Chapter 120: Mutual Gifts
readx;?“ The wind is really strong on this sea. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Cao Shuang pulled the blanket covering his body and muttered to himself.
Qi Fei rubbed his cold hands, covered his ears, and nodded in agreement. Zhao Hu lay on the bow of the boat around a blanket, and kept directing the boat driver to adjust the direction. Navigating the sea in the dark of night is very difficult and it is easy to get lost.
Zhao Hu pointed to the black shadow in front of him and said excitedly, "The island in front of them is the island they shipped." ”
Cao Shuang groped his way up and stood up and bent over to the bow of the boat, lying on the bow of the boat, looking at the black shadow in front of him, "This is the island where Huang Yi shipbuilding is built?" ”
"Yes." Zhao Hu nodded and rubbed his nose.
"Can you land on the island?" Cao Shuang stretched his neck and looked at the island in front of him.
Zhao Hu shook his head and said with a wry smile, "This island is surrounded by cliffs, and ships can't land at all. You can only rely on the island to throw the rope and go to the island with the help of the rope. ”
"No, how do they get to sea?" Qi Fei also quietly came to the bow of the boat, just in time to hear Zhao Hu's words.
"I don't know about this, I've only been to the island once." Zhao Hu had a helpless expression, and then got into the cabin.
Since he couldn't go ashore to investigate, Cao Shuang could only choose to return, the wind at sea was too strong, and the people on the boat were a little unbearable.
Back in Dongyuan Village, Cao Shuang took Qi Fei and returned to Muping County. A blue strip of cloth fluttered outside Cao Shuang's window, and half an hour later, someone knocked on Cao Shuang's window.
"Come in!" Cao Shuang had been waiting for a long time, put down the register in his hand and said out the window.
A man in black climbed into the room from the window and knelt in front of Cao Shuang, "Subordinate Heiyu see the master." "This person is Heiyu, the head of Qingzhou Night Detective, and when he learned that Cao Shuang had summoned him, he hurried over.
"Two hours after going north from Dongyuan Village, there is a small island. You send someone to investigate, and the more you lose, the better. Although Cao Shuang is small, he speaks with a lot of style.
The black fish did not hesitate at all, and agreed. Heiyu knew that Cao Shuang was talking about it easily, but he knew that this matter would definitely not be easy, otherwise he wouldn't let them poke out at night.
"You go down first." Cao Shuang waved his hand and lay back on the bed. The blackfish opened the window and turned over to the room, and disappeared into the night.
And in Chang'an, thousands of miles away, Xu Chu did not sleep at this time. Xu Chu is arranging to follow the tiger guard beside Cao Cao tomorrow. Not long ago, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Ma Chao, asking Ma Chao to meet in the north of Chang'an City. Tomorrow is the agreed time, and you can't bring too many people, so Xu Chu is choosing an elite tiger guard to follow Cao Cao.
"Big brother, isn't it inappropriate to only bring so many people?" Ma Dai followed behind Ma Chao, his brows furrowed.
Ma Chao shook his head, "There are too many people, Cao Cao still thinks we are afraid of him." Is the wine I got you ready to prepare? ”
"Ready." Ma Dai couldn't resist Ma Chao, so he could only obediently close his mouth.
When he came to the agreed place, Ma Chao saw that Cao Cao had been waiting for a long time. Cao Cao sat in a makeshift shed, drinking tea indifferently with a teacup, and the man standing behind Cao Cao was Xu Chu.
Ma Chao came to the shed and sat opposite Cao Cao. The tiger guards around him quickly pulled up the yellow patch in their hands and built a wall with cloth. A few Xiliang soldiers from afar returned to Han Sui's camp.
"Han Gong, I think the relationship between Ma Chao and Cao Cao is not ordinary." Liang Xing squinted his eyes, his face turned up slightly, with a hint of disdain, and made a movement to wipe his neck. "I think it's better for us to start early"
Li Kan and Yang Qiu also echoed. Liang Xing and Li Kan's camp has surrounded Ma Chao's camp, and Ma Chao can be eaten at any time.
Han Sui waved his hand, "Let's take a look first." ”
Looking at the strangely shaped cup in front of him, Ma Chao muttered in his heart, what is the green water in the cup. Cao Cao made a gesture of invitation with his right hand, "Taste it, this is Jingzhou's tea leaves." ”、
"Tea?" Ma Chao had never heard of such a thing, so he picked up the small teacup and poured it into his mouth, only feeling that his mouth was very bitter. From Ma Chao's frowning brows, Cao Cao knew that Ma Chao didn't like this kind of thing, just like when he first came into contact with it.
Ma Chao put down the teacup and said straight to the point, "I don't know why you invited me here?" ”
Cao Cao smiled and stroked his beard under his chin, "Ling Zun is a guest in Yecheng, if you hear the general rebelling, I don't know how to feel?" ”
"Cao Cao, you coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes and control the country's affairs. Ming is a Han minister, but he is actually a thief, everyone has to be punished, we and other Xiliang athletes obey the will of heaven and raise troops to punish thieves, how can it be a rebellion? Ma Chao said in a subdued tone, loud and loud.
"Hmm!" Xu Chuhu's eyes widened angrily, his right hand clenched the hilt of the knife, and he took a step forward.
Pang De, who was following behind Ma Chao, also stepped forward and confronted Xu Chu-for-tat.
Cao Cao and Ma Chao drank Xu Chu and Pang De one after another, and Cao Cao continued with Ma Chao's words, "Meng Qi, our two families can live in peace, and Gu Shangjuan asks His Majesty to entitle the general as the Taishou of Liangzhou, and the general guards the frontier for the Son of Heaven and serves the country." ”
"Haha, it's the best joke I've ever heard." Ma Chao laughed, his fingers lightly tapped on the tabletop, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, "You're not afraid that I will kill you?" ”
"You're not going to kill me." Cao Cao smiled faintly, lifted the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea, and also poured another cup of tea for Ma Chao.
Ma Chao looked at Cao Cao, who was smiling in front of him, and didn't know what he wanted to do, so he picked up the small teacup in front of him and drank it all. His instincts were bitter, but his strong pride forced him to swallow the tea in his mouth.
Cao Cao clapped his hands, and a tiger guard brought up a brand new set of tea sets, as well as a bag of tea leaves. Pushing the two things in front of Ma Chao, "Salute first and then soldier, since the general is unwilling to live in peace with Lone, then we can only see you on the battlefield." However, after all, the general is the son of the old man, this is a little bit of Lone's heart, and I ask the general to accept it. ”
Ma Chao asked Pang De to accept the tea set and tea leaves, and asked people to put a few bottles of wine on the table, "Come and don't be rude, this is our Xiliang spirits, even if it is a return gift from General Ben." ”
"Thank you!" Cao Cao smiled slightly, and asked Xu Chu to accept a few pieces of wine.
In the end, neither of them could convince anyone, and finally broke up unhappily. Ma Chao returned to the camp with a group of horses, only to hear Xu Chu behind him shouting with the tiger guard, "Thank you General Ma for your kindness, thank you General Ma for your kindness." ”
"Big brother, do you want us too?" Ma Dai asked Ma Chao if he also shouted a few voices to Xu Chu and them.
Ma Chao shook his head, he didn't know what medicine was sold in Cao Cao's gourd, he always had a bad premonition.