Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Thinking of today's battle, Cao Cao couldn't help saying: "The general is really powerful!"

Cao Cao's tone was very complicated, it seemed to be emotional, but it also had a bit of sarcasm, as if he was mocking Li Yi and himself.

Li Yi whispered a few words to Xu Chu, and then said to Cao Cao: "I asked my guards to search inside to make sure there are no remnants lurking, and I hope Meng De will not be blamed."

"Don't dare!"

Cao Cao responded, and stood by the door, voluntarily getting out of the way.

Xu Chu got off his horse and ordered a group of soldiers to rush into Cao Cao's mansion. However, although these people were quite murderous, they didn't make any big noise after entering. They turned back after about a stick of incense, but there were two more people. , one is Xiahou Dun, and the other is Wen Chou who was carried out.

"As Cao Cao said, Yuan Shao was seriously injured and Wen Chou died. Xiahou Dun was dissatisfied when he saw us, but he did not resist. Except for a few female relatives, the rest of the servants had already left early."

Xu Chu whispered to Li Yi about the situation inside, Li Yi nodded, first looked at Wen Chou, who had been dead for a long time, paused for a while, and said: "A loyal person who never forgets to protect the Lord until he dies. Bury him with Yuan Shao."

"Here!"

Xu Chu took the order and gave Wen Chou an extra look. Although he was an opponent, he also respected Wen Chou like Wen Chou.

Then Li Yi looked at Xiahou Dun, but Xiahou Dun snorted coldly and turned his head away from Li Yi.

Li Yi shook his head, knowing that it would be boring to talk to Xiahoudun, so he directly ordered: "Send it too... No, just wait."

Li Yi originally wanted to talk about sending Xiahou Dun to Xiangyang, but after thinking about it, after defeating Hebei, he would become the emperor and the capital, and moving around would be troublesome, so it would be better to do it in one step after a while.

"Here!"

Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun naturally didn't understand Li Yi's meaning very well, but Xu Chu probably guessed something, and his heart was excited, and his voice was much louder.

Li Yi chuckled, got off his horse, and said to Dian Wei on the other side: "Come on, give me the things."

While speaking, Li Yi stretched out his hand to take the things from Elai, and then walked towards Cao Cao, and Cao Cao couldn't help being surprised when he saw what Li Yi was holding.

In Li Yi's left hand, there are about a dozen wine jars tied together with hemp ropes, and in his right hand is a large food box. Cao Cao was a little suspicious at first, but when Li Yi approached, he smelled the food inside. The fragrance of the vegetables revealed, Cao Cao was sure, this is really a food box!

The doubt in Cao Cao's eyes was short-lived, and when Li Yi came to him, his smile was restored, and he asked, "Does the general want to get drunk with Cao Mou?"

Li Yi smiled brightly, and said, "Exactly, what do you think of Meng De?"

Cao Cao laughed loudly and said, "Okay, it's only natural to have friends coming from afar, but Cao didn't prepare in advance, so I hope the general will not blame you."

Li Yi looked at Cao Cao with a slightly strange gaze, and said, "No wonder, no wonder, if Meng De prepared wine, I wouldn't dare to drink it."

Cao Cao could naturally hear that Li Yi meant that he might have been poisoned, so he pursed his lips, then shook his head, pretending to be regretful: "It's a pity, it's a pity..."

After all, the two laughed together.

Soon, the two entered the inner courtyard. Cao Cao glanced back and saw that none of the guards including Dian Wei followed in. He couldn't help but look at Li Yi, but Li Yi didn't show any strangeness on his face. He sighed secretly and continued to smile lead the way.

At Li Yi's request, Cao Cao did not take Li Yi to the main hall, but went to the guest room where Yuan Shao was placed. Then Li Yi found that Yuan Shao's situation was worse than he thought, and he was still unconscious. From his expression, even Li Yi could tell that Yuan Shao was running out of time.

Because the servants in the mansion were all dispersed by Cao Cao, there was no one to serve them at this time, so Li Yi and Cao Cao did it themselves, taking out dishes, dishes, wine and vegetables from the food box and setting up a small table.

If the scene was changed, it would be extremely unethical for the two of them to do so, but at this moment, Cao Cao had roughly guessed some of Li Yi's thoughts, so naturally he would not care about those details, and Li Yi would not care even more. By the time of their next conversation, they will probably be able to rest in peace after death.

Li Yi searched in the wine jar, picked one out, took off the seal, poured Cao Cao a glass first, and then filled it up for himself.

Cao Cao was careful, looked down slightly, and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Xiang is so petty that he actually used the rest of his drink to entertain Mr. Cao. He is not afraid of being laughed at if it spreads."

Regarding Cao Cao's joke, Li Yi smiled first, and then sighed leisurely: "This half jar of wine is actually specially reserved for Cao Gong."

Cao Cao was taken aback, surprised by the sentence itself, but even more surprised by Li Yi's address to him.

Li Yi patted the wine jar lightly, and asked, "Meng Deke still remembers Liu Bei, Liu Xuande?"

Surprise flashed again in Cao Cao's eyes, but he still nodded and said, "Of course I remember, Yun Chang's sworn brother."

Li Yi picked up the wine bowl, took a sip first, then raised his head abruptly, drank it all in one gulp, squinted his eyes and sighed: "Liu Bei was originally a hero, but it was because of my calculation that he fell into a slump. During the Xuzhou War, before Liu Bei died, I Invited him to drink for half a day, and then the hatred was gone, and we even made each other confidantes, but... well, in the end Liu Bei went. The half jar of wine was left that day, and it was I who agreed with him and specially reserved it for Cao male!"

Cao Cao opened his mouth slightly, although he still didn't understand, but his heart was inexplicably heavy.

Li Yi was talking about Liu Bei, so it had nothing to do with him, but Cao Cao felt an indescribable emotion in his heart, which made him panic.

Cao Cao picked up the wine bowl, drank it in one gulp, and then looked at Li Yi with burning eyes. He instinctively told him that what Li Yi said next must be very important, and it could solve many knots in his heart.

It is true that Liu Bei has been targeted by Li Yi all the time, but Cao Cao actually feels the same way. Not to mention the final battle in Yanzhou, before the two sides were completely hostile, Li Yiming secretly restricted and constrained Cao Cao, which greatly It restricted Cao Cao's development. Even though Cao Cao once controlled Yanzhou, he never had a stable rear and foundation. This is one of the important reasons why Cao Cao was unable to resist Li Yi's army.

Filling up the wine for Cao Cao, Li Yi said: "In Cao Cao's eyes, who in the world can be called a hero?"

Without waiting for Cao Cao to answer, Li Yi said: "I know that the hero Cao Gong speaks of must be me, Li. Looking at the world, everyone in the world will think so. , to achieve great achievements today, not to mention the current age, even if you count the sages, it is difficult for anyone to compare with me."

Cao Cao nodded slightly. Although Li Yi himself felt boastful when he said this, what Li Yi said was the truth.

For Li Yi, Cao Cao might be angry or unwilling, but he was convinced when he lost to Li Yi, otherwise he would never be able to face Li Yi calmly today.

"Alas, alas..."

Sighing one after another, Li Yi looked at Cao Cao, and slowly, there was a bit of admiration in his eyes.

Cao Cao was about to ask a question, but Li Yi said softly: "I am a mediocre person, I have neither wisdom, foresight, nor great ambitions. It is only a coincidence that I can achieve what I am today, but you, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, you two But it's different, if it weren't for me, Li Yi, you would be the true heroes of the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms!"

"Three Kingdoms?"

Cao Cao finally couldn't help it, and let out a low question.

Li Yi smiled, took Cao Cao's arm and said, "Come on, have another drink, and I'll tell you what the Three Kingdoms are..."

Outside Cao Cao's mansion, there were originally only Dian Wei and Xu Chu with the personal guards, but as the sky gradually dimmed, Li Yi hadn't come out until midnight, and slowly, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Kuai Yue, Xun You and many others gathered here.

Now the remaining Jizhou soldiers in the city have been basically eliminated, and the war can be declared over, but there are still many trivial matters after the war. Everyone has something to ask Li Yi for instructions. At first, they didn't care about it after being stopped by Dian Wei, thinking about it. It was enough time for Li Yi and Cao Cao to reminisce about the old days, but they didn't expect to wait until late at night, which made everyone feel a little more anxious and uneasy.

"Come on, there really won't be any accidents on the lord's side?"

Zhang Liao looked at Dian Wei with a frown, and from time to time he glanced at the mansion next to him. He had been waiting here since the afternoon, so he was naturally anxious.

"Security is of course no problem, unless Cao Cao has the ability to harm the lord, but the lord has explained before that unless the sky falls, I will not be allowed to enter and disturb, otherwise... trespassers will be killed without mercy."

Dian Wei was a little unnatural when he said this. With Li Yi's current status, even when he was sleeping, there were maids guarding him.

It's just that Li Yi gave the order to die, and Dian Wei was the gatekeeper, so he couldn't commit the crime knowingly.

Zhang Liao shook his head and looked at Kuai Yue again. Although he didn't speak, the questioning intent in his eyes was obvious.

Kuai Yue spread his hands and said helplessly, "Wen Yuan don't want to look at me, I don't know what happened today."

That's what he said, but Kuai Yue thought of Liu Bei in Xuzhou. At that time, Li Yi had a drink with Liu Bei, and today Li Yi went to Cao Cao with wine, so it would be easy for people to call this Two things come together.

Although everyone was anxious, there was nothing they could do. They could only continue to wait. Even if they wanted to go back to rest, it would be inconvenient. Li Yi, the boss, was still talking to Cao Cao. How could they sleep?