[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

The snow has all fallen.The second day's weather was exceptionally clear.

When Cao Pi found Sima Yi, he was fishing again.As a matter of fact, Sima Yi had to set aside a period of time to go fishing when he was on holidays, when he didn't visit friends and didn't go home.Although Cao Pi has fished with him many times, it is the first time in such a cold winter.

So Cao Pi stood aside and looked at it for a while, and asked: "It's very cold in winter, can you really catch fish, sir?"

Sima Yi said calmly: "As long as there are fish in the river, as long as you want to fish, there is always a way to catch fish."

After saying that, his fishing rod suddenly bent.He bent the corners of his lips, and suddenly retracted the pole.

A big fat fish was thrown to the shore with a "slap".Sima Yi Shi Ran took out the hook, but the fish was still struggling and slapped the ground with its tail until it made a big snow pit before losing its strength.

Cao Pi closed his eyes and showed a weak smile: "It turns out that the master already knows what happened last night."

Sima Yi sighed.

Cao Pi remained silent.

After a long while, Sima Yi threw the bait into the lake again: "This matter is not Zhu Shuo's fault alone. Both the minister and Ziwen were negligent."

Cao Pi smiled bitterly and said: "Although I am angry, this matter has nothing to do with Mr., why should Mr. blame himself."

Sima Yi shook his head.

Previously, he felt that Guo Jia was a person with a deep mind, which was hard to fathom.What is worthy of recognition is that a smart person like him will never favor anyone in front of Cao Cao.

However, this is only the surface.

A word from a wise man can usually have many meanings.Although no one except Cao Cao knew what Guo Jia said, but judging from Cao Zhi's trap last night, most of them were biased towards Cao Pi, but there were hidden dangers buried.

Or maybe Cao Cao originally wanted Cao Pi in his heart, but he was shaken by Guo Jia's words.

Sima Yi should have guessed these things.But he didn't guess it.Maybe it's because An Yi has been in trouble for too long that his brain is not working well, maybe he doesn't take Cao Zhi seriously from the bottom of his heart.

In any case, the fault has been cast.After such a commotion, even if Cao Cao still favors Cao Pi, he probably won't have a son in a short time, and it's time for him to re-evaluate the opponent's strength.

Cao Pi also sighed.

He sat down beside Sima Yi, still feeling a little apprehensive.

Cao Ang died on the battlefield many years ago, and he already knew that Cao Cao's position in the future must belong to him.Even if Cao Chong, who was like a child prodigy, and even Cao Zhi's strange rise later, he never had the slightest doubt.

But today, Cao Pi was actually a little scared.

Because Cao Cao's expression is really too calm.

In the morning, he served Cao Cao together with Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang. Cao Cao's demeanor and actions were no different from usual.Even the eyes are full of warmth and kindness that has only recently appeared.

Inexplicably made Cao Pi feel terrible.

Sima Yi stared sideways at him.

The young man beside him was not wearing thin clothes, and his face was actually a little pale despite the warm sunshine.

He slowly raised his hand and placed it on top of Cao Pi's.His hands were slightly cold, just like his expression, which was unbearable.Sima Yi closed his eyes, and said softly: "Since Guo Jia doesn't want to be used by Mr. Pi, why not ask Master Jia Xu for advice."

While this matter was still lingering in Cao Pi's mind, another bad news came from the south.

In November of the 20th year of Jian'an, Sun Quan led an army of [-] to conquer Hefei when he heard that Cao Cao was seriously ill.Soon, Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin and others to lead [-] troops to fight Sun Quan.He also gave Zhang Liao a letter, urging Zhang Liao and others to act according to the plan in the letter if Sun Quan attacked Hefei.

During this time, Cao Zhang requested to fight, but Cao Cao rejected it.

Spring Festival is finally here.

This year, the snow in Yecheng was still falling in succession in winter, and at the end of the year, the whole Yecheng was covered with white water and sky, which was a bit dazzling when looking up.But it seemed to have buried everything, even what happened that night between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, was buried in this snow, and as spring approached, it would melt into spring water, gradually seep into the ground and no one would know about it.

Cao Cao's body gradually recovered. When Cao Zhi and Cao Pi served in front of him, his expression was always impeccable and loving, as if he never knew the quarrels between his sons.

He felt that he was in good health, so he refused to lie on the bed, refused to have a craniotomy, and refused to drink medicine.He began to go to court to deal with affairs, and Hua Tuo was only allowed to give him acupuncture once every three days.

Occasionally, someone would mention Li Shizi, but they would eventually be silent in Cao Cao's unclear smile.

Cao Cao seems to have forgotten that he called Guo Jia to discuss the matter of his son.Of course, if he really forgot, Guo Jia would never remind him.

Because what Guo Jia wanted to do, he had already done it!

This is a Spring Festival similar to usual, and most officials in Yecheng returned to Xudu with Cao Cao.Listen to the emperor's commendation to everyone, attend the emperor's night banquet, then chat and drink, increase the relationship between colleagues, and this year has passed like this.

On the first day of the new year, there was no moonlight in the night.There are only stars scattered in the sky, shining with dazzling light.

In the middle of the night, Cao Cao was drunk.A group of people embraced him and sent him back to the mansion. Cao Zhi ordered someone to invite Hua Tuo to perform acupuncture on Cao Cao to ensure that he could sleep peacefully until the afternoon of the next day before quietly retreating out.

Then, Cao Zhi said goodbye to his brothers and went back to his room to sleep.

But he did not go back, but turned back to the garden of the banquet.

After Cao Cao and the emperor left the field, the officials had almost left one after another.Only two or three sporadic people were left, drunk on the table.

Cao Zhi ordered someone to send them back to the mansion, and then walked towards the corner.

The cold wind blows on the New Year's Eve, and it is always a bit cold on people's faces.Perhaps it was because of the large number of people before that everyone did not feel the cold.At this moment, when the crowd dispersed, the warmth in the garden was swept away, leaving only the bone-chilling cold.

He had already walked to the corner, untied his cloak, and carefully wrapped it around the person lying on the table.Then he half hugged and half supported the man, and walked into the light.

The person he was holding was naturally Guo Jia.

Xu was used to the gloomy light in the corner, Guo Jia frowned and shrunk his face into Cao Zhi's shoulder vaguely, causing Cao Zhi to chuckle helplessly.

Guo Jia hadn't drank for a long time, so why did he get so drunk this time?

Unable to get to the bottom of the matter, Cao Zhi sent him to the courtyard where he used to live, waved away the crowd, washed his face, and wiped his body.He lit a lamp, and the dim light jumped on Guo Jia's face, brewing a silent temptation.

Cao Zhi looked at it for a long time, stroking his cheeks that were a little red from drunkenness.

He is 24 years old, and Guo Jia is no longer young.

These days Cao Cao gave up the idea of ​​establishing a son, and planned to re-examine him and Cao Pi.This is not his victory, it can only be said that he and Cao Pi have finally stood on the same starting line, and even the brothers behind him have unexpectedly gained his father's attention... He still has no chance of winning.

Because he is still missing one thing compared to Cao Pi.

Young and old...

This was a fact that he could not ignore no matter how hard he tried, as time seemed to slow but was actually fast and firm, and as Cao Cao's physical strength and energy gradually faded away, he became more and more impatient and fearful.

His hand has touched the lips of the person under him.

How many years does he have to waste?

Thinking of this, he felt unspeakable sadness in his heart.

I used to think that I could be satisfied as long as I watched silently, but later I couldn't help pursuing it, and now I have to regret that I can't change my age.

I am not born, but I am old.

He came back to his senses, leaned over and pressed a light kiss.

It's already very good, I have already got this person, and I can't complain any more.

Thinking like this, he suppressed the pain in his eyes, tucked the blanket for him, made sure that he would not be frozen, turned around and wanted to go back.

But he stopped again.

Because he thought that someone who was so drunk was holding his hand tightly.When he turned his head back, he showed a lazy, gentle smile that smelled of alcohol: "It's late at night, are you really...won't you stay?"

Cao Zhi opened his eyes wide, and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.

The lights in the room flickered on and off, and Cao Zhi looked at Guo Jia in a daze under the dim light.

Guo Jia was still smiling.

He always has a smile on his face.Whether it is the gentle and alienated smile facing the world, or the confident smile that knows everything well when talking and laughing, they are all so dazzling.At this time, his lazy, even charming smile made Cao Zhi look like a fool, standing there blankly, staring at him like a hungry wolf with green eyes when meeting a little white rabbit. he.

Staring at him for a moment.

After a long time, Guo Jia's smile finally paused.

After laughing for so long, his mind, which had been eroded by the wine and seemed muddy, gradually sobered up.Maybe it was just an instinctive desire to get closer to Cao Zhi before, and get closer.But now the restlessness and longing in his body are clearly telling him that he wants to completely integrate with this stupid young man in front of him.

I want to be completely integrated with him, I want to make him crazy about him, I want to leave an indelible evidence on his young and fit body... Conquer or be conquered, until we can no longer tell each other!

Guo Jia let out a breath, suppressed the beating frequency of his heart, which was almost uncontrollable, and slightly suppressed his smile.

Because of this reaction, it seems a bit wrong.

... Could it be the way he smiled?

Guo Jia raised his eyebrows.He looked at the young man who was stuck in front of him and couldn't move a step, and decisively denied the answer.

Or... don't know what to do?

Tsk, can't it?

I have to say that Guo Jia once again told the truth.

But he didn't know that the young man in his 20s in front of him, the fourth son of Cao Cao with extremely noble status, had lived on his right hand for so many years, except for the inexplicable one after getting married and drunk in the past!

What a horror story!Cao Zhi's tears fell!

Of course, now is not the time to cry.I don't know if he felt Guo Jia's dissatisfaction, Cao Zhi finally came back to his senses.

His mind was still blank, but as if being bewitched, he couldn't help but bend down and lower his head, tentatively, gently kissed the lips that were close at hand.

Treat it with the same care as a treasure.

The smile in Guo Jia's eyes deepened.

He stretched out his hand, clasped the back of Cao Zhi's neck, stroked it lightly, and kissed back with encouragement.

Then he saw with satisfaction that the eyes of the person above turned red instantly.

When Cao Zhi woke up, the sky outside the window was already light.It was the second day of the new year, and most of the servants in the mansion hadn't gotten up yet, let alone the drunk masters.

The room was still filled with an obscene and obscene atmosphere, and the lingering images of last night flashed in his mind one by one, Cao Zhi swallowed, and his blood began to agitate again.

He turned his head to stare at the person beside him who was sleeping peacefully, and slightly bent his lips.

Although everything is undecided, although the future is still at a loss, although his performance last night seemed very frustrated... But in the end, he still embraced everything about this person.

Ah, what a wonderful New Year.

After all, it is a novice, lack of practice so that the technology is not good enough.The next rhythm was that Guo Jia lay on the bed for three days.

Cao Zhi rubbed his nose, faced someone's fierce eyes, and expressed embarrassingly the intention of "next time the technique will be very good". What he answered was someone's act of retracting his head into the quilt, and if there was nothing like it. One word for - bah.

Cao Zhi: "..." Tears fell again.

There was no war this year, and most of the family reunions were unspeakably lively.With Cao Cao's status in place, it was inevitable for Cao Zhi and others to socialize.

From the third year of junior high school to the Lantern Festival, from the invitations of officials who were acquainted with each other in the court to the invitations of some playmates when he was young, Cao Zhi drank wine and wrote poems in the past few days, which added up to more than the total of this year.Although writing poems was a pain in the ass for him to rack his brains, he received a lot of praise after all, and starting from the origin of hobbies and interests, he won the hearts of many people.

Even if it is not as good as Cao Pi's connections and influence over the years, starting from the bottom of the talented people, and infiltrating layer by layer, they will eventually be able to slowly enter the power center of Xudu.

This is the difference between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi, and also the difference between Xu Du and Ye County.

From Ye County to Xudu, it only took a few days.Although Cao Cao has gradually shifted his focus to Jianye, the place where Cao Cao first established his capital still has unique advantages in terms of economy, geography, and even talent.

Xu Du is very similar to Ye County, but upon closer inspection, there are many differences.

More than ten years ago, Cao Cao welcomed the emperor into Xudu. In order to create a great cause of reunification, he carried out garrisoning around here and ordered the army and the people to reclaim wasteland and sow seeds.It is because the fertile soil of the outer city is thousands of miles away, the fields are criss-crossed, the ears of wheat and rice are fertile, and the people have enough food and clothing; and Cao Zhi has been in charge of Ye County for two years. Even under his urgent development, it is difficult to compare with Xu Chang.

Because this place is under the feet of the real Son of Heaven, all prosperity and desolation must be attributed to this place.Sitting here, you can control Huainan, Hefei and other places in the southeast, drink horses from the Yangtze River, and go straight to the hinterland of Jiangdong; in the south, you can pass through the Dabie Mountain Pass, and reach the Jiangxia Plain; .

Although the so-called emperor has existed in name only, even though the real master of this place is his father.

It also really shows that Xuchang is the real power center at this time.

But it is not absolute.

Cao Zhi quickly waited for his opportunity.

——In May of the 21st year of Jian'an, the emperor named Cao Gong the king of Wei, and set the capital of Wei as Ye.