Tian Yan

The border of Wei State is in chaos, and the warlord Zhang Xiu has ruled Wancheng for several years, which has always been a big hidden danger on the side of Wei State.

Soldiers, money, food, and taxes are the functions of cities, which attract countless heroes.

Cao Ang has been following Cao Cao since he was a child, and he took command this time to accumulate military exploits in the court and prepare for his successor in the future.

Originally, Cao Ang, as the prince, did not have to go out in person.However, Cao Ang was born as a military general, and Cao Zhang is gradually growing up under him. Since ancient times, there have been many precedents for princes to be seized by younger brothers without meritorious service. Naturally, he will not let his advantages go to waste.

"Brother, I'm going out for the first time, and I feel so nervous."

Cao Ang turned his head and saw that Cao Pi was wearing silver armor, but his whole body was still weak.

It's a bit...it doesn't feel like a prince in a yellow robe.

Cao Ang smiled, this is the best, if Cao Zhang followed this time, he might not be so comfortable.

"Second brother is fine, if you have brother with you, you should come out and run more."

Cao Pi burst into a sunny smile, and let Cao Ang hug his shoulders intimately and shake.

"Brother has always been kind to me since I was a child, really..." Cao Pi scratched his head.

Cao Ang patted him on the shoulder, got back on the horse, reined in the rein, and the horse let out a laugh, looking majestic.

Cao Pi looked up, eyes full of admiration.

With my big brother around, I am safe.A mediocre younger brother will always be drawn extraordinarily.

"set off!"

Standing in the crowd of seeing off Cao Chong, his small body looked a bit frail.

He is 12 years old this year, and he is no longer a naive child who can act like a baby in his father's arms. It will take many years until he becomes a king and a fiefdom like an ordinary prince.

What Sima Yi said was quite right, sharp people are easy to break, especially for a young but favored prince like him.

But what can he do?Cao Cao is not close to the harem now, and he doesn't have any favorite concubines. His relatives are no longer reliable. If he doesn't try his best to please his father, how can he have a place in the palace?

Sima Yi... might be reliable?

That day he went to see Sima Yi, thinking that there was no one there, so he didn't go in.Later, I saw Cao Cao coming out of Sima Yi's room. It was dark and there were no lights on.

Maybe, my father doesn't hate Sima Yi...

That is naturally the best.

A smile gradually appeared on Cao Chong's tense face, reflecting the sun, it was extraordinarily bright.

Sima Yi had nothing to do, and when wandering around the palace, he saw Cao Zhi by the lake again.Cao Zhi was not as romantic as last time this time. He was drunk and sat on the ground leaning on the willow tree, muttering something.

Sima Yi didn't intend to disturb, and secretly marveled that this person was so casual that he was drinking too much in the palace.

Cao Zhi turned his head suddenly, and shouted to him with a smile: "I saw you again! I don't drink."

Sima Yi bowed far away, turned around and wanted to leave.

"The memorial service will never end, and once the mourning passes away, you will go to a foreign land...Although you are hidden in the sun, you will always put your heart on the king."

Sima Yi paused and looked at Cao Zhi suspiciously.

"This doesn't sound good? Then let me tell you something written by my father... Well, Qingqing Zijin, it's my heart, but for the king's sake, I have pondered it so far."

Sima Yi smiled: "This poem is written by Your Majesty with the intention of recruiting talents."

Cao Zhi laughed loudly: "That's all talk to the outside world. But, after the sacrificial wine left, my father did lose a lot of talents. You're right to think so."

"Qingqing Zijin..." Cao Zhi stared at his green shirt and smiled meaningfully.

For some reason, an unknown fire rose in Sima Yi's heart.

He is a villager in the mountains, he doesn't know what kind of character that Guo Jijiu who passed on the gods is, and he doesn't want to be compared with him everywhere.If Cao Cao sent him away because of limiting Cao Pi's power, then he would admit it. After all, the checks and balances of power are not clear; but now that he is imprisoned here because he is like someone, he feels it is not worth it, really not worth it !

Seeing that his face was so gloomy that he was about to drip, Cao Zhi tilted his head to look like he was still drunk: "Don't be angry, Mr. Zhi, just think that Zhi Zhi is talking drunk, talking drunk."

Sima Yi suppressed the anger in his heart, and he didn't know why Cao Zhi hinted his intentions again and again, but he felt that this person seemed to be deaf to what was going on outside the window, and no one could see what was going on in his heart.

We'll meet again later, let's walk around.

It was midsummer, and when the sun was a little higher, the heat came up, making people feel sticky and sticky all over the body.

Sima Yi tied up his hair, took off his complicated green robe, and only wore a thin silk long gown. He immediately felt refreshed.

He has always been afraid of heat, if not in the palace, he would definitely be naked.

The sun was shining brightly, and it was afternoon, and the ground was so hot that you could feel the heat through the soles of your shoes. Usually, no one would walk around at this time.

Cao Chong was taken to the palace by Cao Cao to escape the summer heat, and he was also happy to be idle as a gentleman.

Sima Yi rolled from one end of the bamboo bed to the other for the third time, and finally he felt sleepy.

But there was an untimely voice: "Your Majesty is here!"

Sima Yi wiped the sweat off his brow and knelt down with his eyelids drooping.

Cao Cao also had beads of sweat on his face, and frowned when he saw his attire: "What do you look like!"

Sima Yi bowed his head: "I don't know that His Majesty is coming..."

"You are Chong'er's master, don't you want to teach him to die?"

Deadly inspection?

Sima Yi still bowed his head, but Cao Cao was startled, he turned his head and cleared his throat quickly: "Go inside, I'm so hot."

The cicadas sang in the courtyard, as if they were weakly scorched by the scorching sun.

Cao Cao half tore open his skirt, revealing his white undershirt, and fanned the wind with his skirt.

"You don't have any ice cubes here, it's as hot inside as outside."

"Returning to Your Majesty, a tripod of ice costs two taels of silver, and it will be melted in two hours, and the first month's salary in the palace has not yet been received."

Cao Cao raised his eyelids and looked at him: "Although you still look better dressed less, but it's not good if you get prickly heat."

"How about this, you can move to my bedroom. Although the dragon bed can't sleep for you, it's not a problem to make a bed on the floor."

In the past, Guo Jijiu accompanied the driver, but now Sima Yi enters the hall.

It was originally a matter of inconsistency in etiquette, but Sima Yi only slept on the floor for a few nights, and his going in and out of Cao Cao's bedroom was made into a jingle.

What's the matter!

It's not that Sima Yi never refused, but once Cao Cao opened his mouth, several horses couldn't be pulled back.Besides, people didn't pay much attention to him. As soon as he opened his mouth, Cao Cao stopped him by saying, "A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain is always happy."

Sima Yi knew that the problem was with Guo Jijiu.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be invincible in a hundred battles.Sima Yi knew that if he wanted to stop being passive, he had to know who this Guo Jijiu was.

It's just that Cao Zhi... seems to have been hinting something to him.

Sima Yi sighed, it's better to ask him.

Cao Zhi seems to like summer mornings very much. The two times I saw him were by the misty lake, with weeping willows and wine.It is said that people who love alcohol like to hangover, but this is an early riser, as if he especially likes to drink during the day.

Sima Yi pushed aside the willow branches blocking his eyes, and sure enough, he saw a light-colored figure leaning under the fifth tree from the left.

Sima Yi peeked at Cao Zhi's eyes slightly closed, as if he was asleep.

Just as Sima Yi was about to retreat, he heard a low voice: "But Zhi smelled too heavy of alcohol, did he bump into Mr.?"

"It turns out that His Highness is awake."

Cao Zhi's long and narrow eyebrows opened slightly, and he turned to his direction: "Mr. is looking for me, is there something wrong?"

Sima Yi smiled, walked up to him and sat down, picked up the jug with two fingers: "Your Highness, do you have a wine glass?"

Cao Zhi's originally indifferent face gradually spread a smile, he took out a small silver cup and handed it to him.

Sima Yi took it, picked up the jug and filled it up for himself, doing it first as a respect.

"Good wine."

Cao Zhi raised his eyebrows: "Sir, do you know what kind of wine this is?"

"Plum blossom drunk. It is made by picking the pressed wintersweet and the winter snow on it, and sealing the altar. The plum blossom has a refined temperament, but when mixed with distiller's grains, it will be more drunk, and it is not so unattainable."

Cao Zhi clapped his palms, and covered him with his own hands: "Okay, it turns out that the husband is also a drinker, and he said he didn't know how to drink before, so he should be punished!"

Sima Yi raised his head and drank another glass: "Hey, such a good wine, how can it be called punishment?"

Cao Zhi shook the silver wine glass to see the light shining on the wine, and the fog on the lake gradually dissipated.

"Sir, what do you want to ask, tell me."

"Your Highness always drinks alone, why do you still carry two wine glasses with you?"

Cao Zhi shook his head: "Sir, he likes to beat around the bush when he speaks. I never drink with a wine glass. Of course I bring a wine glass..."

Sima Yi waited quietly for him to finish, but saw Cao Zhi approaching, actually biting the wine glass in his hand with his teeth, and drank it from the rim.

"I hope the willow spirit on this tree will come down and have a drink with me."

Cao Zhi kept staring at him, and then Sima Yi noticed that he was dressed in green, and he was not the willow spirit he was talking about!

This guy always makes a fuss about his attire.

Sima Yi gritted his teeth and got up in a hurry: "Your Highness enjoys drinking, so Sima Yi won't bother you."

"Hey, come back." Seeing that Sima Yi turned his face faster than turning the pages of a book, Cao Zhi hurriedly called out, "Mr. Didn't you come here for the matter of Mr. Jijiu and Father?"

"No!" Sima Yi stopped, but without looking back, with a smile on his lips, he said coldly.

This Fourth Highness has a very weird temper, and it is basically impossible to talk to him well, but he is a straightforward person.He had already won Cao Zhi's favor with wine just now, but now that he shuts up, Cao Zhi will say everything by himself.

Sure enough, Cao Zhi was silent for a moment behind him, and said slowly: "My father likes Guo Jijiu very much. When I was still the king of Wei, I always took him with me every time I went out."

Sima Yi turned his head and waited quietly for his next words.

Cao Zhi leaned against the tree, his eyes drifted to the lake.

"I really love and hate Guo Jijiu."

"Without him, Jiangshan wouldn't have the surname Cao; likewise, without him, my mother's family wouldn't have been wiped out by my biological father."

"Whether the kindness is greater or the hatred is greater, but it is not clear at all."

Sima Yi lowered his hands, listening to Cao Zhi's slightly hoarse voice after drinking, slowly talking about the past.

Guo Jia's time with Cao Cao was neither long nor short, six years, including his death to the present, a total of 12 years.

After the calculation, Cao Cao's youngest son, Cao Chong, is also 12 years old.

Shockingly talented, but unrestrained, he offers advice and advice, and every time he dispatches a surprise soldier, he has no plans left behind.

Chen Qun once participated in his death inspection, but was blocked by Cao Cao who said, "He is a romantic, you don't understand".

During the years with Guo Jia, Cao Cao was almost invincible when he set out to fight.

After destroying Lü Bu, breaking Yuan Shu, and conquering Yuan Shao, he went to Guandu to fight brilliantly, laying the foundation of the Cao family in the north, and shocked the government and the public.

Later, when Guo Jia persuaded him to come in, the two people who were obviously the most confidant, completely turned against each other because of this.

"At that time, my father had already made great achievements, and the government was divided into two factions, and the party struggle became more and more fierce. Guo Jijiu wanted his father to ascend to the throne early, so that his name could be right. The declining Han Dynasty had already been torn apart, and the domestic wars were on the verge of falling apart. Rest, we can no longer stand the internal turmoil."

Naturally, Cao Cao refused to allow it. This book was published at an inopportune time.

Naturally, he holds the most powerful soldiers in the country, but the one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, so he is called usurping the throne, and he has no name.

So he got angry at the court, ordered Guo Jia to be taken down, and thought about his mistakes behind closed doors.

A few days later, he was ordered to go on an expedition to Wuhuan and stay there so that he did not have to return to Xuchang, which was exile in disguise.

"After that, he didn't come back. The record of Wuhuan's victory was sent back to Xuchang along with the news of his death."

"There was another letter. My father read it all night. The next day, he sent people to surround the prime minister's mansion. They found a number of collaborating documents and a set of party rosters. They were all arrested and sent to prison. In the morning."

Bian Xiang, whose daughter is Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's biological mother, Mrs. Bian.

"My mother, 'in fear of sin' committed suicide."

There is no need to say anything about the aftermath. It has been another six years since Cao Cao ascended the throne and changed his country name to Wei.

"What did you say in that letter?"

Cao Zhi shook his head: "No one knows."

Sima Yi nodded, and suddenly remembered something: "Then Mrs. Bian is also the biological mother of His Highness the Second Highness..."

Cao Zhi laughed: "I was crying to death. I didn't listen to what my father said, but you know what my second brother said?"

"He told his father that his father was forced to do so, and he could understand."

"Then, my father kicked him and called him cold-blooded, haha."

A layer of cold sweat dripped down Sima Yi's back, and Cao Zhi sneered, his voice low and deep.

"Sir, my second brother has never been so weak on the surface."

The sun penetrated the clouds, and the fog finally dissipated. Cao Zhi smiled, but when he looked up, he found that the pot was empty.

"Sir, you and Mr. Jijiu can't tell where you resemble each other. In short, remember, don't wear blue shirts, don't drink alcohol, and don't always have a crow's mouth."

Sima Yi cupped his hands and bowed: "Thank you, Fourth Highness, for your advice."

Cao Zhi let out a bad breath, and pulled him to sit down: "The wine is gone, I'll ask someone to get another pot."

Just as Sima Yi was about to refuse, he saw a servant running over panting, his face full of grief.

"Fourth Highness, His Highness the Crown Prince... is gone."