In the fourth year of Jian'an, on the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

On the main road outside the county of Peiguoqiao, a team of carriages and horses came.

There were about three hundred men, of whom fifty were knights, and the rest were all foot soldiers. It is the spring when the flowers are blooming, the peach and apricot are blooming, and on the fields on both sides of the road, the farmers are working hard to sow seeds, and there are many literati who bring their families and go out to play.

"Ah Fu, how far is it to Qian County?"

A carriage, with the curtain lifted, poked out a beautiful woman.

The young man next to the carriage replied: "Sister, there is Qian County in front, and it is estimated that you can arrive at noon." ”

"Well, it's finally here!" The beautiful woman looked at Cao Peng and said with a smile: "Ah Fu, when I go back this time, Daddy and Auntie must be very happy." ”

"yes, I haven't seen Daddy and Auntie for more than a year!"

"I just don't know, your brother-in-law was left alone in Haixi, and no one took care of ......"

"Sister, brother-in-law is not a child, why should you worry too much? Haixi is now normal, and there is still a tiger head left in Hailing, echoing his brother-in-law from afar. Mr. Dai is guarding Yandu, Zishan is now also a dignified Hailing Lieutenant, and Mr. Wen Qi and Mr. Puyang are on the side to assist, and Uncle Zhou is taking care of him next to his brother-in-law, so it is impossible for anything to go wrong. If you want me to say, don't worry about your brother-in-law. ”

"It's easy to say, how can you not be heartbroken?"

The beautiful woman muttered, and suddenly heard a weak woman's voice in the car, she quickly shrank into the car, and the curtain fell.

From the car, there was a burst of laughter like silver bells.

———————————————————————— this convoy came from Xuzhou, and the young man next to the car was Cao Peng.

At the end of the third year of Jian'an, the war in Xuzhou ended. Lu Bu, known as the tiger, was buried at the foot of Geyi Mountain after being killed in Xiapi.

Xuzhou ended the five-year-long war.

Subsequently, Cao Ying appointed Che Zhou as the assassin of Xuzhou, and officially changed the country of Xiapi to Xiapi County, but did not guard too much.

Deng Ji was appointed as the governor of Tuntian because of his meritorious service in Tuntian, and continued to be in charge of Haixi. However, today's Haixi is no longer comparable to a year ago, and its area has more than tripled. It is bounded by Yilu in the north, Huaishui in the south, and Quyang in the west, and directly to the sea in the east.

Yilu County was added, and the former Haixi Cheng Puyang Min served as the head of Yilu.

Pan Zhang, the former lieutenant of Haixi County, served as the chief of Quyang as the Sima of other departments, and assisted Deng Ji in implementing the law of Tuntian.

Zhou Cang served as the post supervisor of Cao Peng in the eastern part of Guangling, and also served as the lieutenant of Haixi County. Its main responsibility is to inspect the coastal areas of the East China Sea. Cao Fengchao, a former Haixi soldier, was promoted to Haixi County Lieutenant and was in charge of land security. Deng Zhi, the chief secretary of Haixi, took over the post of Dai Qian of Puyang Min.

Dai Qian was appointed as the chief of salt and transferred to Huainan.

This promotion was recommended by Chen Qun and Chen Deng's consent was sought.

Subsequently, Bu Qi served as the captain of Hailing, replacing Cao Peng's original position. Wang Xu stayed behind in Hailing, and the original Hailing elite soldiers were sent to Dongling Pavilion to garrison.

However, the most surprising thing was the position of Nong Du Lieutenant, which was held by Wang Mai.

Cao Peng, who was originally the most likely to serve as the captain of Nongdu, did not receive any reward...... This came as a surprise to many people, including Wang Mai. After Wang Mai was appointed, he immediately rushed to Haixi to inquire about Cao Peng.

"I recommended you!"

"Huh?"

Cao Peng replied with a smile, as if he didn't take this matter to heart.

"If I did something wrong, I should be punished. Originally, Cao Gong was ready to let me take the position of Guangling Agricultural Captain, but ...... However, Cao Gong still asked Guo Xijiu to ask for my opinion, and I recommended you. You have seen the process of tuntian with your own eyes in Haixi, and you have been stationed in Hailing for more than a year, so you have a good understanding of the situation in Hailing. With Zishan to help you, it must not be a problem. ”

"What about you?"

"I ...... Back to Xudu! ”

Cao Peng replied, and then took Wang Mai's hand and said, "Brother Hutou, you have to work hard." It took me a lot of effort to recommend you to be the captain of Nongdu. For this reason, I also visited Chen Taishou and persuaded him...... You stay, the task is very heavy, not only to cooperate with Chen Taishou to make the eastern part of Guangling prosperous again, but also to cooperate with your brother-in-law, it has long been said that Hailing and Haixi are connected as one. ”

Wang Mai was dumbfounded, "Can I do it?" ”

"Whether it works or not, you have no way back now.

If you do well, I also have face, if you don't do well, even your father will be disgraced. Now that you have sat in this position, you should think carefully about how to do it well, and don't think about those things that are useful or useless. If you have any questions, you can ask Mr. Kokoyama. ”

Wang Mai hesitated for a long time before he reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Now Wang Mai can be regarded as a person who has been listed under Cao Ying's account.

Not only because he and Cao Zhen are sworn brothers, but also because of his Laozi Wang Meng, because of his meritorious service in capturing Chen Gong, he was given the position of five doctors and marquis, and served as Huben Zhonglang. Compared with the earlier Tiger Benlang General, he was suddenly promoted by two levels, and his official position was only below Dian Wei.

Moreover, Cao Peng tried his best to recommend Wang Mai this time, which made Cao Ying pay more attention.

Wang Mai is seventeen years old, and he can be regarded as having a lot of experience.

served as a soldier in the Nine Girls City and killed people; He worked as Cao Peng in Haixi, and later ruled Hailing's side when Cao Peng was away.

Cao Peng's evaluation of Wang Mai is four words: decent.

He doesn't have any special talents, but he is diligent and diligent.

After explaining the matter to Wang Mai, there is no need to worry about it anymore. He will definitely try his best to do the best he can...... And this trait is the most suitable for Nong Duwei.

The main responsibility of the Nong Du Lieutenant is, to put it bluntly, Tuntian, which is very close to the surname of the Tuntian Du Lieutenant.

With the experience of Haixi Tuntian, there is no need for any innovation. What Wang Mai has to do is to do his duty and make Tuntian carry out.

This is exactly what Wang Mai is good at.

In ancient times, there was a beautiful talk about Xiao Gui and Cao Sui, but now Wang Mai can't say Xiao Gui Cao Sui, but he only needs to copy Haixi's model. There is a relationship between the two families, and Deng Ji will also try his best to help Wang Mai. If it were someone else, Deng Ji might not be willing to help sincerely.

After all, this person is selfish...... Deng Fan went to Chen County with Cao Hong a few years ago and served as Cao Shi, a soldier of Chen County.

It can be seen that Cao Hong still attaches great importance to Deng Fan, and he will be entrusted with important tasks as soon as he passes. The salary of Bing Cao Shi is not high, more than 300 stones, and the monthly salary is 370 buckets, which is a serious local military position, and he is in charge of the military affairs of Chen County. Deng Fan is eighteen years old, and it is just right to take this Yulu. Moreover, like Wang Mai's Nong Du Lieutenant, it is also an official position with real power. As you can imagine, he has a good future ahead of him.

In comparison, Cao Peng is a little shabby.

A knighthood of five doctors, plus a vacant position of a cavalry captain.

However, Cao Peng did not take it to heart, but seemed extremely relaxed.

Cao Ying's class returned to Xudu, and Cao Peng should have gone with him. But because of Deng Ji's letter, he asked him to return to Haixi, and later took Cao Nan and Deng Ai back to Xudu, saying that he wanted to reunite with his family. Cao Ying didn't ask about it, so he granted Cao Peng's vacation...... In fact, this is also the duty of all officials.

Captain Tuntian said that it is not big, and he said that it is not small, but the stakes are very important.

The most important thing is that the Tuntian Lieutenant can directly intervene in military affairs and control 3,000 soldiers and horses. According to the rules, the generals in charge of the army must keep their families in the capital as hostages. However, many people have forgotten this rule. Deng Ji now took the initiative to put it forward, which is exactly what Cao Ying wants. It can be seen from this that Cao Peng's family did not have any intention of rebellion, and Cao Ying was naturally more assured.

In this way, Cao Peng stayed in Haixi.

After returning to Haixi, Cao Peng lived a good life in the first government of Haixi again.

Every day, I either go to the market and chat with the leaders of the nine major banks, or I try to compete with Gan Ning. Spring is coming, taking Huang Yueying and two little maidservants, leading Hao Zhao and others out of the city to practice, going out, living a good life, happy and comfortable. During this time, Cao Peng finally broke through the bottleneck of Yi Jin and entered the realm of marrow washing. The so-called marrow washing, that is, refining the gods and returning the void. Practice the dark energy to the softest and smoothest, according to the boxing scriptures, the extreme of softness, the end of the dark energy. As a result, it officially entered the stage of chemical strength, thus reaching the peak.

The key point of washing the marrow, that is, to be quiet, lies in cultivating the mind.

Boxing Jingyun: Fist without fist, unintentional, unintentional is true.

Silence does not move, and the feeling is passed. Everything is unintentional, just following the other person's wishes...... When practice reaches this point, it is no longer just 'practice', but also needs to be 'cultivated' and 'enlightened'.

Cao Peng's previous life was only to the stage of easy tendons, so after entering the marrow washing, how to practice, how to raise, how to understand, there is no experience to follow. Everything has to be explored on your own. The situation of the individual is different from the individual, so even if Gan Ning has already reached the realm of washing the marrow, he can't give Cao Peng the slightest help. If you practice to the extreme, raise to the extreme, and realize to the extreme, you can have your own 'potential'. But all this can only rely on oneself, and outsiders can give some experience at most, but it is of no great use.

In other words, from this moment on, all the experiences of previous lives have lost their effect.

Next, it is up to Cao Peng to understand and master it himself.

After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Cao Peng took Hao Zhao and three hundred soldiers from Haixi to escort his sister Cao Nan, as well as Huang Yueying and Guo Huanbuluan's two daughters, and set off to return to Xudu. However, before leaving, Cao Ying received a letter asking him to pick up someone when he passed through Qian County.

The person who wrote this letter was none other than Cao Peng's sworn brother, Cao Zhen.

And Cao Zhen is the person entrusted by Mrs. Huan to pick up, named Xiahou Zhen.

It has the same name as Cao Zhen!

Anyway, Cao Peng is not a big deal, just a matter of the way.

The only change is that the route has changed. Originally, Cao Peng planned to pass through Pengchengguo, cross Dangshan, pass from Chenliu, and arrive in Xudu. Now, he can only change his route, enter Peiguo from Xiapi County, and then return to Xudu from Chen County. Qian County is located in Peiguo.

It just so happens that you can also visit Deng Fan.

After Cao Peng designed the route, he set off.

After nearly ten days, he arrived in Qian County.

Qian County, which is also Cao Ying's hometown, is located between Peiguo, Runan and Chenjun.

Cao Ying is now a commonplace, and he is ordered by the Son of Heaven to order the princes, so the tide of Qiaoxian is also rising. Cao Peng didn't know that in more than ten years, it would become one of the four major escort capitals of Cao Wei. The county in front of you looks quite dilapidated, and the rammed earth city wall is not very high.

The Cao family and the Xiahou family are the two major families in Qian County.

However, because at the end of the second year of Jian'an, Lü Bu sent Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to attack Liu Bei, and Xiahoudun sent troops to help, and there was a big battle with Zhang and Gao in Qian County. Later, Xiahoudun retreated, and the Cao clan and Xiahou clansmen in Qian County also left Qian County one after another, and most of them moved to Xudu. After Cao Peng came to Qian County, he ordered someone to inform the county order of Qian County. According to the rules, soldiers and horses were not allowed to enter the city, so Hao Zhao and Xiahou Lan led the troops to camp next to the post station outside the city. Cao Nan and Huang Yueying's three daughters lived together in the post station, and then Cao Peng took Gan Ning and entered Qian County together.

Speaking of which, Gan Ning is quite a loss!

In this Xuzhou War, almost everyone was promoted, but only Hou Lan and Hao Zhao of Gan Ningxia did not get any benefits.

Hao Zhao, who is not well known, was stationed in Tanglin Pavilion during the Battle of Quyang, but it is easy to say.

But Xiahou Lan and Gan Ning were both heroes who participated in the Battle of Quyang. It's not that they don't have a chance, but they don't want to.

In Gan Ning's opinion, he was entrusted by Huang Chengyan to take care of Huang Yueying.

So it doesn't matter if you get promoted or not. Anyway, as long as you follow Cao Peng, you will have a chance sooner or later.

As for Xia Houlan, she used the excuse of 'I am a family general', hoping to continue to stay by Cao Peng's side to do things. From the current point of view, Cao Peng was punished for rescuing the Lu family, and the merits and demerits were offset; But it was precisely because of this action that Xiahou Lan respected Cao Peng even more.

Cao Peng's actions, in Xia Houlan's eyes, deserve the word 'righteous man'.

In these years, people attach great importance to the word 'righteousness'. Cao Peng's deeds are worthy of the name of 'Little Bayi' and are worthy of his follow.

In this way, Xia Houlan is still a general, following Cao Peng.

Don't look at Wang Xu and Pan Zhang, they have all been promoted one by one, but the virtue of the son, the talent of the son, sooner or later there will be great achievements. As long as you follow Childe, are you afraid that you won't have a chance? Besides, Xia Houlan didn't really want to stay in Guangling, and always felt that there was some desolation over there.

Xiahou's family is easy to find, it is said that this Xiahou is really a relative of Xiahou Yuan.

Cao Peng first went to the county government of Qiaoxian County to visit the county magistrate of Qiaoxian County, and after inquiring about Xiahou Yuan's residence, he came directly to Xiahou Yuan's residence under the leadership of a subordinate officer. Xiahou Yuan's residence is not too big. But the area of two hectares of land is also the best in Qian County.

The high-level, Zhumen, all show Xiahou Yuan's good family background.

Xia Houlan stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After a while, I heard footsteps behind the door...... The door opened, and out of it came an old family member. He opened his old eyes wide and asked suspiciously, "Dare to ask, who knocks on the door?" ”

"I'm Cao Peng, entrusted by Mrs. Huan to find a person named Xiahou Zhen.

Mrs. Huan asked me to take him to Xudu, I don't know if this Xiahou is really living here? ”

The old family was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"You're here to find Miss Zhen...... Please come with me. ”

Miss Zhen?

Cao Peng looked confused, Xiahou Zhen, is it a woman?

Why didn't Cao Zhen make it clear in his heart?

The old family took Cao Peng and others to the lobby of the mansion and asked them to wait in the lobby, and then hurriedly left the flower hall.

About a cup of tea, only to hear the footsteps outside the flower hall.

A girl dressed in plain clothes, dressed in linen and filial piety, walked in.

She looked up and couldn't help but be stunned when she saw Cao Peng, and immediately blurted out: "Brother Rabbit, why are you?" ”

(To be continued)