Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian didn't know that his arithmetic draft paper was being held and scrutinized by a pair of delicate hands.

Cai Yan's solution to Cai Yong's refusal to eat was very simple. He directly removed the source of the disease and took away the source of the disease. Although Cai Yong was a little reluctant, he still had nothing to do with his precious daughter, so he had to settle for the next best thing and let Cai Yan figure it out. You must tell him.

At this time, Cai Yan rarely saw outsiders, and Cai Yan was too lazy to put on any makeup. He often didn't even wear a ring. Without these external items, it made Cai Yan's beauty more natural.

Cai Yan's eyebrows are not very thin, with just the right arc, and the ends of her eyebrows are slightly raised playfully, because she is in the most beautiful stage of a girl's life, her skin is delicate, and her face is as pink as a peach blossom, revealing a natural beauty. Blushed, her smooth black hair was neatly tied up, with a few strands of black hair falling down. Under the light of the candle, she looked even more graceful and charming.

Cai Yan was studying Fei Qian's draft paper carefully. She did not forcefully deduce it from top to bottom like her father Cai Yong. Instead, she redid the question herself, then started from the last answer and worked backwards, using To analyze the meaning of each step of Feiqian.

Cai Yan was influenced by her father, Cai Yong, and also liked all kinds of letters. She remembers that when she was a child, the gifts she received from her father seemed to have nothing but books. As for the brocade, jade pendants and other gifts, they were basically from her father. Sent by friends.

She didn’t remember how old she was when she started reading the slips. She just remembered that when she was a child, she would often hold the heavy slips alone in the small pavilion in the back garden, basking in the warm sun while slowly identifying the words on the book...

Others may divide books into useful ones and useless ones, or according to collections of classics, poetry, and history. For her, books are just divided into two types, one that she has read and one that she has not read. .

At this time, Cai Yan felt vaguely impressed by Fei Qian's symbols. After thinking about it, he stood up, held the lamp, and walked to the library at home.

Cai Yong's family originally had a large collection of books. He may have had the largest collection of books in Luoyang City at that time. An ordinary study room could not fit them, so a special library had to be built for them.

But now, under the light of the lamp held by Cai Yan, there are only empty bookshelves in many parts of the library. The mountains of all kinds of letters and books that were originally accumulated no longer exist, and the originally crowded library now looks a little empty.

Cai Yan knew that all the original books had been given away.

When Cai Yan got married, the dowry money was only part of it, and more of it was all kinds of priceless letters and books. Now these dowry books are left in the Wei family. Another part was given to the Wang family, because at that time, the Wang family also had disciples from good families who were also pursuing Cai Yan. As a result, Cai Yong decided to marry Cai Yan to the Wei family. Cai Yong, an honest man, felt that he was sorry for the Wang family, so he gave some letters and books to the Wang family.

This can't be blamed on anyone. At that time, Cai Yong felt that Cai Yan was protected for the rest of his life. It would be meaningless for him, an old man, to carry so many books to his grave. He might as well give these books to those who need them.

As a result, the wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

The Wei family doesn't need Cai Yan's brain at all, they only need Cai Yan's belly. Cai Yan, Wei Ning, and Wei Zhongdao were unable to conceive, and the various rumors and overt and covert insults made Cai Yan unbearable, so he angrily left a letter and ran away, returning to the Cai family.

Later, the Wei family went so far as to publicize that Cai Yan was an infertile person and Ke Fu's misfortune. They also said that she was arrogant and disrespectful, disrespected her parents-in-law, and did not love her aunt and nephew. Then a letter of divorce was sent to the Cai family.

As for her dowry belongings and more than 3,000 books, the Wei family selectively forgot them.

Cai Yan remembered that when her father received the divorce letter, he didn't say anything to her, but she saw that her father had obviously aged much within a few days.

She felt that she didn't feel sorry for the Wei family, she just felt sorry for her father.

Now Cai Yan spends most of her time in the boudoir and library every day. Her memory is very good and she can remember most of the books she has read before. Therefore, she must remember those books and those books that were given away because of her. After writing this volume silently, she hoped that during her father's lifetime, this library would be full of books again...

Cai Yan stopped in front of a large box in the library, carefully put the lamp aside, then opened the box, took out several rolls of sheepskin from the box, spread them on the ground, opened them, and looked at them one by one.

"Hey, it actually looks a bit similar to the body poison text..."

Cai Yan finally found a parchment scroll that was similar to Fei Qian's symbol. He couldn't help but smile slightly, and for a while, it seemed that the entire library was graced with a lot of glory...

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The night was deep, and Cao Cao quietly walked out of the back door of Situ Wang Yun's house.

A servant held the lamp for Cao Cao, and the flickering light of the candle illuminated Cao Cao's face.

Cao Cao didn't know whether his negotiation with Situ Wang Yun, an old fox, was successful.

Now, due to the death of General He Jin and the massacre of the eunuchs in the North and South Palaces, the value of Cao Cao's bargaining chip has been greatly reduced. Now it is only some of the remaining Dian Army captains and some properties in Luoyang City.

Although there are still some Cao family members in the palace, Cao Cao feels that it is not time to expose and use them, so he hides them from Situ Wang Yun.

Cao Cao keenly felt that he would not be able to serve as a captain for much longer. Thinking about the personnel distribution of the Eight School Lieutenants of Xiyuan established by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, it is actually very clear. Eunuchs, relatives, and noble families compete with each other. Now that the balance has been broken, the situation will soon be reshuffled, and the interests will be redistributed. .

Originally, Cao Cao didn't want to be too good at all. His Cao family was born as a eunuch, so he naturally got the attention of the eunuchs. Then he got in touch with his relative, the general He Jin, and he was able to get a good deal among his relatives' influence. The most important thing was that he was very shrewd. Seizing the conflict between the eunuchs and using uncle Jian Shuo's act of seeking death, he successfully made uncle Jian Shuo commit suicide, which shaped his reputation among the Qingliu. In addition, he was very selective in worshiping Cai Cai. Yong, a nerd in Qingliu, can also take advantage of the Qingliu nobles as his teacher.

Cao Cao played this trick very smoothly among the three forces and borrowed each other's strength. The effect was also very good.

But now that the forces that Cao Cao guarded have collapsed and died, the leverage he can draw on has shrunk significantly, so naturally he will have little to do with the next distribution of benefits.

If he wants to maintain his position or even develop further, he must unite, or temporarily join a certain force.

Dong Zhuo is the territory of the Kansai noble clan, so it is naturally impossible for him to pass there, otherwise he will lose his last bit of support and will be excluded by the entire Kanto noble clan.

Then you can only choose one or two among the Kanto nobles.

Originally, Cao Cao planned to borrow the power of the Yuan family. After all, the Yuan family had four generations and three princes, and there were many members. However, now there is some distance between him and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. For a while, he couldn't get over it by kneeling and licking him, so he had to settle for the next best thing. Found the Wang family.

The Wang family is a prominent family in Shanxi, and many of them have held important positions in Zhongzhou County for generations. Wang Yun himself began to serve as an official at the age of 19. After several ups and downs, he never failed, and finally climbed to the position of Situ, which shows his ability.

How could such an old fox in officialdom have a heart to heart with the little fox Cao Cao?

When Cao Cao came out of the palace, he recalled what Wang Yun had said to him. After careful consideration, he realized that this old fox seemed to have everything he could say and agreed, but in fact he had no definite answer.

Cao Cao hated the feeling of being tricked the most in his life, but now he had to endure it no matter how much he hated it. It was so frustrating that his head hurt.

Cao Cao raised his hand and rubbed his head. Suddenly, he felt that the mansion in front of him seemed familiar. After taking a closer look, he saw that it was Cai Yong's mansion. Then he suddenly remembered that he had not been to Cai Yong's mansion for a while.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes slightly. It was already late tonight. Let's send a famous assassin to visit him tomorrow. Cai Mansion... Cai Yong... Cai Yan... maybe the turning point is here...