Some time ago, Mi Zhu also had a lot of complaints about Zhang Liao's delay in dealing with these soldiers who committed illegal acts, but only imprisoning them. Now that he saw Zhang Liao publicly beheading two of them, Mi Zhu knew that it was likely that he had wrongly blamed Zhang Liao, perhaps he had no authority to decide the life and death of these soldiers at will, but needed to wait for further orders from Liu Xin. If it is really as he guessed, it shows that the strict discipline of Liu Xin's army is not only effective for ordinary soldiers, but also for high-ranking generals like Zhang Liao.

In this way, Mi Zhu had to weigh it carefully. He came here to find out Liu Xin's attitude towards Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, if this matter involved confidentiality, then he was likely to harm Zhang Liao by doing so. Because Zhang Liao not only has a good relationship with him, but also the future husband of his favorite sister.

After Zhang Liao finished dealing with the affairs of these five soldiers, he felt relaxed, and a smile appeared on his face, and he was about to turn his head and explain a few words to Gao Shun, when he saw Mi Zhu standing there hesitating with a strange expression, and couldn't help shouting: "Brother Zizhong, why are you free to come to my barracks today?" ”

Mi Zhu knew that he couldn't avoid it, so he walked over, lowered his head and pondered, he already had a plan in his heart, and said: "Brother Wen Yuanxian, General Gao, Mi Mou came today to ask when you will hand over, so that Mi Mou can prepare early." ”

Gao Shunqi said: "If I hand over to General Zhang, I don't know what preparations Master Mi will have?" ”

Mi Zhu and Gao Shun have only known each other for a few days, and they are not familiar with each other, so they are not easy to say, so they only said: "General Gao doesn't know, the sister and Wen Yuan have already set up a family affair, Wen Yuan turned to Xiangyang this time, I don't know when they can meet again, Mi wants them to get married as soon as possible, and they have a good heart." ”

Gao Shun laughed and said: "No wonder General Zhang said just now that he should also receive the twenty military sticks, but he should be on top of this." ”

Zhang Liao looked embarrassed, and arched his hand and said, "Brother Zizhong, you don't know yet, I'm afraid that the junior brother won't be able to leave this time." ”

Mi Zhu was shocked: "But why? ”

Zhang Liao sighed and said, "My lord often says that the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. As a commander-in-chief, how can the younger brother flout military law? The younger brother has a heavy responsibility, but he married Ling Mei, and he has already violated military discipline, because after a long time outside, the main public network is open, and he only needs to receive twenty military sticks. If General Gao hadn't stopped him just now, saying that he was going to ask the lord, the younger brother would have been tortured with those soldiers. ”

Mi Zhu didn't expect Liu Xin's military discipline to be so strict, and he was silent for a while, and then he said: "Brother Xian, you don't dare to say much about your military affairs, but you can't shirk your sister's family affairs!" ”

Gao Shun said with a smile: "Please rest assured that Lord Mi at this point, even if General Zhang receives twenty military sticks, he can't rely on that family matter, otherwise, even if Lord Mi lets him go, my lord can't let him go." ”

Zhang Liao glanced at him and said, "Brother, don't worry, the younger brother is not a negative person, just wait for the lord to reply, and he will definitely give his brother an explanation." ”

Mi Zhu only understood at this time that Zhang Liao had all kinds of excuses for this marriage, and it turned out that he was bound by military discipline, not that he looked down on Mi Zhen, which made Mi Zhu feel at ease. Mi Zhu already knew that Zhang Liao was appointed as the commander of the Fourth Army Corps, which could be regarded as a number of senior generals under Liu Xin, and now the army stationed outside Xuzhou City is all from the Fourth Army Corps.

Thinking of this, Mi Zhu's mood relaxed, and he still firmly remembered the task given to him by Tao Qian, so he nodded and said, "Brother Xian, you don't need to say much, your person, Mi is naturally relieved." Mi had just gotten a message that Yuan Shao had established Liu Biao as the emperor and wanted to ask the virtuous brother what he thought about this matter. ”

Although Mi Zhu is not good at strategy, he has been doing business at home all the year round and has his own set of ways to deal with people, so he did not directly listen to Liu Xin's attitude, but first see what Zhang Liao thinks, and through Zhang Liao's thoughts, Liu Xin's attitude may be judged, in this case, Zhang Liao will not be considered a leak of secrets. Moreover, Mi Zhu is not afraid to say this in front of everyone, after all, Liu Xin can have today's achievements, and he is not an easy person, maybe he already knew about Yuan Shao's support for Liu Biao.

Zhang Liao smiled and said: "Brother Zizhong, the lord of my family has said first, and when the world is decided, he will set up another Ming Jun, no matter who sets it up now, who it is, it can't be counted!" ”

He couldn't have said this more clearly, whether it is Dong Zhuoli's Liu Xie or Yuan Shaoli's Liu Biao, Liu Xin will not recognize it, only in the future, the person who is established by Liu Xin can be regarded as the right master of the world.

Mi Zhu was surprised: "So, Lord Liu wants to be enemies with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao at the same time?" ”

Zhang Liao shook his head and said: "Don't hide it from my brother, my younger brother is just a soldier, and he only knows how to obey orders, as for who the lord wants to be an enemy and a friend, it is not something that the younger brother can guess." ”

Mi Zhu echoed in a loud voice: "That's, that's." ”

Although he said so, Mi Zhu kept secretly speculating in his heart that the world that Liu Xin said was of course up to him to calm the world, otherwise how could he take his turn to set up another Ming Jun. Since the world was pacified by Liu Xin, and Liu Xin was a relative of the Han family, who is this Ming Jun who will be set up separately at that time, do you need to say?

Although Mi Zhu was not able to find out Liu Xin's exact attitude, Tao Qian was still quite satisfied with the result of his trip, after all, one thing was certain, Liu Xin would not support either Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and the most likely result was to remain neutral during the battle against Yuan Cao.

Tao Qian suddenly felt that it was not bad to have such a Jingzhou army stationed in Xuzhou, at least if he supported Yuan Shao, Cao Cao would not dare to act rashly against Xuzhou. Tao Qian quickly made a decision, he wanted to follow Yuan Shao to support Liu Biao as emperor.

Seeing that Tao Qian had made this somewhat stupid decision, Mi Zhu secretly shook his head and disagreed, in his opinion, Tao Qian's wisest choice should be to support Liu Xin, neither recognizing Liu Xie nor Liu Biao.

However, Mi Zhu did not express his thoughts. Because, since Zhang Qing cured Tao Qian's illness, Tao Qian seems to have regained his ambition, not only did not mention the abdication, but also began to do many things himself, and also arranged some ministries for his two sons one after another, as if he had some plans to inherit his father's business. At the beginning, he, Chen Deng, and Sun Qian all supported Tao Qian to give up the position of state pastor to Liu Bei, which obviously left a bad impression in Tao Qian's heart. Due to the special relationship between Mi Zhu and Zhang Liao, Tao Qian could often summon him, and several other people were more or less alienated by Tao Qian, but Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Zhen Rong and others who were stationed outside were increasingly reused, and the correspondence between them and Xuzhou became more and more frequent.

When Mi Zhu returned home, he remembered Tao Qian's wrong choice and was still depressed. In his opinion, Xuzhou will soon attract the disaster of swords and soldiers, and it will inevitably cause the lives to be destroyed and the people to be displaced, but he can't do anything about it.

Suddenly, a crisp female voice said, "Big brother, you're finally back." ”

Mi Zhu didn't need to look at it, he knew that it was his sister Mi Zhen, he loved this little sister the most, he couldn't help but put away his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Little sister, don't you have something to say to your eldest brother?" ”

Mi Zhenqiao blushed and said, "Big brother, I heard from the second brother that Brother Wenyuan is going back to Xiangyang, I think, I want to ......"

Mi Zhu smiled and said: "Little sister, I see that you used to be very generous, why are you spitting out now, what do you want, you can say it." ”

Mi Zhen bit her lip lightly and said, "I want to invite Brother Wenyuan to come to the house and see him off." ”

Mi family is a famous family in Xuzhou, the family education is very strict, since Mi Zhen has passed the ceremony, the door will not go out, the second door is not step, peace of mind to do everyone to show up. Although Mi Zhen and Zhang Liao have already done the gift of asking for their names, before they officially get married, according to the rules of the Mi family, the two of them still can't meet.

Mi Zhu is a restless temperament, even if she feels sorry for this little sister, it is impossible to agree to let her meet Zhang Liao now, and she can't help but say: "Little sister, if you have anything to bring to Wenyuan, I can help you convey it, it is absolutely not okay to meet!" ”

Mi Zhen pursed her lips and didn't speak, and muttered silently in her heart, what people want to say is confidant, do you want to convey it?

Mi Zhu saw her reluctant face, so she had to comfort: "Little sister, you don't have to worry, Wen Yuan may not be able to leave this time." ”

Mi Zhen really said in surprise: "Really? Brother Wenyuan, does he want to stay? But the second brother clearly said that Lord Liu had already sent a General Gao to replace him, so you wouldn't be coaxing me. ”

Mi Zhu was afraid that her sister would worry, so of course she wouldn't tell her that Zhang Liao might be beaten with twenty military sticks, so she had to divert the topic and said, "This matter is still uncertain." Little sister, don't worry, if Wen Yuan doesn't go back this time, I will arrange for you to get married as soon as possible, and then you can meet as many times as you want, and the eldest brother will definitely not stop you again. ”

Mi Zhen said shyly: "Big brother, you are making fun of others again." ”

"Haha, haha......"

Before Mi Zhu's laughter fell, he saw the doorman hurriedly running in and said, "Lord Xiao Pei Liu sent a messenger to ask for a meeting." ”

Mi Zhen said disdainfully: "This Liu Bei sends someone to deliver straw shoes every year, he is not annoying, I am annoying." ”

The Mi family is the richest man in Xuzhou, and Mi Zhen has naturally been clothed and fed since she was a child. But she was a little disdainful of Liu Bei, not because a pair of straw sandals was not worth a few pennies, on the contrary, when she saw such a finely woven straw sandals for the first time, Mi Zhen, who was used to wearing silk shoes, was still very novel for a while. The real reason is that this Liu Bei seems to be addicted to sending straw sandals, and people will send more than a dozen pairs of straw sandals during the New Year's holidays. And the brothers and sisters of the Mi family are all people who don't wear straw sandals, and it is inconvenient to distribute these straw sandals sent by Liu Bei to the next people to wear, so after this year, the straw sandals in this house will soon be piled up with several boxes, which are enough to open a straw shoe shop.