"Newspaper~"

"Prime Minister Qi, Zhongde has a letter from the public!"

Cao Cao, who was stationed in Dingtao, heard this and said eagerly: "Quick, give the letter to the present to have a look!" ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!" The person who came didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly bowed forward and sent the letter to Cao Cao's hand.

After reading the letter, Cao Cao's complexion changed sharply, and the atmosphere was instantly solemn and terrifying.

After a while, Cao Cao's complexion returned to indifference, and he looked at the soldier delivering the letter in front of him lightly, and said, "Go down and rest!" ”

"Yes, thank you, Prime Minister!" The soldier who delivered the letter ran in a hurry.

"Someone!"

"Prime Minister!"

"Go to the general's division, please!"

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

The guards quickly invited Jia Xu over.

"Minister Jia Xu meets the prime minister!" Jia Xu still had doubts in his heart, and he didn't know why Cao Cao was in a hurry to invite him here.

"Humph!"

Cao Cao snorted lightly, didn't invite Jia Xu to get up, squinted his eyes and asked, "Gongsun Du cruises the Yellow River with a water army, I don't know what the military advisor thinks?" ”

Jia Xu chuckled in his heart, and said secretly: It's bad, it must be someone among Cheng Yu and Xun Yu who saw Ming Gong's intentions, and sent a letter to remind the prime minister, this is to ask for guilt! Yes, there are many capable people under the prime minister's account, and he shouldn't play such a small trick, at least not for so long!

However, Jia Xu has been able to survive from the chaotic Xiliang and the brutal Dong Zhuo to the present, but it is not by luck, I saw that his brows suddenly frowned, and said: "There are a huge number of sailors under the Ming Gong's account, and I want to come to train for a long time. It's just that there is one thing that is not clear, since there are many naval forces in the Ming army, there should be a large dock for docking warships, and the water village is used to train naval soldiers, but why do you never know where it is? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but be brought into doubt.

Seeing this, Jia Xu's heart was relieved, and he continued: "There are people from the prime minister in all important places under the Ming Gong's account, and they are still unaware, but their water army can not only appear in the south, but also in the north, is it because their water village is overseas?" ”

"What do you mean?" Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat, and he asked.

"I don't know if the prime minister still remembers the fact that Xu Fu went to sea to seek the elixir of life recorded in the wild history?"

"Huh?"

Jia Xu saw that Cao Cao's face sank again, and he didn't dare to tease anymore, so he quickly said: "There is a way that is groundless!" This shows that there is probably land overseas, but we don't know it, but it was known by Ming Gong, and he took it down, took it under his rule, and trained a large number of sailors. ”

After speaking, Jia Xu saw Cao Cao frowning and thinking deeply, and did not continue, and the atmosphere was so calm.

After a long time, Cao Cao slowly exhaled: "Where do you think it will be?" ”

Jia Xu successfully led Cao Cao crookedly, and his heart was full of joy, and he said with a reminiscent face: "I heard that there is an immortal mountain Yingzhou overseas, maybe this Yingzhou is not an immortal mountain, but a piece of land, I don't know how big it is." ”

"Yingzhou? East of Xuzhou? ”

"Well, or hundreds of miles, or thousands of miles, I don't know yet." Jia Xu nodded and replied thoughtfully. As everyone knows, this is crooked, right!

Cao Cao nodded, his voice changed, and he said the previous words again: "What is the purpose of Gongsun Du to send the naval army at this time?" ”

Jia Xu's face froze, but he recovered almost instantly. And because he lowered his head slightly, Cao Cao, who was sitting on it, didn't notice this, but ......

After thinking about it for a long time, I felt that there were two possibilities, one of which should be that Ming Gong was worried that the prime minister was scheming to divide the relationship between his lord and minister; Second, they were able to send a large number of sweet potatoes and other materials to Jingzhou back then, which means that they were able to transport a huge amount of supplies. ”

"Huh? Is that so? Cao Cao said expressionlessly.

Jia Xu's heart trembled, thought about it, and said: "There is another possibility, but Xu is not sure." ”

"Tell me about it!"

"Maybe there is a change in the rear of Ming Gong, or he has achieved his goal, and he doesn't want to march anymore for the time being, and wants to stop fighting." Jia Xu's tone was very unconfident, so rich that Cao Cao could feel this.

"Truce?" Cao Cao's eyes flickered.

Jia Xu was still kneeling on the ground, but he didn't have to look at it, this old fox could think of it.

"Wen He, get up, sit down and talk slowly, why do you have such an opinion!" Cao Cao said unhurriedly.

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Jia Xu got up in response, but he didn't know if it was true or deliberate, and staggered when he got up, so he didn't fall down again. After sitting down, he slowly talked about his opinion-

"On the bright side, the Ming army has occupied a lot of advantages (heh, it really doesn't hurt to tell a lie, okay, the surname is Jia), but the armies from all walks of life are still unstoppable, and in this case, they are still sending a navy that has never really appeared in front of the world."

"It is likely that there was an accident in the naval army, or maybe the overseas Yingzhou was lost and had to turn to the Central Plains, and according to its huge hull, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River can accommodate it."

"And there is the grassland male lord Kebi can be mixed in recent years, it is difficult to guarantee that there will not be revenge for Tanshi Huai, regain lost territory, and enhance the idea of prestige, so, there is an accident in the water village of the water army, which can be used to cruise in the Yellow River and intimidate the prime minister, and the infantry army, then northward, and Kebi can fight."

"In this case, Gongsun Du really wants a truce?"

Cao Cao and Jia Xu didn't know that Ke Bineng had already served Gongsun Du, but because of Gongsun Du's arrangement and the fear that the Xianbei people below were dissatisfied, they were still the lords of Xianbei on the surface. Which Cheng thought that he would be misunderstood like this, it was really ......

On this day, Guo Jia came to Gongsun Du's room with a secret letter in his hand, with a smile on his face, and said: "Duke Ming, Cao Jun has retired, it seems that Prime Minister Cao Cheng already knows our thoughts." ”

"Take a look!"

Gongsun Du saw it quickly, put down the letter again in a few blinks of an eye, and said with a smile: "Cao Cao's subordinates are able to produce many people, and it is very simple to see our intentions." It's just ......"

"Just what?"

Gongsun Du showed a playful smile on his face and said, "I just don't know if it's Xun Yu, Cheng Yu, or Jia Xu who saw it first?" Who reported to Cao Cao first? ”

"Ming Gong, you mean they ......" Guo Jias understood, raised his eyebrows.

Gongsun Du got up, handed the letter back to Guo Jia, and slowly walked to the window.

"Xun Yu and Xun Yu are of the same clan and their uncles, but the two have very different views on the problems of the Han family. Therefore, if Xun Yu wants to think about Cao Cao wholeheartedly, it is really delusional! ”

"Cheng Yu, on the one hand, this person is upright and intelligent, and on the other hand, he is ruthless, eats people and does not spit out bones, and is loyal to Cao Cao, so it is likely that he was the first to report this matter to Cao Cao, even if he was not the first to see it."

Jia Xu...... This man is ruthless, no, it should be called vicious! is very vicious, and most of the poisonous schemes Cao Cao has made in recent years may have been his dedication. However, this person is good at protecting himself, and even if he sees it first, he will definitely not be the first to be the first bird, and will only express his opinion after others. ”

"So-" Guo Jia frowned and pondered for a long time, and said, "What Jia Xu did before was either to gain a firm foothold under Cao Cao as soon as possible, or to force it?" And now it's about preserving itself? ”

"That's right!"

Gongsun Du said: "This person should be regarded as inheriting the talent and Taoguang of Liuhou, as well as the ruthlessness of Gaozu. ”

"Ahem......"

Guo Jiahao was scared to death by this evaluation, one is the famous Liuhou Zhang Liang, and the other is Gaozu who created the Han Dynasty, it is really hard to imagine what kind of scene it will be when its advantages are fused together. However, thinking about Gongsun Du's words, as well as Cao Jun's movements during this time, he silently agreed.

"Ming Gong!"

Guo Jia paused and said, "Since Prime Minister Cao Cheng knows our thoughts, I'm afraid he won't give up, whether it's to save his reputation or for something else, there will be other means." ”

"Huh!"

Gongsun Du sneered and said: "What can there be, if you go up to the sky, it is just to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to use the holy decree to suppress so!" Other than that, what can he do with so-and-so? Ignore it! ”

Guo Jia thought about it, it really is.

A few days later, an envoy from the imperial court arrived.

As expected, Gongsun Du and Guo Jia, who had already received the news, simply closed the door and thanked the guests, and these people couldn't even enter the city gate.

The envoy of the court had already received Cao Cao's orders, but he was just shouting and scolding outside the city, but he did not leave immediately, which was really inconsistent with the identity of the angel. I stayed for a full nine days before I scolded and went home.

And in the past nine days, the news of Gongsun Du's disregard for the imperial court has also spread rapidly, and it seems that it has set off a stormy wave in Yanyu Erzhou, and many people began to accuse Gongsun Du of smashing the longevity card at home directly, and a small number of people were puzzled, although they did not say anything unpleasant, nor did they smash the longevity card, but they did not have the incense every morning and evening as in the past; Only a very small number of them don't care about this at all, and still incense every morning and evening, but because of the strength of the "enemy", they don't make a sound.