Chapter 429 of the main text volume, March 15

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'Knock, knock, knock', the sound of the bell and drum tower came from the sound of the time.

In the Han Dynasty, there are bell and drum towers in the towns, and the bell is struck every day from the hour of the hour, and the drum is struck from the time of the unitary hour, so there is the saying that the morning bell and the dusk drum are called.

Hearing the three drums from the Bell and Drum Tower, the sleepy Cao Cao opened his eyes and said blankly, "It's time." ”

Tang Dou sighed softly and responded, "It's time." ”

The child is the end of the old day and the beginning of a new one.

But for Cao Cao, it means that the countdown to his life is about to come to an end.

"Beans, pour me another glass of wine." Cao Cao said with his head down.

Tang Dou picked up the jade pot and poured a full glass of wine for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao stretched out his hand and picked up the wine glass, lowered his eyes, exhaled deeply, slowly poured the glass of wine on the ground in front of the bed, and slowly groaned: "But Han Twenty-two, the sincerity is not good. Mu monkey and crown belt, know small and strong. He hesitated and did not dare to decide, because he hunted the king. Bai Hong is the sun, and he has also suffered first. The thief holds the authority of the country, kills the lord and destroys Yujing. Overthrew the emperor's foundation, and the temple was burned. Sowing more and more westward migration, crying and walking. The city of Zempolo, the micro-child is sad. ”

Although Cao Cao's chant is not as emotional as Luo Xiang's, it is simple and vicissitudes, and it has more sadness and sentimentality than Luo Xiang's chanting.

Cao Cao sighed, looked up at Tang Dou and asked, "Some people say that I am Dong Zhuo in the world, causing chaos to the dynasty and holding the emperor into self-respect." Can Jincheng wait to know my heart? ”

Tang Dou nodded deeply: "The prime minister's heart for the country is well known to the world, and this cup of wine should be given to the ancestors of the Han Dynasty." ”

Cao Cao smiled slightly: "This poem is given to Jincheng Hou, the song is a chant, and Jincheng Hou must not refuse." ”

Cao Cao waved his hand, and Cao Pi hurriedly ran to pick up a silk book from several cases on the side of the main hall of Wenyuan Pavilion, and held it in front of Tang Dou with both hands.

Tang Dou took the silk book with both hands and unfolded it, on which it was the song "Pickled Dew" that Cao Cao had just sung, and the vigorous handwriting of the iron pen and silver hook was written by Cao Cao himself, and this poem expounded the original intention of Cao Cao to raise troops to fight against thieves.

Tang Dou knew that Cao Cao gave him this poem because he wanted to use his mouth to defend himself to the world.

Tang Dou carefully put this volume of poems into his arms, and said to Cao Cao: "Douzi has thanked the prime minister for his gift, and Douzi will pass on this poem and make future generations sing it." ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, reached out to get the wine glass, and Tang Dou hurriedly filled it for Cao Cao again.

In the second glass of wine, Cao Cao also poured it on the ground in front of the bed, exhaled deeply, and said slowly in a deep voice: "There are righteous people in the Kanto, and they will raise troops to fight against the murderers." In the early days, the alliance was in Jin, and the heart was in Xianyang. The forces of the army were uneven, and they hesitated and walked wildly. Snobbery makes people fight, and heirs fight each other. The title of Huainan brother is engraved in the north. The armor is full of lice, and all surnames die. The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles. The people are left behind, and the thought breaks people's intestines. ”

Tang Dou clasped his fists with both hands and said emotionally: "The prime minister is compassionate and compassionate, and the suffering of the people is the suffering of the people, and the people of the world are all grateful." ”

"This poem was also given to Jincheng Hou." Cao Cao waved his hand, and Cao Pi rushed to the front of several cases again, walked back quickly with another scroll in both hands, and handed it to Tang Dou with respectful hands.

Tang Dou took it with both hands, unfolded it and looked at it, the scroll was the poem "Artemisia in the Line" written by Cao Cao himself, Tang Dou held the scroll and hugged his fist to Cao Cao and said: "Douzi thanked the prime minister, this poem will be passed on." ”

These two poems of Cao Cao can not fully express Cao Cao's life's mental journey, but they express a happy and dripping expression of why Cao Cao raised troops to serve the king, the princes of the Eighteen Roads will ally fight against thieves and intrigue for their own personal interests, and Cao Cao sympathizes with the people's suffering, and angrily monopolizes the court and conquers all the princes in order to seek the unity of the world.

Cao Cao saw Tang Dou put away these two poems, and seemed to have fulfilled his wish, suddenly laughed, stretched out his hand to hold the jade pot to fill the wine for himself and Tang Dou, picked up the wine glass and smiled at Tang Dou: "Singing about wine, what is life?" For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the worries, only Du Kang. Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. Yo yo deer chirping, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and shengs. It's as clear as the moon, when can it be done. Worries come from it, and they cannot be cut off. The more strange it is, the more vain it exists. Qi Kuo talks about the feast, thinking of the old grace. The moon stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south. Three turns around the tree, what branches can be followed? The mountains are not tired of being high, and the sea is not tired of being deep. Zhou Gong vomited and fed, and the world returned to the heart. This poem was also presented to Jincheng Hou. ”

Tang Dou hurriedly picked up the wine glass, touched it lightly with Cao Cao, and the two of them drank it all at the same time.

Cao Pi quickly took Cao Cao's "Short Song Xing" from several cases and presented it to Tang Dou, and Tang Dou cautiously took this scroll into his arms.

Cao Cao drank the wine, put the jade cup back on the tray, looked at Tang Dou and said with a smile: "The old man's wish has been fulfilled, it is already March 15 at this time, what will the old man do if he does not die today?" ”

Tang Dou put down the wine glass, took the tray off the laps of the two people and put it aside, reached out and patted Cao Cao's knee, and said with a wry smile: "If the prime minister is still alive today, I am afraid that among the seventy-two doubtful graves laid by the prime minister, there will be a corpse buried below." ”

Cao Cao froze for a moment, and Cao Pi on the side was so frightened that he trembled.

Cao Cao instructed Cao Pi to set up seventy-two suspicious graves after his death, this matter was only known to Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, and Tang Dou actually said it to his face at this time, how could Cao Cao's father and son not be shocked.

After all, Cao Cao is a hero, he laughed and grabbed Tang Dou's hand: "Jinchenghou is really a fast talker, I can't hide it, before I saw Jinchenghou just now, the old man did have this intention in his heart." And after Jin Chenghou saw the old man, those two tears had already made the old man repent, and he had already dispelled such a ridiculous idea in his heart. And at this moment, the old man never dared. However, the old man had a question in his heart, and asked Jin Chenghou to tell him frankly. ”

Looking at Cao Cao's radiant appearance, Tang Dou secretly sighed in his heart, could it be that this is the legendary return to the light?

Tang Dou said to Cao Cao: "If the prime minister has something to say, please speak up, you must know everything and say everything." ”

Cao Cao stared at Tang Dou's eyes and asked word by word: "Why does Jin Chenghou dare to come tonight knowing that the old man has the intention to kill you, and drink wine with the old man, isn't Jincheng Hou afraid that the wine is poisonous?" ”

Tang Dou exhaled, looked at Cao Cao and said: "It is an honor to be able to meet the prime minister in the next life, and there is no reason not to send the prime minister on his last journey." If you talk about poisonous wine, you don't think about it at all. Although the prime minister bears a lot of infamy, he will never use despicable means against others, even if he wants to use stratagem, it is an upright conspiracy. ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, laughed, patted Tang Dou's hand vigorously and smiled: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that the people who know me best in this world are not my wives and concubines, nor are they those life and death brothers who have followed me for decades, but Jincheng is waiting for you." The old man only hates to meet you too late at the moment, Douzi, the old man begs you for one thing, and asks you to agree. ”

Tang Dou said solemnly: "The prime minister has something to say, as long as he can do it in the next, he will definitely not shirk in the next." ”

Cao Cao grabbed Tang Dou's hand tightly and said word by word: "Brother Xian, the old man begs you to protect my Cao family's prosperity and wealth, as for this great Han country, no one under the old man's knees can be this great weapon, and please Jincheng Hou accept this big Han country together, don't fall into the hands of traitors and villains." ”

With a buzz, Tang Dou's head was like 10,000 little bees burrowed in, and he was dizzy.

What are you kidding, coming to say goodbye to you, and having a few glasses of wine with you, you actually want to trust the Han Dynasty, is this emperor so good?

If I agree to come down and don't talk about others, I'm afraid that Cao Pi, who is standing in front of me now, will immediately turn his face against me.

After Tang Dou was dizzy for a short time, he instantly understood what Cao Cao meant...... (To be continued.) )