Five hundred and fortieth chapters welcome the emperor
In fact, for celebrities in history, while future generations can see their bright side and their struggle history full of heroic deeds and ups and downs, who knows and understands their dark and unknown sides.
In Cao Zhi's contemptuous eyes, Liu Bei still asked Cao Zhi tentatively: "If I am not wrong, did you bury those things along the Yellow River?"
Cao Zhi pursed his lips and looked at Liu Bei on March 8 with an expressionless face, refusing to answer his stupid question.
After Liu Bei asked, he immediately realized the stupidity of his question. Did Cao Zhi tell him where to bury the treasure? Since Cao Zhi asked him to make conditions, he was prepared to compromise. In fact, it doesn't matter where the treasure is buried. The key is Cao Zhi's willingness.
How much money should be given to Liu Bei as hush money?
Liu Bei swallowed and denied himself: "I didn't ask what I just said. According to my estimate, Cao Zhi, you have only used half of that batch of things in the past few years. Once you get the other half, you still can't finish it by yourself."
, I only want one-third of this batch of things, so that I can live and work in this war-torn era, how about it? I don’t want much, right?"
"You and I both know how huge that batch of stuff is, and I'm not afraid to tell you. I did lose part of it on the way, but this batch of stuff is still huge. You need a third of it to settle down.
You’re not afraid of dying, I’ll give you one-sixth at most.”
"One-sixth, you are sending away the beggar! Even if I want this batch of things, even if I don't live in peace, everyone is tacitly aware of it. I want you to take it back to fill the big hole where you and your elder brother have hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses. You can't let it go."
Shall I raise some men and horses to protect myself?"
"Okay, okay, one-fifth is fine. This is my final bottom line."
"No, it's too little, a quarter. If you agree, I will give you another piece of information for free. It's about you and your elder brother!"
When Liu Bei talked about the information, he not only deliberately lowered his voice, but also looked confident that Cao Zhi would agree.
Cao Zhi glanced at Liu Bei suspiciously, "Really or fake?"
"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. Let me tell you something about your elder brother's stay in Xuzhou."
When Cao Zhi heard "Xuzhou, Cao Cao", he immediately thought of something, but he was not sure. He could only shake his eyebrows up and down, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, one quarter is one quarter, but if the information is of no use to me, I will
Let me make it clear first that I will not pay a penny if you are blamed."
"Haha...Cao Zhi, don't worry, I, Liu Bei, never say anything that I'm not sure about."
"Tch, how do I get the thing into your hands?"
"Hehe, doesn't Grand Administrator Cao care about my second brother very much? He happened to be injured as well, so I will ask Grand Administrator Cao to take care of my second brother for a while. When the things are ready, I can just let him take them back."
"Liu Bei, you are so despicable. I don't even know what to say about you. Guan Yu is really unlucky for eight lifetimes to recognize a big brother like you."
"Really? You, Cao Zhi, are a good person, but I am the meanest!"
"Hmph, I admit that I am also despicable, but I am a real villain, not like you who are a hypocrite."
"Okay, it's not easy for Cao Zhiduo to say, please take me to see my second brother."
"what?"
"Convince him and let him stay with you for a while!"
"Well, yes, Guan Yu's donkey temper may force him to follow me, and he may choose to commit suicide. Hey, by the way, let Zhao Yun come with me."
"Okay, no problem."
"Hey? I just heard what Xun Chen said, you want to leave, you have voted for Yuan Shao, you will leave so soon."
"Yes, otherwise I will wait for you to send someone to assassinate me!"
"Nonsense. If I want to kill you, I will do it openly. There is no need for assassination!"
"Huh, tacit understanding!"
"Where are you going?"
"Go back to Gongsun Zan!"
"Go back to Gongsun Zan, you are not seeking death!"
"Who said that? Apart from Yuan Shao and the people on your side who know that I surrendered to Yuan Shao, who else knows?"
"Uh... despicable..."
"Haha... each other... we are two despicable people!"
Li Ru and Xun Chen, who were waiting anxiously outside the tent, had been worried that the two people inside the tent would fight, so they kept listening with their ears pricked up. As soon as they noticed something was wrong, they were ready to rush in and break up the fight as quickly as possible.
But after a while, they saw the most incredible side of life. Cao Zhi and Liu Bei were life-and-death enemies when they left. Now when they came out, Liu Bei had a proud smile on his face. Although Cao Zhi remained stern.
The two of them were still discussing something as they walked, looking like partners who have been working together for many years.
"Lord!"
"General Liu!"
Cao Zhi and Liu Bei just casually said "hmm" to the greetings of Li Ru and Xun Chen, and continued walking forward.
"Lord, General Liu, where are you going?"
Li Ru and Xun Chen once again had a tacit understanding and asked at the same time.
"Go and see Guan Yu!" Cao Zhi and Liu Bei replied with the same tacit understanding.
Li Ru and Xun Chen looked at each other, smiled bitterly at each other, and asked doubtfully: "Are they enemies or friends?"
####### This question was also placed in Yuan Shao's tent in the evening. Yuan Shao was very tired today. He inspected the frontline defenses for a day, labored the troops, condoled with the injured soldiers, and went to Gongsun Zan in Baoqiu City.
Shouting and being extremely busy.
Yuan Shao sat in the main seat with only one case, tapping his lower back with one hand, and lamented that it was not easy to be a "leader".
Suddenly he heard the topic of a sergeant kneeling under the case that interested him: "The huge treasure, what you get, what you can't keep, what you can't tell anyone, what you want to hide..."
"That's all you heard?" Yuan Shao asked.
"My subordinates didn't dare to get too close. I only heard a few words, but I can confirm that the two of them are definitely old acquaintances. Moreover, Liu Xuande seemed to be asking Cao Taishou what he wanted. Finally, Cao Taishou agreed to give him some. Specifically,
I don't know what subordinates you are." The sergeant who was kneeling under Yuan Shao's case replied without raising his head.
"Well, you go down first!"
Yuan Shao dismissed the troops sent to Cao Zhi's tent camp, and he felt even more tired.
"Gong Yu (Zhu Shuzi), what do you mean by the huge treasures and ulterior things they are talking about?" Yuan Shao asked lazily, leaning on a soft cushion in despair.
There were no guests in Yuan Shao's big tent today, so there were not many candles lit, so the lights were a little dim. They were only as big as two oil lamps, and they gave people the illusion that the lights would go out at any time. It's just that the lights didn't look bright.
, instead there was a dark and eerie feeling. This was probably the environment for the secret discussion deliberately created by Yuan Shao. As soon as Yuan Shao finished speaking, a figure of Ju Shou appeared in a backlight. He was always there, listening to the rewards for his careful work.
’s clear as day.
As Yuan Shao's first adviser at this time, Jushou was also the supervisor of the army, so he asked him his opinion first.
Jushou bowed slightly to Yuan Shao and said cautiously: "Jubao, the Cao family is rich. This is an indisputable fact. There is nothing to hide. It is not something that can be shared with Liu Bei. Gongyu thinks that Jubao, who they are arguing with, should
It refers to something unique in the world."
"Well!" Yuan Shao squinted his eyes, thinking about Ju Shou's so-called unique thing. After a while, he turned to the opposite side of Ju Shou and said: "Yuan Hao (zi Tian Feng), what do you think of something unique in the world? Two such promising things?"
People are fighting for their lives, but they can’t be known to the world?”
This kind of research and discussion on confidential information is usually exchanged among a few people such as Yuan Shao, Jushou, Shen Pei, Guo Tu, etc. In the past, Yuan Shao would discuss this kind of confidential information with Tian Feng except for open government affairs and military meetings.
This is my first time sharing.
Tian Feng believed that Yuan Shao's sudden respect for him was mainly due to yesterday's attack. All the guards who knew about Yuan Shao's despicable side or Yuan Shao's disgraceful side were killed in the battle, and he was the only one who knew the facts. But
Tian Feng's sociable personality gave him the opportunity to take the lead. After returning to the camp, he very wisely chose to remain silent and allowed Yuan Shao to add jealousy and distort his heroic fighting history.
That made Yuan Shao realize that Tian Feng was also a person worthy of his trust. He knew about Cao Zhi's fake general order and pushed Ju Suo's Chinese army to the front line. Yuan Shao had some vague opinions about Ju Suo: How could he save himself?
Isn't your lord important? Don't you, Master Ju, see that there is a conflict between Cao Zhi's general order and the request he sent to deliver the order?
But the experienced Yuan Shao planned to turn a blind eye to this matter. How to deal with them is a matter that is unclear, because their main purpose is to maintain the integrity of the battle line and ensure victory.
Besides, the only person Yuan Shao could really punish was Ju Shou, but it can be said that Ju Shou was deceived by the fake general order. In the end, the whole problem was put on Cao Zhi. What could Yuan Shao do to Cao Zhi? Cao Zhi also saved Yuan Shao.
Not one life.
So after Yuan Shao knew the whole story, he still decided not to dig into the matter and pretended that he didn't know about it. However, he put a question mark on Ju Shou and his loyalty to him, and he also thought that Cao Zhi's life-saving grace was a mistake.
Cao Zhi's inevitable action should be done. It was because Cao Zhi falsely conveyed the general's order to rescue him, otherwise Ju Shou would definitely come with his troops.
Yuan Shao felt a little uneasy about the unexpected tacit understanding for his subordinates who should have two minds, so this evening he specially arranged for Tian Feng to attend this secret high-level meeting. This is a way of employing people, and it is also a good way for Jushou.
restrain each other.
As a close friend of Ju Shou, Tian Feng also knew that Yuan Shao intended to give him some of Ju Shou's privileges. Like Tian Feng and the others, they were all people with ideals, and Jue would not give up the opportunity to realize his ideals.
Tian Feng was still sitting on the table opposite Ju Shou, with his back to the light and without even raising his head. However, his voice followed Yuan Shao's question and he immediately answered simply: "For Cao Zhi's wealth, it is unique in the world."
The only thing that can't be told is a 'thunderbolt', which he seems to call a 'bomb'."
"Yes!" Yuan Shao, who was leaning on the cushions, immediately stood up when he heard Tian Feng's words. His eyes were shining brightly to confirm Tian Feng's conjecture: "This is the only thing that can make Cao Zhi want to abandon Liu Bei when he sees it.
The other party died, and Liu Bei immediately chose to judge. It seems that these two people have many secrets hidden in their hearts, they didn't tell me the truth, and they wanted to use me to get what they wanted, huh! It's really funny."
Ju Shou followed Yuan Shao's words and said: "Yes, what kind of adventure, Tang Monk, and phosphorus powder are all nonsense. I have invited countless Taoist priests and alchemists who are successful in alchemy, and I have also collected a lot of phosphorus powder. I have tested it countless times.
We cannot prepare the kind of explosives that Cao Zhi had. Moreover, the phosphorus powder is very easy to spontaneously ignite. It burned several barracks and burned many of his men. It seems that we were deceived by Cao Zhi. This extremely powerful firearm does not seem to be Cao Zhi's.
Cao Zhi made it by himself, but found it with Liu Bei by chance. It was just that Cao Zhi was greedy and took everything for himself and did not give it to Liu Bei. That's why Liu Bei treated him as such when he saw him.
The prime minister threatened him and asked him for permission. It seemed that the lord made the right move by accepting Liu Bei's move. Cao Zhi was now using the rat weapon and did not dare to touch Liu Bei rashly. Only then did Liu Bei dare to go to Cao Zhi's army to collect the lost property that Cao Zhi had embezzled.
Judging from the words of the conversation between the two, the number of things Cao Zhi and Liu Bei found was astonishing. They only took away part of it, and there was a large amount hidden elsewhere. Lord, we can just get the remaining 'Thunderbolts'.
Disdainful of China."
After hearing Jushu's analysis, Yuan Shao said proudly: "Huh, burning a few barracks and killing a few people is nothing to me, Yuan Shao. This half-fool Cao Zhi dares to play tricks on me, and he doesn't even think about it.
Send someone to keep an eye on these two people. Not only will I have all the 'Thunderbolts' left, but I will also kill these two idiots."
"Yes!" When Jushuo heard that Yuan Shao didn't care about the loss of several houses and the lives of several subordinates, he couldn't help but frown, and a trace of disgust arose in his heart. But then he saw Yuan Shao gritting his teeth and said that he wanted Cao Zhi, Liu Bei
The viciousness of his life, the trace of revulsion was immediately replaced by a chill, and Jushou felt a chill running down his back. The two people Yuan Shao casually wanted to kill were technically Yuan Shao's saviors yesterday. Yuan Shao may be a hero.
, I can be so ruthless, but will I, Jushu, also become the target of his ruthlessness that day?
After Jushou's professional sensitivity was over, he continued: "Cao Zhi is easy to monitor around us. Didn't Liu Bei tell you to go back to Gongsun Zan? There seems to be no need to keep an eye on him?"
"No!" Yuan Shao immediately stopped Ju Shou's opinion, "These two people are full of tricks, so they must not be careless. Not only did Liu Bei know a little bit about our affairs in Xuzhou, but he also took the initiative to join in and make suggestions for me. He is definitely not trustworthy.
Man, we must be careful and watch his every move. It doesn’t matter if he performs well. If there is anything wrong at all, we must get rid of this person as soon as possible. We must not let his rat turd ruin our great plans."
"Yes!" Ju said, and Tian Feng responded at the same time, but Tian Feng only knew a few words about the Xuzhou plan mentioned by Yuan Shao, and did not understand what Liu Bei knew, which made Yuan Shao a little afraid. But he did not dare to ask more.
As a counselor, when the lord wants you to know, he will let you know. If you don't want you to know, you should pretend not to know. This is the way of being an official.
Tian Feng felt that he had just been introduced to the top of the pyramid by Yuan Shao, so he had to be cautious in his words and deeds.
When Tian Feng reminded him of the way to serve as an official, Yuan Shao had not finished asking about Xuzhou, "My lord, the war in Youzhou will be over soon. How are you doing with Xuzhou and Cao Cao?"
Jushou looked straight and said: "Everything is in progress. It may take some time, but today I received a more important piece of news. Li Jue and Guo Si in Chang'an had a fight and massacred each other. As an idol, the emperor
, was originally fought over by these two people. However, when Li Jue and Guo Si were fighting each other, they relaxed their supervision of the emperor. I heard that the emperor escaped from Chang'an under the protection of Yang Feng and others. Where is he still?
I don’t know, but my lord, your chance has come.”
Yuan Shao was also shocked when he heard that Emperor Xian had escaped from Chang'an. He did not expect that Li Jue and Guo Bang would have such a violent quarrel. Some time ago, he had heard that they were suspicious of each other because of some actions of their subordinates, but he did not expect that Li Jue would share life and death.
, Guo Si really knows how to fall out.
"Okay, let them fight, these two self-righteous guys. Without them, it will be more convenient to ask Emperor Xian for the imperial edict." Yuan Shao gloated.
Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu came from a family of orthodox officials. Although everyone now knows that Emperor Xian is a puppet, so far, their actions and conquests have always been done after obtaining the imperial decree and following the example of famous people who showed their orthodoxy. So so far, Yuan Shao still treats people as
In the name of Zhou Mu, he made regular offerings to Chang'an, and often sent officials to Chang'an to express their loyalty to Emperor Xian and at the same time ask for some imperial edicts based on their interests.
Yuan Shao thought that when Ju Shou reported to him the situation of Emperor Xian, he was referring to this aspect.
Upon hearing this, Jushou obviously knew that Yuan Shao did not understand his intention. He quickly adjusted his words and continued: "My lord, what I mean is that my lord was born in the Zaifu family and helped the world with his loyalty and righteousness. Now the emperor is displaced and the ancestral temple is destroyed.
.However, the governors of the prefectures and counties carried out the annexation in the name of Xingyi soldiers. In fact, no one rose up to defend the emperor and comfort the people. Now the general has roughly determined the prefecture city, which should be