Cao Cao had already made all the preparations. No matter who he was, he would chop off his head and sacrifice it to the flag.
Lying about military orders and embezzling military funds were undoubtedly capital crimes.
However…
When Cao Cao heard Le Jin mention Xu Chuan's name, he was stunned and his mind went blank.
How did he…How could it be Cloudsky?
How could it be him!
Cao Cao's breathing became more and more rapid. He couldn't understand.
He absolutely did not believe that Xu Chuan was greedy for military supplies. For a shocking talent like him, if he wanted money, wouldn't it be the best choice to go to Yuan Shao?
But if it wasn't for money, why would he reduce the original 50,000 sets of armor to 30,000 sets?
First, he would establish himself in East County, then he would seize Yanzhou, and then he would conquer the Central Plains. He was the one who had made these three steps. He should be very clear about what 50,000 sets of armor meant to him at the current rate of expansion.
Unless…
Unless he had a better choice?
Cao Cao could not figure out why Xu Chuan did this.
"My lord, shall I go to the Xu Manor to punish him?”
Le Jin saw that Cao Cao did not speak for a long time, so he asked tentatively.
Cao Cao looked at Le Jin and met Xun Yu and Cheng Yu's eyes. He then realized what he had just said.
If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have spoken so impatiently…
No matter what, it was impossible for him to cut off Xu Chuan's head as a sacrifice to the flag.
He believed that Xu Chuan must have a better way. Even if he had really stolen the money, Cao Cao would not have killed him.
The reason was very simple. Everything he had today was thanks to him. It was only natural for him to take a part of it.
At this point, in order to maintain her image as a military officer and to protect Xu Chuan from being criticized, she could only show off her acting skills.
Cao Cao sighed heavily in his heart. He immediately put away the anger on his face and laughed.
"Why is my lord laughing?"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion.
This laughter didn't sound like a murderous smile.
"Hahaha, I'm old, I'm really old. I can't refuse to be old.”
"When Wenqian mentioned Yunxiao's name just now, I remembered that it was indeed three months ago that I asked him to change the armor manufacturing schedule.”
"Because I've been too busy in the past few months, I actually forgot about this matter.”
Xun Yu: o((Jiuge Jiuge))o
Cheng Yu was speechless.
The lord should not be in his forties yet, but his memory had deteriorated so much?
"Uh... Then... Then this armor…"
Le Jin, who was kneeling on the ground, was obviously frightened by Cao Cao's sudden change in mood. He even spoke in a crafty manner.
"It's fine."
Cao Cao waved his hand and said heroically,"I'll make other arrangements. You go and transport the 30,000 sets of armor to the camp first. I'll think of a way to get the rest.”
This was the first time Cao Cao had experienced what it meant to be smiling on the surface, but inwardly, he was cursing.
Le Jin stood up and turned around after a few steps,"
"Dare I ask, my lord, what are those 20,000 sets of tools for? I looked at them for a long time but still couldn't understand.”
"Even those craftsmen can't understand it.”
Cao Cao rolled his eyes at Le Jin.
How the hell do I know what that thing is for? I haven't even seen it before.
"You will know in a few days."
The more Cao Cao spoke, the less confident he became. He waved his hand repeatedly to signal Le Jin to scram and stop asking.
If he asked again, he would be exposed.
After Le Jin left, Cao Cao followed him out of the Prefecture Overseer's Mansion. Naturally, he wanted to go to the Xu Manor to ask Xu Chuan for an explanation.
Looking at Cao Cao's disappearing figure, Xun Yu narrowed his eyes and slowly stroked his short beard, deep in thought.
"What is Wen Ruo thinking?"
Seeing that he hadn't left for a long time, Cheng Yu was a little curious.
"This Xu Yunxiao is not simple…"
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment before sighing."Yes, it's obvious that the lord took the blame for him this time.”
Cao Cao's acting skills could fool a boorish man like Le Jin, but it was obviously impossible to fool Xun Yu and Cheng Yu.
They could tell that Cao Cao was doing this to protect him.
"It can't be helped. Who asked the lord to favor Xu Chu?”
Cheng Yu sighed.
"Things are definitely not that simple.”
Xun Yu replied lightly.
Cheng Yu, who was about to leave, turned around and returned.
"Wen Ruo, what did you discover?”
Xun Yu looked around and confirmed that there was no one around before saying in a low voice,"
"With my lord's character, even if General Xu Chu caused this disaster himself, he wouldn't end it so hastily, right?”
"Furthermore, when Cai Yong was suffering from the sores, the lord was willing to risk the entire city to be infected and postpone the plan to cut the grass. Don't you find it suspicious?”
Cao Cao's actions regarding these two matters had truly puzzled Cheng Yu.
However, after thinking about it, he could only attribute all of this to Cao Cao favoring Xu Chu. He could not tell anything else.
"Suspicious…Suspicious about what?"
Xun Yu cast a sidelong glance at Cheng Yu and said,"
"Do you still remember the battle at Ren City? At first, the lord clearly agreed with our plan.”
"But on the battlefield, he changed our strategy.”
"I admit that the lord was able to achieve such a great victory because he changed his strategy.”
"The problem is, with our lord's suspicious nature, why didn't he discuss with us if he wanted to change the strategy?”
These words caused Cheng Yu's entire body to tremble, and his somewhat muddled mind gradually cleared up.
That's right. At that time, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say it.
Xun Yu's words today had finally cleared up the confusion he had been feeling for the past few days.
After pondering for a moment, Cheng Yu frowned and said,"
"What Wen Ruo means is that this strategy was not thought of by the lord, but by someone else, an expert hiding in the dark that we cannot see.”
"The lord has absolute trust in him, so he didn't discuss it with us and directly adopted his strategy.”
"And this expert hiding in the dark is Xu Chu's biological brother, Xu Chuan, who joined the army?”
Xun Yu nodded heavily.
"This is the only possible reason why my lord protected him just now.”
"I don't believe that it's just because of Xu Chu.”
When he said this thought, Cheng Yu felt a little nervous. He wondered if Xun Yu's inner thoughts were too exaggerated.
But with this explanation, everything seemed to make sense.
"This... Could it be that you're overthinking things?"
"I don't know."
Xun Yu said meaningfully,"I want to find a way to test him."”
If all of this was just thinking too much, it would be fine.
If there was really such a world-shocking talent hidden in Xuchang City, then neither Xun Yu nor Cheng Yu could continue to delay.
Even as Cao Cao's advisor, people would always have selfish motives.
The two strategists representing the Yingchuan and Dongjun families needed to get close to this Qilin Scholar who had led Cao Cao's army and development.
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