Cao Zhen and Cheng Yu walked into the middle hall one after the other, Cao Zhen saw Cao Zhi sitting next to Wei Gong at a glance, and he couldn't help but be stunned, how could Cao Zhi be here? But Cao Zhen didn't have time to think about it, so he stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "See Duke Wei for your humble position!" ”

At this time, Cheng Yu also walked in and saluted Cao Cao, Cao Cao waved his hand and smiled: "Please sit down!" ”

The two sat down, Cao Cao's eyes turned to Cao Zhen, he wanted to know, what happened, the Han army would never attack for no reason, even if it was a provocation, it needed an excuse, so what is this excuse?

Cao Zhen had a general understanding of what had happened, and reported to Cao Cao: "Qi Wei Gong, this time the Han army provoked the incident, mainly because the Han army found an excuse. ”

"What excuse?" Cao Cao asked eagerly.

"It's because Le Yi, the son of Le Qun, led a team of patrol soldiers to check the merchants, and found a caravan with prohibited weapons, he arrested this caravan, but he didn't expect this caravan to be the caravan of the Cai family in Xiangyang, and as a result, he annoyed Cai Jin, the lord of Yecheng, so he attacked the Cao army patrol at night, and when Le Qun was looking for him to ask for someone, he was ambushed, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and the Han army occupied Kunyang County."

"Are you telling the truth?" Cao Cao asked again.

"This is Le Qun's report to the lowly position, and the lowly position has also been investigated, which should be true."

At this time, Cheng Yu next to him interjected and asked, "How many people are there in that captured caravan and what goods are being transported?" How many cargo? ”

"Returning to the military division, about ten people, I heard that it was silk and satin, and three hundred mules carried it." Cao Zhen was a little uneasy, he felt that Cheng Yu was suspecting something, could it be that Le Qun had something to hide from him?

Cao Cao also sensed that Cheng Yu was suspicious of something, so he asked, "What does the military advisor think is wrong?" ”

Cheng Yu smiled, "I just think that some things don't make sense, maybe I'm overthinking." ”

"The military advisor might as well talk about it."

"The first question is why does this caravan carry prohibited weapons, why do they bring prohibited weapons when they know they are going to be searched, and there are only more than ten of them, I don't understand what is the point of bringing prohibited weapons?"

"Maybe they don't feel safe on the road and need to protect themselves."

"If you don't feel safe, you shouldn't have more than ten people, you have to take care of three hundred mules, I think there are too few people, and listening to General Cao, it seems that they are the Cai family caravan after the fact, but from common sense, these people will call out their identities when they are arrested, I think it's a little strange."

At this time, Cao Zhi next to him snorted coldly, "Military advisor, it's not strange at all, it's Le Yi who wants to seek other people's goods, the goods are expensive, he became greedy, so he used a forbidden bow and crossbow to frame the other party, so he took people away, and Cai Jin naturally used this opportunity to create trouble." ”

Cao Zhen was in a hurry, "Third son, you can't talk nonsense like this!" ”

Cao Zhi ignored him and said to his father: "Father, the child has also heard in Xudu, Lequn charged high tolls to merchants in Kunyang, and the merchants complained about it, if my father wants to know if I am right, it is very simple, just find that group of merchants and ask them, but I estimate that they have been killed." ”

Cao Zhi deeply hated Cao Zhen for replacing Xiahoudun and monitoring himself, today he seized this opportunity, and he fell into the well without hesitation, Cao Zhen's face turned pale, if what Cao Zhi said was true, I am afraid that even he would be dragged down.

Cao Cao glanced at Cheng Yu, and saw Cheng Yu with a faint smile on his face, he had a kind of realization in his heart, I am afraid that Cheng Yu also meant this, but he was said by his own son, Cao Cao groaned, and said to Cao Zhen: "I'm afraid there is something strange about this matter, if you go to investigate again, you must find out, and you must not hide it for half a year." ”

Cao Zhi sighed secretly in his heart, his father still let Cao Zhen go, Cao Zhen was also relieved, wiped the sweat on his forehead, got up and said, "Let's investigate." ”

Cao Zhen hurriedly went, this is Cheng Yucai said slowly: "In fact, even if Le Qun behaved inappropriately and plundered merchants, it would not give the Han army a reason to cross the border to arrest the patrol soldiers, the nature of the two is completely different, so it is obvious that the Han army provoked first, and the Han army violated the armistice agreement, and the Duke of Wei should take the initiative to condemn Liu Jing and not be passive." ”

was discussing, and there was a guard in the hall to report: "Qi Wei Gong, the King of Han sent a messenger to meet!" ”

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu looked at each other, Liu Jing moved quickly, and he was the first to strike.

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After a while, the guards invited the envoy of the King of Han into the front hall, and the envoy was Liu Jing's lord Bo Zheng, who stepped forward and bowed to give a salute, "Yin Zheng see Duke Wei!" ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Hao, I haven't seen you for a long time, please take a seat!"

Cao Cao smiled and invited Hao Zheng to sit down, and ordered the guards to serve tea, and he asked, "How is His Royal Highness the King of Han?" ”

"Back to Duke Wei, His Royal Highness the King of Han is very good, Concubine Cao is also very good, His Royal Highness the King of Han specially ordered me to send a little gift to the Duke of Wei to show the hearts of the younger generations."

A guard put a gold-painted wooden box on the table, and when he opened the box, it was full of excellent cordyceps, and he introduced with a smile: "These cordyceps sinensis are produced on the Qinghai Plateau, and they are presented by the Qiang people to His Royal Highness the King of Han, and His Royal Highness invites Duke Wei to decoction clothes to keep him healthy." ”

Although the two sides were in a state of hostility, Liu Jing still did not forget the gift of Weng Son-in-law, which made Cao Cao also quite pleased, he also received a letter from his daughter before, knowing that Liu Jing treated his daughter very well, there was no prejudice, and the princess was also tolerant, which made Cao Cao go to the most worried thing.

Cao Cao happily accepted the cordyceps, and asked with a smile: "Does the King of Han know that I came to Xudu?" ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Han said that the Duke of Wei will definitely come."

Cao Cao laughed dryly, but secretly thought in his heart, "Liu Jing actually guessed that the old man was coming, which shows that the conflict in Nanyang can still be controlled, so there is no need to worry too much." ’

At this time, Cheng Yu next to him smiled and said, "Mr. Yin came to Xudu for the Kunyang conflict?" ”

"Definitely!"

Yin Zheng shook his head and said solemnly: "I came to Xuchang for the conflict in Yecheng. ”

Although it is the same thing, but the place where it happened is different, the nature is different, and Yin Zheng obviously refused to give in half a step in principle, at this time Cao Cao smiled and said: "Whether it is Kunyang or Yecheng, the matter has happened, now how to calm this conflict, I don't know what His Royal Highness the King of Han has?" ”

Cao Cao just wants to solve this matter as much as possible and turn the big thing into a small one, as for who is right and who is wrong, it doesn't matter, as long as Liu Jing's conditions are reasonable, he is also willing to take a step back, after all, the Han army has the initiative.

Yin Zheng bowed and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Han said that the two sides signed an armistice agreement, and he has no intention of destroying the hard-won peace, I only hope that the Duke of Wei can agree to two conditions, and the matter will be settled." ”

At this time, Cheng Yu suddenly found that Cao Zhi was surprisingly quiet, if it was in the past, Cao Zhi would definitely jump up and reprimand Liu Jing for being rude, but today he never said a word, Cheng Yu glanced at Cao Zhi who was sitting next to him, and saw that his expression was flat, but there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes.

Cao Cao was not angry, and nodded, "Mr. Yin, please go on, which two conditions?" ”

"First, the cause of this conflict was caused by the son of Le Qun who robbed the Han merchants by planting false goods, and we demanded that the people be released and delivered, apologize, severely punish the murderers, and guarantee that similar incidents will not happen again; The second requirement is that Wei liberalize trade restrictions and allow merchants on both sides to trade freely, and there are only these two conditions, and I hope that Wei Gong can respond as soon as possible. ”

Rao is Cao Cao was calm, but he was also enraged at this time, and he said coldly: "If I don't agree, what? ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Han didn't sue Sù Weichen, but I think if Duke Wei refuses to cooperate, then I'm afraid there will be an incident that neither of us wants to see, and we hope not to come to this point."

Cao Cao snorted heavily, stood up and walked to the inner room, Cao Zhi hurriedly got up to support his father, Cheng Yu looked at Cao Cao and walked away, at this time only he and Yin Zheng were left in the lobby, Cheng Yu shook his head and said: "Forgive me for saying something unpleasant, the Han King's request is a bit excessive, although Cao Jun has misbehaved in dealing with merchants, but the Han army has arrested Cao Jun's patrol post, which is undoubtedly escalating the situation, we feel that this conflict was caused by the Han army crossing the border to arrest people, not the merchant incident, Wei Gong does not want to destroy the feelings of Weng and his son-in-law, I hope to deal with this matter coldly, why does King Han want to be aggressive? ”

Yin Zheng retorted-for-tat: "Cheng Junshi avoids the important and takes it lightly, why do you despise the arrest of the businessman so much? Merchants are also the people of the Han State, the country is people-oriented, when their lives and wealth are in danger, how can the Han army be indifferent, General Cai's original intention was to use the Cao army patrol post in exchange for the captured merchants, but Le Qun pressed the border with a large army, and also killed the boundary river, only to lead the conflict to escalate, whether it is emotional or reasonable, the Cao army has done too much, how can Cheng Junshi blame the king of Han? ”

Cheng Yu was silent for a moment and said: "It seems that we have too many differences, and it is difficult to talk about it anymore, so be it!" Please Mr. Yin bring back the construction of the Duke of Wei, we will not take this matter as an example, the two sides should exercise restraint, please withdraw from Kunyang County, and we will no longer care about the casualties suffered by the Cao army. ”

He Zheng stood up and bowed, "In that case, Yin Zheng will take his leave." ”

Cheng Yu kept sending Yin Zheng out of the door, and then hurriedly walked back to the inner hall, in the inner hall, Cao Cao was waiting for him, in fact, Cao Cao left in anger, let Cheng Yu and Yin Zheng continue to talk, if the words are too dead, it will be difficult for both parties to step down, so it is more appropriate to let the representative come forward.

Cheng Yu walked into the inner hall, and Cao Cao asked, "What happened in the end?" ”

Cheng Yu shook his head, "As I expected, both sides refused to budge. ”

Cao Cao sighed and said: "In fact, Liu Jing's request is not too excessive, the second I can promise him, the two sides trade freely, in fact, I hope to get the other party's fine iron and grain, but the first one, the two sides must discuss again, especially the Han army to withdraw from Kunyang County, otherwise the defense pressure of Xu Du is too great." ”

Next to Cao Zhi said: "Father, the child feels that he can't indulge Lequn, he extorts businessmen, and his son is even more open and secret, if you don't punish such a person severely, your father's reputation will be ruined by them." ”

Cao Cao understood his son's intentions, he just wanted to take this opportunity to attack Cao Zhen, he didn't want to make another incident, of course he had to punish Le Qun, but it couldn't be a condition of the Han army, Cao Cao didn't mention this matter, he was a little worried and said: "I don't know what Liu Jing will take next to deal with it?" ”

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