Luoyang City, the imperial capital

After Cao Cao finished washing and put on a military uniform, he took off the sword hanging at the head of the bed and came to the courtyard alone, facing the rising sun, he danced a sword.

After the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, due to the Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi openly and the ten permanent servants, Cao Cao, who was close to the three, was also implicated.

Jinan belongs to Qingzhou, and now the yellow turban is fixed, although Zhang Jiao is dead, but the remnants of the yellow turban in Qingzhou are as high as one million!

These people also became smarter, they no longer confronted the Han army head-on, but moved to various lofty mountains and dangerous areas to fight guerrilla warfare with the Han army.

Because of these reasons, Cao Cao did not take office at all, but stayed at home, studied and practiced martial arts every day, and lived a leisurely life.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door, Cao Cao put away his sword, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel and said, "Coming, coming!" ”

Cao Cao opened the door and found Yuan Shao standing outside the door. Cao Cao smiled and said, "Oh, at the beginning, you are a busy person, why do you have time to come to me today?" ”。

Cao Cao said as he invited Yuan Shao into the house, Yuan Shao waved his hand and said, "I won't go in, what Mengde, there is a place called Qinghe Island ten miles south of the city, do you know?" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "I know, what's wrong?" ”

Yuan Shao continued: "Have you heard of Xu Jing and Xu Shao? ”

Cao Cao continued: "Know what's wrong? ”

Yuan Shao patted Cao Cao's shoulder excitedly and said, "These two are now coming to Qinghe Island to do the Yuedan Review, and tomorrow is the first day of the new year, let's go together."

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay, anyway, I don't have any love tomorrow." ”

After Yuan Shao left, Cao Cao returned to the house alone, and he muttered Yuedan Commentary, Yuedan Commentary.

The so-called Yuedan Review was founded by Xu Jing and Xu Shao, who were famous people in the Han Empire. Because of the chaos in the court, treachery and evil, political corruption, and chaos.

On the first day of each month, the proposition is clear, the township party is commented upon, the current politics are praised and degraded, not false beauty, not hidden evil, not slandered, can argue between good and bad, can distinguish between loyalty and treachery, good and evil, or in the court or in the opposition, are all in the list of evaluations.

After the evaluation, everyone was convinced. Anyone who is praised has a great reputation. For a while, it attracted celebrities from all over the world to come and compete to receive the evaluation of two Xu and one word.

Cao Cao pillowed his head on his arm, thinking that these two people were so bold that they dared to go to the vicinity of Luoyang to hold this Yuedan review, and they were really not afraid that the Ten Standing Servants would kill them.

On the second day, Yuan Shao took Yuan Shu, Zhang Miao, Xu You and others to Cao Cao's house early in the morning.

Cao Cao finished washing, put on a black costume and went out.

At this moment, Yuan Shao and the others have been waiting for a long time, Yuan Shu has long been impatient riding a tall horse, and at this moment he saw Cao Cao come out and said in a strange manner: "Cao Apu, why are you so slow!" ”

Cao Cao smiled, then turned over and rode his black horse.

Everyone is on the streets of Luoyang, with fresh clothes and angry horses. As the horses galloped, many people were busy dodging them and fell to the ground, and when the soldiers patrolling the city saw these people, no one dared to step forward to stop them.

Out of Luoyang City south of the ten miles away, everyone stopped the horses, in front of a big river blocked the way of everyone, this river is called Luoshui, also known as Luoshui, is a tributary of the Yellow River. It originates at the southern foot of Huashan Mountain and flows through Luonan, Lushi and Luoyang.

The water is clear and slow-flowing, winding around Luoyang like a green belt.

There is also a legend in this Luoshui, legend has it that when Xia Yu ruled the water, Luoshui produced a turtle, with words engraved on the back, and Dayu wrote "Hongfan Jiuchou" according to this, which is the ancient saying that the river is out of the map, and Luo is out of the book.

Everyone walked along the Luo River for a while, came to a ferry, at this moment there are several small boats on the ferry, everyone dismounted, leaving a squire on the shore to watch the horses, Yuan Shao and others came to the ferry, Yuan Shao said: "Boat family, how much does it cost to go to Qinghe Island?" ”

The man who rocked the boat was an old man in his fifties, and the old man listened to Yuan Shao and asked, "Are you going to participate in the Yuedan Commentary?" ”

Yuan Shao and the others nodded, and the old man said with a smile: "Come up, go to participate in the Yuedan Review, we don't charge money." ”

Yuan Shao and the others glanced at each other, and when everyone got on the boat, Cao Cao asked, "Old man, why don't you charge money for participating in the Yuedan Evaluation?" ”

The old man who rocked the boat said with a simple smile: "Because the two Mr. Xu have already paid us money, these two gentlemen said that anyone who comes to participate in the Yuedan evaluation is a famous person in the court, and a famous person generally does not bring money."

After listening to the boatman's words, everyone laughed out loud, and they couldn't imagine that these two Xu were so understanding.

On both sides of the Luo River, the scenery is picturesque, the boat is like a leaf, and soon the boat carrying everyone has walked out of a few miles, turning a river, a small road comes into everyone's eyes, this small island is Qinghe Island.

After the boat docked, everyone got off the boat and came to this Qinghe Island.

This Qinghe Island is not big, the moss in the island is like grass, the strange stones are all over, the vines and roses are hanging down, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, the dense forests and bamboos are all over the mountains, the strange flowers and plants are dizzying, and the streams and waterfalls can be seen everywhere.

Walking into the island, everyone was fascinated by the scenery of the island.

The cliff is wild bamboo, and the waterfall hangs on the cliff. The pine waves roll all over the mountain, and the clear spring grass flows downstream. Strange stones and old trees, green vines weaving biluo. The dense forest of flying birds is really a natural beauty and a paradise.

At this moment, the island is crowded with people, all of whom are literati and ink writers who come to admire Yuedan, Yuan Shao and others have gone all the way, but they have also met many familiar people.

The crowd soon came to the center of Qinghe Island, where a high platform had already been erected for lectures and deliberations.

At this time, there were already many people waiting in the audience, and Yuan Shao and others worked hard to squeeze to the front of the characters.

At this time, a drum sounded, and Shi Shiran came up on the stage with two men in Confucian clothes, two of them were about thirty years old, and one of them looked old and dignified, and it was Xu Jing in the second Xu. And the other one who is a little younger, Gu Pan, is full of arrogance, this person is called Xu Shao.

Xu Jing cleared his throat at this moment and said:

"A flower and a leaf know the spring letter,

Meticulous cultivation word by word.

The ancient wind is full of nature,

Xiao Xiao went straight down to the golden platform.

Today, the two of us have the courage to start a Yuedan review on Qinghe Island.

Without further ado, is there any gentleman who would like to take the stage first? ”

After Xu Jing finished speaking, soon a scholar walked up to the stage with a roll of bamboo, the student saluted the people around him, opened the bamboo and said, this student is talking about the method of governing the country, although the words are slightly green, but the idea is clear.

After the student finished reading, Xu Jing nodded with satisfaction and said, "This little gentleman, although the writing is slightly lacking, but"

Before Xu Jing finished speaking, Xu Shao spoke: "According to the script, it is difficult to be elegant, mediocre and talented."

Xu Shao's merciless words caused everyone in the audience to burst into laughter, Xu Jing glanced at Xu Shao dissatisfiedly, and secretly blamed his cousin in his heart. The two have been co-organizing the Yuedan Review for some years, but recently, my cousin's mouth has become more and more mean.

The scholar on the stage was choked by Xu Shao's words, he looked at Xu Shao with a pale face, but Xu Shao didn't look at him but said, "Next!" ”

Soon one after another bachelors came to the stage, and finally they all came down, because these people obviously didn't have any great talents, Xu Shao seemed to be tired, and he said: "The dignified Luoyang City, are they actually some mediocre people? ”

Because of Xu Shao's meanness, everyone in the audience was a little hesitant to continue on stage.

Gradually, at noon, Xu Shao looked up at the sun, and then got up and prepared to step down, when a person said in a deep voice: "Mr. Xu, how do you see me?" ”

Xu Shao looked up, only to see a person in a black costume standing on the stage at some point, this person is not tall, his appearance is not good, except for a pair of breathtaking eyes, there is nothing else, this person is none other than Cao Cao.

Xu Shao looked at Cao Cao standing in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and then snorted angrily and said, "Is there an article?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head, Xu Shao got up angrily and said, "If there is no article, what are you doing on stage?" Don't you make fun of me? ”

Cao Cao smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "I heard that Mr. can also recognize people and comment, please sir, give advice!" ”

Xu Shao glanced at Cao Cao disdainfully and ignored him. Xu Shao walked off the stage with his head held high.

When passing by Cao Cao's side, Xu Shao let out a heavy cold snort, but the next moment Xu Shao didn't dare to move, because a sharp long sword was in front of his neck.

This happened too suddenly, there was an uproar on and off the stage, Xu Jing couldn't sit still at the moment, he stood up and said: "This strong man, your subordinates are merciful!" ”

Yuan Shao and others in the audience didn't expect Cao Cao to come to this hand, Yuan Shao and Xu Shao and others are all from Nanyang, the two have known each other for a long time, Yuan Shao knows Cao Cao's nature very well, and at this moment he couldn't help exclaiming: "Meng De can't!" ”

However, Cao Cao turned a deaf ear to all this, Cao Cao just sneered and said to Xu Shao: "Please tell me who I am?" Mediocre person? Idiot? Or a wizard? ”

Xu Shao's face was a little pale at the moment, and the sharp cold on the blade penetrated his skin little by little, making him dare not move at all, at this moment he happened to hear Yuan Shao's shout, the corners of his mouth squirmed, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "You are Cao Cao?" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Exactly, please let Mr. know!" ”

Xu Shao raised his hand, put his hand on the sword, and with a gentle push, Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to put away the Yitian sword.

Without the oppression of the long sword, Xu Shao sighed, and at this moment he officially looked at the young man in front of him, and finally he said: "You are a virtuous minister who rules the world, a hero in troubled times"

After saying this, Xu Shao turned away and left, only Cao Cao had a stronger smile on his face.

At this moment, Yuan Shao had already come to the stage, he came to Cao Cao's side, and asked with some anger on his face: "Cao Mengde, what are you doing?" ”

Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao, spread out his hand, made an innocent expression and said, "It's nothing, just kidding." ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he looked in the direction of Xu Shao's departure, a virtuous minister of the world, a hero of troubled times. Hehe, Cao Cao stepped down from the stage, his purpose had been achieved, he was just temporary, just to use Xu Shao's mouth to push his reputation to another new level.

The sky is high and the clouds are light, and an eagle on Qinghe Island soars on it, making a terrible hiss, Yuan Shao looked up at the eagle, his brows furrowed, this is the letter eagle of the imperial court, which is used to urgently summon ministers. All the ministers who heard the sound of the eagle immediately went to the Jiade Palace. Yuan Shao and the others glanced at each other, what happened, the court was so anxious to gather the ministers.

Everyone didn't have time to think about it, so they hurriedly left Qinghe Island and rushed back to Luoyang City.