Three Kingdoms

Chapter 370: Choice of direction

Chapter 370 Choice of Direction

Drizzle.

Long as silk.

Fluttering like a sympathizer's little hand, stroking and soaking, from clothes to body.

Good tea.

Depressed and fragrant.

Gently swaying like a sympathizer's embrace, warm and lingering, from outside to inside.

Drizzle and tea fragrance divide the inside and outside of the hall into two different worlds.

"Brother, please have some tea!" Xun Yu respectfully offered the tea soup he had cooked to Xun Chen himself. Seeing that Xun Chen took the bowl, he began to drink it, and then picked up his own tea bowl, savoring it carefully. Tea.

There is nothing added to the tea soup, it is purely boiled with water, which is Xun Chen's habit.

It is also Xun Chen's habit not to speak when drinking tea and not talking when eating.

Watching Xun Chen drink the tea soup slowly and put down the bowl, Xun Yu also put down the tea bowl.

Jizhou has also been in drought for a long time. Although this spring rain is not heavy, it is very gratifying, because with this spring rain, the seeds planted in the crops can finally germinate and grow, and there is hope for a year's harvest. .

But for the people in Jizhou now, there are also many people who have begun to grow grass quietly in their hearts.

"The patriarch's letter is here." Xun Chen took out a letter from his pocket, put it on the table, pushed it to Xun Yu's side, and then turned his head to look at the drizzle outside the hall, His face was full of solemnity, as if he wanted to see some pictures from the drizzle outside the hall.

Xun Yu took the letter and opened it to read it. The more he read it, the more he frowned.

After a long time, Xun Yu put down the letter and looked at Xun Chen with a complicated expression. Then he lowered his head and looked at the steam rising from the kettle on the side of the table. What an amazing answer in general.

The two brothers watched the rain while the other watched the smoke, and were silent.

Xun Chen sighed softly, like spring rain dripping on the tile surface, so subtle that it was almost inaudible, he opened his mouth and chanted:

"Heaven made a mountain,

"The king is desolate.

"He did it,

"Wen Wang Kangzhi.

"Bi Kui Qi,

"There is a journey of barbarians,

"Children and grandchildren protect it."

Xun Yu was silent. He knew the source of this song "Made in Heaven", and naturally he also knew the meaning of this song.

This is a folk song of Duke Zhou offering sacrifices to Mount Tanqi when he became king.

Qishan is not the homeland of the Zhou tribe. However, after the Zhou tribe moved eastward, it occupied Chaoge, which represented the transition from a tribe to a dynasty. All these developments and prosperity started from Qishan, and the Zhou people continued to expand eastward from here. to most parts of the Central Plains.

Therefore, for the Zhou Dynasty, the significance of Qishan far exceeds the original habitat of the tribe. It is a representative of the prosperity of a tribe and a symbol of a family moving from local to central.

The hometown of the Xun family is in Yingchuan, but now the head of the Xun family has gone to Chang'an with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, while the two brothers Xun Chen and Xun Yu are in Jizhou. In a sense, they have left their hometown and "Qishan".

The meaning of "hometown" will change with the migration of people, just like Zhou Wang left his hometown Qishan and turned Chaoge into a new hometown. The original hometown may be eclipsed because it is not conducive to survival and development, and the new place of prosperity may be closer because it benefits people.

It is not necessary to be born and raised in the hometown of Sri Lanka to make contributions, just like the situation facing the Xun family now.

But Xun Yu sensed the deeper meaning behind Xun Chen's chanting, and the last sentence "children and grandchildren protect it" revealed Xun Chen's current aspirations...

Xun Chen is now a descendant of the Xun family. The foundation of the Xun family, the status of the Xun family, and the future of the Xun family naturally require Xun Chen, a descendant of the Xun family, to come out to "protect it".

Just like what the patriarch Xun Shuang said in the letter, although it seems to be earnest and caring, but the meaning is still very clear, asking Xun Chen to help Yuan Shao "as much as possible"...

It’s like in the family, persuading Xun Chen to give "as much help as possible" to Jizhou Mu Han Fu...

"Brother..."

Xun Yu left the table, prostrating and prostrating, with his head resting on the palms of his hands. He originally wanted to say something to comfort Xun Chen, but he couldn't get out the words that filled his mouth.

Xun Chen smiled slightly, helped Xun Yu up, and said, "As a brother, I should go first. It doesn't have to be like this."

Xun Chen, like Xun Yu, came to Jizhou and found that Jizhou Mu Han Fu was not a hero, but for Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, he still had some regrets.

Because Yuan Shao already has a person who is also from Yingchuan, Guo Tu.

Although Guo Tu was originally a subordinate of Jizhou Mu Hanfu, since Yuan Shao came to Jizhou, he established contact with Yuan Shao very quickly and gained Yuan Shao's trust. , is not a very happy thing.

Guo Tu's strength...

So originally Xun Chen didn't want to be inclined to Yuan Shao, and he didn't bother to work with such a narrow-minded person. He hoped to have a master who can give full play to his talents, rather than planning with his colleagues all day long.

But the family has an order, so I dare not disobey.

Who made himself the son of the Xun family and the elder brother, if he didn't do this first try, would he still let his younger brother do it?

"Hanwen Festival will be defeated." Xun Chen said, as if talking about a very common thing, "There are no people from Jizhou, nor people from Yingchuan. They are indecisive, indecisive, and there is nothing to do. Success. Those who achieve great things should not stick to small details, and those who become hegemony should go forward bravely, but there is no such hero in the world today. Wen Ruo, you can wait for the time..."

Xun Yu knew that one of the two sentences Xun Chen said referred to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao paid too much attention to "small details". Give yourself the name of a chariot general to do things, but you don't know that good opportunities are always fleeting, and the official position, as long as you have the name of Sangong, you really have to do it. The day of success, will it still be small?

The other sentence refers to Yuan Shu, who had soldiers from Runan in the sky, Sun Jian, Ji Ling and other generals under him, but hovered between Yuying and Yingying, without the spirit of "going forward bravely", and Dong Zhuo seized the gap and fought back. hit.

Therefore, in Xun Chen's eyes, neither Yuan Shao nor Yuan Shu is a "hero" who can be relied on, but under the request of the family, he had to join Yuan Shao's camp. Kind of cruel.

"I would like to follow the teaching of the eldest brother." Xun Yu bowed again.

Xun Chen nodded, turned his head to look outside the hall, and before he knew it, the drizzle had stopped. Xun Chen smiled slightly and said, "The rain has stopped, it's doable."

Yes, the rain has stopped and we can go, but how do we go, and where does this road lead?

Xun Yu bid farewell to Xun Chen, left Xun Chen's residence, walked slowly on the streets of Yecheng, looked up at the clouds that had not yet dispersed in the sky, and couldn't help but groaned slowly:

"What kind of grass is not yellow,

"When will it not work.

"Who will not,

"Manage Quartet.

"What grass is not mysterious,

"Who is not reserved.

"Mourning for my husband,

"I am a bandit alone.

"Bandits, bandits, tigers,

"Lead to the wilderness.

"Mourning for my husband,

"Normal day and night."