[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Sending away Sima Hui who was thinking about how to get the paper out, Xia Anran relaxed, and he yawned happily.

In recent days, Xia Anran has almost independently handled the government affairs of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. This is his first independent struggle since the Three Kingdoms.

Usually he has Xun Yu on top, Cao Chun and Guo Jia on his side, and Zhuge Liang on the bottom, but now only one Zhong Yao is left to give him a little reference.

Everything else is up to him alone.

For this reason, he has been working overtime for several days!

Today he finally had a little free time. He planned to take advantage of today to take a rest and catch up on getting back to sleep, but Mr. Shui Jing came to the door.

Now every day, Xia Anran feels that he is driving a galloping carriage. The carriage is rumbling forward, and he can only foolishly pull behind it, steering the carriage to turn left and right.

He didn't know if the road ahead was right, and he didn't know if the carriage would overturn in the next moment. He only knew that he had to hold on. With the speed of information transmission, he can't wait for reinforcements.

Or how to say that people's potential is infinite, even such a terrible situation and pressure he has survived.

He knocked on his sore back, and while there was no one around, he stretched his waist with his hands up, and he heard a thud in his spine.

Phew, much more comfortable.

When he let go of his hand and opened his eyes, he saw a big black crow parked in front of him, looking sideways at him with his bean eyes.

It still had the fried fish that Xia Anran ate as a snack in its mouth.

Xia Anran was taken aback immediately.

ah!When did you come in, there was no sound!

He got up and walked to the big black crow, touched its small head, and then turned his fingertips to the black crow, he was looking for the small bamboo tube for sending messages that Shen Qi usually hung on the black crow, huh?No, didn't touch it?

Xia Anran couldn't believe it, he touched it again, even picked up the big black crow and looked at its belly.

Really, really not!

Did Dahei lose the letter?

Xia Anran was suddenly anxious.Because the bamboo tube has always been bound by Cao Chun, he actually didn't know how Cao Chun fixed the bamboo tube on Dahei's body without affecting the flight of the big black crow.

Moreover, the bamboo tube tied to Dahei's body is also specially made, and the inside is thinned to reduce weight.

It must not be ordinary news that Cao Chun can use Feiya to pass on the letter.

He put the big black crow down, and let the crow, which was fattened up in winter, jump and jump, and went to pick up another piece of fried fish.

Xia Anran hurried out of the door, he wanted to find someone who was good at domesticating birds, although in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as flying pigeons passing letters, but acrobats already had the skills to domesticate birds .

After all, throughout the dynasties, there have been nobles who like to raise some flowers, birds, fish and insects in their courtyards.

Although there are not many crows, there are not many thrush mynas. Xia Anran plans to find someone who is good at birds to tell him which parts of birds can be tied.

The urgent matter now, in order not to delay things, the quickest solution is to tie a bamboo tube to Dahei to send the message, and let Cao Chun send the message again.

I hope there is no confidential information in Cao Chun's text message, otherwise it will be troublesome if someone picks it up!

He regretted that he didn't ask Cao Chun this question at that time.Because in his concept, the big black crow has always been a very reliable bird.

It was able to fly over from Chang'an last time, and it also guaranteed that the letter was not lost.

So it is said that people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries!It was because he believed in Dahei so much that he didn't think of a second way to communicate with Cao Chun.

Xia Anran was thinking about what to do next, and at the same time called someone to gallop to the lord.

In fact, according to his understanding of Cao Chun, in addition to sending Dahei to deliver the message, the messengers should have already set off at the same time.

Although I don't know exactly what happened, but as the saying goes, imagine for the best and prepare for the worst.

Xia Anran was extremely calm at this time, his expression was cold and solemn, and metaphors flashed across his mind, typing one after another.

Order food and grass, prepare armaments, who can be the main general, and who can stay and defend the city.

Just as he was less than four or five steps out of the door, suddenly a shadow was cast in the sky, and he looked up.Is it a crow, Big Black?

Xia Ran was a little surprised, did Dahei want to go with him?What a fine bird.

As soon as he thought this way, he retracted the bird's wings above his head and swooped straight down.

Just when Xia Anran was ready to reach out to catch the bird, the bird suddenly opened its wings in mid-air, flapped twice as if nothing had happened, and landed on a stone bench not far from Xia Anran.

Xia Anran, who always felt fooled, glanced at it silently. Just as she was about to go around, she found that there was something on the bird that she hadn't noticed just now. It was a small bamboo tube. How could there be a bamboo tube suddenly? Did you find it?

Could it be this bird that found the bamboo tube by itself?

He didn't think too much for a while, but directly opened the seal of the bamboo tube, and took out Cao Chun's letter inside.

Cao Chun's language is very concise. He explained the matter of Cao Cao finding Liu Xie and Liu Xie's plan to move the capital to Changyi in two sentences.

Xia Anran was taken aback for a moment, a little surprised that she didn't go to Xu County to set the capital?

Because he didn't have time to think more, he saw that Cao Chun said that they were already on their way from Luoyang to Changyi, and they were expected to arrive within ten days. This letter was to make him ready to meet him.

Originally thought that even if the capital was moved, it would be moved to Xu County, and Xia Anran, who had nothing to do with him, suddenly felt numb.

Welcome, ready to welcome you?

He tidied up his clothes in a hurry, and he was going to go to Zhong Yao to ask about the system of Yingjia. Zhong Yao is much better at this aspect than him, and this kind of thing must be foolproof, otherwise the history books will kill the boss. .

In addition, there is the question of where will the little emperor live?Changyi itself is not a royal city, and there is no palace for the prince to live in. Fortunately, Cao Song had moved out of Changyi to his hometown a few days ago, and the house was vacant.

Cao Cao didn't bother to move, so the house has been vacant. According to regulations, this house is the house with the highest standard of sincerity.

There is nothing wrong with arranging the little emperor to live in it when there is really no other way.

After all, it is the Eastern Han Dynasty now, and there is no rule that the emperor must live in a brand new palace, and that no people can live here after the emperor has lived there.

He was about to go out, when he suddenly heard a sharp crow cry from behind, he turned his head and saw that the big black crow was looking at him very dissatisfied, Xia Anran was a little confused.

Seeing the black crow pecking at the bamboo tube with its own beak, and then looking up at him, this is his usual behavior when begging for food, Xia Anran couldn't understand even more, didn't Dahei just eat two small fish?

But he didn't think much about it, he picked up Dahei directly, walked into the house, and said as he walked, Dad didn't know you would come today, so he didn't prepare any other food, only the little fish is dry and spicy, Dahei is good, first Eat some dried fish, and I will prepare jerky for you later!

Then, when he just stepped into the room, he saw a crow that was chewing small dried fish slowly raised its head, and the two sides met each other, one person and two crows, looking at each other.

For a while, Xia Ran suddenly thought of something, no wonder, he really didn't realize it just now, even if the bamboo tube fell, the thread would not be lost so easily, but the first crow connected the thread None, there is no doubt that the crow in his hand is the big black one, so who is the crow in the room that is confident in eating and drinking and is not afraid of people?

Could it be that Cao Chun's new foster came to recognize the family?

Before he could figure it out, he saw the crow in his hand making a strange cry and fluttering its wings, and Xia Anran's arm rushed over. Jump, and then leisurely raised his head and ate the last bite of the dried fish, with a particularly freehand and relaxed posture, especially a master's demeanor.

When the two crows stood side by side, Xia Anran could clearly see that the authentic big black crow was actually a smaller one.

Although the big one looks like he's going to grab the bigger crow fiercely, but Xia Anran can tell from his reaction that the thunder is loud and the rain is little, obviously these two crows knew each other from time to time.

His time was precious, and seeing that the two crows couldn't fight, he ignored them. He planned to go to Zhong Yao first, but when he passed by the little official, he told him to prepare more dried meat.Wait for the movement in the room to stop before sending the jerky in.

Since it was brought back by Dahei from their family, even if he didn't know whether it was a friend or an enemy, as a family member of Dahei, he must show a way of hospitality, otherwise it would be a bit too rude.

Speaking of which, is Dahei a male or a female?That crow seems to be bigger than Dahei, could it be her boyfriend?

Wait, are the birds bigger males or females?He only knew that the male bird would look better... Well, the crows are all black, and it's impossible to tell which one is better at once!

This little idea of ​​gossip just flashed in his mind, the most important thing now is to pick up the driver, and make a charter as soon as possible

Cao Jun's moving route is the same as when he left a few years ago.

Going out of Luoyang in the east, passing through Chenggao, Xingyang, Zhongmou, and Chenliu, all the way eastward until Changyi in Yanzhou.

Emperor Xian went through this period of training.It is no longer the little pale appearance before, his cheeks are much ruddy, and the flesh on his cheeks has also grown out. As a young boy who is in the development stage, once his nutrition keeps up, his stature will increase by leaps and bounds.

During this period of time, the little emperor had grown five centimeters in height.

His own clothes were a little short before, and he couldn't find normal clothes for a while.Liu Xie found a set of military uniforms to put on, but he didn't care about it at all. Instead, he felt that it was quite light, and he refused to even sit in a carriage. Walk all the way to see.

Seeing him like this, Cao Cao adjusted the next line, and simply let the little emperor walk in the front. In such a line, the front line is safer. If someone wants to assassinate, the carriage in the middle can be used as a target.

On the road from Luoyang to the city, you can clearly see the difference. Obviously, as the most detached Sili in the thirteen prefectures of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xie thought it was good, but gradually he discovered that once he entered Chenliu, It's completely different from Si Li.

Chenliu is one of the most affluent county towns in Yanzhou. Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, is a good friend of Cao Cao and once sponsored him to raise troops, so the relationship is naturally different.

After Cao Cao became the governor of Yanzhou, he also gave a lot of resources to his good brothers, especially Chen Liu was once attacked by Zhang Ji, but he could enter the city and plunder with a few hundred light cavalry, which made Zhang Miao very angry.

Although the part that was looted was not the center of Chenliu, and the attack came from the direction of Yingchuan County and Sili, which were more affluent than Chenliu, Zhang Miao did not put his defense on that side, but no matter what However, this move dealt a great blow to Zhang Miao.

The prefect Chenliu, who had changed his status from a martial artist to a scholar, immediately took off his shirt, activated the one-click dress-up function that had been blocked for a long time, and went to the martial arts arena again with a big sword.

Since then, for the convenience of the garrison to patrol, the road has been widened, the weeds have been flattened, and the small shrubs have been cut down. Tens of thousands of troops walked on the compacted road very easily.

He could see the expressions of the villagers who passed by occasionally. Unlike the people in Chang'an, they had no fear on their faces.Especially when they noticed that the flag they were flying was the big flag with the word Cao, they were even more excited.

Several women trotted all the way, not caring that the soldiers suddenly raised their halberds, and the women held their baskets high.As they squeezed over, they shouted to their backs, "It's Governor Cao!! I saw Governor Cao!!!",

The tone is similar to [Come and see the duck, it's a pig with wings].

The place they rushed happened to be the little emperor. While being protected behind him, the little emperor faced the joy of the leading woman.

Her complexion is dark, and her skin texture is not delicate. There are many fine lines on her face, and her face is a bit square, but now she smiles beautifully, her eyes are narrowed into a thin slit, and the corners of her eyes are drooping. On the contrary, her eyes are raised high. lips.

The woman's teeth were irregular and not white. She was obviously not a beautiful woman in the ordinary sense. Liu Xie always thought that the good-looking women were those like the Queen Mother Dong, or the little cousin...

But now he suddenly woke up.

It turned out that this is the expression of real happiness.

Will laugh very ugly.

But it will let people know that she is very happy, and make people want to laugh together.

It turned out...the people around him never really smiled at him.

He pursed his lips and looked at the women who were not afraid of weapons and held up the baskets in their hands, "Cao Governor, come and try the chickens in my house! I found them this morning, they are so fresh!"

"Inspector Cao, come and try our courgettes. I just picked them, and the thorns are not broken. The water is fresh!"

"Inspector Cao!"

The soldiers obviously did not expect such a situation, especially after a group of villagers surrounded them not long after.

They couldn't stop them, but they couldn't stop them. They wanted to reprimand them, but seeing the genuine smiles on these people's faces, it was hard to reprimand them.

These villagers were not well dressed, with holes in their clothes, but their complexion could be counted as ruddy. Several villagers helped an old man to come forward. The old man lost his crutches and knelt down for Cao Cao on the spot.

Cao Cao had already dismounted at this time, and waved back the soldiers who wanted to come to protect him. Seeing this old man's behavior, he hurriedly shouted "I can't do it" to help him up.

Unexpectedly, the old man was so heavy that he set his heart on the ground. Cao Cao didn't dare to use any force, so he had to squat down too.

The old man greeted him with a big salute. Although he was old, his words were clear, and he still said in Mandarin, "Cao Inspector saved me three times."

"I once entered Sili for the governor of Cao, suppressed bandits along the way, and drove away the thieves who invaded our family's fields."

"I once ordered the suppression of locusts for Governor Cao, and protected my family's fields."

"Once, Governor Cao founded the school, and I sent all the literate young children of my family there, and they are now students."

"Grandpa Cao saved me three times and my family three times. I bow to you, and Duke Cao will accept it."

At the same time, his clansmen also bowed their heads and bowed down, saying, "Thank Cao Gong for your kindness, thank you Hanjun for your kindness."

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, his eyes turned red, and he stretched out his hand to help the old man up. The latter was lifted up by him this time. Cao Cao laughed, "This is the duty of Cao Cao. Under the order of His Majesty, Cao Cao is the governor of a place, and he should protect the people." , I don't deserve a thank you."

The old man shook his head in disapproval, "Mr. Cao's words are wrong."

"I enjoy Cao Gong's kindness, but I must thank you."

"I not only want to thank Duke Cao, but also Your Majesty."

thank meThe little emperor immediately pricked up his ears and his eyes sparkled.

"Your Majesty is young, but he has the ability to understand people." The little emperor's eyes darkened immediately. He lowered his head and buckled the rein with his fingers. He knew that this was an exaggeration, and it should be that the old man was afraid of just boasting. If Cao Aiqing doesn't boast about himself, he's looking for a crime for Cao Aiqing.

Where does he have any knowledge of people?

If he really knew people, he would have left Cao Aiqing in Chang'an City from the very beginning, or had followed Cao Aiqing's advice, and returned to Luoyang at that time, and there would not be so many things going on later.

Just when he was thinking this way, he heard the old man's voice with a smile, and he was relieved, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for protecting the dignity of the emperor of the Han Dynasty."

Liu Xie was taken aback, he looked over, the old man's eyes fell on the carriage, his eyes were far away, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for letting me see that my son of heaven is strong, and even though he is young, he cannot hide his sharpness."

Looking back, the old man stood proudly, "Cao Cishi can be said to be a capable minister in the world, and your majesty is also a young talent. The future of my great man can be expected."

"I want to borrow another 20 years from the sky to see me..."

"The glory of the prosperous age of the great man."

Cao Cao was silent for a moment, then bowed suddenly, "Cao will live up to the wishes of the old man, and I will do my best to assist Your Majesty and protect my Han Xing."

Liu Xie watched that scene quietly from behind, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart for a moment.

Suddenly, he felt his hand was touched by someone, he was taken aback, and a small paper bag was stuffed into his hand.

When he turned his head, it was actually a big brother he knew in the army who came over.

A few days ago, when the little emperor pretended to be an ordinary soldier and trained with Cao Jun, he was assigned under this soldier. Brother Bing didn't know who he was, but he took good care of him.

He looked down at the paper bag, what is this?

Brother Bing said to the child, "It's persimmons. An aunt gave it to me just now."

Persimmons?What is that?

The little emperor pinched the paper bag, then looked up to see that Cao Cao had bid farewell to the old man and the villagers who had come to see him off and got on his horse, and the army began to move slowly again.

The villagers stood on the side of the road. Following the movement of the soldiers, they all looked at the curtained but empty carriage.

His horse followed, and Liu Xie sat on the horse and turned to look at the villagers.

He wondered what these people would think of him, of himself who sat on the throne and brought misfortune to them.

He didn't dare to look at it, but forced himself to turn around as if masochistic.

But he saw the group of people leaning over the carriage and bowing.

The boy's eyes widened slightly, and he stared blankly at those people who straightened up. In the distance, there were soldiers blocking them, so he couldn't see their eyes.

But, just, he seemed to see their expectant eyes again.

That was the expectation that no one had ever given him.

After the little emperor was born, his mother was murdered. In order to keep him, he was handed over to Empress Dowager Dong to be raised by Emperor Ling. When he was hesitating whether to change the crown prince, he was just a child, but he suffered all kinds of persecution.

The emperor had never expected him, and neither had the queen. The emperor also felt that he was a threat. Dong Zhuo pushed him to the throne, but he hoped that he was just a puppet.

Wang Situ hoped that he could hold up a big banner, and Li Que and Guo Si only wanted him to survive.

In their eyes, Liu Xie is a living jade seal, and its status may not be as good as the Chuanguo jade seal that has been in exile so far.

The most daring thing the little emperor has done in his life should be to order someone to throw the Chuanguo Yuxi into the well outside the palace. This is to protect the great Han Guozuo. If he is still in his hands, he cannot protect this seal. One side prints.

The other is to save his life.

If the Chuanguo Yuxi is still there, Liu Xie will become dispensable. Dong Zhuo only needs to use the seal at that time, and Liu Xie does not need the existence of Liu Xie.

At that time, he was only nine years old. He didn't discuss this matter with anyone. He only made a decision secretly and asked people to do it.

——No one knows that he did this.

He leaned forward, wanting to see more clearly, he wanted to stand up on the stirrups, but his dangerous move was quickly stopped.

Cao Chun, who used to be the servant of the Huangmen, and the little emperor also knew each other, but Liu Xie was not the emperor when they met. Seeing his excited appearance at the moment, Cao Chun didn't say much, he just clamped the horse's belly lightly, with red eyes The red little emperor passed by and went to the front to find Cao Cao.

The little emperor who had his head pressed sat down slowly. He squeezed his little hand, as if he suddenly found that he was still holding a paper bag in his hand, and opened the "persimmon" wrapped in oiled paper.

Inside are red pancakes with a sweet aroma of fruit.

The little emperor took a big bite, disregarding etiquette for the first time, lowered his head and made a sound.

so sweet.

Cao Chun, who rode his horse forward, was a horse behind Cao Cao, and then he suddenly noticed that Cao Cao had slowed down his horse to keep pace with him. Just when Cao Chun was a little puzzled, he saw Cao Cao leaning over and whispered in his ear He said, "Zihe, today's... was arranged by Jingxi?"

Cao Chun: ...

Cao Chun coughed lightly, and was about to explain to his partner, when he saw Cao Cao touched the beautiful beard on his chin, with a bitter expression on his face, "Cao Cao was really touched by it just now... just thinking about it carefully, this is really too much." Coincidentally."

"And this place is close to Changyi, I really don't remember coming here to pay the thief..."

"My lord," Cao Chun interrupted him, "We did come here when... (short of food)."

Cao Cao thought about it again when he heard the words, "Well... is there any?"

Cao Chun's eyes were firm.

"Then, that's probably because Cao remembered wrongly. He actually wrongly blamed Jingxi...you have to apologize to him later."

His younger brother nodded silently.

After a while, his eyes also became wandering, because at this moment even he was not sure whether it was Jingxi's instruction.

Xia Anran, who is far away in Changyi, is busy walking around: Ah Chirp! ! !

When the army guarding the little emperor arrived in Changyi City, it was just catching up with the first snow of the year.

The first snow fell softly on the land of China. Because of the snow, Liu Xie was invited back to the carriage. He held a small charcoal stove and put on a well-fitting robe.

These were the supplies sent by Changyi City a few days ago, and after putting on new clothes, the little emperor became much more energetic.

He looked out through the thin curtain.

The city of Changyi is very old, but the streets are very wide.

The people in Changyi City lined the road to welcome them warmly, but their clothes were very plain.

This is not a very wealthy city, it is completely different from the prosperous Luoyang he remembered, and it is not even comparable to Chang'an when he first arrived.

But it is a very comfortable city.

The people were not nervous or afraid when they saw the troops crossing the street, and some women even waved at the troops with their children in their arms.

The man pushing the strange brown car put down his things when he saw the military flag, stood beside the car, and stood upright.

The young man in gray clothes who was hurrying along also stood aside to make way for them.

He could still hear a boy shouting "Hey!! Damn it! Look at this, our village is coming to see you!"

"Ah Fa! Your wife gave birth to a fat son!"

The way they look at the military flag is intimate, trusting, and joyful.

It's different from other places.

Liu Xie lowered the curtain and slowly sat upright, his eyes drooping slightly.

He felt that his choice could not be wrong.

In the late winter of [-] AD, Emperor Kang of the Han Dynasty arrived in Changyi, Yanzhou.

Thirteen years old.

In the following year, the name was changed to "Xingping"

Since then, the prosperity and prosperity have begun.

And before all this started, Xia Anran faced a major blow.

Boss Cao, who had just returned to Yanzhou, did not praise the conscientious little counselor. Instead, he gave him a homework first—to take care of a child.

It is said that the young boy whose seniority was higher than Cao Cao looked at him and smiled a little shyly.

The author has something to say: Xia Miao: You can be angry! !

It's not my business! ! ! !

I've clearly never done such a thing!Throw the pot to me? ? ? ?

The author, Mr. Quietly, gave Xia Miao the paragraphs entrusted to him in order to trick everyone into eating locusts.

Xia Anran: ...

Well, since you want to be an infrastructure madman, you must have a good teacher, right?

In order to prevent young boy Liang from being abducted, I did my best.