Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 249 Huh?I heard that someone in Jingzhou scolded me?

"There was also this kind of struggle in Xuzhou back then. Cao Cao had a vicious mind. He waited for the leader of a state to be old enough to be bullied, and then marched to persecute him and disrupt its territory in order to take advantage of it."

"This kind of person, seeing his old age, comes here for profit. It is extremely shameless, and he must not be allowed to succeed."

Xu Shu took a deep look at Liu Bei, and didn't say much. He disguised the list of blessings as a test, and if Liu Bei didn't match his appearance, he would be able to avoid this hatred if he left in the future.

However, Liu Bei's words were quite strange.

It sounds weird.

Xu Shu thought about Liu Bei's journey to the south in these years, almost looking for an elderly person to enter the territory under his command and wait for an opportunity to develop.

Now when it comes to Cao Cao, it is somewhat weird.

"My lord, you shouldn't think about these things at this time. Compared with Cao's army, we are almost invincible in Nanyang. Even if we send forward cavalry to go south, it will be difficult to resist."

"Those who fight against the law may benefit, but they cannot completely win."

"If you want to resist Cao's army, you need the power of the whole state to share the same hatred with Jiangdong and form a separatist regime. This may be possible."

"Alliance..."

Liu Bei fell into deep contemplation, "How difficult it is, Liu Biao and Jiangdong have a feud, Sun Jian died at the hands of Liu Biao, this enmity must be unsolvable."

Moreover, although Xu Shu said this, he failed to explain how to connect Jiangdong and Jingzhou.

Without such a candidate, it would be impossible for Xu Shu to do it.

"This, as long as the Lord of Jingzhou is replaced by another person, it can be done."

"Who?"

Liu Bei asked curiously, his brows twitched and his heart beat faster.

Xu Shu stared at him all the time, without speaking or showing any other expressions.

it goes without saying.

The entire main hall became quite quiet and awkward, and no one could speak again. Liu Bei also realized something, so he dodged his eyes slightly.

Yes, as long as the Lord of Jingzhou is replaced by Liu Bei, then everything can be easily solved, but in doing so, the benevolence and righteousness that has been pursued will be lost.

At the same time, it is necessary to fight a bloody civil war among the major noble families in Jingzhou. I don't know how many enemies I will face. It will take at least one or two years to stabilize Jingzhou. At this time, I can establish an alliance with the Sun family.

With allies, it is inevitable that they can compete with the Cao family without being single and weak.

No one wanted to break this embarrassment, until Jian Yong came back from the door, entered the gate with an ugly face and bowed his hands to Liu Bei, sweating profusely: "My lord, I received a letter from an old friend in Jizhou."

"Who!?"

Liu Bei immediately turned his head in surprise, and secretly glanced at Xu Shu with lingering fear.

No matter who wrote the letter, Xianhe's entry really saved his life, otherwise he didn't know when he would be able to speak again.

Anyone who comes here will be tempted to hear these words. Liu Bei is indeed based on benevolence and righteousness, but he is not a natural saint.

He will be shaken when he hears about the benefits. This is not hypocrisy, but he has been pursuing benevolence and righteousness, and using this as his fundamental way to suppress his inner greed.

To put it bluntly, people have been doing this practice all their lives in their hearts, and they should not be judged as hypocrisy and righteousness at a glance just because they are insane.

Seeing Jian Yong's arrival, Xu Shu also sat up straight and stopped talking. This kind of words can only be said when he and Liu Bei are alone, beating the side drum.

Gradually test his heart. For the adviser, Liu Bei is willing to take Jingzhou regardless of everything, which is the best way to go. There is a way.

Jian Yong sighed, and said, "Pull the move."

"Putting?! He survived!?" Liu Bei immediately stood up, walked in front of Jian Yong, stared at him excitedly, and put his hands on his shoulders unconsciously.

Jian Yong's expression was indeed ugly, his eyes were constantly shaking as he stared at Liu Bei, and it took a long time before he said in a trembling voice: "Let's move, surrender Xu Zhen..."

"what?!"

Liu Bei stepped back two or three steps, his face suddenly changed, and his expression was pale and pale, as if struck by lightning, and he almost sat on the ground.

"Qianzhao, Qianzhao voted for Xu Zhen?! How is that possible?"

Jian Yong smacked his lips, and said again: "He also said that he thanked A Bei for recommending Xu Cheqi, and now he is satisfied with being a general of a different rank, let alone leading more than [-] troops, he will have merit in the future stand."

"I didn't, I never recommended..."

Liu Bei was completely stupefied, and then suddenly realized, "Is this Xu Zhen's trick?"

"He asked Qianzhao to write to me!? Damn it! Xu Bowen! It's too much of a bully!!!"

"Xu Zhen must go to the south! He must go to the south! After the south, I will definitely kill him! Kill him!"

"Together with the second and third brothers, kill Xu Zhen!"

"Only to vent the hatred in my heart!!"

Liu Bei's heart, which had finally calmed down, was now full of turmoil. When he knew that Xu Zhen had lied to him and that there was no crouching dragon in Jingzhou, he was so angry that he couldn't sleep well or eat for a few days.

After such a long time, I plowed the fields every day, subdued the hearts of the people, and heard Jingzhou scholars humiliate Xu Zhen, saying that he was reckless, nothing to be afraid of, disrespecting Confucianism and Taoism, and would eventually suffer bad results.

After listening to it for half a year, I slowly stabilized my mind. Now when I see the thank you letter from Zhuanzhao, my heart feels like it has been pierced.

Difficult to breathe.

Xu Zhen is really good at playing tricks on people's hearts, even better than Cao Cao!Cao Cao is still an individual, and Xu Zhen kills people with a wrong heart.

Are you really going to push this far?
"In case, you are also sincerely grateful for the move?"

"What is he thankful for!?" Liu Bei shook his head until the hair on his head fell to his forehead, his eyes widened with anger.

"Sir! Xu Bowen really won't march south?"

Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu behind him expectantly. Of course, in Liu Bei's heart, he was still called Shan Fu.

Xu Shu shook his head bitterly, and said in a deep voice: "Looking at the current situation, Cao Cao appointed him as a charioteer to stabilize the north."

"The Southern Expedition, for Cao Cao, is like taking meritorious service. It can unify the Central Plains, and the rest of Shuzhong and outside the pass can be gradually planned. It will take many years to afford it."

"So, the Southern Expedition must be a battle for merit. How could the generals of the Cao family not rush to come here?"

"My lord, from my point of view, the possibility of Xu Zhen coming is not high, but if Xu Zhen comes, I can counter his plan, but I can guess his mind, and the chance of winning is not small."

Xu Shu has confidence in his heart, because he has been paying attention to Xu Zhen for many years, and has investigated almost all spies from internal affairs, foreign affairs, and military affairs.

I have been thinking about what Xu Zhen is thinking.

He has gradually guessed his mind. If there is a battle on the battlefield, he can gain insight into Xu Zhen's movement of troops.

It can also predict the enemy's opportunity, so Xu Shu really wants to fight Xu Zhen to prove what he has learned.

"That's all, that's all," Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's fate. From today on, Xu Zhen and I will start! If there is an opportunity in the future, we will definitely kill this person!"

It just so happens that my new military advisor will definitely be able to help me!
That night, Liu Bei went back to his house and said "Ouch, hello" in a depressed mood. He probably couldn't sleep for another night or two.

And Xu Shu received another letter.

From Xudu.

Xu Shu who had just returned home asked Su Wei curiously, "Who sent this?"

"I don't know. I only know that it was sent by the relatives of the military adviser and came from Xudu. However, I have already checked it. It is just a caravan. They are all civilians, not secret work."

"There are people who know them. They are merchants who travel between Anding County and Jingzhou. They have traveled for many years and have never gone to any place."

"Military division, please rest assured, it is not a detailed letter."

"Oh," Xu Shu nodded slightly. In fact, he didn't care about it. As long as you are magnanimous, even a merchant horse that has traveled for many years may have already secretly belonged to someone. It is unbelievable.

But Liu Bei treated him so much and never suspected private investigations, Xu Shu was still a little moved.

When he opened the letter, Xu Shu was stunned. After a while, his eyes were red, and his nose was sore that he almost didn't come to his head. He hurried into the house. He only read the first page, and he knew it was his mother's tone.

But the person who wrote it was Xu Zhen!
"Mother, mother has fallen into Xu Zhen's hands!?"

Xu Shu was in a state of confusion, not only excited and worried, but also deeply afraid. This Xu Bowen, it was rumored that he was so smart that he was close to a monster, and he could pinch and count, like a magic stick.

Xu Shu never believed it, and only thought it was a trick of mystery, otherwise ordinary people would not have such fortune-telling skills. It was just Xu Zhen's well-informed, clever mind, and good at using tricks to play tricks on people's hearts.

Didn't expect him to have such a skill?Otherwise, how can it be counted that I am in Xinye?

I have always used the pseudonym of Shan Fu, and I don’t even know about the current lord. Few people know about the many teachers in Jingzhou before. Sima Hui, Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan, Gao Shuang and other famous people are not people who will leak it.

They also all hope that the scholars from Jingzhou will become famous in the Central Plains. After all, they are also the scholars cultivated by these people, and they will be respected as teachers and elders when they become famous in the future.

How did Xu Zhenyuan know in Xudu?

He even spends most of his time in Jizhou, or Bingzhou, which is further away, fighting with people, but he can know about the affairs in the south. This is thousands of miles away, what kind of spies would spy so far!
Could it be that Xinye already had Xu Zhen's masterpiece?

If not, then he calculated it?What do you use to figure it out?Wind or sky?Or maybe astrology?

What the hell is this guy?I'm still guessing what he's thinking, but I can't guess even if I'm killed. He was able to tell me about the family affairs in a mother's tone, and sent me a letter!
This letter was like a blow to Xu Shu, making him unable to clear his mind for an instant.

It was as if a wild crane flying in the clouds was suddenly shot down by an arrow.

Xu Shu turned to the second page with trembling hands, and saw Xu Zhen's own tone, "Your mother is with me, respected as my mother, and has been cared for for several years. She was raised with Guo and Xi, and you can achieve great things outside. , don't read it."

I don't miss your sister!
How could it be possible not to read it!

The big man ruled the country with filial piety!Filial piety is the foundation of the 400-year practice. People who lose their filial piety and lack righteousness will not be safe in life!
"Xu Bowen, Xu Bowen... Oh, Xu Junhou... I want to reply, who should I send it to!"

Xu Shu was in a state of confusion. He thought he could make a big splash here with Liu Bei, but now he lost his mind.

Xudu, I have to go to Xudu immediately!
Xu Shu's heart tightened, and he was about to pack up and travel to Xudu to save his mother.

Of course he knew who Guo and Xi were, but he didn't expect that Guo Jia really took care of his mother for ten years after listening to a word of entrustment in a hurry.

He now only thinks that Guo Jia betrayed his mother to make contributions.

As a result, I rubbed it again and found the third page.

Ok! ?And a third page?

Xu Zhen's scalp was numb, and she immediately complained.

Why don't you finish two pages and want a third?Is there so much paper?This paper feels pretty good to the touch, comparable to the tribute paper that entered the palace back then.

Really extravagant!
Didn't Xu Bowen say that he is frugal and self-disciplined?They are all deceiving the common people!

I took out the third page, and there were only two words, "Don't go back".

And then there's the fourth page.

"Wait for the next letter, or you won't see your mother."

Signed, car.

This car is the General Cheqi, right?

Xu Shu slumped and sat on the ground, refusing to let me go back.

numb.

Xu Shu was out of his mind, his scalp was numb, and his whole body was in a daze. Thinking about it carefully, he hadn't seen his mother for ten years, and he didn't know how much pain she was suffering in Xu Du right now.

……

"Eat, hey, open your mouth, old lady!"

"This is delicious, the sweet orange that just arrived."

Dian Wei squatted in front of the deck chair, feeding the old lady the peeled oranges.

Smiling cheerfully, she almost couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. During this period of time, Xu Zhen always came to see her, and chatted about the past incidentally. son.

Xu Shi missed, and kept asking Xu Zhen to look for it, and then erase his past events, so he didn't have to go to court when he came back, so he just found her and forget it.

Over the years, Guo Jia has taken good care of her. When she was in poverty in Yingchuan, she had to feed Xu's mother twice a day, sometimes three times a day.

Sometimes I really had no money, and I couldn't borrow surplus food from friends' homes, so I would go to a seller to make a full meal for her. Later, Xi Zhi occasionally sponsored it, and with help from the village, it took several years.

The old lady felt sorry for this young man who likes to wear black robes and loves to read quietly. It should have been a time to serve his country.

But later, he was invited to serve as a sacrificial wine, and his life was much better. Now that he is the governor of the school affairs government, he is even more like a god, and basically no one will mess with him.

In order not to be sent to prison, the school office is not too capable, wronged people and thieves are powerful, they are caught and inspected for three days, and they peel off a layer of skin when they come out. No one wants to suffer this kind of hardship.

So all these years, Guo Jia did things that offended others, but by virtue of his talent and temperament, he was favored by Cao Cao, and his peers protected him, especially Xu Zhen and Guo Jia were far and near, no one dared to move he.

At this time, Xu Zhen and Guo Jia were watching from the gazebo, Guo Jia had a look of pain, and the school officials rarely saw such an uncontrollable anxious expression on the face of the lord who was as cold as ice.

It was almost as if she was begging Xu Zhen.

"You, you really can't do this! What do others think of me? They all think that I am in the same hatred as you. If I lose justice, I will criticize myself! If someone targets me! We are not good!"

"Send this to that every day, why did my mother offend you, just tell me, I will apologize, okay?"

Guo Jia stomped his feet anxiously.

You, Xu Zhen, are Xu Duhuo Yan Luo!Whoever offended you really can't sleep peacefully, what on earth are you going to do...

"No hurry, no hurry, wait a few more days."

"I heard something last night."

Xu Zhen said with a light smile, feeling very relaxed, as if he was introducing his daily food.

"What's the matter?" Guo Jia asked curiously.

"I heard that the scholars in Jingzhou have been ruining my reputation all these years?"

"More than that," Guo Jia looked at Xu Zhen in shock, "I thought it didn't matter that you were so big, they even said that your origin was unknown, that you came from the same origin as the lord after the eunuch."

Xu Zhen: "..."

"Haha, it doesn't matter, really, I don't care, it doesn't matter," Xu Zhen laughed dryly twice, "As an official, you must be generous. If someone scolds you, you should smile back, and don't get angry rashly, otherwise you will be hit right. Others have it in their arms."

"We should greet him with a smile, explain calmly, or just walk away and let Dian Wei hack him to death when no one is around."

Dian Wei raised his head in astonishment: "Huh???"

　Received the certificate today!Starting tomorrow, I will be crazily updating! (If there is nothing important), people are in good spirits on happy occasions!Just do it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)