[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

When Cao Pi learned about this, Cao Cao had already sent people back to Xuchang.He followed Xun Yu into the palace and arrested Concubine Dong Gui, who was also a conspiracy, for the crime of treason.Emperor Xian begged bitterly, asking Cao Pi to tell Cao Cao to spare her death on the grounds that Concubine Dong Gui was pregnant.After hearing this, Cao Pi naturally appeased Emperor Xian and said that he would truthfully report the matter to his father and still put the imperial concubine in prison.

This night in Xuchang was spent in the midst of massacres, the people almost thought that Yuan Shao had killed them.The next day, Emperor Xian saw that most of the familiar officials had disappeared, and the guards were all new faces, so he couldn't help crying.

Cao Zhi seemed to have never heard of this shocking change, so he wrote calmly, and today's post is completed.

After he fell off his horse, he asked Cao Pi to teach him how to write, and the time was set for an hour after the meal.Later, he practiced martial arts with Wang Qi, so he pushed the time to night.

In the past two years, Cao Pi never thought that Cao Zhi could persist until now.Except for the first few days when Wang Qi beat him badly, Cao Zhi practiced calligraphy almost without interruption.

Although Cao Pi has always taught him, Cao Zhi's calligraphy is not like him.From a few words, we can see the combination of rigidity and softness, and the degree of straightness.If you want to wait for Cao Zhi to be old, you can have a strong character.

At this time, the guards came in a hurry to report the news that Concubine Cao Pi and Dong Guifei could not endure the hardships in prison and hanged herself to death.

When Cao Pi heard this, he ordered the people to retreat without changing his face.But when the child looked at it, he found that his eyes were complicated and difficult to distinguish.

Cao Zhi blinked.

Cao Pi quickly returned to his senses.He turned his head to stare at his child, and suddenly asked for some reason: "Fourth brother, do you...do you think the second brother is too cruel?"

Cao Zhi was amused in his heart, but his face was still innocent.He put the brush away, shook Cao Pi's hand and said with concern: "How can the second brother be cruel?"

Cao Pi smiled when he heard this.He couldn't say how he was feeling at the moment, but he just held the child's soft little hand, and felt inexplicably warm: "Three days ago, the second brother imprisoned a weak pregnant woman in the dungeon, causing her to die... Sigh .”

Cao Zhi thought about it for a long while, and then said: "Maybe the second brother is cruel to the woman and the woman's family, but to the younger brother, the second brother is a good second brother."

To him, Cao Pi is just a young man with ideals and high spirits.He has never treated himself badly for anything, so why is he cruel?

Cao Pi sighed when he heard the words, although his face was still sad, but there was a look of relief: "Yes, to them, the second brother is naturally a cruel person. Father handed Xuchang to the second brother, if the second brother is soft-hearted But if you lose Xuchang, how can you be worthy of your father?"

Cao Zhi smiled and said yes.

When Cao Pi said this, he felt worried again.He let go of the child's hand, walked to the window and looked in the direction of Guandu, and sighed after a long time: "In the past, the father welcomed the emperor to bring peace to the world. Han rebels, now that the enemy is at hand, it is really redundant to pay attention to the emperor..."

At this time, there was a crescent moon in the sky, and the silver light sprinkled all over the city.It's a pity that even this Cao Mansion can't fit in the end of his eyes, so what's the use of worrying.

He looked at it for a long time, until the night wind cooled his face before regaining his senses.Turning his head, he saw the child staring at him quietly.The light reflected on his face, half-bright and half-dark, and the clear eyes were stained with an indescribable depth.

He couldn't help touching the child's head, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I don't need you to talk about this, the second brother is just a mediocre person."

After saying that, I went out and went back to the yard in the dark.

Cao Zhi looked at his back, and focused his eyes on a poem written by the young man as a demonstration.

"The long autumn nights are long, the strong north wind is cool. Tossing and turning can't sleep, I put on my clothes and start to hesitate. I have been wandering for a long time, and the white dew stains my clothes. I look down at the clear water waves and look up at the bright moonlight. The grass and insects are so sad, the lone goose flies south alone. Depressed and sad, I miss my hometown. I wish to fly with wings, and I want to help the river without beams. Sigh to the wind and cut off my intestines."

When Yuan Shao's army was approaching, most of the people looked sad and thought that the day was never over.Cao Pi saw it and wrote this poem.

Just like today, I will feel sad for the death of Dong Guiren-it is undeniable that Cao Pi is an extremely sensitive person. Perhaps because he is proficient in poetry and poetry, he has the common sadness of the past and the present among literati and poets.

It's hard to say whether this kind of relationship is good or bad. After all, Cao Pi is still a cruel person in his bones.

For example, if Emperor Xian begged so hard, if Cao Pi had been softer, he would have imprisoned Dong Guiren beside Emperor Xian instead of being imprisoned immediately.With this kind of sympathy, it is difficult to change Cao Pi's decision.

But for a 14-year-old boy, such a state of mind is so rare.At least when he was 14 years old, he might not be much stronger.

...when he was 14?

Messy pictures flashed through my mind, and when I concentrated on recalling again, there was nothing left.

When he first woke up, he felt that he was not a child, nor a member of the Cao family.To this day, although his memory is still chaotic and pale, he can confirm this guess.

These days he started to have some messy dreams, in which he was in a strange but familiar environment.There are many high-rise buildings and criss-crossing roads, which are not the same as the situation here.There are still blurred faces in the dream, and sometimes I can even call out their names when I wake up, but I can't express the sadness or resentment in my heart.

In myths and stories, it is always said that after a person dies, cross the Naihe Bridge and drink Mengpo soup before he can be reincarnated.Maybe he didn't have time to drink the whole bowl of Mengpo soup, and he came into this body.

Probably can't go back, Cao Zhi thought so.From now on, he can only live as Cao Zhi.

Years later, the scene remains the same, and the joy is gone.

A few days ago, the officials ordered to be killed by the imperial court caused disturbances all over Xuchang, and people panicked.The common people gathered together day and night to discuss the battle at the front and speculate on the outcome of the battle.Just at this time, another piece of news came out faintly, making it even more turbulent, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.

——Cao Cao disregarded Yuan Shao's covetous eyes, and turned to conquer Liu Bei.

The whole city is in panic!

People are usually foolish.Of course, the emperor far away in the palace may be more ignorant than them.

As a result of the ignorance of the people, Xuchang almost fell into chaos. Fortunately, Xun Yu was still in charge, so the people dispersed and returned home.

Cao Zhi followed Cao Pi to stand on the city wall to watch the chaos, although his expression remained unchanged, he was no less worried than them.

He heard from Yang Xiu that Liu Bei was originally unwilling to ally with Emperor Xian.Later, Cao Cao and Liu Bei "cooked wine and talked about heroes" and said, "Today's heroes are only envoys and cao ears. There are not enough disciples at the beginning." Liu Bei knew that Cao Cao could not tolerate himself, so he conspired with Dong Cheng and others.

Such a hero, how can he be against him now?

When Cao Pi saw Xun Yu approaching, he bowed to thank him first, and asked, "Yuan Shao is in front, and the enemy is already strong and we are weak. The situation is precarious. Now that Liu Bei is at the side, our army is surrounded by all sides. If Liu Bei joins hands with Yuan Shao to attack Father, our army is no longer able to deal with a strong enemy head-on, so how can we separate our troops and horses to fight on both sides?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Yes."

Cao Pi and Cao Zhi said respectfully: "I would like to hear the details."

The key point is that although Cao Zhi can think of one or two, he can't say it.Not only can't he say it, but he should hear it from others.

Xun Yu stroked his beard and said calmly, "Liu Bei fled to Pei County, which will be disadvantageous to our army. But in other words, Liu Bei's arrival in Pei County is now unstable and the people's hearts are not attached, so this matter should not be delayed. Only then can we defeat Liu Bei in one fell swoop! As for Yuan Shao, he is a late and suspicious man, and he will never come quickly, so he will never attack Liu Bei while our army is attacking him."

When Cao Zhi heard the words, he seemed to suddenly realize.

He and Cao Pi looked at each other, saluted Xun Yu, and asked about the battle carefully.

The battlefield is changing rapidly. Only by grasping the people's hearts and the many prerequisites of the situation can we plan a strategy and win a hundred battles.

Sure enough, a few days after Xun Yu finished speaking, news came that Liu Bei's entire army was defeated and fled to Hebei in a hurry.

The hearts of the people in the city are at ease.

In the second month of spring, Yuan Shao divided his troops into Baima and personally led the troops to Liyang to cross the Yellow River.In April, Cao Cao pretended to attack Yuan Shao's back, attacked the white horse with light soldiers, and killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang.Yuan Shao pursued in a rage, Cao Cao beheaded the general Wen Chou and captured many people alive.After Cao Cao returned to Guandu, Yuan Shao's army marched to guard Yangwu.

Victory in the first battle!The relatives and friends of Xuchang people hugged each other and wept with joy.

The depression in Cao's mansion seemed to have eased a bit, and Cao Zhi felt that Bian was smiling more.

Since Yang Xiu expressed his support for Cao Zhi's fight for the heir that day, he has returned to his previous arrogant attitude, without any clues, as if that situation was actually just Cao Zhi's imagination.

It's just that these days I often discuss the frontline war with him-not so much a discussion, it's better that the child asks questions unilaterally, and he explains unilaterally.

In fact, Cao Zhi didn't want to think about questions all day long to ask Yang Xiu if he could.But since the last time, Xun Yu would always test them. He could not say too much, but also had to say nothing, so he had no choice but to focus on Yang Xiu.

At this moment, Cao Zhi asked half-truths and half-false questions: "Last time, Mr. taught the students that the war must be fought in one go, then weakened, and finally exhausted. Now that our army has won a complete victory in the first battle, why don't we attack Wuyang in one go, but fight with Yuan Shao's army?" Can't stand it?"

Yang Xiu was too lazy to find out if the little ghost really didn't know.He closed his eyes and played the piano, as if he was indulging in the sound of the piano, it took a long time before he softly uttered two words: "grain and grass."

Cao Zhi thought for a moment, and said happily: "Yes, our army is short of food and grass, but Yuan Shao has plenty of food and grass. If our army's food is exhausted and Yuan Jun turns to attack, we will only be defeated." He paused and asked again: " Does the gentleman have a solution?"

The sound of the piano is clanging, and the killing is cold and solemn: "Destroy his grain cart, cut off his grain, and the thief can be captured."

Cao Zhi clapped his hands and sighed: "Listening to what Mr. said, a student is better than ten years of reading."

As soon as his final note fell, the piano sound gradually died down.

Yang Xiu opened his eyes.His eyes are dark and deep, covered with an abyss that one dare not look directly at.But the child looked at him with an indescribable innocence in his eyes.He smiled.

He put the piano on the desk, and laid out a sheet of music, satisfied with the child's perplexed expression: "Do you still remember the song I played just now?"

Cao Zhi's sense of crisis suddenly rose, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "... I don't remember."

Yang Xiu said, "It doesn't matter if I don't remember."

"gentlemen……?"

"Fourth Young Master is so talented, I think you can't be troubled by a little song. I'll give you three days—after three days, I want to hear the complete song."

"...but sir, I have never learned the piano!"

Yang Xiu raised his eyebrows lightly: "Didn't I teach you just now?"

Cao Zhi was dumbfounded.

——He just taught me a lesson, didn't this guy play for himself before?

——Revenge, it's definitely a red-letter revenge!

Just when Cao Zhi was holding the Changqin bitterly to find his second brother, something happened in Jiangdong, which shocked the whole world.

——Sun Ce heard that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were in a stalemate, so he planned to attack Xuchang.This plan has not yet been launched and was killed by an assassin.

Chaos began in Jiangdong.