Chapter 28 second quarter

A group of soldiers escorted several carriages on horseback and galloped along the streets of Xudu. The first carriage had a carriage, apparently with people sitting on it, and the carriages behind were full of goods.The goal of this convoy is the Prime Minister's Mansion. At this time, Cao Cao was pacing back and forth in the hall of Xiangfu with his hands behind his back, his face full of thoughts.The housekeeper Zhu Si hurried over: "Prime Minister, did you call me?" Cao Cao nodded and stopped, and said, "There is one thing that I have been wondering these days, that is, after the master came back from Queen Fu that day, he always seemed to have something on his mind. , ask her not to tell." Zhu Si blinked his eyes and thought.Cao Cao asked: "That day, Huang Er came to declare the Queen's edict and take the master into the palace. What was the specific situation?" Zhu Si said: "The villain felt that it must be wrong for them to come here while the prime minister was in court, so he kept blocking it, saying We have to wait for the prime minister to come back. Huang Er was anxious, and asked whether the queen is the big one or your prime minister? The villain answered him, the queen is naturally big, but the prime minister is not young. He also frightened him a few words, saying that if the prime minister is in a hurry Cutting off your head is like chopping off a watermelon." Cao Cao asked, "Was it difficult for the master at that time?" Zhu Si said, "Of course it was difficult, but I couldn't tell the prime minister for a while, so I persuaded the villain and said we should go." Cao Cao Nodding: "She was like that at the time, of course she was right." Zhu Si said: "The master has something on his mind when he comes back. It must be that the queen made things difficult for her when he got there. Think about it, they have trouble with the prime minister, and they still don't vent their anger on the master. Body? In the past, the emperor summoned the master to enter the palace, but she didn't go, so the emperor must be angry about it. They talk nonsense, and the master can't reverse the conversation when he comes back, so it's not boring. It's not good, maybe If there is anything else to humiliate her, she can't come back and talk about it truthfully. Once she talks about it, the prime minister and the emperor have a quarrel. Isn't that a big deal?" Cao Cao nodded slightly and said, "Zhu Si, you always talk about it when you talk. It sounds reasonable and unreasonable, unreasonable and reasonable."

The team of carriages and horses stopped at the gate of the prime minister's mansion, and several soldiers and some servants waited for a middle-aged man to get off from the carriage with a compartment in front.The middle-aged man walked to the gate and said to the gatekeeper, "Please report to the prime minister that Ma Wu, the steward of the Zheng residence in Xuzhou, was ordered to visit Bai Shao, the granddaughter of Zheng Kangcheng, Duke Zheng, with a letter from Duke Zheng himself." The gatekeeper hurried in. , Report to Cao Cao.Cao Cao said: "Please come in." Then he said to Zhu Si, "You go to meet him together." After Zhu Si went, Cao Cao paced alone in the hall, then walked out of the hall, and stood with his hands behind his back in the courtyard.After a while, Ma Wu came in under the guidance of Zhu Si and others, and kowtowed to Cao Cao: "The villain is the steward of Mr. Zheng Kangcheng's house. His surname is Ma and his name is Wu. He kowtows to Mr. Prime Minister." Cao Cao laughed: "My housekeeper is called Mr. Zhu (pig) Si, your name is Ma Wu. A horse is bigger than a pig and powerful." Ma Wu stood up and laughed with Zhu Si.Ma Wu said: "I have Mr. Zheng's personal letter to Miss. Please have a look at it." He took out the letter from his arms and presented it to Cao Cao with both hands.Cao Cao said: "Just hand over the letter to Miss. Zhu Si, take him to the master book." Ma Wu said: "I also brought a few carts of Xuzhou local products. It is not only a tribute to the prime minister, but also condolences to Miss." Cao Cao ordered Zhu Siyi to arrange a response.

Cao Cao looked at the back of Ma Wu leaving with Zhu Si, and narrowed his eyes in doubt. Zhu Si led Ma Wu through the courtyard of the Cao Mansion, passing through the flowers and blowing the willows, and went to the small courtyard where Bai Shao lived. At this moment, Bai Shao is sitting in her room, thinking in a trance.Xiaocui looked aside for a while, and finally said: "Miss, I think you always have something on your mind after you come back from the empress." Bai Shao didn't speak, and picked up the leather bag inlaid with gold and beads that the empress gave to her on the desk , opened it, took out the gold-embroidered lotus bag from inside, opened it, took out the small treasure jade box, and rubbed it in his hand, his eyes still in a trance.Xiaocui looked at her.Pausing for a while, Bai Shao opened the jade box again, sniffed it lightly, Xiao Cui said from the side: "It's such a strong fragrance, is it the spice sent by the queen?" Bai Shao shook her head slightly.Xiao Cui said: "What is that?" Bai Shao paused for a while before answering: "It's called Yi Zhan Xian." Xiao Cui asked: "Why is it called Yi Zhan Xian?" Bai Shao said: "Use a silver chopstick in the tea Wet the chopsticks in the middle, and then dip some spice powder into the tea, which is called Yizhanxian. Drinking this cup every few days can beautify your face." Xiao Cui said, "What if you dip it twice?" Bai Shao said: "Then It’s called Erzhanchun, and drinking it is like the most powerful aphrodisiac.” Xiaocui opened her eyes wide in surprise: “What about three dips, four dips, and five dips?” Bai Shao said: “Three dips and four dips can be imagined. , five dips call five dips to death, people drink a cup of five dips to death, it is said that blood will bleed from the seven orifices in less than an hour, and there is no doubt that they will die." Xiao Cui was a little stunned: "Is it really so powerful?" Bai Shao said slowly with his eyes still dazed : "Admiring the flowers that day, there were three pots of peonies, all of which were in buds when they were served. After watering the fairy ones, the flowers bloomed slightly after a while; after watering the spring ones twice, the flowers bloomed in full bloom; It's dead, it will be scorched and withered after a while." Xiaocui opened her eyes wide and stared blankly for a while, took a breath, and said, "Why did the queen send you this, could it be that you killed..." Bai Shao turned her head, a little sternly "Kill what?" Xiao Cui: "Kill... him?" Bai Shao then asked: "Who is he?" Xiao Cui lowered her head and hesitated to speak, and after a while said: "Miss, how could you kill him?" , Half a year has passed, and you are not like this." Bai Shao stared in front of her eyes and shook her head slightly: "But someone asked me, how do you face the spirit of your father in the sky, and how do you face the entrustment of your grandfather Zheng Kangcheng?"

Xiaocui said, "Is it the queen who said that about you?" Bai Shao turned her questioning gaze to Xiao Cui again: "Bold nonsense." Xiao Cui looked at Bai Shao, and after a long while, she suddenly knelt down and cried, "Miss, I have been with you in Zheng's residence for many years, and I followed you all the way from Xuzhou to Here, it's been more than half a year, you think I don't know anything, but actually I know everything." Bai Shao looked at Xiaocui who was kneeling in front of her crying, and was also stunned.Xiao Cui walked up to Bai Shao on her knees, put her head against Bai Shao who was sitting there, and said: "Miss, if she could do it, she would have done it long ago, and you really can't do it. Miss, why don't you do it tomorrow?" Do it, or you will never do it—no one will pay attention to him! You can't torture yourself like this for a long time!"

At this moment, Zhu Si led Ma Wu to Bai Shao's courtyard.Four female soldiers were patrolling outside the courtyard.Zhu Si said: "The prime minister asked me to bring someone from Xuzhou to visit the master book." The female soldiers stretched out their hands to make way.Zhu Si led Ma Wu into the courtyard, knocked on the door of the house and said, "Master, the housekeeper of Zheng's residence in Xuzhou is here." Ma Wu followed up and reported loudly: "Miss, I am Ma Wu." Xiao Cui was kneeling in the house Lying on Bai Shao's lap and crying, listening to this, Bai Shao said: "Your father is here, go and open the door." The two stood up, Xiao Cui hurriedly wiped away tears, opened the door and let Ma Wu and Zhu Si enter the room together inside.Ma Wu bowed to Bai Shao and said, "Master Zheng ordered me to visit you on his behalf, and bring him a letter from him." Then, he took out the letter from his bosom and held Bai Shao in both hands: "Master Zheng also asked me to bring a few Che Xuzhou native products, please enjoy with the prime minister. Your grandfather misses you very much!" While Bai Shao opened the envelope and read the letter, he reached out to hold Xiao Cui and said, "Have you learned a lot from Miss?" Xiao Cui He reached out to straighten his father's collar and sleeves and nodded.

Zhu Si carefully looked at Bai Shao's expression when he read the letter.It wasn't until Bai Shao finished reading the letter that Zhu Si left and said: "Master, you can talk to Steward Ma, and you can give me instructions at any time if you have something to do. I will leave first." Zhu Si walked out of the room, stood at the door with narrowed eyes again, and went down the steps Walking out of the courtyard, he looked back suspiciously before leaving in a hurry. In the room, Bai Shao had already sat down with Ma Wu.Xiaocui carefully closed the treasured jade box, put it in a gold-embroidered lotus bag, and put the lotus bag in a gold-embroidered bead-embellished leather bag.Bai Shao watched Xiao Cui tidy up, and then talked to Ma Wu with confidence.Ma Wu sniffed, and said: "Miss's room smells so good." Xiaocui had already poured tea for Bai Shao and Ma Wu, and said, "It's the spice that the queen gave to the lady." Ma Wu said, "It's really fragrant. " Then he said to Xiao Cui: "I have something important to report to Miss." He pointed at the door, "Xiao Cui, go outside and watch the wind."

Xiaocui got up and walked out, and when she was about to leave, she looked back clearly at a glance. Seeing Xiao Cui went out, Ma Wu looked at the window again, and then said to Bai Shao in a low voice: "I really have something important to report to Miss. Mr. Zheng sent me this time, with a clear and dark letter. The clear one is the one just now. It doesn't matter even if someone from the Cao family reads it. The dark one is a secret letter, which must be delivered to Miss alone." Bai Shao understood, raised her hand slightly, and was ready to receive the letter.Ma Wu said: "This letter is not written, so it can only be passed on orally. I have memorized this letter by heart. I ask Miss to kneel down to accept this letter. Mr. Zheng has a decree, and the family law is like the law of the country. I hope you will accept the imperial decree as a courtier. Pious and solemn." Ma Wu stood up, walked to the center of the house, and said solemnly: "Miss, please accept the order from grandfather Zheng."

Bai Shao was quite surprised, but immediately understood, walked up to Ma Wu and knelt down: "Grandson Bai Shao has an order to receive his grandfather." Ma Wu imitated Zheng Kangcheng's benevolent and strict voice, and read out: "My most worthy grandson, Baishao: my grandfather's letter has only three sentences: 1. Don't forget your oath before leaving, respect and support the orthodoxy of the great man, and do your best to fulfill this righteousness. Don't give up, don't be deceived, and you will achieve great things in the end; 2. The anniversary of your father's death is approaching, and only revenge can comfort the spirit in heaven; In the rest of my life, I can hear the pleasing deeds of the virtuous grandson, and I will die with peace." Ma Wu changed his voice slightly after reading this, and said, "Miss, Mr. Zheng's letter is finished, have you heard it clearly?" Bai Shao knelt there Said: "Listen clearly." Ma Wu said: "Miss, have you ever memorized it verbatim?" Bai Shao immediately recited the secret letter from his grandfather.Ma Wu said: "Sure enough, the word is not wrong." Then he said, "Miss, please get up." After Bai Shao sat down, Ma Wu knelt down in front of Bai Shao, and said: "Miss, Master Zheng sent me thousands of miles just to This matter has been handed over to Miss. If there is nothing else, I will go to the front to arrange the souvenirs I brought, and then I will rush back to Xuzhou." Bai Shao said: "Why is it in such a hurry, how is my grandfather's health recently?" Ma Wu hesitated for a moment, and said: "Master Zheng is afraid that you will worry, so he repeatedly asked me not to tell Miss about his illness. What I have to tell Miss is that Mr. Zheng's health has been deteriorating in the past six months since you left, or as he believed. As mentioned in the book, it is likely that the time will not be long." As he spoke, he raised his head, tears streaming down his face.Bai Shao also looked sad when he heard it.

Ma Wu said: "Please reply, Miss Zheng, I will wait for your reply, and I will also pass on my memory by word of mouth." Bai Shao thought for a while, and recited: "Grandfather's lord's lessons: the lessons learned before leaving, the righteousness of the ages, the father's god in the sky, I have never dared to forget it for half a year. I have been looking forward to it, but I haven't fulfilled my promise so far. , It’s really hard to hear. Let Bai Shao think again, think again, do it again, but it’s feasible, death is not a pity, why go through fire and water?” Bai Shao stopped and said, “It’s over.” Ma Wu said: “Miss , please recite it to me one sentence at a time. The old slave does not have the ability to recite it by ear." Bai Shao recited another sentence.After repeating it many times, Ma Wu finally remembered it, and recited it again to Bai Shao, and did not stand up until the words were correct.Xiao Cui opened the door and came in: "Is it over?" Ma Wu said, "You didn't ask you to come in, why did you come in, how do you know it's over?" Xiao Cui gave her father a look: "What don't I know?" Ma Wu said Shao said: "Miss, I'll go and arrange the goods brought in with Housekeeper Zhu first." Then he left in a hurry.Xiao Cui looked at Bai Shao worriedly.

Bai Shao contemplated for a while, then said to Xiao Cui: "Bring the weeds." Xiao Cui asked: "Miss wants to divination, didn't you say that you have no doubts and no divination?" Bai Shao said: "If you don't doubt, you don't take it. If you doubt it, you have to take it. If you take it, you don't doubt it." Xiaocui put a tube of weed grass in front of Bai Shao, and asked: "What do you want, miss?" She was afraid that Bai Shao would be entangled again.Bai Shao said: "You don't need to ask any more questions, I still want you to watch the wind outside the door, in case the prime minister suddenly arrives." Xiaocui glanced at Bai Shao, but didn't go out immediately, she first straightened the incense burner on the table next to the wall in the north, and then Wipe the table with the censer clean, take out a handful of incense and put it beside the censer, then put a cushion in front of the table with the censer, and put a knee-high table next to the seat, and put pen and ink on the table , inkstone, paper, and water into the inkstone, and began to grind ink.Bai Shao looked at her and said nothing.Xiaocui didn't speak either.After doing this, Xiaocui stood up.Bai Shao said: "I will do the rest by myself." Xiaocui looked at Bai Shao worriedly again, and then went out.

Cao Cao strolled slowly in the back garden alone, with a thoughtful expression on his face. The housekeeper Zhu Si hurried over: "Report to the prime minister, Ma Wu's unloading and arranging people to rest at Ma Wu's place, all the miscellaneous things have been arranged. Ma Wu is in a hurry and said that he will return to Xuzhou tomorrow morning after staying overnight." Cao Cao nodded slightly and asked: "What do you think of Ma Wu's intentions? Is there anything suspicious?" Zhu Si said immediately, "The villain is just about to report to the prime minister, and feels that his trip is a bit shady." Cao Cao nodded again: "Gu Ye I'm a little suspicious. Zheng Kangcheng's letter to his granddaughter doesn't need to be shown to me as the prime minister. Isn't this trying to cover up?" Zhu Si said: "I saw Ma Wu handing the letter to the master, and the master looked normal after reading it. I don’t know if there is any secret letter with a large open letter.” Cao Cao thought about it for a while, and said as he walked, “Let them go. I don’t know what Empress Fu said to the master book, and I don’t know what Zheng Zheng said. I don't care what the lord said to his granddaughter, I just know how to exchange hearts with the master, that's all." While talking and walking with Cao Cao, Steward Zhu looked around and said, "Prime Minister, walk this way. The scenery is different." Cao Cao followed the turn and walked a few steps, saying, "I haven't come here much." I saw a rough walled courtyard hidden in a remote place in front of me.Cao Cao asked: "Where is this?" Zhu Si observed his words and looked carefully, and said carefully: "The mill." Cao Cao stopped suddenly: "The mill?" Zhu Si said: "Yes, Mrs. Ding is here in the claustrophobic labor, reflecting on her mistakes." Cao Cao slightly Surprised: "How long has it been?" Zhu Sidao: "It's been dozens of days." Cao Cao was stunned.Zhu Si glanced at Cao Cao, and asked cautiously, "Will the Prime Minister go in and have a look?" Cao Cao thought for a while and nodded.The two entered the small courtyard and saw several mills in the courtyard, Mrs. Ding was pushing them with the cooperation of a maid.Cao Cao looked with his hands behind his back for a while, approached, saw clearly, and asked, "Where is the corn milling?" Mrs. Ding looked up and saw that it was Cao Cao. She was a little surprised, and continued to push and mill while slowly answering: "Yes, corn milling, hello?" horse." Cao Cao stood there, a little sad for a moment.After a pause, he turned and came out.Zhu Si followed carefully.Cao Cao said: "Her younger brother Ding Duo's crime of killing the family and murdering the main criminal has been tried, and the emperor has approved it. We just wait for Qiu Jue to be executed together with the other condemned criminals. This matter is over, and it's over." Zhu Si nodded.Cao Cao walked a few more steps, and then said: "That's it, you go and let the maid and nurse in her previous room come and pick her up." Zhu Si immediately said: "The Prime Minister is magnanimous, I will do it right away. He asked again, "Where is the prime minister going?" Cao Cao raised his hand: "I'll go and see the master book." Seeing Xiao Cui go out, Bai Shao listened carefully to the outside, then got up and went to the back room, took off her colorful clothes, changed into plain and clean and came out.Then wash your hands in a basin of water and dry them.Burn the incense and insert it into the incense burner.Then he stood in front of the incense burner, watching the rising smoke and paying his respects silently.Then, he took out a handful of hay grass about a foot long from the wooden barrel, there should be fifty stems, there is nothing wrong with it.Then, hold the stalks with both hands and smoke them in the rising smoke.Then, she put her hands in front of her chest and prayed to the gods. She said: "Today, there are important things that my grandfather Zheng Kangcheng repeatedly taught. The so-called can help the great man to be orthodox, and can avenge the murder of his father. The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is all here." Among them. But if I want to do it, it is always contrary to the common sense of human beings. If I ignore human affairs and reason, and resolutely do such a big thing, what will happen?" After speaking, Bai Shao bowed three times to the incense burner , then left the censer on the right, circled around, came to the cushion under the censer, sat down on the ground, and began to meditate.Then hold the divination grass with both hands, and make hexagrams according to the ancient divination method.After a while, she picked up the brush on the case table and drew a line on the paper, then put down the pen again, and then fell into a stillness to form a hexagram. At this time, Cao Cao came to Bai Shao's small courtyard. The female soldiers on patrol and guard bowed their hands to Cao Cao.Cao Cao waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to disturb, and pushed the door into the courtyard.Xiao Cui was pacing back and forth in front of the house, when she saw Cao Cao coming, she wanted to stop him.Cao Cao waved his hand again to stop him.Xiaocui was in a hurry, and just about to open her mouth, Cao Cao stretched out a signal not to speak, so Xiaocui could only be tongue-tied.Cao Cao climbed the steps, then gently pushed the door and entered the room, saw the back of Bai Shao sitting on the ground, saw the incense burner curling up in front of Bai Shao, and also saw the reed grass in Bai Shao's hand.Cao Cao said: "Master, is the hexagram drawn up? Is Gu disturbed?" Sitting there, Bai Shao picked up the brush on the case table and drew on the paper, saying: "The hexagram has been drawn up. The prime minister is here now. No disturbance, no disturbance." Cao Cao walked over, picked up the piece of paper on which Bai Shao wrote the hexagram, and looked at it: "What do you have to do, that you have to return to your sister's hexagram?" Xiangyi." She stood up and asked Cao Cao to sit down.Cao Cao didn't sit down.Bai Shao sat down by herself.Cao Cao said: "Gu is not very familiar with the sixty-four hexagrams, but I have met this Guimei hexagram before, and I only know a few words of the hexagram: "Let's fight fierce, no profit." Occupying this hexagram, your hexagram is six The line is not moving, it is a quiet hexagram, especially it should be judged according to the words of the hexagram. The so-called "combat, no profit", that is, all expeditionary things, pioneering things, aggressive things, and offensive things must not be done. For example Fighting wars, such as politics, fame, and business, including murder and revenge, are all unacceptable." Bai Shao sat there and listened, and then said: "Then why?" Cao Cao said: "If you return to your sister, you can marry a sister and a daughter. , all women, especially young women, can be married. Confucius once said about this hexagram: "Returning to the sister, the end of the woman." It means that a woman has a starting point and must also have a destination. Is it right? ?” Bai Shao sat there and fell into deep thought: "What the prime minister said is still reasonable." Cao Cao said: "Your grandfather Zheng Kangcheng is the master of Yi learning that is known all over the world. It is unique, simple and easy, and simplified. I only remember the sage's saying that the emphasis should be on 'Gua De'. I am only familiar with two A hexagram: a Qian hexagram, 'Heaven moves vigorously, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement'. The hexagram of the Qian hexagram is to take the world as his own responsibility, lofty, broad, tolerant of everything, regardless of self-interest, the virtue of a gentleman, the behavior of a gentleman, dare to act, be upright The other one is the Kun hexagram. The sage said: "The terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue." It is like the earth, generous and flat, passively borne, inclusive, submissive and inaction, following the time of the sky, regardless of gains and losses. With dry, The two virtues of kun, and then match the two virtues of qian and kun, take into account both rigidity and softness, know how to advance and retreat, judge gains and losses, and understand survival and death. The principles of life and doing things in the world are enough. Gu has always been a fortune teller, and I have seen how many days of fortune telling The person who lived was not very good." Cao Cao stopped and stopped to finish this speech.Bai Shao was still a little distracted, and said: "What the prime minister said is in line with the big truth. Those who can change things don't take advantage. To learn easy things, you have to start with the big truth." Cao Cao took two steps and stopped, looking at Bai Shao Said: "You have been here for more than half a year, and it is the first time I see you divination. It can be seen that you have a big entanglement in your heart, and you can't let it go. I think your entanglement and hesitation, as far as today is concerned, must be related to two things. " Bai Shao raised her eyes: "Which two things did the Prime Minister say?" Cao Cao said: "One is about Empress Fu, and the other is about people from Xuzhou's hometown today. Right?" Cao Cao stared at Bai Shao.Bai Shao thought about it for a while, and said, "Maybe." Cao Cao said, "Queen Fu is loyal to her master, and she can say anything. But with the current relationship between you and me, she can't open her mouth to let you kill Cao Cao now." Bar?" Bai Shao said: "Prime Minister, please go on, don't take things for granted." Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao again, and looked back: "Look at your words, look at your face, you are really not revealing, you can hide the truth. Sometimes women are really difficult to read." Bai Shao said: "How can a man Isn’t it?” Cao Cao said: “Queen Fu’s words are too explicit to tell you, but I guess she is likely to talk about the orthodoxness of the Han Dynasty, sing the merits of the emperor, praise the virtues of the emperor, and let you be loyal to him.” Bai Shao said: “The prime minister is like this. Analyzing Empress Fu is in line with the human situation." Cao Cao nodded and took two steps, then stopped and said, "It seems that Gu's words are on point. Of course, they may further corrupt Gu, pointing at Sang Huai, and making nonsensical provocations. Bai Shao then said: "Don't you often talk about them?" Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao carefully and said, "It seems that my way of guessing your thoughts is not bad. They might win you over and say good things about you. Although these words come from the mouth of the emperor and empress, I don't think I will get carried away with what you say, you are not a superficial person." Bai Shao said: "The prime minister took it for granted again." Cao Cao said: "I can't figure it out after much deliberation. , what matter, what words, what words can make you so entangled that you will start divination today." Bai Shao said: "Prime Minister, don't think about it, let me think about it myself." Cao Cao said: "Just now Steward Zhu said that Empress Fu and the others might have humiliated you, right?" Bai Shao didn't answer.Cao Cao looked at her, and then said: "How dare they make things difficult for you!" Bai Shao said: "Don't talk about it, Prime Minister." Cao Cao thought he was right: "What queen! What emperor! This pair of male and female are bullying each other. It’s too much, I’ll kill them!” Bai Shao didn’t expect Cao Cao to be so angry, so he calmed down and said: “Didn’t the prime minister say that killing people must be very reasonable?” Cao Cao’s anger couldn’t be dispelled: “I’m so angry, I’ll kill them Very reasonable!" Bai Shao said: "Prime Minister, don't be so angry." Cao Cao said: "What did Empress Fu say? You don't have to tell me the whole truth, just tell me one sentence." Bai Shao said: "Queen Fu talked about her father, Fu Wan, who was my grandfather's disciple. Talking about many past events made me think of my grandfather, and I felt sad." Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao in a daze.Bai Shao said: "This sentence is the truth." Cao Cao added: "Ma Wulai, the steward of Zheng's house, what did he say to you today?" Bai Shao pointed to the letter on the table and said, "The Prime Minister can read the letter." Cao Cao said: "If you don't want to read it, just tell me a letter." I just listen to what you say." Bai Shao said: "The housekeeper Ma told me that my grandfather is seventy-three years old and his health is getting worse. It seems that time is running out. This sentence is also the truth." Cao Cao looked at Bai Shao for a long time : "That's it, why didn't you say it earlier? Gu understands, you want to go back to your hometown in Xuzhou? That is also the meaning of Guimei Gua." Bai Shao said: "I leave the prime minister, can I?" Cao Cao said: "This is not your dilemma. Now, I am in a dilemma. If I let you go, I will guard you for a year or two before the sick bed. If your grandfather gets sick and stay in mourning for a few more years, you may leave me forever. It will be difficult for me to let you go. But I won’t let you go. Go back, it’s contrary to the laws of nature and human feelings.” Cao Cao was a little at a loss as he said this, and after a long time he said, “Gu finally understands why you are so entangled.” Bai Shao looked at Cao Cao with pity, and said, "Prime Minister sometimes takes things for granted." Cao Cao didn't understand what Bai Shao said, and said: "You are right, you can't take people for granted. People's hearts are unpredictable. If you say people are bad, you can't think too bad about them. You don't know, you are lonely. How bad some thoughts are, all the evil thoughts in the world should be killed and cut. But if people want to say it is good, you can't imagine that there are some good thoughts in Gu's heart, and he is ashamed to say it. Let me tell you, Gu sometimes really wants to work with this emperor who blocks me every day and makes me angry. People think that it will be a matter of time before I abolish him. In fact, I am quite used to having such an emperor to worship every day. Sometimes, when the emperor is sick, I am really afraid that something will happen to him. When I think about it like that, I feel at a loss." Bai Shao still looked at Cao Cao with pity.Cao Cao shook his head: "Don't talk about it, this is going too far. I still hope that the master will not leave the solitary. You leave the solitary, and the solitary dare not think about it. The solitary is here to ask the master." Salute Bai Shao with a long bow.Bai Shao looked at Cao Cao with wide eyes.Cao Cao continued: "The roads are muddy during the rainy season. When the autumn is clear, you want to go to Xuzhou to visit your relatives. I will send people to escort you back at any time. But you have to come again. What do you think?" Shao.Bai Shao couldn't bear it, and once again sighed with ambiguity: "Sometimes the prime minister really takes it for granted, and has no idea what other people think." Cao Cao still didn't understand Bai Shao's words, and said, "Could it be that the master has the heart to leave alone?" Bai Shao looked at Cao Cao with pity.