Section 1: Sit forgot

In September of the autumn of the 15th year of Jian'an, General Zhennan, Cao Chong, the governor of Yizhou, and Liu Zhang, Zongzheng, bowed farewell at the pier outside Jiangling City.

"General Cao, I will take care of you all the way, Zhang is grateful. In the future, I will ask for advice from the general." Liu Zhang bowed his hands with a smile on his face, hunched, and smiled at Cao Chong humbly. Cao Chong said a lot of good things to the emperor for him, and then the emperor called him Zongzheng and made him a Marquis. Zongzheng was one of the nine ministers, and he was considered a confidant by the emperor. Although the power is not in the hands of the emperor, but in the Prime Minister's Mansion, for Liu Zhang, it is the same. Without Cao Chong mediating it, nothing is possible. His best ending is to live a stable life in Yecheng like Zhang Lu.

Cao Chong smiled and returned the gift, said a lot of polite words, and then said to Liu Chan, who was by Liu Zhang, "Zi Ming, after you went to Jiangxia to worship the ancestral tomb, you rushed to Xiangyang to find me. The tribute I offered to the emperor is still waiting for you to send it."

Liu Chan nodded repeatedly. Liu Zhang lost Yizhou, and Liu Xun was obsessed with it and almost gave up his life. Finally, when the conscience appeared in a critical moment, Liu Zhang had a reason to spare his life, but he did not dare to let him leave his side again, so he took him to Xu County. However, Liu Chan, who was knowledgeable and gentle and gentle, was deeply loved by Cao Chong, so he asked him to work with Cao Chong. Cao Chong also needed his old subordinates to represent Liu Zhang, so he responded happily. The first task he assigned was to send the square goods from Yizhou to Xu County, which was to give them a chance to get together for a while.

Liu Zhang said goodbye to Cao Chong and others, and got on the boat and sailed away. Cao Chong looked for a while before he smiled at Huang Zhong who came to greet him, "Hansheng, I'm here to welcome me. How about it, is Jiangling's military affairs still busy? Is there any war recently?"

Huang Zhong smiled faintly, reached out to support Cao Chong onto the springboard, and carefully helped him to the shore. Then he smiled and said, "Fortunately, Zhang Yide from the opposite side came to attack twice, but we discovered it in advance. The scouts fought several times, and there was no major war once, so it was nothing."

Cao Chong looked at Huang Zhong with satisfaction and laughed. Huang Zhong didn't use them to complain about his failure to use Yizhou some time ago, and he guarded the important town of Jiangling for him with peace of mind. Unlike Wei Yan, who came to the boat to inquire when he passed by Yiling, he had a hint of unwillingness in his envious expression. Unfortunately, he didn't let him participate in such a big thing, but he pretended to attract Li Yi's attention in Yiling, which made Cao Chong feel a little uncomfortable. If it weren't for Liu Zhang on the boat, he would have almost said a few words to him.

"Jiangling is an important town, Yiling is the gateway of the Yangtze River on the Yangtze River. Only by letting you two here, I feel at ease in my heart." Cao Chong said softly to Huang Zhong as he walked: "Wen Changxin was promoted, and he felt a little uneasy in his heart. You have a good relationship with him and have the opportunity to help me."

"General, don't worry, I will definitely tell him the general's good intentions." Huang Zhong smiled humbly while covering Wei Yan without showing any expression: "Although Wen Chang is curious, he is still safe in using troops. He is just a little eager to make contributions. Following the general, why should he be anxious about making contributions?"

Cao Chong smiled and said nothing. He knew that Wei Yan was just a little more fame and not a opinion on his employment, so he didn't say much at the moment. He entered the city with Huang Zhong, sat in the mansion, and met with relevant officials. Then he only took Sun Shangxiang into the inner room that Huang Zhong gave him out, stretched his legs comfortably, and sighed naturally: "Everyone said it's good to be an official, but the welcome and send him off is really annoying."

Huang Zhong smiled and waved his hand to let the people next to him go down. He picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Cao Chong: "The general is too polite to people, so he naturally feels tired. Not everyone is so tired."

Cao Chong shook his head. He knew that Huang Zhong was talking about Li Li, the governor of Jingzhou. This man was not a talented man, but he was loyal to his duties. He was just a little bit more arrogant. He always held an air when he went to a place and didn't like to pay much attention to local officials. Many county officials had some opinions about him. He had heard many people mention that Huang Zhong was already considered obscure.

"Is there any news from Xiangyang during this period?" Cao Chong said after changing the topic.

Huang Zhong shook his head and smiled, reached out and pulled out a stack of paper from the side to deliver it to Cao Chong: "The Xiangyang Academy is almost about to start fighting. Mr. Xun Zhongyu, Zhong Changli (Zhong Changtong), Song Zhongzi (Song Zhong), Qi Wuguangming (Qi Wukai) were already quarreling. Now Xu Wenxiu (Xu Jing), Wang Jingxing (Wang Lang), and Cai, both have arrived in Xiangyang again, and they are even more arguing. The child listens to their debates in the academy every day, and his mind is like a fence-bearing grass, sometimes falling to the east and sometimes falling to the west. He can't figure out who he believes in in the letters. It really corresponds to the words of a gentleman as a wind and a villain as a grass."

Cao Chong Wan'er smiled and thought to himself that Huang Zhong was still a military general after all. These literary words changed to his mouth. It was clearly "a gentleman's virtue is like the wind, and a villain's virtue is like grass", but he said it as "a gentleman's virtue is like wind, and a villain's virtue is like grass", but the meaning is not outrageous. He flipped through the rice paper, glanced at the article on it a few times, and burst into laughter: "Is this the words made by the Cai family? The editor's note on this is very similar to the tone of a wife."

Huang Zhong laughed and nodded, saying, "The general is right. They argued so hard that they made several workshops in Xiangyang laugh. Many scholars from Yingchuan and Runan went to Xiangyang to listen to their debates. Xiangyang's inns were full, and even the farmhouses next to the academy had lived in many people. Governor Cai had decided to build an inn next to the new site of Xiangyang Academy to specialize in accommodation for these scholars from afar. These words were for those who couldn't squeeze into the academy to listen to the lectures. We big guys followed behind to benefit from it. Governor Cai gave it for free and delivered it to the postage every few days, which was considered a new thing."

Cao Chong curled his lips. Cai Mao's vision of making money is indeed better than that of fighting. He discovered this kind of business opportunity without even saying it himself. He looked through the paper and said with some regret: "This paper is good, but unfortunately it is all long-term discussions. Zi Yue's poem says, there is no entertainment news or gossip news, which looks quite dull."

Huang Zhong didn't know what Cao Chong said about entertainment news and gossip news meant, but he had a deep feeling about the dullness of Cao Chong's words: "The general said so much. Although I can recognize a few words, I saw them citing scriptures and writings so much. I was confused after seeing them citing scriptures and writings. I couldn't finish them. On the contrary, Chen Changshi and others read them with relish and often gathered together to discuss these modern and ancient texts, kingly and domineering things."

Looking at Huang Zhong's helpless look of smacking his lips, Cao Chong couldn't help laughing twice. He shook his head, put the paper on the table, covered it with his hand and patted it gently, and said thoughtfully: "Han Sheng, no matter how much they said, they were still in the words of the saints, and they did not jump out of the circle of those books. It seems that after I returned to Xiangyang, I would still have to burn some oil on this fire to make the fire burn more vigorously. It doesn't matter if I don't understand it, you just need to understand a little. We warriors sacrifice their heads for what, shed their blood for, and never regret it? For fame and fortune is of course a reason, but there are many kinds of fame and fortune. We, Huo Hengjue Desert, expanding territory and boundaries is a kind of battle, and the people are living in poverty, but the difference here is a big."

Huang Zhong was stunned and looked at Cao Chong with some confusion. Cao Chong sighed, thinking that the civil war had not been over yet, so that these thoughts should not be instilled too much, so as not to affect their intentions. He smiled, picked up the tea and took a big sip: "Hansheng, don't be suspicious, you will know in the future, tell me about Jiangling's defense and the movements on the other side."

"No!" When talking about military affairs, Huang Zhong suddenly felt energetic. He asked someone to pull over a wooden rack. There was a long interlayer on the rack, which was divided into ten layers above and below. There was a roll of paper inside each layer, with different words marked on the roll head. Huang Zhong pulled out a roll of paper from the top and stuck it on the wooden board outside. He clamped it with two wooden strips on top and bottom. He picked up a four-foot-long wooden stick and pointed at the picture and said, "General, please look, this is the situation chart of Jiangling..."

Before Huang Zhong finished speaking, Cao Chong raised his hand to stop him, stared at the air and asked curiously: "Hansheng, wait, who made this air? It's very interesting."

"Made it by a child." Huang Zhong looked proud, but cursed: "This guy doesn't study hard, but he tinkers with these little things all day long. But don't say it, this thing is really useful. I no longer have to hold a bunch of maps and run around. They are all on this shelf, and you can see which one you want with your eyes."

"Haha, there is a future." Cao Chong smiled: "You are reading the book of Holy Word well? What are you reading recently?"

"I have been learning the Book of Changes from Zhou Zhongzhi (Zhou Qun). I don't sleep every night, and squat on the roof to watch the stars." Huang Zhong spat and said with some dissatisfaction: "I think he has too many good things and is confused. I don't know which green onion he has. Fortunately, Master Zhang has cured his illness, otherwise with his physique, he would have killed him for a day. This guy, alas--"

Seeing Huang Zhong's smug and distressed look, Cao Chong couldn't help laughing and said, "Hansheng, don't worry, you have never seen him since guarding Jiangling. Do I know that your son is as strong as a cow now, so there will be no trouble. Well, why don't you go back to Xiangyang with me to see your wife's son, and then bring them to Jiangling."

Huang Zhong shook his head quickly: "General, no. I understand the general's thought of protecting me, but those who are outside cannot take their families. This is a convention. You cannot break the rules for me alone."

Cao Chong smiled. He knew that Huang Zhong was not the kind of person who was favored and flirted with others. It would be useless to say more, so he didn't continue and said in praise: "Saint Word is so smart, don't study Lao Shizi's poetry and books in prison, so that he can learn some skills from Liu Zhongyu, and have a better future in the future."

Huang Zhong smiled suddenly and did not respond to him. He gently knocked on the wooden frame with the fine wooden stick in his hand: "General, I will explain Jiangling's defense to you..."

Cao Chong listened intently. Huang Zhong said in detail how many people were placed near Jiangling, who was the leader, why was he put like this? For all his reasons, not only Cao Chong could hear clearly, but Sun Shangxiang, who was following him, was even more fascinated and exclaimed. Until Huang Zhong finished his explanation, she asked constantly, and asked Huang Zhong even questioned whether this lady was spying on military information again.

Cao Chong couldn't help but be happy when he saw Huang Zhong's puzzled look. He grabbed Sun Shangxiang and praised Huang Zhong: "Hansheng, Jiangling is an important town in the Yangtze River. You, Wen Chang and Wen Zhongye, plus Shu Quan in the east, are the four iron locks I laid on the Yangtze River. Now Yizhou has taken it down again. Give me some time to stabilize it. At that time, I will go down from Yizhou and force you to cross the Yangtze River. Tens of thousands of troops will advance together, sweep the southeast, and fight to the beach. Isn't it happy to recreate the beautiful rivers and mountains of my great Han."

Huang Zhong smiled and bowed and bowed: "Huang Zhong is waiting for the battle to come to the dawn, and wait for the general's military order."

"This great achievement should be shared with you and others." Cao Chong clapped his hands with emotion: "I don't know how Liu Xuande from Jiangnan is doing now. Han Sheng tells me the news you have found."

"No!" Huang Zhongshou took out a map from the shelf and put it on the wooden shelf. It was the map of the four counties in Jiangnan. He pointed to Changsha County and said, "Guan Yunchang is in Changsha, Zhang Yide is in Wuling, Zhao Zilong is in Guiyang, and Liu Xuande himself is in Lingling. Zhang Yide's main focus is on Jiangbei, and he is eyeing our Nanjun. He attempted to invade several times, but he was repelled by us. Guan Yunchang is in Changsha, but his main focus is on the east. In Youxian, Ancheng has arranged heavy troops, and Sun Zhongmou has also arranged heavy troops in Luling to prevent each other. Neither side gave each other any chance. Liu Xuande left Zhuge Kongming in Linyin, and has been in Lingling recently. I don't know what he was doing. It is said that he has something to do with Wu Ju in Cangwu, but the specific news has not been received yet and cannot be asserted. But Zhuge Kongming is undoubtedly trying to implement the new policy in Lingling."

"Oh, what new policy did he do?" Cao Chong asked with interest.

"Basically speaking, it's similar to the one who did the young master in Xiangyang, but he doesn't have the courage of the young master, nor does he rent the land to local tyrants." Huang Zhong smiled and said: "There are few people in the four counties, and they lack military rations. Last year, they got the four counties a little late and did not accumulate much grain. As soon as the spring of this year, they started a military camp. I heard that the growth is good. After the autumn harvest, the food problem should be alleviated."

Cao Chong stared at Lingling's map, nodded, and sighed: "Shi Yuan is right. With this Zhuge Kongming here, we really cannot be careless. If time goes on, it will be a problem to raise a tiger."

Huang Zhong nodded and attached: "Now the general has taken over Yizhou and blocked their way into Sichuan from the west. Sun Zhongmou has arranged heavy troops in Yuzhang. The new governor Lu Zijing is in Chaisang, and he sent Buzishan (Buzhi) to Jiaozhou. Buzishan forced the surrender of Shiji brothers. Now he has held Jiaozhou in his hands and blocked Liu Xuande's whereabouts from the southeast. He is already in a dead end in the four counties of Jiangnan, but he is just a stalemate. But if they have established a firm foothold, it will not be easy for us to march into Jiangnan. After the general has settled Yizhou, it is better to plan to seize Jiangnan as soon as possible."

Cao Chong nodded. He was already considering this issue. However, Yizhou had just obtained it and it still needed time to settle down. It would be a bit unsatisfactory to enter Jiangnan in a short period of time.

After talking about the military, Cao Chong asked about the situation in Jiangnan again. Huang Zhong then stepped out and let Cao Chong rest. Sun Shangxiang was still unsatisfied. He took off his coat and changed into a light pajama. He still didn't want to go to sleep. He stood in front of the wooden frame and looked carefully, and exclaimed: "This Huang Hansheng has a strategy and is so strict that he can't attack. Why has he not had a reputation in Changsha for many years? On the contrary, the rough man Liu Ziju has a good reputation in Jiangdong. It was Dalang's headache back then, and later he transferred the Grand Historian Ziyi to go and have a little peace of mind. Now it seems that Huang Hansheng's contribution was taken away by Liu Ziju."

Cao Chong laughed and pulled Sun Shangxiang, who was obviously a little demonic, from the front of the map, stretched out his hand and rolled up the map and put it in the wooden partition. He walked to the couch with Sun Shangxiang, twisted his fingers on her thin silk clothes, and smiled while feeling the smoothness and elasticity of her arms under her silk clothes, "Zi Ju is Liu Jingsheng's nephew, the chief general of You County. Of course, Han Sheng's credit must be counted on his head. This is the principle of the officialdom, just like Zi Ju's credit now must be counted on my head. As a general, it depends on the wisdom and courage of his subordinates, which has achieved his reputation. Therefore, good generals cannot be greedy for me. Why are they all your own abilities? A general who can mobilize the enthusiasm of his subordinates is the smartest general, not the general who is said to be a quaint."

Sun Shangxiang looked at him with her head tilted, narrowed her eyes and said angrily: "Are you talking too much about me?"

"I dare not." Cao Chong smiled and said, "How dare I guide Captain Sun."

Sun Shangxiang snorted, turned around and pushed away Cao Chong's wolf claws, and smiled with a smile: "You will say to me, but you don't know that you have said the wrong thing. Did you say that when General Huang's son followed Liu Zhongyu to learn carpenters, you didn't see General Huang unwilling to do so?"

Cao Chong was stunned: "Is there any?"

"Is there any more?" Sun Shangxiang listened to Cao Chong's tone, and reached out to take a palm fan and slap it gently. As the wrist swayed, the fragrance on her body drifted into Cao Chong's nose with the cool breeze. Cao Chong took a deep breath and praised: "The fragrance of virginity is indeed breathtaking and is worthy of its reputation."

"Bah, I'm talking serious to you, you're thinking a lot." Sun Shangxiang spat shyly, covered her clothes and stood up to leave. Cao Chong reached out and grabbed her hand and smiled, "Why are you in such a hurry to leave? I won't eat you anymore, let me talk to you."

"Hmph, aren't you afraid that I'll eat some, a hairy child. I'm afraid that I won't leave again, and your forgetfulness today will be in ruins again." Sun Shangxiang chuckled, stretched out her slender fingers and pointed at Cao Chong's forehead, deliberately twisting her thin waist, and the silk clothes as thin as smoke were whispering, softly covering her young body, revealing a round buttock line, and her white thighs flashed and disappeared.

Cao Chong's eyes heated up, a flame fluttered in his heart, and his lips were a little dry. He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, and smiled bitterly: "You sit down and talk to me, stop teasing me anymore. I hate that old Taoist Zuo Ci, who is so old that I can forget what I learned. Isn't it just a scam?"

Sun Shangxiang chuckled, not daring to tease Cao Chong anymore. She covered her clothes and sat leaning against Cao Chong, and smiled softly: "You, you are famous and have no need to read any classics of saints. But who is Huang Hansheng? He has achieved a general with his military achievements and a person who appreciates him like you. But so what about the general? There are many generals in the Han Dynasty, and the situation of military despised will not be changed for a while. Of course, he wants his son to become an official through reading the scriptures, but you let him learn what carpenters? Can he be willing?"

Cao Chong held Sun Shangxiang's smooth hand and looked at her meaningfully: "Hu Niu has grown well recently. Even Huang Hansheng's expression was so clear that he saw so clearly. Well, the child is very good." He smiled, reached out and pinched her straight nose, and smiled, "How could I not see his expression? But I tell you, I can ask the emperor to give the carpenter a marquis, of course there is a way to turn the carpenter into an enviable profession. What's wrong with carpenters? What's wrong with blacksmiths? Without Zhongyu and Wen Jing's transformation of Pili chariot, can I take Cheng Gu in one fell swoop? Without the sword made by Xuanbo, I could shock Liu Zhang so easily? Remember, science and technology are the primary productive forces."

Sun Shangxiang wrinkled his nose disdainfully, stood up and said, "I don't believe it. What is science? I only know that there is classics. I have never heard of what science is. Even carpenters are treasures. This science is not a valuable thing. In other words, if you talk about it every day, others will not believe it. I won't tell you anymore, I'll go to take a shower and go to bed, and I'll have to rush to the road tomorrow."

Cao Chong was silent, looking at Sun Shangxiang's mature back as graceful as the wind swaying willows, and muttered to himself: "The fairy who kills people is not worthy of life, is the old Taoist Zuo who is a thief."

Next door, Sun Shangxiang's silver bell-like laughter came, accompanied by waves of water.

Cao Chong had no choice but to sit foolishly for a while, and his heart was irritated. He really regretted it now. He heard Zuo Ci's old saying that sitting forgetfulness can make people quiet and wise, especially the Ren and Du meridians. It is not only good for developing wisdom, but also strengthening essence and solidifying the foundation, which is conducive to Cao Chong's dealing with future troubles. He became obsessed with the mind and practiced it. Now he realized that this is a trap. This bullshit sitting forgetfulness is simply tormenting. There are obviously several beauties of big and small swaying around him, but they can only watch and not touch it, because Zuo Ci said that it must be done in one go. If you take a break in the middle, the heat in the dantian would be gone, and the hard work of several months was gone. As for the female sex, it was like a flood and a beast that could not be touched.

"I'm asking for trouble." Thinking of the way that I could not bear the temptation and willingly gave Zuo Laodao a large lens to exchange for the method of forgetting the mind. Cao Chong sighed, but had no choice but to sit cross-legged, look at the nose, look at the mouth, and look at the heart.

The sound of water next door seemed to have never stopped. He thought about it in Cao Chong's ears, teasing his mind. Fortunately, Cao Chong was still a boy, and the heat in his abdomen gradually rose, and his mind entered a state of tranquility and nothingness.

It was late at night and the moon was bright, and the sound of water next door finally stopped.

The clothes were intact. Sun Shangxiang, who was sitting by the basin, pouted, put down the scoop in his hand in disappointment, glanced at the paper-made window in Xiangyang, walked to the bed and lay down, and looked at the window that was white by the moonlight with its eyes flashing. He didn't know what he thought of, a faint smile appeared on his face.

Cao Chong, who was sitting across the wall, raised his mouth with a heart-warming touch, showing a calm smile.
Chapter completed!