West of Chaisang, the Wei army's water camp.

In the king's tent, the wine and meat have been prepared, the aroma is fragrant, and Su Zhe is waiting for a guest.

A moment later, the curtain was lifted, and Ling Cao, who looked gloomy, was pushed into the big tent by Xu Chu.

"General Ling, how are your injuries?" As soon as they met, Su Zhe asked with concern.

Ling Cao glared at Su Zhe, looked at his kind expression, and then looked at the tent full of wine and meat, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

"Come on, show General Ling." Su Zhe waved his hand.

Xu Chu asked someone to bring a futon, and reluctantly made a gesture to Ling Cao to ask for it.

Ling Cao's eyes were clearly what tricks this guy was playing, but he had to sit down quietly, thinking about what tricks Su Zhe was playing.

"General Ling, you must drink this glass of practice wine, come, drink this cup full." Su Zhe picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Practicing wine?

Ling Cao was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized.

Practicing practice, Su Zhe is planning to send him to make way and execute him.

In an instant, a deep chill swept behind Ling Cao, and he couldn't help but shiver, and sadness arose in his heart.

After all, he is also flesh and blood, and when he knows that his death is approaching, he really has no fear.

The sadness was only for a moment, Ling Cao immediately gritted his teeth, picked up the glass of wine, and poured it clean.

"You Su Zhe can also be regarded as an immortal hero, my Ling Cao can die in your hands, and it is not unjust, King Wei, let's say goodbye!"

After drinking, Ling Cao put the wine glass on the table, jumped up, and was about to walk outside the big tent with generosity and sadness.

"Wait, where are you going?" Su Zhe asked puzzled.

Ling Cao turned his head and looked at Su Zhe suspiciously, "Don't you want to kill me, I don't need you to do it, I'll go by myself." ”

"Hahaha-"

Su Zhe's laughter sounded in the big tent, he hadn't laughed so pure for a long time.

"Su Zhe, don't go too far, kill if you want to kill, why laugh at me before killing me?"

Ling Cao's face turned red, and he roared angrily at Su Zhe.

Su Zhe put away his smile, "Which ear did you hear that this king was going to kill you, you were so affectionate, didn't you let this king laugh?" ”

Ling Cao was stunned for a moment, and stayed in the original blankly, confused, not understanding what it meant.

"Okay, sit back, this king just wants to let you go back and bring a message to Sun Ce, not to kill you." Only then did Su Zhe clarify the truth, and this practice was not his "practice".

Ling Cao suddenly realized, and in an instant, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It's not just a surprise, it's just overjoyed, as if one foot has stepped into the ghost gate, but it has been pulled back, and the feeling is trance and unreal.

"You...... What do you want to bring to my father-in-law? Ling Cao sat down again, his emotions had not calmed down, and his voice was slightly hoarse.

Su Zhe said unhurriedly: "That's the case, this time the king originally planned to go down the east of the river and destroy Sun Ce in one go, but this king has changed his mind now and plans to give Sun Ce a way to live." ”

He took a sip of wine, and then said: "So this king wants you to go and convey to Sun Ce, as long as he is willing to be a vassal to this king, and offer his children as hostages, and pay tribute to this king on time, this king can make him the Marquis of Wu and allow him to temporarily administer the Jiangdong counties on behalf of this king." ”

Ling Cao didn't believe it at first, but after listening to Su Zhe's words, he completely believed that Su Zhe was indeed planning to let him go and let him go to talk to Sun Ce.

After secretly breathing a sigh of relief, the hostility on Ling Cao's face eased a little, but he said again: "I can naturally take this to my lord, but with all due respect, the conditions you offered, King Wei, are too harsh, and with the arrogance of my lord, it is really hard to imagine that he will agree." ”

"No matter how arrogant a person is, he has to accept the reality!"

Su Zhe exuded a domineering and majestic aura, and said sharply: "This king sits on most of the world, has hundreds of thousands of male soldiers under his command, and occupies Jingzhou, and has an upstream advantage over your Jiangdong. ”

Ling Cao shivered and was silent.

Su Zhe continued: "So you go back and tell Sun Ce, don't think that if he finds Yu Ji to help, this king really can't help him, but the real enemy of this king lies in Liu Bei, and now he is too lazy to talk to him, if he knows the current affairs, it is best to accept the conditions offered by this king." ”

Hearing the word "Yu Ji", Ling Cao's body shook slightly, his eyes were dazed, he didn't turn around for a while, thinking about how the two families fought and got involved with Yu Ji's Taoist priest again.

"Do you understand what this king said?" Su Zhe saw that he was distracted, so he asked.

Ling Cao came back to his senses and hurriedly arched his hand: "I have written down every word of King Wei's words, and I will definitely convey them to my lord truthfully." ”

"It's good to write it down, and we're done talking about business, so let's have a drink now." The solemn expression on Su Zhe's face turned idle, and he smiled and drank it all.

Ling Cao was able to avoid death, and he didn't have to be forced to surrender by Su Zhe, so he was naturally secretly glad in his heart, since Su Zhe was polite to him, he would not be generous and hostile, so he simply drank with Su Zhe.

After a few rounds of drinking, Su Zhe was a little drunk, so he asked: "I said Ling Cao, this king sees that you are also a general, and you will be destroyed sooner or later with Sun Ce, what future can you have, why don't you just surrender to this king, this king will protect you for generations of glory and wealth." ”

Ling Cao was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Su Zhe to surrender again.

He didn't want to refuse harshly, so he smiled bitterly: "King Wei's appreciation is important, I understand it in my heart, but General Sun has the grace of supporting my Ling father and son, and I Ling Cao is a dignified man, and it is impossible for me to turn my back on him." ”

"Then if one day, Sun Ce turns his back on you first, do you still have to be loyal to him?" Su Zhe asked rhetorically.

Ling Cao was stunned again, and was stunned for a while before shaking his head and said: "No way, General Sun also has heroic spirit, he is the hero of the world, I, Ling Cao, am loyal to him, how can he turn his back on me." ”

"That's not necessarily, the world is unpredictable......"

After a meaningful sigh, Su Zhe asked again: "If there is really that day, will you still surrender to this king?" ”

After Ling Cao groaned for a while, he said: "I really have that day, I, Ling Cao, am not a foolish and loyal, and I will naturally surrender to the King of Wei." ”

After that, Ling Cao felt that Su Zhe's question was ridiculous, and he said, "It's a pity that there will never be an assumption like what King Wei said." ”

"Hopefully, come on, let's drink."

Su Zhe no longer dwelled on this topic with him, smiled and raised his glass before drinking.

The two of them drank one cup after another, and they didn't feel that they were both seven or eight points drunk.

At this moment, Xu Chu hurriedly entered and told Su Zhe a secret.

Su Zhe was also drunk, and he didn't hear clearly for a while, and he didn't care that Ling Cao was still there, so he shouted unhappily: "Who did Yu Ji send?" ”

"King Wei!" Xu Chu's face changed slightly, his eyes glanced at Ling Cao urgently, and hinted at him.