Chapter 278: An Invitation from Xuchang
Looking at the melting snow outside the window, Liu Wei felt that the early spring of this year was colder, but he had already adapted to it.
"Your Majesty, this is a letter sent by Xuchang, saying that it must be presented to Your Majesty."
After Xi Zhicai came in, he saw Liu Wei looking out the window in a daze, and couldn't help but speak.
"Zhicai, why do you have to come out on this cold day, your body is already weak." Liu Wei saw that Xi Zhicai was coming, and after taking the letter, he hurriedly asked him to come in to roast the fire.
Since the last time he escaped death, every cold winter and early spring, Xi Zhicai's body is very weak and prone to cold.
"I don't know what kind of fame this Cao Cao is doing, but at this time he actually sent a letter to me." Liu Wei took the letter and said to himself with some doubts.
"Your Majesty and Cao Cao will have a battle sooner or later, but I don't know sooner or later." Xi Zhicai also replied.
After Liu Wei opened the letter, he was stunned when he saw it, this was not written in the name of Cao Cao, but Liu Xie.
Although it is said that it is a letter written by Liu Xie, no one knows whether this is Cao Cao's meaning or not.
"Your Majesty, look at what is written in the letter?" Seeing Liu Wei's thoughtful look, Xi Zhicai took the initiative to ask.
"You'll understand when you see it." Liu Wei handed the letter to Xi Zhicai.
This Liu Xie actually invited himself to hunt in Xuchang, saying that it was not only himself, but he also invited Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others.
Liu Wei was a little puzzled, what was Liu Xie doing, or what was Cao Cao going to do.
"Then will Your Majesty go or not?" After reading it, Xi Zhicai looked at Liu Wei and asked.
"Why don't you go, just see what Liu Xie wants to do." Liu Wei said with a smile.
Not only do you want to go, but you also have to go with great fanfare and openly.
Xun Yu said before that Liu Xie and Cao Cao had a fundamental contradiction before, and this time we can just see if we can stir up some trouble from it.
Xi Zhicai saw Liu Bian's thoughts and nodded, Liu Bian's identity is a talisman, so the danger of going to Xuchang is not very great.
"Someone, send a letter to Fengxiao for me, and ask him to come back from Jizhou and go to Xuchang with me."
After Liu Wei wrote the letter, he asked the soldiers to send the letter to the direction of Jizhou.
Liu Wei originally wanted to let Xi Zhicai go, but Xi Zhicai's body was weak, and Liu Wei thought about it and felt that it was over.
Xi Zhicai also knew that Liu Wei was thinking about him, so he didn't say much.
There are still a few days left before the agreed time in Liu Xiexin, which is almost enough time for Guo Jia to return to Jinyang.
"Your Majesty, why don't you see Gongda today?" Xi Zhicai looked at Liu Wei and asked.
In the past, the internal affairs of Jinyang were handled by Xun You first and then presented to Liu Wei.
"Gongda went to deal with the material problem about Wuhuan, and at the same time bought some war horses from Wuhuan." Liu Wei replied.
At the beginning, he promised Tatun that as long as he could surrender peacefully, he would not break the contract at will.
After all, no matter what, he also contributed to winning Gongsun Du's father and son at the beginning.
A few days later, Guo Jia received Liu Wei's letter and immediately rushed back to Jinyang.
"Fengxiao, you're back, are you still used to it in Jizhou?" Liu Wei looked at Guo Jia and said with a smile.
"It's okay, I have Hansheng and Junyi to drink with me, and without His Majesty's sending, I am happy." Guo Jia replied with a smile.
Of course, Liu Wei knew that Guo Jia was joking, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed over.
As for Jizhou, there is no war for the time being, with Huang Zhong and Zhang He here, which is enough.
Although Guo Jia was puzzled about Liu Xie's sudden invitation to Xuchang, they still set off together to Xuchang the next day.
In addition to Guo Jia, there were also Dian Wei and Zhao Yun, who led five hundred dragon warriors to go together.
Xuchang, Cao Cao's mansion.
"Cao Gong, now King Hongnong, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others are already on their way to Xuchang, and Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others refuse to come." Cao Hong looked at Cao Cao and said.
"Hmm." Cao Cao nodded, but did not raise his head, as if he was not surprised by such a result.
After a while, Cao Cao saw Cao Hong standing there without speaking, looking like he wanted to speak and stopped.
Cao Cao couldn't help but stop the pen in his hand and said, "Do you have anything else?" ”
"Gong Cao, don't you think Your Majesty has been a little strange lately? Why did he invite everyone to Xuchang? ”
Cao Hong asked puzzled, after he took Liu Xie to meet Cao Cao that day, he had this matter.
As for why Cao Cao agreed, and what the two said, Cao Hong is not clear.
"You'll find out then." Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong and said.
"Recently, the palace guards have been strengthened in case something goes wrong." Then Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong and ordered.
Cao Hong replied and turned to leave.
After Cao Hong left, Cao Cao looked at the word Wang that had just been written on the table, and finally clicked a little.
Half a month passed quickly, and when Liu Wei and his party arrived in Xuchang, I don't know if it was a coincidence, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and others also happened to arrive outside Xuchang City.
At the gate of the city at this time, Liu Xie and Cao Cao led people to wait outside Xuchang City.
"Brother Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time, this time I and Duke Cao invited you to come, thank you for your appreciation."
Liu Xie looked at Liu Wei and the others and said with a smile.
Then Liu Xie invited everyone to enter the city together, and at this time, just stepped into Xuchang City, and there were already many people lined up on both sides of the streets in the city.
Liu Xie was in the front on horseback in a dragon robe, and Cao Cao was behind, and many people looked at Liu Xie and shouted long live.
Liu Wei didn't say anything when he looked at this scene, after all, this is Xuchang, and Liu Xie is wearing a dragon robe, which is also normal.
As the distance got farther and farther, Liu Wei looked at Liu Xie and Cao Cao in front of him, and for some reason, he felt that Cao Cao and Liu Xie were already juxtaposed.
After Liu Wei saw this scene, he couldn't help frowning, could it be that Cao Cao didn't plan to put up with Liu Xie anymore?
Liu Wei looked at the people on both sides, although he couldn't hear what they were saying, but he seemed to be discussing.
Liu Wei's first instinct was that they were talking about Cao Cao and Liu Xie, but I don't know if their guess was correct or not.
The group walked very slowly, giving people the impression that they were deliberately watching.
After a while, they arrived in Xuchang, the palace built by Cao Cao for Liu Xie.
"You have come from afar, and I will hold a banquet here today to catch the wind and wash the dust." Liu Xie said with a smile.
Not long after Liu Xie finished speaking, someone had already begun to serve food and wine.
"This first glass of wine, I salute you." During the banquet, Liu Xie raised his glass and looked at everyone and asked.
Although everyone didn't understand what Liu Xie's calculations were, they naturally wouldn't refuse if they didn't hit the smiling person.
"This second glass of wine, I want to pay tribute to Cao Gong, if it weren't for Cao Aiqing, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Soon Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao again and said.
After the banquet, Liu Wei led Guo Jia and the others back to the mansion that had been arranged.
"Feng Xiao, can you perceive anything unusual about today's events?"
After returning to the mansion, Liu Wei looked at Guo Jia and asked.
Today, since he entered Xuchang, he has a strange feeling.
"What Your Majesty pointed out, Feng Xiao has also noticed it, I have asked Zilong to investigate, and I think there will be an answer soon." Guo Jia said with a smile.
Liu Wei nodded after hearing Guo Jia's words, he was still very relieved to have Guo Jia do this.
After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Yun came back from outside.
"Zilong, everything is as I said, there have been a lot of criticisms of Cao Cao in Xuchang recently?"
After Zhao Yun came back, Guo Jia looked at Zhao Yun and asked.
Although it was an inquiry, Guo Jia used an affirmative tone.
"The military advisor is right, there have been a lot of criticism of Cao Cao among the people of Xuchang recently." Zhao Yun nodded and said.
This has been confirmed by the time of the investigation just now.
"Not only the people, it is said that many families have also begun to be dissatisfied with Cao Cao."
After Liu Wei heard Zhao Yun's words, he also frowned a little strangely.
How could it be such a situation now, didn't Cao Cao know this?
It seems that this Xuchang is really a little different, but Cao Cao, as the real power controller of Xuchang, cannot not know.
"What are they talking about Cao Cao?" Liu Wei asked after thinking about it.
Zhao Yun was just about to speak, but at this time, Dian Wei had already walked in.
"Your Majesty, there is a man named Dong Cheng who wants to see you."