"Ka, da, da."

Li Chen was still immersed in the surprise of the Jinyiwei, and a sound of footsteps from far to near woke him up.

The person coming was Chen Deng. He came to Li Chen and whispered: "Lord, Mi Zhu asks for a meeting."

"Mi Zhu?"

"It's mostly for Liu Bei's business." Li Chen said softly.

Since he occupied Xuzhou, Mi Zhu resigned from office and refused to leave, and Mi Mansion also closed the door to thank guests. Mi Zhu acted as if he did not interact with Li Chen. He asked for a meeting today, and there was no doubt that Liu Bei was captured.

"See, let him come in." Li Chen nodded and said to Chen Deng.

Mi Zhu came at the right time. Only by putting a stick in a thatched cottage can it be useful. If it is placed on the dining table, it will be disgusting.

Li Chen is useless to hold Liu Bei in his hand now. Now, only by letting Liu Bei out can he continue to let him mess with the wind and rain.

Li Chen remembers that in the Battle of Xuzhou in his previous life, Liu Bei was also captured by Lu Bu. Then he surrendered to Cao Cao when he had nowhere to settle down. Of course, his surrender to Cao Cao not only did not help Cao Cao, but instead abducted Cao Cao's 30,000 elite soldiers.

Therefore, Li Chen felt that Liu Bei should be driven to the territory of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Liu Bei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and early Three Kingdoms was a well-deserved messenger. He would be in chaos wherever he went.

However, since Liu Bei has been arrested, he cannot be released for no reason. He will always have to pay a price. Now that Liu Bei is poor, he can buy this order by his senior brother Gongsun Zan.

Xuzhou, Yunlong Palace.

Under the leadership of Chen Deng, Mi Zhu once again came to this familiar place.

Back then, Tao Qian also handled Xuzhou government affairs with them in this place. However, now the name "Yunlong Palace" has been changed, which is a really good name.

When he met Mi Zhu, he was no longer a stranger in Xuzhou, but just a middle-aged literati wearing a common man.

"Greetings to the palace commander." Mi Zhu bowed and bowed to Li Chen.

Since you have something to ask for help, you naturally have to take the initiative to ask for help, so Mi Zhu put his position very low.

Li Chen pointed to the empty seat on the left and said, "Zi Zhong, please sit down."

Li Chen sat with the main seat, Chen Deng sat with the right side, Mi Zhu sat with the left side. After the three of them sat, Li Chen ordered the servants to pour tea for the three of them.

A cup of Qingming was in his stomach, and Mi Zhu expressed his intention: "Dian Zheng, my Mi family is willing to pay three thousand golds. How about temporarily protecting Liu Xuande's safety?"

Three thousand golds, I have to say that the clans of this era are really rich. Not to mention the Yuan clan, the big clans like the Cao clan, and even the small clans like the Mi clan, it seems that they don’t take the three thousand golds seriously.

As soon as Mi Zhu finished speaking, Chen Deng, who was beside him, looked at Li Chen, as if he wanted to say something. Li Chen nodded slightly at him and signaled that he could speak.

Chen Deng looked at Mi Zhu and said with a smile: "Zi Zhong, no secret words are spoken. There is no need for three thousand gold. I mainly buy food and grass from Tao Qian."

When Tao Qian left Xuzhou, he sold the stored grain in the warehouse to the Chen family, Mi family and Zhen family. Among them, Chen family has the most and Mi family has the least. But this small amount is also about the base of stored grain in the entire Xuzhou.

The grain Mi bought from Tao Qian, not to mention the amount of food stored in it, there are still tens of thousands of dans.

Chen Deng knew how much grain Mi bought from Tao Qian. At that time, the price of Tao Qian sold grain was low, so although that batch of grain was slightly more expensive than three thousand gold, it was not much more expensive.

Chen Deng felt that this condition was within acceptable range of Mi Zhu.

As expected, Mi Zhu did not hesitate for a moment and responded very readily.

Mi Zhu knew very well that it was wartime, and Mi's food was all in Xuzhou City, and it was impossible to transport it out of the city now. Once the war situation in Xuzhou was tight, Li Chen might requisition this batch of food at any time. Instead of doing this, it would be better to use this batch of food to save Liu Bei for the time being.

Li Chen originally wanted to exchange Liu Bei for Zhao Yun, and it was a surprise that he could get tens of thousands of tons of food for nothing.

Li Chen looked at Mi Zhu and asked indifferently: "Zi Zhong, do you want to save Liu Xuande?"

Li Chen's question was so direct that Mi Zhu was a little surprised. He was a little stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, Brother Xuande has a good personal relationship with me. It would be great to be able to save him."

After receiving Mi Zhu's affirmative answer, Li Chen was too lazy to go around the corner, but said straight to the point: "Actually, Liu Xuande is useless in my hands, but if someone makes mistakes, he will always have to pay for the mistakes he makes. If he loses the battle, he will naturally have to pay the price of defeat. Zi Zhong, you said that's not right."

As soon as Li Chen said this, Mi Zhu thought to himself that it seemed that there was something to talk about this matter. If Liu Bei could be saved easily, there would be no need to ask for help everywhere.

"Dian Zheng, I wonder what price Brother Xuande needs to pay?" Mi Zhu asked simply.

Li Chen was too lazy to take any turns and said to Mi Zhu directly: "I want him the young man in white robe under the city today."

Replacing Zhao Yun with Liu Bei is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal for Mi Zhu.

However, Mi Zhu sat in front of the desk and frowned. After a long time, he said to Li Chen: "Dian Zheng, don't know. The young general was named Zhao Zilong, not the deployment of Brother Xuande. It was the subordinate of the White Horse General Gongsun Zan. I don't know if this can be changed."

Li Chen stood up, strode towards the door, and said lightly: "Since you don't have the final say, then let me talk to Gongsun Zan. I don't care whether you are sending it or tied it up. In short, when I see Zhao Zilong, I let Liu Xuande go."

After saying that, Li Chen left Yunlong Palace.

As soon as Li Chen left, Mi Zhu naturally turned around and went back to discuss with Sun Qian.

Xuzhou, Mifu.

"Brother Gongyou, this is exactly what Li Chen's request is. Look at General Gongsun where can he have a conversation?" Mi Zhu looked at Sun Qian and asked frankly.

In Mi Zhu's opinion, it would be great if Zhao Yun could be replaced. After all, Liu Bei is in Li Chen's hands, even if Gongsun Zan and Tao Qian come to support him, if it is forced to rob, it will inevitably hurt Liu Bei, the hostage.

Now, Liu Bei's safety is the first priority. What Mi Zhu can think of, Sun Qian can naturally think of it. After pondering for a while, Sun Qian said, "When General Gongsun arrives, I will mention it with him. With the friendship between General Gongsun and his lord, this matter should not be a big problem."

Zhao Yun was just an inconspicuous young general under Gongsun Zan. In this era, it is not surprising that he had good strengths and had to ask for one or two generals.

After temporarily protecting Liu Bei's safety and getting Li Chen's exchange conditions, Sun Qian could also leave the city and discuss with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

In Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's temporary camp, Guan Yu frowned when he heard the exchange conditions Sun Qian said, but he didn't say much. Although Guan Yu felt that this was a bit unrighteous, he didn't say much for the sake of his elder brother's safety.

On the contrary, Zhang Fei shouted: "If you change it, change it. If Zhao Zilong doesn't want it, I, Old Zhang, will tie him up and replace my elder brother back."
Chapter completed!