Shu Mansion and Liaodong Mansion are separated by several courtyards, and they have to pass through the guest house department, and every move is under the surveillance of the watchtower.

Cao Miao was very calm. He had already guessed that the reason why the Liaodong, Wu, and Shu Zhudi were arranged here was to facilitate supervision. He is also the target of many people's attention, and the imperial court will naturally not take it lightly and will arrange for people to pay attention to his every move.

It's just that I don't know if there is a school affair here, whether it's Yin Mo's subordinates.

After turning two corners, you arrived at the Shu Mansion.

Shu Mansion is very lively, as if it is moving, many people are moving furniture in, and a few Tsing Yi and Cangtou are commanding outside the door, orderly and calm. When Chen Xuan stepped forward to report, Cao Miao stood aside and watched for a while, and secretly praised himself.

Diplomats are the elite of a country at all times, especially in times of war. These Qingyi and Cangtou in Shu Mansion look inconspicuous, but their expressions and bearings are all superior, and there is a faint aura of slaughter, which is by no means so ordinary, there are a few steady steps in them, and they are masters at a glance.

Cao Miao had a feeling that with Zhuge Liang's habit of doing things personally, diplomacy would naturally not be handed over to others, and these people were likely to be subordinates of Zhuge Liang's Prime Minister's Mansion and could report directly to Zhuge Liang.

Cao Miao had just stood for a while, and a middle-aged man stepped forward to salute. "Dare to ask the name of the regent, come to the mansion, what advice do you have."

Qingtao was just about to step forward to answer. Cao Miao waved her hand and smiled brightly.

"Surname Zhong."

"Bell?" The middle-aged man glanced Cao Miao up and down, and smiled and bowed his hand. "Forgive me. People come and go, I really can't remember. The eyes are very raw, the first time to come? ”

Although he answered without leaking, the subtle changes in his eyes were clearly seen by Cao Miao. After hearing about the "surname Zhong", his eyes shrank significantly. "It's okay, I didn't see you last time I came. What do you call it? ”

"Meng Shen, Meng of Mencius, Shen of Shangshen."

"Listen to your accent, it's not a Shu person, right?"

"Good ears, people in the south."

"The surname is Meng, and he is from Nanzhong, is Meng Huo of the same clan?"

Meng Shen paused for a moment, glanced at Cao Miao again, the corners of his mouth moved, and then returned to normal, shaking his head and smiling: "No." ”

Cao Miao nodded and grinned. "Actually, I was joking with you just now, my surname is not Zhong, my surname is Cao."

"Oh?" Meng Shen seemed to be smiling.

"I'm Cao Miao, you may not know ......"

"I know." Meng Shen said suddenly, a bright smile appeared on his face, but the vigilance in his eyes was even stronger. "The eldest prince is famous in Luoyang, and he has heard of it in the next place, but he is only fated to see it today. I have heard for a long time that the eldest prince is free and easy, and it is indeed true. ”

"You know me?" Cao Miao stretched out her finger and pointed to her nose, smiling brighter and brighter.

"Nature."

"Then you should know what I'm here for."

Meng Shen showed hesitation, his eyes a little evasive. At this time, a middle-aged man in a Confucian shirt walked over, bowed his hand from afar, and laughed loudly: "It turned out that the eldest prince of Yongqiu Wangfu was coming, and he was allowed to miss the welcome from afar, and he was guilty of capital crime." ”

Meng Shen took the opportunity to step aside and said with a smile: "Dare to introduce the eldest prince, this is my Shu Mansion Cheng Yang Jun." ”

The middle-aged man stepped forward and said goodbye. "Yang Yun has seen the eldest prince."

Cao Miao returned the salute with a smile. Although he was talking to Meng Shen, the rest of his eyes were paying attention to his surroundings. When Yang Yun appeared at the door of the Shu Mansion, he saw it, but Yang Yun walked slowly, and it wasn't until Meng Shen was asked by him that Yang Yun came quickly, obviously to relieve Meng Shen.

The cooperation between these two people is very tacit.

Yang Yun waved his hand, motioned for Meng Shen to do something, and led Cao Miao inside with a smile. "I heard Brother Chen say that the eldest prince wants to buy some Shu brocade?"

Cao Miao smiled and nodded. "Yes, if I can, I want to buy not only Shu brocade, but also something else."

"For example?"

"For example, the magic knife created by Pu Yuan."

Yang Yun raised his eyebrows, then smiled, and looked at Cao Miao again. "The eldest prince is really well-informed, and he actually knows Pu Yuan."

"I know a little bit about it."

"Sell?" Cao Miao pressed forward step by step, not giving Yang Yun a chance to think.

Yang Yun didn't answer directly, and led Cao Miao through the vestibule, came to the main hall, and sat down, then said unhurriedly: "Naturally, you can sell it, it depends on what kind of price the prince offers." ”

"What price do you want? As long as you ask, I can afford it. ”

Yang Yun looked at Cao Miao, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile: "The prince is arrogant." He held out two fingers. Twenty thousand. A knife, 20,000 dollars. But it's not traded with cash, it's exchanged for war horses. ”

Cao Miao nodded. "It's fair, I accept it. But there's one more thing. ”

"Please, the prince speak up."

"Is the divine knife created by Pu Yuan really that sharp? Could it be an exaggeration? ”

Yang Yun pondered for a moment, then turned around and gestured. A young waiter standing next to him turned to leave, and after a short time, he returned to the hall with a long wooden box in his hand and placed the wooden box in front of Yang Yun. Yang Yun opened the wooden box, and inside was a long knife. Yang Yun took the knife and the box and pushed it in front of Cao Miao.

"When we met for the first time, this knife was given to the eldest prince by Pu Yuan's own hand, which was counted as a meeting gift. I hope that the eldest prince will not be disgusted. ”

Cao Miao stretched out and picked up the knife, pulled out half of it, glanced at it, pushed it back, and handed it to Ah Hu with the knife and sheath. "I've rewarded you."

Ah Hu was overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down to thank him, and hung it on his waist happily.

Yang Yun saw it in his eyes, his face remained unchanged, and he said with a smile: "The eldest prince is bold." ”

Cao Miao said casually: "It's just a knife, it's nothing." Originally, I bought knives for them to use, but I am a sick person, and this kind of thing is not suitable for me to wield a knife and cut people. Well, how much more do you have here, I want them all. ”

Yang Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head. "This is the only one, which is used as a sample. If the prince really wants it, give me a number, and I will send it back to Chengdu, so that they can get ready, and just wait for the prince's war horse to be delivered to Hanzhong, and it will be delivered immediately. ”

"There are war horses, but they don't send them, you go to Guanzhong to pick them up." Cao Miao said, raising his hand at the same time, signaling Yang Yun not to speak in a hurry. "I can only be sure that the war horse will be sent to martial arts. To send it to Hanzhong, I have to open up the joints separately, which is too expensive and not cost-effective. ”

Yang Yun stared at Cao Miao twice. He originally thought that Cao Miao was pretending to be ashamed, but now he felt that Cao Miao really meant it. Originally sitting in Guanzhong was the general Xiahou Mao of Zhengxi, but now he is the general Cao Zhen. Although Xiahou Mao was dismissed and returned to Beijing, he still had his old department in Guanzhong, and it was not difficult to find one or two people to help him smuggle war horses, but if he was sent to Hanzhong, he would have to use Cao Zhen's connections, which was beyond Xiahou Mao's ability.

Cao Zhen is Cao Pi's sworn friend, and his relationship with Cao Zhi has always been bad, and it is extremely unlikely that he will help Cao Miao. If Cao Miao promised to send it to Hanzhong, eighty percent would be fake. However, Cao Miao insisted on only sending it to Guanzhong, and it was specified as martial arts, at least fifty percent of which were true.

The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition has a great need for war horses, even if it is dozens or hundreds, he can't let them go easily.

"How much is the prince going to want?"

"Let's take a hundred mouthfuls first." Cao Miao smiled: "You also know, there are few people in the Yongqiu Palace. ”

"Okay, that's a deal." Yang Yun raised his hand, ready to high-five Cao Miao as an oath.

Cao Miao shook her head. "I have one more request."

Yang Yun's eyes flashed slightly, and he slowly withdrew his hand. "Prince, please speak."

"The one I'm going to spread rumors."