flstandardbreds Chapter 118 Tao Qian cedes Xuzhou to Cao Cao? Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, and Chen Gui panic.
Chapter 118 Tao Qian cedes Xuzhou to Cao Cao? Cao Bao, Mi Zhu, and Chen Gui panic.
"Ziyi, Ziyi! I, Cao, am here!"
"Do you miss me, Cao?"
Just as Chen Qun was feeling dizzy from handling government affairs, Cao Cao arrived outside the Su residence.
Looking at the cartload of official documents recently delivered from Xun Yu's residence, Cao Cao said with delight:
"Ziyi, are you planning to handle government affairs?"
Before he could finish speaking, Su Yu retorted:
"How can you lie so blatantly in broad daylight, my lord?"
"Handling government affairs? Let whoever wants to handle it do it; it's tedious and boring."
Cao Cao asked suspiciously:
"What are these government affairs?"
Su Yu pointed to the guest room next door and smiled:
"A promising young man who enjoys handling government affairs has just arrived. Since I, Su, am so understanding, I must fulfill his wishes."
How could Cao Cao not know Su Yu?
This is clearly because the guy in the guest room offended Su Yu, and Su Yu is deliberately picking a fight with him!
Cao Cao thought to himself:
"What's bothering you? Why do you have to offend Ziyi?"
In the room
Chen Qun's chest heaved violently.
The administrative tasks that Su Yu assigned to him were all tedious and boring trivia.
It's a boring political affair where everyone has to behave themselves and keep their distance.
But Chen Qun has already put on a show, so he certainly can't back down halfway.
Waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting.
Even by evening, only a small portion of it had been processed.
Suddenly, the door to the guest room opened, and a servant from the Su family brought Chen Qun food, a chamber pot, and several candles.
“Young Master Chen, my master said that you can leave only when this is all done.”
"Of course, Young Master Chen can also choose to forgo handling these political affairs."
"This will provide material for the Yanzhou Daily, which can be considered a contribution."
Yanzhou Daily!
Chen Qun wanted to cry but had no tears.
The influence of the Yanzhou Daily has now surpassed that of the Monthly Commentary.
If this were to make it into the Yanzhou Daily, Chen Qun would be forced to kneel in the ancestral hall by the clan elders when he returned home!
after all.
He had such a sour face just now, how could Su Yu possibly say something nice about him in the Yanzhou Daily?
Two more days passed.
Chen Qun, with dark circles under his eyes, was finally released from the guest room by Su Yu.
The first thing he did after he came out was to show off to Su Yu that he had finished handling three whole carriages of government affairs!
But when he passed by the steward of the Su family, the steward's words immediately broke Chen Qun's defenses!
"Isn't this Young Master Chen? Have you finished dealing with official business? My master told you yesterday that there's still a whole cartload of official business waiting for you!"
"Pfft!"
Chen Qun's vision went black, and he fainted.
They've become obedient! Completely obedient!
When Chen Qun awoke again, the person standing before him was not Su Yu, but Xun Yu.
"Changwen, are you feeling better now?"
Both being prominent families from Yingchuan, the Xun and Chen families had a very close relationship.
Xun Yu and Chen Qun were acquainted, although they weren't exactly close before.
But at this moment, alone in a foreign land, Chen Qun suddenly saw Xun Yu, a fellow townsman, and his eyes immediately filled with tears. He hugged Xun Yu and burst into tears.
Xun Yu spent a long time comforting Chen Qun, who was in a state of mental collapse, before finally calming him down.
But Chen Qun forgot something quite important.
The political affairs that tormented him for two and a half days came from Xun Yu's residence.
In other words, those long, tedious, and boring government affairs were all carefully selected by Xun Yu...
Xun Yu's Choice! Trustworthy!
After that, Chen Qun never dared to act recklessly in front of Su Yu again.
And Cao Cao's camp gained another new servant.
This matter left Chen Qun with no choice but to agree or refuse.
why?
Because Su Yu had already sent someone to the Chen family in Yingchuan to discuss things with Chen Qun's father.
Without saying a word, Chen Qun's father sold Chen Qun to Cao Cao's camp.
They claimed it was to find a good future for Chen Qun!
Su Yu had his reasons for doing this.
Otherwise, Chen Qun might very well wander around aimlessly and eventually end up under Liu Bei's command.
History has already proven this.
Liu Bei's first true strategist was not Xu Shu, nor Zhuge Liang, but Chen Qun, whom he met by chance!
Unfortunately.
Liu Bei did not heed Chen Qun's advice. Instead, he was tricked by Chen Gui and Mi Zhu into going to Xuzhou and taking over the mess left by Tao Qian.
……
During the two and a half days that Chen Qun suffered greatly.
Su Yu and Cao Cao did something else.
That is, once again, Man Chong was sent as an envoy to Pengcheng!
But this time, Man Chong's main purpose was not to show off, nor was it to do business with Xuzhou.
Rather, it was to discover Tao Qian's true intentions.
Pengcheng Council Hall
Compared to a few months ago, Tao Qian's health has deteriorated further.
Although he is over sixty years old, he looks like he is eighty or ninety.
He was stroking his chest, and was even a little out of breath.
Given his current physical condition, he might just kick the bucket and die at any moment.
However, upon hearing the news of Man Chong's arrival, Tao Qian still sent people to the city gate to welcome him.
A moment later, Man Chong walked in arrogantly.
For some reason, Tao Qian was pleased rather than angry when he saw Man Chong's arrogant appearance.
It’s great to be young…
When Tao Qian was young, he was just as spirited and ambitious as Man Chong.
Now, I'm old and too weak to fight anymore; I just want to make proper arrangements for my final affairs.
"My name is Man Chong. I have met Master Tao."
Man Chong bowed, but before he could finish speaking, Tao Qian interrupted him.
“Boning, you and I are kindred spirits and friends despite our age difference.”
"Let's stop using those empty formalities."
"Let me ask you this: Does Mengde have any interest in taking over Xuzhou?"
Man Chong was stunned.
No! You old Tao with thick eyebrows and big eyes, why don't you play by the rules?
How can you do this, offering up Xuzhou right off the bat?
Who am I, Man Chong?
It's an envoy from Cao Cao's camp!
Now that you've said that, how am I supposed to respond?
Not to mention Man Chong, Cao Bao, Chen Gui, and Mi Zhu, who were standing to the side, were all dumbfounded.
They had never heard Tao Qian mention this at all!
Are we really going to hand over Xuzhou directly to Cao Cao?
So what do they do?
My dear lord! You just kicked the bucket and died.
How can we, the living, continue to have fun?
Without a second thought, Cao Bao immediately knelt down, wiped away his tears, and bowed to Tao Qian, saying:
"My lord, you mustn't!"
"You should pass on Xuzhou to Young Master Shang or Young Master Ying."
“Cao Cao is an outsider; how can we possibly hand over Xuzhou to him?”
Cao Bao's subtext is:
My lord, you've changed your mind! Didn't you say I, A-Bao, was your most favored person? Why are you giving up your inheritance to an outsider?
Chen Gui and Mi Zhu, unusually, stood on the same side as Cao Bao, both pleading with Tao Qian to reconsider.
no way.
They were under Tao Qian's command, second only to him, and above thousands of others.
If he had joined Cao Cao's forces, he probably wouldn't have been able to thrive as he does now.
Tao Qian sneered.
I've never seen you guys so sincere before.
I'm almost gone, and now you're starting to cherish me?
Love that comes late is worth less than grass!
……