During dinner, Xun Yu and Chen Qun talked a lot about the current situation, including Liu Biao in the south, Zhang Xiu in Jiangdong, Sun Ce in the west, and the Xiliang army led by Mahan in the west, and of course, they were also talking about Yuan Shao, who poses the greatest threat to Cao Cao at the moment.

In the discussion, Chen Qun played the role of a listener because of his actual loyalty to Liu Bei, and rarely expressed clear political views, and even if he spoke, he would be very vague.

They chatted back and forth, making Xun Li, who was sitting next to Xun Yu, feel very boring.

From time to time, she used chopsticks to beat the table rhythmically, and from time to time she reached out to touch the back of her neck and ears.

Chen Qun naturally noticed this, but he just smiled slightly and didn't care too much.

Finally, Xun Li couldn't stand it anymore. She stretched out her hands and slapped the table hard, interrupting the conversation between Xun Yu and Chen Qun.

The two of them looked at Xun Li who was pouting and frowning. Before Xun Yu could speak, Xun Li snatched the words:

"Oh, Father, you are talking about political affairs in the court during the day, and when you return home, you are still talking about political affairs. Why not go home?"

She said as she turned the chopsticks back and forth with her right knuckles, looking at Chen Qun with a slightly shy expression:

"Chen Qun finally came to our house, can't he talk about some easy things?"

Unexpectedly, Xun Yu not only did not stop discussing, but instead taught Xun Li a serious lesson:

"Li'er, the war is about to begin now. What I am discussing with Changwen is related to the country and the country. Don't mess around."

After hearing this, Xun Li put the chopsticks hard on the table, stood up and stomped her feet and walked out angrily.

Looking at Xun Li who was leaving in anger, Chen Qun originally wanted to stand up and chase him, but was stopped by Xun Yu:

"She is used to making the lady's temper, and it will be fine in a while. You don't need to pay too much attention."

Next, Xun Yu mentioned another question he was very concerned about: "Under the dual military force of Cao Cao and Sun Ce, Yuan Shu was already alone and unable to support him. According to the secret report received by the court a few days ago, he planned to give the jade seal in his hand to Yuan Shao, Jizhou. Yuan Shao was ambitious. Once the jade seal was controlled by him, I was afraid that he would speed up the attack on Cao Cao."

Chen Qun heard Xun Yu's concern: "What you are worried about is that Cao Cao is not fully prepared for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao. The current situation is very unfavorable to him. Once Yuan Shao gets the jade seal and starts war early, the war will show a one-sided situation."

Xun Yu nodded: "So, Yuan Shu and Yuxi must not be allowed to reach Yuan Shao's territory."

"In fact, even if Yuan Shu didn't hand over the jade seal to Yuan Shao, the battle between Cao Yuan was inevitable. However, for Cao Cao, the slowness of the war was particularly precious to him, because this was an excellent opportunity for him to deploy before the war. I guess Yuan Shu wanted to go to Yuan Shao, and the most likely route was to go to Qingzhou controlled by Yuan Tan, and then go to Jizhou. If this was the case, you had to stop Yuan Shu in the place of Xuzhou."

Xun Yu pinched his beard and nodded frequently: "I discussed this matter with Fengxiao before, and he said the same thing. It seems that you two are really in tune with each other, so they coincide. If he hadn't left Xu County with something important today, you should have had a good chat."

After hearing Xun Yu confuse himself with a genius like Guo Jia, Chen Qun did not look so happy.

After leaving Xun Yu's house, Chen Qun was already thinking about another thing, which was to help Liu Bei leave Cao Cao's control. He thought that now Yuan Shu was trying to go north, giving Liu Bei the opportunity to apply to the court to bring his troops to Xuzhou to intercept him, and then seeking an opportunity to attack Xia Pi, kill Che Zhou and Hao Zhao, occupy Xuzhou again, and make a comeback.

Just as Chen Qun was outlining the future strategic direction for Liu Bei, he suddenly realized that someone was following him.

He didn't know who the visitor was and what the purpose was, so he had to walk forward while closely following the person's every move behind him.

Gradually, Chen Qun's pace began to accelerate, and the person following behind him also accelerated.

It was not until Chen Qun disappeared from his sight that the person stopped to look for Chen Qun's figure. Unexpectedly, Chen Qun suddenly appeared behind him and put one hand on his shoulder, which scared her to the point of being shivering.

"Miss Xun Li, why do you follow me?"

Seeing that Xun Li was following him, Chen Qun put down his guard and smiled politely as usual.

Xun Li ignored Chen Qun's affection, knocked off Chen Qun's right hand that was placed on her shoulder with one hand, and pouted and said coldly:

"Mr. Chen Qun entered the official career and was really different from the past. You used to call me Xiao Huangli, but now you call me Miss Xunli. It seems that people will really change, and even you, who have always been a regular and self-supervised person, are no exception."

Listening to Xun Li's words, Chen Qun realized that he had made her unhappy, so he explained:

"It's different from the past. You used to be just a little girl. Now that you are old and old, I can't get along with you like before. It would be rude to do this. If it affects your marriage in the future, how can I, Chen Qun, afford it?"

"you..."

Xun Li knew that she could not reason with Chen Qun. She was angry and anxious, so she could only point her finger at him and couldn't speak. But soon her face changed a lot. She instantly turned angry and sniffed gently with her nose, and then asked in a low voice:

"Did you still keep the sachet I gave you before?"

Chen Qun nodded, took out a beautifully sewn sachet from his arms and spread it on his palm:

"You can't say that it has not faded for several years, and it still maintains the fragrant but not strong smell."

Xun Li, who was already full of anger, instantly showed a sweet smile like rain passing by the sky:

"You still have a conscience..."

After saying that, she lowered her blushing cheeks and walked quickly behind Chen Qun, which made Chen Qun come to his senses before he recovered. When she wanted to come back to her senses and call her, Xun Li had disappeared from the corner of the street.

When Chen Qun reacted, what he immediately thought of was to quickly inform Liu Bei and Yuan Shu.

Liu Bei, who received Chen Qun's secret letter, responded quickly, and Liu Bei seemed to be quite interested in the jade seal in Yuan Shu's hands.

Zhang Fei felt that the time had come, so he couldn't help but say to Liu Bei:

"Lord, now God-given opportunity is a good opportunity. We might as well borrow troops from Cao Cao to Xuzhou to intercept Yuan Shu."

But Liu Bei didn't think so: "The reason why Cao Cao put me under house arrest in Xu County was that he didn't want me to have military power. How could he rashly pose a threat to my troops and horses to return to the mountain?"

Suddenly Liu Bei thought of someone, that was Dong Cheng.

He quickly wrote a letter to tell Dong Cheng that this was an excellent opportunity to lead his troops out of Cao Cao's control and cooperate with him inside and outside, and asked him to submit a letter to the emperor that he could leave Xu County smoothly.

Guan Yu took advantage of the night to deliver it to Dong Cheng's mansion. After reading the letter, Dong Cheng also felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable.

In the morning of the next day, when Cao Cao talked about the dispatch of soldiers who intercepted Yuan Shu, he wanted to propose to the emperor that Xu Chu and Zhang Liao would take their troops and recover the Huainan area such as Shouchun.

However, considering that Yuan Shao, a great enemy from the north, could easily conquer Shouchun if these two generals were sent.

However, Sun Ce was a person who had to be wary of. After conquering Huainan, he had to send a general to guard it. In that way, his strength would be dispersed, which would be very unfavorable to the decisive battle in the future.

However, if the incompetent person is sent, he may not be successful. Just when Cao Cao was in a dilemma, Liu Bei stood up:

"I'm going to report to Your Majesty that I'm willing to lead thousands of troops to capture the usurping thief Yuan Shu and regain the jade seal for Your Majesty."

At this time, all the officials in the court sighed and Cao Cao was also a little surprised. His first reaction was that he would not allow Liu Bei to go to war in any case. Xuzhou was Liu Bei's territory before, so doing this would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain.

But Dong Cheng rushed to face Liu Xie's report:

"Your Majesty, Emperor Liu is a descendant of the Han royal family and is the only candidate. If he is sent to the Yuan Shu, he will definitely be able to boost your power and make the princes entrenched in various places dare not have any inappropriate thoughts."

Now Cao Cao's words were blocked by Dong Cheng again, and he had no reason to refute Dong Cheng's words positively.

Seeing this, Liu Xie stood up and waved his hand gently: "Liu Bei heard the title, I ordered you to be the general of the Southern Expedition to quickly arrest the rebel Yuan Shu, take back the imperial seal for me, and promote the power of my great Han."

At this time, Cao Cao said to Liu Xie:

"Your Majesty, Uncle Liu is afraid that he is weak in commanding the army alone. I want to assign Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao as the deputy general to assist Uncle Liu."
Chapter completed!