At the end of December, Xuchang was also white from a distance, and the heavy snow gradually fell, covering the city of Xuchang.

The people in the city have already prepared food for the New Year at home, and compared to the tragedy of cannibalism during the three-year disaster, the current situation is much better.

Today's Xuchang has become a giant city, where all the world's goods meet, and then transported to various places, and food is no longer a material that is difficult to seek!

After the rebellion in Xuchang, except for the Guo and Fang families, all the big and small families in the city were raided by Li Ru, and the Xun family was obviously the first family in Xuchang, but the Xun family has always been clean, and now because of the relationship between Xun Yu and Xun You, Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe both acquiesced to the Xun family as Xuchang's 'agent'.

In other words, most of the military supplies of Cao Ying's forces were purchased from the Xun family, which was enough to give Xun Yu and Xun Yu face.

In order to reward the soldiers who went north to Jizhou, Xun Yu prepared countless vegetables, meat, wine and food early, and sent them to various military camps, among which there were naturally tiger and leopard camps and trap camps!

Even at the end of the cold year, there are still many pedestrians coming and going on the streets of Xuchang, and a few young children playing in the streets.

The largest restaurant in Xuchang City is called 'Drunk No Return', which is an industry under the name of the Xun family, and the name on the plaque is named by Xun Yu's father, Xun Qi, the head of the Xun family...... However, it was twenty-nine, and even this restaurant closed early, and there is now only one shopkeeper and two guys in the restaurant.

And the shopkeeper, who was settling this year's general ledger at the counter, was about to report to the head of the house, and he didn't want to suddenly hear a knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Huh?" The shopkeeper looked at the door suspiciously, and walked over with a mutter.

"Our store is closed!" The shopkeeper opened the door, and suddenly a cold wind blew in, making him shrink back.

There were two people standing in front of the door, and the one standing in front of him knocked on the door, only to see him say in a deep voice, "Set up a room for me, and all the good wine and food will come up with me!" ”

"Hey!" The shopkeeper squinted and glanced outside, turned his head and said with a swaying expression, "Two masters, the store is already closed, so let's choose another place!" ”

"Presumptuous!" I saw that the man who had just spoken shouted in a deep voice.

"This old man ......" The shopkeeper frowned, and when he raised his head, he immediately looked at the two people in front of him carefully, only to see that his eyes were all the same, and he actually lost his voice and called, "Cao ...... Lord Cao? ”

It turned out that it was Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe who came, and it was Cao Ying who spoke.

"Your Excellency forgives your sins, your lords forgive your sins!" The shopkeeper made jokes again and again, and was shocked into a cold sweat.

Cao Ying was not in the mood to worry about him, so he entered with Jiang Zhe and said in a deep voice, "Have you ever heard what I said just now?" ”

"Yes, yes! Two adults, please! The shopkeeper hurriedly introduced Cao Ying and Jiang Zhe into the wing room on the third floor, and then hurriedly called a guy and said eagerly, "Quick, quickly go to the north of the city to find Master Li, and say that two distinguished guests have come, let him come over and take charge!" ”

"Yes!" The guy nodded, gritted his teeth and ran north of the city against the cold wind.

The shopkeeper stood anxiously at the door and watched the guy run away, when he suddenly heard a shout from the third floor.

"Shopkeeper, warm a few pots of wine!"

"It's coming, it's coming! Wait a minute, two of you! The shopkeeper shouted, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, picked up a jar of wine and looked at the kitchen, facing the two distinguished guests on the third floor, the shopkeeper did not dare to have the slightest slack.

"Whew!" In the wing room on the third floor, Jiang Zhe rubbed his hands and exhaled hot air, and said helplessly to Cao Ying, "Meng De, if you want to drink in Zhefu, why do you have to run so far and freeze me to death!" ”

Cao Ying just smiled lightly and shook his head.

After opening the window and glancing at the scenery outside, Jiang Zhe closed the window again, turned to Cao Ying and said, "Meng De seems to have something on his mind?" ”

"It's not a matter of heart......," Cao Ying shook his head and sighed, "It's a big disappointment!" ”

"Disappointed?" Jiang Zhe looked at Cao Ying, who was sitting at the table, walked up to him and sat down, and asked suspiciously, "Why are you disappointed?" ”

Cao Ying glanced at Jiang Zhe and pointed to the sky again.

"Huh?" Jiang Zhe was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Cao Ying meant, and was about to speak, when suddenly there was a gentle knock on the door.

"Come in!" Cao Ying said in a deep voice.

It was the shopkeeper who came, and I saw him holding a tray with warm wine on it, and he put the wine on the table, and he said, "Two adults, the dishes will have to wait a while......

"It's okay!" Cao Ying reached out and took a pot of warm wine, and said in a condensed voice, "You go down first!" ”

"Yes, yes!" The shopkeeper hurriedly exited the room.

Cao Ying got up and took two wine glasses, filled the wine jugs, and then said to Jiang Zhe, "Shouyi, please!" ”

"Please!" Jiang Zhe was thoughtful, looking at Cao Ying suspiciously, while drinking it all in one gulp, the warm wine entered his stomach, and the chill in his whole body really subsided a little.

Cao Ying drank the glass of wine, still puzzled, and drank it directly at the spout, looking at Jiang Zhe stunned.

"Shouyi!" Cao Ying took a deep breath, looked at Jiang Zhe intently and said, "As far as you can see, I'm ...... Have I, Cao Mengde, failed the big man? Have you ever failed the Son of Heaven? ”

Jiang Zhe hesitated and shook his head, vaguely guessing what was going on in his heart.

"Huh!" Seeing Jiang Zhe shaking his head, Cao Ying's heart was very happy, laughing and raising the wine jug and about to drink, but Jiang Zhe grabbed him.

"Wait...... It's never too late to drink again! Jiang Zhe said.

Cao Ying smiled bitterly, knowing what Jiang Zhe meant in his heart, nodded and put down the wine jug, and said in a deep voice, "I think I, Cao Mengde, am so loyal to the Han family, but I didn't expect that I would almost not even be able to return home, Son of Heaven...... The Son of Heaven bears me! ”

Jiang Zhe looked deeply at Cao Ying, who had an angry face, and shook his head silently.

I didn't want Cao Ying, but he glanced at Jiang Zhe, and said with a smile, "If someone else is here, they will definitely say 'cautious words', why don't Shouyi persuade me like this?" ”

"Persuade?" Jiang Zhe smiled slightly, poured himself a glass, drank it slowly and said, "At this moment, Meng De is venting his anger after drinking, why should Zhe persuade him?" If it is stuffy in the heart, it is not good for the body, Meng De can say it, Zhe Xi's ears are listening! ”

"Haha!" Listening to Cao Ying's legs and laughing, he said, "Shouyi is really a wonderful person, haha!" But after laughing for a while, his expression gradually calmed down, shook his head and sighed, "Although it is a picture to vent, it is not a drunken nonsense, we are so respectful of Your Majesty, but Your Majesty is responsible for us, and my heart is very cold!" It's very chilling! ”

Jiang Zhe glanced at Cao Ying, got up and poured him a glass of warm wine, and said softly, "Meng De is willing to tell Zhe about the troubles in his heart?" ”

"Why not?" Cao Ying smiled faintly, and then told Jiang Zhe all about the experience of meeting Liu Xie, mixed with Cao Ying's anger, and spoke straight for more than half an hour.

During this period, the shopkeeper came in to deliver the dishes, heard Cao Ying's words, and listened to his scalp explode, and his heart was terrified.

Looking at the more than ten dishes, Jiang Zhe glanced at the trembling shopkeeper, and said lightly, "If you shouldn't listen to it, don't listen to it, go down!" ”

"Yes, yes, the two adults can rest assured, the little one has always been ...... behind his ears" The shopkeeper got Jiang Zhe's words, like an amnesty, he bowed deeply and hurriedly withdrew, and when he walked outside, he found that he was in a cold sweat.

Jiang Zhe took a bite of food, glanced at Cao Ying, and said lightly, "Meng De, everything but ask for a clear conscience, the conflict between people is nothing more than interests and positions......

"Stand?" Cao Ying muttered, and said suspiciously, "I understand the interests, what is this position?" ”

Well, it seems that there is no such thing as a position during the Three Kingdoms period, right? Jiang Zhe thought for a moment and said, "The position is ...... Well, what one person thinks is right, but what another person thinks, is not necessarily right, isn't there a saying, it's called 'looking horizontally at the side of the ridge into a peak', 'the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wise'......"

"I see!" Cao Ying suddenly realized, and then sneered and said, "Even so, Your Majesty should treat me like this?" I, Cao Mengde, have lost my troops several times and saved myself from fire and water, and I have no merit and hard work, and I never thought that Your Majesty would regard me as a chaotic minister and thief......"

Jiang Zhe disturbed his forehead and listened quietly to Cao Ying's narration.

"Let's talk about the affairs of the court...... Cao Ying said in a deep voice, "It's not that you want to be autocratic, you have also seen it, the hundred officials in the court, except for some old ministers, what are the rest?" All of them are like Dong Cheng and others, how dare they hand over the government affairs of Xuchang to the DPRK and China? In this way, even if you are willing, your subordinates will not agree! ”

This is also true, even if Cao Ying is willing to give the power to the imperial court, the generals under his command are unwilling, especially the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, because they follow Cao Ying, not Liu Xie...... "Actually, Meng De doesn't have to worry about this!" Jiang Zhe said lightly, "I remember that Meng De's ambition is to calm the world and return the people of the world to a peaceful and prosperous world, right?" Don't care what others say, Meng De just needs to control his heart! Mengde? ”

Cao Ying was summoned by Jiang Zhe, suddenly came back to his senses, and said with an uncertain expression, "What did Shouyi just say...... Oh, hold your heart, control your heart, right? ”

"Yes!" Jiang Zhe nodded, looked at Cao Ying suspiciously, and said, "What is Meng De thinking?" ”

"No, no!" Cao Ying's face was a little embarrassed, his eyes flickered a few times, and he hesitated and said to Jiang Zhe, "Shouyi, I remember that your ambition seems to be to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, but you never mentioned it...... Mention the Son of Heaven......"

"Hey!" Jiang Zhe was happy, shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, it has been the people who have suffered, prosperity, the people have suffered, and the people have died, and the people have suffered, as for the Son of Heaven, if it is not for the Son of Heaven to lose power, how can the world be like this?" ”

"understood!" Cao Ying smiled slightly, his eyes flashed a hint of fierceness, and he replied, "Shouyi, I swear by the sky, I will live up to the people under my rule in this life, and I hope that Shouyi will continue to help calm the world!" ”

"Naturally!" Jiang Zhe said in astonishment.

"Good!" Cao Ying let out a loud shout, got up and poured a full glass of wine for Jiang Zhe, raised his glass and said, "Just drink this cup for our ambitions!" ”

"!"

Is the Son of Heaven coerced to order the princes? Cao Ying sneered in his heart, Your Majesty, it is not that Your Majesty is responsible for Your Majesty, but that Your Majesty has failed your Majesty several times, and the ministers still want to calm the troubled times, how can they be bound by you and the likes of Dong Cheng among the hundred officials? So...... I'm sorry!

Don't blame the ministers...... Your Majesty, you forced me!

(To be continued)