"Eldest son, what do you say, uncle, I'm going to marry someone else!"

In the depths of the night, the shadow of a person was reflected on the window lattice waving his arms, and a young man named Xiahou Nan walked back and forth anxiously, shouting, "Simply, I'll go to my uncle's side to explain that I like Qinghe...... Don't stop talking, is this method good? Or just help me agree, and when the time comes, my father will also inherit the love of the eldest son. ”

Cao Pi scooped a spoonful of warm wine for him, and gave himself a full meal, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth: "We grew up together again, my sister often takes care of you and me, and she naturally likes you, but my father can only do this for the stability of the Central Plains and the people can recuperate, you let me say, the result is the same." ”

"How can this be the same, you are his son, besides, how can the Central Plains lose to those people in the north, in addition to Xiahou and the generals of the Cao family, there are also Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, these generals who can fight in battle, they are not worse than the north!" Xiahou Nan clenched his fists, and was naturally unconvinced.

Cao Pi put down his drink, "It's not worse than Beidi, but don't forget, Gongsun Zhi and my father have been friends for more than ten years, and they met when Pi was still learning to walk, and it's not good for both sides to really go to war." ”

"Then what about ..... Qinghe?" Xiahou Nan sat on the opposite side, his thick eyebrows fell, and his voice lowered: "...... I don't want her to marry someone else." ”

Seeing his depressed appearance, Cao Pi pressed the copper spoon used to scoop wine and tapped lightly on the desk: "It's late at night, you can't stay in the house for too long, go back." I'll try to help you with this. ”

Xiahou Nan nodded, opened the door, and turned his face to look at Cao Pi: "You said you wanted to help me, then Nan will go back and wait for the news first." ”

The latter waved at him with a copper spoon to show that he understood. Xiahou Nan felt a little more at ease, and when he returned to the front yard, he happened to meet Cao Cao, who had returned from the Prime Minister's Mansion after official business, and Xu Chu, Cheng Yu, and Xun You.

"Lord!" He hurriedly retreated to the side and gave his hand.

"This is not outside, but at home it is called uncle."

"Then the nephew will go back first."

"Hmm."

Cao Cao nodded, looking at the back of leaving, the other party and Cao Pi have been playing since childhood, and the two families are very close, and it is common to come to the house to walk around, but there is no doubt why they are here at this time. It was towards Xun You and Cheng Yu who smiled and continued to move forward: "This kid is really like his father, and his temperament is also reckless, but he has no heart, don't be surprised." ”

The two of them and Xiahou Tang are not only colleagues, but also watched Xiahou Nan grow up, naturally they don't feel anything, after laughing, they came to the backyard study, and sat down in the banquet, Cao Cao let the servant serve the wine, and then got down to business, "Wang Lang came back from Hanoi today...... Gongsun refused to marry. ”

"It's exactly as Yu expected." Cheng Yu said: "Gongsun Zhi has always been unruly, although he is very arrogant, but his heart is very high, and now he is even more powerful in the south, if he retires with his personal relatives, it is somewhat unreasonable, but he may not be able to see this step given by the lord." ”

Xun You shook his head and interrupted him: "...... that may not be, this person has a clear distinction between public and private, he really wants to kill him, no matter who shows favor, it is useless, and even Wang Yushi has been killed and sacrificed to the flag, it should be as the lord said before, Gongsun Zhi is just here for the king, or rather, he is waiting for the best period." ”

"...... best of times?" Cao Cao put down his lord, stroked his beard under his chin, squinted his eyes and leaned against the cushion: "Unless he doesn't want to go south to Jingzhou or receive the entire Central Plains without sword soldiers, this is impossible...... Even if I Cao Cao agrees, the soldiers under my command may not agree. ”

"Don't mention that, let's talk about the rest."

Cao Cao waved his hand and suppressed this matter for the time being, in fact, he knew in his heart that there was another reason why Gongsun would not go south, that is, he did not want to meet with the real soldiers, and no matter who won at that time, there was basically no possibility for the other party's family to stay, which reminded him of the scene of Tu Zhang Miao's family, the latter was betrayed by the other party no matter what, and it was not ashamed to kill him, but he and Gongsun stopped ......

After discussing some important government affairs in various places next year in the study, Cao Cao walked under the eaves with his hands, watched the lanterns hanging along the way pass from sight one by one, took a breath, and spit out heavily: "When Cao and Gongsun met, he was in the prime of life, and he was also young and vigorous, and now he is also in his early forties, but Cao is already full of gray hair......"

This sentence is not like saying to Xu Chu behind him, it is more like talking to himself.

Soon, the footsteps stopped in front of the door of the daughter's room in the backyard, hesitated for a while, and then raised his hand and knocked, and a maid opened the door to see that it was Cao Cao, and was about to turn back to report, but he waved to stop him: "You go out." ”

Xu Chu lifted the maid away, turned around and closed the door gently.

The window lattice is full of lights, illuminating a dim, the room is very quiet, there is a faint fragrance in the air, looking through the light veil hanging at the door of the bedroom, a woman's silhouette sits in front of the bed and looks at the bronze mirror in a daze, occasionally remembering something, a smile rises at the corner of her mouth, and she looks a little shy.

The light veil was lifted, and someone walked in. Cao Yu turned her head and saw her father sitting down in the seat over there, and her feet hanging in front of the couch then landed, and walked over briskly: "Why does my father have time to come over, has today's official business been handled?" She took the kettle and poured it a little, her eyes looked at the warm water poured out, a little flickering, and her clear voice was a little embarrassed: "..... ..... Wang Yushi has come back?" ”

Cao Cao looked at the warm water pushed in front of him and whispered, "I'm back." ”

"The ...... of marriage"

Gongsun didn't agree.

The boudoir was quiet, and there was the last insect chirping outside, rendering this quiet deep, between the shaking lights, the figure of the woman opposite remained motionless, Cao Cao saw her pursing her lips, the corners of her mouth still maintained the previous smile, but her eyes looked at the desk without blinking, and she didn't seem to be looking.

"Gongsun said that he is too old to be worthy of you...... Qinghe, don't take it to heart, I thought too much about my father before, and I didn't care about your feelings, but now that I think about it, he really doesn't deserve you....."

Cao Cao was still saying the latter words, and Cao Yuquan on the other side subconsciously shook his head, "Father thinks too much, his daughter is not as unbearable as you think..... this person is indeed a little old....." She raised her head, sniffed briefly, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito: "My daughter is fine..... it's late at night, my father should go back and rest first....."

"Qinghe ....."

"Father, go back....." Speaking of this, Cao Yu looked at him almost pleadingly, her voice trembled slightly, and she choked up a little, "..... go back." ”

"Then..... then the father went back first." Cao Cao pursed his lips, nodded tiredly, and after finishing speaking, he slowly retreated.

The door creaked and shut.

The woman sitting behind the desk closed her eyes at this time, and tears slid down the corners of her eyes and cheeks, "...... you are not worthy of me...... Yu will not be uncomfortable...... You're a Northland barbarian...... No matter how heroic it is...... You just don't deserve ......" In the end, she couldn't help crying as she lay on the desk.

………

The lanterns swayed in the night wind, Cao Cao stood in front of the wooden fence and looked at the autumn courtyard under the night sky, turned his head and said to Xu Chu beside him: "Actually, it was a mistake to clean the river." ”

"Lord, this can't be taken on you." Xu Chu hummed and put down the tiger head knife.

Cao Cao shook his head and let out a long sigh: "After Zi Yu died, I was reluctant to let her get married, so I wanted to stay one more day, and after marrying, she was someone else's daughter-in-law, so she was not always around, so I finally chose a good family...... As a result, it hurt her heart. ”

"Zhongkang, do you think Qinghe will hate my father in the future?"

After the soft words, Xu Chu didn't respond, just looked at Cao Cao in front of him silently, not a minister, not a hero, just an old man who was worried about his daughter.

The night wind whimpered and ran over, the swaying lanterns gradually extinguished in time, in the cold wind, the bleak autumn smell became heavier and heavier, the withered yellow leaves drifted down, and fell all over the stone steps overnight, and soon the morning light brightened, the side door of Caofu opened gently, and a servant walked out of it, stepping on the dead leaves all over the ground and disappeared at the end of the street.

When Xiahou Nan received the news, he rushed out of the room full of joy, picked up the stone lock in the courtyard and danced back and forth a few times, and then ran to his father's bedroom with a flushed face, and saw Xiahou Dun who was having breakfast, and sat down opposite with a smile: "Father, the eldest son just sent me news." ”

"You say." Xiahoudun took a bite of food, his eyes did not look at him, but stared at a book of soldiers placed next to him, he didn't care about the affairs of the children at the moment, the military affairs were close to Jizhou, and he was now studying the book of war, but to a large extent, it was because he heard his brother Xiahou Yuan talk about the deeds of Wenhou Lu Bu, so he was ruthless and studied behind closed doors.

"Father, don't you know, yesterday I heard that Qinghe was going to marry that grandson, and the son went to the eldest prince overnight, and it took a long time to talk before he said that the eldest prince would help, but I didn't expect that early this morning, the eldest prince came to the news, and the lord had been moved by him, and he had changed his mind and would not marry Qinghe to the north."

The long chopsticks stopped over there, and Xiahou looked at his son with one eye full of joy, and frowned: "Not married?" Doesn't that mean that you want to stop fighting with Gongsun? ”

"That's for sure." Xiahou Nan slammed his palm, and his tone was a little anxious: "Father, it's better to help the child to propose, and then the marriage is done, maybe there will be a war, and then the son will be with you in Jizhou." ”

Xiahoudun took the rice in his mouth and nodded: "The eldest prince is indeed capable." ”

At this moment, a servant ran over from the front yard in a panic, ran to the stone steps and fell, "The master's family is not good, there was news from the Prime Minister's Mansion just now, and the eldest lady is missing." ”

"What...... Ah-" Xiahou Nan shouted, and stood up suddenly. Xiahou Tang on the opposite side slapped him, directly fanned the son on the ground and rolled around, strode over, and lifted Xiahou Nan, who was covering his face, and the tiger beard was angry: "Go!" Come with me to your uncle's house to make amends!! ”

For a while, the entire Cao Mansion was gloomy, and then in Xuchang City, teams of cavalry and foot soldiers walked through, and the chickens and dogs in the city jumped up.

Meanwhile.

In Shangdang County, Gongsun Zhi held a meeting.