The Xuzhou army searched the city for several days, but never found the spies who infiltrated the city.

Lu Bu didn't even know where the spies came from or how many of them numbered.

The killing of the soldiers at the head of the city made Lu Bu feel very uneasy in his heart, although he also met with Cheng Yu twice later, the two sides have never made much progress in peace talks.

After searching the city for several days, the soldiers of the Xuzhou army, who were in charge of searching for the spies, had even begun to wonder if any spies had entered the city.

If there were really spies in the city, they would have turned the entire city upside down by searching all day long, and even if the spies had the ability to reach the sky, it would be difficult to hide.

On the ninth day when Deng Zhan and others entered the city, Lu Bu invited Cheng Yu to discuss peace early in the morning.

There were spies in the city who didn't know where they came from, and Lu Bu was not in a very good mood, and there was no progress in the matter discussed with Cheng Yu, which made him even more upset.

Just when Lu Bu and Cheng Yu started the topic of peace talks, a Xuzhou general stepped into the hall, hugged his fists and bowed to Lu Bu and said: "Qi Wenhou, I have searched in the city for several days, but I still found nothing!" ”

The one who came to report to Lu Bu was none other than Hou Cheng, who had been reprimanded by Lu Bu in the city earlier.

Standing in the place where he had just entered the front hall, when Hou Cheng reported to Lu Bu, he didn't even dare to look at Lu Bu.

Although Hou Cheng's attitude was already very respectful, when he learned that no trace of the spies had been found, Lu Bu's heart couldn't help but be on fire.

He raised his head and glared at Hou Cheng angrily, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he said coldly: "I heard that General Hou has been drinking a lot recently, but I don't know if I can hide good wine, and I can share it with someone!" ”

"Return to Wenhou!" Lu Bu suddenly asked if there was any good wine, Hou Cheng suddenly felt a little dazed, but he didn't dare not respond, so he hugged his fists and said to Lu Bu: "The last general has saved a few jars of good wine......

"How do you do things when you drink all day?" To Hou Cheng's surprise, Lu Bu didn't really ask him to send a few jars of wine, but first drank him coldly, and then shouted to the soldiers guarding the door: "Someone!" Drag Hou Cheng down and beat twenty military sticks! ”

"What is the last sin?" Lu Bu said that he would beat him with twenty military sticks, Hou Cheng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked him: "The last general came to report to Wen Hou that he had not yet found the murderer of our soldiers, but Wen Hou did not ask Qinghong ......."

"On the day of the search, he still had the intention to drink, how could General Hou find out the real murderer?" Without waiting for Hou Cheng to finish speaking, Lu Bu slapped the table in front of him heavily, interrupted his words and shouted angrily: "Drinking and making mistakes, if you don't kill you, it's already very forgiving, do you still dare to quibble, do you really think that you don't dare to kill you?" ”

When he said this, Lu Bu's tone already revealed a strong killing intent.

was shouted by him, and heard the murderous intent from his words, Hou Cheng knew that if he continued to argue with Lu Bu, he was afraid that he would really be a confused dead ghost in a different place, so he stopped talking, but when he looked at Lu Bu, his eyes showed a strong dissatisfaction and unwillingness!

Lu Bu didn't talk to him either, waved his hand, and coldly ordered the soldiers who had heard the summons to enter the hall: "Please General Hou go and lead the army!" ”

The two soldiers answered, strode to Hou Cheng's side, clamped their arms under Hou Cheng's armpit, one left and one right, and dragged Hou Cheng out of the front hall door.

Dragged by two soldiers, Hou Cheng had the heart to shout grievances to Lu Bu, but he was worried that Lu Bu would really be angry, so he could only keep his mouth shut tightly and let the two soldiers drag him out of the front hall.

Hou Cheng was dragged out of the front hall by the soldiers to lead the army, and the whole process was fully seen by Cheng Yu, but Cheng Yu did not open his mouth to persuade him, but silently listened to Lu Bu's dismissal of Hou Cheng throughout the whole process.

It wasn't until Hou Cheng was dragged out of the front hall by the soldiers that Cheng Yu stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to Lu Bu and said, "Wen Hou wants to come and have something important, so he will retire and discuss it again in the future!" ”

Cheng Yu stood up and retreated, Lu Bu stared at him for a long time, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said: "Sir, don't have any concerns, Fang Caimou just reprimanded the generals under his command, the peace talks are urgent, and the two of us should continue to negotiate!" ”

Lu Bu wanted to continue to discuss peace talks, but Cheng Yu couldn't disobey him, so he had to sit down again.

This conversation is from daytime to sunset.

After a whole day of negotiations ended in vain, Cheng Yu hurriedly returned to his residence as soon as he left the front hall of the official mansion.

Before entering the door, Cheng Yu ordered his own soldiers: "Quickly invite Ziyi!" ”

The soldiers responded, and not long after leaving, Jiang Gan came to Cheng Yu's room.

After briefly explaining to Jiang Gan that Lu Bu scolded him during the day and let the soldiers beat Hou Cheng, Cheng Yu said to Jiang Gan: "Now that the sky is twilight, I think that Hou Cheng has been beaten with a military stick, he should be resting at home, and Ziyi should go." ”

"I'm going to go here!" Knowing that Hou Cheng was beaten with a military stick by Lu Bu, Jiang Gan also reacted immediately, and hurriedly said to Cheng Yu: "This evening, a certain person will definitely plot against Hou Cheng!" ”

"There is Lao Ziyi!" Holding his fists and arching towards Jiang Gan, Cheng Yu said to him with a solemn face: "I am equal to Xuzhou City for a long time, Cao Gong is already anxious to come, and he should have made a decision at this time!" ”

"Cheng Gong is resting, go find that Hou Cheng!" Clenched his fists and bowed to Cheng Yu, Jiang Gan did not delay at all, turned around and left Cheng Yu's residence.

Hou Cheng's residence was not in the official mansion, and Jiang Gan had to leave the official mansion if he wanted to find Hou Cheng.

Since Cheng Yu and the others entered the city, Chen Gong ordered the soldiers to pay close attention to their movements.

Jiang Gan left Cheng Yu's room, and did not immediately summon his own soldiers to follow him to find Hou Cheng, but whispered to the personal soldiers guarding the door of his residence, and asked the personal soldiers to call a few more people to go with him.

After the soldiers answered, they turned and left, and after a while, they brought back more than a dozen soldiers.

When the soldiers came to his residence, Jiang Gan asked one of them to take off his armor and change with him, and then said to the soldier: "Now that the sky has ended, you will be Cheng Gong's entourage wearing your clothes and armor, and if the soldiers guarding the door ask, you will go out and have some fun!" ”

After receiving Jiang Gan's orders, the soldier who had changed clothes with him hurriedly responded, and Jiang Gan waved his hand at the soldier and said, "Lead me to go out!" ”

The soldier bowed again with his fists clenched, and then turned and walked to the door.

When they arrived at the door, the soldier wearing Jiang Gan's shirt stood sideways and said to Jiang Gan: "Jiang Gong, please!" ”

"In order to hide people's eyes, from this moment on, you are me, and I am you!" Walking to the soldier's side, Jiang Gan reached out and patted his arm gently, and said in a low voice: "Don't be so respectful to a certain person later!" ”

"No!" After Jiang Gan's order, the soldier responded, and then strode out of the room.

Out of the room with a group of soldiers, Jiang Gan and the others walked quickly towards the main entrance of the official mansion.

Sure enough, as Jiang Gan expected, they came to the front door, and a Xuzhou soldier guarding the door greeted them, raised his hand and made a stop gesture towards them.

Seeing the gesture of the Xuzhou soldier, everyone hurriedly stopped, and the soldier who had changed his clothes with Jiang Gan walked over to meet the Xuzhou soldier.

"Where are you going?" The soldier dressed as Jiang Gan arrived in front of the Xuzhou soldier, and the Xuzhou soldier asked him: "It's getting late, even if you go out first, there is not much to go!" ”

"Don't hide it from Your Excellency!" Holding his fist and arching at the Xuzhou soldier, the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan said with a smile on his face: "I came to Xuzhou with Cheng Gong, and I didn't bring my family with me, and I was quite bored these days. ”

Hearing the soldiers pretending to be Jiang Gan say this, the Xuzhou soldiers who blocked their way were stunned for a moment, and then said to him with a knowing smile on their faces: "What you think, so-and-so is clear." It's just that Xuzhou has been besieged for several days, and many women in the hall have already rested......"

"Even if you take a break, you still have to make a living, right?" The soldier dressed as Jiang Gan didn't wait for the Xuzhou soldier to finish speaking, so he raised his eyebrows wickedly and whispered: "I'll go with copper coins, and I don't think those women will turn us away!" ”

The soldiers guarding the front gate of the official mansion were also instructed by Chen Gong to closely monitor Cheng Yu and his entourage.

The reason why it is said that many women who sell prowess in Xuzhou City have stopped is to discourage these people who intend to leave the government from going out.

Xuzhou Bing didn't expect that a soldier dressed as Jiang Gan would say such a sentence.

He was stunned for a moment, and then said to the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan with a little hesitation: "Having said that, when you leave the official mansion, you must have a warrant from the Marquis of Wen or the military advisor." ”

"What I want to do when I go out is just a trivial matter, how can I dare to ask Wen Hou and the military advisor for a warrant?" As soon as Xuzhou Bing's words fell, the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan lowered his voice to a very low voice and said to him: "Your Excellency is accommodating. ”

As he spoke, the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan had already put his hand into his arms and took out a few gold beads, which were quietly stuffed into the hands of the Xuzhou soldiers who blocked their way.

Holding the gold beads in his hand, Xuzhou Bing looked around with a slightly panicked expression, and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he whispered: "Such a valuable thing, how to make ......"

"Your Excellency, take it, just help me wait tonight!" Without waiting for the Xuzhou soldiers to finish speaking, the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan whispered to him: "I'm just going out to find a few girls, and I definitely won't cause trouble to Your Excellency!" ”

Still looking at the soldier in front of him with some hesitation, the Xuzhou soldier who received the gold bead finally waved his hand and said to the soldier: "You wait to go out, and return before sunrise!" If you don't return by then, you and someone will not be able to afford it! ”

"Your Excellency, rest assured!" As soon as Xuzhou Bing's words fell, the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan hurriedly said: "When I go out this time, I just want to find the little lady to have a good time, and I will rush back immediately." ”

Some suspiciously stared at the soldier dressed as Jiang Gan for a while, and then the Xuzhou soldier who received the gold beads waved his hand, and said in a slightly uneasy whisper: "Go back quickly, don't make trouble for someone!" ”