Cao Cao was a decisive person. If he said he would build a ship, he would do so.
The purpose of building the ship was naturally to conquer Jing and Yang. As such, Cao Cao had been paying close attention to the matters of Jing and Yang.
Thus, reports regarding the higher-ups of Jing and Yang quickly piled up in the Prime Minister's residence.
Not only did Cao Cao flip through it himself, but the scholars below would also report to him when they saw something useful.
In the middle of the night, Cao Cao was still reading when he suddenly flipped to a special report.
"Hmm? Xu Shu? He was now the advisor of the Duke of Xuande? Wasn't this person one of the talents that Guo Yu had befriended in the Jingxiang area?”
"Such a talent, yet Liu Bei took him under his wing.”
"Xu Shu's mother is in Yingchuan?”
"Xu Shu is a person who values filial piety?”
Looking at the signature, it was written by Cheng Yu.
"Could Zhongde be hinting at something by writing this?”
After pondering for a while, Cao Cao suddenly shouted outside,""Zhongkang! Come in for a moment."
"My lord, why did you call me?"
"Go to Yingchuan."
"Yingchuan? Are you going to look for Mister Guo Yu?"
"No, the ship isn't even finished yet. Don't disturb Sir! Liu Bei's advisor, Xu Shu, had an old mother in Yangdi County, Yingchuan County! Go there overnight and invite the old lady to Xudu!”
Xu Chu was put in a difficult position." My lord, his son is in Jingzhou. He definitely won't come to Xudu with me." It was easy for me to knock her unconscious and carry her over, but inviting her over was too difficult!”
"Idiot! Just say that Xu Shu has abandoned the dark and joined the light. He is now working under me and is waiting for her in Xu City.”
"My lord is indeed wise. I'll set off now!”
In less than three days, Xu Chu brought Mother Xu over from Yingchuan.
When Mother Xu arrived at Xu Capital, she was unhappy that she did not see Xu Shu.
Cao Cao lied to the old man," You came late. Yuanzhi was ordered to go out. If you miss him, you can write him a letter to express your thoughts. You can also let him know that you are in good health and let him rest assured when he is outside.”
As expected, the old lady had been fooled. She had actually written a letter to her family, telling them how comfortable she had been living with Prime Minister Cao.
At the last moment, Tian Tiantai even offered his personal jade pendant as proof.
After Cao Cao received the letter and jade, he was secretly delighted. He then called his most reliable friend, Xu Chu, over."Make a trip to Xinye and meet Xu Shu as an old friend. Then, hand these to him personally!”
After Xu Chu left, Cao Cao smiled smugly."Liu Xuande, that day I respected you as a hero and wanted to sincerely befriend you, but you secretly played tricks on me and harmed me a lot! Today, I'll give you a taste of your own medicine and let you have a taste of being schemed against!”
However, Cao Cao's smugness did not last long before Xun Yu walked in with a strange expression.
"Prime minister, just now, my brother Guo Tai came and said that Guo Yu wrote a letter to you.”
Everyone knew that Guo Yu was proud and that Cao Cao had always been the one who had been supporting him. Now that Guo Yu had taken the initiative to write a letter, even Xun Yu was a little surprised and curious about the contents of the letter.
"Read!"
Cao Cao rubbed his head and lay back, wanting to hear what Guo Yu had to say in the letter.
"Hmm? Guo Yu said in the letter that the Prime Minister must not use Mother Xu to coerce Xu Shu to come and vote. He also said that it would cause a lot of trouble! Xu Shu? Wasn't this the new military advisor that Liu Bei had recruited? When did the Prime Minister threaten this person?"
Cao Cao couldn't lie down anymore and sat up stiffly, feeling a chill in his heart.
"You can't threaten Xu Shu? I just let Zhongkang take the letter to Xinye to coerce Xu Shu to vote!”
Xun Yu was also shocked." Prime Minister, what happened?" Why did you think of using Mother Xu to threaten Xu Shu? This kind of thing doesn't suit your status. Wouldn't it be better to leave it to someone else?”
Cao Cao pulled his short beard in annoyance." I knew it wouldn't be good if this kind of thing spread, so I didn't publicize it. I only let Zhongkang do it." Who knew that Sir would have predicted it!"
Xun Yu was shocked." Even I didn't know. He actually calculated it again!" Guo Yu was indeed a genius! But my lord, what does he mean by causing trouble?”
"This is what I was most worried about! I don't know what kind of trouble I'll cause! However, Sir said that it was not a small problem. It could be seen that this problem was really not ordinary!”
At this point, Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh,"If Fengxiao was here, I wouldn't have to worry about these things! This little mister is really too much. He's always making things difficult for me and refuses to come out of the mountain! If he was in Xu City, nothing would have happened!”
Xun Yu thought hard for a while, but he could not figure out what kind of trouble it would cause, so he could only persuade him helplessly,""Now that Zhongkang can't be caught, that Xu Shu will most likely come back after seeing the letter. The trouble Mister mentioned will almost certainly happen. I think Prime Minister, why don't you go to Yingchuan again and ask him face to face.”
"I want to go, but this ship isn't even finished. How can I go?”
Xun Yu hesitated for a moment and smiled." In that case, I will go to Yingchuan on behalf of the Prime Minister and ask about it."”
"If you're willing to go, that would be great!" No matter what, Feng Xiao was recommended by you back then. Teacher will definitely remember this favor and be willing to meet you.”
……
In Xinye City, Xu Shu had just left Liu Bei's residence and was about to return to his own home when someone suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi?"
Xu Shu turned around and saw a sturdy man standing behind him, looking at him with a strange expression.
"You are…"
"You don't need to ask who I am. I'm here to bring you a letter.”
The person who came was Xu Chu. After confirming Xu Shu's identity, he stuffed Old Madam Xu's letter and jade pendant into Xu Shu's hand and turned to leave.
When Xu Shu lowered his head and saw the jade pendant, his heart immediately tightened. However, just as he was about to call someone to stop Xu Chu, Xu Chu had already disappeared.
Opening the letter, Xu Shu immediately knelt down and cried bitterly!
"Thief Cao! How vicious you are! How dare you threaten me with my mother!"
However, even though he was crying and angry, his mother had fallen into Cao Cao's hands. In the letter, he could clearly feel Cao Cao's threat. Xu Shu's heart was instantly three feet high, and he was at a loss.
After being in a daze for a long time, Xu Shu staggered back to Liu Bei's residence.
"Yuanzhi, what happened to you?"
"My lord! I won't be able to assist you anymore!"
Xu Shu knelt in front of Liu Bei, crying like a child.
"I want to revive the Han Dynasty. I want to help my lord create a foundation!”
"But that thief Cao captured my mother and threatened me! If I don't leave, my mother's life will be over!”
Liu Bei turned pale with fright when he heard this. He stood up and grabbed Xu Shu's hand, wailing as well!
"I've been homeless for half my life. It wasn't easy for me to get Sir's help. I thought that there was hope for the revival of the Han Dynasty, but I didn't expect Sir to abandon me halfway! If Mister left, that would be cutting out the flesh in Bei's heart!”
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