At the end of October, after Cao Cao finalized the departure time, everyone in the Cao Mansion began to prepare busily, and the brothers' reading time every morning was temporarily suspended. The increasingly cold weather forced Cao Pi to put on thicker furs early.

Cao Pi always felt that the winter in the late Han Dynasty was colder than the winter in his previous life.

"Zihuan, look at Zhi'er, how soundly he sleeps." Bian hugged the sleeping Cao Zhi and said to Cao Pi with a doting look on his face, "You were also like this when you were born, but you were

You never cry, and everyone thought you were suffering from some strange disease."

Cao Pi stopped folding the clothes in his hands. He remembered the confusion and panic he felt when he first came to this world, and the Bian family's meticulous care of him over the years. Cao Pi raised his head and said solemnly: "Mom, thank you.

You."

Bian was confused by Cao Pi's sudden thanks. He thought that this child would be stupid if he didn't learn Huang Lao Tao. Why did he suddenly start talking nonsense: "Zihuan, don't be too obsessed with Taoism or anything like that."

, studying history and reading scriptures like your Uncle Ji is the right way."

Cao Pi nodded in agreement, and the tiger-headed Cao Zhang jumped into the room: "Brother, there are a few guests in the house, and father asked me to call you over."

"Zihuan, go quickly. Don't keep your father waiting." Bian took the clothes from Cao Pi and said, "I will just fold these clothes. Remember to prepare your own things. We will set off tomorrow."

Went to Juancheng."

"Mom, don't worry. My things were packed yesterday. I'm going to see my father first." Cao Pi breathed into his hands, touched his ears that were slightly purple from the cold, and

Cao Zhang left Bian's room together.

"Ziwen, why did father call me? Have you ever seen those people in the front hall?" Cao Pi asked.

"Uncle Yuan Rang is here. I haven't seen the rest of them." Cao Zhang tilted his head and replied.

Cao Pi came to the front hall without any preparation. There were many soldiers holding halberds and armor standing outside. When Cao Pi walked into the hall, he found that except for Xiahou Dun, he had never seen any of the other faces.

"Zihuan, come here quickly." Cao Cao waved to Cao Pi, and then said to everyone in the hall, "This is my son Cao Pi and Cao Zihuan."

Cao Cao showed a proud look, and everyone in the hall also focused their attention on Cao Pi. Cao Pi was confused.

"Your Majesty, the young master has always been known for his quick wit, and now it seems that he is a young and prudent man." Just when Cao Pi was embarrassed and didn't know what to say, a muscular man with a Chinese-character face said.

"Wen Ze is too praised, too praised." Cao Cao touched his beard and said with a smile. He was obviously very impressed by the words of the man who called him Wen Ze.

Cao Pi greeted each other after Cao Cao's introduction. He found that everyone in the hall were famous figures in history.

The man whose face was called Zuo Wenze was Yu Jin Yu Wenze, who was hailed as one of the "Five Sons of Good Generals" by later generations. In addition to Yu Jin, Cao Pi also met Li Dian, Li Mancheng, who was elegant, easy-going, and majestic, and Li Dian, who looked even better than Cao Shuo.

To be both virtuous and fair, you must be a loyal and talented actor.

Cao Pi was secretly happy, it was good to be Cao Cao's son. He could see so many famous generals and celebrities casually, and he didn't know if he could return to his original world. Otherwise, he would have to ask these great figures of the late Han Dynasty to sign for him.

A name will do.

When Cao Pi was secretly feeling lustful, a familiar voice came from behind him. Cao Pi turned around and couldn't help but smile. He saw that Cao Ang was wearing a suit of armor and had a standard long sword at his waist.

"Father, I've changed." Cao Ang deliberately lowered his voice, coupled with his stiff and deliberate behavior, Cao Pi felt a little weird no matter how he looked at it.

"Zixiu, since you are determined to join the army, you must be more cautious in everything you do in the future. From tomorrow on, you will follow Yuan Rang. Being in the army is not like being at home. You must not act recklessly."

"Yes, father." After Cao Ang said this, he knelt down on his knees. While holding his left hand on his right hand, he bent down and kowtowed. Cao Ang thanked Cao Cao for his cultivation with a great kneeling ceremony.

Cao Pi looked at Cao Ang who was kneeling on the ground and thought to himself, Cao Cao couldn't have called him over to show off to his subordinates just because of his reputation for quick wit. Cao Pi looked at Cao Ang's face with joy, and got rid of the pain in his heart for Cao Ang.

Be free and happy to pursue your dreams.

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At night, after dinner, the brothers gathered together in the pavilion in the backyard.

"Huh~ It's so cold~" Cao Zhen said, wrapped in a thick fur coat. Cao Zhen's round body looked like a sphere, which looked very funny.

"Brother, brother, are you going to be a general tomorrow?" Cao Zhang looked at all the brothers looking thoughtful, then tilted his head and asked curiously.

After hearing Cao Zhang's words, Cao Shuo and Cao Zhen were obviously unaware. They looked at Cao Ang in surprise. Everyone knew that Cao Ang was likely to leave home and join the army one day, but they didn't expect that day to come so quickly.

"I went to see my father a few days ago and told him that he arranged for me to be a tent commander at Uncle Yuan Rang's side." Cao Ang explained with a smile as he looked at the surprised looks of the two men. The tent commander is a very small person in the military camp.

Cao Cao appointed Cao Ang as a low-level military attache, which obviously meant to sharpen Cao Ang.

While everyone was having complicated thoughts, Cao Yun, who had been silent, broke the silence.

"Brother, this is for you." Cao Yun handed Cao Ang a hand-sewn cloth tiger. She said with a slight cry, "I sewed this by myself. Although it is a bit ugly, brother, don't dislike it."

After Cao Yun finished speaking, her face was slightly red. Cao Ang took the cloth tiger from Cao Yun's hand. The facial features of the cloth tiger looked crooked, with many redundant threads on its body, and even one of its eyes was missing. Cao Ang knew that he

My sister is not good at handicrafts, and she couldn’t help but have tears in her eyes for a while.

Cao Yun looked at Cao Ang and sobbed softly. The brothers, except for the young Cao Zhang, fell into silence again.

"Why don't you say anything?" Everyone turned around after hearing the sound. Xia Houmao walked toward everyone holding a ceramic jar, "Xuanjun, why are you still crying? What happened?"

"Eldest brother will join the army with Uncle Yuan Rang tomorrow. We may not see him in a short time. The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and life and death are unpredictable." Cao Shuo sighed to Xia Houmao, who was confused.

"What nonsense are you talking about? My father's troops have always been stationed in Dongjun, which is less than half a day's ride from Juancheng. Moreover, his troops rarely participate in battles in order to stabilize the situation on all fronts.

The food road is the main thing, how could it happen that you mentioned that the sword has no eyes and that life and death are unpredictable?" Xia Houmao shook his head and said.

"Are you telling the truth?" Cao Yun asked eagerly, tears streaming down her cheeks that were red from the cold.

"Of course it's true. Last night my father inexplicably told me a lot about his tribe." Xia Houmao put the jar in his arms on the stone table in the pavilion, rubbed his frozen hands, and suddenly realized

What happened? "My father has told me so much, maybe he wants to take me there too."

After Xiahou Dun said this, he cried sadly, but he looked like the brothers of the Cao family just now. Cao Ang didn't know the responsibilities of Xiahou Dun's trilogy. After hearing Xiahou Dun's popular science, he no longer frowned.

"Sister, how did you know that the eldest brother was leaving?" Cao Pi asked Cao Yun, who had just turned from worry to joy.

Cao Pi and Cao Zhang only learned the news that Cao Ang was leaving this morning, but Cao Yun prepared a gift for Cao Ang in advance, obviously getting the news a long time ago.

Cao Ang and his brothers suddenly realized this problem and looked at Cao Yun.

"I went to find my mother that day, and I overheard my eldest brother talking to my mother." Cao Yun said sheepishly, "I didn't eavesdrop on purpose. It was my eldest brother and my mother who talked too loudly."

Cao Ang recalled the day when he went to talk to Ding about joining the army. Ding felt sorry for Cao Ang and was reluctant in every possible way. When speaking, he became more forceful. After Cao Ang pleaded for a long time, Ding reluctantly agreed, and Cao Yun was there

At that time, I listened completely to the conversation between the two.

"Zilin, what's in this jar?" Cao Ang no longer had the long-simmering feeling of parting. He looked at the jar Xia Houmao was carrying and asked.

"This is my father's treasure. I brought it here today to celebrate Brother Zixiu." Xia Houmao chuckled, patted the jar and said, "I don't know why you are upset."
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Cao Pi became very curious about the contents of the jar. Xiahou Dun's treasure must be a treasure, but what could it be in the jar?

"Zilin, please stop being so pretentious and open it quickly to take a look." Cao Zhen couldn't restrain his curiosity and urged.

Xia Houmao glanced at Cao Yun, and then untied the rope that tied the seal. When the seal was lifted, everyone smelled a strong aroma of wine.

"What's so strange about wine?" Cao Yun suddenly lost interest after smelling the smell of wine.

"This is our Qiao County's Jiuyang Spring Wine. We only produce three or four jars a year. Even the emperor can't drink it." Xia Houmao boasted when he saw Cao Yun's disinterest.

Today's Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie, has a hard time eating rice bran. Even if he is twenty years older than he is old enough to drink, he will not be able to drink such a precious wine.

"How can you drink alcohol if you are under twenty years old?" Cao Shuo disagreed with Xia Houmao's behavior.

"Brother Zizhao, don't be so rigid. This wine is a good thing. I heard it can cure diseases after drinking it. How do you say that? Yes, it prolongs life. Drinking this wine can prolong life." Xiahou

Mao began to encourage Cao Shuo. Cao Shuo heard Xiahou Mao become silent. Cao Shuo was in poor health and he wanted to have a healthy body.

"Brother Zixiu, I got it from home with great difficulty. You can't live up to my kindness. It would be a waste not to drink such a good wine." Xia Houmao looked at everyone's hesitation and said eagerly.

Cao Ang said.

Cao Ang remembered that he wanted to drink but was stopped by Cao De. He was going to join the army tomorrow, so where could he have so many worries?

Cao Ang went to the kitchen and brought seven large bowls. Cao Zhen picked up the jar and poured wine into the bowls. There was not much wine left in the jar, and each person only had more than half the bowl.

"Done!" Cao Pi picked up his bowl and touched the bowls in other people's hands. Everyone found this very interesting and imitated Cao Pi's example of touching the bowls and drinking.

Late at night, stars were twinkling in the deep night sky. Cao Pi, who had insomnia, felt inexplicably anxious. He put on his fur coat and came to the yard, where he saw Cao Ang looking at the stars alone.

"What are you thinking about, brother? It's so late and you're still not sleeping."

"If you can't sleep, come out and get some fresh air."

"Is Brother still worried about us?"

"As long as you're here, I'm not too worried."

"Me?"

"Sometimes I feel that you are more like an older brother than me. Even at such a young age, you can solve many things that even my older brother cannot."

"Brother, are you praising me or hurting me?"

"Of course I'm praising you. If it weren't for your existence, Zihuan, I wouldn't be able to make up my mind to join the army."

Cao Ang took out a jade pendant from his arms. The jade pendant was green in color, with flowing cloud patterns carved around it, and a leaping tiger pattern in the middle. The carving craftsmanship was considered to be excellent.

"This jade pendant is for you."

"Why would you give me such a fine jade pendant?"

"From now on, everything at home will depend on you."

"Don't worry, brother. Brother, you should also take care of yourself."
Chapter completed!