Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 632 Go Home Often (4000)

Wu Liang was full of doubts.

Now he is not sure how Boss Cao thinks about this matter.

However, if we guess according to the current form, this decision that is inconsistent with history does not seem to be unreasonable.

First of all, the current capital of Xu is also called Xu County. Although Xu County is close to Chenliu County in Yanzhou, it belongs to the jurisdiction of Yingchuan County in Yuzhou.

At this moment, Boss Cao's sphere of influence has not officially expanded to Yuzhou, so naturally he is not willing to put Emperor Xian in someone else's territory, perhaps this is one of the reasons;

Secondly, in fact, Boss Cao could also welcome Emperor Xian directly to Juancheng, Jiyin County, Yanzhou, where he is now settled, but why didn't he do that?

This may be because Juancheng is far from Luoyang, but relatively close to Yuan Shao's sphere of influence.

Now, through the secret letter brought back by Wu Liang, Boss Cao has learned that Yuan Shao intends to get rid of Emperor Xian, so he must guard against Yuan Shao, so it is naturally safer to place Emperor Xian in Chenliu, which is farther away from Yuan Shao's sphere of influence. ;

Again, Chen Liu was the base of Boss Cao's initial momentum.

Therefore, his relationship with the local gentry should be decent. In addition, the current prefect of Chenliu is Cheng Yu, and Wu Liang and the Huan army are also stationed in Chenliu.

Cheng Yu's loyalty was verified in the incident of Zhang Miao's joint rebellion with Lu Bu.

And Wu Liang has played a key role in Boss Cao's rapid rise in the past year or so. At least so far, Boss Cao's trust in Wu Liang far exceeds that of others.

Putting Emperor Xian in Chenliu in this way, Boss Cao will feel more at ease.

In short.

No matter how Boss Cao considered this matter, this decision must have been carefully considered, and he must have discussed it with Xi Zhicai and other counselors, and it is absolutely impossible to point it out casually.

Moreover, this matter did not actually have any substantial impact on Wu Liang and the Tuan army.

Therefore, although Wu Liang had some doubts in his heart, he didn't intend to delve into it. Moreover, this is not an important secret. Maybe when he chats with Boss Cao, Xi Zhicai, or Cao Ang, he can talk about Boss Cao. The reasons for this decision do not need to be studied at all.

"General Cao is thoughtful, so I follow General Cao's wishes."

Emperor Xian didn't seem to think much about it, he accepted Boss Cao's proposal with a slight nod, and then asked, "I just don't know when General Cao plans to leave?"

"It's not too late, the sooner the better."

Boss Cao said sternly, "Although Li Jue and Guo Si have a temporary truce, if they learn that the minister is coming to Qin Wang, they may be ready to move again. In addition, there is no unified dispatch of Qin Wang's soldiers and horses entrenched around Anyi, and they are in a mess. In the chaotic state of fighting on their own, if these soldiers and horses have different intentions, there may be unexpected situations, so we really have to guard against it."

"Well... I don't have anything to prepare for right now. Why don't I start tomorrow, but I will rely on General Cao along the way."

Emperor Xian pondered for a while, and finally nodded to Boss Cao.

In fact, this is nothing to discuss. Emperor Xian has almost no military power in his hands, and he has to go with whoever can protect him. There is no room for choice at all, and Boss Cao does not even need to use strong "holding" methods.

It's just that Boss Cao has to act like a loyal minister now, so he talks about this matter with him in a discussing tone.

"Thanks to His Majesty's trust, but before departure, I need to do one more thing, please allow Your Majesty."

Boss Cao then cupped his hands and said.

"General Cao, it's okay to speak up."

Emperor Xian nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty escaped from the enemy's camp and arrived in Anyi after going through thousands of dangers. I heard that Li Jue and Guo Si's troops were repeatedly attacked and killed along the way. Not only were many officials and King Qin's soldiers killed, but there were also many royal treasures and supplies. If it was plundered or lost here, the loss is not insignificant.”

Boss Cao said, "In view of the current chaotic situation, I request that before the departure, a weekly inventory record of the people and belongings accompanying His Majesty will be made, lest someone take advantage of the chaos and occupy the royal family's belongings to fill their own pockets. I am afraid that I can't afford it." This responsibility."

"!"

Hearing these words, Wu Liang regained his spirits immediately.

Boss Cao must be looking for an opportunity for him to see the treasure passed down from generation to generation in the Han Dynasty.

I have to say that Boss Cao is really good at dealing with him, if he asks him for help, he will really take it to heart, and he really does.

"This matter will also be handled according to General Cao's wishes."

For this matter, Emperor Xian also seemed extremely calm, and agreed without hesitation for a moment.

This was somewhat beyond Wu Liang's expectations.

Zhen Mi has already found out the relevant information about the iron box that Emperor Xian kept in Queen Fu's room through the skills of the fox servant and Tuo Meng. Wang Mang's head, snake-killing sword and Confucius clogs that Wu Liang wanted to see were placed in the iron box. among.

It is hard to say about the Snake Sword and Confucius Clogs.

However, the information Wu Liang had received before and what he had encountered in the past few days and nights had already made him more inclined to believe that Wang Mangtou had already fallen into Lu Bu's hands, instead of being stored in an iron box in a safe manner.

But now Emperor Xian agreed so happily, as if there was nothing to hide at all, which made Wu Liang slightly shaken.

of course.

In fact, even if Wang Mang's head had been lost, Emperor Xian had nothing to worry about.

After all, even the Chuanguo Yuxi, which represents the imperial power, has now fallen into Yuan Shu's hands, so what's the matter with Wang Mangtou? Can it be compared with the Chuanguo Yuxi? ?

"Your Majesty will arrange for someone to deal with it right now, and your Majesty's schedule will never be delayed!"

Seeing that things went so smoothly, Boss Cao bowed his hands and bowed to Emperor Xian, then turned his head and said to Wu Liang and Cao Ang, "Zixiu, you are talented, and I will leave this matter to you two. Check out the royal treasures one by one so that they can be arranged, if something goes wrong, it will be a debt to the emperor."

"promise!"

Wu Liang and Cao Ang quickly bowed their heads in response.

However, there is one more detail worth noting.

Previously, Boss Cao had promised Lu Bu that he and Wu Liang would inspect the three treasures handed down from the Han family, but now Boss Cao arranged for Cao Ang and Wu Liang to go and count the royal treasures without mentioning Lu Bu.

If it is said that Boss Cao accidentally forgot, this is definitely not true.

Since he remembered to do this for Wu Liang, he would never forget Lu Bu who volunteered that day.

Therefore, Wu Liang believes that Boss Cao is expressing his dissatisfaction with Lu Bu in this way, which is not considered to have broken face with Lu Bu, but also gave Lu Bu some embarrassment, so that he can teach him to restrain himself a little, and don't think that he has won the title of Emperor Xian. The little kid backed himself up and thought he was already amazing.

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When Lu Bu heard Boss Cao's arrangement, doubts appeared on his face, and he couldn't help looking at Boss Cao.

But Boss Cao acted nonchalantly and didn't even look at him, as if he had completely forgotten what he promised Lu Bu that day.

And in this case.

Lu Bu couldn't say anything, so he had to look sideways at Wu Liang and Cao Ang again, and swallowed the words resentfully.

……

After seeing Emperor Xian, he withdrew with Boss Cao and others.

Cao Ang immediately recruited Cao Zhi over again, took his men and horses and began to count the personnel and items accompanying Emperor Xian.

And Cao Ang should have been notified by Boss Cao in advance, this time the counting work gave Wu Liang a great initiative, and he would definitely teach Wu Liang to look at everything that was counted, and then ordered someone to register it in the register.

Cao Ting, on the other hand, seemed bored, and yawned from the sidelines early on: "Aha—it's really boring. I said Brother Zixiu, a talented brother. You can just find someone to come over and count things like this. Why bother to do it yourself? Stay here and look over everything, don't you have anything else to do?"

"Brother An Min, these are all belongings of the royal family. I am different from you. I was born in a humble family and have never seen anything in the world. Now that I finally have the opportunity to see these things, I am eager to learn more, so how can I feel bored?"

Wu Liang said with a smile.

"You haven't seen the world? Stop pretending here!"

Cao Ting immediately spat, and cursed with a rather cryptic smile, "When you were on business with me, you saw gold mountains and dazzling treasures that could rival the country. Later, you traveled to many places by yourself. Which one of those places is it? You don't belong to the princes and nobles, and you don't know how many good things you have seen, why should you be so humble?"

"Brother An Min, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk indiscriminately. Be careful that walls have ears."

Although he knew that Cao Tian had tried his best to avoid key information, Wu Liang still reminded him in a low voice.

"Anmin, you are very talented. You can't say a word related to this from now on."

Cao Ang also said to Cao Bin in a serious manner.

"promise."

Cao Ting respected his cousin Cao Ang very much, and immediately stopped daring to flirt with Wu Liang, and gave a very formal military salute, "An Min knows his mistake, and he must be cautious in his words and deeds in the future."

Cao Ang nodded slightly, then turned his head to look at Wu Liang, then patted Wu Liang on the shoulder, and said solemnly: "You are talented, don't take yourself lightly from now on, you are a descendant of Wu Qi, a famous scholar in the Warring States Period, and you are definitely not from a humble birth. You are not a person, but a person from an upright and famous family, I am afraid that there will be few people who are more noble than you among the noble families in the world."

"It's only when I understand."

Wu Liang was stunned for a moment, and could only nod in response.

Now the entire Cao family is sparing no effort to promote Wu Liang as a real famous queen.

Wu Liang also understood that they came here for the sake of Cao Ni's marriage in a good and prosperous manner, and not to bring down the face of the Cao family; secondly, it was also a good thing for Wu Liang to completely change his class.

But they didn't know that Wu Liang was not interested in this so-called noble status at all, and he was not very interested in Cao Ni. He just didn't want to caress their faces and had to accept it passively.

"After you go back this time, go and meet Ni'er. Every time she sees Anmin and me, she stops us and keeps asking for news about you. We often can't cope."

Cao Ang then laughed with Wu Liang in a negotiating tone, "You don't have to worry about etiquette and status. My father has announced in public that he will recruit you as his son-in-law. You and Ni'er are no longer outsiders, even if it happened in advance. What is also a matter of reason, others can't say anything..."

Having said that, Cao Ang paused for a moment before emphatically adding: "...my mother also meant the same thing, so you don't have to worry about it."

"..."

Wu Liang was stunned for a moment.

Who is the "mother" in Cao Ang's mouth?
Of course, it is Boss Cao's current official wife "Mrs. Ding", who is also the adoptive mother of Cao Ang and Cao Ni who is better than their biological mother. In history, because of Cao Ang's death in Wancheng, she brazenly abandoned Boss Cao.

And if Mrs. Ding meant the same thing, if Wu Liang went to see Cao Ni, even if Cao Ni blatantly ruined Wu Liang in the Cao mansion, no one would come to rescue him if Wu Liang yelled out his throat. Somebody had to help keep the servants in the courtyard away, and he had to close the door and put a lock on the outside.

"Don't be embarrassed, your mother-in-law has acquiesced to you as a son-in-law, so you have to work harder. If anyone in the world can hold down Sister Ni'er, I'm afraid the only one is you, a talented and virtuous brother."

Cao Ting also winked at the side and said with a smile.

"Ahem... go if you have time, if you have time."

Speaking of this, Wu Liang couldn't take Cao Ang's face seriously, so he could only delay in vague words.

It also happened to be at this time.

A soldier ran over in a hurry and reported to Cao Ang, "Young Master, there is a big iron box in the Queen's room, and a big lock is added to the box. Brothers want to take this box out and take stock of the contents. The empress refused, even the guards of the Habayashi refused to give an inch, saying that without the permission of the emperor, they risked their lives and would never teach us to touch the iron box. Come back and ask the eldest son to make a decision."

This is the iron box!

Although Wu Liang already knew where the iron box was, he didn't explain it to Boss Cao in advance, otherwise he would have to find a way to explain to Boss Cao where his information came from. Some unnecessary suspicion.

"Lead the way ahead, I'll go and have a look."

Cao Ang finally finished the embarrassing topic for Wu Liang just now, nodded to Wu Liang and Cao Bin, and wanted to follow the soldier to check with the two of them.

"Brother Zixiu..."

Wu Liang hastily grabbed Cao Ang.

"What's the matter?"

Cao Ang turned his head in doubt.

Wu Liang knew that the key to the big copper lock on the iron box was on Emperor Xian's body, but he couldn't say so, so he could only persuade him in a low voice: "Brother Zixiu, if the queen insists on not teaching us to count the items in the iron box, we will As a courtier, you can't just ignore it and do it forcefully, otherwise you may be called a "disobedient minister" and put Minggong in a passive position."

"Then according to your opinion, this matter should be..."

Cao Ang frowned and asked.

Wu Liang said: "This matter should be reported to Duke Ming. The Empress has already stated that Emperor Xian needs the permission of Emperor Xian before she is willing to hand over the iron box. Since Emperor Xian allowed Duke Ming to count the accompanying items, he should cooperate with us. Therefore, this matter is only It is necessary for Duke Ming to negotiate with Emperor Xian to remove the obstacle, but we don’t need to negotiate with the Queen at all, so as not to be self-defeating.”

(End of this chapter)