[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

After Cao Pi's punishment, the entire inner courtyard became much quieter.

Fortunately, the theory of Cao Chong being bewitched by evil did not spread, and the guards quickly found out that the three maids were Zhou Ji, Song Ji, and Mrs. Qin's servants in the courtyard.

Maybe Zhou Ji wanted to make a blog for her son, or someone borrowed a knife to kill someone.In short, who is behind the scenes remains to be traced.

However, in the evening when Cao Pi drove them out of the mansion to investigate the matter, he received the news that the three died suddenly at home.

Cao Pi's face became more and more cold.

In the early morning, he was blinded by anger and wanted to kill these three people.After listening to what Cao Zhi said, he calmed down and wanted to find out the truth.How did he know that the man was one step ahead of him and destroyed the clue first.

He can only secretly hold grudges.

In the evening, I had dinner with my mother. When the two brothers resigned, the Bian family left Cao Pi behind: "Zhi'er, go back first and rest early. Pi'er, stay and talk to your mother."

Cao Zhi glanced at his mother, knowing in his heart that it must be the matter of the three maidservants.But seeing that Bian's face was indifferent, and he couldn't see the clue for a while, he blinked at Cao Pi, put his hands behind his back, and Shi Shiran left.

Cao Pi laughed.

After Cao Zhi left, Mrs. Bian was not in a hurry to speak.She stared carefully at Cao Pi first, and saw the eldest son's expression was calm, she said calmly for a long time: "Mother already knows what happened today. The three maidservants, you punished them a little recklessly."

Cao Pi lowered his head slightly, half helpless and half resentful: "Pi'er is wrong."

"Also no matter if you let them out of the mansion but didn't send anyone to guard them, if your younger brother wasn't by your side at that time, what kind of punishment would you have done?" He would have killed them on the spot."

When Cao Pi heard it, he only frowned and said nothing.

Bian sighed freely.There are many disturbances in Tianfu these days, even if she is as smart as her, she still has some palpitations.

"Mother knows that being framed is never a good feeling. But mother hopes that you, Pier, can abide by your heart and deal with it calmly. Don't be shaken by it and make it worse. If things go on like this, the rumors will not attack you. break."

Cao Pi saluted respectfully, and said solemnly: "Yes, Pi'er must remember my mother's teachings."

There was a trace of exhaustion in Bian's eyes: "Your temperament looks gentle and gentle, but in fact it is not as easy to satisfy as Zhang'er, heartless, and quick-witted as Zhi'er. But among you brothers, I have never worried about you the least. I hope that in the future, you will not let your mother down again."

Mrs. Bian has followed Cao Cao for many years, and in addition to being in charge of the Cao Mansion these years, she has experienced hardships.And she herself has a pure heart and a heart, so how can she not see Cao Pi's heart.

Hearing these provocative words, I feel resentful.Now that the culprit is hiding behind the scenes, who can Cao Pi vent his anger on?

Of course it was Cao Chong.

And Bian's words are also warning Cao Pi not to attack Cao Chong.

Cao Pi raised his eyes suddenly.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, and slowly nodded in response to Mrs. Bian's almost transparent eyes.

Cao Chong was a little better, so Cao Pi and Cao Zhi went to visit with some small gifts.After seeing these two elder brothers and hearing some recent anecdotes in the mansion, Cao Chong, who was still pale, was in better spirits.

It wasn't until Cao Chong got tired that the two got up to say goodbye.

Cao Chongyou didn't know that some caring people made a big fuss about his illness.Mrs. Huan didn't want him to have a estrangement with Cao Pi because of this, and although he was as intelligent as an adult, he was pure in heart and never expected such a thing to happen.

In fact, no one knows how many dirty things are hidden in this quiet mansion.

There are less than ten days left before the New Year's Eve, and the mansion is getting more and more busy.These days Cao Zhi and Cao Pi don't need to go to class anymore, they prepared some gifts and went to their own teacher's door to help Bian with some trivial matters.

Cao Zhi can't help remembering some things these days, such as not eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

Thinking of dumplings, Cao Zhi felt a little greedy.I asked Cao Pi where dumplings were sold, and the answer was that there is no such thing now, only similar wontons.

Cao Zhi knows that the only difference between dumplings and wontons is the thickness of the skin.Hearing such a description, Mrs. Bian smiled and said, "You are talking about the Jiao Er created by the genius doctor Zhang Zhongjing a few years ago?"

Cao Zhi blinked.

In this troubled world, there are thousands of doctors.But besides Hua Tuo, Zhang Zhongjing is the only doctor who can really be called a benevolent doctor.

Thinking of Jiao'er, Mrs. Bian ordered the cook to make some dough.Then Cao Zhi volunteered and took Cao Pi to pack together.

Jiao Er is quite innovative, Cao Pi hesitated for a moment before agreeing to do it together.

The end result of following the words of a gentleman away from the cook is that the dumplings made by Cao Pi are extremely ugly, and Cao Zhi's face is covered with flour.

"..."

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly grabbed two pieces of dumpling wrappers and stuck them on Cao Zhi's face with a "slap".

The two brothers always looked at each other and laughed.

At dinner time, the mother and son ate these dumplings together.

Boil jiao'er in boiling water, and after floating up three times, it's finally ready to eat.Mrs. Bian sprinkled some scallions on Cao Zhi and Cao Pi, which smelled very fragrant.

The scallion and ginger remove the smell of meat, and the taste is delicious.Because of doing it himself, Cao Pi actually thought that the dumplings tasted very good.

The only fly in the ointment is that some of the spicy taste in memory is missing, Cao Zhi sighed: "If you can add some chili, it will be called delicious!"

Cao Pi paused when he heard that, and turned to look at him inexplicably: "What is chili pepper?"

Cao Zhi was questioned.

After he blurted it out, he remembered that there was no chili pepper in this era, and he was at a loss for words, and he didn't know how to explain it.

He finally blinked and stared blankly at his second brother and mother: "Ah? What is chili...Did I say it?"

Mrs. Bian smiled and said, "Is it a slip of the tongue?"

Cao Pi narrowed his eyes.

Seeing that Cao Zhi really didn't know the slip of the tongue earlier, he stretched out his hand and flicked his nose, smiled and said nothing.

Two days ago, Cao Zhi also received a letter from the front.He opened it curiously, first flipped to the end and read the signature, and already had an ominous premonition.

And after reading it, the corners of his mouth twitched even more.

This is a letter from military advisor Guo Jia.

In the letter, the military adviser first gave him New Year greetings, and greeted Yang Xiu a few words, and then euphemistically mentioned that the situation ahead of the line seemed not to be very good.Now that Liu Biao is defending Jingzhou and is unwilling to surrender, Yuan Shao is falling ill and may soon die.In a few days, they will also go to Guandu, waiting for the opportunity to compete with Yuan Jun, and they may not be able to return in the short term.

Although these are two pages of eloquence, they are not the main point.

The point is his final understatement——Do you still remember the original agreement between you and me, Fourth Young Master?

... This feeling of "Cao Xiaozhi, do you still remember Guo Fengxiao who lost a year of fine wine for you", what is going on? !

Cao Zhi was stiff all over, with black lines all over his head.

After the Spring Festival, it will soon be March in the lunar calendar.Cao Pi once again invited friends to go out for an outing in the city.

Cao Zhiyuan didn't want to go, but Cao Pi approached Yang Xiu and even invited Yang Xiu to go with him.

Yang Xiuxiu was reading a book at the time, Wen Zhi put the book in his hand on the table.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and glanced at Cao Zhi whose mouth was twitching from the corner of his eye, with a smile on his face: "Okay."

The carriage went to the gate of Zhicheng City, and the other ten scholars were waiting.Seeing Cao Pi coming, they all greeted each other.Seeing Cao Zhi, someone said kindly, "I wonder if Brother Cao will give us another surprise today?"

"Hehe..." Cao Zhi laughed dryly, "I'll just take a look and don't say anything."

"Little brother Cao was joking."

"Hehehe."

"As a teacher, I am also very curious," Yang Xiu stood in the crowd, his figure was as tall and straight as a green pine under the sun, and his eyes were as unpredictable as ever, "After you have read the entire book of songs, can you write good poems. "

Cao Zhi couldn't laugh or cry.

There were 17 people traveling this time. As we saw last year, Xun Wei is now an official in Nanyang and took up his post in Nanyang a few days ago.

When it came to the destination, Cao Zhi excused himself with "little alcohol".Then I found a place with lush green grass, and looked up at the sky leisurely with a zhicao in my mouth.Yun Juan Yun Shu, very leisurely.

Listening to the endless poems, and the laughter of helpless drinking, Cao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thanked himself for avoiding writing poems this time.

——In the past six months, I don't know why Yang Xiu has gone crazy, and I often ask him to write poems.If you can't do it, you will end up copying the Book of Songs fluently.

It's a pity that when I returned to Cao's mansion and said goodbye to Yang Xiu, the latter said with a smile that was not a smile: "You often say that you can't write poetry without inspiration. Today's visit to Ziyun must have yielded something."

Cao Zhi didn't even have the strength to caress his forehead: "...you want to write poetry again?!"

Yang Xiu slightly nodded, and said mercifully, "You can write articles as well."

Cao Zhi racked his brains, and finally wrote according to a certain poem written by his ancestors: "In the seventh year of Jian'an, the end of late spring. So all the sages gathered, and they were in the north of Ziyun. The mountains are full of emerald green, and the water waves are full of joy..."

Perhaps after half a year of embellishment in the Book of Poetry, although Cao Zhi's article now does not have very brilliant sentences, the whole article reads a little more vividly than usual.

Satisfied in his heart, Yang Xiu gave a few words of praise, and then said: "Although you have made some progress, you have not yet reached the requirements of being a teacher. Keep working hard."

There are three black lines on Cao Zhi's forehead: "Sir..."

"Ok?"

Cao Zhi said weakly: "Did you forget something?"

Yang Xiu raised his eyelids: "What's the matter?"

"Actually, I'm really only 11 years old... I really don't know how to write very profound articles..."

Yang Xiu supported his chin with one hand, and tapped his fingertips lightly.Seeing the helplessness and embarrassment in Cao Zhi's eyes, he gave a playful smile: "Really, so you are only 11 years old. I always thought that the person standing in front of me was actually the same age as me."

Cao Zhi sniffed twice: "...are you also insinuating that I am too young?"

"Ha ha."

In the summer and fifth month of the seventh year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao fell ill and vomited blood and died.The youngest son, Yuan Shang, was in charge of the title on behalf of his father.The eldest son, Yuan Tan, refused to accept it, so he called himself General Chariot and set up troops in Liyang.

Tan Shang fought, and Yuan Jun's strength was further weakened.In autumn and September, Cao Cao personally conquered Yuan Tan.After many days of fighting, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang were repeatedly defeated, and they retreated and stood firm.