The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 602
Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi were like wolves and tigers, and they put all their strength into a competition. In the end, both of them fell to the ground, panting from exhaustion, and this battle of kings ended without a problem.

Yuan Shang and Cao Zhi were lying on the ground panting heavily, and they looked at the sky together, looking directly at the white cloud and gray dog ​​passing leisurely in the blue sky.

After watching quietly for a long time, Cao Zhi suddenly let out a long sigh.

"In the Battle of Cangting back then, you and my father were just like the two of you and I are doing today. We fought each other to win the battle, and we ended up in a dead end. But today, between you and me..."

Having said this, Cao Zhi choked up for a while, as if he couldn't continue.

A bright smile appeared on Yuan Shang's face.

"Your father and I are friends, but they are too persistent, and they can't be compatible with each other, so that they have to fight to the death. But today, although you and I are also enemies, we have survived at the same time... and We will no longer be enemies, you and I will always be friends, won't we? We are different from them."

There was a smile on the corner of Cao Zhi's mouth, and he said: "From now on, the affairs of the world have nothing to do with me, and the matter of killing and cutting has nothing to do with me. I just recite poems every day, drink and chat, and enjoy the snow and moon. ...Perhaps it would be nice for you to drink a jug of hot wine at my place when you are tired after returning from a battle abroad?"

After hearing this, Yuan Shang couldn't help feeling a little jealous of Cao Zhi.

"It's nice of you to shake your shoulders and ignore world affairs. From now on, you will only be a rich man every day, but I am the only one who continues to work hard... I really was born to work hard that day."

Cao Zhi laughed loudly, and said: "If you lose, you have the benefits of losing, and if you win, you have the difficulties of winning. All things in the world are originally fair."

Having said that, Cao Zhi straightened up, looked at Yuan Shang fixedly, and said with a smile, "When shall I leave?"

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, and said, "What kind of journey is it?"

"Go to Yecheng! You won't let me stay in Xuchang forever, will you? Not only do you care, but I also have to avoid suspicion."

Yuan Shang shook his head helplessly: "Your role is changing very quickly. The environment in Yecheng is good and the life is rich. You will live comfortably by then, but before that, you still have to stay in Xuchang and do me a favor. .”

Cao Zhi scolded with a smile when he heard the words: "You are shameless, you have taken my territory and my title, and you want me to help you? It's shameless!"

Yuan Shang smiled lightly: "I have always had a thick skin, so I'm sorry."

"What are you busy, talk about."

"One is to help me convince Xun Yu."

"I guessed it right away, what about the second?"

Yuan Shang narrowed his eyes and said, "Xu You! Since I entered Xuchang, I have been looking for the whereabouts of this person everywhere. Why haven't I found it?"

Cao Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "It's very simple. At that time, I was fighting with you on the front line, and all the soldiers in the Chinese army were the same. No one would pay attention to him. Xu You is very smart, so he The premeditated absconding is within common sense."

Hearing this, Yuan Shang took a deep breath: "Then where might he be now?"

Cao Zhi shrugged his shoulders and said, "You don't even know, where can I guess? But the biggest possibility is to go with Cao Pi."

"Cao Pi?" Yuan Shang raised his head and smiled slightly.

To be honest, when Cao Pi led the crowd to escape, it wasn't that he couldn't send people to chase and intercept him, but he didn't want to do that. Cao Pi's departure represented the split of the Cao family, and represented another rebellious faction of the Cao family headed by him that opposed Cao Zhi. Appearing in this world, it is because of such a rebellious line that Yuan Shang can more easily subdue the heart of Cao Jun who followed Cao Zhi.

Unity leads to stability, division leads to chaos.

After the two talked for a while, Yuan Shang went to send Cao Zhi back to the post to rest, and he himself saw Ju Shou who had been waiting for him.

"Mr. Ju has had a hard time waiting here, Yuan is really sorry." Yuan Shang picked up the towel handed over by the guard, wiped his bleeding nostrils, and smiled apologetically at Jushou.

Ju Shou was also quite self-restraining, and he just laughed aloud when he heard the words, and said: "It's all right, I can see the horrific bloody battle between the lord and Cao Taifu, and Ju Mou will die without regret in this life."

Yuan Shang was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then he couldn't help but blushed, and gave the old man a hard look.

Hearing what this bastard old man said, he was just getting a little nosebleed by Cao Zhi, and he even said a shocking bloody battle... It shows how shabby he is!

Jushou obviously saw that Yuan Shang was a little displeased with his evaluation, so he smiled slightly, and opened his mouth to change the subject and talk about his purpose of coming here.

"General Qi, the reason Ju is anxious to come to see you is because there is an envoy from the south of the border with a heavy gift to see you. I don't know what the lord thinks, will I see you or not?"

"The land to the south?" Yuan Shang didn't react for a while, and asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Ju Shou stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a chuckle, "The land of Nanzhong, the envoy sent by Liu Zhang."

Yuan Shang was taken aback when he heard the words, and couldn't help being surprised: "Liu Zhang?!"

At that time, Liu Bei rushed to attack Xishu, Tuba Chuanzhong, and Liu Zhang, the former owner of Xichuan, lost his territory and fell into the city. Finally, under the protection of the loyal ministers such as General Zhang Ren, he gave up Chengdu and went straight to Nanzhong. away from the place.

In other words, it was the barren land of the Southern Barbarians.

Liu Zhang suddenly came to see him at this time, and Yuan Shang figured out what he was planning with his toes.

Just imagine, a prince who used to rule the roost of Xichuan, with strong soldiers and horses, and the most talented people, was suddenly rebelled by his brothers from the same clan and seized his foundation, and was beaten to the side of the street. What a gap, how frustrated.

Clay figurines also have a three-point earthy nature. Although Liu Zhang is a soft persimmon, soft persimmons can also turn sour. It is impossible for him not to say this. The crux of the problem is that Liu Bei is now across Xichuan and Jingzhou, and his troops are strong and strong. It is unstoppable, and its power expands rapidly, as if it is already ranked above Soochow, which has been passed down for three generations.

And Liu Zhang is now the lord of the down and out, not to mention contending with Liu Bei, if he went to the land of the Southern Barbarians, he would probably act according to his face. Whether he could live to next year after eating bran and swallowed vegetables was a question.

Under such circumstances, if Liu Zhang wants to find Liu Bei to regain his position, it is obvious that he needs to take advantage of the situation. Looking at the world, the only person who can restrain Liu Bei is obviously only Yuan Shang.

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In the temporary residence, Yuan Shang received the envoy sent by Liu Zhang.

Seeing Liu Zhang's envoy suddenly, Yuan Shang couldn't help being a little stunned.

Logically speaking, although Liu Zhang was down and out, he was still a vassal, and the Han family was an orthodox royal family. The envoys he sent would not only be reliable and majestic, but at least they should be well-groomed and courteous.

However, the envoy in front of him looked completely different.

The emissary's face was yellow and thin, his face was haggard and dirty, and the aisle trembled slightly. It seemed that he was short of food and drink, a sign of malnutrition. He also held a big stick in his hand to support his body. There is a possibility of falling down.

The coarse linen clothes are nothing more than that, but the top is full of holes and holes, the trousers are still half-length trousers, and the left and right feet are one long and one short, which are obviously "improved" by being torn apart. The straw sandals under the feet A big hole was exposed, and the dark big toe was exposed, trembling, the toenails were long and black, and at a glance, the inside was covered with mud, obviously it hadn't been groomed for a long time...

Looking at this beggar-like messenger, Yuan Shang felt short-circuited in his brain for a while, and was not very good at speaking.

Seeing that Yuan Shang was in a daze, Ju Shou couldn't help but coughed lightly, raised his hand and slapped Yuan Shang secretly, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I've already greeted you, what are you doing just staring at him? It's too impolite."

Yuan Shang came back to his senses after hearing the words, then slapped his forehead, looked down at the messenger's twitching big toe exposed outside the straw sandals, and said.

"What a sexy big toe."

When the messenger heard this, his face turned red.

"Who is this beggar?"

The envoy was taken aback when he heard the words, his face turned even redder, like a ripe big apple, and he replied in a low voice, somewhat unhappy.

"I'm not begging for food."

Yuan Shang nodded suddenly when he heard the words: "It can be seen... come here, give me some food."

"Hmm!" Ju Shou coughed vigorously, then gave Yuan Shang a dissatisfied look, and stopped his next words.

The envoy arched his hands at Yuan Shang and said, "I am Liu Zhang's son Liu Xun. This time, by the order of my father, I am here to send a letter to the general and make an alliance with the general, and I hope the general will not hesitate. accept."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shang looked Liu Xun up and down and said, "Are you Liu Zhang's son?"

Liu Xun nodded and said, "Yes."

Yuan Shang raised his head, with a smile on his face, he said softly: "Liu Zhang and I have never had any contact with each other. Today, I suddenly sent my own son to me as an envoy. Is it a bit too fast to make an alliance?"

Liu Xun nodded and said: "Although the general and my father had no friendship in the past, they now have the same serious problem. That is Liu Bei. Now the Cao family has been subdued by the general. Looking at the world, he can be called the general's opponent." Liu Bei is the only one who loves you! And Liu Bei and my father have a hatred for seizing the land, and it is inevitable for you and me to unite, doesn't the general think so?"

Yuan Shang heard the words, rolled his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "I really don't think so."

Liu Xun was stunned when he heard the words, and looked at Yuan Shang in surprise, not understanding what it meant.

Yuan Shang clapped his hands and said: "The so-called alliance is to support each other, complement each other's strengths and weaknesses on the basis of a certain ratio of strength between the two parties, and take advantage of the strengths of many parties to make up for one's own needs. Only in this situation can it be achieved. alliance……"

Having said that, Yuan Shang paused, and said: "But look at you, as an envoy, you are no different from a beggar when you come to me. Even if you are the son of Liu Zhang, you others are even worse. I can imagine... Mr. Liu, to be honest, apart from a sexy big toe that I don't have, I haven't found any other bright spots on your body."

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(End of this chapter)