After being abandoned by Liu Bei, Cao Cao begged me to be a military adviser

Old Huang's head turned quickly, and he immediately changed his words: "Master Ji, don't get me wrong, my husband is sorry for his ill-fated life!"

"Yes!" Lao Cao nodded along, talking about Liu Xian's fate, it was really a fateful one.

The three of them entered the small courtyard, and the driver of the carriage brought wine and food.

"Three please!" The hulking coachman stretched out his hand to signal.

Liu Xian smiled: "Why, don't you drink?"

Driver: "I..."

Lao Huang smiled: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, I'm a slave, but my husband treats me as an elder and never treats me as an outsider!"

The coachman was none other than Xu Chu, Cao Cao's bodyguard.

Cao Cao told him before coming here, don't talk too much.

If you say the wrong thing and expose my identity, you know the consequences!

Therefore, Xu Chu dared not speak the whole time.

Liu Xian said: "My brother said so, do you still treat yourself as an outsider?"

Xu Chu was even more confused, why the hell did he not distinguish between priorities?

Let's not talk about the confusion of these two people's generations. Don't you know who is the master and who is the second?

Two mud-legged people who don't even have official positions dare to speak nonsense in front of the current prime minister.

This is simply damn it!

But what Xu Chu never expected was that Cao Cao beckoned: "Old Xu, Mr. Ziyu has said so, you can sit down and have a drink together!"

"Yes, Lord Ji!" Xu Chu nodded, sat down carefully, picked up the wine jar and filled a big bowl for himself.

Should I talk about it or not, I still have to go through a procedure before drinking, and criticize Liu Bei first.

After two or two small drinks, everyone started to eat with chopsticks, and the atmosphere immediately became harmonious.

Lao Cao then asked, "Mr. Ziyu, are you satisfied with this small courtyard?"

"Satisfied, satisfied!" Liu Xian said with a smile, "Plant some fruits and vegetables in the yard in spring, enjoy the shade under the trees in the backyard in summer, have a barbecue by the stream in autumn, and winter..."

Lao Huang took over the words: "Wife and children are hot on the kang in winter!"

"Hahaha!" Lao Cao and Lao Xu both laughed.

"Sir, am I right?" Lao Huang asked cautiously.

Liu Xian rolled his eyes at him: "Where did I get my wife?"

"This one……"

Lao Huang remained silent, and slowly turned his gaze to Lao Cao.

Lao Cao looked embarrassed, what do these two men mean?

play me?

I just got you a small courtyard to live in, do you still want me to beg your wives?

"It's not difficult at all. With the great talent of your husband, why don't you worry about not having a wife?" Cao Cao took advantage of the topic.

He had thought of recruiting Liu Xian into his command early in the morning, but because of Liu Bei's relationship, he was not in a hurry to let him go.

As soon as the Yidai Zhao incident came out, Liu Xian had gained the basic trust of Cao Cao.

Liu Xian waved his hand immediately: "Don't, don't, I don't want to be an official anymore!"

Cao Cao asked, "Why?"

Liu Xian asked Lao Cao: "Brother Caoji is a member of the Cao family and has a tough back court, why didn't he go to the prime minister's residence to report on his work?"

"No official is light. If you become an official, you will be under the control of others!" Lao Cao said with a half-smile, no one knew that he had unintentionally revealed his true feelings.

If given the choice, he would rather stay at home.

But the world is in chaos, and the common people have no means of living. If they want to live, they have to rush forward, and there is no turning back.

Lao Huang nodded immediately: "It can be seen that Master Ji is an experienced person! He has seen through the darkness of officialdom!"

Liu Xian spread his hands and said nothing.

That means, your old Cao has already said it for me.

Chapter 8

Liu Xian, who has been captured many times, is very shrewd now.

What's more, he has just experienced a life and death recently.

As the old saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

The rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, the rivers and lakes are about the ways of the world.

The same is true of officialdom.

When Liu Xian was under Liu Bei, he didn't know how to form cliques at all, let alone framed his own people.

As a result, he was excluded by Mi Fang, Sun Qian and others.

Looking at Liu Bei's civil and military affairs, the only person who is close to Liu Xian is Zhao Yun.

There is no other reason, Zhao Yun is not Liu Bei's person at all, and he is even more rejected than him.

Gongsun Zan had already been defeated at this time, but he didn't know what happened to Zhao Yun who was in Changshan.

Having said that, there are many factions in Cao Ying, and they don't know how they died when they were played to death.

Now that half of the goals in life have been achieved, why take risks?

Afterwards, he made suggestions and let Cao Ji take the thunder.

If you have money, you can earn it yourself, and if you have money, Cao Ji can carry it.

Why not do it!

Lao Cao immediately said: "It's okay, since sir doesn't want to be an official, and you can stay behind the scenes with peace of mind, I will continue to be my second-hand businessman!"

Hearing this, Liu Xian got excited: "Brother Caoji, how can we make this matter clear? I am the one who advises you, and you offer advice. How will you divide the reward?"

"Me!" Lao Cao was speechless on the spot, did this kid fall into Qian's eyes?

He laughed at himself as a second-hand dealer, but Liu Xian had already settled the score with him.

Lao Huang immediately said: "Our husband is full of knowledge, and if he can offer advice to you, Lord Ji, it may not be impossible to offer advice to others!"

Cao Cao's heart tightened suddenly, these two are profiteers!

The price was raised directly on the ground.

The key move just hit Cao Cao's weakness!

If Liu Xian was really asked to give advice to others, his identity would be exposed if he went back and forth.

Old Cao said: "In this way, the account will be split fifty-fifty, sir, please ensure that you don't make suggestions for others!"

"Deal!" Liu Xian raised his wine glass without saying a word.

There was also a bit of relief on Lao Cao's face.

Although Liu Xian, a great talent, was not invited into the prime minister's mansion.

But I came here to get along with him as an ordinary person with my own business, and I have a special feeling in my heart.

Seeing Cao Cao and Liu Xian drinking a little wine, I was very happy.

Xu Chuke was dumbfounded.

Is this still the mighty Prime Minister Cao?

Why did you bargain with two profiteers?

I don't understand it at all!

Lao Cao said again: "Since the deal has been concluded, sir, you should tell me, what does it mean to break the vertical need to connect the horizontal?"

Liu Xian nodded slightly, and asked, "How is the court situation now?"

Old Cao laughed: "Dong Cheng conspired with Liu Bei, Ma Teng and others, and the charges are proven! Xu Du's army and civilians are united, civil servants and military generals are in high spirits, Cao Gong's prestige has been raised to a higher level!"

Liu Xian said: "The civil servants and military generals are in high spirits, so is Mr. Cao still happy?"

Old Cao: "This..."

Liu Xian: "I guess he is not happy, and he is also a little sad!"

"How do you say that? What's your opinion, sir?" Cao Cao looked at Liu Xian in surprise.

The process of Cao Cao's destruction of Dong Cheng, Lao Cao had already told Liu Xian when he left the city.

Liu Xian can't say that everything is in detail, but he also knows the general process of the matter.

"The prime minister knows that the emperor is lying, and the emperor also knows that he is lying."

"That's right!" Lao Cao nodded immediately.

"The emperor knows that the prime minister knows that he is lying!"

"That's right!" Lao Cao continued to nod.

Liu Xian: "The prime minister also knows that the emperor knows that he knows that the emperor is lying, but the emperor is still lying."

Lao Cao deliberated over and over again, and then nodded: "Mr. Cao murdered people, and the Son of Heaven would not dare to make any more fools!"

Liu Xian couldn't help shaking his head and sighing.

"Since this is the case, how can Mr. Cao be happy?"

"It must be heart-death!"

"Since he became an official, Mr. Cao has killed uncle Jian Shuo, the traitor, and recruited troops to put down the moth thief!"

"When I was working in Hefei, I killed corrupt officials. Even if Dong Zhuo came to Beijing and the world was in chaos, I still killed Dong thief alone with a seven-star sword!"

"Then the [-] princes were summoned to attack Dong Zhuo, the emperor suffered disaster in Luoyang, and he welcomed the emperor into Xudu!"

"May I ask, is there a second person in this world who is as loyal to the Han family as Duke Cao? No!"

"Now Mr. Cao is nothing more than a master of great achievements, monopolizing the power of the government, but what is he guilty of?"

"The emperor doesn't want to make progress, but secretly plots to get rid of Duke Cao!"

"Cao Gong's fiery heart loyal to the Han Dynasty, can it not hurt?"

Lao Cao was silent, his eyes were slightly red, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

Today he defeated Dong Cheng, but lost his last loyalty to the Han Dynasty.

He quietly hid his thoughts, but he didn't expect to be seen through by a person who only saw two sides.

The same silent person is Lao Xu.

He is Cao Cao's guard, and he knows Cao Cao's temper best.

After coming out of the hall, Cao Cao looked worried.

He never understood why, but at this moment he finally understood.

Seeing that Lao Xu and Lao Cao's eyes were red, Lao Huang couldn't help but said, "Why are you two big men still crying?"

Lao Cao quietly wiped away his tears, turned his head and said, "Old Xu, why are you still crying?"

Old Xu: "I...I...I'm so moved, I want to cry, Mr. Cao is really not easy!"

"I think so!" Liu Xian nodded heavily.

Lao Cao immediately said: "Since this is the case, Mr. Ziyu has to give advice to Cao Gong!"

"Yeah!" Liu Xian nodded slightly, dipped his hand into the glass of wine, and drew two simple lines on the mahogany table to mark the place name.

"One horizontal and one vertical, this is vertical and horizontal!"

"Yuan Shao is in Hebei, and our ally Liu Biao is in Jingzhou!"

"The power of the two is in Xudu separately, like a gutter, trapping Mr. Cao in it, this is what I call He Zong!"