"Come, Lao Jia, have tea!"

In the evening, in the Zhang family's mansion, charcoal was burning on the fire plate in the living room, and the teapot was clattering on the stove. Zhang Xiu poured two cups of tea, picked up one cup and handed it to the fat-faced old man opposite.

This man was wearing a black robe and holding a black goose feather fan in his hand. He had a round face and a dimple at the corner of his mouth. He looked like a gentle old man, but his narrow eyes shone with a cold light that made people afraid.

underestimate.

This person is none other than Zhang Xiu's counselor Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.

"General, I heard that General Fenwei Cao Xin is visiting your residence these days?"

Jia Xu rolled up his sleeves and asked.

"What's the point of being a guest? Cao Ziyu is jealous of my Hundred Birds Chaotic Phoenix Spear Technique. He came to me with a lot of gifts to become my disciple a few days ago. Haha, I think he is a good person and he doesn't hide anything. I left it all to him."

Zhang Xiu crossed his legs and laughed.

"Just learning marksmanship? But there are rumors that the general gave Cao Ziyu his concubine for fun in order to please him."

"fart!"

Zhang Xiu slapped the table and cursed, "Cao Ziyu and I make friends through martial arts. We usually only discuss marksmanship, drink, and talk about the world's military generals. We don't have any of those shitty and dirty things. Only those rotten-minded dogs can have random thoughts."

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"General, calm down!"

Jia Xu shook his feather fan and said with a smile, "They are doing this to take the opportunity to suppress the general's prestige and facilitate the dismissal and reorganization of the Xiliang army and horses. It's a little trick."

Zhang Xiu frowned. After surrendering to Cao Cao, he was appointed by the court as Tinghou and Yangwu General, but he needed to hand over the 30,000 Xiliang soldiers in his hands and accept their dismantling and reorganization.

He was also prepared for this.

It's just that these 30,000 Xiliang soldiers and horses once followed Dong Zhuo and Zhang Ji to cause havoc everywhere. They were all arrogant and tough men.

It was difficult for Cao Cao to swallow it in one bite.

Under the advice of his advisers, Cao Cao adopted methods such as suppression, division, and co-optation to gradually reorganize the Xiliang Army. However, the Xiliang Army did not cooperate and progress was slow.

"Haha, it's really delusional to use this method to suppress me."

Zhang Xiu smiled coldly and suddenly remembered something, "Old Jia, did Cao Ziyu come to my house to learn how to shoot a gun, did he deliberately make people misunderstand?"

Jia Xu shook his feather fan, "It doesn't look like it. The news that you used women to please Cao Ziyu was spread by Cao Hong, and Cao Hong and Cao Ziyu were very difficult to deal with. Cao Hong spread this news to target Cao Ziyu.

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Zhang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it would be too boring for someone as generous as him to also engage in conspiracy."

Jia Xu glanced at him and said, "The general admires Cao Ziyu very much?"

"good!"

Zhang Xiu nodded, "This guy is a martial arts prodigy. He can wield a big iron gun weighing more than 100 kilograms for two hours without getting tired. It took him less than three days to get started. It took me half a year to get started."

getting Started.

Cao Ziyu's strength is definitely not much worse than Lu Bu, but such a powerful person is diligent, studious, modest and prudent. As long as this kind of person does not take the wrong path, he will definitely become a big shot in the future."

Jia Xu nodded slightly, and was even more impressed by Cao Ziyu.

The two continued to drink tea and chat, talking about the situation in Jingzhou. Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside. Zhang Xiu was about to get angry when he heard Zhang Quan shouting,

"Dad is in trouble. Cao Hong led hundreds of soldiers to surround the mansion and even had people break open the door of our house."

"What?"

Zhang Xiu stood up suddenly.

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In the front yard of Zhang's Mansion, Cao Hong rushed to the front yard with hundreds of his men. The guards of Zhang's Mansion drew their swords and blocked Cao Hong's way.

"If you dare to show me your sword, if you want to rebel, please get out of my way."

Cao Hong yelled angrily with his belly puffed out.

The guards held their scimitars horizontally and refused to give an inch.

"General Cao, this is the residence of General Yangwei. No one can bring troops into the residence without permission."

The steward of the Zhang Mansion took a step forward, cupped his hands and said.

"Humph, I asked you to find Zhang Xiu, but you have been grinding for a long time without opening the door. How can I have time to wait for you? Please hurry up and call Zhang Xiu out."

Cao Hong shouted.

"Zhang Xiu is here."

Zhang Xiu calmly walked to the vestibule.

"Haha, it's finally here."

Cao Hong put away his sword and said with a smile on his fat face, "Cao Hong has met General Zhang. General Zhang, I have something urgent and want to see you, but they stopped me from entering. I had no choice but to force my way in and ask General Yangwu."

Don't be surprised."

Cao Hong smiled and crossed his fists, looking very polite.

"Hmph, Cao Hong, don't pretend. You lead your troops to break into my general's residence privately, and you want to dismiss the matter just by saying don't take offense? I will definitely go to Prime Minister Cao tomorrow to discuss it clearly."

"Whatever, I have something else to do and I don't have time to chat with you. I came here today to ask you to be alone."

Cao Hong had a round belly and smiled while holding his wide belt with both hands.

"Who?"

Zhang Xiu said doubtfully.

"Mrs. Zou, hey, I heard that Mrs. Zou is a very good woman. Our Prime Minister is too lonely drinking and wants to find someone to accompany him. Mrs. Zou is just right."

"presumptuous!"

Zhang Xiu shouted angrily, "Cao Hong, Mrs. Zou is my aunt, you'd better be careful what you say."

"So what? You can let Mrs. Zou accompany Cao Ziyu, but you can't let Mrs. Zou accompany our Prime Minister? Stop being nagging and call Mrs. Zou out quickly. Our Prime Minister is still waiting."

Cao Hong said impatiently.

Zhang Xiu scowled and glared at Cao Hong, "That's too much bullying. Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?"

"Hey, General Zhang, don't be angry. Listen to me. Our Prime Minister admires Mrs. Zou's reputation and wants to meet her and talk about poetry. It's just for one night. How about sending her back early tomorrow morning?"

Cao Hong grinned.

"No way!"

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and said.

"Zhang Xiu, the Prime Minister told me to speak nicely before I came here. I listened to the Prime Minister and was polite to you. I tolerated you over and over again, but you keep pushing the envelope. So don't blame me for being rude. Someone, go and get Mrs. Zou out."

Cao Hong roared.

"yes!"

More than a dozen soldiers came forward.

"Let me see who dares?!"

Zhang Quan drew his sword and glared at Cao Hong.

The guards of the Zhang Mansion also had swords drawn across their waists and were full of murderous intent.

"Oh, are you going to rebel against General Yangwu?"

Cao Hong laughed loudly, waved his hand, and hundreds of archers jumped out of the courtyard wall, with their bows and arrows drawn. Under the early moon, the arrows shone with a cold light.

"General!"

"Father!"

Zhang Quan and the guards all looked at Zhang Xiu, waiting for his order.

Zhang Xiu clenched his fists and blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.

Cao Hong also looked at Zhang Xiu with a smile, wanting to see if the other party dared to resist.

If you dare, you will be dead. When Zhang Xiu dies, the Xiliang army will become a headless fly, and it will be easier to clean up.

If he doesn't dare to resist, Zhang Xiu's reputation will be ruined tomorrow and he will not be able to hold his head up in front of others.

'I'm afraid even Xun Yu and Cheng Yu won't be able to break this situation.'

Cao Hong was secretly pleased with himself.

"Wait!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from the backyard, and everyone was stunned for a moment, only to see a woman in mourning holding up her skirt, striding over from the corridor.

The woman is tall and tall, with a plump figure wrapped in a plain white dress, a linen cloth wrapped around her forehead, and a white gauze on her face, revealing only a pair of watery eyes, crescent-like dark eyebrows, and beautiful features.

Perhaps he was walking too fast, and the woman was panting, causing the white gauze to ripple.

Seeing the woman coming, Zhang Quan's expression changed drastically.
To be continued...