Chapter 40 7. Farewell, former allies

"Wen Ruo, is your heartache feeling better now?" Cao Cao leaned over and asked Xun Yu who was reclining on the couch as soon as he sat down on the guest table, showing a kind of embarrassment in his tone. Heartfelt concern. "Thanks to the great blessing of the Prime Minister, Xun's condition has improved a little recently, and he is no longer as heartbroken as he was a month ago." Any abnormalities come. "Hey...Wen Ruo, you worked so hard all day long for military affairs! To tell you the truth, Wen Ruo, in fact, I also have a headache recently. Sometimes it feels like a sudden cramp in my brain. It's like jumping and hurting, it's really uncomfortable..." Cao Cao's face was full of worry, and he said in a slow voice as if empathizing, "Now the great cause of Kuang Han has not yet been decided, but Wen Ruo has the same problem as the truth. It is really a great misfortune for the imperial court to suffer from such a painful disease! Truth is really worried about this matter these days."

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for your concern. How can Xun, who is so useless, be compared with the great achievements of the imperial court when he is ill and in pain?" Xun Yu smiled softly and said, "It is Mr. Prime Minister who is sick and sick. No, it is closely related to the overall situation of chaos in the world..." "Wen Ruo, why have you become so polite?" Cao Cao couldn't help but stagnate when he heard his words, "You and I were both of one mind and one mind to set things right and help the world and the people as our mission—the man is upright and upright Don't hide your aspirations, you have always said this in words and deeds, why are you pretending so much today?"

Xun Yu raised his eyes, and his Qing Lingling eyes cast Cao Cao's eyes, which immediately caused ripples in his eyes.The two looked at each other for a moment, but Cao Cao finally didn't dare to put it down. He smiled shyly at the corner of his lips, and averted his eyes first. There was an inexplicable and oppressive silence in the field. After a while, Cao Cao broke the silence with a sudden "Oh!" He waved his palm and patted his forehead lightly a few times, and said with a smile, "Wen Ruo! Oops! I just forgot about it. In the past, the imperial physician Ling Jiben and the genius doctor Hua Tuo worked together to carefully refine the "Qiqiao Lingxiang Baoxin Pill" for you. It was just completed and released yesterday, and the truth will be sent to you early this morning. Take it quickly. Next. They must be of some use in curing your heartache."

As he said that, Cao Cao hurriedly took out an agate box as bright as chicken blood from his sleeve, put it on his left palm, and handed it to Xun Yu. Under Xun Yu's deep gaze, Cao Cao stretched out his right hand again, and gently opened the lid of the box.Six pills, the color of purple plums and the size of sparrow eggs, lay quietly on the yellow satin cushion, with a strange fragrance overflowing from the nostrils. A touch of emotion flashed through the depths of Xun Yu's eyes, he slowly closed his eyes, and sighed deeply: "Xun's heartache disease, there is no need to waste such rare pills. If God can make Dr. Kong die Rebirth, Xun's heartache can heal without treatment."

Hearing Xun Yu's words, Cao Cao couldn't help trembling with his hands holding the agate medicine box as if scalded by flames, and the six hexagonal pills in the box rolled together ——Wen Ruo finally mentioned this matter! Cao Cao's eyes were lowered, his face was flushed red, and he muttered, "Kong...Kong Wenju made some small mistakes, but after all, his flaws were not concealed. I also know that the punishment was improper, and I regret it now. Too late..." Xun Yu's eyes slowly lifted up, looking at the high roof of his bedroom, as if he wanted to see through it all the time, until he saw Kong Rong's lively and lively face, looking at him from the clouds in the sky. Looking at it with a smile—two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks silently, and his voice sounded slowly and forcefully:

Zhou Xibochang cherishes this holy virtue. One-third of the world, but there are two. Cultivate and contribute, and the minister's festival will not fall. Chonghou slandered him, so he was arrested. Later, I saw that I pardoned Yuan and gave him an ax and axe, so that I could conquer him. It is called by Zhongni, built and virtuous, I still serve Yin and discuss its beauty. Cao Cao listened silently, and couldn't help trembling in his heart. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it, as if his throat was choked by an invisible big hand. What Xun Yu recited was the opening paragraph of Cao Cao's own "Shu Epic Poems". The world has the capital of "two", but it is still "not complaining about being slandered, not falling for the courtiers, and still serving Yin".At this moment, you, Prime Minister Cao, only occupy half of the world in the seven prefectures of Ji, You, Bing, Qing, Yu, Yan, and Xu, and your achievements are still far behind Xibo Jichang.

However, Cao Cao is Cao Cao. Facing Xun Yu's inquiry to "find out the bottom line", even though he was very unhappy, he knew rationally that his best countermeasure at this time should be to follow the trend instead of directly blocking it. .However, in front of Xun Yu, he felt that he didn't need to deceive himself and others, and he didn't bother to cheat Xun Yu's trust for a while.Therefore, he also directly revealed his "hole card", looked at Xun Yu with piercing eyes, and Xu Xu said: Qi Huan's contribution is the head of the hegemony. Nine combined princes, one governs the world.

To control the world, not with military vehicles. Upright but not awkward, its virtue is said. After listening to the second paragraph of the poem "Recounting Epic Poems" recited by Cao Cao, Xun Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly, and a ray of disappointment suddenly appeared in his eyes.Cao Cao responded with this poem, which showed that he was still unwilling to learn Xibo Jichang's obedience, serving as a courtier at the end of the Han Dynasty, and he was still planning to one day be like Duke Huan of Qi. well!Xun Yu sighed inwardly, and closed his eyes tightly. Seeing Xun Yu's appearance, Cao Cao was almost at a loss as he sat there.For some reason, he suddenly felt that he and Xun Yu had been separated by thousands of mountains and rivers invisibly, and could no longer get close.Suddenly, his heart felt sour, and tears fell down involuntarily.

"Wen Ruo, don't treat me like this! We are best friends! You...do you remember the first year of Xingping? In that year, I devoted myself to Xuzhou Tao to avenge the murder of my father. I am a thief, but I didn’t expect that my team had just entered Xuzhou, and Chen Gong and Zhang Miao, who were staying in Yanzhou, suddenly betrayed me in collusion with Lu Bu. Chen Gong and Zhang Miao are also my old friends of Cao Mengde for many years! For their own self-interest, They actually betrayed me! At that time, Yanzhou fell almost overnight, and before I had time to wipe away my tears on the front line of Xuzhou, you, Xun Wenruo, had already risen from the rear, desperately turning the tide, and firmly defending Cao Mengde Zhencheng, Dong'e and other three counties were used as my bases for recovering Yanzhou. Facing the soldiers of Yuzhou Governor Guo Gong who fished in troubled waters, you were brave and fearless. , Going out of the city to go to the meeting alone, he was responsible for righteousness, and he was arguing about his interests, which actually persuaded him to withdraw his troops and retreat.

"So, from then on, whenever I encountered any difficulties or adversities, the first thought that popped up in my mind was, 'Hurry up and talk to Wen Ruo!' Oh! Wen Ruo, you really don't want to give up on me so cruelly. And go..." Xun Yu's eyes were still tightly closed and never opened. After a long time, he said indifferently: "Master Prime Minister, everything Xun has done for you in the past is to help you help the Han Dynasty and put things right. You don't have to be so grateful to me." As soon as he said this, the choking sound in Cao Cao's throat stopped suddenly, but the breath in his nose became a little rough.

The bedroom was silent for a long, long time, as if it lasted several hours, and finally Cao Cao's voice resounded leisurely, as cold and hard as if solidified by ice: "The truth is that this southern expedition is fierce and dangerous. Farewell or Cheng Yong Jue, the time has come, and Xun Lingjun is still speechless?" Xun Yu's right hand on the side of the couch moved slowly, and he took out from under the pillow the scroll of silk script that Cao Cao asked Xun You to forward to him, and held it in his palm.His voice was still so humble and stubborn: "The "Songs to Wine" presented by the Prime Minister is very well written, and I have been taught from the bottom of my heart. The seven states in the Central Plains and thousands of people are all the efforts of the Prime Minister. Peaceful and bloody battle. Yu is in Xudu, so the people in this side will not fall into the suffering of war and displacement again. As for other matters, I don't know."