Looking at Cao Cao sitting down, Han Zhan felt an unreal feeling, as if he was dreaming. Suddenly, a bold idea came to his mind, should he arrange a group of swords and axe players to use the cup to throw them in and chop Cao Cao into meat paste, so that he can get rid of a future confidant.

When Cao Cao saw Han Zhan staring at him with a smile and not speaking, he couldn't help feeling a burst of tears. In order to alleviate the embarrassing situation in front of him, he quickly raised the wine bottle in his hand and said with a smile: "Marquis Ting, you can lend food to Dongjun, which is a timely help. I represent the military and civilians of Dongjun. I respect the Marquis Ting. First, I will treat you to the Marquis Ting first!" After that, he drank it all. Seeing that Cao Cao had already drunk the wine, Han Zhan smiled and picked up the wine bottle and drank the wine in the bottle.

While drinking this glass of wine, Han Zhan made the final decision in his heart. Cao Cao cannot die yet. Although his current strength is not very strong, because he is good at winning people's hearts, his subordinates are loyal to him. Once he has any shortcomings here, he will definitely raise troops to avenge him. The fight between the two tigers will be hurt. If both sides are exhausted, Yuan Shao will take advantage of the fisherman and annex the Dongjun, his strength will increase greatly. It will not be so easy to deal with him.

It was precisely for this reason that Han Zhan decided to temporarily give up the plan to kill Cao Cao, and first form an alliance with the other party, so that he and Yuan Shao would restrain each other. After he had a four-state land and unified the north, it would not be too late to deal with him slowly.

Han Zhan stood up, took the wine pot from his servant, walked to Cao Cao, poured a cup for him, and smiled and said, "Prefect Cao, I have admired you for a long time. I have been lucky to see you today." He turned around and walked to several cases, picked up the wine bottle placed on it, and said to Cao Cao, "Mr. I wish you a bottle."

"House Ting!" Cao Cao heard Han Zhan say this, a suspicious expression appeared on his face and asked curiously: "I met Ting Hou for the first time. When did I start with this admiration? "

Han Zhan smiled and said, "After I heard that Dong thief controlled the government, I trusted the prefect Cao very much. However, you put great righteousness first and assassinated Dong thief in the name of offering a knife. Unfortunately, Dong thief's fate should not be eliminated, otherwise there would be no burning Luoyang, and the emperor and all officials went to Chang'an."

Chen Zhen, who was standing aside, heard that Cao Cao had assassinated Dong Zhuo, couldn't help but say "ah" and then asked nervously: "Meng De had assassinated Dong Zhe, how did he escape from danger later?"

Hearing Chen Zhen's question, Han Zhan laughed and said, "Falling in the morning, this matter is long, and I will tell you slowly. When the marquis of this marquis slowly tells you. Cao Cao learned that a minister wanted to remove Dong Zhuo and quickly, he volunteered to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion with a precious sword and asked the ministers of the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Where is the Prime Minister?"

Because the prefect Cao was deeply trusted by Dong Zhuo, the servants often went to and from the prime minister's house to freely go, so they did not stop him. Instead, they told him: "In the small pavilion."

Prefect Cao entered the prime minister's mansion and came to the small pavilion. Seeing Dong Zhuo sitting on the couch, and his adopted son Lu Bu Lu Fengxian stood beside him. Seeing Prefect Cao coming in, Dong Zhe asked, "Why did Meng De come?"

The prefect Cao replied, "The horse is weak and slow."

After hearing this, Dong Bid turned his head and said to Lu Bu, "I have a good horse coming in from Xiliang. I can pick up a horse and give it to Meng De first." After Lu Bu received the order, he left the small pavilion.

Seeing Lu Bu leaving, Cao Cao secretly felt happy: "This thief dies!" He immediately wanted to draw his sword and stab him, but he was afraid that Dong's thief was powerful and did not dare to move lightly.

Dong Zhe was fat and could not sit for a long time, so he fell back and lie inward.

Seeing this, Prefect Cao thought to himself: "This thief should be stopped!" He quickly pulled the sword in his hand, and was about to stab him. He didn't expect that the thief Dong looked up at the mirror and saw Prefect Cao pulling the sword behind him. He quickly turned around and asked, "What is Meng De?"

The prefect Cao wanted to break the boat and assassinate Dong Zhe to the death, but Lu Bu had already led his horse outside the pavilion. Seeing that the assassination was difficult, Cao became wise and knelt down with a knife and said, "Cao has a precious knife and offers a favor."

Dong Thief took it and saw that his sword was more than a foot long and seven treasures were embedded, which were extremely sharp. He was the sword. He handed it over to Lu Bu and took it away. Cao Taishou untied the sheath and handed it to Bu.

Dong thief led Cao Taishou out of the cabinet to see the horses. Cao Taishou thanked him and said, "I would like to borrow a horse to try." Dong thief asked Lu Bu to hand over the saddle and reins to Cao Taishou. Cao Taishou led his horse out of the prime minister's mansion, and then quickly whipped the horse and looked southeast."

Although Han Zhan said the entire assassination process very briefly, Chen Zhen was still shocked and sweated. He looked at Cao Cao and said, "It's so lingering. Fortunately, Meng De's fate is great, otherwise he would be poisoned by Dong Zhe."

When Cao Cao heard the story told by Han Zhan, his face showed a shocked expression. Although the content was somewhat different from the actual situation, he was almost inseparable. He looked at Han Zhan and asked in an incredible tone: "Where did the Marquis of Ting learn about this?" He even wondered in his heart whether Chen Gong told Han Zhan about this.

Han Zhan knew from the expression on his face that he had suspicion of Chen Gong, and he smiled and said, "Premier Cao, although you are only three of you present at that time, after the eighteen princes jointly attacked Dong's thief, such rumors spread in Chang'an. This marquis also learned about this based on his detailed narratives. Cao Cao is a hero!"

As soon as Han Zhan finished speaking, his subordinates around him also said in unison: "Premier Cao is a hero!"

"Shame, ashamed!" Cao Cao raised his head and smiled, bowed to the surroundings, and said seriously: "You are too rewarded. If I hadn't been indecisive at the time, Dong Zhe would have died long ago. Once Dong Zhe died, Luoyang would have been burned, and the emperor and all officials would have suffered."

After Cao Cao took his seat again, Han Zhan looked at him and said, "At the beginning of the spring of next year, I will have a big battle with Yuan Shao. I wonder what Cao Prefect can teach me?"

Unexpectedly, when Cao Cao heard Han Zhan’s question, he said modestly: “Marquis Ting is too proud, and I am a little talented and knowledgeable. How dare I teach Marquis Ting? Although Marquis Ting is young, he can be very careful in dealing with things and meticulously, I admire him very much. If you want to give me advice, I should ask Marquis Ting.”

"Old fox!" Han Zhan cursed silently in his heart and changed the topic: "Yuan Shao was defeated by the coalition forces of our army and Gongsun Zan and fled to Yecheng. Later, he gathered 100,000 troops from Wei County to attack Guantao, and he returned in a defeat. If this marquis is probably not bad, Yuan Shao will fight our army in a decisive battle. If he fails again, he will definitely join forces to go south and capture Dongjun. The prefect of Cao must prepare early!"

Han Zhan's words shocked Cao Cao, but he still pretended to be calm and composed and asked: "Dare you ask the Marquis of Ting, if Yuan Shao's army goes south to attack me, I wonder where will the battlefield be chosen?"

"White Horse," Han Zhan said in his heart without hesitation: If Liu Guanzhang could be under your command when you fight Yuan Shao, maybe Guan Erye could stage a good show of killing Yan Liang and killing Wen Chou like in history. However, Yuan Shao's four pillars are already under his command. Once Yan Liang and Wen Chou die, Yuan Shao probably will not have any decent generals. "According to this Marquis' analysis, both of you will definitely start a battle at Bai Horse."

Just as Cao Cao frowned and thought, someone came outside to report: "Report to the lord, the food and grass outside the city has been handed over. Mr. Chen Gong waited outside the city for the prefect Cao to return."

"Marquis Ting," Cao Cao, who was restless, was considering how to get out. After hearing the report, he quickly stood up and said to Han Zhan: "Since the food and grass have been handed over, I will not stay there for a long time. Let's say goodbye!"

"Prefect Cao, wait," Han Zhan saw Cao Cao in a hurry to leave, so he quickly stood up and said to him: "I will accompany you to the outside of the city."

From leaving the prefect's mansion to leaving the south gate, Han Zhan and Cao Cao didn't say a word, but thought about their own situation.

Seeing a group of people coming out of the city, a horse immediately ran out from the food truck parked outside the city and came towards Han Zhan and others. Han Zhan looked at the people coming, and saw a military general of about thirty, with a helmet and armor on his face, carrying a three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand.

When Han Zhan saw the weapons in the hands of the visitor, he was shocked and thought to himself: Why did Ji Ling become Cao Cao's subordinate? Is there a deviation in history because of his appearance? He pointed at the rider running towards him with a horse whip and asked Cao Cao curiously: "Premier Cao, is Ji Ling, the general under Yuan Gonglu, who came here?"

"Where did Ji Ling come from?" Cao Cao heard Han Zhan's question, and he showed a confused expression on his face, and quickly explained: "This is Yu Jin and Yu Wen, the captain under my command."

It turned out to be Yu Jin. I heard that the person who came was not Ji Ling, and Han Zhan felt much more at ease. If Cao Cao really colluded with Yuan Shu, his layout would be affected.

When Yu Jin came to greet Cao Cao, Cao Cao said to him: "This is the Marquis of Zhangshuiting, come and pay homage!"

Hearing Cao Cao's orders, Yu Jin hurriedly bowed and bowed on the horse's back and said, "Capital Yu Jin, pay homage to the Marquis of Ting!"

"The Master Yu is exempted from the gift!" Han Zhan saw Chen Gong also rode his horse toward him, and smiled and said to Cao Cao, "Premier Cao, I will send you here. Take care of you all the way, we will have a date later!" After that, he gave a gift to the other party, turned his horse's head and went back to Guantao.

Cao's army rushed on both sides and returned to Dongjun along the snow-covered official road. Cao Cao deliberately rode his horse to Chen Gong and drove away the idle people. After he said, "Public Terrace, I have something to ask you."

"Duke Cao," Chen Gong saw that Cao Cao had sent the people around him away, and knew that the other party had important things to say to him. However, when he thought that Han Zhan knew a lot of secret matters and had to report them to Cao Cao as soon as possible, he hurriedly said: "There are important things to report to you by his subordinates."

"My business is also very important." Cao Cao said straight away: "When he entered the prefect's house in Guantao, he actually heard the Han family talk about my assassination of Dong Thief in Luoyang. Although what he said was different from the actual situation, it was not far from that. I want to figure out how he knew about this?"

Seeing Cao Cao staring at him intently, Chen Gong knew in his heart that the other party must have suspected that he was talking too much and said something to Han Zhan. However, he did not care about explanation, but lowered his voice and said to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, this Marquis of Zhangshuiting is really unfathomable. When he was in Jizhou a few days ago, he not only talked about his subordinates' abandonment of his official position and running to Qiao County with you. He also asked about Lu Boshe's destruction of the family."

When Cao Cao heard this, he almost rolled down from the horse's back. He asked tremblingly: "Building, how did he know about this?"

Chen Gong shook his head and said, "Please ask Cao Gong to atone for his sins, but his subordinates don't know how he knows it."

After a long time, Cao Cao murmured: "If I assassinate Dong Thief, it might be leaked by the servants of the Prime Minister's House. But what happened to Lu Boshe? After all, there were only you and me at that time. How could he know about this? Could it be that he really encountered a ghost?"

"Please rest assured," Chen Gong saw the murderous aura in Cao Cao's eyes, and hurriedly persuaded him: "When he asked about Lu Boshe that day, his subordinates circumvented him, saying that when we arrived at Lujiazhuang, all the people in the village were dead, and maybe they were killed by thieves. In order to avoid suspicion, you and I did not dare to stay, so we rushed to Qiao County overnight."

"Public Platform," Cao Cao felt a little relieved when he heard Chen Gong say this. He bowed to the other party: "Thank you for covering up this matter for me, I remember it in my heart."

Cao Cao made a secret decision in his heart that after returning to Dongjun, he would send more detailed works to let them sneak into Jizhou and monitor the provincial governor's office to see who usually come and go, so that he could figure out where Han Zhan's source of information was.

Chen Gong turned his head and looked at the convoy that could not be seen at once, and said to Cao Cao: "Duke Cao, the Marquis of Zhangshuiting is generous. When he heard that we wanted to borrow grain, he promised to give us 80,000 hu of grain without hesitation. When this batch of grain and grass arrives in Dongjun, we can solve our urgent needs."

When Cao Cao heard Chen Gong say this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "If I had known that the Han family's child was so generous, I would not have borrowed only 80,000 hu of him, but 200,000 hu. These foods are only enough for Dongjun to use for two months. Next, we might have to go to Yuan Gaolu to borrow food."

"Look for Yuan Gonglu to borrow food?" Hearing Cao Cao say this, Chen Gong quickly persuaded: "Yuan Gonglu is narrow-minded. When he attacked Dong's thief, he had a slight relationship with you. To borrow food from him is tantamount to seeking skin from tigers."

"We can't borrow food from Yuan Gonglu, so we can still borrow it from Yuan Benchu." Cao Cao said disapprovingly: "The Gongtai should have heard from the Han children. They will fight Yuan Shao in the spring of the next year. If Yuan Shao sends troops to attack Guantao, he will worry that we will take the opportunity to send troops to capture Yecheng, so he must make good friends to avoid his worries. If I send someone to borrow food from him, maybe he will still be unable to ask for it."

Regarding Cao Cao's thoughts, Chen Gong said worriedly: "Duke Cao, we privately ask Yuan Benchu ​​to borrow grain. If the Marquis of Zhangshuiting knows about this and sends someone to question him, how should we deal with it?"
Chapter completed!