At the invitation of Zhong Yao, Hu Zhao took Sima Yi and others with Guo Jia and Cao Zhen to visit Zhong Yao's home.

After meeting each other for many years, Zhong Yao and Hu Zhao, who had not seen each other for many years, kept talking about their calligraphy experiences. Zhong Yao only ordered the servants to treat them well, and the two of them locked themselves in the door and couldn't come out for a long time.

Guo Jia, who was sitting on the table, smiled:

"If you invite someone as a guest, you ignore the guests in the hall, only the two of them can come out."

Cao Zhen, who was sitting next to Sima Yi, picked up the teacup and said politely to Sima Yi:

"If my uncle who was just now is rude, Cao Zhen will apologize to you here."

Sima Yi picked up the teacup and replied to Cao Zhen:

"General is too polite. It's no big deal. If the general hadn't helped him rescue him just now, I'd be in danger."

Looking at Sima Yi and Cao Zhen who seemed to be able to chat, Guo Jia's eyes showed a satisfied smile.

Through Cao Zhen's guidance, Sima Yi found his father Sima Fang's residence in Xu County, but unfortunately, Sima Fang had just been sent by Liu Xie to Runan County to rectify the administration of the government and was not at home. Sima Yi had to take Zhao Rui at home to wait for his father to return.

It was late at night. Cao Cao, who was busy reviewing official documents, sat in front of the table until late at night before going to bed. When he was tired, he held his cheek with his right hand and closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.

Slowly, the sky gradually became clear, and a horse's neigh suddenly came from outside the door, awakening Cao Cao. He stood up and stretched, and found that most of the official documents in front of him had been reviewed. He felt that the things in front of him were shaking. He pinched his forehead and stood up, calling the servant softly, but no one answered.

"Come!" Cao Cao increased his voice, but no one responded, so he walked out the door.

Strangely, there was no one in Cao's mansion. Cao Cao only heard a horse neighing and responded to him, so he followed the sound. It was not until the stables in the backyard of Cao's mansion that he found four horses were lowering their heads and eating grass in the manor gerryman.

He slowly stepped forward and saw that the four horses were all fat and strong, but when the four horses saw Cao Cao coming, they raised their heads and stopped eating grass. Cao Cao turned around and left, but after walking a few steps, they found that they lowered their heads and continued to eat grass again, which attracted Cao Cao's attention.

So he walked behind the horse quietly, poked his head to see what they were eating. When he saw clearly that the trough was bitten by them and then shattered, and the one swallowed was not grass, but the big banner with the word "Cao" written on it, he was furious and pulled out a sharp sword next to the stable and slashed at them:

"A bad beast! I dare to eat my banner!"

Unexpectedly, the four horses raised their hind legs together to prevent Cao Cao from approaching, and then they turned around and rushed towards Cao Cao. Cao Cao kept retreating until he was tripped by a stone and sat on the ground.

The four horses emitted a dazzling white light, which was so dazzling that Cao Cao had to cover his eyes with his sleeves. After the light diminished slightly, he slowly lowered his arms:

He saw a red-eyed white tiger emitting colorful light flying in the air. It stepped on colorful auspicious clouds, and its wings with its back flapping its wings and landing heavily on the ground. The earth suddenly shook.

Seeing it grinning and approaching him, Cao Cao fell into panic.

"Don't come here!" Cao Cao closed his eyes in a hurry and waved the sword in his hand randomly until he felt something stabbing the sword in his hand. After slowly opening his eyes, he was so scared that he widened his eyes by the scene in front of him:

The one who stabbed me was actually afraid that I would be cold while I was sleeping, and I held a cloak in my hand and wanted to put on my servant.

It turns out that what I just saw was just a scene that often appears in my dreams and bothers me...

The servant's chest was pierced by Cao Cao's long sword. The surprised and painful eyes made Cao Cao's hand holding the sword quickly relax. The servant spitted blood and fell to the ground. Hearing a strange noise in the house, he rushed in. After seeing this scene, he knelt down and asked hurriedly: "The guards of my subordinates are here late, please atone for your sins!"

Cao Cao, who slowly recovered from his consciousness, wiped away the cold sweat from his forehead, and soon calmed down, he suddenly turned his eyes and cried out in a daze: "I have had the bad habit of killing people in my dreams since I was a child, so no one should approach me when I was sleeping. Today, this servant was meant to put on my clothes for me, but he was innocently hit by the long sword I waved in my dream. It's a pity, a pity..."

Cao Cao ordered people to bury his servants for a grand funeral and donate them to his family’s food as compensation. He also went there to pay his condolences in person.

Although this incident was covered up, Cao Cao spread the murder of his sleep through the mouth of the guards, and thought that no one would dare to assassinate him in his sleep.

However, he was still worried about the later red-eyed white tiger in the four horses in his dream, and hurriedly asked Xun Yu to tell him the dream. After listening carefully, Xun Yu felt that this dream seemed to be a sign of something, but he was not sure whether it was good or bad. At this time, he thought of someone who should be able to help Cao Cao solve this problem, so he bowed and said:

"Lord, I know someone below. This person can understand the mystery of heaven and earth. If you calculate the past and present, you will definitely help the master to worry."

"Who is that person?" Cao Cao never doubted the person recommended by Xun Yu, and immediately became slightly sad.

"This person is from Lujiang, with his surname and name Ci, and his courtesy name Yuanfang. He has always had an old friend with me. He is now on Songshan Mountain. I can divorce him and ask him to come to Xu County to explain your dreams."

Cao Cao immediately wrote a letter and sincerely asked Zuo Ci to come and relieve his worries. He specially sent Cao Zhen, whom he believed, to deliver the letter. However, when Cao Zhen had just arrived at the temple where Zuo Ci lived in the Songshan Mountains, he found that Zuo Ci had already gone out. The abbot told him that Zuo Ci had already expected Cao Cao to invite him to Xu County, and had already set off the day before yesterday.

The day after Cao Zhen left, Cao Cao was discussing with everyone in the hall whether to attack Lu Bu in the east or go to Jingzhou south. Suddenly, he heard an urgent report from outside the door: "An old man was wearing shabby clothes, wearing yellow straw sandals, holding a whisk in his hand and asking for a visit outside the door."

The more Xun Yu listened, the more he felt that the person described by the order was quite similar to Zuo Ci's appearance. He asked urgently:

"Did that man call himself Zuo Ci?"

The commander nodded and said, "That's right!"

Cao Cao, who was sitting on the couch, felt very strange. Cao Zhen had not returned yet, so why did he come so quickly? But he still reached out and ordered: "Hurry up and invite him!"

Then he ordered Zuo Ci to lead him into the conference hall. The ministers were very sad when they saw this scene. In order not to let the matter in his dreams be spread, Cao Cao ordered all the ministers except Xun Yu to disperse. When there were only three people in the large conference hall, Cao Cao winked at Xun Yu and signaled him to tell Zuo Ci that he had a strange dream.

After hearing this, Zuo Ci waved the ups and downs in his hand and smiled: "According to the old Taoist inference, Cao Gong, your life is destined to be magnificent. You can achieve a career that will last forever. It is also a rare and huge achievement in ancient and modern times. At least you can lay a grand foundation for regaining thousands of miles of land before you die."

Listening to Zuo Ci's divination that was similar to a praise of merit, Cao Cao just smiled in response and asked:

"Sir, please continue..."

Zuo Ci, who raised his hand and twisted his beard, was silent for a while, then raised his eyes and found that Cao Cao's gaze had already met his own eyes. Then he smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that I will make wedding clothes for others. At that time, what your descendants do will definitely come true to their descendants..."

When Cao Cao's mouth twitched slightly when he heard Zuo Ci say this, Xun Yu could see that he was already a little angry, so he quickly turned his eyes to Zuo Ci and told him not to continue. Unexpectedly, Zuo Ci ignored his reminder and continued:

"I am determined to avoid the hustle and bustle of the world, but I have a long journey of life in troubled times. I have been quiet in the Qing tombs for thousands of years, and tigers turn into horses to gather in the food trough."

"Come..."

Cao Cao naturally understood that the poem Zuo Ci recited contained extremely unfavorable meanings for him. He was unmoved on the surface and called the guards coldly. The guards drew their swords and put them on Zuo Ci's neck. Just wait for Cao Cao to give him an order to cut off Zuo Ci's head. Xun Yu couldn't help but feel a little regretful and quickly dissuaded:

"Let's go back, lord, he has no malice. It's better not to be too late to listen to Mr. Yuan Fang's words and then do it!"
Chapter completed!