night.
Liu Bei came to Cao Ying and met Mi Zhu.
"Zizhong, I came uninvited!" Liu Bei laughed and sat down directly without saying anything polite to Mi Zhu.
When he came here, he was actually still thinking about Mi Zhu's investment.
Mi Zhu had agreed a long time ago that he was willing to marry his sister and invest all the Mi family's property in Liu Bei in exchange for an opportunity for the Mi family. However, Lu Bu interrupted him, and the investment has not yet been implemented.
Of course Liu Bei wanted to continue.
"Xuande is here."
Mi Zhu smiled politely and seemed to have completely forgotten about the investment. Even his attitude was not as polite as before. He asked, "Xuande came to see me. What's the matter?"
Businessmen pursue profits.
He once expressed his willingness to take refuge with Liu Bei because the common people faction was not doing well in Xuzhou, and Tao Qian was dying. Liu Bei had a reputation of benevolence and righteousness, and he could still get Xuzhou from Tao Qian.
I think the investment still pays off.
However, at this time, Liu Bei wanted territory but no territory, and he wanted troops but no troops. The risk of investment was too great and he thought it was not worth it. On the contrary, Cao Cao was different. He obeyed the emperor's orders and refused to submit. He had many soldiers and generals, and his potential was endless.
Cao Cao's policy towards Xuzhou was that although Xuzhou people governed Xuzhou, they were governed by scholars sent to them.
But with the death of Tao Qian and the death of Cao Bao, the Danyang faction in Xuzhou was almost gone. Cao Cao deliberately contacted the common people faction and used the common people faction to check and balance the scholar faction to achieve a balance in Xuzhou.
The opportunity is here.
Compared with Liu Bei, Cao Cao is indeed much better than Liu Bei.
Venture capital investment in Liu Bei is really full of risks.
Liu Bei felt unhappy when he saw Mi Zhu pretending not to understand, and after a while he said: "I want to ask, do what Zizhong said when I was still in Xiapi still count?"
Not only do they want investment, but they also want Mi Zhu’s sister.
Mrs. Gan was disliked by him, but Mi Zhu's sister should not be much worse than Mrs. Gan.
"What did I say?"
Mi Zhu pretended not to understand and asked in a confused tone.
Liu Bei: "..."
He was angry. A businessman dared to treat him like this, but he suppressed his anger and explained: "Zizhong said that he wanted to work with me to help the Han Dynasty and pacify the world."
Mi Zhu laughed loudly and said: "I have not forgotten this, and I have already done so. Xuande and I took refuge with Cao Sikong. Now Cao Sikong welcomes the emperor and is ordered by the emperor to defeat the rebels. We are colleagues, Xuande Do you think so, right?"
Liu Bei: "..."
I'm a hammer!
However, Mi Zhu's intention was obvious. Liu Bei felt that he was losing face if he continued to stay shamelessly. He stood up and bowed, "I suddenly remembered that there were other things in the camp. I'm sorry!"
"I'll give Xuande a gift."
Mi Zhu sent Liu Bei outside the camp.
As soon as Liu Bei left, Chen Qun came. Looking at Liu Bei's back, he understood what had happened and asked, "Zizhong refused?"
Mi Zhu shrugged and said, "I can only refuse."
That's it for Liu Bei.
When Liu Bei returned to his camp, he saw Chen Gong waiting for him.
"My lord, have you returned in vain?"
Chen Gong asked.
Liu Bei nodded.
Chen Gongdao: "I have already said that the merchant's words cannot be trusted, but it doesn't matter. Now Mi Zhu looks down on the lord, and in the future I can make him look down on the lord."
Hearing this, Liu Bei clenched his fist.
Full of pride and ambition.
——
The next day.
Chen Zhou arrived at the Chinese army camp.
"Both Wen Yuan and Bo Ping have their hearts set on me."
Cao Cao was in a good mood and laughed and said: "The entire Xuzhou has been captured by me. I have sent a letter back to Xudu, asking Wen Ruo and others to arrange for someone to come and take over the city. At the same time... Yuan Rang."
"Brother, I'm here."
Xiahou Dun said.
Cao Cao said: "You lead ten thousand troops and stay at Xiapi to guard Xuzhou. The others will follow me to Yicheng and destroy Yuan Shu. What do Du Zhi and Feng Xiao think of the arrangement?"
Chen Zhou nodded slightly.
Guo Jia said: "Of course it's no problem."
Xiahou Dun also said loudly: "Brother, I have no problem either."
"good!"
Cao Cao said again: "Go back and prepare. We will set off the day after tomorrow."
There are still many things they need to deal with next, such as appeasing the people of Xiapi, continuing to clean up the massacre of the city, promoting Cao Cao's benevolence and righteousness, and trying to appease and integrate those who surrendered as much as possible.
Departing the day after tomorrow, there are still two days left to deal with today and tomorrow.
For Cao Cao, it was enough.
Returning to the rear army again, Chen Zhou glanced at Lu Lingqi's tent and saw that it had become quiet for some time and no sound came out.
Until night.
"Hey, come in."
That was Lu Lingqi's voice.
Chen Zhou wanted to tell her that he was not called "Hey", but he still went in.
As soon as he walked into the tent, Chen Zhou saw that Lu Lingqi seemed to be waiting for him.
In addition, Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Yan and Diao Chan were sitting on the soft couch waiting for him. The warblers and swallows in the tent seemed a bit charming, but the more they looked like this, the more Chen Zhou felt that something was wrong with Lu Lingqi.
How could they be together, preparing to do something shameful with Chen Zhou?
"What's wrong?"
Chen Zhou looked at them, remained somewhat vigilant, and asked, "Could it be that Miss Lu wants to hold me hostage again and take them out?"
Lu Lingqi: "..."
I almost wanted to ask, how did Chen Zhou know?
"How can it be!"
Of course Lu Lingqi would not admit it.
Chen Zhou: "..."
"Forget it, I'm leaving then."
He turned around and headed outside.
Lu Lingqi quickly grabbed Chen Zhou's hand, pulled him back, grabbed Chen Zhou's neck with her backhand, and sneered: "Actually, you guessed it right, I really want to do this."
"Hero, please spare my life!"
Chen Zhou said, leaning his head back.
There is also a feeling of wanting to be cheek to cheek with Lu Lingqi.
Lu Lingqi immediately thought of the kiss at that time, and felt her face flushed, and shouted: "Be honest!"
Chen Zhou cooperated and became honest.
"Mother, aunt, I will take you away."
As Lu Lingqi spoke, she pushed Chen Zhou out of the tent and said, "Follow me."
Because Chen Zhou took care of Lu Lingqi, and nothing happened in the rear camp, the guards relaxed a lot. In addition, Lu Lingqi knew through Mrs. Gan that Dian Wei was not here, so she dared to do this.
The soldiers outside saw him and immediately surrounded him.
"Let go sir!"
Wang Ye shouted angrily.
"Everyone stop and get out of my way!"
Lu Lingqi still grabbed Chen Zhou's neck and shouted: "If you come here again, I will kill him!"
"Get out of the way, everyone, get out of my way!"
Chen Zhou said quickly as if he was afraid of death.
Wang Jie and the others had no choice but to get out of the way.
At the same time, he asked people to go back and tell Cao Cao what happened here.
"Give me a spear, two swords and a carriage. As soon as everything arrives, I will release this evil thief immediately." Lu Lingqi said loudly.
Evil thief?
Chen Zhou didn't know when he got another nickname, so he responded, "Wang Ye, didn't you hear? Make arrangements!"
He was still the same, looking very afraid of death.
