[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

Since Bian entered the yard, Ding had already noticed her, but he didn't want to talk to her.It's just that at this moment, the person has already walked in front of her and is still politely saluting herself, so it's not easy for Ding to leave her alone.She let go of her feet, and the creaking loom gradually stopped. She turned her head to look at Bian, who was also dressed in plain clothes, and frowned and said in a cold tone:

"What are you here for?"

Bian pursed her lips, and finally raised her eyes to look straight at Bian's cold eyes, her tone was gentle but firm:

"I am here to be a lobbyist."

Ding sneered and said mockingly, "Ah Cao told you to come here?"

"No, it's my concubine who made her own claim..."

"Oh?" Hearing what Bian said, Ding raised his eyebrows, seeming to find Bian's words very interesting, "If so, you are good at making decisions.

Zhang, aren't you afraid that Cao A will find out in the future, thinking that you are here to make me angry on purpose so that I won't go back home?

You are a smart person, you should understand that I let Cao A hide it from me, you are the one who benefited the most, no matter what you do, you can be interpreted in all kinds of meanings. "

What Ding said is true.During the past few days in the mansion, Mrs. Bian could often hear her servants talking about her like this, and they even ridiculed her for showing her official style in everything before she was set up to deal with affairs.only

"It's just that, even so, I still want to come here and persuade Madam to return home."

"Why bother?" Ding smiled, but it was full of alienation and sarcasm, "Isn't it good for you to sit on the sidelines?"

"Because, the concubine can tell that the master is thinking about and loving his wife."

Rourou's words felt like a heavy stone hitting Bian's heart.She only felt a pain in her heart, and the sour feeling poured out from the broken hole, but she immediately packed up her feelings, smiled wryly and laughed at herself:

"Love? How can I be able to be read and loved by Cao Sikong, who has all the power in the world. If he really loves me and misses me, why would he just because of one

This woman made my son die miserably!Why don't you kill your enemy and add an official to him!Why did he keep Mrs. Zou in the mansion! "

"Madam..." Seeing that Ding's face became more and more angry as she spoke, Bian couldn't help calling her and interrupted her, "Master Zou is here to..."

"Isn't it just to reassure the hearts of Zhang Xiu and his former Xiliang tribe?"

Ding continued coldly: "I have been hiding things from Cao A for so many years, and I can still see these things clearly."

"Since the madam knows that the master is only for"

"Whatever is it for?" Ding interrupted again, and then remembered something, her beautiful eyes that were originally full of bright stars gradually dimmed

Come, "I only know that my Zixiu will never come back...

As a father, he can't even avenge his son, so what's the use of having power in this world? ! "

What Ding said was gnashing her teeth, full of anger, in the past in the Sikong Mansion, if Bian saw Ding like this, she would definitely follow her words and persuade her gently, and let her anger go first.But today, she bit her lower lip slightly with her white teeth, and slowly bowed to salute, and when she raised her eyes again, it was filled with determination:

"The concubine is an advocator. She was born in poverty and fell into turbidity. Although she was lucky to be spared by Mr. Cao, she was able to get out of the quagmire. However, her knowledge is shallow and her knowledge is rough, and she knows that she is far inferior to her wife. But there is one thing that I still want to do. Report and listen to my wife.

Mr. Cao, he is not only your husband and me, but also the Sikong of the three imperial courts.Although he holds the power of the world, he also bears the responsibility of the world. Every move, the freedom of advance and retreat, sometimes it is not as painful as that of a man in the mountains.The pain of losing a son, Cao Gong felt the same as his wife, but for the sake of the overall situation, he could not bear the pain.

As one of the people in the world, the concubine respects Cao Gong's righteousness; as a concubine, she secretly feels pain for Cao Gong.Madam and Mrs. Cao are married wives, and they have been together for several years, and the love for Mrs. Cao must be several times greater than that of my concubine; therefore, the feeling of heartache must also be several times greater than my concubine's..."

"Stop talking!" Ding sternly interrupted Bian.However, it seemed that Mrs. Bian was determined to finish her sentence, but she was taken aback by Mrs. Ding's sternness, and when she recovered, she wanted to speak again.Ding Shi has already taken a step ahead, walked in front of the person, and looked straight at the person.Being looked at so strangely by Mrs. Bian, Mrs. Bian was taken aback, but forgot to speak again.

For a long time, silence spread between the two accompanied by a strange atmosphere.Until the end, Ding sighed heavily, and his eyes looking at Bian were no longer sharp, but soft as satin.

"Yu'er," she gently opened her lips, and called Bian's boudoir name, "Do you really think that the reason I left Sikong Mansion is because I hate Cao Aman?

"Madam?" Mrs. Bian was puzzled.

"In the sixth year of Xiping, when Aman was appointed as the order of Dunqiu, I followed him in office. My father passed away. Because of the tense situation at that time, he was regarded as a thorn in the side of many people. They feared that I would leave alone and be captured as a hostage to threaten him. , I never saw my father until he was buried.

In the second year of Chuping, he and Xiahou brothers went out to recruit soldiers, and they went for nearly a year.I took care of his wives, concubines and children. I was homeless and had no place to live. I was shot by a arrow on my shoulder, and the scar is still hideous. "

Bian listened silently.Such a sad past, said from Ding's mouth, the tone is calm and indifferent, as if a stream slowly flowing out of the deep mountains, narrating the mountains, rivers, seas, thorns and dangerous shoals that once flowed.

"It stands to reason that I should probably hate Cao Aman. I have been with him for so many years, and I have experienced countless days of wandering... But, I know, I knew from the beginning that he is not only my husband Cao Aman, but also It's Cao Cao, Cao Cao with great ambitions. Those who achieve great things don't care about small things. What they want is ruthless heart, ruthless means, decisive choice, taking power and despising beautiful people. Since I married him, I have seen through him. I understand his ambition... so, how can I hate him?

It's just, it's just..." Seeing that Mrs. Bian couldn't help but question after hearing what she said, she smiled but didn't look happy, and shook her head to stop Mrs. Bian's questioning so that she could continue, "This time, Zixiu's When the news of my death came, I found that I couldn't take it any longer.

Suddenly, I didn't want to pretend to have a deep sense of righteousness and a heart for the world anymore.I don't care what the world is like, what the Han Dynasty is like, what I want is a considerate husband, a lovely and sensible son, a husband and a teacher, and an ordinary life is enough.If someone commits me to bully my relatives, I don't want to think about the overall situation, I just want to take his life with kindness and hatred, and live a happy and unrestrained life.

But I know that Cao Aman will never give me such a day.

Yu'er, I'm tired, really tired.Perhaps, I don't hate or even love Ah Man; but when I stay in Sikong Mansion, I will think of Zixiu at any moment, and I have to pretend to be a virtuous and virtuous mistress to appease Mrs. Zou, just to help Ah Man... Stealth Zhangxiu's heart...Since it is so painful to stay, why don't I leave, go back to the countryside, cook food and weave cloth, abandon saints and abandon wisdom, and be alone but can escape disputes and pains, why not okay? "

Every word of Ding fell on Bian's heart.People say that Ding's temperament is big and the woman's stupidity does not know how to compromise for the overall situation, but does not know the connection between yin and yang. She is considered the most ignorant person, perhaps, it is also the person who sees the most clearly.

She knew that she couldn't reach his distance, and she knew that she was bruised and exhausted and unable to go forward with him again, so she left, walking sadly and gracefully.

"But the master should..."

"Aren't you still here?"

Bian was taken aback, as if he was thinking and digesting all that Ding said.At this time, Ding stepped forward, pulled Bian's well-maintained catkin, and put it between his palms.Mrs. Bian felt a slight rubbing sensation on the back of her hand, which was the cocoon produced by Mrs. Ding when she stayed at home weaving these days.

"Yu'er, I know very well that it is better for you to stay by his side than me.

You are the most suitable woman for him. "

As soon as this sentence was finished, tears burst out from the corners of Ding's eyes.Mrs. Bian still remembers that when she first met Mrs. Ding, she was dressed in a satin jade hairpin and her temples were neatly combed. Women, but women do not give way to men.

She has never smiled at herself like Huajiao before, nor has she treated herself with kind words, but it was also her who made things difficult intentionally or unintentionally, so that the Bian family, who came from a family, quickly became acquainted with the big family's back house. In the game of disputes, he was able to stay with Cao Cao safely and gave birth to three children for him.

"Madam, I understand." Mrs. Bian saluted deeply with lowered eyes.

Ding smiled and nodded, she knew Bian was like this, so she completely gave up the idea of ​​persuading her to go back.Once this matter was settled, the atmosphere became heated, and the two women always had many topics to chat with each other.

"How's that kid Cao Pi doing? Is he still hunting and archery every day?"

"That's right. Pi'er is the only kid who is most interested in hunting, but he's still a little younger, so I insist that he only go hunting on the first and fifteenth of every month."

"That's what you like. Even if you're worried about his safety, you don't have to hold him back. Just let people follow you." Ding said, "I think back then, Zixiu often took Pi'er on hunting trips, and even said he would give him a horse. The little pony..."

As Ding said, thinking of the person who had the accident, his eyes gradually turned red again.Mrs. Bian didn't say much, but held her slightly trembling hand tightly.

Soon, Ding came back to her senses, and she forced her lips into a smile: "Yu'er, you must have sneaked out. It's getting late today, and you should go back."

"Ma'am..." Bian pursed her lips, she knew it was getting late, but she didn't want to leave.Because she knew that this might be her last chance to see Mrs. Ding in this life.

Ding didn't know what she was thinking, she patted her on the shoulder, and said heartily: "Let's go, grow up very fast, there will always be opportunities."

At this time, the maid who came with Mrs. Bian also came in to urge Mrs. Bian, Mrs. Bian couldn't do it, so she had to salute Mrs. Ding to say goodbye, and then left with the maid.

"Pay more attention to Guo Jijiu's wife." Suddenly, Ding said.

Mrs. Bian paused, turned her head and looked at Mrs. Ding strangely.Suddenly, Ding quickly slipped out a pair of scissors from the brocade sleeve. Before anyone could react, the sharp scissors were inserted into the maid's throat, and the blood spilled all over the floor, but it just missed Bian's body. It just stained the floor and the house was a mess.

Mrs. Bian was only taken aback for a moment, but without fear, she turned to look at Mrs. Ding suspiciously.

"It seems that not only Guo Jijiu's wife, but your maid also has a problem." Regardless of the blood stains, Ding squatted down and held up the hand of the maid who had died of anger to show to Bian. Bian saw the clue at a glance. On weekdays, he only does some delicate work, but his fingertips and tiger's mouth are covered with thin calluses. He looks like a martial arts practitioner.

"I just met Guo Cao a few times, and I always feel that this person is weird. I don't have any proof yet, but you know, women's intuition is always accurate." Ding said while looking out the window, The change here was so sudden that the other two maids who came with Mrs. Bian didn't know what happened, but seeing Mrs. Bian hadn't come out for a long time, and seeing that it was getting late, they wanted someone to look for Mrs. Bian.

Time was running out, so Ding pushed Bian towards the door and said softly:

"I'll take care of it here. I'll say nothing about this matter. It's probably the last thing I worry about for Cao Mengde."

Bian quickly bit her lip and nodded, then returned to normal, and walked out of the room calmly.

"Go back." She said softly to the maid who came to find her.

"But, madam, An Jian, she hasn't..."

"I see that Mrs. Ding is here alone, and there is no one to take care of her, so I gave the Ann Note to Mrs. Ding. Do you think there is anything wrong with it?"

"I don't dare." The maid was terrified, she only thought in her heart that An Jian would be left in this wilderness if she provoked his wife, and she couldn't say anything more about being implicated by her.

Seeing that there is nothing suspicious on the maid's expression, it is believed that she has believed her words.Bian secretly stretched her eyebrows, and with the help of the maid, she returned to the carriage.

The carriage came and went rumbling as it came, leaving traces on the muddy trails in the country.Mrs. Bian opened the thin plum curtain with her hands, looked back, and Mrs. Ding returned to the loom by the window at some point, with catkins on it, her beautiful face with a peaceful and leisurely expression, like a picture of ink splashed A painting of beautiful women.

The world is so big, some people choose to go forward bravely, at the expense of their lives; some choose to retreat to the mundane world and avoid the world of mortals alone, it cannot be said that the former is naive, nor can it be said that the latter is timid.Life is short and there is no way to turn back. Anyone who sees everything clearly and is ignorant of everything, lives according to the heart, that's all.

At this time, Ding suddenly looked up, and Bian's eyes were reflected in a calm and autumn-like smile.

The four eyes met, and in the end, Bian frowned, and put down the curtain resolutely.

Xu Du, there are still many things waiting for her, no matter how tired or dangerous she is, she is unwilling to retreat.

For him, for her.

Due to the obstruction of the grain transportation road, the conquest of Yuan Shu had some twists and turns, but in the end Qiyang City was defeated, and many generals including Yuan Shu, Li Feng, Liang Gang, and Lejiu were beheaded. Yuan Shu, who was completely defeated, had to take the lead The soldiers fled back to Huainan, and the soldiers and luggage left behind were all captured by Cao Jun.

After Gan Jiu followed the corps chief in the army to handle the post-war counting work, he came out of the barracks and came to the outskirts of Qiyang City.Sure enough, when the whole army was busy rectifying Anmin, Guo Jia unceremoniously pushed the matter to Xun You, and then went to the suburbs alone to hide and relax.

"Are you here? Have you finished dealing with the military affairs?" Guo Jia, who was sitting leisurely on the ground in the suburbs, seemed not surprised by Gan Jiu's arrival. He didn't even turn his head, but heard the foot of the people behind him on the grass The voice, then speak out.

I have long been used to Guo Jia's private standing and sitting, but when Gan Jiu walks to people, she rolls up her sleeves and sits down, but she is much more upright than Guo Jia.He raised his eyebrows and said, "May you hide for leisure?"

"Jia is different from you. This is the second time you have joined the army. The last time it was just designed for the military commander, but this time you followed the ordinary soldiers. It is when you have a good understanding of the affairs in the army, but you are hiding and wasting money." Chance."

"So, you let me go on an expedition with ordinary soldiers this time to give me more opportunities to get in touch with military affairs?" Gan Jiu's tone was full of sarcasm and distrust, "I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll act casually again this time, bad Follow your plan."

Why is this wolf cub still holding grudges at such a big age?

Guo Jia smiled sideways: "You can believe whatever reason you like. People always want to make their lives happier, so it doesn't matter if you believe it even if it's a lie."

Gan Jiu snorted softly.He had long understood that the brighter Guo Jia's smile, the colder his heart became. If he believed his lies, he would not live happily in the end, but die quickly.

After a long time, suddenly he heard Guo Jia say casually:

"Zhang's business is well done."

Gan Jiu thought to himself, of course it would be good.This man Zhang has been cultivating since he heard that Sun Ce was going to dedicate the jade seal to Yuan Shu, and finally sent it to Yuan Shu's side at the most opportune time, giving him the last confidence in becoming emperor, and adding the last part to Yuan Shu's strange road force.

Knowing that Guo Jia's compliment might just be a casual remark, Gan Jiu couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.In Guo Jia's eyes, he smiled helplessly and shook his head.

Sure enough, he was still a child, so he still had to be coaxed.

The autumn wind in the suburbs became stronger, and Guo Jia couldn't help coughing again.

Gan Jiu frowned and saw that Guo Jia didn't stop for a while, and while patting the person on the back to help him calm down, he said, "Aren't you recovering from your illness, why are you coughing again?"

"Cough cough... It's a small matter, it doesn't matter if the old man is sick, it will be fine in a while. By the way...cough cough...Did Yuanhua reply to the letter?"

"Responded. Counting the speed of the letter, he should leave from Yizhou tomorrow. There was a plague there a few days ago, so he stayed for several months, and he finally got it under control recently. When he comes back, he probably has to wait until next year. It's spring."

"In the spring of next year... I'm afraid we will go to war again. Then he can read the prescriptions made public by the imperial physicians. Is there anything wrong with it?"

"They are all rare and good prescriptions. Now the cause of Mr. Cao's headache is unknown, and Dr. Hua said that if he prescribed it, it would be those prescriptions."

Hearing this, Guo Jia relaxed the frown that had been slightly frowned just now, and felt relieved.Gan Jiu saw it, then looked at Guo Jialue's pale face, and said awkwardly: "Mr. Cao has the imperial physician watching, it's no problem. But you, after being watched by the imperial physician for so long, you haven't seen how healthy you are. It's better to wait for Doctor Hua When you come back, you should take care of yourself first.”

"Tsk." Guo Jia thought for a while about the taste of the medicine Hua Tuo would prescribe for him... Let's forget it, it's an old disease, and it's not a serious problem after so many years.Thinking of this, Guo Jia couldn't help smacking his lips, but inexplicably choked himself again, bowed his head and coughed violently again.

"You still say it's okay?!"

"Cough, cough... No, you don't believe in Jia, this time cough..., it was really an accident..."

Gan Jiu glanced at Guo Jia, whose cheeks were flushed from coughing, but didn't say yes or no.

Finally, Guo Jia stopped coughing again, and said with a natural expression: "Okay, let's go back together. The army is supposed to go back recently, and some things still have to be dealt with."

"Teacher?" Gan Jiu frowned, "Although the poor should not be chased after, but Huainan is quickly coming to prosperity, Yuan Shu is now fleeing back to Huainan, if he doesn't kill the grass..."

"Huainan is rich, and it is a treasure land for people with great ambitions and talents to make a comeback, but Yuan Shu...is just the place where he finally exhausted the hearts of the people. And, Xu Du just came to the news."

Guo Jia handed Gan Jiu the silk book that Cao Cao gave him before he came out from his sleeve, and he remembered the contents of the silk book, his eyes narrowed, the corners of his lips raised,

"Liu Bei, Liu Xuande has come from Xiaopei."

Just thinking about how to find a good excuse to go to Xuzhou, Liu Bei was driven to Xudu.Lord Xuande, you are so downcast, Jiadu is so grateful that he can't bear to ask Duke Ming to get rid of you.

At least until Xuzhou is settled, you must live well.