Xi Zhicai stood under the corridor, his eyes crossed the wall, and looked at the green mountains in the distance.

Cao Hong walked over and looked at Xi Zhicai's thin back, and suddenly felt a little ashamed. When Cao Cao was able to enter Chengdu so smoothly, Xi Zhicai was the biggest contributor. Now that victory is imminent, everyone is thinking about how to reward, but no one pays attention to what Xi Zhicai wants.

If you think about it carefully, he didn't know what Xi Zhicai wanted. Xi Zhicai's greatest pleasure was to deal with information from all over the world, and he was happy with it. He didn't care about eating or wearing it. His biggest consumption was paper, pen and lamp oil. Staying up late is common. There are always ink stains on the corners of the clothes and sleeves. Because his fingers are pinched for many years, it is difficult to straighten the three fingers of his right hand.

"The envoy is back?" Xi Zhicai turned around and coughed twice, with an abnormal flush on his blue-white face. He covered his mouth with a handkerchief, coughed twice, wiped the corners of his mouth, and tucked the handkerchief back into his sleeves.

"Zhicai, you have worked so hard, you should pay attention to rest."

"It's okay, I can breathe a sigh of relief after taking Mianzhu. Then I will live in the mountains for a year or two and rest with peace of mind."

Cao Hong nodded, thought for a while, and suddenly understood. "Are you leaving?"

Xi Zhicai ignored it and turned around and looked at the blue sky in the distance. "Yizhou is the country of Tianfu, with mountains and rivers blocking, and it is the best choice to live a life in troubled times."

Cao Hong frowned, unable to raise any problems, but he always felt something was wrong. Xi Zhicai ignored him and turned around and walked slowly. Cao Hong scratched his head, turned around, but saw Cao Chun standing not far away. Cao Hong frowned. "Zihe, why are you here and not following Meng De?"

"Brother Meng De said that they were discussing affairs on the boat, so there was no need for personal guards to ride."

Cao Hong pondered for a moment. "You heard Xi Zhicai's words?"

"I heard it."

"What does he mean?"

Cao Chun stuttered and turned around to leave. Cao Hong grabbed him. "You guys, we are brothers, what can you say? You dare not say to Meng De, I'll say it. I'll tell you, if Xi Zhicai leaves, we will be like Yuan Rang, and we won't even be able to tell the distance in the future. Uh, Yuan Rang..."

Xiahou stood outside the yard gate, with one single eye wide open and his face twisted. Cao Hong was very embarrassed and didn't bother to argue with Cao Chun anymore. He said hello and turned around and slipped away. Seeing that the situation was not good, Cao Chun also hurriedly left, leaving only Xiahou Dun standing in the yard gritting his teeth, panting like a cow.

Cao Cao walked in quickly, humming a small song while walking, and his steps were relaxed. Seeing Xiahou Dun's appearance, he was shocked, quickly put away his smile, and walked up quickly. Cao Anmin, who was following him, saw that the situation was not good, and he also applied oil to the bottom of his feet and quietly slipped away.

"Yuan Rang, what's wrong?"

Xiahou Dun glared at Cao Cao with one eye. "Meng De, do you want to be a White Emperor in Yizhou?"

Cao Cao was stunned. "Where did you start this?"

"Meng De, you are familiar with history books and know what I am talking about. Yizhou can be a corner of the world, but it is just a place that cannot be stable for a long time. Either you go out of seclusion like Emperor Gaozu and fight for dominance of the world, or you sit and wait for death like Gongsun Shu. Besides, we are all from Shandong, and few people are willing to trap Yizhou with you. If you want to be the Baidi in Yizhou, you will be your business, we..."

When Cao Cao heard this, his face changed suddenly and he pulled Xiahou Dun to the hall. "Yuan Rang, what's going on? Someone is leaving me?"

Xiahou Dun felt a little relieved after being angry. He also knew that his tone was too heavy just now, so he slowed down and said what Xi Zhicai and Cao Hong had just said. After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help laughing and patted Xiahou Dun on the shoulder.

"Yuan Rang, you are thinking too much, how could I follow Gongsun Shu? It's just that the situation is unclear and you can't show your edge. Look at Sun Bofu, he is known as the little overlord, but he is happy in his life, what's the result?"

Xiahou Dun breathed a sigh of relief. "Then you can't do this either. Yizhou hasn't won the [Update Fast], just for a witch..."

Cao Cao looked at Xiahou Dun. Xiahou Dun knew he had made a mistake and quickly closed his mouth. Cao Cao touched his nose with a ridiculous look. "It was because of this. Yuan Rang, you blamed me wrongly."

Xiahou Dun didn't explain and looked at Cao Cao quietly. Cao Cao paced back and forth a few steps. "Yuan Rang, what do you think of the battle in Yanzhou not long ago?"

Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment. "It is really not easy for Sun Ce to successfully fight back when the Yu family responded to Yuan Shao, and to capture Rencheng and other places."

"Yes, it's not easy. After three years of his debut, Sun Ce not only gained a firm foothold in Jingzhou and Yuzhou, but also seized Yangzhou. Who did he rely on? It's not a noble family. When he was in Nanyang, some people said that he would destroy himself. When he fought with Xu Shao and others in Yuzhou, some people said that he had not had many more days. Over the years, he did walk around, but he came over and defeated Yuan Tan and counterattacked Yanzhou."

Xiahou Dun thought something. "So, do you want to follow him?"

"That's right." Cao Cao nodded solemnly. "Yizhou is located in a corner, known as the country of Tianfu, and has mountains and rivers. However, compared to the Central Plains, it is not as good as here. There are not many real aristocratic families, and our resistance in Yizhou will be much smaller, but the benefits will be greater. Compared with the aristocratic families, the Tianshidao is the power we should pay attention to. The Yellow Turbans can destroy the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and the Tianshidao people can destroy Liu Yan. Can't we destroy us? The Zhang family preached in Yizhou for three generations, and the foundation is far deeper than we imagined. Ba people and Guan people are believers of the Tianshidao."

Xiahou Dun was skeptical, but he didn't say anything more. He was the general who commanded the army, and his subordinates had many Tianshi Taoist people. He knew very well the influence of Tianshi Taoist in Yizhou. If you say that, it was not wrong for Cao Cao to win over Mrs. Lu, but he was afraid that he would be wrong, indulge in Mrs. Lu's beauty, and repeat Liu Yan's mistakes. With his understanding of Cao Cao, this is not impossible.

"Since you have a decisive plan, I won't say much." Xiahou Dun bowed and turned to say goodbye. Cao Cao patted Xiahou Dun on the shoulder and watched him leave, his eyes gradually became solemn. He thought for a while, turned around and came to the side yard where Xi Zhicai lived, went to the hall, and coughed.

"Zhicai, have you rested?"

Xi Zhicai coughed twice. "Is it the envoy?"

"It's me." Cao Cao pushed the door and walked in, glanced at Xi Zhicai, and frowned. "Zhicai, what's wrong with you? Do you want me to ask Mrs. Lu to treat your pulse?"

"She still knows how to treat diseases?"

Cao Cao laughed silently. "Zhicai, it's not that I said to you. You look down on famous scholars on the surface. In your bones, your habits of famous scholars are even more serious. Although the Taoist Taoism also emphasizes the art of witches and ghosts, they are different from the Yellow Turbans, so you cannot generalize them."

Xi Zhicai raised his eyelids and looked at Cao Cao. "I will make you eat the marrow and know the taste. It seems that there is really a way for the Heavenly Master Tao?"
Chapter completed!