When passing through Qingzhou, due to the special status of the three people, they passed smoothly without any hindrance. Originally, the guards guarding the city wanted to inform Fu Zhi and others of the news of Zhao Yu's passage through Qingzhou, but they were stopped by Zhao Yu.

The three of them are outstanding-looking, and they ride a good horse and hold a long soldier, so if they are boldly stationed in Xuzhou, it will only attract unnecessary attention. Driven by Yin Liang, the three pretended to be Prime Minister Cao Cheng to build a naval army to recruit soldiers from all walks of life, and the three came to Xuzhou Donghai to join Prime Minister Cao Cheng's naval army.

Such a simple excuse also easily deceived the guards of Langxi, and the three of them successfully passed through Langxie in Xuzhou, and when they approached the East China Sea, they saw several people gathered in the jungle not far ahead before they got close to the city.

Seeing the strange behavior of the people in front of him, Gao Shun couldn't help but warn: "Lord, these people in front don't seem to be simple, they shouldn't be ordinary peasant people, they seem to be intending to gather here and wait for us, aren't they Cao Jun's spies?" ”

"General Gao, don't panic, these people look familiar, they should be the secret agents of our army, and they came here to answer us after receiving Guo Fengxiao's secret letter." After Zhao Yu finished speaking, Gao Shun and Zhao Yun also lowered their guard slightly, but they were still vigilant.

Sure enough, when the three of them approached, the leader of the group quickly greeted him, knelt down on one knee at Zhao Yu and bowed: "The little one greets the lord and the two generals." Seeing this, the rest of the people who followed also hurriedly knelt down together, and in the panic, the movements of several people were always consistent, which showed that they were usually well-trained.

Zhao Yu raised his hand and said to a few people: "Everyone, please hurry up, today is in the hinterland of the enemy army, and all this etiquette can be avoided, just in case." ”

After a few people got up, the man at the head continued: "I have been waiting here for the lord for a long time, the lord and the two generals must have worked hard all the way, so it is better to follow us into the city to settle down and rest first." ”

Seeing the hard work of several people waiting for days, Zhao Yu said somewhat apologetically: "Li Xin, I didn't expect you to come to meet us." ”

Li Xin hurriedly replied: "The little life belongs to the lord, and the trivial things are not worth mentioning, and it is our honor to be able to serve the lord." Since we received the secret letter from Guo Junshi, we deliberately dispatched the elites of the hall to go undercover in the East China Sea City, and within a few days, the news about Cao's army, navy, and warships has a certain information network. ”

In the face of Li Xin's answer, the three of them were very satisfied, and Zhao Yu couldn't help but praise: "Everything you have done for the army, we have seen it in our eyes and remembered it in our hearts, Zhao Yu has thanked you here on behalf of the soldiers of Sanzhou." Zhao Yu said that he really stretched out his hands and bowed his hands to everyone, so that several people hurriedly bowed their heads to Zhao Yu and said, "The lord will never dare, don't frighten me and wait." ”

"Your merits are far from being comparable to these contrived things, at this time you are in the hinterland of the enemy army, and when I return to Jizhou, I will definitely register your merits one by one, and several family members will also unconditionally enjoy the highest etiquette and treatment in our army." This is Zhao Yu's monarchical means, the material and monetary rewards are just satisfied with some small vanity, and the stability of the family is the development of deep inner touch.

"Lord, it's getting late at this moment, let's hurry up and enter the city, if it's time for the city gate to close, we can only sleep in the wilderness."

Seeing that it was not early, Li Xin continued after speaking: "The Cao army has always been heavily guarded, please don't talk nonsense when the lord and the two generals enter the city for a while, so as not to arouse suspicion, and when the time comes, everything will be handed over to us, and the weapons of the three of them will also be asked to help carry them."

Regarding what Li Xin said and Li Xin's loyal ministers, Zhao Yu could not doubt that he immediately handed over his weapons to the other party, and Zhao Yun and Gao Shun also handed over their weapons together. In addition, the three of them each led the horses of the three people, and the group of ten people walked slowly towards the East China Sea City.

The East China Sea is different from Jizhou Yecheng, but Xuzhou has been called prosperous since ancient times, and every affiliated town in its state city has a certain degree of prosperity. Zhao Yu and the others saw that the city of Xuzhou City was majestic, and if it was attacked by war soldiers, I am afraid it would not be so easy to overcome.

Just thinking about it, several people had already arrived at the city gate, only to see that several sergeants in charge of guarding immediately surrounded Zhao Yu and the others with spears in their hands, "What are you guys doing, stop me." ”

Seeing the officers and soldiers blocking him, Li Xin hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smiling face: "Official, little Li San, this is my son-in-law, and it is this one that our brothers have been waiting to greet in recent days." ”

The city gate guard sergeant looked at Zhao Yu and the others, and deliberately raised his official tone and said, "Oh? This is what you said, the son of the family where you lived in Qingzhou and was a subordinate? It looks good, why do I look suspicious, why did you come to Xuzhou? ”

Li Xin hurriedly said: "Official, look at what you said, my son-in-law is a very responsible businessman, and his family business was implicated because he was conquest by the Zhao family and the Yuan family. My son-in-law hated the rule of the Zhao and Yuan families, and deliberately sold all his family property to come to Xuzhou. That is, the state city governed by Lord Cao to develop, so some time ago, I specially arranged for a few of us to find accommodation in Xuzhou and explore business. ”

Such a lie couldn't help but make Zhao Yu feel admired, if he let himself edit a lie, he would definitely not think of such a strategy. Sure enough, after Li Xin finished speaking, the sergeant couldn't help but nod after hearing this, but he still said cautiously: "There are many state cities governed by Prime Minister Cao Cheng, why do you want to come to Xuzhou in the East China Sea?" ”

"Master Hui, it's like this."

After Li Xin finished speaking, he deliberately approached the other party and continued: "My son-in-law was implicated in the war because of his previous business, and all his hearts are palpitating, and Xuzhou has always been the town that has experienced the least war. Therefore, my son-in-law set his goal here, and it is said that Lord Cao built a naval army and built warships in the East China Sea, and my son-in-law happened to have some business in this area, so he specially came to the land of the East China Sea. ”

"Let's see if I can contribute a modest contribution to Lord Cao's sailors, so that I can take advantage of this to become an official and a half-job, so that I can also protect and take care of my future business. Maybe we will be a family in the future, and I hope that you will take care of you this time. Li Xin's voice lagged behind, and an object slipped out of the cuff in his hand and happened to fall in the palm of his hand, Li Xin turned his backhand and handed it to the other party.

As a sergeant guarding the city, it can be said that it is the most humble official position in the city, but it is such a humble official position that has a fat errand. The city gates are guarded here every day, and they are responsible for supervising and managing the people who come and go. Ordinary ordinary people have always just vented that the other party does not have any oil and water, and when they meet some people with status, they can only be inferior. For them, they like these merchants the most, and they can often get a lot of oil and water as long as they encounter them.

After seeing the broken silver presented in the other party's hand, which was enough for his group of brothers to eat and drink for two or three meals, the captain of the guard suddenly said with a happy face: "If it is really as you said, then we may be our own people in the future." It's getting late at the moment, so hurry into the city, and don't blame me for not reminding you at night, you'll be caught, but no one can save you. ”

Li Xin hurriedly pretended to be grateful: "Yes, yes, yes, thank you for reminding us, when our son-in-law's business is stable, he will definitely not forget your kindness." After finishing speaking, several officers and soldiers also dodged away and let Zhao Yu and his party enter the city.

After Li Xin and the others entered the city, Zhao Yu found that perhaps because it was getting dark, the merchants and pedestrians on the street were walking around in a panic, "Li Xin, Cao Jun's state city, is there a strict restriction and a night ban every night?" ”

Li Xin replied: "Back to the Lord... Childe, Cao Jun is not only strict in governing the army, but also strict in civil management. The whole city is closed at night, and if you break the law, you will inevitably die if you are caught. ”

Zhao Yu couldn't help but praise: "It seems that Cao Cao's strength has a certain reason. ”

Walking to the door of a small house in the alley, Li Xin and the others stopped and said: "Childe, this is our safe place in the East China Sea, and the small ones dare not buy too big houses, so as not to attract the attention of others." The previous owner of the house was a small landowner who was relatively wealthy, running a rice merchant and a timber business. ”

"Everyone has a heart."

As soon as he entered the door, five young girls suddenly walked into the house, everyone nodded respectfully to Li Xin and the others, Li Xin raised his big hand and said to a few people: "From today on, the head of this family is this Zhao Gongzi." A few of you will take care of the food, clothing, and shelter of these three people, and do not neglect them, and you will bring your things in, and the others will prepare to cook. ”

"Yes." After the five maids finished speaking, they dispersed.

After the people left, Li Xincai explained: "Son, these are all maids from relatively poor families in the city, a total of five people. The family background is relatively innocent, so don't worry. ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said: "It's okay, you are more familiar with it here, and you are better than me in this regard, you just have to let it go, you don't need to ask me." After dinner, I told me how to contact the informant in the city, and I wanted to know the situation here as soon as possible. ”

"But, Childe, it's dusk at the moment, and I'm afraid it's time to fasten the night after eating, if you go out at will, I'm afraid there will be a lot of disadvantages, so it's better to wait until daylight tomorrow." Li Xin said with some concern, and after speaking, he took out a small paper letter from his arms and handed it to Zhao Yu and said, "Childe, this is the secret letter that our informant in the East China Sea asked me to hand over to Childe. ”

"Well, since we have come to someone else's territory, we will settle down a little bit, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion." After Zhao Yu finished speaking, he took the secret letter in Li Xin's hand, and as soon as he opened it, what was printed in his eyes was a scene of juanxiu's font "Chang Shou braves the rain and loves ice", "What does this mean?" What was she not saying? ”

"We don't know about this." When we received this confidential letter, the other party did not say anything.