Chapter 70: Bestowing Favors and Winning People's Hearts
The next day, as soon as Zhao Shu got up and finished breakfast, he heard the sound of carriages and horses outside the pavilion, and a large group of people and horses were coming, and then he heard the post man shouting outside: "The little official greets the prime minister." Even if Cao Cao came in person, Zhao Shu had to go out of the room to greet him. Not in the barracks, Cao Cao was even more amiable, and without waiting for Zhao Shu to come forward to salute, he said first: "I woke up today and heard that Mr. Wen was resting in the post house last night, and he was really uneasy, so he came to visit." ”
These words are nothing more than to win himself over, and Zhao Shu can only say thank you regardless of his sincerity. Cao Cao grabbed Zhao Shu again, walked out hand in hand, and said, "I have ordered someone to prepare a house for Mr. in the city, and Mr. can go with me to have a look." After saying that, he took him with him and drove away.
is not exclusive to Cao Cao and Zhao Shu, and the so-called "traitors in troubled times" are just high-profile songs that imperial orthodoxy loves. If he met Cao Cao first, if there was no Huang Zhong as his father-in-law, if there was no Guan Feng as his lover, Zhao Shu would not hesitate to choose to be sincerely loyal to Cao Cao, after all, history clearly told him that only Cao Wei had the strength to dominate the world. But now Zhao Shu has more concerns, so he has no choice but to deal with prevarication.
When the car came to a big mansion, it was already full of people kneeling outside the door, and when the carriage stopped, they all said in unison: "Welcome Prime Minister, Mr. Zhao." Since Zhao Shu returned to the Three Kingdoms, what he hated the most was the life of landlords with groups of servants. The residence that Liu Bei sent was only taken care of by some of Huang Zhong's henchmen, but now Cao Cao has sent a bigger mansion and more servants and maids, and Zhao Shu is really a little unbearable.
Cao Cao didn't know Zhao Shu's thoughts, but his face was proud, in this era, who doesn't love beautiful houses and good fields, and who doesn't want to have a group of wives and concubines? Zhao Shu walked around the mansion with Cao Cao, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised. This house has pavilions, exotic flowers and plants, rockery fish ponds, everything, almost the best that can be done in this era. Liu Bei showed the world with benevolence and righteousness, and the mansion of General Zuo was also very simple, and all the generals under him followed suit, in Chengdu, Zhao Shu, a mansion like Jingzhou, was never seen. Even if Sun Quan's Wuhou Mansion is more majestic than this mansion, it is far less exquisite and comfortable than this mansion.
Cao Cao also saw the surprise on Zhao Shu's face, he also wanted to achieve such a goal, he sat on the Central Plains, all he needed was talents, and as for the jewelry field, he would not be stingy at all. Looking at the courtyard of the house, it was already noon, and Cao Cao and Zhao Shu were eating in the pavilion in the center of the fish pond in the backyard. The rare and peculiar smell is incomparably rich, so that Zhao Shu also has a great appetite after feasting his eyes.
Cao Cao just looked at him with a smile and asked, "Is Sir satisfied here?" Zhao Shu sighed heartily: "This house is exquisite, I am afraid that it is rare in the world." ”
Cao Cao laughed loudly and said: "It's not my big words, except for the palace, there is probably no one in the world who can stand out." He glanced at Zhao Shu again and said, "Since Mr. is satisfied, you can settle down here today." "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, what Zhao Shu plans to do is to eat and drink together, and to have such superior environmental conditions, I really can't think of a reason to refuse.
Cao Cao was also very happy when he saw him agree, and asked people to bring fine wine and wine, and enjoyed the fish and drank in the pavilion. Zhao Shu suddenly remembered Xu Shu's words, and asked: "The general of Shu's defeated army, the prime minister is so favorable, but he doesn't know Mr. Wenhe's clever calculation, how can the prime minister be rewarded?" Cao Cao's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile: "Although Wen He is a god, he is old. The warp and weft are in their prime, and the future is limitless. Zhao Shu observed carefully, and couldn't see the slightest flaw, so he had to give up humbly.
After drinking a few more cups, Cao Cao suddenly said: "Today, I heard news from Chengdu, but I am afraid that it will not be true, and I personally sent someone to investigate." Zhao Shu knew that it must be Huang Zhong's death, but he pretended not to know and asked, "I don't know what the news is?" Cao Cao didn't answer and asked: "I heard that Huang Zhong, General Huang is the father-in-law of Mr., I don't know if it's true?" Seeing Zhao Shu nodding, he asked again: "What is the relationship between the two?" ”
Zhao Shu deliberately misunderstood his meaning, and said: "Although Shu and his father-in-law are the same biological son. But the father-in-law is loyal to the emperor's uncle and will not betray him because of Shu, "Then he said gloomily: "Now that Shu is the prime minister, I am afraid that I will not be able to see my father-in-law again in the future." Cao Cao saw that the relationship between the two was indeed very good, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, but how dare he show the slightest hint on his face? Instead, he said sadly: "Mr. misunderstood." Today, there was news from Chengdu that Liu Bei had removed General Huang from prison because of his defection. ”
Zhao Shu still pretended not to know, and said: "The righteous father is loyal and righteous, and the imperial uncle is benevolent, but he is angry for a while, and he will be released in a few days." Cao Cao was surprised and said, "Mr. values Liu Xuande so much? Zhao Shu smiled lightly: "Shu and Uncle Huang have a sincere relationship, and they will not harm my father-in-law because of this." Cao Cao nodded and said, "Xuande may not have this intention, but Mr. is expected to miss General Huang." He looked at Zhao Shu again and said slowly: "General Huang was humiliated in prison and hanged himself. ”
Zhao Shu had been waiting for his words for a long time, and immediately shouted: "Hurt me." He fell to the ground unconscious. Officialdom is the largest film and television school, and it is true that Zhao Shu has been rolling for several years, pretending to be dead, pretending to be dizzy, and pretending to cry. Cao Cao didn't see the flaw at all, and hurriedly asked people to save him.
The guard Xu Zhu was the first to rush forward and pinched Zhao Shuren's middle so hard that he almost knocked out his two front teeth. Zhao Shu couldn't bear the pain, so he could only "wake up leisurely", and cried and scolded: "Liu Xuande, you are so vicious!" Cao Cao motioned for Xu Zhu to help him sit down, and said with relief: "This matter is still a rumor and cannot be confirmed. I have sent someone to Chengdu to investigate, and I will get the exact news in ten days. Sir also mourn and take care. Zhao Shu didn't answer, but just kept crying. Cao Cao saw that he couldn't be comforted, and what he should have said had been said, so he got up and said goodbye, and didn't want Zhao Shu to send him off, and took Xu Zhu and others away.
Although Cao Cao was temporarily deceived, Zhao Shu didn't dare to be careless at all, there were more than 100 mouths up and down in this mansion, weren't they all Cao Cao's eyeliner? Zhao Shu couldn't help but admire who offered Liu Bei this strategy, which made Cao Cao immediately lose a little suspicion of himself. Just wait for him to seek truth after his righteous father "dies", he should trust himself more.
In order to express the grief in his heart, Zhao Shu ordered his subordinates to bring a few jars of fine wine, and drank it without saying a word. Of course, it was to drink a bowl of wine, and then scold Liu Bei, and he looked very good. Zhao Shu was not bad at drinking in later generations, and when he returned to the Three Kingdoms, he often had a banquet with Guan Ping and drank heavily, and the amount of alcohol increased greatly over time. A jar of wine was in his stomach, although Zhao Shu was still relatively sober, he pretended to be drunk. When the servants on the left and right saw it, they hurriedly carried him back to the bedroom, and faintly heard someone whispering: "Go and tell the prime minister." ”
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