Chapter Forty-Six: The Momentum of the Flank
"Wanted, arrest the imperial court criminal Lu Bu!"
The latest bounty wanted notice was posted on the city wall for publicity, and the people of Shanyang County watched one after another, talking about why this Lu Bu became a prisoner, didn't he become a general.
In the Assassin's Mansion in Shanyang County, Cao Ming clutched the wanted warrant in his hand, and suddenly felt a kind of happiness in his heart, Lu Xiaobu, you actually have today, it is really God's eyes.
Cao Ming's eyes flashed with golden light, if he could really catch Lu Bu, wouldn't he be able to get a thousand gold, who could think that he had a lot of money in his hand.
Thinking of this, Cao Ming ran out of the house and sneaked to the outside of the lobby of the Thorn Mansion, only to find that Cao Cao was resting, which was simply a godsend.
Cao Cao's eyelids suddenly revealed a slit, and he vaguely saw Cao Ming walking in cautiously, as if rummaging for something on his case.
Cao Ming searched for a long time and didn't find Cao Cao's seal, and it was not possible to arrest Lu Bu on his own, after all, there were still many soldiers around him to follow, unless the elite cavalry of the tiger and leopard battalion was mobilized.
"What are you doing?" Cao Cao sat up suddenly, staring at Cao Ming with an angry face, stealing everything to his head, and if he didn't stop it, something would happen.
"I want to help you sort out the wooden case!" Cao Ming's face is very thick-skinned, even if he is caught, he will deny it, and he will not admit to stealing anyway.
After Cao Cao listened to the explanation, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter, people can be so shameless that stealing things is hard to sort out.
Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "Since you are so willing to sort out your belongings, then go and tidy up the city tower, and I will send someone to inspect it at that time, and if you don't tidy it up, you will be punished for fasting for a day." ”
"No!" Cao Ming thought to herself that she was really unlucky, a thousand gold was really not so easy to get, and now she had to clean the entire city tower.
Ancient cities need to be maintained by many people, even if Cao Ming has the strength of two people, he can't finish it, Cao Cao is a disguised punishment.
"Uncle Xun?" Cao Ming was just about to climb the city tower, and suddenly found that Xun Yu came back from outside on horseback, either because something big happened in Yanzhou, or that the Yellow Turban Army had appeared in the place again.
Xun Yu heard someone shouting to himself, followed the voice and found that it was Cao Ming, looking at the other party's appearance as if he was going to clean the city tower, nine times out of ten it was Cao Cao's order.
Xun Yu said with a smile: "It seems that Meng De has punished you again, this time Uncle Xun is in charge of you, and we won't sweep this city tower." ”
"Is that true?" Cao Ming thought that happiness came really suddenly, and now Xun Yu is more handsome than ever, he is simply an angel sent by God to save himself from danger.
In the Assassin's Mansion, Cao Cao was looking at the copywriting in his hand, and suddenly there was laughter outside, and the owner of this voice was his daughter.
Cao Ming walked in after Xun Yu, Cao Cao understood what was going on as soon as he saw Xun Yu, and the anger in his heart instantly ignited, this kid actually learned to move rescuers.
Cao Cao glared at Cao Ming and said, "Wen Ruo must not intercede for her, do you have to let me send someone to watch you, so that you can clean all the towers." ”
Xun Yu arched his hands and said: "This has to be punished, but now that Ming'er has made a great contribution, shouldn't she be exempted from punishment?" ”
"What's her credit for?" Cao Cao didn't seem to believe what Xun Yu said, Cao Ming had always been in the county town, how could he still have the opportunity to go out and make meritorious contributions.
Xun Yu said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord, Yuzhou is now ours, and the saint has issued an edict to let Yang Heng, the commander of the Snow Wolf Army, lead the Yuzhou pastor." ”
Cao Cao patted the wooden case and said: "This is great news, so Xuzhou is in an embarrassing position, and it is like picking up things." ”
Xun Yu then suggested: "The lord should not be too anxious, let the snow wolf army be independent of us first, otherwise others will know that the lord has won two states, and they will not attack it en masse." ”
Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said: "What Wen Ruo said is very reasonable, this matter is told to Zhicai at most, and the rest of the people should not be gullible." ”
"Don't you tell the public station?" Xun Yu hesitated in his heart, now Chen Gong is a celebrity around Cao Cao, can he say that he has to hide it from Chen Gong.
Cao Cao nodded and said, "The affairs of the public station are too busy, so there is no need to talk about these things, lest he should talk about it again." ”
Cao Ming kept gesturing with his hands, which means that it is time to exempt me, is it possible that you still let the heroes sweep the city tower.
Cao Cao looked at it in his eyes and said: "Since Ming'er has made a great contribution, then it is better to be exempt from punishment, and next time it will not be so lucky." ”
Cao Ming was a little dissatisfied and said: "It's over if you get rid of responsibility?" Anyway, you have to appreciate something, such as gold and jewelry. ”
Cao Cao explained: "The reward can only be rewarded from the top down, you are now the queen, and your position is far greater than that of me, the state pastor, so you can only reward me, and I want to reward you for the crime of disrespect." ”
Cao Cao didn't plan to give Cao Ming anything at all, so he used etiquette to prevaricate the other party, hoping that the other party would be able to retreat.
Cao Ming thought for a while and said, "Since the reward road doesn't work, then pay some tribute to the palace, this should work, right?" ”
Cao Ming thought to herself, although you are an acting queen, you also have to enjoy the treatment you deserve, and you have to give some of this tribute.
Xun Yu held back a smile and said: "Lord, you still admit it, if you can win Ming'er, I, Xun Yu, will lose you two hundred gold." ”
Cao Cao pointed at Xun Yu and said, "The matter of the tribute will be handed over to you, you go to the treasury to get some gold, and buy some rare things in the market for her, and this matter is settled." ”
After sending Cao Ming away, Cao Cao ordered someone to invite Xi Zhong, he was going to start planning to take Xuzhou, as long as he could take the territory of Xuzhou, his strength would be stronger, and when the time came, he would sit on the land of Sanzhou, even if he fought hard with Yuan Shao, he was not afraid.
Cao Cao and Xi Zhong studied until late at night, and also drew up a plan to attack Xuzhou, so they almost found a suitable reason to attack.
After nightfall, Cao Ming was about to wash and sleep, when he suddenly heard a noise in the courtyard, and when he opened the door, he saw that it was the strategist Xi Zhong.
Cao Ming looked puzzled and said, "It turned out to be Mr. Xi, you didn't go back to your house so late, did you come to me for something?" ”
Xi Zhong came in with a wooden basin, and then explained: "Didn't Niang Niang make a bet with Zai Xia to wash her feet, and now she is convinced to lose, and she is here to fulfill her original promise." ”
The corners of Cao Ming's mouth twitched, she was just joking, but she didn't expect this guy to take it seriously.
Xi Zhong tried the water and said: "This heat is just right, Niangniang should hurry up and go clubbing, it's not good to stay in the water for a while." ”
Cao Ming excused himself: "It's better to forget about this matter, it's bad if my father knows about it, he will definitely not allow me to do this." ”
Xi Zhong waved his hand and said: "A gentleman's words, the horse is difficult to chase, if the mother wants to be a villain, then it will be an insult to the mother!" ”
Cao Ming thought to herself that since you had already said so, then you couldn't say anything about it, and it must be very comfortable for people to serve you anyway.
Cao Ming sat on the bed and took off her shoes and socks, then put her feet deep into the wooden basin, and added some medicine to the water.
"Don't just watch me soak, wash me quickly!" Cao Ming thought to herself what to call washing with just soaking, and she had to have some pedicure to enjoy it, anyway, the other party lost to herself.
Xi Zhong glanced at Cao Ming's feet and said, "Niangniang's feet are white and clean, and it seems that there is no need to scrub them anymore." ”
Cao Ming rubbed her temples and said, "I didn't let you scrub me, just pinch a few times to relax, don't tell me you don't understand." ”
"I'm offended!" Xi Zhong washed his mother's feet when he was so old, and this is the first time to wash the feet of other women, especially since the other party's identity is still the queen.
Xi Zhong's physique didn't seem to be very good, and he sweated profusely after a few pinchs, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered for a while.
Cao Ming said worriedly: "Why is Mr. sweating so much, it is because of his weak physique, why don't you come here today!" ”
Cao Ming thought to herself that if you pinch your feet twice, you will be like this, then how can you serve your wife, isn't it cheaper than the old king next door every day, I really feel sad for your fate.
Xi Zhong sighed and said: "It really makes Niangniang laugh, she has been sick all the time, and she asked Niangniang to keep it a secret for you." ”
Cao Ming hurriedly agreed: "I will keep it secret for Mr., Mr. will not use it tomorrow, in case something happens to your body, I can't explain it to my father." ”
Cao Ming thought to herself that if you suddenly fell ill and died, the responsibility would not be all on yourself, and it would become a joke when the time came.
If people who know the truth are better to say something, they are afraid that some people with crow's beaks will talk nonsense, saying that the queen has recruited a male pet or something like that, and finally the male pet will die of exhaustion.
"Thank you for your kindness, then I'll leave next!" Xi Zhong left the room with a pale face, his body still trembling slightly, as if he was suffering from some serious illness.
Cao Ming shook her head helplessly in her eyes, thinking that it was necessary to exercise her body, this Xizhong looked like he was about thirty years old, but his body was not as weak as a woman.
Early the next morning, Cao Cao wrote a letter to Yang Heng, in which he said that Yang Heng should send troops to attack Xuzhou, but Yuzhou has just entered a stable state, and there is no way to send people to help Cao Cao.
Yang Heng's reply was also very fast, and the letter talked about the difficulties in Yuzhou, and he could not spare manpower to help Cao Cao for the time being.
Cao Cao finally decided to attack himself, anyway, Tao Qian's strength was not as good as his own, unless he could bring in to rescue the troops.
In the Xuzhou Thorn Mansion, Tao Qian was staring at the map and worried, what kind of force was this new Yuzhou pastor, and why he had not made a position until now.
Tao Qian thought to himself that if he didn't belong to any force, he would be afraid that he would be with Cao Cao, the pastor of Yanzhou, because there was a sentry that Cao Cao had already stationed troops at the state border, and it seemed that he was ready to send troops to Xuzhou at any time.