Speaking of which, he had met Chen Deng. He recalled that when they were at Yuxiu Tower, he and Cao Zhen almost had a conflict with Chen Deng and others.
However, he was more curious about the young man sitting next to him and talking to him all the time.
The children of aristocratic families have their own unique pride.
They will not greet people casually, and will show their pride in their words. For example, when Chen Deng greets young people, his tone sounds very affectionate, as if he is talking to a friend. But when facing Cao Peng,
, his tone immediately became much colder. Maybe he didn't do it intentionally, but overall, Cao Peng could still hear the difference.
"You recognize me?"
Chen Deng raised his eyebrows and asked.
Cao Peng nodded awkwardly, "Maybe Chen Taishou doesn't remember... When I was in Xudu, I had met with Chen Taishou."
Chen Deng couldn't help but laugh!
How could he not remember Cao Peng?
Thinking back to when Cao Peng and Cao Zhen were together at Yuxiu Tower, Chen Deng was still deeply impressed.
"You still remember!"
Chen Deng was not narrow-minded, he just wanted to tease Cao Peng.
The young man wondered: "My dear brother has become an official?"
There was a deep sense of surprise in his tone.
After all, Cao Peng was young and could tell a rough idea at a glance.
The reason why the young man came over to sit down was because Cao Peng was huddled in the corner without saying a word. The young man admired that kind of calm temperament, and even thought that Cao Peng was a descendant of some Jin gentry family. At such a young age, he could be like this
His demeanor certainly aroused the curiosity of the young man. At first, he had nothing to say, and he didn't want to be misunderstood by Cao Peng as a glutton. Moreover, when he started talking about it, he actually fell into a trance.
Cao Peng scratched his head, "Actually, it's not like I'm serving as an official. I'm just helping."
"help?"
Chen Deng said: "Cao Peng's brother-in-law is the new Haixi Ling Deng Ji."
"Haixi Ling... uh, I remembered it! Is it Deng Shusun who replaced Ziyu as Haixi's Deng Shusun?"
In fact, in the Xuzhou circle, Deng Ji's reputation is not particularly loud. People know Deng Ji's name, not because of how talented Deng Ji is, but because Kong Rong recommended Zhang Zhang, Liang Xi, and Liang Ziyu.
, it was unthinkable to be replaced by Deng Ji.
It's not that people would be so disgusted with Deng Ji.
More people are curious.
"Isn't Deng Haixi here?"
"Well, my brother is not in Haixi now. He is on business in Huailing, so he ordered me to come to express his congratulations."
"Haixi... But it's not easy to handle." The young man stood up, took a deep breath, and said with a smile: "But it is quite interesting to have a chat with the wise brother. If I have free time in the future, I will definitely go
Haixi, taste the delicious food that my dear brother mentioned."
"Well, I have my wish, but I don't dare to invite you."
"Hahaha, okay, I'll excuse you now."
Chen Deng talked to Cao Peng again, took the young man and left.
"Yuanlong, let me tell you... this little brother Cao knows a lot about beautiful things. He just told me some things, which are very attractive. If you don't come over, maybe I can know more... But, you come to me
What's the matter? Let's talk about it first, I'm too drunk."
The young man and Chen Deng murmured in a low voice as they walked.
I also had a better ear with Cao Peng, so I got a rough idea.
He is indeed a gourmet!
But after talking for a long time, Cao Peng didn't even know who the other party was or what his name was.
Long article?
Another fucking cousin...
Cao Peng began to feel helpless.
How could he remember the names of everyone in the Three Kingdoms era? At the same time, he also had to remember the names of these people. This was really a troublesome task.
Long article...Who is it again?
At the banquet, Lu Bu suddenly stood up, holding a large wine glass, and toasted one by one.
It can be said that his posture has been very low, but many people still speak coldly to him. Lu Bu's reputation is so bad that no matter what he does, he will not be recognized by the scholars. Not to mention,
Lu Bu's background was not even as good as Cao Peng's.
"Little baby, do you dare to drink?"
Lu Bu came all the way and saw Cao Peng.
Originally, Cao Peng didn't attract much attention. But Lu Bu stepped forward, grabbed Cao Peng's arm, and spoke very affectionately with a hint of drunkenness.
"Yuanlong, do Cao Peng and Marquis Wen know each other?"
The young man asked softly.
Chen Deng nodded, "I understand... I had a fight with Marquis Wen on the long street yesterday."
"Ah?" The young man couldn't help but exclaimed softly, "Didn't this little baby not be beaten to death by Marquis Wen?"
"Uh... I heard that they lost!" Chen Deng said: "And they joined forces with the son of Dian Wei, the general of the Tiger Guard, and another person to attack, but were defeated by Wen Hou with one move. But they were not too bad, at least with Hou Wen Hou.
When the three of them, Cheng Wei and Song Xian, fought alone, they never fell behind."
"Son of Dian Wei?"
The young man asked doubtfully: "Do Cao Peng and Dian Wei know each other?"
"It is said that the relationship is very close... Changwen, don't underestimate this baby. He is also a man of great influence in Xudu and has a good reputation. The Golden Orchid Book I told you before was said to be written by this baby himself.
. He and a few children sworn sworn brothers in prison, named Xiaobayi... Haha, his sworn brothers still have a good background. One is a son of Cao Gong, and the other is the son of Wumeng Commandery Xu Chu. I thought
He has some wit and talent, but he doesn't expect that this little kid's martial arts are also good, not simple, not simple."
The young man frowned, and when he looked at Cao Peng again, his eyes were obviously a little different.
Cao Peng suddenly became the center of attention and felt helpless.
"If Marquis Wen proposes a toast, how can a lower official not drink?"
"Okay!" Lu Bu laughed and said, "How can a man not know how to drink? Come here, serve Mr. Cao a big glass of wine, and I will drink three large glasses of wine with him."
Immediately, a slave brought a large glass of wine. Lu Bu, holding the ear of the wine pot in one hand, came up and filled Cao Peng with a glass.
drink wine?
Cao Peng is really not afraid.
Without saying a word, he picked up his big glass, raised his head and drank it all.
"Marquis Wen, please drink."
Lu Bu looked at Cao Peng with a much kinder look.
"Okay, wait until I finish drinking this cup."
The two of them stood at the entrance of the hall and drank three glasses of wine in front of everyone.
Lu Bu then let Cao Peng go, and then went down to toast. Cao Peng let out a breath of turbid breath, and was about to turn around and sit down, when he suddenly felt someone looking at him and turned around quickly.
Under the jade steps of the main hall, there was a middle-aged scribe.
He was sitting alone, pouring himself a drink, which looked particularly different. Just now, it was he who was staring at Cao Peng. When Cao Peng turned his head to look over, the middle-aged scribe did not avoid it, squinting his eyes and staring at Cao Peng.
He said nothing. There was a trace of coldness in his eyes, which made Cao Peng feel a little cold-hearted. The two looked at each other for a moment, and a sneer appeared on the middle-aged scribe's face and he turned his head.
"May I ask, sir, who is the gentleman under the jade steps?"
After Cao Peng sat down, he asked the people in front of him.
"Are you talking about Mr. Gongtai?"
Damn it, you Eastern Han people, will you die if you just tell me your name?
However, Cao Peng had some impression of the word "Gongtai".
Peking Opera Capture and Release Cao, Chen Gong and Chen Gongtai...
In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao offered the Seven Treasure Sword to kill Dong Zhuo, but was accidentally noticed by Dong Zhuo, so he escaped from Luoyang. When he was passing through Zhongmu, he was captured by the Zhongmu County Magistrate. The Zhongmu County Magistrate was Chen Gong. Chen Gong admired Cao Cao.
Gao Yi, so he let Cao Cao go and abandoned his official position to follow him. Unexpectedly, when he was resting at Lu Boxe's house on the road, Cao Cao killed Lu Boxe's family due to a misunderstanding. Chen Gong felt that Cao Cao was a snake and a scorpion, so he let Cao Cao go.
...Later, Chen Gong assisted Lu Bu and went to Baimen Tower to be killed by Cao Cao.
This story is wonderful!
But after Cao Peng was reborn, he heard another version.
In the third year of Chuping, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, was killed, leaving Yanzhou without a leader. At that time, Chen Gong recommended Cao Cao, who was then the governor of Dongjun.
He said to the villagers: The world has been divided recently, and the state has no owner. Caodong County is a talented person in the world. If it welcomes the pastoral state, it will bring peace to the people.
To this end, he lobbied the Yanzhou family everywhere and won the support of the Yanzhou scholars.
At the beginning, Chen Gong could be said to be the number one counselor under Cao Cao. However, with the arrival of Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others, Chen Gong's status in Cao Cao's camp was affected. Although he was a scholar from Yanzhou, he was not the same as Cao Cao.
Compared with the children of Xun Yu, a long-established family, there was a huge gap. Later, another thing happened, that is, Cao Cao killed the former Jiujiang prefect, and Yanzhou celebrities gave way...
To put it bluntly, when Chen Gong welcomed Cao Cao, he also had the idea of planning for the Yanzhou scholars.
Unexpectedly, Bian Rang was killed, which made the Yanzhou scholars deeply resentful of Cao Cao. Chen Gong was even accused of deceiving the Yanzhou folks.
Chen Gong was extremely ashamed and angry.
At that time, Lu Bu fled from Guanzhong. After Chen Gong learned the news, he immediately contacted Lu Bu and took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to Xuzhou to raise troops to rebel, which triggered the Puyang War between Cao Cao and Lu Bu. After that, Lu Bu was defeated and fled to Xuzhou. Chen Gong
He planned for Lu Bu, defeated Liu Bei, and captured Xiapi, giving Lu Bu a place to stay. In other words, Chen Gong was Lu Bu's chief adviser.
Cao Peng could feel the coldness in Chen Gong's eyes.
He couldn't help but feel worried that if he continued to stay in Xiapi, Chen Gong would be detrimental to him.
Thinking of this, Cao Peng had the idea of leaving. However, it was difficult for him to say goodbye during the banquet. However, he secretly made up his mind to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible. Yes, it is the place of right and wrong... He
On the first day at Xiapi, he had a conflict with Hou Cheng and others; then in the morning, he almost had a conflict with Lu Bu's son Lu Ji, and now he might be worried about Chen Gong.
If this is not a place of right and wrong, then every part of the world will become a pure land.
After Cao Peng took a bite of the food, he began to think about how to escape.
"I dare to ask, but Mr. Cao?"
Just when Cao Peng was thinking, a little maid came behind Cao Peng and asked softly.
Cao Peng nodded, "I am Cao Peng."
"Master Cao, please come with your maid."
"Who are you……"
"My young master, I would like to invite Mr. Cao."
Cao Peng couldn't help but be confused and looked at the maid in confusion.
"Who is your young master?"
"Young master, you will know when you have been there."
Quite mysterious...
Cao Peng actually didn't really want to go, but after thinking about it, he felt that it wouldn't be good to refuse like this.
It was broad daylight anyway, so what was there to be afraid of? Thinking of this, Cao Peng stood up and followed the maid out of the hall.
Along the corridor of the main hall, Cao Peng followed the little maid.
This little maid has a pretty good figure from the back, but she seems a little awkward when walking.
If you observe carefully, you will find that one of her feet seems to be lame. Although she tried her best to hide this problem when walking, Cao Peng still saw the clues at a glance.
"Where are we going?"
Cao Peng followed the maid for a while, and saw that he was getting farther and farther away from the main hall, and seemed to be heading to the back house.
He couldn't help but feel a little strange, so he asked.
The maid stopped, turned around and smiled, "Master, just follow me."
"Wait a minute, please tell me clearly first, who is your young master, and where are you taking me?"
"My young master is naturally the prince of the king, right?"
"Luigi?"
"Of course not. There is only one young master under the prince, but he is not the young prince."
It's okay if I don't explain it. The more I explain it, the more confused Cao Peng feels. What do you mean that your prince only has one son, and he is not a young prince? What kind of messy relationship is this? Could it be that it was the one who came out of the restaurant yesterday?
Sissy?
Why is he looking for me?
Cao Peng was confused and couldn't figure out the mystery.
"Sir, it's just ahead."
Cao Peng followed the maidservant all the way along the quiet paths and met no one along the way.
When they reached a small garden, the maid stopped and said with a smile: "Master, through the garden in front, there is a courtyard. You can go in. My master will be waiting inside."
"You won't take me there?"
"Well...it's not my maid who refuses. It's my young master's destiny, and I don't dare to violate it."
"That's it!"
Cao Peng glanced at the little maid, hesitated, and then walked towards the small garden.
Seeing Cao Peng's back disappearing into the garden, the maid's expression changed, and the smile on her face suddenly disappeared. She looked left and right and saw no one nearby, so she hurried away along a path.
Cao Peng didn't pay much attention to it. After passing through the garden, he saw an independent small courtyard.
To be precise, this garden should be integrated with the small courtyard. However, due to the depth of winter, all the flowers in this garden have fallen.
Cao Peng didn't think too much, and walked into the courtyard along the garden path.
Behind a small arch, there is a small pavilion in the center, with a row of wing rooms on both sides.
"anyone there?"
Cao Peng stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted.
The yard was quiet, but there was no movement...
Strange, why is there no one?
Cao Peng walked to the pavilion and saw a long table with a seven-stringed guqin placed on it.
The piano seems to be made of sycamore wood. There is a layer of charred marks on the end of the piano, as if it had been burned by fire. It is very clear.
There is a faint fragrance of orchids in the air.
Cao Peng's heart suddenly moved, he secretly shouted something bad, turned around and wanted to leave.
He had heard of this kind of plot in his previous life. From the fragrance in the air, he could tell that the person living here should be a woman, not some 'gongzi'. This is Lu Bu's back house, and the person who lives here is
, even if they are not Lu Bu’s wives and concubines, they must be...
Someone is setting me up!
Cao Peng hurried out of the pavilion, and just as he was about to exit the archway, he heard a voice coming from outside.
"Little girl, I don't want to practice any piano."
"How can a girl's family spend all day dancing with guns and playing sticks? Your mother wants you to learn piano for your own good..."
"I don't want to learn the piano. I want to learn like Sister Qi'er and practice martial arts well. In the future, I will go into battle with my father to kill the enemy."
"no!"
"Little girl..."
"Lingqi, don't beg me. You can't escape Madam's orders.
Besides, if you are a girl, if you don’t learn how to play piano, chess, calligraphy, calligraphy, and dance with guns and sticks... If you get married in the future, you won’t be laughed at."
"I don't want to get married!"
A cute and innocent voice started making noise.
"You can marry me if you want, as long as you can be as powerful as dad."
"Lingqi, don't mess around."
"I'm not messing around..."
The sound got closer and closer, and it was obvious that he had entered the garden.
Cao Peng was a little anxious... If he was discovered, he wouldn't be able to explain it even if he jumped into the river.
In a hurry, he saw that the door of a wing room next to him was ajar. He quickly took three steps and two steps at a time, rushed to the porch, stretched out his hand to open the door, and hid in. Standing at the door, he let out a sigh of relief.
.I hope these women don’t stay too long.
He turned around, but suddenly froze.
This room is empty, with a one-meter-square fire pit inside.
It was facing the hot coals, burning red, making the room extremely warm. In the center, there was a barrel. This barrel was very large, about one meter high, oval, and about three meters long. There was also heat inside.
Water, steaming water, filled the room...
There is a layer of petals floating on the water, with a faint fragrance.
Even if Cao Peng is a fool, he can clearly see the purpose of this room.
bathroom!
This is a bathroom!
Cao Peng broke out in a cold sweat and tried to get out.
If someone comes in to take a bath, nothing will happen, but something will happen.
But as soon as he put his hand on the door and tried to open it, the figure shook, and a group of women walked into the quiet courtyard.
Cao Peng was so frightened that he quickly put down his hands and glanced across the bathroom.
My heart was pounding, and sweat was pouring down my forehead.
However, it's not hot sweat, but cold sweat...
"Mom, I'm hungry."
"After practicing the piano, I will make it for you myself."
"But……"
"Lingqi, please stop making trouble!" A soft voice came faintly into the room, "I know you don't like this, but you also have to think about your father... Over the years, your father has been running around here and there.
, how much thought it took. Now that you finally have a place to stay, he hopes to find a good family for you so that you can rely on him in the future... At least, he doesn't have to worry about you anymore."
"I..." The charming voice was silent for a while, and then sounded again, "My dear, let me practice for a while, okay?"
"good!"
"Then you teach me."
Outside the house, the melodious sound of the piano sounded, making people cry and complain.
But Cao Peng stood in the room, as if his buttocks were burned, a little at a loss.
The charcoal fire in the fire pit was getting hotter and hotter, and the water vapor in the air made Cao Peng's clothes almost soaked!
Now he just hopes that the woman outside will finish playing the piano and leave quickly.
But things in this world often backfire.
When the sound of the piano stopped, the charming voice sounded again, "My dear, you play so well... My dear, where are you going?"
"I'm going to wash up first. You can practice the piano well here. I'll prepare delicious food for you later. If you don't practice well, you won't be allowed to eat."
Hold!
Cao Peng was about to collapse.
At this time, footsteps sounded, getting closer and closer...
