Three Kingdoms: Madam, I am a decent person

Chapter 284 The dust has settled
Zhang Sui raised his head, smiled at Cao Cao and said, "If you don't let the emperor do this, can you still deprive Lord Yuan of Jizhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou and Youzhou?"

"Or do you think that Gongsun Zan can reverse the situation, seize Youzhou, and then counterattack Jizhou?"

Cao Cao: "."

Seeing that Cao Cao did not refute, Zhang Sui continued, "Mr. Yuan did not ask for these things to discuss with you, but to give you instructions."

"Don't forget, he sent Zhu Ling to aid you, and Zhu Ling chose to stay and help you, and Lord Yuan didn't say anything."

"What do you think Zhu Ling would do if Yuan Gong really wanted to control you, given your status?"

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly.

Yes.

I forgot that Zhu Ling is Yuan Shao's man!

Although he has stayed to help me and is loyal to me, who can be sure that Zhu Ling will not turn against me?
Zhang Sui continued, "Or do you insist on letting me stay here, and then have Lord Yuan send troops to seize the emperor?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you that Mr. Yuan doesn't want to do this now."

"But, I brought so many people with me and you attacked me. Do you think Lord Yuan will change his mind?"

Cao Cao looked at Zhang Sui, his eyes flashing with coldness as he said, "I thought Brother Benchu ​​would not do this."

Zhang Sui smiled and said, "I didn't know that before."

"But, I am now his future son-in-law!"

"Also, Lord Cao may not know that Lord Yuan's third son is in our army, responsible for supervising the transportation of food and grass."

"What if I call him over here?"

"And we just happened to be trapped—"

Zhang Sui didn't say anything else.

Cao Cao's breathing became a little rapid.

He really didn't get this information!
Does Yuan Shao have a son in this military camp?

Seeing Cao Cao's expression, Zhang Sui said, "Also, if I tell the emperor and the civil and military officials now that you don't want to go to Luoyang to support the king, but want to take them to Xu County."

"Do you think the emperor and all the civil and military officials will go?"

"The emperor sent someone to my residence last night, trying to persuade me to stay and assist him and suppress you."

"Tell me, should I agree?"

Cao Cao was about to pick up a cup of tea.

After hearing what Zhang Sui said, his hands trembled, and the tea spilled out before he could even take a sip, spilling all over himself.

Before that, he had discussed with Xiahou Yuan and others how to deal with the young man in front of them.

But he didn't expect that the other party would control him to death everywhere!

Cao Cao put down the tea, looked at Zhang Sui, and felt a chill running down his feet.

When did Yuan Shao find such a young and capable son-in-law!

This is what Yuan Shao wanted to do if he wanted to keep the emperor.

It doesn't even take too many people to get involved. The man in front of us can probably take the emperor away!

Cao Cao took a few deep breaths and said, "I agree to this."

"Later, I will go to the emperor to ask for a reward."

"What else do you want?"

Zhang Sui then said, "Second, the Queen has been very kind to me."

"Of course, you can also think of it as Mr. Yuan."

"As a descendant of the Yuan family with three dukes in four generations, Lord Yuan has a certain sympathy for the royal family."

"And the queen is the legitimate daughter of Princess Yang'an."

"As for these two things, it's not difficult to do."

"After lunch, I led the troops to evacuate."

"Before that, I hope you can get things done."

After saying that, Zhang Sui put the Qingguang sword back into the scabbard, stood up and left.

Cao Cao followed Zhang Sui out of the door.

Zhang Sui asked Li Ru, Xu Rong, Zhen Hao and Huang Han to leave.

Cao Cao stood outside the door, staring blankly at Zhang Sui and his companions as they left. At this moment, Cao Ang, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others came running over.

Watching Zhang Sui and the others leave, Cao Hong hurriedly asked, "Brother, why did Zhang Sui look for you so early in the morning?"

Xiahou Yuan asked, "Meng De, did you do as he said before? What did he say?"

Cao Cao then turned his gaze away from Zhang Sui and looked at Cao Ang, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu and others. He sighed and said, "Don't mention it."

"He came to threaten me."

"I don't know where he got the information from, but he already knew that we wanted to move the emperor to Xu County."

"Moreover, the emperor privately approached him last night and asked him to stay and help fight against us."

"He wants me to ask the emperor to give Yuan Shao the title of general."

"Otherwise, he will stay and assist the emperor."

"besides--"

Cao Cao sighed deeply and said, "Yuan Benchu's third son is in the army."

"If we don't do what he asks, he will use Yuan Shao's son to force Yuan Shao to come to the king's defense."

Everyone: "."

Xi Zhicai's heart was slightly shaken.

This man really has some means.

He actually completely grasped Cao Cao's weakness!
Xiahou Yuan stamped his feet and cursed: "Why is this little bastard so difficult to deal with? Who taught him this? I don't believe he can think of so much!"

Cao Cao sighed and said, "Let's investigate it slowly later!"

"Anyway, if we want to take the emperor away, we have to do as he says."

Xi Zhicai then said, "Actually, this isn't something worth worrying about."

"Yuan Shao is the son of a third-generation noble, and controls 80% of Hebei."

"It can be said that Yuan Shao is the most powerful among all the princes in the world today."

"Besides, Jizhou is adjacent to us."

"If we really offend Yuan Shao, we will be powerless to resist him when he attacks us."

"It's nothing more than a general's position."

"No matter how great he is, can he be greater than the emperor?"

After hearing what Xi Zhicai said, everyone nodded.

Cao Cao shook his head, feeling extremely depressed.

Sooner or later, he will have to confront Yuan Shao.

Thinking of the bloody confrontation with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's brows were twisted into a knot.

Look at Cao Ang.

The only thing he could hope for now was that his son would inherit his position and continue to fight against Yuan Shao in the future.

Facing Yuan Shao, Cao Cao himself was not sure he could survive.

Cao Cao called a group of people in and discussed the words to ask the emperor for reward.

After breakfast, Cao Cao took his generals directly to find the emperor and civil and military officials.

The emperor received a report from Zhong Yao and Queen Fu Shou just last night that his attempt to persuade Zhang Sui had failed.

Now Cao Cao asked him for rewards and gave him a scroll which listed the names of the rewards.

The leader was Yuan Shao, who was made the general and Marquis of Ye, and was given bows and arrows, seals, axes, and a hundred brave soldiers, and was given the power to manage four states, namely Jizhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Bingzhou.

Cao Cao was the Inspector of the Imperial Capital and was in charge of the Secretariat.

Cao Cao also requested a position of Central Guard General for Zhang Sui, but Zhang Sui directly refused.

Emperor Liu Xie looked at the list of rewards, then looked at Cao Cao, and then he realized: Cao Cao was not just the second Li Jue!
This time, when he went to the king's defense, he was still a puppet controlled by others.

All the civil and military officials looked at Zhang Sui and Cao Cao with complicated feelings.

Emperor Liu Xie had no choice but to immediately ask the eunuch to bring the general's seal and other items and hand them over to Zhang Sui.

Zhang Sui received these items on behalf of Yuan Shao, and then said goodbye to Emperor Liu Xie, Empress Fu Shou and all the civil and military officials. He took the heads of the aristocratic families in Henei County, Sima Yi, Zhang Chunhua and others with him from Mengjin Port to the north, first to Henei County, and then to Yecheng.

(End of this chapter)