Backyard study room.

The furniture in the house has long been replaced with new styles customized by Cao Shu.

Cao Shu was sitting on a chair behind the desk, looking through a military book.

There were dozens of fully armed guards standing outside the study, and seven or eight guards stood in every corner of the house.

Chen arrived at the study room and felt something was wrong before he even entered the door.

"Sir, please hand over the weapons." As soon as he arrived at the door, a guard stopped him.

He hesitated and handed it to the guard, Chen Dao entered the study.

"Here you come!" Cao Shu put down the book and looked up at him.

"Young Master!" Chen Dao bowed his hand to salute.

"Do you know why I have deployed many guards here?" Cao Shuo asked.

Chen Dao said, "Young Master doesn't believe me?"

"Do you think I should believe you?" Cao Shuo asked him with a strange smile on his lips.

"Young Master doesn't believe it, I can only leave." Chen Dao bowed and said.

"Take a move!" Cao Shu stood up: "If I don't let you go, I must believe you in the future. If I let you go, I can't tolerate anyone. I can't keep someone with such superb martial arts. Who else is willing to vote for me in the future?"

When he got up and came to Chen Dao, Cao Shuo smiled and said, "Liu Xuande's move is quite ruthless!"

"Duke Xuande did not..." Chen Dao quickly explained.

He knew the bad things as soon as he said...

"Sure!" To his surprise, Cao Shu did not order him to capture him, but turned around and walked back to the desk and sat down again: "I knew you were sent by Liu Xuande."

"Young master wants to kill me, just do it." Chen Dao said: "I will never resist."

"Why should I kill you?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile.

Chen Dao was stunned by his question: "Young Master is going to let me go?"

"If someone with such a good martial arts skills comes to vote for me, no matter whether it is true or false, I have to find a way to keep you." Cao Shu said: "Of course, you must be sincerely voted for me."

Chen Dao lowered his head and said nothing.

"What did Liu Xuande say to you?" Cao Shuo asked, "Are you willing to come to me for him?"

Still lowering his head, Chen Dao still didn't say anything.

"If you don't say it, I'll just talk for you." Cao Shu said: "After Liu Xuande called himself the King of Zhongshan Jing, he even listed his family tree. That's why you were willing to join him and think that he was authentic in the Han Dynasty."

After Cao Shu said this, Chen Dao raised his head.

Cao Shu said again: "He would lament the decline of the Han Dynasty, and even say that the Cao family is tyrannical..."

"Donald Xuande really didn't say that the Cao family was dictatorial." Chen Dao said, "Since the young master said this, I have nothing to hide. He told me that the young master made great achievements for the Han Dynasty in the south and north, and asked me to stay by my side to protect him."

I originally wanted to pry Chen Dao's mouth open and find an excuse to kill Liu Bei.

Chen Dao's response made Cao Shu a little difficult.

If he hadn't concealed anything, Liu Bei not only did not say a bad thing about the Cao family, but also sent Chen to him to protect him.

After such a fuss, he became petty.

"So, did I misunderstand Duke Xuande?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile.

"If the young master doesn't believe me, I can only say goodbye." Chen Dao bowed.

Cao Shu shouted: "Wait a minute, there are some things I want you to see. Then you will decide whether to stay with Liu Xuande or to serve me completely."

Looking at Cao Shu, Chen Dao looked confused.

"You go and invite Duke Xuande to come here, just say I have something to come to him." Cao Shuo ordered a guard.

The guard left.

Then, Cao Shuo said to Chen Dao: "You have to help me."

"What do you want me to do?" Chen Dao asked.

"You want to pretend to be dead!" Cao Shuo said: "And I only want your head."

Chen Dao was stunned: "Young Master or want to kill me?"

"If you don't kill you, you will be able to let Liu Xuande only see the head." Cao Shuo said: "You just need to obey my arrangements."

He ordered another guard: "Move a table, dig a hole bigger than a human head in the middle, put a small stool under the table, and then find someone to get some chicken blood to touch Brother Chen's face."

Chen Dao looked at Cao Shu in a daze.

Cao Shu didn't plan to cut off his head, but just asked someone to move a table and dig a hole.

"After a while, Brother Chen sat under the table, his head was exposed from the hole. Close his eyes and don't open it no matter what he heard. It's just helping me a lot." Cao Shu said: "If there are some words that make Brother Chen angry, please endure it."

After all, Chen Dao was born as a martial artist. He looked at Cao Shu in confusion and couldn't figure out what Cao Shu wanted to do.

He stood up again and came to Chen Dao. Cao Shuo smiled and patted his arm and said, "After today, if you are willing to follow me, not only will there be no other guards present when you and I meet you and I, you can also carry weapons."

"Go and prepare with me first." He turned around and walked towards the door.

Although he was confused, Chen Dao still followed Cao Shu out of the room.

When we arrived at the vestibule, several guards were busy digging holes on a table.

One of the guards had learned to learn carpenters and it didn't take much time to hollow out the table.

After digging the table, a guard said to Cao Shu: "Young Master, the table has been dug!"

"Brother Chen, please get under the table and try to poke your head out." Cao Shuo said.

Chen Dao glanced at him in confusion and got under the table.

When he stuck his head out, Cao Shu ordered a guard: "Cover the tablecloth and give Brother Chen a small stool to sit."

Soon the guard spread a hollowed-out tablecloth on the table and stuffed a low small stool under Chen Dao's butt.

"How long can I last while sitting like this?" Cao Shuo asked Chen Dao.

"Sitting for a day is nothing." Chen Dao said: "I just don't know what the young master has to make such arrangements."

"Brother Chen will know if you endure it." Cao Shu told the guards: "Give the chicken blood."

The guard held a bowl of chicken blood and handed it to him.

Cao Shuo said to Chen Dao: "Brother Chen, I want to pour blood on your head, so that it will look like it is just a head."

Looking up at Cao Shu, Chen Dao said, "Is it because the young master did this to make Duke Xuande think I am dead?"

"Yes!" Cao Shuo said: "Only he thinks you are dead will he tell the truth in front of you. He is wronged by Brother Chen."

"In this way, did the young master and I plot against Duke Xuande?" Chen Dao asked.

"How can you say it's a scheming!" Cao Shu smiled and said, "It's just to let Brother Chen hear the truth he told."

Chen Dao hesitated and said, "Since that's the case, please take a shower."

Slowly tilting the bowl of chicken blood, Cao Shu poured the chicken blood on Chen Dao's face and head.

Just after he was dripping chicken blood, a guard walked in from outside the door: "Young Master Qi, Liu Xuande is invited!"
Chapter completed!