Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

And Tao Qian is also a big fool!

After the noon banquet, Li Yi was afraid that he would not be able to resist chopping Ruo Rong, so he told him that he was going to walk around Xiapi City to see the customs of Xiapi, so he would not bother him for now.

Although Li Yi passed by Xiapi, he was going to spend two or three days in Xiapi for repair. Anyway, as long as the army did not enter the city, Ze Rong would have no objection.

So, after bidding farewell to Ruo Rong, Li Yi took Dian Wei Ganning, the second general of Heng Ha, and Chen Deng, the designated tour guide, and began to stroll around Xiapi City.

Li Yi found that although many people in Xiapi City were sad because of the war, the city itself should have been relatively prosperous before. As long as Cao Cao retreated, the place would be restored to life immediately.

Because he was walking around with the mentality of inspecting his own territory in advance, Li Yi was very interested, and he didn't feel tired after walking for a long time. When it was almost dusk, Li Yi stopped and found a good place on the city wall. In this place, Gan Ning was asked to buy wine and meat, and several people sat on the floor for dinner.

Li Yi poured a glass of wine for Chen Deng, pretending to be curious and said: "During the banquet at noon, I saw a golden statue enshrined in the Prime Minister's Office. , it’s not easy to ask, now only Yuanlong is here, can Yuanlong clear up my doubts for me?”

Chen Deng first thanked, took the wine glass, and then used the movement of drinking to slightly cover up the doubt in his eyes.

Chen Deng is very smart, and his observation is quite keen. The enshrined objects in Ruo Rong's mansion are not rare. He doesn't believe that Li Yi can't recognize them. Then Li Yi asked so knowingly, probably because he has bad intentions for Ruo Rong.

Turning his mind around, Chen Deng put down his wine glass, and then replied with a smile: "The Buddha statues are enshrined in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Li Yi opened his eyes wide and said in surprise, "But why is this Buddha statue different from what I've seen before?"

Chen Deng continued to tell the truth, saying: "That is a golden Buddha statue specially built with a lot of money by the Prime Minister to show his sincerity!"

The look of surprise on Li Yi's face became more intense, and he said again: "I think the Buddha statue in the middle is as tall as a person. If it is a golden body, how much money will it cost?"

Chen Deng said softly: "Three thousand gold!"

"tsk tsk"

Li Yi sighed again and again, and said, "Three thousand gold, if all this is exchanged for grain, it can be used by tens of thousands of people."

Chen Deng smiled and didn't continue talking.

Through Li Yi's extra enthusiasm for him after the meeting, and his attitude when talking about Ruo Rong now, Chen Deng is very sure that Li Yi should want to lead him to a certain road.

Li Yi waited for a while, but he didn't see Chen Deng's voice. He felt very bored, so he could only say to himself: "When I entered the city, I saw a temple in the south of the city. After only a short time, I saw hundreds of people coming in and out. Consecration, I am very puzzled, now that Cao Cao's soldiers have invaded Xuzhou, and have slaughtered tens of thousands of people, although Xiapi has not suffered from war for the time being, but it should be actively preparing for war, but why I didn't hear about war preparations after entering the city, but only Do you see that the people are keen on praying to gods and worshiping Buddha?"

"This alas!"

Chen Deng hesitated to speak, and finally heaved a long sigh, and then said: "Xuzhou is in trouble, and although the people have heart for Tao Shijun, but Xuzhou's soldiers and horses have been defeated in a row, and several counties have suffered, the people are already afraid, thinking that it is useless to ask for help. , so I can only ask the Immortal Buddha to bless me."

"hehe"

Li Yi sneered, and asked, "What about Yuanlong? Is Yuanlong begging for others, or for himself, or just like ordinary people, begging for gods and worshiping Buddha?"

Chen Deng didn't seem to expect that Li Yi would suddenly change his tone. He was startled for a while, but he quickly reacted, smiled, and said, "Deng is stupid. The situation in Xuzhou was critical before. Although Deng was extremely panicked, he didn't know how to protect himself. However, after learning of the arrival of Marquis Xiang, I let go of all the worries in my heart, with Marquis Xiang here, Xuzhou has no worries."

Hearing Chen Deng's flattery, Li Yi laughed out loud, looking very happy, but he knew that it was just a helpless laugh.

Since Chen Deng could find out that Li Yi seemed to have something in mind, how could Li Yi not see that Chen Deng had been avoiding the topic he ran out of, and didn't even give Li Yi a chance to "show his cards".

According to what Mi Zhu and Mi Fang told Li Yi before, although Chen Deng is a scholar, he is very forthright and a hero in both conversation and deeds.

Li Yi originally thought that for such a person, as long as he showed his strength and expressed his ambition, although he couldn't let the other party accept his head and worship him sincerely, it was not difficult to let him do things for him.

But in the end, from shopping before to resting now, when Chen Deng and Li Yi came into contact, they were cautious in every way. Every sentence seemed to be said after many times of consideration. There was no boldness at all, but it was full of slippery.

Li Yi ground his teeth, stared at Chen Deng for a while, and suddenly patted his thigh and sighed. Then Li Yi waited for Chen Deng to ask him why he sighed, but Chen Deng didn't make a sound. Helpless, Li Yi could only sigh with emotion: "To be honest with Yuanlong, although I came here to help Xuzhou, I am sure that Cao Cao will retreat, but I am not sure that I can keep Xuzhou safe."

Chen Deng answered the call this time and asked, "Why?"

Li Yi stretched out his finger to the outside of the city wall, and said to the camp that had just been set up: "It will cost a lot to dispatch an army. Although Tao Shijun provided food and supplies, Jingzhou's burden is not small, so even if I can retreat Cao for a while, the three Wan Dajun can't stay in Xuzhou for a long time, Cao Cao retreats, and I will definitely go back to Xiangyang, then Cao Cao can raise troops to attack again, but it will be difficult for me to lead troops to rescue again, then how will Xuzhou respond?"

Chen Deng blinked his eyes. He felt quite complicated now, with a headache and a little complacency, so he coughed dryly, looked at Li Yi innocently, and asked back: "Deng is dull, I don't know what to do, but I think Tao Shijun will have a countermeasure."

Li Yi felt a little flustered in his throat. No matter whether Chen Deng nodded or shook his head, he could follow his own way, but this guy was fine, and said directly that Tao Qian had a way. Qian pull out to criticize, right?

Now Chen Deng's attitude is very obvious. Li Yi knows that if he continues to test, it may not have any effect. If he goes too far, he will also attract people's resentment and hostility, which will not be worth the candle.

So, Li Yi glanced at Chen Deng with some resentment, then filled him with wine, stopped talking, and got drunk first.

Li Yi, Dian Wei, and Gan Ning are all massive, and although Chen Deng is capable of both civil and military affairs, he is still a literati in essence, so under the tacit understanding of Li Yi and the others, a tragedy soon occurred, and it was not dark yet. , was brought down.

But Li Yi didn't go too far. Seeing that Chen Deng couldn't stand up anymore, he stopped, and then sent Chen Deng home in person, identifying the door so that he could come over another day, and asked if there was a sister in his family. Yes, let's see if we can take a roundabout route, but the family is full of males, so Li Yi is destined to be disappointed.

Because the contact with Chen Deng was not smooth, Li Yi was not in a good mood when he returned to the barracks outside the city. He looked gloomy, and even the second general Huo Ha who was behind him also looked very unhappy.

Dian Wei held back all the way, and finally couldn't help saying: "My lord, Chen Deng doesn't know how to flatter you, why don't you just let it go, there is a ruthless scholar around, the lord can't be so polite to him, maybe one day I will put a knife on his neck Be frightened and be honest.”

Li Yi glanced at him angrily, and scolded with a smile: "You guys can talk nonsense, Chen Deng is not a sour scholar, but an all-rounder who can dismount the people and run the army, even if he is not as good as Fengxiao, But it’s pretty much the same, if such a talent can’t be recruited, I’ll eat meat without taste!”

At this time, Xun You came in from the outside, just in time to hear Li Yi's words, and couldn't help asking curiously: "My lord, did you not get in touch with Chen Deng?"

Li Yi sighed: "Everyone says he is a hero, but I say he is a fish, I can't handle it!"

Seeing this, Xun You laughed out loud. Li Yi looked strange and asked, "Why are you laughing, sir?"

Xun You put away his smile, cupped his hands and said, "My lord wants to recruit Chen Deng, but it's really easy!"

Li Yi was amazed and hurriedly asked: "Sir, you have a trick to teach me, please tell me quickly!"

But Xun You said: "It's not a clever plan, it's actually the lord's great fortune, because if you want to bring Chen Deng under his command, you only need a key person to step in, and that person is now in the lord's camp!"

Chapter 456 Yuanlong is ill

Feeling bad after a hangover.

This morning, Chen Deng had a rare sleep in. He didn't get up until Sishi, but his head was still groggy. After washing, he only drank a small bowl of porridge. He didn't have a good appetite recently, and he was drunk again yesterday. Naturally, I have no appetite.

After eating, Chen Deng poured some cold water on his face and felt more awake, so he came to the door of a study in the backyard, paused for a while, knocked on the door with his hand, and said softly, "Father."

"come in."

Hearing Chen Gui's voice from inside, Chen Deng stepped into the room just now. At this time, Chen Gui was putting down the scroll in his hand. Seeing that Chen Deng's feet seemed to be still a little unstable, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Yesterday, Marquis Xiang was dissatisfied with you and deliberately punished you. Do you drink?"

Chen Deng softly browed, and said helplessly: "It's not just the Marquis Xiang, the two beside the Marquis Xiang yesterday were also massive, my son really couldn't stand it."

Chen Gui smiled, stretched out his hand to signal Chen Deng to sit down beside him, and pointed to the strong tea prepared for him in advance, then stopped mentioning the drunkenness and said instead: "After seeing Li Yi yesterday, Li Yi kept his eyes on you, and asked you to play with him afterwards. Although Li Yi did not directly express his alienation from Ruo Rong, the prime minister of the country, but he is so close to you, he is actually alienated. Hehe, this Marquis Li Xiang really values ​​my Chen family."

Chen Deng followed Chen Gui's words and said: "Father is right. Li Yi talked to me yesterday. He didn't show it at first, but later he mentioned that Ruo Rong was obviously dissatisfied with him, and he hinted at me several times. Obviously, but my son didn't understand what the Marquis of Xiang really wanted, so he didn't dare to answer the question, Li Yi should be a little dissatisfied when he failed several times, but he endured it very well, and just let me drink a few more glasses of wine."

Chen Gui nodded, looked at his son appreciatively, and said approvingly: "You have done a good job, and you really should be cautious. Talking lightly and speaking deeply, hehe, since the friendship is shallow, speaking deeply is the way to bring disaster. "

"Father said so."

Chen Deng echoed, and then a look of embarrassment appeared on his face, and said: "But I saw Li Yi's attitude yesterday, and it seemed that he would not let it go. I had already made him unhappy by pretending to be deaf and dumb, but if I continue to refuse, I may make him feel uncomfortable." He became angry from embarrassment, and Li Yi came to support Xuzhou this time, even if he couldn't talk to me face to face, if he asked Tao Shijun for someone, Tao Shijun would probably not refuse."

Chen Gui frowned slightly, and asked, "Are you sure Li Yi will come to look for you again?"