Seeing Liu Biao nod to confirm, Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and said to Liu Biao,""Bring her here."
Liu Biao brought Xun Cai to Zhou Cheng.
Xun Cai's face was smeared with straw ash, and his hair was dirty and smelly. There was also cow and horse dung on his body. The stench was unbearable when one got close to him.
However, Zhou Cheng had come to this world and slept in the cowshed and stable, so he had long gotten used to the stench.
This was Xun Cai's first time coming into close contact with Zhou Cheng.
He was nine feet tall, with a tiger's back and wolf's waist. He wore a sleeve armor and looked extraordinary. Moreover, he had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. Among the moth bandits, he stood out like a crane among chickens. One look and one could tell that he was not an ordinary person.
"You are Xun Shuang's daughter?" Zhou Cheng asked.”
"If we deceive the canal commander, we won't be able to leave a complete corpse," replied Xun Cai.”
Ancient people were very cautious when making oaths because the chances of success were relatively high. For example, after Sun Jian obtained the Imperial Jade Seal, he swore in front of Yuan Shao that he did not get it. In the end, the oath came true and Sun Jian was pierced through the heart by thousands of arrows.
"Yes." "I heard you're going to present me with a treasure?" Zhou Cheng nodded and said. What treasure is it?"
"Please fetch a bucket of water," replied Xun Cai.”
Zhou Cheng gave Zhou Cang a look, and the latter immediately arranged for the soldiers to fetch water.
Soon, a soldier came to Xun Cai with a bucket of water. After putting down the water, he quickly retreated.
In front of Zhou Cheng, Xun Cai took out a clean handkerchief from his sleeve and wet it in the bucket. Then, he began to clean his face and hair.
Her black hair was like a waterfall, her skin was like fat, her eyebrows were like smoke, she was fresh and elegant, her almond-shaped eyes were flowing, and her lips were like cherry blossoms.
It was actually a beauty.
The only regret was that she was still a little young and hadn't completed her full body yet. However, this made her look more youthful and energetic.
Xun Cai looked at Zhou Cheng and said,"I'm plucking the willows. Are you satisfied, Chief?"”
Zhou Cheng frowned. Of course, he wasn't stupid. Xun Cai's words were obvious. He was offering himself to him.
There must be something wrong with her brain.
Zhou Cheng didn't mind having a beauty by his side. After all, he had never tasted a woman in his previous life or this life.
However, Xun Cai was the daughter of the Xun family of Yingchuan. There was no reason for him to do such a stupid thing.
Zhou Cheng also knew his own limits. He was the leader of the moth bandits, the target of all the vassals. In the eyes of the gentry, the moth bandits were already grasshoppers after autumn and would not last for more than a few days.
"Why did you do that?" asked Zhou Cheng.”
Lying on the ground, Xun Cai said in a voice like a stream,""Mother is seriously ill and all the medicine she needs is in general's hands. I can't bear to see mother suffer from her illness and I don't want her to die in front of me. Thus, I am willing to offer this body to the canal marshal and beg for the medicine she needs.”
The moth thieves, who had been shocked by Xun Cai's beauty just a moment ago, were now filled with admiration.
Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, honesty, respect, and tolerance. The people of the Han Dynasty were deeply influenced by Confucianism. Furthermore, the Xun family of Yingchuan was the descendant of Xun Zi. Xun Shuang, Xun Cai's father, was regarded as the most filial son. It was reasonable for Xun Cai to sacrifice himself to Zhou Cheng for his mother.
In history, Xun Cai was indeed an extraordinary woman. She married Yin Yu at the age of 17. Yin Yu passed away two years later. Xun Cai did not want to remarry, but Xun Shuang agreed to marry Xun Cai to Guo Yi, a fellow countryman. In the end, Xun Cai took advantage of the fact that no one was on guard and wrote on the door with powder: After that, he hanged himself.
Zhou Cheng thought for a moment and asked,"How will you face the Xun family and your father if you give yourself to me?"”
Although he sacrificed himself in exchange for medicine and fulfilled his filial piety, serving the thief with his body ruined the loyalty of the Xun family of Yingchuan.
Xun Cai answered without hesitation,"Only death."”
Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both. Xun Cai was indeed an extraordinary woman. She planned to use her own body to exchange for medicine. After her mother's condition stabilized, she would choose to commit suicide.
If such a woman was in the modern world, she would make gold diggers and green tea bachelors feel ashamed.
"Get the medical craftsman here," Zhou Cheng said to Zhou Cang.”
"Here." Zhou Cang immediately ordered the soldiers to find a medical craftsman as quickly as possible.
"Treat her mother," said Zhou Cheng.”
"Xun Cai thanks the Qu Marshal for his kindness."
Xun Cai once again knelt on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.
At this moment, Zhou Cheng walked in front of her and pulled Xun Cai, who was less than 1.6 meters tall, up. Then, in front of all the moth thieves, he pulled out his sword and raised it high.
All the Yellow Turbans present were stunned.
"Canal Marshal!" Zhou Cang wanted to dissuade him.
In the Han Dynasty, which was deeply influenced by benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, loyalty, filial piety, honesty, respect, and tolerance, Xun Cai's actions had already won the respect of the moth thieves present. He sacrificed himself to save his mother and would definitely become a legend.
At this moment, Xun Cai raised his head and looked at Zhou Cheng. There was no fear in her eyes. She calmly closed her eyes and waited to be killed.
She was willing to give her body to Zhou Cheng, no matter what he wanted to do.
Finally, Zhou Cheng swung his sword down.
A cold light flashed.
The people around them closed their eyes and did not dare to look anymore.
They seemed to see heads flying and blood splattering three feet.
However, when everyone opened their eyes, they saw a strand of long hair beside Xun Cai.
"With hair as the head, Xun Cai is dead. From now on, you are my wife and have nothing to do with the Yingchuan Xun family.”
With that, Zhou Cheng carried Xun Cai up.
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