The two men continued to drink until dark. Cao Cao has already made up his mind, regardless of Sun Quan and Liu Bei for the time being, and will go to destroy Zhang Lu first.

There is also the astrologer, since he learned the news of Liu Bei, he has been in a panic all day, and he feels that he has reached his limit. He clearly saw that it should be in Yizhou, but Wang Baoyu had to say that it was Hanzhong, and it seemed that he had the intention to help Liu Bei.

Therefore, it is not that Cao Cao was annoyed that the astrologer was not of high level and killed himself, that is, Wang Baoyu wanted to protect himself and moved to kill him, or Cao Cao put Wang Baoyu and himself to death, no matter what, horizontal and vertical are a death.

On this day, the astrologer was desperate and thinking about what method to use to commit suicide, but when he heard the news that Zhang Lu was king, he was pleasantly surprised, and admired Wang Baoyu's superb talent, and he saw the problem thoroughly.

Zhang Lu wanted to be the king of Hanning before, but he was resolutely opposed by the strategist Yan Pu and has not been able to do so.

There is a great warcist in Shu, named Qian Zhou, who knows everything about astronomy and geography, but he never sets foot in the official career. On this day, he happened to come to Hanzhong, and Zhang Lu heard the news and hurriedly invited him over.

During the banquet, Zhang Lu asked for a hexagram, called "Mountain Fire Ben", and asked Zhou what this hexagram meant. Qian Zhou said that this hexagram should be hidden in the spring at the west mountain from here, and there are treasures.

Zhang Lu was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to dig and got several large boxes of pearls and a jade seal. Pearls are nothing, he is not too rare, but this jade seal is very transparent, and there are unicorn beast buttons on it, which can be called the top grade.

The jade seal is very ancient, there are four tadpole texts on it, Zhang Lu doesn't know it, and everyone doesn't know it, so Zhang Lu humbly asked Qian Zhou. Qian Zhou looked at it for a long time, frowned and pinched his fingers for a while, and finally said four words, Hanning Wang Yin.

Zhang Lu's heart shook wildly, and he hurriedly asked, what did he mean by getting this jade seal? Qian Zhou said that the emperor's seal is in his hand, which is logical.

Zhang Lu's little heart fluttered with excitement, thinking that this was the will of heaven to make him king, so he wanted to proclaim himself the king of Hanning. Of course, everyone expressed strong opposition to this, but Zhang Lu tried his best to resist public opinion and go his own way.

After that, the first thing Zhang Lu had to do was to reward Zhou again, but his entourage said that he had left this place and traveled all over the world. As for whether this was a conspiracy against Zhang Lu and who instigated it behind the scenes, it is unknown, and it has become a historical unsolved case.

Zhang Lu's move to claim the title of king seemed to divert Cao Cao's wariness of Liu Bei, but in fact, Cao Cao planned to continue to attack Liu Bei after occupying Hanzhong.

It is precisely because of this idea that Cao Cao did not immediately send troops to attack Zhang Lu, but made full pre-war preparations, drilled soldiers and horses, prepared grain and grass, and wanted to level the southwest in one fell swoop.

"When people are old, it's time to go, don't spend money on rescue. When I died, I was buried next to the big meteorite, waiting for my son to come home. Son, Baoyu! Lin Zhaodi, the godmother on the hospital bed, described herself as emaciated, crying, and speaking intermittently. All around were their relatives, all bowing their heads and crying, looking very helpless.

When did my godmother get sick and what disease did she have? Wang Baoyu shouted loudly in a hurry, but no one heard his voice, Wang Baoyu rushed over, but he pounced like a transparent person, and then woke up, it was a dream!

Sweating coldly, his limbs were cold, and his whole body trembled, Wang Baoyu burst into tears, couldn't sleep anymore, and walked around the house. After waiting for half a year, he still didn't see Cao Zhang come back from Hexi, the old man couldn't wait too long! Maybe it's not a dream, it's a real thing!

Wang Baoyu didn't dare to think about it anymore, and went to Cao Cao again as soon as it was dawn. Cao Cao did not hide that Cao Zhang's illness had already been cured, and he heard that an island by the sea of Penglai produced a kind of herb that had the effect of prolonging life, and Cao Zhang personally went to look for it and wanted to come back to give it to his father.

This is a piece of his son's heart, Wang Baoyu is inconvenient to say, but he is always depressed in his heart, your son is filial, if I can't go back, it will be a big unfilial piety! Alas, why is it so difficult to go home from the north!

During this period, Wang Baoyu heard a message from Yang Xiu that Cao Pi proposed a construction to Cao Cao, not only the harem, but also any official eunuch could not be an official and hold an important position. Because of Mu Shun's lesson before, Cao Cao readily agreed, and praised Cao Pi for his foresight.

Because Cao Pi has been very good recently, Cao Cao was happy and let him serve as the pastor of Jizhou. Cao Pi kowtowed again and again to thank him, this son-in-law who had endured for many years, now finally has real power.

"Baoyu, if you continue like this, Cao Pi will be able to succeed to the throne." Cai Wenji reminded worriedly.

"I knew about it. But there's nothing we can do to stop it! Wang Baoyu said.

"I have to leave, and if I delay any longer, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave."

"Well, I haven't figured out a good idea! If I could go, I wouldn't want to stay here for a day. Wang Baoyu sighed.

"Baoyu, I wrote two poems, you can take them to Cao Cao and beg him to let me leave Xudu and go to Yiling." Cai Wenji said, and took out two rolls of white silk from under the bookcase.

Wang Baoyu unfolded it and saw that it was "Eighteen Beats of Hu Ji" and "Poems of Grief and Indignation", the rhetoric was gorgeous and very sensational, recording the suffering that Cai Wenji had suffered, just reading it once, Wang Baoyu felt that his eyes were wet and he couldn't bear to look at it again.

"Okay, I'll give it a try." Wang Baoyu nodded firmly.

Holding Cai Wenji's poem, Wang Baoyu came to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao was reading with a magnifying glass, and when he saw Wang Baoyu coming in, he said with a smile: "Baoyu, I was looking for you, Zhang'er has not returned for the time being, how about you join me in Hanzhong?" ”

"Lao Cao, if you promise me one thing, I will resolutely help you defeat Zhang Lu." Wang Baoyu also took the opportunity to put forward his own conditions.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it!" Cao Cao said.

"Here are two poems written by Wen Ji, you can take a look at them first." Wang Baoyu handed over Cai Wenji's poem.

Cao Cao was originally a lover of literature, and when he heard this, he hurriedly took it with both hands, read it very seriously, wet his eyes with tears, and sighed: "Wen Ji is such a strange woman, but she suffers so much, God is unfair, I feel pity!" ”

"Lao Cao, this is exactly what I want to say, I beg you to let Wen Ji leave. Of course, this is also what Wen Ji meant. Wang Baoyu solemnly arched his hand.

"Leave? Isn't Yiling Mansion enough? Food and clothing, you can come to me directly if you lack anything, or there are not enough domestic servants and you can't serve me well. Cao Cao said in astonishment.

"No, Lao Cao, you know, I'm busy all day, and I don't have time to accompany her. Wen Ji has been writing books for a few years, she has no social circle and no friends, her tired eyes are going blind, and her eyesight is estimated to be inferior to yours. Although she didn't have to worry about food and clothing in Yiling Mansion, she was very lonely, so I wanted her to go to Yiling. Wang Baoyu said.