Nodding, "Yes." Then he put down the curtain again, and said with a smile, "Do you believe me?"
Zhou Yu nodded, and then said with a smile: "I'm sorry. After all, we are also out of safety considerations. There is an unpleasant incident at this juncture...we all feel bad."
"That's natural." Xia Houshang nodded, and then stretched out his hand, "In that case, please come to Dudu Zhou."
Zhou Yu nodded, and without any hesitation, stepped onto the boat.
As soon as he got close to the boat, he felt a threatening momentum.
——It’s Cao Cao.
Not afraid, not hiding, not compromising, he just sat in it rightly.
Seeing Zhou Yu buy it, he smiled wickedly and poured himself a glass.
"Long time no see." His eyes were slightly dangerous, as if looking at a prey, "Zhou Lang is still so... radiant."
Zhou Yu sneered.
Then he sat down without fear.Separated by a small table, the two of them fought against each other, and no one would lose their momentum. "You're not bad either."
The four eyes are a pair, one with a little playfulness, and the other with inviolable perseverance.
At this moment, Zhou Yu smelled something.
He frowned and saw the burning incense.
"I don't like incense very much." Zhou Yu smiled, "Excuse me, Prime Minister...?"
Cao Cao smiled as if he had expected it, and then covered the incense with his hand.
"I don't really like incense either." He said, "But Feng Xiao likes it."
Hearing Guo Jia's name, Zhou Yu paused slightly.
I just heard Xun Yu's story about Guo Jia, and now I hear this name again, I can't bear it...
"He doesn't look like this kind of person, does he?" Cao Cao said with a smile, "He doesn't like all of them, he only likes this one. In other words, he doesn't like it, but he can accept it."
Zhou Yu heard the meaningless words, "Oh?"
"He said the scent reminded him of—"
Remember--
- remember what?
Suddenly at this moment, Cao Cao stopped.
"Forget it." Cao Cao came back from doing it again, and half laughed at himself: "Forget it."
When Cao Cao said this, he still had a bit of bitterness.
Even if I don't admit that I was responsible for Guo Jia's death, I still feel a little sad about his death.
Cao Cao sat down, and then looked at Zhou Yu a few more times.
Zhou Yu is drinking the wine he brought.
"So, I'll just say it straight," Cao Cao looked at Zhou Yu and said word by word, "Please return Wen Ruo...to me."
what?
Return Xun Yu to him?What does it mean?
How did he know that Xun Yu was with him?And he didn't ask "Is Xun Yu with you?" but asked himself to return it to him, which shows that he is very sure!
But Xun Yu obviously went to them by himself, so how could it be called "returning" him to Cao Cao?
--what is going on?
Zhou Yu was startled, but nothing showed on his face.
did not speak.
He took a sip of wine calmly, bangs covering his eyes.
"Gongjin doesn't have to deny it." Cao Cao said calmly, "I'm sure."
Seeing this, Zhou Yu no longer tried to be sloppy, and leaned back openly, "Why?"
Cao Cao pointed at Zhou Yu and smiled.
"You smell like him."
taste?
Zhou Yu sniffed cooperatively and smiled, "Is there any?"
"We get along day and night, we can't go wrong." Cao Cao continued to pour himself a drink, "I didn't bring him out this time."
"Oh?"
"Yes." Cao Cao nodded, "His health...is not very good. The journey is tiring and he is not acclimatized. We can't let him suffer any more."
The tone of these words is flat, without any pretentious tone.
Zhou Yu also smiled.
"His health is indeed very bad." Zhou Yu did not make any cover at this time, and said directly: "He is not long."
Cao Cao didn't seem very surprised by his directness.
Taking a sip of his wine, he said with a wry smile, "I know."
"Then why did you take him back?" Zhou Yu leaned back with a calm expression, "Isn't it better to let him here?"
Cao Cao looked up at him.
"What did he tell you?"
This question was a question, but before Zhou Yu could speak, Cao Cao asked again, "What do you know about the three of us?"
Cao Cao covered his mouth with a wine glass in one hand.Zhou Yu couldn't see if he was smiling.
"I don't understand." Zhou Yu met Cao Cao's eyes, "Do you understand?"
As soon as the voice fell, the boat fell silent.
It's getting dark now.The sky is full of stars outside the window, and the river breeze is cool.The reeds in the water in the distance were blown by the wind, rustling.
"I like your stubbornness, Gongjin."
Cao Cao didn't answer him, but smiled.His eyes looked out, far away.I don't know who is looking at.
"You are as stubborn as he is."
Zhou Yu immediately realized that this "he" refers to Guo Jia.
"He is like this too. He never gives in where he thinks is right. And he never...'acts like a baby' to me." Cao Cao said while drinking, and then looked at the reeds and the starry sky, "He has always been so... stubbornly, stand."
He looked at me stubbornly, and stood upright amidst other people's doubts.
Never show weakness, and never show favor.
Hurt, still sad, never say.
"He's gone..." Cao Cao sighed, and then sighed again, "Now Wen Ruo is gone too."
"Feng Xiao was forced to die, and Wen Ruo was also forced to leave." Zhou Yu closed his eyes, "...It is inevitable."
Cao Cao could feel Zhou Yu's hostility towards him, but he just smiled.
"All in all... you won't let Wen Ruo come back?"
"It's not a question of whether I am willing or not." Zhou Yu shook his head, "Wen Ruo came here by himself. Then he has to decide whether to go back or not." He glanced at Cao Cao and said meaningfully: "No one can decide Other people's future. I can't, and neither can anyone else."
Cao Cao looked up.The two looked at each other.
sough--
The autumn wind passes through the border.
"If you asked Gong Jin to walk a hundred steps along the river with a bowl of water, would you be able to do it?"
Zhou Yu said, "Of course it's possible."
Cao Cao said again: "If it is said that a bowl of water is full, if you don't spill a drop, if you spill it, your family members will be in danger...is it still possible?"
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment.
"It can't be that guaranteed anymore, can it?"
Zhou Yu didn't speak.
Cao Cao continued as if talking to himself: "This is the negative effect brought about by a strong desire... The more you want to achieve it, the more difficult it is often."
Speaking of this, a gust of wind suddenly blew in.
"This is...the more you want to protect the good things - the harder it is to protect them."
The grassy fragrance of reeds, drinking the moist smell of the river, poured into the boat.
In an instant, the faint smell of incense became clearer in an instant.
This fragrance...is from Guo Jia.
Guo Jia would rather always smell this kind of scent that he doesn't like very much, but also recall the memories, what is it?
Zhou Yu thought of that figure covered in blood but arrogantly refusing to bow his head... What was he holding on to?
What is the reason why he would rather be a piece of jade than a tile?
If it was Zhou Yu, he must be for Jiangdong, for this country, for their vows back then... for, his lost lover.
But what is Guo Jia for?Hating and despairing so freely, he finally died in the fire of his own karma.
Zhou Yu didn't understand.Cao Cao didn't say anything either.
Two living people, each remembering a dead person, light the incense that the living don't like but the dead often use, on the banks of the starry river in Chibi, in the smell of reeds, in the wine In the sweetness of each other, they maintain their respective... long-gone love.
43.
Quiet, but speechless.
Let yourself be soaked by the unfamiliar incense.
Then, Zhou Yu was the first to break the silence.
"Since this matter has been discussed..." Zhou Yu slowly raised his eyes, "I don't think that the prime minister and I are here... for this matter."
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and smiled, as if he had quickly escaped from the emotion just now.
"Of course not... I'm going to talk about this first, because once I finish what I'm going to say next, I won't have a chance to say it."
As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden chill.
"...Then," Zhou Yu met Cao Cao's gaze fearlessly, "What does the prime minister want to say?"
At this moment, a murderous aura rushed towards his face in the blink of an eye!
Zhou Yu was always vigilant, and just about to turn over and back away, the two knives were already on his neck!One left and one right, making people unable to move!
——Not Cao Cao.
There are others on this boat!
Zhou Yu raised his eyes to look at the man, but saw that he was completely dark, with a mask on his face, and he couldn't see clearly under the dim candlelight in the boat.
It's not just the two of them.
On the side of the place where Zhou Yu and Cao Cao drank, what originally looked like the grass wall of the boat was actually just a curtain.There are other people inside!
"Is this different from what we said?" Zhou Yu still maintained his composure, gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't the prime minister afraid of being ridiculed by Mao Tianxia when he contradicts himself like this?"
"Laugh at me? Why?" Cao Cao stood up slowly, his burly body brought a huge sense of oppression, "Winners and losers, the people of the world will always be the subjects of the winners."
Zhou Yu raised his eyes to look at him, and said coldly, "What do you want?"
"I want one thing."
Zhou Yu's heart skipped a beat.
He basically already knew what this thing was.Since Xun Yu already knew, why couldn't Cao Cao know?
——Or, could it be that Xun Yu told Cao Cao?
impossible.Zhou Yu rejected this answer at random, which was impossible both emotionally and rationally.
Moreover, Zhou Yu believed in him.
Under Zhou Yu's icy gaze, Cao Cao slowly uttered two words:
"Silk book."
--as expected!
"I know it's with you, so there's no need to deny it." Cao Cao looked up at Zhou Yu, and said, "Hand it over, it's good for both of you."
Zhou Yu glanced, "What if I say no?"
"Don't feel uncomfortable," Cao Cao pinched Zhou Yu's restrained chin, and said coldly, "You are a smart person."
After saying this, there was a sudden silence in the boat.
Zhou Yu sneered.
"—Even if I could give it, it's not on me now."
"Just tell me the location."
"Why, it's so far away, you can still get it?"
"Whether I can take it or not is my business." Cao Cao said indifferently: "Whether you say it now is what you should think about."
Zhou Yu felt a slight chill on his neck.The knife was already on his body.
"Talking about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith with beasts in clothes—" Zhou Yu not only didn't see the slightest nervousness and embarrassment at this time, but appeared a little more chic, "It was really my mistake."
This is already very straightforward.
Seeing this, the two men with knives moved closer to him.
Cao Cao just smiled, as if he didn't care.
"Tell me, where is it?"
Zhou Yu was forced by two knives, but he showed no timidity at all.
There was blood running down his neck.
At this moment, he also smiled.
"Cao Mengde," Zhou Yu called him by his name for the first time, "You are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"
As soon as Cao Cao frowned, at this moment, a huge strange force rushed down from above, piercing through the top of the ship!
"Boom!"
- It's a person!
There was a lot of strength in this man's body, and with a huge noise, he smashed the little couple in front of Cao Cao with his foot wrapped in broken wood!
The candlelight was extinguished instantly, and the whole boat was pitch black!
Zhou Yu took the opportunity to hit the masked man next to him with a knife, snatched one knife with his hands, and then kicked the other away!Zhou Yu hit them hard on the back of the neck without hesitation, and they both fell down!
In the blink of an eye, Cao Cao was about to turn back and draw his sword, but the man who broke into the ship turned his head and forced his neck with a cold shining blade!
But when he heard the sound of the knife edge, Zhou Yu held on to the knife and pressed it against Cao Cao's throat.
"Nice reversal, huh?"
The moonlight shone down from the shattered roof of the ship, illuminating his side face.
The man with the knife pushed forward.
Cao Cao didn't move again.
Because he felt the killing intent from this man.
He pressed the knife to his neck, not intimidating.
If necessary, this person would really cut off his own neck.
——This man was dressed in pitch black, and the mask covered half of his face, but it was hard to hide the icy aura around him.
He was silent and didn't say a word.
——He is Sun He.He is Sun Ce's cousin.
He was Yu He more than ten years ago, and was later given the surname Sun by Sun Jian because of his outstanding military exploits.He grew up with Sun Ce until his death.
He is the "big cousin" in Sun Shangxiang's mouth, and he is the mute of Jingmen.
He was skilled, but silent.It was he who collected Cao Cao's heart when he wrote "Arrow Kills Sun Ce", and it was he who saved Zhou Yu who almost fell into the water under the moon.
He was silent.At this moment, his blade was pressing against Cao Cao's throbbing throat.
"I don't think that you, Cao Cao, are so harmless to humans and animals that I don't need to make any preparations." Zhou Yu said coldly, "I don't think that I, Zhou Yu, are so harmless to humans and animals that I will release you back intact. degree."
Cao Cao was forced by that man, but the corners of his mouth were smiling.
"Want to win at the Hongmen Banquet, it doesn't depend on whether you can strike or not," Zhou Yu's knife gradually moved down to his right shoulder, "it depends on whether you can strike or not."
As soon as the words fell, the long knife pierced Cao Cao's right shoulder!
"Say," Zhou Yu asked through gritted teeth, with extremely cold eyes, "Sun Bofu's death...what happened?"
44.
In the blink of an eye, the situation has been reversed!
Zhou Yu's blade pressed harder and harder, and Cao Cao's right shoulder was already bleeding profusely.
At this moment, Cao Cao grinned.
——Slightly disdainful.
"Unexpectedly, you would do such a thing." Cao Cao stared at Zhou Yu with a sense of hunting, "I thought you were just a gentle kitten."
"Do something to someone." Zhou Yu continued to stab inward with the knife, the sound of the blade penetrating into the flesh made the scalp tingle, "Hurry up and answer my question."
Zhou Yu's knife had seriously injured Cao Cao's shoulder, but he didn't seem to notice it.
"I'm also very touched that you have such courage." He smiled and said, "Sun Ce sees it. I don't know if he will be happy or sad?"
Blood trickled down his right arm.
"Don't talk nonsense with me!" Zhou Yu made a sudden force, and the blade severely injured his right shoulder, "Say it!"
Just then, a voice came from the right side of the ship!
Another person appeared in the darkness!Zhou Yu immediately felt that this was not theirs!
When things happened suddenly, Sun He could only let go of Cao Cao, and turned around to block the man's slash!
The swords meet and clank!
Zhou Yu immediately kicked Cao Cao hard in the abdomen, then rushed down and grabbed Cao Cao's throat, "Say it!"
Zhou Yu paused, and immediately felt the vibration of the horse's hoof!
——Cao Cao has a backup!
"Captain!" Lu Su's voice came from outside the boat, "Quick retreat!"
"It seems to be here." Cao Cao smiled, and looked at Zhou Yu with a slightly provocative look, "Not a bad reversal, right?"
"Don't think I dare not touch you." Zhou Yu's eyes almost burst into flames, "Sun Bofu's death, what happened?!"
"Captain!" Lu Su rushed onto the boat, "Battle reports are coming from the front! Cao Cao's navy is heading south and has already confronted our army!"
what? !
Unexpectedly, at this time...
Zhou Yu forcefully forced Cao Cao's throat, "I know you did it to him, after all—"
"The Governor!"
The sound of hooves is getting closer and closer!
Sun He got entangled with that person and tried his best to hold on!
Zhou Yu turned a deaf ear, "Say it quickly!"
"Some things are better not to know."
"Stop talking nonsense to me!"
"Who dares to hurt my lord! Take your life!"
A loud shout exploded in his ears, and a random knife slashed down sharply!Zhou Yu was startled, and immediately pulled back by Lu Su, the blade cut down right in front of his eyes, and even cut off a few strands of Zhou Yu's forehead hair!
What a power of action!
The sound of horse hooves was approaching, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, and could only yell, "Bo Hai, get out!"
Sun He took the sword to the top, turned over and jumped back.Zhou Yu was dragged by Lu Su to jump out of the boat, turned his head unwillingly, and met his eyes.
He suddenly remembered what Cao Cao said just now.
"Some things are better not to know."
What is it, what's going on?
Why not know better yourself?
Zhou Yu suddenly felt cold all over.
Could it be that what I have been insisting on for so many years... is completely different from what I thought...?
He got on the fast horse prepared by Lu Meng and galloped through the half-human tall autumn grass.The wind howled, wrapped in cold air, making people shiver.
After all, what is the truth?
After running for about half a mile, the sound of horseshoes behind gradually disappeared.
Several people gradually approached the Jiangdong people's position.
Immediately brightly lit!
Zhou Yu had no time to think about those things, and immediately asked Lu Meng, "What's going on?"
"After the governor and you left, you saw Cao Cao's army approaching Jiang! Cheng Gong immediately issued an order according to the plan decided before, and now the two armies are fighting!"
"Sure enough..." Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, "What else is going on?"
Lu Meng said quickly: "They connected the boats with iron chains."
Zhou Yu frowned, "What?!"
"It's true." Lu Meng said: "In this way, we can imitate the flat bottom as much as possible, and overcome the shortcomings of northern soldiers who are not good at water warfare."
The sound of fighting has already been heard in the distance.
Zhou Yu's heart sank.
—was put together.
45.
Vice-ship of Cao Ying.Cao Pi's room.
"It seems to have worked." Cao Pi opened the curtain, turned around and took a deep look at the corner of the room.
There was no light on, and in the darkness, the man was hiding in the depths of the darkness.
——At this moment, I don’t know which direction this era will go.No one knows how the world will be, and no one knows what the next dynasty's surname will be.
—but this man knows.He knows how the world will be, and he also knows who the world regrets the most.
At this moment, he has the foresight to see everything.
His bangs are long and always cover his eyes, and Cao Pi can't always see his eyes clearly.He always sat in a corner, where the lights couldn't reach him, and leaned back alone, with a very pale and disdainful expression on his face.
Lazy, it seems that he can't get excited about anything.
But with a strong allure, people can't move their eyes.
You can't say it's flattering, because he's not flattering.He doesn't flirt with anyone, and doesn't flirt with anyone.But once he stands there, you can't take your eyes off him.
——He is Sima Yi.
"That is for sure."
While eating melon seeds, Sima Yi said, "I said it will definitely work, so it will definitely work."
The teeth made a crisp sound when they crushed melon seeds.
There was only such a sound in the whole room.
Cao Pi lowered the curtain and said in a deep voice, "...That's right. What you say is always accurate."
Sima Yi chuckled twice.
——It wasn't a hehe smile, it wasn't a hee hee smile, it was a sneer smile.Sima Yi always laughed like this, and always only twice.
As always, with unparalleled allure.
"That's all right," Sima Yi patted the crumbs on his hands, "Take back the game in front of your father."
"Indeed." Cao Pi smiled as always, and spread his hands, "The trick of linking the warships with iron chains is really wonderful."
In this march, Cao Pi went out with the army.
Sima Yi accompanied secretly.
After losing the first battle with Sun Liu's coalition forces, Cao Cao was furious.At this moment, Sima Yi proposed to Cao Pi the trick of linking the warships with iron chains, and then asked Cao Pi to make this suggestion to Cao Cao.
Sure enough, Cao Cao adopted it and praised Cao Pi greatly.
And now is the time for this strategy to be implemented.
Sima Yi hugged his shoulders, walked down from the couch slowly, and walked unsteadily to the window, "Actually, you don't have to care about that Cao Zijian at all," he leaned against the window, and continued eating melon seeds. Said, "He can't."
Cao Pi glanced at him, smiled and said, "After all, he can write poetry."
"What's the use of being able to write poetry?" Sima Yi's eyes showed a little indifference, and he half-jokingly said: "We can chop off his right hand."
Cao Pi glanced at him.Although it is helpless, it is even more conniving.
"You." He sighed and pulled Sima Yi to his side, then turned around, "Father... did he look for you?"
Sima Yi didn't care and said, "It's been seven or eight years, and I come to see me once in a few months. It's become more frequent recently."
The reason, of course, was Guo Jia's death.
As soon as Guo Jia left, Cao Cao lost his right hand and right arm, and his desire for virtuous men was even greater.And Sima Yi, who had already rejected Cao Cao seven or eight years ago, has always been a strong candidate.
But Sima Yi absolutely could not agree with Cao Cao.
This reason... only he himself knows.
"Don't worry," Sima Yi looked at Cao Pi, "I will definitely do what I promised you."
Cao Pi kissed him lightly on the lips without hesitation.
"I'm waiting for what you said - the day when I rule the world."
The day you ascended the throne?Sima Yi sneered in his heart, but just wait.But on the surface, he met Cao Pi's eyes without reservation, and said word by word: "I will swear to assist you to the death—assuming the position of supremacy."
——What Sima Yi is best at is acting.
He played a loyal minister in front of Cao Cao and a righteous man in front of Cao Pi.He can tell lies without any flaws on any occasion, and even cry bitterly.
The two looked at each other silently.
Cao Pi smiled and helped him smooth the hair on his forehead, "I believe in you."
Sima Yi felt relieved, and said, "Just trust me."
The faint light of fire outside the window reflected the stars in the sky, and the wind from the river was blowing.
Cao Pi liked this atmosphere very much, and slowly bent down to cover Sima Yi's lips, then pried open his white teeth and poked inside.
"Um..."
Unceremoniously asking for it, Cao Pi hugged Sima Yi's waist tightly, and wrapped his other hand around the back of his head, making him stick tightly to himself.His body, which has received the best training since he was a child, is strong and powerful. As soon as Sima Yi put his hand on it, he felt the scalding heat.
In contrast, Sima Yi's body was completely controlled by Cao Pi.
"Um-"
The long and deep kiss made Sima Yi out of breath. He pushed Cao Pi, but was pushed against the wall.
"Hello—ummm—"
Cao Pi easily grabbed both of his wrists, and then moved his other hand down restlessly.
Sima Yi immediately bit him.
Cao Pi was in pain, raised his eyebrows and relaxed.
"I told you so," Sima Yi pushed Cao Pi away, "You can only kiss once a day, above the shoulders—you already kissed this morning, right?"
"Okay, okay," Cao Pi smiled and raised his hands, "I admit my mistake...is it okay?"
His eyes were still locked on Sima Yi.
Sima Yi pushed him away, straightened his clothes, "Tomorrow is gone—punishment."
His brows and eyes are full of pride.
Cao Pi couldn't help laughing, although he didn't care about the punishment he said, he still smiled and said: "Okay - I will be punished."
As it turned out later, this punishment was not implemented.Those who speak are not sincere, and those who listen are not sincere.Just a hobby.
They all like this fun.Until now, Cao Pi and Sima Yi have not established a real bed relationship.As Sima Yi said, you can only kiss once a day, and the range is above the shoulders.
Of course this was proposed by Sima Yi.
Because the more you can't get something, the more you want to get it.
"When the world is in my hands," Cao Pi looked out the window, "I'll take you—"
"Don't swear to me forever." Sima Yi shook his head, eating melon seeds as he walked, "Compared with those weightless promises, King's Landing is more real."
These words are reproaches and sweet words.It seems unintentional, but what Cao Pi said is what Cao Pi likes to hear the most.
In this regard, Sima Yi is always superior.He always knows what to do and what to say when he should do it.
After a long while Sima Yi frowned and said, "Your father should be back, why don't you leave quickly?"
Cao Pi looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Come right back."
"Let's go." Sima Yi pushed him away, and then opened the curtain to take a look, "Oh, it's really lively. Go, at this time, you should be by your father's side."
Cao Pi tidied up his clothes and straightened his collar with both hands in a very chic way.Then push the door and rush to the front line.
The smile on Sima Yi's face also gradually cooled down.
"Family of idiots."
He smiled, and then walked around the room while eating melon seeds.
The crisp voices came one after another.
"The son can't see it, and the father can't see it either?"
Sima Yi frowned.
"I'm so confused."
Throwing down the shell of the melon seeds, a sneer appeared on his lips.
"That's all." Sima Yi thought for a while and then said to himself, "That's fine... Now we'll just wait for Zhou Yu's actions."
but……
"Did Cao Pi really think that I really wanted to help Cao Cao? He didn't see it.
"No no," Sima Yi's eyes were unfathomable at the moment, "he's not that stupid. He must be waiting for something—waiting for my opening."
He stopped here, then started pacing again. "It's okay," he said to himself, "I like this kind of game too."
Pacing will make his thinking more sensitive, so whenever Sima Yi has something to do, he will pace the ground.
Cao Cao could not win this battle.
Once Cao Cao wins, the general trend of the world will basically be settled.And what Sima Yi didn't want to see the most was this.
He wants Cao Cao to have an advantage in the world, but not to have a general trend.
There is an advantage because he can use it and turn it into his own in the future; there is a general trend because the general trend can contain Cao Cao, making it difficult for Cao Cao to proclaim himself emperor for a while, and give himself a gap.
He wants to lurk by Cao Cao's side and assist Cao Pi to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.Then I... stretched out a fatal knife when the world was stable.
— Get this world.
very good.
Sima Yi's lips moved, and his teeth crushed the melon seeds.
So he helped Cao Pi offer the suggestion of connecting the boat with iron chains. First, he helped Cao Pi show his face in front of Cao Cao; second, he planted the root of disaster for Cao Cao's failure.
Zhou Yu must be able to see the flaws in the chains connecting the boats.Sima Yi put a melon seed between his teeth, his eyes were like the deep sea, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao.
After defeating Cao Cao, the three-legged confrontation will be established.
When the three-legged confrontation...is the best time to accumulate strength.
Suddenly someone pushed open the door.
Sima Yi's eyes turned cold, "Who?"
When the door was opened, it was indeed Xia Houshang.
Xia Houshang is a close friend of Cao Pi, and the relationship between the two is very good.When Sima Yi saw Xia Houshang at this time, in fact, Cao Pi had something to say to him.
Sima Yi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"
Xia Houshang approached and said in a low voice, "Huang Gongfu, Zhou Yu's subordinate, has come to surrender the letter."
Huang Gongfu?
Isn't it Huang Gai?
Sima Yi rolled his eyes, and was about to say "it's a lie, kill him", but suddenly fell silent.
Could it be that--
He curled his lips into a smile, his eyes sparkled, "—take me to see quickly."
46.
"I know there are no more than six people involved in this matter," Xia Houshang said to Sima Yi as he walked, "Please keep it a secret."
Sima Yi thought to himself, what else is there to keep secret?But he still nodded seriously, "That's natural, I will keep my mouth shut."
The two entered a side room, next door was where Cao Cao and Cao Pi discussed this matter.
Sima Yi gently pushed aside the wooden board behind the bookshelf, revealing a small gap.
Cao Cao held a letter in his hand, and his expression was very strange.
According to common sense, the first reaction when seeing the surrender letter should be suspicion.But now, on Cao Cao's face, there is no doubt, but a...very strange expression.
Sima Yi keenly felt that the letter was definitely not as simple as surrendering the letter.
"Zi Huan," Cao Cao looked at his son, "what do you think?"
In fact, Sima Yi had already told Cao Pi how to answer such a question.This time was very special, Cao Pi also showed a very strange expression, and then sighed: "I don't understand."
Sima Yi was stunned after hearing this, and cursed in his heart, didn't I tell you that such words must never be said? You stupid ass!
But Cao Cao didn't seem to be angry at all after hearing it. Holding the letter, he said, "What does this mean?"
Cao Pi thought for a while and said, "Can I ask my son to take it back and study it?"
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "A quarter of an hour."
Cao Pi cupped his hands and said: "My son will return it on time, so as not to miss my father's important business." After speaking, he took the letter from Cao Cao's hand, put it in his arms, gave a salute and walked out.
Xia Houshang and Sima Yi then met in Cao Pi's room.
As smart as Sima Yi, he has already guessed the matter completely.
This is definitely not a simple letter of surrender, or the letter of surrender is just a cover.That's why the suspicious Cao Cao didn't show suspicion, but a strange look.
So what was written in that letter, so that Cao Pi, who had been told many times by himself, could still honestly say "I don't know"?
With a melon seed in his mouth, he thought as he walked, his eyes were like the deep night sky.
Just then, they came to Cao Pi's door.As soon as Xia Houshang opened the door, he saw Cao Pi sitting on the couch with the letter.
"Look," Cao Pi looked at the two people who came in, and said with a mocking smile, "What do you think Huang Gongfu's letter of surrender in the legend will be?"
Xia Houshang shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.
Cao Pi shifted his gaze to Sima Yi.
It can be said that Cao Pi took the letter back just to show it to Sima Yi.
"You don't even need to guess," Sima Yi sat down casually, biting open the melon seeds with his teeth, and his voice was extremely clear, "It must be a letter - a wordless book."
Xia Houshang was startled after hearing this.
Cao Pi looked at him, but laughed out loud for a while.
"You, you," Cao Pi said helplessly and liked, "I really have you." After speaking, he handed over the letter, which turned out to be a letter without words.
"The letter has two layers of seals." Cao Pi said slowly, "On the first layer is written 'Prime Minister Cao Mengde kisses', and on the inner layer is written 'Huang Gongfu came to vote'. Then there is... this blank paper."
Sima Yi took it and looked at it casually.
Doesn't seem to be anything special...
"Because I don't know which method it is made of, so I dare not move it casually." Cao Pi spread his hands, "Throw it in the water, the paper will be broken... then it will be fine."
Sima Yi sneered twice.
Cao Pi took this letter back because he wanted to make a small contribution.This is also within common sense. Besides, with Sima Yi on his side, it is not impossible to solve it.
Unexpectedly, Sima Yi threw the letter in front of Cao Pi, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Send it back."
The other two fell silent.
"what?"
"I said, send it back." Sima Yi leaned lightly on the table, pursed his lips and smiled slightly, "Didn't you understand?"
Cao Pi looked into his eyes.
Sima Yi's sky-like eyes poked up from under the bangs, with a melon seed in his mouth, as always, with indescribable allure.
Cao Pi's eyes changed from his lips half-covered with melon seeds to his own eyes.
"I believe you must be doing the right thing." Cao Pi smiled slightly, "But I still want to ask, why?"
Sima Yi sneered twice.
He was very satisfied with Cao Pi's answer.He smiled first, then his eyes suddenly turned cold.
"If we open this letter, we shall die."
The room fell silent.
"Why did Huang Gai write that Prime Minister Cao Mengde's 'invitation'? Why did he go out of his way to write a letter without words?" Sima Yi's voice said.
Zhou Yu nodded, and then said with a smile: "I'm sorry. After all, we are also out of safety considerations. There is an unpleasant incident at this juncture...we all feel bad."
"That's natural." Xia Houshang nodded, and then stretched out his hand, "In that case, please come to Dudu Zhou."
Zhou Yu nodded, and without any hesitation, stepped onto the boat.
As soon as he got close to the boat, he felt a threatening momentum.
——It’s Cao Cao.
Not afraid, not hiding, not compromising, he just sat in it rightly.
Seeing Zhou Yu buy it, he smiled wickedly and poured himself a glass.
"Long time no see." His eyes were slightly dangerous, as if looking at a prey, "Zhou Lang is still so... radiant."
Zhou Yu sneered.
Then he sat down without fear.Separated by a small table, the two of them fought against each other, and no one would lose their momentum. "You're not bad either."
The four eyes are a pair, one with a little playfulness, and the other with inviolable perseverance.
At this moment, Zhou Yu smelled something.
He frowned and saw the burning incense.
"I don't like incense very much." Zhou Yu smiled, "Excuse me, Prime Minister...?"
Cao Cao smiled as if he had expected it, and then covered the incense with his hand.
"I don't really like incense either." He said, "But Feng Xiao likes it."
Hearing Guo Jia's name, Zhou Yu paused slightly.
I just heard Xun Yu's story about Guo Jia, and now I hear this name again, I can't bear it...
"He doesn't look like this kind of person, does he?" Cao Cao said with a smile, "He doesn't like all of them, he only likes this one. In other words, he doesn't like it, but he can accept it."
Zhou Yu heard the meaningless words, "Oh?"
"He said the scent reminded him of—"
Remember--
- remember what?
Suddenly at this moment, Cao Cao stopped.
"Forget it." Cao Cao came back from doing it again, and half laughed at himself: "Forget it."
When Cao Cao said this, he still had a bit of bitterness.
Even if I don't admit that I was responsible for Guo Jia's death, I still feel a little sad about his death.
Cao Cao sat down, and then looked at Zhou Yu a few more times.
Zhou Yu is drinking the wine he brought.
"So, I'll just say it straight," Cao Cao looked at Zhou Yu and said word by word, "Please return Wen Ruo...to me."
what?
Return Xun Yu to him?What does it mean?
How did he know that Xun Yu was with him?And he didn't ask "Is Xun Yu with you?" but asked himself to return it to him, which shows that he is very sure!
But Xun Yu obviously went to them by himself, so how could it be called "returning" him to Cao Cao?
--what is going on?
Zhou Yu was startled, but nothing showed on his face.
did not speak.
He took a sip of wine calmly, bangs covering his eyes.
"Gongjin doesn't have to deny it." Cao Cao said calmly, "I'm sure."
Seeing this, Zhou Yu no longer tried to be sloppy, and leaned back openly, "Why?"
Cao Cao pointed at Zhou Yu and smiled.
"You smell like him."
taste?
Zhou Yu sniffed cooperatively and smiled, "Is there any?"
"We get along day and night, we can't go wrong." Cao Cao continued to pour himself a drink, "I didn't bring him out this time."
"Oh?"
"Yes." Cao Cao nodded, "His health...is not very good. The journey is tiring and he is not acclimatized. We can't let him suffer any more."
The tone of these words is flat, without any pretentious tone.
Zhou Yu also smiled.
"His health is indeed very bad." Zhou Yu did not make any cover at this time, and said directly: "He is not long."
Cao Cao didn't seem very surprised by his directness.
Taking a sip of his wine, he said with a wry smile, "I know."
"Then why did you take him back?" Zhou Yu leaned back with a calm expression, "Isn't it better to let him here?"
Cao Cao looked up at him.
"What did he tell you?"
This question was a question, but before Zhou Yu could speak, Cao Cao asked again, "What do you know about the three of us?"
Cao Cao covered his mouth with a wine glass in one hand.Zhou Yu couldn't see if he was smiling.
"I don't understand." Zhou Yu met Cao Cao's eyes, "Do you understand?"
As soon as the voice fell, the boat fell silent.
It's getting dark now.The sky is full of stars outside the window, and the river breeze is cool.The reeds in the water in the distance were blown by the wind, rustling.
"I like your stubbornness, Gongjin."
Cao Cao didn't answer him, but smiled.His eyes looked out, far away.I don't know who is looking at.
"You are as stubborn as he is."
Zhou Yu immediately realized that this "he" refers to Guo Jia.
"He is like this too. He never gives in where he thinks is right. And he never...'acts like a baby' to me." Cao Cao said while drinking, and then looked at the reeds and the starry sky, "He has always been so... stubbornly, stand."
He looked at me stubbornly, and stood upright amidst other people's doubts.
Never show weakness, and never show favor.
Hurt, still sad, never say.
"He's gone..." Cao Cao sighed, and then sighed again, "Now Wen Ruo is gone too."
"Feng Xiao was forced to die, and Wen Ruo was also forced to leave." Zhou Yu closed his eyes, "...It is inevitable."
Cao Cao could feel Zhou Yu's hostility towards him, but he just smiled.
"All in all... you won't let Wen Ruo come back?"
"It's not a question of whether I am willing or not." Zhou Yu shook his head, "Wen Ruo came here by himself. Then he has to decide whether to go back or not." He glanced at Cao Cao and said meaningfully: "No one can decide Other people's future. I can't, and neither can anyone else."
Cao Cao looked up.The two looked at each other.
sough--
The autumn wind passes through the border.
"If you asked Gong Jin to walk a hundred steps along the river with a bowl of water, would you be able to do it?"
Zhou Yu said, "Of course it's possible."
Cao Cao said again: "If it is said that a bowl of water is full, if you don't spill a drop, if you spill it, your family members will be in danger...is it still possible?"
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment.
"It can't be that guaranteed anymore, can it?"
Zhou Yu didn't speak.
Cao Cao continued as if talking to himself: "This is the negative effect brought about by a strong desire... The more you want to achieve it, the more difficult it is often."
Speaking of this, a gust of wind suddenly blew in.
"This is...the more you want to protect the good things - the harder it is to protect them."
The grassy fragrance of reeds, drinking the moist smell of the river, poured into the boat.
In an instant, the faint smell of incense became clearer in an instant.
This fragrance...is from Guo Jia.
Guo Jia would rather always smell this kind of scent that he doesn't like very much, but also recall the memories, what is it?
Zhou Yu thought of that figure covered in blood but arrogantly refusing to bow his head... What was he holding on to?
What is the reason why he would rather be a piece of jade than a tile?
If it was Zhou Yu, he must be for Jiangdong, for this country, for their vows back then... for, his lost lover.
But what is Guo Jia for?Hating and despairing so freely, he finally died in the fire of his own karma.
Zhou Yu didn't understand.Cao Cao didn't say anything either.
Two living people, each remembering a dead person, light the incense that the living don't like but the dead often use, on the banks of the starry river in Chibi, in the smell of reeds, in the wine In the sweetness of each other, they maintain their respective... long-gone love.
43.
Quiet, but speechless.
Let yourself be soaked by the unfamiliar incense.
Then, Zhou Yu was the first to break the silence.
"Since this matter has been discussed..." Zhou Yu slowly raised his eyes, "I don't think that the prime minister and I are here... for this matter."
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows and smiled, as if he had quickly escaped from the emotion just now.
"Of course not... I'm going to talk about this first, because once I finish what I'm going to say next, I won't have a chance to say it."
As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden chill.
"...Then," Zhou Yu met Cao Cao's gaze fearlessly, "What does the prime minister want to say?"
At this moment, a murderous aura rushed towards his face in the blink of an eye!
Zhou Yu was always vigilant, and just about to turn over and back away, the two knives were already on his neck!One left and one right, making people unable to move!
——Not Cao Cao.
There are others on this boat!
Zhou Yu raised his eyes to look at the man, but saw that he was completely dark, with a mask on his face, and he couldn't see clearly under the dim candlelight in the boat.
It's not just the two of them.
On the side of the place where Zhou Yu and Cao Cao drank, what originally looked like the grass wall of the boat was actually just a curtain.There are other people inside!
"Is this different from what we said?" Zhou Yu still maintained his composure, gritted his teeth and said, "Isn't the prime minister afraid of being ridiculed by Mao Tianxia when he contradicts himself like this?"
"Laugh at me? Why?" Cao Cao stood up slowly, his burly body brought a huge sense of oppression, "Winners and losers, the people of the world will always be the subjects of the winners."
Zhou Yu raised his eyes to look at him, and said coldly, "What do you want?"
"I want one thing."
Zhou Yu's heart skipped a beat.
He basically already knew what this thing was.Since Xun Yu already knew, why couldn't Cao Cao know?
——Or, could it be that Xun Yu told Cao Cao?
impossible.Zhou Yu rejected this answer at random, which was impossible both emotionally and rationally.
Moreover, Zhou Yu believed in him.
Under Zhou Yu's icy gaze, Cao Cao slowly uttered two words:
"Silk book."
--as expected!
"I know it's with you, so there's no need to deny it." Cao Cao looked up at Zhou Yu, and said, "Hand it over, it's good for both of you."
Zhou Yu glanced, "What if I say no?"
"Don't feel uncomfortable," Cao Cao pinched Zhou Yu's restrained chin, and said coldly, "You are a smart person."
After saying this, there was a sudden silence in the boat.
Zhou Yu sneered.
"—Even if I could give it, it's not on me now."
"Just tell me the location."
"Why, it's so far away, you can still get it?"
"Whether I can take it or not is my business." Cao Cao said indifferently: "Whether you say it now is what you should think about."
Zhou Yu felt a slight chill on his neck.The knife was already on his body.
"Talking about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith with beasts in clothes—" Zhou Yu not only didn't see the slightest nervousness and embarrassment at this time, but appeared a little more chic, "It was really my mistake."
This is already very straightforward.
Seeing this, the two men with knives moved closer to him.
Cao Cao just smiled, as if he didn't care.
"Tell me, where is it?"
Zhou Yu was forced by two knives, but he showed no timidity at all.
There was blood running down his neck.
At this moment, he also smiled.
"Cao Mengde," Zhou Yu called him by his name for the first time, "You are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"
As soon as Cao Cao frowned, at this moment, a huge strange force rushed down from above, piercing through the top of the ship!
"Boom!"
- It's a person!
There was a lot of strength in this man's body, and with a huge noise, he smashed the little couple in front of Cao Cao with his foot wrapped in broken wood!
The candlelight was extinguished instantly, and the whole boat was pitch black!
Zhou Yu took the opportunity to hit the masked man next to him with a knife, snatched one knife with his hands, and then kicked the other away!Zhou Yu hit them hard on the back of the neck without hesitation, and they both fell down!
In the blink of an eye, Cao Cao was about to turn back and draw his sword, but the man who broke into the ship turned his head and forced his neck with a cold shining blade!
But when he heard the sound of the knife edge, Zhou Yu held on to the knife and pressed it against Cao Cao's throat.
"Nice reversal, huh?"
The moonlight shone down from the shattered roof of the ship, illuminating his side face.
The man with the knife pushed forward.
Cao Cao didn't move again.
Because he felt the killing intent from this man.
He pressed the knife to his neck, not intimidating.
If necessary, this person would really cut off his own neck.
——This man was dressed in pitch black, and the mask covered half of his face, but it was hard to hide the icy aura around him.
He was silent and didn't say a word.
——He is Sun He.He is Sun Ce's cousin.
He was Yu He more than ten years ago, and was later given the surname Sun by Sun Jian because of his outstanding military exploits.He grew up with Sun Ce until his death.
He is the "big cousin" in Sun Shangxiang's mouth, and he is the mute of Jingmen.
He was skilled, but silent.It was he who collected Cao Cao's heart when he wrote "Arrow Kills Sun Ce", and it was he who saved Zhou Yu who almost fell into the water under the moon.
He was silent.At this moment, his blade was pressing against Cao Cao's throbbing throat.
"I don't think that you, Cao Cao, are so harmless to humans and animals that I don't need to make any preparations." Zhou Yu said coldly, "I don't think that I, Zhou Yu, are so harmless to humans and animals that I will release you back intact. degree."
Cao Cao was forced by that man, but the corners of his mouth were smiling.
"Want to win at the Hongmen Banquet, it doesn't depend on whether you can strike or not," Zhou Yu's knife gradually moved down to his right shoulder, "it depends on whether you can strike or not."
As soon as the words fell, the long knife pierced Cao Cao's right shoulder!
"Say," Zhou Yu asked through gritted teeth, with extremely cold eyes, "Sun Bofu's death...what happened?"
44.
In the blink of an eye, the situation has been reversed!
Zhou Yu's blade pressed harder and harder, and Cao Cao's right shoulder was already bleeding profusely.
At this moment, Cao Cao grinned.
——Slightly disdainful.
"Unexpectedly, you would do such a thing." Cao Cao stared at Zhou Yu with a sense of hunting, "I thought you were just a gentle kitten."
"Do something to someone." Zhou Yu continued to stab inward with the knife, the sound of the blade penetrating into the flesh made the scalp tingle, "Hurry up and answer my question."
Zhou Yu's knife had seriously injured Cao Cao's shoulder, but he didn't seem to notice it.
"I'm also very touched that you have such courage." He smiled and said, "Sun Ce sees it. I don't know if he will be happy or sad?"
Blood trickled down his right arm.
"Don't talk nonsense with me!" Zhou Yu made a sudden force, and the blade severely injured his right shoulder, "Say it!"
Just then, a voice came from the right side of the ship!
Another person appeared in the darkness!Zhou Yu immediately felt that this was not theirs!
When things happened suddenly, Sun He could only let go of Cao Cao, and turned around to block the man's slash!
The swords meet and clank!
Zhou Yu immediately kicked Cao Cao hard in the abdomen, then rushed down and grabbed Cao Cao's throat, "Say it!"
Zhou Yu paused, and immediately felt the vibration of the horse's hoof!
——Cao Cao has a backup!
"Captain!" Lu Su's voice came from outside the boat, "Quick retreat!"
"It seems to be here." Cao Cao smiled, and looked at Zhou Yu with a slightly provocative look, "Not a bad reversal, right?"
"Don't think I dare not touch you." Zhou Yu's eyes almost burst into flames, "Sun Bofu's death, what happened?!"
"Captain!" Lu Su rushed onto the boat, "Battle reports are coming from the front! Cao Cao's navy is heading south and has already confronted our army!"
what? !
Unexpectedly, at this time...
Zhou Yu forcefully forced Cao Cao's throat, "I know you did it to him, after all—"
"The Governor!"
The sound of hooves is getting closer and closer!
Sun He got entangled with that person and tried his best to hold on!
Zhou Yu turned a deaf ear, "Say it quickly!"
"Some things are better not to know."
"Stop talking nonsense to me!"
"Who dares to hurt my lord! Take your life!"
A loud shout exploded in his ears, and a random knife slashed down sharply!Zhou Yu was startled, and immediately pulled back by Lu Su, the blade cut down right in front of his eyes, and even cut off a few strands of Zhou Yu's forehead hair!
What a power of action!
The sound of horse hooves was approaching, Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, and could only yell, "Bo Hai, get out!"
Sun He took the sword to the top, turned over and jumped back.Zhou Yu was dragged by Lu Su to jump out of the boat, turned his head unwillingly, and met his eyes.
He suddenly remembered what Cao Cao said just now.
"Some things are better not to know."
What is it, what's going on?
Why not know better yourself?
Zhou Yu suddenly felt cold all over.
Could it be that what I have been insisting on for so many years... is completely different from what I thought...?
He got on the fast horse prepared by Lu Meng and galloped through the half-human tall autumn grass.The wind howled, wrapped in cold air, making people shiver.
After all, what is the truth?
After running for about half a mile, the sound of horseshoes behind gradually disappeared.
Several people gradually approached the Jiangdong people's position.
Immediately brightly lit!
Zhou Yu had no time to think about those things, and immediately asked Lu Meng, "What's going on?"
"After the governor and you left, you saw Cao Cao's army approaching Jiang! Cheng Gong immediately issued an order according to the plan decided before, and now the two armies are fighting!"
"Sure enough..." Zhou Yu gritted his teeth, "What else is going on?"
Lu Meng said quickly: "They connected the boats with iron chains."
Zhou Yu frowned, "What?!"
"It's true." Lu Meng said: "In this way, we can imitate the flat bottom as much as possible, and overcome the shortcomings of northern soldiers who are not good at water warfare."
The sound of fighting has already been heard in the distance.
Zhou Yu's heart sank.
—was put together.
45.
Vice-ship of Cao Ying.Cao Pi's room.
"It seems to have worked." Cao Pi opened the curtain, turned around and took a deep look at the corner of the room.
There was no light on, and in the darkness, the man was hiding in the depths of the darkness.
——At this moment, I don’t know which direction this era will go.No one knows how the world will be, and no one knows what the next dynasty's surname will be.
—but this man knows.He knows how the world will be, and he also knows who the world regrets the most.
At this moment, he has the foresight to see everything.
His bangs are long and always cover his eyes, and Cao Pi can't always see his eyes clearly.He always sat in a corner, where the lights couldn't reach him, and leaned back alone, with a very pale and disdainful expression on his face.
Lazy, it seems that he can't get excited about anything.
But with a strong allure, people can't move their eyes.
You can't say it's flattering, because he's not flattering.He doesn't flirt with anyone, and doesn't flirt with anyone.But once he stands there, you can't take your eyes off him.
——He is Sima Yi.
"That is for sure."
While eating melon seeds, Sima Yi said, "I said it will definitely work, so it will definitely work."
The teeth made a crisp sound when they crushed melon seeds.
There was only such a sound in the whole room.
Cao Pi lowered the curtain and said in a deep voice, "...That's right. What you say is always accurate."
Sima Yi chuckled twice.
——It wasn't a hehe smile, it wasn't a hee hee smile, it was a sneer smile.Sima Yi always laughed like this, and always only twice.
As always, with unparalleled allure.
"That's all right," Sima Yi patted the crumbs on his hands, "Take back the game in front of your father."
"Indeed." Cao Pi smiled as always, and spread his hands, "The trick of linking the warships with iron chains is really wonderful."
In this march, Cao Pi went out with the army.
Sima Yi accompanied secretly.
After losing the first battle with Sun Liu's coalition forces, Cao Cao was furious.At this moment, Sima Yi proposed to Cao Pi the trick of linking the warships with iron chains, and then asked Cao Pi to make this suggestion to Cao Cao.
Sure enough, Cao Cao adopted it and praised Cao Pi greatly.
And now is the time for this strategy to be implemented.
Sima Yi hugged his shoulders, walked down from the couch slowly, and walked unsteadily to the window, "Actually, you don't have to care about that Cao Zijian at all," he leaned against the window, and continued eating melon seeds. Said, "He can't."
Cao Pi glanced at him, smiled and said, "After all, he can write poetry."
"What's the use of being able to write poetry?" Sima Yi's eyes showed a little indifference, and he half-jokingly said: "We can chop off his right hand."
Cao Pi glanced at him.Although it is helpless, it is even more conniving.
"You." He sighed and pulled Sima Yi to his side, then turned around, "Father... did he look for you?"
Sima Yi didn't care and said, "It's been seven or eight years, and I come to see me once in a few months. It's become more frequent recently."
The reason, of course, was Guo Jia's death.
As soon as Guo Jia left, Cao Cao lost his right hand and right arm, and his desire for virtuous men was even greater.And Sima Yi, who had already rejected Cao Cao seven or eight years ago, has always been a strong candidate.
But Sima Yi absolutely could not agree with Cao Cao.
This reason... only he himself knows.
"Don't worry," Sima Yi looked at Cao Pi, "I will definitely do what I promised you."
Cao Pi kissed him lightly on the lips without hesitation.
"I'm waiting for what you said - the day when I rule the world."
The day you ascended the throne?Sima Yi sneered in his heart, but just wait.But on the surface, he met Cao Pi's eyes without reservation, and said word by word: "I will swear to assist you to the death—assuming the position of supremacy."
——What Sima Yi is best at is acting.
He played a loyal minister in front of Cao Cao and a righteous man in front of Cao Pi.He can tell lies without any flaws on any occasion, and even cry bitterly.
The two looked at each other silently.
Cao Pi smiled and helped him smooth the hair on his forehead, "I believe in you."
Sima Yi felt relieved, and said, "Just trust me."
The faint light of fire outside the window reflected the stars in the sky, and the wind from the river was blowing.
Cao Pi liked this atmosphere very much, and slowly bent down to cover Sima Yi's lips, then pried open his white teeth and poked inside.
"Um..."
Unceremoniously asking for it, Cao Pi hugged Sima Yi's waist tightly, and wrapped his other hand around the back of his head, making him stick tightly to himself.His body, which has received the best training since he was a child, is strong and powerful. As soon as Sima Yi put his hand on it, he felt the scalding heat.
In contrast, Sima Yi's body was completely controlled by Cao Pi.
"Um-"
The long and deep kiss made Sima Yi out of breath. He pushed Cao Pi, but was pushed against the wall.
"Hello—ummm—"
Cao Pi easily grabbed both of his wrists, and then moved his other hand down restlessly.
Sima Yi immediately bit him.
Cao Pi was in pain, raised his eyebrows and relaxed.
"I told you so," Sima Yi pushed Cao Pi away, "You can only kiss once a day, above the shoulders—you already kissed this morning, right?"
"Okay, okay," Cao Pi smiled and raised his hands, "I admit my mistake...is it okay?"
His eyes were still locked on Sima Yi.
Sima Yi pushed him away, straightened his clothes, "Tomorrow is gone—punishment."
His brows and eyes are full of pride.
Cao Pi couldn't help laughing, although he didn't care about the punishment he said, he still smiled and said: "Okay - I will be punished."
As it turned out later, this punishment was not implemented.Those who speak are not sincere, and those who listen are not sincere.Just a hobby.
They all like this fun.Until now, Cao Pi and Sima Yi have not established a real bed relationship.As Sima Yi said, you can only kiss once a day, and the range is above the shoulders.
Of course this was proposed by Sima Yi.
Because the more you can't get something, the more you want to get it.
"When the world is in my hands," Cao Pi looked out the window, "I'll take you—"
"Don't swear to me forever." Sima Yi shook his head, eating melon seeds as he walked, "Compared with those weightless promises, King's Landing is more real."
These words are reproaches and sweet words.It seems unintentional, but what Cao Pi said is what Cao Pi likes to hear the most.
In this regard, Sima Yi is always superior.He always knows what to do and what to say when he should do it.
After a long while Sima Yi frowned and said, "Your father should be back, why don't you leave quickly?"
Cao Pi looked at him and raised his eyebrows, "Come right back."
"Let's go." Sima Yi pushed him away, and then opened the curtain to take a look, "Oh, it's really lively. Go, at this time, you should be by your father's side."
Cao Pi tidied up his clothes and straightened his collar with both hands in a very chic way.Then push the door and rush to the front line.
The smile on Sima Yi's face also gradually cooled down.
"Family of idiots."
He smiled, and then walked around the room while eating melon seeds.
The crisp voices came one after another.
"The son can't see it, and the father can't see it either?"
Sima Yi frowned.
"I'm so confused."
Throwing down the shell of the melon seeds, a sneer appeared on his lips.
"That's all." Sima Yi thought for a while and then said to himself, "That's fine... Now we'll just wait for Zhou Yu's actions."
but……
"Did Cao Pi really think that I really wanted to help Cao Cao? He didn't see it.
"No no," Sima Yi's eyes were unfathomable at the moment, "he's not that stupid. He must be waiting for something—waiting for my opening."
He stopped here, then started pacing again. "It's okay," he said to himself, "I like this kind of game too."
Pacing will make his thinking more sensitive, so whenever Sima Yi has something to do, he will pace the ground.
Cao Cao could not win this battle.
Once Cao Cao wins, the general trend of the world will basically be settled.And what Sima Yi didn't want to see the most was this.
He wants Cao Cao to have an advantage in the world, but not to have a general trend.
There is an advantage because he can use it and turn it into his own in the future; there is a general trend because the general trend can contain Cao Cao, making it difficult for Cao Cao to proclaim himself emperor for a while, and give himself a gap.
He wants to lurk by Cao Cao's side and assist Cao Pi to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.Then I... stretched out a fatal knife when the world was stable.
— Get this world.
very good.
Sima Yi's lips moved, and his teeth crushed the melon seeds.
So he helped Cao Pi offer the suggestion of connecting the boat with iron chains. First, he helped Cao Pi show his face in front of Cao Cao; second, he planted the root of disaster for Cao Cao's failure.
Zhou Yu must be able to see the flaws in the chains connecting the boats.Sima Yi put a melon seed between his teeth, his eyes were like the deep sea, he will definitely defeat Cao Cao.
After defeating Cao Cao, the three-legged confrontation will be established.
When the three-legged confrontation...is the best time to accumulate strength.
Suddenly someone pushed open the door.
Sima Yi's eyes turned cold, "Who?"
When the door was opened, it was indeed Xia Houshang.
Xia Houshang is a close friend of Cao Pi, and the relationship between the two is very good.When Sima Yi saw Xia Houshang at this time, in fact, Cao Pi had something to say to him.
Sima Yi raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"
Xia Houshang approached and said in a low voice, "Huang Gongfu, Zhou Yu's subordinate, has come to surrender the letter."
Huang Gongfu?
Isn't it Huang Gai?
Sima Yi rolled his eyes, and was about to say "it's a lie, kill him", but suddenly fell silent.
Could it be that--
He curled his lips into a smile, his eyes sparkled, "—take me to see quickly."
46.
"I know there are no more than six people involved in this matter," Xia Houshang said to Sima Yi as he walked, "Please keep it a secret."
Sima Yi thought to himself, what else is there to keep secret?But he still nodded seriously, "That's natural, I will keep my mouth shut."
The two entered a side room, next door was where Cao Cao and Cao Pi discussed this matter.
Sima Yi gently pushed aside the wooden board behind the bookshelf, revealing a small gap.
Cao Cao held a letter in his hand, and his expression was very strange.
According to common sense, the first reaction when seeing the surrender letter should be suspicion.But now, on Cao Cao's face, there is no doubt, but a...very strange expression.
Sima Yi keenly felt that the letter was definitely not as simple as surrendering the letter.
"Zi Huan," Cao Cao looked at his son, "what do you think?"
In fact, Sima Yi had already told Cao Pi how to answer such a question.This time was very special, Cao Pi also showed a very strange expression, and then sighed: "I don't understand."
Sima Yi was stunned after hearing this, and cursed in his heart, didn't I tell you that such words must never be said? You stupid ass!
But Cao Cao didn't seem to be angry at all after hearing it. Holding the letter, he said, "What does this mean?"
Cao Pi thought for a while and said, "Can I ask my son to take it back and study it?"
Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "A quarter of an hour."
Cao Pi cupped his hands and said: "My son will return it on time, so as not to miss my father's important business." After speaking, he took the letter from Cao Cao's hand, put it in his arms, gave a salute and walked out.
Xia Houshang and Sima Yi then met in Cao Pi's room.
As smart as Sima Yi, he has already guessed the matter completely.
This is definitely not a simple letter of surrender, or the letter of surrender is just a cover.That's why the suspicious Cao Cao didn't show suspicion, but a strange look.
So what was written in that letter, so that Cao Pi, who had been told many times by himself, could still honestly say "I don't know"?
With a melon seed in his mouth, he thought as he walked, his eyes were like the deep night sky.
Just then, they came to Cao Pi's door.As soon as Xia Houshang opened the door, he saw Cao Pi sitting on the couch with the letter.
"Look," Cao Pi looked at the two people who came in, and said with a mocking smile, "What do you think Huang Gongfu's letter of surrender in the legend will be?"
Xia Houshang shook his head, expressing that he didn't know.
Cao Pi shifted his gaze to Sima Yi.
It can be said that Cao Pi took the letter back just to show it to Sima Yi.
"You don't even need to guess," Sima Yi sat down casually, biting open the melon seeds with his teeth, and his voice was extremely clear, "It must be a letter - a wordless book."
Xia Houshang was startled after hearing this.
Cao Pi looked at him, but laughed out loud for a while.
"You, you," Cao Pi said helplessly and liked, "I really have you." After speaking, he handed over the letter, which turned out to be a letter without words.
"The letter has two layers of seals." Cao Pi said slowly, "On the first layer is written 'Prime Minister Cao Mengde kisses', and on the inner layer is written 'Huang Gongfu came to vote'. Then there is... this blank paper."
Sima Yi took it and looked at it casually.
Doesn't seem to be anything special...
"Because I don't know which method it is made of, so I dare not move it casually." Cao Pi spread his hands, "Throw it in the water, the paper will be broken... then it will be fine."
Sima Yi sneered twice.
Cao Pi took this letter back because he wanted to make a small contribution.This is also within common sense. Besides, with Sima Yi on his side, it is not impossible to solve it.
Unexpectedly, Sima Yi threw the letter in front of Cao Pi, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Send it back."
The other two fell silent.
"what?"
"I said, send it back." Sima Yi leaned lightly on the table, pursed his lips and smiled slightly, "Didn't you understand?"
Cao Pi looked into his eyes.
Sima Yi's sky-like eyes poked up from under the bangs, with a melon seed in his mouth, as always, with indescribable allure.
Cao Pi's eyes changed from his lips half-covered with melon seeds to his own eyes.
"I believe you must be doing the right thing." Cao Pi smiled slightly, "But I still want to ask, why?"
Sima Yi sneered twice.
He was very satisfied with Cao Pi's answer.He smiled first, then his eyes suddenly turned cold.
"If we open this letter, we shall die."
The room fell silent.
"Why did Huang Gai write that Prime Minister Cao Mengde's 'invitation'? Why did he go out of his way to write a letter without words?" Sima Yi's voice said.
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