The name "Immortal Phoenix Lady" not only made Lu Bu feel proud of it and regarded it as a rare crystallization of his quick wits, but in Yan Qing's eyes, it also made him praise it.
It's a combination of "profound", "catchy", and "simple and memorable", and this kind of courageous self-hacking is well worth a little red flower as a commendation.
The only drawback was that it was too obvious, and it would be a fool's errand to hide it from those shrewd strategists who had more eyes than a hair's breadth. In order to avoid any unnecessary trouble, Yan Qing could only try to persuade Lu Bu, even though she felt sorry for him.
This excuse is available. Yan Qing simply hid his specific name, leaving it all up to others to guess.
Of course, in order to increase the authenticity of this rumor, Yan Qing, who had always been unwilling to plagiarize the poems of his predecessors, simply wrote out the song, "Once the ocean is hard to be water, except for the witch mountain is not a cloud".
Once this poem came out, the crowd scrambled to recite and copy it, and all sighed in admiration for his difficulties, and were convinced of it.
Although the pentameter poems are a bit less common, they are not too noticeable, as they are preceded by Ban Gu's "Aria" from a hundred years ago.
After Yan Qing put the word out, he stopped paying attention to these things, and then he didn't know exactly how many fangs he had crushed.
The effect of this rumor is also said to be immediate - those ice people who went to his residence in an endless stream, wanting to matchmaking for this great Honglu, who is famous for his talent, strategy, and appearance, and who has also reached the top of the official hierarchy and has an immeasurable future, not only didn't know what to do, but on the contrary, they became even more active and enthusiastic.
Yan Qing never thought that in his words to say that he has a love, in the eyes of the people who want to climb with him, the threshold is invariably lowered a lot, naturally, more tend to rush to seek.
After all, in order to compete for the position of the wife, not only family history, talent and appearance can not be lacking, but also to win that although the outsiders gentle and elegant, but never to the woman more than a glance of the beauty of the gentleman's eyes, and the latter is as difficult as heaven.
Even if the women who disregarded their reserve were ultimately in the minority, Yan Qing still found that as the power he held grew, the number of women who created opportunities for 'chance encounters' with him when they went out also grew.
At first, I saw a young girl with a delicate body fainted beside his horse, and Yan Qing believed it to be true, stopped his horse, sent someone to check it out, and sent it to the doctor.
Later on, he was able to do so without looking away, only letting Xu Chu, the fierce-looking head of the guards, go and send someone to settle the matter.
To let Guo Jia and others say, Xu Chu face vicious, but a simple man, not like Yan Qing cunning as a fox, will play people in the palm of the hand.
But the women are on the root of the wilting bad Yan Qing love like the sea, while on the face of the evil good Xu Chu avoided.
In any case, there are as many women who want to be Mrs. Yan as there are rivers of carp, but no one can make it, if the goal is completely changed to a concubine, it will be simpler.
Even if it was more mysterious, Yan Qing was in the end a man of blood and vigor, not an immortal who drank the wind and dew. If you don't take a wife, can you not take a concubine?
The great families who wanted to recruit him as a son-in-law were apparently unanimous on this point, and were not deterred in the least.
Yan Qing has a bright future, and the Lord relies on him, but he is only a single person. In addition to the servants in the house, and the guards of the followers, there is only a not yet crowned false son Yan discussion, is the recent rise of the illustrious noble family, no inheritance for the heritage of the heritage of the background.
If you can really marry your daughter to him, not to say that the near future will benefit a lot, if Lu Bu can be further in the future, the two families in the court, can also be a perfect match.
And he himself is talented, gentle, and immortal in appearance, almost a dream of the world's women as a man of their choice, and there is no need to worry about whether or not his daughter will be unwilling.
Just married in the past is just a concubine so what? Neither the main room, and no high relatives, if the means is good, belly to fight, to be corrected is not impossible.
So their reaction to this is very calm, except for a very small number of so far still dead hold their own reserved noble not let go of the big families, after some tramp, quietly post the first eldest daughter of the name of the first, replaced by the first second daughter, and even those who are empty of charming appearance of the common people's daughter, the vast majority of the amount of chips have not been changed put.
And the move to send beautiful maids of kabuki never stops.
The spectacle of the hundred flowers competing to bloom on Yan Qing's mansion certainly could not escape the eyes of others.
At this moment Guo Jia went up to the door and entered the study without saying a word, not even sitting down, and when he approached, he stared at Yan Qing with a rather complicated gaze.
She is obviously a fairy, the world's only beauty, and the love of the Jiaojiao girl, enjoying all the world's men look forward to day and night. How can she be so lame and look at a big and thick man, and still be in love with him?
It's true that no one is perfect, Guo Jia sighed more than once.
There was no need for any notification, just from the unimpeded momentum and soft footsteps, Yan Qing knew that it was Guo Jia who had come, "Feng Xiao?"
Guo Jia suddenly had a feeling: "Women more shallow, only know heavy skin appearance, do not know no lover, so that the heart to pay the flow of water."
Yan Qing is reading the third exam paper, heard the head also did not lift, only inexplicably asked: "Feng Xiao is not a day-to-day business, how idle nothing, but also come to me to do what the limerick?"
Guo Jia didn't say anything, and directly stretched his arm out, slightly facing downward, and then shook the sleeve of his robe against the table.
"What are you doing?"
Yan Qing heard a rustling, turning into a clattering not-so-small movement, and then could not help but raise his eyes to see Guo Jia expressionlessly shaking off a large snowflake-like letter.
That's fine, but the key is that there are also some colors mixed in. Colorful and fragrant silk handkerchiefs.
If it's just one or two, it's a pleasant aroma, but when a dozen of them are mixed together, it's a complete disaster.
Yan Qing's first reaction was to push the desk a little farther away, frowning, "Where did you receive so many letters from women?"
Guo Jia spread his hands, "I was entrusted with this, so I had to do it."
He had a rare free moment the other day, so he went to look for that confidante, and ended up being coaxed by the soft language to pick up a whole bunch of love letters from his little sister, all of which were addressed to Yan Qing.
It also made Guo Jia, who originally wanted to spend ** with her, disillusioned, and returned to his house after drinking a little wine.
Yan Qing shook his head, and with a flick and sweep of his left hand, he dryly threw them into the fire pot, completely turning them into ashes in no time, saying good-naturedly, "Just this once, don't invite these to come again."
Guo Jia responded, and it was unlikely that he would be able to help a second time with such a heartbreaking favor.
He also said with interest: "I don't know how many beautiful women are looking forward to having a fling with Yan Lang, but Chong Guang is really not moved at all?"
Yan Qing tugged at the corner of his mouth.
With an immortal phoenix girl who fights ten times a night and whose energy is inexhaustible, he was completely drained long ago, so how could he still pay attention to the other women?
He also did not answer, handing Guo Jia the article in his hand that he had read many times, "Instead of dabbling in womanizing and meddling in other people's business, why don't you read this."
Guo Jia raised an eyebrow, picked up after reading carefully, the face of the point of cynicism on the face completely faded away, turned into a serious: "This is written by who?"
Yan Qing smiled faintly and did not answer this question, but instead asked in return, "First, what do you think of this writing?"
Guo Jia said bluntly, ''It should be feasible, just who exactly is assigned to go? I am not good at this, neither are Wenhe or Gongtai. Although you are better than me, to facilitate this matter, I am afraid it is not enough."
Yan Qing said rightfully, "Of course it's for the person who set this policy."
Guo Jia was silent for a moment and grunted, "Duke Ryo?"
Yan Qing laughed, "Rather!"
Zhuge Liang had circled around Guo Jia for a while, so it was not at all surprising that Yan Qing was able to see Guo Jia.
After the third test, Yan Qing, on the strength of his authority, quietly added an extra question that did not count toward the total score in the test papers for Lu Xun and Zhuge Liang.
Of course, to make sure it didn't interfere with their play on the other topics, it was a little longer to give them both a share of that scented candle for timing purposes.
As the candidates were all referred to in separate compartments, and as they were given at different times after the test to enjoy the hot soup and get rid of the dirt on their bodies, no one noticed that two of them came out a little later.
That is still Lu Xun's previous offer of advice to bring him inspiration: even if young, not enough refinement, but is destined to be famous for ages of the proud son of heaven's strategy, can not be half underestimated.
The title is straightforward - how to calm the ghosts?
When Liu Biao died, even if Cai refused to offer, they sent troops to take, but also as easy as a bag; Ma Teng Han Sui has courage but not resourcefulness, it is not difficult to deal with; and the state of mixed fish and dragons, can be left until the end; Yizhou rich people, need to be pacified Guanzhong and then make plans; Shijian cut off the Jiaosu, isolated, but also not worth mentioning.
In Yan Qing's plan, it is to take Jingzhou first, then pacify Hedong, cross Sili, attack Liang and encircle Yi, and then try and cross the border.
The closest one, and the one that needs to be dealt with in a laborious manner, is left to Gongsun Zan of Youzhou.
Guo Jia nodded his head and asked, "What about Suggestor's?"
The reason why Yan Qing first suppressed and then raised his voice was to wait for Guo Jia to ask this, and joyfully took it out, "Here it is."
Guo Jia really can not see him this complacent a little silly look, the corner of the eye twitching took, quickly read, can not help but bring a few points to play taste: "or tender a little."
Yan Qing defended without hesitation, "Zhi Er can be two whole years younger than Mr. Liang!"
He also argued, "It is not impossible to act according to the plan of the proposed child, only--"
Guo Jia helplessly received: "just in the end to cost soldiers and horses time and effort, do not have to be bloodless to cut strategy to cost-effective, is it?"
Yan Qing nodded.
With Lu Bu's strength nowadays, if he wanted to forcefully attack that half of Ji and You Prefecture and completely overthrow Gongsun Zan's potential, he could not call it that difficult. It's just that for one thing, they have cooperated with Gongsun Zan's force many times and their relationship is considered good; for another, he appreciates Gongsun Zan's determination to fight against the foreigners and wants to continue to place him at the border to defend against foreign enemies.
The reason why Gongsun Zan fell out with Liu Yu, who was in charge of internal affairs, is partly attributed to the fact that he often brutalized and suppressed foreigners. A large part of the reason why Gongsun Zan fell out with Liu Yu, who was in charge of internal affairs, was due to the fact that he often brutalized the foreigners.
However, if they are not of my race, their hearts will be different. Although Yan Qing did not think so extreme, he was very much in favor of Gongsun Zan's tough approach.
The foreigners of this time are not those ethnic minorities that have harmoniously integrated with the Han Chinese in modern times, but are downright vicious wolves that are not well bred.
After all, the Central Plains rich and fertile, unlike the cold and barren outside the Seychelles, in order to compete for the limited resources for future generations to seek better development, but also human nature, and how can it really will be small favors in mind?
A moment of submission and forbearance, but is only a stopgap measure when the power is weak, and when slowed down for a moment, will be stupid, waiting for the opportunity to devour their masters.
Whether it is called the Han people suffered the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, or closed the loss of power of the Qing Dynasty, Yan Qing moment do not dare to forget.
He is not a saint who loves all living beings and treats them equally, nor is he an exiled immortal who is indifferent to the red dust and doesn't ask questions about the world, but he is just a mortal with a deep selfishness who hates not to be able to flatten the barbarians, and the ones he tries his best to shelter will only be the people of the Han Dynasty who have a similar blood lineage and who are soft and strong on the outside and on the inside.
The history of Deng Ai although prescient, had written "Rong Di animal heart, not to righteousness pro, strong is invasion and violence, weak is attached to the internal", but in the end left a failure to inhibit the rise of Liu Yuan's regrets.
Yan Qing had both enough power and knew exactly how powerful this character was, so he would not give him any chance to endure humiliation and wait for a comeback.
Not only him, but also Khorbineng, Huchuquan, and Debei ...... None of them will be able to escape.
Yan Qing made up his mind, only slightly smiled and said, "This policy can be used, also need to go to Duke Liang, just his age is too young, I fear that it is difficult to convince the public, but also need to be pressed for a year or two, grinding temperament before."
Lu Xun's answer is much more detailed than Zhuge Liang's, all the way around, not only beautiful handwriting, rhetoric, reasoning, the most incredible thing is that wherever specific figures are needed, they are all there.
Whether it's the food and provisions needed, or the army's subordinates, or the strategy for attacking the city, or the route forward, the 具 knows it all.
If it wasn't for the fact that Yan Qing was very sure that he had come up with the questions on a whim, he would have suspected that Lu Xun had taken a peek at the exam papers in order to make thorough and excessive preparations early on.
Lu Xun uphold the modest introverted way, usually do not show the mountains do not show, this time to show out, but not just a book can be described.
Yan Qing had no doubt that just by looking at this unadulterated store of data, Lu Xun was afraid that he had almost memorized all the case files and canonical affairs that he could access within his authority.
Zhuge Liang's, on the other hand, as always, fits his wild nature of the sword and takes a different approach. He makes half-hearted mention of taking by force, but goes straight to the subject of recruiting and surrendering.
He will Gongsun Zan's character to do the most exhaustive analysis, will weaknesses listed, and then the pain of self-request, to serve as the emissary of the surrender, straight said that this policy must be he to go can not be accomplished.
Yan Qing had read about Zhuge Liang's arrogant style of battling with the scholars in the Eastern Wu numerous times in the playbook, and he certainly did not doubt that he possessed such eloquence.
It is only for the sake of prudence that the matter has been deferred.
Guo Jia had his appetite whetted by these two exam papers and insisted on helping Yan Qing grade the rest of the papers. Yan Qing was happy to have the help of more than one reliable laborer, and shared many of them with him.
Just as he and Guo Jia were discussing an article with a novel idea, the door was gently knocked on, but it was Zhao Yun who sought an audience.
Yan Qing coughed lightly, "Zi Long, please enter."
Zhao Yun apologized under his breath while pushing the door open, striding in, bowing to Yan Qing with a calm face, then nodding his head to Guo Jia, who was sitting unseated and half crooked on Yan Qing, and then saying with a single slate, "His Lordship has an important matter to ask for, may I ask the two gentlemen to go to the council chamber as soon as possible?"
Yan Qing and Guo Jia exchanged glances, instantly rising and putting on their outer garments, they said, "This is the way to go. What is it about?"
Zhao Yun said, "It's for the envoys from Parallel State."
Yan Qing, who not long ago was still concerned about the lives of those foreign diaspora outside of the Parallel State Pass, only nodded calmly at the words and asked, "Was it sent by Zhang Yang or Zhang Yan?"
Zhao Yun honestly replied, "The Lord's orders were given in haste and not in detail, and Yun does not know."
Yan Qing guessed that it was Zhang Yan: "No harm done, we'll know when we go."
Zhao Yun nodded slightly, "Yun will take a step downstairs first so that he can order someone to prepare the carriage used by Feng Xiao."
Yan Qing somehow couldn't help but be taken much more seriously and gravely by the other party's peripheral aura every time he faced Zhao Yun.
Obviously, when Zhao Yun first joined Lu Bu's command, he was still a loyal and direct advisor, not euphemistic, but quite a good bully.
Because Zhao Yun since Lu Bu reuse, often conquest outside, running east and west: either suppress the Jiangdong area active Shan Yue ethnic group, or against the yellow scarf remnants of the nuisance within the territory of Qingzhou, but also the countless new recruits will be trained into a decent bow riding ......
Every time Yan Qing saw Zhao Yun again at regular intervals, he would find that the ineffable majesty of his body had grown heavier.
Countless thoughts swept through Yan Qing's mind as he guffawed, "Zi Long has always been careful, so I'll be obliged to you."
Zhao Yun clasped his fists and bowed, solemnly saying, "This is something within Yun's purview, and it is not worthy of Mr. Shiguang's words."
With that, he strides out.
Yan Qing cloak speed is extremely fast, Guo Jia is used to a slow rhythm. In this way, the light Yan Qing one person movement again fast is useless, ultimately have to stand next to the side to urge the side and so on.
At this time he suddenly remembered something, half joking, half curious: "Zi Long has always abided by the difference between the top and the bottom, but just did not call Mr. Feng Xiao, why is this?"
His intention was to tease Guo Jia and Zhao Yun whether they have a shallow personal relationship, but unexpectedly by Guo Jia glanced up: "Chongguang do not know, ZiLong's official title, has been in the Jia above."
Obviously the one who needs to salute is Guo Jia and not Zhao Yun. It is just that Zhao Yun is strict with himself, but lenient with others, and does not care about Guo Jia's omission in this regard.
Yan Qing said incredulously, "Didn't you just get promoted to the sixth rank? Currently being from the second rank, you should be on par with Zi Long."
Because of the little emperor after the shock of lingering sick, unable to take charge of the political affairs, Lu Bu logically regent on behalf of the power, and he has never been what unselfish, scrupulous about the mouth of the people pay attention to avoiding suspicion of the people.
As soon as he took office, he gave his own momentum in the people countless facilities, and Guo Jia that shelved for a long time the promotion of the official title, of course, but also to solve the problem.
Guo Jia was not half surprised by this, shrugged his shoulders and said succinctly, "Zi Long can always fight for his life, how can I compare with him?"
Yan Qing was stunned for a moment, and upon further reflection, that was indeed the case.
Guo Jia, even though he had advised Lu Bu and made countless miraculous achievements, accumulated over the years, and brought him to leap up to the second rank at once (of course, it also had something to do with the fact that the court was so poor that there were only official titles left to reward him, or that Lu Bu was in power) was still no match for the uncontrollable official fortunes of Zhao Yun.
This Shu Han always bit lightly used general, as if to make up for his regrets in the history of the past that, in the discovery of Lu Bu is indeed a merit must reward, performance must be rewarded, it completely burned up the fighting spirit, the battle is not picking the size of all invited to go on the expedition, attendance rate is high shocking.
Lu Bu also likes to use him, for one thing, he is a rare and good general's talent, and for another, that straight temper and mouth that makes Lu Bu on fire, it's better to let him keep conscripting outside.
The blood-soaked battles of birth and death, in return for the great battlefield achievements, brought him fruitful results - one or two promotions in a year, to say the least.
At first, Zhang Liao tried to compete with him secretly and tried his best to catch up, but as a result, he lasted less than two years and was defeated.
Simply go home and find a daughter-in-law and have another son to calm down.
Zhao Yun, on the other hand, is still a free and easy bachelor, and never even goes to drink flower wine with his colleagues.
...... In this way, under the leadership of Lu Bu, the younger aged staff and military generals in the momentum seem to be really playing bachelor mostly.
Obviously, all of them are hot candidates for husbands, but not many of them have really become a family.
Even Guo Jia, the most flirtatious and affectionate of them all, only lingered on the flowers and had no intention of renewing his marriage.
Guo Jia's hairs stood on end when he came into contact with Yan Qing's uncertain gaze at first glance, and he said vigilantly, "What are you thinking about again?"
Yan Qing and he always have something to say to each other, and this is not a topic that needs to be avoided, so he said straight: "I think how you are still not married."
Guo Jia skimmed his mouth in disgust, and took the lead in taking a step, going first while lazily returning, "Who let ~I once crossed the ocean and was not water~ it~"
Yan Qing smiled faintly, followed by lifting a foot and viciously tucking it into his ass.
When Guo Jia dilly-dallying to the mansion gate, the whole suit waiting for quite a long time, back straight like a ruler general straight and straight Zhao Yun is already frowning, the bottom of the eyes rarely show a few points of severity.
Guo Jia's face skin was a thousand times more refined, and he was able to turn a blind eye to even Jia Yan's blunt condemnation, not to mention Zhao Yun's level of sophistication. Still calm, he only logged into the carriage with the help of his servant.
Yan Qing also smoothly propped him up.
Zhao Yun didn't move to avert his eyes, and with his right hand, he took the reins of the Snow Jade Buckskin and brought it this way, politely saying, "Please, sir."
"Calling Zi Long for his trouble."
Yan Qing returned a smile and skillfully rolled onto his horse.
Xu Chu was robbed of his work for no reason, and at a loss for words, he looked around, not getting any other instructions, so he only mounted his horse and stood by Yan Qing's side.
Under the meticulous escort of Zhao Yun and Xu Chu, two highly skilled martial arts generals, they soon arrived at the council chamber safe and sound.
Before walking in, Yan Qing however couldn't help but take one more look at Zhao Yun.
For some reason, he always felt that Zhao Yun wanted to speak again and again along the way, as if he had something undecided, but he never really opened his mouth to ask.
Because he was inevitably a little concerned about Zhao Yun, who seldom showed a preoccupied attitude, he was still a little distracted when he stepped into the outer hall of the hospitality room one after the other with Guo Jia. But this distraction was quickly brought back by the tiger eyes that seemed to burst out with light and undisguised pleasure upon seeing him.