Chapter 29 Wang Can
Wang Can was just feeling unhappy about the cart of books. Cai Mao was too bullying. He sent dozens of soldiers to the door and dragged them all away without saying a word. He said with a high-sounding sound that the things should be returned to the original owner. Mr. Cang Shu is a student of Cai, and those books should be given to Mr. Cang Shu. He is a scholar, and he is not the opponent of those soldiers. He is a scholar who is really a scholar who meets soldiers. It is hard to explain. Moreover, there is a Cao family who is holding the emperor to order the princes. He has to make a decision. He thought that the banquet would not come, but when he thought that he was already in his thirties, if he offended the Cao family at this time, his life would be ruined. After thinking about it, he had to come and join in the fun. Sitting down and watching the people who usually cannot borrow books from him laughed. He felt that they were laughing at him. He felt that they were laughing at him. He was unhappy and sat there alone with a bitter face.
He didn't expect that Mr. Cang Shu took the initiative to thank him for those books.
Wang Can immediately stood up, his face turned red, and he, who was usually eloquent, suddenly became stupid. He kept saying, "It should, it should." Seeing him so excited, Cao Chong felt a little moved. It seemed that this person was really as mentioned in history, and he was passionate about fame and fortune. He was half short when he saw the official. But no matter what, it would be a pity that this master didn't need to get up.
"Mr. Zhongxuan, although Jingzhou is beautiful, it is not his hometown. Now that the Central Plains are stable, you can go home and take a look." Cao Chong read his seven-mood poems and knew that he missed home very much, so he deliberately moved him with his homesickness. As he said that, he also recited the best of several of the best sentences. When Wang Can saw that he was so familiar with his poems, he became more and more excited. His lips trembled for a moment, and he didn't know what to say.
Cao Chong was very satisfied with his sensational effect, so he bowed again and said, "Sir, great talent, Mr. Cai's book should be asked to help organize it, so that Mr. Cai's great works can spread throughout the world."
"Fengsheng in the world?" Wang Can felt a little incomprehensible.
"My young master has a way to make many people see Mr. Cai's book without copying." Zhou Buyi walked up and presented a book of "Shangsi Collection of Writings" in a brocade box with both hands. "This is a gift prepared by my young master for Mr. Zhongxuan. It was brought from Yecheng, and the teacher understood it at a glance."
Cao Chong was stunned. When did this kid bring this? No wonder he asked for dozens of books at that time, and that was all money. But even if he had some objections to him, now he was happy to see him giving him something just right, so he didn't care about him.
Wang Can took the brocade box in confusion, carefully pulled out the jade box, took out the beautifully bound thread-bound book and weighed it in his hand. On the steady dark blue cover there was a snow-white vertical sign paper, with the title of the book written in beautiful small regular script. Looking at the snow-white paper, Wang Can unwillingly wiped his hand on the clothes, then twisted the pages and glanced, and bowed deeply to Cao Chong: "Thank you, Mr. Wang Can, thanks your son for his good intentions."
"Chen Kongzhang can be waiting for Mr. Zhongxuan's great command in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Don't let your friends wait for a long time." Cao Chongxu helped him and smiled.
When Wang Can heard this, his heart was so excited that he was about to jump out. Cao Chong's words were obviously the Prime Minister's Mansion to recruit him. For a person who had been waiting for many years but had not found a chance to enter the officialdom, this was a huge joy. At this time, those books were no longer important, and Cai Mao's bad behavior was no longer important. Wang Can even be grateful to Cai Mao. If he hadn't come to grab the books, he might not have found the opportunity to present them.
When the people who were watching them saw this scene, some came to congratulate, some showed envious expressions, some smiled, and looked disdainful. Cao Chong saw it in his eyes, laughed in his heart, bowed and said, "The country is troubled, which has caused you to leave your hometown. Now the Central Plains are stable and everything is in trouble. It is the time when you are making great progress. The Prime Minister's Mansion is eager to seek talent. I hope you can put the thoughts of the mountains and forests aside and serve the country. Chong here will thank you for yourselves in the prime minister."
When everyone heard that they had officials, they became excited. The atmosphere was very lively for a while. I just wanted to come up with some difficult questions to show my knowledge and changed my mind. Although Mr. Cang Shu was smart, what if there was a question that could not be answered? He was embarrassed and he would lose his official position.
With a tacit understanding between each other, the competition for scholarship that Cao Chong was worried about turned into a poetry competition. The literati likes this kind of occasion, one by one, one by one, and one by one, and his thoughts are like a spring, and his witty words are endless. Even the little maid next to Cao Chong couldn't help but admire the rhythm and kept pondering. Cao Chong also took advantage of the show to pirate a few poems, but he chose well, and did not make people feel anything strange. He also won a lot of lottery, pushing the atmosphere of the banquet to ** again and again.
When he woke up the next day, Cao Chong, who had not yet died of hangover, felt a little funny. Yesterday was the second time he participated in the poetry meeting in the Three Kingdoms era, which was more lively than the last time. Perhaps it was because he did not have the Prime Minister. He was smiling, and Zhou Buyi hurried in. When he saw Cao Chong woke up, he hurriedly greeted him: "Young Master, wake up, Miss Cai, come and wait for your master to wash up."
When Cao Chong heard this, he was a little surprised. A woman walked in and bowed in front of him. Cao Chong saw that this was not the maid yesterday, but she was dressed more beautifully today than yesterday. This was not the maid's dress, it was clearly the lady's dress.
"This?" he said in surprise for a moment, and couldn't help but shrink into the thin quilt and bent his waist again.
"This is Cai Ji, the second lady of the Cai family. She is thirteen years old. She is a master of the letter and has been receiving the gift. She has heard of the name of the young master for a long time. Yesterday, she pretended to be a maid and came to see the young master. When Governor Cai saw that the young master likes her, he gave her to the young master as a concubine." Zhou Buyi whispered in Cao Chong's ear, while helping him get clothes, saying, "Hurry up, General Han has been waiting for the young master outside for a long time."
Cao Chong wanted to ask a few more questions about Cai Ji, but he really couldn't remember when he had shown his love for her. However, when he heard that Han Hao had something to come to him, he knew that it must be a big deal, so he didn't have to think too much. He quickly served Cai Ji, who had a blushing face, finished washing up, and hurriedly ate something and followed Zhou Buyi to the front hall.
"Young Master is sleeping well?" When Han Hao and others saw Cao Chong coming out, they quickly stood up to pay their respects. When Cao Chong saw not only Han Hao, Shi Huan was there, Xun You and the others were there, they were shocked. They didn't bother to look at the joking expressions in their eyes, and asked quickly: "You guys are here early in the morning, what big things must be about?"
Han Hao stopped his smile and glanced at Xun You and others. Xun You hurriedly talked about the situation. It turned out that they received news last night that Jiangxia and Liu Qi sent an army of 10,000 from Jiangxia and headed west along the land to pick up Liu Bei. They discussed it and felt that the Prime Minister had only 5,000 iron cavalry and had a long-distance attack. If they encountered it in a hurry, they might not be able to deal with it. So they arranged things in Xiangyang overnight and prepared to send a large army to pick it up. Considering the speed, they discussed sending cavalry to pick it up first, and then sending a large army of infantry to follow.
The only cavalry left is the two thousand cavalry handed over to him by Cao Cao and the one thousand Bingzhou cavalry in Zhang Liao's hands.
Cao Chong understood that, firstly, Pang De and Yan Ming were handed over to him by Cao Cao, and secondly, these Xiliang soldiers did not get along well with other troops, especially with Zhang Liao's Bingzhou cavalry. Because of some old revenge, they had fought several groups in private. If the officers were not restrained, they were afraid that things would be even bigger. If they were to bring these Xiliang soldiers, only Cao Chong would be the most suitable.
"I'll take them first, and you guys follow you later." Cao Chong responded immediately without saying a word.
"Young Master is here, we have made arrangements. The young master went there this time mainly to restrain Liu Qi's troops so that they would not be too arrogant. In addition, I would like to remind the Prime Minister to be careful. As long as the Prime Minister is prepared, Liu Qi and Liu Bei have less than 20,000 soldiers, I think he can't do anything to the Prime Minister." Han Hao and others were still a little worried, and they reminded him and were afraid that something might happen to him.
Cao Chong knew that they were kind-hearted and didn't say anything. He led Zhou Buyi and Xu Yi and the others out of Xiangyang City. He saw Pang Yan and the other two fully armed and standing beside the horse. Xiahou said that he was standing behind them. When he saw Cao Chong coming out, he happily squeezed at him to say hello.
With a command, two thousand cavalrymen rolled over and followed Cao Chong along the official road. They walked quickly and only had a rest at Lankou for two hours, and they were eating and drinking at the other time. Cao Chong rode such a long way to such a long way, even if there were stirrups to help, his butt was still numb. There was no way to rest, so he had to massage him. Cao Zixiang's hands were strong, and he was so pinched that he frowned. Zhou Buyi looked at him with an unhappy look and smiled: "Young Master, I would have brought Miss Cai here if I had known it. She must be a little heavier than Zi Xiang."
"Bah!" Cao Chong whispered him, then he remembered that little girl. Damn, I wanted to see me playing this game, but I sent it directly without my consent. This is such an excessive amount. I also said that I like her, did I say I like her? Although I do have a good impression of her. Cao Chong felt a little confused and couldn't help asking, "Yuan Zhi, when did I say I like her?"
"Didn't the young master keep holding her hand yesterday?" Zhou Buyi smiled and said, "Didn't you see that Miss Cai's face was blushing like silk cloth at that time, and Governor Cai's face was as smiling as a flower?" When Xiahou heard this, he hurriedly came up very gossipingly and inquired about the details with interest. The guy had been with Pang De and the others for several months, and seemed to have become a Qiang soldier. He ran for 200 miles, without any fatigue at all.
I was so fainted. It seemed that I had drunk too much yesterday and did something wrong again. Cao Chong lamented, stopped talking, and fell asleep in a daze against the saddle.
The next day, just as the slightest, they set out on the itinerary again. Along the way, there were more and more people on both sides of the official road, one by one, one by one, who was holding the elderly and young, with their families, with their faces haggard and exhausted. They lay weakly on the side of the road, looking at the speeding cavalry with a calm look that they didn't even bother with hatred. Although Cao Chong was pity, he could only keep it in his heart. At the moment, the most important thing was to rush to meet Cao Cao in front of Liu Qi.
When the sun was already west in the afternoon, Cao Chong and others approached Dangyang. Just as Cao Chong thought of the word Dangyang from Dangyang, and Zhao Zilong who came in and out of seven, the spies in front came to report that they had already met the Prime Minister's army. Cao Cao led 5,000 iron cavalry and ran 300 miles a day and a night. He caught up with Liu Bei's army in Dangyang early this morning, but he did not entangle with Liu Bei too much. The iron cavalry rushed back and forth twice, defeating Liu Bei's army, leaving only a small group of troops to pursue Liu Bei, and then led the army to Jiangling under the leadership of Wenpin. Liu Bei's army has now become a scattered sand, everywhere, and has no combat power at all.
Chapter completed!