Chapter 58: Bait
Cao Miao didn't know whose will it was for Cangji to transfer Junyi Ling, but he knew one thing that this matter must have something to do with his father and son.
Cangji, also known as Cangshuo, was Cao Zhi's defense assistant when he sealed Juancheng, falsely accusing Cao Zhi of fornication, so that Cao Zhi was almost sentenced to death, and Empress Dowager Bian came forward to save Cao Zhi's life and sent him to Yecheng to think about it.
That experience almost broke Cao Zhi's backbone, made him realize how dangerous his situation was, and since then he has been prostrate at Cao Pi's feet. A small defense assistant, a few baseless false accusations can control him to death, not to mention the high imperial power.
Cangji rose to the top, and in a few years, he was promoted from a small defense assistant to a county.
Considering that Cao Zhi may have migrated to Junyi not long ago, this is simply a cage tailor-made for him. It's not enough for this warehouse to get a lot of capital from Cao Zhi, and I want to make use of Cao Zhi's surplus value again.
Is it tolerable, or is it intolerable?
What's more, Cao Miao didn't want to endure it. Since he knew that he couldn't go back, Cangji was written down by him in a small notebook. It's just that the identity of the warehouse is too low, and it is not qualified to be ranked first. Now that Cangji has taken the initiative to come to the door, he naturally will not refuse such an opportunity.
It's just that this matter needs to be carefully prepared. Cangji is the order of a county, and the resources that can be deployed are more than him, and the old and small of Yongqiu Wangfu are definitely not Cangji's opponents.
Cao Miao quickly thought about it. "Fujun, I have a reluctant request. If the government can help, it is certainly grateful. If you can't do it, it doesn't matter, but I haven't said it. ”
Sun Yong knew it in his heart. Sun Hao had already mentioned to him that in the past few days, Cao Zhi has spared no cost to improve the food of the accompanying guards and slaves, and he has spent a lot of money, so he wants to borrow some money from him. It's not that he refuses to borrow, he's just worried that after lending the money to Cao Zhi's father and son, he won't be able to help Cao Zhi's father and son, but will bring trouble.
He solemnly told Cao Miao Cangji that the purpose of the transfer of Junyi Ling was precisely this.
"Prince, although Yong is not rich, he has some savings, you can pass on the secret of cultivating immortals, and I naturally can't spare these floating wealth. It's just that I've been busy with official business in the past two days, and I don't have time to sort it out, so when I clean it up, I'll send someone to Luoyang, how about it? ”
Cao Miao understood what Sun Yong meant, but he had other plans.
"How much can you lend me?"
"Thirty gold. If it is not enough, I will borrow a little more and make up fifty gold. ”
Cao Miao raised her eyebrows slightly. "With the face of the king, how much can I borrow at most?"
Sun Yong frowned, revealing a wry smile. He left Chen to stay in Taishou for several years, but he did not fight for power, and most of the affairs were handled by local people such as Gong Cao, and he only stamped his seal. If you want to talk about face, there is really no face to lose. But Cao Miao opened his mouth, and he couldn't say no.
"I should be able to borrow 100 gold."
"Okay, just a hundred, trouble Fujun, I'll write you a receipt."
Cao Miao said, took a pen and paper, wrote a receipt, indicating that it was Sun Yong's method of cultivating immortals, offering five hundred, and then handed it to Sun Yong. Sun Yong glanced at it, his face a little embarrassed. Even if he goes out and doesn't want this old face, he won't be able to scrape together five hundred gold.
Cao Miao said: "The prince of the palace can give me a hundred gold, and I will figure out the rest by myself." However, the momentum must be made big, so that the entire Chen Liu knows that you have donated 500 gold to me in order to seek immortals, and you will not hesitate to borrow money from others, or even sell your property. ”
As Cao Miao spoke, she picked up a pen and paper, wrote a paragraph, and handed it to Sun Yong. "This is the method of cultivating immortals that you asked me for, it is worth a thousand gold, you must take it well, don't spread it easily."
There is a line of words written on the paper: Cultivating immortals must be in the line of qi. Xingqi, deep is accumulated, accumulation is extended, stretch is down, down is fixed, fixed is solid, solid is budding, sprout is long, long is retreating, retreating is heaven. The days are on top, and the earth is on the bottom. If you go with it, you will be born, and if you go against it, you will be immortal.
Sun Yong took a look at it, and his brows jumped suddenly. "Prince, what is this?"
"This is the ancient line of Qiming, the law is not lightly transmitted, more than 50 words, you will be charged 500 gold, friendship price." Cao Miao said seriously. This is indeed the Xingqi inscription of the Warring States Period, but he added a sentence in front of him, and changed a word in the back, "Reverse is death" was changed by him to "Reverse is immortal", in line with Sun Yong's wish to cultivate immortals.
This is the true ancient qi recipe that he doesn't remember much, which was found in archaeological relics, and should not be found in Qin and Han documents.
Sun Yong was anxious about how to behave after taking a seat, and when he saw this Xingqi Ming, he immediately forgot everything else. Of course, he knew that Cao Miao might want to attack Cangji, but he also despised Cangji as a person, and felt that the imperial court was doing this because it was unfair to them who read and studied scriptures and entered the government with filial piety. If he can help Cao Miao cover up, he doesn't mind pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Sun Yong asked Cao Miao for advice on the key to qi. He is no stranger to Xingqi, but it is the first time to cooperate with sitting and forgetting Xingqi, and he is particularly interested.
Cao Miao explained them one by one. When he practiced martial arts before, he had an understanding of Xingqi, and the pile gong and sitting gong all had to cooperate with pranayama. These things he told Sun Yong were also real health regimens. If you can persevere, although it is impossible to become an immortal, there is no doubt that it is good for the body.
Cao Miao also instructed Sun Yong to practice some guiding techniques, combining movement and static, to avoid abnormalities in the body due to sitting for a long time.
Sun Yong agreed.
The next day, Sun Yong borrowed money from his subordinates with great fanfare, and sent Sun Hao to borrow money from big families in the city. Sun Yong was not strong enough, and there were not many people who took him seriously, so after tossing for a day, he only borrowed less than 100 gold, plus his own savings, and gave it to Cao Miao together, claiming 500 gold to the outside world.
With the money, Cao Zhi ordered people to purchase a lot in Chenliu, and purchased a total of three carriages, more than a dozen horses, plus some other materials, spending nearly 100 gold, with generous hands and feet, attracting the attention of countless people.
All at once, the wind spread. Countless people laughed at Sun Yong's madness, and in order to ask for immortals, he was cheated out of 500 gold by a madman, so that the Cao family father and son had the opportunity to make a big purchase and wash away their poor and sour anger.
After stopping for two days in Chenliu, Cao Miao and the others set off again, heading west along the official road and rushing to Junyi.
A day later, Cao Miao and the others rushed to the county border, but Cao Miao stopped in Chenliu County for one more day in the name of discussing the way of cultivating immortals with Sun Yong, and at the same time ordered people to prepare, as if they did not stay in Junyi County for more time, and crossed the border directly.
Early in the morning of the third day, Cao Miao and his entourage bid farewell to Sun Yong and his son and entered Junyi County. With the new carriage and horses, the food is good these days, the rest is sufficient, and the physical strength is not bad, their speed is suddenly accelerated, and they have driven more than 100 miles a day, passing through Junyi County without entering, until they enter Zhongmu County, they stopped.
Because they missed the pavilion, they could only camp in the wilderness.
Zhongmu County may not have taken Cao Zhi seriously, or it may have not expected Cao Zhi to come so suddenly, in short, there was no preparation, there was not even a single official to greet the county, and Henan Yin did not even have a shadow. Only the Yongqiu Wangfu and his party camped next to a reed.
In danger, everyone has heightened their vigilance, and Cao Zhi himself has put on armor and is ready to take precautions. At the same time, send someone to Zhongmu, and ask Zhongmu to send someone to answer and ensure safety.