I am not a counselor, I am trying to survive in the late Han Dynasty

Chapter 63
Cao Xing was helped onto the boat by Xu Shu, and Xu He quickly delivered dry food.

Cao Xing took it blankly and took a hard bite with his loose teeth. The dry food didn't move at all. He was a little frustrated and looked at Xue Lan, who was sitting opposite him, with a look of resentment on his face.

Xue Lan changed his previous arrogance. He grabbed the corner of his clothes and gave Cao Xing a flattering smile.

He could see that Xu Shu had a good impression of Cao Xing, and he was just a hostage controlled by Xu Shu.

The boat sailed.

The generals of Xu Shu's army were rowing, and in the morning light under the morning sun, the rude songs of these men rang out on the cold water.

Cao Xing stared blankly at the people on the shore getting smaller and smaller, then stared at Xu Shu blankly, and then he gradually came back to his senses:
"Aren't you afraid that he would chop you with a knife just now?"

"Don't be afraid." Xu Shu said concisely and concisely, "My master told me that being a bad guy is easy. As long as you make up your mind at the beginning, everything will be solved.

That man must have made great determination before betraying you in order to please Duke Xue.

I have made up my mind. If he kills me, my men will definitely hack Duke Xue to death. When the time comes, he will tell Lu Bu that he killed me, a bandit, to save Duke Xue. Then Lu Bu will praise him first and then ask Where is Mr. Xue?

Haha, how should this person answer? "

Xue Lan hurriedly said with a flattering smile:
"Yes! General Xu is so smart! Who is Hao Meng, how dare he touch even a hair of the general?
If General Xu had commanded the army back then, even Huangfu Song would not have been an enemy of the generals together. Huang Tian was so happy! "

Xu Shu almost fell into the water after hearing this. He looked at Xue Lan in disbelief. He couldn't believe that this guy was actually a high-ranking person who resisted the party's rule and became famous all over the world.

In less than 20 years, black hair has turned to white hair. What has become of the scholars back then?
Or was that how they were back then?

Sima Ju retched on the nearby boat and said:
"General, why do I think this person is more disgusting than a beast?"

Xu He rocked the boat and said dissatisfiedly:

"Fart, it's obviously the mugwort that's more disgusting. There's only one mugwort in the world, and there aren't many famous people in Qingliu."

Sima Ju scratched his head:

"Okay, this guy is the most disgusting one in Qingliu, right?"

Xu He continued to argue:
"How many Qingliu have you seen before? Do you dare to say that this person is the most disgusting?"

Sima Ju thought of the Renyi Prefect Wu Zi and his big dog that he had seen, and he couldn't help but vomited it out. He nodded quickly and said:

"It seems so."

Cao Xing watched the group of bandits teasing each other and couldn't help but smile. He smacked his lips and muttered:

"Your mother... no, my God, who are you transformed into? How can you have such insight into people's hearts?

Hao Meng's martial arts skills are not inferior to Zhang Liao's. How dare you not take this person seriously? You are really brave. "

Most of Xu Shujun's troops had seen Zhang Liao.

At that time, Zhang Liao of Chengshi killed Xu Shu with one move, killed Xu Si as easily as a chicken, and then mercilessly wiped out Xu Si's entire family. Such martial arts and ruthlessness are rarely seen in the world.

Hao Meng is not under him?
Mom, so if this person had attacked just now, none of us would be his opponent?

Xu Shu remained calm and said with a smile:

"Even with a thousand pounds of strength, the body will still be mortal, as long as..."

Xu Shu just wanted to brag that he understood people's hearts, but when he glanced at Xue Lan, he felt a deep fear.

Who would have thought that a world-famous celebrity would be even more immoral than Xu Shu imagined and could come up with such dirty tricks.

"Mom," Xu Shu exhaled, "it's hard to predict the people's hearts in this world. Surviving in troubled times is really thrilling now that I think about it. I was rash. I won't dare to do this again next time."

Cao Xing was surprised.

He never expected that someone would admit that he was rash in front of so many subordinates, but all of his subordinates didn't care at all, everyone was laughing and joking, still looking extremely happy.

"Um..." Cao Xing put his hand in the water, took a handful, and wiped his face. The cold water woke him up, "Your name is Xu Shu?"

"Yes, Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi."

"Oh, my name is Cao Xing, wordless. Everyone calls me Lao Wu!" Cao Xing said quickly, "Can I ask you a favor?"

"You said."

Cao Xing turned to look at the water and said blankly: "I took a concubine and she is still in Dongmin. I am afraid that she will suffer from me, and my unborn child..."

"I know." Xu Shu smiled calmly, "This matter is on me. I will ask Marquis Wen to take care of it."

Cao Xing said angrily:
"You insulted Lu Bu just now, and then Hao Meng decided to tell Lu Bu, given his temper..."

Xu Shu laughed and said:
"Don't worry, Lu Bu's temper comes and goes quickly. Let's go to Linqiu to meet him. We will be very good friends in the future.

But I also want to ask Brother Cao for something. "

"Say it." Cao Xing stared, as if a dead pig was not afraid of boiling water.

"Our army is not familiar with military strategy, but I am asking Brother Cao for advice."

Cao Xing was startled, then grinned:

"What did I think? OK, General Xu believes me, Cao Laowu sold his life to you!"

Xu Shujun returned all the way to Liangshan. The people on the mountain were in jubilation. Many old and weak people in the mountain were eating pots of rice milk to welcome these returning men. Bowls of hot rice milk were delivered to Xu Shujun's people. This made the people who had been fighting for a long time very happy. Their faces were all beaming with joy, and they all came forward to drink the rice milk. They all felt warmer and more cheerful than drinking.

Cao Xing was covered in scars, grinning and walking into the crowd with his head lowered. He originally thought that he would not be included, but to his surprise, as he approached, three or four old, weak, women and children came over holding hot rice milk. Cao Xing was shocked. Startled.

"Brother, drink something to keep away the cold!"

"Young man, you're welcome, hurry up and fill your stomach!"

There were white-haired old men and yellow-haired children. These people would usually hide far away when they saw Cao Xing, but on this hill, they actually took the initiative to deliver rice milk to Cao Xing.

Cao Xing's nose felt sore. He looked at the yellow-haired child in front of him and thought of his unborn child.

He nodded, took the bowl tremblingly, drank it all in one gulp, and staggered towards Xu Shu.

"General Xu, I want to ask you for some advice." "Just learn to curse, and you can tell me the rest." Xu Shu said with a pleasant expression.

Cao Xing stared at him and said:

"You killed Li Feng, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Then why can you still hide in Li's house and attack Xue Laogou?"

Xue Lan also stretched his neck, he was very curious about this matter.

Xu Shu smiled and said:
"You should know very well what Li Feng did before."

"He killed Li Qian, a member of their clan. Everyone knows this."

"Yes, that's easy to say.

The Li family is a giant family in Jiyin, and they were even able to resist Lu Bu before and influence the battle of Yanzhou.

I believe that Li Feng did not kill Li Qian voluntarily, but he killed him. Do you think there is any resentment among their clan? "

Xue Lan, who was eavesdropping on the side, suddenly lowered his head, thinking that this is what happened.

He comes from a wealthy family, and all of this is naturally obvious.

A big clan cannot have only one family. Li Qian was able to be deceived into Juye by Li Feng before, because he believed that they were all from the same clan, and Li Feng did not dare to harm him.

But Li Feng still kidnapped Li Qian, causing Li Qian's tragic death, which caused the whole family to be divided, and was forced to fall out with Li Zheng. It was impossible for everyone in his family to be convinced. At most, they would be unable to resurrect and be forced to accept the reality.

Xu Shu deliberately gave some instructions to his subordinates and said patiently:

"When I killed Li Feng, I deliberately did not kill the followers indiscriminately and let them escape.

Although I said I was appointed by Duke Xue, they definitely didn't believe me. If I told him that I was the postal supervisor of Cao Jun, they would naturally think that I was here to avenge Li Zheng.

Li Zheng was the son of Li Qian. Many people in the Li family sympathized with Li Qian when he died tragically. They hired people to take revenge. It was just an internal fight within the clan. Even if there were grudges, it would be up to the elders of the clan to decide in the future.

But in order to attack us, Duke Xue immediately mobilized a group of thieves from Shanyang. These thieves were all old friends of Duke Xue. When they saw the fire in Li's house, they immediately took advantage of the fire and robbed them.

I killed Li Feng to avenge my fellow Li family members, and I never killed or injured innocent people.

These strong men are different. They are all local bullies in Shanyang. Of course they kill everyone they see. If I jump out to help the Li family stop powerful enemies at this time, will they hate me or thank me? "

Cao Xing thought he had experienced a lot in his 30 years of traveling around, but today he met Xue Lan and Xu Shu, two people with dark hearts, and he couldn't help but feel dizzy.

“Damn it, after killing Li Feng, you first set fire to it and then went to help the Li family defend themselves against the enemy?

Thank you for being able to do it! "

Xu Shu laughed and said:
"When I went to help the Li family defend against the enemy, I directly took out Li Zheng's banner and admitted that it was Li Zheng who sent me. I had already found out that Duke Xue wanted to harm the Li family, so I helped the Li family work together to defend against the enemy.

Normally, they might not believe it, but at that time there was chaos all around, and the Li family didn't have the head of the family to mobilize them. Naturally, they believed whatever I said and asked me to help them kill the thief.

At this time, would anyone jump out and say, 'Xu Shu is Li Feng's enemy, and I don't want him to save me even if I die'?
At most, Li Feng's wife and children will hate me, but everyone in the Li family will definitely be grateful. In fact, by killing Li Feng, I will give them a chance to make peace with Li Zheng and reunite the entire Li family.

If you say so, will they thank me?
Are you willing to help me capture the real culprit, Mr. Xue, who sent troops to kill their family?

But it was thrilling to say the least. I thought that Brother Cao would take advantage of the fire if he came, but I never thought that Brother Cao would actually come to put out the fire.

If Duke Cao had come a moment earlier and killed the bandits before me, the Li family would have calmed down first, and my plan would have been in vain. "

Thinking of this, Xu Shu was really scared.

Fortunately, Xue Lan was more inhumane than he thought, and actually used Cao Xing to put out the fire -

If Li Feng was still alive, he could use his prestige to compromise with Xue Lan and temporarily kill Cao Xing to give an explanation to the clan. This is very normal among big families.

However, Li Feng had been killed by Xu Shu before. Everyone in the Li family clearly saw that Cao Xing was coming to put out the fire, but Xue Lan pushed him over and treated him as a "murderer". This made more people believe Xu Shu's previous lies. .

Panic in anger is unreasonable and illogical.

Taking advantage of the chaos in the Li family, Xu Shu's previous idea was to encourage the Li family to send troops with him and capture him by force while negotiating with Xue Lan.

Unexpectedly, Xue Lan actually took the initiative to bring Cao Xing to "make peace". This gave Xu Shu a God-given opportunity to capture Xue Lan alive easily.

This made Xu Shu's hard planning for several nights how to arrest people and how to rob food all come to nothing. The whole process was so easy that Xu Shu almost thought there was some trap waiting for him.

Do not live by committing sins.

Xue Lan has done countless murders in his life for decades and then randomly dumped one person to take the blame. He thinks he is familiar with the job, and he even believes that big families can fight against each other.

He never expected that he would actually help Xu Shu, but instead harm himself.

He was dejected and speechless for a long time. After a long time, he managed to squeeze out a flattering smile:
"This fate is on General Xu's side. If it weren't for me, General Xu wouldn't have a strong general like General Cao. This is all fate!"

Xue Lan felt that he was quite shameless, but he never expected that this ranger had such foresight.

This person's fighting methods are not brilliant, but he can really control people's hearts.

He caused a huge commotion in Juye and insulted Lu Bu in this way. Lu Bu had been eager to take action, and this time he was afraid that he would go straight to Linqiu for revenge.

He couldn't find Xu Shu, so he would naturally vent his anger on Xu Shu's benefactor, Cheng Yu.

So next...

Xue Lan's heart was beating fast, as if she had found a glimmer of hope.

If Xu Yuanzhi is a loyal minister of the Cao family, I am afraid that this time I will be in trouble.

But it seems that he is not!
He doesn't follow Cao Cao, nor does he help Lu Bu...

"May I ask General Xu, where are you going to go next, and will there be any use for me?" Xue Lan asked expectantly.

Xu Shu laughed and said:
"Next, I'm going to Linqiu for a date with Lu Bu. If I come back, I'll have something to ask for from Duke Xue."

(End of this chapter)