Xu Qian and Xu Shao are brothers, Xu Qian had a great name in Shilin before Xu Shao became famous, and was once called by Xie Ziwei as a tool to dry the country. Although he did not show the achievements of the instrument of the country later, he was of great help to Xu Shao's fame. Xu Shao has always respected him, and therefore has high requirements, seeing that Xu Qian has the intention of being a minister to Sun Ce, he immediately objected, and saw that Xu Qian did not have this intention, and immediately regretted it.

Xu Shao was embarrassed and hurriedly apologized. "It's me who doesn't choose what to say, please don't mind my brother."

Xu Qian waved his hand. "I won't mind, but extremism will affect your judgment, and a gentleman can be cautious and independent, so as not to exceed the rules. You better take a look at what this thing is, and then say, marching and fighting, you must also know what the other side knows. ”

Xu Shao followed the advice, opened the bamboo slip, glanced at it, and his face changed. Seeing this, Xu Qian took the bamboo slip from Xu Shao's hand, quickly browsed it, and was also shocked, and sighed for a long time.

"Sun Ce wants to break the cauldron and sink the boat and be the evil of the giant deer?"

Xu Shao was sweating profusely and soaked with heavy shirts. He didn't expect Sun Ce to be so ruthless. This list is not complete, but once it is published, his reputation will be ruined. He will become a hypocrite who deceives the world and steals his name, and how much reputation he has before will bear how much spurning he will have in the future. Xu Qian said that Sun Ce followed Xiang Yu's example and wanted to fight the battle of the giant deer, but in fact, he was giving him face. For Sun Ce, where does this need to be broken, this is simply devastating.

The brothers looked at each other, only a wry smile.

After a while, Xu Qian picked up the bamboo slip. "You can recuperate in peace, and I will go for you."

"No." Xu Shao shook his head. "If I am cowardly, Sun Ce will be even more arrogant, it is better to fight him to the death."

"You." Xu Qian pointed at Xu Shao with bamboo slips, hating iron and not steel. "War and war are unknown, we don't distinguish between friend and foe, but we are bent on fighting, how can we not be defeated?"

Xu Shao was confused and looked at Xu Qian blankly. Seeing that he didn't understand, Xu Qian had to ask, "If Sun Ce wants to kill them all, why did he send this roster to you?" He's asking for peace. When he first came to Yuzhou, he had military affairs in his body, and he didn't want to be an enemy of Yuzhou scholars. If you insist on fighting, he has no way to retreat but to sacrifice your flag. If you kill you, you will be inseparable from the Xu family, and you will inevitably be wiped out like in Xiangyang. ”

Xu Shao was stunned. Only then did he understand why Xu Qian used the words "Broken Cauldron and Sinking the Boat". That's right, forcing him to death, Sun Ce tore his face with Runan Shilin, and he could only destroy the Xu family like killing the Kuai family and the Xi family in Xiangyang. Sun Ce's sending the roster here is the last kindness. If he accepts, both sides will take a step back, and there will be room for détente. If he didn't accept it, then Sun Ce wouldn't stay any longer. What follows must be a life-and-death struggle, and Runan will follow the mistakes of Nanyang.

"I'd better go. It started because of me, and it should end because of me. ”

Xu Shao got up, ordered someone to change clothes, put on formal clothes, took the roster, went out, and got into the car.

Many scholars were waiting at the door, and when they saw Xu Shao going out, they immediately broke out into cheers. They greeted Xu Shao and rushed to the inner city with Xu Shao in their arms. It didn't take long for Xu Shao to form a long dragon behind him, almost all of whom were Confucians. On both sides of the road, the onlookers looked at Xu Shao with envy, but no one knew how bad Xu Shao's mood was at the moment, and he held it for a long time before he could barely suppress the old blood.

Before coming to the inner city, there was no need for Xu Shao to speak, naturally someone stepped forward to control the order, and the crowded crowd separated a passage to let Xu Shao's car pass. Many people stretched out their hands and touched Xu Shao's car, and some people simply held on to the mud barrier and ran forward with the car, acting as an entourage.

A young scholar grabbed the reins of his horse and said loudly: "The Bohai Sea is high and deep, I would like to accompany Xu Jun for a while, and I implore Xu Jun to agree." ”

Xu Shao glanced at Gao Shen, so angry that he wanted to scold his eighth-generation ancestor, and wanted to kick him in the face, but he had to force a smile and nod his head to show permission. Gao Shen was excited, invited the coachman down, got into the car by himself, didn't catch the car, and looked around first.

"The Bohai Sea is high and deep, promise your good intentions, drive for Xu Jun, and go to meet Sun Ce for a while. Even if you are crushed, it is not in vain. ”

"Good!" The crowd applauded, pushing the atmosphere to a new climax.

Du Xun glanced at Guo Jia, and Guo Jia smiled knowingly. "Dong Shi imitates. These vulgar Confucians don't know that Xu Zijiang is uninvited, and they have already lost for a while, but they want to push Xu Zijiang above the accumulated salary, which is really ridiculous. ”

Du Xi's eyes flashed. "Fengxiao, where does the accumulated salary start?"

Guo Jia threw a piece of dried dog meat into his mouth, and his eyebrows fluttered. "Brother Zixu, General Sun sat on the top of the city tower, avoiding it, thousands of people watched, and it seemed that the winner was decided. However, these people did not gather here spontaneously, but were summoned by General Sun. The gentleman saw the opportunity to do it, and now this opportunity is in the hands of the general, and these people are all played by the general without knowing it. Xu Zijiang has been closed for several days, but at this time he suddenly appeared, could it be that he recuperated and made a comeback? No, he must have received an order from the general and had to come. Although he was sitting upright, he was actually no different from binding himself. This is the meaning of peace, these people don't know why, but they still want to invite Xu Zijiang to drive, wouldn't they put Xu Zijiang above the accumulated salary? ”

Du Xian's eyebrows were slightly raised, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he was ashamed of himself. Although he didn't have much contact with Sun Ce, he finally got to know some of them, but he didn't have Guo Jia's analysis.

"Fengxiao, what do you think General Sun will do?"

"This vulgar Confucianism is not worthy of being the enemy of General Sun. If my guess is correct, General Sun just wants to convince General Xu Zi and use it for him, and he doesn't want to kill them all. At present, the most urgent task is to raise grain and grass and prepare the army for war. Wait to repel Yuan Shao, take the power of the great victory, turn around and plough the court to sweep the holes, just to clean up the people connected to Yuan Shao can greatly damage the vitality of the Yingru family, and the remaining rats are not enough. ”

Du Xun nodded again and again, suddenly full of confidence in the future. Along the way, he was also thinking about how Sun Ce should fight against Yuan Shao under the constraints of the Runan family, but he never found a suitable way. Now after listening to Guo Jia's analysis, he feels that Sun Ce is likely to do just that, and it is no different if Sun Ce explained to him personally.

Guo Jia's meeting with Sun Ce may be smoother than Du Yi's meeting with Sun Ce. With him helping Sun Ce with advice, it is not a piece of cake to get the Ruying family. For Sun Ce, Guo Jia's abandonment of Yuan Shao and attachment to him was definitely a good omen. Guo Jia is undoubtedly a person who understands current affairs, and his choice should be the wisest choice, which is by no means comparable to ordinary people.

So, is it also wise for me to refuse Pang Shanmin's kind invitation and choose Sun Ce?

I hope so!