Cao Thief

Chapter 572 Fu Paper (22)

The sky is getting darker.

Cao Chong excitedly got out of the car, took two steps in three steps, and jumped up the doorstep.

"Young master, madam is looking for you."

An old retainer suddenly stepped forward and stopped Cao Chong.

"Mother looking for me?"

Cao Chong was taken aback.

It's not unusual for Mrs. Huan to find him.When a mother is looking for a son, what is normal can no longer be normal.But the problem is that it is not normal to send such an old retainer to wait for him at the door.Cao Chong was keenly aware that something serious must have happened.

"Where is mother now?"

"In the son's study."

Cao Chong nodded, not daring to hesitate any longer, and hurriedly walked towards the study.

After a while, he came to the door of the study room, and saw the lamp burning in the room, and Mrs. Huan's figure was shadowed in the window.Cao Chong walked to the door, raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door, then opened the door and walked into the room.Under the light, he saw Mrs. Huan sitting beside the desk with her back to him, looking at something.Even when Cao rushed in, Mrs. Huan didn't turn around to ask.

"Mother……"

Mrs. Huan's thin shoulders trembled, and she turned around.

"Cang Shu, are you back?"

"Yes."

"Are you looking for that Zhou Yuanzhi again?"

Mrs. Huan's voice sounded very calm, without feeling any joy or anger.

Cao Chong hesitated for a moment, nodded, and said softly, "Yes."

"What did you do?"

Cao Chong said in a low voice: "Today Yuan Zhi was arguing with Mr. Zhong Yu in Yuxiu Building. Mr. Zhong Yu wrote five articles of "Shen Jian" before, and Yuan Zhi didn't think so, so he argued with Mr. Zhong Yu...Mother, Yuan Zhi If you have the talent for eloquence, Mr. Zhong Yu was unable to answer in the end. My son listened to me today, and I gained a lot. Although Yuan Zhi may be suspected of sophistry, he is indeed a remarkable person."

The more Cao Chong talked, the more excited he became, but he couldn't see Mrs. Huan, and his brows gradually knit into a ball.

Mr. Zhongyu, also known as Xun Yue.

He is the elder brother of Xun Yu, and also a very famous scholar and scholar today.In the official worship service, he once explained the Han Emperor's Jingyan, and compiled the "Han Ji" from the third year of Jian'an to the fifth year of Jian'an. He can be regarded as a highly respected figure.

After compiling the Han Dynasty, Xun Yue asked to be an official because of his old age, and no longer held any official position.After that, he devoted himself to studying "History" at home. In the eighth year of Jian'an, he published five articles in "Shen Jian" to criticize the so-called auspicious prophecy, and even pointed at Dong Zhongshu's theory of the unity of man and nature.

For this reason, people often argue with Xun Yue, which has become a rare event in Xudu.

It's just that Zhou Buyi was only fourteen years old, and when he came to Xudu, he was aggressive and sharp...

He had had an argument with Kong Rong before, and later in a party, he pointed at Hu Zhao in Crouching Dragon Valley, which almost caused a turmoil.

Now, he even had an argument with Xun Yue, which made Mrs. Huan feel uncomfortable.

Seeing Cao Chong's excited appearance, Mrs. Huan suddenly felt a burst of regret in her heart: Is it a wrong decision to let Cang Shu mix with this kind of kid who doesn't know how to hide his edge?The so-called those who are close to vermilion are red and those who are close to ink are black, Cang Shu and Zhou Buyi have been staying for a long time, so don't get the habit of that madman.As far as Shilin is concerned, a madman may be a kind of strength of character, which can be praised by many people.

One of the most well-known examples is Na Mi Heng.

But what happened to Mi Heng in the end?
Moreover, it is definitely not a good thing for a person who is a master to be contaminated with the habits of a madman.

Before, Mrs. Huan hoped to get a relationship with the Jingxiang family through Zhou Buyi's relationship; but now, she felt that Zhou Buyi was a little bit ignorant of the seriousness.What kind of person is Xun Yue?Qingliu representative!You actually accused such a scholarly tycoon, even if Xun Yue wouldn't get angry, how huge would the influence in the scholarly community be?Is it a good thing...

As for the theory of prophecy and Fu Rui, different people have different opinions.

Xun Yue is not used to it, and he has his own reasons. It's not up to you, a 14-year-old kid, to point fingers.

However, Mrs. Huan didn't know how to evaluate this matter.

She reads a lot, but this prophecy Fu Ruizhi's theory is not her ability to judge right and wrong.Seeing the excited Cao Chong, Mrs. Huan frowned.After a while, she sighed softly, and asked in a deep voice: "Cang Shu, your Cao family brother returned from the northwest and has been in Xingyang for nearly half a year. Let me ask you, have you ever visited him?"

"This one……"

Cao Chong was taken aback, not knowing how to answer.

The elder brother of the Cao family is Cao Peng.

Cao Chong always called Cao Peng Mr. Cao, so that when Mrs. Huan mentioned "Brother Cao", he couldn't react immediately.

However, from Mrs. Huan's words, he still heard some clues.

That is, Mrs. Huan seems to be intentionally or unintentionally downplaying the original teacher-student friendship, but placing the two of them as equals.

There is nothing wrong with doing this.

Cao Peng and Cao Chong were originally equals.

Cao Chong hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "I've never been there."

"Xiao Ai, I haven't been here for a long time."

"Ok!"

"I heard you had a fight?"

Cao Chong suddenly became excited and said loudly: "Mother, this matter is not my fault, it is Xiao Ai who is too petty. It is just a few verbal disputes, and he will not talk to me anymore."

"What kind of verbal dispute was that?"

"This one……"

Mrs. Huan sighed, looking at Cao Chong, she couldn't help shaking her head slightly.

"Cang Shu, you and Zhou Buyi are both intelligent people. I let you get close to him to learn from his strengths, not his madness. Zhou Buyi criticized your brother Cao, whether you have it or not. Reason, you shouldn't get involved in it. You know, Cao's elder brother was educated by you after all, and he was regarded as a half-teacher. Even if you agree with Zhou Buyi, you can't show your inner opinion.

The conflict between Zhou Buyi and Xiao Ai was their affair.

And as you, you should ease the conflict between the two at that time, instead of standing on the sidelines and talking, which will only intensify the conflict..."

"But, Yuanzhi is not wrong."

Cao Chong was a little unhappy, "Yi Yan, everything has yin and yang, and people have their own high and low. Sir... Cao's elder brother is not right to be a lower official and behead an upper official. Monarchs, fathers and sons, husband and wife, there is always a destiny." .If everyone is like Brother Cao, then what is the use of Gangchang? Besides, Wei Duan is a celebrity, while Wang Meng is no more than a commoner, so how can they be compared?"

Mrs. Huan was dumbfounded for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

Ever since Dong Zhongshu established the three cardinal principles and five constant rules of etiquette, the monarch and his subjects, father and son, are determined by God... From a logical point of view, it seems that Cao Chong is not at fault, but Mrs. Huan has a faint feeling of bad feeling.She closed her eyes, no longer arguing with Cao Chong, but silent.

Mrs. Huan's silence made Cao Chong also silent.

He stood quietly aside without opening his mouth, waiting for Mrs. Huan's instructions.

"Cang Shu, your third brother has left Xu Du today."

"what?"

Cao Chong was startled, and asked in surprise, "Where did third brother go?"

Cao Chong didn't have any bad feelings towards Cao Zhang, but this time when Cao Zhang came back, he had some small conflicts with Cao Chong.

On the second day after Cao Zhang returned to Xudu, he took his generals and directly blocked Zhou Buyi's gate.

If Cao Chong hadn't happened to be at Zhou Buyi's residence at that time, holding Cao Zhang back, Zhou Buyi would have been chopped down by Cao Zhang.

But also because of this incident, Cao Chong was very dissatisfied with Cao Zhang.

But after all, they are brothers, and Cao Zhang has always been good to Cao Chong, so Cao Chong still feels a little disappointed when he hears that Cao Zhang has left.

He and Cao Zhang studied under Cao Peng.

However, he was learning from Cao Peng, while Cao Zhang was learning martial arts from Cao Peng.

Mrs. Huan said: "Your third brother went to Xingyang and said he wanted to study there.

Your father was very happy, and praised him for his friendship and great progress... He even agreed to his request to go to the daughter of a merchant in the Northwest, and agreed to make him his equal wife.Cang Shu, you have grown up, you know some things better than me.Ziwen went to Xingyang to study, but in fact he was accompanying your Cao family brother; you also studied with your Cao family brother back then, how could you not go to see him? "

Cao Chong's heart trembled inexplicably.

For some reason, he was a little reluctant to see Cao Peng.

Maybe it's because of guilt, maybe it's other reasons... In short, he has been reluctant to go to Xingyang, because he really doesn't know how to meet Cao Peng.

In other words, in his heart, he was faintly afraid of Cao Peng.

But since his mother said it, Cao Chong knew that he couldn't hide it.

After hesitating for a while, Cao Chong said softly: "These two yen are going to be debated with the people of Wolong Valley. I want to go to Xingyang after hearing it."

"A member of the Crouching Dragon Valley Gate?"

"Ok!"

Mrs. Huan felt even more displeased.

Wolong Valley, isn't that the residence of Cao Peng's mentor Hu Zhao?

Thinking about it, Zhou Buyi uttered wild words before, and Hu Zhao's disciples knew about the attack on Hu Zhao, so someone came to argue with him.

But this way, wouldn't it be more necessary to stand on the opposite side with Cao Peng?
If Zhou Buyi lost, it would be better to say something; but if he won, it would definitely anger Cao Peng further, which is definitely not a good thing.

"No, you must leave immediately and go to Xingyang."

"But……"

"Cang Shu, within three days, you must leave Xudu."

Mrs. Huan's phoenix eyes were wide open, and her voice was sharp.

Cao Chong had never seen his mother reprimanded him so harshly, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to refute.It's just that deep down in my heart, I feel a little uncomfortable.At his age, he was originally rebellious, coupled with the love of his parents since he was a child, he was gifted and intelligent, wherever he went, he was surrounded by stars, and no one dared to argue with him.It also made Cao Chong, unconsciously, develop a habit of arrogance.Cao Chong felt wronged by his mother's reprimand, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable resentment...

Who do you hate?
He couldn't tell either.

However, he just feels dissatisfied.

"Baby, obey!"

"Come on, get some rest.

I will send someone to tell your father about your going to Xingyang. "

"Here!"

Cao Cao is not in Xudu now, but is going to Yecheng.

According to Cao Cao's previous plan, he will launch an attack on Bingzhou after autumn, and prepare to eliminate high-ranking officials and recover Bingzhou at the end of the year.

Ke Bineng agreed to send troops to attack Xianbei in the east.

In this way, Yan Liyou will inevitably call back his [-] cavalry to support Yuan Xi, which will give Cao Cao a [-]% chance of winning the battle against Bingzhou.Since a bloody battle last year, Yecheng has almost become ruins.But because of his special geographical location, Cao Cao ordered at the beginning of the year to rebuild Yecheng.And moved [-] households from various places to settle in Yecheng.Today, the construction of Yecheng has been completed, and immigrants have arrived one after another.

Cao Cao's trip to Yecheng was precisely to stabilize the people's hearts, and he started to send troops to Bingzhou...

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In the late summer of the tenth year of Jian'an, the heat was unbearable.

The bustling Yuxiu Street suddenly burst into the sound of gongs and drums, attracting the attention of countless people.

Yuxiu Street is the most prosperous street in Xudu, somewhat similar to the pedestrian street of later generations.It is located outside Yuxiu Gate, surrounded by high-ranking scholars and celebrities, princes and nobles.Therefore, most of the products sold on this street are extremely luxurious and expensive commodities.

A tall attic with three floors, covered in red and colorful.

On the black plaque, the word "Fu Zhi" is written horizontally.

Lucky paper, what is it?
Nobody knows.But someone found that under the plaque, there was Kong Rong's inscription.In other words, these two words were inscribed by Kong Rong, which immediately aroused the interest of many people.

In the attic, all dressed in water-blue cicada clothes, a maidservant dressed as a student.

These women have obviously undergone special training, and they have the demeanor of students in every gesture, and they are quite temperamental.More importantly, these women are all beautiful and bookish.Going in and out of the attic has aroused many people's great interest, and they can't help but stop and watch.

"What is this lucky paper building?"

A group of students who had just graduated from Taixue Middle School showed doubts on their faces.

"Go in and have a look, won't it be clear?"

"That's right, go in and have a look!"

Everyone stepped into the attic, but saw a counter in the center of the lobby on the first floor, surrounded by bookshelves one after another.

On the bookshelves, there are all cut papers, exuding a faint fragrance.

A beautiful waiter stepped forward and said very respectfully: "Gentlemen, the shop opens today, gentlemen are the first batch of customers, you can get a 08% discount, please feel free to visit, if you have any questions, just ask the maid. No. [-], I hope you can have a pleasant shopping experience."

A Tai student said in amazement: "What are you selling here?"

"Sir, the name of the shop is Fuzhilou, and the products it sells are of course lucky papers."

"Fu paper?"

The Tai student was even more surprised, and asked again in a hurry.

"Please come with me sir."

The maid respectfully led all the students to a bookshelf, and saw all kinds of papers of different sizes placed on it.

There are common Zuobo paper, hemp paper and mulberry paper, as well as many papers students have never seen before.

"This is……"

"This is a new paper specially designed and made by my master.

And because of the name of the owner of the house, he got the word "blessing paper".Please look, sir, this is the improved sangpifu paper made by the owner of the house using the original craft of Mengmen mulberry paper.The paper is tough and heat-retaining, and can be stored for a long time. It is most suitable for contract documents.

Mengmen mulberry skin can be divided into four hundred knives per hundred catties, and each knives are 25 pieces.

As for the owner's sangpi blessing paper, every hundred catties can be divided into eight hundred knives, and each knives is fifty sheets.In other words, with the same weight of mulberry paper, we can make four times more weight, but the paper quality is better.At the same time, in terms of price, it is five times cheaper than Mengmen sangpi. "

Mengmen mulberry paper originated in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was as famous as hemp paper and Zuobo paper, and it was mainly concentrated in the Lishi area of ​​Bingzhou.

Due to its complicated process and expensive production cost, it is rarely used by people.In the market, a piece of Mengmen mulberry is worth five guan, which is extremely expensive.Many people only hear the name of Mengmen Sangpi, but can't use it, because the expensive price is prohibitive.

At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Mengmen sangpi became a sacrifice, especially Zuo Bozhi.

Zuo Bo paper is one hundred sheets per knife, worth eight guan.But the price of Mengmen mulberry skin is more than twice as high as that of Zuo Bo paper...

The Tai students were a little frustrated when they first heard that they were selling paper.You said that you sell paper as soon as you sell it, so what do you mean by making so much noise?

But after listening to the extremely professional explanation of the No. 8 waitress, I couldn't help but increase my interest.

You must know that since Cai Lun made paper, although the cost of paper has been reduced, it is still not affordable for ordinary people.

A Tai student took a piece of Sangpifu paper from the hand of the maid, and suddenly felt that the hand felt different.

"Good paper!"

He praised softly.

Thinking about it, this person's family is rich, so he ordered the ten-knife sangpi blessing paper without hesitation.

"Girl, do you have any other introductions here? This kind of Sangpifu paper is suitable for clerical contracts. Students like me use this kind of paper..."

Another student couldn't help asking.

But the maid smiled like a flower and nodded repeatedly: "Gentlemen, please follow me."

There are so many kinds of paper in this lucky paper building, it is dazzling to see.Walking in is dizzying enough without someone to explain it.

According to the maid's explanation, there are ten categories in the blessing paper building, including contract documents, calligraphy and painting, and bookkeeping.

Each category has numerous subcategories.For example, this note paper has more than a dozen categories.Different papers can be used according to different objects.For example, people with low social status can use dyed jute paper, and those of the same generation can use cold light paper, and people with higher status can use rice paper.For women, there are colored notes, for men, there are plain notes... etc., there are various types, and only one kind is too student, dizzy and dizzy.Amidst the gentle and melodious voices of the maidservant's explanation, many Tai students ordered all kinds of papers by mistake.A pile of paper ranging from dozens of coins to several pens and even dozens of pens per knife has been piled up.

When it was time to check out, the Tai students couldn't help but be dumbfounded looking at the many papers.

"So much, how can I take it back?"

"Gentlemen, don't worry, the store has a door-to-door delivery service, and the store is equipped with a cart, which can help gentlemen deliver the goods to their homes."

"Then, is there an extra fee?"

The waitress smiled, "No, this is the duty of the shop."

When a group of Tai students left satisfied, another group of guests entered the building.

It can be seen from the service that the identities of these guests are different from those Tai students.Immediately, a waitress stepped forward, "The grown-ups are extraordinary, and you can tell they are no different from ordinary people. There are all kinds of paper in the small shop for the grown-ups to choose from, and waitress No. 11 is here to serve you."

Several guests were startled, and immediately showed admiration...

(End of this chapter)