Chapter 208

With Cai Bojie's seasoned eyes, he had long determined that Gu Yi was not a thing in a pool.

Now,

old Dong, as the hegemon of Guanzhong and the strongest warlord in the world, had a great probability of unifying the world.

And Gu Yi would, nine times out of ten, become old Dong's successor.

Even if Cai Zhaoji were a concubine, she was still Gu Yi's concubine, far from what ordinary women could compare to.

(PS: The saying of one primary wife and two equal wives only came about in the Qing Dynasty; in the Han Dynasty, there was only one primary wife and countless concubines! Don't use the settings of other novels to nitpick)

However,

when Cai Zhaoji married into the Gu residence,

the person who felt the most uncomfortable was her younger sister, Cai Zhenji.

Dong Bai originally wanted to help Gu Yi marry the sisters Cai Zhaoji and Cai Zhenji into the house together,

but Cai Bojie thought this was too scandalous and insisted on letting Cai Zhaoji marry first.

On the wedding night, it must be said that Cai Zhaoji was indeed worthy of coming from a scholarly family.

She gave Gu Yi a completely different experience.

And in the month after Cai Zhaoji married,

Cai Zhenji followed closely and married into the Gu residence.

Compared to Cai Zhaoji, Cai Zhenji was another style.

The styles of the two sisters and the experience they brought to Gu Yi formed a sharp contrast.

Thus,

Gu Yi had four concubines in his residence.

It is likely that this number will increase again in the near future.

The autumn of the third year of Chuping (192 AD) soon arrived.

The land of Guanzhong welcomed a rare harvest.

At the same time,

the soldiers of all armies were also sleeping with their weapons, preparing for a new round of expeditions.

Why is it said that a new round of expeditions is coming?

Because not long ago, news came from Yizhou that Liu Yan was bedridden and would likely die of illness soon.

The person who would inherit Liu Yan's foundation would likely be his third son, Liu Mao.

However,

Liu Mao's physical condition was not much better than Liu Yan's.

Weak in constitution since childhood, he had always been a sickly person.

It is likely that even if he inherited Liu Yan's foundation, Liu Mao would soon die of illness.

And it is worth mentioning that

Liu Mao had recently married a new wife named Wu Mi.

This person was Wu Yi's younger sister.

Wu Yi, as the leader of the Dongzhou faction under Liu Yan, had political energy that could not be underestimated.

Although he had previously missed the opportunity to lead troops to conquer Zhang Lu because he went home to observe mourning for his father's death,

now, Wu Yi had returned to Liu Yan's side.

At the moment, Liu Yan was about to die.

Before he died, he had his son Liu Mao marry Wu Yi's younger sister as his wife, with the intention naturally being to hope that Wu Yi could help Liu Mao stabilize the situation.

However,

if the Grim Reaper wants to take someone away, no one can keep them.

This guy Liu Mao actually died because he caught a cold!

He died before his old father, Liu Yan!

This act dealt an even greater blow to Liu Yan, who was already bedridden.

Helpless, he had no choice but to pass his foundation to his fourth son, Liu Zhang, before he died.

In the Yizhou Inspector's residence,

Liu Yan held Zhang Song's hand with one hand and Wu Yi's hand with the other.

Subsequently, he placed both of their hands beside his fourth son, Liu Zhang.

At this moment, Liu Yan, whose consciousness was on the verge of blurring, used his last strength to say:

"Jiyu, after I die, Yizhou will be handed over to you."

"If you are undecided on internal affairs, you can ask Yongnian for advice."

"If you are undecided on external affairs, then ask Ziyuan for advice." (Wu Yi's courtesy name is Ziyuan)

Liu Zhang was weak by nature.

Not being the heir himself, he had almost never thought that one day he would become the master of Yizhou!

Therefore, Liu Zhang felt extremely hesitant and confused about everything happening before him.

However,

Liu Yan didn't have much time left.

He didn't have the leisure to think about Liu Zhang's thoughts.

After entrusting his funeral affairs,

Liu Yan slowly closed his eyes.

A generation of heroes, the founder of the system of abolishing history and establishing shepherds, passed away quietly.

According to the will left by Liu Yan,

Liu Zhang buried the broken snake spear together with Liu Yan's corpse.

An era quietly came to an end.

It is likely that in the underworld, Liu Yan could still use this snake spear that followed him for half his life to kill his way to a world.

The person has passed away, and the lives of those remaining must continue.

Before Liu Zhang's butt as Yizhou Inspector was even firmly seated, an unprecedented great rebellion broke out in the Shu land!

The person who rebelled was none other than Zhao Chi, who had previously been removed from the position of front-line commander by Liu Yan.

Actually, Zhao Chi was also very wronged.

Zhang Lu's rebellion in history was when Liu Yan was about to die.

But now, because of Gu Yi's butterfly effect, Zhang Lu rebelled in advance.

Liu Yan also died earlier than in the original history because of the double blow of Zhang Lu's rebellion and Liu Mao's death.

And what about Zhao Chi?

In the original history, he, Wu Yi, and Zhang Song were all entrusted ministers by Liu Zhang's side.

But now,

he was removed from office because of military defeat,

causing Zhao Chi to lose Liu Yan's trust.

He also lost his status as an entrusted minister.

The grief-stricken Zhao Chi gathered together with the group of people in Shu who were dissatisfied with Liu Yan, intending to launch an uprising to overthrow Liu Zhang's rule!

And among this group of people, there was another famous figure.

This person liked to hang bells all over his body and insert various feathers on his head.

The troops under his command were all dressed the same as him.

Yes, this person was none other than the leader of the Brocade Sail Thieves, Gan Ning, Gan Xingba!

As an outsider serving as an official in Shu Commandery, Gan Ning had always been dissatisfied with Liu Yan.

Zhao Chi's uprising was exactly what Gan Ning wanted.

Therefore, he took eight hundred Brocade Sail Thieves

and captured Wuyang with the speed of a thunderbolt!

Subsequently, he publicly announced his joining of Zhao Chi's insurgent army.