Cao Shuo mentioned a few grain stores he had asked about on the street, and the steward smiled and said, "Don't listen to their nonsense. ”

"How?" Cao Shuo pretended to be surprised and asked, "Could it be that the shops in Wancheng don't follow the rules when doing business?" ”

"The war is in chaos, Wancheng has recently changed masters one after another, how can there be any rules." The steward said: "Some people who do business just want to take a handful and leave. Those grain stores have long run out of grain to sell, and if the customers sell them grain. The first day of harvesting, I didn't wait to settle the money, and I guess I won't see anyone. ”

"The store is here, where else can they go?" Cao Shuo asked.

"Wancheng is not peaceful." The steward said: "I don't have any money, and if I do, I will definitely drag my family out of here and go somewhere else to beg for my life." ”

"Why isn't it peaceful?" Cao Shuo said: "When I entered the city, I didn't see anything wrong except that I felt depressed. ”

"The guests don't know yet, do they?" The steward whispered: "Not long ago, Zhang Xiu dedicated Wancheng to Cao Cao. ”

"I've heard about it." Cao Shuo said: "It seems that he drove people away later, and I can't understand how Zhang Xiu has such courage." ”

"What kind of audacity!" The steward said: "It was Zhang Xiu's aunt who was slept with by Cao Cao." Such a big humiliation, not to mention that Zhang Xiu has soldiers in his hands, even ordinary people can't stand it. ”

"And that kind of thing?" Cao Shuo pretended not to know and asked curiously, "How did you know?" ”

"The whole Wancheng has spread all over the city." The steward said: "Zhang Xiu snatched back his aunt and killed him that night!" ”

"It's a pity." Cao Shuo smacked his lips twice.

"Who's to say it's not." The steward said: "The woman that even Cao Cao can take a fancy to must be very good-looking." It's really a pity to fall to the head with a knife in hand. ”

"What I don't understand is what these things have to do with the difficulty of doing business in Wancheng?" Cao Shuo said: "The grievances between Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao, is it possible that they can still implicate the people of Wancheng?" ”

"The guests don't know yet." The steward whispered: "Cao Cao's eldest son and a guard named Dian Wei died in the hands of Zhang Xiu. Some time ago, the corpse was still hanging on the head of the city, and it took only two days to put it away. ”

"So what?" Cao Shuo said: "If Cao Cao wanted to fight back, he would have sent troops a long time ago, and he would have to wait so long?" According to me, Wancheng will be fine at all! ”

Cao Shuo said that there is a basis for this.

Zhang Xiu launched the Battle of Wancheng, and later surrendered to Cao Cao, and Wancheng really won't have a decent battle in the future.

"It's not right for a guest to say that." Of course, the steward couldn't know the follow-up development like him, and said with his own opinion: "Who is Cao Cao? For so many years, how many people have been against him? The eldest son died in Wancheng, not to mention Cao Cao, and it is necessary to fight with others in an ordinary family. ”

Cao Shuo pretended to be pensive and shook his head.

"Don't believe you?" Seeing him shake his head, the steward asked.

"It's not that I don't believe it." Cao Shuo said: "Why do I sound like this matter is a bit mysterious? ”

"What's wrong?" The steward asked.

"When I entered the city, I didn't see a corpse on the top of the city, not even half of the rope from which the corpse was hung." Cao Shuo said: "Everyone is dead, and they don't hang on the city, why does Zhang Xiu keep the corpse?" Could it be that the corpse was originally fake? Using other people who died in battle to pretend to be Cao Cao's eldest son, in order to boost their own morale? ”

"I've seen corpses." The steward said: "When Cao Cao entered the city, his eldest son was with him, and I have also seen what it looks like to be alive. He's the one hanging on the city, that's right! ”

"That's weird." Cao Shuo said: "It is really Cao Cao's eldest son, Zhang Xiu should hang the corpse outside until it is weathered into white bones." But he just put it away, could it be that he took it home to marinate the salted meat? ”

"The guests don't know, it smells bad." The steward said: "That smell, even the city can smell it, and you still don't put it away?" ”

"It all stinks, huh?" Cao Shuo asked.

"That's it!" The topic diverged here, and the steward was no longer vigilant, and said to Cao Shuo: "The taste is too strong, so I have to put it down." I watched several soldiers send their bodies to the government......"

"The stinking corpse was sent to the government." Cao Shuo smiled and shook his head: "Why do I feel more and more untrustworthy when I speak." ”

"Why can't you be trusted?" The steward was anxious: "I saw it with my own eyes!" ”

"It's so stinky that it can't stand hanging outside, is it possible that Zhang Xiu has a special habit and likes to smell it?"

"Who knows what he thinks." The steward said: "But it's strange to say, the smell of the corpse being transported into the government is gone." I guess it's buried. ”

Cao Shuo secretly felt that it was not good.

Zhang Xiu put the body away, if he found a room to put it, it would not be difficult to steal it out.

But if he really buried the body in a corner of the official mansion, not only would it be troublesome to find, but he would definitely have to make a lot of noise if he wanted to take it away.

After inquiring about the approximate location of the corpse, believing that the steward would not know more, Cao Shuo changed the topic back to the grain: "According to what you say, now Wancheng collects grain, and there are more people who cheat grain than they really do business?" ”

"That's not it!" The steward said, "Except for those like us who can't go, who doesn't want to think of a way to get out of here quickly?" When customers enter the city, do they find that many shops are closed? ”

"It's true that a lot of shops are closed." Cao Shuo nodded and said.

"They're all gone!" The steward said: "Now many shops still sell takeout, as long as they give money, they will sell it." Of the shops I know, two were sold for fifty copper coins. ”

"Fifty copper coins?" Cao Shuo was stunned: "Is it enough to buy a door panel?" ”

"A useless shop, if you keep it, you won't even die sooner or later." The steward said, "It's good to be able to sell fifty copper coins." ”

"Would you like to do a business?" Cao Shuo's eyes rolled and asked the steward.

"What business?" The steward asked, "I can't afford to buy too much food." ”

"It's not for you to buy food." Cao Shuo said: "While many people are selling shops now, you can help me take them down......

"I'm still going to sell the shop and leave, who's going to buy them?" The steward shook his head.

"The people around me are all guards, and there is no one who knows how to do business." Cao Shuo said: "You just believe me, I will pay for the shop." As long as we make this vote, sooner or later we will have a lot of money. ”

"What's the use of buying those shops?" The steward said: "In case Cao Cao comes back, a fire will be burned!" ”

"You also said what if, what if he didn't set the fire?" Cao Shuo said: "When Wancheng is fine, we will come back and sell the shop, isn't it a hundredfold and a thousand times more profitable?" ”