Chapter 5 Husband and wife against each other

As soon as Zhang Hong left, all the generals began to drink five times and six times, and the atmosphere became noisy.Cao Cao saw that Kong Rong was in a daze in the hall, he smiled and said, "Brother Wen Ju, thanks to your help today. Come, come, I will respect you." He put his posture very low, but Kong Rong turned a deaf ear to him He walked out of the second door with his head down and left without saying goodbye, which made Cao Cao blush. "Huh? Why did Kong Wenju leave without making a sound?" Xu You looked outside in surprise, "Is there something wrong?"

Cao Cao laughed awkwardly: "Hey...let him go." "Huh!" Liu Xun was full of disdain, "This man is too arrogant, he just walks away without even saying hello, does he still have Brother Cao in his eyes? According to me, let's repair the watch and play the Son of Heaven on it, and punish him for contempt. crime." "Yes, yes, yes! I have disliked him for a long time, but today I welcome Master Wang, if I stand up and refuse to worship, I will be punished!" All the warriors present responded unanimously. Cao Cao was still unwilling to kill the donkey, but just sneered; Xun You frowned and winked at Guo Jia; Guo Jia, who was eloquent, quickly raised his wine: "Kong Wenju is a stubborn person, why bother with him? No Mention him but don't mention him! The matter of Mrs. Sun has been decided, I think we will have a drink together and congratulate Mr. Cao!" He yelled, and all the generals toasted, and then distracted Kong Rong's matter.

Looking at the dark smiling faces, Cao Cao was quite moved. A year ago was the most difficult time for Guandu. At that time, even he himself almost gave up. How could he expect to drink so much today?Of these generals present, whether it is Yu Jin and Le Jin who have been loyal since Yanzhou, or Zhang Liao and Zhu Ling who surrendered later, or even Zhang Yun and Gao Lan who have recently surrendered, which one has not made great contributions?As for the brothers of the Cao family and Xiahou family, it’s not a problem... Everyone else was aside, Cao Cao took the wine and was the first to respect Zhang Xiu: "General Zhang, I should be most grateful for this victory. The person is you!"

Before the battle of Guandu, Zhang Xiu took refuge in Cao Cao in danger and solved his worries; and he had been defending Cao Cao's front battalion against the enemy during the battle. Among the generals, the most generous reward will be given.Even so, Zhang Xiu was not at ease in his heart. Although he was treated with courtesy now and married Cao Cao, the hatred that killed Cao Ang and Cao Anmin could never be washed away.So seeing Cao Cao paying back to himself, he was three-pointed joyful but seven-pointed uneasy, and hurriedly avoided the table: "It is natural to drive for the country, and the last general dare not..."

"Hahaha..." Cao Cao walked around the handsome case, put his arm around Zhang Xiu's shoulder and smiled, "Why is a good in-law so humble? Since we are in the same breath, your credit is also the credit of the old man, and the glory of the old man will come soon." It's your honor." As he spoke, he greeted everyone in the hall, "Come, come, you all toast General Zhang!" Since he has such an order, who would dare to disobey it?Whether convinced or unconvinced, they all raised their glasses to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu saw that Cao Cao seemed three-point drunk, and was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat. He responded to everyone: "You are too polite, I dare not be a general..." He was like a tiger on the battlefield, but he was silent like a cicada at this small banquet.

Cao Cao glanced at him: "The man in Liangzhou who was not afraid of the sky and the earth was not afraid of the sky, how can he be a mother-in-law now? What do you think in your heart? The old man knows...Since ancient times, people who have achieved great things do not care about personal enmity. Zhang Han shot and killed Xiang Liang (Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu's son) Uncle, was killed by Qin general Zhang Han, Zhang Han later led his troops to surrender to Xiang Yu because of Zhao Gao's suspicion Killed Liu Yan (Liu Yan was Liu Xiu's elder brother, who was executed by Gengshi Emperor Liu Xuan for treason because of Zhu Yujin's slander. The young mansion of one of the Qing, making him rich and honored forever. These two things are a model of the emperor taking all the credit and disregarding personal enmity), Guangwu pointed at the river and swore. How can I, Cao, forget the hero of the predecessor? Don't worry, you and The old man protects the Han Dynasty together, let us be a pair of role models who abandon selfish enmity and stabilize the world. Wouldn’t it be a good thing to leave a name in the history of the ages? Come, come, let’s drink this wine together!” After hearing Cao Cao’s statement, Zhang Xiu finally Relaxed, thanked again and again, raised the wine cup to drink with the generals, suddenly there was a commotion in the hall - weeping and cursing from outside, a half-wife barged in.

In fact, this woman is not yet fifty years old, but she is prematurely old, her head is blue and half white, and her face without makeup is full of wrinkles; she is wearing a white skirt, a plain waist belt, and gray cloth Clothes, holding a weaving shuttle in his hand.She rushed into the living room angrily, jumped and shouted, and chased after several women and maids, some pulling, some hugging, and some kneeling on the ground while kowtowing and persuading.The generals were stunned, a crazy woman from nowhere actually came here to act wildly.Only Xiahou Dun and other relatives knew that the person who came was Ding, Cao Cao's married wife.

Although Ding was Cao Cao's original wife, she was not favored by Cao Cao.Concubine Liu gave birth to Cao Ang and died, and Ding brought him up.She has been raising Cao Ang for more than ten years. Although she is not her own child, she treats her as her own. She poured all her efforts into it, broke her heart and tried her best, but in the end, in the battle of Wancheng, the white-haired man gave back the black-haired man.Cao Cao accepted Zhang Ji's wife, causing Zhang Xiu to surrender and rebel. Cao Ang let Ma Jiufu die under random arrows, leaving no body.Ding was in pain, and became violent and angry at every turn. He repeatedly scolded Cao Cao for killing his son, and the relationship between husband and wife had existed in name only.Cao Cao knew he was in the wrong, so he didn't argue with her, and the family affairs were decided by the Bian family.There are also Huanshi, Dushi and other beautiful concubines, all of whom are warm, fragrant, jade, swallows and warblers. They only regard Ding as a person with ailments, and they can just send their maids and mother-in-law to coax them.Fortunately, Cao Cao was often away at war, and Ding spent time guarding the loom every day, and the days eased after a long time.

Unexpectedly, the shogunate held a banquet today, and the servants and boys came and went to disturb the back house.When Ding heard that the murderer had also come, she was saddened and hated, and regardless of internal and external etiquette, she rushed to the main hall angrily, crying and seeking revenge from Zhang Xiu. When Cao Cao saw that Ding came out to disturb the situation regardless of the etiquette between men and women, his face was as red as charcoal. He was afraid that the generals would see his family's jokes, so he hurriedly beat the table and stopped drinking: "Nonsense! The old man and the generals are drinking, how can you be disturbed by a woman? Get out!"

The Ding family did not agree, and stood in the hall and yelled: "Zhang Xiu's dog thief, stand up! You killed my son, how dare you enter this house! I can't wait to eat your flesh and sleep your skin! Give my son back..." After all, she is a girl who doesn't leave the door and doesn't go out. She doesn't know which one is Zhang Xiu, so she simply points out and counts down the number of people present. Cao Cao was ashamed and annoyed, but in front of so many people, he became more and more angry and embarrassing, so he could only slap his handsome face and shout: "Come on! Madam is crazy, take her back to the room!"

"You are crazy! I want to avenge my son!" There were quite a few guards and servants outside, all of them lowered their heads, and none of them came over to make a fuss, men and women were not easy to attack, who would dare to touch Mrs. Sikong?The maidservant rushed forward, pulling and hugging, but she didn't dare to use any force.Instead of telling them to procrastinate, Ding became even more annoyed, and it wasn't just Zhang Xiu who scolded her: "Cao Aman, you heartless old murderer! You won't avenge your son... If you hadn't hooked up with the widow back then, Why did Ang'er die at the hands of a dog thief? Now that the enemy is close at hand, instead of avenging Ang'er, you gave the dog thief a high-ranking official a generous salary and married him. Are you worthy of our poor son? Ruthless You unrighteous old thing, the wild dog has gnawed your heart! Give me back my son... my poor son..." She made a fuss with her hair disheveled and tears streaming down her face. What she said made sense. Cao Cao was speechless after being scolded by her. His face turned red and white, but he just shouted dryly: "What do women know? Go back to the back house! Give me... give me I..." He didn't know how to deal with it. How can I drink this wine?Guo Jia was the first one who couldn't sit still, and smiled awkwardly: "My lord has just returned home, so there must be some housework to do. I don't want to bother you, so I'll visit you another day." After finishing speaking, he slipped along the wall; Regardless of housework, Xun You saluted Yuan Huan and pulled Yuan Huan to leave in a hurry.It was as if the gate had been opened, and none of the generals felt embarrassed to read the joke, and they all left in the blink of an eye, only Xiahoudun and Zhang Xiu remained. Xia Houmao, the son of Xiahou Dun, married Ding's daughter. Speaking of Ding's sister-in-law and in-laws, she wanted to stay and persuade her; Regardless of the fact that the man had gold under his knees, the dignified Liangzhou man fell to the ground and shouted: "Ma'am, don't be angry! Thousands of mistakes are all my faults. Today's crime will be here. If you want to kill or cut yourself Get lost!" "So it's you! What a thief!" When Ding saw his enemy was extremely jealous, he rushed to beat him, and the maids on the left and right grabbed him tightly.In desperation, she threw the weaving shuttle viciously, and the shuttle hit Zhang Xiumian's door. Cao Cao couldn't bear it any longer. He had tried every means to win Zhang Xiu over. The Battle of Guandu was thanks to this man. Just now he was swearing to comfort him. Now, what's the difference between hitting him in the face and hitting him in the face?In a rage, Cao Cao turned the Shuai case upside down, and all the fruits, vegetables, wine and vegetables rolled all over the floor: "Crazy woman! If I don't miss your bereavement, I will divorce you long ago! If you dare to be rude to General Zhang again, I will kill you!" ……so I……" "What do you want?" Ding shouted. "I'll kill you!" Cao Cao had to say. "Old man! Even if you killed me, I have to avenge Ang'er today!" Xia Houdun secretly complained, knowing that Zhang Xiu would be killed if he didn't leave, he hurried forward to help him: "General Zhang, Madam Cao has a little dispute with Mr. Cao, the couple's affairs have nothing to do with us, let's go..." Can't help but say Then he went out. Seeing that the enemy wanted to escape, Ding didn't care about Cao Cao, and chased after breaking away from the left and right. He hurriedly chased to the entrance of the hall, and surrounded a large group of people—Bian, Huan, Qin, Yin, Du and other concubines. All the concubines came, followed by Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhen, Cao Xuan, Cao Chong and other young masters.All the people knelt on the ground and blocked the way, some stretched their arms and called sister, some hugged their thighs and called mother; the maid woman behind also caught up and hugged her shoulders and did not let go. Ding couldn't get away, and watched Xiahoudun and Zhang Xiu walk out of the hanging flower gate, and cried helplessly: "My poor Ang'er..." Her crying concubines and maids also shed tears, making the courtyard of the shogunate burst into tears. There was a lot of mourning. "Shut up!" Cao Cao rushed out angrily, "I'm an old man, who dares to disobey you, inside and outside Xudu? You crazy woman, having a banquet in public, where do you put your husband's face?" In fact, Cao Cao also knew that Ding Shi was wronged. He was angry because he hurt face. Now that all the generals have left, if Ding Shi is willing to say a few soft words, the turmoil will disappear.But Mrs. Ding was ready to go all out long ago, but she didn't change her words and admit her mistake: "Old Shacai! You killed my son, give me back my son..." "Ang'er is your son, isn't it my son?" Mrs. Ding stood up abruptly, and pointed at Cao Pi and the others: "You have a large group of sons, but I only have Ang Er! Once Ang Er dies, I have nothing...You old enemy who was cut to death... Why do you want to marry me..." Cao Cao was trembling with anger, and suddenly felt a dull pain in his head. Knowing that the old problem had happened again, he rubbed his forehead and shouted: "Go back to my room! If you make trouble again, I will divorce you!" "Divorce me?!" Ding suddenly laughed wildly, "Hahaha...Cao Aman, do you still have a conscience? You pat your chest and think about it, how can I feel sorry for your Cao family? Since I married you, I believe A husband and a child have worked so hard, but can they enjoy a day of happiness? Mrs. Liu is my maidservant. If you like it, I will be your concubine. I will take care of the son I gave birth to as my own! But you, ask yourself, how have you ever Treat me as your wife? When have you ever loved and cared about me? I have nothing but Anger!" Speaking of which, she pointed at the concubine Ji who was present, "You are a lustful, greedy, ruthless old man. Things, you know how to marry one house after another! Those who are in the boudoir are fine, no matter what smells good, they will go home and steal other people's widows! You still have the face to say that you are the third public and have power... Bah! Shameless !" When these words came out, not only Cao Cao was disgraced, but even the wives were ashamed.The Bian family and the Huan family are all right, the Yin family is He Jin's daughter-in-law, married into the Cao family, and brought a dead husband's son, He Yan; Qin Lang, the son of Qing Dao unknown.In addition, Zhang Ji's widowed wife, Wang family, and Zhang Xiu's in-laws, Zhou family, Cao Ang's death was caused by them, so they hid behind a tree and did not come out. Hearing this now, I can't wait to find a place to sew in. ——According to the calculation, most of these Ji concubines came from wrong paths. Cao Cao heard her speak so blatantly, and snapped: "Shut up! I'll just... write a divorce letter and divorce you!" "You give up, you give up! Old Shacai, what do you care about when my son is gone, today I will fight with you, an old enemy!" Ding suddenly rushed towards Cao Cao, fighting and bumping heads. Cao Cao was already dizzy, he raised his hands left and right to parry, and suddenly felt his face was hot—a bloodstain was scratched by her.The dignified Sangong told the woman to scratch her face, how can the court meet people?Cao Cao's anger was almost over the top of his head. He slapped his wife on the face, knocked Ding's fan to the ground, and pulled out his sword to kill him. This time it became even more chaotic, even concubine Ji and her sons all embraced, those who snatched swords, those who hugged their waists.Cao Cao's bullish temper came up, but they stopped him: "Let go of me! Whoever stops me, don't blame me for being ruthless with the sword, and I will kill him together!" Cao Chong, the son of the Huan family, was only six years old. He was the most favored on weekdays and hugged Cao Cao tightly Thigh: "Father must not be a mother (sons of concubines still recognize their first wife as their mother, and their biological mother does not have the title of mother to the outside world)! Even if the mother has done it before, wouldn't daddy be ridiculed by the world for killing his first wife as a third father?" Cao Cao couldn't help but shudder when he heard this remark—this kid is right, he almost got a bad reputation because of his momentary anger!He slowly let go of his saber and stared at his wife who was lying on the ground.Ding's hair is disheveled, most of the black hair has been dyed with autumn frost, wrinkles are piled up, his eyes are dull, and his face is full of tears. The slap just now was too hard. There are red palm prints on his cheeks, and blood oozes from the corner of his mouth. He lay there sobbing.Cao Cao's heart softened again. Although he had never doted on this lady, Mrs. Ding had no regrets for the Cao family.When Cao Cao first entered the official career, he was dismissed twice. It was Ding who encouraged him to cheer up and get married as a husband and wife to overcome difficulties together! Cao Cao put down his sword and sighed: "You, you...do you know your mistake?" Ding's eyes were empty and his head was lowered, he didn't even look at him, turning a deaf ear to his words.Cao Cao had a terrible headache, and asked again patiently: "Do you know your mistake?" Ding gritted his teeth and refused to answer. "You are talking!" Cao Cao didn't want to make a fuss anymore, even if Ding Shi casually hummed at the moment, the matter would be over, but she insisted on ignoring it.Cao Cao couldn't swallow her breath without speaking. In desperation, he waved to Wang Bi who was standing in the distance: "Go to Ding's house and ask them to bring a car to pick up Madam! I don't want her anymore." Mrs. Bian hurriedly stopped her: "Husband, please don't..." "Shut up!" Cao Cao returned his saber to the box, "No one can persuade you now. As the saying goes: 'A horse breaks a car, a wicked woman breaks a house.' There are still seven rules for the common people (seven rules, also It is called "Seven Quits", which comes from "Book of Rites", and it is the standard for men to divorce their wives in ancient times. Those who disobey their parents-in-law, childless, fornication, jealousy, suffering from serious diseases, gossiping, and stealing property from their in-laws) would not Allow her to be so unreasonable? Ask the Ding family to pick her up, and I will make up another divorce letter in the future. It is not because Cao is ruthless, but because she does not want to live with me. Come here! Help her go back to the room to pack her things .” Ding remained silent and went with the help of her maid, and never looked at her husband again from the beginning to the end.After a long time of trouble, Cao Cao was also tired, so he leaned against the door frame, and Cao Pi and Cao Zhen rushed over to help him.There was a mess of cups and plates in the hall, so Cao Chong moved out a stool and asked him to sit and rest at the entrance of the hall for the time being. Dare to move half a step. Cao Cao rubbed his aching head. After all, he was almost fifty. It took him a long time to recover: "You are all shocked too... I will send troops to Runan to fight Liu Bei in a few days. This time you Follow me." "Shall we go too?" The ladies looked at each other in blank dismay. "Yuan Shao and I have already won, and Liu Bei's mob will collapse at the first touch. I don't need to worry about the battlefield. Let's go back to my hometown in Qiao County to have a look. Now everything is stable, and I should go back to worship my ancestors. Let's see. The parents in my hometown are old." Cao Chong came over with a bowl of water. Cao Cao took a sip and squeezed the face of the little witty ghost: "Your boy was born in Xudu, and you haven't been back to your hometown yet. Go back with daddy and have a look, and pay homage to grandpa." Cao Chong blinked his small eyes and said with a smile: "Then daddy, don't drive mother away, let's go back together, okay?" Cao Cao gave a wry smile and didn't answer—the joyful celebration banquet was messed up by Ding, so it's better to separate for a while.In fact, he didn't intend to really divorce his wife, he only hoped that she would return to her mother's house sober and sober, and take her back to the mansion after returning from Qiao County, hoping that time would solve everything.Cao Cao was a little helpless, even Yuan Shao told him to defeat him, but he couldn't handle his wife!Why is it more difficult to deal with a woman's madness than thousands of enemy troops? Cao Cao raised his hand to signal everyone to disperse, and he simply stopped thinking about these things.After so many years of hard work, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Is it necessary to be busy with these trivial housework after the state affairs are over?Forget it, it's just so-so...