[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

In the second year of Jian'an, Yuan Shu got the imperial jade seal from Sun Ce. He felt that he was ordered by heaven. He also heard that Zhang? .

However, the centipede is dead but not stiff, and the vitality of the Han Dynasty is obviously not exhausted.Yuan Shu's proclaiming the emperor did not bring him surrender from all directions, but just provided the best excuse for other people who coveted his land.

First, Sun Ce, who had just left Yuan Shu, established himself in Jiangdong, took away many of Yuan Shu's old Jiangdong troops, and took away a large area of ​​Guangling and Jiangdong. Yuan Shu's strength was overwhelmed.Yuan Shu, who was originally full of confidence, was hit one after another. In a rage, he did not listen to anyone's advice, and led his troops to attack Chen Guo, trapping and killing Chen Wang Liu Chong and Chen Guoxiang Luo.

At this time, time has flowed to autumn. In this season of slashing and conquering, the five grains are harvested, and the hundred miles are golden. Cao Cao ushered in another bumper harvest year.

The soldiers and horses were fine-tuned, the food and grass were sufficient, and the time was ripe. Cao Cao finally decided to fulfill his holy order and lead his army to crusade against Yuan Shu himself, so as to finally wipe out the traitor who was trying to overthrow the Han Dynasty.

"The Holy Majesty's decree to crusade against the traitors has also come down, and within five days, the army can be fully equipped and set off."

In the meeting hall of Sikong Mansion, Xun You said.

Cao Cao listened to Xun You's words, nodded his head, but couldn't help but secretly looked in another direction, his brows were slightly frowned, but his expression remained normal immediately: "Okay, everything will be as Gongda said just now. You have worked hard. Come here today, leave first. Alright."

"only."

Sparsely everyone stood up and walked out the door, but only one person was still sitting on his knees, with his head tilted and his eyes closed.Fortunately, the people who came here today are all Cao Cao's confidantes, and they are considered acquaintances with Guo Jia and will not say much to the outside world.Xun You looked at Cao Cao half embarrassed and half apologetic for the prodigal son, and was about to push him to wake him up, but was stopped by Cao Cao.Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, then shook his head at Xun You.

Xun You sighed lightly, bowed and retreated.

Everyone left, Cao Cao was not in a hurry to call for someone, but turned around and returned to the case to deal with the official documents.

The room was very quiet, except for the slight sound of Cao Cao flipping the bamboo slips.The bamboo slips were, as always, small and trivial affairs of various places. Cao Cao would not be able to read them on weekdays, but he would force himself to read them anyway.But at this moment, I can’t say why, my heart just can’t calm down, the words on the bamboo slips passed by in a hurry, but none of them really entered my heart, and I had to make a reply in the end, I picked up the pen several times, but I had nothing to write, I could only sigh put down the pen.

At this time, Guo Jia also woke up leisurely.

"The discussion is over already?" Guo Jia rubbed his eyes, looked around the empty meeting hall, and knew in his heart that he might have fallen asleep due to lack of energy during the discussion.

"Hmm." Cao Cao, who finally found a reason to get rid of the boring official documents, decisively pushed the bamboo slips aside and asked, "Feng Xiao, how is your health recently?"

Knowing that Cao Cao had been falling asleep due to lack of energy when discussing matters recently, Guo Jia quickly shook his head and said with concern: "The doctor has seen it a few days ago, and there is no serious problem. Recently? He’s still drinking the medicine, so he’s lethargic, Minggong doesn’t have to worry about Jia.” At the end, Guo Jiawang smiled at Cao Cao with a frivolous tone, “Minggong knows that if there’s fine wine by his side, Jia won’t be able to fall asleep anyway.”

"I know it's you, the prodigal son, who is drinking again." Cao Cao scolded with a smile.He knew that Guo Jia was good at wine, and he could put down other basic necessities, but this wine would not leave his mouth for a moment.But this time I'm sick?? Caiqiao? Lai vulgar line? Patterns? Steady strings are called ∧ disasters? This Lai Zhi Gou Ji wave 谨 2 calls for 鋈绱 play? Tomb? Weiguaixian, nao, hustle, and call?

"Come on." Unable to bear Guo Jia's earnest gaze, Cao Cao waved his hand and said cheerfully, "Let's go, Gu will take you to that wine shop in the west of the city now, we won't go home until we're drunk tonight!"

"Duke Ming is not afraid of Wen Ruo..."

"Of course..." Of course I was afraid.Cao Cao silently continued the sentence in his heart.Don't look at Xun?? Dumplings blooming, chlorine, valerian loops, rises, rises, and patterns? Flattery? Flattery? ? Cherry? Huanghuai tree?br>

The word he all helps Xun?

But no matter what, Cao Cao was going to beat Yuan Shu soon, and he was in a good mood at the moment, and thinking that Guo Jia's body had indeed been seen by the imperial physician, there was no serious problem, so in the end he made a happy decision to take Guo Jia to drink.

"Don't let Wen Ruo know."

Hearing this sentence, Guo Jia smiled narrowly.Don't let Xun?

The two of them walked outside the house while talking.At this time, the servant of the Sikong Mansion stepped forward and whispered something in Cao Cao's ear. Cao Cao frowned slightly, and first ordered the servant a few words, then turned to Guo Jia and said:

"There is a small matter in the mansion, and it will be over soon. Gu's carriage is at the gate of the mansion, Feng Xiao, you go to the car and wait for Gu."

"it is good."

But on the other hand, Cao Cao left in a hurry because the servant reported that the second son Cao Pi was missing.Mrs. Bian and her servants searched the entire backyard, but there was no sign of him.Although nothing should happen in this mansion, Mrs. Bian still asked the servant to report to Cao Cao first, just to be sure.

At this moment, Cao Pi, who made a group of people extremely nervous, was sitting alone in the backyard in a daze.Beside him are the trees, flowers and plants quietly arranged in the garden. The grass that is not completely withered and yellow spreads to cover the path here, and the thick leaves still cover the eyes of people outside.It can be said that except for the sound coming, other aspects are absolutely perfect isolation.

He could hear the noise of servants looking for him outside, and he also knew that if he disappeared for a while, his mother would definitely be scolded if he told his father, but he still wanted to sit here for a while longer, a little longer.

This is the place where the eldest brother took him to discover before he set off.

From childhood to adulthood, my father was busy with official duties and traveled all over the world, so most of the time, I was taken by my elder brother.It was the elder brother who taught him horseback riding and archery, writing and composition, and it was the elder brother who gradually helped him understand the situation in the world and the rise and fall of the dynasty.He was still young, so he didn't understand what he heard, but he listened carefully to what the elder brother said, and memorized it seriously, and then when he heard the praise from the elder brother, he was very happy.

Until he received news of his elder brother's death.

"In the past, there were mayflies, who lived and died at night, and their lives were unbearable. Everything in the world, although a few years older, is still subject to the sky, and the gap between life and death is just a blink of an eye..."

Before the expedition, the elder brother had promised him that he would tell his father that he would join the army with him next time, but in the blink of an eye, he would never, ever, see his elder brother again.

Human life is like this, is this dynasty, this world also...

Suddenly, the leaves rustled behind him, Cao Pi frowned, a little impatient, was he finally found by the group of servants?

However, the moment he turned his head, he saw that the person who came was not from the mansion. Cao Pi immediately stood up vigilantly and took a few steps back quickly.

"Who are you to break into the Sikong Mansion without permission?!" Cao Pi shouted.

It's a pity that the originally very imposing words uttered from this mouth with a child's voice did not have the effect of reprimanding and threatening, but it seemed very funny to Gan Jiu's ears.He looked at the Second Young Master Cao with great interest, examining and measuring him inch by inch from the bottom of his feet up.

Feeling more and more uncomfortable being watched by others, Cao Pi blushed unconvincingly, but still maintained his self-confident momentum and shouted: "What are you looking at! Who are you?!"

At this time, Gan Jiu's eyes had already reached the corner of Cao Pi's eyes.Looking at the slightly red mark, coupled with the clear pupils that only teenagers have, it makes people's heart soften, and they feel a little distressed.

"Did you cry just now?"

"No, no! Shut up!" The sudden words made Cao Pi's face redder.He didn't cry. The eldest brother told him that a man is indomitable and should not cry easily.So, he is, he will not cry!

"Wancheng, no matter how great the sacrifice is, Cao Cao won. And Cao Ang is dead, and you will have a son with a bright future. If the Ding family abandons Cao Cao, your mother, the Bian family, may be raised up and become the wife. You and your mother have clearly made money, so what are you crying about?"

"Who allowed you to call your father by his first name!" Gan Jiu's words completely ignited Cao Pi's anger, "What kind of future, what kind of royal position, my mother and I don't care, I just want, I just want... "

I only want my eldest brother to come back alive!

The big teardrops finally couldn't help falling from the corners of the young man's eyes. He bit his lip and wiped it with the back of his hand over and over again, but he could never finish the tears from the corners of his eyes.He has endured this bitter cry ever since he learned of Cao Ang's death, but at this moment because of a few words from someone, he couldn't bear it after all.

Live and pour out.

Seeing people like this, Gan Jiu frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable.The words paused and paused on the lips, and finally continued to speak: "But, you must care. You are not guilty, but you are guilty. There are too many people staring at you."

"Oh? Then you too?"

Suddenly, Cao Pi interrupted in a cold voice.The boy who was crying a lot just now has calmed down now. Although tears still occasionally fall from the corners of his eyes, his eyes are like sharp knives, making people subconsciously terrified.

"Whether I am or not, you shouldn't continue to give up on yourself and do whatever you want like this." Suppressing the surprise in her heart, Gan Jiu continued, "The dead are gone, but there are still people alive. Only you inherit the status of your eldest brother and get the same status as your elder brother." Your father has considerable strength and power to lose no one."

"is it?"

There was a mockery in Cao Pi's voice that Gan Jiu didn't expect.The ten-year-old boy looked at Gan Jiu, and suddenly, he laughed. The irony and desolation in the smile made the corners of Gan Jiu's eyes hurt.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it at all."

Many years later, I talked about this matter with others.When someone asked why he would answer this way in the first place, Cao Pi, who had already experienced vicissitudes of life, smiled and shook his head on the hospital bed, just dipped his ink and wrote:

"...From ancient times to the present, there is no country that is immortal, and there is no grave that cannot be dug..."

Even if the country is like this, as fragile as a human being, how can it escape life and death?

"However, you are right about one thing. Pi really shouldn't go on like this." When Gan Jiu was in a daze, Cao Pi had completely calmed down, and even stopped crying.If it wasn't for the redness in the corners of his eyes, no one would have imagined that the person in front of him had cried bitterly just now, "Rights, power, Pi will get it. After all, although these can't keep the one he loves for long, they are enough for Pi to have the strength to hold his own." Blade the enemy."

Thinking of Zhang Xiu who was not only unscathed but also promoted to rank, Cao Pi couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly.Even if his father doesn't allow it, he must find a chance to kill him and avenge his elder brother!

"Although Pi still doesn't know who you are, Pi already knows why you came. Don't worry, as long as you are willing to help Pi, Pi will let you get what you want."

Gan Jiu was still a little dazed.It was still a childish voice and a childish face, but the words spoken at this moment made no one dare to underestimate them.

He firmly believes that he has always had a unique vision, but at this moment, he actually saw from Cao Pi the same domineering and mighty arrogance as Cao Cao.

"Second Young Master, so you are here."

At this moment, a clear voice broke in, breaking the delicate atmosphere between Cao Pi and Gan Jiu.Guo Jia walked in along the path flooded with weeds.He glanced at Gan Jiu, whom he hadn't seen for several months, and then at Cao Pi's reddened eyes, and he already had some certainty in his mind.

"Mr. Guo." Guo Jia has been in and out of the Sikong Mansion all year round, so Cao Pi naturally knows him.Although I don't know why Guo Jia appeared here, Cao Pi still saluted respectfully, but he was a little uncomfortable because he thought that his red eye sockets would definitely be seen by others.

Guo Jia had his usual smile on his lips: "My lord, Mrs. Bian and the servants of the whole house are looking for the second young master everywhere. If the second young master is fine, I will go to find the young master and tell him." After a pause, he There was a little more complaint in the tone, "Jia and the master made an agreement not to return drunk. But look at the weather, if the master can't find the second son again, and it's curfew, I'm afraid the agreement with Jia will have to be rescheduled."

In Guo Jia's words, the meaning of urging Cao Pi to leave quickly is obvious.Cao Pi knew that he could no longer worry his father.It's just that the person in front of me suddenly, I still don't know his name...

Suddenly, Cao Pi remembered that when Guo Jia appeared just now, although he was surprised by the existence of this person for a moment, he was not vigilant.In other words, Guo Jia should at least know this person.

This is easy to handle, when you are free in the future, just go to the Jijiu House to pay a visit or two.

Finally, after taking a deep look at Gan Jiu, Cao Pi saluted again.

"Pi made a mistake. Lao's father and husband are worried about him. Pi will go to find his father now."

After the ceremony, he left along the path.

After watching Cao Pi go away, Guo Jia turned to look at Gan Jiu.Seeing people avoiding him and refusing to look directly at him, he sighed softly, and instead mentioned Cao Pi who had left: "Second Young Master, what do you think?"

"...You are still young, still childish, moody, changeable and unpredictable."

"That's all?"

"It's still the case."

Gan Jiu remembered the shock Cao Pi gave him just now and the surprise after the shock. Even though he knew whether he should reveal it in front of Guo Jia, he couldn't help but curl his lips and answered truthfully:

"Here, rare goods can live."