[Three Kingdoms] Carnival

"Zhongda, Pi..."

Sima Yi winked, and Cao Pi, who rushed into the tent, saw Guo Jia who was sitting beside him, the smile on his lips disappeared instantly, his face was straightened, and he bowed respectfully to Guo Jia:

"I've seen Guo Jijiu."

Guo Jia's eyes were on Cao Pi, who saluted with standards and restraint for a few seconds, and suddenly he smiled: "Second son, Jia is not Xun Lingjun, why are He Jia so polite. And Zhong Da," he turned his head to look at the sitting Sima Yi at the side said, "Why is Jia so fierce? Compared to your unfamiliar appearance now, Jia still misses the wolf cub he raised back then."

wolf cub?

Cao Pi sneaked a glance at Sima Yi, and when Sima Yi spotted him and stared back, he suddenly found it more difficult to hold back his laughter.

Guo Jia's eyes fluttered, seeing everything in his eyes, but he just raised his sleeves to drink tea, and covered his lips with a smile with his sleeves.

Cao Pi did not forget that Guo Jia was still sitting in front of him, he quickly returned to his serious expression, and answered Guo Jia with a straight face: "Mr. is my father's confidant, and Pi dare not disrespect." After speaking, he walked to Guo Jia and sat down on his knees. Next, he got up again to fill the teacup for Guo Jia, before he asked, "I don't know why Mr. is visiting?"

"There are some trivial matters, Jia is puzzled, so I come to ask the Second Young Master for advice. But before that, Jia wants to ask the Second Young Master first..." Guo Jia paused, and then gave Sima Yi a casual look.Seeing the funny look in Guo Jia's eyes, Sima Yi immediately thought of those people who were cheated by Guo Jia before, and the alarm bells rang out in his heart. Before he could stop it, Guo Jia's voice sounded again:

"Jia first ask Second Young Master, do you want to hear about the past of 'Wolf Cub'?"

"Pi..."

"Guo Jia!"

"You can't help it so soon?" Guo Jia laughed, as if he had expected Sima Yi to say something, "Jia thought you really matured a lot, why are you still a kid with a temper?"

Sima Yi turned a deaf ear to Guo Jia's teasing words: "If Guo Jijiu is not serious, the army is busy with affairs, the second son and Yi dare not delay the time of offering wine."Today, there are very few people in the army who dare to talk to Guo Jia so unceremoniously.

"Jia originally didn't want to make the atmosphere so serious, so that he wouldn't be so nervous when he explained later. But since Zhong Da was so urgent, Jia got straight to the point.

The second son also knew that Jiaxing was trusted by the lord to be in charge of the guard, who was responsible for collecting and managing information from all parties.Some time ago, due to the tight war situation in the south, most of the manpower of the octopus was transferred to Jingzhou, so it was not until recently that Jia received this information from Yecheng. "

When the word "Yecheng" was uttered from Guo Jia's mouth, Cao Pi and Sima Yi's expressions changed. Although they returned to normal in just a moment, they knew that even a moment could not escape Guo Jia's eyes.

That was the only thing that could get Guo Jia to inquire in person, and it had something to do with Ye City.

Guo Jia took out the cloth in his sleeve and unfolded it, and put it in front of Cao Pi.With just one glance, Cao Pi was sure that his guess had come true.Unexpectedly, he used almost all his strength to hide it, but he couldn't escape the eyes of the octopus.

?The power of the octopus is too terrifying.Today Cao Cao can still hold back this force in Fang, but when the coming day...

At this time, Guo Jia's voice sounded again:

"Second Young Master, please explain to Jia, what is going on with Yuan Xi?"

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When Zhang Fei walked into the big tent, Liu Bei was carefully cleaning his saber.This sword is the most proud work of the craftsman among the batch of weapons Liu Bei ordered to forge before Cao Jun went south.The sword is three feet six inches long, the hilt is made of ebony, as black as lacquer ink, and lingers with the light fragrance of the wood itself; The light is not exposed, and the world is one body.

With Liu Bei's wiping, the long sword flipped, occasionally a few strands of cold light reflected from the sword body, illuminating the cold light in Liu Bei's eyes.It turns out that people are not without ambition, and swords are not without murderous intent. The key is which sword is being held and who is holding it.

No matter how reluctant he was, Zhang Fei had to admit that no one in the world could match Liu Xuande so well. They were destined to go hand in hand, become famous all over the world, crush the invaders, and achieve great things.

This is something neither he nor the second brother can do for Liu Bei.

"Third brother, you are here, why don't you make a sound, the eldest brother didn't notice." Putting the sword back into the scabbard, Liu Bei raised his head, only then slowly saw Zhang Fei who had been in the tent for a while.Seeing that Zhang Fei looked sober and his body was no longer smelling of alcohol like before, he secretly relieved himself and said, "What are you doing standing up, sit down quickly. Is there something wrong?"

Zhang Fei followed Liu Bei's gesture, and sat aside with a golden sword: "I came to ask about the elder brother's military adviser, but on the way here, I heard that Zilong had led the troops to the cliff, so I knew nothing serious would happen. So I just came to see my brother, nothing happened."

Liu Bei listened to Zhang Fei's words, and a helpless and gentle smile appeared on his lips: "It seems that Bei has not had a good chat with the third brother for a long time, since Yun Chang..." Speaking of the second brother who died under the conspiracy, Liu Bei The pupils shrunk slightly, and a painful color could not help but slide across.And when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of determination, "Don't worry, third brother, one day, elder brother will avenge second younger brother." Whether it's a year or ten years, as long as he survives this blood feud, he We must ask Cao thief and Jiangdong to get it back.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Fei, who usually gets angry and angry whenever this matter is mentioned, wants to rush to Cao Ying with his sword, but now he is uncharacteristically. It is enough to leave it to me to do one thing. Brother, you should have the world in mind, and you should not limit your attention to this."

Liu Bei frowned: "What does third brother mean?"

"Brother, you are starting to regret it because the military adviser is in danger this time." Zhang Fei bluntly exposed Liu Bei's thoughts buried in his heart, "If the elder brother didn't want to avenge the second brother, the military adviser would not have to take this risk at all. The elder brother is regretting, because his own Private enmity put Zhuge Liang in a dangerous situation and gave Cao Jun a chance to exploit! Big Brother’s ambition is to bring peace to the world and revive the Han Dynasty, so he blames himself for being entangled in personal affairs!”

"Yide!" Liu Bei snapped, "In your heart, I, Liu Xuande, are the ones who can disregard the hatred of brothers for the sake of the world?!" He took a long breath, and his tone became calmer, "This time, it is true. It was because I didn't think well that Kong Ming was put in a dangerous situation. I regret this matter, but not regretting revenge for my second brother, but regretting that I was in a hurry and used my emotions. But if Bei wants to win the world, he will continue to worship his brothers. Even if you can dismiss them, even if you really win the world, how is it different from those villains who do nothing for their own selfishness and ruthlessly harm the people?"

Zhang Fei seemed to be taken aback by Liu Bei's excitement, his eyes opened like copper bulls, and after a long time, he came back to his senses and said slowly: "You and I have been brothers for many years, how could I not know what kind of person you are? .”

In this troubled world, some people want to take advantage of this opportunity to make contributions, and some people want to unify Kyushu and return the world to peace, but only Liu Xuande, even if he wants to calm the world and revive the Han Dynasty, he never thinks that killing people is right because of this. thing.Even if it is for tomorrow's peace, he is unwilling to sacrifice today's people. In Liu Bei's eyes, everyone's life has never been a bargaining chip to achieve his goals.This is why they are still willing to follow Liu Bei after several sinkings and sleeping in the open.Because from Liu Bei, they saw a possibility, a kind of true benevolence that is different from other princes.

In order to preserve Liu Bei's benevolent heart, Zhang Yide is willing even if his body is broken.

"Brother, everything I said just now is not blaming big brother, but the true heart." Zhang Fei said calmly, his face completely faded away from the usual roughness, revealing the handsomeness of the son of the aristocratic family.He has worn this mask for Liu Bei for more than ten years. Now, he is starting to ask extravagantly, if he is really a reckless man who only knows how to fight and kill, will he be much happier than now.

"With Zhuge Liang by my elder brother's side, I am completely relieved."

"Huh? Yide, what did you say?"

Zhang Fei spoke the last sentence very softly, Liu Bei didn't hear clearly, and when he was about to ask again, the sound of horseshoes happened to come from outside the tent, and he had to stop talking with Zhang Fei temporarily.After a while, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun Pangtong walked in.I haven't seen him all night, although Zhuge Liang has a disheveled bun, he is in good spirits. Seeing Liu Bei coming up to meet him, he quickly held Liu Bei's hand, smiled and shook his head to Liu Bei who was full of concern, and said, "Don't worry, my lord, everything is fine."

Liu Bei held Zhuge Liang's hand tightly, with mixed emotions in his heart.He wanted to blame Zhuge Liang for taking risks, but he also knew who Zhuge Liang was doing this for.Self-blame and worry were mixed together, and in the end, there was only a soft sigh: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back." After finishing speaking, he remembered something, and quickly shouted, "Bring the military doctor!"

"My lord..." A trace of helplessness flashed across Zhuge Liang's eyes, but he was more moved.However, compared to these, Zhuge Liang has something more important and more gratifying to say to Liu Bei:

"My lord, on the way back to the camp, Liang just got the news that the Jiangdong army stationed in Jingdong should soon start attacking Cao's rear."

"Oh?" Liu Bei was surprised. "Didn't Kong Ming say before that Sun Quan was afraid of his surviving brother seizing power, so he didn't dare to send troops to fight against Cao Jun. Now why...?"

"Indeed, under normal circumstances, even if the Sun family brothers are brothers and sisters, they will inevitably have a rift in this matter. What's more, Sun Quan is not a lenient person, and he will definitely hold on to the military power. Once the situation in Jiangdong changes, , then turned back and attacked. But now, it’s different.”

Thinking of the gentle Confucian scholar who had only met him a few times but left a deep impression on him, Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes slightly:

"Brother Liang sent a letter saying that Lu Zijing has left for Jingzhou. Counting the days, it should be here now."

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Cao Pi's explanation is very simple, or in other words, as a completely passive party in this matter, there are only a few words that can explain it.

After listening to Cao Pi's words, Guo Jia said slowly, "Second Young Master's frankness surprised Jia."

"Because Pi knows that no matter how well Pi makes up a lie, he can't hide it from Mr.

"Pfft," Guo Jia chuckled, "Should Jia regard Second Young Master's words as a compliment?"

"Sir, whatever you want."

Then, the big tent fell into a depressing silence, only the sound of Guo Jia's fingers tapping the small case irregularly, as if hitting everyone's heart.In a small way, this matter is easy to solve, as long as the person who caused the trouble is removed; but in a big way, it involves a lot of things. The guy seized it and made a big fuss, so Guo Jia had to carefully weigh how to solve this matter.

"Second Young Master," Guo Jia spoke very slowly, showing his hesitation at the moment, "In your opinion, should Jia explain this matter to the Lord?"

Cao Pi bit his lower lip lightly.He just knew that if Guo Jia found out about this, he almost told his father.But hearing Guo Jia's question, a ray of hope surged in his heart: "Pi hopes that Mr. Don't tell father for now."

"Oh?" Guo Jia became interested, "What's the reason?"

"Now is the critical moment to defeat Liu Bei and seize Jingzhou. Pi doesn't want his father to worry about these things..."

"Second Young Master," Guo Jia interrupted him directly, "What did you say a few words ago?"

"...No matter how well Pi composes the story, he can't hide it from Mr.

"In this case, let's tell the truth. However, I also know why the second son doesn't want your father to know." Guo Jia propped his head, quietly concentrating on the fact that although he has reached the crown, he still can't change that. Somewhat childish.But if Cao Pi looked up at this time, he would not miss the deep meaning in Guo Jia's eyes,

"Are you afraid that your father will be disappointed in you?"

Cao Pi was startled when he was told about the central matter, and then came back to his senses, with a few wry smiles on his lips: "However, Mr. should know better than Pi, my father has long... disappointed in Pi. In the eyes of my father, the most intelligent It was Chong, and the fourth brother was most like him. The third brother was also praised by his father for being brave and good at fighting. Only Pi...no matter what Pi did, he couldn't satisfy his father.

It would have been nice if it had been Pi instead of Big Brother who died in Wancheng. "

Cao Pi's head was lowered, his eyes were mournful, but he still insisted on maintaining a smile on his lips, but there was only sarcasm and self-mockery.At this time, Cao Pi looked like a child who had been wronged and refused to cry. It reminded Guo Jia of the boy with red eyes who said he had never cried when he came back from Wancheng many years ago in Sikong Mansion. He was so distressed that he wanted to hold him in his arms and rub his head softly to comfort him.

So, Guo Jia winked at Sima Yi who was on the side.

Sima Yi's eyes were full of doubts.

... It's really a child who can't be taught.

Guo Jia sighed lightly, and was about to speak in person, when suddenly a soldier came to report, and Yang Xiu begged to see him.

"Xiu pays homage to the Second Young Master." After Yang Xiuxing finished his salute, he stood up and saw Guo Jia sitting opposite Cao Pi, his eyes twitched slightly, obviously recalling some unbearable memories.However, Yang Xiu was not very human after all, and the abnormality was only for a moment, and then he greeted Guo Jia with his usual expression: "It turns out that Guo Jijiu is also here with the Second Young Master. Why did Xiu interrupt Jijiu to discuss with the Second Young Master? "

"Haha, Dezu didn't bother Jia and the second son or anything, but Dezu should know better than Jia whether he disturbed other things." Playing with the teacup in his hand, Guo Jia's expression was half a smile, as if everything was trapped in layers After the mist, Ren Yangxiu could clearly see the beauty of the one-eyed fundus.

The atmosphere gradually became awkward in the silence, and Cao Pi, who had already adjusted his expression, hurried out to smooth things over: "Mr. Yang, I don't know why you came to find Pi?"

"Xiu came here for Sima Yilang, but he didn't see Yilang in Yilang's tent. He thought that Yilang must be in the second son's tent, so he had to come to bother the second son." Originally, he regretted that this scene was too much for Sima Yi alone. It's a pity, I didn't expect Sima Yi to be in Cao Pi's tent, God helped him.

Yang Xiu turned around, took out the peach from his sleeve, and raised it above his head facing Sima Yi.This action made him, who is always handsome, look a little funny, but he didn't mind, because he knew that it would never be him who made people laugh at this moment:

"Sima Yilang did a great job in saving Guo Jijiu. Xiute was ordered by the lord to give Sima Yilang a peach as a reward."

"puff."

To Yang Xiu's surprise, it was not the humiliated Sima Yi or Cao Pi who launched the attack first, but Guo Jia.Seeing that Guo Jia was pressing again and again, he couldn't hold back his smile, got up and walked to Yang Xiu, and took the peach:

"So, Jia's life is worth a peach in the eyes of the lord?"

Yang Xiu was startled, obviously he didn't expect Guo Jia would be involved in this matter.Now that Guo Jia is obviously biased towards Cao Zhi in the battle for establishing an heir, and he is highly valued by Cao Cao. When the time is not ripe, it is not appropriate for him to have too much antagonism with Guo Jia.But what Guo Jia said was logical, even if he racked his brains to shift the focus of this matter to Cao Cao and Cao Pi and Sima Yi, it was still very difficult: "Guo Jijiu, my lord must mean..."

"What do you mean, my lord? Just ask him yourself." Guo Jia looked at Sima Yi and shook the peach in his hand. Gu Zi answered on behalf of Sima Yi, "Zhong Da definitely has no objection, after all, with the friendship between Zhong Da and Jia, even if there is no reward, he will go all out to save Jia."

Sima Yi bowed deeply, hiding his expression in the hanging shadow.

"Then Dezu, do you want to ask the lord what is going on with Jia?"

"Guo Jijiu, Xiu still has important matters to pass on to the three armies on behalf of the lord. Forgive me for not being able to accompany you."

"It's really important to make Dezu put the matter of giving peaches in front of him."

"..."

When Guo Jia deliberately made things difficult, Yang Xiu knew that everything he said was wrong, so he simply shut up.After Guo Jia left, he bowed to Cao Pi again, and hurriedly withdrew from the big tent, without the vigor and vigor he had when he came.

"It seems that the strategy of mourning soldiers has worked." When only Cao Pi and Sima Yi were left in the big tent, Cao Pi Chongxin raised his head and smiled. He didn't have the aggrieved and brave appearance when he faced Guo Jia. "Zhongda, how is Pi's improvisation?"

When Guo Jia put the silk note in front of him, Cao Pi knew that there was no possibility of hiding anything.Fortunately, Cao Pi also understands Guo Jia's character. Instead of being tough against him, it is better to use softness to overcome rigidity and act like a grievance, which can make Guo Jia hesitate.

"Fortunately, Yang Xiu came at the right time." Sima Yi said, "Whether Guo Jia prefers you or Cao Zhi in his heart, he will not completely fall for either side until Cao Cao makes a final conclusion, but will try his best to maintain you and Cao Zhi." balance. That’s why he changed his normal routine and took the initiative to rescue you and me.”

This is Guo Jia, laughing and cursing in every move, seemingly reckless, but in fact he is careful at every step.Yang Xiu, who was targeted by Guo Jia, really couldn't make them hold grudges, they just felt too pitiful.

"Zi Huan," Sima Yi walked up to Cao Pi, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "What you said to Guo Jia is not all a strategy for mourning soldiers."

No one sees it more clearly than Sima Yi. As the eldest son, Cao Pi mourns the death of his eldest brother Cao Ang, and because of this, he bears so much pressure to do everything well and get Cao Cao's approval.But perhaps it was because of too much pressure that Cao Pi was unable to do things to perfection. Not to mention Cao Cao's compliment, it is not uncommon for Cao Cao to treat him with a little kindness...

"Some of them are indeed not." Cao Pi admitted it very rarely and readily, "Pi knows that I am not qualified, that I am not as intelligent as Chongdi, my martial arts are not as good as Zhangdi, and my literary talents are not as good as Zhidi. It is an existence that Pi can only hope for but cannot reach. These things are very clear to Pi from the very beginning..."

"Zi Huan..."

"But if you put it another way, it means that Pi's experience is far better than that of Chong's brother, his literary talent is better than that of Zhang's brother, and his martial arts is better than that of Zhi's brother." Cao Pi smiled softly, "Pi has thought about it many times. A person can be qualified to sit in that position. That position does not need to be very smart, nor does it need to have a good literary talent or be brave and good at fighting...

So, Pi still believes that he is the most suitable person.Maybe many people, even the father, don't understand, but it doesn't matter, Pi will prove it to them slowly. "

From beginning to end, Cao Pi's voice was as calm as water, but no one could ignore the perseverance contained in it.His eyes were shining brightly, and the smile on his lips was as light as duckweed but plainly felt powerful, somewhat similar to the father he admired.At this moment, Sima Yi really realized that the child who was crying because of Cao Ang's death had grown into a qualified heir, destined to rule the world and shoulder the responsibility of the common people.

This is as it should be.After all, Sima Yi never missed a hand when choosing goods.

but……

"Zihuan, don't push yourself so hard."

"Oh?" Cao Pi looked at Sima Yi. He still had a smile on his face, but he couldn't hide his coldness. If he loses, Zhong Da will lose all his money. So, besides Pi, isn’t Zhong Da the person in this world who most hopes Pi wins?"

Hearing this, Sima Yi was taken aback, not because of the coldness and suspicion in Cao Pi's words, but because Cao Pi's current appearance reminded him of someone.

At the beginning, whenever Guo Jia was a little gentler to him, he would refute back unceremoniously like Cao Pi now.Because he firmly believes that Guo Jia is a person who has no heart at all. Except for Cao Cao, in his eyes, other people can only be divided into useful and useless.

But at that time, when I said these words pretending to be indifferent, I was also longing for Guo Jia to be able to refute his words.He spoke so cruelly only because if he had said the cruelest words, at least the reality would not be crueler than he thought.

But at this moment, what he really felt was what Guo Jia felt back then.Between them, there is calculation, there is use, and the bustle and bustle are all for profit. This is the cruelty of the world.But... people are not plants, how can they be careless?Even if he came here for profit at the beginning, over time, the thread of interest will always be intertwined and become a complicated feeling that even he can't sort out.

He hopes that Cao Pi will win the world, but if possible, he doesn't have to use such a cruel method.

So, he sighed softly, and tried to put his hand on the top of Cao Pi's head as Guo Jia did when coaxing him, and rubbed it gently, hoping to play a somewhat comforting role.

"...the hair crown is messed up."

"In a while, Yi will help you retie."

"……Oh."