"What? The traitor Tao Ying sent an envoy to visit? This traitor is really cunning! What excuse did you use?"

"My lord, I used the excuse of sending medicine. Tao Ying asked the messenger to send some precious medicines on the pretext of being worried about your physical condition, and requested that they be presented to you at the customs. Cheng Yu answered respectfully, and then said: "Tao Ying

I guess my lord will not be able to guess who the traitor’s messenger is.”

"Who?" Boss Cao asked curiously.

"Our old friend, the number one corrupt official under Tao Thief, may even be the richest man in the world now, Yang Hong and Yang Zhongming." Cheng Yu replied with a smile, and added: "And that common man Li Lang is here too. The two of them are here too.

We rode two horses together and went to the outside of Hangu Pass to ask for an audience with the lord."

"Yang Hong Yang Zhongming?" Boss Cao also laughed and coughed and said: "I didn't expect that the most corrupt official in the world would have such courage. He dared to spy on my life and death for the traitor Tao Ying. He would not be afraid of being chopped by us.

No chance to go back and enjoy his beautiful wife and concubine, and his wealth?"

"Maybe he was forced to come here by Tao Ying again." Cheng Yu obviously didn't believe Yang Changshi's character, and said with a smile: "Tao Ying wanted to spy on your true situation, my lord, so he sent an ordinary envoy for fear of being caught.

We took the opportunity to set up illusions to deceive

To deceive, we sent sophisticated people like Jia Xu and Liu Ye to be afraid of being killed or detained by us. After many calculations, Yang Hong was the most suitable. He is not too stupid and is familiar with the internal situation of our army. Even if he loses, he doesn’t need to feel bad.

It couldn’t be more appropriate.”

After laughing, Cheng Yu asked Boss Cao again: "My lord, after seeing Zhang Wenyuan's false surrender letter, Tao thief sent an envoy to deliver medicine. He was obviously doubting whether Zhang Liao was falsely surrendering, and also doubting whether my lord, you really died suddenly of illness. I will wait for you."

How to deal with it?”

Boss Cao coughed and thought for a moment, and then said: "This question should be asked of you. If I really die of illness suddenly, and you plan to secretly retreat to Tongguan, and the Tao thief sends an envoy to test the truth, how will you deal with it?"

Cheng Yu and Guo Jia thought about it for a long time, and then Cheng Yu answered first: "If this happens, I will pretend that the lord is unwilling to receive the envoy, drive away the Tao thief envoy, or detain the Tao thief envoy, or execute him.

Let the traitor Tao Ying be unable to judge the true situation of our army."

"Although doing this can make Tao Thief hesitate, it cannot make Tao Thief believe that I am really dead." Boss Cao muttered: "Our purpose this time is to make Tao Thief believe that I am really dead and lure him into believing that I am really dead."

Sending troops to attack Hangu Pass at night only made him hesitate, fearing that the traitor would not dare to take risks."

"It's a pity that we were short of time and didn't prepare a substitute for my lord." Guo Jia regretted: "Otherwise, if I had my lord's substitute come out to meet Yang Hongpifu, and deliberately let Yang Hongpifu see through the lord that you were pretending to be someone else, Tao Ying would be a traitor.

Believing that the lord is dead, I came to attack him overnight."

After hearing Guo Jia's words, Boss Cao also felt a little regretful, but for a while he really couldn't find a substitute with a similar figure and appearance to himself. After Guo Jia sighed, he suggested: "Master, let's do this.

Let's just kill Yang Hong, a common man, so that Tao Ying, a traitor, cannot judge the situation of our army. In this way, even if Tao Ying, a traitor, refuses to fall into the trap, we can avenge the hatred of Luoyang and the hatred of the emperor."

If it had been in the past, Boss Cao, who hated Yang Changshi no less than Deputy Director Tao, might have agreed immediately, but this time Boss Cao was a little hesitant and hesitated to agree immediately. At this time, Boss Cao's

Confidential Secretary Sima Lang stood up

, handed over to Boss Cao and said: "My lord, killing Yang Hong will relieve his hatred, but if the Tao thief refuses to take the risk because of his suspicion, it will be a waste of my lord's clever trick of cheating death. If my lord does not give up, Lang is willing to go out to meet Yang."

Hong negotiates and takes the opportunity to create the illusion that the lord is dead."

"How do you arrange it?" Boss Cao asked hurriedly.

"I want to put on a filial piety dress and a long gown first, and deliberately let Yang Hong see some flaws." Sima Lang replied calmly: "While talking with Yang Hong, my eyes were red and swollen on purpose, and my voice was choked, so that Yang Hong

I believe that my lord is truly dead."

Boss Cao hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said: "Okay, let's do it. Anyway, even if the traitor Tao Ying believes that I am really dead, he will definitely not lead his troops to take risks in person. He will only sneak in with one army."

, first pass, you go and set up this illusion. If it succeeds, at least the Tao thieves can send more front troops to ambush our army."

Sima Lang sang the promise and immediately changed into the mourning clothes found by Cao Jun's guards, and covered himself with a long gown in the hot weather. He then wiped his eyes with a piece of ginger, deliberately making them red and swollen, and then went out.

He went to negotiate with Yang Changshi outside the gate. Since Sima Lang had always been hostile to Deputy Director Tao, Boss Cao did not send anyone to monitor him, and allowed Sima Lang to ride out of the gate alone to continue defrauding his unscrupulous son-in-law.

At the same time, outside Hangu Pass, Yang Changshi and Li Lang, the unscrupulous master and servant, were also trembling, because right above their heads, there were thousands of crossbows aimed at them, and behind them

, there are dozens of Cao Jun scouts watching Dandan, but there is not even a protective guard beside them.

There were no soldiers in Xuzhou. It could be said that as long as Cao Jun gave an order, Yang Changshi and Li Lang, the unscrupulous masters and servants, would have to end their deception and abduction journey forever. In fear, Yang Changshi could not help but secretly scream.

He scolded his precious son for coming up with bad ideas, forcing himself to tie his head to his waistband to take risks here.

I don’t know how long it took, but the tightly closed Hangu Pass gate finally opened a narrow gap. A frail man in his early thirties walked out of the pass, went to Yang Changshi, bowed his hands in front of him, and lowered his voice and said: "

Mr. Zhongming, do you know how risky you are this time? If the thief Cao hadn't hesitated a little and gave me the opportunity to come up with a plan in time, Guo Jiadu would have already come up with a plan and beheaded you before the pass."

"Who are you?" Yang Changshi was a little surprised.

"Keep your voice down." Sima Lang reminded in a low voice, and then said loudly: "My surname is Sima, my single name is Lang, and my last name is Boda. I am the boss of my lord's account. My lord is busy with military affairs. I don't have time to see you, and I am too lazy to be insulted by Tao.

It’s a hypocrite, you can go and take your gift with you.”

"Are you Sima Lang? No wonder I think you look familiar." Yang Changshi was overjoyed and said in a low voice: "My dog ​​really got you right. When you heard that I was coming, you really tried your best to come out to see me."

"Sir, please forgive me. Originally, I also brought a reliable messenger." Sima Lang said in a low voice: "But the traitor Cao is extremely treacherous. No one is allowed to leave the border without a warrant, so there is no way to contact the Taiwei."

"Master Sima Bo, my lord also has good intentions. Please report to Meng Degong again and ask him to see me. I have something important to report to him." Yang Changshi said loudly to the soldiers of Cao Jun who were locked up, and then

He quickly asked in a low voice: "How is it? Is Thief Cao really dead?"

"Of course he is not dead. Zhang Liao also pretended to surrender on the orders of Cao Cao." Sima Lang replied in a low voice: "Tonight, Cao Cao will set up an ambush on the mountains on both sides of the valley. When your army enters the valley, they will push down the rolling stones and fall from their horses.

Block the valley path, and then wipe out all your troops entering the valley."

"Thank you very much." Yang Changshi was overjoyed and hurriedly whispered: "Don't worry, Boda, I will definitely ask the lord for your merits when I go back. After defeating the Cao Cao, the lord will reward you based on your merits and I will definitely not treat you badly."

"I don't want to accept the reward, I just want revenge." Sima Lang said in a humble voice, and then said in a low voice: "Please report back to Taiwei Tao and say that although the thief Cao is seriously ill, he will not die for a while, so don't take any chances.

, he is still planning to find ways to anger the Taiwei, induce the Taiwei to attack the key point by force, and fall into the attack.

A tough fight. Also, this thief is cunning and authoritarian. He must personally inspect all military affairs, including those with a staff of twenty or more. Starting from General Ya, every general is surrounded by his informants to secretly monitor him. If the Taiwei wants to

When buying or contacting Cao Cao's generals, you must be careful about being noticed by Cao Cao's spies."

Yang Changshi thanked him in a low voice, keeping Sima Lang's words in mind, and then said a few pretentious words to Sima Lang loudly, and hurriedly said goodbye and left. Sima Lang also returned to Guanzhong to give orders to Boss Cao not to mention it.

………………

Okay, now let’s take a look at the situation when our Yang Changshi returned to the camp and handed over the order. Because Sima Lang did not send an order for Boss Cao to have Yang Changshi beheaded, so Yang Changshi walked out ten miles smoothly.

However, after reaching the open area, Yang Changshi and Li Lang encountered a group of heavily armed Xuzhou soldiers.

The army, and then this Xuzhou army was not ambiguous. They immediately grabbed Yang Changshi and Li Lang from their horses and tied them up with ropes three times and two times. Yang Changshi, who went through life and death for his own team, did not even have the courage to complain.

He honestly followed the Xuzhou Army back to the main camp and was escorted directly into Deputy Director Tao's Chinese army tent.

Yang Changshi's precious son Yang Zheng was also in the tent at the moment, and was kneeling obediently in front of Deputy Director Tao. Jia Laodu, Liu Ye and others were sitting on both sides with strange faces. They saw that Yang Changshi and Li Lang were safe and sound.

After returning, Deputy Director Tao, who was sitting in the middle with a straight face, first breathed a sigh of relief, and then shouted with a long face: "Yang Hong, do you know your guilt?"

"Wei Chen admits his guilt." Yang Changshi was happy and knelt down and admitted honestly: "Wei Chen not only failed to stop Quan Zi from doing anything wrong, but also asked Wang Wu and Chen Er to tie up Quan Zi. He went out of the camp without authorization and pretended to be guilty.

I have received orders from my lord to contact Cao Cao."

"Just plead guilty!" Deputy Director Tao slapped the case in front of him and roared: "How dangerous is it to risk contacting our internal agents? If you are not careful, not only the messenger's life will be in danger, but our internal agents will also be in danger.

Will lose his life

Quan! I have already vetoed your son's suggestion, but you and your son dare to rely on my favor to go out of the camp privately to contact our internal agents. This is intolerable, but it is intolerable. Don't expect me to spare you this time.

Father and son!”

"Lord, Quanzi also suffered losses for our soldiers, so he acted against your orders without permission. He is loyal to you." Yang Changshi quickly complained for his son, and then kowtowed and said: "Lord, everyone

The blame for all the crimes belongs to me alone, and has nothing to do with my dog. If there is any guilt, it will be borne by me alone. Please forgive me, my lord, and spare my dog."

After saying that, Yang Changshi kowtowed repeatedly. Yang Zheng over there was anxious and kowtowed quickly and said: "My lord, it is none of my father's business. It's a humble minister who disobeyed your military orders and took the risk to contact the internal affairs. My father is

I don’t want to let my son Wei Chen take risks,

I also wanted to give Wei Chen a chance to make meritorious deeds, so I risked my life to negotiate with the enemy and risk contact with our military personnel. Everything was the fault of Wei Chen alone and had nothing to do with his father. Please investigate clearly and forgive me.

Father, I am willing to take full responsibility."

With that said, Yang Changshi and Yang Zheng, father and son, kowtowed desperately, scrambling to take full responsibility and exonerate each other. During the fight, Yang Changshi burst into tears, crying and showing off his pity. Next to him, Yang Changshi

Jia Laodu, who had a good relationship with Chang Shi, smiled and did not move, and did not plead for Yang Changshi and his son - because Jia Laodu knew very well that Deputy Director Tao would never kill his friend and leader because of this.

"Get up!" Sure enough, Deputy Director Tao roared quickly and yelled at Yang Changshi: "You bastard! You make things difficult for me all the time. I can't bear to kill you. If you don't kill you, it will be difficult to enforce military law!"

You and your son will be demoted to the third level together, but your original posts will be retained! If you do it again next time, you will be punished for both crimes!"

Yang Changshi stopped crying, kowtowed with a smile and said: "Thank you, my lord, for not killing me. I know that my lord will understand the loyalty of Weichen and his son, and will not kill him. My lord is right."

The kindness between Wei Chen and his son is higher than the sky, thicker than the earth, and deeper than the sea..."

"Come on! Shut up!" Deputy Director Tao roared again: "Don't let this matter get publicized. You father and son always do things without permission, and I still can't bear to kill you. If everyone is like you, I will

Are you still a lord?!"

Yang Changshi shut his mouth obediently and stood up with the help of his son and Li Lang. He looked at the seat next to him and tried to sit down, but he didn't dare to sit down. He pretended to be pitiful. Deputy Director Tao was angry and funny.

, then roared: "Sit down if you want, tell me, what will be the result if you go to contact Cao Cao privately?"

Hearing Deputy Director Tao ask about what he gained from his trip, Yang Changshi, who had been crying and pretending to be pitiful just now, suddenly became elated again and quickly introduced his trip to contact Cao Jun in detail. During this period, he naturally had to face the challenges he faced.

The dangers are exaggerated a hundred times more serious,

He also portrayed his glorious image of being fearless in the face of danger and calm in all situations, and quietly concealed the scandal that he almost peed his pants when he was surrounded by Cao Jun's patrol. Finally, he reported that he had successfully connected with Sima Lang just as his son expected.

Gave it to Deputy Director Tao.
To be continued...