Ying, except Xuande, I have no acquaintances."

Chen Gong also sighed: "Qinghe Cui Song, who was repaired by the Ming Dynasty, was listed by the court as the Minister of the Sikong Department a few months ago. I heard that the general and Cui Song are old, you can try it."

However, Lu Bu and Chen Gong were brought directly to Cao Cao without a chance to ask anyone for help.

Cao Cao asked, "Does Feng Xian have anything to say?"

Lu Bu was silent for a moment, then said, "It's worse than my wife and children."

Cao Cao replied, "It's only natural."

Lu Bu asked again: "Where is Gao Shun'an?"

Cao Cao replied: "I have been locked in prison for three days, and I will be released later to meet you."

Hearing that Gao Shun was indeed captured by Cao Cao and did not betray him, Lu Bu felt complicated.

Seeing that Cao Cao didn't speak anymore, he thought about it and said, "It should be me, Lu Bu, who Duke Ming is afraid of, right? If I submit to Duke Ming, Duke Ming will be like a tiger with wings added, so why worry about the uncertainty of the world?"

Cao Cao was about to speak, when Cui Song turned around and left quickly.

The hero of this battle suddenly made such a strange move that Cao Cao had to stop talking with Lu Bu and chased after him.

The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay. Seeing Cao Cao leaving, Lu Bu ignored Chen Gong's previous warning and winked at Liu Bei:

Xuande, please save me.

Liu Bei looked dignified and nodded slowly.

Here Cao Cao caught up with Cui Song, wondering, "What's wrong with Zi Cong?"

Cui Song bowed his sleeves together: "I don't want to embarrass my lord, so I avoid him."

Cao Cao felt even more strange: "What's so embarrassing for me?"

"Song and Lu Bu have an old relationship. If Song stays, he will definitely intercede for Lu Bu. If the lord wants to kill Lu Bu, Song's pleading is not to embarrass the lord?"

Cui Song said while observing Cao Cao's expression, and quickly confirmed the guess in his heart.

When he first started the history of "Lu Bu's defeat in the army", he felt that some of the details were a bit strange.

Although Cao Cao valued Liu Bei during this period of time, he was also on guard against him.But it is recorded in the history books: Cao Cao killed Lu Bu after listening to Liu Bei's words "Ding Jianyang and Dong Taishi [2] (haven't you seen what Lu Bu did to Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo) that the Duke did not see?"

No other people are mentioned in this record. On the surface, it seems that Cao Cao never asked the opinions of other counselors, and only listened to Liu Bei's provocative words before attacking Lu Bu.

In the past, Cui Song never thought about the abnormalities in it; but when he made up for the Jingzi History Collection in the past few years and learned the way of thinking of people in this era, recalling this passage, he suddenly had a completely different feeling .

Cui Song guessed privately that this record probably used the Spring and Autumn style of writing.

In the scene at that time, Liu Bei may have really said such a thing, but it was not Liu Bei's few words that really made Cao Cao make the decision to execute Lu Bu.

I'm afraid that Cao Cao had the heart to kill Lu, and Liu Bei was just pushing the boat along with the current and wisely protecting himself.

Since Cui Song made this guess, he has been wondering: What is it that made Cao Cao murderous towards Lu Bu? Was it true that Lu Bu betrayed the lord twice and killed Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo?

If you talk about "betraying the old master and switching to others", Liu Bei, who has successively joined Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian, Lu Bu, and Cao Cao (and will defect to Yuan Shao and Liu Biao in two years), also has "remarkable achievements".It can be seen that for people in this era, it is only natural for a good bird to choose a tree and change jobs along the way.

So, is it because Lu Bu killed two "former masters"?

This makes sense, after all, no boss likes a subordinate who may betray at any time and cut off his head.

However, to say that Lu Bu "beheaded the boss every time he rebelled", this really wronged him.

Leaving aside Lv Bu's betrayal of Dong Zhuo, a large part of the reason is that Dong Zhuo beat and scolded him frequently, threw weapons at random, and almost stabbed him to death; just talk about the forces that Lv Bu had attached to (Cao Cao and Zang Ba in the alliance are not included) , besides Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, there are also Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang. ...Although he defected in the end because of "uneasy", he did not kill Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang.

As a result, Ding Yuan is the only one who has been criticized for "killing the lord".Among them, the right and wrong, the grievances between Lu Bu and Ding Yuan, outsiders have no way of knowing.Lu Bu and Ding Yuan in history are not the foster father and foster son relationship in "The Romance".It seems a little hasty to determine Lu Bu's life and death based on this alone.

So Cui Song set his sights on Lu Bu "himself".

The biggest shortcoming of Lu Bu is the "capriciousness" that others say. To what extent is it "repeated"?Obviously agreeing to Yuan Shu's request to get married, the two parties have even gone through the process, and even Lu Bu himself thought it was a good thing for his daughter to marry Yuan Shu a second ago, so he sent his daughter on the road-in the end, after listening to the instigation of Chen Deng and his son , Immediately ordered someone to chase her daughter back, and killed Yuan Shu's envoy.

Even in modern times, people who are so soft-hearted, have no contract spirit at all, turn their faces and be ruthless at every turn, and do things absolutely, are also hated and kept away.No one wants to work with such a person.

Not to mention the ancient times where faith and promises were valued, if it were not for interests, no one would really want to form an alliance with a person like Lu Bu who would repent at every turn.

In the final analysis, what Cao Cao worried about was nothing more than Lu Bu's "instability".

After understanding Cao Cao's thoughts, Cui Song had an idea for his next words.

The author has something to say: [1] "The former concubine was in Chang'an and was abandoned by the general. Fortunately, Pang Shu rescued him with righteousness." It used to be in Chang'an, it was abandoned by the general, thanks to Pang Shu's secret concubine's body and ears", slightly modified.

[2] The 15 characters are quoted from the historical book "Three Kingdoms", which is what Liu Bei said to Cao Cao before Cao Cao killed Lu Bu.

By the way... Xiao Cui's discussion of Cao Cao's killing of Lu is just my humble opinion, and it has no textual value.