"The spring scenery fills the fields, and the branches bloom with green flowers."————————[Apricot Blossom Poetry]
It was the third day of February in the eleventh year of Jian'an.
Donghai Kingdom, the outskirts of Tan County.
On the straight post road, the willows on both sides were still full of withered branches. From a distance, there was still no green color at all. At this time, someone broke away from the team and rode over. He reached out and climbed down a willow branch from the tree. He took a few glances and then
He turned back and said beside a carriage: "The spring breeze in February still leaves the snow in Guanzhong, and the green land has hidden vitality that will no longer be able to hide it."
"Shulin, you are interesting. I just said it casually, and you immediately rushed to see if the willows were green. You are not my old man, so there is no need to be like this." Sitting in the car was a noble young man.
, although their clothes are simple, their brows are full of joy and contentment. Compared with the horseman's flattering smile, the two of them are more like masters and servants.
Kong Gui was from Liangzhou. When Han Sui was in rebellion, he was inevitably involved in it and acted as a civil servant. Later, he escaped from the investigation and met Cao Cao as the general who conquered the west. He tried his best to climb the tree. He was very good at flattering people.
He was a flatterer and was proficient in chess and Cuju. Cao Cao liked him very much and kept him by his side. Later, it was the advice of Guo Jia and others that made Cao Cao alienate him. As time went by, Kong Gui set his sights on the Cao family's most popular person.
The second son, Cao Pi, hopes to return to Cao Cao one day.
This time Cao Pi got good results in the palace examination. Although he did not rank among the best, he was assigned a good official position - the county magistrate of Kaiyang, the capital of Langxie Kingdom.
Zhao Gai, the prime minister of Langxie State, was also on the road with him. At this time, he was chatting and relaxing in Cao Pi's car. Hearing this, he reached out of the car window and took the willow branch. He looked at it carefully and saw several
He saw a tender leaf bud and said with a smile: "I heard that as long as you insert this branch into the water and place it in a greenhouse, it will sprout and grow leaves in a few days. Mr. Cao, would you like to give it a try?"
"Even if a tree can live without its roots, how many days can it live?" Cao Pi said disapprovingly.
"Yes." Zhao Gai said casually, raising his hand to throw away the branch, but unexpectedly, Cao Pi suddenly changed his mind.
"Wait a minute." Cao Pi took the branch from Zhao Gai's hand, touched the few raised buds, glanced at Zhao Gai who was a little surprised, and waved the willow branch at him: "The journey is boring, try
It doesn’t hurt to try, hahaha…”
Zhao Gai also laughed "hehe" a few times. Along the way, he found that the second son of the Cao family was friendly to others on the surface, but he was aloof and cold on the inside. Although he was young, he was very independent and could speak in just a few words.
Being able to influence people, in this team, sometimes it is the opponent who makes the decision. Zhao Gai, the boss, is like the subordinates around the opponent who can't get in the way. Maybe it's because he is used to working as Liu Yu's staff for so many years, or maybe it's because he can influence people.
At this moment, Liu Yu still relied on Cao Cao, so he avoided Cao Pi's limelight... Zhao Gai comforted himself in this way.
Nowadays, Cao Cao is a major guarantee for Liu Yu to "record the affairs of the minister". In Zhao Gai's eyes, the two parties are in a cooperative relationship. When Liu Yu takes the position of "three masters" to "record the affairs of the minister", the relationship between him and Cao Pi may be
I can feel more at ease.
The team marched forward and soon came to a pavilion outside Tan County. Outside the pavilion, a young man on horseback was looking towards the end of the road. When he saw the team coming, he hurriedly led people on horseback to say hello.
"Brother, you're here!" The young man who came looked like he was thirteen or fourteen years old. His figure on the horse was very strong and he was dressed in rich clothes. He was rarely familiar with Cao Pi. He was Cao Tai, the eldest son of Cao Ren, the prime minister of the East China Sea.
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Cao Pi also hurriedly asked someone to stop the car and hurriedly got out of the car. The two had a good relationship when they were young. Now that they met in a foreign country, they were closer than before. Cao Tai also dismounted in front of the car, and the two held hands and looked at each other as courtesans.
Brother Cao Pi looked at the other person for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, I haven't seen you for several years, you have grown into an adult!"
Then, he patted Cao Tai on the shoulder again and said with affectionate concern: "I just saw you riding a horse. It can be seen that your riding skills have not fallen behind, but how are you doing in reading?"
"Brother!" Cao Tai made a bitter face, and his appearance as a young adult suddenly collapsed, and he begged for mercy: "Don't mention this matter! Even if you meet Aweng, don't mention it!"
Cao Pi laughed again.
Zhao Gai also got out of the car at this time. Looking at Cao Pi's cheerful appearance, he suddenly felt a bit polite from the excitement. He stepped forward and gently raised his hands: "This gentleman is Mr. Cao Fu."
Son?"
Cao Tai did not dare to trust him, so he bowed respectfully to Zhao Gai and said, "Duke Zhao has come a long way to work hard. Dong Shijun and Aweng found out the news and knew that Duke Zhao and others would be arriving soon, so they sent their son and grandson to greet them.
There will be another banquet in Tan County."
"Thank you." Zhao Gai nodded and saw a group of scholars coming slowly behind Cao Tai. The man at the head was graceful and elegant, with a calm demeanor. When he heard Cao Tai say his surname was 'Sun', Zhao Gai couldn't help but
Remembering the other party's identity, Xuzhou Zhizhong engaged Sun Qian.
Sun Qian was from Beihai, Qingzhou. In his early years, he was recommended to Liu Bei because of his relationship with Zheng Xuan and was recruited as a staff member. Later Liu Bei entered the court and left behind a group of cronies who continued to serve in Xuzhou. Sun Qian was one of them. Today, Dong is the governor of Xuzhou.
Fen was an upright and outspoken person. When he was serving as the imperial censor, even Jia Xu, who was highly trusted by the emperor, dared to publicly impeach him. Later, there were ups and downs. When he was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou, he became much calmer.
Several new policies of the imperial court were implemented without any hindrance. People in the imperial court said that he was a senior scholar in Kansai and was still in middle age. It was hard to say that he would not go further.
Zhao Gai was thinking about Dong Fen, Sun Qian, and Cao Ren, a series of state and county officials. In the past, he assisted in official affairs in the Taiwei Mansion, but he ignored all the complicated local relationships. It seems that in Xuzhou, Dong Fen's words may not be true.
It will definitely work. After the two groups of people met, he smiled and said politely: "Sun Jun's style, I have heard of him for a long time in Chang'an."
"Your Majesty, you are so polite." Sun Qian was good at dealing with people and was elegant. Although he was from Qingzhou, he was well liked by Xuzhou scholars. This was also the reason why he was able to stay in Zhongzhong for a long time and work in governance: "The prefectures and counties have been set up.
If you don't mind the banquet, you can let me be the leader." After saying that, he bowed his hand to Cao Pi and said a few words in a warm and detailed manner. No one was left out, and everyone was taken care of.
Cao Pi also nodded repeatedly, so Zhao should return to his car to rest. Sun Qian rode on horseback and led others to lead the way. Cao Tai came as a private person, so he was pulled into the car by Cao Pi, leaving Kong Gui outside the car.
Retinue.
"Uncle, why don't you send more people?" Cao Tai noticed that Cao Pi didn't have many guards on this trip, just normal standards: "Although it's peaceful now, there was a banditry in Qingzhou, Hebei last year, and the King of Jinan
They are all dead. What if we meet a few lone refugees?"
"You said it's peaceful, how can there be desperate drivers who dare to attack the government?" Cao Pi shook his head, and suddenly pretended to be very casual and said: "This trip, I actually asked Aweng for a pass.
Man Man will be my bodyguard. You may not know Dian Man. He is the son of Sima, the commander of the camp next to A Weng. This man is A Weng's trusted guard and an old friend of an old friend..."
Cao Tai listened to his introduction, and finally came to the point: "But Aweng didn't agree, and he thought I was nosy, so he just let me come."
"Perhaps the uncle has more profound considerations, haha." Cao Tai has a flexible mind. It doesn't matter who this Dianman is. His father is very important to the uncle Cao Cao. The symbolic meaning of asking Dianman to be a guard is probably greater than the actual
Meaning, thinking of this, he did not dare to answer the conversation casually: "By the way, the eldest brother is still in Shuofang, right? I haven't seen him in many years."
When mentioning his eldest brother Cao Ang, Cao Pi looked a little sad and replied casually: "Oh, he still has time to stay in Shuofang."