"What? Is that really the case? ”

After listening to the report of his subordinates, Yuan Shao's face darkened, but he returned to normal in an instant. With a wave of his hand, he let the comer go down first.

Yuan Shao turned around and smiled at Feng Ji: "Just now I also praised him for reminding us about Gongsun Zhan, so that we could encourage the Yellow Turban to go north in time to block the Youzhou soldiers." But tell me, this Chen Nuo, it turns out that the whole thing was played by him, and we were all kept in the dark but didn't know yet. Hmph, it's ridiculous! ”

Yuan Shao said, put his knees on the table, his fingers beat the handsome case, and he stopped talking.

Feng Ji stroked his beard, blinked his eyes and said, "What, is this kid Chen Nuo so unpraised?" I don't know what he did to get out of the cabinet, and you don't feel at ease with Yuan Gong? ”

Yuan Shao snorted and said, "What else, it's not Gongsun Fan?" ”

Feng Ji was stunned for a moment, and listened to Yuan Shao continue, "Chen Nuo persuaded me to give the Bohai seal ribbon to Gongsun Fan, you know, right?" Tell me honestly, when you heard Chen Nuo take the initiative, did you think that Chen Nuo was asking for hardship? You don't have to deny it, in fact, I had the same idea at the time.

Although I had planned to send the Bohai Seal Ribbon out before this, I finally felt that it was too risky, so I didn't bring it up for a while. But he didn't know how to say it, and I just calculated it. At that time, I thought that even if something happened in the future, someone would carry it for me. Originally, I said that we were using Chen Nuo in this matter, but Yuantu, you and I entered other people's shares without knowing it, ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

Feng Ji frowned and pulled his beard: "What does Yuan Gong mean...... Could it be that General Chen had already premeditated this matter? ”

Yuan Shao smiled: "Otherwise? I think that everything happened to Gongsun Fan at that time, but he can always be fearless, if he hadn't planned it a long time ago, how could he deal with it calmly? ”

Feng Ji closed his eyes and thought about it, and said: "Actually, I have heard of the yellow scarves in Qingzhou for a long time, but I didn't connect this matter with Gongsun Zan at that time. I think General Chen will think of him, maybe it has something to do with Gongsun Fan. Of course, he knew that Gongsun Fan was Gongsun Zhan's younger brother, and now he was killed by him, and he was afraid that he would be implicated in this matter, so he had to think of this step first. In the final analysis, he is also trying to protect himself, so Yuan Gong can't blame him.

Besides, this whole incident is in favor of Yuan Gong, thinking that now the Qingzhou Yellow Turban is being used by us and others, and now they have all pounced on the Bohai Sea border and blocked Gongsun Zhan's troops for us, isn't this exactly what Yuan Gong you dreamed of? I think that even if Gongsun Chan settles this gang of yellow scarves, it will have to be next year at the earliest, and having a few months of respite is enough for Yuan Gongyou to prepare for the war in the coming year. ”

Yuan Shao stroked his beard and nodded: "Not bad!" Hehe, this Qingzhou million yellow scarf is enough for Gongsun Zhan to drink a pot! But ......"

Yuan Shao's words changed, "Although Chen Nuo's matter is ostensibly forced to do it, it is enough to see the importance of this person's scheming. If it weren't for him throwing it out after drinking with Lu Yi, I'm afraid that if we don't ask about it, Chen Nuo will never say it. Yuan Tu, do you think we should take advantage of this matter to knock Chen Nuo well? ”

Feng Ji tugged at his beard, no wonder Yuan Shao suddenly changed his face after listening to the words of the person who came just now, it turned out that his henchmen heard the news in Chen Nuo's account, which made him unhappy.

But having said that, Yuan Shao was able to arrange spying on Chen Nuo's side in such a short period of time, which was enough to see that he was not at ease with his subordinates, presumably this kind of spying would be everywhere in the future. It seems that he will have to act with a snack in the future.

Hearing Yuan Shao's words, in order to show his loyalty, Feng Ji immediately said: "If you just talk about this matter, I'm afraid that General Chen will have already prepared a hundred reasons to deal with Yuan Gong." ”

Yuan Shao snorted: "Is this matter just settled?" ”

Feng Ji shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course not!" Instead, he asked him, "Yuan Gong, you must have also known about General Lu Yi's alliance with General Chen earlier, right?" ”

"Why do you mention this?" Yuan Shao's face was ugly; "Of course I have heard about the alliance between Lu Yi and Chen Nuo, and since this matter has happened, I can only follow him."

Feng Ji said with a smile: "I remember that Yuan Gong hated his subordinates the most for forming parties for personal gain, not to mention that they worshiped friends of life and death?" I think these two people are both heavy generals that you rely on for Yuan Gong, and they both have heavy soldiers in their hands, if they can be used by Yuan Gong, it is easy to say, if not, they can't...... Hey, I'm afraid it's a blessing or a blessing. ”

Yuan Shao was reminded by Feng Ji like this, thinking of Lu Yi's selfless attitude when he had spoken for Chen Nuo in public many times, and his body couldn't help but froze. Lu Yi was originally dug by him from Han Fu, and it was really reassuring to think that such a sensitive person was so close to Chen Nuo.

He asked tentatively, "What do you mean?" ”

Feng Ji smiled: "Dare to ask what General Chen said after drinking, was there anyone else besides Lu Yi present at that time?" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head: "There were only two of them in the tent that night. ”

Feng Ji smiled: "Then this matter will be easy to do." If we just talk about Gongsun Fan, I'm afraid it may not be able to play a big role, if this matter is really only known to Lu Yi and him, hehe......"

Yuan Shao also immediately understood from his smile, he immediately raised his hand and said with a smile: "When Chen Nuo heard that this good brother Lu Yi betrayed him, I want to see how Chen Nuo handles him!" ”

On the same day, Yuan Shao's wishful thinking was launched, and he immediately summoned Chen Nuo into the city and invited Lu Yi to the court. Yuan Shao suddenly shook out all the words that Chen Nuo said after drinking that night, and asked him if there was such a thing.

Let's not talk about Chen Nuo first, just when Lu Yi heard this, he was shocked and speechless for a long time.

This matter was only Chen Nuo's mouth that night, and Lu Yi's ears were in, and only the two of them knew about it. Now that Yuan Shao also knows, even if he still wants to deny it, I'm afraid that Chen Nuo won't believe it.

Lu Yi clenched his fists, and didn't know how to face Chen Nuo for a while, just lowered his head and kept silent.

However, when Chen Nuo heard Yuan Shao's reprimand, he never glanced at Lu Yi, but just said it well. Finally finished speaking, explained almost completely, and then gave his leave.

Not only Yuan Shao, but also Feng Ji observed for a long time, seeing that Chen Nuo's face was flushed, and he was ashamed to look at it, and saw that the effect was achieved, so he let the two go.

Seeing that after the two of them came out of the hall, one went east and the other went west, Yuan Shao brushed his beard with satisfaction, and glanced at each other with Feng Ji, this trick really worked!

Lu Yi came out, looked at Chen Nuo's back, and wanted to catch up, but finally hesitated and left.

And Chen Nuo, out of the general's mansion, took Dian Wei all the way out of the south gate and rushed back to the camp.

Not long after leaving the south gate, Chen Nuo suddenly reined in his horse and walked to the mountain next to him with Dian Wei, deliberately leaving everyone behind.

Once he was away from those pro-soldiers, Chen Nuofang turned around and gasped fiercely.

Of course, he would not suspect that it was Lu Yi who betrayed him, and when he thought of it, he still had lingering palpitations. It's not that he's afraid of death, he's afraid that there will be a pair of eyes staring at him day and night, even if he does anything, he will be watched.

After trying to calm down the uneasiness in his heart, he turned around, grabbed Dian Wei's hands, and asked him, "Dian Jun, are the twenty or thirty knights you brought reliable?" ”

Dian Wei was stunned, and he didn't know why he asked, but he didn't hesitate for a moment, and immediately said: "These people are all friends with Wei, don't worry, the general wants to use them, Wei can guarantee that they have no two hearts!" ”

Chen Nuo nodded and said, "That's good!" Listen to me, when you go back, you will put aside the training of soldiers for the time being, and select some reliable people in the battalion for me. Thirty or forty of these people is enough, and then add the knights you have brought, and make them into separate formations, and then put them all in your hands.

Don't worry about anything, I will appoint you as a traitor immediately, what you have to do is very simple, you only need to take them to guard me day and night, and without my orders, no one will be allowed to easily approach my Chinese tent for half a step. Do you understand all this? ”

When Dian Wei heard this, the tiger's body was shocked, and he arched his hand and said, "Wei understands!" ”

Chen Nuo patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Dianjun, your task seems to be insignificant, but in fact, there is a long way to go." You, and your subordinates, your identities can't be leaked out for the time being, and you can do whatever you want in normal times, but you have to keep an eye out for suspicious people for me, and don't let them easily approach the big tent of my Chinese army, can you do it? ”

Dian Wei nodded heavily: "General rest assured!" ”

Chen Nuo sighed and waved his sleeves: "It's not too early, let's go back to the camp first." ”

As soon as Chen Nuo returned to the camp, Zhao Xue had just come over after training, and when he saw the unpleasant look on his face, he didn't know what was going on, so he had to wait by the side; Seeing that everyone else was almost gone, he came to Chen Nuo's big tent and talked to Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo glanced up at Zhao Xue, remembered something, beckoned to her, and said, "Xue'er, you came just in time, I have something to tell you." ”

Zhao Xue sighed and took two steps forward.

Chen Nuo looked at her petite body, she had already endured enough, and she had lost a lot of weight recently because she was busy with the affairs of the camp. He really couldn't bear to say it, and in this way, he had to increase her load again.

Zhao Xue walked closer and saw that Chen Nuo wanted to speak and stopped, a little puzzled: "General, what's wrong with you today, I see that your face is not good, is something happening?" What can't you tell Cher? ”

"Hmmm......"

Chen Nuo stood up, walked up to Zhao Xue, took Zhao Xue's little hand, and smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that the night Brother Koji came, I said something to him that shouldn't be said after drinking, you know this." No, he was suddenly known by General Yuan, and he was called to count it today. But this matter is also for the good of General Yuan's Jizhou, so General Yuan has nothing to say about me, and even if this matter is over, Xue'er, you don't have to worry about me. ”

Zhao Xue frowned, and immediately said: "What the eldest brother said that night, in addition to General Qiyi, only Xue'er and me know, how did General Yuan know about this matter?" Xue'er, I naturally won't say it, is this matter ......?"

Chen Nuo immediately interrupted Zhao Xue's speculation: "I believe in this brother of mine, he is my trustworthy person just like you, and he naturally won't say it." ”

Zhao Xue frowned: "Then this is strange, I don't say it, General Lu Yi doesn't say it, and you don't know how to say it yourself, big brother, how can this General Yuan know?" Yes! ”

Zhao Xue thought for a moment, and her face changed, "Oh, by the way, when I came to see the eldest brother that night, I saw that the eldest brother and General Lu Yi drank so much wine, and I also thought of preparing some sobering soup for you." But when I reached the back tent, I suddenly found a dark shadow, which I did not see clearly, thinking that I was dazzled; When I looked again, it was the soldiers patrolling under the tent. I didn't think much of it at the time, just reprimanded him twice, and let him go. Now it seems that most of the soldiers listened to it at this time......"

When Zhao Xue said this, her body trembled, and she looked at Chen Nuo: "Big brother, in this way, Yuan Shao has always been uneasy about you, and he will actually send spies to secretly monitor your every move of big brother." General Yuan, he is really ...... despicable."

Before the words came out, he was immediately blocked by Chen Nuo's outstretched hand.

Chen Nuo shook his head at her slightly, looked inside and outside the tent, and found no suspicious people, so he was relieved.

He whispered to Zhao Xue: "It's not just me, I'm afraid that there are many spies under the accounts of the generals of Hebei who were sent out by General Yuan to spy on them, so it's not surprising." It was for this reason that I had to come up with a way to deal with it, hey, it was also forced by General Yuan. ”

Zhao Xue blinked: "Big brother, what did you think of?" ”

Chen Nuo then told Zhao Xue and Zhao Xue about his decision to let Dian Wei form an assassination, and then smiled and said: "In order to complete this matter as soon as possible, I had to temporarily transfer the evil man out, but in this way, the soldiers who were originally assigned to him for training will have no one to bring for the time being......"

Zhao Xue raised her eyes and was very distressed when she saw Chen Nuo's frowning brows because of her worries.

She tugged at Chen Nuo's sleeve and said, "Big brother, this matter is not difficult, if you can trust Xue'er, big brother, give them all to Xue'er to bring." ”

When Chen Nuo heard this, he was mixed with joy: "But in this way, Xue'er will be even more tired." ”

Zhao Xue smiled and waved her hand: "It's okay, anyway, bringing one is a belt, and bringing a group is also a belt." As long as you can share your worries for your big brother, Xue'er is not afraid of any hardships. ”

Looking at Zhao Xue's innocent and flawless smiling face, Chen Nuo was ashamed that he could give her too little, and if he could achieve great things in the future, he would not treat her badly!

Chen Nuo put his hand on her thin shoulder, and said with a smile: "In this way, although you have brought so many soldiers for me, you have never determined a position, from today on, you will be the account governor of my Sima battalion, not only in charge of the daily training of the soldiers, but also in charge of the daily transactions of the soldiers under the account; Moreover, when I am not in the camp, you are the temporary commander of my Sima battalion, how about it, can you accept it? ”

I thought that Zhao Xue would hurriedly thank her, but she didn't expect this Nizi to roll her eyes and say: "I just said that I was afraid that Xue'er would be tired, and now I am adding a double burden to Xue'er, big brother, aren't you afraid that Xue'er will be really tired?" ”

Chen Nuo smiled, stretched out his hand and flicked her forehead: "Ah, I suddenly thought of an old saying, called the capable work hard." Seeing that you are so smart and capable, I don't have anyone available for a while, so I can only break Xue'er and use you as two. ”

As soon as Zhao Xue stomped her feet, she was about to stop. Chen Nuo made trouble with her, comforted her a few more words, and hooked her nose: "Okay, okay, I can mess with you about other things, but this matter is settled, you can bear this account for the time being." ”

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the tent, and a soldier walked into the tent and reported to Chen Nuo, saying that General Lu Yi outside the camp asked to see him.

Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Let's just say that General Ben is not in the account when he goes out, let General Koji go back first." ”

The soldier was about to agree, but there was an uproar, the tent door was opened, and Lu Yi had already broken into the tent with his own soldiers, and the other soldiers wanted to stop it, but they were drunk back by Chen Nuo.

Lu Yi glanced at Chen Nuo, his face was a little unsightly, he took two steps forward, thought about it, and then spoke: "Big ...... Big brother, I really don't know how General Yuan knew about this matter, little brother, I really don't have ......"

This stupid brother, haven't you seen the situation in front of you clearly? Gongsun Zhan's matter is small, and Yuan Shao used this matter to beat me and the two is true. You dare to break into the account in broad daylight, how to explain when you report to Yuan Shao? What's more, haven't you heard Yuan Shao's words clearly before, he deliberately asked us if we had ever had a righteous matter before, why can't you understand it?

He just didn't want to see me close together, and he deliberately wanted to use this incident to drive a wedge between us. But what can we do, in order to reassure Yuan Shao, there is no other way than to keep the due distance. He Yuan Shao is looking at us at the moment, we must not make a mistake in this matter!

Chen Nuo knew that this matter was no longer simple and simple. It can be explained clearly in two sentences, and it seems that it can only be wrong. In order to stay away from right and wrong, he had to be ruthless, which might be better for the two of them.

Thinking of this, Chen Nuo raised his hand and said, "I don't want to hear these things, I'm tired today." Zhao Xue, send off! ”

"Please!"

Zhao Xue couldn't understand Chen Nuo's thoughts, but since Chen Nuo spoke, she had no choice but to do so.

She walked up to Lu Yi and threw her hand at Lu Yi. Lu Yi saw Chen Nuo turn his back, he also gritted his teeth, and turned around for a long time. You must know that with his arrogant character, it is really not easy for him to bow his head like today, but Chen Nuo didn't want to listen to him, so he could only lower his head and slowly retreat with his own soldiers under Zhao Xue's gaze.