Lu's relatives

Chapter 546

Xuchang.late at night.Everything was silent.Occasionally, a few mocking neighs of jackdaws, taking advantage of the cold moonlight, added a bit of bleakness to the endless hustle and bustle of the big man's capital during the day.

On the cold street, by chance, a group of soldiers in thick armor and jackets, holding bronze handles with wooden handles as thick as an arm, stepped on the frosty ground listlessly, under the high wall beside Xiuwenfang. Stamping past, turning his face from time to time to look at the dim light coming from the window, he seemed to be able to feel the warm heat wave and the vague and laughing voices inside, and then he looked back with difficulty, keeping up with the pace of the same robe in front of him. , Muttering something in a low voice.

"Boss, I know this family! That day when I followed my lord to welcome the emperor back from Chang'an, that Laoshizi servant Yushi who followed us nodding and bowing, for the sake of a blanket to protect us from the wind, he wished he could see me and shouted. Lord! But look now, tsk tsk, they have a big house to live in, but we don’t even have a place to shelter from the wind! I don’t know how the lord is thinking, why are these boneless rice worms raised for no reason? "

"Shut up! I said Wang Ergou, if you want to die, don't drag these old brothers. I will serve as a soldier and eat food. The lord will reward me with a full meal and give me a chance to fight for my life. Brother and I That's enough. Don't dare to be dissatisfied with slandering the lord!"

"Who's slandering... that's dissatisfied with the lord!" The soldier who spoke before hastily clarified: "I just don't understand, these people are not grateful to the lord for saving them from the sea of ​​​​fire, they always give it in exchange for flowers. The lord is looking for trouble, why does the lord treat these people so kindly, some of them are just worthless for the lord, don't talk nonsense."

"It's just you! It's not worth it to be worthy of the lord? Pull it down!" The others let out a low-pitched laughter when they heard the soldier's words. At the bottom of the intestinal tunnel, does the lord seem to be with you? Have you forgotten the bloodbath in the city last time? Let’s just watch, don’t look at these people who are jubilant now, it’s because the lord hasn’t freed up his hands yet, and besides moving They don't have much ability except talking, so they have been left by the lord until now. But if there is something out of the ordinary, they will suffer it one day!"

"That's right! Wang Ergou, you were still young at that time, so you didn't know. In the past, when the late emperor ordered criminals to be executed in autumn, he had to serve them with good wine and meat, let alone these people!"

"Okay, you think you are the mastermind under the lord's command, so you understand the lord's mind? Do you still want to ask our brothers to recommend you, a great sage, to the Shangguan? Bah! Now we should hurry up and finish the inspection of this area, and return Warm up a cup of hot wine during the room patrol, and then take a short nap for a while, it is the right thing to do."

"Yep……"

At this moment, the soldiers on night watch did not have much scruples in chatting privately, and this was an extremely ordinary winter night.Just like in the past, under the night, there are high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the mansion, and in the cold wind, there are envy and complaints from soldiers on duty outside the wall. Both of them can't see each other's way of existence, but they don't mix any political choices, just like The current situation in Xuchang seems to be full of contradictions that cannot be reconciled, but at least on the surface, they keep living in harmony and keep their own ways, making it difficult to figure out the mystery behind it.

"My lord, this is the change in Hebei sent by Mr. Zhongde from Puyang. Do you want to read it today or leave it tomorrow?" In the west of Xuchang City, in the mansion of General Xiaoqi, Cao Cao, who was only in a small coat, stretched his tired eyes. Arm, picked up the bamboo clip and flicked the charcoal basin beside him, and yawned.Seeing Cao Cao raised his head, a servant in the mansion carefully held the bundle of bamboo slips in his hands, stepped forward a few steps, and asked respectfully.

"Hebei?" Cao Cao was shaking his head from side to side, and with the creaking sound of his neck, he seemed to feel a lot more comfortable. When he heard what the servant said, he was startled for a moment, then twitched the corners of his mouth and hummed softly. With a sound, he signaled the servant to put the dossier on the table, but instead of looking at it again, he closed his eyes and asked, "Which general is on duty in Xuchang today? How is the situation in the palace?"

"Reporting to my lord, General Cao Xiu is on duty today, and General Xu Huang is patrolling the city! There is nothing unusual about the news from the palace, but..." It seems that he has been used to Cao Cao's leaping thinking, and the servant's face He didn't show any signs of timidity, and answered Cao Cao's questions step by step. Only when it came to matters in the palace, did he hesitate a little and said: "I just heard that Dong Guiren has become estranged from the emperor in recent days. Several times the emperor passed on The summons were all rejected by Dong Guiren because he was unwell. The emperor was very unhappy, and even the uncle Dong Cheng's request to see him a few days ago had to wait for a full hour before he was allowed to see him."

"Huh?! Haha! What else is there? The Son of Heaven seems to have grown up!" Cao Cao was startled when he heard that, and then he showed some "personal" smiles that belonged to his Boss Cao, and praised him in a playful way. Then he continued to ask: "That's all? By the way, is there any movement from the Mijia firm that blatantly spied on Xuchang's information for a certain ally? And what you said last time when a certain class teacher returned to the court, there were suspicious people trying to contact him. Does Mi's House have any clues at this time?"

"Reporting to my lord, I have some clues!" The waiter replied with a respectful face: "A month ago, there were two groups of suspicious-looking people who had contacted Mi's business firm. After investigation, it has been preliminarily confirmed that one of them is from Qingzhou. The official came to Xuchang in the name of presenting the New Year's Day congratulatory table to the emperor, and he did not hide his travels. This person's surname was Xu, his name was You, and his style name was Ziyuan. , Qingzhou Sima Zang is in charge of foreign affairs somewhere, although the intention of coming here is obvious, but it is still a long time before New Year's Day, so it is doubtful whether there are other missions."

"Oh?! It's Ziyuan! Heh! Speaking of which, this person is still an old friend of a certain person, huh! Using Ziyuan, who is highly intelligent and eloquent, has the opportunity to be flexible but not broad-minded, to be used as an envoy for foreign affairs. People really know Ziyuan's ability!" Cao Cao and Xu You are old acquaintances, it's not a secret, the servant first mentioned Xu You, that's why Cao Cao nodded after hearing the words, with a little smile on the corner of his mouth , glanced at the servant who knew what he wanted, and said: "Just make a note, post a certain post tomorrow, asking Xu You to come to the mansion to meet. Remember, it is please! Just say that you are just talking about the feelings of old friends, let There is no need for Ziyuan to be suspicious. Well, let’s talk about another group of people.”

"No!" Cao Cao's seemingly inadvertent gaze gave the waiter a cold look for no reason. He didn't know what he said wrong, and a trace of cold sweat broke out unconsciously on his forehead, but he still responded bravely and continued. : "The behavior of the two other people is also very suspicious. When the two people were at the city gate, the carriages they were riding on were confiscated, but they didn't intend to entangle like ordinary people. After that, they went straight to the Mi's house, but they didn't know what happened. The reason is that I didn’t have contact with any of them. Originally, we didn’t care about it, but then the two of them went to the mansion of Guojiu Dong Cheng, and then Dong Guojiu let out rumors that they were distant relatives. Vote, and place the two of them in the mansion."

"Going to see Dong Cheng? Will these two people go out in Dong Cheng's residence?" When he got here, he didn't know what to think of, his eyes narrowed immediately, and he asked in a concentrated voice.

"This subordinate is incompetent. When the identities of these two people are found to be suspicious, they have already lived in Uncle Dong's mansion, so..." The servant carefully glanced at Cao Cao who was squinting, not knowing what he was thinking. He continued softly: "However, when these two people lived in the mansion, Dong Guojiu asked to see the emperor several times. Although there was nothing unusual in itself, according to the news of the palace guards, these times Dong Guojiu's servants As well as the servants who lead the way, they all seem to be unfamiliar faces, as if..."

"Hmph! What does it seem like? These two people must be the so-called Dong Cheng's entourage and servants. Is it hard to guess?" Cao Cao said coldly.

"Yes! Yes! The villain is incompetent! I hope the lord will punish you!" Cao Cao said coldly, the servant immediately fell to his knees, touched the ground with his head, shaking like chaff, as if he had encountered something extremely frightening , Said tremblingly.

"Oh! You've been serving a certain servant for three or four years. You've been doing things with your heart, and you're very pleased with him. This is just a mistake, so there's no need to be like this!" Cao Cao's eyes flashed coldly when he saw the servant's appearance. However, the frost from just now was removed from his face, a gentle smile was put on, and he said slowly: "This is just a guess. The emperor suddenly issued an edict before, and bestowed grace on the deceased old friend Ben Chu It seems that when you said that these two people may have an audience with the emperor, they had doubts. It is not your fault. You don't have to worry. If you do things with your heart, you will definitely be rewarded. You step back, Chuan Wenlie Come and see!"

"No! No! Thank you, my lord, for your great kindness!" After sneaking a glance at Cao Cao, who had a warm expression on his face, the servant let out a long breath, kowtowed his head a few times before standing up timidly, bowed and retreated.But he didn't see Cao Cao's suddenly cold face and soft voice in his mouth at the moment when he turned around: "It's really a talent to be able to guess what a certain person is thinking, and also know how to consider the severity of the report to protect himself! There is Dong Cheng, Uncle Dong Guo, who is not as knowledgeable as you, and let you feel at ease to be the head of your officials. I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful. Is it true that Cao has no sword in his hand, or that Cao dare not embarrass him? Are you an uncle of the country!"

"My lord, please see the last general Cao Xiu!" Not long after the servant left, a general in armor came to see him with a clear voice.

"Well, my family's Qianliju is here!" Seeing that the visitor had arrived at the door, but did not come in, but untied the knife and put it on the side of the door, and greeted him outside the door, Cao Cao nodded in satisfaction, put on his clothes and stood up, smiling He greeted: "There is Wen Lie Suwei, so I just fell asleep so sweetly!"

"My lord's praise, it's just my duty, I don't dare to take such praise from my lord!" Cao Xiu's eyes flashed with excitement, but his face was not moved by Cao Cao's praise, he still said seriously.

"Well! Very good! Wen Lie has always been cautious and modest, sticks to his duty, has the style of a general, and I know it. This time, I intend to order you to temporarily exchange with Zihe, and stay in Miyagi for two months. This matter, would you like it!?" Cao Cao did not agree with his own son, because he was too polite to the late Cao Hong's son who had saved Cao Cao's life because of the saying "There is no flood in the world, but there must be no justice", and ordered to say .

"But according to the lord's order! Xiu will live up to the entrustment!" Cao Xiu replied in a serious voice.

(End of this chapter)