"I've inquired about it, and you won't be allowed to go anywhere except Da Qiao's house!"
Ada closed the door in a hurry and said helplessly.
Cao Wu nodded, this was something he had already guessed.
Now that the alliance between Liu Zhang and Sun Quan has been established, it stands to reason that Cao Wu and others should be allowed to return to Yizhou to inform them of the alliance.
However, no matter whether Sun Quan was suspicious of Zhou Yu or trusted Zhou Yu, he supervised the army and went out, and no one in the city allowed Cao Wu to return home.
After Sun Quan's cousin Sun Bi entered the city, he allowed Cao Wu to send a few guards back to report the news, but Cao Wu himself was placed under house arrest in Da Qiao's home.
According to Sun Ben's original intention, he originally wanted to move Cao Wu to Sun Quan's courtyard, but Da Qiao gave an explanation before leaving, saying that Cao Wu was her guest, so he gave up.
A Da went to question them, but was met with a soft nail. He said that Cao Wu was an important envoy and Sun Quan was away, so no one dared to let them go back. He also asked the envoy to wait for a few days until the battle on the front line was over.
Cao Wutan said: "Hey, to put it nicely, it was not arranged by Sun Quan before he left! They are also envoys, why were Pang Tong and Zhao Yun sent back? I can't do it!"
Ada rolled his eyes: "Don't you know what you did? Then Sun Zhongmou was convinced by you. He is waiting to win the battle and come back to talk to you again. I'm afraid he wants you to stay in Jiangdong for the rest of his life. , how could I let you go!"
Cao Wu complained and asked Ada: "Have you decided, Xiao Qiao or Sun Shangxiang?"
Ada looked lonely and said: "You have to promise me not to hurt them. These two are good girls."
Cao Wu rolled his eyes, with Xiao Qiao's appearance, would he hurt her? What a joke, what man wouldn't leave her alone and support her.
But Sun Shangxiang is rather unpleasant, so why not kidnap her?
Ada thought for a while and said: "The matter of Sun Ben being granted the title of General of the Conqueror Army was actually a big deal in Jiangdong. If it weren't for the fact that there was no other more prestigious person in the Sun family to sit in the rear, I don't think Sun Quan would have let him come. Chief Chai Sang. Is there any chance that this person can be bribed?"
"Probably not. Sun Ben did accept the seal of General Zhenglu, but this does not mean that he surrendered to his brother. He was still the governor of Yuzhang and a high official in the border area. Zhou Yu went to Poyang before, but he could not find out his identity. Wrong. Jiangdong belongs to the Sun family. He is one of the top figures in the Sun family. This person should be difficult to bribe. My brother gave him the general seal, so it would be better to give it to Zhou Yu."
"But isn't Sun Bi's daughter the wife of your nephew Cao Zhang?"
"My wife."
Cao Wu didn't say anything more, Ada already understood what he meant.
"Then...can we just kidnap people?"
Cao Wu nodded.
In fact, after Da Qiao left, her yard was no longer suitable for outsiders to live in, but she insisted that Er Qiao and Sun Shangxiang did not move out.
When it comes to kidnapping people, it's actually very simple, but how to get out after kidnapping them is a big problem.
He and Ada discussed for a while and decided to take action in a few days.
Now Cheng Pu's army is still on the way to expedition to Hefei. If he leaves now, if everyone in Jiangdong finds out that they have been deceived and lets Cheng Pu turn around, then everything will be in vain.
He had to wait until Cheng Pu could no longer look back, then kidnap Sun Shangxiang as a hostage and escape from the city.
In the courtyard next door, Sun Shangxiang sneezed and said with an ouch, "Sister Xiao Qiao, please stop crying. I beg you."
Xiao Qiao cried and said, "Well, I won't cry anymore, wuwu."
Sun Shangxiang put his hand on his forehead and simply abandoned Xiao Qiao and went to Ada to listen to the story.
Just as they were talking, a fast horse galloped on the north bank of the Yangtze River.
The rider on the horse had bloodshot eyes and had been riding for several hours.
It was drizzling and he ran very slowly. When a joint venture appeared in front of him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Half a quarter of an hour later, Cheng Yu entered Cao Cao's central army tent with a small note.
"Lord, please read! There is a letter from General Beifu!"
Cao Cao looked at him with a smile and said, "So, it was really you who lost Zhang Song's seal a few days ago?"
Cheng Yu smiled bitterly and bowed down: "It's true that I have no support...but I did it alone, please punish me, my lord!"
Cao Cao waved his hand: "As long as it's something Xiao Wu wants to do, even if it's the moon in the sky, just go and pick it. If you don't have enough manpower, just come to me. Why bother covering it up!"
Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Cao Cao's trust in Cao Wu was actually higher than he thought.
After reading the note, Cao Cao laughed and cheered, and then said: "Zhongde, call Ziyuan and call Wenhe."
When Cheng Yu left the account, he wrote a handwritten letter and asked the horse to send it to Jiangling and Xiangyang quickly.
When he thought of Xiangyang, veins jumped in his head.
After a while, Cheng Yu brought Xun You and Jia Xu in, and Cao Cao asked: "Ziyuan, how is the situation in Xiangyang?"
Xun You bowed and said: "My lord, the news came from Xiangyang. Zijian arrived in Xiangyang. He planned to hold some kind of celebrity meeting, but in the end it didn't happen. The news that came over in the past few days said that they all arrived in Xiangyang and gathered every day. There’s no movement.”
After hearing this, Cao Cao's veins throbbed even more violently. He could only prop his elbows on the table and hold his forehead, suffering from a splitting headache.
"Lord..."
Even Jia Xu, who had been unhappy recently, stepped forward with concern.
Cao Cao waved his hand to indicate that it was okay.
After calming down for a while, he suddenly swept down all the things on the desks and shouted: "You are a traitor, you are a traitor! I don't care about any of them! Zihuan is so ambitious that he was asked to study first. He was unwilling to be left alone and shouted The three princes recommended him to become an official, and eventually Zhao Wen committed suicide. This Zijian... He was an outstanding writer. I thought he could be a good young man, but he did such a thing. He only talked high-spiritedly and didn't know the sufferings of the world. What should he do! As long as they have little ability, they won't do this!"
After scolding for a while, my head started to hurt again.
The three people in the tent were all very frightened and did not dare to speak.
Especially after hearing the words that the second son was inferior to Cao Wu, both Cheng Yu and Xun You felt that they should not be here.
Jia Xu's eyes were intense, and he finally said: "Where is Cang Shu?"
Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and looked at Jia Xu: "Who are you talking about?"
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Cao Chong."
Cao Cao's expression froze.
Cao Chong was smarter than his two elder brothers since he was a child. He can be said to be Cao Cao's favorite son.
But love and establishing an heir are sometimes not the same thing. Cao Chong's body was too weak and he was sick almost every day. Such a body could not support the overall situation at all.
Cao Cao hesitated for a rare moment and then said: "Cangshu, Cangshu gets sick too easily."
Jia Xu said: "I heard that Cang Shu is also in Xiangyang City, and there is a famous doctor in the army. Why not let the famous doctor check on his illness?"
Cao Cao's eyes lit up, yes, Cao Wu's little maid studied under Zhang Zhongjing and had great medical skills. It was time for her to go and take a look at Cao Chong's illness.
Cheng Yu advised, "My lord, if the famous doctor leaves, what will you do with your own headache?"
Cao Cao rubbed his forehead and said, "How is the epidemic in the army?"
Xun You said: "With Miss Ah Shi here, the epidemic has been greatly alleviated and there will be no impact."
Cao Cao said: "Okay! As long as everything is fine in the army, I will put my headache aside and ask Cao Ashi to go to Xiangyang immediately to treat Cang Shu!"
The three of them said in unison: "Here!"
After leaving the tent, Cheng Yu grabbed Jia Xu's sleeve and said, "Wen He, what are you doing, what if the master gets a headache?"
Jia Xu looked at the surging river, shook his head and said: "Our army is too unfamiliar with water warfare and needs practice. But the lord is afraid that Sun and Liu will form an alliance, so he is on the road every day, and there is no room for soldiers to practice..."
Xun You let out a long sigh: "Wen He, you usually don't come up with strategies, but when you do, you beat around the bush, making people think for a long time before you can figure it out."
