Yuan Shao's eyes turned cold and he said slowly, "Then as you said, I will leave this matter to you!"
"Remember, this matter must not be discovered!"
His voice was low, for fear that this plan would be heard.
After all, pretending to be a fool and luring soldiers to kill him was unethical. If word spread, Yuan Shao's reputation would be completely ruined.
"yes."
Fengji vowed to take the order and leave.
If this plan succeeds, he will be the most successful strategist under Yuan Shao!
After the other party left, Yuan Shao looked at the trees outside the window for a long time and sighed quietly.
"Now I can only wrong you. When my great cause is completed, I will set up a monument in your name."
Within the territory of Qingzhou, Qi County.
After the noble family heads returned to their own territory, they gathered together and angrily criticized Cao Cao for what he had done and how ungrateful he was.
"Thief Cao, you are simply bullying others too much!"
"We welcome him to Qingzhou, so forget it if he is not grateful. Now he wants to take food from our mouths. It's his mother's fault!"
"Sigh, Cao Cao is so powerful now. Even if we don't want to, we still have to endure this tone."
The heads of the family poured out their sorrows one after another.
One of them suddenly looked at everyone, coughed a few times, and then stretched out his hand to wipe his throat.
"Why don't I wait and appoint a new master?"
The other gentry family heads thought about the pros and cons.
Some family heads looked flustered and did not want to participate.
"Absolutely not! Thief Cao is heavily guarded, and he likes to kill people in his dreams. If we can't kill him, we will die without a place to bury him!"
"With the Kong Rong incident ahead of him, he must have been wary of us."
Hearing this, the other family heads nodded.
"It makes sense!"
"But now what should I do?"
In Qi County, the gentry disciples were chatting freely in the restaurant, and their words were full of disgust and disdain for Cao Cao.
He didn't notice at all that there was a strong and drunk man in the private room next door.
After hearing their discussion, the drunk man's face instantly became gloomy and his fists clenched.
He is Cao Cao's younger brother, named Cao Feng, and was arranged by Cao Cao to serve as the governor of Qi County.
What is ridiculous is that the head of a county, the so-called county guard, is useless at all. His subordinates are all members of the gentry, and his orders are equivalent to nothing.
The useless position made him more and more decadent, and he could not resign, so he could only live in confusion all day long.
I come to this restaurant every day to get drunk, and today is no exception.
But when I heard this group of noble disciples discussing how to deal with their brother Cao Cao.
Cao Feng, who was already drunk, suddenly became angry and drew out the sword beside him.
In the private room, several noble disciples were talking loudly under the influence of alcohol.
"The ancestor of Cao Cao was a eunuch. After the eunuch, he might also be an eggless person."
"Absolutely, haha, Eunuch Cao, you are so smooth!"
"The Cao family are all eggless people!"
…
Several people took their cynicism to the extreme.
boom--
The private room door was kicked open.
The door shattered instantly, and Cao Feng walked in with a sword in his hand and an angry look on his face.
After taking a cold look at the few noble disciples in the private room, he shouted angrily.
"You treacherous villains, how dare you do such dirty things behind your back."
After that, he raised his sword and chopped it off.
However, Cao Feng was already drunk and could not hit anyone with his sword.
When several noble disciples saw Cao Feng slashing with his sword, they were so frightened that they broke out in cold sweat, and they suddenly woke up from their drunkenness.
"Could this person be Cao Feng, Cao Cao's younger brother?"
"Did this guy hear every word of what he said just now?"
Several people looked at each other, and their originally frightened expressions gradually calmed down.
Seeing Cao Feng slashing randomly with his sword, he started planning from his heart.
"With that thief Cao's character, if he finds out about our remarks, there will be no way for us to survive."
At this moment, Cao Feng swung his sword and fell in front of one of them.
Just one foot away, one of them was cut down.
Several people's faces instantly turned pale.
Suddenly.
Cao Feng's feet went weak and he fell to the ground drunk.
"I'm going to kill you!"
He yelled angrily, used his sword to support the ground and staggered to his feet.
When several people saw this, a ruthless look flashed in their eyes.
Since Cao Feng has heard about it, he will definitely report it to Cao Cao. Anyway, he will die anyway.
Instead of waiting for death, it would be better to just stop and kill this guy!
Several people looked at each other again, murderous intent appeared in their eyes, obviously they all had this idea.
Immediately they drew their swords and killed Cao Feng.
As Cao Feng lay on the ground, dying with angry eyes, the remaining drunkenness of several people was blown away by the wind.
"Now I'm waiting for what to do."
One of the noble disciples spoke after being silent for a long time.
They joined forces to kill Cao Cao. Cao Cao was already dissatisfied with the Qingzhou nobles. If this matter was known to the other party, it would just give the other party a handle against them.
With Cao Cao's ruthless character, he will definitely drive these nobles to an end!
"In this case, why don't we directly unite the major noble families in Qingzhou and directly rebel against Cao Cao!"
"This is the only way we can go now!"
Several gentry disciples immediately finalized the decision.
"I heard that Duke Mingde of Yanzhou is a man of benevolence and righteousness. Although we were his enemies before, if we sincerely surrender to him, there may be a glimmer of hope."
"If we continue to serve under Cao Cao, we will definitely die."
After the discussion, everyone went home to report.
No one noticed that a servant next to the disciple of the Cui family exchanged glances with the restaurant owner before leaving.
After hearing the news, the heads of several major gentry families were shocked and angry.
Cui Hao, the head of the Cui family, looked at his son in front of him, his face full of anger.
If he hadn't been his only son, he would have directly beheaded him and sent him to Cao Cao to plead guilty.
Snapped!
Cui Hao slapped him directly, and Cui Zhen was hit dizzy.
"Niezi, look at the good things you have done!!"
"Did all the books you read end up in the dog's belly?"
"How can you be so reckless? Cao Feng is a younger brother of Cao Cao. If you kill him now, won't you give Cao Cao a reason to slaughter us and other nobles?"
Cui Zhen raised his head and stared at Cui Hao with bright eyes.
"Father, now I have done things I shouldn't have done. It's too late to regret. The way forward now is to find a way out and seize a chance of survival."
"Thief Cao is suspicious by nature, and there is a rift between him and our fellow nobles. If he finds out about this, we will definitely have no way out."
He thought for a moment and his tone became critical.
"It's better for us to take refuge in Yanzhou. Now the only chance for us is to take refuge in Yanzhou Liu Hong."
Cui Hao's face turned pale when he heard this, but he was helpless.
Looking at Cui Zhen, he sighed.
After a long silence, Cui Hao, the head of the Cui family, nodded helplessly.
"The current plan can only be this way."
"It's just that if I take refuge with Liu Hong now, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to be reused!"
Cui Zhen didn't take it seriously.
"We have taken refuge with Liu Hong. Even if it is for reputation, he will not be too stingy with us. Otherwise, there are so many nobles in the world, who would dare to take refuge with him."
Cui Hao shook his head and looked at Cui Zhen, feeling a little disappointed.
"Having said that, as far as I know, Liu Hong has always done things vigorously and resolutely."
"The Yanzhou nobles have learned from the past. After entering Yanzhou, you must not be as ridiculous as you are now, otherwise my father will not be able to protect you."
Cui Zhen agreed verbally, but he didn't care in his heart.
My father is really old and he is so careful in everything he does. It is difficult for him to achieve great things.
He was so frightened by Liu Hong, a small provincial herdsman.
