"Chong'er, you have always been very smart, why did you say such stupid things today?"

"What does my father mean by that?"

Lao Cao is in his early sixties this year. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And when a person reaches this age, he generally has a little extra love for his young children. And with Lao Cao's current status, he is either facing a political struggle or a life-and-death military contest on weekdays, so it is rare to have the opportunity to put those troubles aside and sit and chat with the children he likes like now.

Of course, although the current topic is also something that makes Lao Cao quite annoying, it is rare to have such an opportunity, and it doesn't matter if you don't care about those boring things first: "Chong'er, when Lu Ren was still serving under his father, when Xu Du was in charge of all things in Tuntian, how old were you?" ”

Cao Chong raised his head and thought for a while, and replied: "Lu Ren abandoned his father in the sixth year of Jian'an, and the child was only five or six years old at that time. If it goes a little further, the child can still vaguely remember that Lu Ren's family is also a frequent visitor to the family. Not to mention that Lu Ren has to come to report to his father from time to time, and his wife Cai Wenji often comes to the house to teach music.

However, in the child's memory, the one who came the most was Lu Lan, because Lu Ren's Tuntian government affairs were busy, and he was often not in Xudu because of his patrol of Zhutun. At this time, if there is something, it will be handed over to Lu Lan. ”

At this point, Cao Chong smiled at Lao Cao embarrassedly: "There are some old words, and I hope my father is not strange when I say them." The child still remembers that at that time, he always hoped that Lu Lan would come to the house, because whenever Lu Lan came over, he would usually bring some chic and exquisite pastries and snacks......

Lao Cao smiled: "It's not your fault! You were only three or four years old at the time, and how many children of this age would not be greedy for a mouthful? Besides, the pastries and snacks made by Lu Lan may be called a must in Xu Capital at that time, if it weren't for Lu Ren's status and official position at that time, I really don't know how many people would be willing to spend a lot of money to hire Lu Lan. It's just that who would have thought that the wild girl who was jumping around in Xudu City at the beginning would now be the name of Fanghua and spread all over the country? ”

Cao Chong was still young at that time, so he naturally couldn't understand the relationship between Lao Cao and Lu Ren's family at that time. By the time Cao Chong reached the age where he could understand something, Lu Ren had already been going to Yizhou for several years, and Lao Cao generally didn't want to mention these things in front of people, so Cao Chong didn't know much about these things.

I have to say here by the way, Lao Cao's attitude towards Lu Ren is not the same attitude as he treats ordinary staff, but there are many messy emotional factors entangled together...... But don't get me wrong, Lao Cao has a "base" tendency towards Lu Ren!

In fact, Lu Ren was very similar to Guo Jia in many ways at that time, and Lu Ren, as a traverser, had his own understanding and views on problems many times, which made Lu Ren able to understand Lao Cao at some times. In other words, Lao Cao introduced Lu Ren as a confidant and friend at some point. In addition, Lu Ren and Guo Jia are good friends, and the relationship between Guo Jia and Lao Cao is extraordinary, which makes Lao Cao always have some love for Lu Ren after Guo Jia's death.

In addition, between Lao Cao and Lu Ren, there is also a question of Cai Yan in it, which also makes Lao Cao have a very different relationship for Lu Ren; Then it will be extended to Lu Lan's body...... You must know that Lu Ren was going to cultivate Lu Lan and then stuff it to Cao Ang as his wife! In other words, Lu Lan almost became Lao Cao's daughter-in-law, but between Lu Ren and Cao Ang, there were some entanglements in Wan'er's affairs, and even Lao Cao also had a little bit of a mind about treating Lu Ren as a child at that time.

All in all, the relationship between Lao Cao and Lu Ren is really a bit of that. And Lao Cao, who is now in his early sixties, will inevitably feel a little embarrassed when he thinks of the events of ten or twenty years ago. Turning his head to look at Cao Chong beside him with a blank face, Lao Cao smiled to himself, and picked up what he just said: "Chong'er, you were still young at that time, so there are some things you don't understand very well. You just said that we can also invite Lu Lan to have a decent event...... What you don't understand, being a father here is not as good as Sun Quan's side, Lu Ren didn't dare to let Lu Lan come to his father at all, because he was deeply wary of his father. ”

Cao Chongqi said: "It's just a singer who is a little famous, what else can he Lu Ren worry about?" ”

Lao Cao waved his hand: "Don't think of Lu Lan as an ordinary singer and dancer. If it's just an ordinary kaki maiko, will there be less hands for the father? So Chong'er, you don't understand what kind of relationship Lu Ren and Lu Lan have, but if it's for the father......"

After pondering for a while, Lao Cao nodded lightly and said, "Maybe after Wan'er's death, Lu Ren regarded Lu Lan as another Wan'er, or a loved one left by Wan'er, which Lu Ren cherished incomparably." That's why to this day, Lu Lan is even reluctant to get involved with Lu Lan. ”

Cao Chong didn't understand Lao Cao's words very well, but for him, as long as he knew that Lu Ren valued Lu Lan very much. As for why Lao Cao said the above words...... Because there is also a Guo Jia between Lao Cao and Lu Ren, in a way, Lao Cao also has a similar mentality to Lu Ren. To put it simply, Lu Ren cherished Lu Lan as Wan'er's relic, and Lao Cao didn't treat Lu Ren as Guo Jia's relic and show mercy?

If it weren't for Lao Cao's affection for Lu Ren in some things, Lu Ren's business and market for Lao Cao's territory would not be so easy to open, not to mention that Lu Ren was also hooked up with the court and Emperor Liu Xie? If Lao Cao really made a ruthless effort to block Lu Ren, Lu Ren wanted to hook up with the court and Emperor Liu Xie? The difficulty coefficient will rise in a straight line, okay?

After another glance, seeing that Cao Chong fell into a state of contemplation, Lao Cao was also afraid that his precious son would insist on drilling the horns of the bull on this issue, so after thinking about it, he added: "Chong'er, don't think that Lu Ren will let Lu Lan go on tour in Jiangdong It's really that simple." It is true that Lu Ren and Sun Quan came to this point to warn his father not to think about playing some tricks between Yizhou and Jiangdong, but why didn't Lu Ren and Sun Quan secretly watch out for each other?

"Lu Ren dared to let Lu Lan go to Jiangdong, first of all, Sun Quan's sister Sun Shangxiang was hostage in Yizhou. This amount alone is not enough, if it weren't for Sun Quan's old mother, Wu Guomu, who went to Yizhou in the name of going to Yizhou for medical treatment, in fact, she became another hostage of enough weight, and his father dared to assert that Lu Ren would not let Lu Lan go to Jiangdong, and there would be no singing and dancing event written in Jiang Ji's letter in the future.

In other words, if there was not enough hostage in Lu Ren's hands, Lu Ren would not dare to lend Lu Lan. But on the other hand, how could a father send a close person to Lu Ren for a change of Lu Lan to tour my Wei country for such a thing? You must know that ordinary hostages, Lu Ren will not take it seriously. ”

Cao Chong nodded thoughtfully: "So that's ......"

Cao Chong lowered his head as he spoke, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart. But after a while, Cao Chong suddenly raised his head and said to Lao Cao: "Father, why don't you let the child go to Yizhou?" ”

"What!?"

One sentence made Lao Cao stunned for a long time before he reacted, and his next reaction was to shake his head desperately: "Nonsense!" Don't!! ”

Are you kidding? Cao Chong is Lao Cao's baby bump! In fact, Lao Cao's sons have more than 20 sons, and if they really send one or two to Lu Ren as temporary hostages, it is not impossible to change Lu Lan to tour Wei State, but Cao Chong, who is regarded as a baby bump by Lao Cao, is definitely not in this sequence.

But on the other hand, Lao Cao is also a person who knows something about Lu Ren, so Lao Cao knows his sons who are not very good...... Well, from Lu Ren's point of view, even those guys who have almost never been able to leave their names in the historical materials are really not enough to say in Lu Ren. If you want to have a weighty one, you Lao Cao has to send Cao Xiong over to negotiate.

Cao Chong expected Lao Cao to have such a reaction, so he hurriedly left his seat to apologize to Lao Cao, and then explained very seriously: "Can the father listen to the child and talk about the child's thoughts?" ”

“……”

Lao Cao was speechless for a moment, but nodded to Cao Chong, deciding to listen to his precious son's thoughts.

Cao Chong also carefully sorted out his thoughts at this time, and then spoke: "Father, the child first wants to ask, is the father and Lu Ren enemies of life and death?" ”

"This ......"

Lao Cao thought for a long time, and finally shook his head a little uncertainly. Strictly speaking, Wan'er's death had an indelible relationship with Lao Cao, so there should be a "wife-killing enmity" between Lu Ren and Lao Cao. But the problem is that Guo Jia carried all the pots, and Guo Jia did not tell Lao Cao about the showdown with Lu Ren that day until he died in Liucheng.

It's not that Guo Jia doesn't want to say it, but Guo Jia knows that he can't say it. You must know that Guo Jia's vision of people is not an ordinary poison, so Guo Jia knows a lot about Lao Cao and Lu Ren. Therefore, Guo Jia knew that Lu Ren would choose to help Lao Cao to fight Karasuma at that time, and he must have his own hidden intentions, but at least in a short period of time, not only would it not hinder Lao Cao, but he could even provide Lao Cao with considerable help. Therefore, no matter what kind of hidden purpose Lu Ren has, he can ignore it first.

But Lao Cao's side is different. With Guo Jia's understanding of Lao Cao, he understands that once Lao Cao knows that Lu Ren actually knows the truth about Wan'er, then Lao Cao's attitude towards Lu Ren will immediately change somewhat. And although Guo Jia thinks that he knows Lu Ren's character better, he always has a feeling that he can't figure out Lu Ren's depths.

Especially at that time, Guo Jia had not seen Lu Ren for five or six years, and Lu Ren had done many things in Jingzhou and Yizhou that Guo Jia had not expected, and he was like Lu Ren who was in Xuchang at the beginning, so it was a bit risky, and Guo Jia, a person who was accustomed to dangerous tricks, did not dare to take it.

Specifically, at that time, Guo Jia was afraid that if Lao Cao's attitude towards Lu Ren changed, Lu Ren would immediately find out, and then Lao Cao and Lu Ren fell into a state of mutual hatred. At that time, Lao Cao had just finished Hebei and won Karasuma, and he needed a relatively stable situation to stabilize his territory, and it was definitely not suitable for any contradiction between him and Lu Ren at this juncture, otherwise it would even affect Lao Cao's next strategic layout.

Out of consideration for the sake of the overall situation, Guo Jia finally chose to bring this secret into the coffin without telling Lao Cao, so Lao Cao didn't know that Lu Ren actually knew the truth of the matter until now. But Lao Cao is a smart but suspicious person, more or less can always feel a little bit that seems to be wrong, but there is no way to be sure, so when Cao Chong asked if he had any deep hatred with Lu Ren, Lao Cao's head shook a little hesitantly.

Of course, Cao Chong didn't know these hidden feelings, he only knew that Lao Cao shook his head, indicating that there was no irresolvable hatred between Lao Cao and Lu Ren, so he continued: "Then father, is there any unbreakable friendship between Lu Ren and Sun Quan?" ”

Lao Cao Le, this time his head was shaken very directly, and he didn't hesitate at all.

Cao Chong said: "Not only is there no close friendship between Lu Ren and Sun Quan, but as far as the child knows, there was a lot of enmity. Like Lu Kang, the previous suzerain of the Lu clan in Wu County, he died in the hands of Sun Ce; And the Lu clan returned to Wu County under the leadership of Lu Xun and Lu Ji, and they were almost wiped out by Sun Ce. If it weren't for Sun Ce's assassination and death, it would be difficult to say whether there were any Lu clan people in Jiangdong Wu County now. Next, it was replaced by Sun Quan, but Sun Quan also attacked Quanzhou, and his intention was self-evident. ”

Lao Cao couldn't stop nodding when he heard this. Seeing that his precious son can analyze these doorways in an orderly manner, he will naturally be quite complacent as a father.

Cao Chong also continued here: "Therefore, not only is Lu Ren and Sun Quan not so friendly on the surface, but there are a lot of old grudges in secret. If not, why would they have to do so much to show others that their relationship is actually good? If you really want to be close to each other, you don't need to play these tricks. Perhaps, this is the so-called 'covering your ears and stealing the bell', right? Father, did you say yes? ”

Lao Cao nodded and smiled: "Not bad, that's right!" Chong'er, you have grown a lot compared to before. ”

Cao Chong bowed his hand humbly: "Father praised it falsely!" Yes...... Just now, the child said that Lu Ren and Sun Quan actually have a secret grudge, but on the surface, they play so many tricks, to put it bluntly, it is just a kind of mutual use, and they are each other's lips and teeth, and what they guard against is nothing more than the power of their father, and they are more worried that their father will take advantage of these old grudges between them and use a plan to dissociate. ”

Lao Cao nodded and said, "Not bad!" Sun Quan would be ruthless and send his wife to Yizhou, because his father made a little move between them before arriving in Hanzhong, and Sun Quan used such a means in order to make Lu Ren feel at ease. So in the final analysis, the relationship between Lu Ren and Sun Quan is like that. ”

Cao Chong also nodded: "Then father, Lu Ren and Sun Quan have such a relationship, what about the relationship with their father?" At least the child thinks that his father just said that there is no deep hatred between him and Lu Ren. Lu Ren chose to flee from Xu Du at the beginning, and the reason was that his father wanted to think about the overall situation and released Yuan Shang to Hebei, in order to let Yuan Shao's three sons have infighting, so it can be regarded as a failure to make a promise to Lu Ren, which is not a grudge in itself, and it is just that his father once had a dishonesty with Lu Ren. And later Yuan Shang died, didn't his father also transfer Yuan Shang's head to Lu Ren? Even if Lu Ren had any resentment against his father, it should have disappeared a long time ago. ”

Lao Cao thought for a while, nodded and said, "This is ......"

In a word, Lao Cao was still a little uncertain at this time. And Lu Ren's so-called dissatisfaction with Lao Cao because Lao Cao let Yuan Shang go, on Lao Cao's side, it is clear that Lu Ren will leave Lao Cao, and there are basically few people who know the real situation here, Cao Chong is of course also in the list of people who don't know the truth, and Lao Cao will not tell Cao Chong the true situation.

Cao Chong said: "So in the eyes of the child, Lu Ren not only has no grudge against his father, but also has a bit of old friendship. Take a closer look at what Lu Ren did to his father here after he was in Yizhou, although it is not excluded that Lu Ren himself wants to reap a lot of benefits, but Lu Ren has indeed helped his father a lot, and even several times it is a very important favor. ”

Lao Cao nodded again, because Lu Ren had indeed helped Lao Cao a lot. Farther away, there is Jian'an who sent a fleet in the twelfth year to help Lao Cao to settle Karasuma, and a little closer...... Just two years ago, Cao Zhang almost had an accident in Jijun and Juyongguan, and Lu Ren sent Lu Lingqi and them over in time to reinforce him. Although it is said that just like Cao Chong said, Lu Ren has benefited himself a lot in this, but it is undeniable that Lu Ren did give Lao Cao a lot of help and saved Lao Cao a lot of things.

Therefore, Cao Chong's opinion at this time was: "Father, the child thinks that if we really want to talk about the relationship between relatives and alienation, we and Lu Ren are still far above Sun Quan and Lu Ren. And one of the biggest reasons why Sun Quan and Lu Ren showed friendship on the surface was because he was afraid of his father, and Sun Quan was even more worried that when his father attacked Jiangdong, Lu Ren would raid his backyard, so he would work hard to show affection to Lu Ren whenever there was something. But father, do you think that Sun Quan has no other thoughts about Yizhou? And Lu Ren didn't secretly retain the corresponding precautions against Sun Quan? ”

Lao Cao laughed, because at this time, Lao Cao had already guessed some of the words that Cao Chong should say later, but he didn't want to dampen the enthusiasm of his precious son to strategize, so he just followed Cao Chong's words:

"There is already deceit between the two of them, how can there be no other mess of thoughts?"

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