[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

The time has passed, and the sun is three poles.

"Feng Xiao, are you up?" Outside the door, Cao Cao, who came here for the third time this morning, patted the closed door and asked loudly.

On the other side of the door, the room was silent and there was no response.

"Bong Xiao?" Cao Cao shouted again.

This time the voice fell behind, and there was a slight noise in the room, but it soon became quiet again.

Cao Cao, who vaguely guessed something, chuckled secretly, and instead of waiting any longer, he directly pushed the door open.He stepped over the threshold and around the screen, and as expected, the innermost bed collapsed, Guo Jia was wrapped in a quilt, covered his head, and curled up into a ball.Cao Cao reckoned that if he pulled the quilt away right now, he would definitely see Guo Jiazheng covering his ears with his hands with an irritable expression, in order to counter the attack made by Cao Cao at the door.

"noise".

And in the next second, he did lift the quilt directly, and said to Guo Jia, who had his head exposed but still closed his eyes and covered his ears, "Feng Xiao, the sun is already rising, it's time to get up."

"Refused." Guo Jia said quickly with his eyes closed.

"Last night, you told Cao that you wanted Cao to teach you archery early this morning. A gentleman can't keep his word." Cao Cao tried to put the facts in a calm tone.

However, Guo Jia still insisted on stubbornly resisting: "Jia drank too much last night, he is a drunkard, not a gentleman. Of course, it is only right and proper for a drunkard to keep his word."

"But Youwei has already set up bows and arrows and targets suitable for you in the yard."

"That kind of thing won't go bad if you leave it there for a few more hours."

"Actually, you've already woken up after talking so much with Cao."

Hearing this, Guo Jia sat up abruptly, with a ferocious face and a look of resentment: "Cao Mengde, you also know that this will wake people up completely! Jia originally planned to sleep through the night! But now?! It's all ruined. !"

Pulling up Guo Jia's undershirt that had slipped off his left shoulder to cover his exposed collarbone, and then kissing him on the cheek that was close at hand, Cao Cao was not at all unhappy with Guo Jia's anger, and his voice was still as gentle as spring rain.He said with a smile: "Go out now and ask someone to bring you breakfast. After half an hour, Gu will wait for you in the yard."

"..."

Forced by the coercion, he put on his clothes and had breakfast. Half an hour later, Guo Jia opened the door of the house very unhappy and walked into the yard.

Perhaps it was because waiting was too boring, and the bow and arrows that were specially prepared for Guo Jia were in Cao Cao's hands at this time.Arrow up, draw the bow, stare, release the arrow.The arrow pierced through the air, hitting the one at the other end of the yard as a human-shaped wooden target.

Although his heart was still full of strong condemnation of Cao Cao forcibly waking him up, Guo Jia still had to admit that the demeanor of Cao Cao hitting the bull's-eye with an arrow still made his heart skip a beat.

Bending the bow to shoot at the sun, galloping on the horse, sweeping the world.

He missed the battlefield more and more.

"This bow is too light for me." Cao Cao withdrew his movement and weighed the bow. Obviously, the bow was more like a toy than a weapon to him.He turned his head and waved to Guo Jia, "Come here, I'll teach you."

Guo Jiayiyan went to Cao Cao, took the bow and arrow, weighed it, and felt that this bow was much lighter than the bows used in the battlefield: "Minggong, this bow is so light, it can't shoot very far. "

"It's because it's light that Youwei asked Youwei to teach you. I guess this weight should be the most suitable for you to learn."

"Then Minggong must have underestimated Jia." Guo Jia pouted, obviously very dissatisfied with Cao Cao's contempt.

After speaking, he took out an arrow from the quiver, nocked the arrow, bent the bow, and the arrow left the string.

It hit a Tanghua tree a few steps away from the wooden target.

With the light bow and Guo Jia's strength, the arrows shot had no strength at all.When the arrow hit the tree, it scratched a little bit of the bark, and then fell. At most, a few petals of begonias fell from the blossoming Tang tree. I don't know if it was the force of the arrow or the force of the wind.

Guo Jia's "superior" archery is far beyond Cao Cao's prediction: "... I just remember, didn't the Yingchuan Academy where Feng Xiao went to study back then have a class in archery?"

"...Well, there is." However, Jia seemed to escape all the classes justifiably and confidently.

Guo Jia didn't say what happened next, but Cao Cao had roughly guessed it, so he couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that the arrow was so far off, Cao Cao had another subtle expression on his face. Guo Jia felt more and more embarrassed, and wanted to get the arrow again, "So it was just a mistake just now, Jia will do it again."

Cao Cao sighed again upon hearing this.He has been involved in martial arts for a long time, so of course he can see that although Guo Jia is trying to be aggressive, he is obviously wrong in even the basic bow posture.He walked up to Guo Jia and said:

"Hold the bow, string, and arrow tightly, focus your eyes on the bull's-eye, and then slowly and forcefully pull the bow away..."

"Isn't that what Duke Ming taught the young masters back then?" Guo Jia followed Cao Cao's words and stared at the front, then slowly pulled the bow away, chatting and asking.

"Does Fengxiao want to hear the truth or lies?"

"Jia wants to hear the one that sounds good."

"That's it. The bad thing is that they never have to bother with Feng Xiao so much."

An arrow shot out with a "snap".It was better than the last one, and hit the shoulder of the man-shaped target.

"Duke Ming has too high demands on the sons." Guo Jia was actually very satisfied with his progress after shooting like this for the second time.He took another arrow and said while drawing the bow: "For example, this time, Duke Ming has stayed here for so long, and he still doesn't know what kind of mess Xu can make. It's really hard work for Second Young Master to be the leader at this age. up"

"I guess it won't be a big mess, but it's enough to experience Pi'er. Anyway, sooner or later these things will all be handed over to him." Despite improvements, Guo Jia's nondescript posture still made Cao Cao feel uncomfortable. Comfortable.He walked behind Guo Jia, held Guo Jia's left hand holding the bow with his left hand, and held Guo Jia's right hand holding the bow with his right, "What's more, most of the available boats were burned by Zhou Yu's children in Chibi. It will have to wait until next year to build a new ship and go south, before that, there is nothing urgent."

"It's not just a warship. Duke Ming deliberately asked General Cao Ren to give up half of Jingzhou, isn't it just to let Sun and Liu fight each other due to the benefits of Jingzhou during this period of time, and each loses its own money? Besides, there is also the tiger in Jiangdong. Son..." Following Cao Cao's strength, Guo Jia slowly pulled the bow away, almost like a full moon. Let’s find another chance to clean up Xudu’s ghosts and snakes. However, just in case, Minggong had better send Doctor Hua back, so that he can always guard against some dark tricks.”

"Feng Xiao's words are very true. But stop talking. If you want to hit the target in archery, you must concentrate."

Guo Jia laughed and said, "Kejia's hand is held tightly by Duke Ming. Duke Ming shoots wherever he says he wants to shoot, and uses as much force as he says, so there's no need for Jia to worry about such things."

After finishing speaking, Guo Jia suddenly turned his head and pecked Cao Cao's cheek which was close at hand.

Losing consciousness for a moment, the taut strings lost the restraint of strength, and the arrow pierced through the wind.

"This, just treat it as a courtesy to Duke Ming in the morning." Guo Jia said with a smile, and then he turned his head to look at the arrow that was shot, "Sure enough, with Duke Ming specifying the direction for Jia, no matter how multitasking, it is enough Invincible."

At the other end, the wooden target was still standing there quietly.

The only difference is that the wooden dummy's head rolled down on the grass behind it.What stuck in it was the arrow that broke through the string just now.

Yangdi's school of peace and harmony, just as Cao Cao and Guo Jia expected, was based on the price of chaos in Xudu.

Although after several years of construction, Yecheng has become the real focus of Cao Cao, but in order to avoid suspicion, Xudu still has a prime minister's mansion for Cao Cao's family to live in, and every time the army's squadron comes, they will go to Xudu instead of The city of Ye was used as a feast for the emperor, and the three armies were rewarded, and then they were sent to other places to garrison or train troops.But this time, the army was defeated and returned, but the main general never disappeared.In order to prevent changes, Mrs. Bian and Cao Pi could only declare to the outside world that Cao Cao was in the hot seat in Yecheng and could not go to Xudu to meet the emperor.As for Yecheng, a few of Cao Cao's confidants and generals will control the news tightly to prevent any accurate information from being transmitted to Yecheng, which will leak out and add to the confusion.

But this is not a long-term solution after all.Many shrewd people have already gained some meaning from the unusual atmosphere in the Prime Minister's Mansion.Among them, Yang Dezu, who has been dormant for a long time, is one of them.

"Fourth Young Master," Yang Xiu stepped into the door, straight to the point, "Is Prime Minister Cao not in Ye City at all?"

"Here you come, Dezu." Cao Zhi was dressed in a moon-white robe and a jade crown. He matched his mother's gentle and handsome appearance.

"It's just right, let's take a look at Zhigang's poem."

Yang Xiu frowned slightly, and instead of taking the bamboo slips that Cao Zhi handed over, he asked again: "Prime Minister Cao is not in Ye City, is that right?"

"The second brother said that he would handle this matter, and Zhi didn't know." Seeing that the new work was not paid attention to, Cao Zhi showed regret, but he replied truthfully to his friend, "But I heard that my father is He disappeared after returning to the north with the army. Zhi guessed that if his father was really not in Yecheng, he had something to deal with so he left quietly, so don’t worry too much.”

Hearing Cao Zhi's words, Yang Xiu rested his chin on his hands, paced back and forth, thought for a while, and then asked: "Since the second son said that he will handle this matter, but he won't let you intervene... Will it, He put Prime Minister Cao under house arrest?"

"How could the second brother do such a thing!" Cao Zhi said in surprise, "What good does it do him?"

"There are many benefits." Yang Xiu smiled at Cao Zhi with a deep meaning, "Fourth son, you and I can see that since the Northern Expedition to Karasuma, Cao Cheng has lost his original favor with the second son. He also began to hesitate on the issue of establishing an heir. Isn’t the Second Young Master worried? If Prime Minister Cao continues to think about it like this, even if he is the eldest son, it will be difficult for him to inherit the great cause? Therefore, he can act first to be strong..."

"No!" Cao Zhi immediately denied, "Second brother is not such a person!"

"But even if he is not, Fourth Young Master might as well seize this opportunity..."

"De Zu," Yang Xiu's words made Cao Zhi frowned more and more, and finally interrupted Yang Xiu involuntarily.And that handsome face finally gave Yang Xiu, whom he regarded as a good friend, a bit of majesty and coldness. Cover up; if something really happened to the father, then what the second brother is doing now is to stabilize the overall situation. No matter the former or the latter, the second brother is thinking about the court and the family business.

Ever since the defeat of Jiangdong Chibi, the second elder brother has been dealing with these matters alone, but Zhi can't help much, and he is already very guilty.So if you and I are still friends, don't say these words to Zhi again.Today, Zhi Zhi will act as if he has not heard anything. "

Faced with Cao Zhi's straightforward but not tough words, Yang Xiu was not angry but happy.He felt more and more that it was a wise move for him to bet all his wealth and life on Cao Zhi.In the past, when Cao Zhi was only obsessed with poetry, he was a little worried, but in recent years, as Cao Zhi got older, Cao Cao would also take Cao Zhi to fight on the battlefield and ask about government affairs. Now, Cao Zhi has shown himself as a king like his father majesty...

The only trouble is that Cao Zhi is too emotional.But this is also one of the reasons why Yang Xiu chose Cao Zhi in the first place.Only by assisting people who value emotion and benevolence to inherit the great cause, will they not be cunning and dead.

As for those cunning tricks, he can teach Cao Zhi slowly, and there is no need to rush for a while.

Pressing the smile on his lips that he couldn't help but want to bend, Yang Xiu hurriedly bowed and said: "It was Xiu Fang who made a slip of the tongue, I hope the fourth son will forgive me."

"Zhi isn't blaming Dezu, Dezu doesn't have to be so nervous." Seeing Yang Xiu like this, Cao Zhi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, only thinking that Yang Xiu had thought of something wrong for a while, "I don't want those things anymore, come and see Xiu wrote a new poem..."

Except for this little episode on Cao Zhi's side, under Cao Pi's mediation, Xu Du seems to still maintain the peace of the past.

Even this superficial calm is very vulnerable.Even just one incident is enough to detonate all the suspicions and speculations surging in the undercurrent before.

On this day, the spring is waning and the heat of summer will be strong. Mrs. Bian is sitting in the room, resting her head on her head.The weather was getting hotter, and even though the maid at the side kept fanning her, there were still thin beads of sweat on her forehead, which made her, who was already burdened with all kinds of things, frowned even in her dreams. With a sad look.

Suddenly, a woman rushed to Mrs. Bian from outside the house regardless of the maid's obstruction, knelt down and cried loudly:

"Madam, save Chong'er!"