Siheyuan: Game of Red Dust

Chapter 244 Diao Chan and Cai Yan

"I understand, Father."

Sun Ce nodded and spoke respectfully to his father, Sun Jian. Although there were some things he couldn't understand, he knew his father would not harm him.

"My son, just understand."

Sun Jian stroked his beard with satisfaction.

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Yun Que led the Wu Clan knights and followed Dong Zhuo's escape trail, chasing him all the way. Finally, they caught up with Dong Zhuo and his men about ten miles away from Luoyang City.

Dong Zhuo directly sent troops to stop them, but they were taken away in one round by the Wu clan warriors and were controlled. Of course, resistance would only lead to death.

After capturing Dong Zhuo, they rushed directly to Luoyang City and forced Dong Zhuo to open the city gate. The Wu Clan quickly occupied Luoyang City.

Yunque took Dong Zhuo directly into the palace and saw many civil officials and the young emperor Liu Xie in the palace.

"Who are you? Even if you have done a great service in saving the emperor, you cannot be so presumptuous."

Suddenly an old man jumped out from the side and shouted at Yunque.

Yun Que tilted his head and asked Dong Zhuo beside him:

"Who is this old fellow?"

"Sir, this is Situ Wang Yun."

Dong Zhuo said respectfully.

Yuque nodded, remembering that the most beautiful woman in the world, Diao Chan, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, was in Dong Zhuo's mansion.

"Old fellow, is there a woman named Diao Chan in your house? Hand her over, and I will spare your life!"

Yun Que suddenly became interested. What would happen if he brought Diao Chan back to Li Weidong? That guy was obviously a lecher, otherwise he wouldn't have so many wives. Would he be fascinated by Diao Chan? If he was, that would be interesting.

"You, you, you! How dare you be so presumptuous!"

Wang Yun pointed at Yun Que with trembling fingers and shouted loudly.

Yunque snorted coldly, and a female warrior of the Wu clan immediately stepped forward, picked up Wang Yun and threw him in front of Yunque. The old guy kept wailing after falling.

"Tell me quickly, where is Diao Chan? I don't have time to chat with you here. If you don't tell me by the count of three, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Yun Que said indifferently. He didn't have the time to chat with an old man like this. If he had the time, he would have taken down several cities long ago.

"You, you, how dare you treat me like this, you..."

Wang Yun said tremblingly.

"Take him out and chop him up."

Yunque immediately lost his patience and waved to the guards around him. A female guard carried Wang Yun out. Soon the guard came back without any screams. He kicked Wang Yun out and beheaded him with a knife. He didn't even have time to scream.

"Notify them to find Diao Chan and bring her back to me safely."

Skylark said.

"Yes, General."

The Wu clan's personal guard responded and walked away. Soon, the Wu clan's warriors came in with two beautiful women.

One of them was the most beautiful, and Yunque knew at a glance that she was the Diao Chan he had found.

According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which Li Weidong had shown her, Diao Chan was the adopted daughter of Prime Minister Wang Yun in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. To save the precarious Han Dynasty, she was instructed by her adoptive father, Wang Yun, to orchestrate a series of schemes. Using the beauty as a trap, they sowed jealousy between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, sparking a rivalry over Diao Chan's favor. Ultimately, Lü Bu, driven to rage by his beloved, subsequently killed his adoptive father, Dong Zhuo, and Diao Chan naturally became his concubine.

Diao Chan had a beautiful face and a charming temperament. According to historical records, she was so beautiful that she could topple a country.

According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period, Diao Chan, the courtesan of Prime Minister Wang Yun, a minister of the Han Dynasty, was worshipping the moon in his back garden when a breeze suddenly blew and a cloud obscured the bright moon. Wang Yun happened to see this. To boast about his daughter's beauty, Wang Yun told everyone he met that his daughter could rival the moon in beauty, but the moon couldn't match her and had to hide behind the cloud. Hence, Diao Chan became known as "Bi Yue."

Later, in order to describe her beauty, people jokingly said that even the moon would feel ashamed of its beauty, hence the name "Bi Yue".

After seeing her, Yunque couldn't help but sigh that she was indeed beautiful, and this woman was also scheming.

When Wang Yun told Diao Chan that he was going to use the beauty trap to alienate Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, she agreed immediately.

Wang Yun first invited Lu Bu to his house, and then secretly betrothed Diao Chan to him.

Then he let Dong Zhuo meet Diao Chan, which made him think of taking her as his concubine.

During this process, Diao Chan displayed a strong ability of seduction, bewitching the two men.

After Diao Chan married Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu was upset but he did not show it.

At this time, Diao Chan had secret dealings with Lu Bu many times, telling him about Dong Zhuo's act of forcing her to marry him, which angered Lu Bu. He finally drew his sword and entered the hall to kill the drunk Dong Zhuo.

In this way, a treacherous minister was killed because of a beauty, and Lu Bu lost his backing and had to find another way out.

For Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu, losing their future for a woman was a huge loss.

Diao Chan was also a very powerful person. After Lu Bu escaped, she was always kept by his side. When Lu Bu was besieged in Xia Pi, she said to him, "We will live together in life, be buried together in death, and never be separated until death." Lu Bu was so moved that he even gave up his military affairs and just had fun with Diao Chan every day. In the end, he was defeated and died in battle.

Strangely, Diao Chan's whereabouts were unknown after this battle, and her life or death was uncertain. This makes people wonder - did Diao Chan stay by Lu Bu's side in order to harm him, or was there a deep hatred between the two?
However, no matter what Diao Chan's original intention was, she successfully completed the task assigned by Wang Yun with her personal charm, and played these two big figures in her hands.

This shows that Diao Chan is quite scheming.

Yunque looked at Diao Chan for a while, then asked the other woman:
"She is Diao Chan, who are you?"

"My name is Cai Yan."

The woman said gently.

"Cai Yan? Cai Wenji!"

Yu Que hummed softly, and then finally remembered who Cai Yan was. Wasn't she Cai Wenji, the famous talented woman in the Eastern Han Dynasty?

Yu Que looked Cai Wenji up and down. She was beautiful and charming with her elegant demeanor.

Yunque took a look at her and decided to take the woman back with him. Li Weidong already had so many women anyway, and this was a rare and unfortunate woman. It would be better to give her to Li Weidong. Although this guy was a little fickle, he was still very good to his women.

"Come here, take good care of these two girls. Don't neglect them. Protect them well. When we return to the small world, we will take them away with us."

Yunque said to his personal guards.

"Yes."

The two witch guards under his command received Yunque's order and took Diao Chan and Cai Wenji out.

(End of this chapter)