This room is not big.

From the windows inside the house to the door, there are seven steps.

Then from the door to the corner of the wall on the other side, there are five steps.

There are twelve steps from the corner of the wall to the corner of the wall diagonally opposite. How big is this room?

Cai Yu didn't know how big this room was, but he guessed that he probably wouldn't live long.

This is not a prison, but a separate courtyard.

He was in one of the cottages.

In the house, it was empty, with only bedding made of linen, and there was not even a bed and table.

Is this because I am afraid of dying from a corner?

Cai Yu laughed at himself, no, he was afraid of pain. So if he died, it would be better to let others give him a knife, and he would have to be more straightforward. If he wanted to do it himself, he would not be able to do that.

But Xun was still very careful and unwilling to make any mistakes, so he not only arranged a house for Cai Yu that seemed to have no suicide tools, but also outside the windows and doors of the house, guarding soldiers for twelve hours day and night.

He was very panicked when he was arrested, but slowly, Cai Yu was no longer panicked. Just like when he climbed over the wall to find someone else's little lady, he would be a little panicked, but if he was blocked and had no place to run away, he would give up...

When there was still a chance to escape, Cai Yu was full of fear of death, but after knowing that he would inevitably usher in death, after the initial fear retreated, he was a little open-minded.

In other words, Cai Yu's own bachelor attributes played a role.

Just like some people will say that they are very nervous before performing on stage, and they are really nervous, with their hands and feet shaking, but after these people really come on stage, these people will not be nervous anymore.

Only things that are uncertain will cause fear. Once you are sure, you will not be as scared as before.

Want to survive?

Of course Cai Yu thought, but he couldn't even do it if he really wanted him to climb and bite him randomly. After all, among the people he knew, the only ones who were the same as him were Wang Ming and Song Hang. As for the others, Cai Yu had never contacted them, and of course he was not familiar with them.

Because Cai Yu was not familiar with him, Xun may naturally not be able to ask. Xun may just cheated Wang Ming, but was not caught. After all, once he crossed Heluo and entered the Hangu area, Xun may be powerless.

As for whether Song Hang will be involved, he can't control it.

Do you regret it?

Maybe there is a little bit too.

But there is only one.

If you don’t become a spy, Cai Yu would not have been able to get so much money, and naturally he would not have the opportunity to soothe the hearts of so many young ladies and bring warmth to them.

Even if he knew that some young ladies were greedy for his money, it didn't matter.

But I just left like this. Will those little ladies think of themselves one day or another on a certain day? Will they smile slightly, grit their teeth and scold them, or shake their heads and throw them behind their heads?

Just as Cai Yu was bored and letting his thoughts go wild, he heard a loud shout...

"The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty is here!"

Cai Yu was startled and subconsciously ran to the door, wanting to come out to greet him, but he realized that he could no longer be considered the Prime Minister's subordinate, but could only be considered the Prime Minister's enemy.

Cao Cao slowly walked into the yard and did not go directly to the room where Cai Yu was imprisoned, but walked into the main hall. He frowned slightly and looked serious. After sitting down, he sorted out his robe, shook his sleeves, and then said in a deep voice: "Chuan."

Soon, Cai Yu was taken to the hall.

Cao Cao looked at Cai Yu and recalled the impression of this person in his mind. Before he came, he had read the relevant information reported by Xun Or, but after all, it was written. If you want to overlap with the person in front of you, it would not be possible to match it immediately. After all, Cao Cao has many subordinates, and Cai Yu is not a core member.

"Cai Chengxi! Are you okay?" Cao Cao smiled and greeted Cai Yu and sat down, as if he had met an old friend.

『…』 Cai Yu was stunned for a moment, then reacted and bowed and said, 『I have met the Prime Minister.

"Come on, sit on, sit on." Cao Cao smiled, "The last time we met, we must have been in Yecheng?"

Cai Yu nodded and said, "What the Prime Minister remembers is not bad."

When Yuan Shao was defeated, Cao Cao marched into Yecheng. The officials under Yuan Shao's commanded officials went to Yecheng to pay their respects.

Cai Yu was naturally among them. At that time, Cai Yu had no capital to meet Cao Cao alone, but was just mixed in the crowd. After hearing Cao Cao's words, he withdrew.

Of course, if such a visit is considered a meeting, then Cao Cao and Cai Yu have indeed met.

After a moment of silence, Cao Cao said slowly: "So, when Chengxi went to Yuan Benchu, he was ordered by the cavalry?"

Cai Yu was also silent for a while and nodded slightly.

Cao Cao also nodded, "I understand."

After confirming this, for some reason, Cao Cao was in a better mood.

Cai Yu glanced at Cao Cao and suddenly smiled, "Speaking of it, this is the first time I'm so close to the Prime Minister... Prime Minister, you actually have Huafa on your head...

"Bold!" The guard standing beside Cao Cao was furious.

The lower one should not look directly at the higher one.

Cao Cao raised his hand, stopped the guard from taking action, and then looked at Cai Yu, "Are you deliberately irritating me? To die quickly?"

Cai Yu was stunned for a moment, "Maybe."

"Why?" Cao Cao asked, "Are you guilty of not treating you well?"

Cao Cao looked at Cai Yu, and he felt that Cai Yu was not the kind of person who could shout to sacrifice his life for justice and then die with a sigh. So Cao Cao was a little confused about Cai Yu's actions.

Cai Yu is indeed not.

Cai Yu took a deep breath, then seemed to fall into memories, and then shook his head slightly, "I was in Hedong for less than a year, but I met the cavalry more than ten times... Then I met General Yuan Benchu, only once, and I met the Prime Minister. If this time is not counted, there will only be one time... I wonder if the Prime Minister is satisfied with such a reason?"

Cao Cao couldn't speak for a moment.

Is this a reason?

I'm very busy and I have a lot of things.

Who do you think you are, and whoever you think you can see me?

I have so many people under my command, how can I see it? Is there anything I can’t report the article and follow the process? Can we solve the problem by meeting each other?

Such things.

But when these reasons really become "reasons", it seems a bit ridiculous and a bit sad.

Because Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are all in the same place as Fei Qian, there are some plans, but when Fei Qian comes in, he will not only summon these officials who are in the plan, but will even meet those warriors who do not participate in the plan, but are selected from the army...

It’s a real meeting, not a group of people, the kind that holds hands and shows their faces, and then walks through the motions.

『Ha!』 Cai Yu seemed to think of something, and suddenly laughed.『The cavalry said that he asked him three questions and one hand to learn from the prime minister... He held his hands and asked if he had done well, what he had been doing recently, and what difficulties he had...』

"I? I'm asking me to learn?" Cao Cao's eyes widened.

Cai Yu laughed, and tears burst out from laughing, "Yes, yes, he said, when he first met the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister came up and asked and held hands, so he knew...

Cao Cao suddenly realized, then was stunned, and finally sighed, "Sorry... So does the cavalry still do this now?"

Cai Yu looked at Cao Cao, "Prime Minister, do you know this? I think you know better than me. Chang'an, there should be people from the Prime Minister... people like me..."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed for a moment, and then he smiled.

That's true.

What Cao Cao asked Cai Yu just now was not because Cao Cao really didn't know the situation in Chang'an.

Fei Qian would leave the Cavalry Mansion at irregular intervals, then go to Hedong or Longxi. Of course, most of the time he spent wandering around the Sanfu area, and some went to Qinling and Zhongnan Mountain. Anyway, Fei Qian basically brought a large number of guards when he was traveling, and the direction was not fixed. Therefore, most people knew where Fei Qian was going after Fei Qian went out, or waited until Fei Qian brought his people back, and then they got the news about where Fei Qian had gone before.

After all, the speed of the cavalry is already the fastest means of transportation in the current Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao sometimes wondered why Fei Qian, the General of the Cavalry, had so much time to go here and go wherever he saw this person and that person. However, Cao Cao himself was often busy to death, putting out the fire here and putting out the fire there, and it might not be possible to do it well.

Cao Cao actually had a little answer in his heart, but he didn't want to admit it, nor could he admit it, so he hoped that Cai Yu's answer would be in line with the answer in his heart.

But it's a pity.

『Apart from this reason...』 Cao Cao looked at Cai Yu and asked, 『Is there any other reason? I think that just by meeting or not, the Cavalry may not be able to make Chengxi return so much?"

『…』 Cai Yu was silent for a while, then smiled, "If you want to accomplish a great thing, you should sacrifice." Haha, I think, maybe it's because of this sentence."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "The cavalry asked you to sacrifice?"

『Hahaha, no, no!』 Cai Yu laughed, 『At that time, the cavalry said, haha, he was not the cavalry at that time, he said, why did we sacrifice? Prime Minister, "we", "you"...』

"Guanzhong, Shandong?" Cao Cao still frowned.

Cai Yu shook his head slowly, then looked at Cao Cao, the prosperous and gorgeous red and black official uniform on Cao Cao, then looked down at the gray-white linen robe on his body, slowly closed his smile, and said slowly, "No, it's us, you. We are poor families, the people, the heads of Guizhou...and you..."

Cao Cao's brow suddenly raised and then couldn't let it go for a long time.

『If we die, we will die. Who would remember before?』 Cai Yu shook his head and said, 『No one would remember... Only the cavalry. At that time, there was a heroic spirit temple in Hedong, which specially included soldiers who died in the battle... Only soldiers, Zhang Ergou, Wang Mazi, Li Goudan, Zhao Jiasanlang...』

『Where General Yuan, no one will remember the name of the dead soldiers, and no one will care about the people who died of exhaustion in spring, hot in summer, starved in autumn, and frozen in winter... No one, even if he gritted the bullet and wrote it, it was sent to General Yuan, and it was "Oh"...』 Cai Yu smiled, "Yes, I wrote it, and I was demoted for this. Because of this, it disturbed General Yuan's elegant interest... After all, under General Yuan's rule, how can he die of exhaustion in heat and cold in cold? How is it possible? Jizhou Qingzhou is all peaceful and prosperous!』

Cao Cao's face gradually became darker.

『Let me think about what General Yuan was doing at that time? Oh, by the way, he was building gardens and building terraces...』 Cai Yu continued, "Happiness is very important, right? General Yuan is happy, so everyone will be happy, right? So, sometimes sacrifice is inevitable, after all, someone always has to sacrifice. But the question is, why, why are we always?"

In spring, you need to build canals, plow fields, build soil, and pave roads. What is it worth it to be exhausted? As long as the project can be completed, all sacrifices are worth it.

In summer, we have to rest river embankments, dig cellars, and repair city walls. Is the weather hot? God doesn’t give you face, how many people are so hot that they are too weak. Most of them are sick, so why are others not dying of heat? Who can I blame?

In autumn, you have to pay taxes, pay taxes, and calculate various miscellaneous fees. The rich have a drop in the bucket, and the poor have to tighten their waists to pay. Isn’t it normal for a few people to starve to death? Why can others afford it? Anyway, those who starve to death must be lazy.
To be continued...