After a chill, Gao Chong sent Kong Rong and his party into Moling City and settled in the inn. After Kong Rong took a shower and changed his clothes, he arranged a banquet to welcome Kong Rong and his entourage.

Kong Rong was not polite. After drinking for three rounds, he read the emperor's imperial edict to Gao Chong: "The edict: Gao Chong, the governor of Yangzhou, gathered refugees in the county of Yuzhang, and cultivated farmlands. He had made great achievements and should have been commended. However, in the past year, there have been constant wars in Jiangdong, and many people were killed and stabbed. In front of him, the sky-supervising the sky was observed, which was a hexagram of the white tiger clashing with the sun. If you use the map to stamp it again, there will be a punishment from heaven. Therefore, the general Kong Rong will travel south to stop the battles in Jiangdong and return the life of the people. The imperial edict!"

Kong Rong Xuanzhi's voice was ups and downs, like a heavy hammer, word by word and sentence hitting the listener's chest.

Although this imperial edict is high-sounding, it seems to Gao Chong that it is better to reflect Cao Cao's idea than the emperor's intention. At that time, when Gao Chong was not in power, Cao Cao used the name of the court to support Gao Chong and surpass Sun Ce. Now that the situation is reversed, Cao Cao used the same method to mediate and support the weak.

The purpose of all this is just one: Cao Cao hopes to maintain the situation of two powerful people in Jiangdong. As long as Gao Chong and Sun Ce are hostile to each other and evenly match, the threat to the Central Plains can be ignored.

Gao Chong listened to every word in the imperial edict expressionlessly, but he sneered in his heart, fighting for power in troubled times - only with strength can he have greater control. As for the imperial edict and looking around the world, how many people still care about it?

The lines of the imperial edict are filled with feelings of worrying about the country and the people, but Gao Chong, who was in the situation, felt a different mood. The emperor, who was the supreme and powerful person, now has to fall into the role of obeying the mercy of the powerful minister Cao Cao.

If the people of Jiangdong want to live a stable life, they can only unify the path. However, Kong Rongxuan's imperial edict kept saying that Gao Chong and Sun Ce would set up a truce. Although this practice of temporarily shifting the contradictions could temporarily win peace, it would lead to greater battles. Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and kingly hegemony. Only after experiencing bloodshed and deaths, peace would truly come.

Gao Chong never doubted this.

"When I was leaving, the emperor specifically instructed me to make more efforts for the people in Jiangdong. The Lord and the Marquis of Wu fought each other endlessly, and the people in Jiangdong were suffering!" Kong Rong said earnestly with a heavy expression on his face.

Gao Chong said calmly: "Thank you for your hard work this time!"

Kong Rong heard Gao Chong's words calmly, as if he had a little intention of being a saint, so he said, "After hearing about Jiangdong, the emperor was worried about it every day. As a minister, he should share the worries of the country."

Kong Rong was a representative figure of the Han faction. Cao Cao advised Kong Rong to serve as an envoy, and his methods were quite clever. On the one hand, he could block those who said that he "held the emperor to command the princes" and on the other hand, he could also push Gao Chong to a dilemma. If Gao Chong resisted the order and did not obey the order, he would inevitably offend the Han figure headed by Kong Rong. If Gao Chong ceased the battle according to the order, then Cao Cao's purpose of maintaining the two powerful forces in Jiangdong would be achieved.

Cao Cao's plan of wishful thinking was quite good. Perhaps Gao Chong's rapid rise made him feel pressure. Cao Cao, who had formed an alliance to fight against Liu Biao half a year ago, had already warned of Gao Chong.

Behind Kong Rong, the entourage of the Tiger and Leopard Camp was more of a escort than escorts. I believe that among this group of people, Cao Cao must have set up a spy. Cao Cao would know every move he made now.

There was a hint of sarcasm on Gao Chong's face. It was not easy to keep a gap. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature. If he wanted to smash Cao Cao's attempt and hide it from the pair of sharp eyes far away in Xuchang, he had to do extraordinary measures.

Thinking of this, Gao Chong's face suddenly changed and he said in a deep voice to Kong Rong: "A few days ago, Chong heard that Sun Ce sent the chief lieutenant Zhang Hong to Xuchang with a large amount of silk, gold and silver. I wonder if he had seen it?"

"Are you questioning Rongzhi's character?" Kong Rong, immersed in the pride of the imperial edict, changed his face and said angrily.

Gao Chong's sentence is really abrupt, and there is a vague idea that Kong Rong also accepted the gift. This made Kong Rong, who has always claimed to be honest and arrogant, not angry. As Gao Chong said, Zhang Hong did go to Xuchang with gifts, and most of the so-called doctors and congressmen in the court benefited from varying degrees.

After all, in this chaotic war years, even the emperor was inevitably hungry and fled. What's more, officials, when they have benefits, naturally no one will leave behind. Among the officials who have received benefits, there are many famous people, and Hua Xin is one of them.

But Kong Rong is not included.

Not only Kong Rong was surprised, but Lu Su, Xu Shu, Liu Ye, and Chen Deng behind Gao Chong were also surprised by Gao Chong's sudden question.

Seeing the situation froze, Chen Deng quickly winked at Gao Chong, while Liu Ye rubbed his hands straight, but Gao Chong continued to shout loudly as if he hadn't seen it, "Sun Ce has been trapped in Wujun, Kuaiji, and it will only be a moment of destruction. After Sun Ce is destroyed, Chong will return the peaceful and peaceful life of the people of Jiangdong. But before that, mediation will be avoided!"

Kong Rong could not believe that Gao Chong, who had just looked calm, would be so unwilling to accept it. His fair face suddenly turned red and froze for a while, and said, "Are you resisting the order?"

Gao Chong laughed and said, "If this imperial edict is really the emperor's intention, Chong should follow the order, but if it is the plan of others, Shu Chong cannot be controlled by conspirators."

When Kong Rong heard this, he was so angry that he rolled up the edict and left. He let Liu Ye and Chen Deng try to keep him, but Gao Chong just smiled and looked at the background where Kong Rong was rushing away, thinking about something.

"People's coach offended the court and Kong Rong, which has many disadvantages for us--" Although Xu Shu was not as anxious as Chen Deng and Liu Ye, Gao Chong's sudden actions also confused him. How could Gao Chong, who was not calm and composed, suddenly changed his appearance?

Gao Chong did not answer immediately, but glanced around with his eyes. Seeing that Kong Rong and his group had left, only Lu Su, Xu Shu, Liu Ye, Chen Deng and other strategists were left, and then he said to Chen Deng: "At midnight tonight, Yuan Long will find a way to make Kong Rong come out alone. I have something to talk to him in detail!"

Chen Deng pondered for a moment and replied: "Don't worry, Tong Cheng will never let down his responsibilities!" With Chen Deng's talent, he could understand Gao Chong's thoughts with just a little thought. Lu Su, Liu Ye, Xu Shu and others are all extremely smart people, so they naturally have the same thoughts as Chen Deng.

That night, the round moonlight was covered by the floating mist, which made the white exterior wall of Moling Inn faint. A person flashed quietly from the back door of the Inn. After a moment, the two of them came out of the door and immediately lost to the night. At this time, the followers following Kong Rong were sleeping one by one, and the spitting while riding on the boat during the day made these strong soldiers in the Tiger and Leopard Camp could not bear it.

The person who quietly flashed out of the back door of the inn was nothing but Kong Rong.

"Sir Kong, please come here!" Chen Deng, who accompanied Kong Rong, led his back to a mansion.

Kong Rong asked, "What is this?" If Kong Rong had not had the old age of Chen Deng and was so angry that he almost vomited blood by Gao Chong, he would never have bought this face.

Chen Deng smiled and replied, "This is the newly built Yangzhou governor's residence!"

Kong Rong's face changed and he turned around and wanted to leave. Chen Deng hurriedly grabbed it and said, "Sir, I'm still angry about the daytime incident. Look——, my favorite coach has already greeted me in front of the mansion!"

"Master Kong, go slowly. Chong really has his own difficulties. I am here to apologize for the daytime incident. Please forgive me if you don't blame me!" Gao Chong saw Kong Rong and Chen Deng came and hurriedly greeted him.

Chen Deng rescued the siege and said, "Most of the followers of the Tiger and Leopard Camp are subordinates of Cao Cao. My family's favorite coach is a last resort!"

After hearing Chen Deng's words, Kong Rong's face cleared a little and said, "I don't know what important things are there for the governor to invite him late at night?"

While welcoming Kong Rong into the mansion, Gao Chong said, "Although Chong is in the wild, he has heard of the affairs in the court. The Grand Marshal Yang Biao was famous for his fourth generation. However, he was envied by Sikong Cao Cao and accused him of affair with Yuan Shu and imprisoned him. I wonder if this is the case?" Gao Chong's sentence touched Kong Rong's pain point. Kong Rong, who had always been with Yang Biao, almost turned against Cao Cao in the current dynasty for this matter.

Kong Rong said: "It's true."

"I wonder what Lord Sikong said?" Gao Chong actually learned Cao Cao's excuse from Hua Xin, and he wanted to get close to Kong Rong at this time, so he asked again.

Kong Rong was aroused by Gao Chong's anger that was piled up in his heart and replied: "Sikong said: This is the intention of the court. In fact, if King Cheng killed Duke Zhao, can Duke Zhou not know what he said?"

As he spoke along the way, Gao Chong sent Kong Rong into the palace hall. Lu Su, Xu Shu and Liu Ye were waiting inside, waiting for the guests and hosts to sit down. Gao Chong solemnly said: "As the master said just now, the same is true for today's edict. It's not Chong who intends to resist the edict but refuses to obey it. In fact, it is because of Chong's foolish opinion. The person who planned this edict is not the emperor, but Cao Sikong'er!"

Kong Rong's heart was already empathized by Gao Chong at this time, and he only said, "The Governor guessed it is true!"

At this time, Liu Ye on the side said, "It is not what my favorite commander wants to investigate the war in Jiangdong. It was Sun Ce who deliberately attacked him. Since the first year of Jian'an, the favorite commander has been in charge of Yuzhang for more than three years. The weather is good and the people are stable. Many refugees around him are attached to him. Luling, Guiyang, Lingling, and Lujiang counties are attached to him. This is obvious to all in this world!"

Liu Ye was a relative of the Han Dynasty and spoke larger than others. Kong Rong had heard of Gao Chong's achievements in the court, and was moved now.

Seeing Kong Rong's expression calm, Gao Chong said again: "Peng is interested in serving the court. His county was located in a remote place, so he has never had the opportunity to meet the emperor. I hope the adults can be more considerate about this matter and give more good words to the emperor after returning to Xuchang."

Kong Rong was originally a wild person, but just now he heard Gao Chong say that there was Cao Cao's spy in his entourage. He felt unhappy. At this time, he heard Liu Ye and Gao Chong's words, and believed in himself.

He said, "Although you are clear about your situation, if you refuse to obey the order, is it a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

Gao Chong said: "The matter of the imperial edict will not make things difficult for the Lord. Nowadays, the rice in Jiangdong will be harvested. The grudges with Sun Ce will be aside first, and after the rice is harvested, we will raise troops to attack."

Kong Rong heard Gao Chong's words and thought about it everywhere, Zhan Yan laughed and said, "I heard that there was a mermaid dragon going out to the sea in Jiangdong. Today I will see the true face. Don't worry, Master, Sikong and Lun will make a good speech."

"Come on, please drink this wine to welcome Master Kong!" Gao Chong picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one go.

Kong Rong has always had a good wine. At this time, he smelled the fragrance of the wine, and now he drank it in one drink.

After drinking, Kong Rong asked with a smile: "This wine is long and mellow, and it feels like there are Jiangnan silk and bamboo in his belly, and the sounds are endless, but I don't know how it is made?"

Gao Chong and Lu Su beside him smiled and said, "I wonder if you have heard of the fine wine in Jiangnan: the fragrance of osmanthus flowers and seven-lien fragrance."

"Seven-li fragrance of osmanthus?" Kong Rong asked carefully.

Lu Su smiled and said, "The fragrance of osmanthus is in August. The method of brewing this wine is to pick the flowers on the branches, put them under the sun and dry them, then brew the sweet wine that has been brewed for many years with spring water, soak it in one place, and add a few auxiliary ingredients to make this osmanthus wine. It is said that after the wine is opened, the fragrance of the wine can float seven miles away, so it is named after it."

When Gao Chong saw Kong Rong's hearing this, he pointed to several cans of sealed wine beside him and said, "The wine here is for you. I will send it to you and you will send it to you tomorrow morning."

"I'm welcome to do so!" Kong Rong was sighing secretly that he was not satisfied with Otaru. Suddenly, he heard Gao Chong intentionally give him a few cans, and was overjoyed.

The next day, Kong Rong, the special envoy of the court who was busy and busy, packed his clothes in the inn, hurriedly stood up and returned to Xuchang. Gao Chong, who was dissatisfied with Kong Rong during the day, did not even come to see him off, but only sent Chen Deng and Liu Ye to accompany him.

In early September of the third year of Jian'an, Xuchang and Sikong Cao's Mansion.

Cao Cao, who had just returned from the battle of Wancheng, looked at a letter on the desk, narrowed his gloomy pair of eyes, twisted his short beards under his jaw one by one, and his face was dark and depressed, and he couldn't see whether he was happy or sad.

Next to him was Guo Jia, a strategist who was Cao Cao as a think tank. Guo Jia, who was about twenty-five or six years old, looked a little tired, and the flushing on his cheeks showed a pathological condition.

Regarding Kong Rong's experience on his mission to Jiangdong this time, many strategists including Cheng Yu around Cao Cao thought that Gao Chong was just a rash man, at best, just like Lu Bu, with only courage but no strategy.

Only Cao Cao and Guo Jia don’t think so.

"Kong Rong left the inn for two hours at night." Cao Cao had received a secret report from the spy about Kong Rong's temporary disappearance at night, but where did Kong Rong go and who did he meet? Cao Cao could no longer get more news from the spy.

Where did Kong Rong go? Now, unless Kong Rong speaks it himself, Cao Cao no longer knows it.

"With your opinion, Gao Chong insists on resisting the order and refuses to obey it. Is it true or false?" Cao Cao asked.

"With the wisdom of Ming Gong, you should not be blinded by Gao Chong's plan to hide the truth!" Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, coughed twice, and replied with a smile.

PS: Thank you for your support for your message. Time is tight, so I can only review it in the future and answer the question together. Also, Xiao Jingjing is still in her belly, and it’s almost done. The ultrasound shows that she is a little princess.
Chapter completed!