Chapter 234 Cao Cao's Stratagem
Huang Yueying showed admiration on her face. Xiaotao couldn't help but praise: "Young Master Zhuge, you are so amazing!"
Zhuge Liang laughed and said with a self-deprecating voice: "Miss Xiaotao is a bit ridiculous! If I am really powerful, how could I not be able to defend your lady?" Xiaotao hurriedly said: "Young master, you are very powerful! You are just a little worse than General Lu Bu!"
Zhuge Liang couldn't help but become curious and asked, "Miss Xiaotao, how bad is I than Lu Bu?" Xiaotao thought for a while, "Well, this, that..." As he said, he couldn't help but frown, but after a long time, he couldn't tell the reason. Finally, he said, "That's it, that feeling! I can't explain it clearly!" Then his heart moved and he shouted, "By the way! General Lu Bu feels very manly!" Zhuge Liang laughed silently and said, "According to this, am I not a man?"
Huang Yueying said angrily with a red face: "Xiao Tao, don't talk nonsense!" Xiao Tao hurriedly said: "Miss, I don't talk nonsense. This is really my feeling! Doesn't the lady feel that way?" "Okay, shut up!" Xiao Tao closed her mouth, but she felt a little dissatisfied.
Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Liang and said apologetically: "Young Master Zhuge, I am very sorry about the matter between us! I don't know what to say, I can only say that luck is a mess!" Zhuge Liang shook his head, "Why do you have to apologize for the next one from the beginning? In fact, this matter is just wishful thinking from the beginning. The lady can find the person she really likes, and I am happy for the lady. Here, I just hope that the lady can live together with Lu Bu and have a happy life!" Huang Yueying couldn't help but be moved and stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Mr. Haihan!"
Zhuge Liang stood up and replied, "Miss, you have to be polite, this is my sincere blessing." Then he smiled and said, "It has been delayed for a lot of time for the lady, and it's time to say goodbye!" He bowed to Huang Yueying.
Huang Yueying hurriedly said, "Young Master, stay!"
"What are the instructions for the lady?"
Huang Yueying said: "Young master has the talent of conquering the world. If there is chaos today, how can he be buried among the barren mountains and farmlands?"
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "Does Miss hope I will serve Lu Bu?"
"That's right! Lu Bu is not what people say in the world. He actually has the talent and strategy of the people! This time, when I went to Xuzhou and Huainan, my rule can be called social peace and prosperity! Jingzhou and Jiangdong are slightly inferior to it! I know that Mr. Zhuge is willing to support the world. If he goes to Lu Bu's subordinates, he will definitely live up to his lifelong pursuit! I hope Mr. I will consider what I said!"
Zhuge Liang smiled and looked at Huang Yueying with an inexplicable smell in his eyes. Huang Yueying was a little uneasy when he saw it and asked, "Why do you see me like this, sir?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and shook his head, saying, "What the lady said may be true, but I don't want to serve Lu Bu." Huang Yueying was puzzled, "Why is this?" Zhuge Liang glanced at Huang Yueying and smiled bitterly, "Although I have read a few books, I am just an ordinary man. Lu Bu hates me for taking his wife, how can I serve him!" Huang Yueying's face turned red and she couldn't speak.
Zhuge Liang bowed to Huang Yueying and said, "Miss, stay here, let's say goodbye!" After that, he turned around and went.
Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Liang's departure back and felt a little regretful, and murmured: "What a pity, because I have made such a big shot unable to serve him!"
Xiaotao was worried that the lady would have some bad thoughts, so he hurriedly said, "Miss, you have nothing to do with it! Although you were unable to convince Mr. Zhuge to serve the general, you convinced Mr. Xu Shu! I think Mr. Xu Shu is not worse than Mr. Zhuge! This is called that, what is lost, and what is gained!"
Huang Yueying smiled and said angrily: "What does it mean to lose something, what do you get? That's called losing it! Sangyu!" Xiaotao grinned and said: "It's that meaning anyway! So the lady doesn't have to feel any regrets!"
Huang Yueying couldn't help but nodded and thought, "Mr. Xu Shu's strategy is indeed not inferior to Mr. Zhuge, but what he learned is not as broad as Mr. Zhuge. Compared with the two, I'm afraid Mr. Zhuge is worse than Mr. Zhuge!" Then he shook his head, "Forget it, it's time for this, why bother yourself!" He calmed down and returned to the backyard.
After Zhuge Liang left Xiangyang, he returned to his own thatched cottage in Wolonggang, Nanyang. As soon as he came back, the book boy came to report: "Young Master, someone came to Wolonggang yesterday to visit the young master. I said that if you have something to do, it will take a few days to return, and the man left the gift." "Oh? Who is it?" "The person called himself Liu Bei, the descendant of King Jing of Zhongshan. He said a lot, but I can't remember that much!" Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "It's Liu Bei!" Then he felt that this matter was quite troublesome. Although Zhuge Liang was talented, he was not as good as the other people in the Zhuge family. He only liked to live a carefree life of idle clouds and wild heirs. Now, because of Huang Yueying's affairs, he was mentally hit and he was even more unwilling to pay attention to the messy things in the world.
Zhuge Liang told Shutong: "Tonger, I will go to visit all the tourists tomorrow. If there are any more guests, you will send me away. Then I said I would go out for a trip and I don't know when I will be able to come back." Shutong replied: "I've written it down."
When Liu Biao heard that Kuai Liang was back, he hurried out to meet him. As soon as he met, he couldn't wait to ask: "What's the situation? What is the attitude of the prime minister and the court?"
Kuai Liang clasped his fists with joy and said, "Good news! The Prime Minister and the court were very angry at the marching of Lu Bu and Sun Jian's colleagues for no reason. The Prime Minister had already requested an imperial edict and sent two imperial envoys to Lu Bu and Sun Jian's army camps respectively, asking them to stop the troops and stop the battle immediately and wait for the court to deal with it..." Liu Biao was happy, but then frowned again, "The Prime Minister and the court's decision is good! But will Lu Bu and Sun Jian listen?" Kuai Liang continued, "The Prime Minister not only invited the imperial edict to stop Lu Bu and Sun Jian, but also sent his general Cao Ren to lead an army of 80,000 to the south. He will soon enter Jingzhou to assist our army in fighting against Lu Bu and Sun Jian! The Prime Minister and the court are really standing on our side!"
Liu Biao was both happy and worried, "It is natural for the Prime Minister to send troops, but will Cao Ren lead an army of 80,000 into Jingzhou...?"
Kuai Liang hurriedly said, "Lord, don't worry! The 80,000 army can be our huge help, but it is absolutely impossible to seize Jingzhou! Our Jingzhou still has more than 200,000 troops! If the Prime Minister really wants to plot against Jingzhou, he would never just send 80,000 troops here!" Liu Biao felt that what Kuai Liang said was very reasonable, and nodded with a smile, "Zirou is right! Haha, now that 80,000 reinforcements in the court have arrived, he, Sun Jian and Lu Bu will not be arrogant anymore!" Kuai Liang said, "As long as Cao Ren's army comes, I guess Lu Bu and Sun Jian will not act rashly. Because fighting with Cao Ren's army is an enemy of the prime minister and the court. Now the Prime Minister lives in the north and holds a million soldiers. Who dares to go against the Prime Minister?" Liu Biao nodded deeply and felt that he could finally rest assured.
Ailang, who was in Anlu, heard that the imperial envoy was coming, but he didn't react for a while and asked, "Imperial envoy? Is there an imperial envoy now?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "Cao Cao uses the emperor to order the princes. Isn't this so-called imperial envoy the envoy Cao Cao's envoy? The lord's father-in-law is afraid that we and Sun Jian will not want us to annex Jingzhou, so he is playing tricks."
Ailang said angrily: "My father-in-law finally stretched his claws to the south." Then he said to Dian Wei: "Bring the bullshit imperial envoy in to me, I want to see what he is going to say." Dian Wei responded and walked quickly. After a while, Dian Wei came in with a eunuch in a gauze hat and black robe. Dian Wei pointed at Ailang, "That's our general!" The eunuch looked at Ailang, raised the imperial edict in his hand high, and said proudly: "The imperial edict is here, kneel down to receive it!" However, everyone present seemed to have heard it, looking at the eunuch as if he was looking at a fool.
Seeing that the atmosphere at the scene was a little wrong, the eunuch felt uneasy, swallowed, and shouted loudly: "Sage, the imperial edict is here, kneel down to receive it!"
Ailang said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, just let go if you have a fart!" The generals couldn't help laughing.
The eunuch was frightened and dared not say too much. He quickly launched the imperial edict to read it: "....... I heard that General Lu Bu actually attacked his colleague's territory for no reason. I was very angry. The general's behavior was beyond his ruthlessness. It was a crime of great rebellion and should have been punished! However, I thought that the general had worked hard and made great contributions and could not bear to kill him. I ordered the general to stop attacking immediately and retreat to his own borders. Do not make the same mistake again! Otherwise, if the power of heaven comes, the general will regret it again! I hope the general will take care of himself, and I admire this!" After reading the imperial edict, the eunuch raised the imperial edict high. At this time, according to ancient etiquette, Ailang should kneel down to receive the imperial edict. However, Ailang had no intention of leaving his seat at all. He slapped Dianwei, and the latter immediately stepped forward and captured the imperial edict, which scared the eunuch very much.
The eunuch stood there, feeling at a loss. He mustered up the courage and asked in a low voice: "I don't know, do you know if the general obeys the order?"
Ailang looked at Jia Xu, who nodded gently. Ailang said to the eunuch in anger: "Didn't you see that I have accepted the order? Get out of here!" The eunuch didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly ran away with his head in his arms, which caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Ailang said angrily: "My father-in-law doesn't know what's wrong with me, so he insists on raising that useless emperor and these unscrupulous dog slaves!"
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Cao Cao can gain the moral advantage by wielding the emperor to command the princes. If the lord did not accept the order just now, I am afraid that Cao Cao would give the lord police a charge of despising the king and father for rebellion! Once this happens, if Cao Cao wants to attack the lord, he will first gain the upper hand in morality and momentum and suppress us. Before the war begins, we have already lost two points! In addition, Cao Cao conquered all directions in the name of orthodox, and we ruled those who are eager to the Han Dynasty, and maybe they can use it for him to become his insider! In short, there are still many benefits to wielding the emperor to command the princes! Unfortunately, Cao Cao took the lead, otherwise I would suggest that the lord adopt this very useful emperor!"
Chapter completed!