Chapter 243: Concealing the sky and crossing the sea, drawing money from the bottom of the kettle
Otherwise, people can't live too smoothly, and if it's too smooth, God will make trouble for you. Qin Xu was planning to learn about Cao Cao's hole cards from Cao Ang's mouth, so as to guide Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to uncover the fig leaf between the two forces, so that Qingzhou could get out of the dilemma of not being able to please either side, and continue to uphold the position of "neutrality", which can not only profit from the matter of welcoming the Son of Heaven, but also not take any risks. It was originally quite smooth, but at the most critical juncture when Cao Ang, an honest child, was about to be tricked out by Qin Xu, he was suddenly interrupted, and he saw that the bureau that Qin Xu had put a lot of effort into arranging was about to be easily taken away by someone who came with a few words.
"Mr. Zhongde, I heard that Mr. was coming, and now that I see Mr., Ang can finally rest assured, just now Brother Zhongming said that this Yuan Shao ......" Cao Ang saw Cheng Yu, as if he had seen a dependent, and the hesitant look on his face just now disappeared suddenly, and said to the visitor with surprise.
"Don't be anxious, this matter is not so simple, it is not something that can be said in one or two sentences. I also hope that the eldest prince will not be gullible about the villain's slander, cough cough, but I still have to thank Qin ...... The general knew that my eldest son had been in Linzi for a long time and was single and bored, so he specially talked about some folk rumors to relieve my son's boredom. "After all, Cheng Yu's age and experience are here, and he is not as easy to coax as Cao Ang, but as soon as he heard what Qin Xu said outside the door and combined with the increasingly fierce rumors in the city, he immediately understood that someone must be trying to make trouble from it, intending to provoke a dispute between Cao and Yuan in order to profit from it. Although he didn't know if it was Lu Bu's doing, Cheng Yu could conclude at a glance that it was based on his understanding of this Qin someone's style. This time, Qin Xu will definitely not have any good intentions when he comes.
Cheng Yu? Qin Xu was about to see who else dared to demolish the platform of someone Qin who came on behalf of Lu Bu on the three-acre land in Qingzhou, but saw the person who walked in the door under the traction of Xu Huang. Qin Xu could only sneer. It was none other than Qin's old enemy, one of Cao Jun's masterminds, Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde. It seems that Cao Cao's speed of learning about the affairs in Linzi is not much slower than that of people in other forces, and he can send Cheng Yu, a person who is good at political disputes, to Linzi. It is enough to show that Cao Cao actually did not want to start a war with Yuan Shao at the juncture when he was about to succeed, and at the same time, in order to keep that he would not have a private agreement with Qingzhou on this matter, he even specially sent Cheng Yu, who was known to the world to suffer many losses under Lu Bujun in Qingzhou, to assist Cao Ang in mediating the matter. It shows that Cao Cao has considered it thoroughly. It's just that since Cheng Yu entered the door, in addition to interrupting his conversation with Cao Ang, he seemed to have turned a blind eye to someone Qin, and it was in Cao Ang's "persuasion". There are also many sarcastic words about Qin Xu.
"It turned out to be Mr. Cheng Zhongde of Yanzhou Shou Zhang Ling." Qin Xu is a personal person who respects me and I respect others. Seeing that although Cheng Yu changed his three titles for Qin Xu one after another, he was clearly not hesitating which one was suitable, but what was not suitable, and he was painstakingly looking for Qin Xu's unhappiness, in order to avenge the revenge of a "mouth" at the time of Chen Liu's night banquet that day. I think that when I was in Chen Liu, this old guy relied on the old man and sold the old man again and again, and he sprayed whoever he caught; During the battle of Jinan, he was lucky to escape, but he didn't expect to be sent by Cao Cao to come to Zi to assist Cao Ang, and he still didn't change. It is clear that this product is here to disrupt the situation, where will Qin Xu let him get his wish. Even if it is difficult to be ruthless in the way of the alliance of the two states, it must not be allowed to be too arrogant. Therefore, Qin Xu was not angry, but greeted Cheng Yu with a smile as he called Cheng Yu's old official position.
"General Qin is polite! Cheng is not confused after the New Year, and it is only for Shou Zhang Ling, of course, it is not as good as General Qin who sent Xuzhou to Tao Gongzu on his deathbed, but what makes Cheng admire more is General Qin, you have a sharp mouth, Cheng Mou has suffered enough at the beginning! However, this time, the eldest prince treats General Qin with sincerity, I believe that General Qin will also treat you with sincerity, right? Cheng Yu was immune to Qin Xu's sarcasm this time, and even said with a sinister smile. Originally, he was sent by Cao Cao to come to Zi to assist Cao Ang in dealing with the matter of Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Cheng Yu had the intention of finding a chance to settle old accounts with Qin Xu, after all, in Cheng Yu's opinion, things are actually very simple, this time it is Qingzhou Lu Bu who is caught in the middle and embarrassment, and the consequences of offending either side are not what Qingzhou can afford now, and if you make a slight mistake in your choice, it is very likely that you will eventually face the end of offending both Cao and Yuan, and the two two forces with the most relative strength in the Central Plains will jointly attack Qingzhou, At that time, even if Lu Bu is the number one fierce general in the world, it will be in vain. Therefore, when he understood that the meaning of Qin Xu's words to Cao Ang was to rush to provoke a war between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Cheng Yu immediately understood who was the most beneficial beneficiary of the news that Qin Xu said.
"That's what Mr. Zhongde said!" Qin Xu saw that Cheng Yu seemed to know something, and he also knew that this remark was more than enough to fool Cao Ang, an honest child, but to say that Cheng Yu, an old fox like Cheng Yu who was already extremely vigilant and very protective of himself, must not have played a big role, and he could hear that Cheng Yu's words seemed to be referring to something, Qin Xu was not annoyed, and said with a smile at the moment: "Qin just listened to some rumors in the city, and was worried that Brother Zi's identity was special and he had been in Linzi for a long time, and he was afraid that he would be used by someone with a heart, so he came to inquire, but Mr. Zhongde, you are too careful." Anyway, since this matter is a rumor, Qin is also relieved, compared to Jizhou Yuan Benchu, Qingzhou and Yanzhou are allies, and they should help each other, Brother Zixiu, if there is anything that needs Qin's help in the future, even if he speaks, Qin will leave today. ”
"Brother Zhongming, no matter what, Ang still thanks you for coming to inform me about this." Cao Ang originally tasted a little bit of meaning after listening to what Cheng Yu said, compared with what Qin Xu said before, and had some different suspicions about Qin Xu's purpose of coming to see him, but seeing that Qin Xu actually died down after a few rounds of verbal confrontation with Cheng Yu, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tell him that he must find him if he had something, but it really seemed that he was thinking about his friends, Cao Ang was different from Cao Cao's suspiciousness, and he felt a little embarrassed about Qin Xu at this moment.
"The eldest son!" Cheng Yu is also a little helpless about Cao Ang's soft-eared and easy to trust others, especially Qin's nonsense. But after Qin Xu's words were revealed by his intentions Cheng Yu, he didn't refute them again. Instead, the practice of withdrawing at the touch of a button made Cheng Yu, who was extremely vigilant about Qin, a little worried, and wanted to persuade Cao Ang to say a few words. But there's no way to talk about it.
"General Qin, I happened to see that Yanzhou Cheng Yu Lao'er came to my Linzi at the gate of the city, and even entered the post house with him, could it be that this guy has no plans?" As soon as Qin Xu came out of the door of the post house, he was followed by Sima Mao, who was waiting at the door of the post house, and whispered very secretly: "My brother and I know that this old boy General Qin is not a good deal, but do you need us to do it again?" ”
"Don't mess around! Mr. Zhongde is here to 'help' us this time. Don't neglect your guests! Unexpectedly, Sima Mao, who is already famous in the whole army, is still this talent for tracking and stalking, and it seems that he can develop it in many ways in the future. Qin Xu shook his head and said with a smile: "Order, at the moment, the rumors about Yuan Shao's plot are still not enough, and the intensity must be at least doubled, and at the same time, the news of Cheng Yu's coming to Zi will also be spread." In addition, you should go to General Hao Meng quickly. Ask him to approve some military rations, the more the better, transport them from the west gate of Linzi during the day, find a place to put them temporarily, and let the wind go, saying that it is Yanzhou Cao Cao's borrowed military rations from other uses, and the momentum is as big as possible, but it is necessary to make a look of trying to hide, the most important thing is to let that Guo Tu see. You can do it. Guo Tu hates the itchy root of your hate, you can get twice the result with half the effort! The lord's order for the transfer of troops and food was then sent to him. ”
"General Qin, you are trying to force ....... Promise! Sima Mao deserves to be a person with a lot of thoughts, almost as soon as Qin Xu's words fell, he realized the meaning of Qin Xu's words, and immediately stopped talking, nodded with a yin smile and left.
Maybe it's Qin Xu's good name, or Sima Mao's profit, Qin Xu just got Lu Bu's warrant, and was about to find Hao Zhao to send Hao Meng to his family, but he didn't think that as soon as he left Lu Bu's mansion, he saw Qingzhou auxiliaries pushing hundreds of carts full of military rations, and under the escort of hundreds of soldiers in the camp led by Sima Mao, more than 1,000 people and horses crossed the main street of Linzi and headed towards the direction of Ximen Yanzhou. I have to say that the acting skills of these people who Sima Mao is looking for are really good, they are obviously very arrogant and carry grain out of the city, but they are a little sneaky and obscene by these people, and I don't know whose attention, and in the end, the people who went out of the city actually staged an old-fashioned drama of knocking over the grain truck at the city gate. However, when the whole sack full of corn flows out, and the golden color sways under the scorching sun, it is enough to prove that it is not old-fashioned, and the key is "curative effect". At that time, there were several people dressed as civilians with different looks who took advantage of the chaos to disperse in all directions, but they didn't know that their movements had already been seen. However, there is also something wrong with this drama, that is, it is a bit overacted. The warrant for the transfer of troops by Lu Bu in Qin Xu's hand indicates that there are only 500 people, and the warrant for the transfer of grain is only 10,000 stones, which shows that in this meeting, how can these more than 1,000 people escort it, there must be at least 350,000 stones, which is much more than several times that approved by Lu Bu. It seems that maybe this time he will be criticized by Lu Bu again, Qin Xu thought with a bitter face.
"Cao Cao deceived people too much! A few of you are also rubbish, why don't you come to the morning newspaper? Qin Xu was worried about being blamed by Lu Bu, and in an inconspicuous small room in Linzi City, Guo Tu, the envoy of Yuan Shao who was supposed to stay in the post house, was here angry at a few people who looked like ordinary civilians.
"Mr. Guo, when Mr. Shen was in the army before, he had been in the hands of someone in Qin in Lu Bu's army, and the tired leaders of us were captured and killed, and the dragons were leaderless for most of the year, and they only recovered their vitality recently, but it was already difficult to break into the high-level of Qingzhou. This time the matter is too important, Mr. Guo, you have repeatedly told us to be cautious, so I am afraid of ......," a person who looked like the head of this group of people lowered his head and whispered to Guo Tu in anger.
"Confused, I told you to be cautious, not to make you afraid! Look at your analogy, Mr. Judge? Matching? Phew! Where's the trial now? He has surrendered to Qingzhou a long time ago, how do you know if he is using the head of your leader to make a sincere surrender to Qingzhou? Guo Tu originally reprimanded these people, and his anger was almost gone, but when he heard this person argue a few words, the person he cited was still holding down his opponent to death, and his face suddenly turned blue again, seeing that this person was still a little unconvinced, thinking that he still needed these people to serve in Linzi after coming, Guo Tu rarely held back his temperament, suppressed his anger and said: "Although Lu Bu has not seen me several times, this shows that he is also hesitating, but why is it that when Cao Cao's henchman Cheng Yu arrived today, it was less than two hours, So many grain trucks are heading in the direction of Yanzhou? Think about it! Lu Bu is now in a dilemma, if he can give up a few stones of food, plus he can't take some time to support his illness, and when Cao Cao's anger is smooth and he understands his hardships, he will agree to the lord's proposal again, then both sides will not be offended! As for these grain carts, hmph, how can you understand the truth that fiction is real, and reality is fiction, Lu Bu wants to send the grain cart out of the city so much, but it makes me believe even more that Lu Bu and Cao Cao must have an agreement! ”
"But Qin Xu ...... last time" The person headed by Guo Tu listened to what Guo Tu said, and his face was already a little hesitant, and he hesitated to glance at Guo Tu, who was almost unable to suppress his anger, and reminded in a low voice.
"Humph! I think you were frightened by that Qin Xu erection! Guo Tu remembered the verbal humiliation of Qin Xu at the door of Lu Bu's mansion, the faint tone and indifferent gaze were suddenly in front of him, it was okay not to mention Qin Xu before, as soon as this person brought it up, Guo Tu was like a puffer fish that was stimulated, waved his hand to stop the person from continuing to speak, and said angrily: "You and I don't have to argue about this matter anymore, Guo Mou will write a letter, you quickly send someone to the lord to send it urgently, so that the lord can decide this matter." You must be fast, if Cao Cao gets this batch of military rations, and has precautions, you and I will be sinners in front of the lord! Just go! ”
"This ...... Promise! (To be continued......)