Lu's relatives

Chapter 214 False words tell the old story, Qin Xu confused Cao Ang

"Brother Zixiu thinks highly of Qin. You are the eldest son of Yanzhou Mu, but now Xu is alone, so he is willing to meet you because Yan'er belongs to the same family as you. Otherwise, I’m afraid he’s already too ashamed to be seen by others!” Fortunately, Qin Xu had known for a long time that Xu Huang’s great reputation in history was obtained from Cao Cao, and the original recruiting was to value Xu Huang’s character and at the same time I just wanted to make things difficult for Cao Cao. I was happy if I succeeded, but I had no choice but to be happy when I failed. Apart from some regrets, I also looked forward to Xu Huang's soaring skyward from now on.Seeing what Cao Ang said unnaturally after he greeted Xu Huang, Qin Xu smiled slightly and said in a self-deprecating tone.

"Brother Zhongming has done a great job, and he has obtained so much military resources and food for Qingzhou, why..." After all, Cao Ang is not like Qin Xu. He has the experience of being a human being in two lifetimes. The original intention of coming to Qingzhou was close, and he asked curiously.

"Maybe Zixiu came here after hearing that I got hundreds of thousands of stones, grain and grass in Qingzhou, and countless military coins?" Qin Xu let Cao Ang and Xu Huang into the living room of the middle hall, and asked directly. Not very good at hiding emotions, a little embarrassed by what Qin Xu said directly, Cao Ang opened his mouth, pretending to be helpless and said: "Zixiu, although you and I belong to two parties, at least it can be regarded as congenial, what is the meaning of your coming here?" It should also have the same purpose as the envoys sent by Yuan Shao and Tao Qian, so you must not hide it from me!"

"This, Zhongming, Ang..." Cao Ang blushed a little at Qin Xu's words, but he didn't expect Qin Xu to point out the fundamental intention of the envoy sent by Yanzhou so unceremoniously. Opening his mouth, he seemed to think for a long time before taking a deep breath, and said: "Ang does not hide from Zhongming, this time Ang came here at the order of his father, although he did have the idea of ​​asking Ji Qingzhou for disaster relief, but it was also for the sake of I can't bear the severe drought in the Central Plains, when the people are affected by disasters, Qingzhou and Xuzhou will rise up again because of some trivial matters, at least the original intention of Aang is completely different from the envoy sent by Yuan Shao."

"Zixiu has misunderstood Xu Zhi." Seeing that although Cao Ang has changed his behavior, his simple nature is hard to change. After being provoked by a few words, he returned to his original state, which made Qin Xu Feeling a little guilty.I also don't know that Cao Cao sent Cao Ang here despite knowing that his eldest son is benevolent and not suitable for such rip-offs.A trace of apology flashed in Qin Xu's eyes, and he said with a smile on his face, "Xu didn't mean anything else, just lamenting whether it's Yuan Jizhou or General Cao, it might be useless to come here this time!"

"What did Zhongming mean? Could it be the news that was sent back by Xizuo? Uh..." Cao Ang is an honest boy, and he has always had a good sense of Qin Xu, and he has a fellowship with Cai Yan. Seeing Qin Xu's heart-to-heart picture He almost took out the old bottom by accident, but he asked with doubts on his face full of embarrassment.

"This is normal in this world, Zixiu needn't be embarrassed!" Qin Xu didn't seem to have heard Cao Ang's gaffe, and said with a smile: "I don't know if Zixiu heard that I, Qingzhou, had to get the treasure hidden by the rebel Kanxuan. At the time of the news, did you also find out the reason why Qin was dismissed from office this time?"

"This is also what Angbai couldn't understand. I was about to ask, but I was afraid that Zhongming would be offended!" Cao Ang said with some embarrassment: "I have known that Zhongming is very important to General Lu, and I am also familiar with Miss Lu. Favor, it should be the sky is going straight up, the official career is prosperous, why..."

"Ah... Zixiu doesn't know something!" Qin Xu pretended to be slumped, and sighed, "Everyone in the world now believes in rumors, and it's a lie that three people become tigers, and everyone talks about money. There is no way to explain. Although Xu was trusted and favored by the master before, no one would listen to Xu's truthful words, and he was really depressed. Although Zixiu belongs to another party, Xu regards you as a friend, and you and I have the right to be friends It’s just a chat between them. Of course, I don’t ask Brother Zixiu to believe what Xuzhi said, let’s just listen to what Xu Zhi said, and let Zixiu listen to it, and ask Brother Zixiu to realize it.”

"It's okay for Zhong Ming to speak, but Ang is actually very curious." Seeing Qin Xu's heart-to-heart look, Cao Ang had already won a lot of Cao Jun's civil and military affairs before coming to Zizi, including Cao Cao. Don't worry about it, you must be careful not to forget Qin Xu's words when he opened his mouth, and asked with a frown.

"Does Zixiu know about the two unrespectable 'criminal cases' in the plains and Beihai that happened before me in Qingzhou?" Qin Xu talked eloquently without waiting for Cao Ang to answer, "Actually Everything started from the events in these two places. When Qin followed his lord to assist Xuzhou, he actually only heard that Xiapi was in danger of being destroyed. We were worried that Xiapi would be captured by thieves, and the majesty of the Han would not tolerate it. Cough, forget it, and I didn't say those high-sounding words with Zixiu. It was because Tao Qian accepted a hundred thousand shi of military rations as a reward, so he brazenly sent troops to rescue him. I didn't know at the time that Kanxuan had been robbed The matter of passing through Pengcheng and Donghai. That is, after the coalition forces of the Kanxuan bandits and the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans were defeated by Wen Hou, the rebels were also detained by Tao Xuzhou himself. Put them all to death, I believe that these things are known to everyone at this time."

"That's right, Ang also heard the news. When talking about it with his father, he lamented that in addition to General Lu's righteousness, he also criticized Tao Gongzu's methods." Hearing that Qin Xu even lied to Lu Bu The amount of remuneration with Tao Qian was clearly stated, Cao Ang believed Qin Xu's words first, and then said Qin Xu's words.

"That's right, if my grandfather hadn't been injured that day by Zhang Kai, the old general of Xuzhou, causing my father-in-law General Cao to flee to Xuzhou with his army, threatening to slaughter all the people of Xuzhou, perhaps on the day when the siege of Xiapi was lifted, we would have Returning to Qingzhou, after all, the severe drought has been forewarned in Qingzhou, and General Lu is worried that the people of Qingzhou will fight lightly with their friends and neighbors?" The best way to deceive people is to match the true with the false, as in Antelope horns are nowhere to be found.Qin Xu laid the groundwork for Lu Bu's rescue of Xuzhou before, which gave Cao Ang a preconceived notion that Lu Bu was only helping with food to save the lives of the victims in Qingzhou.Seeing Cao Ang nod repeatedly after hearing this, Qin Xu secretly smiled inwardly, but still had a serious expression on his face, and said: "Because your ancestor was seriously injured, and you were worried about Zixiu who was in Linzi at that time, Qin Xu Xu entered Cao Ying alone, resolved the misunderstanding, and brought the old grandpa back to Qingzhou to recuperate and meet with Zixiu. Afterwards, he not only sent your grandparents back to Yanzhou, but also kindly told the truth about the severe drought. General Cao, the purpose is not to hurt the harmony of Qingyan and Erzhou."

"What Zhongming said is very true. If it wasn't for Zhongming's news that Yanzhou had prepared a little bit, I believe that under this natural disaster, I don't know how many innocent people in Yanzhou will suffer. But Ang would also like to thank Zhongming for his righteousness that day. This move." Although I didn't know that Qin Xu was going to talk about Qingzhou's acquisition of Kanxuan's looting, but he was talking about these things, but hearing Qin Xu's news of the drought made Yanzhou prepare in advance. Cao Ang got up anyway, and saluted Qin Xu solemnly.

"Regardless of Qingzhou, Yanzhou or other states and counties, they are all citizens of big men, but Zixiu is too polite." Seeing that Cao Ang had started to follow his own thinking, Qin Xu smiled secretly, and continued: "But at this moment, Qingzhou's newly restored plains and Beihai suddenly exposed fraudulent cases, and more than [-] stones and grains disappeared, which shocked the hearts of the people in the two places, and the situation was critical. However, there was not much grain in Linzi, and dozens of people in the city Ten thousand people are not enough, so how can we provide relief? But the severe drought has arrived, and if we don’t save it, there will be changes, and Qingzhou, which has finally stabilized, will fall into chaos again. How can the people suffer from this double disaster? Under the circumstances, Xu could only ask Marquis Wen to transport back the [-] shi of grain and grass that Tao Qian had paid and stored in the Jinan Kingdom for backup, but unexpectedly, while in Jinan Kingdom, he caught several remnants of the Yellow Turbans. Zi Xiuying You know, Wen Hou's repeated actions in Qingzhou have long frightened Qingxu and Huangjin. Even when the Xuzhou soldiers encircled Xiapi, they and Langya County, which is the nearest border to Qingzhou, were regarded as forbidden areas. How could it be so in Jinan? The remnants of the Yellow Turban appeared in the important town? Xu Lianye was interrogated, but he was shocked and got a shocking news."

"Could it be the hiding place of the things that Kan Xuan looted?" The honest boy Cao Ang has been attracted by Qin Xu's "story" this time, and he really should listen to his father and wife Cao, but it's a pity that he can't stop now up.

"Zixiu is right!" Qin Xu nodded heavily, and said, "The reason why Wen Hou was able to use [-] newly recruited soldiers to defeat tens of thousands of Yellow Turban and Kanxuan rebels' coalition forces with a single blow of the drum was that It is because Kanxuan, the leader of the rebel army, and Yu Fang, the leader of the Yellow Turbans, started an internal strife, and what they were fighting for was the looted looted by the vivid and colorful Kanxuan rumored in the rumors! It's just that these remnants of the Yellow Turbans only know about the batch of military supplies and food Probably where it is, I don’t know the specific storage location, Qin was also very sad at first, but after questioning, he didn’t know whether it was true or not..."

"Brother Zhongming, could it be that the rumor that Kanxuan hid is a lie?" Cao Ang asked with a face full of surprise.

"After being severely punished by Qin, I found out after several interrogations that what Kanxuan looted and hid is true!" Qin Xu said in a heavy tone, "It's just that the number has been infinitely exaggerated. Not to mention Xuzhou Pengcheng, Donghai Among the two counties, is there really hundreds of thousands of food, grass and military resources? If there is, Kan Xuan can transport so many things hundreds of miles with only two thousand people and only half a month since the uprising At the junction of Qingyan, Xuzhou and Sanzhou outside, did you find a cave to hide? Could it be that Kan Xuan is really the real son of heaven, and his subordinates are protected by the gods in every move?"

"Then the wealth obtained by Qingzhou this time is..." Cao Ang finally understood what Qin Xu wanted to express from Qin Xu's often self-justified remarks. Asked: "It is said that there are as many as thousands of grain trucks and baggage trucks transported from Jinan to Linzi. Is it possible?"

"It seems that Lao Cao really wants to win Qingzhou, and he can even find out about this!" Qin Xu secretly said, but after hearing Cao Ang's doubtful question, he sighed heavily and said: "It's also my fault at that time. Qin was frivolous and wanted to witness the fighting power of the flying cavalry battalion that Jinan garrison general Cheng Lian was famous for, so he appointed General Cheng to find a valley where there are usually no people in the valley to perform the show. I met the pottery merchant of Xuzhou prince who was confronting a large number of yellow scarves."

"Pottery merchant? Could it be that he was the one who issued an order to hunt down and kill the yellow scarf of Lao Shizi to Zhong Ming, and then ordered to rob the family ancestors?" Cao Ang suddenly asked with anger.

"That's right, but the matter with the old lady, Tao Xuzhou has already stated that it was a misunderstanding." Qin Xu pretended to persuade, but in fact quietly fanned the flames and lit the fire. Before Cao Ang answered, he continued: " When I saw that situation that day, although Qin wanted to know what they were doing, firstly, there were few people in the place, and General Cheng was just performing a show to relieve Qin's boredom, and he brought very few troops. Although Qin wanted to know what they were doing, after all, Qingzhou and Xuzhou were friendly neighbors, and Wen Hou had just rescued the siege of Xiapi. Therefore, in line with the intention of doing more things than doing things less, seeing them had no intention of embarrassing Qin , and saw them leave. But who knows... Alas!"

"How?" Cao Ang vaguely knew what Qin Xu said next, but he still asked eagerly.

"Hey!" Qin Xu seemed to be complaining to an old friend, and he added fire to Cao Ang, who had already made up his own brain and believed it, and said, "Who knows that Qin Mou didn't see what he saw in the valley at all?" Seriously, he wanted to return to Linzi while escorting the [-] shi of grain and grass paid by Tao Qian. Suddenly, his brain got hot and he had an impromptu idea. What about the public opinion in Anqingzhou that seems to be fluctuating because of the fraud in the two places? So..."

"So Zhongming, you originally intended to appease the people of Qingzhou, but unexpectedly, you were misrepresented by someone with a heart, and the rumors became more and more outrageous, and finally caused this matter to be spread?" Seeing Qin Xu's dejected look, Cao Ang asked. Thinking that someone from Qin had ruined a good thing for him with good intentions, he asked tentatively with a concerned face.

"Hey! Time! Fate! Although the lord is Xu's father-in-law, Xu has caused too much trouble this time, and he has to cut Qin's official position to reassure the army, alas..." Qin Xu glanced at With a complex expression of sympathy and "disappointment", Cao Ang knew that he had succeeded, so he almost didn't laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)