Three Kingdoms: Fusion of Entries, Change of Destiny

Chapter 14 Xun Yu Returns

Lao Cao's statement is undoubtedly the greatest support for Cao Yan and Xun Yu.

At this moment, Xun Yu's eyes were filled with emotions such as "meeting a wise leader" and "a gentleman will die for his friend".

"Lord!"

"Wen Ruo!"

Cao Yan couldn't bear to see the two people's eyes that seemed to be able to draw silk, and couldn't help but interrupt:

"Brother, Wen Ruo is a genius in statecraft, known as 'the king's assistant'. Isn't it a bit of a waste of his talent to make him the military commander of a certain department?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao sneered, "Are you trying to slack off again? If I hadn't forced you to become the county magistrate, when would you have told me that you actually have so many brilliant ideas for governing the people's livelihood?"

Cao Yan scratched his head and replied, "Those were just random guesses I made up on a daily basis. How can I bring them up and make a fool of myself?"

"Haha!" Cao Cao said angrily, "I've always wondered why you and I are so different even though we have the same parents!
After all this fuss, it turns out you were just lazy and wanted to hide behind me for some peace and quiet.

But now I know your worth,
You can’t waste your time like you did before.”

“…”Cao Yan was speechless for a moment.

Xun Yu, on the other hand, was trying hard to hold back his laughter and maintain his composure.

Cao Yan still didn't give up and continued, "But brother, if Wen Ruo came to govern the place, there would be special effects. Don't you really want to give it a try?"

"Special effects? What special effects?" Cao Cao and Xun Yu asked in confusion.

"It seems they don't know the existence of such a thing as an entry." Cao Yan thought to himself, then explained: "Think about it, Wen Ruo is a model of literature and a role model of a gentleman. If he becomes the county magistrate, with his reputation and talent, he will definitely attract more scholars to come and serve him!"

Cao Cao slapped his forehead and said suddenly, "Why didn't I think of this?"

"You didn't expect it, you're just paranoid and want to test Xun Yu!" Cao Yan mentally complained about Cao Cao's [Suspicious (favorability towards others never exceeds 80%)] attribute. "If it weren't for this thing, Cao Cao's favorability towards me would have reached 90%. What a jerk!"

Cao Cao pretended to be flawless, and Xun Yu, who was in the situation, did not notice Cao Cao's little thoughts.

In order to eliminate this foreshadowing, Cao Cao said to Cao Yan hypocritically: "Second brother, I can only inconvenience you temporarily."

Cao Yan waved his hands repeatedly and said, "I'm not wronged, absolutely not wronged!"

Cao Cao then turned to Xun Yu and said, "Wenruo, you will take over the post of County Magistrate of Dongjun, and you can also continue to hold the position of Sima of the other departments."

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu immediately became worried about Cao Yan. Without even having time to thank him, he immediately said to Cao Cao, "What about Zi'an? He is such a talented person. My lord, you can't let him stay at home idle!"

"No! I just like to be idle!" Cao Yan said anxiously.

But Cao Cao ignored Cao Yan and said to Xun Yu, "I will appoint Zi'an as Gongcao to assist you in governing Dongjun.

But Zi'an is also good at training soldiers, so I want him to help train the new army."

Cao Yan's eyes widened and he asked, "No...you want me to do the work of two people?"

"My lord is wise!" Xun Yu said with a bow, "Xun Yu is willing to take the position of county magistrate."

"Wen Ruo is overpraising you!"

“…” Cao Yan was stunned when he saw that these two people had decided on his job without permission.

Seeing Cao Yan's expression, Cao Cao couldn't help but laugh. "Don't be angry. Haven't you always wanted a house? I'll give it to you!"

"Really?" Cao Yan asked doubtfully.

"Of course it's true!" Cao Cao explained, "I didn't want to give you the house at first, not because I was stingy, but because I was afraid you would get into trouble alone and have no one to take care of you.

But now it seems that I was wrong about you, and I should give you the house you asked for."

Cao Yan had wanted to move out a long time ago, otherwise it would be somewhat inconvenient to always live with Cao Cao's family.

Cao Cao approached Cao Yan with a shamefaced expression and asked, "Are you not angry anymore?"

"I reluctantly forgive you..." Cao Yan turned his head away, not wanting to look at Lao Cao's chubby face.

Seeing that Cao Cao had finally appeased Cao Yan, Xun Yu then asked his own doubts:
"Zi'an, you just said that children entering elementary school should learn the Three Character Classic as a first step. But I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I still can't remember the book.

May I ask who wrote the Three Character Classic?

"Did I say that?" Cao Yan looked confused.

"You said it!" Cao Cao and Xun Yu said in unison and firmly.

Cao Yan's mouth twitched, and he could only admit defeat. "This 'Three Character Classic' is a book I wrote when I was bored..."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao immediately stretched out his stubby hand and said, "Let me see it!"

"I haven't finished writing it yet, why are you in such a hurry..." Cao Yan felt a headache.
I was secretly upset,

How come you just blurt this out so easily?
I have indeed memorized the Three Character Classic before, but that was when I was in elementary school. I don’t know if I can still memorize it completely now.

Cao Cao smiled and said, "Then you have to hurry up. If you don't see the Three Character Classic, your house may be delayed."

"Fuck! What a huge pit! And I dug this pit myself..." Cao Yan cursed in his heart.

In desperation, he said, "Forget it... Let me revise it for two more days and show it to you in three days. How about that?"

Xun Yu nodded, and then asked cautiously, "What about papermaking and movable type printing..."

"Let's talk about it after we have the house!" Cao Yan learned his lesson this time and directly blocked the possible threat from Lao Cao.

Cao Cao couldn't help but pat the back of Cao Yan's hand and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Zi'an."

"Alas...what a hard life!" Cao Yan slapped Lao Cao's rough hand away, sighed, stood up, said hello to Xun Yu, and left.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Yan's back as he left, and suddenly realized that he seemed to be finding it increasingly difficult to understand his second brother.

But in Xun Yu's heart, he felt that Cao Yan lived such a detached and free life, and for a moment he was a little envious.

He has been working hard all his life to realize his ambitions, being cautious and careful at all times, fearing that he would take a wrong step.

Although Cao Yan is a genius, he still lives so casually, saying whatever he wants to say and doing whatever he wants to do.

Thinking of this, Xun Yu couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Walking out of the county magistrate's mansion,
Cao Yan suddenly felt like he had lost out.

I originally wanted to give up the responsibility,

As a result, although the original carrying pole was lighter, an extra pole was added.
He couldn't help but curse: "MD! What a huge loss..."

……

Back to Cao Cao's house,

Cao Yan sat in his room, holding his chin, trying hard to recall the contents of the "Three Character Classic" he had learned as a child.

After a long time,

He then picked up the pen and wrote on the paper, "At birth, human nature is good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different..."

But I had only written less than a third of it and I couldn't remember the rest of the content.

He scratched his hair irritably.
The full text of "Three Character Classic" has more than 1,100 characters.

It is indeed a bit difficult to write all of it down in such a short time.

"Brother, didn't you intend for me to train the new army? Why don't you go and take a look at the army first?"

Cao Yan found a reasonable excuse for himself.

Then he threw down the pen and went out again.

(End of this chapter)