Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

the other side.

Shadow dragged several corpses back.

"General, the place where Cao Teng is located has been surrounded by us, and all the hidden guards nearby have also been cleaned up by us."

A shadow came back and said.

"Kill in!"

Cao Lan snorted coldly and said, "Don't let anyone go."

Cao Teng didn't pay attention to the hidden guards who were mere pirated shadows. To deal with them, it seemed to be an easy task for him.

After receiving his order, all the shadow people started at the same time and gradually approached the room where Cao Teng was.

Cao Teng in the room was still planning how to deal with Chen Yang, or how to capture Chen Yang's family members and threaten him to hand over the Chuanguo Yuxi.

Suddenly he felt that something was quiet outside and something was not quite right.

"Is there any movement outside?"

Cao Teng looked at a hidden guard and asked.

"No, it's quiet outside."

The dark guard responded.

Quiet?

The quieter it is, the more strange it feels to him. He always feels that something will happen, a bad premonition emerges in his heart.

"No, I can't stay here any longer, leave now."

Cao Teng suddenly remembered something, the last thing he wanted to think about.

Their hidden guards are pirated versions of shadows.

Doesn't Shadow know their patterns like the back of his hand, not to mention that within the range of Chang'an, it is easy for Shadow to find the hidden guards, and he can find them whenever he wants.

He was slightly startled, and was about to leave when there was a sound of a crossbow piercing the air outside.

Whoosh!

A row of crossbow arrows broke through the doors and windows and shot in.

Before the hidden guards could react, they were shot and killed a lot in an instant.

Cao Teng was shocked, but he was still discovered.

Their existence is no longer a secret to Shadow.

Fortunately, he reacted in time, threw himself on the ground to avoid the shooting of the bow and crossbow, then picked up the torch and lit the fuse of the firearm buried next to him, and then rushed out with all his might.

boom!

Not long after he broke outside, the firearm inside exploded, and the sound was deafening.

The person in the shadow just approached, and several people were blown away, and the others had to retreat. After the explosion subsided, Cao Teng's shadow was no longer visible.

"Go chase it!"

How could Cao Lan let go of Cao Teng, a competitor.

The man with the shadow chased after Cao Teng in the direction where Cao Teng was fleeing, but he could no longer see Cao Teng's figure, and he didn't know where to run away.

Compared with the shadow, Cao Teng's hidden guard is huge, but his strength is not bad. He can fight Ma Chao [-]-[-]. If he wants to escape, Cao Lan can't catch up.

"Continue to find him in Quanchang'an!"

Cao Lan could only give up the pursuit, and continued: "Seal the city gate as soon as possible!"

As long as Cao Teng hasn't walked out of Chang'an, they have plenty of opportunities to find him.

Cao Teng did not escape from Chang'an, even though he had changed into a different attire. When he was about to reach the city gate, he was told that the city gate had been closed and he was not allowed to enter or leave unless there were special circumstances.

He knew that this was also Cao Lan's way of dealing with him, so he could only go back to the city and hide himself as much as possible.

"Cao Teng, is this feeling good?"

When Cao Teng was walking, he suddenly heard someone calling him. Who can he recognize who is disguised?

"You are……?"

Cao Teng immediately looked back, but seeing Ma Chao, he let go of his raised heart, but was also very surprised that Ma Chao could find his own place.

"Can't think of it?"

Ma Chao sneered, "How about another cooperation?"

"Will you still cooperate with me?"

"There are no eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests, don't you understand?"

"How are you going to cooperate?"

"same as before!"

"it is good!"

Cao Teng agreed, but he sneered in his heart. With the previous cooperation, he could teach Ma Chao to be a new man.

It is the same if we want to cooperate again now.

Ma Chao also chuckled inwardly, this time he would make Cao Teng regret everything he had done to him before, and he wanted Cao Teng to die.

They have their own ghosts, and they are not good things.

"The most important thing for us now is to hide it first, and don't expose it, otherwise, with Chen Yang's ability, we will never survive."

Ma Chao said again.

"I know this. I have made all the preparations in case of being exposed. Even if it is a shadow, it will be difficult to find my existence."

Cao Teng is very confident, because his mode of hiding his identity exists without the foundation of the shadow.

Maybe the shadow can be found, but it will take time, and it is impossible to find out where he is right away.

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"My lord, we let both Cao Teng and Ma Chao escape."

Huang Zhong stood on the main hall of Weiyang Palace, cupped his hands and said.

Cao Lan also said: "We have sealed the gates of the city, and intensified the search throughout Chang'an. As long as they are still in the city, they will definitely not be able to escape."

Jiang Wei said worriedly: "Blocking the city gates like this will only cause panic among the people, which is not conducive to the stability of Chang'an."

He became more and more like a minister in Chen Yang's court. If there was something wrong, he would play it in time.

"But if we don't block it and let Cao Teng and Ma Chao escape, we will never find anyone again."

Cao Lan shook his head helplessly.

"Then let them escape!"

Chen Yang thought for a while, and said: "They are hiding in the city, and it shouldn't be easy to find them in a short time. In the end, the city gate has to be unsealed, so it's better to let them go out of the city directly. Will come back again?"

Huang Zhong first said: "I will definitely come back!"

They won't give up if they don't get the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

"That's it!"

Chen Yang said confidently: "When they come back, they will definitely make some moves. Instead of us looking around, it's better to make all the preparations and wait for them to take the initiative to expose it!"

They felt that Chen Yang's plan was feasible and operable.

Cao Lan is going to order to unlock the blocked city gate, and then proceed to the next step of preparation and arrangement.

"My lord, after reading those official documents, what do you think?"

Jiang Wei diverted the topic away from Ma Chao and others, and returned to political affairs.

"Gives me such a headache!"

As soon as Chen Yang finished speaking, everyone laughed out loud.

Huang Zhong said with a smile: "My lord will be the lord of the world in the future. Reading official documents is just the beginning. My head hurts now, and it will hurt even more in the future."

Jiang Wei nodded and said: "Yes! Since the Lord is still in Chang'an and doesn't need to go out for an expedition, I have to let the Lord know these things in advance, so that I can deal with them more easily in the future."

"ok, ok, I got it."

Chen Yang knew that he had to continue persuading, and he would talk for a long time, so he hurriedly agreed, for fear that if he spoke slowly, they would regard him as a fool.

"Then we won't bother the lord anymore!"

Jiang Wei arched his hands and said: "I asked my uncle to be here. If my lord has any doubts, you can ask my uncle."

Then both he and Huang Zhong left the main hall of Weiyang Palace at the same time, and Yang Hu stood aside respectfully, his eyes full of admiration for Chen Yang.

Chen Yang was helpless, thinking to himself, could this be their emperor's cultivation plan?