Chapter 11 Talents increase, fierce favor [Please read and vote]

"I was so busy talking at Wang Yun's house that I didn't have time to eat. I'm a little hungry."

Cao Cao came closer and spoke, catching Xun Yu off guard.

Because a similar thought just flashed through his mind.

He was the first to say goodbye, not because he had something to do, but because he was hungry and wanted to go home for dinner.

This Cao Cao always seems to have similar ideas to mine... Xun Yu thought.

"I was so busy looking at Diao Chan before that I felt hungry after she finished dancing. This is probably what beauty is like."

Cao Cao: "Besides, there are so many people in the mansion, it is not convenient to eat as much as you can."

At Wang Yun's house, one could ask servants to bring food to one's low seat, but Xun Yu didn't feel comfortable eating too much.

He was a little stunned at this time, because what Cao Cao said was similar to his thoughts in every way.

"Let's go, I'll take you to eat something." Cao Cao said.

Xun Yu thought that they were not familiar with each other and was about to refuse, but Xiao Xiang, who was standing behind Cao Cao, stepped forward silently with a gloomy look in his eyes and raised the long sword in his hand forward along with the scabbard.

A naked threat.

Xun Yu was a man of great integrity.

But it depends on the matter.

There was no need to get beaten just for a meal, so he just went with the flow and followed Cao Cao.

Luoyang is the best place in the world. Although the current situation is chaotic, there are still merchants from all over the world, and business is relatively developed.

Cao Cao took Xun Yu and found a food stall on the street south of Wang Yun's residence.

I ordered a bowl of soup noodles, which came with steamed soup meat and vegetables.

Without the deep processing of food as in later generations, people mainly ate it to appreciate its original flavor.

Since he was here, Xun Yu didn't hesitate to show courtesy.

He ate for a while, and seeing that Cao Cao didn't move, he asked, "Why isn't Cao Dianjun eating?"

"I'm afraid it might be poisonous and I'd be harmed by someone." Cao Cao said half-truthfully.

Cao Cao's caution and suspicion were innate.

It's better when you're young, but it will double when you get older.

After the time travel, the original body and the current soul influence each other.

He knew that at this time, no one would deliberately harm him.

But there had been an assassination attempt before, so it’s better to be cautious, and not eating outside food is the most basic thing.

Xun Yu wanted to laugh. He was afraid that someone would harm him. What kind of reason was that?

"What do you want from me?"

Xun Yu is a descendant of Xunzi, and his ancestors were prominent. However, he is now at most a little famous.

He really didn't know why Cao Cao had targeted him and why he had invited him to eat but he himself refused to eat. Everything about him was simply weird.

"I think you look good to me. How about we become good friends?"

Cao Cao said expressionlessly: "I heard that your wife is Tang Heng's daughter?"

Xun Yu nodded and thought to himself, is it because I married a eunuch that you think we are similar?
"What do you think of the situation in the DPRK?"

Cao Cao used Lu Zhi's questioning to ask Xun Yu.

Xun Yu did not intend to talk about deep things, so he said vaguely: "What you just said was very good, I don't have any profound opinions."

Cao Cao suddenly said, "Dong Zhuo is coming to Luoyang."

"Mr. Bingzhou?" Xun Yu asked.

Not many people knew that Dong Zhuo was coming.

Xun Yu didn't know, but his reaction was calm, as if he had expected it.

Cao Cao: "Did you know Dong Zhuo was coming?"

"I don't know."

Xun Yu flatly denied it and thought: He Jin, on the advice of Yuan Shao, summoned Ding Yuan and other generals to Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo was Yuan Wei's former official. Since he recruited Ding Yuan, why wouldn't he recruit Dong Zhuo?

That's not hard to guess.

When the eunuchs were recruited to Luoyang, they were very frightened and had actually started to make preparations to fight for a way out. However, He Jin ignored the previous experience and was eventually killed by the eunuchs.

It's so sad that the government is in the hands of these arrogant and stupid people.

There was no need to go through so much trouble for the eunuchs, and it was even more inappropriate to summon foreign generals to the capital. The country was weak inside and strong outside, and they had no ulterior motives. But after they came and saw the situation in Luoyang clearly, they had such ulterior motives. They were even more stupid.

Thoughts emerged one after another in Xun Yu's mind.

His thinking was so clear that by recruiting Ding Yuan to Luoyang, he had a clear and accurate understanding of the subsequent events.

And his thoughts were "heard" clearly by Cao Cao.

This ability to listen to one's inner voice is perfect for me, Cao... Cao Cao was in a good mood.

Now that we have confirmed that Xun Yu is someone we can get along with, we can deal with other things later.

Since Xun Yu understood the situation clearly, Cao Cao did not say anything more. After Xun Yu finished eating, he said hello and left first.

Xun Yu stood there in a daze. This Cao Cao was really weird. Was he asking him to treat me to a meal?

Cao Cao then visited Ding Yuan, Lu Bu's first adoptive father.

Cao Cao had just taken control of the Xiyuan Army. As a new noble in the court, Cao Cao lowered his status and paid a personal visit to Ding Yuan, who gladly received him.

Cao Cao stayed in Ding Yuan's house for about an hour, and with the help of his telepathic ability, the two had a very pleasant conversation.

When Cao Cao returned home, it was already the end of the Xu hour.

In August, the weather was hot and muggy, and the humming of summer insects could be heard. 【4078/5000】

Returning to the inner house, Cao Cao looked at the plug-in.

Reputation has been increasing. What will happen when the mark of 5,000 is reached?

He sat down in the study, and Xiao Xiang came forward and said, "There is new news."

"The Dian Wei that you are looking for, I got information from Chenliu Jiwu and it has been confirmed that he is the right person."

Dian Wei's hometown is Jiwu, about six or seven hundred miles east of Luoyang.

"Dian Wei was somewhat famous in the local area. He grew up in a poor family and had to eat at other people's houses. It was said that he was born with supernatural powers. When he was young, he followed his neighbors into the mountains to chop wood. He thought the wood was too slow to chop, so he simply pulled up the trees and carried them back. The people in the village praised him as a miracle.

Local people said that when he was in his teens, he was spotted by a man named Zhang, who took him away and taught martial arts.

The news also said that the person who took Dian Wei away was most likely Zhang Huai of Tianji.

Many people say that Zhang Huai is the best halberd user in hundreds of years since Xiang Yu. "

"Dian Wei learned martial arts from Zhang Huai and did not return to Jiwu until a month ago.

We found out that Dian Wei learned that Liu, who had helped him when he was young, was bullied and had her eldest son beaten to death while she was working outside. She disappeared the next day.

Cao Cao remembered that there was a few words in the history books he had read that said Dian Wei seemed to have killed the entire family of a county magistrate in a small county, committed a bloody crime, and hid from place to place. Later, when the world was in chaos and no one was responsible, he went to join Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, and eventually entered Cao's camp.

The information Xiao Xiangcha provided matched that of Dian Wei, which meant that the person was correct.

"Dian Wei probably wants to avenge the Liu family. Sir, do you need us to find him and bring him back?" Xiao Xiang asked.

Cao Cao: "Did the magistrate who insulted people really do something evil?"

"Yes, we found out that the other party is backed by the Suiyang Li family and has committed many evil deeds in the local area. His family is arrogant and has bullied the good people many times."

Cao Cao: "Tell our people to just sit back and watch how Dian Wei acts."

"One more thing."

Xiao Xiang continued, "We seized some special items from the Ten Eunuchs' residence. It's inconvenient to send them all the way back to Qiao County. Sir, please decide how to deal with them properly."

"Something special?"

Xiao Xiang waved his hand, and the guards from the inner house came in carrying things.

An iron cage and a large copper box two feet square.

Cao Cao looked at the iron cage and said in surprise, "It's a young tiger."

"Yes, Duan Gui likes to raise wild animals and watch them fight to the death. Everyone in the court knows about it, and some people even buy wild animals from all over the country and send them to his house."

"Our people went to their houses to search and confiscate their property. Someone tried to release these beasts to hurt people, but we shot him with crossbows.

But there was a tiger hiding in a cage and refusing to come out. After it was shot dead, we discovered that it was protecting a newborn tiger cub behind it, so it remained motionless until death, fearing that we would shoot the cub. "

"I remember that you were quite fond of this kind of beast in your early years, so I had it sent over."

When Cao Cao was young, he formed gangs with Yuan Shao and others, causing trouble everywhere. He did raise many vicious creatures and kept hawks and dogs.

In fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, some powerful people raised and domesticated leopards, hunting dogs and other animals to help with hunting.

This world has stronger military force and a higher proportion of ferocious beasts.

Animals are endowed with the spiritual charm of heaven and earth, and their overall quality is stronger than we think.

Many wealthy and powerful families and farms outside the city kept wild beasts to assist with hunting or to show off their status.

Cao Cao actually trusted animals more than humans.

He walked over to the cage and examined it carefully.

The tiger cub had black stripes on its body. It was chubby and childish, with its eyes tightly closed. It did not show any of the majesty of the king of beasts.

"Keep it alive. Have someone prepare some animal milk and see if it can survive."

"What's in the box?"

Cao Cao turned around and his eyes fell on the large copper box.

"I opened it and took a look. It's a special method of moving qi. The qi moves specifically to the lower abdomen. It's a method of strengthening the roots. Some eunuchs may want to grow back what they lost."

Xiao Xiang rarely showed humor:
"Some of the secret scrolls in the box have a long history. I don't know where they were collected from. There are also some secret objects collected by eunuchs. They are very rare."

Cao Cao understood that some eunuchs wanted to grow a third leg, or add an egg, and were trying to practice these secret scrolls.

This thing... Cao Cao was busy all day and didn't sleep last night. I'll leave it here and you can take a look at it when you're free another day.

After Xiao Xiang left, he called up the self-examination entry and found that his reputation was still increasing at an almost constant rate.

Meanwhile, above the forehead, the Qi and reputation introduced into the body from the fontanelle complement each other and also grow strong at a slow pace.

[Military Talent: 80.5]

The talent has also improved.

Cao Cao thought about it and concluded that it should be the growth brought about by using his insight ability to check the contents of the "Heavenly Book".

This shows that the book indeed has a great origin!

His talent would never be improved without the handwriting of the ancient sages.

I'll study the heavenly book when I have time... Cao Cao returned to his bedroom, washed up and went to bed.

Someone took the tiger cubs and fed them with animal milk.

After a whole day of running around, I had a sweet sleep.

In the early hours of the morning, Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes on the couch, and the entry appeared in front of him: [Event in progress...]

Outside the north gate of Luoyang, a team of cavalry appeared in the night.

Cao Cao turned over and sat up, saying in a low voice: "Xiao Xiang, tell the Xiyuan Army to gather at the north gate."

(End of this chapter)