"Master Hou, the spies who went to Jiaozhou have returned, and something big has happened in Jiaozhou!" Lu Rui has lived in Wumanxi for more than half a month, and has been living a relatively leisurely life. Early one morning, the old barbarian king sent Shamoke to invite Lu Rui, saying that the spies from Jiaozhou had returned and had something important to report.

"What's going on in Jiaozhou?" Lu Rui came to the old barbarian king's cave mansion and sat down unhurriedly, looking at the old barbarian king's appearance as if he was in a hurry.

"Master Hou, Shi Xie has been dominating Jiaozhou for many years, why is the text attached to Sun Quan at today's meeting, this king has not been able to figure it out, until the spies I sent to Jiaozhou replied to the letter, and only discovered one of the big secrets, Shi Xie's family was all controlled by Sun Quan." The old barbarian king told Lu Rui all the things that Shixie's family was controlled.

It turned out that after the spies sent by the old barbarian king entered Cangwu City, they immediately went to find Shixie's eldest son and younger brother, because the old barbarian king of Wumanxi had a good relationship with the two, and wanted to take advantage of this to find out some news. But the spies went to the mansion of the two, and they were very strange, the two were not in the mansion, and asked where the two were going, and the housekeepers in the house said that they were going out to do government affairs.

The spies didn't care about it before, they lived in Cangwu City, and it was closed for nearly a year, Shixie's eldest son and younger brother still haven't returned home, and the spies became suspicious, Shixie is a Cangwu person, and the New Year is approaching, and Shixie will generally take his family back to Cangwu for the New Year. The spies came to the mansion of Shixie's eldest son Shiyi and his younger brother Shiwu again, but the two still did not return to the mansion.

The spy had an extra eye and went to visit Shixie's other relatives and children, and found that no one had returned to Cangwu City, which was too unreasonable. Won't the descendants of the Shi clan come back for the New Year? The spies immediately inquired around. Finally, I heard a shocking news.

It turned out to be when Cao Jun was heading south. Sun Quan sent an army of 30,000 to attack Jiaozhou, and Shi Xie, of course, would not give up easily, and also sent troops to resist Sun Quan. The two sides held each other on the border of Jiaozhou for a while, and after two months, around the time when Cao's army invaded Xiangyang, Shixie suddenly announced his attachment to Sun Quan and signed a friendship agreement, and the two sides withdrew.

The military and civilians in Jiaozhou are very strange. Why did Shi Xie sign the agreement so quickly, according to Sun Quan's strength, it is absolutely impossible for the 30,000 army to break through Jiaozhou. However, Shixie's prestige in Jiaozhou was very high, and the military and civilians did not have any objections.

The spies learned that during the war between Sun Quan and Shi Xie, Cangwu City had been attacked by Sun Quan's army, although Cangwu City was not breached, but it is said that Shi Xie's relatives were captured by Sun Quan and are now imprisoned in a small village on the border of Jiaozhou.

The spies had no way of finding out where the village was, it was just a rumor. The spy felt that the matter was important, and hurriedly came back to report it.

"Master Hou. I don't think this matter is false, this king once met with Shixie. Although this person is a literati, he is not a soft egg, he only wants to stick to his Jiaozhou, and will never surrender to Sun Quan easily, even if he is defeated, this person can still retreat to the rear of Jiaozhou, and drag Sun Quan's 30,000 army to death. "The old barbarian king has expressed his opinion, and Shi Xie will never compromise easily!

"The old barbarian king is reasonable, it seems that Shi Xie is really threatened, otherwise the king of Jiaozhou, who has been in Jiaozhou for many years, would not compromise so easily." Lu Rui nodded, Shi Xie's prestige in Jiaozhou is not much worse than Zhao Tuo, and later generations of Vietnam still respected Shi Xie as the emperor of Vietnam, so popular with the people, the state pastor will not surrender in the face of absolute strength, Cao Cao tried to recruit Shi Xie, Shi Xie also politely refused.

"The old barbarian king, Rui decided to go to Jiaozhou in person, and asked the old barbarian king to send a henchman who is familiar with the situation in Jiaozhou to accompany Rui. As for the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the old barbarian king, they still stayed in Wumanxi to practice, and Rui had already put on the table of the prime minister, and asked the prime minister to send a batch of weapons to equip Wumanxi. Lu Rui told the old barbarian king his thoughts, the soldiers of Wumanxi were brave, but they suffered a loss in weapons, and after having Cao Jun's equipment, the combat power would be at a higher level, and Lu Rui had to go to Jiaozhou to find out the situation first.

"Well, since the Hou Ye has made a decision, he will send Sha Moke and Hou Ye to Jiaozhou together, this son is the heir of my Wumanxi, and he should go to visit the king of Jiaozhou, and Sha Moke has gone to Jiaozhou many times to exchange for materials, and he is also familiar with Jiaozhou, especially Cangwu City." The old barbarian king wanted Shamoke to experience it, and decided to send Shamoke to follow Lu Rui to Jiaozhou.

"Okay, since that's the case, Rui will leave for Cangwu City in Jiaozhou tomorrow."

The next day, Lu Rui took Cao Pi, Cao Chong and Shamoke, escorted by Cao Xiu with 500 escorts, disguised as a caravan and headed to Cangwu City.

"Brother-in-law, there are really a lot of delicious fruits in Cangwu City?" Along the way, Shamoke told Lu Rui and others about the customs of Cangwu City, including the delicious food in Lingnan.

"Cangshu, Lingnan Duojia fruit, due to climate reasons, there are many fruits in Lingnan that we do not have in the north, Cangshu to Cangwu, but to taste well." As a later generation, of course Lu Rui knows how famous the fruits of Lingnan are, especially in the Cangwu area, which belongs to Shixie's nest, in order to live comfortably, there must be a wide variety of fruits, not only Cao Chong, Lu Rui wants to eat a full meal!

"It's still a brother-in-law, and I know a lot!" Shamoke complimented Lu Rui, and then fought with Cao Chong again.

After a seven-day trip, Lu Rui and his entourage arrived at Cangwu City in Jiaozhou.

Cangwu City in Jiaozhou, that is, the generation of Wuzhou in Guangxie in later generations, is Shixie's hometown and the place where he made his fortune. At this time, although Cangwu City was not large, and the area was only the size of a small county town compared with the towns in the north, it could circulate gold and silver.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the economic level of Lingnan was very backward, and many prefectures and counties were still mainly bartered, and currency, even hard currencies such as gold and silver, were not in circulation. In addition to the two larger cities in Lingnan, Guangzhou and Nanhai, Cangwu is the third city that can use gold and silver in Lingnan.

"Brother Rui, this fruit is good, this fruit is very sweet, you taste it!" As soon as he arrived in Cangwu, Cao Chong bought a lot of fruits with his gold leaves and carried them to the inn to enjoy.

"Cangshu, eat slowly, it's all yours, no one will rob you." Lu Rui smiled, Cao Chong was still a child.

"Brother Rui, isn't it inappropriate to let Shamoke go to Taishou Mansion alone to meet Shi Xie. Shamoko? ”

"Zihuan. Naturally, we came here to see Shi Xie. But if Shi Xie really doesn't want to see us, even if we accompany Shamoko, it will be in vain. If Shixie wants to see us, there is nothing wrong with Shamoko as a messenger. ”

"After all, Shamoke is the next barbarian king of Wumanxi, and he has a bad relationship with Shixie in Jiaozhou, I'm afraid there will be trouble, although our Cao family and Wumanxi are married, but some things are beyond reach." Lu Rui pointed out the reason why Shamoke went to meet Shi Xie.

Wuman Creek is connected to Jiaozhou. The relationship between Shixie and Wumanxi was originally good. If they meet for the first time, Lu Rui will go with Shamoke, and it will inevitably be suspected of using the relationship of Wumanxi to threaten Shixie, although Shixie does not dare to Wumanxi now, but if Shixie has a grudge in his heart in the future, Wumanxi will be very troublesome, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, for the sake of Cao Hua, it is better not to create some unnecessary trouble for Shamoke.

If Shi Xie wants to see Lu Rui, he will definitely see Lu Rui, and it is the same whether he sends Shamoke to visit him first or not.

"Brother Rui's words are reasonable. Pi understood, thank you Brother Rui for thinking about Hua Mei. Lu Rui's implication also expressed the helplessness of the emperor's family. It was a matter of time before Cao Dynasty Han, the emperor's daughter was generally used to entrap the ministers, and if the emperor's son-in-law had something, the emperor would definitely put political goals first, and only after considering political interests would he choose whether to help his son-in-law.

In the future, if there was a conflict between Wumanxi and Jiaozhou, Cao Wei's ruler would first consider Cao Wei's interests, rather than Shamoke being Cao Wei's son-in-law.

"Zihuan is very smart, no wonder the middle father asked Zihuan to come with Rui, except for Cangshu, Zihuan is much stronger than Zixiu in some aspects." Lu Rui smiled slightly, worthy of Emperor Wei Wen, as long as he touched it, he could figure it out.

"Brother Rui has won the prize."

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I'm back, I'm back with delicious food." Lu Rui and the three of them were tasting fresh Lingnan fruits, and Shamoke returned to the inn.

"Hehe, I brought something delicious, roasted whole sheep from Lingnan!" As soon as Shamoke entered the room, he showed off to the three of them, and brought Lingnan delicacies to share with Lu Rui and the three of them.

"Roast whole lamb? Is this also Lingnan food? We have it in the north too! Cao Chong ate a banana and waved his hand at Shamoke, what kind of delicacy is this, roast mutton, there are a lot of prime ministers' mansions.

"Cangshu, this is different from the roast whole sheep in the north, this is the roast goat in Lingnan, these sheep live in the mountains, the meat is delicious, there is no smell of northern mutton, it is a very good food." Lu Rui explained to Cao Chong that the goat in Lingnan is different from the mutton in the north and is a good delicacy.

"Haha, my brother-in-law still knows a lot, this kind of food, I will eat it every time I come to Cangwu City, come, give you a thigh, brother-in-law!" After speaking, Shamoke cut off a leg of mutton with a dagger and handed it to Cao Chong.

Cao Chong's nose smelled the scent of the leg of mutton, drooled, and then devoured the leg of mutton.

Lu Rui and Cao Pi also took over the leg of lamb from Shamoke's hands and tasted the delicious taste of Lingnan.

"Brother-in-law, this thing is so delicious." Cao Chong patted his little belly, and a leg of mutton had already allowed him to hold on.

"Shamoke, how is the situation when you go to Shixie's mansion? Will Shi Xie see us? After tasting the perfect food, Lu Rui began to inquire about the matter, and the food just now made Lu Rui almost forget the purpose of this trip.

"Hehe, brother-in-law, I didn't disappoint you this time, Lord Shixie has been invited by me."

"Please?"

"Old man Shixie, the word Weiyan has seen Master Hou!" The middle-aged man holding the plate next to Shamoke put down the plate and saluted Lu Rui.

"Shi Taishou?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, and then began to slowly observe Shixie, this person who served the plate was actually the king of Jiaozhou? I originally thought it was a chef who roasted sheep, but I didn't expect it to be the king of Jiaozhou!

I saw Shi Xie wearing an ordinary yellow cloth coat, straw sandals under his feet, and some dirt on his body, like a farmer who had just come out of the field.

"Second brother-in-law, brother-in-law, what's wrong with you?" Shamoke saw Cao Pi and Cao Chong as if they were electrocuted, standing aside and respectfully saluting Shixie.

Although Cao Pi and Cao Chong are Cao Cao's sons, one has a small official position, and the other has no official position. Lu Rui is a general of the expedition to the north. Qi Hou. The official position is slightly higher than that of Shixie. Naturally, there is no need to salute.

"The two Cao Gongzi don't need to be polite, Xie just discussed spring ploughing with the people of Cangwu in the field, and came to visit the Hou Ye without changing his clothes, he was reckless, and the two of them don't need to panic." Of course, Shi Xie knew the reason why the two of them got up, it seems that Cao Cao's family style is still very strict, otherwise the son of the prime minister would not be so polite when he saw the state pastor.

"It turned out to be a salute, you don't know what kind of person Uncle Shi is. No need to be polite here. Shamoke finally knew the reason for Cao Pi and Cao Chong, patted the two, and glanced at the two like monsters. This is Jiaozhou, where do you want so many courtesies?

"Lord Taishou is so sympathetic to the people's feelings, and he admires him, no wonder there is no one in Jiaozhou who can compare with the prestige of adults." Lu Rui arched his hand and saluted Shi Xie in return, judging from the situation just now, plus Shamoke's performance. Lu Rui has a bottom for Shixie!

Shi Xie's attitude towards ethnic minorities is the same as Cao Cao's, and there is no ethnic discrimination. This is not easy in Dahan. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once said: Those who offend my Han will be punished even if they are far away. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts. In the Han Dynasty, the Han people generally suppressed or discriminated against ethnic minorities, but there was no manifestation here in Shixie, which is probably the reason why Shixie got the heart of Jiaozhou.

"Master Hou is very polite, Xie is very happy to hear that the prime minister and Wumanxi are married, it seems that my Han frontier clan has a bright future." After Shi Xie heard about Cao Cao's marriage with Wumanxie, he was overjoyed, and at the same time figured out Cao Cao's attitude towards the barbarians, as long as Cao Cao did not discriminate against the barbarians, the barbarians could be used by the Han.

"There is no distinction between races in Rui's heart, as long as he can be loyal to the Han and the prime minister, Rui is treated equally, I don't know if Lord Taishou agrees?" Lu Rui glanced at Shi Xie slightly. The olive branch has been thrown, see if you will do it!

"Master Hou, do you think that Shi Xie will attach himself to Sun Quan for the safety of his family? You're underestimating Shixie! After listening to Lu Rui's words, Shi Xie naturally understood what Lu Rui meant, but Lu Rui must have misunderstood the reason why he was attached to Sun Quan.

"This? What does Shi Taishou mean? ”

"Although my family is in the hands of Sun Quan, Shi Xie is not old, and it is still very possible to have another heir, my brother is gone, and there are cousins and cousins. Shi Xie did not compromise with Sun Quan because of the safety of his family. ”

"What do you mean?" Lu Rui was completely stunned at this time, not for the safety of his family, so why did Shixie, who had a heavy army, compromise with Sun Quan?

"Master Hou, Shixie is for the innocent people of Jiaozhou." Later, Shi Xie told Lu Rui the reason why he was attached to Sun Quan.

Shi Xie originally wanted to stick to Jiaozhou and stay away from the strife in the Central Plains. Sun Quan sent troops to attack Jiaozhou, and Shi Xie certainly would not sit idly by, and took a large army to resist Sun Quan.

Sun Quan's performance made Shi Xie feel very strange, obviously he was here to attack Jiaozhou, but Sun Quan actually adopted defensive tactics, which made Shi Xie confused.

Just when Shi Xie was puzzled, an urgent military situation suddenly came from the rear. Cangwu City was raided by Sun Quanjun, not only Cangwu, but many villages and towns in Jiaozhou were bloodied by Sun Quanjun, and Shixie's family was also captured.

According to the soldiers' returns, it was Sun Quan who had an army under him that had never been afraid of death, and it seemed that he would not consume physical strength, and he was extremely brave in battle. With only 300 men, the defenders of Cangwu City were defeated.

At first, of course, Shi Xie didn't believe it, and beheaded the soldiers. But since then, there have been incidents of villages being washed in blood in various parts of Jiaozhou, and it is often about ten Wu soldiers who have washed the entire village in blood, Shixie felt that the situation was not right, and he had to rely on Sun Quan for the sake of the people of Jiaozhou.

Later, Shi Xie heard that this was Sun Quan's secret army, and the army was led by the general Lu Meng!

Annoyance Army? When Lu Rui heard this name, he fell into deep thought. Lu Meng, everyone knows the allusion of Wuxia Amon and the glorious battle of Lu Meng, crossing the river in white!

When Lu Rui was studying the history of the Three Kingdoms, he was also very curious about Lu Meng.

First, Lu Meng is very strange, he has become a general who is both civil and military. This is basically from a reckless man to a direct sharp governor of Eastern Wu. In the Han Dynasty, this was not easy. Because the books of the Han Dynasty were in the hands of the family, most of Lü Meng's reading was funded by Sun Quan, and they were all collected by the Sun family, but why did Lü Meng have a flash of inspiration after reading it and became the all-round civil and military governor of Eastern Wu? There are many descendants of the Sun family, but none of them have achieved anything like Lu Meng.

Second, it is Lü Meng's battle of crossing the river in white. According to the records of historical records, the crossing of the river in white clothes was a surprise attack, and according to the strength of Eastern Wu at that time, it was impossible to mobilize a large army to besiege Jingzhou. Lü Meng relied on infantry alone to break through Jingzhou, which had a beacon tower, and faced the Jingzhou army, which was stronger than himself. The description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is very magical, as if a surprise attack solved the defense line of Jingzhou. (According to the historical records at the time, the army that crossed the river in white was only a few thousand people, and it was able to attack the city and break it continuously!) ）

"Annoyance Army? Looks like another interesting opponent! After listening to Shi Xie's explanation, Lu Rui narrowed his eyes, is it another Yellow Turban Lux? (To be continued......)

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