After this episode, Mi Zhu thought that he could smoothly pull the Chen family to their chariot, but the result disappointed the two, Chen Deng always refused to respond positively, and there was no gain until the banquet was over, so Liu Lan had no choice but to leave with Mi Zhu, but as soon as he left the meeting hall, Liu Lan was stopped by Chen Deng, who walked to him and whispered: "De Ran Gong, can you borrow this side to talk?" ”

Liu Lan nodded to Mi Zhu, followed Chen Deng to the side and said, "Could it be that Yuanlong has changed his mind?" ”

"This Yuanlong can't be the master, but my father wants to see Deran Gong."

"Mr. Han Yu?" Liu Lan looked at Chen Deng suspiciously: "Isn't Ling Zun in Xiapi?" ”

"It's not a secret, my father secretly came to Xuzhou City as early as when Cao Cao entered Xuzhou."

"I see, then bother Yuan Longtou to lead the way, and I'll go see Mr. Han Yu."

Liu Lan explained to Mi Zhu, and then followed Chen Deng towards Chen Qi's room, and soon the two came to a remote place, it was pitch black all around, and they continued to walk forward for less than a hundred meters, and an extremely bright house flashed around in the dim surroundings, which immediately made him feel a sense of brightness.

As Chen Deng pushed the door in, the room was very luxurious, the furniture was all high-grade red sandalwood and golden silk nan, a white marble screen, crystal clear, flawless, even the wall was made of pearl grinding powder mixed with white ash stucco, so that the surrounding walls were shining, and the most eye-catching on the wall was a picture of the exquisite painting of the bridge into the track, and above the low machine below the bridge into the track, there was a bright bear lamp, the bear lamp was a four-layer ladder foot with three layers of ornamentation, and the foot sat on the bear paw and scratched the abdomen. The bear has a three-sided animal head on the top, and the image is hideous. His eyes are wide open, and his mouth is open and his tongue is out. The spirit is strong, the demeanor is mighty, the back is sideburns and the tail is connected, and the shape is strange.

At this time, an old man with silver silk was kneeling and sitting in it, but at this time, the old man was holding a book in his hand and reading it under the bear lamp, and he didn't notice the two people who entered the house. The old man should be at least sixty years old, which should be the same age as Tao Qian, and he doesn't need to guess to know that this person must be Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi.

"Father."

Chen Deng's voice fell. Liu Lan found that the moment Chen Jue looked up at the two of them, those cloudy eyes flashed in an instant. He had seen such a look on Cao Cao before, and he had also seen it at Beiji Jushi, but he didn't want to ask him to see him again today. Their eyes are different from those of naturally astute people, because the eyes of astute people are always watery and twinkle. It is different from the reckless and honest people, because such eyes are colorless and unscheming.

Chen Jue's eyes are the kind of old man who makes people feel that he is harmless to humans and animals at first glance, and even more makes people feel that he is the kind of person who is honest and deceitful. But if you are really deceived by his appearance, or if you want to deceive him by clever tricks, you will often find that in the end, all the actual benefits you have obtained have been lost.

Liu Lan has always believed that Chen Qi is definitely a cow among cattle. Otherwise, the Chen family would not have been torn between Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and Cao Cao, let alone Lu Bu. Therefore, he was still extremely concerned and cautious about visiting Chen Jue, but when he saw Chen Jue's essence flashing in an instant. In his heart, he was even more sure that Chen Qi would never be an easy person, and he did not dare to show a trace of arrogance. After respectfully giving the salute of the juniors, he sat down under the greeting of Chen Qi and sat down in a proper manner.

And Chen Deng retired after confessing his guilt to Chen Qi.

Waiting for Chen Deng to leave, Chen Qi said lightly: "Liu Yuanjun came to Xu this time, I don't know why I want it?" He then said to himself: "Let the old man guess, what is Liu Yuanjun coming for this time?" He kept staring at Liu Lan, saying that this was the first time the two had met, although it was the first time they wanted to meet, but in Chen Qi's heart, it seemed that he had known Liu Lan for a long time. ”

Liu Lan was stunned for a moment, and then nodded without concealment: "What Mr. expected is not at all, the kid entered Xu this time, but he wanted to seek help from the old man." ”

"It's late." Chen Qi looked at Liu Lan with some hatred, and said: "If you can come to see the old man earlier, the old man will do his best to help, but the envoy didn't come until this time, and the current initiative is no longer in the hands of you and me." As he spoke, he sighed, "It's late, it's late, it's late." ”

Liu Lan was happy in his heart, but he heard him say that it was late, so he naturally thought that this was Chen Qi's excuse to blame him for being late, and said respectfully: "It's not too late, as long as the old gentleman is willing to help Deran, it's not too late." said with a smile: In this Xuzhou state, as long as there is the support of the old gentleman and the Mi family, and more than 10,000 people in the hands of the family, Xuzhou is not just around the corner, how can it be too late? ”

Chen Jue laughed, and then shook his head again after a while: "You also look up to my Chen family and Mi family too much, if the old man really has such a great ability, why bother hiding here?" It seems that Deran really thinks that this matter in Xuzhou can be decided by me Chen and Mi with a word? But if this is the case, the position of the state pastor of the king will not be able to run away anyway, but unfortunately, this matter of Xuzhou is not something that my Chen family can say. ”

Liu Lan didn't believe him, and said with a smile: "Although so, the kid believes that as long as the old gentleman helps, he will still turn things around." ”

"It seems that Deran does not know the current situation in Xuzhou."

Chen Jue shook his head and said: "I don't know if the old man has turned things around, but since the incident of the Mi family's sister, the old man just wants to help Jun, but there is no hope." ”

"Why?" Liu Lan looked at Chen Qi in surprise and said, "Could it be that something happened?" ”

"The envoy can know that there are two people staring at Xuzhou outside, and there are two people inside, as for the envoy, it can be regarded as neither inside nor outside."

"Not inside or outside?" Liu Lan smiled bitterly and said: "Mr. is confused, but there are two people outside of me, but I know that they are Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, as for this, isn't it only the eldest son of Tao?" Why are they two again? Could it be that the second son of Tao is also interested? ”

"The second son of Tao is a scribe, and he doesn't care about the position of state pastor." Chen Qi said slowly: "Now in addition to the eldest prince pottery merchant, the other person is Cao Bao of this Danyang Army. ”

"Cao Bao?" Liu Lan exhaled and said, "Isn't this Cao Bao the potter's henchman?" Is it ......?"

Chen Qi's cloudy eyes flashed again, and they instantly returned to nature. said: "I didn't know about this at first, but it wasn't until Cao Yi did that to the Mi family's sister. Only then did the old man know that he Cao Bao would also have such ambitions. ”

Liu Lan was even more puzzled: "It's just that Cao Yi has this bestiality." But what does it have to do with Cao Bao? ”

"Haha." Chen Jue laughed and said, "Why don't you want to think about it, what is the reaction of the Cao family after Cao Yi made this matter?" ”

Liu Lan shook his head, after all, he was in Xiaopei, and some things could not be grasped at the first time, and Chen Qi seemed to see Liu Lan's embarrassment, and asked and answered himself, saying: "If the Cao family directly proposes to the Mi family, how can Mi Zizhong agree to him." But after Cao Yi made this matter, the Cao family went to hire him as soon as possible, but this was to force the Mi family to marry him, to put it bluntly, the purpose was to envelop these families in Xuzhou and clear the way for him to take charge of Xuzhou in the future. ”

"I see." Liu Lan finally understood why Cao Yi did such a disagreeable thing, it turned out that the Cao family's drunkard did not mean to drink.

"The sister of the Mi family looks better than Xi Shi, and there is no one in Xuzhou County, and the potter is still married. Isn't it for the Mi family's sister? Although Tao Gong repeatedly proposed to Mi Zizhong, but Mi Zhu politely rejected his sister at a young age, but after Cao Yi did this, he first gave up the idea of Tao Shang marrying Mi Zizhong's sister. It also broke Tao Gong's abacus for his son to envelop the Mi family and thus envelop the Xuzhou clan, so that as long as the Cao family and the Mi family marry. Then the most advantageous is of course Cao Bao, who holds the Danyang army and has the support of the clan, that is, Tao Shangguo can attack his father. I'm afraid it's hard to sit firmly in Xuzhou. ”

Liu Lan was shocked and said: "What Mr. said is true, but it is different at this time. Because Mi Zizhong did not agree to the Cao family, but handed over a marriage contract with the boy. ”

Chen Jue nodded and said, "Fortunately, the sister of the Mi family would rather die than obey, not only that, but she chose you again." ”

Liu Lan said with a smile: "So it's not too late to say this, as long as the old gentleman is willing to help the kid, I think there must be room for Xuzhou to turn around?" ”

Chen Qi's expression was gloomy, and he said, "De Ran still doesn't seem to understand why the old man is too late. ”

Liu Lan really didn't understand, so he asked: "Since the Mi family and the boy handed over the marriage contract, if there is any more support from the old gentleman, it may not be too late, right?" Why did the gentleman say it was too late? ”

Chen Qi stared at Liu Lan deeply, and said after a while: "The current situation is that the Cao family got the news from somewhere, and learned that the Mi family actually married his sister to the envoy, and the envoy said, what will happen to the Cao family after hearing the news?" ”

"The Cao family?"

Liu Lan thought in his heart, and suddenly exclaimed: "His Cao family originally thought that he would successfully marry the Mi family in this despicable way, but he didn't want to because his idea was too simple, but instead set up the most direct enemy for him, and this enemy did not hesitate to take revenge and marry his sister to another enemy as a concubine. ”

Liu Lan said that he looked at Chen Qi here, and said: "So Cao Bao must be in panic all day, in order to survive, of course he must choose a master who can protect himself to avoid the persecution of the family, and at this time, I am afraid that in addition to Tao Qian, it should be said that it is a pottery merchant, and it is difficult to find a second person in the whole Xuzhou." ”

"Has Deran forgotten what is outside Xuzhou?" Chen Qi muttered, "Cao Cao is at war with Lu Bu and has no time to take care of it, but don't forget that there is also the Yuan Shu Yuan Highway who drove Liu Miao across the river. ”

"But Cao Bao may not be willing to go far, right?"

"De Ran also said that only a potter in Xuzhou can support the Cao family, but you don't have to forget, no one in the whole Xuzhou knows that he Tao Qian wants to match the marriage of his son Tao Shang and the sister of the Mi family, but he Cao Yi has done such a thing so blatantly that the beast is inferior, so his Cao family has long been intolerable to Tao Qian."

"Now it's not only the pottery merchant, I'm afraid even Tao Qian can't wait to cut Cao Bao's father and son lightly, how can he protect him anymore, if it weren't for the Danyang Army in his Cao Bao hand, I'm afraid Tao Qian would have wiped out his Cao family a long time ago, and he can still stay until now?"

Chen Qi took a sip of tea and moistened his throat and continued: "But he Cao Bao is not a fool, he can naturally see the situation in front of him clearly, so in the absence of strong reinforcements inside, he can only look for a backer from the outside, and this backer is Yuan Highway." ”

"What Mr. said is also to the point, this Yuan Shu's ambition is not small, and he has long been eyeing Xuzhou, if Cao Bao really goes to him for help, Yuan Shu will naturally not miss such a good opportunity."

Seeing that he had finally figured it out, Chen Qi said with his forehead: "If Yuan Shu receives a letter like Cao Bao, what do you say Yuan Shu will do?" Naturally, he was overjoyed, not only could he get Cao Bao's support effortlessly, but he could also sit in Xuzhou, do you think he Yuan Shu would miss such an opportunity? ”

"Naturally, you won't miss it." (To be continued.) )