Backyard study.

The furniture in the house has long been replaced with a new style customized by Cao Shuo.

Cao Shuo sat on a chair behind his desk, flipping through a book of soldiers.

There were dozens of heavily armed guards standing outside the study, and seven or eight guards standing in various corners of the room.

Chen arrived at the study, and before he could enter the door, he didn't feel quite right.

"Sir, please hand over your weapons." As soon as he reached the door, a guard stopped him.

With some hesitation, he untied his weapon and handed it to the guard, and Chen Zhi entered the study.

"It's coming!" Cao Shuo put down the book and looked up at him.

"Childe!" Chen bowed.

"Do you know why I've deployed so many guards here?" Cao Shuo asked.

Chen Zhi said: "Childe doesn't believe me? ”

"Do you think I should believe you?" A weird smile appeared on the corner of Cao Shuo's mouth and asked him.

"Childe doesn't believe it, I can only leave." Chen Zhi bowed and said.

"I want to get away with it!" Cao Shuo stood up: "If I don't let you go, I must believe you in the future." If I let you go, I won't be able to tolerate people, I can't keep people with such superb martial arts, who else will vote for me in the future? ”

got up and came to Chen Zhi, Cao Shuo said with a smile: "Liu Xuande's hand is still quite ruthless!" ”

"Xuande Gong didn't ......," Chen Zhi hurriedly explained.

Before he could say anything, he knew something bad......

"Sure enough!" To his surprise, Cao Shuo did not order him to be arrested, but turned around and walked back to the desk and sat down again: "I knew that you were sent by Liu Xuande." ”

"If Childe wants to kill, just do it." Chen Zhi said: "I will never resist. ”

"Why should I kill you?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile.

Chen Zhi was stunned by his question: "Childe is going to release me?" ”

"Someone so good at martial arts came to vote for me, whether it's true or not, I have to find a way to keep you." Cao Shuo said: "Of course, you have to vote for me sincerely." ”

Chen Zhi lowered his head and did not say a word.

"What did Liu Xuande say to you?" Cao Shuo asked, "Are you willing to come to me for him?" ”

Still keeping his head down, Chen Zhi still didn't say anything.

"If you don't say it, I'll say it for you." Cao Shuo said: "After Liu Xuande proclaimed himself King Jing of Zhongshan, he even listed a family tree. It's really because of this that you are willing to join his command, thinking that he is the authentic Han family. ”

As soon as Cao Shuo said this, Chen Zhi raised his head.

Cao Shuo said: "He will lament the decline of the Han family, and even say that the Cao family is ...... dictatorship."

"Xuande Gongzhen didn't say that the Cao family was autocratic." Chen Zhi said: "Since Childe said this, I have nothing to hide. He told me that Gongzi had made immortal contributions to the Han family in the southern and northern wars, and asked me to stay by Gongzi's side to protect him. ”

Originally, he wanted to pry Chen Zhi's mouth open and find an excuse to kill Liu Bei.

Chen Dao's response made Cao Shuo a little difficult.

If he didn't hide anything, Liu Bei not only didn't say anything bad about the Cao family, but also sent Chen to his side to protect him.

made such a fuss, but it was his small belly.

"So, did I misunderstand Xuande Gong?" Cao Shuo asked with a smile.

"Childe doesn't believe me, so I can only leave." Chen Zhi arched his hand.

Cao Shuo shouted, "Wait a minute, there are some things I want you to see." Then you will decide whether to stay with Liu Xuande or work for me completely. ”

Looking at Cao Shuo, Chen Zhi looked dazed.

"You go and invite Xuande Gong to come here, just say that I have something to look for him." Cao Shuo instructed one of the guards.

The guards departed.

Then, Cao Shuo said to Chen Zhi: "I have to trouble Zunjia to do a little favor." ”

"What does Childe want me to do?" Chen Zhi asked.

"I want you to play dead!" Cao Shuo said: "And I only want your head." ”

Chen Zhi was stunned: "Childe still wants to kill me?" ”

"If I don't kill you, I can also make Liu Xuande only see the head." Cao Shuo said: "You just need to follow my arrangement." ”

He instructed another guard: "Move a table, dig a hole in the middle that is a little bigger than a human head, put a small stool under the table, and find someone to get some chicken blood and touch it on Brother Chen's face." ”

Chen Zhi looked at Cao Shuo blankly.

Cao Shuo didn't plan to cut off his head, just asked people to move a table and dig a hole.

"Brother Chen will sit under the table later, his head peeking out of the hole, close his eyes and don't open anything he hears, it will help me a lot." Cao Shuo said: "If there are some words that make Brother Chen angry, please bear with it." ”

After all, Chen Zhi was born as a martial artist, and he looked at Cao Shuo suspiciously, not understanding what Cao Shuo wanted to do for a while.

Getting up again and coming to Chen Zhi, Cao Shuo smiled and patted his arm and said, "After today, if you are still willing to follow me, not only will there be no other guards present when you and I meet in the future, but you can also carry weapons." ”

"Let's get ready with me." He turned and walked to the door.

Although confused, Chen Zhi still followed Cao Shuo out of the room.

Arriving in the antechamber, several guards were busy digging a hole in a table.

One of the guards had studied carpentry and had not had much work to dig out the tabletop.

When the table was dug up, a guard said to Cao Shuo: "Childe, the table is dug up!" ”

"Brother Chen, please get under the table and try to poke your head out." Cao Shuo said.

Chen Zhi glanced at him suspiciously, and got under the table.

When he stuck his head out, Cao Shuo instructed one of the guards: "Cover the tablecloth and give Brother Chen a small bench to sit on." ”

Soon the guards spread an equally hollowed-out tablecloth on the table, and stuffed a small low bench under Chen's buttocks.

"How long can you sit like this?" Cao Shuo asked Chen Dao.

"A day of sitting is nothing." Chen Zhi said: "It's just that I don't know what the son's plan is to arrange it like this." ”

"Brother Chen will know if you endure it." Cao Shuo instructed the guards: "Bring the chicken blood." ”

The guard held a bowl of chicken blood and handed it to him.

Cao Shuo said to Chen Zhi: "Brother Chen, I want to pour chicken blood on your head, so that it looks like it's just a head." ”

Looking up at Cao Shuo, Chen Zhi said: "Gongzi did this, could it be that he made Xuande Gong think that I was dead?" ”

"Yes!" Cao Shuo said: "Only if he thinks you are dead, will he tell the truth in front of you." I have wronged Brother Chen. ”

"In this way, did I calculate Xuande Gong with Gongzi?" Chen Zhi asked.

"How can it be said to be calculated!" Cao Shuo smiled: "It's just to let Brother Chen listen to what he said." ”

Chen Zhi hesitated and said, "In that case, please ask Gongzi to pour it." ”

Slowly tilting the bowl containing the chicken blood, Cao Shuo poured the chicken blood on Chen Zhi's face and head.

Just after drenching chicken blood, a guard walked in from outside the door: "Qi Yu Gongzi, Liu Xuande is invited!" ”

"Brother Chen, from now on, you are just a human head." Cao Shuo said: "Close your eyes, no matter what you hear, don't make a sound. ”