[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

Probably because of the fright and the cold wind blowing in the middle of the night, when Cao Cao returned with his army an hour later, Cao Zhi found that Guo Jia was having a fever.First asked Hua Tuo to take a look, and found that it was just a cold, so everyone was relieved.

Back in Jiangling, Hua Tuo was busy rescuing the disabled soldiers who had returned from Chibi, and Cao Zhi would often nest in Guo Jia's room, under the pretense of taking care of his teacher.

After Guo Jia finished drinking the medicine, Cao Zhi took the medicine bowl and ordered the servant to take it down.Looking at Cao Zhi's skillful movements, he felt an uncontrollable inexplicable emotion in his heart, which slowly flowed through his body.

Guo Jia said gratefully: "The fourth son saved it again next time. Thank you for your great kindness. No matter what the fourth master has in the future, I will go through fire and water."

Cao Zhi paused.

Guo Jia also said this sentence before, but now compared to before, there is something missing.He tentatively asked, "Even if he is the son of the world?"

Guo Jia smiled: "We need to see if the fourth son really has the heart to fight for the son?"

Cao Zhi touched his nose: "Actually, students still like the sentence that Mr. once said, 'except for the position of the son'."

Guo Jia took a deep breath.

He stared at Cao Zhi, he didn't know what to think, and there was a little regret in his eyes: "Why are you so kind to me?"

Cao Zhi narrowed his eyes.

He showed a innocent and harmless smile: "If I treat my husband better, would you be willing to promise me with my body?"

Guo Jia's eyes twitched for a moment.

He leaned lightly on the bed and looked at Cao Zhi for a long time.Seeing the young man staring at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Fourth Young Master, how old are you this year?"

Cao Zhi thought for a long time, but said uncertainly, "...Seventeen?"

Guo Jia raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that the fourth son can't even remember his own age?"

Cao Zhi smiled shyly and said, "Actually, the student is afraid that the master will think that the student is too young to be a good match. Therefore, the student hesitated for a long time—whether to tell the older age, or to tell the truth."

Guo Jia heard this, looked Cao Zhi up and down, looked at his immature face for a long time, and then smiled: "So the fourth son finally came to a conclusion?"

Cao Zhi eloquently said: "In fact, age is not a problem. In fact, the students still think that we are just the right age. Now the husband is in the prime of life, and the students have grown up; the husband is weak and sick, but the student is healthy and can take care of the husband... ...By the way, sir, you have been with me for a long time, do you feel that you have returned to your youth?"

Guo Jia stared at the almost complacent expression on his face, his eyes were dark and deep, as if revealing the temptation to lead people into the abyss: "Oh, I really feel very young."

This sentence is still ambiguously joking or affirmative.

Cao Zhi shut up and said helplessly, "Sir, is it really okay for you to talk to me in such a soothing tone?"

Guo Jia paused and said meaningfully: "You are only 17 years old."

Cao Zhi said: "Actually, I am 37, do you believe it?"

Guo Jia looked at him like a fool.

Cao Zhi threw himself into Guo Jia's bed: "Whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway."

Guo Jia was noncommittal and just patted him on the shoulder.

He naturally felt Cao Zhi's kindness to him.He originally thought that Cao Zhi was getting close to him for the position of the son, but later he realized that he seemed to be a little bit off-Cao Zhi was kind to him because he liked him? !

Guo Jia suddenly felt dumbfounded.

He is over 30 years old, not only his appearance is not rare in the world, but he is no longer young.Rather than saying that Cao Zhi likes him, it is better to think that Cao Zhi is too young, and it is inevitable to have a little admiration for outstanding people.This kind of admiration was confused with liking when he was ignorant of his youth, making Cao Zhi think it was liking and infatuation.

Who doesn't do something out of the ordinary as a teenager?As someone who has experienced it, Guo Jia naturally figured it out immediately.This kind of problem seems difficult to deal with, but it is also very simple: wait a year or two for Cao Zhi to have a wife and children, and it will naturally be solved.I don't know if Cao Zhi recalled that he likes him now, would it be embarrassing?

Guo Jia thought about it, and sighed slightly: "Young people don't know what it's like to be sad."

Cao Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then heard Guo Jia say: "You make me feel uncomfortable, so get up quickly."

Cao Zhi rubbed against the quilt before getting up reluctantly, and Guo Jia couldn't help but reached out and knocked him on the head again.

He didn't let out a breath until he closed the door of Guo Jia's room, half joyful and half helpless in his heart.

He naturally felt Guo Jia's closeness to him these days.Shang was secretly rejoicing, how could he have received a blow to the head.

——Guo Jia seems to have understood what he likes.Not only did I understand, but I also took this kind of liking as "rebellious middle school sophomores, mistaken admiration for true love"!

Cao Zhi can also be sure that from now on, no matter how he pretends to be stupid and cute, Guo Jia will spontaneously and consciously think that he is a young man, and then laugh it off.

Fuck your sister and pass it with a smile!Cao Zhi burst into tears.

It's been half a year of being cute and stupid, and I'm back before liberation.

His methods of pursuing people are not smart enough, and the enemy is even more incapable now, Cao Zhi is almost at the end of his rope!

How should he change his strategy and continue to pursue?

Could it be that the tiger's body was shocked, and then he smiled wildly at Guo Jia's charm, and then Guo Jia could be dazzled by himself?

"..." Thinking of Cao Zhi like this, he already had a sense of horror of a tiger's body shaking.

He finally took a step forward with his head down, and then he heard a familiar sneering voice: "How much money did the Fourth Young Master pick up?"

He looked up, and the counselor in front of him was wrapped in a blue cloak.He stood in the dark world, like the cool sky in August.

Cao Zhi saluted first, and then showed a forced smile: "Mr. is joking again."

Yang Xiu stood with his hands behind his back.

He looked at Cao Zhi's reluctance, and thought of his almost desperate attitude to protect Guo Jia a few days ago, which almost blinded him.

He seemed to understand something, but he couldn't understand anything. He finally sneered and said, "Why doesn't Fourth Young Master walk with his head held high for money? Could it be that he did something wrong?"

"..." Cao Zhi was troubled.

He hesitated for a long time, and said helplessly, "Actually, heck, the student wants to ask Mr. a question."

"Say."

"Uh... this question seems a bit personal. If the husband doesn't want to answer, the student won't ask."

Yang Xiu raised his eyebrows and turned to leave.

Cao Zhi was speechless.He caught up with the teacher in front of him in three steps at a time, and said: "Sir, have you ever liked someone?"

Yang Xiu paused.He glanced at Cao Zhi and sneered, "What does it have to do with you?"

Cao Zhi smiled flatteringly: "What kind of person do you like?"

Yang Xiu narrowed his eyes: "Why do you ask like that?"

Cao Zhi blinked: "Ah, the students are a little curious about Mr.'s... hobbies."

Yang Xiu stared into his eyes, as clear and humble as before.But he knew that these were all illusions, this person pretended to be too consummate, and if he wanted to show grief in the next moment, no one would suspect him.

But he asked such a weird question.

Naturally, he wouldn't be so stupid as to think that Cao Zhi was really curious about what kind of person he liked.Then Cao Zhi asked this question because he wanted to infer from his words that he was the same age, or that the person Cao Zhi liked was about the same age... Or could he still speculate that the person he liked was actually a man!

Yang Xiu's pupils tightened, and after a while, they all turned into jokes that seemed to be half-smiles.

——Cao Zhi likes Guo Jia?

Oh, how interesting? !

Yang Xiu closed his eyes to hide the sarcasm, stretched out his hand and flicked his fingertips.

Then he slowly said: "To be a teacher's favorite person, you don't have to be beautiful, but you must be knowledgeable about books and etiquette, and be able to talk about poetry and songs with your teacher; you must be virtuous and virtuous, and be able to properly arrange everything at home; you must be gentle Careful, able to take good care of our children. There is no need for us to treat each other as guests, we may quarrel occasionally, and we will always be on the same page for the rest of our lives..."

When Yang Xiu said this, he paused.Then he looked down at his lower body, with a half-smile on his face: "Of course, these are not important."

Cao Zhi lowered his head following his gaze, already having an ominous premonition in his heart.He immediately stopped and said, "Sir, no need..."

Sure enough, he was only halfway through when he heard Yang Xiu say calmly: "The most important thing is - that person is a woman!"

"..." Cao Zhi wanted to cry but had no tears.

At the beginning of December in Jingzhou, the city is full of snow.

When Hua Tuo judged that the soldiers had the disease, he took three major measures: first, isolate everyone, then burn all the clothes worn by these soldiers, and finally followed Cao Zhi's suggestion to take vinegar and sprinkle it on each tent every day.

The last point may seem useless, but Cao Zhi vowed, and Hua Tuo ordered the soldiers to do so with the mentality that it might be useful.

Under these three measures, no more people in the army were infected, and most of the infected soldiers did not experience aggravation of the disease.Cao Cao originally thought that the disease was no problem for them, but on the sixth day after returning from Chibi, thousands of soldiers died.

And this is not the end.The epidemic lasted for nearly ten days, and nearly [-] people died.

Standing on a tall building overlooking the corpses everywhere, Cao Cao almost staggered and fell down.

Forty thousand soldiers and horses...

Forty thousand corpses...

These people gathered together for his ambition to pacify the world, and came to establish Jingzhou for him—they should return with glory, or die in battle, but neither of these is their final destination!

They actually died in this epidemic? !

How could Cao Cao believe it, would he be willing?

He is so unwilling!

However, the matter has come to this point, even if he is not reconciled, he will not be able to save the lives of these soldiers.He couldn't even collect their corpses and send them back to their hometown, he could only burn them.

Cao Cao slowly raised his head and closed his eyes, as if closing his eye sockets tightly so that the tears in his eyes would never fall.

In December of the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao was defeated, so he led his army back to Xuchang.

Before he went back, he asked Guo Jia for his views on the general situation of the world. When Guo Jia joined him 12 years ago, he also heard Guo Jia's analysis, and since then he has taken a fancy to him.

Cao Cao ordered Cao Zhi to listen in, so as to understand the general situation of the world.

Guo Jia first elaborated on the reasons for the defeat, and then analyzed the current situation among the three. Finally, he said: "Sun Quan and Liu Bei are like Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang after Yuan Shao passed away. If the lords are too aggressive, they will join forces to resist our army. And If the lord is allowed to be free, there will be endless internal turmoil."

Cao Cao nodded when he heard this: "That's right, both of these two have the heart to conquer the world. Under the pressure of Gu, they can only stand in the land of Jiangdong and compete for the land of Jingzhou and even Xichuan. If there is no Gu in the world, these two must be Disputes continue. But if one party is sent out alone, the other party will also let go of their grievances and join hands with them to fight against the orphan."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "My lord is wise."

Cao Cao sneered: "Guo Fengxiao, Guo Fengxiao, are you really praising Gu? If Gu is really wise, how could he still fall into Huang Gai's trick after sending him to the Cai brothers!"

Guo Jia's smile didn't change: "My lord didn't see it, and Guo Jia never saw it through. Therefore, in Guo Jia's eyes, my lord is naturally wise."

Cao Cao waved his hands and laughed, and skipped the topic: "So you think Gu will have to endure for a few more years?"

Guo Jia wrote a horoscope: "The longest is ten years, and the shortest is eight years."

Cao Cao took a deep breath: "Ten years..."

Guo Jia smiled and said nothing.

Seeing Cao Cao's sad face, Cao Zhi bowed and said, "My son also has something to say."

"Say."

Cao Zhi followed Guo Jia's thoughts and said: "The great Han has declined, and the princes from all walks of life have shown their strength. The world is already dilapidated. Now the north is unified in the hands of my father, and the south is contested by Sun Quan, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang and others. There will still be endless wars. Therefore What if my father used these years to rectify the four states, unify the laws and regulations, plow the border to stockpile grain, reduce and exempt taxes, and recuperate... After eight years, my father will be rich and strong, but they are tired of fighting for years."

"At that time, my father will send his troops to the south. Even if Sun Quan and Liu Bei join forces, it may be difficult to match my father's prestige."

When Cao Cao heard this, he clapped his palms and said happily, "Okay, good! Good——!"

He said hello three times in a row, and with just three words, the worries these days have been swept away!

Cao Cao is by no means a person who cannot afford to lose.On the contrary, even if Sun Quan and Liu Bei rise up this time, in his opinion, it is nothing more than that.

He also has Qingyou and the four states, regardless of the city, the people, and the tax, it is still several times that of Sun Quan and Liu Bei.The imperial court is still in Xuchang, in his hands!

Now Sun Quan and Liu Bei still want to annex other states to expand and stabilize their strength, but he doesn't need it!He has coerced the emperor to order the world, who dares not to obey?And if the pre-war glory can really be restored in these eight years, how can Sun Quan and Liu Bei resist?

Even if he can't pacify the south in his lifetime, his descendants will surely follow in his footsteps, and it's too difficult to level it!

He was in no rush, not at all.

On the fourth day of the first month of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao returned home.

The New Year's weather has not passed, and thousands of families in Xuchang are especially jubilant.But only Cao's mansion was solemn and solemn, and there was even the sound of weeping, which could be heard endlessly.

Seeing Cao Cao's return, Mrs. Huan rushed out of the gate almost suddenly, and even crawled to Cao Cao's face. Tears kept falling, and her beautiful eyes were swollen badly: "Master, please save our Chong'er!"

Cao Zhi shook his fingertips.

Cao Chong... isn't it good?