Only then did Liu Xin notice that among the crooked and fallen group of people on the ground, there was such a person with a different painting style. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

This young man is dressed as a scribe, and there is a jade pendant hanging from his waist, but judging by the color style, the grade should not be high.

Yuan Shao looked at this person and whispered to Liu Xin and Cao Cao: "I seem to have seen this person, it is a new follower of Yuan Shu, I heard that it is a businessman's son from Xuzhou, named Chen Tao, his father sent a lot of property to Yuan Shu, so he let him stay by Yuan Shu's side as a small follower." ”

Liu Xin nodded, and asked with some doubts: "Then he should also know the second brother you, then how could Yuan Shu send him to trouble us, I am not afraid that the second brother you will recognize the identity of this person, so as to deduce that the mastermind behind the scenes is Yuan Shu himself." ”

Yuan Shao shook his head with a smile, and said in a mocking tone: "Yuan Shu has two groups of subordinates, one is the descendants of the Yuan family, as well as the children of some small families, they follow Yuan Shu everywhere every day to show off their might, setting off Yuan Shu's majesty; The other group of people is some ruffians recruited by Yuan Shu in Luoyang, who are responsible for doing some things that are not on the table, such as retaliation, just like now. ”

"Of course, although Yuan Shu thinks that what he is doing is very hidden, but the fact that he secretly recruited people is basically known to everyone in the high-level in Luoyang, but no one knows it thoroughly, and I also specially arranged two people to ambush it to deliver news for me, so I know some of Yuan Shu's actions well."

"A businessman's son like Chen Tao who came from other places to build relationships is basically a small boss among the thugs, and the people I arranged will tell me their news, so I will know Chen Tao's origin, and Chen Tao thinks that I don't know him."

Liu Xin nodded, it seems that he will be able to know in advance what small actions Yuan Shu wants to make in the future.

On the other side, Cao Cao smiled, slowly walked to Chen Tao's side, and then said: "Oh, I didn't expect you to look weak and weak, but you are still a hard bone, but I will tell you so, I know that you are not bandits, but were sent to trouble me." ”

"And I know that you think that even if you are captured in the dungeon, your master will find a way to get you out, and will reward you for your loyalty, am I right?"

"But, you have to think clearly, you are bandits now! Even if it is the Ten Standing Servants, even if it is the Yuan family, they will not come to rescue you, because who will rescue a group of bandits? They care a lot about their reputation. ”

"Therefore, not only will your master not come to your rescue, but he also wishes that you would die as soon as possible, so that his identity will not be revealed, and even if I don't execute you tomorrow, your master will try his best to get you to death in the dungeon!"

"I think you are also a smart person, you can understand my words, I will reply to what you just said, think about your family, if they know that you have fallen into the grass and attacked the court officials, then how will they feel?"

"Finally, it's a threat from me, it doesn't matter if you die, your family will pay off your debts for you."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he smiled with satisfaction, because Chen Tao was already pale, obviously confused by himself.

As for the others, they even set their eyes on Chen Tao, after all, Chen Tao is the leader of their group, and in a sense, he represents Yuan Shu, coupled with his previous threat, it also made everyone else have concerns and dare not be the first bird again.

Chen Tao is now in a dilemma, on the one hand, Cao Cao's advice and threats, although Chen Tao is trying his best to convince himself that Yuan Shu will not sit idly by, Yuan Shu will definitely save himself, but Chen Tao has to admit that Yuan Shu will not be able to rescue a group of bandits, because Yuan Shu cares very much about his reputation; On the other hand, Chen Tao didn't dare to betray Yuan Shu, because Chen Tao knew that Yuan Shu was a small-bellied person with a strong sense of revenge, if Yuan Shu knew that he had betrayed him, then Yuan Shu would definitely try his best to kill himself, and he would also anger his family!

Chen Tao thought of this and decided that he could not betray Yuan Shu, because he did not want his family to suffer Yuan Shu's revenge.

And Chen Tao still remembers that before his father left, he specially explained his words, the family spent a lot of money to get on the boat of Yuan Shu, as long as he can stay by Yuan Shu's side, his family's business can be guaranteed, and he will no longer be troubled by local officials, and as long as he works hard, maybe he can also get Yuan Shu's appreciation, and he will have the opportunity to become an official in the future.

And now, Chen Tao only hopes that Yuan Shu can remember his loyalty and continue to take care of his family.

Chen Tao took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Lord Cao, I will make it clear now, we are just ordinary bandits, there is no mastermind behind the scenes, today I just wanted to rob this peach orchard on a whim, but I didn't expect this peach orchard to be Lord Cao's industry, so we will admit it, and if we want to kill it, we will listen to it." ”

After Chen Tao finished speaking, he looked at the surrounding "bandits" again, and said in a cold voice: "Everyone heard what Lord Cao said just now, everyone is now certain to die, don't make something out of nothing, casually make up a behind-the-scenes mastermind, be careful that God has eyes, and the punishment of heaven will not only make you die, but also affect your family!" ”

"And as long as we dare to act now, even if we die, we can leave a name of loyalty, and there will be well-wishers to take care of our families in the future."

Chen Tao's words completely extinguished the idea that some "bandits" wanted to confess Yuan Shu, because they all knew Yuan Shu's temper, and Yuan Shu also knew their family well, if he dared to confess Yuan Shu, Yuan Shu would dare to kill their family, and then find an opportunity to kill himself.

In the final analysis, those of them who were "bandits" were already certain to die, so they no longer struggled, and only hoped that Yuan Shu could be kind to their families because of their loyalty.

Cao Cao smiled, Chen Tao's words were in his expectation, Cao Cao didn't expect them to confess Yuan Shu's name, after all, even if they confessed Yuan Shu's name, Cao Cao couldn't really arrest Yuan Shu, because as long as Yuan Shu didn't admit that he had anything to do with this matter, Cao Cao had no way.

Of course, Cao Cao naturally couldn't just let go of this group of people, Cao Cao planned to kill them as an example, and give Yuan Shu a little color to see, lest Yuan Shu kick his nose in the face, and really think that he was a bully.

But at this time, Liu Xin had a new idea.

Liu Xin turned his head to Yuan Shao and said, "Second brother, what is the status and status of the two people you arranged under Yuan Shu?" ”

Yuan Shao thought for a while and said: "The two people I arranged were all pretending to be ordinary ruffians and hooligans, and they spent some money to be introduced to Yuan Shu's men, and they can only be regarded as the lowest level of thugs, and basically they have never seen Yuan Shu's face. ”

"However, Yuan Shu's subordinates are all a group of ruffians and hooligans, and those who can contact and talk to Yuan Shu are a group of hooligan leaders to put it bluntly, and their secrecy is extremely poor, and they will basically brag to their subordinates about everything, so the two people I arranged can get all kinds of information in time."

"However, the two people I arranged recently told me that Yuan Shu recruited a lot of people like Chen Tao, and directly made them small leaders, and I also found that Yuan Shu took a lot of people from the Yuan family who can read and write and write and are more clever, so I suspect that Yuan Shu wants to rectify this group of subordinates, make them more regular, and even private, and I am now trying to find a way to get the two people I arranged to be promoted, so as not to lose their effectiveness."

Liu Xin nodded, it seems that this Yuan Shu is not stupid, and he knows how to use these cards in his hand correctly.

But it just so happened that Liu Xin now thought of a good plan.

Liu Xin beckoned Cao Cao over and told him his plan. (To be continued.) )