Fortunately, Lin Ze knew what kind of virtue Cao Cao was. Anyone else would have been moved by Cao Cao's barefoot greeting, such as Xu You.
Lin Ze got off his horse, threw the riding whip to Wei Yan, walked towards Cao Cao, looked at his feet, and said, "It's so cold, you're running barefoot, have you recovered from your headache?"
Cao Cao patted Lin Ze's shoulder in an exaggerated manner and said, "Even if Cao Cao dies, he will have to welcome my brother Lin Ze. Hurry, please come in!"
Although he knew that Cao Cao was just pretending, Lin Ze was still quite touched because eight percent of his enthusiasm was genuine.
After entering, Lin Ze saw Zhang Xiu and said coldly: "Zhang Xiu, your master Tong Yuan and I have been friends for many years. You should call me uncle. Why are you causing trouble in my territory? What's the grudge between me and your uncle?" , do you want to agree?"
Zhang Xiu is a very tough person. He accepts death, is stubborn, and has a simple mind. However, he is also easy to be manipulated. If he had a good lord, he would have become a famous general in the Three Kingdoms era. Unfortunately, he followed the wrong person. The people under Dong Zhuo's command were... How many of them ended well?
Lin Ze's beating was very artistic when he walked in. When Tong Yuan was moved out, Zhang Xiu couldn't get out of his temper no matter how big his temper was.
This was not the end, Lin Ze said: "Once you are a teacher, you are always a father. Mr. Tong Yuan has taught you a lot, but you didn't come to his funeral. You followed Li Jue and did evil. What crime should you do?"
Lin Ze's criticism from the moral high ground left Zhang Xiu speechless.
Cao Cao was a very thief and said: "Okay, okay, brother Lin Ze, my uncle was killed by you too. This matter is over. Today, we will reminisce about the past."
With that said, Cao Cao waved his hand to Zhang Xiu and motioned him to get out quickly.
Cao Cao pulled Lin Ze into the inner hall and said, "I knew you were coming, and I brought two of your good brothers."
Before Lin Ze could speak, he heard someone shouting: "Brother Xian, brother Xian, you miss me so much!"
Lin Ze turned around and saw Dian Wei rushing out of the inner hall, lifting Lin Ze up and laughing.
Seeing Dian Wei, Lin Ze also felt happy. In this era, brothers who kowtow are closer than real brothers. Otherwise, he would not have snatched him out in Baima alone. Once near Luoyang and once in Baima, he saved himself. Twice, Lin Ze said: "Brother, put me down first, I'm so strangled by you that I can't breathe."
Dian Wei then put Lin Ze down and said: "Bai Ma said goodbye. My eldest brother already knows about you. You are simply a legend. You spent 300,000 troops and captured Jiangbei. You have to be a man to do this." ah!"
Lin Ze lightly hammered Dian Wei on the chest and said: "If there is no other way, who would want to fight!"
While they were chatting, Lin Ze noticed that the second master Guan on the side had tears in his eyes. Lin Ze knew that he saw him and Dian Wei getting together and missed his eldest brother and third brother. Lin Ze naturally knew that Liu Bei was under Yuan Shao's command and Zhang Fei was very close. He was the county magistrate of a small county in the Runan area, but Lin Ze didn't dare to say this. Cao Cao wanted Guan Yu crazy. If he ruined his affairs, he might do something.
This Jiu occupying the magpie's nest and seizing Wancheng is a conspiracy that everyone knows, but he still can't say anything.
Lin Ze stepped forward and said: "Second brother, I haven't seen you for a long time. I met Zilong that day. Tell me what happened to you. There is no way around this kind of thing. In troubled times, everyone is for the world, but Different ways.”
Lin Ze knew that he would meet Dian Wei and Guan Yu in Wancheng, so he prepared gifts in advance. Lin Ze gave a third-generation embroidered spring knife to Guan Yu, and made a pair of short halberds made of fine steel to Dian Wei.
Cao Cao was jealous and said, "Do you know that Lin Ze is your treasure and not mine?"
Lin Zedao: "Why not? I'm here to save your life, Cao Mengde! General Han Sheng, please bring Mr. in."
Cao Cao looked outside the door and saw Hua Tuo.
Lin Ze met Hua Tuo by chance, but Hua Tuo's appearance made Lin Ze think of Cao Cao, and from Cao Cao, he thought of the northern regime. After weighing it, he determined that Cao Cao could not die. Not only could he not die, but he also had to live a long life. , if he is alive and cannot go south, he will definitely keep fighting north. As long as he is here, the Sima family will be nothing.
Lin Ze brought Hua Tuo here to cure Cao Cao's head disease.
Lin Ze said: "Your head wind disease needs to be cured. The disease is very painful and can kill people. You cannot die. You are going to die. The north is in chaos."
Lin Ze had a guess about Cao Cao's illness. It should be an organic lesion, maybe a brain tumor or a cyst. In fact, opening the head is not a major operation.
Moreover, it is still in a mild stage and probably no craniotomy is needed.
Cao Cao did not expect two things. First, Lin Ze valued him and recognized his actions in the north; second, Lin Ze was thinking about him from the bottom of his heart and wanted to give him a headache.
Cao Cao didn't want to show it, and said: "Let's put this matter aside for a while, let's raise a toast first!"
There were only four people present at the table: Cao Cao, Lin Ze, Dian Wei and Guan Erye.
The four of them sat around the table according to Lin Ze's habit. Because Lin Ze's presence alone improved the food quality of the entire late Han Dynasty, the food prepared by Cao Cao's kitchen had a bit of flavor. After drinking for three rounds, Lin Ze said: "Your wine." No interest, General Wenchang, bring up two jars of our wine."
They all thought they were going to drink Lin Ze's plum wine again, but how did they know that Lin Ze opened a winery in Yueyang Village and brewed Maotai with grains. When the grain control was enough five years ago, Lin Ze started brew.
When I first brewed it, I was trying to get some high-grade alcohol for disinfection. Later I thought, since it’s brewed, it should be brewed well. Chinese wine culture is very profound.
The entire production cycle of Moutai is one year. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the koji is pressed, and the ingredients are added during the Double Ninth Festival. During the brewing period, it is steamed nine times, fermented eight times, and the wine is extracted seven times. It is separated and stored, blended and stored. It is released five years later. The wine of this year Not much, can only be supplied internally.
Lin Ze said: "The people who make this wine are all sixteen-year-old girls with perfect bodies. A drop of a thousand gold is worth it, so you have to taste it carefully."
The maid waiting on the side helped everyone put the wine into the glasses. Dian Wei drank a glass cheerfully first, but was so burned that he coughed and said, "What a strong wine."
Lin Ze said: "This is what a man should drink! The sun and the moon shine on all Han soil. The world is so big that it is too difficult for us to meet each other. In order to meet again, two liang!"
Everyone picked up their wine glasses and drank two ounces. Such a strong drink, of such good quality, was really delicious. After one sip, the aftertaste was endless and the whole person felt warm.
When Cao Cao wanted to raise the second cup, he became unusually serious and said: "After these years of bloody battles, Sun Jian, Liu Biao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zan and other heroes have all gone to the west, but we are still alive, two taels!"
"Well said!" Everyone picked up their glasses and drank.
Guan Erye's Danfeng eyes were half-closed on weekdays, but after four ounces of white wine, they seemed to be closed. He picked up the wine glass and said, "For the sake of all the people in the world, how do you want to drink this glass?"
Lin Ze said: "It's done!"
They drank one glass at a time. Except for Dian Wei, who drank an extra glass, everyone else drank a pound of wine. Lin Ze is a player who is immune to alcohol. He just likes the taste. He drinks no matter how much he drinks. In comparison, Cao Cao's drinking capacity is almost the same. , a little dizzy.
But in this world, there is no such thing as drinking. I have never seen a person hit his leader after drinking too much, but Cao Cao used the strength of his drink to express his thoughts in Wancheng.
"Brother, do you still remember how we escaped from Luoyang City, with thousands of troops chasing us behind us? We lived a life of knife-edge licking blood. We are still alive today. Maybe we will sleep and never wake up again. Don’t come here, but look at us now, in the world, you and I are the best, who dares to say no to what we are going to do?”
Cao Cao said: "However, people in the world say that I am a traitor. Everyone in the world is afraid of you. I wish you were dead, so that your territory would be divided, and my common people would be hurt. They are aggrieved and useless!"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "In this world, there must always be some different voices to make Chinese culture more prosperous. As for us, our eyes do not follow others' sight, our ears do not follow others' listening, our mouth does not follow others' words, and our nose does not follow people's popularity. Be ourselves. What needs to be done is done.”
Lin Ze patted his shoulders and said: "You and I have half a big body of people on our shoulders. What to do when listening to those voices is just a matter of one blow."
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu were both listening to their conversation behind the partition. They both thought that Lin Ze was an easy-going and tolerant person. This sentence "it's just a matter of a sword" made them admire Cao Cao extremely. Only Cao Cao could see that Lin Ze loved the people. Ru Zigui loves the people like a son, but his hands are not soft at all.
Cao Cao said: "My dear brother, what you said is really good. Liu Xuande and I have been drinking and talking about heroes all over the world, but I dare not comment on my dear brother. Over the years, my dear brother has been in desperate situations several times. I wanted to send troops to rescue him, but in the end, I couldn't help him." I can't get away. Now I'm fine. I'll lead people into Wancheng and get one step closer to my virtuous brother. If you are in trouble in the future, I will definitely rush there as soon as possible. I will destroy Zhou Yu and Sun Ce together with you. !”
Everyone could tell that Cao Cao wanted to capture Wancheng without any bloodshed. Dian Wei was simple-minded and said: "Okay, okay, lord, I will be stationed in Wancheng from now on. If something happens to my brother, I will rescue him as soon as possible."
Outside, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were furious. Cao Cao was a real thief and wanted to get Wancheng like this. They didn't know how their lord would deal with it.
Lin Ze naturally did not answer his words and said, "Brother Cao, what's the situation with Yuan Shao now?"
Cao Cao drunkenly said: "We met Yuan Shao several times in Baima. I didn't despise him when he first led Dong Zhuo into Luoyang to drive away tigers and wolves. When the jujube alliance was formed, his calculations made me despise him. But since you went to Hebei and snatched Zhen Mi back, this person has been uncharacteristically united and has the same hatred of the enemy. Xu Youtian's political views are also surprisingly consistent, which is worrying."
Lin Ze smiled and said: "Why are you afraid of him? I have killed many of his generals. Xu You and Tian Feng are somewhat talented, but they are not top-notch. I will take care of you, so what are you afraid of?"
Cao Cao immediately drank a cup and said, "Brother, I feel at ease with these words. I dedicate this cup to you!"
Seeing that Cao Cao was almost drunk, Lin Ze said, "I see that the decisive battle between Brother Cao and Yuan Shao is about to begin. How about I send an army to help you now?"
Although Cao Cao was conscious at the moment, he was indeed a little confused. He couldn't think about what Lin Ze was going to do. He only knew that Lin Ze was going to send troops to help him, so he immediately said: "Great!"
Lin Ze said: "You and I have another drink!"
Dian Wei picked up the wine glass and said, "I'll accompany you!"
After another glass of wine, Lin Ze said: "Brother Cao, I will ask General Han Sheng under my command to bring 200,000 Chinese troops to help you. In this way, I will ask him to garrison 200,000 troops in Xuzhou. He can go north at any time and come from Gao. How about Tang catching Yuan Shao off guard?"
Xun Yu and Cheng Yu, who were behind the partition wall, were stunned when they heard the words. They hurriedly entered the guest room to remind them, but they were too late. Now Cao Cao was thinking about tactics instead of human nature with that trace of his mind. He immediately said: "Okay, I can get help from my brothers. I will let go and fight Yuan Shao!"
Lin Ze looked at the maids and servants around him and said, "A gentleman's words are hard to follow. There are all witnesses here. If I, Lin Ze, break my promise, I will be struck by lightning!"
Cao Cao stood up and said, "Whoever breaks his promise will be punished by God!"
Lin Ze said: "General Han Sheng, come here!"
Huang Zhong walked in from the door and said: "Lord!"
Lin Zedao: "I order you to take the Chinese army to Xuzhou to take over the defense. You will appoint Huang Chengyan, the governor of Xiangyang, as your military advisor. Soldiers will be recruited in Shouchun and Yangzhou. Go now..."
