When the drizzle came a few days ago, he felt that something was not quite right, and the road was muddy and difficult to walk! Now, he sent a fast horse again and braved the rain to go to Yuzhou, but I am afraid it will take nearly ten days to hear back.

Thus, it took another three days for the first messenger to return in the rain! It turned out that the companion was sick on the way, and it was delayed for a few days, and the sick one saw that he couldn't delay any longer, so he forced the other person to come back first. The messenger who had arrived in the starry night was so tired that he fell to the ground when he handed over the reply.

The letter was written by Huang Wan himself, and he first thanked the relevant officials of Peng Chengguo, especially the great saviors such as Zuo Shang, the prime minister, and Liu Fu, the chief bookkeeper, without mentioning Xue Li. Then he said that the disaster grain was mainly transported to Chen, Liang and Peixi, and you only need to send it to the county town of Zhuqiu in the north of Bianshui, and Zhuqiu is only more than 100 miles away from Pengcheng. He had ordered each of the above three countries to send a group of men and horses, and he himself rushed to Xiangxian first to meet the grain team in Bianshui. Before the payment is made, please revise a letter in advance. I only hope that the trip can be made as soon as possible to solve the urgency of the people of Yuzhou, and if there are difficulties, they will discuss Yunyun separately.

After reading the letter, Zuo Shang felt that it was imperative to help. Otherwise, he will lose his trust in Huang Wan, lose his trust in the group, and if he can't lose his official affairs, he is likely to have a bad reputation, and Sven will be swept away and ashamed. This dynasty scholar is the most important name, and he is more important than life, which is not ambiguous for him.

Tao Qian is famous and has a heavy army, which is certainly terrifying, but he still has the holy will in his hands, and he is also morally defensible, and he has the support of Huang Wan and a large number of Pengcheng officials. So, Zuo Shang resolutely decided to proceed according to the original jihua, just wait for the weather to be clear, and set off immediately.

The news soon spread to Tan County, Tao Qian was drinking with the crowd, and immediately became furious, and a perfect jade cup was thrown out of the room, and suddenly turned into a broken rain, scattered in front of everyone's case.

"If you dare to do this, I swear to kill it! Come on, call Cao Bao and Lu You! ”

"The master is angry, the master is angry!" Tao Qian's confidant, Cao Hong, the chief bookkeeper of Xuzhou, had the voice of a eunuch, and he was busy persuading on the side: "Although Zuo Shang's sin is unforgivable, it is easy to capture, but he is a court official in the end, and he has a holy will. Moreover, he stammered Huang Wan under the banner of disaster relief. Under the guise of covering up people's ears and eyes, and now we rashly try to do it, we will seem to be incorrect and unspeakable. Therefore, the servant thought that the time had not yet come to destroy him. ”

Cao Hong is more than ten years younger than Tao Qian, just over 48 this year. He was born in a small family, Tao Qian gave him the current glory and wealth, and he was also his great benefactor, and he was the person he admired the most in his life. What Tao Qian asked him to do, he never talked about the price, and he didn't ask the reason. Even if he is allowed to go to the soup, he will not hesitate. He was wounded five times for Tao Qian, beheaded nine people, and was born and died countless times. His dedication to Tao Qian is unimaginable to others. Half of his life is for Tao Qian, and the other half is for himself. He often told people that it was the greatest honor of his life to be Tao Qian's slave. Therefore, Tao Qian is often called the master. Note that Cao Hong's self-proclaimed "servant" does not mean slave, but is a humble title for the people of this dynasty.

"So that's it? Zuo Shang villain, give away the grain for nothing, just to flatter Huang Wan! That's all the blood and sweat of my people in Xuzhou! Kill me too! Tao Qian thumped his chest and his heart ached.

"Don't worry, master!" Cao Hong motioned Tao Qian to the back hall, and then said with a sneer: "The servant has a plan, which can cause him to not be able to deliver food, and the master can take the opportunity to punish the crime and remove this thorn in the eye in one fell swoop!" ”

"Oh, the plan will be released?"

"Does the master know that there is a group of bandits active between Huaisi recently?"

"Oh, I don't know." Tao Qian shook his head and said, "Isn't Huang Wan going to level the thieves in Yuzhou?" ”

"Yes, but that was last year. This year's drought in Yuzhou, the people in the territory are struggling to make a living, but a gang of thieves has taken advantage of the situation. ”

"Oh?"

"This gang of thieves does not rob ordinary people, but only large households, and never goes out during the day, but only acts at night. And there is no fixed place to live, a sudden Yingchuan, a sudden Peiguo, and a sudden Runan. The team is like a snowball, the number is constantly increasing, most of them are light and brave, and now the cumulative number has reached 2,000. Huang Wan has been busy with disaster relief, but this gang of thieves has gradually become a climate. ”

"Is this information accurate?" Tao Qian is a smart person, and he has vaguely guessed Cao Hong's intentions.

"The servants have sprinkled dozens of fine works on the border of Yuzhou, and several people have penetrated into this gang of thieves, so there should be no problem with the intelligence."

"Who is the leader of the thieves?"

"The surname is Cao Mingren, and the word is filial piety. This person is a member of the Han County clan, the son of the former lieutenant Cao Song, and the younger brother of the military captain Cao Cao......"

"Cao Song's Taiwei was bought with money!" Tao Qian was studious when he was young, and he had a high opinion of himself for ten years, so he naturally thought that he was far superior to Cao Song. But he is only now an official assassin, and he is too far behind the captain, so he interjected very unconvinced.

"That's, that's, his captain is a fake, unlike his master, who got it by himself. He doesn't have the money accumulated by his father Cao Teng, I'm afraid he will be a eunuch again! Haha......" Cao Hong's triangular eyes rolled wildly, and his face was full of vicious laughter, and Tao Qian also followed daxiao. Cao Hong knew that he was smiling too viciously, so he turned his face a little sideways to avoid Tao Qian's old eyes. He waited for Tao Qian to suppress his laughter before he cleared his throat again and said, "This Cao Ren is twenty-two years old, good at arching and riding horses, and does not practice inspection. Two years ago, he had a major incident, which prompted him to go to the rivers and lakes and gather people to rob him, so that he came to this point. ”

"What do I want to hear?" Tao Qian said with interest.

"That year, Cao Cao, the eldest son of Cao Songshu, happened to return to his hometown, and he used a five-color stick to beat Cao Cao, the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo, to death. One day, he had nothing to do, and together with his brother Cao Ren and his neighbor Xiahou Yuan, they ran rampant on the streets of Qiaoxian County, drinking and gambling. After being half-drunk and slightly drunk, Yujian was a beautiful woman on the way home. Cao Cao pointed at her and said, "Wonderful beauty! If you have to sleep tonight, it will be beautiful! As soon as he finished speaking, he had already drunk a little too much, and Cao Ren, who was full of blood, ran over and grabbed the beautiful woman's belt and grabbed it in front of Cao Cao. How can the beautiful woman's husband and brothers be there? Let's fight together. In the chaos, Cao Ren fought and killed three people in a row. Cao Cao also killed one person, and Xiahou Yuan was by Cao Cao's side, blocking left and right, but he didn't kill anyone. ”

"What is the relationship between this Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan?" When Xiahoudun was in school, he killed his teacher in anger because someone insulted him. He was only fourteen years old at the time, and his name was known to the world. Xiahou Yuan was nameless, so Tao Qian asked this question.

"Yuan is the younger brother of the Xiahou Dun clan. The three of them originally planned to flee here, but they didn't want to be in the county with Yuan Zhongxing, and the county commander Huan Shao happened to pass by here. Cao Ren knew that killing too many people was inevitable and the capital crime was inevitable, so he fled first, but Cao Cao abandoned his sword and bound it. After Yuan Zhong and Huan Shao captured Xiahou and Cao Cao, they planned to bring them to justice to set an example. Yuan Zhong was persecuted by eunuchs together with Fan Fan, and after hating Cao Cao, an authentic eunuch, he planned to torture Cao Cao slowly as soon as he entered prison. Unexpectedly, Cao Song, who heard about this, mobilized everything he could use to save Cao Cao. Yuan and Huan are also tough, and they all withstood the pressure. Who knows, when he was about to behead Zuihou in the first trial, Cao Cao insisted that the person was killed by Xiahou Yuan, and he himself was beaten! Xiahou Yuan also admitted that he was killed by mistake, and even the eyewitnesses retracted their confessions. Yuan and Huan had no choice but to release Cao Cao without charge. Xiahou Yuan bit his hand and lost his hand, and he was known as a virtuous person, so he was only determined to kill by mistake, and then it coincided with the amnesty, and Cao Cao spent money for him to be exempted. ”

"What kind of virtuous name does Xiahou Yuan have, isn't he going to take a sin for Cao Cao?"

"Xiahou Yuan's family was poor, his brothers and sisters-in-law were starving to death in the year of hunger, and Xiahou Yuan adopted his younger brother and daughter. His family did not have much food and could only feed one child, but in order to keep his brother's daughter, he abandoned his own son. As a result, he became famous in the local area, but not many people know about it. After Xiahou Yuan was released from prison, Cao Cao also took charge of marrying his wife and sister to him. ”

"How do you know these details?"

"This gang of thieves has been operating on the border of Xu and Henan, and I am deeply afraid that it will flow into Xuzhou, so I sent a few fine workers to Cao Ren early, and now they have become his cronies. These meticulous works often report such things to me. ”

"It's just a bunch of thieves, and they can't make any big waves. What do you mean......"

"Although it is a small thief, if you are caught off guard and launch a surprise attack, it will be like a tiger, why not drive the tiger and swallow the sheep?"

"Oh......?"

"Master, just imagine, at present, Yuzhou's grain is more expensive than gold, as long as you smell the meat, Cao Ren and these people don't bite like flies?"

"Well, that's right. Zuo Shang's time route for transporting grain, it seems that you already know? It was still somewhat useful to buy a few people around him earlier. ”

"The host Mingjian. These people are all close to Zuo Shang's confidants, and if there is any disturbance on the side of Pengchengguo, we are well aware of it. The master is the desire of the people of Xuzhou, these people don't vote, that's a big fool! ”

"There should be a lot of officers and soldiers escorting food, right?"

"Don't worry about this. As far as I know, the leader of the team is like a docile and obedient little sheep, who will be terrified and flee in the event of a surprise attack. It is not easy for Cao Ren to do it after getting grain, I think he has two choices, one is to go north and capture ......"

"Hehe, I don't care about this, I just treat Zuo Shang's crime of losing food. And, huh! Huang Wan, children! I don't think about it if I can't get you, haha......" Tao Qian couldn't help but daxiao proudly, he was much older than Huang Wan, so he scolded the erector.

Seeing that Cao Hong was still standing, he stroked his beard and said, "Go and arrange it!" Send someone over again, let Zuo Shang and Cao Ren's henchmen keep in close contact, and we'll wait to see a good show! ”

"No!" Cao Hong bowed his head and retreated, a cold smile twitching from the corner of his eyes. In fact, he had sent someone over a few days earlier.

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Title of master: There are three situations, one is that the slave calls the master of the family, the king, the master, etc.; Furthermore, the guest refers to the host as the master; Third, the relationship between superiors and subordinates, according to the "Wei Zhi Zhang Ji Biography" note "Dian Luo", Yingnai dismounted and knelt down and said: "Don't deceive Ming Gong, if the master of Yingben is here, he really won't come here." Here Cao Cao wanted to worship Cheng Gongying as a military advisor, and Cheng Gongying called Han Sui "master".