Cao Thief

Chapter 157
After settling down, Cao Peng and others' stomachs growled.

So we discussed it and decided to go out to eat.

There are also meals in the post house, but they are not quite suitable for Xu Yi's taste.Xiapi is located at the confluence of three rivers and produces river fresh food.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Xuzhou also belonged to the Chu State, so most of the local people like to eat Hexian.

There will always be seafood in the meals.Cao Peng didn't think much of it, but for northerners like Dianman and Xu Yi who are used to eating pasta, they were really not used to it.So, the two only moved their chopsticks, and dragged Cao Peng out...

It seems that the fishy fish in this era cannot completely remove the fishy smell, and its cooking techniques are not particularly clever.

Cao Peng didn't care, so he left the post house with the two of them.

When they came to the post house, Zhang Liao and Cao Xing introduced the catering situation in Xiapi to Cao Peng.They also considered that the three of Cao Peng might not be used to the food in the inn, so they pointed out several restaurants.Following Zhang Liao's instructions, Cao Peng and Dianman Xu Yi went to find him.Go out of the gate of the post house, walk out of a street, and turn a corner, and you will see a restaurant named "Cyclamen".

At this time, it was already the first light of the Chinese lanterns, and the restaurant was full of people.

The three of Cao Peng walked in, and couldn't help frowning when they saw this situation.

"Shopkeeper, are there any vacancies?"

Cao Peng asked loudly.

"Guest officer, there are no more seats..."

The shopkeeper of the restaurant stepped forward to answer, but before Cao Peng could speak, a waiter came up and whispered a few words in the shopkeeper's ear, the shopkeeper's face changed drastically.

Seeing that Cao Peng and the others turned around and were about to leave, he hurried forward and said, "Guest officer, the big case is gone, but there are only three of you, why don't you find a small case? It's not the old man's bragging, it's something from our cyclist." It is definitely considered the best in Xiapi City. Even if the guest officers go to other places at this time, it may not be easy to find a seat. Why don't you just make do with the little old man, what do the three guest officers think?"

Cao Peng was startled, and looked at the shopkeeper suspiciously.

"Do you recognize me?"

He spoke lukewarmly just now, but suddenly became enthusiastic.

The so-called being courteous without doing anything is not adultery or robbery!
There was a smile on the shopkeeper's round face.

He lowered his voice and said: "Three young generals are fighting against three generals on the long street during the day. The little people admire them very much, how can they not entertain them?"

Just from this sentence, it can be seen that Hou Cheng and others are taking a risk, which seems to be unpopular.

Cao Peng thought for a while, glanced at Dianman and Xu Yi, and asked with a smile: "Second brother, third brother, how about we have dinner here?"

Dianman and Xu Yi didn't care, so they nodded.

A guy came up and led the three of them up to the second floor, where they sat down behind a screen.

The food table is indeed not too big, but it is enough for three people.Soon, the guy brought the food and wine and placed them on the food table...

"Three little generals, what would you like to drink?"

"You quack, there's good wine, just serve it up."

Cao Peng raised his hand, "Two bottles are enough, I don't drink alcohol."

"Ah Fu, you are good at everything, but this is not good... Man, how can you not drink?"

Cao Peng smiled, and didn't pick up on the conversation between the two of them.

It's not that he doesn't know how to drink, but he doesn't like to drink.The drinks of this year are not to his liking.

It's a pity that Cao Peng didn't know how to make wine, otherwise it would be another source of money.The staff brought two small bottles of Yishui brew and placed them in front of Dianman and Xu Yi.

Cao Peng ate food on his own, and looked out from the side window, admiring the night view of Xiapi.

I have to say that Xia Pi is indeed better than Xu Du!
Although Xu Du had previously said that its geographical location was important, it was still not as good as the capital of the Han dynasty.The capital of Xiapi Kingdom was built in 114 years by four generations (although the last one was only in power for one year), which is far from being comparable to Xudu, which was built in a hurry.Regardless of the scale of the city, or the layout, architecture, and planning, Xiapi has a very strong Chu style.

Sitting in this seat, you can clearly see the Futu Temple, which was built with huge sums of money when Xiapi Xiangruo was in power.

It seems to have become a scene of Xiapi, and it looks extraordinarily majestic under the night...

"Zi Ai, you are here!"

Behind the screen, came a voice.

At first glance, it seems familiar.

Cao Peng was startled, and quickly listened.

"Gongyou has been waiting for a long time."

It's Sun Gan!
Cao Peng was taken aback, and quickly sat upright, put his fingers to his lips, and gave a 'shh', signaling Dianman and Xu Yi to keep their voices down.

Unexpectedly, by such a coincidence, Sun Qian was sitting next door.

No wonder it sounded familiar. Sun Gana's extremely strong Qingzhou Beihai accent is also a feature.

But who is Zi Ai?
"Zi'ai, you hurriedly asked me to come, what happened?"

"Gongyou, why didn't Zifang come?"

"Oh, when you delivered the letter before, Zifang went out with the lord. It's not easy for Zizhong to stay away without authorization, so he let me come.

Zi Ai, what is going on?I waited for you here for three days before you came over. "

"Oh, it's hard to say."

The person named Zi Ai coughed lightly as if drinking some water.

"To tell you the truth, Gongyou, I've also been battered these days.

The batch of goods a few days ago had already found a buyer.Who knew that many things happened to me, and I became a little nervous all of a sudden.I didn't dare to act lightly because I was afraid of revealing my identity... You also know that this sale of private salt is not big or small. "

"How do you say?" It was Sun Qian's voice.

Ziai sighed, "The new county magistrate is a man of means.

Previously, our business was able to flow unimpeded in Haixi, but it was because the imperial court couldn't take care of it.But now, the new county magistrate... surnamed Deng is cruel and ruthless, he killed Chen Sheng immediately, and cut off several ways for me in one fell swoop.You also know that in order to hide my identity, I cooperated with Chen Sheng in favor of others and asked him to come forward... He has a wide range of people and has always cooperated very well.

But now that he died, the several paths in his hands were cut off at once.

If I hadn't hid it well, I'm afraid I'd be messed up now... Gongyou, you have to talk to Zizhong and ask him to temporarily stop shipping. "

Sun Qian was silent for a while.

But Cao Peng, who was eavesdropping on the sidelines, had a storm in his heart.

Magistrate Deng, Chen Sheng...

He was talking about Haixi County!
Who is Zi Zhong?Who is Zifang?

Cao Peng couldn't help being a little confused.

Who made this rule, you have to come up with a table word?

Cao Peng could memorize the names of some people, but how could he memorize everyone's names when there were so many people in the Three Kingdoms period?

Wait, wait... Liu Bei doesn't seem to have many people in his hands now.Wu is not Guan Zhang, Chen Dao, Cao Peng doesn't know who Chen Dao is, and Wen is only Jian Yong, Sun Qian and Mi Zhu brothers.Let Liu Bei stay in Pei County to guard his hometown, he must not wait for idlers.

Sun Qian is here, is it Jian Yong?
It doesn't seem like...Zizhong, Zifang...it sounds like they are brothers.

And it's private salt!

The answer was ready to come out, and Cao Peng immediately realized it.

Zizhong and Zifang should be the cousins ​​of Mizhu and Mifang brothers.

Private salt?

Could this Zi Ai be the Mi family's collaborator in Haixi?

There are three evils in Haixi, pirates, salt lords, merchants and moths!Now, the merchant beetle has been controlled by Cao Peng, leaving only the pirate and the salt owl.

From the original intention, Cao Peng didn't want to attack Yan Xiao so soon.

After all, the Mo family has been in business for so many years, and if they want to deal with them, they may have to bear tremendous pressure.

Moreover, the sale of private salt by salt lords does not have much conflict with Haixi at present, and it even helps Haixi's prosperity and stability.

However, it is not a bad thing to find out the identity of the other party.

Thinking of this, Cao Peng held his breath, trying to see Zi Ai's face clearly through the gap in the screen.However, there was a robe hanging on the screen, which blocked Cao Peng's sight.Cao Peng was also very helpless about this, so he closed his ears and continued to listen...

"Pause?" Sun Qian said softly, "Zi'ai, I'm afraid this matter will be difficult."

"how do I say this?"

"Mr. Xuande just annexed Yang Feng Hanxian's troops, and now he continues to spend a lot of money to buy military rations and equipment. I estimate that a large number of goods will be shipped a year ago, and we will sell them from you as soon as possible. You know, Duke Xuande's current situation is not very good."

"But……"

Zi Ai seems to be hesitant.

"Is the one surnamed Deng very troublesome?"

"It's not easy to deal with... that guy is a man with a broken arm, but his methods are extremely clever.

With lightning speed, Chen Sheng was killed, and Chen Sheng's property was swallowed up.Before I came, I heard that they were going to clean up the North Market again.The few respectable Jia people in Haixi County seemed to be on their side, and I was really worried. "

Behind the screen, there was silence again!

Sun Qian seemed to be lost in thought, and there was a sound of his clothes being loosened behind the screen.

After a while, Sun Qian said: "Zi'ai, I won't hide it from you. This batch of goods must be sold, and it must be sold as soon as possible in exchange for military rations and weapons. You should know that Lu Bu's wolf-fox nature may be released at any time." We will attack Duke Xuande, we have no other choice."

"Then this matter is really troublesome!"

"Zi'ai, how about this..." Sun Qian paused, "Aren't you..."

His voice suddenly lowered and became very weak.

Cao Peng strained his ears, desperately trying to hear clearly, but he couldn't hear anything.

"Looking for Xue Zhou?"

"Why are you arguing..."

Sun Qian shouted softly, and then Cao Peng saw the robe shaking on the screen, so he quickly turned sideways and shrank in the corner.And Dianman took the opportunity to step forward, with his back to the screen, covering Realization.

"Second brother, drink, drink!"

Xu Yi immediately agreed, raised the wine bottle in her hand, and exchanged cups with Dianman.

There was silence behind the screen for a while, and Cao Peng posted it again.

The voice was still very low, and only vaguely heard Sun Gan say the words 'Ilu'.

"This... I can give it a try." Ziai said after a while: "However, they have been very careful recently, and it's not easy to communicate.

I heard people say that they are in Yuzhou Mountain, but they have to take a boat, and the sea route is also very complicated.

Well, I'll go back and stare first.If Zizhong wants to ship, he should do it as soon as possible... If it can be avoided, it should be avoided as much as possible. "

"Hehe, that's natural."

Sun Gan laughed and said, "Mr. Xuande is benevolent and generous. If he had no other choice, how could he use swords and cause disasters to the people of Haixi? Then you should go back and deal with this matter as soon as possible. I will return to Pei County after I meet Lu Bu tomorrow." , and explain the matter to Duke Xuande."

"Well, that's the only way...then I'll take my leave first!"

Ziai didn't seem to want to stay, so she sat for a while and left.

Cao Peng retreated to the corner again, Dianman and Xu Yi continued to drink.Not long after, I heard the sound of footsteps, gradually drifting away...

Cao Peng closed his eyes, gently rubbed his temples, and showed a bitter smile on his face.

"Afu, what's wrong?"

"...It's okay!"

Cao Peng sat by the food table and looked out the window sideways.

After Sun Gan left the restaurant, he seemed to feel something, and turned his head to look upstairs.

Cao Peng quickly shrank back...

I don't want to cause disasters, but disasters come to the door by themselves.

Originally, he was thinking about solving the matter of Yan Xiao in the future, but unexpectedly, he was regarded as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.

Ha... If that's the case, then don't blame me for troubling you first.But, how to deal with Liu Bei?Cao Peng couldn't think of it for a while.

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For this dinner, Cao Peng felt a little overwhelmed.

By the time Xu Yi and Dianman had had their fill of wine and food, it was already late.

Cao Peng and the two of them embarked on the way back to the post house. Along the way, his brain never stopped, thinking about how to solve the problem.

Tell Lu Bu?

I'm afraid it will be difficult...

Not to mention whether Lu Bu can trust himself, even if he believes in himself, Lu Bu may not get rid of Liu Bei.Based on Cao Peng's understanding of Liu Bei, he is an unbeatable Xiaoqiang.If he finds out that he is the one who caused trouble, then Cao Peng will have to face Liu Guanzhang's anger.

Not worth it, not worth it!

Cao Peng thought for a while, and finally held down the idea of ​​telling the truth for the time being.

After returning to the post house, Dianman and Xu Yi fell asleep and fell into a dream soon.

Cao Peng was so disturbed by their snoring that he couldn't sleep, so he put on his clothes and went out.Sometimes, he is quite envious of Xu Yi and Dianman.

It doesn't need so many calculations, it's simple, and it's pretty good.

In fact, why did Cao Peng not want to be simple...

Sit down on the porch, lean on the porch pillar, and listen to the night wind.

The post house was very quiet at night.Occasionally, a few snorts could be heard from the stables not far away, adding a bit of fun to the night.

Cao Peng felt a little cold, stood up, and punched in the yard.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered Lu Bu's shocking halberd.His fists and kicks stopped suddenly, and he stood in the yard, closing his eyes.

The overwhelming aura suddenly appeared in his mind.

Lu Bu's halberd left a deep impression on Cao Peng.Standing in the yard, he seemed to feel the moment when the halberd struck him again.The fine hairs stood up suddenly, and goosebumps quickly spread all over his body.Every movement of Lu Bu's hand kept flashing in Cao Peng's mind, causing him to fall into it, and he couldn't extricate himself for a while... What a terrifying power it was.

A sneeze!

A sneeze woke up Cao Peng from the illusion.

The bone-chilling night wind made him feel the chill.

Looking at the sky, it was almost midnight.

Cao Peng didn't dare to stay in the yard anymore, rubbing his hands, shrinking his neck, and went back to the room.

No matter how many... Soldiers come to block, water comes to fill!

No matter how powerful Liu Bei is, it won't be so easy to deal with me in a short while.Or, find him a chance...

A bold idea suddenly flashed in my mind.

Cao Peng was also taken aback by his sudden thought, sat up all of a sudden, with a strange light in his eyes.

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The double starts!

The decisive battle has begun!

We have waited for 27 days, and we will give it a try in three days!
On the 28th, the fourth update was [-] words, and this was the first update.

Old and new blow the rallying call, charge! ! ! !
(End of this chapter)