Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 13: Not afraid of Cao Cao, but afraid of Cheng Yu

But after Qin Zhen and Xu Shu left Cao's camp, they continued on their journey.

After passing Bowang and Ye County and arriving at Kunyang, you have entered the territory of Yingchuan.

The land of Yingchuan is flatter than that of Nanyang. After another day of travel, the two men arrived at Yingyin County.

When you get here, Xuchang is right in front of you.

Qin Zhen came to his own farm.

Because he was highly valued under Cao Cao, Cao Cao rewarded him with a lot of gold and silver over the past seven years.

Qin Zhen was too lazy to take care of it, so he left it to Cai Yan.

Although Cai Yan was well-read and seemed to be out of touch with worldly affairs, she actually had her own way of managing the household business.

Whenever Cao Cao rewarded Cai Yan with gold, silver and treasures, she would use them to buy houses and farms.

When he heard Qin Zhen say that Cao Cao was about to welcome the emperor to Xu Du, he took the initiative to help Qin Zhen purchase a lot of fertile land in surrounding cities.

All in all, Qin Zhen is now a large landowner, with tens of thousands of acres of fertile land and hundreds of slaves in his home.

When we arrived at the farm, the steward in charge of the place came to report:

"My Lord, the Madam and her party have left Xuchang and arrived in Yanling."

"Before leaving, he did not dispose of the family's land, but only asked me to bring the land deed to the master for disposal!"

The steward's surname is Li, and his real name is Li Shun. Since he entered Qin Zhen's family, he has been responsible for managing various farms and is also one of Qin Zhen's family's capable stewards.

At this time, Qin Zhen and Xu Shu were each holding a basin, washing the dust off their faces.

Hearing this, Xu Shu raised his head and said with a smile:
"Sister-in-law is truly kind-hearted. This arrangement is very appropriate."

Although he didn't know what Qin Zhen explained to Cai Yan.

But Cai Yan's way of handling the situation was extremely appropriate.

If the land is not sold, it will not attract Cao Cao's attention.

Handing the land deed to Qin Zhen would not put Qin Zhen in a passive position.

This approach can be said to be very clever.

If it were an ordinary woman, she would not give up such a huge fortune easily, not to mention whether she could leave Xuchang smoothly.

Not to mention someone like Cai Yan, who fully supported Qin Zhen's choice.

From this point of view, Cai Yan's virtue is rare in the world.

Facing Xu Shu's praise, Qin Zhen smiled slightly, wiped his face with a towel, and said complacently:

"Of course, my wife Zhao Ji is the most virtuous wife in history!"

The most satisfying thing he had done in his life was to snatch Cai Yan away from him!
The Cai Yan in this world was not only not abducted, but also not married to Wei Zhongdao. She was beautiful and virtuous, and he would not even exchange her for Diao Chan!
After praising his wife, Qin Zhen looked at Li Shun and said:
"Who is accompanying Zhao Ji now?"

Li Shun hurriedly bowed and said:

"My Lord, the Madam is accompanied by quite a few people, including Madam Xu, Mr. Xu, Miss Cai and Miss, etc., and they are guarded by Steward Zhang and more than a hundred servants."

The Old Madam Xu and Mr. Xu he mentioned were Xu Shu's mother and younger brother Xu Kang.

As for Miss Cai, she is Qin Zhen’s sister-in-law Cai Yao, Cai Zhenji.

Because Cai Zhenji was still young when Cai Yong died, she was raised by her brother-in-law.

This sister-in-law was not famous in the Three Kingdoms period.

But the children of this sister-in-law were not ordinary people. One of them was named Yang Huiyu, who later married Sima Shi and was posthumously named Queen Jingxian.

The other one was named Yang Hu, a famous general in the late Three Kingdoms period who served as Taifu.

But Cai Zhenji is still young, only fifteen years old, and is a young girl full of youth.

There was another young lady, the daughter of Qin Zhen, whose full name was Qin Wei and her nickname was Sui'er.

Hearing these names, Qin Zhen couldn't help but smile knowingly.

No matter what era, family members always care about each other and warm the heart.

He thought for a while and said to Li Shun:
"Madam, you don't need too many people around you. Send someone to tell Madam to separate the servants and carriages into three groups. One group will go straight to Weishi, one group will go to Luoyang, and one group will go straight north."

"Also, pass this letter to your wives so they don't worry!"

"You heard it clearly. Repeat it to me!"

Li Shun took the letter, pondered for a while, and repeated Qin Zhen's instructions.

Qin Zhen nodded and said:
"After I leave, take these land deeds to Xun Yu's house and ask him to sell them on your behalf!"

"After it's converted into gold and silver, I'll have someone come and pick it up!"

"As for this farm, you can manage it for me. You can use whatever you earn. When I come back, I will reward you!"

Hearing that Qin Zhen wanted to hand over this farm to him to manage independently, Li Shun was delighted and said hurriedly:

"Thank you, my lord. I will take care of it!"

"Okay, stop talking."

Qin Zhen smiled and said:

"How much money is left in the village? Go and get it and I will use it for myself!" Li Shun listened and happily accepted the order and left.

Xu Shu listened to Qin Zhen's arrangement and couldn't help but frowned:
"With Zixuan's arrangement, how can we reunite with my sister-in-law?"

"Do we have to go to Chenliu again?"

Now they are going to Xuzhou, which means going east.

But Qin Zhen's arrangement was to let Cai Yan go to the north.

The two sides will never meet!

Qin Zhen heard this and shook his head and smiled;

"No, we will go straight to Xinji to wait for Madam and her party!"

Xinji is located due east of Xuchang.

Xu Shu was surprised to hear this and said:

"Zixuan, what are you talking about? I just heard you tell my sister-in-law to go north in three directions. How could you go to Xinji?"

Qin Zhen smiled slightly when he heard this, and leaned forward and whispered:
"What I said just now was false. The truth is in the letter from home!"

"The family letter has already stated that the three routes heading north are all feints. The real purpose is to have Madam and the others go to Xinji!"

After hearing this explanation, Xu Shu's expression became a little strange. He looked at Qin Zhen and said:
"Qin Zixuan, you are such a jerk. I am just taking my family away, but you treat it like a war. Why are you so cautious?"

"You even lied to the housekeeper?"

"This is Yuanzhi, you don't know! As the saying goes, a safe bet is a long way to go!"

There was some inexplicable color in Qin Zhen's eyes and he said:

"You and I are no longer as powerful as we were in the past, so don't test the character of those below you!"

"If you are not careful, you will end up in a place of no return!"

He looked at Xu Shu and thought to himself that this is how you ended up in trouble. If you hadn't left me in Yingchuan, how would Cao Cao have been able to find any evidence against you?

Xu Shu heard this and frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Is Zixuan afraid that Cao Cao will send troops to capture him?"

"I've already said that although Cao Cao hates me, he won't harm me!"

Qin Zhen put his hands behind his back and shook his head:
"I am not afraid of Cao Cao, but I am afraid of Cheng Yu. Cao Cao is still okay, but Cheng Yu will kill me!"

"Cheng Yu is Cao Cao's loyal dog. If he knows I've left, he will definitely send troops to search for me everywhere!"

"If he can't find me, he will definitely order a hunt and kill me!"

"At that time, there were enemies everywhere. If we are not careful now, we will surely die at the hands of this man in the future."

Hearing the name Cheng Yu, Xu Shu also showed a solemn expression.

He has followed Qin Zhen for so many years and has seen how ruthless Cheng Yu is.

Before, when Lu Bu was causing chaos in Yanzhou, Cao's army was short of food, so Qin Zhen took the initiative to lead troops to intimidate the noble families and borrow military rations.

As a result, Cheng Yu led his troops to plunder the people in Dong'a City.

He managed to get Cao Cao several days' worth of food and fodder.

It is said that there is a lot of human breasts mixed in it.

From then on, Qin Zhen and Cheng Yu broke off completely.

Now that he knows Qin Zhen is leaving, given Cheng Yu's character, it is not impossible that he will chase and kill him if he can't catch him!

Thinking of this, Xu Shu hurriedly asked:

"So what should we do now?"

"One word, quick!"

Qin Zhen stretched out a finger and said:

"Besides, the people around us are useless. They all have families here, and they will definitely not be willing to go with us!"

"So I'll ask Li Shun to get the money from the farm. Yuanzhi, you go out and look for old friends, and find a few trustworthy rangers to escort us away!"

"Only in this way can we avoid being hunted down!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shu nodded. He was originally a knight-errant in Yingchuan, in other words, a gangster.

These rangers may not be good at fighting, but every one of them counts, and loyalty is their top priority!

At times like this, it is precisely this kind of person who can be trusted.

At that moment Xu Shu walked out of the mansion.

Thanks to Xu Shu's efforts, more than a dozen skilled swordsmen were recruited that afternoon.

After Qin Zhen met everyone one by one, he led his men towards Xinji.

Less than a day after Qin Zhen and others left, the messenger sent by Cao Cao arrived in Xuchang.

(End of this chapter)