Inside the tent.

"It's you!"

When Zhang Wang saw Cao Cao, he exclaimed in surprise, and then looked worried, worried that Cao Cao would do something to him.

After falling to this point, Zhang Wang probably knew that he had offended someone he couldn't afford to offend, and he was in a military camp, so he was even more worried.

However, what he unexpectedly thought was that the person who captured him turned out to be Cao Cao.

At this time, Zhang Wang was tied up and sat on the ground in a mess, while his entourage was either killed or locked up in other places.

If it weren't for Chen Yang's sake, Cao Cao would have asked someone to kill Zhang Wang.

Because when he was in the Chen Mansion, Zhang Wang's attitude made Cao Cao very dissatisfied. Although he could not kill Zhang Wang to relieve his anger, it did not prevent him from letting Xu Chu catch the man in the military camp and then educate him well.

"Who are you?" Zhang Wang asked.

Cao Cao sat in front of him slowly, and after a while, he said, "My surname is Cao, this is Cao's camp. Who do you think I may be?"

"You are Cao...Prime Minister Cao?"

The word "Cao Cao" suddenly appeared in Zhang Wang's mind. He said in surprise: "It's impossible. Chen Yang is just a civilian, and he will never know you."

Based on his understanding of Chen Yang, he was just an ordinary person and even he looked down on him. How could Cao Cao take the initiative to marry his daughter to Chen Yang?

Cao Cao looked at him and said coldly: "Why is it impossible? If you weren't worried that Manager Chen would be angry with me, you were dead, do you know?"

Zhang Wang was shocked by fear. He gritted his teeth and said, "What do you want to do to me? I am from the Zhang family. If you dare to kill me, you will offend all the aristocratic families in the world. You have to think clearly about the consequences."

Upon hearing this, a trace of murderous intent flashed in Cao Cao's eyes.

The aristocratic families are arrogant now, which is one of the reasons why Cao Cao thought of suppressing the aristocratic families. A mere Zhang family dares to threaten him like this.

Cao Cao wanted to kill Zhang Wang with one knife now, but as he said, it would anger those families and also cause unhappiness from Manager Chen, so he had to endure it first.

"I brought you back, not to kill you, I just want to tell you that this world is not the world of your aristocratic family." Cao Cao said, standing up and saying, "Zhongkang, take him in and lock him in for a few days and then hungry for a few days. I will be released after suffering."

"Yes!" Xu Chu nodded.

"No, Prime Minister, please let me go, you can't do this to me..."

Zhang Wang was still screaming and struggling. As for what he said later, Cao Cao no longer wanted to hear it, nor could he hear it, so he strode out of the tent.

"Go back to Xudu!" Cao Cao said again.

Dian Wei was about to arrange to return to Xudu, but Cao Ang came over again at this time and frowned and said, "Father, Sima Lang has come here, he asked us to release Zhang Wang."

"oh!"

Cao Cao was slightly stunned. He could not have thought that the Sima family would come so quickly. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Take Sima Lang in and let Zhang Wang go."

Not long after, Sima Lang and Sima Yi brothers appeared in front of Cao Cao.

"Have you met the Prime Minister!"

The Sima brother bowed and bowed slightly, and then Sima Lang said first: "Prime Minister, we heard that Uncle Zhang Wang and Zhang were in the army, I wonder if it is true?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes. He could see that Zhang Wang came to Xu Du and Xu Du also had the Sima family arrangements. Otherwise, how could they know that they had captured Zhang Wang?

These families are really united.

The unity made Cao Cao very upset.

Thinking that Sima Yi dared to assassinate Manager Chen before, Cao Cao almost couldn't help but let someone take him down.

Sima Yi kept paying attention to Cao Cao's expression and saw a faint murderous intent. He quickly said, "Prime Minister, Uncle Zhang came to Xu to meet his father. When he left today, he was robbed by thieves. One of his followers escaped by luck and came to Xu Du to ask for help from his father. As soon as we arrived, we accidentally learned that it was the Prime Minister who saved Uncle Zhang, so we came to the military camp to ask for a meeting with Uncle Zhang."

The murderous intent on Cao Cao's face slowly faded away. He nodded and said, "That's true. Come on, bring Zhang Wang."

The Sima family brothers all came to ask for someone, and Cao Cao had to give him this face.

After a while, Zhang Wang was brought by Xu Chu.

"Uncle Zhang!" Sima Yi said first.

"Berda, Zhongda, it's you..." Zhang Wang walked over excitedly, but looked at Cao Cao with fear.

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Uncle, you met a bandit as soon as you left Xu Du. Thanks to the Prime Minister's rescue, our Sima family is here to thank the Prime Minister for his kindness!"

Zhang Wang immediately understood something and smiled and said, "I, Zhang Wang, thank you, Prime Minister!"

Cao Cao waved his hand and said, "Okay, since nothing is wrong, you all go."

"Thank you Prime Minister!"

The three of them said hypocritically, and then couldn't wait to walk out of the camp.

"Prime Minister, Sima Fang has eight sons, and the other seven are not in a state of harmony. Only his second son, Sima Yi, is not simple. This person has a good personality." Guo Jia frowned and said.

"What Fengxiao said is that there may be danger in the presence of the enemy of Sima Yi," Xun Yu also said.

Cao Cao snorted coldly and said, "If it weren't for those aristocratic families, and when Sima Fang was in Chang'an, he had recommended me, and his Sima family had been destroyed by me."

Guo Jia said again: "However, although Sima Yi is powerful, I think Manager Chen is not bad at all. It is hard to say who wins and who loses."

——

As time went by, ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and half a month was left before the expedition of Yuan Shu.

During these ten days, the price of grain continued to soar, reaching a sky-high price of 1,200 coins per stone. Because of this, countless grain merchants came to Xudu when they saw the benefits. Even those aristocratic families couldn't help but take out some of the grain to Xudu for sale.

During this period, Xu Duling Man Chong was definitely the busiest because he had to maintain order in the entire Xu Du and not let those grain merchants do whatever they wanted.

In addition, many aristocratic families in Xudu also saw the price of grain rising. They bought a large amount of grain and stored it at home, waiting for Cao Cao to buy it. They also wanted to make back the money they spent on buying hops.

As grain merchants entered Xudu one by one, Kuai Liang from Jingzhou was also among them.

However, what Kuai Liang didn't know was that Jia Xu, a counselor under Zhang Xiu, also came. He changed his clothes and disguised himself as a team of grain merchants and walked into the Xudu gate smoothly.

"Cao Cao can really buy the food at a sky-high price of 1,200 yuan?"

After entering the city, Jia Xu was shocked when he heard the food price at this time. At the same time, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, thinking that Cao Cao had deceived the people of the world.

After all the food was settled, Jia Xu asked his followers to stay in the inn. He left alone, walked by the streets of Xudu, and soon walked into an alley.

This area was home to those gentry families. He walked to the back door of Sima's house and knocked gently.

The door opened quickly, and a servant-like man asked, "Who are you?"

"I came from Jingzhou. My surname is Jia. If you want to meet Sima Yi, the second son of the Sima family, you can go in and communicate with me!" Jia Xu said in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!