Cao Ang came strangely and left in a hurry, and only stayed in Linzi for five days, but the implication behind it made Qin Xu have to be vigilant.

The current situation, because of the complicated things in Hebei, is becoming more and more confusing. For Lu Bujun and Cao Caojun, who also coveted the "ownerless" land in Hebei, Cao Ang's intention to come here this time is quite worthy of scrutiny. Although Qin Xu's "cub protection operation" was a complete success this time, Cao Ang's reaction was greatly unexpected by Qin Xu, which made Qin Xu, who had already prepared a lot of rhetoric, intend to fool Qin someone in the past with this matter without touching the relationship between the two existing allies, as if a fist hit cotton.

The key is Cao Ang's attitude. Although Cao Ang studied under Cao Cao's arrangement, he studied under the late great strategist Xi Zhicai, and later studied government affairs with Xun Yu, Xun Yu's uncle and nephew, and Cheng Yu, but human nature is difficult to change, Cao Ang himself is a "good young man", let him learn the style of those old foxes, after all, it is not hot enough, so that Qin Xu can see some clues.

But even so, Qin Xu had to admire Cao Ang's courage. Dare to come to Zi in the name of the eldest son of the Cao family when the relationship between the two families is now on the verge of rupture, not everyone can have this courage, at least this kind of risky thing, he Qin Xu is not a last resort, and he "dare not" do it easily. But on the other hand, this also made Qin Xu confirm Cao Ang's intention to come this time, maybe it was really a big request, so big that Cao Cao felt that it was worth letting Cao Ang take the risk.

However, the conclusion of this conclusion made Qin Xu even more slanderous, if this was the case. Doesn't that mean that Cao Ang's coming to ask for his eldest son is just an excuse?

"My lord, Cao Zixuan has been successfully sent away. But his intention to come this time is ...... Hey?! I found that no matter how to interpret Cao Ang's intention to come here, it seemed that he Qin and someone were caught in the middle, and Qin Xu, who was an inconsequential third person, came to see Lu Bu at this moment, and was waiting to tell him what he had discovered, but found that Lu Bu was in the front hall. There was a small bronze tripod playing with it, and on the floor in the hall, there were two small boxes full of gold beads. There was little skepticism. This must be the "left item" that Cao Ang "forgot" to take away when he left.

"Look what this is!" Qin Xu was in Lu Bu's mansion and could enter and exit freely without passing through the traffic. Therefore, Lu Bu was not the slightest surprised when he saw Qin Xu coming in, and casually threw the bronze tripod in his hand to Qin Xu. He said without raising his head.

"...... this?" Thanks to Lu Lingqi. In the past four years, the physical training of two hours in the morning and evening has made Qin Xu look a little thin, but he has made great progress in both his physique and strength. This small tripod is only one foot square in length, but because it is cast in bronze, I am afraid that it will not cost fifty or seventy catties, plus the power of this throw, it will be changed to Qin Xu. I'm afraid I'll be crushed to the ground right away.

"Hmm!" Qin Xu's inadvertent hand made Lu Bu's eyes flash with a hint of satisfaction. said: "This is a gift from Cao Ang who came to Zizi this time and sent it to Cao Cao's house." ”

"Gifts?" I suspected that Cao Ang's intention to come this time was not just to meet Cai Yong as he said, and to propose marriage "by the way", but at this moment, seeing that Lu Bu seemed to value this Xiaoding very much, he picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while. This small tripod looks to have been carefully polished by the craftsman, the whole body is covered with a green and faint cold light, the picture of the mountains and rivers is embossed on it, although the place where the action is not big, but it is also quite spiritual regardless of the mountains and rivers, and on the front of the small tripod, the yang is engraved with two ancient seal characters, but it occupies almost two-thirds of the size of the tripod wall, I think it is the name of this small tripod, is it possible that this is still an antiquity? Qin Xu has never understood these things, and he has not studied the ancient seal characters, and he knows Qin Xu with this ghost-drawn character, but Qin someone doesn't know him, so he tried to read a sentence according to his own guess: "This is a circle...... River? What do you mean? ”

"Puff ......" Qin Xu's words just came out, but it made Lu Bu, who was drinking with a straight face, not holding back a mouthful of squirting, stroking the case and coughing loudly. Suddenly startled, more than ten people came in from the servants who served in front of the hall, all of them looked at Lu Bu, who was a little out of shape, and Qin Xu, who looked strange, with a look of astonishment.

"The lord's old wounds have not healed, but he just choked on drinking. It's all right, just wait! "It's not easy to make Lu Bu lose his temper, if it makes people see the joke, Qin Xu can almost foresee the dark days in the future, so he hurriedly said to the people who were nervous.

"Hmm!" Lu Bu also realized that he was wrong, answered, waved his hand and drove the servant out, looked at Qin Xu with more and more strange eyes, and said: "Boy, you said that you had read the history of the pre-Qin Dynasty before you said such words, but I don't know where you got it?" And how do you understand it? ”

"Forgot!" Although he didn't understand why Lu Bu suddenly asked about this again, Qin Xu still replied casually. Just kidding, if the old Zhu family's family motto a thousand years later appears on the ancient books of Laoshizi and the Qin Dynasty, it would be strange!

"Humph! You kid just keep your eyes open and talk nonsense! Can you pronounce the word 'Jizhou' on this tripod as 'Yuanchuan', and dare to say that you have read the ancient books of the pre-Qin Dynasty at this level? The corners of Lu Bu's mouth twitched slightly, as if he was holding back a smile, and asked Qin Xu.

"Ahem...... It's Jizhou! I didn't see it clearly just now! "It's just that this kind of thing is said by others, after all, the popular book in the Han Dynasty is Lishu now, except for some ceremonies and sacrifices of the royal family, which are basically extinct, Qin Xu doesn't know and is not ashamed, but this person in front of him is recognized by the world, and he can even laugh at his Qin someone's level, which makes Qin Xu's old face a little hot. Subconsciously, he wanted to argue a few points, but he remembered that the person in front of him was not only his own father-in-law, and disobedience was unfilial, and besides, if he really tore it up, it was estimated that it was not enough for others to do it with one hand, so Qin Xu had to fool the past with a shy face and a reason, and raised this Xiaoding with his eyebrows, and asked Lu Bu: "Then what does Cao Cao mean by sending this thing to you?" This thing in the weekly gift is not something that can be given casually. Jizhou! Jizhou? Could it be that Cao Cao still has any hidden meanings? ”

"It doesn't seem to be unlearned!" The number one martial artist in the late Han Dynasty, the top boss of the old rough Lu, despised Qin Xu again, pointed to the small tripod in Qin Xu's hand and said: "In the past, Zhou Tianzi collected the gold of the world to cast Jiuding, carved mountains and rivers on it, and divided the town into Kyushu, and held the luck of Kyushu. After Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty replaced him, according to the appearance contained in the ancient books, the thirteen tripods were cast on behalf of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, which is the origin of the Jizhou tripod. ”

"Wow! He Cao Mengde is really generous, he dares to take out such court utensils and give them away, and what he wants is not small! Qin Xu faintly understood Cao Cao's intentions in his heart. The originally simple Hebei matter, because of all kinds of accidents, has evolved into the current situation, so that Cao Cao, who originally wanted to merge the state into his own, had to set up Yuan Tan to cover the mouth of the world, and his own family retreated behind the scenes to actually control. But Yuan Tan, as Yuan Shao's eldest son, is not a person who can settle down, and after the previous Lu Cao family's fighting methods, which made Yuan Xi get the benefits in vain, it is estimated that Cao Cao also felt that Yuan Tan was not easy to control. It is estimated that he "remembered" the "covenant" between the two families in the past to divide Hebei equally, and this is why Cao Angming slipped away on his face, or he really had some thoughts on proposing to the Qin Mansion, in order to first express his "sincerity" and test the reaction of Lu Bu's military situation. However, this kind of thing, and it is just a tentative meaning, with Cao Cao's temperament, it will definitely not be too obvious, and Qin Xu does not have enough evidence, just with such a small ding, it is difficult to force Cao Cao's meaning in front of Lu Bu, so he continued to talk nonsense.

"Say you don't know! Dare to claim to have spent the history of the pre-Qin Dynasty! Lu Bu continued to despise Qin Xu and said: "The big tripod of the country is cast by the Qi method of the bell and the tripod, six points of gold and one of tin, so the bronze color of the tripod is a bit of a halo of red gold. Besides, that Jizhou Ding had seen it when he was in Luoyang, and when a dozen or so strong men didn't move, this little thing was just an artifact used by Cao Mengde to test something. If you like it, take it back with these and see it for a long time! ”

"The lord is wise! These ......" co-authors Lu Bu had already seen through Cao Ang's intentions for coming this time, so it was no wonder that he would simply return these things to Cao Ang "verbally" when he was in his own house. However, what Qin Xu didn't understand was that since Lu Bu had already known Cao Ang's intentions, he also took advantage of Qin Xu's actions to protect the cubs, and turned the matter around. But how come Lu Wenhou, who has always had no "resistance" to Jin Zhu and the like, when Qin Xu saw Lu Bu just now, didn't care much about it, even this Xiao Ding, which was used by Cao Cao to test Lu Bu's intentions, was also thrown around at will, this time it was so generous, not quite right!

"What? You don't know?! Listening to Qin Xu's questioning tone, Lu Bu instead glanced at Qin Xu with a strange look in his eyes, and said: "The value of the property here is about seven hundred gold, but it is the dowry ......of the Qin family's daughter that Cao Ang begged for his eldest son, but since you have rejected the Cao family, and Cao Zixuan's kid has a bad memory, these gold beads have become ownerless, since you don't want it, why don't you dispose of it for you?" ”

"Ahem...... The lord works hard to govern the three states, and these little things don't have to be bothered by the lord anymore! "It's a windfall for buddies to make trouble for a long time! Looking at Lu Bu's meaning, if he doesn't want it, he will take it to "confiscate", wouldn't it be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger? Qin Xu said subconsciously. Immediately found that he seemed to have been tricked by Lu Bu again, and couldn't help but be a little embarrassed...... (To be continued......)