"That's true." Cao Cao smiled: "My yellow beard is growing rapidly, and he will definitely be able to gallop on the battlefield one day." The two knights have worked hard, so that you will fight with my yellow beard as soon as you come back. Do you know that my yellow beard can fight tigers, but he is not a general, after he is weak, he must be a general. ”

His praise for Cao Zhang made Cao Zhang excited, and he happily toasted everyone. But his brother Cao Pi and his two brothers were wary of him. If Cao Zhang often fights outside in the future and finally wins the military power, no matter who becomes the crown prince, the position is vacant, and the person who holds the military power is the real master, everyone knows this. But the martial artist Cao Zhang, who had been carried away by the victory just now and Cao Cao's praise, did not realize it.

"The second brother is really good martial arts, a few of our brothers toast him together, and the battlefield will be bitter for the second brother in the future. He helped us attack the city and defend Kyoto, and he was really the backbone of the Wei Dynasty. Cao Pi heroically led his brothers to salute Cao Zhang. In Cao Cao's eyes, Cao Pi is a very potent person, not jealous in such a situation, but he can still appreciate his brother. In the eyes of others, they feel that Cao Pi sees the wind and steers the rudder, and is an elusive person.

"Seeing that you brothers can go hand in hand, I am already grateful to God." Cao Cao said.

The crowd drank until the second watch. Pang Tong and Xueyue escorted Cao Zhi to his room. Cao Zhi looked shaky, but after entering, he closed the door, and at this time, Pang Tong had just lit the candle.

Cao Zhi looked at the room, exhaled heavily, and said, "This is the banquet between the brothers of the dynasty, how about it?" ”

"Is the king drunk, can I help you go to sleep?" Xue Yue said as she held his hand on one side.

Cao Zhi straightened up and raised his hand, and Xueyue had no choice but to let go of him. It turned out that this Cao Zhi had been pretending to be drunk, and from the beginning to the end, he actually drank the least in the audience, and he had been playing tricks.

"It's just a little drunk, and it hasn't paralyzed my head yet. It's a heavy party. He sat down on the round stool, pulled the placket of his shirt, and felt stuffy. You won't understand, in the emperor's house, unless you win the throne, there will be no good life to live. ”

"We must understand the mood of the king, and Emperor Ren did not send us here to protect the king alone." Pang Tong said on his side, his voice very low.

Cao Zhi looked up at him and said, "What do you see?" ”

"Among the four brothers, Cao Zhang is the most reckless and competitive, but he has no rules to do things, which shows that this person rarely reads poetry and books, and is a martial artist who is difficult for others to control." Pang Tong said.

"You also underestimate my second brother, you should have seen his martial arts, how easy it is to capture him, otherwise the eldest brother will not go to slap him."

"Capture him?" Pang Tong smiled lightly: "I can capture him alive." ”

Cao Zhi frowned and said, "Obviously, both of them are ......," he suddenly gasped. "Could it be that you two are acting?"

Both Pang Tong and Xue Yue nodded confidently.

"Sit down!" Cao Zhi, whose face was flushed, asked the two to sit down. "I wondered how the guards used by Emperor Ni could be so vulnerable. And I've always thought that there was moisture in the last contest between the general and the second brother. After all, it is not clear who the crown prince is now, if the second brother is defeated on the spot, if the second brother becomes the emperor in the future, with his competitive mentality, he will not let General Yu have a good life. He breathed a sigh of relief. Since you have retained your strength, I am at ease. ”

"But the king is wrong again." Pang Tong said: "King Chengwei's martial arts are really good, and it is common for him to have a draw with Yu Ban. ”

"Hiss......" Cao Zhi took a deep breath and said, "In this way, the martial arts of the two are more powerful than the generals?" ”

"Although we are guards, we often give advice to Emperor Nishi. Our official position is the commander of the guards, under the direct command of Emperor Ren, and we are on the same level as the generals of the third rank, although we have no chance to compete with the generals of the second rank, but we cannot be said to be worse than them. I just want to remind the king that Emperor Ni has entrusted you with the two of us this time, and I hope that we will not let him down. ”

Cao Zhi shook his head, looked down at the table and said, "Emperor Ren is really painstaking. ”

"Cao Pi didn't make such a move just to curry favor with Cao Zhang." Pang Tong said again.

Cao Zhi raised his head and remembered the scene of the banquet at that time. In his eyes, Cao Pi is extremely flattering.

"Could it be that Brother Zhou wants to say that my brother is making a show for his father?" Cao Zhi's reflection was still very fast.

"Exactly." Pang Tong nodded and said: "Cao Pi shows a harmonious appearance with his brothers in front of the emperor, but in front of you, he shows his weak appearance. But in fact, he is the most thoughtful of all of you, so meticulous that he has disguised himself to the point that it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. Such a person is the most terrible, because he is always changing, for his own benefit. ”

"Is it really that scary......" Cao Zhi frowned. I may be a little reluctant to believe these things, just as I was reluctant to see brothers kill each other. ”

Pang Tong whispered: "Weakness is only one way, death. The sword that Cao Zhang wielded was not directed by me and Bu Commander. Although Emperor Wei Wu is wise and intelligent, he is your father in the end, and he will not speculate on you, and he can't see the murderous aura that Cao Zhang's sword is waiting for. Cao Chang wanted to warn King Chen Si not to have the idea of competing with him today, so he wanted to defeat us, and indirectly warned several other kings. This sword is already close at hand, your king, you have to know it. ”

"It's still Brother Chong who is the most comfortable." Cao Zhi chuckled, "It would be nice if everyone was like him." ”

"His kindness, his infighting? Or is it his endurance? Pang Tong suddenly asked.

Cao Zhi was stunned and said, "Is Commander Zhou too careful, what do you mean...... The fourth brother is patient, burying his desires in his heart? ”

"I've never seen a fourteen-year-old so calm in the face of such a scene. Even when you are so concerned about our martial arts that your emotions are touched, I see that his expression has not changed, like an unreal person, a person without emotions. So I concluded that his endurance was very good, too good to be true. ”

When Pang Tong said this, Xueyue poured herself a glass of water. Cao Zhi swallowed his saliva, he was wary of Cao Pi and Cao Zhang, but he loved Cao Chong very much. was said by Pang Tongyi, and his heart was confused, and it seemed that his favorite brother might stab himself in the back at any time.

In order to confirm what Pang Tong said, he stared at Xue Yue, who had an expression that didn't care about him, and said, "The same is true of what Commander Bu saw?" ”

Xue Yue's brows tightened, with an impatient expression, she put down the half-drunk cup, and sighed lightly: "This is a cruel truth, you have to be on guard at all times." ”

She didn't look so carefully and transparently as Pang Tong, and she didn't have much of the heart to analyze it in the long term. It's just that what Pang Tong said just now reminded her of the scene during the fight, and the Cao Chong she peeked at really didn't have any expression at all, and she didn't move at all.

Cao Zhi sat on pins and needles, the air in the room seemed to freeze, and nothing could make him feel that it was meaningful to live.

"Such a person, such a home, what do I want to do in such a country?"

"Don't give up on yourself, or you will be looked down upon by them. You have to be able to endure like Cao Chong, the king of Deng Ai. His patience was heavy and laborious, not that he had to die with the merfolk. But if someone wants to trouble him, he won't give up. Moreover, such a person, once he has the opportunity, will definitely set off a bloody storm. If he doesn't have the chance, he will seek to protect himself and keep to himself. ”

"Is this the fourth brother?" Cao Zhi was so sad that he couldn't help crying.

"Crying does not awaken the kindness of others." Pang Tong continued: "The current Chen Siwang should cheer up. Presumably, after Emperor Wei Wu ascended the throne, the battle for the crown prince had already quietly begun, and the relationship between the brothers became more fierce and bloody. ”

Cao Zhi nodded silently, filled with grief and indignation. Pang Tong sighed faintly, and suddenly remembered something again, and his eyes lit up.

"Can you win over the people of Eastern Wu?"

Cao Zhi shook his head and said, "The people of the Wu State were all given some official positions with no real power, and they were dispatched to various places and scattered. Wu Wang Sun Quan's ruling place was in Huaiyin County, Xuzhou, and he had no military power and was almost a wasted person. ”

"Hey." Pang Tong shook his head in surprise and said, "Unexpectedly, this Sun Quan is also a person who is afraid of death, and he only knows glory and wealth." The people of Wu are equivalent to being kept in captivity. ”

"That's a good thing." Cao Zhi smiled dismally. "He has unloaded all his baggage and enjoys the fact that those of us who are active or forced to maneuver in power are the most painful. If you want me to choose, I would be willing to exchange with Sun Quan. ”

"What about Zhang Zhao of Wu State?"

"I've always been by Sun Quan's side." Cao Zhi looked at Pang Tong puzzled. Pang Tong knew that he had asked too much, so he smiled lightly and said in his heart: "It seems that the Red Lotus Sect is still very cautious, and letting Zhang Zhao be by Sun Quan's side is nothing more than to monitor. ”