510954 Chapter 51: The Dispute Begins!

General Cao Cao returned to the division victoriously. Naturally, it's something to celebrate. Even if the people of Xu Capital City went out of the city to greet them, it was okay, but if the Son of Heaven led the hundreds of officials in the court to wait outside the city gate early. It's a bit too much",

Earlier, Cao Cao's troops attacked Lu Bu in Xuzhou, and he was also a little uneasy in his heart, for fear of returning in vain and making the officials of the court look down on him, but since Lu Bu fell and Xu Du returned to obedience, Cao Cao's mood was very comfortable.

Sitting on a cross-famous horse "Claw Huang Feidian", with a sword hanging from his waist "Qitian", wearing the armor of a general, Cao Cao walked straight to the front.

"Xu Du, I, Cao Mengde, are back!"

After more than half a year of absence, Cao Cao returned to the capital of the Han Dynasty, and saw the confidential and black crowd under the city gate from a distance, and a few smiles hung on the corners of his mouth.

Suddenly, someone galloped in the distance. Cao Cao fixed his eyes and saw that it was Cheng Yu, the strategist under his command. Sui Lang smiled and called, "Zhongde, are you waiting for the people to come and greet you?" Haha, if Shouyi knows that you are so disturbing to the people, he will not rest with you! ”

"Yes," I saw Cheng Yu smile bitterly. Le Ma and Cao Cao were side by side, and said with a low smile, "This time it's not just the people of the city."

"Huh?" Seeing the strange look on Cheng Yu's face. Cao Cao's face was stunned, his expression was suspicious and he stared at the city carefully, and suddenly saw the corner of the emperor's chariot, his face suddenly sank, and he shouted in a low voice, "Isn't it you waiting for the instructions?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head, and said in a low but solemn voice. "It's not me, whether it's Wen Ruo, Xianzhang and me, they don't know about it, it's all Fang Cai's knowledge, so Yu came here on horseback, so that the lord has a way to deal with it,"

"What can be done? What to do? Cao Cao's face sank, and he said hatefully, "I think someone is slandering your majesty!" Since His Majesty insists on treating me Cao Mengde like this, how can I, Cao Mengde, be a person who is afraid of things? I think that I have never been ashamed of the big man, nor have I ever been ashamed of Your Majesty, Your Majesty has done this, which really makes Cao feel cold! ”

"Lord" is cautious! Cheng Yu hesitated and looked at the army behind Cao Cao.

Startled! Cao Cao sneered, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he looked up to the sky and laughed, nodded approvingly and said, "However, I have to say that Your Majesty's move is really a clever move. Wonderful! ”

"My lord?" Cheng Yu was surprised to look at Cao Cao, whose demeanor had recovered as before, and then praised it in his heart, he couldn't bear ordinary people, this person is really the assistant of my Cheng Zhongde I!

"Zhongde!" Cao Cao stroked his chin and called out with a playful smile.

"Huh?" Cheng Yu woke up like a dream, and when he saw that he was out of shape, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I don't know what the lord commands?" ”

"Go, go and find out who is the one who has come up with this wonderful plan for the Son of Heaven!"

"Huh?" Cheng Yu was stunned, then seemed to understand something, and said with a smile, "The lord wants to kill him?" ”

"Haha, yes!" Cao Cao shook his head. His eyes were attentive, and he shouted in a condensed voice. "I can come up with such a good strategy, I think I am a well-educated person, such a talent, why should I be willing to kill Lang and accept it under the account"

"What if the man does not know how to lift?" Cheng Yu said jokingly.

"Haha, don't know how to lift?" Cao Cao Lang laughed three times and shouted loudly, "Cao Mou has the patience to ask him to obey me, you go find out this person first, oh, by the way, I have to discuss the matter of people's livelihood with you and others today, so you can check it again tomorrow."

"Yes, my lord!" Cheng Yu led the order.

"Hehe" Cao Cao chuckled very playfully, raised his whip and said with a smile, "Don't let the people wait with Your Majesty for a long time, I'll wait and go!" ”

"Yes, my lord!" Answered, looked at Cao Cao beside him, Cheng Yu secretly thought in his heart, it seems that the lord has a deep prejudice against the Son of Heaven, and he actually placed the people in front of the name of the Son of Heaven, and it will never be like this in the past.

But "That's fine! Cheng Yu showed a meaningful smile on his face.

Unlike Xun Yu and Xun Yu who are loyal to the Han family, Cheng Yu has never had a little respect for today's son in his heart, and it will be a short time.

Looking at the Tianzi Association under the emperor's chariot not far in front of him, Cao Cao sneered and rode straight forward. When it was close to the Tianzi Association, he turned over and dismounted, one knee. ground, clenched his fists and shouted, "How can the minister Cao Mengde do, and His Majesty Lao welcomes me with the dragon, it should be a capital crime,"

After that, all the soldiers also dismounted and knocked on the ground, shouting "Long live"

If the Union can give you the death penalty, why did you wait until now? Liu Xie scolded secretly in his heart, but his face showed a look of regret, and he sighed while stepping forward to help Cao Cao up, "Aiqing is going to Xuzhou." The soldiers and horses are tired, the hard work is high, and Lu Fengxian has no connection in his eyes, does not obey the joint order, and is now dead. When it is to relieve hatred! Aiqing's killing of those who are not subordinate is meritorious, so how can he be held responsible? Aiqing, please get up quickly! ”

Earlier, Lu Bu also had a meritorious role in killing Dong Zhuo. Now it's just a secession of Xuzhou, how did he become a "person who is not a minister?" It was Liu Xie who used Lu Bu to mock Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao completely ignored the ridicule of the Son of Heaven. But he cares about another thing: now that the word "Aiqing, two words" from the mouth of the Son of Heaven, he can no longer hear a trace of true feelings, and then recall what he has paid for the Han in the past three years; recalled that the princes of the Eighteen Roads all stopped in Luoyang that day, and only he led the villagers to pursue them overnight; Recalling the bitter reproach of the elders in the family for losing so many villagers,

Cao Mengde is already cold!

He secretly shook his head and sneered in his heart. Cao Cao smiled faintly, got up and clasped his fists and shouted, "This is the blessing of the heroic soul of the first emperor of the Han Dynasty, and it is the victory of Cao Mengde's banner and the rejuvenation of my Han Dynasty, all of which are the protection of the first emperor." Ministers don't dare to take credit! ”

If it were someone else, I would first praise the current son, but now, the gap between Cao Cao and the Son of Heaven Association is increasing day by day, looking at Cao Cao's character, how can he pretend to please?

Everyone in the world is arrogant, and everyone is arrogant, even the heroic Cao Cao, and the same is true!

Gritting his teeth with hatred, Liu Xie's face turned pale, and then he suddenly smiled, nodded and said, "What Aiqing said is extremely true, I think Aiqing is a Xinghan Nengchen, but"

If it were someone else, he would have asked subconsciously, but Cao Cao just didn't speak, just smiled playfully, and in the eyes of tens of thousands of people nearby, he looked deferential.

In this regard, Liu Xie had no choice but to say the following, "I heard about Aiqing's trip to Xuzhou earlier, against Yuan Highway and Lu Fengxian's two soldiers and horses, Lian was really worried, lest Aiqing be unexpected. Now when I see the soldiers under Aiqing's command, it is really a heroic army, Aiqing should treat his subordinates well, be sympathetic to the soldiers, and let them recuperate for a period of time, don't start a war again" Well, with such a big victory, you have to reward the soldiers, what does Aiqing think? ”

Looking at Liu Xie's slightly mocking smile, Cao Cao's face sank, and he replied in a heavy voice. Minister, what His Majesty said is very true, and the minister also thinks so! ”

And when he heard that he was going to reward the three armies, the soldiers behind Cao Cao also shouted loudly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live!"

Could it be that Liu Xie has the money to reward sergeants?

Naturally not!

In other words, Liu Xie exchanged Cao Cao's money for his own good name, so even Cao Cao, who had always been calm, was full of anger in his heart.

"The wind is cold here, and it is afraid of damaging the dragon's body, so I will move downstairs!" Cao Cao's eyes were cold. The face was grim. Said in a deep voice

Liu Xie saw Cao Cao's sharp eyes for the first time, and he was inevitably a little afraid in his heart, but when he remembered what Sima Lang said, he remembered that he didn't dare to do anything to himself in the face of this person, so he said with a smile, "Aiqing returned with a victorious army, and Lian is here to welcome Aiqing, how can you go first?" Why don't you love Qing and walk with the United Nations? ”

After looking at Liu Xie a few times, Cao Cao glanced at the dense crowd around him again, knowing that the Son of Heaven was fearless, he was even more angry in his heart, bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "So, thank you, Your Majesty please first!" ”

"Please!" Looking at Cao Cao's face, Liu Xie only felt happy in his heart, flicked the sleeves of the dragon robe, turned around and left, and left a faint sneer.

"Zhongde!" Cao Cao raised his head, glanced at Cheng Yu beside him, and said in a low voice, "Quickly go and find out who is plotting beside Your Majesty." Bring me in three days! With that, Cao Cao strode away with Liu Xie.

"Yes" must know that the king is worried about the minister's labor, and the king humiliates the minister's death! Cheng Yu was also unswerving on his face, and he had secretly made up his mind.

Liu Xie's actions were not all for mockery or to provoke Cao Cao, Sima Lang was disheartened that day, leaving Sance to turn around and leave, Liu Xie only then understood that the person in front of him was probably also a figure similar to Jiang Zhe's wisdom, so he hurriedly rushed out of the pavilion outside the hall to call this person.

At that time, Sima Lang no longer had hope for Liu Xie, the son of heaven, but only remembered the virtue of his courtiers, so he told Liu Xie all the important things, and then left directly regardless of Liu Xie's retention.

Liu Xie returned to the palace and thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Sima Lang was right, so he changed his strategy towards Cao Cao: secretly sneering and being irrelevant is irrelevant, but he must not officially tear his face with Cao Cao, just because he is now under the fence. This is one of them; Second, it is absolutely impossible to call the soldiers and people of Xu Du, who only know Cao Mengde and do not know the Son of Heaven, and do more good deeds to collect his heart!

That's why there is the above scene,

So does Liu Xiezhi's walk have an effect? Naturally, there is, don't you see Cao Jun around the city gate, in the streets of the city, and outside the city all claiming to be the virtue of the Son of Heaven?

For people outside the court, every move of Fang Cai Liu Xie cannot be called a famous monarch. Only the Han officials of the dynasty understood the contradiction between the Son of Heaven Association and Cao Mengde.

As for some of the characters who saw Liu Xie for the first time, they were convinced in their hearts."

"Big brother" stepped forward a few steps across the war horse, and Zhang Fei whispered to Liu Bei, "That person is today?" ”

"Third brother, how can the Son of Heaven replace him with "that person?" Be careful! Liu Bei reproached Zhang Fei, then nodded and said, "Although I am a member of the Han family, my family is in the middle of the road, and you and your second brother know about this matter, but just before Cao Gong got off the horse and bowed." The same is true for the whole army. Worship, I think it must be Your Majesty today! ”

"Oh!" Zhang Fei scratched his head and laughed. On the other side of Liu Bei, Guan Yu nodded approvingly, "I look at Your Majesty, although he is young, he is still a wise man." I'm a thriving man. Be just round the corner! ”

"Oh, that's very good" Liu Bei smiled slightly, and said secretly in his heart, "Your Majesty's eyes looking at Cao Gong seem to be a little inappropriate, strange!" ”

Thinking about it, Liu Bei's heart suddenly moved. Turn to look at the crowd and make eye contact with one of the people in the crowd.

"Big brother" Zhang Fei patted Liu Bei and said suspiciously, "Big brother, what are you looking for?" ”

"Oh, nothing, nothing!" Liu Bei shook his head with a smile, rode his horse slowly into Xu Du, but said in surprise in his heart, "That person's temperament seems to be quite similar to Situ."

And looking at Liu Bei and the three of them walking into Xu Du, some people in the crowd under the city gate were also surprised. Whispered, "This person's face,"

"Kong Ming, what's the matter?" One of the people beside him asked suspiciously.

It turned out that these two people had come to the city gate to see the "excitement." Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu.

I saw Zhuge Liang's face full of doubts, staring at the back of Liu Bei in the distance, and asked in surprise, "Yuan Zhi." Do you know who this person is? ”

"Hey" Xu Shu shook his head and said with a smile, "I am no different from you, and I have never been out of Jingzhou. Why, could there be something unusual about that man? ”

Glancing around at the surrounding people, Zhuge Liang whispered to Xu Shu, "This person has a faint appearance of a true dragon!" ”

"What?" Xu Shu was stunned and asked eagerly, "Kong Ming, are you really mistaken?" That person really has "that face?" "Because there are many eyes and ears nearby, Xu Shu is afraid of being heard by others, which is a great crime of disrespect!

As soon as Xu Shu said this, Zhuge Liang also hesitated, looked at his friend and said hesitantly, "I have been practicing this technique with Uncle Xu for less than half a month." Maybe I'm wrong."

"Whew, you!" Xu Shu exhaled heavily. He laughed and said, "I think it's Kong Ming, you are mistaken," he said, he lowered his head and approached Zhuge Liang and said, "I heard that Uncle Xu Shi also saw that Cao Mengde has the appearance of a real dragon, and now Kong Ming, you point to a person and say that he has the appearance of a real dragon, if it is true, then wouldn't the big man be powerful?" There are no two heavens and no two people, "Alas, where are you going?" Halfway through speaking, he looked at his friend who was walking forward in surprise.

"Did Yuan Zhi forget why I was waiting for this trip?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile, but faintly, he had some doubts in his heart, was it really my mistake? Or is it "

When most of the people at the city gate dispersed, Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu returned to Situ Jiang Mansion, but this time. Lao Wang is already waiting outside the house, or is it Huang Chengtang?!

Seeing his father-in-law, Zhuge Liang naturally didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly stepped forward to Huang Chengyan's side, and called in a low voice, "My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law" Xu Shu, who was next to him, also bowed his hand. "The student has seen Master Huang!"

"No courtesy, no courtesy!" Huang Chengyan smiled slightly. He glanced Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu up and down a few times, nodded approvingly, "I haven't seen you for more than a year, you are more generous, and Degong and Decao want to attach great importance to you." By the way, why don't you see Shiyuan coming with you? ”

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said respectfully. "Shi Yuan said that he had to go to meet Yuan Benchu, who was sitting in the four states, and I couldn't stop him, so I had to let him go."

"So," Huang Chengyan nodded. Then he chuckled and shook his head and said, "The Yuan family has four doors and three dukes, and now there are two people like Yuan Benchu and his brother Yuan Highway, in contrast, among the Yuan family, only Yuan Benchu is the most outstanding, but this person is too serious about the idea of the family, and those who devote themselves to the other place need to report to the family first." If it is a poor scholar, I am afraid that I will not even have the opportunity to see Yuan Benchu, as far as this matter is concerned, Yuan Benchu is not as good as Cao, cough, it is windy outside, I will wait and talk in the house! ”

"Yes, father-in-law, Master Huang, please!" Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu said respectfully.

The three of them walked into Situ Jiang Mansion, led by Huang Chengyan, and the soldiers guarding the door naturally would not stop them.

During this period, Zhuge Liang took a step forward and asked softly, "Isn't my father-in-law also optimistic about the current general Cao Mengde?" ”

Huang Chengyan smiled when he heard this, shook his head and didn't say whether it was or not.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a female voice.

"Uncle Wang, aren't you going to prune the flowers and trees today, hey, who are these two?"

It was Qiao Cai who came.

"Oh, hehe, old and old, how can you afford to go every day? These are the two distant nephews that the old man said, Kong Ming and Yuan Zhi,

"In Xia Zhuge Kongming, I have seen Miss Qiao Er,"

"In Xia Xu Yuanzhi, I have seen Miss Qiao'er

"Don't dare, don't dare" Qiao Mo Yingying returned a salute, looking a little restrained about Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu. Then he looked at Huang Chengyan and said, "Uncle Wang, since your nephew is here, then Xiao Iodine won't bother" Well, there is a bamboo in the courtyard that is a little withered..."

"Hehe, the old man knows" Huang Chengyan nodded with a smile, then looked at Qiao Yu and ran away, and said with a smile, "This is the daughter of Qiao Xuan's brother." When Qiao Xuan was dying, he entrusted his people to Jiang Shouyi, because of the recent war in Jiangdong, so he came to take refuge with her sister and all the clansmen."

"Oh, it turned out to be from the Qiao Gong clan" Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu nodded.

"It's here," Huang Chengyan smiled slightly. The two of them can go to a house and a remote place. I saw that the crisp bamboo outside the house was lush and very elegant.

"Haha" Xu Shu stroked his palm and smiled, "Huang Shi is really a wonderful person, he doesn't live in the courtyard, but he builds a thatched house in a remote place, haha."

"This" Zhuge Liang frowned and asked suspiciously, "Jiang Shouyi trusts his father-in-law very much?" ”

"The old man knows what you think in your heart" Huang Chengyan stroked his beard and smiled, "The old man is an excuse to live in the courtyard and can't stand the noise, so Jiang Shouyi ordered people to set up a grass house here according to the old man's wishes, in fact, for the affairs of the house, this son has never been in charge of things, as for trust, this person does not do bad things in his life, so why be afraid of others?" Not to mention the old man,"

"Father-in-law actually values this Jiang Shouyi so much?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised.

Huang Chengyan pushed open the door of the grass house with one hand, turned around and said with a light smile, "I look at you and others, but now it's not like this!" Come in,"

Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and they could see the unconvincing in the eyes of their friends opposite, but Huang Chengyan, who was an elder, said so, what could they do, smiled and walked into the grassland.

"You two have a mouthful!" Huang Chengyan chuckled, took out a small jar from the cabinet on the side, and said mysteriously, "The merchants who settled in Xudu sent this Jiang Mansion to this Jiang Mansion."

Zhuge Liang frowned, and he stepped forward to take a look in confusion. Then she smiled and said, "Yueying misses her father-in-law every day at home, but she never thought that her father-in-law would be so comfortable here."

It turned out that the small jar was actually filled with high-quality tea cows that could not be bought at a high price in the ordinary world

Also, for the merchants of Xudu. It is necessary to please the general, and it is necessary to please Situ Jiang Zhe, but the Xudu Chamber of Commerce is under the control of Jiang Zhe, although Jiang Zhe is only a name now, and the things in it are handled by the Xun family, but how dare the businessmen despise it? Gratitude is not coming

This.

However, Jiang Zhe had already set the rule that all gold and silver treasures would not be accepted, so the merchants could only replace them with special products and rare things from all over the place.

Take this tea as an example, most of the ancient tea leaves are brick tea, and the taste is too much worse than that of later generations, even Jiang Zhe has drunk it differently, so for tea and other things, Jiang Fu still collects it, and it can't be completely without giving commercial property and face, after receiving it, send Cao Cao a little, send Xun Yu, Xun Yu, Cheng Yu and others a little, anyway, everyone is at fault and bear it together,

Blowing the tea in the teacup, Zhuge Liang glanced at his father-in-law, smiled and said, "Father-in-law." Bu's trip was to bring his father-in-law back to Jingzhou, and Yueying was very worried about her father-in-law."

"The old man lives well in Xudu, why do you want to go back?" Huang Chengyan chuckled and said, "Go back and tell that girl, don't worry about being a father!" ”

"Father-in-law" Zhuge Liang's face was stunned when he heard this, and he said hesitantly, "Father-in-law is very knowledgeable, if he is an official who is upward, why bother to guard the door for that Jiang Shouyi?" ”

"Janitor?" Huang Chengyan was stunned for a moment, looked at the faces of his son-in-law and student, and said with a smile. "The old man naturally has the old man's thoughts, if you don't wait for it, you can know, don't say that the officials of the DPRK and China are the three dukes. The old man doesn't want to go, this place is very good! ”

"Poof!" Xu Shu laughed when he heard this, and was choked on the tea and coughed repeatedly.

Glaring at his friend, Zhuge Liang persuaded bitterly, "If the father-in-law wants to be pure, the son-in-law can also find a remote place in Xiangyang, and this kind of tea son-in-law can also ask his uncle to find it for his father-in-law, can the father-in-law bear to let Yueying worry about it every day?" ”

"Hugh is going to say it, you understand what you want," Huang Chengyan said with a smile and shook his head. "You don't have to understand what is going on here

"In this way, please ask your father-in-law to say it clearly, so that the son-in-law can have an explanation for Yueying after returning to Jingzhou!"

"Okay" shook his head, Huang Chengyan stared at the tea in the cup, sighed and said, "Taiyuan Prince Division, is the old man's old friend, a net martyr, loyal to the Han family, the old man is very admired, when the traitors besieged Luoyang, he sent a letter to the old man, asking the old man to treat his nephew well, teach him to learn, thinking that the Han Dynasty used, the old man got this letter not long after, he heard that the traitors invaded Luoyang. The prince jumped out of the city gate and fell, and all the people in his family were killed by the traitors, and he regretted it in his heart. More than ten years, nearly twenty years of friendship, just a few days, alas!

Therefore, the old man left a letter to find the nephews of the son-in-law, Jiang Zhe and Jiang Shouyi! Originally, I thought he would return to Xuzhou, but I didn't expect that in Ying, "I heard that this son led 50,000 troops to encircle and suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban." Then he returned with a great victory, not only bringing back tens of thousands of yellow scarves, but also bringing 300,000 Qingzhou people with his mother. So the old man became curious about this man, and pretended to be exhausted on the way, and was rescued by him."

After returning to Xudu, the old man watched him build the old Xuchang as today's Beijing Xudu, the old man looked at this son, indeed as the son said, although it is a rough look at the thick branches and leaves, but the essence is hidden, and the ability in the chest is indeed not small! That's why the old man has been observing this person."

"Then what does Master Huang say about this person?" Xu Shu asked curiously.

"Conclusive?" Huang Chengyan smiled faintly. He said, "If this son is good, it is the blessing of all the people in the world, and if this son is evil, the world will be in turmoil."

"Hey" glanced at Zhuge Liang who was stunned, Xu Shu said with a smile, "I waited all the way to come here, and I passed on this person's good name, could it be that this person's name is not true?" ”

"Yuan Zhi, sometimes mistakes made inadvertently can lead to catastrophe!" Huang Chengyan said solemnly, "You have seen it when you wait for the comparison." For example, today's son had a bad relationship with the general Cao Mengde, and he got up early in the interval, which is already a situation of endless death. So according to what you can see, who should this kid surnamed Jiang help? ”

"Hey" Xu Shu chuckled and said with a slight sarcasm. "As a courtier of the Han Dynasty and ranked as the third duke, could it be that he still wants to help Cao Mengde fight against the Son of Heaven? This is a great rebellion, although the prestige of the Han Dynasty has been lost, but the fame is still there, unless Cao Mengde openly holds the Son of Heaven hostage"

"That's it!" Huang Chengyan interrupted Xu Shu's words and said in a deep voice, "The old man will watch after today. The Son of Heaven is afraid that he will be restricted by Cao Mengde. And this kid surnamed Jiang, there is no need to say it, to help that Cao Mengde, if the master has a spirit in the sky, how do you think about this matter? ”

Glancing at Xu Shu, Zhuge Liang was a little difficult, he was entrusted by Yueying before he came, but now how can he let his stubborn father-in-law leave with Zigong?

Xu Du, the wind and rain are coming."