The advantage of his clairvoyance gave Zhuge Mu a bold idea.
Perhaps, when Cao Cao attacked the Wuhuan in western Liaoning, he could use this as a weapon to lead his 5,000 Xi Liang cavalry to bypass the detection of the foreign cavalry and behead the Wuhuan leader, Tadun.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Mu's heart was filled with excitement, and he was even more excited about the upcoming war against the Wuhuan.
According to Zhuge Mu's guess, this day was not far away.
Otherwise, Cao Cao would not have attacked Zhang Xiu at this time.
In this way, it was fake that he used himself to weaken Zhang Xiu's military power on the surface. In fact, he was secretly guarding against Zhang Xiu, who was afraid of having a large number of troops, and some people in the court.
Zhuge Mu pondered along this line of thought. While he felt pity for those loyal ministers like Dong Cheng and Wang Yun who met Cao Cao, he was also amazed by Cao Cao's schemes.
He couldn't help but recall the scene when he met Cao Cao yesterday. Only then did Zhuge Mu realize…
When he stated his strategy of "first resisting the foreign forces before stabilizing the country, and first conquering the north before going south", Cao Cao's face did not seem to show any shock, only deep thoughts and praise.
He wondered if he could use this opportunity to plot against the Emperor and the officials while the Wuhuan army was leaving Xu Capital.
Or…
Admiring that he was a good chess piece and handed Cao Mengde a pillow when he was dozing off?
Thinking of Guo Jia's abnormal behavior this morning, Zhuge Mu vaguely felt that he had fallen into an unknown trap.
As expected!
Those who played politics were all dirty, and their hearts were all black!
Zhuge Mu, who was in a bad mood, cursed at Cao Cao. When he glanced at the calm Xu Shu, his face instantly darkened.
"Yuanzhi! That Xu Zhongkang almost pressed Wen Chang to the ground and rubbed him, but you didn't want to come out. Why? You can't wait to come out and laugh at me the moment I lose my mount?”
Wei Yan was speechless.
Hearing Zhuge Mu's teasing, Xu Shu looked at the speechless Wei Yan with a faint smile. Then, he pointed at Huang Zhong and said,"Shuzhi, with Hansheng standing guard at the side, there's no need for me to do anything unnecessary.”
"Hehe, I don't think Xu Chu, Xiahou Dun, and the others are a match for Old General Huang.”
As Zhuge Mu's good friend, Xu Shu knew Huang Zhong's strength very well.
It was precisely because of this that when he learned that Xu Chu had brought people to provoke him in front of the manor, he was like an old monk in meditation, ignoring what was happening outside the window.
Seeing his good friend's defeated expression, Xu Shu smiled in his heart and said to Zhuge Mu seriously,"" Shu Zhi, I heard from Wen Chang that you have been appointed as a bandit general by Lord Sikong. I want to remind you…"
"Remember to wake up early tomorrow!"
"After packing up, I will go to the palace gate to follow the officials to attend the court meeting and pay my respects to His Majesty.”
"Court meeting?" Hearing Xu Shu's reminder, Zhuge Mu's face revealed a trace of astonishment.
Why hadn't he heard that a mere general with no title had to attend court meetings every day?
As if he had guessed Zhuge Mu's thoughts, Xu Shu patiently explained,""If it was an ordinary court meeting, a mere general like you would naturally not be qualified to participate. However, Shuzhi, don't forget…"
"Although you and I both know that the position of Dangkou General was given to you by Lord Sikong, the seal on the appointment document nominally belongs to the current emperor.”
"According to the rules, newly appointed civil officials and generals like you should attend the court meeting the next day after receiving the official appointment.”
"While you thank His Majesty for his kindness, you can also see the emperor's true appearance.”
Xu Shu paused for a moment and said mockingly,""In the future, you will serve the Great Han Dynasty for half your life, but you will cause a ridiculous farce that you don't know the true appearance of the emperor.”
Zhuge Mu knew very well who his good friend Xu Shu was mocking, but he did not have the intention to agree with him.
Because reality was cruel.
It was so cruel that as long as Cao Cao was still in power, even if he knew the emperor's true appearance, he had to pretend not to know.
In Zhuge Mu's opinion, paying respects to the emperor at the court meeting and thanking the emperor for his kindness was just a formality.
Perhaps no one would remember that Zhuge Mu had attended the court meeting tomorrow.
……
The next day.
Before dawn, Zhuge Mu had already finished washing up and put on the official uniform that Cao Cao had sent over in the evening.
"Creak!"
Walking out of the Xu Manor's main gate, Zhuge Mu was stunned when he saw Huang Xu, who looked sleepy in the carriage.
"Zian, you…"
Noticing the confusion on Zhuge Mu's face, Huang Xu shook his head, trying to clear his mind.
"Brother Mu, you're out!"
"I saw that those officials have carriages to pick them up when they go out. I also found a carriage to send you to the palace gate!”
Hearing Huang Xu's words, Zhuge Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Zian, isn't this nonsense?"
"Do you know who those people in the carriage are?”
"Those are the three dukes and nine ministers, high officials of the imperial court.”
"If I, a general with a miscellaneous title, were to take a carriage to attend the court meeting, wouldn't I be a laughingstock?”
Just as Zhuge Mu was about to send Huang Xu back to sleep, he heard a soft sound.
"Little brother, your Brother Mu is right.”
"You see…"
"Why don't we let him ride in my carriage?”
Zhuge Mu looked in the direction of the voice.
What he saw was Guo Fengxiao's mocking expression.
Zhuge Mu was speechless.
In the end, he pinched his nose and got into Guo Jia's carriage.
Inside the carriage, Guo Jia swayed his body and said,""I thought you wouldn't take my carriage.”
"After all, your attitude when you rejected me during the day was unexpectedly straightforward.”
Faced with Guo Jia's teasing, Zhuge Mu simply closed his eyes.
He was afraid that he would fall into the trap that Guo Jia had dug for him.
However…
As the horse carriage moved and stopped, Zhuge Mu's heart immediately lost its calm when Cheng Yu appeared in the carriage.
Sensing the surprise in Zhuge Mu's eyes, Cheng Yu, who had been serious and unsmiling ever since he entered the carriage, shot a glance at Zhuge Mu.
Then, two words came out of his mouth.
"It's on the way!"
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