I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse-Chapter 1986 - 1988: Buffoon

Although he didn’t know why Cao Cao was asking this question, in front of his father, Cao Pi dared not hide anything and truthfully replied, "That’s indeed true!"

Cao Cao nodded upon hearing this, and said to Cao Pi, "In that case, as your father, I command you to go to Yi State, persuade Liu Bei to form an alliance with us."

Not understanding Cao Cao’s intentions, Cao Pi seemed a bit hesitant: "Father, that Liu Bei is as cunning as a fox. Forming an alliance with him might be..."

"You need not say more, just complete the task."

"Yes, I obey!" At this moment, if Cao Pi still didn’t agree, Cao Cao might get angry.

Cao Cao looked at Cao Zhi next and said directly, "Zijian, you go with Zi Heng to Yi State, then proceed to Yang Zhou to meet with Sun Quan to discuss alliance matters."

"I obey!" Cao Zhi agreed without thinking.

"Ziwen."

"I’m here!" Cao Zhang’s voice was loud.

"Have you ever met Ma Chao of Xiliang?"

"I haven’t met him, but I’ve long admired him."

"I order you to go to Xiliang, meet with Ma Chao, and try to persuade him to join the alliance to jointly eliminate the traitor Li Muyun!"

Cao Zhang scratched his head and said, "Father, Ma Chao has no grudge against Li Muyun, would he agree?"

"You yellow-bearded boy! This is your own business, if you can’t complete it, I’ll break your legs when you return!"

Seeing Cao Cao angry, Cao Zhang quickly clasped his hands in obedience: "Oh, then I’ll give it a try."

In fact, not only Cao Zhang, everyone in the room knew the chances of persuading Ma Chao to join were very low.

At this moment, Guo Jia spoke up with his hands clasped: "My lord, let me go with Ziwen."

Upon hearing this, Cao Cao clapped his hands and said, "Good, with Feng Xiao accompanying, nothing could be better!"

As Cao Cao repeatedly instructed the three sons on the matters at hand, Jia Xu slowly retreated from the room. After quietly closing the door, Jia Xu exhaled a long breath at the blue sky above. Actually, Jia Xu had more to say, but he dared not, for if he did, Cao Cao might just hang his corpse outside the city gate!

Of course, these were just some direct speculations of Jia Xu, but all of this had nothing to do with him anymore.

Jia Xu strode out of the courtyard, and after a while, heard a call from behind: "Wenhe, please wait!"

Turning around, Jia Xu’s brow was slightly furrowed. To be honest, he didn’t want to stop, but he had to, because the one calling him was Xun Yu, a man loyal to Cao Cao, deeply thoughtful and with varied means.

"Wenruo, do you have any important matters to inquire about?" Jia Xu bowed to the approaching Xun Yu.

Xun Yu stood before Jia Xu, returned the bow, and said in a deep voice: "Wenhe, tell me the truth, are there any flaws in this alliance?"

Xun Yu was one of the few who understood Jia Xu’s abilities, and also knew his temper, so he got straight to the point; he didn’t want to beat around the bush.

After a moment of contemplation, Jia Xu shook his head and sighed, "There might be, but at least I don’t know of any at present. However, as long as we keep a close watch on Li Muyun’s every move, there should not be any flaws. Also, I personally feel Wenruo should be more concerned about the matters after Li Muyun’s fall in battle."

Nodding, Xun Yu changed the topic: "It’s rare for the lord to let you go, where do you plan to settle down in the future?"

Jia Xu naturally turned his gaze towards the northwest: "My old mother at home keeps yearning to return to Wuwei, and I would also like to go back and take a look."

"That is indeed a good place." Xun Yu smiled, placing his hand on Jia Xu’s shoulder, and sighed, "Take care on your journey."

"Yes, take care!"

Jia Xu gave Xun Yu a deep bow, then turned and left.

Watching Jia Xu leave, Xun Yu couldn’t help but let out a long sigh, but he didn’t have the luxury to linger in sentiment, as there were still many matters awaiting his attention.

Upon exiting, Jia Xu deliberately glanced towards the direction of Xuzhou to the south, his eyes revealing a look of anticipation at that moment. In a voice not audible to others, he softly said: "Wu Dao is tyrannical, squandering the people’s blood and sweat; heroes are incompetent, gathering all the scoundrels of the world together. Li Muyun, I hope you are really as I think, for the fate of the common people lies in your hands."

Jia Xu had never met you, but it could be said he was one of the people in this world who understood you the best.

In truth, the so-called alliance strategy Jia Xu told Cao Cao of was one meticulously devised by Jia Xu. The goal was to end this chaotic era as early as possible. The Great Han Empire was in ruins, with famine everywhere. Currently, the Nine Provinces’ forces were crushing and fighting each other, with only the common people truly suffering.

Moreover, without foreign invasion, if the surrounding barbarians united to invade now, the Great Han Empire would fall apart, and might even collapse in an instant, plunging more people into the direst of straits.

This was Jia Xu’s foresight. To Jia Xu, he didn’t care who became Emperor or about the legitimacy of the Han Dynasty, as long as someone could ensure the common people no longer lived in displacement. The Great Han Empire needed a wise Emperor, and among the people Jia Xu saw, only you could fulfill that role. Compared to you, Cao Cao obviously lacked the courage to break and rebuild. As long as he remained attached to the Han Dynasty and revered the so-called Han bloodline, the common folk would face endless suffering and never rise again.

As for Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and the likes of Cao Pi, they were just clowns.

Of course, Jia Xu also had an alternative plan. If you fell in battle, your territory would naturally be divided among the three major forces. At that point, a tripartite division of the world would emerge, leading to a mutually restrained, temporarily peaceful and stable situation, which would be much better than the current endless struggle.

Over the next half year, you remained very low-key, except for a solitary trip to Youzhou four months ago, you stayed in the Eastern Capital handling state affairs.

Besides national matters daily, your greatest joy was teaching martial arts to your four sons, and, of course, accompanying your several pregnant beautiful wives at home.

On this day, you were reviewing memorials as usual. To be honest, before becoming Emperor, you were quite interested in the throne. However, after being Emperor for over a year, you suddenly found that being Emperor was a very dull and uninteresting job.

Fortunately, the kingdom in the real world was just an empty shell, and it didn’t require your management at all.

The so-called ruler, the so-called Nine-Five Supreme, to you now, is all nonsense. Although it’s still not the time for you to settle down, or to enter a period of fatigue, frankly speaking, being Emperor is truly boring!