Lujiang County, Anhui County, Hou General's Mansion.

Since Yuan Yao extracted Guanyin's maid and knew that Cao Cao was calculating him, he immediately settled down, and while ordering Huo Jun and Li Siye to be 100,000 points careful to guard Cao Cao, he also ordered everyone to secretly allocate grain and grass to gather soldiers and horses to prepare for battle!

On this day, when Yuan Yao was asking Mao Xiang about Cao Cao's information, a sergeant suddenly came to report, "Lord, Cao Cao has sent a messenger to come, and he has already entered the city and is about to arrive in the mansion!" ”

Cao Cao's envoy came?

Since Cao Cao has sent an envoy here, he should not send a large army in a short period of time, which is a good thing!

However, Cao Cao was full of scheming tactics with his soldiers, and he still had to strengthen his defenses.

Why did Cao Cao's envoy have already entered the city, and he only got the news, so what are the scouts and the garrisons along the way for?

Yuan Yao thought of this and asked angrily, "Huh? Cao Cao's envoys came, why did they only find out their movements when they entered the city? ”

The sergeant hurriedly replied: "Cao Cao's envoy falsely claimed to be a merchant in the past, and he didn't identify himself until he entered the city. ”

Just when Yuan Yao was angry, Pang Tong suddenly rushed all the way into the courtyard, and shouted urgently: "My lord, the minister heard that Cao Cao's envoy was coming, I don't know if there is such a thing?" ”

"Forget it, you go down first." Yuan Yao waved his hand to let the sergeant retreat, looked at Mao Xiao and said: "You continue to inquire about Cao Cao's news, especially the movements of the army under his command, you must find out clearly, first check if there is any movement of Cao Cao's main army on the front line of Guandu!" ”

Mao Xiang bowed repeatedly: "No, the last general will take the order!" ”

"Alright, you can step down first."

After Mao Xiang retreated, Pang Tong also walked in and repeated urgently: "The minister heard that Cao Cao's envoy came, is there indeed such a thing?" ”

Yuan Yao nodded and replied: "This is true, I also just got the news that Cao Cao's envoy falsely claimed to be a passing businessman, and he didn't reveal his identity until he entered the city." ”

"It's good to come, it's good to come!" When Pang Tong heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yuan Yao looked at Pang Tongyi's eyes in surprise and said, "What?" Shi Yuan had already guessed that Cao Cao would send an envoy to come? ”

Pang Tong glanced back at Yuan Yao and said with a smile: "Didn't the lord already guess it?" Otherwise, why would the lord let Huo Jun and Li Siye strengthen their defenses, and let the generals gather troops and horses to recruit troops and prepare for war? Isn't the lord wary of Cao Cao? ”

"This fact is not difficult to guess, now is the critical period of the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the lord and the rise in the Jianghuai land between a few months, this is equivalent to laying a nail in Cao Cao's backyard, plus the lord is the son of the Yuan family, Cao Cao will definitely be afraid that the lord guild will not unite with Yuan Shao and suddenly attack his Xuchang!"

"If Cao Cao doesn't understand the lord's thoughts, how can he dare to fight with Yuan Shao with confidence, so it is natural for Cao Cao to send an envoy here. It is normal for the lord to be worried before, if it weren't for the relatively hostile relationship between the lord and Yuan Shao, I'm afraid that this time it will really be Cao Cao's army! Now that Cao Cao has sent an envoy here, then this matter should be taken care of, as long as the lord has dealt with this person, Cao Cao will not easily use troops against the lord! ”

Hehe, it seems that I really have to thank my cheap loser father this time, otherwise I might really have to give Liu Bei a black pot!

Yuan Yao laughed at himself in his heart, but he was still a little uneasy, and then said: "According to Shiyuan, it is a good thing that Cao Cao's envoy came?" ”

Pang Tong laughed and said: "Hahahaha, the lord is now in the land of the three counties, with more than 100,000 elite divisions, compared to Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce in Jiangdong, there are no more than that!" Now that the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao is imminent, he will definitely not dare to provoke the lord easily, Cao Cao's envoy must have brought good news to the lord, and I am afraid that the minister will congratulate the lord in advance on his entry into the knighthood! ”

Yuan Yao trusted Pang Tong's wisdom very much, and when he saw that Pang Tong said so, he completely relieved himself, and said with a smile: "I am relieved that Shi Yuan said this, and it is almost time for Cao Cao's envoy to calculate the time, Cao Cao's strength is strong, and we still have to make friends with him for the time being." Shi Yuan, come with me to meet you. ”

"No!"

As soon as Yuan Yao walked out of the front yard, he saw the captain of the city gate walking in with a middle-aged Confucian in a black robe.

There are more than 100 scribes and ministers under Cao Ao's command, and there are also 10 or 20 scribes and ministers with first-class standards, but I don't know who this person is, but judging by his extraordinary appearance, he should not be a nameless person!

Yuan Yao's mind was turning, and while thinking about the identity of this person, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "I don't know that the Prime Minister's envoy is coming, and I am not far away, please don't blame the envoy!" ”

Man Chong smiled and bowed his hand, and replied: "The general is polite, I heard early in the morning that the general is benevolent and loves the people, and he does not leave anything behind and does not close his door at night, so he is curious, so he conceals his identity all the way to observe the people's livelihood, and now he is rashly disturbed, please don't blame the general!" ”

I'll rub it, it's just that you secretly visited my three counties, and you even said it so fresh and refined!

Yuan Yao complained a few words in his heart, laughed a few times to show contempt, and then said: "Hahahaha, Mr. is polite, I don't know how Mr. feels after reading it?" ”

Manzhong didn't hear the ridicule in Yuan Yao's laughter, bowed solemnly, and said: "If it is really a vain man under the fame, the people under the rule of the general live and work in peace and contentment, and there is plenty of money and food, which is really a great achievement!" After returning to Xudu, he will definitely report to the Son of Heaven to ask for credit for the general! ”

Hehe, ask the Son of Heaven for credit, and ask if there is a hairy use?

After all, Yuan Yao is not a literati who plays with his mouth, and he doesn't have the stamina to grind hard with the full pet anymore, so he asked directly: "Mr. is falsely praised, Mr. can be valued by the prime minister as a messenger, I think Mr. must be an extraordinary person, but the military generals under the command of the prime minister are like clouds and strategists like rain, please forgive me for being clumsy, I don't know who Mr. is, what is the matter with this coming to Anhui County?" ”。

Man Zhong smiled proudly and replied: "Hahahaha, the latter general praised it falsely, the heroes under the command of the prime minister have gathered countless talents, and a shallow person like me does not know how many people are common, and I really don't deserve the words 'extraordinary person'." As for who I am, a certain Shanyang is full of pet words Berning! ”

"As for what I'm here for, I'm here to bring some wealth to the general! ……”