[Three Kingdoms] After offending Wei Guoquan, I went to the peak of my life

Wuhuan is a nomadic people who migrated to the south, and it is a collective name for large and small ethnic groups.The number of tribes ranges from dozens to hundreds, and they operate independently without a unified leader.

In order to resist foreign aggression, some tribes united together and jointly elected a big leader, who was regarded as Shanyu.

Although the great leader has great privileges, because the ethnic groups he leads are united by different tribes, the internal interests are not unified. Guo Jia and others on Cao Ying's side took a fancy to this point and set up a plan for the Wuhuan tribe. A series of schemes were set up, using the selfishness of the little leader of the ethnic group to fan the flames within the various tribes.

Lou Ban is the leader of Liucheng.He is young and energetic, and he has no particularly eye-catching talents. The reason why he can sit on the position of chief is all due to his father being the previous chief, who left him a large number of followers and shadows.

It's a pity that his father died too early. He was only a half-grown child when he died. His father let his cousin Tadun take over the throne to continue the power of his tribe.

Later, the other two kings in the tribe were dissatisfied with Tadun's power, so they persuaded the supporters of the former chieftain to support the former Chanyu's son, Lou Ban, as the new chieftain. They used morality and threats to force Tadun to abdicate. The big position was returned to Lou Ban, and he himself retired as king, still in charge of one.

Lou Ban took back the position of leader of Wuhuan, and he was only happy for a few days before he couldn't control his anger.

He found that regaining his identity was of no use. Over the years, Tadun had conquered the hearts of most people in the tribe by relying on his own prowess and illustrious military exploits.Even if he is no longer the leader now that he has retired, the clansmen are still used to obeying him.In most cases, Ta Dun's words are far more useful than that of his great leader. He is a leader who has survived in name only, no different from the puppet emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Lou Ban tried to win people's hearts, but with little success.As time went by, the anger in his heart became more and more intense, to the point where he wished he could die immediately.

It was at this time that the dozen or so Cao troops who managed to sneak into Liucheng by taking advantage of the Yuan Xi incident made a big circle, first left Liucheng quietly, then disguised themselves and entered from the direction of Liaodong, pretending to be peddlers, Bring some exquisite bamboo products to the city for sale.

It was at this time that Lou Ban saw Guo Jia who was setting up a stall in the market.

Although Guo Jia originally planned this strategy, he did not need to implement it himself.Cao Cao was also afraid of accidents, and he would never return from this trip, and he refused to let his trusted advisers take risks, but he couldn't resist Guo Jia's determination, and he was told by him that "only the strategists go forward, adapt to the situation, and be foolproof. "Convinced by the theory, he had no choice but to agree to him, and sent his own guards who were second only to Xu Chu to accompany him for protection.

Lou Ban didn't pay attention to these Han people selling bamboo baskets and tubes at first, but happened to pass by here to wash their hands by the river.

But when he passed by, he suddenly heard the group of people discussing the story of "struggling for family wealth", and his footsteps stopped involuntarily.

He listened carefully for a moment, and based on his solid Chinese proficiency, he pieced together the complete ins and outs.

It turned out that two of the basket sellers were brothers. They were the sons of a big merchant in Liaodong. Because their mother died early, their father married a second wife.This second wife remarried with a half-grown son, and later gave birth to a new child with a big businessman, who was well-rounded and smart.From then on, the big businessman ignored the two unpleasant children born to his ex-wife, and only raised them with rice on weekdays, without asking anything else.

According to the law of etiquette, the eldest son should inherit most of the family business, regardless of whether he has lost his mother or not, he has this right.

But the stepmother felt that the two of them hindered her son's future.In her opinion, her son is smart, and everything that is good should belong to him. The first two ex-wives gave birth to a pit early. They are not a few years younger than his son, and they killed their mother early. How can they be with her? Son than.

So she blew the pillow wind in front of the big businessman, using the name of their young age, to give their mother's dowry to her for safekeeping, and said that the eldest son she brought with her when she remarried was already a half-adult and could help the family. Let the big businessman take him out to see the world and help him.

The big businessman took his stepson to travel all over the world, and within a few years, the stepson completely controlled the family business, enough to replace the big businessman.

When the two brothers grew up to twelve or thirteen years old and could try to get in touch with business and family property, the big businessman died suddenly.

At this time, all the property in the family was controlled by the stepbrother, and the two brothers had to rely on the stepbrother for their livelihood.In the beginning, the stepmother and stepbrother tried to pretend to be kind in order to gain a good reputation for kindness, showing that they treated them very well, even treating them as close relatives.

But as time went by, the stepmother and stepbrother's attitude became more and more perfunctory, and they often only showed their efforts to the two of them, and in the end they didn't even bother to maintain the show's efforts, and just threw away a few pieces of bread and a few clothes They go out, and it's called "grinding", so they get out and make a living for themselves.

The ridiculous thing is, because the stepmother and stepbrother put on a good reputation in the city, no one noticed her hypocrisy and cruelty, and advised the two brothers to listen to the stepmother and hone their survival skills...

When Lou Ban heard this, he could say that he felt the same way, "the same people who have fallen into the world" with them.

It’s just that Lou Ban didn’t live in the Tang Dynasty, nor heard of Bai Juyi’s masterpiece, so he couldn’t describe his feelings clearly. He only knew that these two brothers were in a similar situation to him—their fathers both favored “outsiders”; their parents died early , the "family property" fell into the hands of others; they were all taken away by others because of their youth; the "outsiders" who took away the "family property" are good at disguising and buying people's hearts, while looking down on him, the real heir , while treating him as a stepping stone and everyone as fools.

Because of these "coincidences", Lou Ban was deeply touched, and felt that the Han people who were usually disliked were not so obtrusive. Out of unknown psychology, he stayed near the bamboo baskets for a while.

Then he heard another traveler say:

"My humble opinion... the timing of your father's death is a bit strange. What Xiao Lang said just now--your father paid attention to self-defense martial arts and was in excellent health. How could it be such a coincidence that he suddenly died suddenly? And he was familiar with his stepbrother from outside. The family business, and you two happen to be too young to take care of the family business, when you haven't been exposed to family affairs?"

These words were obviously asking the pair of businessmen brothers, but Lou Ban heard it as if they were questioning him, and it made his heart tremble uncontrollably.

Yes, his father was the mighty chief of Wuhuan, strong and brave, why did he die from a minor illness?And at that time, he happened to be too young to be the leader, while his brother Cong Tadun, who was adopted by his father, had already grown up and had just emerged in the tribe. He followed his father to fight in the north and south, and learned a lot of tactics and military law.

Could it be that his father's death was not an accident?

Another businessman said: "Businessmen value profits, and only we can see clearly. Whoever has the vested interest in this matter is very likely to be the planner."

That's right, after his father died, Tadun became the chief of the tribe, and he was the biggest beneficiary!He was originally an orphan who depended on others to support him, and his father's family was useless, so what can he do! ?If it wasn't for his father's sudden death, which round would he get the position?

In the past, Lou Ban never doubted his father's death, but this time he seemed to be awakened by the words of the businessmen, and his hatred for Ta Dun reached its peak.

But I heard one of the brothers who told about his life just now sighed: "It's a pity that everyone else was deceived by the stepbrother. Even if the two of us have doubts, there is no other way..."

Lou Ban's heart sank accordingly.

That's right, Tadun is loved by so many people... His father is a cold drinker, so what did he, the son of a former leader, do?

"My brother is just occupying the status of the son of the eldest son. To that family, we are like outsiders..."

Lou Ban hated him.

As a leader, he is not even as good as a slap, and those people don't think of him at all.

Another businessman said: "If the stepmother and stepbrother kill the father of the two, the hatred of killing the father will be shared, and the two must not let them go. If you can find evidence of their murder and let the villagers see their true colors, The villagers will definitely stand by your side and help you testify to the government and take back your property."

When Lou Ban heard this, he already knew how to act.

Just like ordinary small families fighting for family property - when the opponent has a great reputation and has an absolute advantage, only by exposing the other party's kindness, breaking his reputation, and getting rid of this person at the same time can he get rid of the trouble once and for all.

He decided to take off his hypocritical coat and remove this obstructing stone.

Lou Ban also had a basic sense of vigilance.Although the backgrounds of the brothers and his were different, they subtly overlapped in some aspects. Given the information that Cao Jun was coming to capture Wuhuan, the appearance of the brothers was a bit too coincidental.

Although he didn't think Cao Jun would be able to evade their eyeliners hiding in the fortress and break into the city, but there is nothing wrong with being careful.He asked his cronies to investigate where these people came from quietly, and learned that they came from a neighboring city near Liaodong—it was impossible for Cao Jun to bypass the fortress and enter from the other end.

Seeing that the two brothers are very good-looking, well-behaved, different from the roughness of ordinary businessmen, they really look like they can only be raised by a wealthy family, completely dispelled the doubts in their hearts.

If it wasn't for the suffering of the middle way and had to come out to ask for a living, how could such a person come to a foreign land to buy things?

Lou Ban quietly summoned his father's old department and told them his speculation.Fearing that they would not believe that the death of the former leader had something to do with Tadun, he also forged witnesses and evidence to make the half-believing old department share his hatred with him. The former leader takes revenge.

In order to be safe, he also quietly disguised his identity, approached the two brothers, pretended to know their backgrounds inadvertently, and asked them how they decided to take back their property, to see if they could inspire him.

Although Guo Jia has been plotting and guiding secretly, he did not expect that this bully was more active than he imagined, and he happily passed on countless "harm tricks" to him.

After coming and going, Lou Ban and Guo Jia got acquainted. Although they didn't reach the level of shoulder-to-shoulder, they became a pair of plastic brothers who cherish each other.

Lou Ban asked Guo Jia before the incident: "Why haven't I heard your brother speak?"

Guo Jia said sadly: "When my father passed away, my younger brother got a cold because of the grief. His stepbrother found a quack doctor. After acupuncture and moxibustion for a whole month, he became dumb."

The silent brother Zheng Ping who watched the whole show: "...?"