Three Kingdoms: I rely on system loopholes to survive

Chapter 148 Could it be a royal official
The eyes of the two met and they were separated instantly. Zhong Ping suppressed the strangeness in his heart, lowered his head and took another sip of his drink as if to cover up.

"The matter of Yanzhou..."

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes. From Zhong Ping's short sentence, he had already obtained some information that was not conducive to Zhong Ping:

For example, regardless of the circumstances under which Zhong Ping knew about Lu Bu's surprise attack on Yanzhou, he finally chose to abandon Yanzhou and save Xuzhou.

If it were someone else, he would evade and explain a few words, but Zhong Ping said it calmly, and he knew what his choice meant after thinking about it.

Cao Cao looked at Zhong Ping. He loved Zhong Ping's solitude and innocence, but he couldn't help but develop suspicion and temptation.

Especially after today.

It's not that he didn't know that Zhong Ping had "knowledge of people" before, but at that time, Zhong Ping could only occasionally start from a strange angle and "coincidentally" figure out other people's intentions.

So Cao Cao didn't think it was different, and didn't take it seriously.

Until Zhongping said that answer.

Cao Cao realized that his "nephew" seemed to know him too well, so that he had developed such a "tacit understanding" with him unconsciously.

This is indeed something that attracts attention. Cao Cao knows very well that in front of the plane, he mostly plays the role of a "loving" uncle, rather than a prefect who cultivates politics internally and military equipment externally.

Why is that level so familiar to him?

Cao Cao would not narcissistically think that he has a great reputation in the world, that kind of flat attitude is very thought-provoking...

He couldn't help but recall the first time he saw Zhongping. What was the first expression on that immature face?
Excited?disturbed?respect?
It shouldn't be the emotion that the other party should have at that time.

Cao Cao was thoughtful, and from the corner of his eye lightly passed Zhong Ping, who was buried in drinking.

Zhong Ping inexplicably felt a chill down his back, and hastily swallowed his wine again.

"Cao Gong."

Unexpectedly, Liu Bei took the initiative to stand up and broke the somewhat weird atmosphere.

"Mr. Cao, can you hear Fan Wenzi's old theory?"

"The faults are big, but the grievances are small. Therefore, we punish the grievances with kindness and overcome them with patience. There are no small grievances, but the big ones are not, and then we can use martial arts."

"Now Your Majesty blames Tao Shijun for indulging in the yellow scarves. Mr. Cao faked a festival axe and followed the emperor's edict to attack Xuzhou. Don't you know that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is the king's minister?"

"In addition to punishment, it is almost impossible to be a minister, but to tolerate the small people. Is it a rebellion? And Bei also knows that to guard against evil is based on virtue, and to guard against traitors is punished. Cao Gong attacked Xuzhou, killed more people, eliminated the evil and avoided the strong, which can be called punishment. Huh?"

"Xuzhou is not the king's land? The people are not the king's ministers? Cao Gong's punishment is not prepared."

"Who are you? Talking nonsense here?!" Xiahou Dun frowned, and drew the sharp knife from his waist.

It's not that he doesn't know who Liu Bei is, on the contrary, it's because he knows that Liu Bei is just a small plain order that makes him appear so excited.

Although Liu Bei's words were to dissuade Cao Cao, there was a hint of sarcasm in them, how could Xiahou Dun not hear it?

In Xiahoudun's eyes, Liu Bei is really an old birthday star who hanged himself-he thinks his life is too long, he can't recognize his identity, and he can't grasp the opportunity at this time.

Yanzhou was attacked by Lu Bu, and they were in a hurry to get angry.

Your lord has given you a guest seat, do you really regard yourself as a guest?
"Yuan Rang."

Xiahou Dun was ready to fork Liu Bei out, but was stopped by Cao Cao.

"This... hi!"

Xiahou Dun retracted his sword angrily, and stood behind Cao Cao again.

Guan Yu, who was holding the wine glass tightly, looked at Zhang Fei, who was glaring angrily, and they both sat down again, but they got closer to Liu Bei.

Zhang Fei muttered a few words in a low voice, Zhong Ping was not far from him, and he could tell that he was dissatisfied with Xiahou Dun and Cao Cao.

In fact, he was also a little surprised by Liu Bei's "head iron". He dared to say directly in front of Cao Cao that he did not do the right thing in massacring the city, and even satirized Cao Cao's "serving the emperor"...

Should it be said that he really deserves to be Emperor Zhaolie?

Zhong Ping thought that he did not have such courage, so he could only be amazed.

"When Ping entered Tu County, he fought against Lu Bu's subordinate Hao Meng. He learned that Lu Bu and others had occupied Puyang, and strictly controlled the news, so the surrounding cities and counties did not know about it..."

Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent became more and more tense, Zhong Ping had no choice but to bite the bullet and stand up.

"Although I sent someone to report to Xudu urgently, but..."

Zhong Ping hesitated and organized his words.

"From what Yiping saw, even with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong cooperating with Lv Bu in the rebellion, so easily conquering the city and isolating the inside and outside, I'm afraid... the Yanzhou gentry..."

When he captured Hao Meng, he played with Tai Shici in front of each other, in order to lower Lu Bu's emphasis on Yanzhou.

Zhong Ping once had a "deep friendship" with Lu Bu, and he understood the arrogance and stubbornness in this person.

Although Hao Meng was released, a large part of the reason was that he really couldn't divide the troops to escort Hao Meng back to Xudu and deal with the soldiers under the other party's command...

But it does have the meaning of alienating and fueling Lu Bu's arrogance.

Imagine if Hao Meng would truthfully tell Lu Bu the news that he was captured by Zhongping after he entered Chenliu?
If so, how would he explain the fact that he was put back intact by Zhongping?

Zhong Ping thought that it was unlikely that Hao Meng would cover up the fact that he had been captured.

The most likely scenario is that Hao Meng will fabricate the scene of his escape, and instead of Zhong Ping voluntarily releasing him, it will be his own quick wit and escape.

Then he will probably magnify the excuse that Zhongping said at that time: Yanzhou lacks major generals and is afraid of Lu Bu's soldiers.

Zhong Ping had considered how likely it would be for Lu Bu to listen to Hao Meng's flattery with Chen Gong by his side.

If it were someone else, he probably wouldn't think that such a trivial interference would have any effect, at most it would be an attempt to spread the network.

but……

The object he wants to design is Lu Bu.

"It's really eating inside and out!"

Zhang Fei muttered in a low voice.

Zhong Ping couldn't hold back and cast his eyes on Zhang Fei at the same time as Liu Bei.

For some reason, Zhong Ping always felt that Zhang Fei's next sentence was "well done"...

Cao Cao was silent for a long time, instead of paying attention to Yanzhou, he asked Liu Bei instead.

"Liu is the country's surname, and Xuande is also a member of the royal family?"

Zhong Ping was not sure what Cao Cao meant by this, and because of his position, it was not easy to interfere, so he could only pretend to be curious.

"Of course, my elder brother is the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan!"

Zhang Fei couldn't bear it anymore, and responded with a rough voice.

At the banquet that day, he didn't drink a few glasses of wine, but he was quite angry. He couldn't sit still for a long time, and he was humiliated by Xiahou Dun just now, obviously because he didn't like Liu Bei's low official position.

Zhang Fei was also unwilling to swallow his anger. Seeing Cao Cao asking Liu Bei if he was a descendant of the imperial family, he glanced at Xiahou Dun, and immediately blurted out Liu Bei's identity.

"Oh?"

Cao Cao was obviously interested.

"Since Xuande is an emperor, why does he live in Pingyuan and become a small prime minister?"

Zhong Ping couldn't help but start brainstorming about the conspiracy theories of later generations.

Could it be that Cao Cao now sees that the emperor's uncle is extraordinary, and wants to deny the emperor's uncle from his identity?Cut off the possibility of the emperor's uncle growing up?

Now that Liu Xieke is in Cao Cao's hands, he wants Zongzheng to tamper with the genealogy...it's not impossible.

"what."

A gloomy look flashed between Liu Bei's brows, but he answered frankly.

"Beizhuo County launched an army to kill the Yellow Turbans. They fought more than [-] years, and they did little work. They got rid of the Anxi county lieutenant. Because the supervisor was unreasonable and asked for bribes, Bei refused to do so. He whipped the supervisor angrily, abandoned his official and left. ...After years of ups and downs, it is settled in the plain."

After Cao Cao heard this, his expression did not change much, and he continued: "Cao still remembers, when he was begging Dong, Xuande and the left and right generals fought against Lu Bu together."

"Since Xuande is an emperor, he is a little plain, so I feel a little wronged. If you don't enter the court hall and show off your ambitions, you can also be by His Majesty's side, what does Xuande think?"

Although Cao Cao was talking to Liu Bei, he was watching his drinking meaningfully, and he didn't seem to care much about the level of the two of them.

Liu Bei frowned. Hearing what Cao Cao said, he seemed to want to recruit him.

He wanted to refuse, but he was stronger than others, and he knew that he had no ability to disagree.

It's just that I can't guess how much Cao Cao's solicitation is true or false.

He opened his mouth to speak, and followed Cao Cao's gaze, fixed on Zhongping.

"...Cao Gong invites you, how dare you refuse."

Liu Bei finally raised his glass of wine and accepted Cao Cao's "promotion".

He understands that Cao Cao's solicitation this time is not a drunkard's intention to drink, but perhaps more, it is a way of leveling.

Even if Cao Cao publicly admitted Liu Bei's status as the emperor's uncle, Liu Bei, who is still just a plain minister and has no reputation or record, is still too far away if he wants to make Cao Cao treat him squarely.

Cao Cao's reason for paying attention to Liu Bei is very simple, that is, a flat and intriguing attitude.

He didn't think that Liu Bei could be regarded as a prince, so naturally he wouldn't guess, or in other words, as long as he was a normal person, he wouldn't think that Zhong Ping would want to assist Liu Bei.

After all, this sounds too far-fetched.

But it is undeniable that Cao Cao saw a trace of heroism in Liu Bei who was useless.

Liu Bei is indeed a buried talent, especially his left and right generals, it's a pity to miss him like this.

It's better to transfer him to Xudu. Firstly, Boheng valued affection. The more relatives and friends in Xudu, the harder it is to get out.

The two also wanted to see what was abnormal about this person, which deserved Boheng's concern.

The third is that if the recruitment is successful, you can get three generals with superb martial arts skills.

Cao Cao had many plans in his mind, and Liu Bei also had other worries.

He got the news of Cao Cao's massacre in Xuzhou, and also knew that Zhong Ping insisted on leaving Beihai with Cao Hong and entering Qingzhou.

Just like when he was shocked, his first reaction was that Zhong Ping would definitely go to Xuzhou, Zhong Ping also knew that as long as Liu Bei got the news, he would not fail to rescue the people.

Liu Bei just knew that Zhong Ping had considered a lot for him, and felt that he couldn't live up to Zhong Ping's wishes.

He and Zhongping are gentlemen, how could he be willing to put Zhongping in a difficult situation?

Therefore, when Cao Cao's words revealed his temptation to him and doubts about Zhongping, Liu Bei simply agreed to Cao Cao's "invitation".

Entering Xudu, for him, may not necessarily be an opportunity.

(End of this chapter)