[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

Since it is to marry Zhen Ji, and Cao Cao and Cao Pi are both in Yecheng, the venue is naturally in Yecheng.

Considering that the journey is not far away, Cao Cao only ordered people to invite Bian, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and others to participate, and the rest will be made up after Cao Pi returns to Xuchang in the future.

Cao Zhang Le Diandian rode on his mount and watched from a distance, the 17-year-old boy looked very handsome.He stared in the direction of Yecheng from afar, determined in his heart that this trip would make his father consider staying in Yecheng!

When the few people arrived in Yecheng, it was already spring and flowers were blooming.

Cao Zhi lifted the curtain of the car, and from a distance, he vaguely saw a 19-year-old boy standing on a horse on the cold and majestic city wall of Yecheng, his figure becoming more and more tall and proud.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he could still see the gentle and calm smile on the corner of the young man's lips.

Cao Zhang put his hands to his mouth and called out, "Second Brother!" The voice was so loud that Bian's family in the carriage almost jumped up.Then he whipped his horse and ran towards the gate of Ye City.

Liu Cao Zhi and Bian looked at each other and smiled.

When they arrived in front of Cao Pi, the three noticed that he was still wearing a crown on his head.Cao Zhi opened his eyes slightly: "Second brother, when did you reach the crown?"

Cao Pi's face was stained with a little smile.

He was originally a white and clean family man.Maybe it's because of the hard work in the army, but now his skin is a little darker, and his whole body looks brighter and sharper.

He was still looking at Cao Zhi, with a little regret in his eyes, as if it was a pity that Cao Zhi could not participate in his coronation ceremony.Then, he said with a smile: "Not long after the year. There was a delay in the meeting, so I didn't write to tell my mother, and I asked my mother to forgive Zihuan."

For a man to reach the crown is the ambition of adulthood.Only when you are an adult can you marry a wife and start a career.When he reached the crown, he proposed to his father to marry Zhen Ji.

Cao Pi thought of this, his smile remained unchanged.He just stared at Cao Zhi calmly, his eyes getting deeper and deeper.

Zihuan?

After reaching the crown, there will naturally be Biao characters, Cao Pi's character is Zihuan.Then there should be a sub-character in his future characters.

Son... built?

Staring at this gentle son, Bian seemed to be able to see the young him lying on his knees and acting like a spoiled child. After all, he couldn't help but shed tears.But she is not an ordinary woman, she quickly wiped off her face, then smiled and said: "Mother's Pi'er, she has finally grown up!"

I haven't seen you for a year, so I naturally have a lot to say.It's just that this place is a busy city, so Cao Pi welcomed the three of them into the mansion first.After lunch, after talking about the conversation, Cao Cao ordered the three brothers to go.

Cao Cao is in the hall.

This hall was built by Yuan Shao in the past.When Cao Zhi saw this great hall at first glance, he felt that the courtyard was full of magnificence and exquisite and precious objects.It's just that if you look at it too much, instead of making people feel gorgeous, it will be full of tackiness.

Yuan Shao is the son of the fourth generation and the third prince, and Cao Cao's family background is hard to match.Later, he annexed Gongsun Zan, and was once the most powerful prince in the north.It's a pity that Yuan Shao has gone now, and only this luxurious palace stands quietly amidst the desolation, mocking his past corruption and absurdity.

How is it different from A Fang in the pre-Qin period?

Cao Zhi was thinking wildly, and he was in front of Cao Cao.When the three brothers saluted and stood still, Cao Zhang first said: "Father, I heard that you took over Yizhou last year, so I specially learned from my fourth brother to make some wine for you. This time the second brother got married, and my son also brought these wines .At that time, I will invite my father to taste it."

In these words, he imitated Cao Zhi's tone and demeanor.Xu has been with him for a long time, although Cao Zhi has not caught the gentle aura all over his body, his words are clear and precise.

Cao Cao looked Cao Zhang up and down in surprise.

He naturally knew what was going on in Cao Zhang's mind, but he was just surprised by Cao Zhang's demeanor at the moment, and then he said with a smile: "Oh? The wine made by the two of you? Present it to Weifu later. If it tastes bad by then, Weifu will take care of it." You will be severely punished for being lazy and not studying!"

Cao Zhang was embarrassed.

The father and son had a conversation, and saw that although Cao Zhang still didn't like reading, he read some of it anyway; seeing that Cao Zhi was able to advance and retreat smoothly, and could answer the school exams fluently, Cao Cao was half satisfied and half sighed: "You have grown up again some!"

At this time, Cao Pi was nineteen, Cao Zhang was seventeen, and Cao Zhi was fourteen.The three of them stood side by side, and they were really young men with outstanding demeanor.

Cao Cao was very proud.

——His sons, even if they are not Qianlong, will never be mediocre.

The father and son had a conversation, and Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang to go down, and hold a feast for them in the evening.

The three brothers bowed and left.

Just as he was about to step out of the hall, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Jia Xu and others came in front of him.They stamped their feet to salute each other, and then walked away.

Cao Zhi glanced at Guo Jia subconsciously, but his demeanor remained the same.

The dinner was still going on for a long time, so Cao Pi led the two of them to wander around Yecheng.

The situation in Yecheng today is not much different from that in Xuchang after Guandu.Probably because half of the people died of starvation a few days ago, the streets of Yecheng are criss-crossed, but there are not many vendors around the downtown area.Looking at it at a glance, the whole city is a bit empty, and it looks particularly depressed.

Cao Zhi looked around, although the place was deserted, the law and order was good.It can be seen that after the father took over, he spent a lot of thought.

After all, Yecheng and Xuchang are somewhat different.Cao Zhang went all the way to the vendors to look through the goods, and bought some of the strange things he saw.

But Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were left far behind.

At this moment, Cao Zhi was standing beside Cao Pi, looking at his impeccable gentleness and tolerance, his heart was half kind and half strange.

He remembered that poem again.

——It is born from the same root, why is it too urgent to fry each other?

Cao Zhi chewed silently for a moment, closing his eyes in silence.

This poem, if you think about it for a while, you can know that it is a metaphor that Cao Pi harmed his brothers regardless of family affection.However, in history, it has been difficult to count the events of extinction, and even the extinction of birds.The difference is that Cao Pi gains power, but they lose power.

He doesn't blame Cao Pi.

It's just that facing Cao Pi at this moment, he has nothing to say.

Xu was dissatisfied with his silence, and he soon heard Cao Pi say softly: "How is the fourth brother doing in the days when the second brother is away?"

Cao Zhi put aside the strange feelings in his heart, and said with a light smile: "Study and martial arts are the same as before, except for the addition of a third brother."

Cao Pi raised his eyebrows: "Oh, it looks like your third brother is by your side, but your life is not very peaceful."

Cao Zhi exaggeratedly sighed.

"Do you want to talk to the second brother?"

Cao Zhi smiled wryly and said, "It's hard to describe."

"Why not make a long story short?"

"Uh... To put it simply, it's a story about a poor fourth brother who was abused by the third brother because his second brother was away from home."

Cao Pi laughed lowly.

He turned his head and stared at the young boy who only reached his chest. The warm spring sun reflected on half of his face, making him look more and more handsome.

He's still young, too young.

Cao Pi told himself this, pressing down his eager heart.

It's just that when did this kid actually take it to his heart?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi couldn't help raising his hand to caress the young boy's heart.The fingertips slid down, barely brushing his eyelashes.

Then, she shook his hand naturally: "Let's go."

Cao Zhi was startled again.

He subconsciously broke free, but was held even tighter.Moments later, he heard his second brother's soft voice that almost dripped water: "Don't make trouble."

"..."

Cao Zhi felt like the legendary tiger's body trembled again.

He felt that something was wrong, and said in a trembling voice, "Second brother, I am 14 years old, and I can walk well..."

Cao Pi chuckled and said, "In my second brother's heart, you will always be the kid who will come crying and come to my second brother for help no matter what difficulties I have."

Cao Zhi has black lines all over his head.

...Should he praise his former self for being too successful in playing a child, or should he praise his second brother for being a good brother who loves younger brothers?

When the sun was dim, the three returned home.

Probably because of the exorcism ceremony, the wedding was chosen on an auspicious day in the middle of March.At this time, the wedding was approaching, and Cao Pi needed to do some chores, so he separated from them.

Fang was thinking about when he would "coincidence" someone, and a smile came from his ear: "Fourth Young Master."

Cao Zhi turned his head.

The scribe in Tsing Yi who was missed was standing leisurely under the elm tree in the courtyard, his thin and slender figure became more and more eye-catching under the sunlight.

——Where Guo Jia lives, it always becomes very leisurely.This man exuded a little indescribable aura, as if even if Sun Quan and Liu Biao attacked Xuchang at this moment, the two armies would be wiped out in ashes while talking and laughing.

This man was born a monster, and it is even more wonderful to point out the country.

But when Cao Zhi saw him, he subconsciously wrinkled his nose.

Seeing Guo Jia, he always felt helpless.At first, this kind of helplessness was just because Guo Jia saw through certain things, and later it gradually evolved into helplessness when dealing with his drinking.

There are always strange intersections between people, just like the second brother's love for him, or Guo Jia's curiosity about him.

Cao Zhi respectfully said, "How is your health these days, sir?"

Guo Jia's smile deepened.

It is always a good thing for people to care about people living in this world, and Guo Jia never thinks these good things are too much.He casually walked up to Cao Zhi's eyes, bent slightly, and said gently: "A few days ago, I had a small illness, but now I'm fine. Thank you, Fourth Young Master, for your concern."

Seeing that he looked pretty good at the moment, Cao Zhi smiled slightly.

Guo Jia said: "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I miss you very much. But the fourth son is naturally in good health, so there is no need for Guo Jia to talk about it."

Cao Zhi looked at him silently for a long time: "Do you miss Cao Zhi, sir, or his wine?"

Guo Jia's smile didn't change: "What's the difference?"

"Naturally they are different." Cao Zhi said seriously, "People are people, wine is wine, how can they be the same?"

Guo Jia stared at Cao Zhi quietly.

His pupils were dark, clearly reflecting Cao Zhi's figure.After a while, he said meaningfully: "When you meet someone, you can drink wine, but if you can only drink, you will miss that person."

Cao Zhi's heart skipped a beat.

Then, the corners of his mouth twitched as if to cover up: "Sir, father said that he will hold a banquet for mother to welcome the wind."

It's not early.Dinner would be in one or two hours, so it would be inappropriate to have a drink with Guo Jia at this time.

"What a pity." Guo Jia smiled leisurely.Although he said it was a pity, there was no regret on his face. "It seems that the fourth son is not blessed to enjoy good wine, so he can only watch Guo Jia drink it."

"..." Cao Zhi was speechless.

Guo Jia has opened the mud seal.

The aroma of wine overflowed, and soon the whole yard was wafted with a faint mellow aroma.

What Cao Zhi gave to Guo Jia was a jar of alcohol.Alcoholic alcohol is mellow and powerful.Guo Jia took a big sip, the wine felt like it was on fire just after entering his stomach, and it took him a long time to take a deep breath.

Guo Jia's appearance of drinking is always a little urgent, just like a child.Some people think that he is bold and happy, but naturally some people think that he is too uninhibited and dissolute.

Cao Zhi rested his cheek in one hand, staring at him in a daze as he drank the strong wine in the cup in one gulp, and drank it again and again.

He remembered again those things he wanted to forget.

The so-called natural jealousy is an excuse that people find for the premature death of some special people.But even if it is an excuse, the premise is premature death.

So, will Guo Jia die?

When will he die?After three points of the world, or before?

Sun Quan is working hard now, and he thinks he can pacify Jiangdong in a short time; Liu Bei is still living in Xinye, if he can divide the world, he must fight Jingzhou and his father.Calculated by Sun Quan's time, it will not be too short, but if calculated by Liu Bei, it seems to be a long time...

Cao Zhi's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

He somewhat...doesn't want Guo Jia to die.

Cao Zhi thought about it for a moment, and after a long time said without any trace: "Mr. once said that what you think about in this life is to be far away from the temple and plan strategies."

Guo Jia supported his forehead with one hand, and it took a moment for him to respond.

At this moment, he had already drank most of the jar of wine, and he seemed a little drunk.

Cao Zhi took the opportunity to say again: "Cao Zhi heard that there is such a person—he is not in good health, but he has great ambitions. Everyone persuades him to take care of himself, but he doesn't appreciate it. In the end he died on the way to the battle. It’s an unfulfilled hegemony.”

"Huh?" Guo Jia heard him, narrowed his eyes slightly, and looked at him dimly.

Cao Zhi swallowed his saliva and continued: "Sir, do you think he is worth it?"

Guo Jia said casually: "Throughout the ages, there have been too many of these people. The world is bought by these people with their lives... Heh, the fourth son said it was worth it."

"But he died. Once he finished his career, his bones were gone, and no one will remember him since then. He was brilliant during his lifetime, but deserted after his death. He was lying among the bones of thousands of people. Even the people who gave birth to him and raised him couldn't distinguish Which one is he?" Cao Zhi couldn't help but continue talking, staring at Guo Jia almost for a moment, "So, is it really worth it?"

Guo Jia recited it silently, and laughed lightly: "It's really interesting once you succeed in everything."

He paused for a moment, and then wrote lightly: "The fourth son has a brilliant literary talent, and Guo Jia admires it. As for whether it is worth it, there will naturally be future history books to evaluate it."

Cao Zhi was suddenly speechless.

Whether it's worth it, maybe he thinks life is the most important thing.However, Guo Jia's sentence shows that this is absolutely not the case.

Of these people, which one didn't try their best to leave a name for thousands of years in the history of later generations?

On the other hand, what about Cao Zhi?

In fact, Cao Zhi only knows about everything, or perhaps all these vagueness are false.So he can remind him, but he can't say too much.After all, it's not true, and Guo Jia has noticed it again, isn't it troublesome.

So he made up his mind not to speak anymore.

He and Guo Jia are indeed good friends, they are friends of Wangnian.It's just that there are some things, whether they believe it or not, that he knows he shouldn't say.

He suppressed the complicated feelings in his heart, picked up the wine glass in front of Guo Jia, and drank it down in one gulp.

But he didn't want Guo Jia to support his forehead and suddenly chuckled.

When Cao Zhi looked over, Guo Jia raised his head and stared at him steadily, his slightly drunken eyes slowly revealing a little clarity.

Cao Zhi breathed lightly subconsciously.

"No," he said, "no."

"The fourth son will not say something to Guo Jia for no reason, one will be successful... The fourth son is..." When he said this, he paused for a while.The light in his eyes flashed on and off, like stars in the night sky.

After a long time, he seemed to gather his strength, and slowly said word by word: "Could it be that you know the date of Guo Jia's death?"

He was indeed a little drunk.But in many cases, not only does he not get confused when he is drunk, but it makes his thinking more active and broad.

Cao Zhi's eyes grew more surprised.

He didn't seem to have guessed that Guo Jia would say such words at all, and his face was full of appropriate panic: "How could Cao Zhi know about this? How can you say such unlucky words, sir?"

Guo Jia glanced at him with a half-smile.

This glance seemed to have seen through all of Cao Zhi's disguises, and it seemed that he had seen through nothing.

Then, he sighed slightly: "The fourth son has grown up, but he is not as cute as he was a few years ago."

What he said was that when Sun Quan presented an elephant a few years ago, "Cao Chong called the elephant" came true.At that time, Guo Jia had a panoramic view of his truest reaction, which was different from the pretense of today.

When a person lives in the world, there are always thousands of reasons for him to pretend to be thousands of temperaments, preferences, and reactions... but he doesn't know that only the original and purest ones can be remembered forever.

Cao Zhi frowned.

He stared at Guo Jia, but Guo Jia stopped looking at him.

He had stood up, looked up at the sky, and no one could tell the expression between his brows.

"If so..."

He suppressed his smile and calmed down.Anyone who speaks of death—except the disillusioned—presumably resents or resents it.

What about underachievers?

At this time, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming.

There are already birds passing low in the sky, rushing to eat and build nests.

Aren't people just as busy as these birds?

However, Guo Jia is definitely not like this.

He is always an eagle soaring high, he always wants to soar in the sky, instead of worrying about five buckets of rice and spending his whole life.

Cao Zhi's pupils shrank.

The February evening breeze is gentle.Brush on the face, just like a lover's hand.But Cao Zhi didn't feel comfortable, it was more like an invisible hand was strangling his heart fiercely.

"Ah."

"If you die, please let the fourth son condescend to go to Guo Jia's grave when he thinks about Guo Jia in his spare time...to have a new glass of wine."

Then, Guo Jia smiled again.

His expression returned to his usual calm and relaxed expression.It seemed they were talking about Cao Pi's soon-to-be marriage, not his death.

"That's enough."

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he continued to drink.He still remembered that he only drank most of the altar, and he could still drink it for a while.

Cao Zhi was motionless.

He was still immersed in Guo Jia's expression just now, his heart was beating so fast that he could hardly carry all his thoughts.

Until Guo Jia poured himself another glass of wine.

Guo Jia was really drunk.When he was pouring, the wine spilled all over the table, and soon got on Cao Zhi's fingertips pressing on the stone table, which made Cao Zhi return to his senses in a hurry.

He suddenly felt—maybe his desire to live was too weak.

Regardless of Cao Zhi's ideals, he had to attend the evening banquet after all.

At this time, he was a little absent-minded, and even spilled some toast to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi looked at him worriedly, and said softly, "If the fourth brother is tired, he should go back to his room earlier to rest."

Cao Zhi smiled back.

When they left, Cao Pi was called by Bian, and the mother and son had a conversation.Cao Zhi, on the other hand, was dragged by Cao Zhang and continued to work hard.

Cao Zhi has regained his composure, and is holding a cup of tea, sipping lightly.

At this time, Cao Zhang lacked the freshness of Fang coming here, so it was rare for him to sit down quietly and take a sip of water.He probably felt that it was boring to take care of Wuyan with Cao Zhi, so he quickly thought of a topic: "Fourth, what do you think our future sister-in-law will look like?"

Cao Zhi squinted at him.

While wandering around Yecheng for half a day, I also heard about some deeds of my future sister-in-law.In this world where women are virtuous without talent, Zhen Ji can be said to be a female scribe with considerable literary talent.Even when she was young, Zhen Ji was very intelligent and kind-hearted, and she was quite fond of talking about it by the people around her.After marrying Yuan Xi, her reputation gradually faded.

As for Zhen Ji's appearance?

She is naturally very beautiful.It's just how beautiful it is, but Cao Zhi doesn't know it.

When he heard the name for the first time, he had a vague premonition in his heart, but he never noticed it.At this moment, Cao Zhang asked unconsciously, and only then began to think about this question.

Then, he had a thought.

He closed his eyes slightly, and laughed lightly: "Its shape is as light as a frightened bird, as graceful as a wandering dragon, with luxuriant chrysanthemums and luxuriant spring pines. It seems as if the moon is covered by light clouds, and it flutters like the return of the flowing wind." Snow……"

There was silence all around.

Only the evening wind in February blows across the face, as gentle as a lover's hand.

When Cao Zhi opened his eyes, he saw his third brother staring at him blankly as if struck by lightning, only to see some black smoke rising from his head.The corner of his mouth twitched before he said softly: "Third brother, are you... all right?"

Cao Zhang's brows trembled: "Fourth brother, are you okay? What kind of mess is this? It's just nonsense!"

"Hehe..." Cao Zhi could hardly control the subtle expressions on his face.He thought for a long time, and finally leaked two words from between his teeth.

"Ha ha."

One month later, Cao Pi married Zhen Ji.