When he woke up, a lot of rumors suddenly popped up in Wancheng, and the target was directly aimed at him, General Cao Xincao.

There are rumors that Cao Xin led his troops to surround Zhang Xiu's mansion, forcibly took away the great beauty Mrs. Zou, and brought it home to humiliate him in public.

There are also rumors that Zhang Xiu was ready to dedicate Mrs. Zou to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, but was robbed by General Cao Xin, a hungry ghost in the middle of the road, and did not care about Prime Minister Cao Cheng's face at all, and said that Cao Xin, like Lu Bu, was born with a rebellious head and wolf ambitions, and in the future, he will inevitably backstab Prime Minister Cao Cheng for the sake of beauty like Lu Bu did with Dong Zhuo.

......

Gossip and disturbances.

Cao Xin sneered and said to Liao Hua, "Yuan Jian, if you go to General Zhang's mansion, just say that Mrs. Zou is all right with me, let them not worry, and don't believe the rumors, I, Cao Ziyu, am not that kind of person." ”

"This... General, many people heard about what happened last night, hundreds of people, and they couldn't hide it. ”

Liao Hua scratched his forehead and said.

"Hehe, general, we are men, we will do it, we dare not admit it."

Li laughed evilly.

"Get out!"

Cao Xin glared at the two of them, "Last night was fake, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to stop Cao Hong, so I played with Liniang and made Cao Hong die, do you think I'm so?" ”

"Yes!"

Liao Hua and Li nodded in unison.

"Fuck off!"

Driving away the two, Cao Xin rode to the City Lord's Mansion to explain last night's incident to Boss Cao, so as not to misunderstand Boss Cao.

"Sixth general, don't wait, the prime minister said he didn't want to see you."

The housekeeper came out and said.

"Steward Cao, if you spread the word again, you will say that I have an important military announcement."

Cao Xin took out a piece of gold cake and stuffed it to the butler.

"Sixth General, don't dare to be this one."

The steward waved his hand and said softly, "Sixth General, the old man didn't sleep well last night, and the old problem of headache was committed again, and when he got up in the morning, he drank porridge and burned his mouth, and he smashed his rice bowl in anger, and he was angry, do you want to come back another day?" ”

"Not necessarily."

Cao Xin threw the golden cake to the steward, walked to the steps and yelled into the courtyard,

"Big brother, are you there? Don't listen to Cao Zilian's bastard nonsense, last night, that bastard Wang Balamb surrounded the mansion of General Yangwei with two hundred armor soldiers, and smashed open the door of the house and snatched away the elders who were guarding filial piety, big brother, do you say this is a human thing?

No, animals don't do such unconscionable things.

What's even more infuriating is that that bastard Wang Balamb said that he was ordered by you to go to the Yangwei General's Mansion to rob women.

I laughed at the time, eldest brother, you have always been a representative of good men in my heart, loyal to several sisters-in-law, never messing with flowers and grass, bullying men and women, how can a good man like big brother send someone to rob the women of other families? This is absolutely impossible.

Big brother, am I right, if you think I'm right, come out and say something. ”

Cao Xin yelled.

"Sixth general, my sixth general, don't shout, stop shouting."

Steward Cao and several guards were on the side to dissuade him again and again.

Cao Xin waved his hand, "While staying, the prime minister just said that he couldn't see me, and he didn't say that he didn't want to listen to my voice, I don't believe you can ask again." ”

Without waiting for a few people to stop him, Cao Xin continued to shout, "Big brother, you didn't answer me, but you acquiesced?" ”

"Poof~"

In the courtyard hall, Cao Cao was drinking tea, and his lips were burned again, and the blisters on the upper skin of his mouth became even redder.

"This bastard!"

Cao Cao slammed the teacup on the coffee table, flicked his sleeves angrily, and rolled them up on his arms.

"This bastard is too unusual, not to mention whether Cao Hong was ordered or not, but he didn't wait for his own order and intercepted people back without authorization, which is too unruly."

Cao Cao slapped the table hard, and his hands hurt.

On the lower seat, Cheng Yu gritted his back molars and tried not to smile, he was professional. And the main Bo Maoyu took advantage of the time between drinking tea and laughed fiercely a few times.

"The prime minister is angry!"

Cheng Yu shook the white feather fan and said, "Yesterday, it was indeed General Zilian who forcibly smashed open General Yangwei's mansion and threatened Zhang Xiu with force to ask him to hand him over. ”

"But it's true that Mrs. Zou took the initiative to come to see her true appearance."

Cao Cao said with a dark face and unconcernedly, "In addition, although Zilian's approach is a bit radical, it can also suppress Zhang Xiu's prestige and let our army accelerate the reorganization of the Xiliang Army." Cao Ziyu didn't understand anything, so he interfered indiscriminately and messed up the plan. ”

"Prime Minister, the six generals don't know our plans, those who don't know are not guilty, and the six generals are friendly with General Yangwei, seeing that General Yangwei's family has an accident, it is righteous to come forward, and the six generals value love and righteousness, which is a good thing for the prime minister, and I congratulate the prime minister."

Mao Jue clenched his fists and said.

Cao Cao pinched his beard and nodded.

"Big brother, are you listening?"

Outside, Cao Xin continued to shout, "Big brother, the relationship between our army and the Wancheng army has been very tense recently, and if you are not careful, something will happen, and Cao Hong's bastard is still doing nonsense outside, maliciously intensifying the contradiction between our army and the Wancheng army, resulting in constant conflicts between the two sides."

Prime Minister, the last general suggested to kill Cao Hong, use his head to resolve the contradiction between the two armies, and strangle the riot in the cradle. ”

"Cao Ziyu! Take your life!! ”

Cao Hong's roar suddenly came from outside.

"The prime minister is not good, General Hong and the sixth general have fought."

The butler ran in and said.

Cao Cao's face darkened, "Call those two bastards in." ”

"Yes, Prime Minister!"

Soon Cao Xin and Cao Hong walked in, with fire and evil on their faces, and they were terrifying.

"Prime Minister...."

As soon as Cao Xin spoke, he saw Cao Hong slipping and kneeling, slipped to the middle of the hall, hugged Cao Cao's legs and shouted, "Prime Minister, Cao Xin, this thief is born with backbones, wolf ambitions, and if he stays for a long time, he will bring disaster. ”

Cao Xin was stunned for a moment and laughed, "I'm born rebellious? My wolf ambition? Cao Zilian, you are really a thief who bites into the bone. ”

Cao Cao shook his head, "Zilian, you let go of your true appearance first, and say something slowly." ”

"Prime Minister, you forgot about Dong Zhuo Lu Bu."

Cao Hong suddenly shouted, "Lu Bu is a woman, ignoring filial piety and kindness, and assassinating Dong Zhuo. And Cao Ziyu is also a woman, openly disobeying the prime minister's orders, insulting the prime minister's woman in front of us and others, such disloyal, unrighteous and shameless people, how different is it from Lu Bu's disciples? ! ”

"Cao Hong, you shut up the prime minister!"

Cao Cao kicked Cao Hong over, pointed at his nose and scolded, "Don't talk nonsense, Ziyu is definitely not that kind of person." ”

Cao Hong's eyes rolled, and he got up and arched his hand, "Prime Minister, I also believe that Cao Ziyu is not that kind of person, just like when Lu Bu was still Lu Wenhou, he stood behind Dong Zhuo with a Fang Tian painting halberd, shocking the heroes of the world, at that time, Dong Zhuo's old thief regarded Lu Bu as a confidant and dared to hand over his back to him, but he didn't expect that one day Lu Bu would stab him from behind for the sake of a woman." The rut of the previous car and the lesson of the latter car. ”

"Shut up!"

Cao Cao blackened his face and smashed the tea bowl on Cao Hong, there was hot tea in the tea bowl, Cao Hong was hot and jumped on the spot, shaking his clothes while laughing,

"The prime minister is angry, and the last general promises that from now on, I will not say a word."

Cao Hong leaned against the door with his arms crossed, with a smug smile on his face.

Regardless of whether Cheng believes it or not, from now on, there will always be a nail in the prime minister's heart, and that nail is called Cao Xin, and the prime minister will never fully trust Cao Xin.

Cao Cao glared at him, and said to Cao Xin with a smile, "Ziyu, don't listen to that bastard's nonsense, we are brothers, and brothers will never doubt you." ”

Cao Xin arched his hand, "Thank you Cheng for believing in Ren, but Cao Hong, this thief, maliciously provoked the relationship between me and the prime minister, with sinister intentions, if the prime minister really does not doubt me, please ask the prime minister to allow the last general to kill this fang, in order to set the record straight." ”

"This.... Hey, I'm having a splitting headache, help me sit down. ”

Cao Cao covered his forehead and sat back on the chair with Mao Jue's support.

Cao Xin pursed the corners of his mouth, looked at Cao Hong and sneered, "Fat Cao, do you think your trick has succeeded?" ”

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Cao Hong's fat face still had smugness written on it.

Cao Xin shook his head, "Fat Cao, you made a mistake, my father is Mrs. Cao, not the prime minister, even if there is a dispute between me and the prime minister, it is also a brotherly wall, a family matter, inseparable relatives, don't you understand?" ”

"Humph! Are you closer than me? ”

Cao Hong disdains his face, he is Cao Cao's cousin, and he consciously compares himself to his righteous brother.

Cao Xin didn't argue with him about who was closer.

"Secondly, before I defected to the prime minister, I was a big thief between Qingxu and Xu, with more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in my hands, and thousands of elite soldiers, Yuan Shao, Tao Qian, Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei, successively recruited me, but I did not answer the call. After I rescued my father-in-law, I defected to the prime minister, who was suffering from the rebellion of Chen Gong Zhang Miao and others, and there were only three cities left under his command, including the city of annihilation. ”

"Ziyu, don't say it, Brother Wei has never doubted you."

Cao Cao stepped forward and grabbed his arm and said.

Cao Xin smiled lightly, "Thank you for believing in Ren, I'm talking, and it's unpleasant not to say something." Just now we talked about the three county seats, at that time, the prime minister had not yet welcomed back the Han Emperor, and he was only a Yanzhou pastor, and the official position he could give me was only a small Sima of other departments, eight ranks lower than the Zhendong general given by Yuan Shao. ”

Cao Cao's face darkened.

"I have been fighting in the east and west for more than three years, and I have made dozens of military exploits, but I have only become a miscellaneous general, and I am still three ranks away from General Zhendong, what do you think I am greedy for when I defect to the prime minister? Money? Beauty? Title? ”

Cao Xin looked at Cao Hong and asked.

Cao Hong did not answer.

"In addition, you compare me to Lu Bu, and you also compare Cheng to the brutal and unkind Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo is Dong Zhuo, and the prime minister is the prime minister, the two are different."

"Not bad!"

Cao Cao nodded in agreement.

"When Dong Zhuo bought Lu Bu, he gave the divine horse Chitu to Lu Bu, and the prime minister, although he had more than ten divine horses in his stable, such as Jueying, dark clouds and snow, and green jade lions, but after more than three years, the prime minister never gave me a good horse, and in terms of buying people's hearts, Cheng is far worse than Dong Zhuo."

Cao Cao's face darkened.

Next to him, Cheng Yu covered his face with a white feather fan, his shoulders kept shaking, and the main thin hairy man covered his face with both hands, almost laughing.

Cao Hong glared at Cao Xin, you are really shameless, you want to be an official for a while and a horse for a while.

Cao Xin ignored Cao Hong's eyes and said, "In addition..."

"Ziyu, it's almost time to eat lunch, why don't you eat first?"

Cao Cao was afraid that he would say something like a tiger and a wolf again, so he hurriedly interrupted.

"Don't be in a hurry, it's not too late to finish talking and then eating, it's all good things to say."

Cao Xin gave Cao Cao a look and asked him to relax.

Cao Cao nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Cao Xin continued, "In addition, don't forget that Cheng Cheng assassinated Dong Zhuo many years ago, will a warrior who dares to assassinate an evil dragon turn into an evil dragon in the end? I don't believe that the prime minister will become a cruel and unkind and unscrupulous Dong Zhuo. ”

"Yes, I will never become a lone husband like Dong Zhuo."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and nodded.

And Cheng Yu and Mao Jue next to him frowned slightly, the tiger slayer warriors turned into evil dragons? It sounds strange, but it seems to be full of meaning.

"In the end, the reason why Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo had a conflict is that the important point is women, and on the issue of women, the prime minister and I will never have a conflict. The prime minister is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and in the future, he will become the Duke of Zhou Zhaogong and Yi Yin Huoguang, and his name will go down in history. The prime minister has never indulged in women, he is loyal to several sisters-in-law, even if he meets a stunning beauty in the future, he will take the initiative to reward meritorious generals, such as me, instead of hiding it privately, right? ”

Cao Xin looked at Cao Cao sincerely.

Cao Cao blackened his old face and nodded fiercely.

"Look, the prime minister is not a woman, and the beauty plan is useless to the prime minister, so I will never have a conflict with the prime minister."

Cao Xintian laughed and beckoned everyone to go to dinner together.

Cao Cao stared at his back with a dark face, and pulled Cao Hong over, "If you meet any beauties in the future, you must not let Cao Ziyu know, understand?" ”

"Understood, understood!"

Cao Hong nodded again and again.

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The lunch in the Prime Minister's Mansion is not rich, the main dish is a pot of stewed mutton, roasted venison, a few Danjiang grilled fish, four plates of melons, fruits and vegetables, the staple food is coarse grain wheat rice, the amount is large but not exquisite, and the taste is much worse than that made by Ganyu Niang Zou Liniang, Cao Xin barely ate some.

"Come on, Ziyu, eat more venison."

Cao Cao used a dagger to cut off a large piece of medium-cooked venison and put it on his plate, "Venison is good, the imperial doctor in the palace said that venison is good for qi and blood, and eat more to strengthen the waist and kidneys." ”

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Cao Xin smiled and continued, although he didn't need to make up for it, but this was Boss Cao's heart, and he had to appreciate it.

"This man is mostly greedy for money, power, and fame, but what is more important than these three?"

Cao Cao looked at the few people present and asked.

"Loyalty, know the rules!"

Cao Hong didn't answer the question, but the meaning was there.

"Prime Minister, I think it's best to protect your family in troubled times."

Mao Jue is old, four generations are in the same house, and he cares more about his family.

Cheng Yu nodded and said that he agreed with Mao Jue's point of view.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Xin.

Cao Xin thought about it seriously, "Women, women are more important than wealth, power, and fame, I would rather give up thousands of money, the position of a prince, and personal reputation than a beauty." ”

Cao Cao's face darkened, and the other three sprayed rice.

Cao Cao glared at him, pointed at his nose and said hatefully, "It's body, it's health, you don't have a good body as a general, what do you want to do with many women?" Gardening? ”

Cao Xin nodded, agreeing with this argument, but his physique was over 100, which was beyond the level of ordinary people, and he didn't need to worry about his health for the time being.

Cao Cao continued, "Confucius once said that when there is little, the blood is undecided, and the precept is in color. It means that when you are young, you should not covet beauty, it is easy to hurt the body, many people do not know how to abstain from sex when they are young, resulting in a deficiency of the body, deficiency of qi and blood, and even untimely death. Ziyu, you are twenty-one years old, you are young, you should not indulge in women, you should consume your body every day, you should protect your useful body, make contributions on the battlefield, and leave your name in history. Ziyu, do you understand your brother's good intentions? ”

Cao Cao sighed earnestly.

Cao Xin smiled, went around in a big circle, and was waiting for me here.

"Prime Minister, I completely understand what you mean, you advised me not to look for more women, right? But I didn't look for many women, and I only had Yu Niang in my family, and this time I added another Liniang, a total of two. As far as I know, Cao Zilian has more than 30 wives and concubines in his family. There are eight or nine sisters-in-law in the prime minister's family, and even Mr. Cheng and Mr. Mao's family have four or five wives, and I only have two, is it too much? ”

Cao Xin made scissor hands and looked at everyone.

"......" Cao Cao.

"......" Cheng Yu, Mao Yu, Cao Hong.

Cao Xin continued, "Besides, I never go to a brothel or recruit prostitutes, I heard that the prime minister and the two gentlemen..."

"Ahem~ Eat and eat, everyone eat more."

Cao Cao waved his hand and kept stuffing wheat rice into his mouth with a wooden spoon.

Cao Xin hooked the corners of his mouth, that's it? An old rascal with a wrong outlook still has the face to teach me a lesson in this new era?

End ridiculous.

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After eating, Cao Xin hummed a little tune and returned to the house under his name, and Liao Hua also came back, holding a rag in his hand.

"What's that? Evil sword spectrum? ”

Cao Xin asked.

Liao Hua didn't know what the evil sword spectrum was, but he often heard General Cao say some incomprehensible words, and he was not surprised.

"General, this is Zhang Xiu's robe."

"What?"

Cao Xin was confused with rags.

Liao Hua shrugged his shoulders, "General, I went to General Zhang's mansion to deliver a message, but they didn't let me in at all, and scolded the general for being despicable, lustful and shameless, and not righteous. ”

"Uh, didn't you tell them I was acting? Makeshift? ”

Cao Xin asked with a frown.

"Yes, but it's useless. General, last night, hundreds of people heard about that kind of thing, what difference did you do it or not? ”

Liao Hua said with a smile.

Cao Xin scratched his chin, a little annoyed, he asked himself if he was a good person, in order to help Boss Cao recover his reputation, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his reputation, in order to help Zhang Xiu save face, he did not hesitate to offend Boss Cao, but in the end, both sides did not appreciate it, so that he was not a person inside and out, and this good person was too difficult to do.

Forget it, it's not human. He threw away the rags and went back to the backyard to accompany Zou Liniang.

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The next day, he was practicing calligraphy with Zou Liniang in the study, and when he heard the people below say that Cheng Yu was coming, Cao Xin hurriedly went out to greet him.

"Haha, why does Brother Zhongde have time to come to me?"

Cao Xin laughed and asked his subordinates to serve tea.

"Ziyu, you're welcome, I'm here on official business."

Cheng Yu took out a map from his big sleeve and spread it on the table, which was a simple map of Nanyang County, which was the largest county in the Han Dynasty in the north of Jingzhou, the east of Hanzhong, the south of Hanoi, and the west of Yuzhou.

At present, Nanyang County belongs to the sphere of influence of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, with more than 30 counties such as Wancheng, Qicheng, Xinye, and Huyang.

Last year, the Xiliang army fought internally, with heavy casualties, Zhang Xiu's uncle Zhang Ji came to Nanyang with tens of thousands of Xiliang troops to grab territory, and when attacking the city, he was killed by Jingzhou's cold arrows, and Zhang Xiu took over the Xiliang army.

At Jia Xu's suggestion, Zhang Xiu negotiated peace with Liu Biao, separating Wancheng and the surrounding eight county seats, about one-third of Nanyang County, and guarding the north gate for Liu Biao, mainly to defend Cao Cao in Yuzhou next to it.

"Brother Zhongde, what official business?"

Cao Xin asked, looking at the map.

"Ziyu, do you know why we came to fight Wancheng?"

Cheng Yu asked, rubbing his beard.

"I don't know, sir, please."

Cao Xin knew some, but it didn't prevent him from listening to other people's opinions.

"Ziyu, please see, this is Nanyang, this is Jingzhou, this is Yuzhou, if our army wants to go south to Jingzhou and seize Hanzhong and Bashu in the west, Nanyang is the only place to pass, and taking Nanyang County will be of great benefit to our army.

In addition, Ziyu takes a look at this place again, this is Wancheng, this is Xudu, it is only more than 400 miles away from Wancheng to many, and it can be reached in one day by riding a fast horse.

And here is stationed the remnants of the Xiliang army, you must know that the Xiliang army burned Luoyang, messed with Chang'an, plundered countless counties and counties, killed people, there is such an army stationed near Xudu, it is too dangerous for our army, so it must be eliminated as soon as possible, the prime minister put down Xuzhou Liu Bei Lu Bu this time, and led the troops to Wancheng, but also wanted to solve this big problem at one time. ”

Cheng Yu explained slowly.

Cao Xin nodded slightly, similar to what he thought, last year Boss Cao welcomed back Emperor Han Xian, and the capital was Xu County, and Xu Capital became the base camp.

And Wancheng is too close to Xudu, Zhang Xiu and Xiliang Army stationed in Wancheng belong to the chaotic forces, maybe one day they are short of money to spend, so they will go to Xudu to burn and loot, Cao Boss will lose a lot, not to fight Wancheng.

"Brother Zhongde, what does this have to do with the official business you said?"

Cao Xin asked.

"Haha, Ziyu, look here again."

Cheng Yu took the charcoal and drew two lines on the map, "After Zhang Xiu surrendered, Liu Biao of Jingzhou had trouble sleeping and eating, and sent 20,000 troops from Jiangxia ten days ago to garrison the line of Qicheng, Xinye, and Huyang, and also captured Yuyang under the rule of Wancheng three days ago to prevent our army from moving south."

The prime minister wants you to lead the army into Jinyang County, on the one hand, to prevent the Jingzhou army from going north, on the other hand, to try the strength of the Jingzhou army, if there is a chance, the prime minister is ready to continue to go south after the integration of the Xiliang army, occupy the entire Nanyang County. ”

Cheng Yu gestured and covered the entire Nanyang County with his palm.

"Let me go and garrison Jinyang?"

Cao Xin frowned, at this time the Cao army was reorganizing the Xiliang army, and it was the time to use people, but Cao Boss asked him to leave Wancheng and go to the small county town in the south to station, which obviously did not believe him, and was worried that he would become Lu Bu.

Cao Xin felt very unhappy, "Brother Zhongde, did you explain it to me in front of the prime minister?" Does the prime minister understand my hard work? I am faithful. ”

Cheng Yu coughed lightly, "Ziyu, don't be careful, the prime minister asked you to enter Jinyang, and there is absolutely no intention of distrusting you." In our army, there are only a few generals who can take charge alone, such as you, General Cao Ren, General Xiahou Yuan, General Shi Lian, General Yu Ban, General Le Jin, etc., but a few of them are not there, Le Jin and General Yu Ban want to participate in the reorganization of the Xiliang Army, there is no time, only Ziyu is the most suitable for you to go. ”

"Can I refuse?"

"This ......"

"Okay, I'll go!"

Boss Cao is suspicious in life, and the robbery of Mrs. Zou has already made him suspicious, and if he disobeys, Boss Cao will probably kill him in his dream.

"Brother Zhongde, how to deal with Cao Hong's night invasion of General Yangwu's mansion? You must know that the barracks have not been very stable recently. ”

Cao Xin asked someone to refill the tea and talked about other things.

In history, the reason for Cao Cao's defeat in Wancheng was that he robbed Mrs. Zou, which caused Zhang Xiu to be strongly dissatisfied and raised troops to protest.

But due to his appearance, things have changed a lot, he wants to know how the two sides will deal with this matter, whether Zhang Xiu will rebel, if he will rebel, he wants to participate in time and earn some attribute points.

"Haha, Ziyu doesn't have to worry, everything is under the control of me and the prime minister."

Cheng Yu moved his fingers, clenched his fists and smiled.

"What's the plan?"

"This..."

“....”

This special person still doesn't believe me.

Okay, I'll go!

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