When Xu Ji led Chen Zhi and the others out of the big tent to greet Chen Deng, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were already standing outside the big tent and greeting a scribe.

And this person should be the so-called Chen Deng, this Chen Deng is of medium stature, but he is extremely well-proportioned, his hands and feet are slender, and his eyebrows are clear, giving people the feeling of good birth and cultivation of the children of the family, especially the broad forehead, giving people a sense of fullness in the heavenly court, and his skin is fair, but his face is faintly flushed with unnatural flush, with extremely smart eyes, he is obviously a very intelligent character, but because of his gentle smile, the audience can easily have a good impression of him.

Next to Chen Deng, there was a general with a very military temperament standing there with an impatient face.

Xu Ji looked at Chen Deng, who was talking and laughing with Liu Bei, but he didn't have the slightest contempt in his heart, because this Chen Deng was really a headache for everyone.

Strictly speaking, in Xu Ji's eyes, Chen Deng is not a strategist, which is also what Mi Zhu told Xu Ji in the letter, but this person has a first-class strategy, and in history, this person can be like a fish in water in the middle of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Lu Bu's three major potentials.

For this kind of person, Xu Ji has always been respectful and far away, there is no ideal, only scheming, and he knows that he is not a person who has achieved great things, so he has no ambition, just a grass on the wall, this kind of person is completely untrustworthy. seems to be harmless, but in fact it is harmful to anyone, but the most important thing is that he has first-rate wisdom, which is enough to help him achieve any goal.

Liu Bei saw Xu Ji come out. Hurriedly took Chen Deng's hand and walked towards Xu Ji, and said with a smile: "General Lejin." Let me introduce to you, this is the envoy sent by Lord Shi Taoqian, the assassin of Xuzhou. Mr. Chen Deng. He said to Chen Deng: "This is a messenger sent by General Taishi, Mr. Lejin." ”

Chen Deng looked at Le Jin, his eyes flashed, and he forced a hearty smile and said: "It turned out to be Mr. Le Jin, and we will gather in Chang'an in the future to take care of each other." ”

Xu Ji looked at Chen Deng and said with a smile: "This is natural, Yanzhou and Xuzhou are close neighbors, and my lord and Lord Tao Qian also have a deep relationship, although there have been some unpleasant occurrences. But that was in the past, and now the pilgrimage is the most important thing, and everything else is secondary. ”

A look of surprise flashed in Chen Deng's eyes, he didn't expect that the diplomatic rhetoric of Le Jin, who had never even heard of his name, was so sleek, and he came up openly and honestly, announcing that everything was in the past.

You must know that Tao Qian has been worried about the cooperation he once had with Yuan Shao, although Tao Qian has worked hard to make up for Xu Ji's dissatisfaction with himself in the past two years, but he has always been uneasy in his heart.

Now that this Le Jin came up and said this, he was obviously comforting Chen Deng, who was Tao Qian's envoy.

This Lejin is not simple. Chen Deng's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

Xu Ji looked at Chen Deng and smiled mysteriously: "I heard that Mr. Chen Deng likes to eat seafood very much, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

Chen Deng was stunned for a moment, not understanding that Lejin, a person who had only known him, would know that he liked to eat seafood. I couldn't help but say, "Then I'll thank Mr. Lejin." ”

Xu Ji smiled: "What's this? However, I advise Lord Chen Deng not to eat raw seafood, although the flavor is unique, but it is harmful to the body. There are too many 'parasites' in there. ”

Chen Deng's face changed, but he didn't expect that this Lejin in front of him even knew his habit of eating fish raw. I couldn't help but feel that my whole back became cold, and I just felt that I didn't have a little secret to hide from the other party. But I don't know anything about the other party. This sense of strangeness, which was clearly investigated, caused a strong fear in Chen Deng's heart.

Chen Deng looked at Xu Ji and said in disbelief: "Mr. Lejin is really a god. ”

Xu Ji smiled and said, "A little divination is not enough to worry about. ”

Where will Chen Deng believe him? What he thought about now was that Xu Ji's intelligence work was so terrible that he even investigated his eating habits so clearly. is even more in his heart, knowing that Xu Ji obviously has special intentions for Xuzhou for a long time.

And Xu Ji wants this effect, he doesn't want this Chen Deng to play any tricks with him during these days in Chang'an. He was even more afraid that Chen Deng would write to Tao Qian because of this, asking Tao Qian to beware of himself, how could a person like Chen Deng, who only loves himself and his family in his heart, do this kind of thing? So as soon as he came up, he started with Chen Deng's living habits, and it really worked wonders. As for Chen Deng's love of eating seafood, there are a lot of them sold in "The World Speaks New Words", and this Chen Deng died of parasitic diseases after the worst.

Liu Bei said strangely on the side: "What is a parasite?" ”

Xu Ji was embarrassed, and hurriedly covered up: "It is a kind of insect that is invisible to the naked eye, and it is recorded in Zhuangzi's book that the so-called 'parasite' means that this kind of insect lives by sucking and damaging other people's bodies, and there is no medicine to cure it." ”

Xu Ji's words made everyone's hearts can't help but stir, the insects that can't be seen but can kill people are indeed terrifying. The military general who had been following Chen Deng closely couldn't help but take a step back, far away from Chen Deng, for fear of being infected.

Xu Ji looked at everyone's faces, and said with a smile: "But this kind of thing is the most afraid of heat, as long as we cook it, this insect will naturally die." These words made everyone's faces soften.

In order to hide his panic and gaffe, Chen Deng hurriedly smiled and said: "Mr. Lejin is knowledgeable and admirable, I, Chen Deng, will definitely keep Mr. today's words in mind and dare not forget them for a while." ”

Xu Ji glanced at him deeply, and said meaningfully: "Mr. is a smart person, just remember it, otherwise your life will be in danger." Chen Deng's face changed when he heard this. He smiled again.

Both of them are puns with words, and of course others can't hear them.

Xu Ji looked at the general standing behind Chen Deng and was staring at him viciously with a pair of eyes, and smiled: "This general is ......."

Chen Deng hurriedly smiled and said, "This is General Cao Bao. ”

Xu Ji looked at Cao Bao in front of him, and said in his heart: Sure enough, straw bales. stretched out his hand to shake hands with Cao Bao, but Cao Bao didn't expect Xu Ji to take the initiative to send it to the door. Hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake Xu Ji's hand, hoping to give this Lejin a dismount. Xu Ji had already seen that Cao Bao was dissatisfied with him. That's actually targeting your entire potential. After all, his own side has made the Xuzhou army disgraced in terms of suppressing bandits.

But how could Xu Ji give him this opportunity? Cao Bao tried his best to shake his hand, but said with a smile on his face: "General Cao Bao." Hello. ”

Cao Bao didn't expect that he would do his best to make the other party feel like nothing happened, he couldn't help but be surprised, for fear that the other party would fight back, so he hurriedly let go of his hand, where did Xu Ji have leisure for him, if it weren't for this Cao Bao marrying his daughter to Lu Bu, Xu Ji wouldn't have bothered to remember his name.

However, Xu Ji knows that people pay attention to fate, although history has changed, but one person's perception of another person will not change. This Cao Bao seems to have a good impression of Lu Bu, otherwise he would not have married his daughter to Lu Bu.

But this is a condition that can be used by himself, Xu Ji's mind is spinning rapidly, since Lu Bu can look at Cao Bao's daughter, presumably Cao Bao's daughter must be very beautiful, but unfortunately his daughter is not here, if he is here, he will use his daughter to show his beauty.

Thinking of this, Xu Ji smiled and said, "I have also been famous for General Cao Bao for a long time. I heard that Ling Ainai is a famous beauty in Xuzhou. Anyone who wants to become the son-in-law of General Cao Bao is going to break his head! ”

The most proud thing in Cao Bao's life is that he has a girl who is like a flower, hearing Xu Ji say this, the original face full of resentment turned into a piece of spring, and he smiled stiffly: "General Lejin has won the award." The little girl has a rough appearance. Where can it be in the eyes and ears of adults. ”

Chen Deng smiled beside him: "Why should General Cao be polite? General Cao Bao's daughter and Mr. Mi Zhu's sister are called 'Shuangbi' in our Xuzhou, which is glamorous, and the big families who propose marriage every year are not just squeezing their heads. It simply broke the house of General Cao Bao's family. And if adults don't love their daughters like treasures, how can they bring their daughters to Beijing this time? ”

When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.

When Xu Ji heard this, he smiled quietly and like others. In my heart, I was ecstatic, God really helped. You can come whatever you want. However, Xu Ji was also strange in his heart. Why did Cao Bao go to Chang'an with his daughter?

When Cao Bao heard this, he didn't have the slightest joy, but he glanced at Chen Deng coldly, his eyes were full of displeasure, but that Chen Deng looked indifferent, as if Cao Bao was glaring at him at all. With just this one action, Xu Ji knew that there was no harmony between Chen Deng and Cao Bao.

But because of this, Xu Ji became even more strange, he didn't understand what kind of tricks Tao Qian was playing, how could he cooperate if there was discord within this envoy group?

Liu Bei couldn't help but say on the side: "General Cao Bao, does Lord Tao Qian know about this matter?" It is necessary to know that the arrangement of personnel for this kind of thing must be strictly selected, and it is reasonable to say that it is inconvenient for family members to take with them, unless there are special circumstances. ”

Before Cao Bao could answer, Chen Deng laughed and said: "This Lord Liu Bei doesn't know that General Cao Bao's daughter has reached the age of marriage, but unfortunately there is no one in my Xuzhou who can enter General Cao Bao's eyes, so General Cao Bao will take his baby daughter to Chang'an, trekking through mountains and rivers, in order to find a satisfactory husband for his daughter, Lord Tao Qian of course agreed in the spirit of the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood." “

Liu Bei smiled: "Then I have to congratulate General Cao Bao in advance." ”

Xu Ji smiled on the surface, but in his heart he already fully understood what was going on.

This thing is absolutely unbelievable on the surface, after all, Cao Bao is a magistrate in Xuzhou, and no matter how big the official position is, it is no bigger than the senior members of the court. Even if Cao Bao's eyes are so high that he can't look down on the place, if he wants to go to the court to find Chenglong's fast son-in-law, the hope of success is very small. Cao Bao should understand this truth even if he is a straw bale. How could you do such a thankless thing?

The only explanation is that this is fundamentally from Tao Qian's handwriting, and he must use the form of marriage to gain a firm foothold in the court, otherwise this Cao Bao would not be so secretive about his daughter. And I don't want my Yanzhou envoy to know that this matter is obviously aimed at me.

Hmph, it seems that Tao Qian already feels that he is going to attack him sooner or later, so he will go to find his own way to survive now. The question is, who does Tao Qian want to tie up? Xu Ji sneered in his heart, this answer is simply about to come out, and there are only a few people who can use women in Chang'an.

Now the Central Plains is basically Xu Ji's world. And there are constant wars in various places, where can anyone help Tao Qian? Tao Qian's only hope is Dong Zhuo. As long as this person is lustful and has the ability to stop Xu Ji's actions, it does not mean that Xu Ji is inferior to Dong Zhuo in terms of strength. It is because Tao Qian has seen through the fact that he desperately wants to recognize the throne of Emperor Han Xian that what he needs most now is the "imperial order", so he will have this plan, as long as Dong Zhuo "laughs" Cao Bao's daughter, once there is an incident between Yanzhou and Xuzhou, Dong Zhuo will use the emperor's order to mediate the war, and he will of course have scruples out of superficial respect for Emperor Han Xian.

Xu Ji had to admit that Tao Qian was really an old fox, and it seemed that he should pay more attention to these small actions between the princes, and a trivial matter that was often trivial had a deep meaning.

Xu Ji looked at Chen Deng again, and said in his heart: But Chen Deng, this little fox, is only afraid that he is more powerful than Tao Qian, right? Chen Deng said so many things just now, in fact, he was showing favor to himself. shows that he and Tao Qian are not of the same mind. This eyesight is poisonous enough, because it shows that Chen Deng has seen that no one in the world can stop him from competing for world domination, and he can see that Dong Zhuo is not an iceberg that can be relied on for a long time, Tao Qian's hard work is only thankless, once Dong Zhuo can no longer support Tao Qian, I am afraid that his revenge on Xuzhou will be more fierce, right?

Chen Deng, who has a huge family in Xuzhou, of course, has to seek a way out for himself first, as for Chen Deng's hint that Tao Qian's plan has been reported to Tao Qian today, what Tao Qian will think of Chen Deng is not within Chen Deng's consideration. After all, Tao Qian's control over Xuzhou is not as good as before, at least the Mi family has been getting closer and closer to him after his fame in the past few years, the Zhao family has always had a difficult attitude, and the Chen family is a delicate wall. What can Tao Qian do to the Chen family?

However, Xu Ji would not mistakenly think that Chen Deng had the intention of taking refuge in himself, and Chen Deng didn't know that he was Xu Ji, and Le Jin was not such a great figure under his command now. Except for a few people in Youzhou who know the name of Dao Lejin, for people from other places. Lejin is simply borrowing from unknown people.

Chen Deng now has such words in front of himself, just to use his fake Lejin mouth to make everyone think that he is still working in Jizhou at the moment.

In a short period of time, he recovered from the threat he gave him, and immediately thought of using himself to find a way out for his Chen family and kill two birds with one stone. This Chen Deng is really not simple.

Looking at Chen Deng, Xu Ji loved talents, and immediately forced himself to suppress this thought, Chen Deng will not be loyal to anyone at all, and only cares about his own family interests, if he obtains Xuzhou in the future, this Chen Deng may not be able to make trouble for himself, of course, Chen Deng may also take a positive and cooperative attitude, after all, he is not easy to mess with.

However, this Chen Deng is still somewhat useful now, since he has decided to use Cao Bao's daughter, and Chen Deng is not dealing with Cao Bao, he is definitely a good helper in destroying Tao Qian's strategy.

Of course, this still has to work hard, at least now is not the time to take advantage of this Chen Deng, because Chen Deng is definitely a two-headed snake, and he can eat very well in Tao Qian, otherwise Tao Qian would not have sent Chen Deng as an envoy, it would definitely be asking for trouble for himself, so saying this to himself today does not mean that there is no cooperation between Chen Deng and Tao Qian. How could Xu Ji not know the truth of the three caves of the cunning rabbit? Now doing this on the one hand is to show favor to himself, but on the other hand, he wants to untie his hand to fight Cao Bao, implying that Cao Bao is Tao Qian's sworn friend. It can be seen from this that the Chen family and the Cao family have many conflicts of interest.

It's funny to think about, what are these people, including me, doing? He wanted to disrupt Chang'an and take away Emperor Han Xian, Liu Bei and Liu Yu's son Li Ying cooperated to steal Liu Yu out, Tao Qian went to find a political backer, and the envoys sent by other princes would not be as simple as going to see Emperor Han Xian.

The only elusive thing is Liu Bei's mind, if Emperor Han Xian is brought back to Youzhou, Liu Yu, who has no ambition for the Han Dynasty, will definitely do his best to assist, and Xu Ji has long seen that Emperor Han Xian is mean but smart and clever, with excellent quality, and in time, he will be a Ming master, and he may be able to reach the level of Emperor Guangwu.

If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty would never have eliminated the rule of the local Han clan surnamed Liu, Xu Ji would have considered assisting him after welcoming back Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

But in this case, where will the extremely ambitious Liu Bei go? It's hard to say about this matter, this Liu Bei is too good at acting, and he doesn't know what Lu Dao is thinking in his heart.

Seeing that Xu Ji was silent, everyone was very surprised, and they didn't know what this sharp-tongued person was thinking, Liu Bei asked softly, "Mr. Lejin, what's wrong with you?" ”

Xu Ji woke up in shock, and hurriedly smiled: "I'm just wondering, Lord Chen Deng is from Xuzhou, why don't you see the messenger of my lord's friend Cao Mengde?" ”

When Cao Bao heard this, his eyes flashed with murderous intent, and Chen Deng's expression became unnatural.

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly played a round and invited everyone to drink in his big tent of the Chinese army. That's when we diverted the topic.

Xu Ji was sneering: It seems that Cao Mengde is developing well. (To be continued......)