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After a while, Liu Bei followed the people of the Prime Minister's Mansion to the study, and behind Liu Bei were his almost inseparable bodyguards, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. Entering the study and seeing that there was one more Du Chen standing in the study, Liu Bei was somewhat stunned. But in an instant, Liu Bei recovered.

I saw Liu Bei and the three of them come to the middle of the study, and then solemnly gave Cao Cao a big salute, and said: "Minister Liu Bei, meet Prime Minister Cao Cheng." ”

"Hehehe." Cao Cao smiled, and then said: "Xuande doesn't need much, they are all their own brothers, why bother to be so angry." I miss you and I killing the Yellow Turban together and currying Dong Zhuo, we have known each other for a long time. I regard you as a brother, but you have always been. ”

After Liu Bei and the three of them got up, Liu Bei opened his mouth and said: "The reason of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, Cao Cheng is in a high position, and he can't be prepared for a city that is too guarded, and his identity is so different, how can Bei be a brother and sister to the prime minister." ”

"Xuande is boring, this is the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are no outsiders among them, why do you need to be so formal." Cao Cao said dissatisfiedly, and then, Cao Cao asked, "I don't know what Xuande is looking for me?" ”

Liu Bei looked at Du Chen, and then said: "Lord Taiwei is here, presumably Lord Taiwei has already told the prime minister that he is going to Beijing this time to thank the prime minister. Whether it is the support of the prime minister, or the prime minister's dispatch of troops to rescue him when preparing for a crisis, Bei is very grateful. ”

Liu Bei was very sincere, which made Du Chen on the side secretly speechless. This Liu Bei is definitely an actor-level figure, if he lives in his own era, his performance will definitely be popular all over the world, at least there is no problem with winning an Oscar.

"I didn't expect this matter to make Xuande so worried, but in my opinion. Xuande made some of a fuss. Cao Cao said with a smile. Then, he said: "But since Xuande is here, then he will stay in Xuchang for a few days." ”

"Cao has been thinking about it, Xuande is a great talent, and staying in Xiaopei is indeed a bit overkill. Therefore, the Cao Hui wants to be recommended by the saint and let Xuande stay in Jingshi. To know. The Han Dynasty is in ruins, and the princes in various places are divided, and this is the time to employ people, so Xuande can have better development if he stays in Xuchang. Cao Cao stared at Liu Bei to see what he was planning.

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Bei didn't have the slightest expression on his face, but at this time he seemed a little silent, he was thinking about something.

Du Chen was also staring at Liu Bei tightly on one side. Because he wanted to see something on Liu Bei's expression. However, what disappointed Du Chen was that Liu Bei's abnormally calm posture made Du Chen frown a little.

At this time, he thought of the scene when he first met him, which made Du Chen remember it very vividly. That is Liu Bei's joy and anger, and he is a very difficult person to deal with.

For this, Du Chen does not deny it. But now, he realized that Liu Bei's moody expression surprised him very much. Because both from the look in his eyes and from his expression. Or on his subtle movements, Du Chen didn't find anything useful.

Obviously. Liu Bei's heart is very strong, so strong that there is no flaw at all. Maybe there were, but Du Chen was not professional, so he didn't find out. But Rao is like this, Liu Bei's strong heart has already made Du Chen embarrassed.

However, at this time, Liu Bei was tormented in his heart. Because it's a dilemma. Whichever he chose, he had to give up one thing. Either freedom or future. Between the two, there is no reconciliation.

If you choose to stay in Xiaopei, you will realize that you have not developed much. Xiaopei Chengchi is too small. Liu Bei's ambition could never be realized. And if you come to Xuchang, even if you can prosper in an official position, your freedom will also be restricted.

Although Cao Cao did not doubt the use of people, Liu Bei had reason to believe that Cao Cao would be jealous of himself. He is not Cao Cao's henchman, and it is impossible for him to be his confidant. One day, he will definitely meet Cao Cao. Liu Bei was convinced of this, and Cao Cao must have thought this in his heart.

Therefore, Cao Cao left himself in Xuchang in order to put himself under house arrest. Xuchang was Cao Cao's base and must have been heavily defended. If you really come to Xuchang, it will be very difficult to leave.

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Bei finally made a decision. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you will get the tiger, and since you have come now, you will definitely not leave if you don't achieve your goal. And he believes that staying in Xuchang will be more developed, even though this is Cao Cao's lair.

If he kept Xuchang, he would completely attract all of Cao Jun's attention to Xuchang, and Chen Zhi, who stayed in Xiaopei, would not receive the attention of others. At that time, Chen Zhi can be more assured about what he does.

"In that case, then Bei will thank the prime minister in advance." As he spoke, Liu Bei clasped his fists and saluted Cao Cao.

Faced with Liu Bei's choice, Du Chen was not surprised. Even if you are surrounded by many people, as long as you have the heart, you will still do your best to escape from here. But if you stay in Xiaopei, it is a choice without any future.

After all, Xiao Pei's resources are leisurely, and they are still in the cracks. If Cao Cao and Yuan Shu clashed, Xiao Pei would definitely be the first target. At that time, with Liu Bei's current strength, it is definitely unknown whether he can hold Xiao Pei.

Without Xiaopei, where else can Liu Bei go. At this time, he rashly went to Yuan Shao or Liu Biao, which was an unrealistic thing. Because Liu Bei had no one to justify his name at this time, he was just a straw sandals seller.

Staying in Xuchang, Liu Bei had the opportunity to make a name for himself. You must know that the situation in Xuchang is also relatively chaotic now. Although Cao Cao is the dominant family in Xuchang, Emperor Xian is not a person who is willing to be at the mercy of others.

has been a puppet for a long time, and Emperor Xian's desire for power is absolutely urgent. Although, in comparison, Cao Cao is better to himself than Dong Zhuo to himself, but the puppet is still just a puppet, and his essence has not changed at all.

Although Liu Bei's strength is humble, there are thousands of capable fighters under his command. Although there are few of these people, in the eyes of Emperor Xian, these people are also very cherished. After all, Liu Bei and these people are real warriors. Compared with the family members of many families, Liu Bei's soldiers are much more useful.

Therefore, as long as Liu Bei has usable value, the row of emperors and royalists will definitely take him over. They need to deal with Cao Cao, and they need to accumulate strength over there, and people like Liu Bei are exactly what Emperor Xian needs.

Seeing that Liu Bei agreed. Cao Cao smiled and nodded. Then, Cao Cao said: "Xuande's ability is obvious to all, but it can't play a role in writing and fueling the fire." Moreover, presumably there is no, with the talent of Xuande, sooner or later it will achieve something great. ”

"Tomorrow, when I go to the court, Cao will want to recommend Xuande to the saint, and when the time comes, Xuande will be ready. Enter the palace with the exercise. ”

Hearing this, Liu Bei's heart could be described as extremely happy. Doing so much by himself, at the cost of his life, isn't it just to be able to enter the Beijing Saint. As long as he sees the emperor, the next thing will become logical.

The banquet that Cao Cao prepared for Liu Bei was naturally very good, which also made Du Chen have a great appetite and eat a lot. Of course, the banquet will not be without wine. However, the protagonists of this banquet are Cao Cao and Liu Bei, and Du Chen is just playing soy sauce here.

The whole process of the feast is very natural. It can be said that the guests and hosts are happy. After everyone had eaten and drunk enough, Liu Bei got up and said goodbye: "I can't prepare enough to drink, so I will retire first, and I hope that the prime minister and the Taiwei will not blame." ”

"Hehehe." Cao Cao Lang smiled, and then said: "Xuande doesn't need to be so polite, since he can't drink too much. Then rest and go. ”

After Cao Cao finished speaking, Liu Bei said goodbye to Cao Cao and Du Chen, and then he took Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to leave. And after the three of them came out of the banquet hall one after another, Du Chen's originally hazy eyes instantly became clear.

Du Chen looked at Cao Cao, and then said, "This Liu Bei got what he wanted. But as everyone knows, Liu Bei is just a chess piece in Meng De's chessboard. I'm looking forward to it now, how many surprises this Liu Bei can bring. ”

Cao Cao naturally knew what Du Chen was talking about, so he immediately waved his hand and said, "Now there are indeed some people in the court who are not honest, so Cao Cao will take this opportunity to eliminate these people one by one." Although I, Cao Cao, don't want to be a chaotic minister and thief, I don't want anyone to plan against me in secret. ”

For this, Du Chen agrees. Although Cao Cao's reputation in later generations was not good, he did not usurp the throne in a certain dynasty. Cao Cao is a powerful minister, not a chaotic minister and thief.

But on the other hand, Liu Bei was full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but he never thought that he was the first emperor among the Three Kingdoms. Of course, Yuan Shu's short-lived emperor didn't count, after all, he was destroyed by Cao Cao not long after he became emperor.

At the time of the establishment of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao could be said to be the most capable of being the emperor. He dominates the north and is famous. But Rao is like this, Cao Cao still has no intention of becoming emperor. For this, everyone is extremely puzzled.

However, at this time, Du Chen somewhat understood Cao Cao, but in fact, some things were done as a last resort. It is said that Cao Cao is a traitor, but Du Chen feels that Cao Cao is the most unpretentious person.

When a person stands in a position, he has to think about more than just representing himself. Since Cao Cao's debut, most of what he has done has been forced out by others. is like Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, he was also forced to become the emperor back then.

From the earliest crusade against Dong Zhuo, to the current dominance of two states. The road taken by Cao Cao was more arduous than anyone else's. At first, Cao Cao was just surviving in the cracks. In order to survive, he can only destroy enemies that are stronger than himself.

In the crusade against Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao almost wiped out his entire army. And it was precisely because of that time that Cao Cao saw the ugly faces of all the princes. And it was because of their selfish appearance that Cao Cao suffered heavy losses, and even his life was almost lost on the road of crusading against Dong Zhuo.

But what he did, in the eyes of those selfish princes, was just a joke for confession and laughter. It was at that time that Cao Cao realized that wholehearted dedication may not necessarily lead to good results, and if you want to survive in this troubled world, people still have to be selfish.

People can be selfish in order to live better in this troubled world. Of course, Cao Cao is not good at hiding himself, he is not good at hiding his selfishness. Compared with this, Liu Bei did a very good job.

Liu Bei is full of benevolence and morality, but he is more selfish than anyone else. In order to achieve his own goals, Liu Bei can do anything by any means. And after doing these things, Liu Bei can still find the most perfect words to explain his evil deeds.

Take Liu Bei to capture Xuzhou, and then kill Che Zhou's family. What kind of person is Liu Bei. However, as the saying goes, the winner is the king and the defeat is the king, Liu Bei is the founding emperor of Shu Han, and his various crimes will naturally be rewarded by someone.

However, these are not what Du Chen cares about the most, and what makes Du Chen most ashamed of Liu Bei is when Liu Bei is in Xinye. At that time, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Liu Bei. Then Liu Bei abandoned the city and fled, and he went with him to thousands of Xinye people.

For this point, many people think that this is Liu Bei's righteousness. But if you really think about it, Liu Bei's true purpose is very obvious.

To put it simply, the poor people are very homesick. They have food and shelter in Xinye, why do they have to drag their families and flee away. After all, in the troubled times of frequent wars, it is definitely difficult to have a place to settle down.

So, in Du Chen's opinion. The reason why Liu Bei is like this is to confuse the public. If Liu Bei just fled alone, it would be absolutely difficult for him to escape the pursuit of Cao Jun. After all, Liu Bei didn't have many soldiers at that time, and Cao Jun would definitely not stop if he didn't kill himself.

But if you muddy the water of this jar, it is definitely suitable for you to escape. Moreover, it is a two-bird solution. If Cao Jun wantonly killed the fleeing people, Liu Bei could also discredit Cao Cao.

If Liu Bei really thought about the people, he could have let the people of Xinye abandon the city and surrender, and Cao Jun would definitely not harm the people who abandoned the city and surrendered. Because. If such a reputation spreads, who else in the world would dare to surrender to Cao Cao.

"Sirang. Sirang! Seeing that he had just finished speaking, Du Chen was stunned again, and Cao Cao couldn't help but exclaim.

After being stunned for a moment, Du Chen came back to his senses. Seeing Cao Cao looking at him impatiently, Du Chen showed a very embarrassed smile.

"Since this Liu Bei came to Xuchang, Si Lang, you have been distracted for a long time. Can't you tell me what's going on in your heart? Cao Cao asked with the same expression. It could be seen from his eyes that Cao Cao was somewhat worried at this time.

Of course, it's no wonder that Cao Cao is like this, after all, he has known Du Chen for so long. It was the first time he had seen Du Chen have such a table. Although the relationship between the two is that of a monarch and a minister, neither of them restrains each other with a monarch or a minister.

Seeing Cao Cao so worried about himself, Du Chen was naturally very pleased. However, Du Chen could only smile bitterly and said: "Meng De doesn't need to worry too much, I'm just thinking about Liu Bei." After all, in my opinion, Liu Bei can't stay. ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao was naturally very moved. The reason why Du Chen is like this is for his own country. However, in Cao Cao's heart, he had no intention of killing Liu Bei. After all, in his heart, the world is a huge chessboard, and he is a chess player. If you don't have an opponent who is on par with you, no matter how big the chessboard is, what is the interest? And this Liu Bei is his best gambler. Only when Liu Bei is defeated, it is comfortable to hold it in this world.

"At this time, let's stop for the time being, when Cao really wants to kill Liu Bei, he will definitely not be soft." Cao Cao waved his hand. However, although Cao Cao said this, there was no killing intent in his eyes.

Du Chen knew that it was useless for him to say more, so he could only shake his head helplessly. Since Cao Cao had already made a decision, Du Chen didn't say anything, and then he got up and returned to his mansion.

The next morning, Cao Cao saw that the situation was similar, so he made a statement to seek an official position for Liu Bei.

Cao Cao's status in the court, who dared to disobey Cao Cao's words, and Emperor Xian naturally frowned when he learned that Cao Cao recommended Liu Bei. Because in the eyes of Emperor Xian, the people recommended by Cao Cao are all Cao Cao's henchmen.

Subsequently, Emperor Xuan Liu Bei was enshrined in the palace.

When Liu Bei arrived at the main hall, he hurriedly leaned down and bowed: "Minister Liu Bei greets the emperor, may my emperor live long live long live." ”

Emperor Xian waved with an impatient face: "Excuse me." Aiqing is also surnamed Liu, could it be that after my royal family? "Since the people who know Liu Beizhi Cao Cao, Emperor Xian naturally won't have a good face for him. Although Emperor Xian asked, he was still a little hostile.

Hearing this, Liu Bei got up, and happened to see Emperor Xian's slightly hostile eyes when he looked at him, and in an instant, Liu Bei knew something. Afterwards, Liu Bei spoke: "Back to the saint, the minister is after Liu Sheng, the king of Zhongshan Jing of Han. The great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Xiaojing. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Xian showed a sure expression. Subsequently, he ordered someone to get the genealogy, and he was bound to find out.

A moment later, someone retrieved the royal family tree. And after Liu Bei saw it, his eyes were instantly full of eagerness. After all, whether you can correct your name depends on the genealogy in front of you. If there is no self in the genealogy, with the expression of the emperor who has just presented himself, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape death.

But the results came out quickly, and of course the results were what Liu Bei wanted to see the most. Even though his family is in the middle of the road, he is clearly recorded in the genealogy. This made Liu Bei very happy, and of course, what made Liu Bei even happier was that if he was ranked according to his seniority, he was still the uncle of the emperor.

After seeing that Liu Bei was really a royal family, and he was his own uncle, this made Emperor Xian have a plan. Although Liu Bei and Emperor Xian are relatives who can't be beaten, the relationship between relatives is absolutely ironclad. If you can rely on such a kinship and be able to pull Liu Bei into your camp, it will definitely help you a lot.

Looking at the court, Emperor Xian immediately pretended to be a happy expression and said: "I didn't expect the general to be really my imperial uncle, please move the imperial uncle to the side hall, I want to catch up with the imperial uncle." ”

"No!" Liu Bei hurriedly said. Subsequently, he entered the side hall with Emperor Xian.

And looking at Liu Bei's back, Cao Cao showed a smile that was difficult for ordinary people to detect. (To be continued......)