Chapter 41: Windfall
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"Fellow villagers, you can't let you go into the ground, but use cremation to bury you, Lu Ren is also helpless, I hope you know under the spring, don't blame Lu Ren......"
When Lu Ren shouted these words loudly towards the funeral fire, he didn't know that Cao Cao and Guo Jia had seen him from a distance, and because Lu Ren shouted so loudly, Cao Cao and Guo Jia could hear his words clearly. When Cao Cao heard the word "cremation", he couldn't help but ask Guo Jia, "Cremation?" What kind of places has Lu Ren been to? Had he been to the Western Regions? He actually used cremation to bury the villagers in the village. (Note 1)
Guo Jia hurriedly shook his head: "I don't know, but he seems to have really been to a lot of places." ”
Cao Cao's brows couldn't help frowning: "How old is he?" In more than ten years, he has traveled thousands of miles? ”
How did Guo Jia know about Lu Ren's past? At this moment, it is naturally not good to talk to Cao Cao about this, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Lu Ren picking up the bamboo flute from a distance, and hurriedly lowered his voice to Cao Cao and said: "Jia Su knows that the lord is also a person who likes music and rhythm, but the lord has not heard music in these days, right?" Yihao has found his bamboo flute, and has the intention of using flute music to send funerals to his neighbors, so the lord might as well take this opportunity to listen to Yihao's music inherited from Cai Zhonglang. ”
Cao Cao has always liked music, and historical materials say that Cao Cao can "advocate excellence on the side, often reaching the sun" (Note 2) when he plays music, but now he has the name of "father's hatred", and it is really not good to play music in his spare time, and he has long been a little itchy. Now that I have such an opportunity, I heard that it is the music left by Cai Yong, so why don't you talk about it for a while? Therefore, he immediately signaled everyone to dismount and not make any noise to alarm Lu Ren, and then quietly came to a place not far from Lu Ren with Guo Jia.
Lu Ren blew it and entered that state of self-forgetfulness, and he didn't notice that there were two more people not far behind him, and in this state, the four pieces of music played by Lu Ren were all super level of play, and Cao Cao and Guo Jia were not drunk and obsessed, but the resonance of the heart was always some.
Finally, after Lu Ren finished blowing the parting song "Waving the Sword and Asking for Love", Cao Cao couldn't help but let out a long sigh, that is, this long sigh alarmed Lu Ren and pulled Lu Ren out of that state of self-forgetfulness. Subconsciously turning around and looking, Lu Renke was startled, and hurriedly saluted Cao Cao and Guo Jia: "Gong Cao, old ...... Master Guo! ”
Cao Cao looked at Lu Ren and couldn't help but ask, "With your flute skills...... Are you really not the first son of Bo Jiao? ”
Lu Ren hurriedly shook his head. This cannot be admitted, but it is one of his principles in this time.
Cao Cao sighed again: "It's a pity, it's really a pity." With your qualifications, you can have such skills just by stealing music in the morning and evening service, and if Bo Gong really accepts you as a disciple and teaches you with your heart, your art of music and rhythm is likely to be world-famous. ”
Lu Renxin said that if you really want to do that, you are just causing me unnecessary trouble, okay? The artists and stars of this era are far less beautiful than the artists and stars of their own era. But now the most important thing is to be polite with Cao Cao: "Don't dare to be!" Cao Gong praised Lu Ren. ”
Cao Cao is a person who loves talent like life, and talents from all walks of life refuse to let go, of course, these talents should not commit Cao Cao's taboo, otherwise Cao Cao will kill the same! However, Lu Ren obviously did not commit Cao Cao's taboos, and he did not dare to commit them, and his ability in music and rhythm was very good, so Cao Cao also had the intention of soliciting Lu Ren: "After Gu takes Xuzhou and returns to Juancheng, you will live near Gufudi." There are quite good advocates in the lonely house, and it is just right for you to teach and practice music, and the lonely and you will not suffer from hunger and cold. ”
Lu Ren was stunned at that time, because this matter was a little inexplicable to Lu Ren, how could he take Cao Cao's money in a daze? Fifty stone sounds like a lot, but you must know that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the county lieutenant and the county magistrate were only 200 to 400 stones, and taking 50 stone was basically equivalent to taking the salary of a civil servant at that time.
However, it is still necessary to say here that one stone in the Han Dynasty is said to be one hundred and twenty catties, but in fact, it is only 26.4 kilograms when converted into the modern metric system, and fifty stone is 1,320 kilograms of grain a year...... Well, it's still a lot. More than a ton of grain, Lu Ren can't eat it even if he turns into a pig, right?
He was still stunned here, Guo Jiake beside Cao Cao was a little anxious, and he shook his eyes at Lu Ren vigorously, and almost rushed up and stepped on Lu Ren a few times. And Lu Ren came back to his senses after a while, and as soon as he saw Guo Jia's eyes, he understood, and immediately greeted Cao Cao: "Thank you Cao Gong for your love, I dare not be ashamed!" ”
Cao Cao smiled: "There is nothing to dare to do." If you are diligent, you may be given a half-official position in the future. ”
Lu Ren thanked him in his mouth, but in his heart he was saying that if I play music, what kind of official can I be? And it's still folk music, not those sacrificial music...... However, in the image, the Han Dynasty seems to have a music house, which specifically includes folk music for officials and nobles to enjoy, but it is the exclusive institution of the Eastern Han Dynasty, not an official belonging to the county, and Cao Cao cannot be appointed now. By the time Cao Cao supported Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and could appoint this kind of official position, it would already be three years later, and at that time, he was preparing to flash people, where would the official position given by Cao Cao be rare?
was saying these nonsensical words here, but Dian Wei rushed up with the guards, and Dian Wei was even more unceremoniously squeezed Lu Ren aside and then said to Cao Cao: "Lord, this place is a little far away from the camp, in case Tao Qian has troops sneaking out of the city and coming here, it will not be good for the safety of the lord, so please ask the lord to return to the camp as soon as possible!" ”
What Dian Wei, the super bodyguard, said at this moment was very reasonable, but Cao Cao just smiled disdainfully: "Don't worry! If Tao Qian really had this kind of courage, he would have sent troops out of the city to fight Lone. But what did Tao Qian do? It's just that he was frightened by the more than 1,000 elite horsemen sent by Lone to ring the city, and he has been tightly guarding the city gate. Such a person would not have the courage to send troops out of the city and wait for an opportunity. ”
Guo Jia also smiled at this.
Cao Cao said to Lu Ren again: "Fengxiao is worried about your safety, so he came here to look for you." Now that you are looking for it, you should go back to the camp as soon as possible, and save Fengxiao from worrying in his heart. ”
Lu Ren agreed, and obediently ran to bring the horse back. Cao Cao said to Dian Wei and Guo Jia at this time: "Since you are out of the camp, Lone also wants to go around here, so you two should accompany Lone." ”
So, Lu Ren was bombarded back to the camp by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao took Dian Wei and Guo Jia to slowly and leisurely. Seeing Lu Ren's figure gradually disappearing, Cao Cao said to Guo Jia: "Although this person is a little greedy for life and afraid of death, his heart is also pure. And he has a lot of knowledge, if he has any kind words for Gu in the future, Gu will hire him as Gu's staff. ”
Guo Jia also looked at Lu Ren's back, and after thinking about it, he smiled strangely: "Yihao...... I always feel that he is a bit timid, and many times he doesn't dare to say it, for fear that if he says it, he will endanger himself. But when he really said it, it would be an earth-shattering remark. ”
Cao Cao also smiled: "Stone breaking words? Bonghyo, will you talk too much? It's just that in this way, I really want to see when he will say something earth-shattering. ”
At this time, Guo Jia remembered what Lu Ren wanted to say but couldn't say that night, and couldn't help frowning slightly: "Maybe it won't be long before he really says something earth-shattering, right?" ”
Of course, Lu Ren didn't know that Cao Cao and Guo Jia were talking about him, and Lu Ren was still stunned at this time. I still remember that before Mi Zhu went to find Lu Ren, Lu Ren had the idea of waiting to avoid the difficulties in Xuzhou, and then went to Xun Yu to find an errand and eat with the jade ornament given to him by "Xun Li", so as to finish the three and a half years. It's just that he later became Mi Zhu's dog-headed master, because he felt that he was mixing well with Mi Zhu, so he threw this initial idea aside. It's like choosing between being a senior white-collar worker or a low-level blue-collar worker.
But since the shock change in the small village, the possibility of going to Mi Zhu to be a senior white-collar worker has gradually disappeared, and Lu Ren can only bring up the idea of the blue-collar road again, and now he is just hanging the name of the scribe under Guo Jia's account, and he always feels that there will be some unreliability. But now Cao Cao unexpectedly gave Lu Ren a formal job in modern terms, which is tantamount to skipping many intermediate links for Lu Ren and going directly to the position he wanted to stay in. Faced with such an unexpected and sudden result, Lu Ren, who was unprepared, would of course be confused.
Just returned to the camp in such a daze and confused, Lu Ren's mood and thoughts gradually calmed down. At this time, because Lu Ren was already in a new position, he would naturally start to think about the future from his new position.
"If it's as a music teacher for Cao Cao...... Well, I'll take a look at the information first. ”
After calling up the information and checking it carefully: "First of all, the first principle, don't say what you shouldn't say, and what you should say depends on whether you can say it." In short, Cao Cao's taboo must not be committed, otherwise I won't even know how to die. However, Cao Cao was relatively tolerant of talents in the early days, and it was already Cao Cao's old age when he really started to kill people indiscriminately. I only stayed for about three and a half years, it was when Cao Cao was very wise and tolerant in the early days, I usually need to be careful and low-key, Cao Cao will not be too embarrassed even if he looks at Guo Jia's face......"
After thinking about it like this, Lu Ren's thoughts returned to the present point, and he had a headache for a while: "Bian Rang should have died, right?" If nothing else, the news will soon reach Chen Gong, and judging from Chen Gong's character, he will definitely be dissatisfied with Cao Cao, and then start planning a rebellion. This should not be because of my appearance, which can affect Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou in advance, so it is certain that Chen Gong will rebel.
"But I'm really uncertain about the time, and I don't have any suitable opportunity to talk to Cao Cao! Why don't you pretend to be stupid first, see if there is a suitable opportunity to tell Lao Guo, and let Lao Guo remind Cao Cao, which is more appropriate. In short, my goal is actually very simple, that is, to follow Cao Cao's army back to Juancheng, and then honestly become a music teacher in Cao Cao's house, and the rest has nothing to do with me, and Cao Cao will not bring a music teacher at home when he goes to war, right? At this point, it is better than being Lao Guo's scribe, Cao Cao fights with Guo Jia, if I am still Lao Guo's scribe, of course I have to follow. ”
(Note 1: Before the Qin and Han dynasties, cremation was not accepted in the Central Plains, and cremation was regarded as the greatest humiliation, and cremation was mainly used by ethnic minorities in the western regions of Di and Qiang. However, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the eastward movement of Buddhism, the cremation that was popular among monks on the Asan side was also introduced, and the folk believers also practiced it. The bottle wrote that Cao Cao said that Lu Ren had been to the land of the Western Regions is just an inconspicuous small link, just to say that Cao Cao and these people have a certain understanding of cremation, not so disgusted, everyone should not be too serious. )
(Note 2: This is the record in "The Biography of Cao Concealment", but it is not believed that God knows.) The use here is nothing more than a small foreshadowing. (A pie-in-the-sky event, cool phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! )