"What a shrewd calculation!"

Ding Xiao couldn't help but admire.

Obviously, Cao Cao is playing a time difference, and wants to recruit Lu Bu to his command in advance before He Jin's meritorious reward!

Otherwise, after Lu Bu was rewarded, he would have no advantage in recruiting Lu Bu as a mere military captain.

As for Ding Xiao himself and Zhang Yang, in Cao Cao's eyes, they are just Lu Bu's foils!

He believed that without Lu Bu, Cao Cao would never take the initiative to come over and talk.

But it's a pity that Lu Bu has already been brainwashed by him and will never agree to Cao Cao's recruitment.

Really!

Lu Bu immediately clasped his fists and bowed, and politely rejected Cao Cao.

"Thank you, General, for your kindness! But I don't have any plans to go out for the time being, so I'm really sorry. ”

"Haha, what is this?!"

Cao Cao obviously would not give up his original intention because of Lu Bu's resignation, "A man is alive, he should make meritorious contributions, and General Lu has all his skills, how can he waste it?!" ”

"I said it for the time being! I just want to...... Let's take a break for a while. Lu Bu reluctantly argued.

"Haha, what's so hard about that?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "You have become my Sima, you can rest for a while first!" When you're rested, come back to work! During this period, there will be no shortage of money you should have! ”

"This ......"

In terms of eloquence, ten Lu Bu were not Cao Cao's opponents, and the other party was well-intentioned, he didn't know how to excuse himself for a while, so he turned his head and cast a begging glance at Ding Xiao.

What he didn't know was that this was also a problem for Ding Xiao.

Because it's useless to say it lightly, this Cao Cao has a thick skin, and he will stick to it like a dog skin plaster.

Once it is serious, it is easy to offend Cao Cao!

Today, as soon as he came to Beijing, he offended Pan Yin and Yuan Shao in a row, and if he offended Cao Cao again, then in the future, he would not be able to move an inch in this Beijing.

"General Cao."

After thinking about it for a while, he found that he could only use the procrastination technique, so he diverted the topic and said, "Ding Xiao has something he wants to ask the general." ”

"Oh?"

Cao Cao looked at Ding Xiao with interest, "Don't dare to ask for advice, Ding Gongzi can say it clearly if he has any questions, let's discuss it with each other." ”

"Ding Xiao is a grass citizen, he shouldn't be talking about state affairs, but this question has existed in my heart for a long time, and I can't figure it out, and I ask General Cao for guidance."

After some politeness, Ding Xiao opened his mouth and asked, "The general thinks, when will the world be peaceful?" ”

"Taiping? Ha ha. ”

Cao Cao laughed, "This question, don't say it's me, even the great general He Jin can't give you an accurate answer." ”

"Why?"

Ding Xiao pretended to be puzzled.

"Freezing three feet, not a day's cold. If today's disasters continue, the people are not happy, there are yellow turbans, white waves, black mountains and other worries, there are Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang people's troubles, the world is full of smoke, want to restore the peaceful and prosperous world, how easy is it to say? Cao Cao sighed.

"And what is the general's plan?" Ding Xiao asked again.

"It's hard!"

Cao Cao shook his head and smiled.

This kind of question involves his ideals and ambitions, so he will not have a heart-to-heart relationship with Ding Xiao, who is not very familiar with him.

But even if Cao Cao avoided answering, it was enough to make Ding Xiao feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Although Cao Cao is still very young at this time, he already has a calmness that his peers do not have, and a pattern of looking at the world, he will be his fierce rival one day!

"Thank you, General, Ding Xiao has been taught!"

Ding Xiao's gaze swept to He Jin's reappearance in the distance, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his chest.

"Huh?"

Noticing this, Cao Cao looked at Ding Xiao with some surprise, and his eyes suddenly showed surprise.

He obviously didn't say anything, but this kid came to thank him, and it happened to be pinched at the moment when He Jin came back...... This is clearly perfunctory to him!

Thinking of the purpose of his coming, he suddenly realized in his heart that this kid was deliberately interrupting and delaying time, so that he could not recruit Lu Bu as he wished!

This made him suddenly interested in Ding Xiao.

"Haha!"

Cao Cao suddenly laughed, "After discussing with Ding Gongzi, Cao also benefited a lot!" However, today's time is in a hurry and we can't have fun, so let's continue to discuss it at a later date, haha, there will be a period later! ”

After that, he took a deep look at Ding Xiao, then turned around and walked towards He Jin.

"There will be a date later!"

Ding Xiaomu saw Cao Cao leave, and he was also a little excited in his heart.

He was still very happy to be able to compete with a hero like Cao Cao, and when he thought of the future confrontation between the two, a trace of anticipation rose in his heart.

Distance.

After He Jin came out of the harem, he immediately changed his mind, "Jian Shuo intends to rebel, and he should punish the nine clans!" The rest of the people will not have to be brutalized. ”

"General!"

Yuan Shao hurriedly bowed and said, "If you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots today, he will have trouble in the future, please think twice!" ”

"I've made up my mind! You don't need to say more! ”

He Jin rejected Yuan Shao domineeringly, and then waved his hand and dispersed the hundred officials.

This time, the young emperor succeeded to the throne and tossed for half the night, everyone felt a little sleepy, and Ding Xiao and the three were no exception, so after returning to their residence, they all hurriedly climbed into the quilt and soon fell asleep.

Nothing was said all night.

On the second day, He Jin was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and Lu Bu was indeed made an official, but unfortunately he was not a general, but a military captain of one of the eight captains of the West Garden.

This was originally Cao Cao's official position. Because of Jian Shuo's death, Yuan Shao made meritorious contributions, named Hu Ben Zhonglang General, and replaced Jian Shuo as a military captain, and Cao Cao also made contributions, so he filled Yuan Shao's vacancy as a military captain, so Lu Bu could only take over Cao Cao's old position.

In this regard, although Ding Xiao was a little disappointed in his heart, Lu Bu was extremely happy.

You must know that the rank of the captain of Xiyuan is the same level as Ding Yuan's Wu Mengdu Lieutenant, second only to the generals!

What's more, the lieutenant has soldiers under him, which is much stronger than some generals who do not have military power.

In addition, the so-called "building near the water gets the moon first", because the captain of Xiyuan was on an errand under the nose of the Son of Heaven, so the speed of promotion was much faster than that of those local officials.

"Thank you, brother!"

After returning from the court, Lu Bu hugged his fists very formally and bowed, "Brother Xiao is like a god, brother-in-law is really convinced this time!" At this rate, I don't think it will take three years to be able to worship the general! ”

"Brother-in-law, you don't have to be polite, you can be a military captain, you deserve it!" After Ding Xiao praised him, he turned his head to look at Zhang Yang with a depressed face, "Brother Zhang, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Brother Xiao, you didn't go to court today, so I didn't know that Uncle Ya succeeded Pan Yin's position and was straightened to become an official Sima." Lu Bu sighed beside him.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Ding Xiao's face rose with doubt.

"The problem is that I belong to the army and directly obey Yuan Shao's orders." Zhang Yang said unhappily, "We only offended that Yuan Shao yesterday, and in the future, he will definitely make things difficult for me!" ”

"That's ......"

Ding Xiao slowly frowned and fell into deep thought.