—186 A.D.——

Qingzhou, Beihai.

Cao Cao was riding back to Jinan with his son Cao Ang, and there was another car behind him, on which sat the Cai sisters.

The driver of his car was Dian Wei, originally Xu Chu wanted to drive for the sisters, but Cai Wan resolutely refused, so he had to run behind the car......

Cao Cao retracted his gaze and continued to think about the overall situation in Qingzhou.

The claim that "Jiang Zuo Merlin" was killed by the "Sword Master" has become quite credible because the "slain" has not reappeared for more than a year.

Even in Qingzhou, occasionally there will be people who are neither willing to go to Julu to defect to Zhang Jie, nor willing to return to the ordinary, the remnants of the Taiping Dao come out, claiming that they are the disciples of "Merlin" and want to inherit the teacher's will or something.

At first, Cao Cao also invited these people to talk with great interest, but how could these guys who just wanted to defraud by borrowing their names say why? It is only inferred from the time of "Merlin's" fame and style of conduct that she is a "gray-haired old woman with a kind face".

After being laughed at a few times, Cao Cao issued an order to assassinate the history, but if he saw such a person in Qingzhou, he would directly arrest and send him to reclaim wasteland or build a city wall for the new city.

Oh, yes, of course, Cao Cao's current official position is [Qingzhou Thorn History], this promotion order came suddenly, and he didn't even ask for the customary "donation", probably because "that sword" was too unreasonable, and Cao Cao had already completely controlled Qingzhou in essence, plus it was really not good to let a princess stay in a marquis, so the court simply gave him a "justification" that didn't cost anything, and the lord of Jinan was happy to see it.

Cao Cao speculated that this was probably due to the emperor's deteriorating health, and the "Sword Saint" as the "Sword of the Son of Heaven" could not leave Luoyang, so he had to take some gentle measures, the evidence of which is that the kind of orders that were obviously issued by the emperor and looked very decent, but the essence was still to make money, had gradually decreased, and most of them were in the pacification of the assassins of the states and powerful counties, as well as a few promotions and transfers that did not have any effect for the time being.

In addition, the "sword" of the Juggernaut that day also caused some unpleasant effects.

For example, in addition to speculating about the battle between Wang Yue and Merlin, those rumors also came up with various reasons for Cai Yong's convoy to be attacked, one of which said that the abduction of the princess was Cao Tingshi's plan to rebel, and it was inevitable that the imperial court would settle accounts so he took his father and the teacher's family by the way, and Cao Cao was disguised and hid at the scene.

This rumor made Cao Cao almost order a thorough investigation of the companions of the day, but the "stand-in" walked around and came back to report, saying that this was made up by a storyteller in a teahouse, and the reason why it reached the ears of the spy was because the spy was absent from work and drinking tea......

The other influence is more private, everyone present that day saw Merlin's appearance, which was quite similar to Cao Cao's "Mrs. Bian", however, the person who can make the judgment of "the two are similar" is far from having a relationship with Cao Cao, at least to the extent that he can see Mrs. Bian, such as Dian Wei, Xi Zhicai, etc.

Xi Zhicai, who had always liked to ask questions, asked Cao Cao a bunch of unrelated questions afterwards, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked away without explanation.

As for Bian Aya herself, she soon learned about it, but she was not worried, for no other reason, her child, Cao Cao's second son, Cao Pi was born, and the quiet eldest son Cao Ang is different, Cao Pi belongs to the type of crying when she is slightly unsatisfactory, Bian Aya is busy and turning, but she has no time to eat the flying vinegar of the "fairy".

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This trip to Luoyang, in addition to the negative impact, naturally also has a positive impact,

First of all, due to "not afraid of power", Cao Cao's "reputation" has greatly improved, and in the eyes of those poor children who are interested in showing their ambitions, but do not want to go to Luoyang and fall into the urn of the ten permanent servants, the name of Cao Mengde in Qingzhou has been listed with Liu Biao, Liu Dai, Liu Yan, Liu Yu and others in their consideration now.

Secondly, due to the addition of Cai Yong and Liu Nai, Cao Cao's "value" has also been greatly improved, and the immediate performance is that the Cao family and the Xiahou family in Qian County have sent a lot of people, but their talents are not able to take charge alone, and they only do auxiliary positions such as partial generals, generals, and masters.

In addition, the Yingchuan Xun clan, the Hongnong Yang clan, the Luoyang Xu clan, the Chen Liuzhang clan, the Runan Yuan clan and other Gaomen scholars who had a relationship with Cao Cao also sent envoys and brought some light greetings, which means about "We are paying attention to you, if you want actual support, we will make some greater achievements", as for whether there are people who can only secretly follow for objective reasons, it is not easy to judge.

In the end, it is the surrender of the local forces in Qingzhou, the original Qingzhou, Jinan and Beihai faintly showed a tendency to resist each other, Liu Kang, the lord of Jinan, and Kong Rong, the county guard of Beihai County, did not like each other, and the gang and faction struggle completely did not exist when the Qingzhou Thorn History, and after Cao Cao, who was originally the Minister of Jinan, was promoted to the Thorn History, the other party directly switched camps except for Beihai Kong Rong.

In this regard, Cao Cao just took his sons Cao Ang and Cai Yan to go around the Confucian Mansion in the name of a private visit, and gave his pair of children, Kong Ji and Kong Xiansi gifts that fit their preferences, Kong Rong sighed and changed his name to the lord - after all, Cao Cao even knows the preferences of children who are only four or five years old and don't go out all day, and it is not easy to deal with him effectively?

In this regard, the "stand-in" has already boasted all the way, and Cao Ang didn't see it all the way - by the way, Cao Pi couldn't see the "stand-in", and it was useless to stick it on his face.

Speaking of stand-ins, after Wang Yue and Merlin fought against each other, the "stand-in" also underwent some changes, although the words and deeds were no different from before, but the originally cold and hard lines between the eyebrows and eyes became slightly softer, and from time to time when they needed to claim themselves, they would hesitate for a moment.

For example, the sentence he just spoke: "Hahaha! When we went to Beihai, Ben proposed to Yuanjia and was rejected again, you didn't see his expression at that time, and died laughing...... I did. ”

He didn't want to call himself "I", that would be very dangerous, Cao Cao raised his eyebrows: If there is a suitable opportunity, call him "Lonely", it should be no problem.

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Although Yuan Shao successfully abducted the "Princess of Ten Thousand Years" Liu Nai from Luoyang, he was rejected several times.

Everyone in Qingzhou knows that this princess risked the world's disapproval to leave with Yuan Shao, except that it was impossible for him to marry anyone else, so when the two of them were having a temper, they were all watching jokes.

Only Cao Cao knows that the key to the two of them getting married is actually in his own hands.

As long as Emperor Ling is still in power for one day, Liu Nai and Yuan Shao are married to be "princesses recruiting horses", even if Emperor Ling dies, it is Liu Wei or Liu Xie who succeeds him, and this situation has not changed in any way, her identity has only changed from "princess" to "eldest princess".

Obviously, although the "Wushuang Awakening" has greatly improved the status of women, the custom of characterizing them by marriage has not changed much, if she really agrees to marry at this time, a "Mrs. Yuan" hat will never be able to get rid of.

It was only before Emperor Ling died and the prince succeeded to the throne that Cao Cao somehow made Liu Nai one of the "heirs" – even if she ultimately failed to succeed to the throne – that her relationship with Yuan Shao could be called "the empress Na Wangfu".

Therefore, no matter how much she likes Yuan Shao, this kind of decision that is related to the next major event of the entire life identity cannot be changed because of Yuan Shao's sincere attitude, deep affection, and obedience.

Just as it was for the original training, Cao Cao thought about it irrespective of himself, anyway, he is not a person who will give up, the longer he persists in this process, and the better the relationship will be when a lover finally becomes a family.

As for having a lover...... Cao Cao looked back, but due to the limited viewing angle, he could only see the Qingzhou soldiers guarding and heard the sound of a big fat man running.

The little girl who always said "I like Adian" is also thirteen years old, and she no longer puts this sentence on her lips, and if she asks her who she likes recently, she will sly say "I like Lord Mengde", and when she first heard this sentence, Zhen Ji picked up the Konghou that had been strengthened thirteen times and chased and killed Cao Cao Sanjie - and then reacted and was fooled.

For Cai Yan, who is like a sister and a daughter, Cao Cao and Cai Wan did not restrain her too much, nor did they deliberately hide the bad things in the world, and they would give fair and objective explanations when she had doubts.

Cao Cao and Cai Wan believed that she was wise enough to judge everything in the world, and that the two of them were responsible for providing sufficient force.

Although the alpaca mount she recently acquired also provided a lot of force bonuses in itself.

For this little princess of Qingzhou, the major families are optimistic about Cao Cao and at the same time set their sights on her, because of the young age, these families basically selected some outstanding teenagers to come to Cao Cao to "discuss marriage", and the real "marriage" has to wait for Cai Wenji and Lu.

Those who will look for Cao Cao are all smart people who know the form of Qingzhou better, but there are still families who can't figure out the situation and go directly to Cai Yong and try to follow his path.

It is said that there was a reckless steward of the Wei family, who directly brought the little master of their family, and stayed where Cai Yong taught after he came to Qingzhou, and then was kicked out by Cai Wenji, who went back to visit his old father, - well, the feet of an alpaca.

The strong steward fell and didn't mention it, but the weak young master didn't have anything, according to the follow-up investigation of the "stand-in", his body that originally fell down as soon as the wind blew became very healthy, and claimed to put pen to paper.

Cao Cao and the "stand-in" naturally knew very well who did this good thing, but apparently Cai Wenji thought badly, she felt that there was a little brother who was secretly protecting her......

Now if someone asks her who she likes, she will answer without hesitation: "Zhao Yun!" ”