——160 A.D.——

In the first year of the beginning (146 years), Emperor Qin collapsed, no children, Emperor Huan was fifteenth year, and was elected to the throne by the Empress Dowager Liang and the general Liang Ji, and the government was controlled by relatives.

In the second year of Yanxi (159 years), Emperor Huan stood in the near future, and first named the ranger Wang Yue as the "Sword Saint" and "Tiger General", so that the Liang Ji party did not dare to act rashly, and when the Empress Dowager Liang died of illness, the power of relatives outside the palace was empty, so he united with the eunuchs to exterminate the Liang party in Luoyang and arrest nearly 600 of his henchmen.

Liang Ji was unwilling to fail, and after escaping from Luoyang, he gathered many surrounding guards to force the palace, but the army encountered Wang Yue blocking the way, and in the face of a single sword, no one dared to step forward.

Five eunuchs, including Shan Chao and Zuo Qi, who assisted Emperor Huan in taking power, were made princes on the same day, called "five candidates", and they were in the limelight for a while.

In addition to the five candidates, in order to combat the remnants of foreign relatives, Emperor Huan also sealed the eunuchs, including Cao Teng, the regular servant and Changle Taifu Zhoufu, and other seven people, because of the meritorious decision, they were all named the Pavilion Marquis, and Cao Teng worshiped the Great Changqiu.

The title can be inherited by descendants, but Cao Teng naturally has no queen as a eunuch, but in his early years, he contacted the Cao clan in his hometown in Qiaoxian County to ask for an adopted son, but it happened that at that time, the Cao family was passed on to a single family regardless of the main family, and there was no concubine, so he inherited a son called "Xiahou Song" from his in-law Xiahou family to him, and changed his name to Cao Song.

Cao Song was twenty years old at the time, and because of the vacancies in many official positions after Emperor Huan removed Liang Ji and the party, he was exceptionally promoted to "Sili Captain", in charge of the supervision and reporting around Luoyang.

This is the reason why Emperor Huan was unable to make eunuchs outside the office, so he had to promote the eunuchs' relatives instead, and for a time many officials in Luoyang were related to the eunuchs.

Because there were still many remnants of the power of his relatives, Cao Song was busy with official affairs and had no time to discipline his sister-in-law Cao Cao, so he was quite stubborn when he was young, so he asked his cousin Cao Ke to help discipline him.

This Cao Ke is a member of Cao Teng's original clan, admiring the words of the sage, regardless of Cao Cao's four years old at this time, but if there is a bad behavior, he will be reprimanded, if Cao Cao dares to fight back, he will complain to Cao Song.

Because Cao Song trusted this cousin a lot, he reprimanded his son whenever he sued, so when Cao Cao was five years old, he made a plan to drive the uncle away.

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"What are you going to do when your uncle comes, remember?"

In Cao Song's study, there is a small table suitable for children, with pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things for Cao Cao to study, but those objects are all brand new, and only some subsets of scriptures and histories have traces of turning.

At this time, there were no servants and maids in the room, and the little boy standing at the table was Cao Cao, who was not tall, but he was quite energetic, and there seemed to be a light in his dark eyes.

"Remember, Geely." There is a child's voice that is almost exactly the same as him, but he can't see the human figure.

"Don't call me auspicious!" Cao Cao said angrily at the air in front of him.

"Okay, A-hu." Sound responses.

"These nicknames ......" Cao Cao snorted: "My father refused to give me words in advance, and the two nicknames my mother chose were completely unpleasant." ”

"Then you're going to give me one?" The voice said, "I suspect she must have known about my existence to give her two nicknames." ”

"Do you believe that if I decide which nickname I want, the other one will be called by my mother? Even if she can't see it. Cao Cao agreed with the "voice" speculation this time.

"Hmm......" The voice was speechless for a while.

"Don't talk, uncle is coming soon, you can show me the original plan first." Cao Cao pointed to the floor beside the table.

"Uh-mm!" With a strange sound, another "Cao Cao" appeared next to Cao Cao, he made a gesture of holding a book and reading, walked two steps, and suddenly fell to the ground with crooked eyes and eyes, and his body kept twitching.

“…… Why is it so ugly? You did it on purpose, right? Cao Cao looked at "himself" with a little dissatisfaction.

"The stroke is like this, let's go to the old man next door to see it." The fallen "Cao Cao" was also dissatisfied: "Why don't you come by yourself?" ”

"Excuse me, if my father sees the wrinkles or dust of his clothes lying down, this 'Li Dai Tao stiff' plan will be a goof." Cao Cao shook his head and said.

"Although we don't read much, I don't think that's the way to do it...... "Cao Cao" fell to the ground and muttered again and stood up.

Cao Cao listened to the door, and there seemed to be footsteps, so he slipped to the window of the study and quietly turned out, and then heard the sound of the study door opening and his uncle Cao Ke's scolding: "When you arrive at the study, why are you still playing around?" Sit down! ”

Hey, after today's incident, I don't believe that he still dares to care about himself, Cao Cao chuckled and took a detour to the main gate of Cao's mansion.

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Cao Cao came to the main gate of Cao's mansion, and after waiting for about half an hour, he saw Cao Song returning in a car, so he stepped forward to greet him.

"Why did Wu'er go out to greet him today?" Cao Song's face was white and bearded, and he looked a little tired, but when he saw Cao Cao saluting in front of the car, his expression was quite pleasant.

"Because he heard some rumors of instability in the city, the son asked his uncle what his father was doing, and only then did he learn that his father was very hard as a lieutenant," Cao Cao said: "The son did not know how to share his worries with his father, and he was restless, so he came to greet him in advance and asked his father for advice." ”

"Oh, a little trouble, it's still difficult to be a father," Cao Song got out of the car and stroked the top of Cao Cao's hair: "You are a good student, and you are a great help to your father." ”

"Uh......" Cao Cao made a shy gesture and said to Cao Song: "Because of the restlessness, my son slipped away from his uncle in advance today, and he will definitely study hard after that, and he also asked his father to help Ah Hide a thing or two." ”

Cao Song stepped into the gate and looked at the gatehouse, and the doorman stepped forward and said, "The prince has been waiting here for nearly half an hour. ”

Cao Song bowed his head, so he took Cao Cao to the study, and said some words of respect to Cao Cao on the road, and Cao Cao was the only one who responded.

When he approached the study, Cao Cao saw "himself" running out of it proudly, and he knew that something was done.

This "ability" named "stand-in" after Cao Cao knew "Wushuang" seems to have existed since he was born, growing up with Cao Cao, usually only he can see, but he can also decide who can see it, so far there is nothing too special, but it seems that Cao Cao's own wisdom has grown greatly, and sometimes he even wonders where this five-year-old child came from in a basin or a bronze mirror.

Because the "stand-in" does not need to eat and drink alone, so far, no domestic servants and maids have found abnormalities, and the only one who has noticed something is her mother Ding, when talking to her, her eyes will slip towards the "stand-in" on the side from time to time, so that Cao Cao has to stick with the "stand-in" every time he sees his mother.

At this time, when he saw the "stand-in" running to converge, he knew that the plan was successful, so he took two steps back, so that his father's body blocked himself, and then, he heard the angry voice of his uncle Cao Ke with the sound of heavy footsteps:

"Ju Gao! You've come just in time! You have to teach you a hard lesson! ”

Cao Song noticed that Cao Cao was quietly hiding behind him, but he only thought that he was embarrassed to see Cao Ke because he was sneaking, so he responded: "Naughty child, why do you need to be as knowledgeable as him?" ”

"Isn't it naughty?" Cao Ke said angrily: "I was just teaching him to read and write, but he suddenly had a stroke, I was so shocked that I was about to call someone to seek a doctor, but he got up by himself, dropped a sentence of 'unfortunately not scared to death' and ran through the window!" ”

- This is not in line with the reservation plan!

- This is called supernormal play!

Cao Cao and the "stand-in" looked at each other for a while, and finally secretly poked their heads out from behind Cao Song according to the original plan, making an expression of "you have the ability to bite me".

"Shaft!" Cao Ke was furious, strode over and stretched out his hand to catch: "Do you think I can't punish you if you escape to Jugao?!" ”

Syllable! Cao Song directly slapped his hand back: "You really can't punish him." ”

"Jugao?" Cao Ke looked dazed.

Hey~ Cao Cao put on a surprised expression, secretly happy in his heart.

"Sili Lieutenant" is a military position, although Cao Song looks like a literati, if he starts to let go of five or six strong sergeants, it will not be a problem.

"Ah Pu waited for me at the concierge for half an hour, but you said that you 'just saw him cheating' and had a stroke?" Cao Song's face was not good: "Moreover, although Xiao'er is stubborn, he is quite filial, how can he say your concocted words of 'unfortunately not scared to death'?" ”

"I'm not—" Cao Ke glared at Cao Cao, who was innocent and confused, and then turned back to look at the study, speechless for a while.

Cao Song said again: "In this way, the words you used to accuse Ah Pu of being naughty and nonsense were probably fabricated, but Ah Pu was obedient and never refuted you." ”

"I didn't—" Cao Ke couldn't think of any excuse at all, just retorted dryly.

"Needless to say!" As an inspection official, Cao Song has always used the inferences derived from this as facts as long as he finds conclusive evidence, although there are some unjust cases, but so far the emperor is very satisfied with his work, so his judgment on his own "small case" is also very vigorous: "From now on, you don't need to teach Ah Pu anymore, as for what you did, I will mention it with my uncle." ”

"You actually believe the words of this yellow-mouthed child-" Cao Ke pointed at Cao Cao, and finally turned his head away.

Hey, although what the child said should not be true, I didn't speak at all, and those things were all inferred by my father himself, wasn't it? Cao Cao looked at the back of Cao Ke leaving, and Shi Shiran thought.

"Although your uncle is acting without a way, you can't be left untaught," Cao Song patted Cao Cao's head and said, "When my father was on a business trip, I got acquainted with a long history under Situ Qiaoxuan, whose name is Cai Yong, who is the same age as my father, quite talented and proficient in music and rhythm, and I will teach you when I invite him to spare time." ”

"Huh? Father, please do this! Cao Cao exclaimed: "My son heard that the Cai family has a particularly terrible young lady!" ”

"And so it was settled." Cao Song smiled.