With the arrival of winter, snowflakes gradually fell in the sky, dyeing the entire Linzi City into a piece of silver. Snowflakes float in mid-air with the wind blowing, and the silence of the alleys makes for a very meaningful picture.

It's a pity that the people who are still out at this time are basically ordinary people who are running around to make a living, and they don't know what painting is, and they won't take out the picture scroll at this time, and wave it on the spot, one by one, just look up at the sky, and then continue to bow their heads and hurry.

For these people, filling in the livelihood of their stomach and the whole family is obviously much more important than all this in front of them.

Winter is coming, and it is very difficult for ordinary people in this era.

However, at this moment, in a small courtyard in the second half of the State Pastoral Mansion, looking at the snow outside the window, Yan Shao's two major strategists, Li Ru and Jia Xu, were sitting in the room playing against each other under the service of their subordinates.

While admiring the falling snow outside the window, while playing games with friends, occasionally accompanied by fragrant tea, it can be regarded as a relatively elegant thing for the literati and artists of this era. What's more, there is a pre-set heater in the house, and there is one in almost every corner of the room, so that even in the cold winter, the two of them will not feel too cold. Compared with the ordinary people of this era, it is a different treatment in the world. Ordinary people don't say they use stoves, even if they want to make the temperature in the room a little hotter, it is very difficult, how can it be compared to the enjoyment of two people who want to open the window and enjoy the beautiful scenery outside the window even in the cold winter?

Both of them are very superb in chess, and when they played against each other for a long time in the past, they rarely lost, and even in the entire Qingzhou Army, there were almost no opponents who could be called them. So this time the two of them are holding together, which can also be called a chess opponent and a good material.

However, this kind of suspenseful game usually takes a lot of time. The two of them played for at least two hours in a row, not to mention the victory or defeat, and they couldn't even tell the upper and lower.

The two servants who were in charge of the costumes next to them only felt that their heads hurt when they were standing, but they still stood motionless, and if the tea in their cups was gone, they immediately poured new tea. If the fire in the stove becomes smaller, add new charcoal to make the fire burn more vigorously and the people in the house warmer

"Wen You's chess skills are really superb," looking at the black and white chess surface, Jia Xu said in admiration.

Li Ru laughed when he heard this. "Wenhe, don't delay time, hurry up." But he planned to speak, as if he was afraid that Jia Xu would use this opportunity to come up with a trick to crack it.

It turned out that after a long time of silence, Li Ru made a small trap, and as a result, he actually had a slight upper hand on the chess board.

Looking at Li Ru, who was a little proud, Jia Xu smiled slightly, but after groaning for a while, he picked up a black piece and landed on the chess board.

This fall made Li Ru's face change suddenly.

It turned out that the white son had a slight upper hand, but with the fall of the sunspot, the situation reversed instantly, and Li Ru could see that compared with before, this time the chess surface was more dangerous.

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"Sure enough, it's still not as good as Wenhe" After thinking about it for at least a quarter of an hour, he never thought of a way to win, knowing that if he continued like this, it was just a dying struggle, Li Ru smiled bitterly and gave up.

Reaching out to clean up the chess pieces on the chessboard, a smile appeared on the corner of Jia Xu's mouth.

During this time, the intersection between the two was good, one was because both were born in Xiliang and had a common language. Another is that the identities of both of them are a little unsightly.

Just when Jia Xu was about to say something to Li Ru, a person walked in outside, and when he saw that person, Li Ru and Jia Xu were stunned for a moment. This small courtyard is a resting place for two people, it is very secluded, and no one will break in to disturb it. The man noticed the expressions of the two, but he smiled bitterly, leaned over to the two and whispered softly.

With the man's words, the expressions of the two of them also kept changing, and in the end, the expressions of both of them also turned into wry smiles.

"Our lord is really a bit amorous."

With such emotion, Jia Xu waved his hand and motioned for the subordinate to retreat quickly.

After all, it is very likely that they will criticize many people next, including Yan Shao himself. If that's the case, it's obviously the best option to be empty in the room at this time. Neither Jia Xu nor Li Ru trusted these subordinates very much, because what these two people liked and were best at was assassination.

Generally speaking, if you want to accomplish the purpose well, you always need to send someone to find out the details first. But the average assassination target will definitely have their own preparations, and if they don't get some information in advance, they are likely to die inside.

Therefore, whether it is Li Ru or Jia Xu, they like to arrange some secret agents around their opponents, who are responsible for informing them of the situation in various places. And among the choices of the two of them, the next person is the one with the highest probability, and it is the same now.

After all, they can't use excuses to cover up their incompetence.

If it were just an ordinary woman, the two would never say anything, but this time the woman was very tricky.

is not only the eldest lady of the Xuzhou Mi family, but more importantly, the wife of Xuzhou Muwei, and it is said that she eloped during the wedding. This made the two admire Yan Shao at the same time, but also smiled bitterly.

If it is an ordinary woman, it doesn't matter, even if it is from a family, with Yan Shao's strength now, it is enough to shut up most of the families in the world today.

But this time the woman was Liu Bei's fiancée.

The so-called 'hatred of killing his father and taking his wife', Yan Shao didn't know Liu Bei's father, so it was impossible to occupy the former, but the latter had already become a fact.

However, Liu Bei is still the pastor of Xuzhou and the controller of Xuzhou.

"Wen You, what do you know about Liu Bei?" As Yan Shao's advisor, Jia Xu had to start getting to know this person in advance.

Jia Xu has always lived in Xiliang, even if the latter two Dong Zhuo occupied Luoyang, he just stopped in Luoyang, and his impression of Liu Bei was limited to when he was in the Tiger Prison Pass, he was defeated in the hands of Lu Bu with two sworn brothers, and later became Xuzhou Mu, and the others are not very well understood.

He is a smart man, and he knows very well what the result of Qingzhou's bad relationship with Xuzhou is. Don't look at the fact that the two sides have been fighting each other because of Zang Ba before, but in fact, they are very restrained, but this time when things come out, it will be very difficult to ease up.

As Yan Shao's strategist, Jia Xu should stand up and advise at this time, from the perspective of the overall situation, it is best to immediately send Mi Zhen back to Xuzhou to Liu Bei and Mi Zhu, so that at least the contradiction between the two states can be alleviated.

Otherwise, considering that Qingzhou has been sandwiched by Jizhou and Yanzhou, plus a Xuzhou, it is almost equivalent to being surrounded. These days, Jia Xu has also learned some things in Qingzhou, and knows that Qingzhou's own strength is far stronger than what has been shown, and it is definitely not a lie to say that it is one of the strongest states today, even compared with Jizhou, Jingzhou and other places.

If you just play any of these states alone, you won't be left behind.

Considering the wolf-like generals in Yan Shao's army, it is even very likely that they will have a great upper hand.

But if it is a siege of the three states at the same time, it is really too difficult.

Any strategist who knows some strategies will advise his lord at this time to focus on the overall situation, give up the love of his children, and even use Xiang Yu or other historical characters as negative examples.

However, Jia Xu is not only a smart person, but also a smart person who knows how to protect himself. At the first moment he learned about this, he didn't consider the idea of persuading Yan Shao to send this woman back to Xuzhou and hand it over to Liu Bei and Mi Zhu.

People have reverse scales, no matter how easy-going they are and how easy they are to joke around. Yan Shao's reverse scales are these people around him. Don't look at Yan Shao's treatment of Jia Xu very politely during this time, if such a proposal is really made, Jia Xu is probably not far from death.

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Hearing Jia Xu's question, Li Ru pondered for a moment and replied. "I know a little bit about this person, this person has two sworn brothers, brave and brave, it is said that they all have the courage of ten thousand people, before the Tiger Prison Pass, it was the two of them who fought with Lu Bu, but unfortunately they were defeated by Lu Bu, but it is still not to be underestimated. As for Liu Bei himself, this person is known for his benevolence, but the city is very deep, and Wen He should not underestimate this person."

Hearing this, Jia Xu nodded, he still believed in Li Ru's judgment.

"At present, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are already at odds, and if you want to solve this trouble, the only way is to strike first."

"First strike?" Li Ru frowned slightly. "You mean to send troops to Xuzhou immediately? I'm afraid that there is something wrong with this matter, one of the lords has just returned to Qingzhou, and he hasn't settled down yet, and the accompanying soldiers and horses have not yet experienced a break, so he just waved his troops directly, but I am afraid that there are some difficulties. Another is that there are a lot of soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, and the two of them are Liu Bei's minions, which are very troublesome and difficult to deal with, if they can't solve the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou in a short time, I'm afraid they will be caught by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao."

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are not fools, how could they watch Yan Shao push Xuzhou away? As long as he reacts, he will definitely immediately wave his troops to Qingzhou, so Yan Shao will fall into the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy on his back.

If one is not done well, it is not impossible to die without a place to be buried.

"Brother, how can I not know that now is not the best time to send troops to Xuzhou" Hearing Li Ru's words, Jia Xu laughed a little helplessly.

"Huh?" Li Ru also reflected, pondered for a while, and immediately understood what he meant. "You mean?"

"Not bad," Jia Xu smiled slightly. "Although I'm afraid that you are not suitable for sending troops, but that person is suitable, you and I are very clear, what is that person's character, don't look at Liu Bei's slight favor to him, it is no matter how much favor, as long as the interests are enough, he will fight back without scruples, and now we put the entire Xuzhou in front of his eyes, can he not be moved?"

"Wonderful!" After Li Ru listened, he also followed with admiration. "Wenhe is really resourceful, Li Ru admires"

Just when the two were pondering how to solve the dilemma in front of them, Yan Shao had already brought Mi Zhen into his mansion. In such an era, you can imagine how difficult it is to travel long distances across a state.

Before Mi Zhen ran away from home, she also made a lot of preparations, and the most important thing was to carry some belongings with her, although it was not much, it was enough for her to persist in Qingzhou.

However, this road was cold and frozen, and I really suffered a lot, especially in Qingzhou, after all my belongings had been spent, and I experienced a long period of hiking.

This means that the security in Qingzhou is quite good now, and the luck is also quite good. Otherwise, she was a weak woman, walking alone in the wilderness, the consequences were really unimaginable, and when she didn't think of this, Yan Shao felt a little afraid. Along the way, Mi Zhen's hands and feet were frozen with a lot of chilblains, which made Yan Shao feel distressed.

"You little fool, why don't you know to write a letter to Qingzhou?"

Holding Mi Zhen's little hand, Yan Shao was full of distress.

If he really knew that this would be the case, Yan Shao would send someone to Xuzhou to bring Mi Zhen back anyway, and even he would be willing to do it himself.

"I don't know if you want me" If Mi Zhen relied on her own strength all the way from Xuzhou, then as Yan Shao held her hand, that strength seemed to melt the ice, and it collapsed in an instant, replaced by endless grievances.

Although Mi Zhen is a little rude, she is a smart woman, and she knows very well how much trouble she will cause by doing this, not to mention that Yan Shao is still the lord of a state. Who dares to guarantee that he will be willing to be an enemy of Liu Bei for his own sake?

She remembered very well how many men in history were willing to sacrifice the women who accompanied him for their own ambitions and great causes

Before arriving in Qingzhou, how could Mi Zhen dare to confirm this?

Looking at Mi Zhen's little face, Yan Shao sighed helplessly, but he didn't say anything, just held her hand, and ordered his subordinates to call the doctor in the mansion by the way.

Although chilblains are not a terrible thing, it is not good to leave them untreated. The man looked at the situation in front of him, and knew that what he needed to do most now was not anything else, but to quickly shut his mouth and do the matter, and when he got Yan Shao's order, he didn't say much, and turned around and walked outside, for fear that if he delayed for a long time, he would make his master's woman suffer more.

After the person left, Yan Shao didn't care about anything else, just looked at Mi Zhen distressedly. By the way, I waited for the arrival of the doctor.

What he didn't expect was that after waiting for a while, it was not a doctor who came, but Diao Chan and others in the mansion

Looking at Diao Chan and his party who were coming angrily, Yan Shao's face suddenly showed a bitter color.