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In the room, Liu Jing handed Cao Cao's handwritten letter to Jia Xu, "The military advisor first check it out, and then let's talk."

Jia Xu recognized Cao Cao's handwriting at a glance. He was immediately excited and sat upright. He opened the letter and looked carefully. His brows also frowned slightly, but when he saw that Cao Zhi was sent, he seemed to think of something and couldn't help but laugh again.

Jia Xu returned the letter to Liu Jing and said with a smile: "This is Prime Minister Cao's usual style. The letter only talks about friendship. The main business should be discussed by Cao Zhi. But I am a little surprised that Prime Minister Cao Cao actually asked Cao Zhi to go to Jingzhou."

"Is there anything special about this?" Liu Jing asked with a smile.

Jia Xu nodded, "If he sent a confidant adviser, there would be no problem at all, but this is the first time he sent Er as an envoy. Of course, maybe he wanted Er to hone his skills, but I think Prime Minister Cao seemed to want Cao Zhi to dominate the affairs of Jingzhou."

"He's going to dominate"

Liu Jing couldn't help but sneer, "I think he is only twenty years old. He can dominate Jingzhou for his father and be careful not to ruin major events."

"Don't worry, lord, Prime Minister Cao knows it. He won't let his son have a bad thing. I think he should have explained everything. Maybe next time there will be important officials to support him."

Liu Jing thought about it and suddenly understood, "The military advisor means that Cao Cao wants Cao Zhi to inherit his mantle."

Jia Xu shook his head quickly, "There is nothing to do, it should be Cao Pi, but Prime Minister Cao may also consider letting Cao Zhi inherit it. As far as I know, he loves this very much, and often tells people that Cao Zhi looks like him the most. More importantly, some things Cao Pi has not handled well, which makes Prime Minister Cao very disgusted and affects his inheritance."

"For example, what's the matter?"

"The most serious thing is that Cao Pi took advantage of the chaos to take Zhen's family. Eight months later, Zhen's family gave birth. Do you think this child is Yuan's family or Cao's family. Although Prime Minister Cao didn't say anything at that time, we all know that Cao Cheng was quite dissatisfied with his lust."

Liu Jing couldn't help laughing, "Cao Cao is also a lustful person. If he is not upright, how could he blame himself for sitting in a crooked manner?"

Although Jia Xu surrendered to Liu Jing and loyally assisted Liu Jing, deep down he always felt a little guilty towards Cao Cao. For example, he never called Cao Cao directly, but called Prime Minister Cao. This is the reason.

Jia Xu shook his head, "This actually has nothing to do with lust, but it's about He Yanmian. It would be fine if Zhen was unmarried, but she was Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law. Cao Pi married her without his father's consent and without the medical officer's examination. How could Prime Minister Cao not be angry?"

Liu Jing smiled and asked again: "What's the second?"

"There is also the death of Zhang Xiu. Cao Pi took advantage of his father's western expedition to force Zhang Xiu to death. Although I don't know what happened later, I know one thing very well. Cao Pi forced Zhang Xiu to death without his father's consent. This would inevitably make Prime Minister Cao angry and had a bad impact. More importantly, the revival of the Yuan family's remnants was also due to Cao Pi's improper handling, which affected the decisive battle of Chibi. It was precisely because of these things that Prime Minister Cao had the idea of ​​letting Cao Zhi inherit his mantle."

Liu Jing nodded, "Let's not talk about this anymore, let's talk about the serious business, what is the military advisor's intention of Cao Zhi coming here?"

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "If I was not wrong, Prime Minister Cao wanted to negotiate with his lord."

“What to negotiate?”

"I probably want us to give up Guanzhong. Frankly speaking, our Guanzhong strategy made him unable to sleep on the pillow, but he was powerless to stop him, so I could only come and ask my lord not to go north again."

Liu Jing couldn't help but laugh, "This kind of thing can be solved by asking for help."

"That's why he sent me to negotiate."

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I think Prime Minister Cao will make a big concession. If the lord is interested, he can speak loudly. As long as he can do it, he will agree, and even the lord can ask for the title of king."

At this time, Liu Jing suddenly remembered something and hurriedly said, "Does the military advisor know a eunuch named Mi? It is said that this person is Liu Xie's confidant eunuch."

Jia Xu showed a hint of contempt on his face, "I'm just a traitor about breaking the sleeves, what do he do?"

"He is here too. In fact, he has been here at the beginning of the year. Last time he was supervising the sacrificial ceremony and passing on the oral message from Liu Xie for me. This time he was sent by Liu Xie to enthrone me."

Jia Xu was very experienced and immediately understood what Liu Jing meant, "My lord is saying that this person is a poisonous snake that Cao Cao placed beside Liu Xie."

Liu Jing nodded, "It would be strange if it wasn't."

Jia Xu closed his eyes and pondered for a moment before slowly saying to Liu Jing: "Since that's the case, it's better to see this eunuch Mi first and then Cao Zhi again."

In the afternoon, the eunuch Mi Ying read the imperial edict to Liu Jing in the prefecture yard, and appointed Liu Jing as Duke of Chu, and was appointed General of Cavalry. At the same time, Liu Jing's wife Tao was appointed Lady of Jing State, and his second wife Sun was appointed Lady of Wu State, and Liu Jing's chief Liu Zhi was appointed Marquis of Ting, and Zhenwu's lieutenant.

As expected, Liu Jing did not mention Yizhou or Hanzhong in the decree. Liu Jing sneered in his heart and thanked him. The eunuch Mi gave the imperial edict to Liu Jing, and then said to Liu Jing in a low voice: "I have a few confidential words, and I want to tell the governor of the state."

Liu Jing knew that he wanted to tell Liu Xie's words, but when he thought of Jia Xu's evaluation of him, he felt disgusted. He held back his displeasure and said, "Please give me a cup of tea in my official room." Mi Eunuch happily entered the official room with Liu Jing. He sat down and looked at Liu Jing affectionately, which made Liu Jing's back numb, and said to several personal soldiers: "You retreat first."

The personal soldiers retreated, Liu Jing took a sip of tea and said coldly: "If you have any secret words, just say them."

"When the old slave left, the emperor asked me to tell the governor of the state, "Since you have occupied Jingshu, why don't you promote the royal army to enter the Central Plains and save the Han country? Do you have any other intentions?"

The voice of Eunuch Mi was very sharp. He imitated Liu Xie's voice, with a gloomy aura, and his tone was filled with resentment, just like a resentful woman from the deep palace who had been widowed for many years, emitting resentment from her bones.

Liu Jing lowered his face and said nothing. His heart was full of disdain. He could imagine that when Liu Xie said this, his eyes were filled with jealousy and dissatisfaction with him. A person who had been suppressed for a long time must be distorted. Such a person could not convince him by normal means.

After a while, Liu Jing said lightly: "Eunuch Mi, let's make a deal."

The eunuch Mi suddenly had a flattering smile on his face, "Prince of the State, please say, the old slave is willing to make a deal with the State,"

Liu Jing suddenly stared at him coldly, his eyes as sharp as a knife, as if it was penetrated into a person's heart. Eunuch Mi was so scared that his heart trembled, and he trembled with his two tremblings. Liu Jing's cold voice was heard in his ears, "How should I reply to the heavens? Tell me, as a condition, I can pretend not to know that you had an affair with Cao Cao..."

Liu Jing pulled out his sword, pressed it on his neck, and whispered: "

If you dare to attack me twice, I will let you die."

Eunuch Mi was so scared that he collapsed on the ground. His crotch became wet and even his urine was incontinent. Liu Jing didn't want to look at him again, so he put his sword in his arms and ordered: "Come here."

Several personal soldiers walked in quickly, Liu Jing pointed at the eunuch Mi, "My elder brother-in-law is sick, so I can take him to the VIP hotel to rest."

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When the eunuch Mi went to the prefecture to announce the imperial edict, Cao Zhi did not follow him. On the one hand, he also hated this eunuch who was neither male nor female. On the other hand, his arrogance in his bones also made him not want to see Liu Jing so soon.

In the room, Cao Zhi was drinking and playing the piano, singing and singing. At this time, a strange sound appeared in his piano and stopped suddenly. Cao Zhi asked coldly: "What's wrong?"

The nervous voice of the museum chief came from the courtyard, "Duke Cao, my family's governor is here."

"Oh, I get it."

Cao Zhi agreed casually, and he adjusted the tune again, but Liu Jing's laughter came from the courtyard, "Mr. Zhi wants to be Boya, but unfortunately I'm not here to go."

Cao Zhi was stunned for a moment. He got up and walked to the window. He saw Liu Jing wearing a lilac linen robe and a flat scarf on his head. He looked at him with a smile on his hands. Cao Zhi's face was a little hot. Although he was a noble person, he also knew the courtesy of hospitality. He did not expect that Liu Jing would surrender to the nobles and come to visit him in person. This moved him and greatly satisfied his vanity.

He quickly bowed and said, "Jian is rude, please come in and sit down."

He hurriedly put away the piano and wine cup, tidy up his clothes, and went forward to open the door. Liu Jing walked in with a smile, "Come on uninvited, please forgive me."

"I am rude, please sit down by the state governor."

Liu Jing was not polite and sat down facing east, and Cao Zhi also sat down. At this time, the chief of the library presented two cups of tea. Liu Jing nodded and said, "Get out."

He took out a letter from his arms, put it on the table and pushed it to Cao Zhi, "This is my reply to Lingzun, I hope the duke will convey it to me."

"It must be certain"

Cao Zhi put away the letter and bowed his head and said with a smile: "First congratulations to the governor of the state for being the Duke of Chu and the General of the Cavalry. This is second only to the general and the position of Bigong, which shows how much the heaven values ​​the governor of the state for."

Liu Jing shook his head, "It's a pity that there is nothing I want here. I want the governor of Yizhou, and Ling Zun didn't give it to me."

Cao Zhi didn't expect Liu Jing to be so frank, so he got into the topic immediately. After all, he lacked experience and didn't know how to test Liu Jing's bottom line in circles, and he didn't know that he could ask for a price all over the place and then slowly pay back the money with Liu Jing.

He pondered for a moment: "My father said that if the provincial governor wants to serve as the governor of Yizhou, it is OK if he wants to be the king, as long as the provincial governor agrees to something, then the provincial governor just asks for an official title."

"What the hell is it?" Liu Jing asked pretending to be puzzled.

Cao Zhi hesitated. He didn't know if he should say it. Liu Jing smiled and said, "If Zhigong feels embarrassed, then I won't ask. I may set off to Yizhou tomorrow or the next day, so I came to announce my leave to Zhi."

Liu Jing bowed his hand with his fists and was about to get up, Cao Zhi hurriedly said, "Please sit down and listen to me."

Liu Jing looked at him with a smile, "Please tell me, Liu Jing listen with sternness"

Cao Zhi sighed and said, "Can the governor of the state know the nine tins, one is chariot and horse, two is clothes, musical instruments, four is rudder, five is nude, six is ​​the men of the tiger, seven is axe and halberd, eight is bow and arrow, nine is hulu, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the sage, the highest noble, if the governor of the state agrees to this matter, my father can even ask for an order to add nine tins to the governor of the state."

Liu Jing laughed, "Even the Lord dares to talk about adding Jiuxi. Liu Jing's official position is low, so how dare he have such a sense of usurpation? Jiuxi will be exempted, and he will be exempted from being a king. The governor of Yizhou can consider it. Please tell me directly."

"Okay, I'll just say it."

Cao Zhi gritted his teeth and said, "My father hopes that the provincial governor will not go north to Guanzhong for five years, and all the conditions for the provincial governor can be raised."

Liu Jing was really disappointed. Even a talented and stubborn person like Cao Cao actually put forward such unrealistic conditions. What other conditions can he have to let him agree? Jiuxi, Wang Jue, or the position of heaven. The question is... Could he agree?

Liu Jing was silent for a moment and said in a sarcastic tone: "Since any conditions can be raised, I will propose the conditions. Please tell Ling Zun that if he is willing to retire and return home, I am willing to take over as prime minister and share the hard work of the world for him. How will Ling Zun consider it?"

Cao Zhi was stunned. He didn't know what he should answer. He was angry and panicked in his heart, and his face was flushed.
Chapter completed!