The Matters of Cao Cao Reincarnating as the Emperor’s Uncle – Chapter 45

第45章 绍一曰继二曰导

雾霭渐起,逐渐将两人笼罩。

却遮不住刘方眼底沉沉的思绪。

细观前世……

不管是皇室培养的人才最后追随袁绍,还是袁绍与袁术各自扯起大旗分裂袁氏。

亦或袁绍借董卓之手清理袁隗满门。

处处都透露出,刘宏肯定与袁绍达成过什么合作。

但……那更多的是在利用袁绍。

虽然他曾与这位年少至交割袍断义,兵戈相向。

可今生,他想让本初能踏上一条属于自己的路。

……

徐奉抱着剑,斜倚着虬曲的梅树,看着青石案前相谈的两人。

刘方抚石案,轻笑:

“袁逢所谓的宽厚笃诚,实乃大奸似忠。”

“袁隗善于投机,可他那看似精巧编织的权谋之网,终会缚住自己。”

“袁基虽有才能,却未真正经历过风浪,不过是纸上谈兵。”

“袁术么……稚子心智,不足为虑。”

他说着,折下一片将落未落的梅瓣:

“当先断袁逢,谋袁基,待袁隗自缚……”

“需留袁术,且看袁逢一脉如何从其手中彻底崩塌。”

袁绍神色凝重:

“可是袁逢与袁隗二人,皆列三公九卿,门生故吏遍布,欲断此枝,谈何轻易……”

刘方目光穿过薄雾,望向雒阳方向:
“朝堂之事,自有棋局,君无需多虑……”

“只是……这最后的杀招,需借君之手。”

袁绍猛然起身,衣袂带落满案梅瓣:
“先生放心,绍但凭驱策。”

刘方凝视着他年轻的面容,微微颔首:
“善……此为断,然若要成林,独木难支。”

“先生是说,叔父袁贺一脉?”

“不止。”

“再加上陈郡族叔袁滂一脉?”

“还差一子。”

袁绍皱眉:

“还差?”

“君之祖父袁汤有子十二人……”

刘方顿了顿,叩指于案上,发出清脆声响:

“这偌大的汝南袁氏就只有君一位庶子么?”

袁绍瞳孔骤缩:

“先生是说,袁遗、袁叙这些某的从兄弟?”

他的声音如喃喃,眼光流转间,回忆着这些遭遇与他相似的旁支。

混着渐浓的雾气,刘方含笑:

“正是……”

“袁贺、袁滂两脉好说,真正的变数,就在这些散落的庶枝。”

“若君能聚此三方,断枝成林,这汝南袁氏宗祠的牌位……”

“恐怕就要重新排列了。”

袁绍怔怔的望着刘方。

此言极似玄妙之音,勾起满心波澜。

他再次长揖至地:
“绍,受教。”

刘方踏过满地落英,稳稳托住了袁绍的双臂:
“当年,世人皆言’事不谐,问文开’。”

“文开公之名,谁人不知?文开公之心,谁人不晓?”

“袁逢袁隗之流纵居高位,可敢直面文开公的磊落风骨?”

“惜哉!文开公惨遭迫害,但……其志不可灭!”

“故……绍者,一曰继,二曰导。”

山风卷起袁绍鬓角碎发,露出眼底翻涌的惊涛。

刘方的声音混着梅香,似渗入骨髓:

“继先父之遗志,导袁氏之迷途……”

“想必,令堂为君取此名,便是想让君接过文开公为袁氏留下的这杆大旗。”

这话如烙铁,狠狠叩在袁绍心底。

养母自幼的谆谆教导,临终之前的字字嘱托……

随着刘方话音落地,全都在眼前浮现。

刘方扶起失语的袁绍,轻拍他的肩膀:

“带着文开公的风骨去见袁贺、袁滂两脉……”

“让他们知道汝南袁氏忠良未绝,似这满山寒梅,任他霜雪欺凌,来年依旧。”

说罢,刘方将一枚青铜符节塞进袁绍掌心。

袁绍攥紧符节,久久凝噎。

……

日头落下山腰时,刘方已告别这盈盈梅香。

山脚下传来徐奉牵马的声响,混着一阵凌乱的脚步声,惊起归巢的寒鸦。

刘方蓦然回首。

忽见袁绍追来,手中握着方才折下的梅枝。

“先生可留姓名?”

刘方抬手遥指雒阳城:
“汉家刘方。”

转身时,残阳却将他的影子留在了袁绍身前。

袁绍望着刘方离去的方向,那里正腾起袅袅炊烟。

忽的,他想起近日在雒阳贵胄间盛传的“皇叔”之事。

似乎,那天子皇叔之名正是……刘方?
顿时,袁绍整衣伏地,遥遥高呼:

“绍,拜谢元义公!”

远处,马蹄踏碎满地落英。

刘方凝视着手中袁绍所赠梅枝,含笑不语。

……

暮色渐现。

刻着“袁成之妻”的墓碑在寒风中静默矗立。

袁绍跪在墓前,身后的梅林沙沙作响。

“阿母,若泉下有知,且看着绍儿……”

“儿必不负所望。”

恰有风压枝头,几朵寒梅趁势,轻轻拂过袁绍脸颊。

袁绍愣在原地,话音未落,泪已先落。

他猛地贴上前去,指尖沿着碑刻缓缓落下,最后停在“妻”字末笔。

回忆如潮涌。

……

那时还没有这座墓。

青石案还新得能映出人影,母亲穿着淡青襦裙。

正用沾着泥渍的手,轻轻刮去他鼻尖的灰:

“绍儿可知,绍为何意呀。”

“一曰继,二曰导!”

年少的袁绍抢着接话,膝盖上还沾着刚栽完梅树的土。

“阿母都讲过一百遍啦!”

他仰头望着母亲被梅枝筛碎的阳光,看见她眼中映着小小的自己。

还有身后那株刚种下的,比他还矮的梅树苗。

母亲却不恼,指尖掠过他汗湿的发梢:

“可阿母还要讲第一百零一遍。”

她忽然从袖中取出卷竹简:

“等及冠时,阿母要给绍儿取字’本初’。”

“本初?”

“绍儿可知,《论语》有言,’君子务本,本立而道生’为何意?”

“阿母曾讲过,本,乃修身治国之本……君子,要专注忠孝仁义的道德,以此来培养自己的品德。”

“那,《礼记》有言,’礼也者,反本修古,不忘其初者也’又为何意?”

小袁绍歪头望着竹简上的隶字:

“礼也者,反本修古,不忘其初者也……”

“故凶事不诏,朝事以乐……本心之初,天所赋也,贵于反思而不忘。”

“是指保持本真,继承先人,勿忘初心,需常自省。”

母亲笑着合起竹简,梅影恰好落在她眉间:

“所谓本初正为此意,不过……”

“吾儿切记,本初易得,始终难守。”

她轻轻握住儿子的手:
“心呐,如树,也要常修常剪……”

画面在此处碎裂。

袁绍忽然笑了,泪水却落得更急。

“本初易得,始终难守……”

他喃喃着站起身,抚过碑前苔痕,露出那抹几乎被掩盖的刻痕。

依稀可见“班氏”二字……

(本章完)

The Matters of Cao Cao Reincarnating as the Emperor’s Uncle

The Matters of Cao Cao Reincarnating as the Emperor’s Uncle

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If Cao Cao were to be reborn and experience life as the Emperor's uncle, what would happen? "To the common people, he is the emperor, but to the aristocracy, he is just someone with the surname Liu." "That’s embarrassing." "It’s not embarrassing, do you want to stand up or do you want to restore the Han dynasty?" "I want to stand up and also restore the Han dynasty." "That’s impossible." Cao Cao pointed to his elite soldiers: "Can we do this?" "Yes, the Han will disappear." Cao Cao pointed again at reform: "What about this?" "That can be done, and then you will be gone." Cao Cao smiled: "Then if we combine this and this, can we stand up and restore the Han dynasty?" "May I ask who you are, esteemed one?" "I, Cao Mengde." People are unwilling to believe that I have the heart of the Duke of Zhou. They prefer to believe that I am a cunning hero. They especially want to believe that I am a Han rebel inside and out. In my past life, you said I took advantage of the emperor to command the feudal lords, and I did not quarrel about that. In this life, when you see me, what should you call me? "Emperor Uncle!" In later generations, archaeology occasionally uncovers "Han Zhong's Ancestor: The Decree of the Ming Mission": In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, on a cold night in Luoyang, snow struck the bronze door, sounding like jade shattering. An old steed on the couch, with frosted hair white. Breathing weakly, gazing at the remnants of the candle's glow. The great cause unfinished, the decree has been declared. Heaven's will is hard to defy; how can it be like a Han thief? Who would have thought that as the soul returned to the underworld, I would see the cycles of spring and autumn, and experience the reign of Xiping again. Heaven's will smiled upon me, mending the regrets of my past life. I will not betray the late emperor's heavy trust in me. In this life, wherever the sword points, it is all for the land of Han. Wherever the wine cup spills, it is all for the ministers of Han! The annals will surely record: Expanding territories, reviving the glorious Han, achievements unmatched in

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