Chapter Fourteen Goodbye Cao Cao
As October passes, the weather becomes colder.
Su Gu has already gone to Hanzhong to take office, but Hanzhong is similar to Shuzhong. Although there are no big families, they are generally xenophobic and it will take some time to calm them down.
Ye Zhao did not have much contact with Su Gu. He was a congressman before, but he was not valued and excluded. But as Ye Zhao said, he could pick up all the lives of officials of all sizes in the court. He hoped that he would not disappoint himself. This move has great significance for Ye Zhao. If he could successfully break through the siege, the world would be even more chaotic, but at the same time, there would be more opportunities.
Of course, even if you promote the book, it will take at least ten years, twenty years or even longer to make a comeback. But Ye Zhao is still young and he has time to wait. Unfortunately, Liu Hong does not have the time to wait for the day of breaking the deadlock. Otherwise, if Liu Hong lived more than ten or twenty years more than in history, it is unknown whether the world would be so chaotic.
Early in the morning, Liu Wei, who was obviously much thicker in clothes, came to Liu Bian with him. In recent days, Liu Hong seemed to be interested in matching him and Liu Wei, so he relaxed his control over Liu Wei a lot.
Wouldn't you really be a prince consort?
Looking at Liu Wei whose pretty face was red from the cold, Ye Zhao suddenly smiled. No matter what, marrying a royal princess is not necessarily a bad thing for him. Moreover, Liu Hong can still be valued by Liu Hong in the remaining two years. Although Liu Hong really attaches great importance to him now, under this attention, Ye Zhao can clearly detect his vigilance towards him. Now he is more like the aides around Liu Hong. If he wants to go out and guard the side or obtain heavy power, not only will the literati class be rejected, but Liu Hong is afraid that he will not give him this right in a short time. If he becomes the prince-consort, it will be much easier to move forward.
"Bian's swordsmanship has improved a lot!" Without eating in the mansion, Liu Wei was obviously hostile to Xin'er. Ye Zhao did not want the two to spend too much time together for the time being, and it was also a kind of protection for Xin'er. So seeing Liu Wei bring Liu Bian over, Ye Zhao decided to go to Cao Cao's restaurant to have dinner.
"The sword is the king's soldier. Prince Bian is originally a prince. He is in the king's spirit. As long as he passes that hurdle in his heart, he will not be slow to enter the country." Ye Zhao said casually.
However, Liu Bian has indeed been a little less shy and more confident than before. However, only practicing swordsmanship or in related prisons can he have this kind of confidence. If there is no such thing as these, he will still look shy.
"Is Ye Qing also the King's Sword?" Liu Bian looked at Ye Zhao curiously.
Ye Zhao looked back at Liu Bian and smiled and said, "In the past, Zhuangzi discussed swords and said that swords were divided into three categories: one was a common man, two was a prince, and three was the emperor. I killed people with swords. To calculate it, it should be a common man's sword, but the prince is different. How can it be compared to the use of the country and the country? "
"Ye Qing is too modest. Judging from the lonely, although Ye Qing's sword is for killing, it is also for the country and the people. It should be the sword of the princes!" Liu Bian said with a smile.
"The prince criticizes it, Zhao is ashamed and dare not take it." Ye Zhao shook his head. It is better to have a sword of ordinary men. He can cut whoever he wants.
The group of three people took the guards into the Cao family's restaurant. After breakfast, they were about to leave, but they heard a quarrel outside the door.
Ye Zhao looked back and saw Cao Cao standing outside the door frowning at the quarreling crowd. Several Cao family servants were arguing with a passing man.
"Brother Meng De!" Ye Zhao stepped forward and looked at Cao Cao. Although his clothes were clean, his face could not hide his tiredness. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Why did you come to Luoyang to argue with others if you don't be your prime minister in Jinan?"
"Xu Ming?" Cao Cao turned his head and saw Ye Zhao, and couldn't help but feel surprised. Then he saw Liu Wei and Liu Bian. He was shocked and bowed quickly and said, "Cao Cao sees the prince and the princess."
He had worked as a captain and cavalry commander in Luoyang before, but he had met these two.
"No gift." Liu Wei waved her hand and said, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing big. I went back to Luoyang this time and brought a few good horses to my relatives and friends. I stayed here for a night last night. When I woke up today, I found that one missing one. The servant saw that the horse seemed to be the missing one, so I argued with this person." Cao Cao shook his head and smiled: "I dare not disturb the princess's purity for some trivial matters."
The person who was arguing with the Cao family did not expect to meet the princess. The prince had a pale face, but said stubbornly: "Although this mansion is a high-ranking official, he cannot bully the good people like me like this. This horse has been raised by the grass people since childhood. Princess, look, how close is this horse to me? Why did he pass by the Cao family's restaurant become his Cao family's belonging? Luoyang is a reasonable place. I cannot let you go just because you are an official!"
As he said that, he touched the horse's mane and saw the horse rubbing his hand intimately.
"Just, this horse is not only a good horse, but also a rare horse. Who can you afford it?" The Cao family servant refused to let him go and said disdainfully.
"Hey, what you said is unreasonable. How did you know that my family couldn't afford to raise a horse?" Seeing that there were many people gathering around, this person couldn't help but feel a little bit embarrassed.
Cao Cao looked around and had gathered many people at this time. Although the Cao family restaurant was doing the business of scholars and literati, if it was said that bullying others with power, it would have some impact on the reputation of the Cao family. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, it's just a horse."
"You can't say that." Ye Zhao shook his head, walked forward and covered the horse's eyes with both hands: "Since I am the Luoyang Order, I will not allow treacherous and slandered people under my rule to disrupt the laws and regulations of the Han Dynasty. Whose horse belongs to? There will be public opinion in a moment."
"I have a suggestion. Now this matter is not surprising. If you accidentally took this horse wrong, I will not make things difficult for you if I accompany Brother Meng De." Ye Zhao turned his head and looked at this person and said with a smile.
"Okay, I don't want this horse anymore. As expected, the official guards, we can't afford to provoke the untouchables. Even if I admit that I am unlucky today, I shouldn't have passed by this Cao family restaurant." Seeing Ye Zhao's eyes burning, the man felt a little guilty, but he looked unlucky.
"Xu Ming, this matter... Maybe I'm really wrong." Cao Cao frowned and wanted to persuade him, but he was just a horse. There was no need to make a big deal. However, before he could persuade him, he was pulled by Liu Bian beside him and shook his head.
"You have some tricks." Ye Zhao glanced at him and said, "Don't worry, I will make a decision in Luoyang, and I have some reputation in this. If my judgement cannot convince the public later, not only will this horse be returned to you, but I will pay you another one to buy and give you what to do with you?"
"Be serious?" A hint of greed flashed in the man's eyes. A horse is not cheap in Luoyang. He was already confident in his heart that no matter what Ye Zhao said, he would bite him to death and refuse to recognize him.
"I will not exchange my reputation for a horse. There are so many Luoyang elders here, including many famous scholars. If the official is judged to be unable to convince the public, it will be a shame for me." Ye Zhao said calmly.
"Okay, this is what you said by your own lord, so please give up." The man stopped arguing and looked at Ye Zhao confidently.
"I saw that this horse had one eye that was a fake eye before. If you said you had raised this horse since you were a child, you must know which one it was. Let's hear it." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"This..." The man glanced at the direction Ye Zhao was walking, looked at the horse again, and sneered: "I naturally know that this horse was raised since I was a child, so why wouldn't I know that if it hadn't been blinded, how could such a good horse be my turn to raise?"
"That's it?" Ye Zhao asked with a smile.
"Right eye!" the man said confidently.
Ye Zhao shook his head with a smile, moved away from his left hand, looked at the man and said, "Its right eye is as intact as yours."
The man's face changed and he argued: "I mean the eye that the envoy covered with his right hand was because he heard it wrong."
"You are so thick-skinned." A servant cursed at the man disdainfully.
At this moment, even if someone else is a man, he can feel that the man is quibbling, but the man is slapping to death and saying that he is wrong.
Ye Zhao smiled and took back his right hand and said, "But its left eye is equally intact. I am just cheating you, but I didn't expect you to be so honest."
"It's better not to be a thief because of being so honest." Ye Zhao handed the reins to the servants of Cao's mansion.
Seeing the people around him pointing at him, the man looked a little embarrassed and turned his head in shame and wanted to leave.
"Stop!" Ye Zhao said coldly.
"The horse has been returned, what else should I do?" The man turned his head and looked at Ye Zhao, saying in fear.
"I advised you to settle the matter privately before, but you refused. Now that the remaining officials come in to decide the case, they naturally have to do it for the sake of business!" Ye Zhao said calmly.
"Xu Ming, forget it, the horse was not lost, there is no need to make things difficult for others." Cao Cao smiled.
"Meng De's words are wrong. If I didn't come and regarded Meng De as a human being, I would probably give up this horse." Ye Zhao shook his head: "If someone caught him, he would just return the horse. If he didn't catch him, he would make a good horse for nothing. As the Luoyang Order, if this example is opened and everyone imitates it, what majesty is there in the law? How can I convince the public?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao could only smile bitterly and shake his head, and no longer say anything more.
Ye Zhao said: "I'm sorry to ask Meng De to lend me two of me and send this person to the government office and punish him according to the law."
"Sure you!" Cao Cao sighed, pointed two servants with excitement and gave them to Ye Zhao, and helped Ye Zhao take the person to the government office.
"It is said that cultivating and deciding cases is like a god. When I see them today, I realize that what I say is true." After everyone left, Cao Cao and Ye Zhao and others walked together and said with some admiration.
"Little Doyle is not enough to laugh at. It is Meng De who has been prime minister in Jinan for only half a year, but has restored the people's livelihood in Jinan. This is a great merit." Ye Zhao said with a smile.
"If it weren't for the advection strategy of cultivating Ming, it wouldn't be so easy." Cao Cao laughed and said, "Sometimes, Cao was very curious. Cultivating was not as old as us next year, but he seemed to be able to know the world. Could it be that there are really people in this world who are born to know?"
"It's just that others didn't expect it, they were born to know it? How could there be such a person in the world?" Ye Zhao shook his head and smiled.
Chapter completed!