Three Kingdoms

Amidst the sound of ritual music, everyone has their own thoughts.

Some people pretend to be confused, and some people are really confused, but no matter what kind of situation it is, it is difficult to break out in a situation like this. As a result, Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty did not continue to sit for long after he started, and quickly walked away. On the contrary, Cao Cao was like a host entertaining guests, holding up the wine cup and turning around, and came to Yang In front of Xiu and Marcus.

"Is General Hussar okay?" Cao Cao asked with a smile, as if he was asking about his old friend. Speaking of which, Cao Cao and Fei Qian are indeed somewhat related. Although such a question is a bit abrupt, it is not a big problem.

"Reporting to Sikong..." Yang Xiu raised his hand and said, "General Hussars is wearing his armor and walking across the mountains and rivers... everything is fine..."

Cao Cao's eyes flashed, he laughed twice, nodded and said: "Dezu is now serving as an official in Hussar? What do you think your Majesty wants?"

Yang Xiu smiled and said: "The hussars recovered the Yin Mountains, settled Xiliang, opened up the Western Regions, and stabilized the Sichuan River. They are dedicated to serving the public and have the world in mind. It is a blessing for me to have such loyal and loyal ministers as my assistant..."

Cao Cao still nodded with a smile, then raised the wine baron and said: "That's so good! I wish the hussar his loyalty will not change, and his achievements will increase again! Drink in victory!"

Yang Xiu naturally raised his glass in response.

After Cao Cao finished drinking, he nodded, Yang Xiu cupped his hands, and the two of them parted in harmony.

"What did Ni Gancai say?" Marcus didn't realize that he was sharp and approached Yang Xiu and asked.

Yang Xiu laughed, patted Marcus on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay, we just greeted each other... Don't drink too much, there will be a royal minister tomorrow..."

Although the credentials Marcus brought were fake, the credentials given to Marcus were genuine...

Of course, for many people, the authenticity of a single credential is not that important. Things other than the authenticity of the credential are more important.

Cao Cao walked forward, walked around in circles, and returned to the seat, his face somewhat unhappy.

"Yang Dezu..."

Cao Cao had just tried some tests on Yang Xiu, but he didn't expect them all to be blocked by Yang Xiu. His mood suddenly became very bad, and he ate two mouthfuls of food in a dull mood. Even Xiahou Dun came to propose a toast, but he didn't get excited. .

"Lord, what are you unhappy about?" Xiahou Dun asked.

Cao Cao didn't hide much in front of Xiahou Dun, but he just didn't want to say it at this time, so he shook his head slightly and said, "Nothing...have all the military matters been arranged?"

Xiahou Dun nodded and said: "The reward cattle and wine have been sent, and the meritorious achievements are also being logged in to be verified... Don't worry, my lord..."

Cao Cao nodded, feeling slightly relieved, and drank a cup of wine with Xiahou Dun with a smile. Cao Cao knew that in the current situation, military power came first, so no matter what, he must first settle the soldiers under his command, so as to ensure that he is invincible.

Xiahou Dun saw that Cao Cao was not enjoying the conversation, so he did not sit there for long and left. When he saw Xia Houen, who had just followed Cao Cao and held a wine bottle for Cao Cao, passed by, he grabbed him and asked: "What happened to my lord just now? What's the matter?" You look a little unhappy?"

Xia Houen was stunned.

"Say it quickly! If you don't tell me, I won't beat you!" Xiahou Dun threatened. As an elder, if he finds any excuse and uses any family method, no one else can protect Xiahou En.

Xia Houen thought for a while and felt that this matter was not a top secret, so he repeated what Cao Cao and Yang Xiu had just said...

"That's it?" Xiahou Dun asked.

"Yeah." Xia Houen nodded.

"So...what do you mean?" Xiahou Dun stared.

Xia Houen also stared.

"Hey! Gungun, don't get in my way!"

Xiahou Dun waved his hand, shooing Xiahou En away like a fly, and then sat for a while, feeling that his buttocks seemed to have become pointy, and it was not stable no matter how he placed it. He really couldn't sit still, so he stood up and came Xun Yu sat down in front of him, and in a low voice repeated the words he just heard, and said, "What do these words mean?"

Xun Yu glanced at Xiahou Dun and said, "In the Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan, in the 13th year of Chenggong's reign, Prime Minister Lu defeated Qin."

"Ah?" Xiahou Dun was dumbfounded. Does this mean you want me to go back and read the book? Damn, if I can read books, why would I come to you?

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious..." Guo Jia on the side put a wine cup into Xiahou Dun's hand, then filled up the wine, "Have a drink, drink a glass and then talk..."

Xiahou Dun looked at the wine prince, and then said to Guo Jia: "I drank, can you explain to me?"

"Easy to say, easy to say..." Guo Jia laughed.

"It's done!" Xiahou Dun didn't even have any ink. After finishing his drink, he put down the wine baron and said, "Say it!"

Guo Jia glanced at Xun Yu, and then said: "It's not a big deal... I haven't used it before..."

"Well, well..." Xiahou Dun nodded.

"So Yang Dezu responded with the eight words 'Bow down the armor and walk on the mountains and rivers'..." Guo Jia laughed and said, "This is about Jin Wengong... And Jin Wengong back then... Haha, still There are four words "repaying old virtues"... This Qin, this Jin, it is really wonderful..."

"Ah, ah?" Xiahou Dun became more and more confused as he listened.

"Alas..." Xun Yu nodded and said, "This Yang Dezu is really... quoting this classic is both suitable for this situation and also implies a threat. No wonder the lord is dissatisfied..."

"Qin and Jin are fighting, just like now." Guo Jia also said. Qin and Jin were both great powers that competed for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. The relationship between the two countries was quite delicate. They were close neighbors, had a marriage relationship, and had frequent exchanges. However, due to political interests, they sometimes were friendly and sometimes fought with each other. They were very similar. Now the relationship between Cao Cao and Fei Qian.

"Let's put it this way, Yang Dezu is saying..." Seeing that Xiahou Dun seemed to understand but not understand, Guo Jia further said, "If you want to fight or make peace, you can only think about it..."

Xiahou Dun was furious and immediately turned around to stand up, but Guo Jia quickly grabbed him with his sharp eyes. He lost his center of gravity and failed to stand up immediately, so he sat back down.

"Just now Wenruo didn't give you a direct explanation because he was worried that you would be like this!" Guo Jia did not let go and shouted in a low voice, "Did Yuan Rang want to ruin something important for the Lord?!"

In terms of strength, Xiahou Dun was unprepared just now. If Xiahou Dun really wanted to struggle, even ten Guo Jia might not be able to hold him down. However, after hearing the second half of Guo Jia's words, Xiahou Dun did not dare to move.

"Prime Minister Lu defeated the Qin... this time it was Dezu who defeated the Jin..." Xun Yu said, "Now that the Hussar has great righteousness, if we start the war lightly, we will definitely lose our popularity... Yuan Rang, please don't destroy the lord." It is a great cause that the Qing Dynasty in Hebei Province is not peaceful at present, so we must not harm Guanzhong..."

Xiahou Dun was silent for a long time, dodged the wine cup in Guo Jia's hand, added a cup of wine himself, raised his head and drank it down...

...This is the dividing line between having enough food and wine...

On the other side, just when Xiahou Dun was feeling depressed but helpless, Xu You wandered around and found Cao Cao.

Xu You drank a little too much. After all, when he switched to Cao Cao before, it was completely a risky investment and he might lose everything at any time, but now Cao Cao has won!

Haha, Cao Cao won!

Xu You was so beautiful in his heart, it was like betting all the remaining bets on "00" in roulette, and then the lucky ball really landed on "00"!

Such beauty in Xu You's heart...

"Ah, you can't do this, you can't win like this!"

After Xu You sat down, he patted Cao Cao's arm and muttered.

The corner of Cao Cao's left eye twitched, but he still smiled and said: "You are so right! Come on, drink, drink!"

Xu You didn't refuse anyone who came. He drank a gulp and breathed out a breath of alcohol, "If you get someone, you can win a hundred thousand soldiers!"

Cao Cao: "..."

"You are trapped there, and when you arrive, your power will break like a bamboo! Break a bamboo!"

Xu You waved his arms, revealing his somewhat thin arms. Xu You didn't do it entirely to show off his achievements, but because he had lost a lot of the wealth he had saved with great difficulty before, and now that he was here with Cao Cao, he had no income on hand and no specific errands to be responsible for. Then he thought about asking Cao Cao for some benefits.

If you want benefits, you naturally have to talk about how much you have done and how much credit you have contributed. Just like in later generations of companies, during the Chinese New Year, there are always groups of people going to report to their bosses...

Is it really just for reporting work?

Xu You is not like other people under Cao Cao. Others, even if they did not go to the battlefield, still worked hard at the rear. For example, logistics managers like Xun Yu always have some contributions that cannot be denied, but Xu You Apart from coming up with ideas and providing some information, You now had nothing to praise, so exaggerating the idea and exaggerating the information to make it appear more important naturally became a way for Xu You to gain benefits.

What else?

It doesn’t matter if you say your own ideas, it’s all the boss’s decision-making, right? If you meet a sensible boss, you will be polite to some extent. If you meet someone as shameless as Cao Cao, you might just laugh and take the polite words seriously without even explaining it...

Xu You was naturally a little worried that Cao Cao would come to fight with him and renege on the benefits he had promised before, so he took advantage of today and the drunkenness to come up and try to finalize the benefits.

However, as a boss, you naturally feel that no matter how much work your subordinates do, they should all do it. Didn't I pay you a salary, so isn't it also appropriate to work overtime? It is also appropriate to wash the toilet, carry a bucket, walk the dog, and take care of the children...

The last time I asked you to carry a bucket of water, you refused to do it. Now you still have the nerve to come to me and ask for money? Want a salary increase?

Cao Cao laughed loudly, but refused to answer Xu You's words.

But to be honest, Cao Cao was tired of being talked about so much, so he hesitated and said: "Jizhou is not at peace, it's too early to discuss merits... Haha, haha, Ziyuan has any other clever ideas, why don't you tell me?"

Cao Cao originally thought he would just deal with it, but he didn't expect Xu You to take it seriously. He sat there stunned for a moment, then clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Someone also has a plan..."

"Oh?" Cao Cao said with a smile, "I would like to hear the details!"

Xu You looked at Cao Cao, laughed a few times, then turned to look at the singing and dancing in the square, but did not speak immediately.

Cao Cao laughed loudly, pointed at the singer who was singing and dancing in the square and said: "There is no one to serve in Ziyuan's house yet, right? After the banquet, you can choose one or two, so that you can take care of Ziyuan's daily life..."

Xu You cupped his hands, thanked him first, and then said: "Mr. Cao didn't know... In the old days of Jizhou, there were nursery rhymes sung..." Xu You also saw singing and dancing before, and suddenly remembered something, I thought it could be used now, so I said it.

"Nursery rhyme?" Cao Cao frowned slightly, "Tell it and listen..."

"When nursery rhymes were sung in the past, I didn't take it seriously, but now that I think about it... I feel even more frightened..." Xu You stroked his beard and his face became more serious, "... Yan Nan Chui, Zhao Bei Shang. Huang Ju Fallen, the village is desolate. Under Zhangtai, the warehouse is full of bones. There are magpies, who lost their nests and perished..."

"This 'Yan is hanging down in the south, Zhao is mourning in the north'..." Xu You stretched out a finger and gestured in the air and said, "The swallow is flying, building a nest on the eaves, heading south, dying on the way, This is the Han Festival... This Zhao Beishang is naturally Gongsun who burned himself in Yijing..."

"Gongsun died in Zhaobei..." Cao Cao nodded.

"Huang Juluo... This is Qu Xiping..." Xu You couldn't help but sigh. Qu Yi had asked him to explain this nursery rhyme back then, but he didn't expect that Xu You's casual words at that time turned into a true prophecy.

"That makes sense, but who does this 'Zhuang Hehuang' refer to?" Cao Cao said.

"Both crops and crops are grown in the fields, so it's the Tian family..." Xu You sighed.

Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, a little surprised.

"The bones of Zhangtai..." Xu You continued, "I originally thought that Zhangtai refers to Chang'an, but I never thought that it refers to the palace of Yecheng... Now it is also full of bones..."

"Come here!" Cao Cao suddenly called a guard to come closer, pondered for a moment, and said, "...go and ask General Lian, is there a name for the burial place?"

After a while, the guard turned back and whispered: "General Cao said... that place is called 'Cangshan'..."

"Cangshan... Cangshan..." Cao Cao muttered and repeated.

Xu You stroked his beard and said: "Now this nursery rhyme has been fulfilled one by one, and now is the last sentence... Mr. Cao, there is Que Mountain in Ye City. Yuan Benchu ​​built a pavilion on Que Mountain... Wei Que There is a nest, and Weijiu lives in it... Someone also heard that Yuan Benchu ​​wanted to have an heir to his third son..."

"Wei Que has a nest, and Wei Jiu lives in it... Wei Que has a nest, and Wei Jiu lives in it... When someone is ready, he will send people to Ji to sing this song!" Cao Cao recited it several times, and suddenly burst into laughter and patted it. He patted Xu You's arm and said, "Zi Yuan's plan is really wonderful! It's wonderful! Come on, I will give you a title to Zi Yuan! If this plan is successful, I will count on Zi Yuan to make a great contribution!"

"Haha, easy to say, easy to say..."