Liu Bei's words surprised Cao Cao.

He began to look at Liu Bei seriously, his eyes full of doubts and uncertainties.

Liu Bei didn't avoid Cao Cao, he just puffed up his chest and looked at Cao Cao's gaze very naturally.

When he was young, he saw Cao Cao suddenly smiled and said: "Xuande is really a sincere person, as soon as he saw Cao, he paid with sincerity, compared to Xuande's honesty, Cao is indeed inferior." ”

After saying that, I saw Cao Cao say to the pottery merchants: "It's not a secret, looking at today, all the princes are destroyed, only you, me, and Liu Jiyu are still alive, and with the strength of the three of us, if we want to compete with the pottery merchants, I'm afraid it's impossible...... The only way is to protect oneself, and if there is a chance in the future, or you can counterattack the world again, if you don't have a chance, you are afraid that you will need to spend your life here. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he replied very naturally: "Now there is only Xichuan in such a place." ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "That's right. ”

"However, dare to ask Cao Gong if he has thought about it, for the sake of Xichuan, a place that can cover itself, if you start a war with Ji Yu, looking back, who is the cheap person?"

Cao Cao stroked his beard and did not answer immediately.

"It can only be a potter!" Liu Bei sighed and replied for him: "Your power is not weak, and Ji Yu's strength is not weak, his father and son have been entrenched in Xichuan for many years, can Cao Gong take all his land overnight?" It's going to be hard. ”

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows slightly.

"What does Cao Gong think?"

Cao Cao took a deep breath and sighed, "That's true, but what do you think I should do?" Do you want to give up? After all, this Xichuan is Cao's only hope. ”

"Can't we coexist with each other in Xichuan?" Liu Bei sighed: "Cao Gong has conquered Hanzhong, if you want, the two of us can unite to protect Xichuan and fight against the potters!" ”

"Coexistence?" Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this: "Is this possible?" ”

"Is it impossible?" Liu Bei said: "If it is impossible, we have to attack each other, Xichuan is twice as strong, and it will inevitably be broken by the potters, if the potters capture Xichuan, we are afraid that one of us will not survive." ”

Cao Cao was silent, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, I saw Cao Cao smiling: "Xuandegong's words are reasonable, and Cao has been taught." ”

After these words were spoken, a big stone in Liu Bei's heart finally fell.

He gave Cao Cao a long look: "Cao Gong is so reasonable, I am grateful." ”

Cao Cao smiled lightly and said, "It's not Cao Mou's reason, or Xuande's reason...... Xuande Gong, and go back to the post house to rest first, Cao sent someone to prepare a banquet, let's get drunk tonight. ”

Liu Bei naturally understood that Cao Cao and Xun You had something to discuss, so he did not refuse, and then left and went back to the post house to rest.

After Liu Bei left, Xun You immediately asked Cao Cao for confirmation.

"Sikong, do you really want to unite with Liu Zhang?"

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Liu Bei is right, Xichuan must be the final destination of our people, but Liu Zhang and his father Liu Yan have been governing in Yizhou for many years, and they are deeply rooted...... Alas, I'm afraid that even this last piece of land has been lost. ”

Xun You frowned and said, "Then Sikong is really willing to be in the land of Hanzhong and take care of Liu Zhang's nursing home?" ”

Cao Cao smiled lightly: "Why not? Four hundred years ago, Gaozu started in Hanzhong, and eventually became an emperor, Cao is not better than telling, but self-protection is still possible, although the area of Hanzhong is not large, but its subordinate twelve counties are quite rich, and conducive to farming, in recent years, because of the reason of the five buckets of rice religion, many people in Guanzhong have flocked to Hanzhong, can be described as rich, we take this as the foundation, slowly develop, and Liu Zhang united to fight against the pottery merchants, to watch the future, looking for opportunities and moving, isn't it happy? ”

Xun You nodded abruptly and said, "Sikong's words are very true, I understand it below." ”

Cao Cao suddenly said, "There is one more thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, and said: "If my expectations are good, we won't be able to keep Guanzhong sooner or later, and even if we do, I'm afraid that we won't be able to control the princes of Guanzhong in the future, and the pottery merchants will definitely attack the key points. ”

Xun You didn't expect Cao Cao to think so far-reaching, and to hand over such an important task to himself, so he didn't dare to slack off, and then arched his hand and said: "Sikong's words, I understand it below, and I will definitely live up to Sikong's high expectations." ”

……

Liu Bei and Cao Cao met in Hanzhong and reached a consensus in a sense.

At the same time, Lu Bu of Wuguan was rescued by a group of men and brought back to Wancheng.

When the potter heard that Lu Bu and Pang De were injured alone, he immediately went to see it himself.

After all, that is his father-in-law, if there is any difference, how to explain to Lu Lingqi when he turns around?

……

"Uncle Yue, how are your injuries?"

Lu Bu smiled and waved his hand, "It's a trivial matter, why worry about it?" It's just hateful that Pound is hateful, he can't beat me, and he actually sneaks up with a secret arrow, which is really hateful! ”

The potter nodded suddenly, and comforted: "Father-in-law has a good rest, don't worry, the son-in-law will definitely help you avenge your hatred!" ”

Lu Bu gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, turn around and grab that Pound and shoot him a hundred times with a crossbow arrow!" This thief! ”

At this time, he saw that the doctor who treated Lu Bu came to the pottery merchant and said to him: "Prime Minister, I want to tell you something below, please move." ”

The potter shook his head, turned his head to look at Lu Bu, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.

He followed the healer out of the room.

"What's going on?" The potter whispered.

The doctor said nervously: "Prime Minister, Wen Hou's injury seems to be a little bad." ”

When the potter heard this, he hurriedly said: "What's not a good way?" ”

The healer looked inside, and saw that Lu Bu didn't hear it, so he immediately said, "The short arrow that shot Wen Hou's shoulder seems to be poisonous. ”

"Poisonous?" Hearing this, the potter suddenly became nervous: "How poisonous is it?" ”

"Judging from the following, although this poison will not die immediately, it will become a big trouble sooner or later, and we must quickly find a way to treat it, otherwise it will definitely endanger my life."

The potter said nervously: "Do you have a way to cure it?" ”

The healer said in a low voice: "I have never seen this poison in the lower parts, but the poisoned sleeve arrow was thrown away by Wen Hou, with the ability of the lower ones, I am afraid that it will ......."

"And what do you mean?"

"Only by asking Doctor Zhang or Doctor Hua to treat him can he be saved."

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