"Are there any doctors in the world who know how to open a skull? Wouldn't that kill someone?"
Cao De still didn't believe that there was a real doctor who could use this method and make the person who received the method come back to life.
Sima Fang replied: "The doctors in the Xu family's army also said that this method is dangerous and may hurt people's lives. We dare not use it unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Does he understand?" Cao De caught the key point immediately and asked in surprise.
Sima Fang thought about the news he and his son Sima Yi had learned, and shook his head, "The doctor can't guarantee that he can succeed."
Hearing this, Cao De was disappointed again. He didn't know if it was an illusion. He felt that his brain, which had finally calmed down, started to feel a dull pain.
Seeing that Cao De's expression was wrong, Sima Fang hurriedly helped him sit down first and comforted him: "Prime Minister Ji has his own destiny. This disease can definitely be cured."
Cao De held his forehead and smiled bitterly. Little did he know that Sima Fang was trying to comfort him.
After Cao De drank water to suppress the disappointment in his heart, Zhao Heng changed into the plain clothes brought by Sima Fang and came out.
He has long arms and legs, and the clothes Sima Fang wears are a little too small. He looks like he is wearing a top with nine-quarter sleeves and wide pants with nine-quarter sleeves. He has no aesthetic sense at all, and he looks like a silly son of a landlord in the countryside.
Xu Jiajun's clothes are originally meant for people who work. They are mainly cost-saving and low-priced. They definitely don't have time to worry about aesthetics.
But this silly son didn't realize it, so he excitedly stepped forward and asked, "Prime Minister, look at this plainclothes, do I look good in it?"
Cao De took a look and felt that the dull pain in his head was even more painful, like a needle pricking him. It was bearable, but uncomfortable!
The word "go" almost blurted out, causing Cao De to endure it.
"Your Majesty has a heavenly appearance. Even if you are wearing linen, you are still graceful, handsome and unrestrained." Sima Fang said in admiration, his eyes were sincere and there was no sign of any disobedience.
Zhao Heng suddenly felt satisfied and sat down on the desk again. His hands and feet were untied, feeling relaxed and happy.
"Brother Zhongda, are you okay?" Zhao Heng asked with concern.
Cao De, who was holding his forehead, also looked at Sima Fang. The private matter did not end well, so it was time to talk about something serious.
Sima Yi had already prepared several drafts in his mind before entering the palace. During this trip to Youzhou, there were some things he could say and some things he couldn't.
Regarding Sima Yi's status in the Xu family's army, Sima Fang was very low-key. He only said that the leader of the Xu family's army kept him by his side as a record-keeping document and had no authority.
When he came back, he wanted to take his son back, but Xu Jiajun refused to let him go.
"This gang of rebels is so powerful!" Cao De felt indignant on behalf of his nephew, but only he knew whether he really believed Sima Fang's words.
Sima Fang smiled like a fox in his heart, and with a look of emotion on his face, he continued: "My trip to Youzhou really opened my eyes."
"Those five people from the Xu family don't look like people from this world."
This sentence aroused the curiosity of Zhao Heng and Cao De, and they asked in unison: "How do you say this?"
"They educate the people. In Youzhou, everyone can read and do arithmetic. A six-year-old child can already write an article (a small diary of propositions). Those with advanced knowledge are all in the Xujia University."
"What they learn there is physics, chemistry, industry, society, and commerce, all of which are mysteries that have never been left behind by our predecessors. After reading these books, people there can build blast furnaces and practice steel well."
"The brick-burning furnace is more than sixty meters high. By the way, one meter over there is three feet long like us. Sixty meters is ninety feet, which is ten feet high."
"Ten feet?" Zhao Heng looked at Sima Fang in surprise, "Did they fly up to build such a high stove?"
Sima Fang gave a funny explanation: "They have a ladder, which is connected with ropes. It's called a rope ladder. It can drop twenty feet, or only ten feet. It couldn't be simpler."
"In the Xu family's army, when digging mountains and quarrying rocks, all the rocks can be removed with just a bang."
Sima Fang thought of the loud noise he heard outside Yuyang City, and his heartbeat was still racing even though so long had passed.
Cao De looked over in confusion, "What does a bang sound mean?"
"It's explosive, something that can blow rocks into pieces." Sima Fang had never seen the specific thing, and what he was talking about now was what his son Sima Yi told him.
However, Cao De and Zhao Heng still took a breath of cold air. How could there be such a powerful medicine in this world that could explode rocks? Wouldn't it be easier to explode people?
Sima Fang said: "I heard that there are not many Xu family troops with such explosives. I have been in Youzhou for a long time, and I only heard such a noise occasionally."
Zhao Heng breathed a sigh of relief immediately.
Cao De frowned, no matter how little margin there was, as long as its power was exactly as Sima Fang said, it would be an extremely terrifying existence for mortal people.
Sima Fang knew what Cao De was worried about, so he said hurriedly and relaxedly: "In the few months I have been in Youzhou, the people were only busy weaving and farming, and the soldiers were only busy building bridges, paving roads and building houses. It seems that the Xu family army has not sent troops southward at present.
intention."
Sima Fang was telling the truth. He had been staring at his son for a long time, but he never mentioned anything about the Xu family's army going south.
At this time, Sima Fang did not know that while he was returning, Xu Yue was leaving for Jizhou to prepare for the war.
While he was on his way back, something big happened in the north.
The inconvenient transportation, coupled with the illusion of peace in Youzhou on the return trip, left Sima Fang without any precautions.
When Cao De asked about the twins of the Xu family, Sima Fang thought for a moment and told him about his wonderful experiences at the Zhuoxian Spring Festival Gala, which confirmed the rumors that the Xu family knew magic.
"So, they really are not from this world, so why do they want to get involved in the affairs of this world?" Cao De asked while pressing his head with his finger knuckles.
He suddenly had a headache, and the palace servant who was waiting next to him saw that he looked wrong, so he hurriedly brought the medicine.
This question was left unanswered, and Cao De didn't really want Sima Fang to answer it.
He doesn't care whether Xu Jiajun is a fairy or a ghost, what is he going to do?
The disparity in strength between the two sides is so huge. There is only one Xu family in Youzhou, so he is not worried that the other party can really threaten him.
After drinking the medicine, the headache was finally relieved. Cao De looked at Sima Fang and asked carefully:
"Da Sima thinks that if we send troops to Jizhou at this time, how will the Xu family's army react?"
Sima Fang thought: "The Xu family's army is rich, and the leader Xu Yue's family has supernatural powers. If they know that we are sending troops to Jizhou, they may not sit still and wait for death."
"However, they don't have many troops. Even if they were to send troops, they would not be able to compare with our army of 500,000 troops. We only need to mobilize the entire army to capture Jizhou quickly. Seeing that the opportunity has been lost, the Xu family army naturally does not dare to send troops again."
"At that time, our army will compete alone with Gongsun Zan. When Ji is captured and the two states are merged, Youzhou will be isolated and helpless, and it will naturally surrender to me!"
Cao De nodded repeatedly. He had the same idea. He would send troops to Jizhou immediately after Sima Fang came back from Youzhou.
The two old men looked at each other, both of them were determined to win the two states.
But at this moment, the messengers held emergency flags and shouted "urgent report" and ran over!
