Just when Cao Cao was in ambush and was on the front line of life and death, the first batch of vanguard troops in the princes finally came to Luoyang to take a simple rest in Luoyang City and the buildings in the city to welcome the arrival of the army.

This vanguard force is composed of three people, one is the army of Wucheng Hou Sun Jiandi, one is the army of Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yi, and the other is the army of Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai, these three people are responsible for the first district of Luoyang City, and the inner courtyard of the palace is Sun Jian.

When Sun Jian stood outside the ruins of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, there were already a few stars and a newborn bright moon in the sky. Looking at the dark sky, Sun Jian couldn't help but think of the scene when he defeated the Yellow Turban and returned to the court, had to be accepted by Sima of other departments, and looked at the scene of thanksgiving, and also remembered that he returned victoriously in the conquest of the Xiliang Qiang tribe, the first emperor summoned him in the palace, and the Marquis of Wucheng was too punctual and glorious. At that time, I was so high-spirited, I just felt that there was nothing difficult in the sky.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, the palace that was once resplendent and could only be looked up to has become a pile of ruins, and he, the former tiger of Jiangdong, has now become a gatekeeper who is cold to others. Thinking of the sadness, Sun Jianhu couldn't help but shed two lines of heroic tears in his eyes, not knowing whether he was sad for the decline of the Han Empire or sad for his own suffering.

Just when Sun Jian was stunned when he looked at the night sky, he saw Cheng Pu hurriedly walking towards him with a small colonel. Sun Jian hurriedly wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, calmed his mood, and asked Cheng Pu, who had already come to the front, "Demou, why are you in such a hurry?" But what's the matter? "Black ししし Pavilion

Cheng Pu's face had an excited expression, his body seemed to be trembling slightly, and he said in a trembling voice: "Lord, follow the end of the world!" We've got something strange in the Imperial Garden! Cheng Pu said this without a head and no brain, which made Sun Jian confused, but Cheng Pu didn't care whether he understood it or not, he couldn't help but pull Sun Jian to a well in the imperial garden, pointed to the well and said to Sun Jian: "Lord, please see what is so strange about this well water?" ”

Sun firmly glanced at the well, and he was stunned. The bright moonlight sprinkled the silver-white brilliance into the well without hesitation, but the sparkle of the well water contained in it was a colorful brilliance! There must be some treasure in this well! Sun Jian immediately made such a judgment and looked at Cheng Pu, who was also looking forward to and excited now, and knew that he and himself had thought of it together.

Since he noticed that there was something wrong in the well, Sun Jian did not procrastinate, and immediately ordered someone to quickly salvage the things in the well. When a few soldiers who were proficient in water sneaked into the well and salvaged the object, everyone couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that it was a female corpse. Judging from the clothes of the corpse, this should be the maid who served in the palace at that time, but for some reason, she died in this well. However, this palace maid would definitely not be the source of the vision, so Sun Jian and the others' foreheads fell on a bag tied around the palace maid's neck.

Cheng Pu stepped forward and took the bag, Sun Jian glanced at him, Cheng Pu understood, so he followed Sun Jian back to the big tent, retreated from the people, and then opened it to see, only to see that there was a small vermilion box in the bag, locked with a gold lock. Open the small box and take a look, inside is a jade seal: a radius of four inches, five dragons on it; a corner is missing, and it is set with gold; There is a seal text with eight character clouds: "Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity." Sun Jian hadn't read much, so he didn't know what it was, so he asked Cheng Pu.

Cheng Pu held the small jade seal with trembling hands, and was almost speechless with excitement, and it took a long time to explain to Sun Jian: "Lord, this is the jade seal of the country." As he spoke, he suddenly knelt in front of Sun Jian and said, "Congratulations to the lord, congratulations to the lord!" Sun Jian was a puffer, and hurriedly supported him with both hands: "Oh, General Cheng Pu, please get up quickly, may I ask where my joy comes from?" ”

"Lord, this is the jade seal of the country, which shows that the lord should have the share of the Son of Heaven!" Hearing this, everyone present knelt on the ground and congratulated Sun Jian in unison.

At that time, Sun Jian and Sun Wentai were so excited that his heart was pounding, he lowered his head and looked at the jade seal carefully, and said in his heart: Can you get heaven with it? Sun Jian looked at everyone present, except for a few henchmen, there were still more than a dozen junior colonels: "You and no one are allowed to tell this matter, otherwise they will be killed!" ”

"Yes!" When all the soldiers heard this, they immediately hurriedly drank it together.

That night, Sun Jian set up a banquet in the inner tent to entertain Cheng Pu and other henchmen, and the rest of his relatives also had their own rewards. During the banquet, Cheng Pu told everyone the ins and outs of the jade seal.

Hearing this, Huang Gai Handang and the others were very excited, and everyone discussed together how to leave this place as soon as possible and return to Jiangdong to assist the lord in planning great things as soon as possible. Sun Jian said: "It's better to be like this, tomorrow I will say that I can't get sick, so I will find an opportunity to take leave with Yuan Shao and return to Jiangdong to recuperate." Everyone agreed, the monarch and the ministers discussed and stopped, and Sun Jian told him that no one present was allowed to leak this matter and be beheaded in violation of the order.

However, he said that one of Sun Jian's relatives had a small colonel who was Yuan Shao's fellow villager, and he had been punished by Sun Jian for his mistakes not long ago, and he held a grudge, so he secretly ran to Yuan Shao's camp that night and told Yuan Shao about it.

Yuan Shao was furious when he heard this, and thought: I am the leader of the Eighteenth Route Princes, and your Sun Jian should give it to me first, and then I will transfer it to the Son of Heaven. Do you want to rebel and become the emperor if you have a private jade seal!

That night, Yuan Shaoliu lived in his own camp, and the next morning, he was promoted to sit in the Zhongjun tent, made arrangements in advance, and ordered his trusted general Saber to accompany him and wait for Sun Jian's arrival.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Sun Jian to rush to Yuan Shao's camp with Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Han Dang. Yuan Shao pretended to be nothing, greeted each other very politely, and then sat down as guests.

Sun Jian spoke first and said: "Alliance leader, now that Luoyang has been broken, there is no war for the time being; Recently, I have been in poor health and need to return to Jiangdong to rest for a few days, so I have come to resign to the leader of the alliance. ”

Yuan Shao said coldly: "Wentai, if people don't know, unless they don't do it; Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, I think you have the disease of the jade seal! ”

When Sun Jian saw that he was exposed, he secretly complained in his heart, he didn't know who the problem was, but he could only deny it: "The alliance leader thinks that he has listened to the slander of the villain, and there is no palace maid at all, where is the jade seal of the country?" ”

Yuan Shao shook his head lightly: "Wentai, you and I have been friends for many years, I know that you are an honest person, don't lie in front of me." The jade seal is a treasure of the country, and the army of my princes gathered here to work together to exterminate Dong Zhuo and eliminate the thieves; Now that the Dong thief is far away, you have the jade seal, you should hand it over to the leader of this alliance, and let the princes of all walks of life discuss and dispose of it. How can you bring it back to Jiangdong without permission, do you have the idea of not being able to divide it?"

In fact, Yuan Shao himself also has the heart to swallow the jade seal, Sun Jian understands Yuan Shao's tricks, how can he be willing to hand over the jade seal? When he insisted: "The alliance leader is aware of it, and there is no such thing." You've wronged me!"

Yuan Shao immediately summoned the little school to confront Sun Jian, Sun Jian recognized this little school, he was so angry that he pulled out his sword and slashed towards this little school, Yuan Shao quickly pulled out his sword and opened it, and shouted angrily: "Sun Jian! Are you going to kill people and kill people?" Yuan Shao's cronies and generals coincidentally slashed their swords in their hands and looked at each other angrily. Almost at the same time, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai behind Sun Jian and the other three also raised their eyebrows and drew their swords out of their sheaths. Suddenly, the sword in the tent of the Chinese army flashed cold, and the sword light and sword shadow were murderous!

When the princes from all walks of life heard the news, they hurriedly persuaded the two to leave. Yuan Shao and Sun Jian, each have their own reasons and do not give in to each other. Sun Jian gritted his teeth and refused to admit it, and swore to the princes of all walks of life that if he secretly hid the jade seal, he would die from swords and arrows one day, and he would not die well. Everyone had no choice but to persuade Sun Jian to return to their camp first.

Sun Jian returned to Daying, and immediately summoned Cheng Pu, Huang Gai and others to discuss, since the matter had been revealed, staying here must have been a long night and dreaming, and immediately decided to pull out the camp and return to Jiangdong via Jiangxia. Sun Jian left, Yuan Shao became more and more convinced that the jade seal fell into Sun Jian's hands, and immediately wrote a letter to his classmate and friend Liu Biao, the assassin of Jingzhou, and sent someone to ride a fast horse to take a shortcut to Jingzhou, asking Liu Biao to intercept Sun Jian on the way and recapture the jade seal.

After Sun Jian left, Cao Cao finally took a few hundred remnants of the defeated army and returned in embarrassment, thanks to the Xiahou brothers desperately blocking Xu Rong, otherwise, this time he Cao Cao would really be completely wiped out, but in the current situation, it is not much better.

Yuan Shao saw that he was defeated, and hurriedly set up a banquet to relieve Cao Cao's depression. He was originally a kind-hearted, but Cao Cao was a suspicious person, and his face was already gloomy because of the defeat, but now he saw Yuan Shao calling all the princes to drink with him, and his heart was even more resentful.

If it was said that someone else would set this table of wine for Cao Cao, Cao Cao might not think much about it, but Yuan Shao was different. At that time, when Cao Cao asked to pursue Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao said, "I am afraid that there is an ambush on the road." It is not advisable to catch up" in the name of stopping him, and now Yuan Shao's prophecy has come true, and he really came back defeated, at this juncture Yuan Shao is still fanfare for himself to drink to relieve his boredom, which in Cao Cao's eyes, it is simply him Yuan Shao is showing off his calculations, and by the way, he is sarcastic Cao Cao has courage and no strategy!

After three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao suddenly sighed: "Cao Mou started to be righteous, aiming to eliminate thieves for the country. Fortunately, the public is righteous, generous and goes to the country, my original intention, I want to annoy the people of Hebei at the beginning, and Linmengjin sour dates; The generals stick to Chenggao, according to Aocang, plug? Yuan Taigu, control its danger; The highway rate Nanyang's army, stationed in Danxi, entered Wuguan, and assisted by the earthquake. All deep ditches and high bases, don't fight, think that they are suspicious, and show the situation. To be obedient and disobedient, you can also be determined. Now that he was hesitant at the beginning, the highway was small, which was really a big disappointment. Cao is ashamed! After speaking, he drank all the wine in his hand, threw his glass on the ground, and came out proudly, leading the troops away from Luoyang (to be continued.) )