Chapter 53 Cloth Net

When Cao Shuang was struggling with whether to report Ma Teng's matter to Cao Cao, Ma Teng entered Xuchang with 5,000 remnants of the defeated general. Xun Yu and Zhang He greeted them at the gate of Xuchang City, and arranged for Ma Teng's 5,000 soldiers to be stationed outside the city. Ma Teng followed the two into the city, and after entering the city, Ma Teng came to the Prime Minister's Mansion to meet Cao Cao.

"Brother Shoucheng!" Cao Cao smiled and greeted Ma Teng.

Ma Teng hurriedly saluted Cao Cao, "Thank you Prime Minister for taking you in." ”

After greeting each other for a while, the two sat down together. At the banquet, Ma Teng told Cao Cao about the chaos in Liangzhou at this time with a sad face. Han Sui colluded with Ma Chao's subordinates to attack Ma Teng, and Ma Teng couldn't resist and fled from Huaili to Xuchang, leaving only Ma Chao and Han Sui in a stalemate. Cao Cao righteously attacked Han Sui, and said on the spot that he would send troops to avenge Ma Teng.

"How can the prime minister bother, the little Meng Qi is holding on to Han Sui in Huaili, if Meng Qi really can't do it, it will not be too late for the prime minister to send troops." Ma Teng said with a sneer.

Cao Cao did not insist on sending troops, and continued to drink and eat after a few greetings, "It's okay, Brother Shoucheng will live in Xuchang for the time being." ”

After being full of wine and food, Ma Teng left the Prime Minister's Mansion and returned to the post station to rest. Cao Cao left Xun Yu behind, and in Cao Cao's study, Cao Cao asked with a smile, "Wen Ruo, what do you think of this?" ”

"There must be something strange about this matter, Ma Teng dodged at the banquet, and he didn't want the prime minister to send troops to recapture Huaili and other places for him." Xun Yu said all the thoughts in his heart.

A gleam flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he nodded, "I'm afraid this matter is not as simple as Ma Teng said, send more people to stare at Ma Teng." ”

"No!" Seeing Cao Cao wave his hand, Xun Yu responded and retreated.

At this time, thousands of miles away in Huaili, Ma Chao and Han Sui were in a stalemate. After several days of attacking, the casualties on both sides were not large, as soon as the two families started fighting, the flags sounded in the wind, the war drums sounded as if they were about to tear the sky, and the cavalry of the two Koreans and horses were 100 meters apart, and they were mixed together in an instant. At the time of a stick of incense, the two parties at the same time Mingjin withdrew their troops, and this kind of thing happened every day between the two families of Han and Malaysia.

The spies sent by Zhong Xuan, stationed in Chang'an, soon transmitted the news back to Chang'an. Zhong Xuan carefully analyzed the information he received overnight, informed the Chang'an guards to take strict precautions, and at the same time sent troops to Tongguan to prevent Ma Chao and Han Sui from suddenly going south. Tongguan is the east gate of Guanzhong, which has always been a place where soldiers must fight, and the key point of the road from Chang'an to Luoyang. If Chang'an is lost, there is still Tongguan to defend, and if Tongguan is lost, then Luoyang will be exposed to the enemy's blade, and Xuchang will be even more unsafe. No matter what you Ma Chao and Han Sui look like in Liangzhou, Zhong Miao doesn't dare to be careless.

At the same time, Cao Shuang also received the news from Liangzhou, which confirmed his and Jia Xu's thoughts even more. Cao Shuang was very entangled in whether to report the matter to Cao Cao, if something big happened to him, Cao Shuang would not be happy; If you report it, your own intelligence organization will be exposed. Just when Cao Shuang was once again tormented by this matter, Qi Fei came to Cao's mansion.

"Meet Childe." Now Qi Fei is the actual ruler of the bad guys, but he still salutes very respectfully. Because Qi Fei knew very well in his heart that although Cao Shuang did not participate in the management of bad people, Cao Shuang's prestige among bad people far exceeded him. Cao Shuang's unintentional move at the beginning also checked and balanced the gangs and factions within the bad guys. The bad guys are famous, and when they see bad people on the street, they have to hide, but the bad guys see that the hats are white and the bad guys are like mice and cats, and these bad guys are the gendarmes led by Guo Ai. The gendarmerie supervises the behavior of the unscrupulous people, and once there is an act of violating the law and discipline, the gendarmerie can cut it down first and then play it.

Cao Shuang was very surprised, Qi Fei rarely had contact with him in order to avoid suspicion after taking office. This made Qi Fei have an ungrateful reputation among bad people, but Cao Shuang didn't think so, he thought Qi Fei was doing the right thing. Cao Shuang hurriedly asked Qi Fei to get up and sit down, "Come here today, what's the so-called?" ”

"Miao Ze, the guard general in the east of the city, went to the bad mansion last night to expose the squire Huang Kui and Ma Teng for plotting to murder the prime minister." Qi Fei informed the reason for this trip.

"You can report this matter to the prime minister, I am no longer a bad person, and it may be inappropriate to inform me." Cao Shuang said with resignation, and picked up the bamboo slips on the table again.

Qi Fei smiled awkwardly, "It was the prime minister who asked me to come and inform my son." The prime minister instructed that this matter should allow the son to participate in quelling the chaos. ”

Cao Shuang sat in his seat and thought for a long time, his brows sometimes stretched and sometimes furrowed, and finally Cao Shuang decided to participate in this rebellion. At the moment when Cao Shuang decided, Qi Fei took out a piece of cloth and put it on Cao Shuang's table, "This is the prime minister's plan, if the son has other plans, it will be presented directly to the prime minister." ”

Miao Zenai is the brother-in-law of Huang Kui, a squire, who is the guard of the gate of Xuchang East City. Huang Kui and Ma Teng's plan to murder Cao Cao was to use three torches as a signal at night, and Miao Ze put Ma Teng's army into the city from the east city gate, taking Cao Cao by surprise. Huang Kuixu pulled Miao Ze into the plan with heavy profits, because Miao Ze was the most important in the plan. Huang Kui didn't expect that Miao Ze had an affair with his concubine, and in order to occupy Huang Kui's concubine, Miao Ze went to the bad mansion to expose his brother-in-law. Cao Cao's plan is very simple, that is, to wait for the rabbit and catch the turtle in the urn. Wipe out Ma Teng's army by putting it into the city. Cao Cao asked Cao Zhang to lead the Tiger Guard to protect the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Xu Chu participated in the operation to exterminate Ma Teng. And Cao Cao asked Cao Shuang to participate in quelling the rebellion, hoping to use this incident to strike at the hostile forces in the DPRK and China again.

"General Miao, do you know me?" Because his eyes were blindfolded for a long time and suddenly came into contact with light, Miao Ze's eyes were very uncomfortable, and he blocked his eyes with his hands. After a while, after his eyes adjusted, Miao Ze saw a child in a black cloak in front of him. Miao Ze squinted his eyes and took a closer look, only to find that the child was none other than Cao Shuang, who had been in charge of bad people.

Miao Ze hurriedly saluted, "Meet Master Shuang." "I was scolding in my mouth just now, but now I don't dare to scold anymore. Although Cao Shuang is young, he is definitely a bad star among Xuchang officials. Even if Miao Ze had a great grievance, he didn't dare to complain in front of Cao Shuang. Not to mention being knocked out and put in a bag, even if he is castrated, you have to endure it.

"Inviting you here in this way, Shuang is offended, and I ask General Miao to forgive me." Cao Shuang didn't have any expression on his face, and the flames in the brazier in the room were reflected on Cao Shuang's face.

"Don't dare, don't dare." Miao Ze nodded and said with a smile.

Cao Shuang asked bluntly, "Huang Kui is your brother-in-law, why did you expose him?" ”

"For the sake of the prime minister, I will kill my relatives in righteousness." Miao Ze is righteous and Lingran, and he seems to be so great.

"There are no outsiders here, and it's good to be honest." Cao Shuang smiled coldly, he didn't believe that a person like Miao Ze was so great, let alone promoted Miao Ze.

Miao Ze smiled embarrassedly, "Of course, I'm also a little selfish, I hope that after the matter is completed, the prime minister can give me Huang Kui's concubine Li." ”

This is normal, Cao Shuang scolded in his heart, and looked at Miao Ze with a wicked smile, "This matter can be decided by my son, but before that, do you know what to do?" ”

Miao Ze seemed to have seen the scene of the Li family's entry into the mansion, and his face was full of smirk, "The villain understands, the villain understands." ”

The corners of Cao Shuang's mouth went up slightly, ruling out that Miao Ze was Huang Kui's backhand, so Cao Shuang could rest assured that he would implement the plan formulated by Cao Cao to quell the chaos.

A large invisible net has been laid out, just waiting for the fish to come.