Three Kingdoms

Fei lurked in the yard and dug out the bamboo slips that had been buried for two days. This was a preparation he made as a precaution.

"I hope I can get through it..."

Fei Qian wiped off the soil on the bamboo slips, looked at the layers of corrosion on the bamboo slips, and thought to himself, "Am I the first person to forge fakes? There should be no fakes in the Three Kingdoms now, right?"

Fei Qian gently held the tortured bamboo slips that were first polished, then soaked in acid water, exposed to the sun and burned, and buried deep in the ground, and walked toward the room.

Today is one of the opportunities for Fei Qian, a registered disciple, to visit the Cai Mansion twice a month. He is going to hand this forged bamboo slip to Cai Yong. If he can pass this test, it means that he accidentally wrote it before. Letters and numbers have a place.

After processing the bamboo slips again, Fei Qian felt that it was almost done, at least in his eyes he couldn't see any flaws.

Fei Qian thought about the whole process again - the choice itself was an ancient bamboo, which he tore down from another ancient fragment. After a series of treatments, it now looked extremely dilapidated. The only flaw was that it was still intact. It has a bit of an earthy smell, but the excuse to cooperate with Fei Qian is acceptable.

That's it, just this once, it's too much trouble. It is absolutely true that a lie told once must be followed by a thousand lies.

Okay, just like that, Fei Qian carefully put the bamboo slips into a brocade box and walked towards Cai Mansion with the brocade box.

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In Cai Mansion, Cai Yong was chatting happily with Cao Cao.

Cai Yong actually felt that Cao Cao, a direct disciple of Cao Cao, was pretty good. At least in his opinion, Cao Cao was still a good young man of the Eastern Han Dynasty who had ideals, ambitions, ethics and culture.

Different from Fei Qian's so-called named disciple, Cao Cao is Cai Yong's real direct descendant. To put it simply, Cao Cao can use Cai Yong's name for publicity, or he can bring Cai Yong up when something happens. As a teacher, Cai Yong is obliged to help, but Fei Qian can't. Fei Qian can only help. If you can say "I learned from Cai Yong" but cannot say "I learned from Cai Yong", if you are in trouble, the teacher can help or not depending on the situation.

Direct disciples can inherit the mantle, and there are only named disciples.

There is a difference between intimacy and distance since ancient times.

After chatting for a while, Cai Yong saw that Cao Cao seemed to be worried, so he couldn't help asking: "What's bothering Meng De? Why is he so frowning?"

Cao Cao sighed: "The current situation is difficult, the government and the opposition are in turmoil, and I am just worried." This means that the competition for power between the government and the opposition is fierce now, I am in trouble, I can't handle it, and I feel irritable.

But it is a pity that Cai Yong failed to understand Cao Cao's subtext. Cai Yong said sincerely: "Mengde, you are enough to have this intention, and relax your mind. There are still disciples and Wenxian in charge. Although the emperor is young, it should not be a serious problem." - Cai Yong comforted Cao Cao, If the sky falls and tall men like Wang Yun and Yang Biao are there to hold it up, don't worry about it.

Cao Cao said: "How can we eat the emperor's salary and be loyal to the emperor? Now Dong Zhongying, Ding Jianyang and Chen Bing are on the side. If they stay for a long time, there may be changes." - I am still a national official here, but now Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan are outside the city. They are so jealous that I, as an official, don’t know how long I can last.

Cai Yong was really an honest gentleman. After hearing what Cao Cao said, he felt that it made sense, so he said: "Meng De's words are reasonable, but this is a military matter. I will write a handwritten letter to you and give you a few pointers."

Cao Cao secretly sighed, I am a good teacher, but I am too dull. If Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan can be persuaded to retreat by talking to Yang Biao, then why should I come to you?

However, he couldn't speak directly, so Cao Cao had to make indirect remarks again: "The teacher is well-known all over the country. At the time when the government and the public are in chaos, we urgently need the help of the teacher to stabilize people's hearts." - You have such a great reputation, how can you risk it? You are so big, please support me as a disciple.

Cai Yong shook his head and said: "I am dying, my time is running out, why should I care about my position and worry about writing documents?" I don't want to be a servant anymore, let alone a bigger official position.

For this reason, Cao Cao had no choice but to tie up Cai Yong to become an official, right? So he had to change the topic and said: "I recently got a volume of ancient chapters. Cao Cao learned that my junior sister has been depressed recently, so he brought it here A little relief from your worries."

Just as Cai Yong was about to decline, a servant stood down in the hall and handed over his famous thorn, saying that Fei Qian had come to see him.

After the words were said, the gifts were given. Although they failed to achieve the expected results, it could only be like this for the time being. Others happened to come, so Cao Cao took advantage of the opportunity to leave.

When Cao Cao came out of Cai Mansion, he saw Fei Qian waiting at the side. He suddenly remembered that he was Cai Yong's new registered disciple, so he stepped forward to say hello.

Fei Qian never expected that he would meet Cao Cao here, and he would greet me with a smile and quickly bow his hand to Cao Cao.

This was the first time Fei Qian saw Cao Cao so close. I didn't expect that Cao Cao was actually quite short. He was probably only about 1.6 meters tall. He had a square face and slender eyebrows. When he smiled, he could only see a line and no eyeballs. Fei Qian only dared to glance at it briefly and did not dare to take a closer look. After all, it is very impolite to stare at people in this era.

Cao Cao took a few steps forward, helped Fei Qian up, took Fei Qian's hand, put it in his hand and patted it gently, smiling like a big bad wolf: "But the new disciple Fei Qian and Fei Ziyuan? He has been famous for a long time, and he didn't expect to get it today. When we meet, he is indeed a talented person!"

If Fei Qian had not been tested in the workplace for a long time, but was a newbie in the workplace, there is a high probability that he would have been moved to tears by Cao Cao's behavior - my name can actually be heard by all the central bosses. Remember, how glorious this is!

It's a pity that Fei Qian has been bombarded many times by the big frying pan of the workplace. He is quite immune to this kind of heat.

But when the boss is acting, the one who tries to expose it is a fool.

So Fei Qian also showed a look of gratitude and loss.

Cao Cao held hands again and asked a few questions eagerly, just how is your life recently? What are you doing? is there a problem?

While Fei Qian answered respectfully, he cursed in his heart. Chinese culture has a long history. At such an early time, these big guys understood the three questions at the grassroots level. Seeing how smoothly Cao Cao asked questions, I guess he didn't do it twice at once. It's been a while since I've become proficient in the business.

When he learned that Fei Qian came to ask Cai Yong for knowledge about ancient books, Cao Cao nodded and said that he would not waste Fei Qian's time and let Fei sneak into Cai's mansion.

But when Fei Qian had only taken two steps, Cao Cao stopped Fei Qian again and said with a smile: "Cao has also been fond of ancient books since he was a child. Hearing that Zi Yuan just mentioned the newly obtained fragments, he was worried and unbearable. Please take a look and enjoy it." ?”

Of course, this request could not be refused, so Fei Qian asked his servant to open the brocade box and let Cao Cao see it.

Cao Cao gently took a piece, looked at it from side to side, and held it to shine in the sun.

Fei Qian lowered his head, his heart pounding. Cao Cao seemed to have dug ancient tombs in history. Could he see any problem?