"It's not impossible to keep the guard." Liu Lan didn't agree directly, but hesitated for a while, and could see that he was thinking about it very seriously, but in the end he shook his head and said: "Whether this kid is in internal affairs or in the army, he will have great development in the future, and it is not suitable to go to the internal guard, forget about this matter, or let him follow you directly and be the master bookkeeper?" ”

"That's too wronged for him, from a subordinate officer of the General's Mansion to a subordinate officer of the General's Mansion, the gap is too big." Xu Shu said with a smile, and said with some ridicule: "Don't let the child feel that not only did he not receive a reward for his meritorious service, but he was also demoted, and he cried when the time came." ”

"Haha, then continue to stay by my side and be his counselor!"

The lord is reluctant to put Wen Hui in the internal guard, after all, it is a spy agency, there are too many dirty things inside, it is too early to contact these now, and the lord may have already calculated his positioning, the future is either to go to the army or to go to the place, but to stay by his side, if he is now Bai Ding, then no problem, but he is the general's mansion, even if he is the first chief of the subordinate officer, it is inevitable to wronged him, and the final result is to keep him by his side, after some consideration, Xu Shu said goodbye and left, went straight to the temporary public house where Yi Cao belonged and found Wen Hui and encouraged him, especially the lord Fang Cai praised him for his intelligence.

For Wen Hui, he is in an important position at a young age, and it is indeed unrealistic to go up, just give him some rewards on money and silk, Xu Shu was obviously a little uncomfortable after seeing his reaction, and immediately smiled and reminded him: "You are still young now, climbing too high will not do you any good, you are now like a sand mountain, the higher you pile up, the faster it will collapse, endure the temperament, and only after refining can you become steel, then the lord will use you, which is the real reuse." ”

"The military advisor misunderstood, the kid was just worried about Jizhou, to be honest, since he saw this letter, this matter has almost become a piece of the kid's heart."

Xu Shu shook his head: "It's all said, the lord was very happy after seeing the letter, and at the same time I saw you, I had already met Yun Chang, what to do next, that's confidential, I don't know if you ask me, but there is no doubt that you have made a great contribution."

"Really?" Wen Hui, who was still a little sullen before, was happy, Xu Shu shook his head in his heart, it seemed that he really misunderstood him, and nodded slightly, this strength did not live up to the high expectations of the lord for him, if he really felt that the lord had unfairly rewarded him because of his great achievements, and did not give the reward he deserved, then this person would be difficult to reuse, and his temperament would be narrow, and he would be a talent in a county at best in the future.

"Is there anything else going on? If it's okay, then go with me for a drink. ”

"It's okay, it's okay." For Xu Shu's invitation, Wen Hui naturally will not refuse, this is something that no matter how many people ask for it, who in the general's mansion does not know that the military adviser is low-key, rarely socializes, even if he drinks, he is only with some good generals such as Guan Yu Zhang Fei or the internal guard who returned to Xuzhou is now the leader of Moling's debriefing, such a warm invitation at this moment, it is really the first time in the world, no wonder Wen Hui is so excited.

Wen Hui has followed Wen Shu in Zhuoxian since he was a child, and he is very clear about these officialdom doorways, Xu Junshi invited him to drink, which clearly means that he has already regarded him as his own person, an official like him who suddenly appeared, in the general's mansion, does not belong to the old department of Liaodong and does not belong to the local forces of Xuzhou and Jiangdong, even if there is a relationship with Liu Lan, it is still difficult to move an inch in the general's mansion, and he now understands what his father means when he says that a good man and three gangs.

At that time, Wen Hui, who was a young man, still felt that his father's concept was out of place, and he had experienced two party battles, and he still had such an idea, but he didn't expect Wen Shu to smile and say You don't understand anything, a gentleman is not a party, at that time, Wen Hui still felt that his father was making excuses for forming a party for personal gain, but he didn't expect that he would do something similar today, it was a big joke.

But this is the reality, even in the past few years, he has completely seen Lai, the lord completely acquiesces to this, and is even a little happy to see such a situation, he is very serious about the lord's intention to do this, although the guess may not be accurate, but also see some ways, that is, the three forces hinder each other, in this case, if he wants to develop, then he must seek a force for himself, and the Liaodong Department is undoubtedly the party he is most looking forward to, but when looking for an entry point, But whether it is Guan Yu or Zhang Fei, who he knows since he is too young, since he arrived in Xuzhou, he has rarely been able to meet them, and finally he set his sights on Xu Shu, through many investigations and analysis, he is very clear about some of Xu Shu's usual habits, and therefore has the idea of hoping to become his disciple, but with the opening of the battle of Xuzhou, all this has become a luxury, the only thing he can do is to wait patiently, and finally he waited for this time to go out with the army, also waited for this opportunity to meet Xu Shu directly alone.

Xu Shu invited him to his own house, sat down in the middle hall, ordered to go down the wine and food had already been prepared, waved off the maid servant, Xu Shu was just about to pour wine, Wen Hui was very clever, took the first step, picked up the wine spoon and poured the wine bottle of the two, Xu Shu signaled that he didn't have to be so troublesome, each scooped their own wine, and then raised the bottle and said: "Come!" We drink this bottle to the fullest. ”

"Strategist, please!"

The two picked up the wine bottle and drank it all, but Xu Shu said that they still couldn't stop Wen Hui by pouring wine, he got up again and filled the wine bottle with wine, Xu Shu looked at him with a smile, and when he sat back, he asked curiously: "I heard that you and the lord are old acquaintances, I'm really strange, when did you meet the lord, can you tell me?" ”

It's just Liu Fang or Wen Hui, there are actually some rumors in the General's Mansion about their sudden appearance, but no one knows what the specific situation is, even if it is Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, he only heard a few words, but he only knows that he has a great relationship with the lord, but he doesn't know what is going on at all.

While asking, he looked at Wen Hui at the same time, taking every expression of his eyes in his eyes, he saw the embarrassed look on Wen Hui's face, so he said with a smile: "If it's inconvenient to say, then don't say it." "In fact, at his age, when he thinks of the lord and Guan Yu in Zhuo County, Wen Hui and Liu Fang at that time were still children, not so much that they met the lord, but that their parents knew the lord, as for many people privately said what gossip about illegitimate children, he would never believe it, because the age is not right, so this is completely discrediting the lord, or some peachy rumors are more acceptable to the world, even if it is not true, it will be passed on to the truth, Xu Shu was not polite at all in this regard, and sent internal guards to punish these rumor-mongering eyes extremely severely.

Wen Hui shook his head and said, "Actually, the memory of the lord is very rare, after all, it is because the humble position is still young, and the memory of the lord is not very deep, and he even only knows his surname Liu." And the only impression that the humble duty has on this Uncle Liu Shishu is that the lord broke the yellow scarf that year, when the family was full of lights, like the New Year, and that day was also the first time my father showed a smiling face in half a year, and after that, I only got some news about Uncle Liu Shi from my father, as I got older and older, I finally knew that the world-famous Uncle Liu Shi was the lord Liu Lan, but at that time, I had been with my father in Zhuo County, until my father died, and then I followed my father's will, I came to Uncle Shi with a letter of recommendation.

"Oh? That's what it looks like. Xu Shu nodded, Wen Shu is his father He knows, but Wen Hui at that time was too young, and his memory of Liu Lan was very vague, it was already rare to be able to say this, and he knew that it was impossible to dig up any more insiders, in fact, where else was there any insider, he had already known it from Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but there was no Wen Hui in their mouths at all, of course, Wen Shu still had it, so he no longer inquired about the affairs of Zhuoxian, for him, this line was actually very complete.

The two then did not continue to talk about the affairs of the lord in Zhuo County, but talked about government affairs while drinking, although Xu Shu is now dealing with the internal guards, and he is tight-lipped about Wen Hui, and has not revealed anything, but Wen Hui is also very clear about what to ask and what not to say, as for his affairs, to put it bluntly, Cao Cao has his own public room, but there is no official business, but if Liu Lan has something to discuss, he can provide advice in the council room, to put it bluntly, he is a loose official, no real power, But because he can directly discuss the major affairs of the staff officer and the military aircraft, he has a higher status and sells him face in the general's mansion.

The two chatted, and naturally talked about the matter of Jizhou, Xu Shu smiled and said that before you were depressed in your heart, he was the same, worried, but now he is not worried at all, after all, this matter was discovered by Wen Hui and reported in time, so he did not hide it, although some things are insiders, Xu Shu knows the rules, and he can't talk to the second person, but he asked Wen Hui to drink, but he didn't solve it but valued him, and there were other purposes, so he told him the inside story that had been allowed by the lord, and let him know this, It's okay for him to reply to Jizhou, and that's the real purpose.

"Ah, are we going to sit idly by and let Jizhou attack Yanzhou?" When Wen Hui learned of the lord's plan, he was taken aback.

"Naturally, otherwise why do you think people will send you this letter, this is to give us a warning, if we don't give people a clear answer, but go all out to unite with Cao Cao, then Yuan Shao will take us first, but if we promise not to help, then Yuan Shao will not come to attack Guangling, but attack Yanzhou, so your reply is very important." Xu Shu explained the reason, while Wen Hui was dumbfounded, and said: "That is to say, this letter is actually not Yuan Xi, but Yuan Shao, and his intention is to let us make our own choice, war or peace?" ”

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shu nodded with great satisfaction, and said: "Yes, this is a warning, Yuan Shaoming sent troops to Gaoyou, this is for Cao Cao and for us to see, but behind his back, he sent such a letter, if we make the decision to go to war, then he will immediately unite with Cao Cao, and even if we poke this matter out, he can completely push everything on the little other driver." And if we choose not to go to war, then we must ensure that we will not intervene in the Yanzhou war. ”

"Isn't he afraid that we won't admit it?" Wen Hui said with some concern.

"Don't be afraid, because this is Wang Xiu's first arrival in Yecheng, Yuan Shao understands our needs now, but he is worried, so he made such a precaution, which can be described as foolproof, as for our treachery, this kind of thing, I think Yuan Shao must be full of confidence, if there is no Wang Xiu, maybe he will be worried, but Wang Xiu has already gone, everything has been laid out on the surface, so what else does he have to worry about, and with the current strength of Jizhou, do you think Yuan Shao will really be afraid of us to help Cao Cao?"

"Although he is not afraid, since he has done this kind of thing, it shows that he is still afraid in his bones." Wen Hui understood the reason: "I don't think we can sit idly by, our lips are cold, if we really let Yuan Shao defeat Cao Cao, then we will definitely lose." ”

Xu Shu nodded and said: "What you said is right, the lord has made all the arrangements, and we will intervene in other ways when the time comes, but these are military secrets, I must not say them to anyone, including you, you have to understand, even the words I said to you just now, you must promise me to keep them secret, and you must not leak them." ”

"If a lowly office reveals a person to a second person, he shall not die well." Wen Hui hurriedly swore that he would never leak a word of his promise!

"That's good, as for this letter, I have already drafted it for you here, you go back and copy a copy and send a letter back to Jizhou." Wen Hui took the letter, opened it and read it, but it didn't say anything, but between the lines, it pointed out that he was willing to reconcile with Jizhou and the two families quit the army.

Wen Hui was a little puzzled, pointed to the letter, and said, "This is not written that you can't help Cao Cao, can this work?" ”

"Don't worry, there are some things that don't need to be said so clearly, everyone tacitly knows that this kind of thing will not be bound by people and treaties, so even if we guarantee it in the letter, it is actually meaningless, but it will make them suspicious, and sometimes, it will be too straightforward and obvious to make people worry.

Wen Hui seems to understand whether he understands or not, but he can understand one thing from it, and that is that ambiguous replies are far more useful than straightforward recovery, although this seems a little incomprehensible to him now, but as he gets older, he will understand.