Seeing Cao's army surrounding them, the people in this village looked at Cao's army in surprise.
Cao Gu restrained all the soldiers and asked them not to disturb the normal life of the villagers. Based on the information he received, he went outside Xu Shu's home. When the villagers saw that Cao Jun had not done anything, they were not nervous and just looked out curiously. , wanted to see what Cao Jun was going to do.
Xu's mother was about to go out when she saw Cao Gu walking in. She was stunned for a moment and took two nervous steps back.
"Old madam, please don't worry, we don't mean any harm."
Cao Gu was ordered not to harm Xu's mother.
He had already found out that there was only one old woman here, unlike when Zhuge Liang was captured, so this time he wanted to invite her back. He smiled and said: "I am a friend of Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi. Yuanzhi's previous name was Xu Fu, he asked me to ask his wife to go back and take good care of her."
Xu’s mother: “…”
She hesitated for a while, thinking that Xu Shu was helping others to avenge her, so she ran away.
The people who came to look for him at this time were the army. The army that could appear randomly in Yingchuan was naturally Cao Cao's subordinates. Xu's mother had never heard of it. Xu Shu had friends who were in Cao Cao's army. Not long ago, people I sent a letter home, saying that I was working as a counselor under Uncle Liu Huang of the Han Dynasty.
Even though she was an old woman, she had heard of the great Han Dynasty Uncle Liu Huang's reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and that he was not at odds with Cao Cao.
Xu Shu also mentioned these contents in his family letters.
Xu's mother immediately realized that Cao Gu and others came to the door, and they definitely had bad intentions. She denied it and said: "Xu Shu? Xu Fu? I don't know who this person is. Did the general make a mistake?"
Cao Gu grinned, but still said kindly: "Old Madam, if we can find this place, we must not have found the wrong person. There is really no malice. Please also ask Old Madam to go back with us and promise not to hurt you. I They are people under the command of Prime Minister Cao. You must know that Prime Minister Cao is the most benevolent. At the beginning of the year, troops came to Wei County and put down the rebel Yuan Shao. There were also many old men eating pots of pulp to welcome Prime Minister Cao."
Xu’s mother: “…”
Cao Cao is benevolent?
How have I heard that Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou?
"Old lady, please come this way!"
Cao Gu made a "please" gesture and clapped his hands, and asked someone to drive a luxurious carriage.
Xu's mother knew that at this point, no matter how much she refused or opposed, it would be of no avail. If she didn't want to leave, Caogu might kidnap her back.
Unless he commits suicide.
However, she couldn't do this.
"Thank you, General."
Xu's mother reluctantly got on the carriage.
Cao Gu smiled and said, "It's me who disturbed Madam."
Then, under the watchful eyes of the villagers here, they took Xu's mother away and returned directly to Xudu.
Yangzhai is not far from Xu. We set off in the morning and arrived in the afternoon.
Cao Gu immediately reported it to Cao Ang.
"Is this person really there?"
When Cao Ang heard that Cao Gu not only found Xu Shu's mother but also brought her back, he immediately went to tell Chen Zhou and asked, "Sir, what should we do next?"
"Ask Xu Shu's mother for a token, preferably something Xu Shu can recognize, and send it to Xiangyang to Xu Shu. If he is really a filial son, he will definitely come back."
Chen Zhou said.
But I sighed in my heart that Xu Shu was actually not a filial son.
They all followed Liu Bei. They must have status and status in Xiangyang. It would be unfilial to not take over their old mother immediately!
"Also, there is one more thing."
"If Xu Shu comes back, the young master will arrange a team of people to assassinate him on the way, but he cannot be killed."
"Finally, he arrived safely in Xudu."
Chen Zhou added.
Cao Ang understood the meaning of the assassination, which was to make Xu Shu feel that Liu Bei wanted to kill him, so that Xu Shu would fall into the arms of the Cao family.
Because Xu Shu must know a lot of information about Liu Bei, as well as his next plan and so on.
It is not surprising that Liu Bei wanted to kill Xu Shu.
"A simple assassination? Do you want to impersonate Liu Bei?"
Cao Ang asked.
Chen Zhou thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "There is no need to pretend. If you do it too directly, it will be counterproductive. It is just a simple assassination. This will make Xu Shu infinitely suspicious. It is still very difficult to win over Xu Shu through an assassination." of!"
For a smart person like Xu Shu, if he does it too deliberately, he will see through everything.
But ambiguous things can cause him to make various guesses, causing him to hesitate and doubt this and that. When Xu Shu comes back, Chen Zhou will try to arouse Xu Shu's suspicions.
As long as people arrive, it's no problem.
"I understand."
Upon hearing this, Cao Ang knew what to do next.
As long as Xu's mother is around, Xu Shu can be controlled at any time.
Chen Zhou said: "Master, go and make arrangements. We will deprive Liu Bei of everyone around him one by one."
Cao Ang left quickly.
Chen Zhou thought for a while and felt that he was a little bad.
However, in these troubled times, if you want to do something big, it's normal to be a little bad.
When I came back to Xudu, the Chinese New Year was already over.
As time goes by, although the weather is still a little cold, it becomes much more comfortable, the snow gradually begins to melt, and spring is coming soon.
Cao Ang arranged to go out and send Xu's mother's keepsake and a letter to Xu Shu's people. At this time, he came to Xiangyang and inquired about Xu Shu's residence. He pretended to be Xu's mother and asked someone to send a letter to Xiangyang and stuffed the things under Xu's house. In human hands, it left.
When this servant got the family letter, of course he immediately sent it to Xu Shu.
"Mother's home letter?"
Xu Shu took it in his hand doubtfully, and there was a hairpin in it. He also recognized this thing, it was his mother's.
He bought it as a gift to Xu's mother a year before he fled.
When Xu Shu saw the hairpin, he was confused. Even if he sent the family letter, why was there still a hairpin?
At this moment, he felt very uneasy.
After opening the family letter and reading it, Xu Shu suddenly became furious and stood up suddenly.
Such an action shocked the servants around him and looked at Xu Shu in confusion.
"Cao Cao, Cao Cao!"
Xu Shu was furious.
The letter was written very tactfully, saying that he accidentally discovered Xu's mother and invited Xu's mother to come home as a guest. There was no threatening words, nor did he say that Xu Shu would come back, but the content of the letter was already a threat.
This is an obvious and direct threat.
"Mom, I'm sorry for you!"
Xu Shu gritted his teeth, took the letter and hairpin, and went to Zhuge Liang to discuss what should be done.
It happened that Liu Bei was also there. After reading the content of the letter, the two of them were stunned for a while. They were more well-educated and did not curse immediately, but they were definitely cursing in their hearts.
"Thief Cao!"
Liu Bei said angrily: "How dare he do such a shameless thing, he... is shameless!"
But this is not the first time that Cao Cao has done something shameless.
Zhuge Liang asked: "What is Yuan Zhi planning to do?"
After hearing this, Liu Bei also looked at Xu Shu.
The worst outcome is that Xu Shu goes back for his mother, and Liu Bei certainly doesn't want Xu Shu to leave.
