In the Three Kingdoms period of history, it was an era of prodigies. Until now, we are all familiar with it, Cao Chong called the elephant, Kong Rong let the pear and so on are all allusions that we have heard since we were young. But at that time, there was such a prodigy with the same name, named Zhou Buxi, who was a good friend of Cao Cao's beloved son Cao Chong, but was finally assassinated by Cao Cao's orders.
Zhou did not doubt who also. He was a famous prodigy of the Three Kingdoms period, written in 192 BC, born in Lingling Chong'an, and was the nephew of Liu Xian, the cousin of Liu Biao of the Liu clan at that time. It is recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Zhou Buxian revealed amazing wisdom when he was a child, when his uncle Liu Xian saw it at that time and wanted to make the famous Liu Bei difficult to control at that time, and Sun Quan also called Liu Balai of Gaoshi to teach Zhou Buxi.
However, at that time, Liu Ba politely refused, and Liu Ba said at that time, "The gift of the book is to make the nephew destroy the beauty of the luan and the phoenix, and the universe of the swallow and the bird." "It means that even if you ask me to teach your nephew, it will be like destroying the beauty of the phoenix, so that he can only travel like an ordinary bird in the future." It is conceivable that Zhou is unquestionably stunning.
At that time, after Liu Bei carelessly lost Jingzhou, Cao Cao's army occupied Jingzhou. Then, Zhou Buxian, who had grown up a little, went to Jingzhou, and Cao Cao had already heard about Zhou Buxi's strangeness and personally visited him. At that time, it was said that there was a statue of Rui of the White Sparrow, so Cao Cao used this image to make Zhou Buxian do an ode, and Zhou Buxian did not hesitate to write it, which made Cao Cao, who was also extremely literate, secretly surprised.
Zhou Buxian itself represented some of the warrior forces. Cao Cao also happened to want to find an opportunity to win over the local warriors, and Zhou Bu was also talented, so Cao Cao wanted to marry his daughter to Zhou Bu, in one fell swoop. But at that time, Zhou Bu was young and vigorous, and bluntly refused. He did not become Cao Cao's "own person", which also laid the groundwork for future death.
Later, Zhou Buxi went to Xudu to study and met Cao Cao's son Cao Chong, and the two prodigies met only to find a confidant. Together, they traveled to study and talk about the scriptures and the Tao, only to feel that they were like-minded and felt sorry for each other. This is Cao Cao is also very satisfied, Cao Chong is the heir he has cultivated wholeheartedly, and Zhou Bu is undoubtedly a rare talented person. He looked forward to the future Zhou Buzhi being able to become Cao Chong's staff to assist Cao Chong, and the two of them would certainly be able to pass on a good story of the monarch.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207 AD), Cao Cao attacked Yuan Shao at that time, and the situation was like a bamboo. However, when it hit Liuzhou, it encountered a bottleneck and could not be attacked for a long time. At that time, it happened that Zhou Buxi followed Cao Chong to visit Cao's house, and he met Cao Cao at that time, who frowned and learned the reason when he asked carefully.
At that time, Zhou Buxian shook his head and went back to his room to write down ten plans one by one in a bag and offer them to Cao Cao. Cao Cao easily captured Liuzhou with only one trick to open it. Cao Cao was overjoyed, and when he looked at Cao Chong, who was inseparable from Zhou Bu, he was very satisfied. There is such a strategist by my son's side, and he is also very intelligent, and he will not be able to defend the country in the future.
But no one expected that just a year later, in the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208 AD). Cao Chong suddenly fell, and for a moment everyone did not react and died directly. At this time, Cao Chong happened to be thirteen years old. Cao Chong's death had a great impact on Cao Cao, because he was the heir he had cultivated single-handedly, but he died in this way.
Since Cao Chong's death, Zhou Bu was also very sad and often went to mourn. Cao Cao saw such a Zhou bu doubt, and his killing intention gradually arose in his heart. Zhou Bu doubted that he was too clever, Cao Chong was already dead, and Zhou Bu doubted that if he stayed any longer, he was afraid that he would become a scourge for the State of Wei. So he ordered his subordinates to kill Zhou Buxian, and considered the friendship between his son and Zhou Buxian, and finally smiled and instructed that he should leave a whole corpse.
It is said that at that time, Cao Cao's other son, Cao Pi, heard this and felt sorry for him, and went to cao cao to say good things, asking Cao Cao not to kill Zhou. However, Cao Cao was furious and directly reprimanded: "If Cao Chong is still alive, someone can suppress Zhou Buxi, and now that Cao Chong is dead, such a person is not something you can control!" ”
No matter how clever Zhou Bu was, he still hadn't escaped Cao Cao's sword and axe. Now think about it, if you had agreed to Cao Cao's request for marriage or if you hadn't offered those ten strategies when attacking Liuzhou, maybe you wouldn't have to die?