In normal times, Cao Cao and his retinue were riding their horses on the official road south of Xuchang City. Of course, Cao Cao's ace bodyguard Xu Chu was following Cao Cao at the moment.

"Zhongkang, I heard that after you got off duty yesterday, you got drunk as soon as you went back?"

Xu Chu scratched his head embarrassedly: "The wine that the lord rewarded me with was so delicious that I didn't hold it when I was greedy for a while." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "Lone has never blamed you. On the contrary, you have been guarding Lonely, and you have worked hard for a long time, and it is also appropriate to drink happily after the next duty, and Lone also asked himself if the wine he gave you was less. ”

Xu Chu smiled honestly: "The lord knows that he is a straight-tempered person, and he can say whatever he wants." The wine that the lord rewarded me with below, I felt that it was gone without enjoying it. ”

Cao Cao laughed loudly: "It's not that I'm reluctant to give, it's that I'm really not much there." Walk! Today, I'll take you to have a drink! ”

Xu Chu said: "Where are you going, lord?" ”

Cao Cao said: "Go to the place where these fine wines are produced." ”

Cao Cao feasted the ministers, and the wine used was not too much, so he bought it from the Qingguo Wine Shop, that is, from Mi Zhen's hands. And the Qingguo Wine Shop is in Meng Village, so it is not an exaggeration for Cao Cao to say that this time he is going to the place where those fine wines are produced.

The group walked forward for a while, and suddenly an entourage reported to Cao Cao: "Lord, there is a car in front." ”

Cao Cao disagreed. There are people and cars on this avenue, and it's not normal to have a car? But the next words of the entourage made Cao Cao care: "Look like that, it should be the car of Shaofu Kong Rong." ”

"Kong Rong?"

As soon as he heard this name, Cao Cao couldn't help but have a little headache. For a long time, although Kong Rong has not been against Cao Cao everywhere, it is not uncommon for Cao Cao to be used from time to time. As for why Kong Rong is like this...... In fact, to put it bluntly, as a Qingliu scholar like Kong Rong, he really looks down on a person like Cao Cao who was born as a eunuch.

However, since they are ministers of the same hall after all, they always have to worry about their face on the surface, so they can only use a joking way to smash Cao Cao, and Kong Rong can't do excessive, radical things. On the other hand, although Cao Cao hates Kong Rong, Kong Rong is just joking, and Cao Cao can't use the topic to play, after all, Kong Rong's reputation and identity are there, and Cao Cao at the current point does not dare to commit this public anger.

In short, the current relationship between Cao Cao and Kong Rong is a typical discord between the face and the heart, and from time to time they will fight a few words and shake each other's mouths, and on the surface, it seems that the relationship between the two is quite good. Isn't there such a saying? The person who says that he will often slap you and tease you is often your good friend.

Of course, Cao Cao and Kong Rong are definitely not good friends, but in the end, face on the face is to be given. Now that I met on the road, I couldn't say it without saying hello, so Cao Qian was upset and had a headache, but he still sped up some speed and rushed to Kong Rong's car, and bowed to the car driver: "Brother Wenju, Cao is polite." ”

Cao Cao was reluctant to bump into Kong Rong, but Kong Rong didn't care a little. After all, in Kong Rong's view, Cao Cao is an object that is often ridiculed by him, in other words, Kong Rong has a sense of spiritual superiority over Cao Cao. So after Cao Cao saluted, Kong Rong also got out of the carriage, sat on the wheel of the car and saluted Cao Cao casually: "I've seen Cao Sikong!" ”

Cao Cao's official position is Sikong, one of the three dukes; Kong Rong's official position is Shaofu, which belongs to one of the Nine Qings. In terms of official position, Cao Cao is higher than Kong Rong; But in terms of fame, Kong Rong belongs to the characters who can finish the tyranny of Cao Cao. And Cao Cao called Kong Rong Brother Wenju, which meant respect, but Kong Rong always looked down on Cao Cao a little, so other people generally called Cao Cao "Cao Gong", but Kong Rong called Cao Cao by his official position, which actually brought out a bit of sarcasm.

Of course, Cao Cao could hear Kong Rong's sarcasm, but Cao Cao didn't care much about it, so he smiled at Kong Rong and asked, "Brother Wenju, where are you going?" ”

Kong Rong said: "Go to Meng Village to buy wine." ”

"Huh!?" These words made Cao Cao a little confused, and he asked very puzzled: "Brother Wen Ju is an official residence in the Shaofu, one of the Nine Qings, but why do you have to bother Brother Wen Ju to go there in person?" ”

It's okay not to say this, but as soon as he said it, Kong Rong was a little unhappy. Glancing at Cao Cao again, Kong Rong made the mistake of sneering at Cao Cao from time to time, although the tone of his voice was not yin and yang, but it also made people feel a little uncomfortable: "The old man's family is poor, how can you compare to Cao Sikong?" Cao Sikong, you can sweep away the wine in the liquor shop, and the old man's alcohol addiction is heavy, and he can't wait for the liquor to be sent to the liquor shop to sell, so he can only go to the liquor shop to buy wine to relieve the old man's alcohol addiction, and you can also guard against Cao Sikong, you will buy all the wine with another order, so that the old man has nowhere to sell wine. ”

Cao Cao was not once or twice by Kong Rong, how could he not hear that Kong Rong was shabu him again? It's just that this time Cao Cao really felt a little inexplicable, because Cao Cao didn't know when he offended Kong Rong again. However, although Cao Cao didn't understand what was going on, there were people who understood among Cao Cao's entourage, and they immediately came to Cao Cao's side to explain to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao couldn't laugh or cry after hearing it.

It turned out that when Cao Cao ordered to feast his ministers in the Mid-Autumn Festival, Cao Cao's wine on hand was not sufficient in terms of quantity or quality, and Cao Cao was very generous to his subordinates and guests. If the wine is not enough and the quality is not good, of course you have to buy it, but you have to buy wine, and you have to buy good wine, of course, you have to find Qingguo Wine Shop and Mi Zhen.

It's just that the time is a little urgent, so Cao Cao's comprador people bought all the inventory in the Qingguo wine shop. But how much alcohol can be stored in a liquor store? And Mi Zhen saw that it was a big deal, so she asked the winery in Meng Village to ignore the winery first, and the delivery team of the winery was going all out to Cao Cao. So in the past few days, there is no wine to sell in Qingguo wine shops...... It's not true that there is no wine to sell, and there are still some fruit wines.

But where can the kind of fruit wine, which is more similar to fruit beer and low-sparkling champagne in modern society, satisfy the wine worm in the stomach of a big drunkard like Kong Rong? For a few days, he couldn't drink good wine in the Qingguo wine shop, Kong Rong also lost his temper, so he simply ran to Meng Village today, and anyway, he had to buy three cars and five cars from Lu Ren's hands to go back. With it, Kong Rong will of course be a little dissatisfied with Cao Cao's purchase of all the good wine.

It is not surprising that an alcoholic would behave like this. Don't you see that in modern society, many people who are addicted to online games spend more money to create a virtual account character at every turn? And Cao Cao couldn't help but smile after understanding this inexplicable shabu. He has been opened by Kong Rong many times, and it is not good to deal with Kong Rong for one reason or another, but suddenly I heard that Kong Rong was inadvertently choked, and Cao Cao's heart was still quite dark.

And under this little darkness in his heart, Cao Cao's mood also improved a lot, and he immediately smiled and said a few words of apology to Kong Rong, and then invited Kong Rong to go to Meng Village together. No matter how much Kong Rong looked down on Cao Cao, the face on his face was always given, and of course it was not easy to refuse Cao Cao's invitation. Besides, the destination is all Meng Village, there are people chatting on the road, and there is a team of bodyguards provided for free, so it's pretty good to think about, isn't it?

So the two sides merged into a team, and Cao Cao and Kong Rong also talked about some poetry and songs. There is discord between the two people, and there is always a look on the surface. And in this crisp autumn season, walking on this avenue with a little bit of autumn heart, and talking about poetry and poetry between each other, it still feels very comfortable.

And when the two talked about "song", Kong Rong suddenly asked Cao Cao: "Cai Zhaoji is still in Cao Sikong's mansion, right?" ”

Cao Cao nodded. Since Cao Cao planned to use Cai Yan as a reward to increase Lu Ren's loyalty, Cao Cao no longer restricted Cai Yan in all aspects, and Kong Rong would not be surprised to know that Cai Yan was there for Cao Cao.

Kong Rong hesitated: "It's been a long time since she has been to the Qingguo Wine Shop to play the qin and sing, and the old man still thinks that it was Cao Sikong who sent her somewhere else." ”

Of course, Cai Yan will explain some of the things he did to Cao Cao, so Cao Cao also knows some things. Seeing Kong Rong's appearance at this moment, Cao Cao smiled and said: "She was dancing in the wine shop at that time, just to find Lu Yihao, who had the grace to save her. Now that she found it, why did she go to the liquor store again? ”

Kong Rong looked disappointed, and sighed lightly: "It's a pity, it's a pity!" Zhao Ji is not there, but when will the old man hear the sound of the beam? ”

Cao Cao also knew a little about those things, and when he saw Kong Rong like this at this moment, he only felt funny in his stomach, so he casually picked up and said, "Brother Wenju wants to listen to Zhaoji Fuqin, right?" Then this trip is the right one today, because Akihime is now living in Moe Village. ”

"Oh?" Kong Rong became interested at that time and asked, "Zhao Ji is staying in Meng Village?" ”

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When Cao Cao and Kong Rong's group arrived in Meng Village, because they were all traveling in civilian clothes, the villagers didn't pay much attention to it, but when they really stopped in front of Lu Ren's mansion, they scared Lu Xin and Lu Fang who stayed behind. What do you think, one is Sikong, one of the Three Princes, and the other is Shaofu, one of the Nine Qings, and they are all too big.

However, Cao Cao and Kong Rong didn't want to disturb the villagers of Meng Village, so they signaled Lu Xin and Lu Fang not to make a noise. After settling down a little with the entourage, Cao Cao asked Lu Xin, "Where is Yihao?" ”

"Big brother, he has opened a new workshop in the past few days, and he is busy in the workshop at the moment. Cao Gong waited, the kid asked people to call the eldest brother. ”

As soon as Cao Cao heard that Lu Ren was a "new shop", he became interested, because Cao Cao knew that Lu Ren would always get something out, and the effect of making it would often be very unexpected. Now just in time, of course, he was going to join in the fun, so he ordered Lu Xin to take him to Lu Ren's newly built workshop to have a look. And when casually asked if Lu Xin knew what Lu Ren's Xinfang was going to do, Lu Xin's answer made Cao Cao and Kong Rong involuntarily glance at each other in surprise:

"Listening to the eldest brother, it seems to be making paper......"