The stream was babbling, and I saw a few dolls barefoot, in the water, covered in mud.

Suddenly, someone grabbed the little fish and threw it to his friends proudly, and the crisp laughter could be heard clearly even from a long distance.

Cao Chao just looked at the picture calmly.

With a smile on the corner of his mouth, his heart became comfortable.

There are woodcutters carrying heavy firewood on their backs and singing along the road.

Zhao Ge was impassioned and quite excited.

Cao Chao couldn't help but hum along.

"If Cao Gong likes to listen, it is better to arrest him and sing it for you!"

Liu Lu couldn't help but say.

Cao Chao glanced at him, "If you were born fifty years earlier, you can go to assist Dong Zhuo." ”

The crowd burst into laughter.

"We still have to go out more in the future, as soon as we get out of the mansion, Cao Gong's mood will be much better, and he will not be as irritable as in the mansion....."

Cao Chao shook his head.

For him, the most precious thing is time.

He also wanted to soak up the idyllic scenery and enjoy the tranquility, but he still had a lot to do.

They didn't stay in the suburbs for long, and soon set off in the direction of their mansion.

The people sent by the temple are not so easy to solve.

Perhaps, Wang Su has already sent knights, quickly whipped up, and spread the news of his refusal to succeed to the capital.

What will be Sima Shi's reaction?

Astonished? Be furious? Disdain?

"Liu Lu! Go buy a pot of wine! ”

"Okay~~"

When Cao Chao swaggered into the mansion with a drink, Yang Gong, who was lying in the shade of the tree, saw him first.

Immediately, he shook his head disdainfully and turned his head away.

But Cao Chao didn't stop by his side, and walked all the way into the inner hall.

Yang Gong squinted his eyes and waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for Cao Chao's voice, he peeked a few times and found that the front hall was empty, and he was dumbfounded.

Didn't you buy me that wine??

"Come, Guo Jun, don't be busy today, have some wine with me!"

Cao Chao grabbed Guo Zhi's hand and walked towards the inner room.

Guo Zhi was still in that trance at the moment, and he was dragged to the inner room by Cao Chao.

Guo Zhi is undoubtedly a conscientious steward.

Although he has always opposed Cao Chao to befriend Shangjia Ranger, he really regards Cao Chao as his monarch.

In this year, the income and expenditure of Cao Chaofu, the filial piety of the merchants, the relief of those who have asked for it, and even the settlement of the rangers were all handled by him.

He is very conscientious and meticulous, and although he is not very efficient, he will not make any big mistakes.

"Guo Jun."

Cao Chao smiled and said in a low voice: "I was born without a biological mother, and I was disgusted by my father, I am a concubine, and my brothers in the family are not close to me. ”

"It wasn't until I came to Yuancheng and met you that I felt that I was no longer alone."

"For the past few years, you've probably been the only one in the world who cares about me."

"Thank you for taking care of you all these days! Hip grateful! ”

Cao Chao got up and saluted Guo Zhi.

Only then did Guo Zhi react and hurriedly avoided it.

"This is what a minister should do.... Cao Gong, what do you mean by this? ”

"I don't mean anything else, I'm just afraid of leaving some regrets, I should have thanked you a long time ago."

Cao Chao sat down again and said seriously: "My rejection of Wang Su this time is equivalent to rejecting Sima Shi, not everyone has the right to be humble three times. ”

"I don't know if today will be my last day.....

"Then Sima Shi still dares...."

Guo Zhi got up suddenly, as if he had thought of something again, like a deflated ball, and sat down in his position again.

"Hahaha, Guo Jun, it would be nice if everyone in the world was as polite as you."

Cao Chao said again: "Even if he doesn't kill me, he won't spare me, this title probably can't be kept, and we won't get along for long." ”

"Why don't you want to inherit the throne of the Son of Heaven?"

"Although it is not in line with the etiquette, I know that you are wise, kind, kind, and generous, and if you become the Son of Heaven, it will be a blessing to all the people in the world!"

Cao Chao took a sip of bitter wine.

"I did a calculation for this matter, and then I saw the future clearly, this is a dead end..."

Guo Zhi frowned, "Personnel is the foundation, the way of heaven is the end, there is no destiny in the world, and all personnel are also!" ”

"You're right, but the current situation can't be changed by manpower."

"Now I am like a bird in a cage and a fish in a net! I can only watch the catastrophe approach step by step, but I can't do anything, if it is in the palace, the imprisonment is even worse, it is not as good as the people in the wilderness. ”

Guo Zhi looked at Cao Chao, who was full of unwillingness, and was very surprised.

"I didn't know you thought that!"

"So what exactly do you want to do?"

"I want to get rid of my title, get out of control, go to the side of the fortress, secretly accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity!"

Guo Zhi was silent for a long time.

"Are you going to hide?"

"Gong Cao, I know that you are very capable, but if you give up your identity as a clan, a pavilion chief can arrest you and ask you for your guilt."

"Today's three points, although they are not unified, it is not the past when the state and county were divided, and there was no opportunity for heroes to dominate."

"You also said just now, if you reject Master Sima, even if he doesn't kill you, he will never easily let a clan that rebels against him get out of his control."

"The words of the opposition are really delusional."

"Besides, today's son is in trouble, the country is in turmoil, you are a clan, you don't want to get rid of thieves for the country, and peace with the people, how can you think of hiding?"

Cao Chao picked up the wine cup and drank it all.

"Why didn't I want to rid my country of thieves..... It would be nice if everything was as simple as you thought. ”

"By what shall I get rid of the thief? Do you know what a hero Sima Shi is? ”

Guo Zhi is as serious as ever, "Do it, maybe it will be done, if you don't do it, it will not be done." ”

"You all say that Sima Shi is a hero, I have never met him, but I think that he can choose Cao Gong as his puppet, and he is not a very smart person."

"I have heard that people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than a feather!"

"In the past, you could draw your sword for the sake of a common people, but now you can't draw your sword against the Sima clan for the sake of the people of the world?!"

"Why does it smell like wine here?"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and I saw Yang Zong, who was covered in a foul smell, staggering in.

Guo Zhi frowned.

Yang Zong ignored him, sat directly on the side, and reached out to take the wine cup in front of Guo Zhi.

Guo Zhi stood up and said to Cao Chao: "In today's world, etiquette collapses and happiness is bad, the powerful ministers of the court are in charge, villains hold the government, suppress the loyal and good, those with aspirations cannot use their talents, the loyal and good have been persecuted repeatedly, the rooms of the local wealthy are hundreds, the fields are full of fields, there are thousands of slaves and maids, and the people have no place to stand!" ”

"If you are in Yuancheng, you can shelter the people of a city, and if you are in Luoyang, you can shelter the people of the world!"

"Please think deeply, the minister is already drunk and doesn't dare to drink anymore."

He saluted Cao Chao and turned to leave.

Yang Zong stared at Guo Zhi with complicated eyes, and watched him leave after speaking.

"This guy just doesn't want to eat and drink with me."

"Gong Cao, this Guo Zhi is not a bad person, don't be angry with him, he is just too well protected by his own family, he can't see the essence clearly, he just clung to the bullshit he learned and thought that he could save the world."

Yang Zong took a sip of bitter wine, "Actually, it's useless at all, the sage's truth can't save the world." ”

"What is the principle of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, what is the truth of learning to govern the world, all are nonsense, all nonsense that binds people!"

"You don't have to pay attention to what he says, you want to get away from the chaos of the temple, that's right, no one can say anything about you, it's all your own business, don't pay attention to the world's opinions."

"For the sake of your days, I can teach you how to save your life."

Yang Zong wiped the wine from his beard, and his expression became serious.

"Wang Su will still come, this second time, if you refuse again, I'm afraid that it will be a big deal, Sima Shi is not someone who uses it to gain fame."

"When he comes, no matter what he says, you must pretend to be extremely frightened, and then recommend Cao Ju, the king of Pengcheng, to be the son of heaven, and constantly praise the king of Pengcheng, and ask him to replace him."

"In this way, Wang Su will feel that you are not really against the Sima family, but afraid of their power, so you dare not take the position, and you are recommended by the queen mother, you are equivalent to expressing your position in the clan, and choosing a position instead of the Great Wei clan, then you will not have to worry about your life."

"Cao Gong, don't think I'm agitating, this is the best choice, you are still young, young people are often hot-blooded and impulsive, when you are older, you will always understand my hard work."

"As for Guo Zhi, you don't have to care about him, one day, he will understand this."

Yang Zong said, but his expression also became in a trance, and the high-spirited young man who was at the beginning appeared in his mind again, his ambition that could never be realized, and his powerlessness against everything.

He painfully picked up the wine cup and drank it down.

"He'll figure it out sooner or later."