Cao Cao's messenger?

Su Zhe and Pang Tong glanced at each other, and the two exchanged glances instantly, as if they were a little surprised by this.

Su Zhe put down the pen and said with a flick of his hand: "Pass that Mao Jue in." ”

Pang Tong also stopped studying the ink, and sat down on his knees again, his eyes were full of thoughts, and he was also thinking about Cao Cao sending a messenger at this time, but he didn't know what the intention was.

A moment later, footsteps rang out, and a middle-aged scribe stepped into the hall.

He calmly and unhurriedly, neither humble nor arrogant, bowed his hand to Su Zheyi, and said in a loud voice: "Xiaguan Mao Jue, I have seen the general." ”

He called Su Zhe a "great general", which means that he came this time, at least with a friendly purpose.

"Mr. Mao is exempt." Su Zhe flicked his hands slightly and shouted, "Come on, show Mr. Mao tea." ”

Mao Jue sat down calmly, served tea, and took a few sips pretending to be shallow.

Su Zhe also took a sip of wine and asked with a smile: "I don't know why Mr. Mao came to Puyang?" ”

Mao Jue smiled and arched his hand: "My lord Cao Gong originally wanted to help the general sweep away Lu Bu, but halfway through, I heard that the general had broken through Puyang, and I was really impressed by the general's talent in using troops, so I specially ordered the subordinate to come to congratulate the general." ”

"In this way, I didn't expect Cao Mengde to be so devoted to the court, which really touched me."

Su Zhe first praised him, then changed his words, but said: "But now that I have recovered Puyang for the imperial court and driven away Lu Bu, there is no need for Cao Mengde to bother, you can go back and tell him, and tell him to take the men and horses back to Qingzhou quickly, in case there are many dreams at night, what should Liu Bei or Yuan Shao do if they attack Qingzhou, the court needs him to guard Qingzhou for the court." ”

Mao Jue was stunned, but he didn't expect Su Zhe to "strike first", and before he could speak, Su Zhe took the lead and wanted to send them "back" to Qingzhou and hand over the territory.

Mao Jue took a sip of wine, changed his thoughts, and said: "The general of Qingzhou doesn't have to worry, when my family Cao Gong sent out the troops, it was already arranged, and it was foolproof." ”

Then he smiled again: "As for Yanzhou, we want Yanzhou to be the place of the four wars, although we drove away Lu Bu, but the princes of the Quartet will inevitably covet it, only with the existing strength of the general, I am afraid that it will be difficult to take care of the surrounding enemies, so Cao Gong wants to share the worries of the imperial court, temporarily guard the recovered Yandong counties, and hope that the general can give my lord this opportunity to serve the imperial court." ”

Su Zhe and Pang Tong glanced at each other, a sneer flashed in their eyes at the same time, and they tacitly understood Cao Cao's intentions together.

At this time, he didn't want to spit out the bones in his mouth, and wanted to use the name of serving the imperial court to justifiably annex the counties in the east of Yanzhou that he occupied.

"Cao Mengde's request for this, I'm afraid it's not, what else does he want, it's better for Mr. Mao to say it together." Pang Tong sneered.

Mao Jue looked at the beautiful woman, then at Su Zhe, and said strangely: "General, this young lady is ......"

Su Zhe smiled and introduced: "Don't you know this young lady Mr. Mao, she is the former Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan, one of the nine strange phoenix chicks." ”

Mao Jue's expression changed in shock, he looked at Pang Tong in surprise, and exclaimed: "She, she, she is a phoenix?" This, this, the general is not joking with his subordinates. ”

"Am I like the kind of person who jokes?" Su Zhe said unhappily.

Mao Jue was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Xiaguan didn't mean that, but Xiaguan always thought that Feng Xiao was a man, but he didn't expect it to be ......."

Pang Tong said lightly: "Mr. Mao doesn't have to make a fuss, I am a daughter, just for the convenience of walking the world, I only dressed as a man, and now that I am out of the mountain to assist the general, I should be honest with each other and show my true face, there is nothing to make a fuss about." ”

"I see, I see." Mao Jue realized at this time, and he was amazed in his heart.

After sighing for a long time, Mao Jue calmed down his emotions and said with a dry smile: "If you say a request, my lord does have a small request for the court. ”

"Say it." Su Zhe waved his hand.

Mao Jue coughed dryly, and said: "That's the case, the Yellow River on the north bank of Puyang City, on the other side is Yuan Benchu's territory, then Yuan Benchu must be deeply afraid after learning that the general has recovered Puyang, and he will definitely threaten the other side with heavy troops." ”

"In this way, if the general wants to hold Puyang, he must also divide heavy troops to garrison."

"As far as I know, the general is also a new pacification of Jingzhou not long ago, and the soldiers and horses under his command are already limited, once the heavy troops are divided into Puyang City, it will be difficult to draw enough troops to pacify other princes who are not subordinate."

"So my lord is the general, for the court to share the worries, I implore the general to give up Puyang City, let my lord guard it, in this way, the general will have enough troops to clean up other traitors who do not respect the court."

Cao Cao actually wanted to ask for Puyang City!

Su Zhe had just taken a sip of wine in his mouth, and almost squirted it out in one gulp, and he was really amused by Cao Cao's whimsical request.

"Cao Cao, are you kidding me, I'm just afraid that you will interfere, so I took the first step to capture Puyang, and now you want to let me let Puyang City out without letting go of a shot, are you stupid to me?"

Su Zhe scolded secretly in his heart, but sneered quietly: "Cao Mengde, his appetite is really big, I asked him to withdraw from Yandong Counties, he just didn't withdraw, and he still wanted to follow a Puyang City with me, he still thought it was so beautiful." ”

"Ahem~~" Mao Jue coughed a few times, but said with a smile: "Look at what the general said, Xia Guan Shicai also said that everything my lord did was to share the worries of the court and the general, and the general must not misunderstand." ”

How could Su Zhe be deceived by his rhetoric, no matter how high-sounding he was, Su Zhe also knew that Cao Cao would not want to share the worries of the court, but just want to pick a few bones from his bowl and put them in his own bowl.

At that moment, Su Zhe said: "I received Cao Mengde's intentions, but he was defeated by Lu Bu before and fled to Yanzhou in embarrassment, but now he wants to help me defend Puyang, guarding against Yuan Shao, who is several times stronger than Lu Bu, to be honest, I don't trust him very much, and I am more relieved to guard this Puyang City by myself." ”

Su Zhe's words poked at Cao Cao's black history, and Mao Jue was embarrassed to listen to it.

He had to smile and said: "Regarding the matter of Puyang, the lower official still needs to report the general's reply to Zhencheng and ask my lord for instructions, but listening to the meaning of the general's words, at least agree that my lord will temporarily take over the Yandong counties?" ”

"I can't make decisions about this matter without permission, I still have to send someone to Wandu to ask Your Majesty for instructions." Su Zhe moved out of Liu Xie to prevaricate, naturally he didn't want to reply immediately.

Mao Jue looked helpless, so he had to say: "It seems that the lower official can only bother in Puyang City for a few days, waiting for the general's consent." ”

Su Zhe then ordered Mao Jue to be sent to the official residence to rest and be entertained.

Mao Jue bowed and left.

As soon as he walked on his front foot, Su Zhe looked at Pang Tong and asked with a sneer: "Tong'er, in your opinion, which one does Cao Cao want to sing?" ”