"Your Excellency, please wait."

The guard led a middle-aged scribe into the courtyard.

Turning back to the scribe, he saluted, and the guard went to report it.

The scribe nodded, stayed where he was, stood for a moment, and looked around.

His appearance was different from the usual people who came to visit the house.

Don't be courteous, and don't pretend to be profound.

If you are a person from Beihai, most of them should know this literati, that is, Beihai Xiang Kongrong.

Standing in the courtyard, Kong Rong's face at this time was not very good, a little yellow, the bags under his eyes were also prominent, and his eyes were slightly dark. looks tired, and it can be seen that he may have not slept all night.

I really didn't sleep.

Yesterday, when he went to the school, a gentleman in white asked someone to give him a book. The book was called "The Book of Music", one of the six Confucian classics, but it was lost in the early years, and its whereabouts have not been known.

When he first got the book, he stood dejected for a long time, and when he came to his senses, the school was already clean, and he hurried back to the house to colonel.

Throughout the night, I compared the words and phrases of the Book of Music mentioned in that book with those mentioned in other books.

I read the content of the previous part of the book several times, and if nothing else, the book should really be "The Book of Music".

After making sure, he didn't read it, but held the book in his hand for a night and didn't put it down.

He didn't dare to let go, and he didn't dare to turn it over, the lost lone book returned to his hands so suddenly, how could he dare to put it down, and if it was broken, how would he explain to his ancestors?

Until now, he still felt that it was a dream, and if he hadn't come to see Cao Cao today, he wouldn't even have left the house.

Reaching out and touching it in his arms, the book was still there, and Kong Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

After returning home, even if you don't sleep, you must first copy the lone book.

After making a decision, Kong Rong remembered something again and put down his hand.

There is also the need to find the gentleman in white and thank him in person.

But is just thanking you enough? Such a great favor is beyond repayment.

······

"Hey, it's almost noon, why don't you say Mr. Gu is here?"

"yes, this time should be on weekdays."

Outside the courtyard came the sound of maids talking.

Kong Rong came back to his senses, and he was now in Cao's Mansion.

"Hehe, did you say that Mr. Gu slept lazily again, Gongzi often said that about him."

"Sir's personality must not be such a lazy person, there should be something to procrastinate."

"I think so."

The voice of the maid chatting became softer and softer, it should have been far away, what they were talking about, Kong Rong didn't understand.

He didn't know who Mr. Gu was.

But this is not the time to wonder who that person is.

Kong Rong's expression became focused, his brows furrowed slightly, and there was some worry in his eyes.

This is not the first time he has come to see Cao Cao, he has been here several times since Cao Cao entered Beihai.

Cao Cao has been stationed in Beihai since he entered Qingzhou, first of all, this is the place where he first joined the army, and secondly, it is to prepare for the training of the water department later.

Speaking of Confucianism, most people will think that Confucianism is a board of life and death, of course, there are exceptions. However, Kong Rong is not such an exception, or he can be said to be a particularly rigid Confucian scholar.

Some of the good things are just and upright, and some of them are ugly, but they don't know how to be flexible.

Just like in his eyes, all the princes who are not the Liu family are not orthodox, although Cao Cao has no disobedience at present, he is also praised for his courage in the battle of Dong Zhuo, and the siege of Qingzhou is also solved by Cao Cao.

But at this time, how many people can be said to be human ministers?

Kong Rong is still wary of Cao Cao. He always believed that Qingzhou should be handed over to the people of the Liu family.

Therefore, his eyes are full of worry, and now Cao Cao has collected countless yellow scarves in Qingzhou and stationed troops all over Qingzhou. And in the court, there was turmoil, and he couldn't think of any way to protect Qingzhou.

"Master Kong, the general invites your Excellency to come in for a while." The guards who had gone in to report before came out and saluted this Kongrong.

"Okay." Kong Rong answered, raised his feet and walked towards the hall.

It's just a life, if you don't call a spade a spade, it's just a life.

Among Confucianism, there are also people who are informed and flexible, and there are also people who are not called sour Confucians.

It's a pity that Kong Rong is not such a person, he is a particularly stubborn person, such a person is generally not very popular.

(In history, Kong Rong was killed by Cao Cao for the crime of unfilial piety, but there are different opinions about whether he is unfilial or not, whether he is a good person or not a hypocrite, I can only say that I don't know, after all, there are too many uncertainties in it.)

However, when Kong Rong served as the minister of Beihai, he opened a school, taught the people, set up cities to resist the yellow scarves, and buried people who had no queen or traveled to the party. But there were often defeats, and the rhetoric was fierce, because the political views were not in harmony with Cao Cao. These are relatively well-established records, and you can refer to them.

In short, there are too many hearsay and rumors in the information and statements found, and it is really difficult to distinguish even the most basic good from evil. ）

Footsteps on the planks of the hall, making a faint dull empty sound,

The left and right sides of the hall were waved back, and a table was set in the middle, and Cao Cao was sitting at the table pouring tea. Seeing Kong Rongnei, he stood up with a smile and said.

"Cao Mengde, I've seen Kong Beihai."

"General Cao is polite."

Kong Rong took half a step back, which was regarded as giving up Cao Cao's courtesy and returning the salute.

These small movements were all seen by Cao Cao, although he didn't say anything, but there was still some helplessness in his eyes.

Kong Rong is a famous man in Beihai, if he can, he naturally wants to make friends, which will also help his reputation. It's a pity that in these few meetings with Kong Rong, he doesn't seem to be very kind to himself.

Cao Cao put down his hand and looked at Kong Rong, but saw that his face was tired, and asked with a smile: "Why does Mr. Kong look tired, but he is not resting well?" ”

"No problem." Mentioning last night's incident, Kong Rong's face showed some smiles: "There was a good thing to meet, but I didn't sleep all night." ”

Although he did not approve of Cao Cao's decision in Qingzhou.

But personally, he didn't have too much trouble with Cao Cao at this time.

I have to admit that Cao Cao is indeed a hero of one party, and if it is placed in another situation, the two may be able to drink and talk.

"Hehe, that must be a great thing, come to Mr. Kong, please take a seat." Saying that, Cao Cao let go of his body and asked Kong Rong to sit down.

Kong Rong walked to the table and lowered his head, but he was stunned.

There were four words engraved on the table. The strokes are like knives and axes, but they are written in the handwriting, as if you can see the determination of the person who wrote these four words.

Good words, Kong Rong sighed secretly while taking his seat.

"General Cao, the four words on this table······" Just one glance made Kong Rong want to see this person.

"Huh? That's the word. Cao Cao saw Kong Rongrong's appearance, smiled smugly, and sat down: "This is written by Mr. Cao Yi, and Cao Yi is also an occasional thing." ”

Originally, he wanted to take down this table and hang it in the room, but after thinking about it, it was better to move the whole table and use it. In the past few days, no matter who he sees, he has used this table, and he is afraid that others will not see it.

Of course, later he also learned from Cao Pi's resentful mouth that this word was written by Gu Nan.

Hooked his mouth lightly: "What does Mr. Kong think?" ”

Kong Rong removed the teapot on the table and carefully read it word by word before speaking.

"Strong and powerful, General Cao's table is enviable."

In this regard, Kong Rong did not hesitate to appreciate.

"Haha, it's serious, it's serious." Cao Cao waved his hand, but his eyes did not hide his satisfaction with his "collection".

After the two finished talking politely, Cao Cao picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, and then asked slowly.

"I don't know what Mr. Kong came to me to discuss today?"