Caofu Mansion is located in Luoyang City, No. 9 Jinwu Lane.

This house has a very good story, Liu Bao, the eighth emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, lived in seclusion when he was the abolished prince here, and during that hard time, it was Cao Shuo's grandfather, Cao Cao's grandfather, Cao Song's father, and the eunuch Cao Teng.

At that time, with the rise of the first emperor Liu Bao, the Cao family was also in the limelight for a while... Over the years, Cao Song has relied on the relationship laid down by his late father Cao Teng to become a big farmer. never thought that all the efforts would be in vain because of the implication of a case of Queen Song, and the Cao family would decline again.

The environment of No. 9 Jinwu Lane is extremely ordinary, the number of rooms is not much, but the level of construction is very high. This is the first emperor Liu Bao personally guided, designed, constructed, materials are very royal style, the size of eighteen rooms, three courtyards, green tile eaves, wooden windows and brick walls, carved gatehouse, cloister Xuan window room room is connected.

Among them, a living room in the northeast corner is the most exquisite, the drawings are drawn by the first emperor Liu Bao himself, the bedroom, the library pavilion, the reading room, the reception room are all available, everywhere shows the noble identity of the master here, yes, this is the bedroom of Cao Song, the master of Cao Mansion.

At this moment, it is noon... Cao Shuo was sleeping soundly in this dormitory.

After two months of recuperation, Cao Song personally took care of it, and the toxins in Cao Shuo's body had been discharged... During this time, Cao Shuo always pestered Cao Song to accompany him to study...

Speaking of which, Cao Shuo's understanding is very high, talented and intelligent, and he can understand the truth contained in the time of a single month, poems, books, rituals, rituals, spring and autumn, and Cao Song is very relieved for this... At the age of six, he is so keen and studious, compared to the six-year-old Cao Cao, it is simply a heaven and an earth.

At this time, Cao Song was quietly guarding Cao Shuo's side, and he liked this smart and studious grandson more and more. lowered his eyes and looked at the sleeping Cao Shuo again, delicate and cute...

"Whew... Alas..."Then, for some reason, Cao Song sighed faintly through the window.

A woman on the side, holding a spindle, was spinning twine, she was Mrs. Zou, Cao Cao's stepmother... Cao Shuo should call her a grandmother, as the saying goes, it is difficult to be a mother, for her from a mediocre background, she can marry into the Cao family as a mending house has burned high incense, and she is virtuous and forbearant on weekdays, and her grandchildren Cao Ang and Cao Shuo, who regard the lord as a treasure, are naturally cherished in every way.

"Master, the matter of poisoning Shuo'er is full of loopholes, does the master really believe that Doctor Zhao was not instructed by anyone?" Mrs. Zou raised doubts, as if she was deliberately pointing the finger at someone. "Although it is said that Shuo'er's biological mother was killed by Doctor Zhao, but... But even so... Not so much..."

Oh... Without waiting for Mrs. Zou to finish speaking, Cao Song waved her hand and signaled her not to talk any further.

His eyes opened slightly, and there was a complex emotion hidden in his eyes, how could Cao Song not be able to detect the clues here.

- Ding Hui is indeed suspicious!

Cao Song looked at the sleeping Cao Shuo with a faint gaze, and muttered: "This matter can't be investigated." ”

He sighed and shook his head.

"Being implicated in the case of Queen Song, how many pairs of eyes are staring at our Cao family? The Dunqiu Decree of Wu'er Mengde was deposed, and even my official position as a great Si Nong could not be preserved... In this stall, if this matter is made bigger, someone will make a big fuss, and the Cao family can't afford to experience a turmoil, not to mention..."

Speaking of this, Cao Song paused and continued to speak. "What's more, there is no evidence, we are related to the Ding family, Meng De's mother is still from the Ding family, I really want to investigate, no matter what the result is, it's not good-looking!"

Cao Song paused one sentence and slowly expressed his concerns.

Mrs. Zou was dumbfounded, in the end, in the heart of the old man Cao Song, she was still ashamed of the Ding family... She knew that when Cao Song's original wife Ding Pei gave birth to Cao Cao, she died in childbirth, and from here on, the Cao family always owed the Ding family.

"Master, you're really embarrassed." Mrs. Zou was relieved, and when she saw Cao Song sighing, she gently patted his back. Suddenly something came to mind... Hurriedly reminded. "By the way, sir... I received a message this morning, and Lord Cao Jie said that he would come to the house to pay a visit..."

The Cao Festival mentioned by Mrs. Zou, the official residence is in the long autumn, and the official order is still ... He is a eunuch valued by His Majesty today, and his status is far above the top ten permanent servants, and he is inextricably linked with Cao Song's family.

"Hmm." Cao Song nodded, and sighed again. "The case of Empress Song, thanks to Cao Jie's mediation, did not allow our Cao family to suffer a catastrophe... But..."

"I want to say," Madame Zou added. Recently, it was rumored that the case of Empress Song was turned up again, and His Majesty Long Yan was furious... If you want to catch the fish that slipped through the net in the case of Queen Song, would you rather kill by mistake than never let go? ”

"Alas... Why can't our Cao family survive the catastrophe of the 'Queen Song Case'? Cao Song's eyes narrowed, and his fists clenched. What a curse, what a curse... Blame me, blame me! ”

He couldn't stop shaking his head, he never imagined that ten years ago, when Cao Cao and Ding Hui got married, Cao Cao just entered the wrong cave room, but he Cao Song had no eyes and no beads, and he didn't know the wrong mandarin duck spectrum, which buried the root of today's bane.

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"Hmm... The case of Empress Song. Cao Shuo, who was not asleep, muttered in his heart.

The eyes opened slightly, but soon, they closed tightly. He is well versed in this history, and he is no stranger to the case of Empress Song... I am also familiar with the "calamity of the party" involved in this case.

Of course, what he knows better is that this case has brought a huge disaster to the Cao family, and it has been declining for several years!

"If the Cao family is going to rise, this case must be cleared up!" Cao Shuo's brows furrowed tightly..."What should I do?" How do you get rid of it? ”

Cao Shuo closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

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In the southwest corner of Caofu, there are two one-door pavilions.

In the distance, there are hundreds of bamboo slips and books hidden in the room. The room where Cao Teng and the abolished prince Liu Bao lived was here. On weekdays, this is the forbidden place of Cao's Mansion, except for Cao Song, who will take a piece of white cloth and Buddha dust from time to time to clean and wipe it, no one is allowed to enter.

However, Cao Shuo is an exception, he loves to read, and the largest collection of books in Cao's Mansion is this pavilion, and Cao Song, who values Cao Shuo more and more, allows his grandson to come here to consult ancient books.

Today, it can be seen from afar, early in the morning, Cao Shuo walked into it alone.

Originally.

After hard thinking and meditation, the Cao family was implicated in the "Queen Song case", where is the key to breaking the game? For a while, Cao Shuo had no clue.

Simply, I ran to this library, a habit that I had developed in my previous life... After all, if you are a college student studying history, if you have a problem that you can't solve, just soak in the reading hall for a day, and most of the problems will be solved.

Of course.

… This library in the southwest corner of Caofu is very special... In addition to countless books, it also enshrines the portrait of the first emperor Liu Bao, as well as the spiritual seat of his grandfather Cao Teng...

On the spiritual seat, the eight small characters in the seal body are unusually dazzling and conspicuous - the emperor's assistant, the pillar of the country.

"Cao Teng..."

Cao Shuo muttered the name of his grandfather, and his deeds were extracted from memory, one by one.

"My grandfather is also a wonder among eunuchs."

"Other eunuchs are all wantonly accumulating wealth and harming the empire, but my grandfather, who has become the emperor's assistant and the pillar of the country..."

"Why do you feel a little bit unprofessional! I seem to be very sorry for his professional ethics! ”

Cao Shuo pondered... About Cao Teng's glorious deeds of "not doing his job".

The emperor's assistant, the pillar of the country, does not blame Cao Shuo for saying that he "does not do his job"...

The life of this grandfather Cao Teng is legendary.

He assisted five generations of kings in his life, hid with the deposed prince Liu Bao at No. 9 Jinwu Lane, and also united with other eunuchs and sergeants and doctors to successfully help Liu Bao regain the throne... is not afraid of power, stands up to protect hundreds of officials, and recommends talents for the imperial court.

The formation of Cao Cao's character and future achievements are inseparable from the earnest teaching of this eunuch Cao Teng. Even, Cao Cao's dream when he was young was to become the emperor's assistant like Cao Teng, the pillar of the country...

It's a pity... In this era, if you want to be a capable minister, a good person, you must be more familiar with the evil and the evil than the traitor, Cao Cao before the age of thirty-three was disappointed, but he failed to understand this...

"Grandpa, grandpa, you would never have thought that you have only been away for decades... The Cao family is about to suffer a catastrophe, right? ”

Cao Shuo looked at Cao Teng's spiritual position, "Blame your son too... Climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix was not punished, but caused this endless disaster! ”

Thinking of this, Cao Shuo shook his head again.

In the fourth year of Guanghe, Cao Song and Cao Cao were dismissed, this was the most depressed year for the Cao family, and the reason for this was... It can be traced back to the wedding of Cao Cao and Ding Hui... Cao Song's unintentional sentence made a mistake in the mandarin duck score, so that his niece Cao Ying and Queen Song's younger brother tied the knot...

At that time, it helped the Cao family climb the high branch of Queen Song, but the higher they climbed, the worse they fell...

Because of the "unwarranted" witchcraft, Queen Song and her family were uprooted... This case was widely implicated, and the younger brother of Empress Song and Cao Song's niece Cao Ying were both executed...

This disaster also implicated the Cao family, for which Cao Cao lost the official position of Dunqiu Ling, and Cao Song's official position of the Great Si Nong was also gone... After a year, the case of Empress Song was turned over by someone with a heart, and this time, the Son of Heaven does not seem to intend to let go of any family involved, including the Cao family.

Call...

Cao Shuo exhaled a long breath, "This year's Cao family is really not worry-free!" ”

Frowning, Cao Shuo once again carefully recalled all the details about the case of Empress Song, what needs to be done now... Not only to protect the Cao family, but also to clear up the relationship between the Cao family and the Empress Song case... Even, help Cao Song and Cao Cao reinstate... If not, the Cao family is likely to collapse!

"What to do?" Cao Shuo has a small mouth... He had been thinking about it all night, but he hadn't thought of a way to break the game!

I just sat in this book collection, looking for a lost inspiration.

One breath, two breaths...

Half a cup of tea, one cup of tea...

Suddenly, with a "bang", a bamboo slip smashed on Cao Shuo's shoulder.

Hurt... Some resentful picked up the bamboo slips, this is an ancient book called "The Legend of the Spring and Autumn Valley Liang"... Cao Shuo, who studied history in his previous life, is no stranger to this book.

Wait..."The Legend of the Liang of the Spring and Autumn Valley"!

Cao Shuo's eyes widened suddenly, and he thought of a sentence in "The Biography of Liang in the Spring and Autumn Valley" that had a profound impact on the ancient wife and concubine system - do not take concubines as wives.

“… That's it, don't take a concubine as a wife! ”

Flipping through the bamboo slips, Cao Shuo read out such a sentence.

Then the corners of his mouth curled, revealing a touch of maturity that did not belong to this age. "The key to breaking the game, the key to breaking the case of Queen Song, it turns out to be here!"

Thinking of this, Cao Shuo's eyes looked back at Cao Teng's spiritual position. "Grandpa, you are not only a eunuch who doesn't do his job, but also a eunuch who loves to read!"

Smiling slightly, Cao Shuo saluted respectfully towards the spirit card. "This time, if the Cao family can avoid a catastrophe, it will be thanks to your collection of books "The Biography of the Spring and Autumn Valley Liang".

Speaking of this, Cao Shuo laughed out loud.

When I was about to go out, I looked around at countless bamboo slips and ancient books, "Sure enough, reading makes people progress!" Cao Shuo not only thought of the key to breaking the "Empress Song Case", but also realized the strategy of the Cao family, or he, Cao Shuo, to become famous in this era because of these bamboo slips.

Look at Cao Teng's spirit card again.

"Grandpa, thanks to your kindness... Our Cao family will definitely be able to regain its glory in this chaotic era. The troubled times are coming, and the Cao family rises one step ahead of schedule to seize the opportunity, maybe... The future is different. ”

A meaningful remark especially came out, Cao Shuo's eyes were resolute, revealing confidence!

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