Xiahou Zizang was a little scared.
Some people say that it is the first time for a child to be a child, but most of the time it is also the first time for a parent.
Lao Wang said earnestly, "The son is not the fault of his father." But Lao Wang never said that it should be "a filial son under the stick" or "appreciate and educate talents."
The truth is that there may not be filial sons under the stick, and there may not be talents in appreciation and education.
How to teach me specifically, Lao Wang spread his hands, and I don’t know.
Whether it is parents or children, they are individuals. Very few people can understand the truth. Most of the time, they actually seek balance in "you, me, and he", but most of the time, the one who dominates the position is always - "I".
Xiahou Zizang felt that Xiahou Dun had not fulfilled his parents' responsibilities. He met him a few times a year, and he was either scolding or teaching a lesson when he met, and had no "appreciation" at all. Every time he saw the parents of poor people, even if he worked hard, he would always show some envy. He hoped that Xiahou Dun could accompany him.
Therefore, sometimes Xiahou Zizang would do something on purpose to attract Xiahou Dun's attention, and some of them were obvious mistakes.
But after doing too many mistakes, Xiahou Zizang became a little used to it.
It is difficult to do good things, but it is easy to do wrong things.
By doing something wrong, trying to attract Xiahou Dun's attention. This originally small and meager wish was quickly covered up by the stimulation of dopamine. This kind of thing that he knew was a wrong thing but after doing something wrong, no one caught it. Xiahou Zizang gained double happiness.
Xiahou Zizang was immersed in such happiness.
Later, Xiahou Zizang actually wanted to obtain dopamine purely, but he still said that he was wronged and felt pain, otherwise how could he have a reason to do bad things?
Xiahou Zizang said more than once that he didn't care about the riches around him. If he could use these riches to exchange for his father's company, he would exchange them without hesitation!
As for what would happen if it really changed, Xiahou Zizang never thought about it.
Never.
So he was very confused about the retaliation of Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun's joint killing...
Why?
Why is Xiahou Dun so strict?
Why can't I do whatever I want?
Why……
But this time, Xiahou Zizang and others discovered that they were indeed trapped in Qiao County by this strike!
Under martial law, the inside and outside are closed. Just as they were about to arrive in Qiao County, all the young men who wanted to have a happy life were blocked in the city. They were like fish frozen under the ice in winter. They finally saw a hole and wanted to breathe, but found that the hole was actually a trap!
The celebration banquet has just begun, and a life-and-death decision has come.
If you are in a manor outside the city, it is not easy to catch it if you really want to run away, but in the city, if you lock the city gate and seal the liufang, you can't run away if you want to run away...
The laws of the Han Dynasty can be hidden from each other with their relatives.
But this law may not work every time. When it can be hidden, it will be hidden very well, and it will not be found anywhere. When it cannot be hidden, even if it is hidden in the deep mountains, it will be found and then set a fire to burn it to death.
What Xiahou Zizang even more unexpected was that he was actually exposed by his "little friend"!
Not only did he do things in Qiao County, but even his old accounts in Xu County were found out!
How long has it been? Shouldn’t it be forgotten long ago?
Those who betray Xiahou Zizang were always following his butt, whispering a young man at a time. When they met, they nodded and bowed with a kind and smile. In his feeling, even their parents were not as close, harmonious, reliable and trustworthy as their "friends"!
How about Fei Si?!
Didn’t it all be agreed beforehand and I wouldn’t say anything if I beat you to death?!
Xiahou Zizang felt that he was not as backbone as those "little friends", so when he faced Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Zizang was still silent, lowered his head, and knelt in the hall.
Just like what he did when he made a mistake before.
Anyway, at most, you can get beaten up. If you don’t have it, just beaten up twice. If you finish beaten up, you’ll be done.
But what Xiahou Zizang didn't expect was that Xiahou Dun did not come up angrily and beat him up, but was also silent. After a long time, he sat in front of Xiahou Zizang.
"I... am actually a rough man..." Xiahou Dun said slowly, "I have said this to you many times, but today, I'll say it to you again... It's the last time..."
Xiahou Zizang felt something was wrong, but he was still silent and didn't say anything. Perhaps he was used to being silent in front of his father, or perhaps it was because he gave up thinking for the first time, his mind had already ruled out the choice of thinking, and in the end, Xiahou Zizang didn't say anything.
『I once had high hopes for Brother Ya…』 Xiahou Dun said in a deep voice, 『He is the eldest brother, so I hope he can set an example, at least he can succeed me in the future and take on the important task of the Xiahou family, but... your elder brother is very good at talking about war on paper, but he really wants to do it... How can the life and death of the military strategists be like a joke? Once a war is defeated, it will be almost completely defeated! It would be fine if he fought hard and lost, but he...』
"I broke your elder brother's leg and left him with his life... But in your elder brother's words, I felt that it would be better to let me kill him! That's true, sometimes I think, it's better to kill him!"
When Xiahou Dun talked about the time of killing, the evil aura formed in the army rose up, which made Xiahou Zizang's body tremble slightly.
"Your elder brother fled in fear of war, but still wants to escape now! He says every day that he is not as good as death, but indeed life is not as good as death! But in this case, if he can take responsibility, seek to live in death, break and then stand, let alone his legs are broken, and his limbs are all destroyed?! He is still a hero! If he really feels that life is not as good as death every day, and he calls himself a lot of suffering every day, then why is he still alive? There is a knife in the hall and a rope in the woodshed room. If he really wants to seek death, who can stop him?!"
Xiahou Zizang stared at him, speechless. He thought before that his father was indeed unfair to his elder brother, but whether it was fair or unfair, just talk about his elder brother's grievances and how much suffering he suffered every day. At the beginning, Xiahou Zizang felt resentful, but over time, he was also a little annoyed, and even thought about it as his father Xiahou Dun said.
His elder brother was afraid of death, and he went to the battle formation, afraid of death. Now he didn't go to the battle, and he was still afraid of death. The reason why his elder brother said that life was worse than death every day was more begging for mercy or threatening, saying that he was already so miserable, so he deserved more?
『Sometimes I think…』 Xiahou Dun let out a sigh of relief, 『Is it too demanding of you? But since your elder brother wants to inherit the family business, do you need to have some merits to gain a stable foothold? If your elder brother is outstanding in literary talent, that's fine, but if your elder brother doesn't have the reputation of the Xiahou family, who would praise it? If the literary failure is not done, I thought, then go to martial arts, let him lead the army alone, and teach him military strategy, but on the surface he heard it, he turned around and forgot! When he really came to the battle formation, he was the first to run first! In this way, your elder brother said that it was better to kill him? Haha, indeed, I was not as good as killing him in the past!』
Xiahou Zizang was silent as if he was a cicada.
"So... you are like your elder brother, forcing me to be this cruel father? If you kill you, everyone will scold the Xiahou family for being cruel and vicious, saying that the tiger poison is not enough to eat children, but you don't want your father to be so cruel and ruthless? If you spare you..." Xiahou Dun looked at Xiahou Zizang, "How can we care about this Qiao County, Jiyu, and other places? We can't even control our own children. If you can't manage them well, what kind of face should we care about others?"
Xiahou Dun looked at Xiahou Zizang, "Do you know why your friends say you at once? Do you know why your friends call you in any way? Do you really think that your friends value you so much, and follow your leader?"
"My father..." Xiahou Zizang didn't know what to say.
"I'm not in the mood to hear you justify you! I feel ashamed of your tangled things! I've said everything I shouldn't say, I've beaten or not... I've also said the truth, you have suffered the flesh and blood!" Xiahou Dun didn't mean to wait for Xiahou Zizang to speak out slowly, and said directly, "I've made a choice for you before, waiting for you to grow up..."
"Now, first, I will send you to Youbei, starting with a soldier with anonymity! When will you personally make a future and accumulate merits, you can only welcome you back. Before that, you will no longer be named Xiahou!"
"Second, I will abolish you as a commoner, and I will be sent to Qingzhou. I will only give you ten acres of thin land and three tiled houses. There are no servants, no money, I will cultivate myself and gain myself, and I will die for myself!"
『What?!』 Xiahou Zizang stared at the eyes, his expression was so distorted that he was about to cry, 『Sir, Father, I, I don’t want it! Please don’t do this! This is, I will die!』
Xiahou Zizang wanted neither option.
Become a soldier? Or do you want to be a big soldier with anonymity?
What a joke?!
Or Youbei! Is that place a place where people can stay?
The second option is that Qingzhou is not a good place. The dilapidated place has been completely destroyed and even the livestock cannot survive!
What's more, there are only ten acres of thin fields, so it's hard to even chew!
"Haha, when I heard that when you do something dirty, the suffering people have been begging you many times and saying "No" to you?" Xiahou Dun sighed, "When you do evil, you never thought about the future? Have you never thought about the consequences? Have you never thought about the world that you can want, you can just want if you want? You choose it yourself. If you don't choose it, I will do it according to the first rule... I would rather see the children of the Xiahou family die on the battlefield than see you die on a woman's belly!"
『Sir, Father! No! No…』
When Xiahou Zizang saw that Xiahou Dun was about to leave, he rushed over and hugged Xiahou Dun's legs.
Xiahou Dun wanted to pull out his legs, but was held tightly by Xiahou Zizang, as if the drowning man was holding a straw, "Master Father! I...I'm all wrong, I'm wrong... OK, okay... No, I don't want...
Xiahou Dun shook his legs twice, and saw Xiahou Zizang sticking to his legs like rubber, and he couldn't get rid of them.
Xiahou Dun clenched his fists tightly and shouted at the Xiahou guard who was far away from the courtyard: "What are you still standing there? Why don't you pull this rebellious son away!"
Several Xiahou guards came to take the order, apologized to Xiahou Zizang, and then stepped forward to break up.
"No...No!"
Xiahou Zizang shouted, his voice slashing. Even when the guards were pulled, his hand was tightly pulled Xiahou Dun's battle robe. Finally, Xiahou Dun had to pull open the collar of his battle robe and take off the battle robe to be considered as breaking away from Xiahou Zizang.
Xiahou Zizang shouted, tears flowing, "No...I was wrong...I was really wrong...I don't want it, don't...Let me go, let me go..."
Xiahou Dun stood at the gate of the courtyard, with his back to Xiahou Zizang, and after a moment of silence, he said in a deep voice: "I told you before... You may not have listened to it at all... When aristocratic families deal with the enemy, they may not have to use swords, spears, and soldiers, some use rural rumors. Some... They are like you, they will send all kinds of people who cater to you, flatter you, praise you, take you, and follow you to do all kinds of things you want to do! Their ultimate goal is to turn you from a person to a dog! a pig!"
"You are still enjoying it! When you come back from Xu County, you say you will change it, you say you will work hard, I believe it... What's the result?" Xiahou Dun angrily punched the courtyard gate, making a loud bang, "You deceived your relatives, but you are honest to outsiders! You promised countless times, but you never worked hard! Do you think everything in the Xiahou family is what you deserve? This is exchanged for the blood of many children of Xiahou family! You have never paid, so what qualifications are you to enjoy?! What qualifications are you to cry and beg?!"
Xiahou Dun no longer looked back, and did not care about his last words. Xiahou Zizang listened to it or not, and walked forward out of the courtyard. He saw Xiahou Mao bowing his head and slumping on the ground in front of the courtyard.
"You want to plead for your brother?"
Xiahou Dun walked to Xiahou Mao.
Xiahou Mao lowered his head, pressed his head against the ground, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Third brother... the third brother is just young and ignorant, and he does not know the key to keeping the middle. I... I have also failed to persuade him in time... I hope my father will forgive him a little to see the future... In ancient times, it is said that you can know your mistakes...
"Enough!" Xiahou Dun shouted in a deep voice.
Xiahou Mao trembled all over.
"Get up first." Xiahou Dun pulled Xiahou Mao from the ground, "Luxury is indeed not a big problem... When I was young, I also liked beauty. I have never forbidden you to find Meiji's concubine, but what did he do? He specifically went to harm his good wife and daughter! Don't even tell me you don't know?"
『…』 Xiahou Mao lowered his head. He didn’t dare to say that he knew, nor did he dare to say that he didn’t know.
"You are weak in character and don't like fighting, but there are some things..." Xiahou Dun patted Xiahou Mao on the shoulder, "If you don't avoid it, you will definitely be fine... When you should work hard, you should fight! When you are bleeding, you should fight! When you should make a decision, you should make a decision! Even if it is...
Xiahou Dun suddenly stopped, then took a breath, patted Xiahou Mao on the shoulder again, "Okay, do you understand? Be cautious in your words and deeds, and many people are staring at you... In the future, Xiahou's family business may depend on you...
"Wi." Xiahou Mao responded, and then suddenly found that some blood was flowing on Xiahou Dun's hand, "Master Father, your hand..."
"Oh, it's okay, I accidentally broke it just now..." Xiahou Dun waved his hand indifferently, "You go back and explain to everyone in the inner house... I will send this rebellious son to Youbei tonight... If it's so iron, it will eventually become steel after tempering. If it's rotten iron... I will treat it as my Xiahou, who gave birth to one!"
Xiahou Dun left with great strides.
Xiahou Zijiang emerged from the distant wall and ran over happily, "What do you say, sir?"
Xiahou Mao was silent for a while, shook his head, and then said, "My father wants to send him to Youbei."
『How can this be done?』 Xiahou Zijiang shouted loudly, 『Will the third brother suffer if he goes to the ghost place in Youbei? Can't go! Didn't you plead with your father?』
"What do you mean?" Xiahou Mao frowned.
"What else is it? Big brother is no longer here, so you put on a big brother's airs every day and say this and that. Now the third brother has been sent away. Are you very happy?" Xiahou Zijiang jumped, "You are not the big brother! You will never be!"
『I…』 Xiahou Mao waved his hand, 『You are still young, you should read more and talk less about these bastards!』
"Hmph!" Xiahou Zijiang didn't like Xiahou Mao at all, because when Xiahou Mao met, he wanted him to study more, while his third brother Zizang took him to play and eat and drink every day. So of course he thought that the good brother was the one who took him to play and eat and drink, while the bad brother was the one who asked him to study.
Xiahou Zijiang rushed to the gate of the courtyard and wanted to go in to find his third brother, but was stopped by the guards of the gate. He couldn't help but jumped and scolded, and was criticized by Xiahou Mao again, so he became more and more angry and shouted, "I will never be the eldest brother" and other words.
While asking the guard to take Xiahou Zijiang away, Xiahou Mao went to the inner house with some headaches. He had already foresaw what kind of waves would be set off in the inner house, and he had to face them in person...
This wave is not limited to such a courtyard or the Xiahou family.
In Qiao County, a group of children of the Cao Xiahou family were arrested.
Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun joined forces to not only arrest the young men in Qiao County, but also to those officials who were confessed to Qiao County, and even around Yanzhou and Yuzhou, were arrested one after another. For a moment, the wind and forests were all in the army, and the relevant personnel were extremely frightened.
A large number of children from the side branches who were originally poor were temporarily promoted, especially those who had some marriages with the Xiahou family of Cao. The children who had previously been marginalized, such as the Ding family, Gao family and others, re-entered the officialdom and mastered some higher positions.
Chapter completed!