Chapter 21: Crisis Strikes

Sima's family.

A subordinate hurriedly walked in, whispered a few words in Sima Yi's ear, and left.

Bang!

Sima Yi angrily punched the table next to him, and the table suddenly had more cracks and fist marks.

"Second brother, what's wrong?"

Beside Sima Yi, Sima Lang asked in a deep voice.

"I have found out that since last night, Zhang Chunhua and Chen Yang have returned to the restaurant and have never left, a pair of dog men and women!" Sima Yi's eyes were red, and he couldn't vent his anger.

Sima Lang's face also became gloomy, their Sima family does not allow anyone to insult him!

Sima Yi said again: "Big brother, I want him to die, but he is Cao Cao's person, what should I do?" ”

Because Cao Cao's wine last night was exactly the same as Chen Yang's, Sima Yi also told his father and brother about it.

Sima Lang thought for a while and said, "Even if he is Cao Cao's person, so what? If you're a wine seller, no one will care if you die! Do a clean job tonight, and don't let the thief know. ”

They respect Cao Cao very much on the surface, but secretly they hate Cao Cao to the core, if nothing else, just for a coercion of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, in this Xu Du is still Cao Cao's territory, which makes many people unhappy.

It is precisely because of this that there are more people who want to oppose Cao Cao, so there will be later edicts.

"Chen Yang!" Sima Yi said fiercely, "Tonight is your death!" ”

This name can make him grit his teeth fiercely.

——

Cao Mansion, in the chamber.

Cao Cao didn't know the calculations of the Sima family, nor did he know that Chen Yang had a crisis coming.

"Zixuan, I decided to hand over the matter of selling wine with Shopkeeper Chen to you, can you be competent?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and said.

Cao Ang didn't think that such a good thing would fall on him, he felt that his father should be handed over to Guo Jia or Xun Yu to be responsible, which was the most appropriate.

After getting along during this time, Cao Ang found that Chen Yang was very good, and the most important thing was that he could drink at will, which was definitely a great thing for him.

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your expectations." Cao Ang immediately nodded in agreement.

"Good! Fengxiao, you continue to raise the price of grain in Xudu, the higher the better, have you heard of grain merchants from other places going to Xudu recently? Cao Cao said again.

"I have been arranging the price of grain, but the grain merchants who went to Xudu have not found out for the time being." Guo Jia shook his head and said.

It's just that as soon as he said this, Xun Yu next to him said: "Now that the price of grain is still high, we also have to ensure the daily food supply of ordinary people in Xudu, with our current grain reserves, it is becoming more and more difficult." If the clever plan of selling wine to make money does not work, even if the grain merchants come, we will not have the money to buy grain, and it is not certain that the grain merchants will not come. ”

"Who came up with this idea? It's to frame the prime minister in a desperate situation! ”

This concern, in fact, Cao Cao also considered it, but in his heart, he believed in Chen Yang and did not pay attention to it for the time being.

Now that Xun Yu brought it up, Cao Cao's heart was a little shaken.

"The only way to do this is to increase taxes." Xun Yu said again.

Cao Cao's brow furrowed even more, and he fell into deep thought.

"Father, as far as I can see, increasing taxes will only exacerbate the contradictions, and I am afraid that there will be a second Yellow Turban Rebellion. Cao Ang said.

"Bonghyo, what do you think?" Cao Cao asked.

"Shopkeeper Chen is a great businessman, I think this plan is feasible, it has reached the point where it is now, and the only way is to continue." Guo Jia also agreed with Cao Ang's words.

Xun Yu still wanted to say something, but Cao Cao waved his hand and said: "Don't be suspicious, don't be suspicious, since I chose to believe in Shopkeeper Chen from the beginning, then I will continue, but ......"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and said, "Zixuan, you follow Shopkeeper Chen, once you find something wrong, tell me immediately." ”

Cao Ang said: "Yes! ”

Guo Jia said again: "Prime Minister, as for the land in the salt mine outside the city, do you want to give it to Shopkeeper Chen?" ”

"Give, of course!"

As long as Cao Cao thought of those refined salts, his confidence in Chen Yang was restored, and he said, "Salt is also very important to us. ”

"Zixuan, you go to contact Shopkeeper Chen as soon as possible, it depends on you whether you can succeed, Feng Xiao and Wen Ruo continue to pay attention to the movements of the caravan."

After giving everything orders, Cao Cao left the council hall.

"Alas, who is that shopkeeper Chen? can make the prime minister trust him so much. ”

Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia and the others puzzled, hoping to get an answer.

"Shopkeeper Chen is an interesting person, if you don't believe it, you can go to see him with Ziyu." Guo Jia didn't explain too much and left.

"Wen Ruo, I'm going to find Shopkeeper Chen, do you want to be together?" Cao Ang said with a smile.

"Just go, I don't believe that he can do anything big with a tavern shopkeeper, hum!" Xun Yu didn't trust Chen Yang from the bottom of his heart.

Cao Ang didn't explain, just smiled slightly, and the two went out and went to Chen Yang's tavern.

Soon, the two arrived outside the tavern, and Cao Ang said again: "Wen Ruo, we must hide our identity, you are Lao Wen in front of Shopkeeper Chen, this is my father's arrangement." ”

Xun Yu did not object to this.

Then the two knocked on the door for a while, but no one answered, and Cao Ang felt strange.

"I'm afraid I didn't let him escape." Xun Yu saw that there was no one in the tavern, and a bad thought came to his mind, "This son, maybe he realized that he had deceived the prime minister, and the crime was serious, so he escaped from Xu Capital in advance." ”

Cao Ang also had this concern, and he said nervously: "Come on, find out for me immediately, where did Shopkeeper Chen go!" ”

"Yes!"

Two guards who were secretly protecting Cao Ang walked out, and after receiving the order, they immediately went to action.

——

Chen Yang moved to the house, and it was too late to tell Lao Cao about them.

Just the day before, Cao Cao proposed to send secret guards to secretly protect Chen Yang, and Dian Wei was in charge of this matter.

The secret guards knew that Chen Yang had moved, and they also knew where they had moved, but they hadn't had time to tell Dian Wei, and Cao Cao and the others didn't know.

At this time, Chen Yang looked at Zhang Chunhua with a headache, the two of them were sitting in the restaurant, sitting face to face, he really didn't know how to solve this relationship.

In the air, it slowly cooled down.

The two sat for almost a whole day, but Chen Yang couldn't sit still first, and asked, "Miss Zhang, what do you want me to do?" Give a good word! ”

Zhang Chunhua retracted his gaze and said after a long time: "I want to continue to live with you until I want to leave, can I?" ”

"That's it?"

Chen Yang asked in disbelief.

"And what else do you want?"

Zhang Chunhua's eyes were cold, since she got up, she didn't leave her sword, and this time she pressed her hand on the hilt of the sword.

Chen Yang waved his hand again and again: "I don't dare to do anything, you can live as long as you want, you are free!" ”

She can do whatever she wants, she will go to her father with her, as long as she doesn't cry, make trouble, and hang herself.

Anyway, it's not all bad to keep her down, maybe she can get drunk and mess up that again.

Thinking of this, Chen Yang smiled, thinking that if there was a next time, he would not be able to drink the fragments.

By all means next time!

Zhang Chunhua noticed Chen Yang's smile, she snorted lightly, but for some reason, she found that Chen Yang looked at her, and she had a trace of sweetness in her heart.

In fact, she is no longer angry, but wants to stay by Chen Yang's side.

Before you know it, it's night.

In the city of Xudu, a curfew began.

But at the time of the curfew, there were a few more pedestrians dressed in black, walking quickly through the streets, and finally stopped in front of Chen Yang's restaurant.

Dozens of people put down handfuls of straw around the restaurant and poured barrels of fire oil on it.

Among this group of black-clothed people, Sima Yi glanced at the restaurant with a sneer, and said: "Kill people first, then set fire, destroy the corpses, even if Cao Cao comes, we can't find out that we did it, it will only be regarded as an accident!" ”

Sima Lang was also beside him, and he asked, "What about Zhang Chunhua?" ”

"Kill them all!"

Sima Yi said fiercely: "It's not a pity for them to die!" ”

"Do it!"

With an order, several men in black have infiltrated the restaurant.

An invisible killing intent covered the sky above the restaurant.