In the dead of night, the brightly lit mansion of Yuanfu in Yecheng, shortly after the end of the banquet, Cao Cao and Lu Bu immediately dispersed.

As for the courtyard where the banquet was held, the leftover leftovers, urns and pans, and the case seats, their own servants would clean them up, and the previous work of preparing dishes was also done by them, most of these people were not from the original Yuan Mansion, although those old people should be more familiar with this place, and it may be easier to use, but it is difficult to ensure that there are not some special people mixed in it, although they are quite disdainful of the three brothers of Yuan Tan, let alone afraid, but Lu Bu has developed a cautious habit, And there is always no harm in being careful, it is better to avoid the troubles that can be avoided; What's more, even if this is not the case, there should be a lot of people who have only changed over a period of time and there are still many people who can't accept it, even if these servants once looked down on the overlord of one side, they will not all have a big heart, and it is difficult to make them not completely strangers or even the culprits who let them lose this job to do something safely, and if there is a little difference, it may be infinitely magnified at this time when the two parties meet, just in case Lu Bu will no longer use it.

The problem of manpower Lu Bu and Zhao Yun have never felt any headaches, after all, there is a restaurant in Yecheng, which is one of Lu Bu's private industries, and some people were immediately dispatched from it to help arrange it, and they didn't need to pretend or anything, and they didn't worry about being seen by Cao Cao, the business of the restaurant had always been very hot before, and the craftsmanship of these people could be imagined, so this banquet was satisfactory from wine to dishes. In fact, it is impossible to distinguish who is the guest and who is the master, and the two parties have their own pleasures.

For the war in Hebei, both of them have their own arrangements and responses, and in the short term, they should be able to maintain a relative balance and peace with each other, that is, the two sides tacitly do not need to have much hostility towards each other during this time, so in this banquet, whether it is Lu Bu or Cao Cao, there are no restrictions on their subordinates, and in the end, naturally, there are people on both sides who are drunk and not very sober and even need to be carried back.

When it comes to that kind of occasion, not everyone can be as sensitive as Guo Jia, Xun You or Liangle. Especially those generals, just like Le Jin, who had a very unpleasant quarrel with Zhao Yun before, and have been disagreeing with each other since then, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a wine barrel. When the banquet was over, the wine urns piled up on the case in front of him had completely blocked his whole person, and he could still force himself to say some nonsense that "so-and-so is not drunk" is already a strong endurance.

Thankfully, no one has vomited. So it's okay to really say that both sides can have fun. After the end, the exit seemed to be a little happy. It's hard to imagine the rivalries they secretly had in the past and the future.

However, when they returned to Cao Cao and the others, who had to settle down for a night in the wing room that had been settled for a long time, there were many people who couldn't sleep that night, such as Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Xiahou Yuan and others. At this time, they were all talking at night in Cao Cao's room, and there were strict guards on the third floor and the outer three floors, after all, it was not their home field, even if Xiahou Yuan was not familiar with it in this Yecheng, and he had no control over this Yuan Mansion, so he naturally had to guard against the partition wall.

"The lord is saying that Zixiao will come back soon?"

After Cao Cao explained Cao Ren's matter, a surprised expression immediately appeared on Xiahou Yuan's face, this is definitely sincere, after all, everyone saw that the two had a good relationship at the beginning, not to mention that Xiahou Yuan is not a person who can hide his performance.

Cao Cao nodded, but there was not much joy on his face, Xiahou Yuan's smile also retracted a lot, and he hesitated for a while before asking Cao Cao: "Is there anything difficult about the lord, or is it that Lu Fengxian opened his mouth?" ”

Cao Cao shook his head, because of Guo Jia's sudden interjection at the banquet before, Lu Bu seemed to realize something, and he deliberately lowered his voice when talking to himself later, so not many people knew what they said after that, plus the atmosphere of the banquet gradually reached a high tide after Lu Bu signaled Xun You to turn around, and most people's attention was attracted to the past, that is, Guo Jia also drank a few more glasses afterwards, and now his face is still a little dizzy, and his eyes are slightly drunk, fortunately, this does not affect his thinking.

"Originally, my idea was to throw all the land of Jizhou to Nalu Fengxian, and in exchange for us to be able to attack the land of Qingzhou with all our strength in the future, and at the same time, we could also exchange it for Zixiaolai at the cost of this. But if he didn't want to be seen through by that Lu Fengxian, he was naturally unallowed, and he would definitely drag us on this Jizhou, but if so, this Jizhou would be a bit chicken for us, and that side would not be able to concentrate on dealing with the land of Qingzhou, but might be hindered by the other party in various ways, which would be greatly detrimental to the marching plan......"

He said it very clearly, everyone naturally understood what he meant, Xiahou Yuan slapped the table in front of him fiercely, and said hatefully: "This Lu Fengxian is hateful, the people under his hands like to grab the credit, and he himself always has to drag people into the water, and he doesn't share the benefits, so it's better not to cooperate with him in the future." ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao and Guo Jia glanced at each other, and they both smiled bitterly.

Xiahoudun opened his mouth and asked at this time: "Presumably, Lu Fengxian is also very persistent, I don't know how the lord replied in the end?" ”

Xiahou Yuan also reacted, and immediately looked at Cao Cao curiously, Cao Cao coughed lightly, and said, "I said...... In the end, it is not as good as Lu Wenhou, and he is not strong enough to drink, so he is afraid of saying something wrong, so ......"

Only then did Guo Jia and the others know that they were all stunned, and then they listened to Cao Cao again: "Because of this, I summoned everyone here at this time, in fact, I just want to hear what good things you have to build." ”

Guo Jia suddenly laughed, and when he saw that everyone's attention was attracted, he also coughed lightly and said, "Actually, Jia thinks that why shouldn't the lord take Lu Fengxian?" ”

Cao Cao was stunned, the Xiahou brothers and a few others were also confused by the second monk, according to what Cao Cao said, of course, it should not be good, but how to respond is also a difficult matter; And as far as they know, Guo Jia has never been untargeted, since he said so. Is there anything Cao Cao didn't take into account?

Cao Cao didn't mind being refuted by Guo Jia, but was looking forward to Guo Jia being able to say a reason and show him with his eyes.

Guo Jia smiled faintly and said: "The lord thinks this is a chicken rib, but with that Lu Feng watching first, it is difficult to get out, so why not share this place with him equally?" It's just that there are only a few people to guard here, on the one hand, it is for Lu Fengxian to watch, the lord has indeed turned this place into his own rule; On the other hand, these people also have the role of secretly investigating Lu Bu's movements to report to the lord at any time. ”

Cao Cao patted his head and couldn't help laughing: "It seems that I am thinking too much." Instead, I didn't see something clearly. Fortunately, Feng Xiao mentioned it. But then, he frowned again, "It's just that the matter is settled here, but what price should be paid." In exchange for the return of Zixiao? ”

The Xiahou brothers then set their eyes on Guo Jia. Apparently he didn't think it was a big deal for him. Surely there is also an idea.

Thinking of Guo Jia, he stretched out his hand and said with a wry smile: "Yuan Rang, Miaocai don't look at Guo Fengxiao like this, this Jia doesn't have any ideas for the time being." ”

"I have some ideas...... "This time I opened my mouth to be a joke." He and Guo Jia can be said to be the two great strategists under Cao Cao, and they are also the most respected by the Xiahou brothers and other generals, so when they saw him speak, they immediately turned their heads to look at him, but the joke was still not arrogant and calm, and when Cao Cao raised his hand to him to signal and continued, he said: "Previously, the lord wanted to exchange half of Wei County for Zixiao, and I think that in addition to that Lu Fengxian has already seen through the lord's intentions, it is that he feels that with the current status of Hebei to our chicken ribs, it cannot be compared with Zixiao, although I don't know why, But it seems that he also attaches great importance to his filial piety. Therefore, if the lord wants to really exchange for Zixiao, I am afraid that he must invest some blood, at least to make Lu Fengxian feel that he is not a loss. ”

Xiahoudun frowned and said, "If he feels that he is not losing, then we will not have to lose?" ”

After he said this, how did he know that Cao Cao, Xi Luo and Guo Jia all laughed along, laughing inexplicably, but there seemed to be something hidden in that laughter, something that he couldn't think of through but was very critical and useful.

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The next morning, after sending Cao Cao and his party away, Lü Bu and the others returned to Yuan's mansion, and Lü Bu summoned a kind of civil and military who was waiting here at this time, and took his place in the hall to discuss the matter.

After talking about some of the plans that had been temporarily made with Cao Cao, Lu Bu made everyone speak freely.

Liangle was the first to speak: "This eastern half of Wei County was originally the bait sent by the lord to Cao Cao, and now it seems that although he was fooled, but Le always feels that he has reservations in this matter, I am afraid that he will not really treat the eastern half of Wei County as his own rule, and will only send some simple troops to garrison, as for most of the people, they will still notice that Qingzhou is going up, and the people stationed here are probably also responsible for monitoring our movements." ”

Lu Bu nodded and said: "That's exactly what I think, but it seems that although this is easy to see, it is not intentional by the other party, and even speaking of it, this is also a conspiracy, even if we know, because of some scruples, it is impossible to really cross this line and attack that Cao Mengde." What's more, many matters here in Jizhou also need to be dealt with, although Sanyuan is not a big trouble, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible, so many affairs are entangled, and there is not much energy and manpower, so even if we know this, we can only let Cao Mengde plunder Qingzhou. ”

Liangle said: "Of course, it's okay to make some trouble for them, please send an envoy to Qingzhou, that Kong Beihai, it's time to meet him for a while." ”

Lu Bu was noncommittal, but said: "But the next thing in exchange for Cao Zixiao......"

Xun You continued: "There is no need to discuss this, in addition to coming down, what else can we do, can we refuse?" ”

Lu Bu pursed his lips and didn't say anything, Liangle was surprisingly silent, but Zhao Yun said with some confusion: "Then who is Cao Zixiao, and what do you want to do in exchange?" ”

Xun You explained: "This idea dragon came late I don't know, Cao Mengde and the lord fought against the lord before, was killed and fled, the lord pursued all the way, then Cao Mengde's five generals came out to block the wheel, in addition to Cao Hong's broken arm, the Xiahou brothers and Li Dian were almost exhausted, the lord also captured Cao Mengde's general Cao Ren Cao Zixiao, now Cao Mengde wants to take this opportunity to exchange Cao Zixiao back, of course the lord will not be light, after all, the lord has always attached great importance to the lord of Cao Zixiao, but unfortunately the other party has always been unwilling to submit, can only be exchanged for it, but even so, Cao Mengde needs to pay a good price. ”

"I don't know what the price is?"

Xun You glanced at Lu Bu, and saw that although he didn't nod but didn't stop it, he continued: "According to the original intention of the lord, I hope to exchange this Cao Zixiao for the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, but this is obviously impossible, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has 100,000 combatable troops, no matter whose hands it is, it is a big help, Cao Mengde can't give it up lightly, even if it's just 10,000 of them, it's very south." And now Cao Mengde has also decided to replace it with gold, silver, grain, etc., and all that remains is a matter of how much. ”

"Should the lord go down?"

This time, before Xun You could speak again, Lu Bu suddenly shouted with a smile: "Yes, why shouldn't you?" Anyway, Cao Zixiao can't be used by me, if I exchange more benefits, I have to let Cao Mengde cut off a piece of meat! (To be continued......)