Chapter 87: Unspeakable Distress
After Zhou Yang restored his original identity, he not only gained Wang Yun's trust, but also made the people praise him.
On that day, when he was walking on the street, he often saw the pedestrians looking at him with respect.
He found it strange. After asking, he realized that his deeds of saving refugees in Luoyang had already spread throughout the city.
In Chang'an City, many people were brought by Dong Zhuo from Luoyang at the time, so naturally many relatives kept in contact in Luoyang.
However, it was less than half a day since he recovered his identity, and everyone knew him. This was obviously unreasonable, but when he passed by a tavern, he understood everything.
I saw Li Yu, the clerk sitting on two overlapping tables in the center of the tavern hall, was telling the whole story of Ding Yi turning into Zhou Yang. However, after he added fuel to the fire, the process became tense and terrifying.
Zhou Yang couldn't help but secretly praised the boy for his good deception, but he was still looking for someone sent to Luoyang in his heart, so he put away his curiosity to go to the tavern to listen to his story, sighed, and continued to walk around the streets.
When he walked back to the west of the city, he saw more than a dozen commanders such as sergeant captains, commanding the soldiers to prepare supplies to defend the city.
Wen Long, who had just been promoted to sergeant commander, was also among them. When he saw Zhou Yang coming towards them, he immediately respected him. Almost all the soldiers heard about Zhou Taishou’s deeds in Luoyang this time and stopped their work.
Zhou Yang was afraid that he would delay the city defense, so he hurriedly asked everyone to continue working. He also remembered that Wenlong had never betrayed him and the little emperor when he was in Guo's mansion. Why not try to use this person?
At the same time, I thought that there was another Zhao Zilong in this era, who was also loyal to Liu Bei. Could it be that the person with the word "Dragon" in his name is more reliable?
So he asked Wenlong to hand over the work to other commanders and called him to a corner where no one was.
Zhou Yang looked at the young man with white skin and thought that he was called Long, but he was a world of difference from the brave and fearless Geng Long. He couldn't help but want to give up his thoughts and reconsider the other candidates.
"General Ding...uh! He should be called Zhou Taishou." Wen Long always looked a little shy and smiled dryly, "I wonder what Zhou Taishou has to give?"
"Come on, let's sit down and have a talk." Zhou Yang found a place casually and sat cross-legged with an iron gun in his arms.
Wenlong bowed his body and was about to sit down, but when he thought that he was just a commander, he continued to stand with a little inferiority.
Zhou Yang pulled him to his side and smiled and said, "No need to be polite. Don't you want to be a big shot like Huangfu Gui?"
Wenlong lowered his head and said, "Just think about it. How dare Bei Yi be foolish in front of Zhou Taishou?"
Zhou Yang laughed and said, "Don't underestimate yourself. Maybe you will really be able to dream come true in the future! Since you have great ambitions, you should put it into practice and have the awareness of "I am born to be useful", instead of empty fantasies, waiting for the pie to fall from the sky to come to you."
"What is a pie?" Wenlong asked curiously, and read the unheard Li Bai poem "I am born to be useful" several times.
Zhou Yang naturally said after making a mistake: "I'll ask you a question, you have to answer truthfully."
Wenlong immediately said, "Premier Zhou, please ask."
So Zhou Yang thought for a while and found a few names to replace Cao Cao, Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Bei and others. Then he asked about how Cao Cao used the emperor to command the princes and how Liu Bei was convinced with virtue. Finally, he talked about how Cao Cao's son forced Emperor Xian of Han usurped the throne and other things that would happen in the future, and then he compiled an unheard story for him.
Wenlong actually listened with relish and pondered for a while before he said that he not only would not be disgusted with the behavior of Cao Cao in the story, but also admired his conceit of being fearless of the evil comments of the world and his almost superhuman strength. Instead, he felt disgusted with Liu Bei, a person who claimed to be the emperor.
Zhou Yang doesn’t hate Liu Bei. Anyway, everyone has their own preferences.
Everyone has their own ideas, so even though he loves Cao Cao very much, he never criticizes Wu and Shu people on the Internet for this reason.
Since he also likes the powerful Cao Cao, he will avoid future worries.
However, to the extreme, Zhou Yang used many questions to test him. He did not tell him the task of sending to Luoyang after confirming that there was no problem with the loyalty of this person.
Wenlong has been a soldier for seven years, and has no credit and hard work, but he always loses many opportunities to be promoted because he is white and tender.
Now that people are so valued, I feel very moved. I immediately swore to the sky and swear to complete this task no matter what.
After Zhou Yang explained the details of the task clearly, he asked him to set off immediately. Seeing him running excitedly, he couldn't help but secretly praise the kid who had such skills under his feet. It seemed that it was not useless and he should be able to make a difference in the future.
The next day, Emperor Xian of Han sent someone to summon Zhou Yang.
But this time I met him alone in the room, and Wang Yun was not among them.
After the little emperor shut down the servants beside him, he showed a mysterious smile on his face and said, "Brother, guess why did I summon you?"
Seeing that he had returned to his childish expression, Zhou Yang knew that it would definitely make him very happy.
Eighty-mostly, Dong Yu brought Xiaoyao to Chang'an, and maybe Sima Yi followed him. If this is the case, it is indeed the best time to kill him, but this seems to make Zhou Yang not happy.
"I can't guess!" The little emperor's mouth curled slightly and said proudly.
"Your Majesty!" Zhou Yang actually hoped that the answer was different from the guess, "I am humble and ignorant."
"Mr. Dong just came back in the morning and brought news about Xiaoyao!" The little emperor was filled with joy.
This actually made Zhou Yang feel guilty. In fact, everything he did now was to turn the little emperor back into a puppet emperor, then kill Xiaoyao's brother, and finally Cao Cao's son usurped the throne...
The only thing that is thankful is that he found that he did not become so cold that he had no feelings for it, and at least he felt a little guilty.
But this guilt will not bring him any help, but will become a burden to him.
Since this road has been gone, what's the use of thinking so much? He suddenly realized that since his first killing, he could no longer look back.
Zhou Yang took a deep breath, threw away the useless women's kindness, smiled at the little emperor, and said, "Why don't Your Majesty ask Mr. Dong to bring Xiaoyao back?"
The little emperor said: "The situation in Chang'an is still not stable. How could I let Xiaoyao suffer here? Mr. Dong understands my intentions, so he did not bring Xiaoyao to Chang'an."
Zhou Yang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then wait until the war is over before bringing Xiaoyao to Chang'an."
The little emperor shook his head and said, "Actually, I don't want Xiaoyao to come to Chang'an. Even if the war is over, the palace will not be a place that will make her happy in the future." He knew that he would grow up sooner or later and would move into the palace sooner or later.
The intrigues in the palace have been the case since ancient times, and Zhou Yang has long heard of it.
But I didn't expect that such a young child would have such mature thoughts, and compared with him, he seemed to be inadequate.
"By the way, Mr. Dong should have brought other news!" Zhou Yang thought of telling Dong Tong to come to Luoyang, and told Xun Yu about his situation. With Xun Yu's intelligence and talent, he would definitely understand his intentions and convey it to Cao Cao.
"Mr. Dong was so tired that he was confused as soon as he returned to Chang'an," the little emperor smiled, "so I asked him to rest for a few days before talking about it."
Zhou Yang had already had a deep understanding of the fatigue of long-distance drilling, and thought that it would be difficult for Dong to meet a scholar to complete the task smoothly.
After leaving the little emperor's room, he came to Dong Yu's residence.
Since Dong Zhuo's death, attendants, palace maids and others have returned to the little emperor. Dong Yu's originally desolate courtyard has also added many servants to help him clean it. Occasionally, some maids would also see their hands walking around with snacks.
Zhou Yang then realized that it was almost evening, but he hadn't eaten for the whole day.
Since we have arrived, we will take advantage of the food here.
When he walked into Dong Yu's room, he found that the other party had some worries in his eyes, except for his tired face.
Zhou Yang said something concerned first before asking: "Mr. Dong seems to have something to worry about."
Dong Yu is usually not good at hiding his emotions, so he hurriedly interrupted the topic and smiled awkwardly: "There is no worries about the officials."
Zhou Yang tried to guess: "It has something to do with Xiaoyao?"
Dong Yu was stunned when he heard this, which made his thoughts more obvious. He knew that he could not hide it from him, so he had to explain honestly, saying, "Actually, Xia Guan did not come back alone this time."
Zhou Yang vaguely guessed the answer and asked, "Mr. Dong brought Xiaoyao too?"
Dong Yu said: "It was not brought by Xia Guan, but Xiaoyao's brother took her to Luoyang with Xia Guan."
"What?" Zhou Yang was shocked and blurted out, "You mean Sima Yi has also come to Chang'an? Then why don't you bring Xiaoyao to meet His Majesty?"
"It's not that simple," Dong Yu sighed, "Mr. Ding... Oh! You should change your words and call it Zhou Taishou."
"What's going on?" Zhou Yang said anxiously.
Dong Yu didn't know where to start for a moment. He poured a glass of water inflexible hands and feet, but the table was splashed with water droplets, and ignored it. He just poured a few mouthfuls into his mouth. After calming down, he said: "I don't know what to say, so let Xiaoyao's brother say it himself!"
Zhou Yang heard his tone of blame for Sima Yi, but he didn't know the details. When he asked where their brother and sister lived now, he realized that Dong Yu had temporarily placed them in a private house in the south of the city, so he couldn't wait to ask him to lead the way.
Dong Yu had no choice but to drag his tired body and take him to his destination.
This is obviously a slum in Chang'an City. If people living in such dark areas want to see the sunshine, they must walk a long way to the streets.
Why did Dong Yu let them live in such a place? Why didn’t Xiaoyao let Xiaoyao go to see the little emperor? Why did Sima Yi, who did not agree with letting Xiaoyao stay by the little emperor, actually sent Xiaoyao to Chang'an?
Zhou Yang had countless questions in his mind, and only by walking into this dilapidated house can he reveal the answer.
Chapter completed!