After leaning for a moment, the main door of Cao Mansion was opened for the rare time. Then, Cao Jie's younger brother, Yueqi Colonel Cao Poshi, came out to greet him in person, which was enough to give face to someone who claimed to be here to visit.
"Captain Cao," Gongsun Xun said with a smile as bright as a flower. He was also wearing a plain robe and a white horse with a silver saddle. If he hadn't known about the good things he had done in the past few days, at first glance, he might have thought that this was his son-in-law who came to visit relatives. "Why don't you go out to welcome him in person?
, I don’t know where Mr. Cao is now, maybe he looks down on me and doesn’t want to see me?”
"Hey, where did Doctor Gongsun go?" Cao Poshi stared at the short knife on the opponent's waist and replied bravely. "Since my eldest brother was disturbed by rumors, he resigned from the post of Dachangqiu and returned the Fujie.
They are all sitting at home, and Dr. Gongsun can see my eldest brother even if he comes in the middle of the night."
"Then..." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but laugh.
"Please!" Cao Poshi didn't notice at all that he was sweating on his forehead, he just stiffened and let the door open.
When Gongsun Xun saw this, he was not polite. He immediately led Han Dang, Wei Yue, Jia Chao and other warriors, straddling swords and holding bows, and marched directly into Cao's mansion. And he didn't even need Cao Poshi to lead the way, so he took the lead and acted arrogantly.
Go straight to someone's backyard with extremely fast steps!
By the way, it is not that there are no loyal disciples in Cao's residence, nor is there no guests with extraordinary courage, nor is it that no one wants to stop these warriors, but they still fall short when facing opponents who are obviously members of the army.
The next moment, they were pushed aside. Moreover, when they instinctively looked at their 'Second Master', they found that the captain of the Yue Cavalry School had turned pale.
He followed Gongsun Xun to the backyard in a sweat... The master didn't even let him stop him, so what else do people like him have to do?!
Gongsun Xun led a group of warriors who were dedicated to killing people and broke into the backyard. From a distance, they saw Cao Jie, who was not wearing a crown and had gray hair, playing cards with a bearded scribe in the corridor, which is like three monkeys and a pig.
...The common name is called the animal card, and the scientific name is called the four seasons zodiac card.
You know, this is the most mainstream form of entertainment in the world today, and even the emperor plays it.
Seeing this situation, Gongsun Xun asked the others to stay in the courtyard, and then he went forward alone to the corridor to watch the battle with his hands behind his hands. After just a few glances, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Why are Dr. Gongsun laughing?" Cao Jie asked calmly while looking at the ivory Four Seasons card standing in front of him. "Can you tell from the back of the card that I am not playing well?"
"It's natural." Gongsun Xun smiled more and more. "When two people play cards, the number of cards is fixed. Then one party can roughly think of the other party's cards by looking at his own cards, and I can naturally know it by looking at the cards played by the two.
Some things... With all due respect, Mr. Cao, you are old, so you often play your cards randomly and make mistakes! However, the most pitiable thing is the bearded guest in your house. He is so young, and you can tell at a glance that he is a man in his heart.
He is a smart man with a sense of proportion, so even though he knows that Duke Cao often makes mistakes with his cards, and even though he has a chance to win early in the game, he can only play cards randomly to make Duke Cao happy."
Cao Jie laughed loudly when he heard this. He first pointed his finger at Luo Mu opposite him, and then pushed down all the ivory Four Seasons cards on the table between them.
"It seems that I have been a bad guest!" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh with a smile. "It has spoiled Duke Cao's mood."
"No, no," Cao Jie smiled and waved his hands. "I think Dr. Gongsun came at the right time. You don't know, I have been living at home for such a long time, and I can only play cards for entertainment every day. But the people in this house When it comes to playing cards, most of them let me. The only one who dares not to let me is my brother Po Shi, who is wiping his sweat behind you. But he is very stupid, and he only likes to draw cards and gamble on competing zodiac signs. Gambling only lasts one night, so I am too lazy to let him come... So if Dr. Gongsun has nothing to do, why not sit down and play two games with me?"
"Respect is worse than obeying orders!" Gongsun Xun immediately handed over his hand and sat down on the porch with a golden sword.
Then, of course, there were maids who came up to help shuffle, stack, sort, and sort the cards, which saved trouble.
"Looking at what Dr. Gongsun means, is he also an expert?" Cao Jie was a little curious when he saw the other party sit down so simply. "So, am I asking for death?"
"Mr. Cao doesn't know," at this time, the bearded guest, Luo Mu, quickly said with a smile. "This Four Seasons Tablet was made by Dr. Gongsun's mother, and it was also passed down from his family business. , even Wanluo started to spread from Gongsun Langzhong’s Yizhuang in Fengshi.”
"So that's it." Cao Jie suddenly realized, and then he pointed at Luo Mu and introduced Gongsun Xun. "Speaking of which, Dr. Gongsun may not know that this close guest of mine has been saved by your life!"
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be startled, and then he realized that the bearded man in front of him was the "insider" who repeatedly conveyed news about Wang Fu and others, but only talked about how quiet Cao Jie was.
When Na Luo Mu heard this, he also hurriedly greeted him with a courtesy and said he was a benefactor.
No matter what, after such a fuss, the atmosphere has relaxed a lot, and the three of them played cards, which was somewhat interesting after all.
To be honest, if it weren't for a group of samurai with swords standing not far away in the courtyard, it would be more and more like a son-in-law coming to play with his elders.
"Oh, why are Wen Qi so merciless?" After losing three times in a row, Cao Jie, who had just changed his name, couldn't bear it anymore. "You must know that I am an elder, and there is no one as aggressive as you. What? You suppressed all my good cards until they were all ruined in your hand, and you didn’t even play out any of them!"
Gongsun Xun laughed loudly: "Mr. Cao misunderstood, why don't I want to give in to you? But you have to know that these four seasons cards were originally created by my mother. I have played with her since I was a child, and my mother is a powerful person. , if you play with her, it will be extremely difficult to win unless you take advantage of her suspicion and attack fiercely... As time goes by, I will never be able to change this problem!"
Cao Jie nodded slightly, but then asked with a smile: "Is your Majesty so powerful?"
"With all due respect." Gongsun Xun stared at the other person and continued to smile. "Everyone in Youzhou knows about my mother's talent. Even Master Lu is ashamed of herself."
"oh?"
"Actually, sometimes I often sigh." Gongsun Xun suddenly sighed again. "It would be great if this dynasty allowed women to serve as officials. In that case, there would be no need for me to work so hard to gain a future in Luozhong. I'm afraid I would be the son of a high official when I was born. !”
Cao Jie and Luo Mu couldn't help but grin.
"In fact, I may not have to sigh about the difficult situation of the court." Gongsun Xun also continued to smile. "Because, with my mother's ability, I am afraid that all the eunuchs and villains would have been eradicated by her ten years ago. , where can some female chicken turn into a male, and then have earthquakes and solar eclipses every few months?”
Cao Jie's smile suddenly froze on his face: "Wen Qi is indeed aggressive!"
"Some card skills made Mr. Cao laugh." Gongsun Xun quickly handed over his hand.
"It's rare for Wen Qi to come to my house to visit." After a moment of pause, for some reason, Cao Jie suddenly forced a smile and said, "How can I just give up just because I lost badly? And if I play a few more games, I will definitely win back.
!”
Gongsun Xun immediately touched his palms and laughed, and urged the maid to start the card game again. However, for some reason, after the maid had coded the ivory cards for the three of them, he raised his hand and slid out the broken knife from his waist, and then the handle
It fell directly onto several tables and knocked over several cards.
Cao Jie couldn't help but frown slightly: "Why are you still carrying a knife when you are playing cards?"
"I was wrong." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
But even so, when he picked up the knife, he took the handle of the knife and pulled it out. The light of the knife flashed, and the corridor couldn't help but froze, and the courtyard also followed closely, and Cao Poshi, who was already quite far away,
He even took a few steps back and almost ran out of the backyard.
"Good sword." Luo Mu suddenly twirled his beard and said seriously. "Is this the short sword that forced Duan Jiming to hold dozens of knives out of their sheaths with one strike that day?"
"I heard it's a relic of King Xiang?" Cao Jie also asked slightly curiously.
"Exactly." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh as he held up the sword. "So, for this sword, what kind of achievement is it to force Duan Jiming back? King Xiang used this sword to divide the world, and Dong Zhongying got it and used it to sweep the Western Xinjiang. The result was
In my hands, I can only kill a few prisoners... To be honest with Mr. Cao, I often feel ashamed for this."
Cao Jie shook his head repeatedly: "What did Wen Qi say? In the battle of Huo Shao Bomb Khan, didn't you not avoid the sword and fight forward with the sword? I heard someone said that you were hit by an arrow before the battle, but you crawled back.
Get up and continue to mobilize the army?"
"How could Mr. Cao know such a trivial matter on the front line when he is busy with everything?" Gongsun Xun asked seriously.
"Of course people will praise heroic feats, but where does one decide whether to hear or not?" Cao Jie became more serious. "But Wen Qi, there is something I am unhappy about."
"Mr. Cao, please speak."
"In the army, the enemy and we are clearly distinguishable, so naturally you have to ride a horse and hold a sword in person, and set an example for the army in everything." Cao Jie did not avoid the sight of the swords in the sight of the two men, and calmly advised. "But in Luozhong, everything is intricately connected, and people and
There is no such thing as friend or foe between people. At this time, he is carrying a knife and slashing everywhere every day. It looks majestic and everyone is afraid for a while, but in fact, isn't it true that all his escape routes are cut off?
Has it been cut off?"
Gongsun Xun stared at Cao Jie for a moment, and then nodded slightly: "Gongsun Cao is absolutely right. It's my youthful spirit and my actions that are immoderate."
With that said, he immediately turned back to greet Han Dang to come forward, and handed the knife to him for safekeeping.
"What do you call this strong man?" Cao Jie couldn't help but asked easily when he saw this.
"This is Han Dang Han Yigong, a native of my hometown." Gongsun Xun naturally praised his confidant. "He has been following me for the longest time. He is also very skilled in bow and horse. He killed Ke Zuitan with one arrow in a battle in Liucheng."
It was him, he was the first to cross the river of hatred in the battle of Danhan Mountain..."
"What position did such a hero occupy first?" Luo Mu on the side couldn't help but ask.
"Before leaving the fortress, he had already become the Marquis of Qujun. However, when the rewards were awarded after the war, he resigned from his position in the army. Now he is my retainer without official status."
"What a pity." Cao Jie shook his head slightly.
"Yes," Gongsun Xun also sighed. "I often feel that I have wronged him."
"What did Young Master say?" Just when Cao Jie was about to continue saying something, Han Dang, who took the sword, immediately frowned. "I am just a warrior in the army! And the warrior in this world is
, if everyone has fought side by side with Shaojun like me, how many people will not be impressed by Shaojun’s magnanimity? If I can follow Shaojun in this life and not fall behind, I think it will definitely comfort me for the rest of my life!"
After saying this, Han Dang immediately stepped back with his sword in hand and stood still in the courtyard.
When Cao Jie heard this, he sighed more and more: "It is extraordinary for a person in the world to have an outstanding place. This Han Yigong is brave and loyal, and Wen Qi is so lucky!"
Gongsun Xun raised his hand and pointed at the bearded Luo Mu: "So what if he is both loyal and wise? Why should Duke Cao favor one and favor another?"
At this point, Cao Jie was startled for a moment, and then finally laughed again with Gongsun Xun... Next, the two of them stopped talking nonsense and just talked about trivial household matters while playing cards seriously.
And when Gongsun Xun formally left in the evening, Cao Jie actually held hands in person, then opened the central door and sent him out. He also promised in front of the door to find some cats in the homes of powerful people in Luozhong and send them over to avoid this trivial matter.
To continue living with my wife... This is really amazing.
——————I am the dividing line of superb card skills————
"In this dynasty, Taizu tried to play cards with his brother Gongsun Zan. Taizu was a skilled player and won the game many times. Zan was defeated repeatedly, so he angrily threw the cards at the table and broke the wooden sign. His brother Gongsun Yue saw it from the side and said,
Nai Chuyue said: "Seeing the anger of the clan brothers, I know that Yan Zi is indifferent and noble." - "Shi Shuo Xin Yu", Angry Chapter
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