At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Then, he rubbed cold drinks and ice cubes in Guo Peng's room, then watched Guo Peng practice calligraphy, and practiced calligraphy with him.

This day is the official rest day. The officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty work for five days, and then have a day off to rest, take a bath, change clothes, and meet family and friends.

For Cai Yong, this day is also a rare rest day. He is under great pressure to edit books and carve stone scriptures in Dongguan every day. The five-day rest day is a day for him to relax.

On this day, he does not work, but takes his two-year-old daughter to read and play the piano for fun, doing something he likes to do.

Naturally, no matter how many people outside the door were asking for comments, Cai Yong would not pay attention to them, and he would not pay attention to such trivial matters on rare days off.

Even if he has time, he will not pay attention to such things. He will only drink some wine, play the piano, and teach children a little simple things.

This is Cai Yong's favorite routine.

Chapter 22

In fact, Cai Yong always felt that he was a little regretful. He was so old, but he didn't have a son, so he had a daughter to chat with.

When ordinary people came to visit Cai Yong, they would persuade Cai Yong to have more concubines and more children, so as to continue the incense.

But Cai Yong thought that some things were destined by God. If God destined him to have no son, it would be useless to take a concubine. Of course, this also has something to do with Mrs. Cai's strength.

Without a son, a daughter is also a human being. He will not treat his daughter harshly just because he has no son. This daughter is still his heart and soul. He only had a daughter in his 40s. Of course he is precious, so he often brings her with him to play the piano for her. At this time, it is also a rare time for Cai Yong to relieve the depression in his heart.

Naturally, it was the same today, but as he bounced, a servant came over, looking embarrassed.

"Master, someone is fighting outside."

"what?"

Cai Yong stopped playing the piano and looked astonished: "A fight started?"

"Yes master, they fought over who delivered first and who delivered later."

The servant looked embarrassed: "Master, the front yard is a little out of control now, why don't you go and have a look?"

Cai Yong shook his head, sighed, and looked helpless.

"These young students don't know how to study hard, but they know how to take chances. I praise them [-] times. If they don't have real talents and real learning, sooner or later they will be exposed and suffer. They really don't know how to make progress!"

"Who said it wasn't? So many people come to deliver articles every day, not to mention masters, we servants also feel embarrassed, no, not only are there people fighting outside today, there are also boys who come to deliver articles, it's really getting worse in the world. ."

The servant inadvertently mentioned that Cai Yong was surprised.

"Children?"

"Yes, if you have not tied your hair and crowned it, it must be a boy."

The servant's answer made Cai Yong feel a little dumbfounded.

"This kind of thing is actually learned by the boy, but since it was the boy who delivered the article, it must be famous. Could it be that a few boys who have just entered the Taixue are eager to become famous?"

"The person here is a handsome boy. I don't know if he is a boy who is too learned."

Cai Yong suddenly became interested.

"Go and show me the boy's article."

"Ah? That master, those fighting and making trouble at the front door..."

"Don't you understand? Why are they making trouble for the sake of succession? It's clearly to force me to go out to see them, so that I can give me an article directly. You go to the official and ask the Beibuwei to deal with this matter! Drive them all away!"

The servant suddenly realized.

"It turns out that, the old servant understands, the old servant will deal with it now."

The servant then left, leaving Cai Yong, shaking his head in disbelief, looked at his daughter who was being held by his wife, and said helplessly, "It seems that today's interest in playing the piano will be gone again."

"Who made your husband famous?"

Mrs. Cai was also relieved: "Even the boy who just came to Luoyang to study knows his husband's reputation and wants to learn from his husband, which is a good thing."

"What's the matter? It disturbed my interest in playing the piano. Besides, what are they looking for in my talent? It's just my reputation. I want to use my mouth to compliment them and make them worth more. It's convenient. They beg the fields and ask the house, where do they want to study? Alas..."

Cai Yong shook his head helplessly, and suddenly thought of Cao Cao again.

"When Meng De was the Northern Lieutenant, he was very handy in managing this area. Ordinary people didn't dare to come and harass the mansion, but it was a happy birthday. As a result, Meng De left, and this group of people came again. In order to get me out, I will do anything."

"Who made your husband famous?"

Mrs. Cai repeated it.

"Yeah, who called me famous?"

Cai Yong smiled self-deprecatingly.

After a while, the servant came running again and brought a wooden box.

"Master, this is the article delivered by the boy, there are three copies in total, and one famous thorn."

Cai Yong nodded and picked up the famous thorn.

"Yingchuan Guo Peng? Yingchuan Guo Clan? Guo Peng... Guo Peng... Oh! I remembered that he was a dutiful son who slashed ice and fished for his mother in winter?"

"Ice fishing for my mother? What else?"

Mrs. Cai lived in the inner palace, and had never heard of this matter, but Cai Yong had heard of it.

These days, there are many rumors about this matter in the major families. The elders of each family use this matter to admonish their children and tell them to pay attention to studying Guo Peng.

This is indeed a good way to become famous. Now everyone is praising Guo Peng as a dutiful son, even Cai Yong has heard of it.

However, Cai Yong is quite clear about the way.

When he was young, he was also taught the secret by the elders in the family. He served his mother when he was sick. Later, it was rumored that he served his mother with clothes and clothes, and did not sleep for seventy days.

The villagers felt that Cai Yong was very filial, so Cai Yong became famous.

In fact, Cai Yong was of course worried about his mother, and he once served the sick himself, but how could he not sleep for [-] days?

Not sleeping for three days is enough to make a person collapse, let alone seventy days, seven days without sleep is dangerous.

Because I have done such a thing myself, I have nothing to despise Guo Peng's actions. Everyone does it, it is a convention, and they are used to it.

Cai Yong just thinks that Guo Peng is very smart, and the Guo family's planning is well done, so he has been praised and learned from major families.

It is estimated that a large number of "filial sons" will emerge in the future.

Such a person, what will his article be like?

Cai Yong was slightly interested.

Then he looked at the three volumes of bamboo slips in the wooden box that were packed in cloth bags, one of which had the word "Cao" written on it.

"Cao? Isn't his surname Guo?"

Cai Yong curiously opened the cloth bag, took out the bamboo slips inside, unfolded it, and was stunned for a moment.

"This is... Meng De's letter?"

When Mrs. Cai heard the word "Meng De", she leaned over to read it.

"What? Isn't this the boy's article?"

"No, this is Meng De's... letter of recommendation? Guo Peng is Meng De's younger sister-in-law, and he is already engaged to the younger sister of Meng De's family, so Meng De wrote a letter of recommendation to me, hoping I can meet He, said his talent and character are the best choice."

After reading Cao Cao's recommendation letter, Cai Yong raised a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Meng De has never recommended me any outstanding descendants, but this time, he actually recommended his sister-in-law to me first. It seems that Meng De likes it very much. His little sister-in-law."

Mrs. Cai thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Although Yingchuan Guo is a grammar official, he is still a century-old famous family. His family is well-dressed, and it is okay to be a friend. It is obvious that there are children who are willing to marry Cao. Cao's temporary power.

It was for this reason that Cao Mengde wanted to write a letter of recommendation to his husband. It was probably also Cao Song's advice. How could Cao Mengde not comply with his father's request?Husband, is such a person worth commenting on?Wouldn't it be detrimental to your own identity if your husband commented on him? "

Cai Yong disagreed.

"If it was helpless, Meng De would not have written it so carefully. Between the lines, I can feel that Meng De is really attentive. No matter what his father is, Guo Peng must have some ability to get Meng De to treat him like this. Madam, do you think so? "

Madam Cai looked helpless.

"My husband sees it this way, and I can't say anything, but does my husband really appreciate Cao Mengde so much? What's so special about him?"

"I can't talk about excellence. The heart of a child is really rare. If you want to prove yourself and make achievements, if this heart can be well guided, it will be fruitful."

Cai Yong put down Cao Cao's letter of recommendation, picked up another cloth bag with the word "Guo" written on it, opened it and said, "In today's season, the world is getting worse, and the children of officials and nobles are all for personal gain, and very few have a single heart. Lord, no matter what Cao Song's starting point is, Meng De is a talent that can be created."

After taking the cloth bag and taking out the bamboo slip, Cai Yong untied the thread and unfolded the bamboo slip.

"I joined the military expedition on the fifteenth, and returned at the eighty. I met the people in the village, and there was Ah Ho in the family. From a distance, it was Jun's family, and the pine and cypress mounds were full..."

Cai Yong's expression changed from relaxed and interested at the beginning to serious now.

"The rabbit enters from the dog sinus, the pheasant flies from the beam, the atrium is born in the valley, and the inoue is born in the sunflower..."

Mrs. Cai blinked, and hugged her little daughter to look at the bamboo slips.

"Punching the valleys for cooking, picking sunflowers for making soup, the rice is cooked for a while, I don't know who is going to...go out and look east, tears are falling...and it sticks to my clothes..."

For some reason, Cai Yong suddenly felt a great sadness flooding his heart, and an inexplicable sour feeling swept over him.

Chapter 23 Student Yingchuan Guo Peng, Meet Cai Yilang

Cai Yong's heart was sour, and Mrs. Cai was also quite sentimental.

"Husband, this..."

"Well, this is a five-character poem. Every sentence is five-character. It is easy to read, very smooth, and the expression is very clear. Write such a five-character poem?"

Cai Yong looked at this five-character poem over and over again. The more he read it, the more sour he felt. The more he read, the more he felt heartache. There was an inexplicable soreness. Mrs. Cai was more compassionate. After reading it a few more times, her eyes became wet.

"Fifteen to join the army, and eighty to return."

"From the distance, it's Jun's family, and the pine and cypress mounds are full."

"The rice is cooked for a while, I don't know who Yi Ah is..."

Cai Yong recited these lines over and over again, as if he could read a common sadness of people in this era from these lines.

I joined the army at the age of 15, and I can only go home at the age of 80. When I go home, my family members are all dead. How sad is this?

Can a 12-year-old Xiao Lang write such misery?

This must be something that can be written by those who have experienced the Qiang Chaos in Liangzhou.

Cai Yong didn't believe it, but he didn't think Cao Cao would lie, so it seemed that the problem was Cao Song.

Thinking like this, Cai Yong was even more dissatisfied with Cao Song. After thinking about it, he felt that it was necessary to mention Guo Peng, not to learn Cao Song's way of doing things, but to be an upright gentleman.

Out of this idea, Cai Yong decided to meet Guo Peng to see if he had real talents and practical knowledge, and whether it was worth Cao Cao to write a letter of recommendation for him.

After making such a decision, Cai Yong put down the bamboo slips and took out another.

Does this little guy have any other articles?

When Cai Yong opened the article and read it, he was stunned.

This is……

Cai Yong looked at the content on the bamboo slip with great interest, and then ordered his family to call Guo Peng home as soon as possible.

On that day, Guo Peng was in the midst of the loss of not knowing when he would be able to see Cai Yong.

At the same time of loss, I also think that the east is not bright and the west is bright. There is always a bright spot. If Cai Yong's road doesn't work, then take the Qiaoxuan road. If Qiaoxuan's road doesn't work, then make another plan. .

Anyway, I have a lot of time now. Eight years are full, isn't it enough to make a name for myself in Luoyang?

Thinking of this, Guo Peng felt much better.

So I got up and planned to set sail again, and I planned to wake up Zang Hong, who was slumbering next to him, who claimed to have come to "discuss the scriptures" was actually here to rub ice cubes, and asked him to accompany him out to practice swordsmanship. After a meal, you can rest.

As a result, it was unexpected that just after Zang Hong was woken up and changed into a bunt, an old man came to Guo Peng's residence and asked to see Guo Peng.

"My master wants to meet Guo Lang."

"Who is your master?"

"Cai Yilang."

The conversation was very brief, but Zang Hong, who also changed into bunts and planned to come out to practice the sword with Guo Peng, was so frightened that he didn't even hold the sword.