Chapter 4 Confrontation between father and son
The Ban Dingyuan mentioned by Mi Yang is Ban Chao, a famous minister of the modern Han Dynasty.
In the 16th year of Yongping, Ban Chao, who was a fake Sima in the army at that time, was appointed as an envoy by Dou Gu, and he went on an envoy to the Western Regions with Guo Xun.
After Ban Chao and Guo Xun arrived in the Shanshan Kingdom in the Western Regions, the King of Shanshan initially showed great concern for Ban Chao, a traveler of the Han Dynasty, and asked him about his welfare.
But not long after, King Shanshan suddenly changed his attitude towards Ban Chao and his group, and became distant and indifferent.
The clever Ban Chao knew that this was because the envoys from the Northern Huns came to Shanshan, so he later encouraged his men to make a surprise attack on the residence of the envoys from the Northern Huns at night and killed all the envoys from the Northern Huns.
On the next day, Ban Chao showed the head of the Northern Huns envoy to King Shanshan. Seeing that the Northern Huns envoy died in his own country, King Shanshan was worried that the Northern Huns would anger him, so he had no choice but to declare his surrender to the Han Dynasty.
What Ban Chao did this once shocked the government and the public and attracted the admiration of countless famous ministers. Today, it is only more than a hundred years since that time, so Mi Fang is naturally aware of this matter.
And Mi Yang now took the initiative to bring up this matter in order to tell Mi Fang that Xu Xiang, the so-called envoy from Jiangdong, might have fallen into his trap by now.
Everything is on par with senior classmate Ban Chao.
It’s just that I don’t know whether I will live or die.
And Mi Fang, who knew the meaning of Mi Yang's words, how could she not feel angry after learning about it.
Just like the King of Shanshan back then, Xu Xiang was an envoy sent by Sun Quan to communicate with him. If this envoy died in the hands of his son and died in Jiangling City, what would Sun Quan think?
This makes him, Mi Fang, how to deal with himself next?
If this thing really happens, let alone his idea of taking refuge in Jiangdong, I am afraid that Sun Quan will hate him with all his heart from now on.
Realizing the seriousness of this matter, Mi Fang hurriedly got up and called people to protect Xu Xiang.
Mi Fang's move had been expected by Mi Yang.
But at this time, Mi Yang also stood up and bowed in front of Mi Fang. He could choose to tell Mi Fang about this, so he was not afraid that Mi Fang would send someone to protect Xu Xiang.
Mi Yang bowed to Mi Fang and said, "Father, please stop!"
"My personal guards are all elites given to me by the king in Shu. They are neither from the Mi family nor from Jingzhou. In this Jiangling City, they only listen to my orders."
"If my father wants to send envoys to stop my bodyguards from doing anything, I guess they won't listen."
"And if my father wants to send people to protect Lieutenant Xu from Jiangdong, I have nearly a hundred personal guards, all of whom are elite.
It won't help if my father sends too few people, but if there are too many people, once a conflict breaks out between the two parties, the commotion in Jiangling City will naturally not be small."
"Although my father is the governor of Nanjun, not everyone in Jiangling City is my father's confidant.
Once the commotion became louder and people who were usually dissatisfied with my father knew about my father's private meeting with the Jiangdong envoy, he reported it to the former general on the front line. I dared to ask my father,
Can father bear such consequences?"
As soon as Mi Yang said these words, the expression on Mi Fang's face changed like a revolving lantern.
There is anger, helplessness, confusion, and sadness.
But in the end, he listened to Mi Yang's words and stopped the urge to call someone.
Seeing Mi Fang hesitate, Mi Yang quickly said,
"Besides, my personal guards have already taken action. I think they have killed the Jiangdong bandit captain by this time. My father wants to call people to defend him, but it is too late."
In fact, Mi Yang's words were completely deceiving Mi Fang. He had just ordered Mi Zhong to capture Xu Xiang, but it was only half an hour ago at most. At this time, it was hard to say whether Xu Xiang had been found, let alone captured him.
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But at this time, Mi Fang had been confused by what Mi Yang had just said. In her uneasy mind, she subconsciously believed what Mi Yang said without thinking too much about Mi Yang's words.
After realizing that there was no way to change the outcome of Xu Xiang's death, Mi Fang felt a sense of powerlessness and fell down on the seat.
He just murmured to himself and asked Mi Yang,
"I am your father, why do you treat me like this!"
Mi Fang's wandering eyes glanced at the sword stand beside him. A sword was displayed on the sword stand. Mi Fang looked at the sword and then at Mi Yang, thinking helplessly in her heart,
If you weren't my son, I'm afraid I would have
Mi Yang did not regret the move of ordering Mi Zhong to hunt Xu Xiang at all.
He was aware of the subsequent historical development and knew that Mi Fang could never defect to Wu, but when he saw Mi Fang's helpless and miserable look, he couldn't bear it.
After all, Mi Fang is the biological father of this body, and what he is doing now is indeed putting Mi Fang on the fire. Although the previous body is dead, there is always empathy due to the blood connection.
But for future plans, Mi Yang must not let petty impatience lead to big plans at this time.
Mi Yang knelt down on the ground, with some sadness in his tone.
He said with some tears,
"A few days ago, my father told me that he was ill, and my son was worried. But at that time, he was recovering from a serious illness and was unable to come to serve his father.
So the son asked Mi Zhong to stay outside his father's hospital so that he could know his father's physical condition in time."
"But unexpectedly, Mi Zhong came to report today. My father, who was "ill and ill," actually received an envoy from Jiangdong privately."
"Since the Battle of Chibi, Jingzhou and Jiangdong have signed an alliance and are mutually beneficial, but in fact there have been constant conflicts in private.
In the 20th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan from Jiangdong even ordered Lu Meng to attack the three counties of Changsha in southern Jing. How could I not have concerns about such an ally?"
"The king ordered the former general to be stationed in Jingzhou and serve as the governor of Jingzhou. If there was a normal communication and friendship, Sun Quan should send someone to contact the former general. How could he come to Jiangling City to have a private meeting with his father?"
"When things go wrong, there must be a monster. Even if my son is stupid, he still knows that Sun Quan must have bad intentions when he sends an envoy to contact his father."
"Although I don't know what the envoy from Jiangdong was talking about with my father, but my father is a minister of the king, and he communicated with the envoy from Jiangdong privately. If anyone knows about it, my father's reputation will be ruined in one day, and it will even make the king jealous."
"In order to protect the Mi family and to protect his father's reputation, the son had no choice but to take this step!"
By the end of the story, Mi Yang was in tears.
In the above words, Mi Yang explained in detail why he took the action of capturing Xu Xiang.
His words reflected his concern for Mi Fang. Coupled with Mi Yang's sincere demeanor, Mi Fang's heart, which was filled with resentment just now, suddenly softened a lot.
Fortunately, Mi Yang was a professional actor in his previous life, otherwise he would not have taken on the identity of Mi Fang's son so easily in such a short period of time.
Mi Yang knew very well that he had to give a reasonable explanation for his action of capturing Xu Xiang.
After all, the fact that he is a time traveler cannot be revealed. It is impossible to say from the very beginning, I know you are going to surrender to Sun Quan, so I quickly killed Xu Xiang to put an end to your thoughts.
Now Mi Yang explains that he accidentally discovered the clues and decided to capture Xu Xiang as a way to protect Mi Fang's reputation.
On the one hand, this aspect can show Mi Yang's wit and intelligence, without violating his previous persona, and it can also establish a persona of being filial to his father. It is really well-intentioned.
As for character design, it is really a natural skill for Mi Yang who later joined the entertainment industry.
Mi Yang's reasonable explanation and emotional words moved Mi Fang. At this time, his resentment towards Mi Yang was no longer so deep.
He bent down and stroked the head of Mi Yang who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a sigh,
"The matter has come to this, and we can only leave it to fate."
(End of chapter)
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