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Inside the vast tent, Cao Chun was seated cross legged, his eyes looking at the ground two steps away. On top of the tent there was a hole the size of a small teacup, the sunlight shining in made a small ball of light on the ground.

Cao Chun's hands and feet were covered with heavy iron shackles, his face was extremely haggard and pale, and his lips had also been split open a few times. Although the wounds on his body had been bandaged, there were still quite a few places where fresh blood slowly seeped out, as though he didn't feel the slightest amount of pain.

Crash! *

The tent flap suddenly opened, and a figure appeared in front of him along with a large amount of sunlight. However, Cao Chun acted as if he did not see it, and continued to stare at the light speck without moving.

The person who came looked at Cao Chun and said: "General Cao, my master invites you!"

Cao Chun turned a deaf ear. The person who had come was carrying sunlight, so he could not clearly see the person's appearance, but he immediately recognized the person's voice. This person was a young general called Shan Meng, who was under Gongsun Xu. Shan Meng escorted her along the way. His attitude was still considered respectful, but it was all meaningless to him.

Gongsun Yi was right behind Shan Meng, and seeing how Cao Chun was ignoring him, he flew into a rage, and pulled out his waist blade to teach Cao Chun a lesson.

"Don't be rash!" Shan Meng grabbed onto Gongsun Yi and stared at Cao Chun: "General Cao, your brother Cao Cao has sent someone over. Master invites you to meet him!"

"Brother Meng De sent someone over?" Cao Chun slowly raised his head to ask, his voice hoarse and hollow.

"That's right!" General Cao, please! " Shan Meng walked forward, ready to support Cao Chun.

"No need!" Cao Chun pushed away the hand Shan Meng extended over, then hobbled back to his feet. His eyes had just barely regained some color.

Cao Chun was imprisoned in the rear guard's grain camp. Gongsun Xu's main tent was still more than a mile away from here. Shan Meng and Gongsun Yi brought more than twenty people with them. Under various gazes, which included shock, hatred, or schadenfreude, they escorted Cao Chun to the front of Gongsun Xu's large tent.

The sound of voices came from within the tent. From the sound of it, they seemed to be having a pleasant conversation. Xun You was one of the strategists most respected and trusted by Meng De's elder brother. He was in charge of handling the heavy responsibility of the money and food, but now, he was sent to White Horse Camp to negotiate for him. If there was any mistake, wouldn't it be even harder to atone for his sins?

If Cao Chun knew that Guo Jia was inside, and at the same time knew of the relationship between Guo Jia and the Xun's Brothers, he would definitely not be worried about Xun You's safety.

"Brother Gong Da, it's been a long time. I never thought that we would meet again under such circumstances. It's really unpredictable!" Guo Jia cupped his hands towards Xun You, and a lot of emotions could be heard in his tone.

"That's right!" Xun You nodded his head, his face also revealing a look of deep thought, "Back then in Ying Chuan, I was just asking for advice, sitting here discussing the affairs of the world, how fast was that! I never thought that after a few years, when Xi Zhicai passed away because of an illness and each of us had our own master, we would have to face each other head on.

Gongsun Xu, who was sitting in the main seat, laughed when he heard this, and casually glanced at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia stopped smiling and replied sternly: "Since brother Gong Da has mentioned this, I have something to ask of you, please do not hesitate to instruct me!"

The smile on Xun You's face disappeared as well, and he cupped his hands in greeting: "Please speak, Feng Xiao.

Guo Jia stared into Xun You's eyes, and slowly said: "This time, my army of Youzhou's conquest of the traitor Yuan Shao, was done in accordance to the will of the people. Why did Cao Mengde go against the circumstances, and actually lead an army to reinforce the traitor?"

Xun You caressed his beard with a smile. He glanced at Gongsun Xu and shook his head. Yuan Benchu had always been loyal to the imperial government, and had put in all his effort in order to eliminate Army of Heishan's traitors. Not only did the Marquis Jin not send any troops to assist them, he had even colluded with the traitorous Zhang Yan. My master Cao Mengde led his troops to rescue Yuan Benchu. He did this precisely to protect justice, so what is going against the tide? "

Xun You cupped his hands towards Gongsun Xu and mocked: "I hope General Gongsun can advise your father a little more, don't be a traitorous thief that has been smelly for tens of thousands of years!"

"Hehe." Gongsun Xu laughed lightly, he raised his teacup and slowly drank his tea, neither angry nor rebutted.

Guo Jia shook his head and sighed: "After not seeing you for so many years, Brother Gong Da had actually learned how to reverse the flow of black and white; May I ask Brother Gong Da, in Chang An's imperial court, is he still at Han Dynasty? "

"Of course." Xun You nodded subconsciously, then suddenly thought of the prefectural governor that Zhang Yan had bought, and hurriedly changed his words: "Regarding this question, we must first look at the situation in the Qing Dynasty Hall! Li Que kidnapped the Son of Heaven, and issued a countless number of random orders in the name of the Son of Heaven. For example, he bestowed the title of Jizhou to the traitor Zhang Yan, which is genuine random life, and we would never admit such an appointment! "

"Heh heh." Guo Jia laughed coldly, "Since Brother Gong Da is determined to confuse the black and white, then this little brother will not argue with you again on this issue! Since Brother Gong Da said that the imperial government issued a preposterous order that did not recognize the position of the prefectural governor, then what kind of crime did Cao Mengde deserve if he were to be proclaimed as the Yanzhou? Furthermore, Han Fu was the prefectural governor that was appointed by the imperial government before Dong Zhuo's fall, yet Yuan Shao had forcefully expelled Han Fu and self-proclaimed himself as the Jizhou, what kind of crime was that? In little brother's eyes, Yuan Shao and Cao Mengde are the real traitor! Everyone in the world has the right to kill him! "

"Feng Xiao's words are false!" Xun You shouted angrily, "At that time, the yellow scarf of the Azure Province was messing up the Yanzhou. The prefectural governor, Liu Dai, was killed, and my master, Cao Mengde, was invited by Ji Bei Xiang and Bao Xin to enter the Yanzhou to pacify the situation. After that, Bao Xin and the citizens of the Yanzhou all thought of our master's kindness and unanimously recommended him to be Yanzhou's Mu. After that, they also reported this matter to the imperial government in official documents, hating that Li Que actually wanted our master to bribe him to do it before issuing the imperial edict. What kind of person is my master? I will never be in cahoots with a traitor! He firmly rejected Li Que's offer of bribes, and because he angered the two traitors, he didn't get the appointment documents. Since officials can recommend the common people, why can't the common people recommend our master as the Yanzhou for the sake of their love and affection? Feng Xiao said that my master is a self-proclaimed Yanzhou, that is false! "

Guo Jia laughed coldly: "At least Brother Gong Da spoke the truth! So it turned out that Cao Mengde wanted to buy the edict for the appointment from Li Que, but he was too embarrassed to do it! It seems that he was just a hypocritical hypocrite who lived in a dog's nest! "

"Feng Xiao!" Xun You stood up and pointed at Guo Jia: "You and I have been good friends for many years, it doesn't matter if you insult me or scold me, how can you humiliate my master? I want to cut off all ties with you! "

"Gong Da!" Guo Jia also slammed the table and stood up, he stared straight at Xun You, "Since you mentioned the word 'many years of good friends', let me ask you, how did Xi Zhicai die?"

The originally overbearing Xun You immediately deflated, the anger all over his face turned into helplessness and sorrow. He sadly sighed, shook his head and sat down in silence. How could Xun You not know about Xi Zhicai's death? If Cao Cao had not abandoned the concept of loyalty to the Han Dynasty, would Xi Zhicai have died from grief? It was just that Cao Cao Cao was the leader of the Xun's brothers, so even if Xun You knew the inside news, he couldn't blame Cao Cao Cao Cao, thus he still felt very guilty towards Xi Zhicai, but at this moment, Guo Jia's words were pointed directly at Xun You's heart, and for a moment, he was no longer in the mood to argue with Guo Jia.

Guo Jia stared at Xun You for a while, then brushed his sleeves and sat down angrily and turned to look at the door.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become serious, Gongsun Xu quickly came out to smooth things over. "Feng Xiao, Mr. Gong Da is a guest from far away, how can you be so rude?" He then cupped his hands towards Xun You and advised with a smile: "Please calm your anger Mr. Gong Da! This is exactly what Feng Xiao is like, I think Mister should be clear about this, why would you bother getting angry at him? "

Xun You straightened his clothes, cupped his hands, and said: "Thank you General Gongsun for the consoling, I did lose control of myself just now!"

"Mister, there's no need to be so polite." Gongsun Xu smiled and waved his hand, "Mister just said that you wanted to know the exact whereabouts of Cao Zi and the general. This general is also hiding this information from mister, that Cao Zi and the general are currently visiting me. Would mister like to meet him? "

"What?" Xun You was surprised and happy at the same time, and asked anxiously: "Is General serious?"

"Please, come in, General Cao!" Gongsun Xu clapped his hands.

The tents quickly started to rise. Shan Meng and Zhao Yun brought Cao Chun in. When he was outside the tent earlier, Zhao Yun had already removed the shackles on Cao Chun's body and changed into a clean set of clothes.

"Son and general!" Xun You saw that it was indeed Cao Chun and immediately stood up in surprise. He walked to Cao Chun and anxiously asked: "How is the general?"

Zhao Yun looked at Gongsun Xu, asking him if he should stop him.

Gongsun Xu shook his head. No matter what Xun You and Cao Chun said, it did not matter.

"Mr. Gong Da …" Cao Chun seemed to be stunned for a moment before recognizing him, and said dejectedly: "I'm still alright, it's just that I've failed Brother Meng De! If not for wanting to personally beg for forgiveness from Brother Meng De, I would have already begged for forgiveness with my death! "

"General, you can't do this!" Xun You turned pale with fright and quickly advised, "Master knew that the general might be fine, so he quickly brought me here to discuss this with General Gongsun. He even said that no matter what, the general must return safely! How can the general give up life and death so easily? "

"My sin is too grave, I caused the death of so many clansmen." Cao Chun's face darkened, suddenly she choked with sobs, unable to speak.

"General, please take a seat. Let me negotiate with the General Gongsun." Xun You helped Cao Chun to sit down, and bowed to Gongsun Xu: "I wonder what kind of price this Master will have to pay to get General Cao Chun to return?"