Liu Bei also suspected that this edict was forged by Cao Cao at first, after all, Cao Cao had also done something about the edict back then. It wasn't until he saw the big red seal at the end, which was exactly the same as the seal of the inscription when the imperial court allowed him to be the pastor of Xuzhou, that Liu Bei was determined.

To say that the jade seal was made privately, this is almost impossible. The jade seal was cast by Qin Shi Huang with He's bi, which is not only difficult to make, with many processes, but also extremely difficult to find materials, and it is easy to be recognized if there is a slight difference. If this spreads, no matter how good your reputation was, it will collapse in an instant, but it's not just a matter as simple as killing your head.

Although Cao Cao had the courage, he was not enough to do such a thing.

It seems that the identity of this King Hongnong, as well as the story he told before, should be true.

Liu Bei had a plan in his heart, so he bowed his hand to Liu Wei and said solemnly: "The Han family is declining, traitors steal the country, my generation, as a courtier of the Han Dynasty and a relative of the Han family, has no hesitation!" I should settle this matter, but the problem is that even if Bei joins forces with General Cao, he is still weak, and he still needs to gather more forces before he can fight with Lu Bu. ”

Liu Wei nodded and said yes, since Liu Bei should accept it, he did not hide it, and talked about his plan: "In a few days, the little nephew will go to the south, and ask the general Yuan Shu and Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao to also send troops." Then go north to win over Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou, and Sun Zhan, the Shougong of Beiping County. At that time, with the strength of everyone, they will definitely be able to defeat Lu Bu! ”

A faint imperial majesty emanated from Liu Wei's body, Cao Cao and Liu Bei glanced at each other, both of them sensed scruples in each other's eyes, bowed down and shouted: "King Hongnong is wise!" ”

As for why he didn't go to the north first, Liu Wei naturally had his thoughts. Yuan Shao has recently broken Gongsun Zan several cities, and now the momentum is fierce, and he must first let Lu Bu destroy Yuan Shao's morale before he can win over.

Two days later, Liu Wei left Xuzhou.

In order to prevent the news from leaking, he refused Liu Bei and Cao Cao's send-off, and still only took Chenlong alone and embarked on the road to Huainan.

Seeing Liu Wei go away, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh: "Xuande, our Royal Highness the Great Prince, it's really amazing!" ”

Liu Bei quite recognized the solemn nod, only failures and setbacks can make people grow.

If Dong Zhuo hadn't deposed the young emperor back then, I don't know what the situation would be today?

Cao Cao put a question mark in his heart.

After Liu Wei left, Liu Bei invited Cao Cao to the small pavilion in the backyard. Cao Cao is a hearty person, and he is not formal, and he came to the small pavilion with Liu Bei. The pavilion has set up a bottle: a plate of green plums, a bottle of boiled wine.

Add drinks.

The two sat opposite each other, drinking happily, as if confidants, telling about the hard work of these years.

Thundered~

When the wine was half-drunk, the originally clear sky suddenly sounded with rolling thunder, and then dark clouds covered the sky, and it was terriblely gloomy, and it seemed that a heavy rain would soon come.

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, holding the wine bottle and looking at the railing, between the hidden clouds and mist, there seemed to be a giant python flying away.

"General Cao~General Cao~"

Cao Cao was stunned for a while, and it was not until he heard Liu Bei's soft call that he came back to his senses.

This scene reminded him of an incident many years ago.

At that time, it was also like this.

In the wine bottle, the previous topic was no longer discussed, Cao Cao smiled and asked Liu Bei: "Can Xuande know the changes of the dragon?" ”

Liu Bei stopped the wine bottle in his hand, looked down at the face reflected in the cup, didn't understand why Cao Cao suddenly asked this, and shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know the details.

Liu Bei didn't know, so Cao Cao repeated what he said to Lu Bu back then: "The dragon can be big and small, and it can be promoted and hidden; The big one is the clouds and the fog, and the small one is hidden and hidden; The rising is soaring between the universe, and the hidden is lurking in the waves. The dragon changes from time to time, the Jews have the ambition and crisscross the seas, the dragon is a thing, comparable to the heroes of the world! ”

"Xuande has been in all directions for a long time, and he must know whether the heroes of the world can be a master or two for me." Cao Cao took a sip of wine and looked at Liu Bei with interest.

Liu Bei put the wine glass on the table and shook his head slightly: "I can't prepare for the worldly people, the naked eye is mortal, and I can know the heroes of the world." ”

Maybe it was because of the strength of the wine, Cao Cao's face was flushed, and he didn't intend to end the topic after all, and continued to ask: "Hey, why should Xuande be too humble, even if you haven't seen a real person, you should have heard of some names, although it is!" ”

Liu Bei couldn't resist Cao Cao, so he had to say casually: "Huainan Yuan Shu, the soldiers are well prepared, can he be a hero?" ”

Cao Cao was obviously a little upset at this time, and said with a sneer: "Yuan Changshui, a fierce ghost in the road, is just a dry bone in the mound, and he has been repeatedly defeated by others. If it weren't for the profound background of the Yuan family, they would have been captured long ago! ”

"Yuan Shao of Hebei, the third prince of the fourth world, the old official of the door; Now the tiger is in the land of Jizhou, and there are many capable subordinates, who can be heroes? Liu Bei said another person.

"Yuan Shao is fierce and timid, and he is indecisive; Do big things and spare your life, see small profits and forget your life: non-heroes. Cao Cao shook his head, although he and Yuan Shao have known each other for many years and are good friends with good relations, but when it comes to heroes, Yuan Shao is not a little worse.

"There is a person named Bajun, Weizhen Kyushu: Liu Jingsheng can be a hero?"

"Liu Biao is in name only, and he is not a hero."

"There is a person with strong blood, the leader of Jiangdong who rose two years ago - Sun Bo Fu is a hero?"

"Sun Ce is just a child, in the name of others, not a hero."

"Yizhou Liu Jiyu, can he be a hero?"

"Although Liu Zhang is a clan, he is the dog ear of the household, how can he be a hero!"

"What about Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu, Ma Teng and other generations?"

Cao Cao stroked his palms and laughed, not paying attention to it at all: "Such a villain, why worry about it!" ”

So many big guys can't get into your eyes, so why don't you tell me about it?

Liu Bei slandered in his heart, but his face was humble and said: "Outside of this, I don't know if I really don't know!" ”

Of course, there was an extremely important figure among them that Liu Bei overlooked.

This is not Liu Bei's deliberate omission, but now that a strategic cooperation has been reached, Lu Bu is regarded as a traitor who steals the Han family, no matter how strong he is and how many soldiers and horses he has, he can't be a 'hero'.

Cao Cao got up, shook his wine glass and walked out of the small pavilion, looked up at the sky, and expressed the excitement in his chest: "The husband is a hero, with great ambitions, good intentions, the opportunity to contain the universe, and the will to swallow heaven and earth!" ”

"Who can deserve it?"

Cao Cao wanted to name one person, but when he thought about it, it seemed that something was not appropriate, so he pointed his finger at Liu Bei, and then pointed to himself, and laughed: "Today's hero, only the king and the ear!" ”

Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, he had always been a low-key person, and hurriedly waved his hand.

"Brother Mengde, you are drunk!"

…………

Cao and Liu Qingmei cooking wine and talking about heroes was originally a trivial matter of commercial blowing to each other.

However, after it was passed into Guanzhong, Xi Ce heard about it and was rarely angry.

Cats and dogs are all on the table, but there is no one of their own generals.

He felt indignant for Lu Bu, so he took up a pen and wrote a note, which was passed on to Cao Cao: There is a person who killed your whole family, the late Xuzhou Mu, can he be a hero?