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

Chapter 258 Let You Slander!I didn't convince you!

"Pass it to Jingzhou?!"

The corner of Guo Jia's mouth twitched a little, he had already started cursing before, in order to slander Bowen's reputation, the southern scholars danced very hard.

That is to say, taking advantage of the fact that the soldiers and horses in the north have not yet marched south, and there is no threat of war for the time being, they are constantly provoking and showing their integrity.

It's true that the condemnation is constant, mainly ridiculing Xu Cao.

Of course, there are also many scholars who speak out for the northern princes, speaking from the current situation of the people, but as long as they speak out, they will be ridiculed to the fullest, and gradually no one will speak up.

Now, if this matter about Bowen spreads to the south, let alone them, I want to slap him.

Guo Jia took a deep breath.

suppressed his emotions.

"Sigh, why would you want to build a pavilion? I didn't expect Bowen to enjoy it now."

Envious.

"Hmph," Cao Cao snorted coldly, and without further words, strode out of the main hall.

This matter has not yet spread to the south, it immediately spread around Xudu.

General Cao and others also knew about it.

Cao Hong, Xia Houyuan, Cao Zhen and others immediately became unhappy.

This time, even Cao Pi criticized Xu Zhen while they were eating.

"Hey, tell me, are we still leading troops here in Xudu? The war is not over, and we dare not rest. Xu Zhen has already enjoyed it."

"The whole family's funds were used to build pavilions and jade buildings. Alas, they were given to Cai Yan alone. After the ten thousand volumes of books were not given to famous scholars, they were not used to give to Taixue, and they were not used for the sake of running schools in Jizhou in the future."

"This Xu Zhen, I think he is really taking credit for himself, that's all, I dare not say anything about him!"

Cao Hong was eating venison, drinking fine wine, and talking eloquently.

The generous shoulders were raised several times, and then fell down weakly, mainly because he was the one who said bad things about Xu Zhen in the past, and then he was scolded the worst, and of course he was the one who was the most embarrassing.

Every time Xu Zhen acts perversely and weirdly, he doesn't know what it means at the beginning, but in the end, he will always make extraordinary achievements, and the result is self-evident.

But this time...

Cao Hong felt quite comfortable in his heart, feeling that Xu Zhen was definitely too proud.

"Ugh!"

Speaking of this, Cao Hong looked at his clan brothers and smiled wryly and shook his head, "To be honest, I just started to admire him all these years."

"Although this Xu Zhen is ten years younger than me, he is indeed capable. The Liaodong side can be stable, and Gongsun has been appointed as his subordinate. In Youzhou, he has built such a spacious main road, and there are soldiers and horses galloping along the road."

"I also did business with Youzhou, and advocated the prosperity of the two places. Besides, most of the credit for destroying Yuan belongs to him, and he also clearly stated that he will lead troops to follow south, but he must never take credit."

"This chest is really nice."

"But you said, who would have thought..."

"oops!"

Cao Hong slapped the palm of his hand, his face was full of remorse, as if he had lost some treasure, heartbroken, he raised his hand and drank.

The young Cao Pi was in the main seat, looking left and right, and he didn't understand why these people went to his mansion to drink.

But there was no way to refuse.

The main reason is that he was only called Cao Zhen today.

Because Cao Ang studied with Xu Zhen back then, among Cao's peers, only one adopted son, Cao Zhen, was left.

So in the process of Cao Pi's study and growth, Cao Zhen was almost always by his side, and the relationship between the two gradually became closer. After these few years, they naturally developed deep feelings.

Cao Pi has not been on the battlefield yet, but he has already begun to learn the art of war, and occasionally leads troops to practice, accumulating reputation and experience in the army.

Cao Zhen had fought more than ten battles, almost all of which were victories, so he had to be more mature and gradually gained power.

"Uncle! Don't talk about it, just drink today, why are you talking about this in front of Zihuan?"

"that is!"

Following these words, Xia Houyuan quickly pulled Cao Hong, and said solemnly, "This Bowen is Zihuan's elder brother. Mr. Xiu, we all want to call him big brother."

"Besides, Jie'er married him, so it's hard to talk about it."

"Oh, you don't understand!"

As soon as Cao Hong took the copy, his face was filled with resentment, "That's what I'm angry with! You said that Xu Bowen, if he wanted to please his wife in such an extravagant way, why didn't he give Jieer?!"

"Where does this put my Cao family's face? Jie'er is his real wife! There's no reason for this, Zixiu and Zihuan are also Jie'er's elder brothers!"

"That's because we uncles and brothers love us since we were young, and we grew up as the apple of our eye! After marrying Xu Zhen as a regular wife, he still doesn't get such a good talk? It's fine for him to please Xu Zhen, why is he trying to please the daughter of the Cai family?"

"How did Cai Yong die? He cried bitterly for Dong Zhuo's death, and was designated as one of Dong Zhuo's gangsters! That's why Wang Yun sent him to prison and beheaded him!"

"Hey, these things are recorded by the historian and can be checked."

"Everyone in the world knows that Xu Bowen is trying to curry favor with his daughter, what do you mean?"

When Cao Pi heard this, he immediately reminded in a low voice: "Uncle Zilian, my father respects Cai Yong very much, and he is his student..."

"oh oh……"

Cao Hong gently slapped himself on the mouth.

He laughed and said to Cao Pi: "Zi Huan, most of the troops are concentrated in Yuzhou and Yanzhou now."

"When we go south to seek meritorious service in the future, you must also go, but you have to win some credit for us."

"As for Xu Zhen, to be honest, I have a piece of news."

Cao Hong lowered his voice, moved closer to several people, and said: "In fact, he has a secret order. My lord ordered him to capture Liucheng. I think everyone should know it."

Cao Pi remained calm, of course he also knew the news, Cao's confidantes probably knew about it, some generals with foreign surnames and Chaowen Wu might not know about it.

This is to prevent someone from collaborating with the enemy, or a secret sentry in the northern part of the Central Plains.

People from the Cao family will not secretly communicate to the north, so in order to be safe, they made a secret order for him.

"Brother, is he doing this to confuse Wuhuan in the north, and then suddenly launch a surprise attack?"

Cao Pi thought about it and said, knowing Xu Zhen all these years, he has become self-disciplined, and he is definitely not the kind of person who would indulge in luxury and money.

Although Jizhou is becoming more and more prosperous now, it is far from the time of peace of mind. Moreover, the world is uncertain, how can it act like this.

"Bad," Cao Hong laughed while drinking, put down the bowl, his face was full of disdain, "it's not necessarily true, the car rider is from Bai Ding, and he has never enjoyed it since he was a child."

"However, I'm being blunt. I don't think it's wrong to enjoy the car riding at this time. After ten years of fighting and winning the battle, the achievements are so great. What's wrong with enjoying it?"

"It's perfectly fine to drink, watch dances, and play music to get by, but he's just trying to please his concubine's house. It doesn't matter. The main thing is whether Jie'er will be sad, or whether it will affect the war in the North and let Wuhuan win another year. Looting."

"Um……"

Cao Pi took a sip of his wine, smiled dully, looked at Xia Houyuan again, and shook his head in embarrassment, "Then, then I don't know, how can I know the heart of a brother."

"Cheqi is also a person who has won battles for ten years, and he will never let himself go to this point."

"Furthermore, even if he has a slight change of mind, the civil servants under his command should not be like this..."

"Then Zhuge Kongming, Jia Wenhe, uh... and Yang Xiu, etc., will naturally speak up, won't they remind elder brother? I think Uncle Zilian's worry may be a little unnecessary."

Cao Pi said with a smile, these words stabilized everyone's emotions, and they all nodded.

Cao Hong held back for a while, then suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, waved his hand, and said loudly: "Forget it, let's not talk about him!"

"Let's just wait and see, if we act like this, we will suffer disaster sooner or later!"

"When the time comes to the north, Xu Zhen will have to guard it all the time. Let's go south to make merit, but we are so happy that no one will fight for it! Then I don't care what he does?!"

Several people looked at each other and smiled, each nodded.

That's the truth.

Xu Bowen, this time it's your own death.

……

A few days later, the news gradually spread out, like a boulder thrown into the lake, the ripples appeared and continued to expand, and then spread in business, and the people talked about it after dinner.

In the hinterland of the Central Plains, such news has also been heard one after another.

Wancheng.

Zhang Xiu, with a full beard, saw the information sent in the main tent of the military camp, tore up the paper and threw it into the candlestick to burn it.

He snorted coldly, "How is that possible."

"When Xu Cheqi settled Wancheng back then, he acted secretly but arranged for Cao Zi and the general to break through our raiding troops. It was expected that the enemy would be close to a monster. Mr. Wen He left for five years and became famous and gained power day by day."

"How can people like him follow a hopeless person who is greedy for pleasure?"

"You don't need to show me this kind of information anymore. I'll just wait until Wancheng is guarded so that Jingzhou's soldiers and horses don't change."

"Write another letter for me, express your heart to Cheqi, and give a gift to Mr. Wenhe."

"Here."

The deputy general glanced at the ashes on the ground, then turned and left immediately.

They have stationed more than 5 soldiers and horses in Wancheng over the years, and they have gradually become stronger, with sufficient food and grass. The local people also know that Zhang Xiu can defend the south, and it is naturally stable.

These are also due to the fact that Xu Zhen often ordered Jia Xu to offer advice secretly, and sent food to migrate refugees south to Wancheng.

……

Jingzhou, Xiangyang.

"Hahaha!! This Xu Cheqi, I didn't expect him to be a refined person!"

When Cai Zhong, Cai He, and Cai Mao heard the news and told Liu Biao, they burst into laughter on the spot, "If you act like this, you will definitely be disgusted by Cao Cao. How can General Cao allow him to be so presumptuous? There will definitely be civil strife."

"This is an excellent opportunity for us to accumulate armaments."

"That's right, we can take this opportunity to build passes along the mountains, recruit troops and buy horses, and then heavily guard the cities and counties, so that Cao Cao will have civil strife."

"Oh, if he fights Xu Zhen, even if he can take Xu Zhen, he will probably lose most of his troops!"

"Xu Bowen, what an idiot!"

"Before I disrespected Confucianism and Taoism, I was hated by scholars and sold ancient books, but now I am trying to please a woman with thousands of volumes of books! Idiot!!"

"In the eyes of the general, he is no longer the small official who insisted on self-discipline and fulfilled his duties. He is a chariot general!"

After these people deliberated, Liu Biao's face became solemn instead.

Squinting his eyes and holding up the letter to read, he smiled wryly and shook his head.

"Fengya, how elegant."

Liu Biao sighed, and sat back on the couch again. These days, he gradually felt powerless, and his complexion was not as good as before.

In another year or two, there may still be illnesses.

But his mind is still clear now.

For a person who has been diligent and caring for the people for a long time, and never slack off, suddenly such jokes spread, there must be something unusual.

It must not be that simple, and now in the land of Jingzhou, these scholars have been cursing and ridiculing Xu Zhen, calling him an old-fashioned and wild man.

It is also said to be short-sighted and hypocritical.

After more than three years of scolding, Xu Zhen's reputation is getting worse and worse.

A lot of people... even almost believe it.

But Liu Biao was still afraid in his heart.

Xu Zhen was the one who destroyed the Yuan family, how could he be such a short-sighted person.

My mind fluctuates a little, building tall buildings is just a joke, maybe I will wake up after a while, and of course I have to continue governing and marching when I have enough fun.

Immediately there will be meritorious service again.

But the scholars in Jingzhou must not be arrogant because of this, and the most important thing is that officials in various places should not think that Xu Zhen has a false name.

Otherwise, there will always be people who take it lightly.

What Liu Biao is afraid of is that everyone is laughing at Xu Zhen for being rough and reckless, disrespecting Confucianism and Taoism, just like Dong Zhuo who is greedy for pleasure.

In the future, the people's expectations of Xu Zhen and Cao's soldiers and horses will be lowered instead, so they only need to use a little tricks, and it will become easy to win the hearts of the people.

Furthermore, if the merchants and gentry believed in this, most of them would forget Xu Zhen's victories over the years and despise him because of this.

Not a good thing either.

Xu Zhen can thus show his weakness to Jingzhou, and then attack ruthlessly.

This is the way of virtual reality in the art of war.

Yuan Shao was also defeated by Xu Zhen because he underestimated the enemy.

But Yuan Shao didn't know about it.

Now that Liu Biao knew clearly, he couldn't persuade people in the territory to despise Xu Zhen. It would be even more ridiculous if he was finally asked to order the scribes in the territory to respect Xu Zhen and spread Xu Zhen's reputation widely.

Therefore, Liu Biao was speechless and felt more and more sad.

In this class, can there be someone with a discerning eye, so that generals like the Cai family can wake up first.

Right now, we can only hope that some celebrities in the country will stand up and remind them.

……

"Xu Bowen! You are a short-sighted rat! But you! I thought it was a god who descended into the world, but I didn't expect that he was also a vulgar person!"

"Thousands of books are piled up in a high cabinet! Accompanied by a beautiful woman! How ridiculous! How can we not make people hate the ancestral home of the officials in Jizhou! Now we are doing such a sensational thing! Chaos is bound to happen!"

"Heart is not enough!"

"The south is victorious! It is certain to be victorious! The north has already become a proud soldier!"

"Even people like Xu Zhen have lost their hearts in the midst of successive victories, and Cao Caoding is the same! The outcome of such a battle is unknown! In my land of Jingzhou, there are many talented people, Confucian scholars everywhere, the people are stable, and the soldiers and horses Powerful!!! Occupy the land to welcome the arrogant soldiers from the north! Victory is certain!"

"Xu Zhengong has overwhelmed all the generals, and the Cao family has been dissatisfied for a long time. There must be chaos in the north!"

At this time, famous scholars from all over Jingzhou, such as Gao Shuang, the Ma family, Kuai Yue, etc., all felt this way.

Pass it on as a joke.

They each had their own thoughts and kept talking every day. The news was not concealed by anyone, but it was sent to Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other southern places like an overwhelming dark cloud.

If it weren't for the difficulty of the road, I'm afraid that the most southern scholars and the southern barbarians would know, although they may not know who Xu Zhen is.

Liu Bei was terrified when he heard it in Xinye. Even the scholars here in Nanyang despised Xu Zhen, thinking that he was a real vulgar person.

There are also a few people who are preaching that this is a matter of love and righteousness. Back then, Cai Zhaoji scattered her family property as Xu Zhen, and now Xu Zhen has given her such a prosperous scene.

But the same, covered up by disdainful words.

Inside the Xinye Government Office.

"Why did Xu Bowen do this?"

Liu Bei looked at Xu Shu in puzzlement.

"Sir, I did sit back and watch the rumors against Xu Bowen spread in the country, but I didn't convince them!"

"Xu Zhen is definitely not in vain!" Liu Bei looked distressed, his face full of helplessness and despair. If this continues, the civil and military in Jingzhou may think that Cao Xu is a proud soldier.

He just finished.

Xu Shu who was at the side suddenly raised his head, with an unnatural smile on his face, and said relaxedly: "Master, don't worry too much. Xu Zhen is indeed proud and complacent now, and sooner or later there will be trouble."

"There is no need to worry at all. Jingzhou will surely win. I can't think of how to lose to the North in the future."

Liu Bei opened his mouth slightly, and immediately froze in place in astonishment.

This……

What does this mean? !
Why did you even say that? !

"Military division, you don't understand Xu Zhen!"

"I've read all kinds of information about Xu Zhen, paid attention to him, and discussed him with others for six years. How can I not understand?" Xu Shu put away his smile, and said solemnly: "He is now complacent and insufficient. For fear."

(End of this chapter)