Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 212 206. Meeting
"Grand Commander, there is news from Luoyang."

After Wang Fu had Xu Shu settled, he did not dare to delay and immediately asked to see Feng Xi.

At this time, Feng Xi, in addition to handling some military affairs, handed over all other chores to Huang Quan. After all, in theory, he was only a commander-in-chief who commanded the troops of three states, while Huang Quan was the legitimate governor of Jingzhou. How could Feng Xi not do these official duties himself?
Feng Xi was in charge of most of the military affairs, and left the rest to Zhang Nan, Fu Xun and others. Therefore, Feng Xi spent most of his time in the arsenal and Fu Zixun, researching and designing some new things that were very advanced for this era day and night.

Today, Feng Xi was blocked by Wang Fu before he could go to the Treasury. Hearing Wang Fu's words, Feng Xi was slightly stunned.

"Luoyang?"

Feng Xi has been busy with inventing things recently, so his mind obviously hasn't come to its senses.

"Grand Commander, it was about the matter of sending someone to Luoyang to deliver a letter a month ago when you hadn't returned yet."

Seeing Feng Xi's confused look, Wang Fu quickly reminded him, and Feng Xi suddenly realized it. There had been no news about this matter for a long time, and he had forgotten about it for a while. But Wang Fu's words reminded him of it now.

"Well, what did that person say?"

Feng Xi did not have much expectations for this matter. Although he had the letters from Lao Liu and himself, based on Feng Xi's experience in the original timeline, the probability that the man would change his mind was not very high. It was likely that he would continue to be trapped in Cao Wei and live a mediocre life.

"Mr. Xu Shu has returned with the envoy we sent, and is now at Jiangling Inn!"

Seeing that Feng Xi looked calm and hopeless, Wang Fu hurriedly reported to Feng Xi.

"What?! Mr. Xu Shu is really here? Quick, take me to see Mr. Xu. Oh... yeah, let Fu Zixun study on his own today. I have something important to do today so I won't go."

Feng Xi was really surprised. This was a great surprise, so he pulled a guard over and asked him to go to the armory to tell Fu Zixun that he would miss the day and study on his own. Then Feng Xi immediately asked Wang Fu to lead the way, eager to see the white moonlight that Liu Bei would never forget.

Wang Fu led Feng Xi and more than a dozen attendants to Jiangling Inn. After asking the servants to inform them first, Feng Xi finally met Xu Shu, the first military advisor in the true sense who had defeated Cao Ren and Liu Bei in the past, Xu Yuanzhi.

Xu Shu's face was full of vicissitudes, and it was obvious that he had experienced many hardships in life. Similarly, time had left many traces on him. Although he was in his forties or fifties, he looked like an old man, and half of his hair was silver, which was obviously caused by excessive worry.

However, at this moment, Xu Shu's eyes were bright and shining, which swept away all the decadence in his appearance. He looked like a man who had just returned to the peak from the trough of life.

"My name is Feng Xi, Feng Xiuyuan. I have heard of Mr. Xu's great name for a long time. Now that I see you today, I feel that I regret not meeting you earlier."

Out of respect for Xu Shu, Feng Xi bowed first.

"Grand Commander, you are too polite. Now I no longer hold an official position. I am just a commoner. How can I be polite to the Grand Commander?"

Xu Shu was also shocked by the youth of the Grand Commander in front of him. In his opinion, the one who defeated the Eastern Wu and Cao Ren should be a veteran or a calm and strong man, but Feng Xi's high-spirited appearance really surprised him. "I have heard about the Grand Commander's deeds a long time ago. I have wasted half my life and have no great achievements. Now that I have seen the Grand Commander, I feel ashamed."

After the two of them exchanged some pleasantries, they were both amused by each other's politeness. After looking at each other, they burst into laughter, which made the alienation between them less.

Xu Shu was originally a knight-errant, without the bookish air of a scholar, so he could get along well with the generals. For example, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were obviously more convinced of Xu Shu than Zhuge Liang in their early years, which was closely related to Xu Shu's temperament.

Now Xu Shu and Feng Xi saw that the other party was not the kind of pedantic person, and they hit it off right away. They went into the house and sat opposite each other. After chatting about military affairs for a while, they became familiar with each other, like old friends who had not seen each other for many years.

"Indeed, if the Lord of Wu has some foresight, he can still help. But since he is so double-faced, it is better to destroy him and send other wise officials to pacify Jiangdong."

As the two chatted, they inevitably talked about Ji Han's grand strategy. When Xu Shu came, he naturally heard that Feng Xi, as the Grand Commander, had a conflict with Zhuge Liang because of the strategy of dividing the world into three parts. Now that the person in question was in front of him, Xu Shu must understand it.

After hearing Feng Xi's reasons for refuting the three-point argument in the past, Xu Shu felt that it made a lot of sense.

Xu Shu has no relationship with Dongwu. If you Dongwu have some brains and are willing to join forces with me, that would be the best. If you keep making stupid moves like this and want to kill me, why would I keep you around if I don't kill you?

As soon as Xu Shu heard Feng Xi's story about the Wu Kingdom, he felt that Feng Xi was right. Xu Shu was not a gentle and polite gentleman. As a knight-errant, he had a temperament of doing whatever he wanted to do when he was unhappy. In addition, the actions of the Wu Kingdom were indeed despicable, so Xu Shu also quite approved of Feng Xi's strategy.

"Sir, please take a few days' rest. I will send an envoy to inform Sichuan of the good news that you have returned to our Han Dynasty. The Prime Minister will surely be very happy. I will also ask for a position for you so that you will not serve our Han Dynasty empty-handed."

Feng Xi naturally considered everything. With Xu Shu's seniority and his relationship with Zhuge Liang, it was easy to get Xu Shu a position.

Of course, these are minor issues. With Xu Shu joining Jingzhou, Jingzhou is even more powerful. Even if I have to leave Jingzhou temporarily, I am not afraid of Guan Yu's incident happening again. Just kidding, Xu Shu is a serious person who can be a counselor and a commander. With him, the pressure is immediately reduced a lot.

"By the way, Commander-in-Chief, I'm afraid Cao Wei will make some small moves. We must be on guard."

Xu Shu remembered the plan proposed by Liu Ye at the previous court meeting in Luoyang and Sima Yi's plan to incite foreign races to rebel, and hurriedly grabbed Feng Xi.

"Oh? Please enlighten me, sir."

When Feng Xi heard that Cao Wei had another trick up his sleeve, he quickly sat down again. Xu Shu then told Feng Xi everything that had happened that day.

"Liu Ye's counter-espionage plan is fine, it's too clumsy, but we can just let the envoy inform His Majesty and the Prime Minister on the way. This plan to incite foreign races is extremely vicious, causing the lives of the people in Sichuan to be destroyed, and his cruel mind is obvious..."

Feng Xi thought for a moment and realized that this rumor-mongering plot would be useless with Zhuge Liang around. However, the foreigners would not listen to Zhuge Liang. If these brainless people really believed it, it would definitely bring a lot of trouble to himself and Sichuan.

(End of this chapter)