Outside the north gate of Changyi City, there was an endless stream of pedestrians. On the broad avenue, stood two gray-faced people. One of them was in his thirties, thin and wearing a long robe, breathing heavily.
Looking up at the city walls of Changyi, the big flags with the characters "Cao" and "Wei" hanging in the wind were fluttering in the wind. A trace of joy appeared on his face. He sighed and said slowly: "We are finally here..."
This person was none other than Xu You, the counselor of Yan Hou Gao Fei's tent. Standing next to Xu You was a burly man. The man also looked tired, but he was not panting like Xu You, with his chest
He was ups and downs, with just a trace of sweat hanging on his forehead, carrying two bags on his back, looking at the huge Changyi City in the distance, with no expression at all.
Xu You straightened up, turned to the people around him and said: "Chang Wen, we have gone through all kinds of hardships and finally arrived in Changyi today. After entering the city, I must have a good sleep and a good meal.
, good..."
The person standing next to Xu You was Wei Yan. He didn't wait for Xu You to finish what he said, and directly interrupted Xu You: "Where did we get the money? We don't have all the money. What can we eat and drink after we enter the city?"
"Humph, it's not all your fault. Who asked you to gamble? We were forced to live in the open all the way from Puyang, and in the end we had to sell our horses. You have to take full responsibility for this!" Xu You didn't.
He said to Wei Yan angrily.
Wei Yan's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth and said: "Blame me? Why is it all my fault? You bet first, and you lost all the money. I just took a gamble."
"I don't blame you. If you don't understand, don't bet. Just go ahead and put all the money on the line. The gambling table is about making a decision. The result is good. You lost more in one go than I did in a day's play."
.If I hadn’t seen you taking good care of me along the way, I would have strangled you to death when I got up at night." Xu You became angry when he thought about what happened when he arrived in Puyang City that day, and he wished he could kill Wei Yan.
Three layers of skin were peeled off.
Wei Yan scratched his head, feeling a little lack of confidence, and said squeakingly: "Well... you can't blame me for this. I see you always win money, I thought it was easy, but I didn't know it was my turn.
I lost everything. But then I asked them for something, so why did you stop me?"
"I'm willing to admit defeat. Don't you understand this principle? What's more, we are in the Kingdom of Wei. If things get serious, how can we be worthy of the Lord's trust?"
"Well... let's not argue now. Anyway, there was a lot of trouble along the way. Now that we have arrived in Changyi City, we should hurry up and get down to business. Once the business is done, let's go back." Wei Yan didn't want to argue anymore. Anyway, this is
Staying with Xu You along the way made me suffer a lot.
Xu You said "hmm", dusted himself off, straightened his clothes, and walked straight towards the city gate, ignoring Wei Yan.
Wei Yan was not as particular as Xu You, so he followed him directly. Anyway, he was here to monitor Xu You along the way. He was a follower on the surface, but in fact he wanted to know if Xu You had done anything unusual, because Xu You and Cao Cao were on the same page.
Xiao and Gao Fei were worried that Xu You would defect to Cao Cao and reveal some secrets of the Yan army.
Xu You went straight to the city gate, walked up to a soldier guarding the gate, and said loudly: "Please tell Cao Mengde quickly that Xu You from Nanyang is here and ask him to come out to pick me up..."
"What did you say?" The soldier suddenly grabbed Xu You's lapel and yelled, "Did you also call my lord's name casually?"
The soldier raised his fist and was about to strike. Wei Yan saw it and hurriedly jumped over, grabbed the soldier's fist, squeezed it hard, causing the soldier to scream in pain, and he raised his foot and kicked him.
The soldier's abdomen was directly kicked away.
"There are spies... there are spies..." the surrounding soldiers began to shout.
Pedestrians near the city gate immediately stepped aside, and a small group of soldiers poured out from the opening of the city gate. Under the leadership of a village commander, they quickly surrounded Xu You and Wei Yan.
Wei Yan frowned angrily and looked around. He was not moved by these Wei soldiers at all and only blocked Xu You behind him.
"What's going on?" The commotion at the city gate attracted the attention of the guard on the city tower. Seeing the commotion in Changyi City, which had always had good security, the guard hurriedly looked down from the city wall and shouted loudly.
The soldier who was knocked down by Wei Yan got up from the ground and shouted: "General Qi, these two people despise the lord, and that man even beat me. They must be spies sent by the enemy."
The guard wore a helmet and armor. He glanced at Wei Yan and saw that Wei Yan was tall and handsome, so he said, "Wait, don't move, I'll come down."
After a while, the guard came out of the doorway. His face was sharp and angular. Under the two heavy eyebrows were a pair of piercing eyes. He had a short beard on his face. He was about twenty-seven or eighty years old and of small stature.
Although he was tall, he looked very strong. He was holding the hilt of the sword hanging at his waist in his left hand and was striding over.
After squeezing out of the crowd, he looked at Wei Yan and Xu You carefully, waved to the beaten soldier, and asked, "How did they despise the lord?"
The soldier pointed at Xu You and said, "That man called the lord by name, and he even asked the lord to come out to greet him without any shame..."
The guard's eyes were sharp and his face was determined. There was no expression on his face. He only moved his lips, cupped his fists and asked, "Le Jin, may I ask your names?"
As soon as Xu You heard that the other party's name was Le Jin, he walked out from behind Wei Yan, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "I have heard about the name of General Le Jin under Meng De for a long time. I am Xu You in Nanyang. This is...
...My servant, you were so offended just now. I just want to see Cao Mengde now, and I asked General Le to inform me that I, Xu You of Nanyang, have arrived, and asked Mengde to come out to greet me in person."
Le Jin secretly shouted in his heart: "Why did Yan's counselors come here? Is there something unexpected in Hebei?"
When he thought of this, Le Jin said: "Mr. Xu, I'm really sorry. My lord-in-law is busy with official duties and can't leave the Hou Mansion for a moment. How about I take him to the Hou Mansion to meet my lord?"
Xu You's face was unhappy. He thought about how he and Cao Cao had grown up playing together. They had secretly watched women bathing together and visited brothels together. The relationship between such acquaintances was by no means ordinary. Now that he is here
, Cao Cao should treat each other with courtesy. He did not answer, but stood there arrogantly, feeling a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart.
Wei Yan walked to Xu You and said: "Sir, I know that you have a close relationship with Cao Cao, but things are different now. He is the Marquis of Wei, so he naturally has the majesty of a Marquis..."
Xu You chuckled and said: "What do you know? He is not that kind of person at all. He might be playing somewhere at this time. After entering the city, you are not allowed to interrupt casually. You must listen to me in everything."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu You looked at Yue Jin in front of him and said loudly: "Since Meng De won't come, I won't come either. Go and tell him that if you want Taishan County to return to the embrace of Yanzhou, please come and pick me up."
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Le Jin didn't know what the relationship between Xu You and Cao Cao was, but he was a little annoyed when Xu You was so ignorant. He didn't say anything, turned around and left, and stopped paying attention to Xu You.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hoofbeats from the city. Cao Cao, dressed in a strong suit, galloped out of the city gate first. He turned to look at Xu You and Wei Yan who were surrounded by soldiers. He didn't pay much attention to it, and he quickly drove Dian Wei behind him.
, Xu Chu and more than a hundred cavalrymen galloped forward.
"Ah Man... Ah Man, Cao Ah Man..." Xu You suddenly shouted loudly and kept shouting.
When he heard someone calling his name, Cao Cao hurriedly reined in his horse, turned around and glanced at Xu You, and a familiar figure jumped out of his mind. In surprise, he pointed at Xu You and said, "You?"
Xu You cleared his throat. Seeing that Cao Cao recognized him, he raised his hands respectfully and said, "Haha, it's me Xu You! Damn it, how is your wife?"
Wei Yan was confused after hearing this. He didn't know why Xu You asked about Cao Cao's wife first.
Cao Cao turned his horse's head and saw that Xu You and Wei Yan were surrounded. He raised his hand and said to Le Jin who was standing there: "Wen Qian, withdraw your troops. Xu You is an old friend of mine. You cannot be treated like this."
Le Jin said "Promise" and withdrew the soldiers.
Cao Cao got off his horse and walked straight towards Xu You. He no longer cared about the identity of the Marquis of Wei. He walked forward with a smile on his face, hugged Xu You, and laughed loudly: "I didn't expect that.
See you here. Madam, everything is fine with her, you don’t need to worry too much."
Xu You felt a little relieved, because Xu You and Cao Cao fell in love with a woman when they were young. She was Cao Cao's current first wife, and she was also the woman they secretly watched bathing. Later, the woman married Cao Cao, who came from a good family.
Xu Youcai gradually became estranged from Cao Cao and drifted to Luoyang officialdom. He mingled around for many years and became a hanger-on of Yuan Shao, who was also a child.
At this time, when Xu You saw his former love rival Cao Cao, what he cared about most was not Cao Cao, but his first love, so he opened his mouth to greet Mrs. Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was not surprised. Anyway, he now has more than one wife. Besides, when he was young and frivolous, he was also a strong man. He was afraid that the woman he liked would be snatched away by Xu You, so he directly married the woman back home. Thinking about it now, in fact, he was also a strong man.
He was just competitive, and he rarely cared about his first wife now, so he didn't care about Xu You's questions.
Xu You felt a little uncomfortable being held by Cao Cao, so he pushed Cao Cao away and said directly: "Meng De, I have something important to do here..."
"No matter how important the matter is, we should wait until we have a drink before talking about it. Let's go, I will host a banquet for you at the Marquis of Wei's house. We haven't seen each other for many years, so it's time to catch up on the past." Cao Cao interrupted Xu You before he could finish.
After listening to Xu You's words, he pulled Xu You into the city.
Seeing that the relationship between Xu You and Cao Cao was indeed unusual, Wei Yan followed Xu You in and kept the matter in mind.
(Author's note: The third update will be posted around 10 o'clock, so stay tuned...)