Five hundred miles northwest of Baima, it is located between Muye and Pingqiu, and belongs to the line of contact between Yuan and Cao on the land transfer.

Not far from the agreed meeting, there is a dilapidated village between the two camps in the east and west, called Ziyou Village, which was named after the villagers who believed in the Confucian dialect when the village was first built. However, it is clear that this well-known Confucian spirit in the sky does not care about the affairs here, and does not bless the villagers here with great wealth and wealth, nor bless them with a good harvest.

Think about it, how can a group of people living on such a fringe as Yuan Caojiaojing live well? Today, Yuan Bing went south to fight and passed by to grab a chicken, and tomorrow Cao Jun went north to fight back and passed by to grab a duck, and caught up with Yuan and Cao to move troops together to meet here, bumping and bumping and accidentally injuring a few villagers, it is not nothing.

The people in the village who have some ability have long left this place of right and wrong, and most of the people who continue to stay here are old and young women and children who are still struggling, and then they are all decadent who have no goal in life.

But in recent days, the village of Ziyou, which has always been deserted, has suddenly become lively, or there are heavily armed knights, or men in plain clothes, who come and go in the village, buy some dry food, buy some wine and food, stop and stop, and don't know what they want to do.

However, after a few days, these people still made this dilapidated village a little more angry, and by the way, they also had a little more money.

And today, Ziyou Village has ushered in an amazing character.

Yuan Shang was dressed in a black silk shirt, and led Xiao Ji to come here today.

No one knew the purpose of Yuan Shang's coming, and neither did the Ji who came with him.

Walking in the village, I saw that the village was full of people, and the scene was quite lively, and there was no sign of silence at all.

Xiao Ji looked around, frowning as if muttering something.

Yuan Shang turned his head to look at him, saw his ghostly toad eyes staring around, and said, "What are you looking for?" ”

Xiao Ji said angrily: "Go back to the lord." My subordinates are looking for a wine shop, a tea shop, or a pavilion inn, we have been walking for a long time, we have to rest...... Problem: It's such a place where birds don't, and it's so hard to find a place to rest! ”

Yuan Shang said lightly: "What, do you think there will be an inn here?" ”

Xiao Ji was taken aback and said, "Isn't it?" ”

Yuan Shang turned his eyes to look at the people coming and going on the street, these people were dressed in new and old clothes, although they were rich and poor, they did not seem to be people who lived hard in the village.

"Have you been here before?"

Xiao Ji touched his nose. said: "Who is full of food and supports to come to this place!" ”

Yuan Shang glanced at him and said, "Yes, there are no outsiders in this place, and the local villagers are poor and dingling, what do you want the inn for?" ”

When Xiao Ji heard this, he was suddenly dumbfounded.

Next to the roadside stall, a fortune teller who set up a stall saw that Yuan Shang and Xiao Ji were dressed luxuriously and well, and they were foreigners, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to solicit business and said, "Two gentlemen." Let's measure a word, calculate the passing years! ”

Yuan Shang smiled and didn't speak, Xiao Ji turned his head, and said disdainfully: "My master is rich and noble." God-given appearance, you still need to count, while staying! ”

The fortune teller pouted and said nothing.

It was at this time. A handsome young man in a white Confucian shirt walked up to the fortune-telling stall and threw down a handful of baht. Said peacefully: "Fortune teller, test a word for this son." ”

When the fortune teller saw the baht money on the ground, he immediately smiled, hurriedly picked up the money one by one, put it in his arms, and then took out a wooden stick from the close-fitting cloth bag and threw himself on the sand: "This son, write a word!" ”

The white-clothed man looked at Yuan Shang on the side, picked up the wooden stick, and said with a smile: "I want to meet a business opponent recently to discuss a big deal, I don't write the side one, just write my name, you help me see that I meet my opponent, this deal will win or lose." ”

With that, he raised his hand and drew a big word on the sand with a wooden stick.

The fortune teller looked down: "Plant? ”

The boy in white nodded: "Yes-Zhi!" ”

The fortune teller pretended to do the math, and said nonsense: "This son, you have wood in your name, wood is aquatic, you are born with a plain character, how can you be raised by the straight word next to it, and go to wood to make a fire, this is a life that is born unwilling to fight with others, but has to fight with others!" Now the season is cold, the water is frozen, and the fire is extinguished, Childe, you are afraid that you will lose money in this transaction! ”

A smile appeared on the face of the man in white, and he said, "Thank you." After that, he took out a palm of baht from his sleeve and threw it in front of the fortune teller.

"I have a friend down here, and I want to make a deal, and you can help me measure a word for him."

The fortune teller hurriedly said: "Please write it." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Yuan Shang come over, took a wooden strip from the hand of the white-clothed man, and wrote the word "Shang" on the ground.

"Fortune teller, take a look."

The fortune teller glanced at it, shook his head and said: "Shangzi respect, it belongs to gold, gold gives birth to water, how can this poor country not touch with respect, if this son is doing business here, I am afraid that there is no good sign." ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, turned his eyes to look at the white-clothed son, and said, "What do you mean, I and this Zhi Gongzi are all loss-making businesses?" ”

The fortune teller was stunned and said, "That's what the words say." ”

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard this, and suddenly said: "This fortune teller said, this time we both pay one and two nets, do you think he is right...... Prime Minister Cao? ”

The pupils of the white-clothed man contracted slightly, and his voice became a little low, "I don't think what he said makes sense, Yuan Weiwei!" ”

With the words of the two, the invisible pressure on the street rose sharply unconsciously.

Yuan Shang turned to face Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhi also turned around at the same time.

Two young people, on this humble street, looked at each other coldly.

There was silence all around, and the fortune teller who was squatting on the ground suddenly felt that something was wrong, and the pressure around him seemed to increase suddenly, and when he turned his head to look, he almost didn't scare him out of urine.

At some point, around these two young men, many people who seemed to have nothing to do with this place were dressed in fancy clothes, some were dressed as vendors, some were dressed as peddlers' pawns, or listening, or peeking, and some simply looked directly at the place where the two of them were. Quietly pulled out the weapon he carried with him, as if he was about to let go of it at any time.

The atmosphere in the field was extremely quiet and tense, the feeling of fortune-telling was almost breathless, he was not a fool, at this moment he could see that the two men in black and white costumes were not mortals, and the people around them who were dressed as pawn traders were obviously their respective guards!

It was in this solemn atmosphere that the scene was too stiff......

After a long time.

Cao Zhi first showed a smile: "Brother Yuan, farewell to Mobei, after several years of spring and autumn, we can finally meet again today." Cao was very comforted. ”

Yuan Shang's face also eased: "How are you doing lately?" ”

Cao Zhi wiped his nose and said with a wicked smile: "It was originally very good, but I was in a bad mood after seeing you." ”

As the two of them began to smile again, the murderous aura around them gradually calmed down.

Those people of all colors who were about to move just now, as if they hadn't seen the change just now, shouted and shouted, went shopping, did business and did business, and turned their heads to do their own things. It's just that he still faintly swept his eyes to the place where the two were.

As for the fortune teller, he was so frightened that he cleaned up the stall and ran away without a trace.

Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi don't seem to have any identity barriers at this moment. is still the same as in Mobei back then, the words are flashing with sincerity, mixed with fun.

The two walked side by side towards the street market in the distance, and Xiao Ji followed unhurriedly.

"Brother Yuan. You're going to make a big deal out of me! Cao Zhi walked around with his hands behind his back, and complained to Yuan Shang shamelessly: "You don't live honestly on a big day, you have to be a big general." I've let you compare with the prime minister, why do you want to be so famous? Can it be eaten as a meal? ”

Yuan Shang shrugged his shoulders casually and said, "No way, I'm not born to be idle, and I've been sitting in the position of Weiwei Jiuqing for a few years, and I'm tired of it, and I want to change it." ”

Cao Zhi glared at him and said, "Your official position as an official of the imperial court is a cabbage bought and sold at a cheap price in the market?" Say change? I won't change it for you! ”

Yuan Shang shook his head and sighed: "You are also the prime minister now, not the kid who followed my ass back then, why are you still talking so casually!" The court has pardon, and those who are in the position of the three dukes are qualified to call themselves the three orphans, you are all prime ministers, and you have a mouthful of me, mine, to be called lonely! ”

Cao Zhi's eyes squinted and said, "I can't get used to it!" ”

Yuan Shang stopped lightly, glanced at the street in the distance deeply, and said: "Actually, I came to this village closest to the camp of the two armies today, just to try my luck and see if I will meet you, I don't want you to come, after so many years, your nature has not changed!" ”

Cao Zhi sighed and said, "I came here as you thought, see if I can meet you, it seems that I am not wrong, and you have not changed." ”

Yuan Shang turned his head to look at Cao Zhi, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little strange.

"In this street market, you and I are friends of Buyi, but from tomorrow the two armies will officially negotiate, you and I will be life and death enemies, and there will be no such opportunity to speak."

Cao Zhi was silent for a while, and said: "Brother Yuan, you made me understand a lot when I was in Mobei, and my younger brother thanked you here, but although my father did not die at your hands, he died because of you after all, this hatred, I dare not forget it at any time, I have established a mansion in Xuchang, and sooner or later I will invite you from Hebei to live for a long time, and I will be ashamed of my father." ”

Yuan Shang raised his eyebrows and said, "Can you beat me?" Don't forget, your father called me a cunning person, Liu Bei called me a traitor, and Zhou Yu said I was a shameless person...... All the best people in the world have touched nails in my hands. ”

After a pause, Yuan Shang's face seemed to have a helpless color, but he didn't hesitate, just smiled faintly and said, "I'm not a good person." ”

Cao Zhi said word by word: "If you can't fight, you have to fight!" This is an end that is destined to be erased from the beginning of your father and my father...... But I still see you as a brother and a friend! ”

Yuan Shangchang sighed and said: "You have grown up, and you are no longer the child who ran away willfully, if your second brother Cao Pi inherits your father's position, I can still let go of my hands and feet, but it's you, but it's a little difficult to do." ”

Cao Zhi smiled: "Tomorrow's negotiation, I will definitely win you." ”

Yuan Shang also smiled, and after a while, he nodded heavily: "It's good that you have confidence, but in fact, I really have never lost." (To be continued......)