There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Xi Zhicai stroked his goatee-like beard, and said, "If Your Majesty has only one child, the pottery merchant will definitely occupy the top position in the world and be the leader of the princes in the future, but it is a pity that Your Majesty has two children. A child, like this, this matter may be very promising for Ming Gong.”

Cao Cao turned his head to look at him, his eyes flickering.

Xi Zhicai took a deep breath, and slowly said: "Your Majesty's other children, Liu Qiong and Empress Fu, are attached to Fu Wan and Dong Cheng at this moment. Walking towards the boundary of Jingzhou, the pottery merchant once said that the emperor had a posthumous photo saying that the eldest son Liu Xi would inherit the throne, but this matter was only decided by him, and there was no strong circumstantial evidence. Cao Gong was in a hurry, and he might have forgotten it. This point."

Cao Cao suddenly realized when he heard the words, and said: "The meaning of Xigong is that Fu Wan and Dong Chengding will support Liu Qiong as emperor."

Xi Zhicai nodded, and said: "This is human nature. Fu Wan must act like this. At that time, there will be two days in the sky, and there will be two masters in the world. For their own authentic status, the potters and the Liu family of Jingzhou will all be killed." Seeing each other as rebellious, not dying, this is not the separation and reunion of the princes for the benefit of each other, this is absolutely irreconcilable two opposites, must eliminate each other, in order to achieve yourself."

Xun Yu was startled when he heard the words, and said angrily, "Xizhong! How dare you make such rebellious remarks."

Cao Cao raised his hand, blocked Xun Yu's words, and said calmly: "If Wen doesn't have to be like this, what Xi Gong said is just the truth, we are discussing the matter as it is."

Xun Yu took a deep breath, and suddenly said: "Sikong, this subordinate is ill, and it is inconvenient for me to accompany you, so I have the right to leave."

When Cao Cao heard this, the eyes in his eyes were cold at first, but then he calmed down, and said: "If Wen Ruo is unwell, it's okay to go back to rest first, and it's good for self-cultivation. Let's discuss major issues in the future. If we want to retire Yuan Shao, Wen Ruo must go back and rest." Help."

Xun Yu didn't say much, just made a long bow, then turned around and left, even Xun You couldn't help pulling his sleeve secretly, and walked out of the big tent.

Xun Yu's sudden departure didn't seem to have any impact on Cao Cao, he just said to Xi Zhicai: "Continue talking."

Xi Zhicai sighed deeply, and continued to say to Cao Cao: "If there are really two emperors in the world, the conflict between pottery merchants and Jingzhou will be irreconcilable. Among these two major forces, Sikong has become the one that is invited by each other to fight for each other. Object, at that time, Sikong will take advantage of the opportunity, see the situation clearly, he will be like a fish in water, and he will win the fisherman's profit by taking advantage of the two major forces' competition, but he will be better than the past and win the world."

Cao Cao patted his forehead with his hand, and said to himself ashamed.

Because of his momentary anger, he ignored this biggest link, causing himself to be blinded, but his eyelids were lowered, and he was tricked by the pottery—or he was tricked by himself.

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Cao Cao woke up like a dream.

In terms of government affairs and the overall situation, the wheel is gloomy and vicious, and Xi Zhicai may not be as good as Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu and others, but when it comes to cunning, Xi Zhicai can be regarded as Cao Cao's number one.

But right now, Cao Cao still has a question to ask him.

"Although Liu Biao in Jingzhou has some abilities, he is the one who sits on the sidelines after all, and according to Cao's view, he may not be the opponent of the pottery merchant."

Xi Zhicai listened to Cao Cao's question, and smiled: "With Fu Wan's ability, leading the second prince to Jingzhou may not be able to get Liu Biao's support, but there is one person who can persuade Liu Biao, and not only Liu Biao However, the Liu family who can't keep Xichuan in order is also easy to be persuaded by him."

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this, thought carefully for a while, and finally realized.

"The public said, could it be Liu Bei?"

Xi Zhicai nodded with a smile, and said: "Liu Bei has been tossed and wandered, and has been under the command of Liu Yan, Gongsun Zan and others. Although he has failed many times, he has never been discouraged. I also had contact with this person in the battle against Dong Zhuo back then, and Sikong thought, could this person be successful?"

Cao Cao thought carefully for a while, then nodded and said: "Liu Bei is a capable person. If there is such a person, maybe he can really use Liu Biao, Liu Zhang and others to jointly support the second prince, and create some climate in the south." .”

Xi Zhicai nodded, and said: "The Liu clan has always been like scattered sand, doing their own thing. Now the only clans left in the Han clan are Liu Biao, Liu Bei, and the one who just inherited the Xichuan foundation from Liu Yan." If Liu Zhang and the others hadn’t had this matter, they might have continued to govern independently, but with the matter of supporting a new emperor, it’s possible that these Liu clans might make some noise.”

……

The pottery merchant returned to his command tent, and ordered people to rush to Pengcheng, Xuzhou that night, and asked Ni Heng to draft an edict on behalf of the "Prince" Liu Xi, reprimanding Yuan Shao for the crime of treason and regicide, and announced it to the world. At the same time, he also ordered all ministries to stand up , prepare the army for war, and prepare to compete with Yuan Shao.

When everyone was busy fighting against the strong enemy in the north, Guo Jia made a new moth.

He dispatched a confidant in the school office to secretly write a secret letter for him, and tried to deliver it quietly to Xun Yu in Cao Ying.

After one incident during the day, Xun Yu didn't fall asleep for half the night. He paced back and forth in his tent, thinking about the day's affairs constantly in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more anxious and helpless he felt.

But at this moment, his subordinates said that they had caught a spy who wanted to see him.

If it was changed to the original one, Xun Yu would not even pay attention to the so-called details of meeting himself.

But he who was anxious tonight, for some reason, met this person by a strange coincidence.

This person was straightforward, and when he saw Xun Yu, he didn't say a word, and directly handed Guo Jia's handwritten letter to him.

There was not much language in the letter, but there were five big characters shining brightly. The dazzling Xun Yu seemed to be unable to open his eyes, and his heart was constantly stirring.

"Sir, are you loyal to the Han Dynasty?"

5 Chapter Forty

After Xun Yu received Guo Jia's letter, he couldn't help trembling.

There were many reasons for his trembling, including shock, fear, and possibly anger.

After a while, he threw the slip to the side, and then ordered his subordinates: "Put the messenger back."

The messenger was taken aback when he heard the words, he had already prepared a whole set of rhetoric, and just waiting for Xun Yu to open his mouth, he began to communicate with him.

Even if he scolded him, scolded him, or threatened to kill him, the courier had Guo Jia taught him how to deal with it.

But without saying a word, he just put it back.

Why didn't Xun Yu follow the routine?

"Wen Ruogong, my Master Guo asked the villain to tell you..."

Xun Yu said indifferently: "You think that Xun Mou knows what Master Guo wants you to say to me. You don't need to say more, just go."

"But, Master Guo said..."

"roll!"

Xun Yu is different from the pottery merchant, he is a true gentleman who rarely curses, but now he suddenly said such a sentence, it can be said to be extremely unreasonable.

Left and right immediately pushed the courier out of the account.

Xun Yu took the bamboo slips and tossed and turned all night.

……

At Maoshi the next day, Xun Yu came to Cao Cao's tent with the letter Guo Jia wrote to him.

When Cao Cao saw the letter Xun Yu handed to him, he didn't even move his eyelids, his expression was very indifferent. Just from this point of view, Xun Yu already knew it in his heart.

There is no doubt that Cao Cao knew about Guo Jiaxin's reception.

But this also shows that Cao Cao has spies by his side.

Cao Cao threw Guo Jia's bamboo slips on the table, looked at Xun Yu with a smile and said, "Guo Jia from Xuzhou, what do you mean by this? Cao is not very clear, does Wen Ruo know?"

Xun Yu shook his head and said respectfully, "I don't know either."

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "Could it be that Cao is not a Hanchen?"

Xun Yu then asked back, "Do you think you are a Han minister?"

Cao Cao nodded solemnly and said, "Of course."