Guo Jia looked at Liu Bei with good eyes: "Xuande Gong, you said that training is not your forte, I want to ask for advice, what are you good at?" ”

Cao Cao was also interested, and looked at Liu Bei with a smile.

Liu Bei's old face flushed, and his expression was indescribably embarrassed, "I have been running for several years, and I have fought several times, but in the end I have achieved nothing, if it is not for Cao Gong to take him in, I am afraid that the three of my brothers will not even have a place to stand, and I am so frightened that I am really shameless to boast." ”

Liu Bei is indeed telling the truth, the brothers have been busy for so many years, but they have achieved nothing, if it weren't for their identity, Cao Cao really wanted to laugh.

"Xuande, you are too humble, fate is impermanent, the world is unpredictable, don't judge heroes by success or failure, isn't it good now, you and I are ministers in the same palace, work together to serve the Han family, and work together to support the community, and change the world Li Shu a bright and bright world. You go back and clean up first, change into clean clothes, and go to my house later, just have a free day, let's have a good chat. ”

Liu Bei's body was so smelly that Cao Cao hurriedly found a reason to say goodbye and leave.

After Cao Cao left, looking at the back of his departure, Liu Bei stood in a daze for a long time, since coming to Xu Du, Liu Bei has kept a low profile, for fear of attracting Cao Cao's attention, Cao Cao suddenly came to him, Liu Bei suddenly felt uneasy.

After returning to the house to wash again, changed his clothes, Liu Bei came to Cao's Mansion with a stomach full of questions, although Cao Cao's official worship of Sikong, dominating the government and the opposition, and living in the largest mansion in the city, but it is very simple, without any luxurious decoration, far inferior to the original Luoyang Three Princes' Mansion, Cao Cao advocated frugality, practice, food and clothing without any attention, the wives and concubines and children at home are also strictly required, a little extravagance and waste, Cao Cao will be furious.

As soon as he saw Liu Bei, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up, it was really a person with clothes and a horse with a saddle, just now he was still wearing a stinky old clothes, but now he has indeed changed, as if he has changed a person.

Liu Bei is seven feet tall, ape back bee waist, qualifications are graceful, beautiful appearance, face like crown jade, eyebrows like paint, eyes like bright stars, straight nose and lips if greased, teeth row broken jade, full of smiles, wearing a blue scarf, wearing a brocade coat, waist around the silver thread, both solemn and elegant, wearing a cyan but enemy crown, lined with snow-white shirt, big show, extraordinary, in the flowers and plants among the stands, really like the gods of the heavens and the lower realm.

"Xuande is here." Cao Cao smiled from afar and said hello.

Liu Bei hurriedly stopped, bowed and saluted, and bowed to the ground with an extremely respectful attitude.

"Why didn't Guan Yu and Zhang Fei accompany you?" didn't see Guan Yu, Cao Cao was slightly disappointed.

Liu Bei hurriedly explained, "They are busy with official business, and they can't get out for a while. ”

Cao Cao waved his hand, "I see, you and I have a few drinks today, and you don't have to be formal." ”

Saying that, Cao Cao ordered people to put wine and food in the pavilion, and the maidservants in the house hurriedly prepared, wearing flowers and attracting butterflies, and the banquet was ready after a while.

Liu Bei sat down cautiously, still uneasy in his heart, unable to guess Cao Cao's intentions, Cao Cao deliberately raised his nose and sniffed, "Yes, there is no smell on my body at all, I must have smoked it with incense." ”

Liu Bei's face flushed, looking even more cramped, in order to go to the banquet, he specially prepared a set of clothes, but even if he fertilized and planted vegetables in the mansion, it was impossible to smoke all the clothes, Cao Cao was obviously joking with him about what he had just done.

Cao Cao is very good at enlivening the atmosphere, and said with a smile, "I can't imagine that you, a dashing person, will actually make a living as a farmer in the house, so that half the street can smell the smell of dung, Qingyang Street can live a lot of literati and celebrities, they are really unlucky, not to mention them, how can your two ladies bear it, be careful not to let you enter the house and go to bed at night." ”

Liu Bei also laughed, and laughed for a while before saying, "Cao Gong doesn't know, the two ladies were trapped and stranded in Xiapi before, and they complained to me a lot in their hearts, blaming me for not being able to rescue them early, just a few days ago, they had already left in anger, and this will have arrived at Mizhu's side, and now I am free and easy alone, no longer subject to any constraints, but happy and leisurely." ”

Cao Cao looked at him sympathetically, and sighed helplessly, no wonder his wife was angry with him, and was abandoned by Liu Bei again and again, no wonder he was not angry.

Cao Cao asked: "Even if a person is quiet, there are many things that can be done, such as going to the barracks to have a look, riding horses and archery, maneuvering soldiers and horses, or visiting literati and celebrities, and reciting poems, which is much better than fiddling with vegetable fields." ”

Liu Bei sighed with self-pity and self-pity, "Alas, Cao Gong, I can't hide it, in terms of leading troops to fight, I am far less decisive and wise than Cao Gong, and I am not as good as my second and third brothers, not to mention the famous generals around you; As for the writing of poetry, I will not either, even if I sit with those literati and celebrities, it will only add to the laughter...... In fact, before he joined the army, he was a countryman, fiddling with vegetable fields, and he was quite good at it. ”

Cao Cao felt more and more interesting about Liu Bei, a few glasses of wine down, after a while, the sky was cloudy, and it was raining hazy light, the two of them enjoyed the rain scene while drinking the wine, Cao Cao suddenly became interested, and asked, "Xuande, in your opinion, looking at the world, who can afford the word hero?" ”

"Heroes?" When Liu Bei heard this, his heart suddenly chuckled, what did he mean by asking me, could it be that he noticed something?

Liu Beiqiang pretended to be calm, peeked in, and saw Cao Cao's expression calm, smiling and drinking it all, and had no other meaning.

Liu Bei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately blurted out, "Needless to say, today, if you want to talk about this hero, of course, it must be Cao Gong, Cao Gong is a man of great talent, knows how to make good use of people, rewards and punishments are clear, does not stick to one pattern and reuses talents, and is good at managing soldiers, good at fighting, and has no opponents in all directions......"

Liu Bei didn't have to make a draft at all, he talked endlessly, and praised Cao Cao so much, Cao Cao hurriedly waved his hand, "Xuande, don't talk about me, do you think there is anyone else in this world who can be called a hero besides me?" ”

Liu Bei took a bite of the dish and replied, "Hebei Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes, protégés and former officials are all over the world, can they be heroes?" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and smiled disdainfully: "Yuan Shao is fierce and timid, and he is indecisive; Do big things and cherish your life, and forget your life when you see small profits: non-heroes. ”

Xuande said: "There is a person named Bajun, Weizhen Kyushu: Liu Jingsheng can be a hero? ”

Cao said: "Liu Biao is in name only, and he is not a hero. ”

Xuande said: "There is a person with strong blood, the leader of Jiangdong - Sun Bofu is a hero? ”

Cao said: "Sun Ce is not a hero in the name of his father. ”

Xuande said: "Yizhou Liu Jiyu, can he be a hero?" ”

Cao said: "Although Liu Zhang is a clan, he is the dog ear of the household, how can he be a hero!" Xuande said: "What about Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu, Han Sui and other generations? clapped and laughed and said: "Such a villain, why bother!" ”

Xuande said: "Outside of this, I don't know." ”

Cao said: "The husband is a hero, with great ambitions, good plans, the opportunity to contain the universe, and the ambition to swallow heaven and earth." ”

Xuande said: "Who can deserve it? ”

Cao Cao suddenly pointed his finger at Liu Bei: "This person Xuande couldn't be clearer!" ”