[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

At the end of June, news came from the front.

It turned out that when Cao Cao led the army back to Xu, Yuan Tan asked his younger brother Yuan Shang to increase the number of troops in his army, change the armor of the army, and pursue Cao Cao when he retreated.But at that time Yuan Shang suspected that Yuan Tan had a second heart, so he refused the request.Yuan Tan was furious and raised troops to attack Yuan Shang.

Guo Jia's plan was half successful.

At that time, Cao Zhi was having no choice but to drink with Guo Jia.His daily compulsory homework used to be reading, practicing martial arts, and cultivating a relationship with his second brother, but now practicing calligraphy and cultivating a relationship with his second brother has become occasional drinking with Guo Jia.

In view of Cao Zhi's drinking capacity, Guo Jia "showed mercy" and asked the young man to take a wine glass and drink with him slowly.

Wine is sour and sweet.It's not bad to drink, but it's not delicious either.He thought for a long time, and suddenly it occurred to him that there seemed to be many colorful wines in later generations with different tastes.

But now, there are only a few kinds of rice wine, rice wine, and wine.

Isn't this a way of making money?

If he can brew wine with such a different taste in future generations, wouldn't it greatly attract the curiosity of the world, and even become famous far and wide, attracting wine lovers to buy it?

Cao Zhi's eyes lit up, but soon dimmed again.

——This is a technical job, dear, you know what a fart.He said to himself like this, you don't even know the ingredients, how can you brew it?

Cao Zhi drank carelessly, looking a little sad.

Guo Jiarao looked at him with interest, but didn't understand why he suddenly became depressed.

He then asked with concern: "Why is the Fourth Young Master suddenly listless? Is this wine not good?"

Cao Zhi's mouth twitched.

He bought these wines, and if he said they were not good, he was implying that what he bought were parallel imports.If it was what Guo Jia wanted and asked him to get a few jars of old wine, where would he find it?

Cao Zhi wiped the corners of his mouth, and pulled out a smile that had deceived Yang Xiu and Cao Pi countless times: "How come, these wines are so delicious, Zhi has never had a better wine than this!"

"..." If this smile is made by an innocent child or girl, it must be very beautiful.But Cao Zhi smiled like that, Guo Jia could only look at him silently.

Cao Zhi could only look at Guo Jia silently.

Seeing that Guo Jia is not only indifferent, but also vaguely contemptuous, he will never admit that he is too old to pretend to be cute. Instead, he attributes everything to Guo Jia's bad eyesight and not being strong enough to go on the road.

He coughed lightly, half helplessly and half to change the topic: "Actually, Cao Zhi is thinking about how long it will take for father to return after leaving this time."

All the preparations have been made, and all that is left is to launch an expedition against Liu Biao.Although Liu Biao's expedition to the south this time was a cover, Cao Cao wanted to see Liu Biao's reaction.After all, Liu Biao has been huddled in Jingzhou all these years, living a comfortable and relaxed life every day. Has his ambition been exhausted, or is he still aiming for thousands of miles?

When Cao Zhi knew about this, he hid in the room silently and scolded himself for being an idiot.

He no longer dared to face Xun Yu's increasingly meaningful gaze recently.

Guo Jia looked at him, and there was a strange flash in his eyes: "Can't the Fourth Young Master guess it?"

Cao Zhi paused.

Therefore, unless Cao Cao unified the north and attacked strongly, he would not be able to fight at all.

Since the two armies can't fight, it depends on when Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang will win.

When Cao Cao returned earlier, he weakened Yuan Tan's considerable strength, and presumably the original balance between Tan and Shang had also been broken.

Within a few months, Yuan Tan will be defeated.

And Cao Cao might not be in a hurry to take Yizhou.

Although he thought so, but with his consistent temperament, he definitely wanted to answer the answer "I don't know".

It's just that seeing Guo Jia's smiling face now, these three words are stuck in his throat, and he can't even say them.

Cao Zhi was slightly startled.

In the past, when facing Yang Xiu, Xun Yu, and Duke Cao, he would always tell lies without changing his expression.But now facing Guo Jia's deep but inarticulate eyes, he can't speak?

Cao Zhi's heart beat faster.

— This is not a good sign, obviously not.

Cao Zhi had a subtle expression on his face, how could Guo Jia not see it.But he didn't care, and drank the wine in the glass: "Don't be sad, fourth son, maybe the lord will come back soon."

Cao Zhi looked into his eyes, and suddenly said, "Mr. is going this time, too?"

This was just an exercise, and Guo Jia's going there was meaningless.What's more, winter is approaching, when the north will be freezing cold, Guo Jia may fall ill again.

When Guo Jia heard this sentence, his eyes were really strange.Seeing the slight worry in his eyes, he also smiled and said, "I'm going."

Cao Zhi frowned slowly.

Guo Jia smiled reassuringly.

"Fourth son, don't worry," Guo Jia said. "Guo Jia's life is to follow the lord to conquer the four directions, destroy Yuan Shao, conquer Wuhuan, capture Jingzhou, and conquer Jiangdong."

When he said this, his eyes were clear, as if a scroll of mountains and rivers was slowly unfolding in front of him.

"As for Guo Jia, he will definitely enjoy the thrill of strategizing and fighting thousands of miles away!"

The person in front of him still stood calmly in a green shirt, with a warm and elegant smile.But his eyes were clear, and he was even more indescribably lonely, as if the calm and clear weather before was just Cao Zhi's illusion.

At this moment, he is already an eagle soaring high.

"That's right, Fourth Young Master don't need to worry. My lord's great cause has not yet been accomplished, why is Guo Jia willing to let go?"

Cao Zhi's heart beat faster.

——I don't know if it's because of Guo Jia's demeanor at this moment, or the attraction of this sentence to men.

In the eighth month, Cao Cao personally conquered Liu Biao and sent troops to Zhaxiping.

Not long after, because Yuan Shang was in a hurry to attack the plains, Yuan Tan Weineng sent Simpi to beg Cao Cao to ask Cao Cao to send troops to rescue him.

All the generals are suspicious.

Only Xun You persuaded Cao Cao to agree to Yuan Tan's request, and Cao Cao agreed.

In the tenth month of winter, Cao Cao went to Liyang.Upon hearing the news, Yuan Shang withdrew from the siege and returned to Ye, while Yuan Shang's generals Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang surrendered to Cao Cao.

However, at this time, Yuan Tan secretly engraved the general's seal and handed it over to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang to win him over. Cao Cao knew that Yuan Tan was not sincerely surrendering, so he pretended not to know that his son Cao Zheng married Yuan Tan's daughter, and he was very consoling to Yuan Tan. add.

Soon, Cao Cao led the army to return the promise.

When everyone in the Cao Mansion heard the news, Xu Changfang entered the cold winter of November.

The city was closed by heavy snow.

The common people have swept out a main road, and even the official road a few miles outside the city gate is very clean.

A dozen miles away from the city gate, Cao Cao's troops had arrived.Perhaps it was because of the heavy snow that closed the city that the road surface was much smaller. From a distance, this team of soldiers and horses was almost endless.It is more like an ant than it is in sight.

And the military general riding a tall horse in front, faintly guarded several carriages in the middle.

Everyone knows that this is Cao Cao's carriage.

There was another person in the car, it was Guo Jia.

Before Chen Qun played Cao Cao's words, Guo Jia, the military commander, sacrificed wine for no reason, so he should be severely punished.On the one hand, Cao Cao praised Chen Qun for his meritorious service in reporting, but on the other hand, he ignored Guo Jia's habits and liked his uninhibited behavior very much.

On his way back, Cao Cao allowed Guo Jia to ride with him because he was suffering from typhoid fever.

Cao Cao opened the curtain of the car, and the outside of the curtain was pale, and the sky and the earth were almost the same color.The cold air hit his face, and he shivered.

He exhales.

The army is approaching Xuchang.

In these years, he has been fighting abroad for many years, and he has never celebrated the New Year at home. He almost forgot the feeling of celebrating the New Year with his family!

Cao Cao sighed in his heart, looked at the strange yet somewhat familiar scenery around him, put down the curtain of the car, turned his head to Guo Jia and said, "When Sun Quan sent the elephant, you made a bet with Wen Ruo. Now do you dare to make a bet with me? ? If you win, then from the lonely wine cellar, you can take any good wine. Even if you drink it as water, the lonely will not stop you!"

Guo Jia is drinking tea at this time.

His pale complexion didn't look much better than the snow outside the window, and the people around the carriage could occasionally hear suppressed coughs.Hearing what Cao Cao said, he put down his teacup and smiled, "Of course my subordinates dare not."

Cao Cao smiled as if he was choked.

He was very excited at first, and even thought of Guo Jia being deflated again.But Guo Jia didn't dare to say the word, and instantly hit all his passion: "Why don't you dare?"

"Because the lord will win this bet. If so, the lord's bet is obviously to make Guo Jia look good." Guo Jia smiled meaningfully, "Yes, how dare you!"

Cao Cao sighed in disappointment.

A few days ago, he cleverly and secretly said in the letter he sent home that he would return through the side door.His writing is very secretive, unless someone like Xun Yu Guo Jia who knows him well, not many people can guess it.In fact, he was deliberately trying to test his sons, which one could guess his mind.

Since he dared to write like this, the person in his heart was naturally selected.Obviously, this candidate can only be Cao Chong.And as long as he thought that Guo Jia was optimistic about Cao Zhi, he couldn't help but want to play Guo Jia too.

But Guo Jia was not fooled.

Cao Cao frowned, and said lightly, "If you don't dare, I won't let you drink in the future!"

Guo Jia let out a long sigh: "My lord wants Guo Jia to bet, but Guo Jia has no choice but to bet, ahem...then bet on the sixth son to win."

Cao Cao couldn't laugh or cry immediately.

Naturally, the bet between Cao Cao and Guo Jia failed in the end, but the day of his return has come.

All the people in Cao's mansion went to greet them, and the female family members and young children sat in the carriage, and those who were as old as Cao Pi rode forward.

Cao Zhi also rode on a filly.

He fell his head the first time he learned to ride a horse, and for a long time after that he refused to ride a horse in order to show a child's shadow of danger.I didn't start studying until I was ten years old.

He was dressed in Xuansu brocade clothes with a white velvet cloak outside, unlike Cao Zhang and Cao Pi who were dressed in thin and vigorous clothes.

When Cao Zhang saw it, he made fun of his fourth brother for wrapping up like a girl.While turning a deaf ear, Cao Zhi snickered as he watched his second brother trembling in the cold wind, trying to maintain a graceful appearance.

Cao Pi glared at him.

Cao Zhi also wished not to see, and looked around leisurely.

After these few months, the people of Xuchang look much better.There was no war this year, and the people had enough to eat and had enough money to buy new clothes.

At the corner of the street, at the end of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a carriage that turned around flexibly and disappeared into the crowd.

"..." Cao Zhi blinked.

...that carriage...

He subconsciously turned his head to look behind him, glanced over and counted, and found that there were indeed fewer cars.

——That was Cao Chong's ride.

Then he was determined to be right just now.Since there is no mistake, why run counter to them?

Doesn't he want to meet Cao Cao?

This is obviously more and more impossible.

Their destination was the city gate of Xu County.The direction Cao Chong left was the side entrance of Xu County.

So Cao Chong thinks Cao Cao will come back from the side door?

Cao Zhi laughed slowly.

Because this person is Cao Chong, he does not doubt the conclusion here.That being the case, it seems that today they are doomed to wait in vain.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhi smiled deeper.