"They didn't follow," said Gongsun Xun, a native of western Liaoning. The water quality was naturally not good, so he could only lean on the shore and soak. "Brother Meng De, can you give me some advice?"

"I am specifically trying to apologize to Wen Qi." Under the shade of a tree, in a pool of water, the two of them faced each other naked, and Cao Cao, who was leaning on the other side of the pool, finally revealed the truth. "Your civet cat is not with me now...

"

Gongsun Xun's expression remained unchanged... With his wisdom, how could he have thought of this? If Cao Mengde just didn't want to pay it back, then there was no need to keep the fat cat from showing his face, right?

But how can I put it? Ever since the Dianwei incident, Gongsun Xun has been thinking about destiny. He really can't concentrate on all the messy things in the region. In addition, the weather is indeed extremely hot. As a person from northern Xinjiang, he is really a little confused.

Just wilting.

"Did he escape or die?" Seeing that Cao Cao couldn't continue, Gongsun Xun had no choice but to make guesses. "If that's the case, I really don't blame you..."

"No." Cao Cao, who was immersed in the water, couldn't help but said awkwardly. "It was taken away by someone."

"Which elder in the family?" Gongsun Xun looked surprised. "If this is the case, it's okay. It's not your fault after all."

Cao Mengde couldn't help but laugh: "It was Cao Jie, the powerful eunuch who was scolded by Wen Qi at the Chancellor's desk and asked to leave!"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be startled, and then was stunned.

Cao Cao became even more embarrassed when he saw this: "That day, Cao Jie sent people to come here quickly and promised my father to do whatever he wanted to get this cat. At that time, although Cao Jie did not recover, my father and uncle still had

I felt that Cao Jie would be able to take control of the situation again... In addition, although I was open-minded on the outside at that time, I was depressed inside. I also regarded Cao Jie as a life-saving straw, so I agreed to this matter in a daze.

"

Gongsun Xun opened his mouth to speak, but no word came out.

"Wen Qi." Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh. "You don't know that after I sent the civet cat away, I regretted it that day... It wasn't because I felt pity for the cat, but because I gradually figured out how a real man could survive in this world.

Why are you wasting your time? You and I can recite what Mencius said, but why do we have to find ways to make ends meet when things get tough? Since I, Cao Mengde, am already in this situation, instead of concentrating on studying and tempering myself, I instead rely on giving gifts to speculate.

If a powerful official spreads the news, won’t he be laughed at by everyone in the world?”

Gongsun Xun finally sighed.

"Of course," Cao Cao continued in the water. "I didn't expect that Wen Qi would have trouble with our family because of this, and I didn't expect that you would help my family. Asking He Guiren's brother to bury my relatives is the most unexpected thing.

Yes, you are so generous and ambitious that you entered the palace alone to fight with Cao Jie... In such a situation, wouldn't what I did be more like the actions of a villain?" At this point, Cao Cao splashed water on his face.

She wiped her face and said, "Wen Qi, I tried every possible means to make the joke last night even though I didn't want to say it outright. It's not that I can't afford to pay for a cat, but I'm too embarrassed and don't want to mention it!"

Gongsun Xun slowly shook his head: "Meng De was overly concerned. A scholar who can endure humiliation must find a way to deal with it...My generosity was countered by Cao Jie and forced into a corner, so I had to do it; but you can

Knowing shame and then being brave, knowing how to temper oneself makes me envious!"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "Having said that, sometimes I wake up from dreams at night, but it's hard to calm down!"

"oh?"

"There are only you and me here. Let me speak frankly. Although I am open-minded and willful, when I saw Wen Qi's white horse and silver saddle, he was appointed as the magistrate of Qianshi County, and then I thought of you killing Wang Fu and scolding Cao Jie for

The most important thing in the world... regardless of official position or prestige, I am actually a little jealous because I seem to be the one coming from behind."

"Can Cao Mengde be jealous of others?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Are you bluffing me?"

"Why am I bluffing you?" Cao Cao immediately curled his lips. "You know, I saw Bian Yu last night and he was like a jade. I wanted to bring him in directly. It was because Wen Qi was here and I had something on my mind, so I didn't.

My thoughts... I tossed and turned last night, I wasn’t thinking about Bian Yu, but I was thinking about you Wenqi!"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but secretly laugh... Why wasn't he the same? He thought about Huang Long and you Cao Mengde for a whole night, and then he refused the service of the beautiful maid.

As soon as he thought about this, Gongsun Xun smiled slightly: "No matter what, Brother Meng De and I are honest, let this cat matter go away, I will naturally have a conversation with my wife when I go back... In addition, I

There is one more thing I want to say to Brother Meng De."

"It would be nice if you didn't laugh at me about this." Cao Mengde took a long breath and said, "Just tell me the rest!"

"I also feel that the Huanglong incident is ridiculous and ridiculous at this time," Gongsun Xun suddenly said seriously. "But there is also truth in the nonsense. I heard what your brother-in-law Xiahou Miaocai said last night, and I thought about it...

"

"Appreciate further details."

"A dragon can be big or small, it can rise or disappear; if it is big, it can stir up clouds and spit out mist; if it is small, it can conceal its form; if it rises, it can soar in the universe; if it is hidden, it can lurk in wells and basins... This is what my mother taught me.

Mine, I don’t know, right?”

"If it's a real dragon, it should be like this."

"Among them, it is common for people to think that the real dragon is often regarded as a water snake and a yellow croaker before it gets the wind and rain, right?"

Cao Cao laughed and nodded.

"But if it is a real dragon, how can it be ashamed of itself because it shrank in the well basin? When the wind and rain gather, it will naturally rise into the sky." Gongsun Xun persuaded seriously while leaning on the wall of the pond. "Brother Meng De is very virtuous.

All good. That day when you and I drank together, you said that you would like to conquer the West as a general to comfort your life. I have no doubt at all, and it is the same today! When a man is born in the world, he should not fall short of his ambition for a day! A weak man's ambition should be even more so.

!”

When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly stood up from the pool. Regardless of his nakedness, he bowed in the water and thanked him: "Cao Cao will never forget Wen Qi's generous encouragement today!"

Gongsun Xun also laughed. He was not good at water, so he stretched out his hand to hold the bank of the pond and wanted to stand up to return the favor... However, as soon as he pressed on the bank, he felt that there was a living thing under his hand that was slippery. When he looked back, he was even more shocked.

, then screamed in surprise, ran and swam, and fled directly to the opposite side.

Cao Cao looked up and couldn't help but laugh: "A man who compares himself to a dragon is actually afraid of a water snake?"

Gongsun Xun fled there, and when he looked back, he saw that it was just a yellow water snake, and his face turned red: "I am from the north, and I don't know the scenery of the south, so I thought it was a poisonous snake!"

Cao Cao couldn't help but sneer: "The round-headed water snake has never been poisonous..."

Gongsun Xun blushed even more: "There are so many kinds of snakes, how do you know this one is not poisonous?"

Cao Cao nodded sternly: "Wen Qi is right, this is not a poisonous snake, it is clearly a poisonous dragon that wants to transform into a dragon... It was just suppressed by Wen Qi's palm and was half dead."

Gongsun Xun was very embarrassed. After a closer look, he saw that the snake was crushed by his palm. He became angry and grabbed the snake's tail and threw it into the eddy water from a distance.

When something like this happened, the two of them were at a loss for words, and naturally they were too lazy to talk nonsense. So, the two of them helped each other rub plant ash on their backs, then hurriedly got up and left. It was a coincidence that when the two of them waited

After we got out of the bath, the sky gradually turned gloomy, and there was a bit more cool breeze, but there was no feeling of rain, which made people feel comfortable. I thought that the journey back and forth would not be as irritating as it was when I came here.

The wind was so refreshing that everyone stood leaning on their horses, and they were reluctant to leave the vortex.

"Worshuitangtangtang," Cao Cao immediately stood by the water and pointed proudly. "If you think about it carefully, although it is not a big river, it is in the heart of the Central Plains. The cultural scenery along the way is not inferior to other places..."

"That's true." Gongsun Xun responded calmly without changing his expression. "If nothing else, just Lao and Zhuang are enough to praise you, not to mention Brother Meng De, a hidden dragon like you?"

Cao Cao immediately laughed, not sure whether it was shameless or not: "Actually, Wenqi's mother clan is also here, maybe this place will be proud of you in the future!"

The two people were embarrassed for a moment, which made Xia Houyuan, an honest man, feel a little embarrassed, so he quickly stepped forward to persuade: "I just paid tribute to the sages, how can I be so casual with them now?"

"Do you think that the talented people look down on me so much?" Cao Cao laughed even more when he heard this. "Although I, Cao Mengde, am in decline today, how do I know that I will not be able to stand alongside the two sages in the future?"

"That's not what I meant..."

"Well said, Brother Mengde has great ambition!" Xiahou Yuan was about to retort, but was cut off by Gongsun Xun. "You don't have ambition at the age of a weak man. Do you have to wait until you are seven or eighty, a martyr's old age, to be ambitious?"

"That's exactly what I mean." Cao Cao became more and more cheerful, and then he hit his horse and rode away in the wind. "How do you know that I, Cao Mengde, will not be able to conquer the west for Cao in the future, and Wen Qi will not be able to conquer the north for Gongsun? How do you know that the two of us will not be able to kill the dragon today?

For future generations to pay tribute to through the ages?!"

"Why did you kill the dragon again?" Lou Gui was speechless.

"Oh," Gongsun Xun responded casually, and he also rode his horse to chase Cao Mengde. "When we were bathing just now, Brother Mengde and I encountered a poisonous dragon that wanted to sneak up on us. Brother Mengde pressed its tail and

I took the lead, but I split it into two and killed it!"

While they were talking, Cao and Gongsun had already gone away, and it looked like they were laughing loudly. However, these two sentences were blown back by the breeze, leaving them spinning in place, leaving everyone confused for a moment.

————I am the dragon who is about to become the dividing line————

"In March of the fifth year of Xiping in the Later Han Dynasty, a yellow dragon appeared in Qiao. Qiao was the hometown of Taizu's mother. Three years later, Taizu went to visit Cao Cao and bathed with him in the whirlpool of Qiao County. He met a poisonous dragon again.

Dragons should be killed together. Taizu gets the head and controls the tail." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 1. The Chronicles of Emperor Taizu Wu.
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