C97

The houses were already in ruins, the original three in and three out of the big house only had a few rooms in the backyard, the surrounding walls had also been demolished, bricks and stones had been taken to construct the house for the common people. However, this was good news for Tao Sheng, because he could use the chance of the servants cleaning the inn to talk to Xu You in private.

Tao Sheng and Xu You stood in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the servants in front of them who were busying themselves, but talking softly without stop. This place was very spacious, and if someone approached they would immediately discover that Xu You's two servants were still around watching them, making them a good places to talk about secrets.

"Thank you for your magnanimity, sir." Xu You was a popular person in front of Yuan Shao, how would he dare to offend him, but in his heart, he felt nothing but contempt. This fellow was indeed vengeful, if not for his relationship with Yuan Shijun, he wouldn't have been so easy to deal with.

Xu You looked left and right, and said with a low voice: "The reason why this old man sent the letter this time, was mainly to pass on Master's orders to General Tao."

Usually, Zhang Yan would be polite when talking to him. Unless it was during times of war, where he never used orders to speak, Yuan Shao would be rude, and would begin to issue orders even before he went over! Unfortunately, he did not know that the word 'command' was actually said by Xu You himself. After all, Yuan Shao was an overlord of a region.

"General Tao?" Xu You was very sensitive and immediately noticed the change in Tao Sheng's emotions.

"This old man is fine." Tao Sheng quickly shook his head and asked softly: "What is Yuan Shijun thinking?"

"General Tao did what he wanted to do with poison back then, but now he is going to do the same to Zhang Yan!" Xu You replied indifferently, with contempt that he could not conceal in his eyes.

Tao Sheng's body trembled, he silently lowered his head and said: "Sir, please respond to Yuan Shijun, this old man will definitely obey orders, once a good opportunity comes, we will work together from the inside!"

Yu Du was the strongest general under Zhang Yan's command back then, and because he was betrayed by Tao Sheng last year, he died miserably at the hands of Yuan Shao along with tens of thousands of his subordinates. had buried this matter deep in his heart, and now that Xu You had suddenly said it out in front of his face, he could not help but feel ashamed and angry, yet he did not dare flare up.

"This old man absolutely believes in General Tao's loyalty to Yuan Shijun! I wonder if General Tao has any requests to raise with Yuan Shijun? "

"Before mister arrived, this old man made a bet with the Gongsun kid. After Sir returns, why not make a good plan with Yuan Shijun? It would be best if you could take this opportunity to kill Gongsun kid! If this man died, not only would Gongsun Zan lose much of his strength, he would also blame Zhang Yan, and maybe the two of them might even clash! What do you think, sir? "

"Alright!" Xu You clapped his hands and laughed lightly: "This old man also doesn't like that child, when I go back, I will definitely have a good plan with Master. May I ask if General Tao has any personal grudges with the Gongsun kid? "

"Mr. Xu's eyes are sharp like torches!" Tao Sheng sighed, "This old man has a nephew who was tortured by Gongsun Xu for many days after being apprehended. However, the old me will still think about it for Yuan Shijun's sake, I hope Mr. Xu can understand. "

Xu You smiled and said: "This old man has never doubted General Tao's loyalty to Master! If General Tao has any plans, he might as well tell them to us. "

Tao Sheng whispered: "Gongsun kid has said that he wants to personally scout out the surrounding terrain of Xiao Qinghe. This old man guesses that he wants to ambush in the forest upstream of Xiao Qinghe to get to camp.

"This is a good plan!" Xu You nodded in agreement, "If we can really kill Gongsun Xu, then General Tao can be considered as our first merit! However, Gongsun Xu's reputation had been very resounding recently, so it couldn't be looked down upon. Does anyone know how many people he brought? How's your battle power? "

Tao Sheng pondered: "Gongsun kid has brought over five thousand people, their equipment seems to be pretty good, I do not know about their fighting strength."

"Five thousand people." Xu You thought for a moment and said: "If it was only a survey of the terrain, Gongsun Xu definitely would not have brought all of his troops, at most over a thousand people. The problem now is that I don't know when exactly he's going to survey the terrain. "

"If there are no surprises, it should be in these two days!" Tao Sheng casually made a guess, and then laughed: "Mr. Xu, don't worry. The Southern City is in my grasp, I will definitely spread the news in time."

"Since that is the case, I will rush back tomorrow to discuss this matter with my lord." Xu You nodded his head in satisfaction, then instructed solemnly: "I hope that General Tao can think of a way to delay Gongsun Xu from leaving the city, or at least delay him for a day!"

"This matter …" Tao Sheng hesitated for a moment, looked at the camp of the White Horse Camp, and suddenly made up his mind, "There it is! This old man will go speak with Zhang Yan tonight and ask him to invite Gongsun Xu to watch Army of Heishan's training tomorrow. "

"That's right!" That's right! It's a good idea! " Xu You praised his repeatedly.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your praise!" Tao Sheng laughed: "In the future, I will be working for Yuan Shijun, I hope that Sir can give me some pointers."

Xu You also smiled: I dare not accept your pointers! With this relationship, this old man and General Tao will definitely watch over each other. "

Tao Sheng was overjoyed, and quickly thanked his.

A servant who was cleaning the house bowed: "The house has been cleaned. General please check it."

"Humph!" Xu Ziyuan, go in yourself! This old man will not keep you company! " Tao Sheng snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, and left.

Xu You said angrily: "This old man can't wait for an old man like you to f * * k off!"

"Mr. Xu, please." The servant bowed his head and invited Xu You in.

Xu You spat towards Tao Sheng's back and walked in the house with the two servants in large strides. After that, he started to pick and choose loudly.

Deep in the night, an oil lamp was still lit in the room where Xu You lived. The figure who was reading under the lamp left a long shadow on the window. In a secret corner of the inn, a few pairs of eyes were staring at the figure in the window, but they did not discover anything unusual.

Toward the end of the eleventh hour, the oil in the oil lamp seemed to have run out and the light dimmed. Xu You dropped the book, stretched lazily and yawned. He blew the oil lamp out, then laid on the bed.

In the darkness, a person's voice was like a mosquito's, "Go and report this to the marshal. Tell him that Xu You is normal."

The other person quietly nodded, tiptoed out of the inn and quickly ran towards prefectural governor's mansion.

At the same time, a servant dressed in coarse clothes came to the entrance of White Horse Camp's camp, wearing a wide-brimmed hat.

Shan Meng, who had been guarding the door the entire time, softly shouted when he saw someone come: "Who is it?"

"I am Xu Ziyuan, is the young duke in the camp?" The person who came to answer him was none other than Xu You.

"Mr. Xu? Your Lordship has been waiting for you, come in! " Shan Meng quickly ordered for the door to be opened a crack.

Xu You rushed in and asked softly, "Does the Young Marquis know this old man will come?"

Shan Meng nodded: "That's right! The moment Master came back, he ordered us to wait here for Mr. Xu. "

Xu You nodded his head in admiration. To think that Gongsun Xu could guess that he would come here.

Shan Meng led the way, and the two of them walked for 400 to 500 steps until they arrived outside the tent. The Gongsun Jia brothers stood on the left and right outside of the tent. Seeing that Shan Meng had walked over, they nodded their heads and did not speak.

Shan Meng whispered: "Master, Mr. Xu You is here."

"Oh? Mr. Xu is here? " Gongsun Xu's joyful voice came from inside, but he immediately rushed out and pulled Xu You along with a smile: "I hope for Mister to be in a long time!"

"I'll have to trouble the young duke to come out and receive me. Xu You doesn't dare to accept!" Although Xu You sounded humble, he was actually very pleased with himself.

"Sir is being too courteous, please come in to speak!" Without saying a word, Gongsun Xu dragged Xu You into the tent.

"Why is the young duke not wearing boots?" After entering the tent, Xu You looked at Gongsun Xu's sock wearing legs and couldn't help but be surprised.

Gongsun Xu laughed apologetically: "Sir, you haven't come for a long time, I couldn't help but take a nap. When I heard you were here just now, I was so excited that I forgot to put on my boots!"

Xu You looked carefully, and as expected, he saw a pair of boots by the side of the bed. Back then, when he went to Yuan Shao, he did not have this kind of treatment, and continuously requested to meet his three times.

Xu You cupped his hands and sighed: "I, Xu You can't thank you enough!"

"Mr. Xu's words are wrong!" Gongsun Xu laughed: "Sir, how are you a corporal? It's obviously Wu Shuang! "

"The young duke is too kind!" Xu You bowed and expressed his thanks, he could not help but feel grateful in his heart.

"Sir, please sit down!" Gongsun Xu pointed to the first seat on the left and invited Xu You to sit down, then said with a smile: "I have heard of your great name and have always wanted to listen to your teachings, but unfortunately, I have never had a chance, so Mister must speak freely today!"

Xu You was instantly overjoyed, the first position on the left! From the looks of it, if he sided with Gongsun Xu, his status might even be above his!

"Thank you for the gift, General!" Xu You immediately changed his form of address and saluted with his hands before sitting down.

There was a jug of wine warming the brazier. Gongsun Xu lifted the jug of wine, poured more than half a bowl of wine into a bowl from the table, walked over to Xu You and smiled, "The spring is chilly, Sir has quietly arrived. Let me drink a cup of warm wine first to warm my body."

"Thank you for the wine, General!" Xu You quickly stood up and cupped his hands together to express his thanks. He drained the wine bowl of its contents in one gulp, and after drinking it, he took a deep breath and praised, "What a strong wine! Good wine! I have never seen such a good wine! "

Gongsun Xu helped Xu You fill his bowl, held up the copper pot and shook it, then laughed: "This is the distilled essence of the strong wine, only with seven to eight catties of wine can you steam out such a bowl of wine. Since Sir likes it, I will gift you 20% of the Ji County Wine Workshop. I guarantee that you will be able to drink this strong wine everyday. "

Xu You's eyes lit up. This kind of wine could at least be sold for four to five catties a catty, although he did not know how big the winery Gongsun Xu mentioned was, but since he guaranteed to be able to drink this kind of wine every day, he could at least earn a few hundred catties of copper coins every month! At this time, he was working under Yuan Shao, and his monthly salary was only 300 kg of food, which was only 30% of the money.

He was very moved in his heart, but quickly refused, "How can we do this? This old man is ashamed to accept this! "

"Gifting fine wine to the warriors is a good thing. Besides, it's just some fine wine, so Mister shouldn't decline!" "Haha, could it be that you're worried that I won't give you your salary after I give you the wine?"

"This old man doesn't dare!" Xu You acted as though he was terrified, and sighed: "Since the general says so, then this old one shall accept it, thank you very much General! This old man shall borrow this bowl of wine to toast the general! "

Gongsun Xu walked back and poured himself a bowl of wine, smiled, and said: "Sir, please!"

"General, please!"

The two of them finished it in one gulp, and Xu You cheered.

Gongsun Xu then poured a third bowl of wine for Xu You, put down the wine pot and cupped his hands: "Mister, you have come late at night, and must have some advice for me.

"General, there is no need to be so courteous!" Please sit down and listen to what this old man is saying. "

Gongsun Xu turned around and sat down, and quietly looked at Xu You.

"This old man came here to tell the general two secrets!"

"Sir, please speak. I am all ears!"

"Firstly, Tao Sheng has long pledged allegiance to Yuan Shao; secondly, Tao Sheng plotted to take the opportunity when the general was about to leave the city to survey the terrain, allowing Qu Yi to lead the way to attack and kill them! This old man has a plan that I can use to get to the campsite first! "