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Twenty-two and fifteen from the army

In fact, Cai Yong always felt a little regretful. He was so old, but he didn't have a son yet, so he had only one daughter to talk to him.

When most people come to visit Cai Yong, they advise Cai Yong to take more concubines and give birth to more children to continue the incense.

However, Cai Yong believed that some things were destined by God. If God was destined to have no son, no matter how much he took a concubine, it would be useless. Of course, this has something to do with Mrs. Cai's stronger power.

Without a son, a daughter is also a human being. He will not treat his daughter badly just because he has no son. This daughter is still his heart. He only gets a daughter in his forties. Of course, he is a treasure, so he often brings his daughter with him to play the piano for her. At this time, it is one of the few times when Cai Yong can relieve his depression.

Of course, the same is true today, but as they were bounced, a servant came over and looked embarrassed.

"Master, someone started fighting outside."

"What?"

Cai Yong stopped playing the piano and looked surprised: "Have you started fighting?"

"Yes, masters, they started fighting to fight for whom they first deliver."

The servant looked embarrassed: "Master, the front yard is a little out of control now, otherwise, you can go and have a look?"

Cai Yong shook his head, sighed, with a look of helplessness.

"If these young people don't know how to study hard, they will know how to take advantage of opportunities. I praise them ten thousand words. If they don't have real talents and knowledge, they will sooner or later be exposed and will suffer. They are really unmotivated!"

"Who said no? There are so many people coming to submit articles every day, let alone the master, we servants also feel embarrassed. Today, not only are there people fighting outside, but also boys coming to submit articles. It's really a declining world."

The servant inadvertently said Cai Yong and was surprised.

"Boy?"

"Yes, I have never tied my hair and added a crown, I must be a boy."

The servant answered this and made Cai Yong feel a little amused.

"I have learned this kind of thing from the boy, but since it is the boy who is here to submit the article, it must be of some reputation. Could it be that the boys who have just entered the Imperial Academy are in a hurry to become famous?"

"The person who came here is a handsome little boy. I don't know if he is a boy boy from the school."

Cai Yong suddenly became interested.

"You go and take the boy's article to me."

"Ah? That master, the fights and troubles at the front door..."

"Don't you understand? Why are they causing trouble for one after another? It's clearly to force me out to see them, so I can just give me an article. You go and report to the official and ask the Northern Quarter to deal with this matter! Drive them all away!"

The servant suddenly realized.

"So that's it. The old servant understands. The old servant will deal with it now."

The servant then left, leaving Cai Yong shook his head in a hilarious and waving manner, looked at his daughter who was held by his wife, and said helplessly: "It seems that the interest in playing the piano today is about to disappear again."

"Who made my husband famous?"

Mrs. Cai also comforted her: "Even the boy who just came to Luoyang to study knows his husband's reputation and wants to ask for learning from him. This is a good thing."

"What's the good thing? I was even disturbed by the interest in playing the piano. Besides, what do they like to be my talent? It's just my reputation. I want to praise them through my mouth and ask them to double their value so that they can ask for the field and ask for help. Where do they want to study? Alas..."

Cai Yong shook his head helplessly, and suddenly remembered Cao Cao again.

"When Meng De was the Northern Army, he was very skilled in managing this area. Ordinary people dared not come to the mansion to harass him. It was a peaceful life. As a result, Meng De left, and these people came again. In order to ask me to go out, they would do anything."

"Who made my husband famous?"

Mrs. Cai repeated it.

"Yes, who told me to be famous?"

Cai Yong smiled self-deprecatingly.

After a while, the servant ran over and brought a wooden box.

"Master, this is the article submitted by the boy, in total three copies, and one copy of the name "Take."

Cai Yong nodded and picked up the famous thorn.

"Yingchuan Guo Peng? Yingchuan Guo Family? Guo Peng... Guo Peng... Oh! I remembered that it was the filial son who was digging ice and fishing in winter to worship his mother?"

"Chitting ice to fish for mothers? Is there anything else?"

Mrs. Cai lives in the inner palace and has never heard of this, but Cai Yong has heard of it.

This incident has been widely spread among major families these days. The elders of each family deliberately or not scolded their children with this matter, asking them to pay attention to learning from Guo Peng.

This is indeed a good way to be famous. Now everyone is praising Guo Peng as a filial son, and even Cai Yong has heard of it.

However, Cai Yong is clear about the way this is done.

When he was young, he was taught the mystery by his elders. When his mother was sick, he was later rumored that he was "serving his mother without undressing and not sleeping for seventy days."

People in the village thought Cai Yong was very filial, so Cai Yong became famous.

In fact, Cai Yong was of course worried about his mother and had served him personally, but how could he not sleep for seventy days?

Three days without sleeping is enough to make people collapse. Not to mention seventy days, it is dangerous to not sleeping for seven days.

Because I have done this, I don’t look down on Guo Peng’s actions or not. Everyone has done this, and it’s a custom and has become accustomed to it.

Cai Yong just thought Guo Peng was very smart and the Guo family did a good job in planning, so he received praise and learning from various major families.

It is estimated that a large number of "filial sons" will emerge in the future.

What would such a person do with his articles?

Cai Yong was a little interested.

Then he looked at the three volumes of bamboo slips in the wooden box, one of which had the word "Cao".

"Cao? Isn't his surname Guo?"

Cai Yong opened the cloth bag curiously, took out the bamboo slips inside, opened them and was stunned.

"Is this... Meng De's letter?"

When Mrs. Cai heard the word "Meng De", she came to take a look.

"What? Isn't this the boy's article?"

"No, this is Meng De's... a letter of recommendation? Guo Peng is Meng De's sister-in-law. He has been engaged to the young girl of Meng De's family, so Meng De wrote me a letter of recommendation, hoping that I will meet him and say that his talent and character are the best choices."

After reading Cao Cao's recommendation letter, Cai Yong curled a smile on his lips: "Meng De has never recommended any excellent young man to me. This time, he actually recommended his sister-in-law to me first. It seems that Meng De likes his little sister-in-law very much."

Mrs. Cai thought about it, shook her head and said, "Although the Guo family in Yingchuan is a literati, she is still a famous master for a century. She has a family background and clothes, and is still a friend. She has children who are willing to marry Cao. It is obvious that she is interested in the Cao family's temporary power.

I think Cao Mengde wrote a letter of recommendation to his husband because of this. It was probably Cao Song's instruction. His father asked him, how could Cao Mengde not abide by it? Husband, is such a person worth commenting? Isn't it a damage to his identity when his husband commented on him?"

Cai Yong disagreed.

"If it was helpless, Meng De would not write so carefully. Between the lines, I can feel that Meng De was indeed attentive. No matter what his father is, Guo Peng could get Meng De to see him like this. I guess he is a little capable. Madam, do you think so?"

Mrs. Cai looked helpless.

"I can't say anything about my husband's opinion, but I really admire Cao Mengde so much? What's the difference between him?"

"There is no excellence. A innocent heart is really rare. If you want to prove yourself and make achievements, if you can get good guidance, you will definitely be effective."

Cai Yong put down Cao Cao's letter of recommendation, picked up another cloth bag with the word "Guo", opened it and said, "At present, the world is getting worse and worse, and the children of officials and nobles are all for personal gain, and few are devoted to serving as the public. No matter what Cao Song's starting point is, Meng De is a talent that can be created."

He took off the cloth bag and took out the bamboo slips. Cai Yong untied the thin line and unfolded the bamboo slips.

"I joined the army for the fifteenth day and returned at the eightyth year. I met the villagers, and I had someone at home. From a distance, I saw that it was my family, and there were pine and cypress tombs..."

Cai Yong's expression changed from the relaxed and interested in the beginning to the seriousness of the present.

"Rabbit enters from the dog's shadow, pheasants fly from the beam, the atrium grows from the valley, and the ino grows from the adobe grows from the adobe..."

Mrs. Cai blinked, held her little daughter and came up to see the bamboo slips.

"The rice is pounded and the rice is ripe for food, and the rice is ripe for a while. I don't know who to send me... I look eastward, tears fall... and my clothes are touching..."
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