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Chapter 480: Give a slap in the face and give a sweet date. Are you from the Northeast too?

"You can bring it in but you can't get it out. What does that mean?"

Cao Zhang stared at Sun Ce in confusion, his eyes full of doubt.

"How many things are you hiding from me? If you don't tell me the truth, then you can walk the rest of the way on your own. Even if you have to go back and ask my father, I still want to know."

Sun Ce looked at Cao Zhang with a determined look on his face and knew that if he didn't explain things to him clearly, this beast would really turn around and leave.

"Just this once, I can tell you that the people living here are the Gu tribe, who are good at using poison. This Meng Huo was sent to them to be a vessel."

"Being a vessel? What does that mean?"

"You don't need to know this. You only need to know that after these Tiger and Leopard Cavalry go in, they will most likely be favored by the Gu Clan and be kept as utensils. That will make their lives worse than death."

Cao Zhang fell into deep thought after hearing this. It was the first time he heard of the existence of the Gu Clan. They were good at using poison, and just by listening to their names he knew they were a group of crazy beings. After thinking for a long time, Cao Zhang finally nodded.

"Okay, I'll go into the mountains with you."

In this way, the two of them went into the mountains with a thousand elite soldiers who were unaware of the truth and Meng Huo, who was knocked unconscious by Sun Ce as soon as he woke up. More than three thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were ordered to wait outside the mountain.

A famous general, a legendary general, and a group of elite soldiers followed the path that Sun Ce and his men had hewn out the last time they entered the mountains. They had a smooth journey all the way. It had taken them nearly four hours to walk before, but this time it only took them two hours to reach the narrow and long canyon.

"After this canyon, you will reach the place where the Gu tribe lives. After you enter, don't touch anything. Their Gu poison, tsk tsk tsk, your small body may not be able to withstand it."

As those elite soldiers, who were there for no apparent purpose, lined up and walked inside, Sun Ce gave Cao Zhang instructions on the side. On the one hand, he was taking the opportunity to tease Cao Zhang, and on the other hand, he was really giving Cao Zhang instructions. After all, according to his father, the poison could even kill famous generals.

Cao Zhang nodded with a frown on his face. He also knew the pros and cons of it. It was best to remain respectful of things that he didn't understand.

After everyone had entered the canyon, Cao Zhang and Sun Ce, who was carrying Meng Huo, walked into the canyon.

The one thousand elite soldiers, who had no idea what they were going to face, fainted one after another on the ground after they walked out, while the people behind them continued to move forward one after another and fell down like the people in front.

By the time Cao Zhang and Sun Ce walked out, the people who had fainted in front of them had piled up into a small hill. Cao Zhang, who was walking in front of Sun Ce, had just walked out of the canyon when he felt as if something had entered his body. Before he could react, the things that had entered his body began to take effect, and that strong sense of crisis spread throughout his body.

be cheated!
Cao Zhang wanted to yell, but he felt a strong sense of sleepiness. The next moment, an idea came to him and he reached out to the right. With a scream, Cao Zhang lost consciousness and fell forward.

All this happened in a flash. The poison girl who had just been caught by Cao Zhang was shocked and angry. She raised her hand to slap the unconscious Cao Zhang, wanting to plant a heart-eating poison in Cao Zhang's heart to punish this vessel who resisted at the moment of death. However, she was stopped by Sun Ce who followed closely behind.

"Girl, he's not a vessel."

"Son."

Miao Moqing came out from behind a group of witches and bowed slowly towards Sun Ce.

"Chief, I have brought the person I promised last time with me this time."

As Sun Ce spoke, he threw Meng Huo in his hand out. Meng Huo's huge body flew straight towards Miao Moqing, and was easily caught by Miao Moqing with one hand, held in the air, and then handed to the two people on the side.

"Thank you, sir. You need to wait for a while until the life poison is planted. All the people in our clan who can go to the battlefield will follow you to the battlefield."

Miao Moqing just lightly brushed her hand over and felt the strength of Meng Huo's body, which was almost what she wanted. It was completely capable of supporting the growth of the Life Gu. As long as the Life Gu could grow, she could use it to reach a higher level. At that time, the Gu clan would also achieve glory under her leadership.

So Miao Moqing is very happy and in high spirits now. She is usually like this towards Shi Xie, her words are very intimate but in reality she is very distant. However, her attitude towards Sun Ce this time is much better than before towards Sun Jian and Shi Xie.

"In that case, then we will wait for the good news from the clan leader."

Sun Ce bowed and clasped his hands. Sun Jian had repeatedly reminded him not to be arrogant because of his status as a legendary general and offend his most important future ally. Sun Ce also practiced what he preached without any airs.

"But before that, could the clan leader please let my friend wake up first?"

Sun Ce pointed at Cao Zhang who was lying on the ground with a smile on his face. Miao Moqing nodded immediately. Then the witch who was about to slap Cao Zhang's chest stepped forward and placed her hand on the center of Cao Zhang's eyebrows. Then she slowly moved her hand down to Cao Zhang's stomach. The unconscious Cao Zhang's Adam's apple suddenly moved.

When the Gu woman's hand moved upwards again and reached Cao Zhang's mouth, the unconscious Cao Zhang suddenly woke up, and then coughed loudly, and a pool of black blood was coughed out. In the pool of black blood, Sun Ce could see a squirming object. The object was very small, extremely small. If Sun Ce had not observed it carefully, and the pool of black blood had not covered it, making it look even more obvious, even he would not have noticed the small object.

After waking Cao Zhang up, the witch quickly walked forward and put the little bug into a small wooden box.

Cao Zhang, who had already woken up, was horrified. He had never thought that he would fall into someone else's hands so easily. Although he was careless, this kind of thing was really horrifying. A famous general was knocked unconscious without even the strength to fight back.

If you faint, it's the same as being dead, and you will be at the mercy of others.

Cao Zhang suddenly stood up, picked up the Fang Tian Hua Ji beside him, and pointed directly at the Gu woman who had attacked, but was stopped by Sun Ce.

"Cao Zhang! This is not Xudu, you can't act so recklessly!"

"Insolent? I was knocked unconscious by someone and almost lost my life, and you said I was insolent? Sun Ce, even if you have my father's order, this matter must be resolved today!"

Cao Zhang was really angry. Ever since Sun Ce went to Yongchang County, everything was no longer the same as before. Cao Zhang felt like a blind and deaf man, being led by others. This feeling was very bad and he could not accept it.

"Clan leader, this is the son of Prime Minister Cao, the current Prime Minister of the court. From now on, our cooperation with Prime Minister Cao is crucial, and it was your people who attacked first, so clan leader."

After Sun Ce finished speaking, he looked at Miao Moqing. His meaning was obvious, that is, he wanted benefits. Miao Moqing smiled brightly.

"So he is Prime Minister Cao's son."

Miao Moqing saluted towards Cao Zhang, but Cao Zhang still held the Fang Tian Hua Ji, pointing it directly at the man behind Sun Ce, his anger unabated. Miao Moqing ignored Cao Zhang's disregard and walked forward.

"Master Cao, even if you kill her, you can't change what has happened. How about making a deal? I have some gadgets that can enhance your own strength. They can make your strength reach a qualitative leap in a short period of time."

As Miao Moqing spoke, she stretched out her slender jade hand. In her palm, a charming red pill lay quietly. Just by looking at the pill, one could feel that it was no ordinary item. Cao Zhang originally turned a deaf ear to Miao Moqing's words, but after hearing that it could improve his strength, he couldn't help but turn around to take a look.

It was this glance that allowed Miao Moqing to seize the opportunity. "Don't worry, sir. This will not have any effect on your body."

"No other effect?"

Cao Zhang asked in disbelief. Miao Moqing nodded slightly, then took out two identical pills and handed them to Cao Zhang.

"This is our apology."

Cao Zhang looked at Miao Moqing, and then at Sun Ce who was standing between him and the witch. He knew in his heart that there was no way he could do anything to the other party today. Not to mention Sun Ce and this so-called clan leader, even if his father was here, he would probably choose to swallow his anger for the sake of the overall situation.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhang stopped being shy and put down his Fang Tian Hua Ji. Sun Ce also smiled when he saw this.

"Chief, three is too few."

"Mr. Dissatisfied, there are only three pills of this medicine available."

Miao Moqing glanced at Sun Ce, without making any comment on Sun Ce's behavior of extorting money, and then turned to look at Cao Zhang.

"This kind of medicine cannot be taken at the same time. You cannot take it again within 84 hours after taking one pill, otherwise it will cause irreversible damage to your body."

Cao Zhang did not say anything, but just took the three brightly colored pills. He felt a strange warmth in his hand. He was not sure if it was the temperature of Miao Moqing's palm or the temperature of the pills themselves. Cao Zhang just felt that the warmth of the pills was a little unreasonable.

Not only that, after he woke up, he had an indescribable feeling, as if something was suppressing him all the time, restricting his every move and even his breathing.

"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, the next step is to wait for good news from the clan leader. I hope the clan leader can hurry up and not miss the opportunity to fight outside."

Sun Ce's expression turned serious. There were only less than twenty days left before his father and Cao Cao agreed to launch the plan on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. He still had a lot of things to do during these twenty days and could not afford to waste any time.

"Don't worry, sir. As long as the people you bring are strong enough, it will only take one day to plant the life Gu. At that time, I can bring people to follow you."

Having said this, after the two of them saluted each other, Miao Moqing turned around and left without looking back. The other Gu girls were still busy carrying the fainted soldiers, leaving only Sun Ce and Cao Zhang with nothing to do.

"Ziwen, we have time now. Don't you want to know what kind of cooperation we have reached? I can tell you everything now."

The two then walked to a secluded place, found a chessboard, and sat opposite each other.

"You can talk now."

Cao Zhang spoke in a bad tone. He felt more and more that Sun Ce did it on purpose, deliberately letting him walk in front and causing this.

"About half a month ago, I met your father and General Dian on the way to Yongchang County. General Dian was already a legendary general. Then I brought Prime Minister Cao and General Dian to Jiaozhi County. In Jiaozhi County, my father and your father held a meeting that lasted for four hours..."

"Speak the key."

Cao Zhang frowned, looking somewhat displeased, but Sun Ce didn't care and continued speaking.

"I don't know the details of the discussion during the four hours. No one in this world knows except my father and your father. What I can tell you is only what I know."

Sun Ce sat up straight and looked directly at Cao Zhang.

"In this world, only Liu Bei is the biggest enemy of both you and me. Given time, Liu Bei alone can destroy both of us. If we want to avoid this from happening, we can only put aside our past grudges and work together with all our strength to have a chance of survival. This was said by your father himself that day, and it was because of this that we were able to cooperate later."

When Cao Zhang heard this, he no longer had any doubts. This was something his father could say and it could not be false.

"So, how much do you know?"

"Compared with the whole plan, what I know is like looking at the sky from the bottom of a well. Or, it might be more vivid to describe it as a mayfly seeing the blue sky."

Sun Ce took out several black chess pieces from the chess box beside him and placed them in different places on the chessboard. With just a quick glance, Cao Zhang recognized that this chessboard represented the current situation in the world.

"These are the territories occupied by you, me, and Liu Bei."

As Sun Ce spoke, he took out four slightly larger chess pieces again and placed them next to the chess pieces representing Yuzhou, Yangzhou and Qingzhou. There was one piece for Yuzhou, one for Yangzhou and two for Qingzhou.

"This is the number of our three legendary generals: you from Yuzhou, me from Yangzhou, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from Qingzhou."

"Zhang Fei has also been promoted to a legendary general? Where did you get this information?"

Cao Zhang asked in disbelief. This news really shocked him. He could be said to be one of the people who knew best how difficult it was to be promoted to a legendary general, and Liu Bei now had one more person under his command.

Sun Ce's next words made Cao Zhang speechless.

"This is the news your father gave us. He said that Zhang Fei must have been promoted, and Zhao Yun or Zhang Liao under Liu Bei will probably not be far away."

"So this is why you and I can put aside all previous unpleasantness and reach a cooperation?"

"Yes, but not entirely. The pressure from Liu Bei's two first-class generals was the premise for all this. If Liu Bei didn't have the strength to conquer the world alone, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be that meeting. What really led to their conclusion of the alliance seemed to be a word from them."

When Sun Ce reached this point, he seemed a little confused.

"One word, what word?"

Cao Zhang also became curious after hearing this.

"It was a sentence I couldn't quite understand. It said, oh mom, are you from the Northeast too?"

(End of this chapter)