Cao Mao found a restaurant. This restaurant was privately owned. It was actually a simple house. It was slightly modified. Everyone sat in the courtyard to eat. The several rooms inside were used as kitchens.
The restaurant is simple and shabby, and the people who come here are not very noble.
When they saw Cao Mao leading people in and talking about something, everyone immediately became quiet and said nothing.
The young man who was running around to receive everyone was also shocked at this moment, and fled back to the kitchen in horror.
Seeing the fear in everyone's eyes, Cao Mao was not surprised and sat aside casually.
He had seen such a situation many times when he was in Yuancheng.
However, he did not expect that the situation in Luoyang would be even more serious.
The children of the wealthy family who have lost their moral restraint are as ferocious as wild beasts, and they are even more ferocious when they treat the common people.
The people are extremely desperate for a group of lunatics who have lost their minds after being dismissed.
Ordinary wealthy families are okay, as long as they don't offend them, they won't embarrass the people for no reason, but those young scholars who have been dismissed can do anything, and no one dares to stop them.
When the common people meet them, they don't even have the courage to fight back. They are beaten and humiliated for no reason, and they are afraid that the other party will hurt themselves because of the beating. This is even good. If they meet someone like General Shi Bao's son, who kills for fun, it is completely Not taking human life seriously would be the most desperate.
The life that the people of this era experience can be called a horror movie.
Others can take away their lives and everything they cherish without any blame.
There is no legal sanction, let alone moral restraint.
Cao Mao looked at the silent courtyard, thoughtfully.
Soon, an old man walked up to Cao Mao. He looked at Cao Mao as if he were looking at an evil spirit that could kill him at any time. He took a deep breath and asked, "Gentleman, what are your orders?"
"I want to eat something. Do you have anything delicious here?"
The father-in-law's eyes became more and more frightened. It seemed that this man was not from an ordinary family. Whether it was his temperament, clothes, or appearance, he definitely came from a wealthy family.
He didn't smell like alcohol.
Why would you come to a place like this to eat their food?
Could it be that I just finished taking Powder?
The old man started to tremble and said hurriedly: "Return to the gentleman! How can the food we eat here enter your mouth? I am afraid that it will stain your mouth, which is not enough to serve a gentleman!"
Cao Mao laughed and pointed at the people around him, "Aren't there so many people coming to eat? The taste should be good."
He took out the money and put it aside.
"Don't be afraid. I have never been acquiesced. I have been in the house since I was a child and have never gone out. Even though I like the various ways of the people, I am also familiar with the books of sages and I will never do anything to oppress the people."
The old man hesitated for a moment and then said with a smile: "A gentleman will definitely not do it. If you are a gentleman and a virtuous man, I will do it for you. I will do it for you now."
The old man went back to the house again.
The dozen or so people in the courtyard were very quiet at the moment.
Sitting directly opposite Cao Mao was a woodcutter who had settled down. He had been busy for a long time and had no wives or concubines at home, so he came here to eat. Unexpectedly, he met a son of a rich family looking for trouble.
He didn't even dare to eat. He wanted to leave the money and leave, but he was afraid that taking the lead would anger this gentleman.
He clearly remembered that just a few days ago, when he was returning to the city carrying firewood, he was stopped by a few drunken scholars who insisted on accusing him of cutting down trees and damaging the road. He did not dare to explain and let those people People took away his firewood.
He didn't understand why such a wealthy person wanted to rob him of his own firewood. He clearly followed the rules and didn't steal it.
Sitting next to Cao Mao was an old man.
The old man looked dull and his eyes were empty. At this moment, he was just putting the food into his mouth numbly.
He is also one of the few people who doesn't care about Cao Mao and just eats directly.
The old man was a soldier of Cao's army and a military householder for generations. He himself even participated in the Battle of Hanzhong.
And his sons also became Cao Wei's frontier troops one after another. However, they died in battle one after another. Later, the small school who sent their relics took out a card IOU, saying that his sons owed money and would His home was ransacked.
He can no longer make a fire to cook by himself, nor can he participate in farming. He can only rely on his limited writing skills to make a living by helping others read and write family letters.
He no longer cared that he could continue to live.
Sitting behind Cao Mao was a father and son.
The father looked at Cao Mao in the distance and couldn't help but sigh, he really looks good.
Looking at his ugly-looking son next to him, he couldn't help but shake his head.
I am obviously very good-looking, and so is my daughter. How come my son is so virtuous?
If my son's looks don't grow when he grows up, how can he be an official?
The father had an official status. He was a local official. Because several people in charge were killed, he came to Luoyang to report on his work. His son was dull and stupid by nature, so he brought his son here.
The original intention is to open up my son's horizons and make him no longer so dull.
However, his status was too low. When the officials learned that he came from a poor family, they kicked him out of the post house where local officials were received.
Those people didn't bother to pay attention to a small official like him. They were running into obstacles everywhere and couldn't find anyone to report on the local situation.
If he wanted to enter the Yushitai, the gatekeeper asked him for a bribe.
What kind of world is this? Do you have to pay bribes to report to work? ?
Father frowned, his face full of reluctance.
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Although I am not from a wealthy family, I have been studying for generations. If I have talent, will I never get ahead?
Sitting in the innermost position are a few people dressed as businessmen.
Their faces were very ugly.
Is this person here to stare at me?
They were selling horses from Bingzhou to here. They were always on tenterhooks, afraid of thieves, officials, and scholars.
Along the way, they have to be wary of everyone.
Even if they are robbed, few people will make the decision for them.
Previously, they were robbed in Hanoi and brought to the temple, but they were tied up by the county magistrate. The magistrate angrily yelled: You shameless profiteers are just villains who only care about their own interests. They are useless to the country and cruel to the people. Dare to shout?
Immediately, the magistrate beat each of them fifty sticks and threw them out.
Thinking of the small officials under the county magistrate who looked like thieves, the merchants left there silently.
What kind of world is this? If you earn some money to support your family, you are a bandit, but someone who openly blocks the road and robs is a gentleman?
While Cao Mao was waiting, the old man walked out tremblingly.
The old man was very frightened. His son was playing on the street and was knocked out by the soldiers who were driving the car. If the son had not run fast, the soldiers would have caught his son and brought him to the official. From then on, they He has been hiding this matter.
Could it be that this matter was still discovered?
Are you here to have a chat?
Cao Mao picked up the food with a smile and was about to eat, but Cheng Ji took the food first and started eating first. He tasted several dishes carefully and drank their water.
Cao Mao sat aside and said nothing.
Seeing this scene, the father was stunned for a moment, and then there was some surprise in his eyes. Wait for this person? ?
Cao Mao watched Cheng Ji keep eating and finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"Save some for me too!"
Only then did Cheng Ji react, smiled and wiped his mouth, "Gentleman, you are right, it is indeed delicious!"
Cao Mao rolled his eyes at him and then started eating.
They are all very ordinary meals, just millet, wheat, and some wild vegetables. There is almost no meaty taste, but, let alone, it has a different taste.
I don’t know if it’s because of the roughness of the millet and wheat, the unique taste of wild vegetables, or the smell of the market.
Cao Mao finished the meal quickly and took out the money with a smile. "This meal is really good. Let's make some for these people and let them try it too!"
Cao Mao was referring to the many guards including Cheng Ji.
They were a little frightened and did not dare to sit down. After Cao Mao gave the order repeatedly, these people found seats around them.
The father who was looking at this place was even more suspicious now.
This sect doesn’t look like a kid from a wealthy family, it’s more like
Cao Mao had no intention of joking with the people around him or livening up the atmosphere, which would make these people think he had some agenda.
He came out this time just to walk around Luoyang and see the country under his governance.
He did see it too.
The moment he came in, there was fear and panic in everyone's eyes.
This really shouldn't be the case.
It is not unreasonable for the Wei and Jin Dynasties to perish so quickly. If such a dynasty does not perish, it will be a pity for what he did.
Now, Cao Mao can finally understand why, decades later, rebellions will continue to emerge in various places.
There were even cases where Hu and Han colluded to rebel together.
The only ones who can create the Hu-Han coalition rebels are our princes and generals in the Jin Dynasty.
Sooner or later these insects will be killed and the world will be restored to a pure land.
Cao Mao and everyone finished their meal, and Cao Mao left the money. Although the other party didn't dare to ask for it, Cao Mao left the place with a smile.
Cao Mao then wandered around Luoyang aimlessly until Cheng Ji dragged someone to Cao Mao.
Cao Mao looked at the person in front of him, and then at the ugly child beside him.
Cheng Ji said: "Gentleman, this person actually followed us and was taken down by the guards."
"Aren't you the person who was eating in the restaurant just now?"
"Is something wrong?"
The father hesitated for a moment, then asked: "But in front of His Majesty?"
Cao Mao was stunned, "Who are you?"
The man was shocked. Sure enough, he was about to salute, but Cheng Ji held him tightly, "If you dare to expose your Majesty here, I will kill your clan!"
Cao Mao smiled and asked Cheng Ji to let go.
"I am the Emperor of Wei, what do you want?"
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