"I am Zhen Yao. Greetings, General Cao.”
A rather plump young master entered the tent and bowed.
"Why do you want to see me?”
Cao Lie asked coldly.
Zhen Yao smiled and clapped his hands.
A few servants carried a large box into the tent.
Zhen Yao carefully opened the lid of the box and rays of strange light filled the tent.
Yu Jin and the others widened their eyes and gasped.
It was actually a coral that was half the height of a human!
"This coral is a rare treasure. What does this Zhen guy want to do?”
Yu Jin and Zhang Liao looked at each other, their eyes full of speculation.
"This commoner has long heard of General Cao. This is my first visit, and I hope that General Cao will accept this small gift.”
Zhen Yao pointed at the coral and said with a smile.
He was here to give gifts.
"To be so generous, the name of Northern Zhen and Southern Mi is indeed not for nothing.”
Cao Lie smiled coldly and said," Giving a treasure for no reason is either a traitor or a thief. Tell me, what do you want from me?"”
Zhen Yao was embarrassed to be exposed.
"General Cao is really straightforward."
Zhen Yao coughed dryly and laughed."To be honest, I came here to do business with General Cao. My Zhen family is willing to exchange 50 million for Second Young Master Yuan.”
Cao Lie smiled.
The Zhen family had a good relationship with Yuan Shao and was the richest man in Hebei. They were in charge of the supply of food for the Yuan army.
This time, Yuan Xi was leading the army, and Zhen Yao was in charge of transporting the rations.
A few hours ago, Zhen Yao had just transported a batch of rations to Yuan Ying when he heard the bad news of Yuan Xi being captured from Gao Lan.
After much consideration, Zhen Yao decided to come to Cao Cao's camp to exchange his wealth for Yuan Xi.
"Why is your Zhen family willing to spend so much money to exchange for Yuan Xi?”
Cao Lie asked despite knowing the answer.
"Sigh, General, you might not know this, but my younger sister has already made an engagement with Second Young Master Yuan.”
"Who would have thought that Second Young Master Yuan would offend General Cao and be captured alive?”
"If anything happens to this Second Young Master Yuan, my younger sister will become a widow before she even gets married!”
"As an elder brother, this lowly one also feels sorry for my younger sister, so I shamelessly came here. I hope that General Cao can be magnanimous and allow this lowly one to exchange for Second Young Master Yuan.”
Zhen Yao kept calling her younger sister like a kind brother.
Cao Lie sneered as he watched his performance.
Yuan Shao's marriage alliance with the Zhen family was because of the Zhen family's wealth as the richest family in Hebei.
The Zhen family was willing to marry their daughter to the Yuan family because they wanted to cling to Yuan Shao.
Yuan Xiruo died and the marriage failed. The Zhen family was naturally anxious, so they were in a hurry to get Yuan Xi back.
"I'll do my business."
Cao Lie nodded without hesitation.
Zhen Yao was overjoyed." The caravan transporting the money is outside Dang Yin City. I'll ask them to send the money into the city immediately."”
Zhen Yao immediately ordered his servants to quickly transport dozens of carriages into Dang Yin City and hand them over to Cao Lie.
Two hours later.
"Young Master, the inventory is complete.”
The white-robed guard entered the tent and reported.
"General Cao, the money has been delivered. I wonder if I can get Second Young Master Yuan back." Zhen Yao laughed.”
"Since you've paid, you'll have to pay. Men, hand Second Young Master Yuan over to Young Master Zhen.”
Cao Lie waved his hand and nodded happily.
Zhen Yao heaved a sigh of relief.
"I knew it. This kid is a distant branch of the Cao family. He definitely hasn't enjoyed any wealth in his life. 50 million yuan is enough to make him greedy.”
"I saved Second Young Master Yuan and made a great contribution. Deacon Yuan will definitely be even more grateful to my Zhen family.”
"50 million in exchange for Deacon Yuan's gratitude. This deal is too worth it.”
Zhen Yao was secretly pleased with himself. He secretly looked at Cao Lie with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
At this moment.
The white-robed guard entered the tent and handed a bloody head to Zhen Yao.
Zhen Yao was shocked and dropped his head on the ground.
"General Cao, what do you mean by this? Why did you give this commoner a head?”
Zhen Yao was shocked and annoyed. He turned around and glared at Cao Lie.
"Didn't you want to exchange for Yuan Xi? Hurry up and accept it." Cao Lie said lightly.”
Zhen Yao trembled and lowered his head to take a look.
That head was Yuan Xi's head!
"Ah!"
He cried out in shock, his face pale as he fell to the ground.
"This, this, this…"
Zhen Yao pointed at Yuan Xi's head and was so shocked that he was incoherent.
"You want to exchange for Yuan Xi, but you didn't say whether he's dead or alive.”
Cao Lie admired his terrified expression and sneered sarcastically.
"He's actually so cruel and arrogant. He doesn't put Deacon Yuan in his eyes at all and actually dares to kill Deacon Yuan's beloved son!”
Zhen Yao looked back at Cao Lie, trembling.
His horrified gaze was like he was looking at a god of death.
"I've already given her to you. Why? Do you still want to stay and freeload on my dinner?”
Cao Lie's tone was stern, and his eyes were suddenly filled with ferocity.
Zhen Yao trembled in fear and didn't dare to stay any longer. He picked up Yuan Xi's head and scrambled out of the tent.
"General, you defeated the Yuan army, captured Wen Chou, and killed Yuan Xi. This battle shocked the world!”
"We won this battle, killed people, and got 50 million for nothing. I'm impressed by General Cao's methods.”
Zhang Liao and Yu Jin bowed to Cao Lie.
"If it weren't for your lives, I wouldn't have won this battle!”
Cao Lie wasn't greedy and waved his hand.""This 50 million is a good reward for the meritorious soldiers. Divide it all!”
Zhang Liao's spirit was greatly boosted.
When the news of the great reward spread out, the entire army was in an uproar. The soldiers who had survived the bloody battle all cheered and thanked him.
"Ding…Tyrant Quest triggered: Robbing the Zhen Family. Reward for success unknown. No penalty for failure.”
The sound of a system notification rang in his ears.
He had triggered another mission, and it was to rob the Zhen family!
"You're asking me to rob money!"
Cao Lie's eyes gleamed.
The Zhen family was a wealthy family in Hebei Province. Zhen Yao didn't even bat an eye when he gave out 50 million. The Zhen family's wealth was evident from this.
He remembered Old Meng saying that his uncle Cao Cao was short of money. If he killed the Zhen family, who knew how many more fields he could build.
Moreover, he would need to spend a lot of money to support these elite soldiers.
Killing several birds with one stone, why not rob!
"Pass down the order!"
Cao Lie slammed the table and stood up." Gather the troops," he said sternly." I'm going to lead the army north and rob the Zhen Family!"”
The tent immediately fell silent.
Zhang Liao and Yu Jin's expression changed immediately, and their eyes were filled with horror.
Their expressions were as if they had heard about the Arabian Nights Pond.
"General Zizhao, calm down. The Zhen family is in Ye City, which is Yuan Shao's old nest!”
"General, if you go to rob the Zhen family, it means that you will have to lead three thousand troops deep into the Hebei region to attack Ye City!”
"This is too risky. General, please calm down!”
The two generals didn't think too much and immediately tried to persuade him.
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