Cao Cao

A thought of lovesickness and a thought of Buddha,

One thought of calamity, one thought of demons.

Fame covers the world,

Strength returns to heaven for eternity.

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When Cao Cao met Manzhu, it was the most embarrassing time in his life. At that time, he failed to assassinate Prince Fucheng and was being hunted down. Desperate, he had no choice but to flee to the Ghost Forest, because there was an abandoned courtyard of his Cao family, and the Ghost Forest itself was a natural barrier. But he didn't expect that when he finally arrived at the ghost forest after hardships, he found that the ghost forest was surrounded by masters, and he wanted to think that these masters were here to hunt him down, but later according to his observation, he found that these masters seemed to be only intent on protecting the ghost forest, and had no intention of killing.

The most dangerous place is also the safest place, that is, come, then be safe, Cao Cao relied on his familiarity with the ghost forest, detoured dozens of miles, climbed up from a hidden cliff, and detoured into the ghost forest, when he finally arrived at the courtyard, but found that the smoke curled in the courtyard, he would never have thought that this abandoned courtyard would still be inhabited, at this moment, thinking of the previous things, Cao Cao figured it out, and dared to love those masters outside to protect the people who lived in it.

Cao Cao wanted to get closer to find out, but his injuries were too serious, and he wanted to find a hidden place to rest for a while, but as soon as he walked not far away, his eyes were dark, and he fainted......

He didn't know how long he had been unconscious, he only remembered that when he woke up, he seemed to faintly hear the woman's suppressed sobs, and then the sobbing suddenly stopped, and was replaced by a nice but alarmed voice, "Who? Who's there?" He thought he had misheard, but after a while, the beautiful voice sounded again, "Who are you? Why are you hiding there eavesdropping?" Now that he could finally confirm that the voice was speaking to him, he hesitated for a moment, and finally walked out from behind the tree, not far from the small river, a graceful, veiled woman was looking at him with a shocked face, presumably she was surprised by his injuries, and after a while, the beautiful woman asked with concern in her eyes, "Your injuries...... Does it matter?"

Cao Cao looked at the woman with straight eyes, he was weighing her "danger factor". After finally making sure that she was not murderous and that she was not hostile to him, he finally let down his guard.

The woman looked at him, and suddenly she took two steps back and asked cautiously, "You...... Who the hell are you, and what are you doing in the Heavenly Abyssal Residence?"

At the same time that she was looking at Cao Cao, Cao Cao was also looking at her, who was this girl? In such a deserted "ghost forest", why did she still wear a veil? Did she not want people to see her appearance? But although she could not see her face, her big watery and smart eyes were really beautiful, and with such beautiful eyes, she must be a stunning beauty. Seeing her graceful posture and noble and elegant temperament, how could such a beautiful woman appear in such a place?

Cao Cao's injuries were too serious, and he only barely stood up just now, but at this moment, the wound cracked again, and Cao Cao fell to the tree behind him in unsightly pain, and then slowly slid to the ground, "Wow", he spit out a mouthful of blood.

The woman was startled, and she didn't care about any danger or not, she trotted to Cao Cao's side, took out a small medicine bottle from her arms without thinking, took out a black pill from the bottle and handed it to Cao Cao, "You eat this quickly, it's good for your injury." ”

Cao Cao's eyes flashed with shock, he looked at her like a torch, but he only saw concern and sincerity in her eyes, and finally he slowly took the pill from her hand, put it in his mouth and swallowed it with a "grunt".

"Your injuries must be treated immediately. The woman said to herself, "How is this good? You have to see the doctor, no, no, you are so badly injured, if you go out, they will definitely find out." ”

They? Cao Cao's eyes froze, were the "they" that this girl was talking about were the mysterious masters who were secretly protecting this forest outside the Ghost Forest? Are those masters guarding outside to protect her? She is really not an ordinary person!

When the woman saw that he did not speak, she said, "How is this good? I can't find someone, and I can't send you out! Oh! By the way, I have studied medicine before, but you are so badly injured, I don't know if I can cure you." ”

This made Cao Cao very surprised, "I really didn't expect that she could even heal!"

The woman looked at her and said earnestly, "If you don't dislike it, let me heal you......!" I studied medicine, but I ...... But you've never seen anyone in person, you'...... You're the first. Even if that's it...... You...... Do you agree to let me heal you?"

This fascinated woman filled Cao Cao with interest, and a seemingly nonexistent smile appeared in his mouth, and he nodded lightly.

The woman put the small medicine bottle in her hand in the man's hand, "There are still some pills in here, you remember to take one every two hours." Also, it's not safe here if ...... If someone else finds you, then you will be in danger, and after a while you will walk along this stream all the way upstream, and after walking a pillar of incense, you will see a towering tree that several people can't hold, and the middle of the tree is empty, so you hide in it first. Don't worry, it's safe, I stumbled upon it, and no one knows about that place except me. ”

At this time, an anxious voice of a menstrual woman came from not far away, "Miss...... Miss...... Where are you? Miss ......"

The woman looked panicked, "You go quickly, hide there." I'll find an opportunity to send you medicine. ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and soon disappeared into the dense forest, and he followed the direction the woman said, and sure enough, he quickly found a cave.

Late that night, he heard hurried footsteps from outside, and then he heard the woman panting as she leaned over the hole, "I never knew that this forest would be so terrible at night. The woman walked in and took out the contents of the parcel in a hurry, "Are you hungry? I have brought you some dry food and water, you can eat some first." By the way, how are your injuries? are you getting better?"

Cao Cao was really hungry, he was not polite, he picked up the food and ate it very naturally, the woman looked at him gobbling up, and couldn't help but chuckle, "You eat slowly, no one will rob you." ”

After he was full of food and drink, he patted his stomach, showing a satisfied expression, she looked at the food that had plummeted a lot, and smiled again, "I thought these dry foods were enough for you for two days, but now it seems that it is only enough for one day!"

She scratched her head a little embarrassed, and Manju smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll send it again tomorrow." I just don't know if tomorrow will come out so smoothly today. By the way, let me see the wound on your body, you can see that this wound on the back of your hand is already red and swollen, and if you don't heal it, I'm afraid it will become infected. ”

He followed her gaze and looked at the back of his hand, and then began to take off his shirt without hesitation, so that she was startled, and hurriedly turned her head, when he finished taking off her shirt, she slowly turned around, when her eyes touched the wound on his body, she suddenly gasped, the injury on his body was much more serious than Manzhu imagined, knife wounds, sword wounds, hidden weapons...... There are all kinds of wounds, the wounds are big and small, deep and shallow, and even the white bones are exposed in the deep places, she quickly took out the medicine bottle in the package and began to carefully check the wound for him, "Fortunately, you have treated the wound yourself before, but you are too badly injured, and now there are still seven wounds on your body that need to be stitched, especially the one on the back shoulder and the one on the back waist are the most serious." It's a miracle that you've been injured like this and you're still alive. This one...... I'm sorry to hurt you...... It's the first time I've helped someone heal...... Ah, yes, I'm sorry......"

"Thank you. A hoarse voice came from Cao Cao's throat.

Her voice stopped abruptly, "Just now...... Is it your talk?"

Cao Cao looked directly into Manzhu's eyes, "What's your name?"

Instinctively, she replied, "Man...... Manju, Joe Manju. Ah......h You're not dumb, you can talk?"

Cao Cao looked at Manzhu's reaction amusedly, "Manzhu, what a good name." Miss Qiao, why do you want to save you, aren't you afraid that you are a bad person?"

She choked and said with a sneer, "To be honest, I haven't thought about it. In my eyes, all I saw was a badly injured person, and there was no good or bad person. ”

Her words surprised him a little, "You're such a special girl. ”

She took out the needle money, her hand trembled slightly, Cao Cao saw that she was nervous, so he said, "Miss Qiao, you can rest assured to stitch boldly, you are not afraid of pain." ”

Manzhu looked at his resolute eyes, her hands didn't shake as if she had taken a reassuring pill, and she nodded heavily, "Hmm." ”

Cao Cao sat on the ground, Manzhu came behind him and began to stitch up the wound on his back shoulder, Manzhu was very careful with the needle, but Cao Cao still hurt so much that his forehead was full of cold sweat, but he didn't even snort. He gritted his teeth, glanced back at Manzhu, who was concentrating on treating his wounds, and asked with difficulty, "Miss Qiao, can I ask you a question next?"

Manzhu didn't take his eyes off the wound, and his hand movements didn't stop, "What's the problem?"

"Why are you here?"

"What, why?" Manjoo clearly didn't understand what he meant.

"Why did you come to this forest, Miss Qiao?"

"Oh, I'm staying here. ”

"Living here? As far as I know, there is only a courtyard in this forest not far ahead, and there is nothing else to do. ”

"Hey, you're talking about the Heavenly Abyss Residence! ”

"Tianyuan Residence?" Cao Cao said suspiciously.

"Yes, it used to be a deserted yard, and when I moved in, I gave it that name. ”

"I see. ”

"Huh, how do you know there's a courtyard there?

Cao Cao smiled, "Of course I know." It was one of the other courtyards that my father used to escape the summer. ”

She looked up in shock, "What......! That's your courtyard?"

"Not only the courtyard, but also the entire forest is my father's property. ”

"I ...... I...... I'm sorry...... I thought it was abandoned and no one wanted it, I ...... I didn't know that even this forest had an owner, I ...... Right...... I'm sorry, I'll move out tomorrow...... Right...... Not great. ”

"Miss Qiao, you don't have to apologize, the courtyard has indeed been abandoned, you don't have to move out, you can live as long as you want. ”

"I ...... I thought you were the one who came to kill me......" Manjoo realized that she had said the wrong thing, and changed her words in time, "In that case, then you can go back with me now, and I will have you clean up a room for you to live in, there is a doctor there, his medical skills are much better than mine, and he will definitely cure you." ”

Although Manzhu stopped speaking in time, the first half of her sentence really fell into Cao Cao's ears: Chase and kill? Could it be that she is also being hunted and killed? Who is she? An ordinary girl will not be hunted down and killed! However, looking at her appearance, it seems that she does not want to mention the matter of being hunted and killed, and since she does not want to say it, it is inconvenient for him to ask more.

"Miss Qiao," Cao Cao's expression suddenly became serious, "please don't tell anyone what is going on." To tell the truth, he is a prisoner of the imperial court. ”

"Chin ...... Prisoner?" Manju gasped in shock.

"Yes. In the next because of the assassination of the prince Cheng, he is now wanted by the imperial court. So...... So please don't let anyone know your whereabouts, Miss Qiao. ”

"What!" exclaimed Manjoo, "you said you were going to assassinate...... Father...... Fu Cheng Wangye! Then he ...... What happened then?" Manjoo almost uttered the word "father", but she changed her words in a timely manner.

Cao Cao sighed in frustration, "There are a lot of masters hidden around him, and he is incompetent...... The assassination failed. ”

Manju secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "But...... But why did you assassinate him?"

"Fu Cheng Wang Ye fished and fleshed the people, brought disaster to the country and the people, everyone was punished for it, and killing him was the way for heaven. Cao Cao looked at Manzhu, "Miss Qiao, if you think it's terrible, you can leave now, you won't be embarrassed by it." ”

"I'm not afraid. I was just...... Somewhat surprised. However, didn't Prince Fu Cheng already (retire) a long time ago, and why did you still assassinate him?"

"Miss Qiao, don't you know, although Prince Fu Cheng has already become a prince, but his sons are all high and powerful, especially his ninth son Liu Shiyi, who is the regent who has the power to abolish the emperor. Now that the emperor is young, if his sons carry out a coup d'état and proclaim their father, Prince Fu Cheng, as emperor, who in the world can stop him. That's why I want to punish him in order to prevent future troubles. ”

"Probably not. In terms of blood, Prince Fu Cheng himself is a royal family, he has the opportunity and qualifications to ascend the throne, the government in the court, the military power of the world are in the hands of several sons of Prince Fu Cheng, the throne is as simple as a bag for him, but you see that in the past few years, the emperor has changed one after another, so I think Prince Fu Cheng does not want to be the emperor, not only does he not want to, I think none of his sons want to be. ”

Cao Cao looked at this man named Qiao Manzhu in shock, and only said after a while, "Miss Qiao, who are you, how do you know this?"

She chuckled dryly, "This...... This is what I heard in the teahouse. Oh, did you hear anything by the stream today?"

Cao Cao shook his head blankly, "What did you hear?" I fainted when I got down to the stream, and I was discovered by you as soon as I woke up." What are you referring to, girl?"

"I didn't ...... It's nothing. Manzhu breathed a sigh of relief, "By the way, I only know that the courtyard is owned by a senior official surnamed Cao in Beijing, you said that it was your father, then your father is?"

"Father Cao Song. ”

Manzhu was taken aback, this name, even she had heard that during the period of Emperor Ling, he was one of the important ministers of the court of the three dukes. Manju looked at the man, "Then who are?"

"Under Cao Cao. ”

Fortunately, Manzhu has amnesia, otherwise the camera at this moment may become Manzhu screaming excitedly, and then asking for autographs and photos of brain-dead fans. Even if she had amnesia, Manzhu had heard of the name Cao Cao, and at this moment she looked at the man in front of her in shock, although he was injured, but his momentum was undiminished, "What! Cao Cao! You are the acting general of the Kwantung Coalition Army, General Cao Cao, General Cao Cao?"

Cao Cao looked at Manzhu in surprise, "Miss Qiao, do you know what's next?" Cao Cao saw Manzhu's expression, he already knew the answer: it seems that she had also heard of him. For some reason, after knowing this answer, he felt a trace of joy in his heart. He suddenly felt an urge to get to know her and get to know her, "Miss Qiao, why did you settle here?"

Manzhu avoided his gaze and said lightly, "The world is full of wars and chaos, and I took refuge here." She put down the needle and thread in her hand and breathed a sigh of relief, "The wounds on your body have finally been sewn up, you are so heroic, you didn't even cry out in pain." ”

Cao Cao wiped away the beads of sweat the size of a bean on his forehead, and smiled softly, "With Miss Qiao, you are chatting with you, and you have forgotten the pain below." "It's really the truth, and he really doesn't feel pain when he talks to her.

"I can't believe you're joking. Manzhu took out a few sets of clothes from the package and handed them to Cao Cao, "The clothes on your body are torn, this is my third brother's clothes, if you don't like it, you will wear them on the spot for a few days." ”

"Thank you, Miss Joe. Cao Cao took the clothes from Manzhu's hand, and the moment his hand touched the clothes, Cao Cao's heart shook violently, but he concealed it very well, but his face did not show the shock in his heart.

Manju stood up and gently patted the dust on her knees, "I've been out for too long, I have to go back, take care of yourself." ”

Cao Cao got up and looked at the dark forest outside, and said uneasily, "It's hard to walk at night, so let's give it a ride." ”

"You still have injuries on your body, you can't move, you have to rest well, and it's not good if you go out and be discovered. Don't worry, it's not too far from here to Tianyuan Residence, and I'll be there in a while. ”

"But...... Well, please be careful on the road, Miss Qiao. ”

"Hmm. Manjoo nodded, and walked deeper into the forest, and it didn't take long for her footsteps to disappear into the silence of the night.

After Manzhu walked away, Cao Cao returned to the position just now and sat down, his hand tightly clutched the clothes, his eyes were deep, his expression was solemn, if he was not mistaken, the fabric used in these clothes is "Grip Yu Brocade", which is one of the four famous brocades in the world, Sichuan Shu Brocade pays tribute to the royal family every year. Because the raw materials for the production of this Yu brocade are very rare and the production process is complex, the total number of tributes in Shu every year is only dozens of horses, so the Yu brocade is also called "Qilin brocade". When Emperor Ling was in power, he once rewarded a "Hold Yu Brocade" to his father, who was ranked as the third prince at that time, as a birthday gift.

Cao Cao stroked the smooth jade surface, he was not sure that he could recognize the other fabrics, but only this "holding Yu Jin", he would definitely not admit it. He likes to collect rare treasures in the world, and the rarer things he gets, the more he wants to get them.

I heard Miss Qiao say that this is her third brother's clothes, in the public service system is so strict, wearing the wrong piece of clothing, wearing the wrong ornament will be executed now, there are few people in the world who can use "Grip Yu Jin" to make clothes, and there are several pieces of it. So who is her third brother?(The public service system was formed in the middle and late Western Zhou Dynasty, that is, the system of using the flags on the car and wearing clothes according to the rank of the aristocracy. ）

Look at that although Miss Qiao is dressed simply and elegantly, deliberately low-key, the clothes on her body are by no means something that ordinary people can use, and her noble and outstanding temperament is by no means comparable to ordinary wealthy ladies.

Now Cao Cao can almost conclude that Qiao Manzhu comes from the imperial family, and he is also a royal family with extremely high status! His Cao family is also a famous family in Beijing, and there is no one who does not know all the imperial relatives and relatives. At this moment, in his mind, he filtered all the royal concubines, princesses, county lords, etc., who were qualified to wear yoga brocade and were not in the palace now, and in the end, there were only three people left:

One is the queen of Emperor Ling, although everyone knows that this queen has passed away, but according to his installation in the palace, the queen disappeared mysteriously, and the palace had to announce her death to the outside world. (Cao Cao didn't know that this queen had been tortured to death by the world relics with extremely cruel means because she assisted the Spirit Emperor in raping Manzhu.) ）

One is the concubine of Liu Wei, the former emperor and later the regent Jiuwangye, who was deposed as the king of Hongnong - Tang Ji, it is rumored that Tang Ji disappeared on the way to move the capital not long ago, is she tired of living in the palace and took the opportunity to escape? (Cao Cao didn't know that this Hongnong princess Tang Ji had been executed by Ling Chi because she harmed Manzhu with Da Qiao.) ）

There is also a favorite concubine of the ninth prince of the regent, known as the "first beauty in the world" of the ninth princess, according to the news that the regent sent his concubine to Yizhou to the county to have a baby, but according to his informant from Yizhou back to the informant, the nine princesses are closed all day in the courtyard, and no one in the courtyard has seen her true face, and he has always doubted whether the nine princesses are really stepping on the county. Cao Cao's eyes suddenly froze, wait!Miss Qiao?Miss Qiao! Her surname is Qiao! He remembered that the princess of the ninth prince of the regent was the third daughter of Qiao Guogong, although he didn't know the name of the third lady of Qiao's mansion, but there would not be such a coincidence in the world!

You can't go wrong!

Hold Yu Jin, Miss Qiao, that opinion on the government, that noble temperament...... Now all the clues are connected, if this Miss Qiao is the world-famous Nine Princesses, then the "third brother" in her mouth should be Liu Shiying, the third prince of the Imperial Court and the Fucheng Palace, if it is him, then it is not surprising that all his clothes are made of Ji Yu brocade.