King Gongsun woke up the next day and was taken to the hall of the palace, Zhuge Liang sat in the hall, and Huang Zhong, Wei Yan and others stood behind him with their arms crossed, fierce and vicious.

Chen Zhen took an IOU to King Gongsun and introduced the contents on it: palace jade liquor, one hundred and eighty glasses. A glass of wine is a penny, a jar and three buckets, a total of 100,000 yuan.

King Gongsun looked at the IOU, completely dumbfounded, and was locked in a cell after waking up, thinking that he would definitely die, but he was thinking about how to live, and he thought of many words, but he became a debtor.

Zhuge Liang looked at the stunned King Gongsun, shook his feather fan and said with a smile: "Although the king said yesterday that this wine was worth one thousand eight, General Liu has always done things fairly, and he will never sit on the ground and start the price. The king ate a jar, more than 100,000, this 100,000 is to see that the king is a guest from afar, except for the price of a fraction, it is very reasonable, right? ”

"A jar of wine for 100,000?" King Gongsun gritted his teeth and said: "One hundred thousand kings can form a cavalry of five thousand people, you owe money, fraud!" ”

Huang Zhongyan said: "Yesterday, the king ate wine, and the old man still reminded him, isn't this wine worth one hundred and eighteen? ”

"This ......" King Gongsun remembered the taste of the wine, and swallowed his saliva unconsciously, "It's worth it, but it's ......"

Wei Yanli shouted: "Since ancient times, killing people to pay for their lives, and repaying debts, you are the dignified king of Mobei, do you still want to repay your debts?" ”

King Gongsun's mind was blank, he completely forgot where he was, and said, "But I...... I'm penniless now. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "The king doesn't have to worry, it's not a moment to repay the debt, as long as the king admits the account and stays in our army to serve, he has his own money, and he can also receive meritorious rewards." There are clear rewards and punishments in our army, and with the king's ability, a mere 100,000 yuan is not much. ”

"Really?" King Gongsun was desperate to survive, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had already thought about surrendering to avoid death, but he didn't expect this Zhuge Liang to do things differently, and hurriedly asked: "If I stay in the army, will I still have this wine to drink?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and smiled: "That's natural, the people in our army, the preferential price is only eighty yuan!" ”

"Great, I do!" King Gongsun was overjoyed and pressed his handprint without thinking.

Zhuge Liang said again: "If you want to eat and drink, you need to repay the debt first, and the other 100,000 yuan will be charged with interest, 1,000 per month." ”

"Still collecting interest?" King Gongsun was stunned and said: "This king has surrendered, can't he be regarded as his own family?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "We have a saying in the Central Plains since ancient times: brothers, settle accounts. This is an account of the army, and it is inconvenient for us to reduce it for the king. ”

Wei Yan shouted angrily: "The military advisor spared you from death, it is already extraordinarily gracious, you don't know how to lift?" ”

"That's it!" King Gongsun could only grit his teeth and accept his fate.

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and sighed: "The king has traveled to Mobei and laid down a great reputation, if you bargain for a small profit, this matter will spread to Mobei and even Ding Ling, and the king's reputation will be ruined." ”

King Gongsun was shocked, he entered the Central Plains with Cao Cao this time, just to make a name for himself, if he had a bad reputation, he would be able to pay it back, and asked anxiously: "I don't know how to reward your army for killing the enemy?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Kill the enemy's first 100 yuan, behead the general captain and above 5,000, and the general 10,000 ......."

"Quickly give the order to send troops!" King Gongsun clenched his fists and roared, "I'm going to fight ten!" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The king is a little restless, I will allow the king to take a rest, the interest will be calculated after half a month, the banquet has been set up in the camp, and the king will be shocked by the wind, please!" ”

Gongsun Wang was overjoyed, and was about to turn around to leave, when he suddenly turned around and said vigilantly: "You don't charge money for this wine, right?" ”

Huang Zhong had already strode over and laughed: "The king doesn't have to worry, the wine and food in the army are all public/money, eat and drink as you like." ”

"Let's go, let's go!" King Gongsun couldn't wait, and dragged Huang Zhong and ran out first.

Wei Yan shook his head and said suspiciously: "Although this person is brave, he is also a greedy and afraid of death, just bluff him, and then surrender obediently, why bother so much?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The Hu people are arrogant, good for profit and light on righteousness, and they have never been to the Central Plains. It is for the pleasure of living, capricious, today to me, tomorrow to Cao. Now driven by Eli, let him cherish his wings, be jealous, and naturally bow his head to his ears, this is the art of taming wolves as dogs! ”

"The military advisor is smart!" Wei Yan was greatly impressed.

……

Zhang Liao returned to Xuchang from Guandu, and saw that the originally compact palace had become empty, and sighed in his heart, and for some reason remembered the situation when he was in Chang'an.

The county commander rushed to hear the news and hurriedly said: "Guan Yu is proud of his temperament, the Central Plains is fierce, and he will not retreat even if he breaks his arm, it must be a fraud, why did the general abandon the official crossing?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "Guan Yu's most important reputation, if he loses an arm, he can no longer fight, it is no different from death, this is an expedient measure, a certain has been investigated clearly, don't worry about the government." ”

Man Chongyan said: "If Guan Yu does not return to Jingzhou, he will lie in the territory of Yingchuan, how is it good?" ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "Zhang Wei is still staying in Xuchang, which shows that what he said is true, this person is Xiahou Zilin's confidant, will the prime minister's son-in-law still deceive people?" ”

Full Favor persuaded: "That Zhang Wei appeared from Xiangyang, it seems to help me, but in fact, it has repeatedly made big mistakes. ”

"This person's identity doesn't matter anymore!" Zhang Liao shook his head slightly, and said angrily: "Xuchang is like a tired egg, only by taking back Kunyang can Guan Yu's momentum be stopped, otherwise he will be restrained everywhere, but he will just sit back and wait to die, and the only way to break the situation is to fight against the water." ”

Man Chong also knew that the situation was unfavorable, and when he saw that Zhang Liao had the heart to fight to the death, he no longer persuaded him, allocated money, food and weapons, and set out to Kunyang on the same day.

Although Guan Yu was injured and retreated, Xuchang has been transferred from the imperial capital to the front-line position, and the people in the city are still unstable.

After Cao Pi moved the capital, he moved to Hebei along with the families of hundreds of officials, and many palaces and mansions in Xuchang were allocated to the children of various clans to live.

Xiahou Nan won the east courtyard of the palace and the general's mansion because of his merits, and after Xiahou Nan was promoted by Cao Cao, he moved into the general's mansion, but Xiahou Nan went out with the army, and his wife only lived in the backyard, and the huge vestibule became a place for birds and beasts to spend the winter.

In the spring day, the families are basking in the sun under the porch of the front yard, watching the sparrows chirping and bickering under the trees, bored.

At this moment, suddenly the courtyard door was forcibly knocked open, and the loud sound startled the sparrows to fly up and disappear behind the eaves.

"Who is bold?" The family members got up and shouted angrily.

Although there are few people in the house, this is the residence of Xiahoudun's eldest son and Cao Cao's son-in-law, who dares to break in rashly?

Before the words fell, they saw a group of errand soldiers, and surrounded the front yard without saying anything, although they were not soldiers, but the family members saw this costume, their faces changed greatly, and they did not dare to shout anymore, and stood aside obediently.

Although the status of these errand servants is not high, but the Xuchang County Order is full of favor, but they are well-known cool officials, strict law enforcement, and deeply trusted by Cao Cao, and their authority is even higher than that of Tingwei.

In the middle of the queue, a person came out with his hands in his hands, not tall, with a thin face, a pair of triangular eyes swept over everyone, and the family members were chilled as if they had been beaten by frost.

"Where is Zhang Wei?"