Time passed day by day, and in a blink of an eye it was the autumn of the second year of Chuping.
Dong Zhuo died early due to Ma Di's intrusion, Liu Zhui became emperor for two years, and Liu Xie did not take the throne until 191, so the second year of Chuping was actually the third year of Chuping in history, which was 192.
In this year, Cao Cao was thirty-nine years old, Liu Bei was thirty-two years old, Sun Ce was eighteen years old, Ma Chao was eighteen years old, Liu Xie was twelve years old, Zhuge Liang was twelve years old, and Ma Di was twelve years old.
There is also Cai Yan, who is nineteen years old and already tall and graceful.
But there is no husband’s family yet.
This matter worried Cai Yong, an old father.
In the past few years, the Han family was in chaos, and there were a lot of things going on. Cai Yong was running around so busy that he accidentally neglected his daughter's life-long events.
The year before last, Dong Zhuo rebelled against the capital, and the world was in a state of flux. At that time, Wei Zhongdao was still alive. Unfortunately, he and his daughter did not see eye to eye, or did they see eye to eye, and was disturbed by that brat Ma Su? Cai Yong was a little unsure.
The year before last, the Han Dynasty had been fighting all over the country, and Cai Yong, the censor Zhongcheng, was so busy that he was dizzy.
Last year, there was a palace coup in Luoyang. The old emperor Liu Zhu fell ill and died. The new emperor Liu Xie and Xuchang succeeded to the throne. Cai Yong was appointed as the Sili Xiaowei, a chastity official, and the governor of Guanzhong. The whole year was extremely depressing and dull.
This year, the situation in Guanzhong has involved too much energy. It was not until Liu Bei took office as Jing Zhaoyin that Cai Yong finally had enough time to cultivate and recover. Not to mention the situation in Guanzhong stabilized and the treasury was full, he was still nostalgic.
Great relief.
After all, he is already sixty years old. He is too old and frail to work hard.
After calming down, I suddenly realized that my daughter Cai Yan was already eighteen years old and would become an old girl if she didn't leave the court.
Cai Yong showed his worries to others, and couldn't help but express his feelings in front of Liu Bei. From time to time, he would say, "The family has a little girl who has just grown up, who is gentle, virtuous, and capable."
Every time at this time, Liu Bei smiled on his face and cursed in his heart: Mr. Cai, it's not that your daughter is not beautiful, and it's not that I, Liu Bei, don't want to marry your daughter, it's just that I don't dare.
Do you really not know what kind of son you have?
He (Ma Su) goes around secretly threatening everyone. Whoever dares to fall in love with his sister will be made unable to see the sun the next day.
Let me ask, under such a threat, who would dare to provoke Cai Yan?
Don't want to die?
Ma Su was a ruthless man who could kill Dong Zhuo alone at the age of eight.
But Liu Bei couldn't tell Cai Yong these inside stories, so he could only laugh along and pretend not to understand what Cai Yong meant.
On this day, Cai Yong saw that Liu Bei was pretending to be ignorant again, so he asked tentatively: "Xuande, I think General Zilong is good, handsome and talented. I intend to betroth my daughter to him. I wonder what Xuande wants?"
"Very good, very good" Liu Bei laughed, but secretly said in his heart: Mr. Cai, please don't bother, I definitely don't mean this, and there is no way Zilong will agree to it.
Seeing Liu Bei's indifferent attitude, Cai Yong almost knew that the other party did not like his daughter or had no intention of marrying his daughter.
The twisted melon is not sweet!
Cai Yong sighed and walked away with his hands behind his back in confusion.
His daughter isn't bad looking either. She's as beautiful as a flower, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has a soft voice and a graceful figure. Why doesn't anyone like her?
How strange is that?
There is nothing wrong with my daughter. She hardly steps out of the boudoir on weekdays. She has the demeanor that every lady should have.
Cai Yong has watched her daughter grow up. From the time she was born, she cooed, to the time she was babbling, from the three-year-old child who waddled to the point where she is now slim and looks more and more like her mother. The feelings in her heart started from the very beginning.
The light joy became heavier and heavier.
This is how people are, as time goes by, their feelings will become stronger and stronger. Seeing his daughter getting older, Cai Yong couldn't help but make plans for her.
Every time he saw Cai Yan's appearance, Cai Yong couldn't help but think of her mother, who died young, who was his first wife. He felt sad and strengthened his determination to marry off his daughter.
We must never let our daughter die alone!
Two more days passed.
Cai Yong found an opportunity to hold a family banquet in the name of his sixtieth birthday, and invited officials from various counties in Guanzhong and Liu Bei and others to attend.
At the banquet, the guests and hosts exchanged glasses and exchanged glasses, talking freely, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Suddenly, a clear and cold piano sound sounded from behind the bead curtain.
Everyone listened carefully and realized that it was the famous song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". They immediately beat the beat and sang loudly in time with the music of the piano.
"There is a beautiful woman here. I will never forget her when I see her."
Not seeing you for a day makes me miss you like crazy.
The phoenix is soaring, and the phoenix is begging for it from all over the world.
Unfortunately, the beauty is not on the east wall.
Use the qin to express your words, and chat with your heartfelt words.
When will I see Xu Xi? It comforts my hesitation.
Wish to match virtue, hand in hand.
If I can’t fly, I will perish.”
After finishing the song, everyone still had something to say.
Liu Bei may have drunk too much, or he may have forgotten something. He raised his wine glass and said to Cai Yong with his tongue hanging out: "Mr. Cai, I wonder who is playing the piano behind the curtain? He is playing so beautifully. Why don't you come out and play with everyone?
See!"
This proposal hit Cai Yong's heart and was unanimously approved by all the guests. Everyone shouted, "Mr. Cai, please come out and see me!"
"Let's meet!"
Cai Yong smiled and nodded, waving behind the bead curtain.
After a while, Cai Yan held the Jiao Wei Qin in his arms, walked out with gentle steps, bowed and bowed to everyone.
Cai Yong smiled and introduced: "This is my little girl Wenji, she is eighteen years old, and she is waiting to be married..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the bustling banquet suddenly fell silent, and one could hear a pin drop.
Liu Bei's heart suddenly trembled, and he suddenly sobered up from his drunken state.
Some high-ranking officials and celebrities who knew the inside story also came to their senses and adopted the attitude of looking at the nose and the nose without saying a word.
More uninformed officials saw these prefects, county magistrates, and other officials without saying a word, and they did not dare to say a word.
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became awkward.
After a while, I don't know who was the first to say, "The weather is nice today", and then the room exploded.
"Yes, yes, the weather is really nice~"
"In the golden autumn of August, we are going hunting. Oops, I forgot to make an appointment with my friends to go hunting in Beishan today. Mr. Cai and Rong go ahead and say goodbye!"
"Hey, I remembered it when you said it. I also agreed with my friends today to go fishing on the Weishui River..."
"I made an appointment with my friend for an autumn outing in Zhongnan Mountain today."
"Yes, I am that friend!"
"Mr. Cai, farewell!"
"Farewell!"
Everyone stood up one after another, rolled up their sleeves and left.
For a moment, there were only five people left in the hall: Liu Guan, Zhang Zhao and Taishi.
Cai Yong stared at this strange scene dumbfounded and was speechless for a long time.
Liu Bei stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Mr. Cai, I am preparing for military affairs. It is inconvenient to stay for a long time. Please take my leave!"
The five brothers left hand in hand.
In this situation, Cai Yan still didn't understand what was going on. She was despised by everyone! Her eyes turned red, with tears in her eyes, she hid her face and ran away quickly back to the back hall.
Ma Su quickly got up and followed him.
"Sister, don't cry. There is no grass anywhere in the world. You will meet better ones in the future..."
"The reason they look down on you is because they have bad taste. Believe me, in the future there will definitely be a blind... blind handsome young man and a mighty general who will pursue my sister fiercely."
"Sister~"
In Cai Mansion's boudoir, Cai Yan threw herself on the bed, lying on her back and sobbing softly. Ma Su sat beside her, pushing her shoulder with one hand, making the sister's crying rhythm intermittent.
Cai Yan angrily pushed away the annoying hand on her shoulder. After a moment, the hand moved to her waist and continued to push.
"Oh, my brother is annoying, please stop pushing me..."
Cai Yong suddenly stopped being sad and became angry.
With tears in her eyes, she rolled over and sat up, casually grabbed one of Ma Su's arms, picked a leaner part, and bit down hard.
Hiss~
Ma Su took a breath of cold air and was forced to scratch Cai Yan's itch and surrounded Wei to save Zhao.
Cai Yan couldn't hold himself any longer, he let go of his teeth, laughed with tears in his eyes, and rolled to avoid it.
But how could she avoid Ma Su's Wuzhishan?
What does it feel like when a person feels so uncomfortable that he wants to cry, but has to laugh? Cai Yan didn't know it before.
Ma Di tickled her and asked with a smile, "Sister, are you wrong?"
Cai Yan was laughing so much that he could not speak. He just nodded fiercely to express that he was wrong.
"Do you still dare to bite me?" Ma Di asked again.
Cai Yan shook his head desperately.
Ma Su then let her go.
After the fun, Cai Yan was gasping for air, and he collapsed on the floor, looking at the roof with blank eyes. The more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. Big tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, and soon they became...
Wire.
In her eyes, this younger brother is good in every aspect except that his body is different from ordinary people. Although he occasionally fights with her, most of the time he still lets her go.
But today, Ma Su not only refused to let her go, but also rubbed salt into her wounds.
The more Cai Yan cried, the sadder she became. The sadder she became, the more she cried. Soon she became a tearful person.
Suddenly, she felt like she was being pulled into a broad and warm embrace, which made her empty and sad heart suddenly feel supported. At the same time, a warm big hand patted her back gently, making her feel very at ease.
.
Soon, Cai Yan, who was exhausted, fell into a deep sleep.
…
After the guests dispersed, Cai Yong thought more and more that something was wrong. He called his close confidant Cai Zhong, who had a sharp eye, and ordered him to go out and find out what was going on and why everyone retreated when they saw his daughter.
Soon, the reason was discovered.
Cai Yan is unknown!
The unspecified reasons are as follows:
On the second day of February in the second year of Chuping, Yang Lin, a wealthy young man from Chang'an Prefecture, accidentally saw Cai Yan in the market. He was immediately shocked and threatened not to marry her unless she...
Then that night, he jumped into the well for no apparent reason and broke his leg. The Yang family kept secret about why Yang Lin fell into the well and broke his leg.
On February 15th of the second year of Chuping, Wang Yan, the Prime Minister of Fufeng County, came to Sili Xiaowei's Mansion to report on government affairs. He happened to see Cai Yan, and he immediately missed him. Before leaving, he threatened to come to propose marriage in two days, and formed a good relationship with the Cai family of Qin and Jin...
…
Then more than six months passed, and Wang Yan never came to propose marriage. No one knew what caused him to break his promise and gain weight. Only rumors revealed. From that day on, as long as someone mentioned the word "Cai" in front of him,
, he would be terrified and his face would turn black. This led to Wang Yan's usual gatherings with colleagues, in order to take care of his emotions, his friends would change "eating vegetables" to "eating green leaves".
The third day of March in the second year of Chuping...
Incidents like this happen every month, which are very bizarre. Combined with Wei Zhongdao's words "Yan Mei" before his death the year before last, rumors spread that Cai Yan was an unlucky person, and if he had anything to do with her, disaster would be imminent.
Cai Yan's face darkened when he heard this: "Huang Miao! There is absolutely no such weird thing in the world! Someone must be secretly slandering my daughter's reputation. Check it out, let me investigate it thoroughly!"
"I want to see which traitor is slandering my daughter behind her back!"
Cai Zhong moved his lips, but hesitated to speak. In the end, he stopped insisting and said instead: "My lord, if we find out who did it..."
"Arrest him immediately, give him a hundred lashes, and exile him for three thousand miles!!!" Cai Yong said angrily, blowing his beard and glaring. He was really angry.
Cai Zhong subconsciously wanted to say something. Looking at Cai Yong's indignant expression, he swallowed the words on his lips: "Yes, I'll go check it out now."
After Cai Zhong left, Cai Yong sent someone to invite Guan Yu and asked tentatively: "I see that Zilong is a talented person and very powerful, so I intend to betroth my daughter to him. I wonder what Yun Chang wants?"
Guan Yu looked at Cai Yong calmly and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Very good, very good, quite a match."
Cai Yong said in surprise: "Oh? Yun Chang thinks so too?"
Guan Yu nodded: "Of course."
"But I feel that Zilong is not as good as Yun Changduo. If I promise my daughter to Yun Chang..."
"Guan already has a family, so he has no blessing to bear it, no blessing to bear it."
Guan Yu waved his hands repeatedly.
Cai Yong's face dropped, he was obviously unhappy, and he patiently asked: "With Evian, who is a good match for my daughter?".
Guan Yu frowned slightly and said with certainty: "This girl can only exist in heaven, how many times can we hear about it in the human world? From Guan's point of view, no one is worthy of your daughter!"
"Is this really true?" Cai Yong had deep doubts in his heart.
Obviously, this is just a polite comment from Guan Yu, and the actual reason must not be this. So what is the reason why everyone is so secretive about their daughter Cai Yan?
There is something very strange about this!
But obviously, Guan Yu wouldn't say it.
After sending Guan Yu away, Cai Yong sent someone to invite Zhao Yun, but before he could speak, he was stopped by Zhao Yun. His voice was low but firm: "I don't deserve the great love you have received from me. Yun is under the command of White Horse General Gongsun Zan.
He will return to western Liaoning and has no plans to start a family or start a business for the time being."
"Um."
After Zhao Yun left, the room became completely quiet.
Cai Yong thought for a long time, still puzzled. At this time, Ma Di came in from the door: "What did my foster father call me for?"
"Youchang, do you know the reason for what happened at today's banquet?"
Of course I know, I did it. Ma Di shook his head, "Father, I don't know."
Cai Yong examined Ma Su suspiciously for a while, but found no sign that Ma Di was lying, so he said calmly: "I intend to marry your sister to Zhao Yun, what do you think, Youchang?"
