Cao Cao's hand paused slightly, and then smiled: "Liu Qi is also a hero in the world, and he congratulates him for his merits in begging Xianhu, and he will never do this...... Alas, I almost missed a big thing! ”

Suddenly remembered that the letter had not yet been written, so he put the pineapple cake back, hurriedly wrote it with a pen, and handed it to Yang Xiu and instructed: "Since Liu Qi has a congratulatory gift, Dezu can go to Fei to return the gift first, and then go to see Sun Quan in the name of filial piety. ”

Yang Xiu stepped forward and took it: "Come and don't be rude, and your subordinates also have this intention." ”

Cao Cao nodded slightly, paused and wrote a line of words, put it on the brocade box, and ordered everyone to go to rest and turn back to the back hall.

Cao Chunzheng stepped forward to throw away the brocade box, and when he saw the words on it, he wondered: "What does this mean?" ”

Everyone was about to disperse, and when they heard the words, they all came over, but they saw the three words "Yihe Crisp" written on the brocade box, and they were all puzzled.

When he was guessing, he saw Yang Xiu laughing, and he actually stepped forward to open the brocade box, divided it with a silver spoon, and fed one to his mouth.

Cao Chun wanted to stop it too late, and reproached: "Dezu is too bold, not afraid that this crisp is poisonous?" ”

Yang Xiulang laughed loudly: "Liu Qi gave a gift to congratulate Jingbian's merits, this is a state affair, poisoning the heroes, this is not a gentleman's doing!" ”

Cao Chun saw that what he said was similar to Cao Cao, and seeing that the color of the silver spoon was as usual, he couldn't help but believe it a little more, and still complained: "Even so, this is a gift from Liu Qi to the king, and Dezu should not be split privately." ”

Yang Xiu pointed to the note and said with a smile: "The king has already made an order, this crisp is a reward for us, how dare Xiu disobey the order?" ”

Cao Chun frowned and said, "How do you explain this?" ”

Yang Xiu picked up the note and turned around in front of everyone, and said with a smile: "King Mingshu: one person has a mouthful of crisp." If you don't let down the king's kindness! ”

"Oh, I see!" Cao Hong's eyes lit up, licked his lips and took a piece first, nodded while eating: "Not bad, it tastes great!" ”

Everyone was curious, and they stepped forward to eat, and in a blink of an eye, there was only an empty box left, and then the aftertaste was reluctant to leave.

Cao Cao turned back to the back hall, and suddenly felt that he was sorry not to eat pineapple crisp, no matter what the taste was, it was made by Sun Shangxiang himself, since Liu Qi was determined to be in the world, how could he openly poison and be scolded by the world?

The more I thought about it, the more I felt pity, and ordered someone to go to the lobby to get the food box, but I saw Cao Chun returning with the empty box, and told him that he had just finished sharing the food with everyone.

Cao Cao's face sank, and he said unhappily: "This is a lonely thing from Liu Qi, how can you split it privately?" ”

Cao Chun said Yang Xiu's explanation of the words on the box, and praised: "This son is really smart, he can understand the prime minister's mind, and his wisdom is probably comparable to Guo Fengxiao!" ”

"Young man, ......" Cao Cao sighed, and there was no joy or anger on his face.

Just now, he wanted the guards to taste a piece first, and then enjoy it with everyone if there was no abnormality, and then laugh at them for failing to see through their cleverness, in order to show their quick thinking, but when he thought that Yang Xiu could see his mind, they were all divided.

If Guo Jia really did this, he would naturally be happy in his heart and feel like a bosom friend, but when Yang Xiu first arrived, he pretended to be smart, and he couldn't help but feel disgusted.

Looking at the empty brocade box, Cao Cao took a deep breath: "How does the pineapple cake taste?" ”

Cao Chun smiled: "Soft and sweet, I have never encountered it in my life." ”

Seeing Cao Chun smashing his mouth and seeming to have an endless aftertaste, Cao Cao became more and more remorseful, and sighed: "That was done by Mrs. Sun herself." ”

Yang Xiu first entered the official career, high-spirited, did not know that he had violated Cao Cao's taboo, and left the barracks on the day he received the gift, and rushed to Hefei to see Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was in charge of Jingzhou at the age of eighteen, Nanyang was powerful in the first war, and he was able to do anything, and in just three or five years, he took Yizhou and Dingguanzhong, and he had already become a model for young people, and Yang Xiu had long wanted to meet him.

And this time he went out with Cao Cao, Yang Xiu also guessed that he was jealous, and even more in order to contain his old father Yang Biao.

Since Zhong Xuan and Xun Yu rebelled against Cao Xianghan, Cao Pi no longer trusted any foreign ministers, especially Yang Biao, who accompanied the old ministers, and they were closely monitored.

After Cao Cao returned to the court, he ascended to the throne of Wei, and then sent his three daughters, Cao Xian, Cao Jie and Cao Hua, into the palace and hired them as nobles, the purpose of which is self-evident.

Yecheng was already in turmoil, so Yang Xiu took the initiative to invite Ying to Jiangdong, not just to show himself, he had another secret that no one knew, and he wanted to take the opportunity to meet Liu Qi privately to discuss important matters.

Who knew that when he was leaving, Liu Qi congratulated him, and Cao Cao ordered him to return the gift, which was really sleepy and had a pillow, so it saved a lot of trouble, and he could go to see Liu Qi openly, and he couldn't help but sigh that the heavens were clear, if there was divine help.

Yang Xiu couldn't help but feel excited, and looked up to the sky and muttered: "If everything is really the will of heaven, it shows that Han Zuo is not right!" ”

In less than a day, when I arrived at the Hefei camp, I saw the warships shuttling back and forth on the Feishui, and the cities and camps on both sides of the strait were built, and the Wu army was training in full swing and murderous.

When Yang Xiu arrived at the mansion, he saw a Confucian general waiting surrounded by soldiers, with soft armor on his body, a sword hanging from his waist, and he was extraordinary, guessing that it was Liu Qi.

There is no need to introduce, Yang Xiu hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Minister Yang Xiu is ordered by the prime minister to meet General Liu!" ”

Liu Qi had already gotten the news, and when he saw Yang Xiu calling Cao Cao with an official title, and claiming to be Hanchen, he couldn't help nodding secretly, and said politely: "Mr. Jiuwen is erudite and talented, when I see it today, my temperament is really out of the dust, Your Majesty and the old lady are all right?" ”

"Thank you, my father Antai!" Yang Xiu saw that Liu Qi only asked the Son of Heaven and did not ask Cao Cao, and he was secretly happy in his heart, and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty is in good health, and I hope that the general will face the saint as soon as possible and talk about the pain of parting." ”

"Since Luoyang, it has been more than ten years, and the minister has missed the Son of Heaven for a long time!" Liu Qi also sighed, seeing that there was an entourage behind him, it was inconvenient to say more, so he invited Yang Xiu and his party to enter the mansion.

The palace has already set up a banquet, accompanied by Jiangdong celebrities Zhuge Jin and Kan Ze, although Yang Xiu is not very old, but he came on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and the number of etiquette cannot be lacking, and those entourages are arranged to rest in the side hall.

During the banquet, he said something that was not salty or light, and after three rounds of drinking, Yang Xiu said bluntly: "In the next place, I will be ordered to go to Jiangdong to mourn Wu Guotai, I don't know if the general can do it conveniently?" ”

Liu Qi smiled lightly: "The Cao family and the Sun family are originally good as Qin and Jin, and it is natural to mourn, this is a matter of humanity, how can it not be allowed?" ”

Yang Xiu's eyes were slightly cold, and he asked slowly: "The general is not afraid that I will meet Sun Quan in private, and there will be extraneous branches?" ”

"Extraneous branches?" Liu Qi's expression did not move, he looked at Zhuge Jin and the others and said with a smile: "Liu has always been upright and upright, worthy of his heart, and he is entrusted by Marquis Wu to lead Jiangdong on his behalf, what are you afraid of?" ”

Zhuge Jin nodded and said: "The matter of Jiangdong is agreed between Wu Hou and us, Mr. is a smart person, don't believe the rumors." ”

Yang Xiu snorted slightly, paused the wine glass on the table, the wine splashed out, and said in a deep voice: "What if you go to see Sun Quan on the order of Prime Minister Cao?" ”

Liu Qi's hand holding vegetables paused slightly, and laughed: "Mr. is only three or five cups drunk after eating, picking up vegetables!" ”