When Cao Cao finished reciting the song "The Turtle is Longevity" that Cao Wu had been listening to since he was a child, his expression was proud and there was no trace of old age in him.
He looked around and said proudly: "Xiao Wu is right. Sun Zhongmou, the descendant of Shu, tried to persuade the princes from all directions to attack at the same time, but they are just a survivor. In the past ten years, they have not been afraid of anyone!"
Cao Wu nodded: "It is better to use the remaining brave men to chase the poor bandits, and not to pretend to be the overlord. This Jiangdong must be destroyed!"
Cao Cao recalled the two lines of poetry that Cao Wu casually said, and praised: "Kong Wenju said that you are Cao Potian, the Qijue Sage. Although he deliberately flattered you and asked you to compete with me, the Qijue Sage is true. "
The two laughed and talked for a while. From beginning to end, Xu Chu followed silently. Cao Wu noticed that Xiahou Dun also appeared next to Xu Chu and did not disturb them.
There is Xu Chu on the inside and Xiahou Dun on the outside. Even if Xu Chu is weak in leading troops and Xiahou Dun always loses the battle, they are Cao Cao's most trusted generals, surpassing Cao Ren and Cao Hong.
After a while, Cao Cao turned around and asked Xiahou Dun, "What is it?"
Xiahou Dun's lips moved, and he thought for a while and said, "It was Miaocai, Zixiao and others who jointly submitted a letter to persuade the lord to be the Duke of Wei."
Cao Wu raised his eyebrows, Cao Cao looked solemn and said coldly: "Who instigated this?"
Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and others are from the Cao family clan. Even if someone needs to persuade them to join, it should not be them.
"yes……"
Xiahou Dun didn't know how to answer.
But Cao Cao already had the answer. Since it was a clan, of course there was a ghost in the clan, and he raised this matter before the world was settled.
Cao Cao took the advice form and scanned it roughly.
"I was alone in Jizhou. In order to consolidate the defense of the north, I stationed myself in Yecheng for many years. Yecheng is Wei. Wei Gong, okay, Pi'er and Zhi'er, you have already thought about Gu!"
Cao Cao named the mastermind. It was not difficult for Cao Pi and Cao Pi to persuade Xia Houyuan and others. After Jingzhou and Jiaozhou were captured, other forces were struggling to survive. Now there had been rumors in the court that they wanted to persuade them to join. A general like Xia Houyuan would not Knowing this, and being encouraged by Cao Pi, he became the leader.
But this went against Cao Cao's original intention.
"My lord, it's actually because of a vision from the sky that the generals persuaded us to come in."
"Vision?"
"Luoyang, a bronze bird was unearthed."
"Bronze Bird..."
Cao Cao's thinking gradually drifted away.
When he first defeated Yuan Shao, captured Yecheng, and stayed at Yecheng, Cao Cao once dreamed of a bronze sparrow. At that time, Xun You said that Shun's mother once dreamed of a jade sparrow in her arms before she gave birth to Shun. The bronze sparrow was a good omen.
Not many people know about this, but Cao Cao always keeps it in mind.
Unexpectedly, the bronze bird actually appeared in Luoyang, the former capital.
Xiahou Dun said: "It is said that when the bronze bird comes out, the sky streets of Luoyang are full of gold, which vaguely means that hundreds of birds are paying homage to the phoenix. Then the bronze bird flies to the northwest, exactly in the direction of Yecheng. It means that the old capital is flying to the new capital. This matter Many people in Luoyang have seen it. Therefore, Miaocai and others took this vision as a good omen and asked to build a Bronze Sparrow Tower in Yecheng, northwest of Luoyang, and add the title of Duke of Wei on the stage."
After he told the whole story, Cao Wu suddenly smiled.
Seeing others looking at him, Cao Wu shook his head and said: "It's been a long time, but this is the big plan."
He looked at the sky leisurely and said, "Superstitious."
…
A few days later, Beifuzhong welcomed guests from Jiangdong.
Sun Shangxiang bit his lip and entered Beifu, but Cao Wu was nowhere to be seen. When she arrived at Beifu, she was not restrained.
Diao Chan led her all the way in Beifuzhong. In the innermost corner, he saw a woman walking with her child, and asked curiously: "Who is this?"
"Mrs. Mi, that child is Adou, Liu Xuande's child."
Sun Shangxiang said "Oh" and saw a general standing upright not far from the yard. The general had a handsome face but kept strangers away.
"what about this?"
"Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, he protects Mrs. Mi."
Sun Shangxiang nodded again, and further inside, he saw Lu Xun's wife, Sun Ce's daughter, her cousin. When they met, they cried bitterly.
But in the end, Da Qiao didn't see her either. Da Qiao had decided to cultivate in Beifu and never see outsiders again.
Sun Shangxiang got angry instead, gritted his teeth and said, "Then I'll see you again when I enter Beifu!"
Diao Chan smiled and said, "That's not even a single stroke."
Sun Shangxiang blushed.
"When you enter Bei Mansion, you always have to defeat someone?"
"who?"
…
In Luoyang City, in the market on the banks of the Luo River, Zhen Mi was playing on the river and was curious about everything. She picked up a decoration and said to a woman behind her with a sweet smile: "Sister A'er, what do you think I will do with this?" Sample?"
The woman named A'er smiled and said, "It looks good."
When she smiles, she is even prettier than the naturally beautiful Zhen Mi. When it comes to ladies, she is even better looking than the wealthy Zhen Mi.
In this era, Zhen Mi did not marry into the Yuan family, and there was no story of one beauty and three cao in later generations. She was just a child of the Zhen family who was rescued by a woman named Cao A'er during the war.
Cao A'er has been living in seclusion in Luoyang and usually does not show his face. On this day, because Luoyang was auspicious, Sili Xiaowei's family had a new member, so he spent a lot of money and invited countless vendors to sell things in the market. , so lively.
In order to catch up with the excitement, the two of them traveled here.
After playing for a while, Cao A'er suddenly heard someone calling him. When he turned around, he saw a female swordsman in white clothes coming over the Luo River holding a bamboo raft.
There was only a female swordsman and a man on the bamboo raft. When Cao A'er saw the man, her eyes were filled with laughter. She walked to the Luo River with her skirt in hand and almost slipped and fell into the water. She still looked like a lady.
"Sister, slow down!"
Zhen Mi chased after her fiercely, and the two beautiful women formed a beautiful scenery by the Luo River.
A young man next to him looked at it and said in wonder: "Brother, there is such a beauty in the world!"
Zhen Mi heard this and looked back. When she looked back, her expression was so graceful that it was hard to describe how beautiful it was.
The young master pointed at Zhen Mi and turned around and said: "Luo Shen, I'm afraid I haven't met Luo Shen!"
When he looked back, Zhen Mi had disappeared.
He also hurriedly chased after him, and his elder brother's words came from behind him: "Zijian, don't chase, we have important things to do!"
It turns out that these are brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.
"What's important is more important than Luo Shen!"
Cao Zhi chased after him, intending to strike up a conversation, but when he saw the figures on the bamboo raft, his expression became condensed.
Cao Wu, the uncle he could recognize even after being burned to ashes, looked at him with a half-smile.
Correspondingly, the woman who had held up her skirt earlier had hugged Cao Wu, and the woman behind him, who he recognized as Luo Shen, was smiling and asking questions.
For a moment, a sadness filled his heart, and he was about to reveal his talent.
But suddenly someone passed by the roadside, and a note was thrust into his hand.
He looked down and suddenly felt so angry that he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Luo Shen Fu, Luo Shen Fu, for this Fu, he has been writing for too many years, just so that when the bronze bird is released today, he can win his father's favor with his literary talents, but now it is all over.
Just because what was written on that note was his poem from Luo Shen Fu.
Take two Qiao to the southeast.
