Chapter 258 Let you slander me! I didn’t make you believe it!

"Pass it to Jingzhou?!"

The corner of Guo Jia's mouth twitched slightly, and he had already cursed before. In order to slander Bowen's reputation, the southern scholars would do a lot.

That is to say, while the troops in the north have not yet marched south, and there is no threat of war yet, they are constantly provoking and showing their integrity.

It was true that he continued to criticize and ridicule Xu Cao.

Of course, there are many scholars who are speaking out for the northern princes. Judging from the current situation of the people, as soon as they speak out, they will be ridiculed to the fullest, and gradually no one will speak up.

Now if word about Bowen reaches the South, I would want to give him a slap in the face, let alone them.

Guo Jia took a deep breath.

Suppressed his emotions.

"Oh, why did you think about building a pavilion? I didn't expect Bowen to start enjoying it now."

Envy it.

"Humph," Cao Cao snorted coldly, said no more, and strode out of the main hall.

This matter had not spread to the south, but it immediately spread around Xudu.

General Cao and others also knew about it.

Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhen and others immediately became unhappy.

This time, even Cao Pi criticized Xu Zhen while the others were eating.

"Hey, tell me, are we still leading troops here in Xudu? We don't dare to rest until the war is over. Xu Zhen is already enjoying it."

"The whole family spent money to build pavilions and jade buildings, but alas, it was given to Cai Yan alone. After ten thousand volumes of books were not given to famous people, they were not used to give to the Imperial Academy, nor were they used to run schools in Jizhou in the future."

"This Xu Zhen, I think, is really proud of himself. That's all, I don't dare to say anything about him!"

Cao Hong was eating venison, drinking wine, and talking.

His broad shoulders were raised several times and then dropped weakly, mainly because he was the one who used to speak ill of Xu Zhen every time, and then he was the one who was scolded the worst and most embarrassed.

Every time Xu Zhen behaves erratically and strangely, I don't know what it means at first, but later on he always achieves extraordinary results, and the results are self-evident.

But this time...

Cao Hong felt quite comfortable and felt that Xu Zhen was definitely too proud.

"well!"

Speaking of this, Cao Hong looked at several clan brothers and smiled bitterly and shook his head, "To be honest, I have just begun to admire him over the years."

"Although this Xu Zhen is ten years younger than me, he is indeed capable. He was able to stabilize Liaodong and let Gongsun become his vassal. He also built such a spacious main road in Youzhou, with soldiers and horses galloping through it."

"He also engaged in trade with Youzhou and advocated for the prosperity of the two places. Furthermore, most of the credit for destroying Yuan belongs to him, and he also made it clear that he would lead troops to follow him southward, but he would never take credit for it."

"This is a really good-hearted person."

"But you said, who would have thought..."

"oops!"

Cao Hong smacked his palms, his face full of regret, as if he had lost some treasure. He was heartbroken and raised his hand to drink.

The young Cao Pi was sitting on the throne, looking around. He didn't understand why these people came to his mansion to drink.

But I couldn't refuse.

The main thing is that he originally only called Cao Zhen today.

Because Cao Ang studied with Xu Zhen back then, among Cao's peers, there was only one adopted son, Cao Zhen.

So when Cao Pi was studying and growing up, Cao Zhen was almost always by his side, and the relationship between the two gradually became closer. After a few years, they naturally had a deep relationship.

Cao Pi had not yet been on the battlefield, but he had already begun to learn the art of war, and occasionally led troops in drills to accumulate reputation and experience in the army.

Cao Zhen has fought more than ten battles and won almost all of them, so he needs to be more mature and slowly gain power.

"Uncle! Stop talking, just drink today. Why are you talking about this in front of Zihuan?"

"that is!"

Following these words, Xia Houyuan quickly pulled Cao Hong and said solemnly: "This Bowen is Zi Huan's elder brother. We, Xiu Gongzi, all want to be called elder brother."

"Besides, Jie'er is still married to him, so this matter is not easy to discuss."

"Oh, you don't understand!"

As soon as Cao Hong slapped the document, his face was full of resentment, "This is what I'm angry about! If this Xu Bowen wants to please his wife in such a luxurious way, why don't he give him a break?!"

"Where does this put my Cao family's face? Jie'er is his real wife! How can this be justified? Zixiu and Zihuan are both Jie'er's brothers!"

"That's because we, our uncles and brothers, loved her so much since she was a child! She married Xu Zhen and became his wife, but she still doesn't get such a good talk? He just wants to please Xu Zhen, why do he have to please the Cai family's daughter?"

"How did Cai Yong die? He was crying bitterly for the death of Dong Zhuo, and he was designated as one of Dong Zhuo's bandits! Only then was he imprisoned and executed by Wang Yun!"

"Hey, these things are recorded by historians and can be checked."

"Everyone knows that Xu Bowen wants to please his daughter. What's the point?"

When Cao Pi heard this, he immediately reminded in a low voice: "Uncle Zilian, my father respects Cai Yong very much and is his disciple..."

"oh oh……"

Cao Hong lightly slapped his mouth.

San laughed sarcastically and said to Cao Pi: "Zihuan, most of these troops are concentrated in Yuzhou and Yanzhou."

"When we go south to take credit in the future, you will definitely go too, so you have to win some credit for us."

"As for Xu Zhen, to be honest, I got some news."

Cao Hong lowered his voice, got closer to a few people, and said, "He actually has a secret order. The Lord ordered him to capture Liucheng. I believe you all should know it."

Cao Pi remained calm. Of course he knew this news. Cao's close friends probably knew about it. Some generals with foreign surnames and civil and military officials in the court and the country might not know about it yet.

This is to prevent someone from collaborating with the enemy, or a secret sentinel from the Northland in the Central Plains.

People of the Cao family would not secretly communicate to the north, so in order to have a complete plan, a secret order was given to him.

"Brother, could it be that he is doing this to confuse Wuhuan in the north and launch a surprise attack?"

Cao Pi thought about it and said, from what he has learned about Xu Zhen over the years, he is self-disciplined and is definitely not the kind of person who indulges in life and money.

Although Jizhou is getting rich now, it is far from the time to sit back and relax. Moreover, the world is still uncertain, so how can we act like this.

"It's harmful," Cao Hong laughed while drinking, and put down the wine bowl with a look of disdain on his face, "It's really not certain, I am a chariot rider and I have never enjoyed it since I was a child."

"However, I am blunt. I think there is nothing wrong with enjoying riding at this time. After ten years of fighting and winning, and with such great achievements, what happened to enjoying it?"

"It's completely possible to drink, watch dances, and play music to spend the day, but he just wants to please his concubine. It doesn't matter. The main thing is whether the festival will make him sad, or whether it will affect the war in the north and let Wuhuan gain another year. Loot."

"Um……"

Cao Pi took a sip of wine, smiled dullly, looked at Xia Houyuan, and shook his head awkwardly, "Well, then I don't know. How do I know the heart of a brother?"

"Cheqi is also a man who has been winning battles for ten years. He will never let himself get to this point."

"Furthermore, even if he has a slight change of mind, the civil servants under his command should not be like this..."

"Then Zhuge Kongming, Jia Wenhe, uh... and Yang Xiu, etc., will naturally give advice, won't they remind brother? I think Uncle Zilian's worries may be a bit unnecessary."

Cao Pi said with a smile, these words stabilized everyone's mood, and everyone nodded.

Cao Hong held it in for a while, then suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said loudly: "That's it, let's not talk about him!"

"Let's just wait and see. If we act like this, we will be in trouble sooner or later!"

"When the north is unjust, Xu Zhen will have to guard it all the time. Let's go south to take credit, and we'll be happy that no one is competing for it! Then what else do I care about him?!"

Several people looked at each other, smiled, and nodded.

That's the truth.

Xu Bowen, you are seeking your own death this time.

…

After a few days, the news gradually spread, just like a huge stone was thrown into the lake, the ripples continued to expand, and spread through business, and the people talked about it after dinner.

In the hinterland of the Central Plains, news of this kind was also gradually learned.

Wancheng.

Zhang Xiu, who had a full beard, saw the information sent in the main tent of the military camp, tore up the paper and threw it into the candlestick to be burned.

He snorted coldly, "How is that possible?"

"When Xu Cheqi was in Dingwan City, he acted secretly, but he was able to arrange Cao Zihe and General to defeat our surprise troops. He expected that the enemy had an advantage that was almost demonic. Mr. Wenhe had been away for five years, and his reputation rose and he became more and more powerful."

"How can people like him follow a hopeless man who is greedy for enjoyment?"

"There is no need to show me this kind of information anymore. We just need to guard Wancheng and prevent Jingzhou's troops from making any changes."

"Write another letter for me, express your feelings to the rider, and give a gift to Mr. Wenhe."
To be continued...