Taking the slightly hot pottery bowl from the handmaid, Ah Sheng hesitated for a long time before deciding whether to sprinkle more amoxicillin powder into it.The only time she could do anything was when she carried ginger soup from the entrance of the main courtyard of Meiyuan to the entrance of Cao Teng's ward, and the opportunity was fleeting.

If only I could see my grandfather again.

She knelt and sat in the aisle between the inner room and the outer room, clutching the powder pack tightly with her small hands.Because he was too entangled, Ah Sheng didn't notice that at some point, all the servants in the aisle had left.

Ah Sheng raised his right hand for the third time and put it down again.At this time, Uncle Qing's voice was heard: "Come in, Mr. Erlang, don't waste the good medicine."

Ah Sheng was startled, and the powder package wrapped in white paper almost fell off.She calmed down a little before entering the dark inner room with the soup bowl.I haven't seen him for three days, and there is a faint smell of corruption in the room. It's not that there is something corrupt, but some kind of spiritual depression and collapse.There are three braziers in the corner, which contain the ashes of silk and bamboo slips after burning.

Grandfather was half lying on the couch in the innermost part of the room. There were no lights around, and it was in the blind corner of the window light, so his figure was very blurred, and only a black outline could be vaguely seen.

"Grandfather?" Ah Sheng took two steps forward, and the Luo socks stepped on the floor made of mats and made a "bang bang" impact.

"There's nothing wrong with your magic medicine, Ah Pao...was cured yesterday." Grandpa's voice became even hoarse, but his tone remained calm.

Ah Ciao is the name of the servant who was infected with the cold.

The information revealed in this sentence made Ah Sheng's hair stand on end.She suddenly realized an important problem, no one saw her grandfather drink the ginger soup and herbs!

"grandfather!"

Cao Teng seemed to be smiling, watching her laugh silently in the dark.

"Grandfather!" Ah Sheng sniffled, and slowly knelt down on the spot, "Is this the end?"

"Look," Cao Teng said to the only servant by his side, "I told you, Ruyi is smart, you know everything you hear."

Uncle Qing didn't speak, and stood by the couch.

There were tears in Ah Sheng's eyes, but they did not fall due to pressure. "I thought that with my grandfather's wisdom, I could at least protect myself."

"I started from poverty, and worked my way up from the palace to the present day. No matter how self-denying and devoted to public service I am, I cannot avoid some low-level tactics. How could it be possible that no trace of hidden dangers would be left behind? After four dynasties, it has been long enough, and it is time to settle... It's time..."

"Even if the family is ransacked and the family is wiped out, the family should face it together."

"Hahaha...cough...cough cough...ha, don't be angry."

Ah Sheng stubbornly knelt on the spot.

"Let me tell you, one month ago, Zhang Biao was promoted to Captain of Sili. He had a grudge with me. He impeached the Cao family's children as soon as he took office. I once sent someone to ask for peace, but..."

Ah Sheng stretched out his finger and stroked the name lightly on the edge of his leg: "Zhang Biao".

"The general's sons and nephews are all leading the army in the camp in the suburbs of Beijing, but the captain of Sili is not under his control. Therefore, the general is eyeing the post of captain of Sili. If I want to frame Zhang Biao, I can do it. But in this way, all the troops stationed in Beijing... will have the surname Liang. If there is a change, the Holy Spirit will be in danger. If this is the case, my Cao family will be stigmatized forever."

However, if the emperor used Zhang Biao's power to kill Liang Ji, then the Cao family would also suffer.Will Zhang Biao let go of such an opportunity to avenge his revenge?Of course, it was as Liang party members who tried their best to suppress it, and even the Cao clan who were far away in their hometown would be implicated.Ah Sheng couldn't help but swear in his heart, this dungeon is too difficult!

I'm afraid Cao Teng also felt that it was too difficult.His goal is to make the Cao family prosperous, whether it is long-term reputation or short-term preservation, both are indispensable.Passive exit is a dead end no matter how you go, so you can only actively exit.

Ah Sheng closed his eyes, straightened his back, and a teardrop slid down his right cheek.

Looking at her expression, Cao Teng knew that she understood, he was relieved and sad at the same time. "This one, I leave it to you." He let go, and a small yellow stone seal fell on the ground, rolling around in a circle.

It is Cao Teng's private seal, and he uses this seal to communicate with the few scholar friends he has.

"It's not such a deep friendship, but I can probably ask for some favors. If I don't give it to Ah Song, I'm afraid that he will ask too much and it will be unbeautiful." Cao Teng took a hard breath here, but continued firmly, "You have seen Zhong Hao; Zhao Dian is the son of Sangong, a famous family; Yu Fang is a follower of the famous official Yang Zhen, although he is upright but not easy to get close to; The Xiongnu have a long history in the north."

Ah Sheng wiped away the wet marks on his cheeks with his sleeve: "Grandpa, drink some water before we talk."

Cao Teng lay down on his side, with his back to her: "No, that's it. More...I'll leave Ah Qing to you..."

I don't know if it was Ah Sheng's illusion, but the last words of his grandfather echoed in the room, and the sound waves caused the dust in the darkness to spread round and round, as if it would not be able to land for a hundred years.

She stiffened and walked outside.

Snowing.

Tiny snow particles fell from the gray sky, not like catkins, but like salt.Winter in the late Han Dynasty was cold and ugly, not romantic at all.In other words, an eunuch like her can't see romance in the future, and it's a daughter of a family like Xie Daoyun who can see romance.

The clogs "creak" on the snow, and this rhythmic sound seems to be able to ring out to the end of time.Until, Ah Sheng saw her brother in front of the path.

"Brother...grandfather...wow..."

"A Sheng, don't cry, don't cry. Grandpa is sick, but he will be fine."

"No, grandfather..." Grandpa wanted to let his father Ding You.

Cao Teng had no choice but to use poison because the corpse had to be paid respects and condolences by court officials after death. He could only wait slowly in the twelfth lunar month of winter, waiting for the wind and cold to ferment into an irreversible serious illness.

This is a winter-long self-lingering.

At the last moment, Cao Teng was unable to speak and could only write his last words with pen and paper.Ink stains of different shades permeate the worst cooked hemp paper produced by the Bieyuan workshop:

"If you want to be an official, courage, wisdom, and luck are all indispensable... Starting from humble beginnings, you lack luck. Even if you have all kinds of means, you can only be a dog and dog... The past can't be traced back. I only hope that the descendants can rise up with the rich and powerful. To be trampled on again...

"...Knowing that you don't believe in ghosts and gods, and you advocate thin burials, that's fine. However, if you achieve something, you can add a three-inch tree to comfort my selfish heart..."【1】

Ah Sheng hid in his room, read and read this crumpled page in front of a candle, until he knew it by heart, put it in the brazier, and burned it with his own hands.Ah Sheng didn't even think about storing this last letter in the space.

Some unforgettable memories do not need to be reminded in black and white, just like some sorrows do not need tears to tell.

She knelt in the room and kowtowed deeply in the direction of her grandfather's bedroom.

One day, your tomb will be sealed high and covered with pines. 【1】

The white funeral procession seemed to be moving, and it took four hours to leave Luoyang completely.

Standing on the shaft of the chariot, Ah Sheng looked back at the city wall gradually receding in the snow, until the word "Luoyang" on the city gate melted into the gradually approaching twilight.

She doesn't feel cold.

She also didn't feel warm when Cao Cao wrapped blankets around her body.

"Brother, we have left Luoyang, and we are panicked like a bereaved dog." Even the pillars of the family have to take the initiative to die in order to leave a way for us to survive.

"Because we are too weak."

"We are not gamers, we are just one of tens of thousands of victims of political struggle."

She was shaking all over, her face was stiff from the beating of snow particles, but she couldn't shed a single tear.

Cao Cao quickly hugged his sister's precarious body. "Ah Sheng, it's getting late and the wind is blowing. Let's go to a shelter from the wind and have a fire."

"Do not."

"Ah Sheng?"

"Brother, stand with me for a while, we... see Luo Yang off."

Cao Cao was silent for two seconds: "Okay."

They leaned on each other and looked at the rear of the convoy. Even in the dark and snowy night, they couldn't see anything.

"Ah Sheng, we will be back."

"Yeah. We'll be back." We'll be back here countless times, escaped and returned countless times.We will be like weeds, discriminated against, implicated, and destroyed.But even after the fall of the Golden Crow in the Eastern Han Dynasty, we were still able to break through the ground in Luoyang City time and time again.

Until, step it under your feet.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month in the second year of Yanxi, Cao Teng, Marquis of Feiting, died of illness in Luoyang. His adopted son Cao Song succeeded him and returned to his hometown Dingyou. Cao's children, such as Cao Chi and Cao Yin, all asked to resign to serve their uncles.Shang Enzhun.

So far, only Cao Teng's brother, Cao Bao, the prefect of Yingchuan who has always been at odds with the Liang party, is still in office.

In July, Empress Liang died in the palace due to her long-term anger.

In August, Liang Guiren's brother-in-law, Bing Zun, lobbied Liang Guiren's mother, Xuan Shi, and was brutally killed.The Xuan family was rescued by the neighbor, the eunuch Guo She, and sent to the palace secretly.

Afterwards, the emperor staged a coup with the help of five middle-ranking attendants, arrested and killed the eunuchs of the Liang party in a swift manner, and opened up the news channel from inside the palace to outside.Zhang Biao, the lieutenant of Sili, led his troops to surround Liang's mansion according to the imperial decree.

Liang Ji and his wife knew that they could not be exonerated, so they committed suicide in the mansion, and their clan was wiped out.The emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, who was newly in power, implicated officials of the Zhongliang Party in the court, and the court was empty.All the three princes were demoted to common people, but Hu Guang was recruited again in the second year. The reason is unknown.

Zhang Biao originally wanted to involve the members of the Cao family who kept their filial piety at home, but because Chong Hao, Yu Fang and other high-ranking officials from the anti-Liang faction pleaded for mercy, and people at the time believed that killing a filial son was against the peace of heaven, the superstitious emperor let the gloomy Cao go However, Cao Song's title of Marquis of Feiting was taken away.

The author has something to say: Note [1]: This place involves the ancient burial system, the height of the soil seal, and the type of tree planted are closely related to the identity, and those who exceed the system will be sentenced.Cao Teng agreed to the thin burial, saying that the land seal would be lower than the upper limit he could have, and he would pile up soil and plant trees on his grave after his descendants became famous.

Cao Sheng's three-ren high sealing soil and planting pine trees are the regulations in "Zhou Li" that only the emperor can have.

In fact, Cao Teng's tomb has very high regulations, and it is unknown whether it was rebuilt after Cao Wei established the country.

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