Inside the inn, in a quiet room.

Ao Lie sat behind the table, put one hand on the table, and his eyes scanned back and forth on Tian Feng, who was standing, and Yuan Xi, who had fainted on the ground.

Before coming to Yecheng, Ao Lie had told Zhang Liao and Wei Yan about the famous figures in history in detail on the road, and told the two of them to pay attention to the movements of these people after entering Yecheng, so as not to expose the target. Tian Feng, as the chief strategist of Han Fu and Yuan Shao, was naturally in Ao Lie's key introduction. Therefore, Zhang Liao unceremoniously forced Tian Feng to come back, whether it was to kill or surrender, it was better than letting Tian Feng continue to stay by Yuan Shao's side.

"Mr. Yuan Hao, do you know so?" Ao Lie spoke slowly, breaking the temporary silence in the room.

Tian Feng replied with a wry smile on his face: "The prestige of the prince and the little overlord is known to all ants, not to mention people. "Being the chief strategist of Jizhou Mu for two terms, Tian Feng is certainly not an unlearned person, and the moment he walked into the room, he already recognized Ao Lie. Although Tian Feng was helpless at the moment, because of his stubborn and upright character, there was no sign of groveling, and the wry smile on his face only existed for a moment before returning to his normal look.

Seeing Tian Feng's fleeting wry smile in his eyes, Ao Lie knew that Tian Feng was not helpless because he was captured by Zhang Liao, but his helplessness lay in Yuan Xi. As Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi should have tried his best to help Yuan Shao stabilize the situation in Jizhou, but Yuan Xi did the opposite, acting arrogantly and arrogantly, and even doing things to tease a woman from a good family on the street. It is precisely because of Yuan Xi's absurdity that Tian Feng's heart is full of helplessness, and at the same time, it also makes Tian Feng have some mustard for Yuan Shao, after all, being able to teach a son like Yuan Xi shows that Yuan Shao has obvious shortcomings. At least. Yuan Shao did not pay enough attention to the old scholars in Jizhou, otherwise Yuan Xi would not dare to do such a thing.

Speaking of which, Ao Lie began to be a little grateful to Yuan Xi for this evil, Yuan Xi relied on the majesty of his old son Yuan Shao, not only domineering, but also very high-profile, thinking that no one in Yecheng dared to disobey his will, and only brought a dozen servants when he went out, and his arrogance can be seen from this, which gave Zhang Liao the opportunity to capture him. Yuan Xi's stupidity. not only caused himself to be in danger, but also brought Tian Feng in. The unexpected capture of Yuan Xi was simply an unexpected joy, which gave Ao Lie an extra trump card in his hand, with this trump card, Ao Lie had the confidence to have a war with Yuan Shao without gunpowder and defeat Yuan Shao.

If you want to defeat Yuan Shao, in addition to Yuan Xi's trump card, Ao Lie also needs another card. This card is Tian Feng. Ao Lie raised his head and looked at Tian Feng, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuan Hao, Yuan Shao is not the master. Is Mr. going to stay by Yuan Shao's side all the time? ”

Tian Feng said with a straight face: "Loyal ministers don't care about the two masters!" If you want to persuade someone to join you, you should not open your mouth. Ao Lie stood up with a smile and said to Tian Feng: "Loyal ministers don't care about the second master? That's a good saying. Dare to ask Mr., can you recognize Han Fuqi? Han Fu's bones are not cold. Mr. has already served under Yuan Shao, this is not a matter of the two masters, it is better to see that Mr. is not to open his mouth. ”

was squeezed by Ao Lie for a while. Tian Feng's face suddenly turned red. As we all know, Tian Feng was originally Han Fu's staff, and after Han Fu killed himself, Tian Feng switched to Yuan Shao. Strictly speaking, Tian Feng did not serve Yuan Shao when Han Fu was alive, which is not a violation of the word loyalty, but Ao Lie took some words out of context, which made Tian Feng speechless, after all, Han Fu was forced to die by Yuan Shao, and it was not a glorious thing to serve the enemy after the death of the old master.

Seeing Tian Feng's face with a look of shame, Ao Lie continued: "Mr. Yuanhao, the past is over, so don't mention it today. I just want to say one thing, Yuan Shaogang is stubborn for his own use, wide outside and taboo inside, he is definitely not the master, and he intends to invite Mr. to come to the secluded and come out, and I hope Mr. will consider it in detail. ”

"Needless to say, Tian Feng swears to die in this matter." Tian Feng did not hesitate and rejected Ao Lie's proposal.

Ao Lie shrugged his shoulders and said, "Sir doesn't have to answer in a hurry, it's not too late to answer after thinking about it for a few days." As he spoke, Ao Lie shook his head at Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao understood, stepped forward and grabbed Tian Feng's arm, forcibly took Tian Feng down, and hid in a hidden place in the post station. Zhang Liao has been by Ao Lie's side for ten years, and he is naturally very familiar with Ao Lie's temper, and he knows that when Ao Lie sees someone who has the ability, he will sincerely invite the other party, which is also the reason why Zhang Liao captured Tian Feng back in the morning.

After Zhang Liao took Tian Feng away, Ao Lie turned his head to Wei Yan and said, "Be optimistic about Yuan Xi, you can't let him meet with anyone." In addition, Yuan Shao is likely to send a large number of soldiers to search the city, you order to go down, let the brothers do a good job of camouflage, and don't show their feet. Wei Yan agreed, turned around and walked outside the room, and when he walked to the door, Ao Lie's voice sounded behind Wei Yan: "Wait a minute." Yuan Xi's face should also be disguised, so as not to be recognized by the idlers in the post station. Well, beat him so hard that he doesn't even recognize his mother, and that's it. Wei Yan laughed and took the order.

After that, Ao Lie placed a code outside the room to contact the Shadow Members, summoning the Shadow Members. Without waiting too long, a member of the Shadow entered Aolie's room as a post servant. This time, it was not No. 38, who had met with Ao Lie twice before, but a new face. After communicating with each other in the incision and sign language, Ao Lie knew that this Shadow Member was the leader of the Shadow Members distributed in Yecheng, codenamed Thirteen.

After respectfully saluting Ao Lie, Shadow Thirteen stood to the side with his hands down, waiting for Ao Lie's order.

"Do you know where Yuan Shao's money vault and granary are in Yecheng?" Ao Lie didn't have the slightest doubt about the loyalty of the Shadow Members, and asked directly.

No. 13 thought for a moment, and replied in a few words: "Back to the lord, Yuan Shao attaches great importance to money, so he set up the treasury in the state minister's mansion and sent heavy troops to guard it, which is difficult for outsiders to approach; As for the granary, it is located in the north of Yecheng City, hoarding a large amount of grain and grass, enough for the Yecheng army to eat for two years, the general who guards the granary is named Chun Yuqiong, and he has about 5,000 men and horses under his command. ”

Chun Yuqiong? Ao Lie silently recited the name with some surprise. In the battle of Guandu in history, Chun Yuqiong was appointed by Yuan Shao as a grain and grass escort officer, responsible for guarding the grain and grass of Wuchao. But the last one turned against Xu Yu because of Xu Yu's imminent battle. Cao Cao was able to pretend to be under the banner of Yuan Jun, attacked Wuchao overnight, and burned all the grain and grass of Yuan Jun, and Chun Yuqiong was also angry and was killed by Yuan Shao.

Now that he learned that Chun Yuqiong was guarding the granary, Ao Lie immediately had an idea in his heart. Chun Yuqiong is a good wine, almost every day to drink until he is drunk, if he can make good use of this, maybe Ao Lie can follow the example of Cao Cao in later history, and set fire to Yuan Shao's granary. After thinking about the general direction. Ao Lie said to Shadow Thirteen, "Immediately send someone to find out the time of the changing of the guard of the sergeant on duty in Chun Yuqiong's department, the shortest road in and out of the granary, and the accumulation of materials in the granary. The Shadow Thirteen members took Ao Lie's words to heart and exited the room.

Ao Lie sat alone in the room for a while, going through the ins and outs of the whole thing in his mind, and was just about to make a detailed plan, but Zhang Liao's voice sounded outside the door: "Young housekeeper, the second young master of the Zhen family is here, saying that he wants to see the goods we brought this time." "This time I came to Yecheng, Ao Lie came in the name of the Wantong Chamber of Commerce, and naturally he really brought some good goods with him. This is used to cover up the correspondence with the Zhen family. However, Ao Lie knew that the second young master of the Zhen family, who came to visit this time, was definitely not here to see the goods.

"Invite him in." Ao Lie said outside the door.

Squeak. The door was pushed open, and two figures, a man and a woman, stepped into the room. The man is twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his appearance is handsome, and he can't tell at all that he is a child of the Zhen family who is used to doing business. Instead, it has a faint bookish atmosphere; As for that woman, Ao Lie knew that it was the eldest lady of the Zhen family, Zhen Mi.

A smile appeared on Ao Lie's face. beckoned to the two of them, motioned for them to sit down, and said at the same time: "It turned out to be Miss Zhen Mi, and she was disappointed." ”

Zhen Mi pointed to the man beside him and said, "This is my second brother Zhen Yao, who is in charge of the family's business in the north. Zhen Yao smiled and saluted Ao Lie: "Boy Zhen Yao, I've seen the prince." Thank you Junhou for your help this morning, if it weren't for Junhou's help, the little sister would have been bullied by the bully Yuan Xi. ”

Ao Lie said casually: "It's just the right time, don't worry about it." ”

While the two were talking, Zhen Mi had already scanned the room with her eyes, and said with a flat mouth: "How did you become a champion, why did you cower in such a place like a mouse?" It doesn't match your identity at all, it's just too simple. "Zhen Mi is innocent by nature, she said what she thought of, and she didn't have a bit of city government in her heart at all.

"Little sister, don't be rude!" Although Zhen Mi was unintentional, he startled Zhen Yao, who dares to talk to Ao Lie like this today?

Ao Lie looked at the innocence on Zhen Mi's face, and knew that she was unintentional, not only did he not blame in his heart, but he liked Zhen Mi's character very much. In the Han Dynasty, the status of women was extremely low, even if it was a prince or a general, or even a woman of the royal family, it was difficult to get attention, they were often used as a bargaining chip by the family, and they were married out of the family by means of marriage, so that the strength of the family was consolidated and developed, and there were few women like Zhen Mi, who were favored by the whole family and grew up under the protection of all family members. This has created Zhen Mi's innocent and somewhat willful character, which is quite similar to the women of the era before Ao Lie's crossing. It is precisely because of Zhen Mi's character that it aroused the feeling in Ao Lie's heart, and he had a natural feeling of closeness to Zhen Mi.

Waving his hand at Zhen Yao, Ao Lie smiled and said, "The second son doesn't have to blame Miss, Miss has a frank temperament, which is really likable." As he spoke, Ao Lie turned his head to look at Zhen Mi again, and said seriously: "The mountain is not high, and if there is an immortal, it is famous; The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual; Si is a burrow, but Wu Dexin. The moss marks are green on the upper steps, and the grass is green into the curtains; There is no silk and bamboo, and there is no case, what is ugly? ”

Unexpectedly, Ao Lie's mouth became a chapter, Zhen Yao was immersed in the poems read by Ao Lie, savoring it carefully, the more he tasted, the more he felt that it was tasteful, and he couldn't wait to bring a pen and paper immediately to record Ao Lie's poem, so as not to remember it for a long time later, it would be a big pity.

Different from Zhen Yao's reaction, Zhen Mi smiled sweetly at Ao Lie and asked softly, "Does this poem have a name?" Ao Lie nodded with a smile and replied, "This article is called Burrow Ming. ”

Zhen Mi praised: "Good name." After that, she took out a silk handkerchief from her arms, handed it to Ao Lie generously, and said: "This silk handkerchief was embroidered by myself, and there is a small order I made on it, so it should be regarded as a return gift for you." After saying this, Zhen Mi's face was already a little crimson. (To be continued......)