Geng Ji saw that Zhao Shu agreed to come down, but he didn't dare to stay, for fear of suspicion, so he got up and said goodbye. But he suddenly heard Cao Xiu shouting outside the room: "Sir, can you get the official document?" Then he pushed the door in, and saw that Zhao Shu and Geng Ji were both empty-handed, and couldn't help but be suspicious, and asked, "Where is the official document?" ”

Zhao Shu and Geng Ji were both shocked, and they didn't know how to answer, and they saw Rong Er walking in with a piece of paper and saying, "Mr. is so careless, he actually left the official document in the bedroom, but how can I find it here?" Zhao Shu glanced at her gratefully, slapped his forehead and said, "It turned out that this is the case, I have been looking for a long time." He was about to reach out to pick it up, but Cao Xiu stopped him from the middle, took it first, looked at it carefully, and then handed it to Geng Ji, and said with a smile: "Why bother Mr. Zhao for some small things?" Geng Ji also hurriedly said: "What the general said is, no wonder Lord Zhao didn't take it to heart. Then he took his leave. Cao Xiu looked at Zhao Shu with a very unhappy expression, and hurriedly laughed and said goodbye.

Zhao Shu waited for Cao Xiu to walk away, and then slowed down his face, and turned to Rong'er and said, "It's thanks to your cleverness, otherwise I will be suspected by Cao Cao again." Thank you so much. Rong'er smiled and said: "Mr. rescued me from Cao Chun's hands, and I didn't thank you, why should Mr. say thank you?" Zhao Shu nodded, carefully looked at her weak body, and suddenly asked, "Are you really the assassin of that night?" Rong'er's face changed greatly, and she said, "Why did Mr. say this?" ”

Zhao Shu saw that she was very scared, and hurriedly said: "I'm just asking casually, I don't take it seriously." Rong'er patted her chest slightly and said with a sigh of relief: "Mr. scared me to death." Then he added: "If there is no other command, I will withdraw." Zhao Shu looked at the back of Rong'er leaving, and couldn't believe that such a weak woman would kill people with a sword.

However, a few days later, Cao Cao ordered everyone to gather in the Wei Palace, saying that Cao Hong urgently reported that Liu Bei personally led a large army to invade Hanzhong, and wanted to lead the army to discuss and ask everyone's opinions. Jia Xu still stood up and objected: "General Hanzhong Zilian, General Miaocai, and General Junyi have no less than 100,000 troops, and even if Liu Bei is in person, he may not be able to win." The prime minister can order a general to lead the army to support, how can the body of a daughter be moved lightly? ”

Zhao Shu got up and persuaded Xu Shu according to Xu Shu's meaning: "The prime minister is mighty, since he has been courting Dong Zhuo, he will go to the war in person." Now Liu Bei has come with a large army, but the prime minister is not in person, but he is afraid that everyone in the world will say that the prime minister is afraid of Liu Bei. Cao Cao is the lord of martial arts, in the decades of war, all the big battles are personally experienced, listening to him say this, laughed and said: "What Jingwei said is extremely true. Determined to be alone, he personally sent troops to Hanzhong to compete with Liu Bei Xiaoer. ”

All the generals stood up and said in unison: "The prime minister is mighty. ”

Cao Cao laughed heartily and said: "The lone army is on an expedition to Hanzhong, afraid of Lü Meng, Guan Yu and disturbing the rear, there is trouble Zhongda, Yuan Zhi will lead a military horse to Wancheng Tunzha tomorrow, so that Lone has no worries." Xu Shu's face was slightly shocked, and he excused himself: "Shu has been unwell recently, and I am afraid that I will not be able to travel far." Cao Cao was slightly displeased, frowned, and said: "The affairs of this country, Wangyuan will not resign." Xu Shu had no choice but to accept the order. Zhao Shu originally wanted to go to Hanzhong with Cao Cao, but he didn't want Cao Cao to stay with Cao Chun to defend Xuchang, and with Xiahou Dun as the front vanguard, the army chose to set off.

The next day, Xu Shu and Sima Yi led troops to Wancheng first. Zhao Shu guessed that Cao Cao also saw that Xu Shu was a little wrong, so he simply let him and another person with bad intentions together, which could not only squeeze their talents, but also supervise and restrain each other. It's just that after Xu Shu left, Zhao Shu couldn't go to Hanzhong, how would he contact Xichuan?

Rong'er brought Geng Ji to meet him again, and Zhao Shu saw that Cao Xiu was also on the side, and couldn't ask anything else, just treated each other normally. Geng Ji took out several official documents and submitted them, and asked Zhao Shu to handle the ruling. Zhao Shu looked at Cao Xiu and always glanced at the official document intentionally or unintentionally, knowing that Geng Ji would not come with anything out of the ordinary in person, so he smiled and said: "I am deeply troubled by these trivial matters, why don't you do it for the general?" ”

Although Cao Xiu said repeatedly: "Don't dare." But he took the official documents one by one, and after checking that there was nothing suspicious, he said to Geng Ji again: "If there are some small things, don't trouble Mr. Zhao." Geng Ji took the opportunity to say with a straight face: "The lower official position is lowly and the position is light, but I don't dare to overstep my responsibilities." Cao Xiuzhi was talking about himself, his face was slightly red, and he hurriedly handed the official document back to Zhao Shu, and said, "Since this is the case, I would like to ask Mr. to decide." After Zhao Shu took it, he just took a casual look, then returned it to Geng Ji, and said, "These things will be done according to your ideas." Geng Ji agreed and got up to say goodbye, Cao Xiu saw him go out, and he didn't want to stay for a long time, so he followed out under the pretext of sending him off.

is always watched like this, and Zhao Shu feels bored when he returns to the room. Rong'er walked in cautiously, took out a letter, and said, "This is what Master Geng asked me to hand over to Mr. just now." "It turns out that after Rong'er helped forge an official document last time, Geng Ji actually regarded her as his own. Zhao Shu had to shake his head and smile bitterly, fortunately, Rong'er did not have malicious intent, otherwise so many people's lives would not be guaranteed.

After reading Geng Ji's letter, Zhao Shucai finally remembered where his name appeared in the Three Kingdoms, his face was terrified, and he said in his heart, this is too risky. Seeing that his face had changed, Rong'er asked, "Why is Sir so panicked?" Zhao Shu naturally shook his head and didn't answer, Rong'er asked again and again, and finally suddenly said, "Mr. doesn't believe me?" Unfortunately, I have read this letter. ”

Zhao Shu was even more frightened and half dead, looking at Rong'er vigilantly, but listening to her again: "Sir, don't worry, I will never betray Mr." Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and immediately smiled again: "I almost forgot, you assassinated Cao Cao, so naturally you won't tell him." Rong'er looked as usual this time, and replied: "I knew that Mr. had already guessed, and there was no need to hide it, the assassin that night was indeed me." I only hate the old thief and leans on the sword of the sky. While speaking, he saw Zhao Shu looking at him intently, and regained his daughter's shyness, bowed his head and said, "Why do you keep looking at me?" ”

Zhao Shu sighed silently in his heart, at this moment, Rong'er changed from a servant girl to this moment, but immediately changed from an assassin to a shy girl, no wonder he could deceive himself for so long, and he stupidly said what to guarantee with his life. Seeing that he still didn't speak, Rong'er reached out and gently pushed it, and said, "What are you doing?" Zhao Shu came back to his senses, and sighed again: "Conquest and killing, intrigue and trickery are originally a man's business, you are a weak woman, why bother to get involved." ”

Rong'er bowed her head and was silent, and only replied in a half-loud voice: "The old thief is my father's enemy, how can he not take revenge?" Zhao Shu looked at her, although he felt that his courage was commendable, but Cao Cao was surrounded by a group of guards, and even the inseparable Xu Chu was not something that ordinary generals could deal with, let alone the person in front of him?