"Da, da, da."

Li Chen was still immersed in the surprise of opening the brocade guard, and a sound of footsteps from far and near woke him up.

The person who came was Chen Deng, he approached Li Chen and whispered: "Lord, Mi Zhu asks to see." ”

"Mi Zhu?"

"Most of them are here for Liu Bei's business." Li Chen said softly.

Since he occupied Xuzhou, Mi Zhu has resigned, and Mi Fu is also closed. Mi Zhu put on a posture of not having anything to do with Li Chen, and asked to see him today, undoubtedly because of Liu Bei's capture.

"See, let him in." Li Chen nodded and said to Chen Deng.

Mi Zhu came at the right time, the-stirring stick is only useful when it is placed in the thatched house, and if it is placed on the dining table, it will be disgusting.

It is useless for Li Chen to hold Liu Bei in his hands now, and now only by letting Liu Bei out can he continue to let him stir up the storm.

Li Chen remembered that in the battle of Xuzhou in his previous life, Liu Bei was also captured by Lu Bu. Then when he had nowhere to live, he took refuge in Cao Cao, of course, instead of helping Cao Cao, he abducted Cao Cao's 30,000 elite soldiers.

Therefore, Li Chen felt that Liu Bei should still be driven to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's territory. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei at the beginning of the Three Kingdoms, he was really a well-deserved-stirring stick, wherever he went, there was chaos.

However, since Liu Bei has been arrested, he can't be released for no reason, and he must be made to pay a price. Now Liu Bei is poor and white, so this list will be bought by his senior brother Gongsun Zhan.

Xuzhou, Yunlong Palace.

Under the leadership of Chen Deng, Mi Zhu once again came to this familiar place.

Back then, Tao Qian was also in this place to deal with Xuzhou government affairs with them. It's just that now that the name of this place has been changed to "Cloud Dragon Palace," it's really a good name.

In meeting Mi Zhu, he is no longer a driver in Xuzhou, just a middle-aged literati in cloth.

"Meet the marshal." Mi Zhu bowed to Li Chen.

Since he has something to ask for, he naturally has to take a posture of asking for someone, so Mi Zhu puts his position very low.

Li Chen pointed to the empty seat on the left and said, "Zizhong, please take a seat." ”

Li Chen sits with the main seat, Chen Deng sits with the right side, and Mi Zhu sits with the left side. After the three of them sat down, Li Chen instructed the attendants to pour tea for the three of them.

With a cup of Qingming in his stomach, Mi Zhu said what he meant: "Dianshuai, my Mi family is willing to pay 3,000 gold, how about temporarily ensuring Liu Xuande's safety?" ”

Three thousand gold, I have to say that the clan in this era is really rich. Not to mention the Yuan family, a big clan like the Cao family, or a small clan like the Mi family, doesn't seem to put the three thousand gold in their eyes.

As soon as Mi Zhu's words fell, Chen Deng on the side looked at Li Chen, as if he wanted to say something. Li Chen nodded at him slightly, signaling that he could speak.

Chen Deng looked at Mi Zhu and said with a smile: "Zizhong, Ming people don't say dark things. There is no need for three thousand gold, I mainly want you to buy grain and grass from Tao Qian. ”

When Tao Qian left Xuzhou, he sold the grain stored in the warehouse to the Chen, Mi and Zhen families. Among them, Chen has the most and Mi has the least. But this is less, and it is also for the base of the entire Xuzhou grain stockpile.

The stored grain that Mi bought from Tao Qian, not to mention more, there are still tens of thousands of quintals.

How much grain the Mi family bought from Tao Qian, Chen Deng probably knew in his heart. At that time, the price of Tao Qian's grain was low, so although the grain was slightly more expensive than three thousand gold, it was not very valuable.

Chen Deng felt that this condition was within the acceptable range of Mi Zhu.

Sure enough, Mi Zhu didn't even hesitate for a moment, and responded very happily.

Mi Zhu knew very well that it was wartime, and Mi's grain was in Xuzhou City, and it was impossible to transport it out of the city now. And once the war situation in Xuzhou is tight, Li Chen may requisition this batch of grain at any time. Rather than this, it is better to take this batch of grain to keep Liu Bei for the time being.

Li Chen originally wanted to exchange Liu Bei for Zhao Yun, and it was an unexpected joy to be able to get tens of thousands of loads of grain for nothing.

Li Chen looked at Mi Zhu and asked nonchalantly, "Zizhong, do you want to save Liu Xuande?" ”

Li Chen's question was so direct, which made Mi Zhu a little surprised. He paused for a moment and said, "Yes, Brother Xuande and I have a very good personal relationship, so it is naturally good to be able to save him." ”

After getting Mi Zhu's affirmative answer, Li Chen didn't bother to go around the bend, but said directly to the point: "Actually, Liu Xuande is of little use in my hands, but when people make mistakes, they always have to pay for the mistakes they make." If you lose a battle, you will naturally have to pay the price of losing the battle, Zizhong, you say yes and no. ”

As soon as Li Chen's words came out, Mi Zhu said in his heart, it seems that this matter has been discussed. If Liu Bei can be easily saved, there is no need to ask for help everywhere.

"Palace Shuai, I don't know what kind of price Brother Xuande needs to pay?" Mi Zhu also asked bluntly.

Li Chen didn't bother to make any detours, and said directly to Mi Zhu: "The white-robed young general under the city today, I want him." ”

exchanging Zhao Yun for Liu Bei is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal for Mi Zhu.

However, at this time, Mi Zhu was sitting in front of the desk, but his brows were furrowed. After a long time, he said to Li Chen: "Palace, you don't know. The young general's name is Zhao Zilong, and it is not the deployment of Brother Xuande. It's the subordinates of the white horse general Gongsun Zhan, whether this can be changed or not, I won't count it later. ”

Li Chen stood up, strode towards the door, and said lightly: "Since you don't count, then find Gongsun Zan to talk to me." I don't care if you send it or tie it up, in short, when I saw Zhao Zilong, I let Liu Xuande go. ”

With that, Li Chen left the Cloud Dragon Palace.

As soon as Li Chen left, Mi Zhu naturally turned around and went back to the house to discuss with Sun Qian.

Xuzhou, Mifu.

"Brother Gongyou, Li Chen's request is exactly like this, where do you think General Gongsun can talk about it?" Mi Zhu looked at Sun Qian and asked frankly.

In Mi Zhu's opinion, it would be better if Zhao Yun could be replaced. After all, now that Liu Bei is in the hands of Li Chen, even if Gongsun Zhan and Tao Qian come to help, if they rob it, it will inevitably hurt Liu Bei as a hostage.

Today, Liu Bei's safety comes first. What Mi Zhu can think of, Sun Qian can naturally think of. After pondering for a moment, Sun Qian said, "When General Gongsun arrives, I will mention it to him." With the friendship between General Gongsun and the lord, this matter should not be a big problem. ”

Zhao Yun is just an inconspicuous young general under Gongsun Zhan, and in this era, the strength of mutual friendship and the matter of asking each other for one or two generals are also sparse and ordinary, and it is not surprising.

After temporarily keeping Liu Bei's safety and getting Li Chen's exchange conditions, Sun Qian could also go out of the city to discuss with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

In Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's temporary camp, hearing what Sun Qian said, Guan Yu couldn't help frowning, but he didn't say anything. Although Guan Yu felt that this was a bit unrighteous, for the sake of his eldest brother's safety, he didn't say much after all.

On the contrary, Zhang Fei shouted: "If Zhao Zilong is unwilling, I will tie him up, and I will also change the eldest brother back." ”

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