NovelBonte Chapter 537 Meet Xu Shu!
Chapter 537 Meet Xu Shu!
Chapter 537 Meet Xu Shu!
Xuchang city
This place is completely different from the war-torn places outside.
Even though there were many disaster victims outside, the bustling Xuchang City could not be stopped. There was still singing and dancing here, and there were hardly any beggars to be seen.
Because those people can't enter Xuchang City at all, they will be stopped outside.
As the saying goes, rich wine and meat stink, there are frozen bones on the road
It is said that in today's troubled times, those scholars' children will never have to worry about making a living.
In Xuchang City, there is a bustling street called Suzaku Street.
It was also designed after the capital city of Luoyang, which also shows Cao Cao's ambition.
On Zhuque Street, there are countless rich and powerful families, basically the most powerful people in Da'an live in the neighborhood of Zhuque Street.
There is a mansion among them, which seems to be extremely brilliant, but it seems extremely calm, and the letter to Xu's mansion is exactly where Xu Shu lives.
This house was gifted to Xu Shu by Cao Cao. I believe everyone is familiar with Xu Shu. Because his mother was held hostage by Cao Cao, Xu Shu had to abandon Liu Bei and run to Cao Cao's arms.
Although he never gave Cao Cao a strategy, he was a bit of a fisherman, which caused him to gradually fade out of Cao Cao's vision and stay away from the political center.
However, Cao Cao didn't care either. Anyway, he had a lot of advisers, not one less than Xu Shu. As long as Xu Shu didn't leave Xuchang City, he would lose a difficult enemy.
Xu Shu was very low-key in Xuchang City, and hardly interacted with Xuchang officials, and there was only one girl who took care of his mother and a housekeeper in the mansion, and there was no one else except a family member.
Because the salary Cao Cao gave was not high, and Xu Shu fished every day, sometimes when the household department received the salary, it would be ruthlessly deducted.
These, Xu Shu chose to endure, he knew that Cao Cao was deliberately making things difficult for him.
I just want him to succumb, so as to join those people.
But Xu Shu insisted on it for many years, always maintained his own opinion, and never gave Cao Cao any strategy, and Cao Cao didn't seem to push him too much.
Because Xu Shu's mother was not easy to provoke, she wanted to commit suicide at every turn.
So that Cao Cao can only leave them alone first, and then kill Xu Shu after he dominates the Central Plains in the future. Let him see that without Xu Shu, he, Cao Cao, can still win the world.
If it wasn't for this reason, Cao Cao would have killed Xu Shu long ago.
"Master, there is someone outside begging to see you!"
In Xu Shu's study room, the butler walked in and held a cup of tea in his hand. At this time, Xu Shu would always read in the study room, since Cao Cao left him in the cold.
Xu Shu's life was incomparably leisurely.
"Didn't the old man say that he didn't see anyone?"
"What's the matter with you? Did you take advantage of others?"
Xu Shu raised his head, looked at the butler and said coldly.
This housekeeper was originally married by his mother, and their family was not too bad in the past, but they didn't expect it to fall into such a situation now.
If it wasn't for the housekeeper who had been with him for decades, Xu Shu might have fired him immediately.
"My lord, please calm down!"
"The old slave really has no choice, he saved the life of the old slave's mother!"
"This old slave is just such an old mother, and seeing this person's righteousness, this old slave must have a common language with the master!"
"Master, please agree to this old slave's merciless request. This old slave is willing to accept any punishment!"
Seeing that Xu Shu was angry, the butler immediately bent down to salute in fright, and wanted to kneel down with fear on his face, but was stopped by Xu Shu.
"Okay, I'm afraid of you, get up!"
"Just this once, call someone in!"
"If there is another time, this old man will definitely expel you from the Xu residence!"
Xu Shu sighed. He also had a good affection for the old housekeeper, and it was said that he did it out of filial piety.
Xu Shu was pinned down by Cao Cao because of his filial piety.
Unexpectedly, someone also caught his butler's weakness.
"Thank you, master, I promise there will be no next time!"
"This old slave won't let my old lady run around anymore!"
said the butler gratefully.
"Go away and call someone in!"
Xu Shu waved his hand. Although he has lost power, he is still a potential stock. As long as he nods, Cao Cao will definitely reuse him immediately.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, the door of the study opened again, and Jiang Chen's figure appeared in front of Xu Shu's eyes.
"Who are you?"
Looking at this strange face, Xu Shu was a little surprised, and what surprised him the most was that this person's eyes were bright, and seemed to be full of wisdom and soul.
There was a bit of a mismatch with this face, such a strange face growing on a person, it was indeed a bit weird, this made Xu Shu immediately forget the previous unhappiness, and began to be curious about Jiang Chen.
"Master Xu, you might as well make a guess!"
"Who am I?"
Jiang Chen sat down cross-legged on the guest seat calmly, and poured himself a cup of tea unceremoniously. He spent a lot of energy in order to come to Xuchang.
Along the way, it can be said to be very exhausting.
But Jiang Chen didn't dare to delay at all, because he understood that some things had to be resolved quickly, otherwise things would change if it was too late, he was taking a huge risk in coming to Xuchang City.
If the matter is not handled quickly, it is likely to attract Cao Cao's attention. After all, this is Cao Cao's base camp, and he dare not be careless.
"Come here uninvited, you must be asking for something!"
"It must not be the prime minister's person, and naturally it cannot be the emperor's uncle's person!"
Xu Shu thought for a moment, then said with a smile.
"Oh, how do you know that Uncle Liu thinks highly of Mr. Xu!"
Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"If it was Uncle Liu Huang, he wouldn't have waited until today!"
"Uncle Liu Huang, it seems that he is not good at this, or he has already forgotten about Xu!"
Xu Shu replied calmly.
Obviously, if it was Liu Bei, it might not have to wait so many years, but after Liu Bei got Zhuge Liang, he had already left Xu Shu behind.
"Secondly, Uncle Liu Huang doesn't seem to dare to take the risk of angering the prime minister!"
"Come and meet Xu!"
Xu Shu said confidently.
"Sure enough, he is worthy of being Yuan Zhi, and he speaks so bluntly!"
"I admire you too!"
Jiang Chen smiled and cupped his fists towards him.
"You don't have to compliment Xu here, you are not someone sent by Sun Quan!"
"Sun Zhongmou is in a corner, and he doesn't have such great ambitions. If Cao Ji didn't push him too fast, he would have stayed in Jiangdong forever!"
Xu Shu said with a smile.
He is also well aware of the general trend of the world. Although he has not given any advice to Cao Cao, it does not mean that he is incapable. He just does not want to feel sorry for the tiger.
"In this way, it will be clear who you are!"
"Do you still need Xu to say his name?"
After Xu Shu finished speaking, he drank a cup of tea and looked at Jiang Chen who was sitting there with a smile.
(End of this chapter)