When he entered the gate, he saw that the front yard was empty and there was no one. Cao Cao frowned and shouted, "Search me!" The iron-armored guard immediately dispersed and searched. He stood beside Cao Cao on a horse and said, "Prime Minister, look at this, I am afraid that General Mao Jie's report is not a false statement!" Cao Cao frowned and did not say anything.

Not long after, Xu Chu led a few soldiers to Cao Cao with more than a dozen or twenty servants and maids. He clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, these are all servants and maids in the villa, and they are all locked in the cellar. Cao Cao looked at the servants and maids, and the servants and maids knelt down one after another and bowed: "Have you seen the Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao asked, "Who locked you up?" The older man among the crowd immediately reported: "Report to the Prime Minister, yes, General Ailang's subordinates tricked us into the cellar and locked us up. He also said that if we dared to break the cellar door without authorization, we would be executed immediately..."

Cao Cao asked again, "Where are the young ladies and the others?" The old man looked inexplicably and asked with a fist, "The villain doesn't understand what the prime minister means? Do you not know what the lady and the others are in the villa?" Cao Cao saw that he looked unclear and knew that Ai Lang and the others did not alarm these servants and maids when he left. These servants and maids were in the cellar and were completely unaware of what was happening outside. The old man suddenly remembered something and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, General Ai Lang's subordinates left a bamboo slip for the villain when he locked up the villain, saying that they would hand it to the prime minister." Then he took out a roll of bamboo slips from his sleeve and presented them to Cao Cao with both hands.

Cao Cao turned over and got off the horse, walked to the old man, took the bamboo slip and opened it and looked at it. Suddenly he laughed, saying, "It's indeed my good son-in-law! It's indeed my good daughter!" Then he turned his eyes and fainted. Everyone was startled when they suddenly saw this scene. The scene became commotion immediately. Xun Yu and others hurriedly got off the horse and ran to Cao Cao to help Cao Cao up. Xun Yu understood medical principles, immediately explored Cao Cao's breath and took his pulse. The nervous expression on his face immediately calmed down. He immediately stretched out his right index finger and pressed the Renzhong acupoint on Cao Cao's lips. Cao Cao suddenly coughed and woke up. The people around him looked extremely nervous. At this time, seeing Cao Cao woke up, his hanging heart was relieved half!

Cao Cao frowned and showed pain on his face. The prefect pressed his temple and said, "It hurts so much! My headache is off again!..." Xun Yu knew that Cao Cao had a headache, and there was no way to relieve Cao Cao's pain here in the villa. He had to return to Xuchang to relieve pain. So he asked the servants and maids in the villa: "Is there a carriage in the villa?" The old man hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Reply to the words of the great man, the mountain

There is a carriage in the village!" "Go and hurry up and drive a carriage over!" The old man shouted, and immediately called a few servants to run straight to the back of the villa. Not long after, the carriage sounded outside the gate, and the old man rushed in from the gate of the villa, clasped his fists and said, "Sir, the carriage has arrived at the door." Xun Yu helped Cao Cao up, and Xu Chu said, "I'll do it!" Then he took Cao Cao from Xun Yu and helped him walk outside.

Xun Yu was about to go out, but suddenly he saw the bamboo slips that were dropped on the ground by Cao Cao. He moved his heart, so he walked over and picked them up and looked at them. Xun Yu's face showed an incredible expression and murmured: "I didn't expect Ai Lang to be Lu Bu?! This Lu Bu is too bold! How dare you bring someone to Xuchang personally?!" Although he said so, he couldn't help but admire Lu Bu in his heart. Although he thought that his behavior was very reckless and irrational, he had to admit that Lu Bu was really a man of love! He put the bamboo slips into his sleeves and quickly walked out of the villa.

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After the doctor's treatment, Cao Cao's pain had subsided for half. Although he looked a little tired, he had basically returned to normal.

Seeing Xun Yu standing beside him, Cao Cao looked at him with a worried look on his face, and smiled and waved his hand, "Don't worry! It's just a headache!"

Xun Yu said, "Prime Minister, do you want to send an order to intercept the young lady?" Cao Cao shook his head, "It's too late to send an order now." He looked at Xun Yu and said jokingly: "Wenruo, you know this, but you still have to come to ask me for instructions." Xun Yu smiled and didn't say anything.

Cao Cao smiled bitterly, "When I think about it now, Ying'er is really no wonder. I shouldn't have used a trick to tear them apart!"

Xun Yu said: "Actually, the Prime Minister did nothing wrong. The Prime Minister just didn't expect that the lady would have such deep affection for Lu Bu." Cao Cao nodded with a wry smile, but then cursed angrily: "The most hateful thing is that the old boy Lu Bu actually completely occupied my Xiaoying's heart! One day, one day..." Cao Cao frowned, as if one day he would be unable to make up his mind.

Xun Yu clasped his fists and said, "Prime Minister, Mrs. Zhao is still kneeling outside the door..." Cao Cao was stunned, and then said angrily: "What did she do while kneeling? This matter has nothing to do with her!" After a pause, he said to Xun Yu, "Go and help me call her in." Xun Yu said with a loud voice and left the bedroom.

Speaking of which, Ailang and his group headed south to near Xiangyang, then boarded the merchant ship waiting on the pier and went down the river. A day later, the group landed on the east bank of the Han River and headed straight towards Xiling. At this time, they had left Cao Cao's sphere of influence.

Back to Xiling, Ailang settled Cao Ying and the others first, and then met Jia Xu and others. Jia Xu smiled bitterly and clasped his fists and said, "I have finally let go of my heart when I saw you come back safely!" Ailang laughed and said, "I told you a long time ago that there will be no problem!" Jia Xu said, "There is something that I want to let my lord know. On the eve of the Lantern Festival, the ladies and ladies all arrived in Shouchun to reunite with the lord to spend the festival. However, my subordinates concealed that they had already reported the lord's story about his lord's drinking in Xuchang without authorization. "Ailang was scared and reported to all the ladies about his lord's wife Cao Ying's story."

He jumped and shouted, "Have you said it all?" Jia Xu nodded. Ai Lang looked very uneasy and asked hurriedly, "Where are my wives now? You can't have arrived here, right?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "Don't worry, lord, this is Liu Bei's place. The ladies were going to come here, but after my subordinates persuaded them, they gave up this idea. At this moment, the ladies and ladies were waiting for news in Lujiang." Then he smiled bitterly, "But if the lord doesn't come back, I'm afraid I won't be able to soothe my wife's emotions!"

Ailang couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed when he thought that his wives would definitely scold him.

Jia Xu clasped his fists and said, "Report to the lord, the person who had sent to the upstream of Xiangyang to investigate has been reported..." Ai Lang's thoughts couldn't help but return to the current situation and asked, "How is it? Is Cao Cao secretly training the water army?" Jia Xu nodded with a serious expression and said, "According to the spy's return, Cao Cao built a huge water village thirty miles upstream of Xiangyang, which is very impressive in scale! At the same time, Cao Cao also gathered a large number of craftsmen near the water village to build warships day and night! When the spy's return, there were probably thousands of warships of Cao Cao's large and small!"

Ailang was startled, "So many?"

Jia Xu nodded and frowned, "This shows that Cao Cao is very determined to go south to unify the world! The war after spring must be unprecedented in scale! The result of this war will determine the fate of all of us!"

Ai Lang frowned and looked worried, and asked, "Old Jia, should we take out the hidden naval army?" Jia Xu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No! It's not time yet! The Jiangdong naval army should play a major role in this battle!" Ai Lang frowned and said, "I'm not worried about anything else, just because Sun Jian and his naval army can't stop my father-in-law's naval army! Although the Jiangdong naval army is elite, the difference in strength between the two sides is too big!" Jia Xu smiled and said, "Lord, to say something bad. If the Jiangdong naval army can't stop Cao Cao's naval army, then our naval army will not change the situation when it comes to the battle. Why waste your energy if that's the case?" Ai Lang uh.

Jia Xu said: "During the time when the lord was gone, my subordinates had already discussed the current situation with Liu Bei's military advisor Zhuge Liang. We both believed that the battlefield of the decisive battle should not be above the land of Jingzhou north of the Yangtze River. Nanjun should give up to lure Cao Cao's troops to the river and launch a war across the river! Only in that case can Cao Cao's advantages be curbed to the maximum extent, and our advantages can be maximized!"

Ailang felt that what Jia Xu said was reasonable. His father-in-law's soldiers were all from the north, and infantry and horse fighting were their specialty, but if they wanted to fight on the water, the bride would be the first time she got into the sedan chair. Therefore, if the coalition forces rely on the river to resist Cao's army, at least 50% of their combat power could be weakened, so that their side would have the possibility of victory.

Jia Xu frowned and said, "There is only one thing I worry about the most now!..." Ai Lang looked at Jia Xu in confusion. Jia Xu said, "If Cao Cao is not in a hurry to cross the river and attack, but he stations Jingxiang with his army while concentrating on training the navy, it will be troublesome! Time is on Cao Cao's side, not on our side. If Cao Cao spends one or two years to slowly train the navy and then launches the battle to cross the river, I am only worried that we will not have the possibility of victory at that time!" Ai Lang couldn't help but worry when he said this.

Ailang suddenly remembered something else and asked, "Old Jia, Liu Bei and the others shouldn't know what I'm going to do during this period, right?" Jia Xu smiled and said, "Liu Bei and the others thought their lord went to Lujiang to reunite with their ladies and ladies." After a pause, "Liu Bei seemed very worried about the upcoming war!..." Ailang smiled bitterly and said, "Stop talking about him, I'm also worried! Damn, this battle that has not started yet puts me under a lot of pressure!"
Chapter completed!