Looking at the thin secret letter, Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes and looked at Mi Zhu.
Mi Zhu smiled happily.
"Have the Yellow Turbans retreated?"
Suddenly, Bai Xiaowen asked confusedly.
The smile on Mi Zhu's face faded slightly, showing a look of surprise. She hesitated before nodding slowly.
"The news of the Yellow Turbans' retreat was just sent by spies outside the city. Even I only learned about it half an hour ago. How did little brother Bai know?"
Bai Xiaowen said calmly: "Two reasons. First, the Yellow Turbans lost two great doctors, the southern defense line collapsed, and their strength was greatly reduced. However, our two sides have just completed the rendezvous, and our strength has greatly increased. Due to the decline of one and the other, the Yellow Turbans have retreated.
The meaning is also reasonable..."
Li Shuyi sat across from Bai Xiaowen with a stern face, saying nothing, but looking at Mi Zhu with a hint of sympathy. According to her experience, Bai Xiaowen should have turned on the cheating mode.
"What about the second reason?" Mi Zhu asked curiously.
"Secondly, I can see from Master Mi's behavior that the current situation in Xuzhou City is delicate. Originally, with Master Mi's status, it is not difficult to see my lord, so why do you have to write a secret letter and leave it to me?
Delivered by a stranger?" Bai Xiaowen said calmly, "Obviously, my lord is a powerful dragon crossing the river, and his arrival touched the nerves of an old local snake!"
"The premise of internal fighting is that the external threat has disappeared, so I judge that the Yellow Turban bandits have retreated. Now, even Master Mi, in order to avoid the attention of this old local snake, must act carefully and spend a lot of money to send me a message..."
Bai Xiaowen snorted and directly refused Mi Zhu's mission "Secret Letter". Then he stood up and said coldly: "Am I such a stupid villain in Master Mi's eyes who regards wealth as life? Are you using
Money shames me!"
The words are generous and resonant.
Mi Zhu sighed and said: "As little brother Bai said, Tao Gongzu is mediocre and incompetent. He has no ambition to help the world and no plan to protect the country and the people. He is just an old local snake. Xuzhou is a battleground for military strategists.
, without a talented and strategic Qianglong to guard it, I am afraid that sooner or later it will fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban thieves and cease to be the territory of the Han Dynasty."
Bai Xiaowen coughed: "Lord Mi, you may want to take refuge with my lord."
"Yes," now that Bai Xiaowen had seen through it, Mi Zhu stopped trying to keep it secret and said cheerfully, "My Mi family is considered wealthy in Xuzhou. We have good relations with Zang, Chen and other aristocratic families, and we have long been dissatisfied with Tao Gongzu. As long as Xuande
With a nod from the Duke, Xuzhou can change its banner overnight and become the foundation of Duke Xuande."
After a pause, Mi Zhu continued: "Brother Bai, you already know about this matter, and you should understand that it is of great importance. I beg you to personally deliver this letter to Mr. Xuande. I am willing to reward you with a heavy treasure."
At this time, the spiritual world reminder message sounded again.
"Step 1 of side mission, secret message is enabled. Mission difficulty: b."
"Mission goal: deliver Mi Zhu's secret message to Liu Bei."
"Task reward: refined gold ingot*10; remaining pages of the copy book."
[Fragments of the Book of Copy: B+ level props, which can copy other props (B level or below) and turn them into exactly the same props and items as the target. 】
Mi Zhu originally planned to keep Bai Xiaowen from knowing the inside story and just act as an errand courier, so the task rewards would naturally be much lower.
Now that Bai Xiaowen knows the inside story and is a business partner, Mi Zhu can only increase his bargaining chip.
"Hey, Master Mi's treasure seems a little incomplete."
After seeing the attributes of the copy book, Bai Xiaowen's eyes lit up at first, and then he saw the words "broken pages" and the level restrictions of the copied props. He couldn't help but feel disappointed. B-level or lower-level props were not of high value.
Mi Zhu said: "Little brother Bai, as long as you actively contact the Mi family and Xuande Gong, and make meritorious deeds, you can get more fragmented pages, and when you put them together, you can get a complete treasure."
Bai Xiaowen felt secretly satisfied in his heart, nodded and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Mi is willing to take refuge with my lord, we are a family, and sending letters is our duty. The behavior of Mr. Mi before that used money to humiliate me is really embarrassing Bai."
I’m underestimating it...well, how many fragments of pages can be used to piece together a complete treasure?"
Mi Zhu: "Three copies."
Bai Xiaowen chuckled, took the secret letter, and put it into the storage space. Li Shuyi was nearby, looking at Bai Xiaowen with almost admiration.
After leaving the other courtyard, Li Shuyi finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Xiaowen, I really don't know how long it will take to practice before I can be as shameless as you."
Bai Xiaowen snorted: "Mi Zhu is not honest in what he does. He wants to use me as a courier. Of course I have to show him some tricks... Hehe, but this small counterattack has won a good mission reward.
"
"When you refused the task of delivering the letter, I was really sweating. Unexpectedly, the final task was to deliver the letter, but the task reward added an additional B+ grade prop... Xiaowen, I don't understand a bit, you are so arrogant.
So useful?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled, and then said seriously: "Every character in the spirit world has his own thoughts and scheming. They are very different from NPCs in traditional video games. The rules of the spirit world will not interfere with the independent thinking of these characters, and
From a fair point of view, tasks and rewards are generated based on our interaction with characters in the spirit world... So we should be more careful when accepting tasks and try to dig out as many rewards as possible."
The two of them walked all the way to the camp where Liu Bei's army was stationed, and along the way they were still discussing in low voices the newly triggered historical plot - the three concessions to Xuzhou.
"In the novel, Tao Qian gave up Xuzhou to Liu Bei three times, but he was not so willing," Bai Xiaowen analyzed. "At least the first two concessions were more of a test. Tao Qian is not a lonely old man, and he has a pair of sons.
Why not leave Xuzhou to your heirs but give it to outsiders?"
"Who is he testing, Liu Bei?" Li Shuyi asked, "But if Liu Bei takes the Xuzhou seal honestly and unceremoniously, wouldn't Tao Qian be allowed to sit on the wax?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said: "Of course Tao Qian is not testing Liu Bei. He is very sure that Liu Bei will not accept the seal. You must know that Liu Bei's development from a vendor selling straw sandals to today relies on the golden sign of benevolence and righteousness!"
"Anything that damages Liu Bei's reputation is tantamount to cutting off his roots. You see, in the novel, Tao Qian surrendered to Xuzhou twice, once when Cao Cao's army was on his side, and once when Cao Cao had just retreated... If Liu Bei took over
The seal of the card will inevitably lead to the reputation of 'taking advantage of others', or at least 'taking advantage of favors', right?"
"So, Tao Qian is testing his men! Let's see who supports Liu Bei in taking over Xuzhou!"