[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

In the winter and October of the third year of Jian'an, using the strategy of Xun You and Guo Jia, they decided to kill Surabaya and Yishui and pour down Picheng.In another month, Lu Bu's troops bound Song Xian, Wei Xu and others to Chen Gong, and the whole city surrendered.Caode captured Lu Bu alive and won Zang Ba and others, so he cut Qingzhou and Xuzhou and attached them to the sea, and appointed Zang Ba and others to guard them.Divide Langye, Donghai, and Beihai into three counties: Chengyang, Licheng, and Changli.

So far, Cao Cao has occupied the three prefectures of Yan, Yu, and Xu, and is evenly matched with Yuan Shao.

When Cao Cao captured Xuzhou, the first snow fell in Xuchang.

The first snow fell, and it didn't take long.There was a thin layer on the ground that looked like it was going to melt soon.

Only then did Bian order someone to sweep the front yard clean, and the sky began to snow again.

This snowfall was so heavy that by the time it stopped, the whole of Xuchang was covered in snow.

That day when he was wrapped in a padded jacket, he shrank his hands and feet and followed the handsome gentleman who was still dressed in blue to read for a while, when he saw a head poking out of the door.

It was the head of his third brother Cao Zhang.

The clothes Cao Zhang was wearing were not thick either. Seeing that Yang Xiu was also looking at him, he cupped his hands in embarrassment and went outside to wait for Cao Zhi to finish his get out of class.

After Cao Zhi got out of class, he discovered that not only the third brother, but also the second brother had come.And the purpose of their coming was actually to have a snowball fight...

For a moment, he felt that he had misjudged Cao Pi.In my impression, I always feel that this is an extremely childish game, but now I feel a little bit of fun throwing each other with my brothers.

A few days later, it was the end of the year.

At the end of the new year, this quiet mansion finally became a little bustling, but everything was in order under Bian's management.

Xu Du also became lively.

The self-made capital Xuchang, more and more people came to settle down, and the population has almost doubled in the past three years.In recent years, the number of temple fairs has gradually increased.

Cao Zhi was curious about this.He asked the boy about the details of the temple fair, but the boy was sold into the mansion as a slave at the age of four, so he didn't know about it.He suggested that it would be better to go to see him tonight. Cao Zhi asked his mother for instructions, and after Mrs. Bian agreed, he invited Cao Pi and Cao Zhang. Because of this, he was punished by the master.

Cao Zhi went out happily at night with two guards and a servant.

After he recovered from his injury, Yang Xiu grabbed him to study almost all day long, and never had a chance to go out.Can you find any familiar things when you come out this time?

— but sadly, no.

This is the fifth temple fair at the end of the year, so this temple fair is held on a large scale. There are stalls on both sides of the main road. There are a variety of gadgets such as masked clay figurines, and wonton dumplings exude an attractive fragrance.

After Cao Zhi played for a while, he already felt something was wrong.

When he was near the Cao Mansion, there were not many people there.Until now, far away from the Cao Mansion, the crowd became more and more anxious.

It seems that everyone is crowded on this street, and there is nothing wrong with it, but everyone is going to a destination.Even if the destination is a temple fair, it is impossible to accommodate so many people at the same time.

Cao Zhi stopped in his tracks.In order to prevent himself from being squeezed, he walked to the side of the road, trying to stand on tiptoe and look ahead.

He didn't see his guards and servants, but saw four strange people.

Although their clothes were the same as ordinary people's and their appearance was not special, Cao Zhi could spot the extraordinaryness of these people at a glance.They seem to have tried their best to restrain themselves, and there is still a trace of murderous aura leaking out, making it difficult for others to approach easily.People with this kind of breath are not like assassins, but soldiers.

They didn't seem to just come to visit the temple fair. Instead, they were swimming against the current, pushing away pedestrians while looking down for something.

Or... find someone.

Cao Zhi paused for breath, subconsciously took a few steps back to hide in the crowd, and observed them carefully.

People kept bumping into them, and some people were full of impatience, but they withdrew their displeasure the moment they saw the person coming.Some people thought they were strong and wanted to find a theory, but they punched them in the abdomen, and they couldn't straighten up for a long time.

The position where he strikes is the vital point of the liver and gallbladder of the human body.Even though he had deliberately restrained his strength, his technique was professional and vicious, definitely not an ordinary soldier.

I don't know what their purpose is.

Cao Zhi had doubts in his heart, but he was not interested in solving the doubts.He turned around and walked forward. Fortunately, he was still short and could still pass.

He had already seen the guards of their house.

He was about to shout, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw two ordinary people who looked the same standing behind them.

The two guards were anxious to find themselves, while the people behind followed them leisurely, the distance was no more than ten steps.

Cao Zhi let out a long breath.

The answer is obvious, the target of these people is themselves.

Without hesitation, he took off his coat and held it in his arms.

He shuttled under the crowd, managed to avoid the sight of the two of them, and hid in a dark alley.Xuchang's alleys lead in all directions, he didn't know how many people like this he avoided, and how long he walked around, before he saw the city gate.

The city gate was not completely closed, and there was still a gap, about enough for a child to pass through.Four guards squatted beside the city gate.They cleared a clearing and built a fire on it to keep warm.The four of them were sitting together, drinking wine and eating dog meat, talking loudly, and then laughing loudly.They can still watch the night here in such weather, it has to be said that they are very conscientious.

He already took a step towards the fire with one foot.A few more steps, and maybe he will be rescued, and sleep peacefully in the place provided by the guards until his mother comes looking for him.

Cao Zhi's footsteps stopped again.

He actually saw the guard who was facing him sideways and glanced in his direction.

This look was no different from that of ordinary people, and there was no murderous look in the eyes of those people just now, but Cao Zhi slowly retreated into the darkness.

These days, he has learned enough about the status of the Cao family in Xudu.Although the nominal owner of the capital is Han Xiandi Liu Xie, everything is in the hands of Cao Cao.

——Who would dare to act rashly in Xudu?

Cao Zhi pressed his forehead to stop these speculations.Because he suddenly thought of it, his father is still in Xuzhou at the moment, and Xu is definitely beyond his reach.

If someone wants to deal with the Cao family secretly, isn't this the best time?

The guard is useless, and neither is the father.At this moment, he can only rely on himself who has just recovered from a serious illness to face these unknown opponents.

Cao Zhi thought for a while, kneaded some snow balls, wrapped them in his coat, and threw them to the other side.Then he imitated the cat and meowed a few times vividly.

Clothes rolled across the snow, making a small sound.The four of them suddenly stared at them, seeing that there was only such a group in their sight, and there was a "meow meow", so they resumed talking and laughing before, and ignored it.

Seeing that the clothes had successfully rolled into the crack of the door and scattered, Cao Zhi made a victory sign in his heart.He crouched down and hid in a corner.In addition to a large piece of garbage, there is also a bamboo basket here, hiding his small enough body.

In the past few days, the city of Xu County has been blocked by heavy snow. In the afternoon, people cleared the main road of the temple fair, but the other roads were still covered with snow.Moreover, there are few pedestrians in the cold weather, and there are very few footprints on the remote trails that Cao Zhi walked.

Fortunately, there is no moon tonight.And because of the sparse population, these places have not yet been lit.

Cao Zhi waited for a long time before he saw that the people he saw earlier had arrived at the gate of the city.

Cao Zhi silently counted twelve of them by the light of the fire.

Or maybe more than that, there should still be people searching for him in the crowd.

They talked for a while, and someone with sharp eyes picked up the brocade clothes he had deliberately discarded at the door, and they argued fiercely for a while.Then eight people continued to search, leaving four people guarding the door.

Cao Zhi discovered that these four people were no longer the previous four.

Cao Zhi is safe for now.

None of them would have guessed now that the child they were looking for was in the garbage dump right under their noses.But they always react.This period of time will not be long - when the eight people come back, he will really come to the end.

——He can use this time to think about who it is.

His trip this time was completely unexpected, and the only people who knew about it were his mother and second brother.

Who is it?

It was freezing cold.

Cao Zhi lost his coat, leaving only a jacket on his body.

He huddled in the garbage dump, smelling the smell all over his body, his body was getting colder and colder, but he was not in a hurry.

Suddenly there was an undeniable stench in the bitter cold wind, mixed with the smell of these garbage, Cao Zhi was so disgusted that he almost vomited out his dinner.

The four guards in front of the city gate also smelled the stench at this time.

The four of them spurted out the wine they drank, and one of them couldn't help shouting: "What is it, give it to me!"

Then they saw a car approaching slowly from a distance in the snowy night.

If a car passes by in the middle of the night, it will definitely attract many people's curiosity.But this car not only won't attract any onlookers, even pedestrians are afraid to avoid it.

——This is Yexiang's car.

The four of them had expressions of agitation before, but now they looked like they had swallowed Ye Xiang.

When the dilapidated car approached slowly, the leader stopped him: "Have you ever seen a child?"

The driver of the car has a wicked look.Seeing that today's situation is different from the past, he trembled a little in his heart: "The villain only has Ye Xiang, and I have never seen any children. Can children still hide in the cesspit..."

"Fuck you!" Hearing the disgust he said, one person cursed and raised his hand to slap him.

But his hand didn't fall after all, it was grabbed by another person and made a look.The man changed his posture embarrassingly, and waved his hand: "Why is your Yexiang so stinky?"

"Uh... the villain's lid is broken, so I just found something to cover it tonight, which surprised the adults. How about... the villain invites the adults to drink?" the person pushing the cart saw. The man stopped beating him, and picked up the wine gourd at his waist, flattering and handing it to the dissuading one.The man was smoked by his hand at close range without being able to defend himself, and he felt his stomach tumbling rapidly.He spat out with a "wow" and roared, "Get out!"

The other three laughed out loud.

The man waved his whip tremblingly, and the donkey quickly disappeared into the night in pain.

The donkey was not going fast, and the wheels left two deep ruts in the snow.After an unknown amount of time, the road became more and more bumpy, and the man finally stopped the car.

The first thing he did when he got out of the car was not to unload the car and put Ye Xiang on, then squatted down, and yelled at the bottom of the car: "Hello!"

With a "poof", something fell into the snow.

This is a little boy carved in jade.Earlier, he used his hands and feet to climb under the car and hid all the way here.Getting up now, seeing the man frowning and looking at him displeasedly, he smiled with the cutest expression.

He has tried countless times.Once he showed such a smile, everyone except a certain villain would let his guard down.

The man laughed.He smiled for a while, and gave a pertinent evaluation: "It's really stupid."

"..."

This child is Cao Zhi.

He used his clothes to pretend he was out of town.But his intention was not to draw them out of the city, on the contrary he was telling them that he was still in the city.

And when they all thought he was really in the city, he had to try his best to get out of the city as soon as possible.

——He had to hide until dawn, the only way to go out of the city was the most correct.

At dawn, Xu Du will be Xu Du of his Cao family.

Cao Zhi quickly suppressed his smile.

The man sat leaning against the car, his legs raised high.He took a sip of his wine and said casually: "Boy, I don't care who you are, just get out of here while the boss is in a good mood."

Cao Zhi didn't answer.Instead of answering, he asked the man a question: "How do you know I'm hiding in your car?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" The man spat his saliva all over his face unceremoniously.Cao Zhi wiped his face, wondering if he had been with Ye Xiang for a long time, he only felt that his hands were smelly. "Labor and capital have pushed all the way, when did Ye Xiang become heavier, I don't know?"

After he finished speaking, regardless of Cao Zhi's reaction, he leaned on the car and drank the wine leisurely.