Summary of the previous chapter: Cao Cao held a banquet to entertain everyone, and during the banquet, Ma Xiaoquan slipped out, but when he came back, he was drunk by Yang Liang and woke up the next day, and all the horses in Cao Cao's mansion were poisoned

+++++++++++++++++ Ma Xiaoquan brought the wine jug to his nose, sniffed it carefully, and found that there was no taste, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"No taste?" Ma Xiaoquan turned his head and ordered, "Find me a glass of water."

After the water was brought, Ma Xiaoquan poured the water into the wine jug, then shook it, and then poured out the water in the wine jug.

"Get me another silver nail"

As soon as the silver nail arrived, Ma Xiaoquan's spirit was concentrated, and he used the fire of the green spirit to refine the silver nail slightly.

Since the last time he went back and exchanged fire fighting experience with Tomorrow Heart, Ma Xiaoquan learned that the fire of the green spirit can quench metal, as long as it is properly controlled, the fire of the green spirit that burned when he saw things can become the fire of quenching.

Ma Xiaoquan's Green Spirit Fire had reached the full level, so there was no problem in controlling the flames at all, only to see that his right hand was slightly bubbling with pale green firelight, and he quickly repeated the silver nails. [Xiao Jue said, Ma Xiaoquan, it should have been called masturbation, but later the author was merciful, so he wrote it repeatedly. Ma Xiaoquan said: Damn, Juefeng Xuan, do you dare to be more shameless? After quenching, the silver nail model is thinner than before, but the gloss is much better than before.

Ma Xiaoquan submerged the silver nail in the water and stood for a while, and when he took it out, the silver nail was black all over.

"Poisonous!" Ma Xiaoquan threw the silver nail on the ground, turned his head to Cao Cao and said, "Xiao Cao, it seems that this wine pot is poisonous." ”

Cao Cao looked at the blackened silver nails in the ground, and said angrily, "I want to investigate thoroughly, find out who poisoned him, and I will not spare him." ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded, a hint of murder flashed in his eyes.

This wine jug was brought over by the little pony when he was not sobering up, so this wine jug is the same wine jug that Yang Liang toasted yesterday.

Before Yang Liang toasted, Ma Xiaoquan also used this wine jug to pour wine for the people next to him, at that time, it had not been found to be poisonous, and the people who drank the wine in the jug did not have any discomfort.

In this way, most of the people who poisoned the wine pot were Yang Liang.

What Ma Xiaoquan didn't understand was why Yang Liang poisoned the wine jug, didn't he know the danger of doing so?

"Hmm~~" Ma Xiaoquan held his chin and pondered, thought for a while, and said to Cao Cao: "Xiao Cao, don't make a noise in advance, I'm afraid there is something else going on in this matter." ”

Cao Cao also thought for a moment, nodded and said: "What Lord Shangxian said is extremely true, so it seems that he can only investigate secretly." ”

When he said goodbye to Cao Cao and returned to the Ma family's compound, it was already evening.

Seeing that Xianggong was full of alcohol, Hua Yuexin had a lot of complaints, and after changing Xianggong's clothes, she smiled with satisfaction.

At this moment, Cao Cao suddenly sent someone to bring a message to Ma Xiaoquan, saying that he asked Ma Xiaoquan to secretly investigate the poisoning, and as for Huaishui, he didn't have to go in person.

Ma Xiaoquan was naturally very happy, and accepted Cao Cao's request, and Ma Xiaoquan immediately held a family meeting

In July of the 14th year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (209 AD), Cao Cao threw his troops to Huaishui Tuntian to engage in water conservancy construction, and at the same time, a rebellion suddenly broke out in Lujiang.

Cao Cao ordered Zhang Liao to enter Li Diansan's general to suppress it, and after Shun Lì was pacified, the three were ordered to stay in Hefei.

In the winter of the fourteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Ren, who had been fighting against Zhou Yu for more than a year, finally couldn't resist Zhou Yu's superior forces, and reported the battle situation in Nanjun to the lord Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was in Qiaocheng at this time, and it was inconvenient to deal with it, so after thinking about it, he decided to temporarily entrust this matter to the immortal master Ma Xiaoquan.

Ma Xiaoquan didn't want to take this job, after all, he had been emphasizing that he would not participate in the world's disputes, but when he saw the large boxes of treasures sent by Cao Cao, he "reluctantly" agreed.

Of course, you can't do it blatantly in the next job, after all, this dynasty is still surnamed Liu, not Cao, Cao Cao has made too many enemies in the court and the opposition, Ma Xiaoquan has no real power, so he will not be too hated, but the relationship between the two is really good, so if Ma Xiaoquan moves too much, he will also be cursed and hated by those old Hanchens.

Ma Xiaoquan asked someone to imitate Cao Cao's handwriting and sent a quick letter to Cao Ren, ordering him to immediately abandon Nanjun and retreat strategically, and at the same time secretly wrote a letter to Liu Bei, who was far away in Jingzhou, asking him to show that the imperial court recommended Sun Quan as the general of the chariot and cavalry Xuzhou Mu.

After Cao Ren received the letter, he didn't look at it carefully, but believed it to be true, and immediately withdrew from Jiangling with the assistance of the defenders of Xiangyang, and from then on, Zhou Yu finally captured the strategic location of Jiangling.

Sun Quan was so smart that he immediately ordered Zhou Yu to be the Taishou of Jiangling, Cheng Pu to be the Taishou of Jiangxia, and he himself was preparing for the next plan, when Liu Bei suddenly went to the court and recommended him as the general of the chariot and cavalry, Xuzhou Mu.

In late December, Liu Qi died of illness, and Sun Quan reciprocated by recommending Liu Bei as the pastor of Jingzhou.

Liu Bei didn't dare to take on any Jingzhou pastor, but the letter from Lord Shangxian clearly pointed out the strategic deployment of Jingzhou, and as a last resort, Liu Bei had no choice but to be cheeky and serve as Jingzhou pastor, and at the same time, according to Ma Xiaoquan's letter to him, he asked Sun Quan to ask for Jingzhou.

Sun Quan and Zhou Yu combined, and Zhou Yu came forward and agreed to Liu Bei's request.

Zhou Yu gave the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River to Liu Bei, and Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei, and the troubled times continued

―――――――――――― Hanzhong.

Lu Xian carefully wiped the objects on his hands, and was very excited.

Thinking of the previous negotiation with Zhang Lu and the successful return of the solar recorder, Lu Xian's heart sighed.

Zhang Lu is not very wealthy, and he can serve as the Taishou of Hanzhong, all because of Zhang Lu's identity as the "leader of the Five Doudou Rice Sect".

Lu Xian is a disciple of Zuo Ci, who has studied the way of cultivation, and after meeting Zhang Lu, Lu Xian confirmed from Zhang Lu's mouth that the solar recorder was in Zhang Lu's hands by exchanging experiences.

At that time, Lu Xian was so overjoyed that he almost screamed.

Lu Xian is worthy of being Lu Xian, he became young and vigorous, and on the grounds of showing up, he successfully used his monastic knowledge system to impress Zhang Lu.

Zhang Lu was generous, and when he saw that Lu Xian was interested in the solar recorder in his hand, he gave it to Lu Xian as a meeting gift.

Lu Xian knew that Zhang Lu was not good at money, so he secretly prepared a batch of treasures, bribed several important ministers in Hanzhong, Meimei, and completely blocked the mouths of others

Back at the inn, Lu Xian locked himself in the house alone and saw no one.

Yuan Fang stood outside the door, and when he heard bursts of wild laughter from inside the house, he was very unwilling.

"Hey~" Yuan Fang sighed and said in his heart: It seems that I have to inform Ma Xiaoquan.

At this time, Ma Xiaoquan, who was far away in Yecheng, was anxious to help Cao Cao clean up the mess, and he didn't know about Lu Xian's getting the solar recorder.

After Cao Cao returned from Chen, he was very happy to learn that Lord Shangxian had helped him complete the strategic deployment.

Although Cao Ren's withdrawal from Jiangling was in his own name, in general, Lord Shangxian still thought of it with Cao Cao.

In the evening, Cao Cao personally went to the Ma family compound to visit Ma Xiaoquan, and sent another batch of treasures by the way.

Ma Xiaoquan smiled happily and set up a banquet to entertain Cao Cao.

During the banquet, Ma Xiaoquan asked Cao Cao about next year's deployment, Cao Cao took a sip of Du Kang wine, and said slowly: "Recruit talents!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan nodded, and asked Jingzhou what to do?

Cao Cao thought for a moment and said: "Zhou Gongjin is very good, although I have lost Nanjun in Jingzhou, but if I can persuade Zhou Yu to come under my account, it will be amazing" As he spoke, Cao Cao became interested in recruiting, so he asked Lord Shangxian if he could?

Ma Xiaoquan pretended to think deeply for a while and said: "It is said that Xiaocao, there is a talent named Jiang Gan under your account, and Zhou Yu is a classmate, why don't you send Jiang Gan out of the horse and give it a try?" ”

Cao Cao felt very reasonable when he heard this, and asked, "Then what if it doesn't succeed?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan secretly said in his heart: It will definitely not be successful.

"Hehe, if you don't succeed, you won't succeed, anyway, you don't have anything to lose, it's better to try than not to try, right?"

Cao Cao nodded, found a subordinate, and immediately gave an order, ordering Jiang Gan to leave for Jiangling immediately

The banquet lasted until late at night, Cao Cao drank very well, and he didn't get drunk after drinking several pots, and Ma Xiaoquan, because of the last drinking incident, didn't drink much.

Outside the Ma family's compound, Ma Xiaoquan vaguely heard the barking of the dog, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

When Cao Cao heard this, he asked curiously, "Why is Lord Shangxian sighing?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Xiao Cao, twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye." ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then sighed and said: "Yes, I still remember the sixth year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping, the time when we first met, it was really a blink of an eye for twenty years, these twenty years, we oh no, I am really old, and you, Lord Shangxian, are still young" As he spoke, Cao Cao couldn't help but shake his head.

Ma Xiaoquan said: "Xiao Cao, in fact, you are also very powerful, in the past 20 years, you have changed from a small captain to the current one person under ten thousand people"

"No!" Cao Cao interrupted, "That being said, things are also like this, but I'm not happy at all. ”

"Why did Xiao Cao say this?"

Cao Cao said: "Actually, I didn't have any ambitions, but because of this troubled era, I was pushed to the top of the storm."

Listening to Cao Cao's complaints, Ma Xiaoquan smiled and was silent. If a person said this to Ma Xiaoquan, he might be despised by Ma Xiaoquan, but Cao Cao is different, he has known Cao Cao for 20 years, Ma Xiaoquan has seen a lot of human flashes from him, of course, there are still a lot of despicability and helplessness, Ma Xiaoquan also thought that if he was Cao Cao, I am afraid that the things he did would be too much.

"Hehe" Ma Xiaoquan patted Cao Cao's shoulder, and poured Cao Cao a glass of Du Kang wine, "The matter has come to this, Xiao Cao doesn't have to be entangled"

Cao Cao picked up the wine glass and drank Du Kang in the cup.

"Lord Immortal, what is the object you are looking for?"

Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly: "Actually, I have already investigated, and the object I am looking for is now in the hands of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong." ”

"Huh?" Cao Cao was surprised, "Then why didn't Lord Shangxian take it back?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and did not speak.

Cao Cao was so smart that he immediately understood Ma Xiaoquan's distress.

"Hey~~" Cao Cao patted Ma Xiaoquan's shoulder in turn and said, "Lord Shangxian, in fact, you are also a human, right?" ”

Ma Xiaoquan looked at Cao Cao and neither nodded nor shook his head.

"Haha" Cao Cao picked up the wine jug and poured himself and Ma Xiaoquan full of wine: "Lord Shangxian, come, drink, tonight, you and I will not be drunk!" ”

Ma Xiaoquan laughed, picked up the wine glass, and touched a glass with Cao Cao: "Come, then don't get drunk, haha"

(End of volume)