Inside the tent.

"It's you!"

The moment Zhang Wang saw Cao Cao, he exclaimed in surprise, and then looked worried, worried that Cao Cao would do something to him.

Reduced to this point, Zhang Wang probably knew that he had offended someone he couldn't afford to provoke, and he was still in a military camp, so he was even more worried.

However, what he didn't expect was that the person who captured him turned out to be Cao Cao.

At this time, Zhang Wang's hands and feet were tied and he sat on the ground in embarrassment, while his entourage was either killed or locked up in other places.

If it weren't for Chen Yang's sake, Cao Cao would have had Zhang Wang killed.

Because when he was in Chen's mansion, Zhang Wang's attitude made Cao Cao very dissatisfied, although he couldn't kill Zhang Wang to relieve his hatred, but it didn't prevent him from letting Xu Chu arrest people in the barracks, and then educate him well.

"Who the hell are you?" Zhang Wang asked.

Cao Cao sat unhurriedly in front of him, and after a while, he said: "My surname is Cao, this is the Cao army camp, who do you think I may be?" ”

"You are Cao ...... Prime Minister Cao? ”

The word "Cao Cao" suddenly appeared in Zhang Wang's mind, and he was surprised: "Impossible, Chen Yang is just a gangster, he definitely refuses to know you." ”

According to his understanding of Chen Yang, he is just an ordinary person, and even he doesn't look down on him, how could Cao Cao take the initiative to marry his daughter to Chen Yang?

Cao Cao looked at him and said coldly, "Why is it impossible?" If it weren't for the fear that Shopkeeper Chen would be angry with me, you would be dead, you know? ”

Zhang Wang was so frightened that he gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want to do to me?" I am a member of the Zhang family, if you dare to kill me, you will offend all the families in the world, you have to think clearly about the consequences. ”

Hearing this, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Cao Cao's eyes.

There is no one in the eyes of today's family, which is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao wants to suppress the family, and even a Zhang family dares to threaten himself like this.

Cao Cao wanted to kill Zhang Wang with a knife now, but as he said, it would anger those families and cause the displeasure of the shopkeeper Chen, so he had to endure it first.

"I didn't bring you back to kill you, I just wanted to tell you that this world is not the world of your family." Cao Cao said, stood up and said, "Zhongkang, take him in and lock him up for a few days and then starve for a few days, and then release him after he suffers a little." ”

"Yes!" Xu Chu nodded.

"No, Prime Minister, you let me go, you can't ...... me like this"

Zhang Wang was still screaming and struggling, as for what he was talking about later, Cao Cao didn't want to hear it, and he couldn't hear it, so he strode out of the tent.

"Back to Xudu!" Cao Cao said again.

Dian Wei was about to arrange to return to Xudu, but Cao Ang came over again at this time, frowned, and said, "Father, Sima Lang has found him, and he asked us to release Zhang Wang." ”

"Oh!"

Cao Cao was slightly stunned, he didn't expect the people of the Sima family to come so quickly, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Bring Sima Lang in, and release Zhang Wang." ”

Not long after, Sima Lang and Sima Yi brothers both appeared in front of Cao Cao.

"I've seen the prime minister!"

Brother Sima bowed slightly, and then Sima Lang said first: "Prime Minister, we heard that Uncle Zhang Wang and Uncle Zhang are in the army, I don't know if it's true?" ”

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, he could see that Zhang Wang's arrival in Xu Du also had the Sima family's arrangements in it, otherwise how would they know that they had captured Zhang Wang?

These families are really united.

The unity made Cao Cao very unhappy.

Thinking that Sima Yi dared to assassinate Chen's shopkeeper before, Cao Cao almost couldn't help but let people take him down.

Sima Yi has been paying attention to Cao Cao's expression, and saw a faint killing intent, he hurriedly said: "Prime Minister, Uncle Zhang came to Xu Du to meet with his father, and was robbed by thieves when he left today, one of his entourages escaped by luck and came to Xu Du to find his father for help. ”

The killing intent on Cao Cao's face slowly faded, he nodded, and said, "That's true, come here, bring Zhang Wang." ”

The brothers of the Sima family all came to the door to ask for someone, and Cao Cao couldn't help but give this face.

After a while, Zhang Wang was brought by Xu Chu.

"Uncle Zhang!" Sima Yi said first.

"Boda, Zhongda, it's your ......" Zhang Wang walked over excitedly, but glanced at Cao Cao with jealousy.

Sima Yi smiled and said: "Uncle, you just left Xudu and met thieves, thanks to the Prime Minister's rescue, our Sima family is here to thank the Prime Minister for his great kindness!" ”

Zhang Wang suddenly understood something, and said with a smile: "Old man Zhang Wang, thank you Prime Minister too!" ”

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Okay, since it's okay, you all go." ”

"Prime Minister Xie!"

The three of them said with some hypocrisy, and then hurriedly walked out of the camp.

"Prime Minister, Sima Fang has seven sons, and the other six are not successful, but his second son Sima Yi is not simple, this person has a good heart." Guo Jia frowned and said.

"What Feng Xiao said is that Shopkeeper Chen is an enemy of Sima Yi, I'm afraid there will be danger." Xun Yu also said.

Cao Cao snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for those families, and when I was in Chang'an, Sima Fang had recommended me, and his Sima family would have been destroyed by me." ”

Guo Jia said again: "However, although Sima Yi is powerful, I don't think the shopkeeper Chen is bad at all, and it's hard to say who wins and who loses." ”

——

As time passed, another ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and there was still half a month left before the expedition to Yuan Shu.

In the past ten days, the price of grain has continued to soar, and it has reached a sky-high price of 1,200 yuan and a stone, because of this, countless grain merchants have come to Xudu to see the benefits, even those families can't help but take out a part of the grain to sell in Xudu.

During this time, Xu Du Ling was definitely the busiest, because he had to maintain order in the entire Xu Du and not let those grain merchants mess around.

In addition, many families in Xu Du also saw the high price of grain, and they bought a large amount of grain to store at home, waiting for Cao Cao's purchase, and they also wanted to earn back the money spent on buying wine.

As grain merchants entered Xudu, Kuai Liang from Jingzhou was also among them.

However, what Kuai Liang didn't know was that Jia Xu, a strategist under Zhang Xiu, also came, and he disguised himself to blend in the ranks of grain merchants and successfully entered the gate of Xudu.

"At the sky-high price of 1,200 yuan, can Cao Cao really buy those grains?"

After entering the city, Jia Xu was shocked when he heard the price of grain at this time, and at the same time he had an ominous premonition in his heart, feeling that Cao Cao had deceived the world.

After settling all the food, Jia Xu let his entourage stay in the inn, and he left alone, walked through the streets of Xudu, and soon walked into an alley.

This area was the residence of those scholars, and he walked to the back door of Sima's house and knocked softly.

The door soon opened, and a man who looked like a family member asked, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm from Jingzhou, my surname is Jia, I want to see Sima Yi, the second son of the Sima family, you can just go in and pass it on!" Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

When the family member heard this, he immediately said, "The second son has already ordered, Mr. Jia, please come in!" ”