Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1445 Questions Between Father and Son
In the city of Xuchang.

Originally named Xu County, it was renamed Xuchang because it placed its hope in Hanchang.

Cao Cao was sitting on a canopy cart, walking slowly along the long street in front of the Beigong, the expression on his face was neither yin nor yang, making it impossible to detect his inner thoughts.

Cao Cao had just met Han Emperor Liu Xie.

The whole process may not be so pleasant.

Liu Xie was dissatisfied that the government affairs approved were all trivial matters of people's livelihood. He hoped to know more and know more. He also didn't want to stay in the palace every day, but wanted to go out of the palace and the city to see the people of the Han Dynasty. Take a look around the counties...

If it was an ordinary family, with such an enterprising child, as an elder, most of them would be happy and cooperate. However, for Cao Cao, these wishes expressed by Liu Xie were not a good thing.

Perhaps, in Cao Cao's mind, the otaku of later generations is the best candidate for emperor.Anyway, I live in the palace, order takeaway if I have nothing to do, don’t go outside the door, and the requirements are low, two-dimensional is fine, and I don’t even care about the three-dimensional...

"Stop!"

Cao Cao caught sight of Dong Cheng who was retreating and humbly at the side of the street, and said, "Dong Junhou, where are you going?"

Dong Cheng didn't expect to bump into Cao Cao on the street, and it was too late when he wanted to avoid it. After all, Beigong Street is very smooth, and any movement that is slightly obtrusive is very obvious, so he simply got off the car and retreated on the side of the street , I hope Cao Cao doesn't pay attention, just go directly like this, I didn't expect Cao Cao to let him go so easily and ask him directly.

"Reporting to Mr. Cao, this... I just got a few pickled mackerel, which are delicious, and I dare not enjoy them to myself, so I take them and present them to His Majesty..." Dong Cheng lowered his head and clasped his hands to explain.

"Oh?" Cao Cao smiled, with small eyes, "Dong Junhou is so caring, he is really a role model for a courtier...Where is the squid located, can you take a look?"

"This... this is natural..." Dong Cheng couldn't refuse, of course, "Come here, and present the lacquer box to Mr. Cao for review." Pickled mackerel means mackerel pickled with salt.Mackerel is a small mackerel, which may have different names in different places, but in the Han Dynasty, because there was a word called the year of the back of the mackerel, many people also believed that eating this fish can lead to longevity, which is a good symbol.

Cao Cao stared at Dong Cheng, and then looked away after a long while, and then slowly opened the lacquer box. Inside the lacquer box was a layer of green salt, and four mackerel were placed staggered.

Cao Cao stretched out his fingers and pressed the mackerel, then pulled the salt on the bottom of the lacquer box, and asked casually, "I don't know Dong Junhou, how did you get this fish?"

"Report to Mr. Cao, I bought it in the market place..." Dong Cheng cupped his hands and said, "Fortunately, Mr. Cao has a good governance and all businesses are prosperous. Now there are a lot of goods in the store, which is really a blessing for the people... "

"Haha, this is Your Majesty's great blessing, everyone is diligent," Cao Cao covered the lacquer box and said with a smile.

Dong Cheng hastily asked someone to take the lacquer box, while bowing his hands to Cao Cao to thank him.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, and then ordered to move on.

Dong Cheng bowed and respectfully saw him off, and when Cao Cao and his party had gone far, he let out a long breath and said, "Let's go to see His Majesty..."

After walking for a while, Cao Cao suddenly knocked on the guardrail of the canopy cart, and the guards on the side immediately approached him, only to hear Cao Cao whispering: "Go to the market to check if there are any new arrivals in the past few days." mackerel for sale..."

The guards immediately took orders, broke away from the main force, and turned to Dongshi.

Cao Ang, who was acting as the driver on the canopy chariot, couldn't help asking: "Father, this is..."

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang. He didn't want to say it at first, but he felt that this kind of thing still needs to be taught. The provincial Cao Ang didn't know how to deal with it in the future, so he finally said: "...I have an audience with Your Majesty today...Your Majesty's words are too important for Hebei and Henan. ..."

Cao Ang was a little dazed, unable to react.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang. Although he knew that Cao Ang hadn't figured it out yet, he didn't continue to explain, nor was he in a hurry. He just sat upright like a mountain with his eyes half open and half closed.

Cao Ang frowned, thinking while holding the reins of the horse pulling the cart.Is there any connection between His Majesty's talk about Jizhou and Yuzhou and whether there are any new pickled mackerel for sale in the market?
The sound of the car was coming, and it was almost time to reach Cao's mansion. Cao Ang suddenly turned his head excitedly, and was about to speak, but was glared at by Cao Cao, and Cao Ang quickly swallowed the words.

The middle door of Cao's mansion was wide open, and Cao Cao's chariots and horses entered the front yard directly.

Cao Ang took the lead in jumping off the canopy cart, and put the pedals on the cart on the ground.Cao Cao leaned on the railing and got out of the car, walked towards the middle hall, motioning for Cao Ang to follow.

After arriving in the middle hall, the servants put the copper basin of clear water, cleaned their hands and faces first, and then served tea soup. Cao Cao waved his hands to let the servants back down, then turned to Cao Ang and said, "I heard that you and Anmin are studying in Wenruo today. Is there such a thing?"

Cao Ang thought that Cao Cao would continue the topic just now, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to change to this question suddenly. He couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and then replied: "My father, that's exactly the case. Xun Shizhong's family education is inherited, and he is talented , Ang Confucian classics puzzled, all get their solutions, really benefit a lot."

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Confucian classics are as small as smoke, as vast as the sea, and you can't complete them even if you live... You must know the choice, the only way to learn..."

Cao Ang blinked and said, "Well, I would like to be taught."

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Ang, knowing that he might not understand, but he just agreed first out of habit, but Cao Cao didn't want to expose or question him, so he said: "Your mother is in the back hall, please go and pay her respects... ..."

Cao Ang was not born by Mrs. Ding, but was brought up by Mrs. Ding. He was not the biological mother but was better than the biological mother. Therefore, after listening to Cao Cao's words, he also looked forward to it, so he stood up, bowed his hands and saluted, then said goodbye and went to the back hall.

The sunlight outside the hall shone on Cao Ang's armor, shining brightly, like the vitality of young people, always radiating out inadvertently.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang's back, stroked his beard, and remained silent for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, then shook his head, and sighed...

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"Minister Dong Cheng kowtows to Your Majesty!" Dong Cheng bowed down to Liu Xie.

"Aiqing, please get up." Liu Xie stretched out his hand, gave him a little support, and then ordered, "Bring the brocade group and put it on the mat for Dong Aiqing."

In the Han Dynasty people sat on their knees, so having a brocade cushion was always more comfortable than kneeling on a hard wooden board.

Liu Xie has now gradually grown, and between his eyebrows and eyes, the childishness is gradually disappearing, and the heroic spirit is gradually emerging, quite a bit of expression.It can be said that the emperors of the Han Dynasty were all good-looking, with full heavens and clear eyebrows. It is natural to think about it. After all, how many years of natural gene optimization, they are basically royal family members with some status. It's not completely absent, but after all, the probability is smaller.

The current Liu Xie has a bit of the demeanor of the Han Ling Emperor in his eyebrows and eyes, which makes Dong Cheng feel a little bit emotional...

Emperor Lingdi of the Han Dynasty was also diligent for a period of time, but he didn't know whether it was because he found laziness more comfortable than diligence, or because he encountered a heavy blow on the way forward, or some other reason, anyway, he finally became Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are willing to give up...

I don't know how long and how long the person in front of me can advance on this thorny road...

"What?" Liu Xie looked at Dong Cheng as if his mind was distracted, and couldn't help laughing, "Dong Aiqing, what's the matter?"

"..." Dong Cheng came back to his senses, apologized quickly, and said, "Seeing Your Majesty, just like the former emperor's demeanor, I can't help but be in a trance. I am disrespectful in front of the palace. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me..."

"It's okay." Liu Xie waved his hand and said, "Ai Qing doesn't have to be so restrained. I wonder what Ai Qing is carrying this time?"

"Today's product is the product of the East China Sea..." Dong Cheng thanked Liu Xie, and then asked people to present the lacquer box containing the pickled mackerel, and then told about the origin of these pickled mackerel, and even returned it to Liu Xie. Describes some scenery and geography of the East China Sea.

Dong Cheng dedicated his daughter to the palace, so from a certain point of view, Dong Cheng is still Liu Xie's elder, so there is some intimacy between the two people, and Dong Cheng carefully takes care of Liu Xie. Naturally, the two chatted happily, and the atmosphere in the hall was harmonious for a while.

"I never thought that the world is so big, and even this fish is so particular..." Liu Xie looked at the mackerel in the lacquer box, imagining the situation in Dong Cheng's words when these fish breed upstream, and couldn't help feeling a little bit emotion.

"Your Majesty..." Dong Cheng looked at Liu Xie, cupped his hands and said, "This fish is going up against the current, even though it knows it's difficult, it has no intention of retreating, because it's all competing for it, and it's perishing because of laziness..."

Liu Xie gradually withdrew his smile, and then nodded slowly.

Dong Cheng also nodded, smiled, and said goodbye.

Liu Xie went down from the main hall and asked someone to carry the lacquer box and walk to the harem.

Xiao Huangmen bent over and asked, "Your Majesty... I don't know where your Majesty wants to go? This servant can make arrangements..."

Liu Xie kept walking and said, "Go to the queen."

"Only..." The little yellow gate retreated quickly, and immediately an attendant shouted loudly, "Your Majesty sets out to drive the Kunning Palace!"

The queen is still Fushou. Although many newcomers have been recruited into the palace in the past two years, Liu Xie still has some feelings for a couple in distress for Fushou who followed him through the suffering step by step.

Fu Shou got the news and hurried out of the gate of Kunning Palace to meet Liu Xie.

Convinced by Fushou, Liu Xie took her by the hand and walked into the hall. After the two sat down, he asked someone to fetch the lacquer box presented by Dong Chengjin and put it on the table.

Liu Xie looked at Fushou, Fushou understood, raised his eyes to look around, and ordered: "Go down, Your Majesty is tired and needs to rest for a while..."

"Your Majesty..." Seeing that the maids and eunuchs had retreated, Fu Shou said in a low voice, "These are old people who have been with us for many years... There should be no problem..."

Liu Xie sighed, stood up, and took the lacquer box in his hand, "...It never hurts to be careful..."

"..." Fu Shou remained silent and did not refute. He helped Liu Xie open the lacquer box, and then fiddled with the fish and salt, but found nothing unusual, and looked up at Liu Xie suspiciously.

Liu Xie was also a little puzzled, frowning and thinking about Dong Cheng's words again and again, suddenly a little stunned, took the lid of the lacquer box that had been put aside, turned it over and inspected it carefully, and groped for the inside of the lacquer cover. Brocade, and then a happy face...

Fushou hurriedly fetched the sewing box, opened the brocade stitches, took out a stack of silk from it, and handed it to Liu Xie, and then re-sewed the brocade with needles and threads, while looking at the person who was reading the silk. Liu Xie.

"Rebel!" Liu Xie's face turned livid, and he even became a little distorted, "Rebel and traitor, the heart of killing me is so rampant!"

"Your Majesty!" Fu Shou said quickly, and then looked around.

Liu Xieyi agreed, took a few breaths, closed his eyes, and handed the silk to Fushou.

Fu Shou took it and glanced up and down, and couldn't help but whispered softly. It turned out that on the silk, there were some recent changes in the world. Among them, the one that Liu Xie and his wife cared most about was Yuan Shao's stay in Jizhou. Changing the matter of Shang Shuide...

Liu Xie was in the palace and had no information. He had mentioned this matter to Cao Cao several times. Cao Cao either tried to evade it, or took some trivial things to fool him. Really important things are not easy, so after several times like this, Liu Xie stopped negotiating with Cao Cao, but secretly entrusted some relatively reliable ministers to collect news, such as Dong Cheng, and then secretly It is not a blind man whose eyes were covered by Cao Cao.

"What a water virtue!" Liu Xie really couldn't hold back, stood up, hands behind his back, and turned around in the hall, obviously very angry.

"I..." Liu Xie stopped, and said quietly, "I originally thought that Cao Mengde was loyal to the country and could be entrusted with great things, but now it seems... oh... Yuan thief changed his favor of water virtue, he must have known it a long time ago, But there is not a single word to report to me! Does he want to hide it, does he want to deceive? His heart can be punished!"

"Your Majesty..." Fu Shou tried to comfort him, "Perhaps the matter was too disobedient, so he didn't report it..."

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "Cao Mengde has been friends with Yuan Thief since childhood..."

"Since I ascended the throne..." Liu Xie lowered his voice and said slowly, "Study the scriptures diligently, inquire about government affairs, even if you have no food and clothing, you dare not relax for a moment, lest you miss the outline of the Han dynasty... But, but No way, no way..." Liu Xie looked up at the sky, his grievance and anger intertwined, and he couldn't help muttering in his heart: "Father, I have worked so hard, why do these subjects still don't recognize me and still oppose me? I...why, why..."

Liu Xie raised his head and looked up for a long time, but no one gave him an answer. Finally, he lowered his head and turned his full of resentment into a faint long sigh...

(End of this chapter)