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During dinner, Liu Min approached Li Fu and apologized: "I was a little out of control in the afternoon, so I apologized to Uncle Li Er."

"You do things very seriously."

Li Fu glanced at him and smiled, "I just don't know how to relax myself. If you do things nervously, you may not be able to do things well. Listen to me, you must have ambitions, but women must not lose good wine. Being straightforward is the true nature of a man."

Liu Min lowered her head for a while and said, "But I don't like prostitutes... I would rather marry a wife and concubine."

Li Fu patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "This is your true nature. I have been traveling around the world since I was a child and have experienced a lot, so I don't care about any constraints. I do whatever I want except not betray my lord."

"Then how can we take Jia Xu's family away?"

"This is very simple. Just say that Jia Xu is almost dying of illness in Nanyang. If you want to see your family for the last time, I promise that even the dog he raised will follow us."

"This...isn't it good," Liu Min said stutteringly.

"What's wrong?"

Li Fu touched his chin and smiled, "My face looks like a treacherous look. It would be better for you, a white-faced scholar, to say it, they will definitely believe it."

Liu Min felt embarrassed and lowered her head and said nothing. At this time, the shopkeeper walked in and said a few words to Li Fu. Li Fu nodded and smiled, "Thank you."

When Sesame Eye was about to go out, Li Fu shouted again: "Don't forget, there is another woman."

"Don't worry, I won't forget."

Li Fu then smiled at Liu Min and said, "I have found the Jia Xu family, but his wife took Sun back to her parents' home and will not come back in the evening. I guess I have packed up my things and the city gate is closed. I will take them out tomorrow morning."

Liu Min couldn't help but be surprised and happy. Is it solved so quickly? He was still worried about how to find Jia Xu's family. But Liu Min remembered something again and asked in a low voice: "Is this shopkeeper reliable? Will he betray us?"

Li Fu smiled, "Do you know that Yuan Gong's counselor Guo Tu, this shopkeeper is Guo Song, the younger brother of Guo Tu, and he is also a talented person. He doesn't want to be an official of Cao Cao, so he opened a hostel to make a living and had a lifelong friendship with me."

Liu Min suddenly realized that it was Guo Tu's brother, but he disagreed with this kind of friendship and muttered in a low voice: "You have to pay for the money you need to find a woman yourself, so why are you talking about friendship with a life?"

Li Fu was stunned and then laughed, "Do you know why he called Sesame Eye? He is easy to talk to in other things, but when it comes to money, his heart will be as small as Sesame Eye. So we all call him Sesame Eye. Don't think that it's free for me to ask him to do things. He is more ill-hearted than anyone else. Just a little bit of nothing, he blackmailed me ten taels of gold. If he loses one, he will turn against me. And this meal is at least five taels of gold, ten times more expensive than outside."

Liu Min thought of seeing Sesame Eyes in the afternoon, hugging Li Fu and laughing and dancing. She was so excited that she burst into tears, making people feel warm and moved. It turned out that it was because the God of Wealth came to the door.

After a while, Liu Min smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just opening my eyes today."

At this moment, Sesame Eye hurried in and said nervously: "For some reason, the city gate suddenly closed. It should be closed only at the hour of Hai."

Liu Min also became a little nervous, "Does Cao Jun know we are here?"

Li Fu shook his head, "It's impossible, it should have nothing to do with us. If I'm not mistaken, it should have something to do with the enemy."

At this time, another guy came over and said to the shopkeeper: "There is something coming from the county government, saying that the army will investigate the probe of Gongsun Kang from Liaodong tonight tonight, and all suspicious outsiders will be arrested."

After saying that, he looked at Li Fu and Liu Min worriedly, nodded in sesame eyes, "I understand, go ahead."

He explained to Li Fu and Liu Min again: "I have a brother who works in the county government and has a very well-informed news. Since he came to report the news, this matter is more serious."

Li Fu made a quick decision and said, "We will live directly in Jia's Mansion tonight."

Li Fu entrusted the goods and mule to Sesame Eye. Sesame Eye looked frowning and said that this batch of goods could not be sold at a good price, so he could only do his best. If he loses, don't blame him.

He also wanted to calculate the food for the mule, but Li Fu was too lazy to pay attention to him. He took more than a dozen subordinates and rode on a horse. According to the address written by Sesame Eye, he went straight to Jia Xu's house.

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Like Xuchang, Yecheng is also divided into inner city and outer city. The inner city is a concentrated place for the imperial palace, prime minister's mansion, and the imperial court's official offices. The residences of some important ministers are also located in the inner city. Whether morning or evening, soldiers are on duty in the inner city, with very strict defenses.

In the northwest corner of the inner city, there is a mansion covering an area of ​​about acres. This is the mansion of Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Pi. Cao Pi was not yet in the world at this time, but he was highly valued by Cao Cao and was appointed as the Yedu to stay in Yecheng for his father.

Cao Pi is twenty-one years old this year, with a medium figure, but very strong. He has practiced martial arts since he was a child. He not only has a brilliant mind, but also has good riding and shooting skills, and has excellent sword skills.

But Cao Pi did not look like his father Cao Cao, but more like his mother. His jaw was pointed and his nose was small, which looked a bit female. However, his brother Cao Zhi looked like his father, with a wide face and a high nose, an eight-foot figure, and a dignified appearance. This is why Cao Cao favored Cao Zhi even more.

Despite this, Cao Pi, as the chief, still had an irreplaceable position. This time, Cao Cao fought north to Wuhuan and handed over the power of leaving behind.

In the study, Cao Pi was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, his eyes were full of anger. Just an hour ago, he received an urgent report from the minister Xin Pi. In Ye City, he infiltrated the attack from Gongsun Kang of Liaodong. Cao Pi immediately ordered the general Xiahou Shang to lead his army to investigate the entire city.

But Cao Pi was not angry because of an invasion in Liaodong, but because he received a secret letter from Cao Hong, Nanyang in the afternoon, saying that Jia Xu had suspected of secretly engaging in Jiangxia, which caused Cao's army to be defeated and suffered heavy casualties. Now Jia Xu has left Nanyang and returned to Yecheng, and asked Cao Pi to secretly investigate Jia Xu's words and deeds.

Although Cao Hong said it in a rather obscure way and did not explicitly say that Jia Xu had rebelled against Cao, he had already pointed out that he was suspected of colluding with the enemy, which was enough to arouse Cao Pi's overwhelming anger.

Cao Pi was loved by his stepmother Mrs. Ding and his elder brother Cao Ang since childhood. In the second year of Jian'an, Cao Ang was killed in the battle of Wancheng. His stepmother Mrs. Ding was heartbroken because of this and left his father.

This incident was an indelible pain in Cao Pi's life. Although his father forgave Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu with a broad mind, the hatred of losing his brother and mother was engraved in Cao Pi's heart, so he never forgot it.

Today, a letter from Cao Hong once again made his hatred burn.

At this time, the study door opened, and Cao Pi's wife Zhen brought a bowl of ginseng tea and walked in. Zhen was originally the wife of Yuan Xi. After Yecheng was destroyed, she was taken over by Cao Pi. She then married Cao Pi and gave birth to Cao Pi that year and named Cao Rui.

Zhen is beautiful and pretty. Although she has been married to Cao Pi for a year, she is still favored by Cao Pi. When she heard that her husband is angry today, she drew her sword and chopped a corner of the table. She couldn't help but feel a little worried, so she gave him a ginseng soup to visit him.

Zhen put the ginseng soup on the table, pursed her lips and said, "My husband seems unhappy today."

If it were the same, Cao Pi would have hugged Zhen and had a few jokes with her, but today it was extraordinary. His hatred since childhood was aroused. Not to mention his wife, even if his mother came, it would be difficult to persuade him.

He didn't say anything, and after a while, he said in a muffled voice: "If you have nothing else, go back to your room first."

Zhen was even more surprised. She was about to persuade her again, but at this time, the guard reported at the door: "General Yangwu and Zhang have arrived and are waiting in the outer hall."

Cao Pi snorted coldly, "He actually has the face to come."

Cao Pi ignored his wife and walked outside. Zhen was even more surprised. She followed her and Cao Pi had already walked away.

At this time, Zhen saw her husband's little book Tong Feng'er, and waved his hand and called him up and asked, "What happened? The general is so angry."

Feng'er dared not hide it and whispered: "It seems that General Lian of Nanyang wrote a letter saying that Jia He secretly communicated with the enemy, so the Duke was particularly angry."

When Zhen heard her husband talk about Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu and the Cao family's grievances, she also knew that Cao Hong was not aware of public and private affairs, which made her very worried. Zhen hesitated for a moment and walked quickly to the guest hall.

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The outer hall is not a living room for guests, nor is it the main hall for holding major ceremonies, but just a companion hall, where servants in the mansion are usually disposed of here, or where some good and cheap people are received.

Therefore, Cao Pi ordered people to bring Zhang Xiu here to wait, which was a great insult. Zhang Xiu was about fifty years old, eight feet tall, tall and upright, like a straight tree. He studied under the famous gunman Tong Yuan, and learned the true teachings of the birds and phoenix guns. He was known as the King of Guns of the North. In terms of seniority, he was also Zhao Yun's junior nephew.

It has been eight years since he surrendered to Cao Cao in the fourth year of Jian'an. He was also highly valued at first. He made contributions in the Battle of Guandu and was named General Yangwu and was rewarded with great rewards.

But since Yecheng was conquered the year before yesterday and the overall situation in Hebei was decided, Zhang Xiu was gradually neglected. General Yangwu was just an official name and had no real power, so Zhang Xiu was almost idle at home. This time, Cao Cao went on an expedition to Wuhuan. Zhang Xiu was obviously quite famous in the north, but Cao Cao did not take him.

Zhang Xiu knew that his value was gone and he would do nothing to live for the rest of his life. He was ambitious and planned to accept reality. Unexpectedly, the Cao family did not forget the hatred that year. Both the Cao brothers, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dun and others hated him.

However, although these generals hated him, they did not dare to bully him too much due to Cao Cao's face. However, the younger generation of the Cao family did not care, especially Cao Pi. At a city gate meeting at the beginning of the year, Cao Pi publicly insulted him, which made Zhang Xiu even more disappointed that Cao Cao ignored this matter, which invisibly helped the arrogance of Cao Pi and others.

For example, now, Cao Pi wants to see him, but he dare not not come, but actually took him to the outside hall where he met his servants to wait. How insulting it would be to him.

You should know that Zhang Xiu is actually a relative of Cao Cao. His daughter married Cao Jun, Cao Jun, who later adopted Cao Cao's younger brother Cao Bin, the father of Cao Anmin. In some way, it was also to resolve this grudge.

In the outer hall, Cao Pi sat on the couch with his sword. He felt the pressure from Zhang Xiu's burly figure on him, which made him feel more disgusted. He looked at Zhang Xiu coldly.
Chapter completed!