Early the next morning, the Hussar General's Mansion suddenly became lively.
The servants of the Prime Minister's Mansion brought a carriage of precious medicinal materials and, together with Hua Tuo, paid a visit.
After meeting Lu Yan, Hua Tuo asked Lu Yan'er to teach him...
Currently, these two people are making various strange movements in the yard.
"This is called Wu Qin Xi. It is a kind of exercise that imitates the movements of five animals: tiger, deer, bear, ape, and crane to maintain health and strengthen the body. If you practice it regularly, your body will naturally become healthy."
"Yes, I have written it down..." Lu Yan was very respectful, and then he meticulously learned Wu Qin Xi from Hua Tuo.
Not to mention, this skill is still somewhat magical. After learning the ape trick from the tiger trick, he felt that the internal energy in his body was running more smoothly.
Later, when Cao Cao and Cai Yan came to visit, they happened to see Lu Yan and Hua Tuo playing "monkey tricks" in the front yard.
"Hey! Mr. Lu Da, aren't you sick? Why are you still playing monkeys in Yaxing!" Lao Cao held a gun and a stick in his mouth, but the joy on his face was genuine.
Lu Yan seemed to be fine, and Cao Cao's heart dropped.
"What is monkey playing? This is called five-animal play. It was created by the great doctor Hua all his life!" Lu Yan explained to the ignorant Cao Cao.
After Cai Yan saluted Lu Yan, he asked, "Is sister Lingqi at home?"
Lu Yan returned the greeting and replied: "Madam, you came just in time, Lingqi is teaching the little ones to read in the backyard!"
Cai Yan's beautiful big eyes narrowed with a smile and said, "Oh? Then I have to go and take a good look!"
Cai Yan was also familiar with the Cavalry General's Mansion, so she walked straight towards the backyard without any guidance from her servants.
Hua Tuo had just taught the ape play, but he had not yet finished teaching the crane play.
The progress was suddenly interrupted by Cao Cao, who looked a little unhappy.
Hua Tuo has now trained countless capable doctors for Cao Cao, and he is now very attached to Hua Tuo's treasure.
Seeing a look of perseverance on Hua Tuo's face, he quickly smiled and said: "Old miracle doctor, what do you think of the Five Animals Play?"
Seeing that Cao Cao was sincerely asking for advice, Hua Tuo's face relaxed a little and said: "These five-animal exercises can harmonize the breath in the body. Daily practice can not only strengthen the body, but also prolong life."
"Ah!" When Cao Cao heard that this thing had such benefits, he immediately showed his shameless skills and said: "Old god, please teach me. You see, I am getting older now, and my health is a little bit...
It’s not easy.”
"Yes, you still have kidney yin deficiency..."
"Pfft!" Lu Yan almost choked on his saliva, while Cao Cao said without any embarrassment: "In order to have more sons, there is no way..."
It seems that in history, Cao Cao had thirteen wives and concubines, and fathered twenty-five children... This is really good.
Not understanding why the ancients desperately wanted to have a son, Lu Yan shook his head, and then began to learn Wu Qin Opera from Hua Tuo.
Since Cao Cao shamelessly wanted to follow suit, Hua Tuo had no choice but to teach him from scratch.
When Guo Jia yawned and came out of the house for a walk, he happened to see Cao Cao and Lu Yan learning ape opera from Hua Tuo in the yard.
"Hey, you three! They're playing monkey!"
"..."
"Fengxiao, you came just in time, come and play monkey together!"
.....
An hour later, after playing Wu Qin Xi several times, Lu Yan felt refreshed and refreshed.
Lu Yan knew the purpose of Cao Cao's visit to him, and Guo Jia happened to show up, so Lu Yan took them both to his study.
"Mr. Cao, you are here today, presumably because of the gunpowder matter, right?"
Cao Cao nodded, shook his head and said, "Yes... but the most important thing is that I heard that you are sick and came to visit you, Mr. Lu."
"It's just a minor cold. Just rest at home for two days and it will be fine..."
Cao Cao seemed not to hear what Lu Yan was saying, so he changed the subject and said, "Fengxiao, do you know about the gunpowder?"
"Of course he knows... In fact, there are always shadow guards monitoring Jiang Zuo's prison." Lu Yan answered for Guo Jia, "There are too many secrets inside, and there is no guarantee that no one with ulterior motives will sneak in."
Cao Cao was silent for a long time and asked: "The Shadow Guard is really pervasive... I even doubt whether I am being watched..."
Lu Yan couldn't help but think of the frightened Jin Yiwei in later generations, so he comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Cao, the Shadow Guards will never monitor their own people..."
Cao Cao took a deep look at Guo Jia and Lu Yan.
Although Guo Jia has recognized him as his master, if Guo Jia is asked to choose one person from Lu Yan or Cao Cao, Lao Cao himself has no confidence at all.
Fortunately, he could see from Lu Yan's diary that Lu Yan had no intention of starting a new business, and indeed had no greed for worldly fame and fortune, otherwise Cao Cao would really have trouble sleeping and eating.
At present, the only thing that still attracts Lu Yan is "merit value".
By the way, Lu Yan has been paying attention silently since the last time the system exposed the merit value.
After such a long time, the merit value has increased from 8985 to 8990...
This growth rate can be described as more than a turtle speed, it is simply appallingly slow!
Later, Lu Yan summarized it a little, and it seemed that the benevolent policies implemented in Jizhou did not bring him any benefits in terms of merit. Therefore, I am afraid that he must first completely occupy and control the territory and gain complete support from the people before it can bring him benefits.
Merit points, this also prevented Lu Yan from obtaining merit points from other princes and even countries.
Lu Yan has no time to exchange his merit points for direct sign-in. There is no rush anyway, so he might as well save it slowly first.
At this moment, someone suddenly came to the study and reported to Guo Jiajiu, "Report to Guo Jijiu, there is important military information coming from Hebei!"
Upon hearing that there was another military situation in Hebei, Guo Jia quickly took the secret message from the shadow guard.
After opening the urgent letter sealed with fire paint, Lu Yan, Cao Cao, and Guo Jia huddled their heads together and watched it together.
"Sure enough, Yuan Shang inherited Yuan Shao's title and inheritance." Cao Cao said with emotion.
"Yuan Tan will definitely be dissatisfied. We can start from him and make the leader of Hebei fall into civil strife and consume himself." Lu Yan talked eloquently.
Cao Cao glanced at Lu Yan and Guo Jia, raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Mr. Lu, is this what you call a proxy war?"
Lu Yan was stunned when he heard this and said, "How did you know?"
Cao Cao's eyes squinted, and Lu Yan immediately understood and said, "Fengxiao, are you talking nonsense again?"
"Hey! You can eat random things, but you can't talk nonsense!" Guo Jia quickly protested: "I was spreading your combat philosophy, why is it called nonsense?"
Lu Yan gave Guo Jia a dead eye, and then said to Cao Cao: "Yuan Shang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Even if Yuan Tan does not trouble him, he will not tolerate Yuan Tan's existence."
Cao Cao stroked his beard and said: "But Yuan Tan was deprived of his foundation by Marquis Wen. It may be difficult for him to compete with Yuan Shang."
"Then it will have to fall on Chang Sheng. After all, he is his father-in-law. If he can persuade him, Marquis Wen will definitely give him face." Guo Jia encouraged him from the side.
Lu Yan understood what Guo Jia meant. He just hoped that Lu Bu would not attack Yuan Tan again for the time being, so that Yuan Tan could take a breath and cope with Yuan Shang's challenge.
"Marquis Wen has just captured Pingyuan County and it will take some time to digest. Duke Cao can send an envoy to explain our intentions. I think Chen Gongtai and Marquis Wen will definitely understand."
"Well, it just so happens that the imperial court's reward is about to be sent over. I will personally edit a letter later and ask the imperial envoy to take the letter with him."