"Shiyuan sent Deng Zhan to assassinate Wang Ling?" In the Longkou study, Cai Ji raised his eyebrows and asked Duan Emei, who had come to return to his life, about the situation in Bingzhou.

I heard Duan Emei reply, "Pang Langjun said, such a small matter can be done by him." ”

Cai Ji knew that the assassination of Wang Ling was not a trivial matter. I think that Cao Cao killed Bian Rang back then, and made him famous. Wang Ling was killed after being a famous family this time, which did not cause a sensation in the entire Shilin. But even though he knew that he would offend Shilin, Cai Ji still gave Duan Emei the order to assassinate Wang Ling without hesitation. This is because Wang Ling's rebellion has touched Cai Ji's rebellion. Second, Cao Cao, who killed Bian Rang and punished Zhao Yan, opened the way in front, and now the princes are no longer angry with people and gods when they kill one or two famous people. Of course, Cai Ji himself is also ready to meet Shilin's verbal criticism. But who would have thought that Pang Tong would take the initiative to stop this.

You must know that Cai Ji's killing of celebrities and Pang Tong's killing of celebrities are completely two different concepts. Cai Ji is a prince, as long as she finally becomes the winner of the world, the killing of Wang Ling will only be brushed aside, and there will even be a large number of literati to beautify this assassination for her. And Pang Tong is just a subordinate, and he comes from a poor family, no matter how much he achieves in the future, killing Wang Ling will become a stain that will accompany him through the ages. But it's too late to say anything now. Although the news of Wang Ling's killing has not yet reached Donglai, according to Cai Ji's understanding of Pang Tong, Wang Ling is afraid that he is already murderous at this moment.

Seeing that the wood had been completed, Cai Ji sighed with a heartache, "Silly! Doing stupid things again! ”

Hearing Cai Ji call Pang Tong a fool in a regretful tone, and then thinking of Pang Tong's resolute eyes when he took the assassination that day, Duan Emei immediately understood. From Yuan Shang to Cao Ang. and then to Pang Tong, in Duan Emei's opinion, Cai Ji is so good, and there is never a shortage of admirers around him, but this world-famous female prince just can't get a perfect marriage.

Come to think of it. Duan Emei couldn't help but sigh with heartfelt emotion, "Pang Langjun's heart for the lord is no less than that of Ang Gongzi. ”

Cai Ji has always regarded Pang Tong as a like-minded comrade, and has never thought about the relationship between the two men and women. But at this moment, after listening to what Duan Emei said, Cai Ji was not only frightened, but also began to re-examine the various pasts of Pang Tong and her. From the masked self-recommendation in Longkou Mansion to the welcoming of the crowd in front of Yuyang City, the past flashed in Cai Ji's mind one by one like a slideshow, and Pang Tong also grew from a young boy to a handsome man on the pastoral side. The only thing that hasn't changed is those sincere and enthusiastic eyes. However, Cai Ji knew very well that no matter what kind of feelings Pang Tong had for her. She can only repay Pang Tong with the righteousness of a monarch and a minister.

So after being silent for a long time, Cai Ji said with a solemn expression, "Lonely and Shiyuan are brothers and sisters. There is no love for children. ”

"That's all?" Duan Emei asked.

"That's all." Cai Ji once again emphasized, "Shiyuan has a great future, and he can't be tired of being among the best." ”

Luck refers to a person who is favored by flattery, or by the monarch by flattery. In addition, Yu Xing can also refer to a person who is a man who is a man. If the assassination of celebrities and celebrities only made Pang Tong evaluated by Shilin as a narrow-minded cool official, then having a male and female affair with Cai Ji would make him bear the stigma of "luck" as a "good fortune" for Israel. Therefore, whether it is out of respect for Pang Tong and others. Or abide by the way of the monarch and the minister. Cai Ji will not have any emotional entanglements with the courtiers under his account.

Although Duan Emei didn't understand the way of getting along with monarchs and ministers, she also knew that Yu Xing was not a good title. So she had no choice but to clench her fists helplessly and accuse, "The Lord is reasonable, but he has many eyebrows." ”

In fact, Duan Emei pointed out that Pang Tong's admiration was not out of boring gossip, but sincerely hoped that Cai Ji could have a happy marriage and give birth to an heir to inherit the family business. After all, in the eyes of Duan Emei and others, Cai Ji is already in his twenties, but he is only accompanied by a nominal fiancé like Cao Pi. In this way, Cai Ji not only married ten years later than ordinary women, but also had a child. So much so that some people in the outside world have begun to make it difficult for Cai Ji to learn from Liu Bei and succeed an adopted son as the heir.

He is currently among the many candidates for adopted children. The highest voice is Liu Cong from Jingzhou. Because Liu Cong is not only Liu Biao's son, but also Cai Ji's nephew. The advantage of having both the clan and the Cai family lineage made him deeply supported by the family. But Duan Emei always felt that Liu Cong was not suitable to be Cai Ji's heir. This is not to say that Liu Cong has a problem with his personality or ability. In fact, Liu Cong has a pure character, treats people politely, and is a rare gentleman. But Liu Cong's mother, Mrs. Cai, is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. As far as Duan Emei knew, since Cai Ji ordered Mrs. Cai Yan to serve as the chief historian to oversee the internal and external affairs of the Hou Mansion, Mrs. Cai began to move around as Liu Biao's widow to build momentum for Cai Ji's adopted son. During this period, the spies also reported Mrs. Cai's movements to Cai Ji, but Cai Ji was indifferent to this. This makes people have to suspect that Cai Ji's delay in getting married and having children is because he wants to have an adopted son as an heir.

Of course, Cai Ji knew what Duan Emei was worried about. I even guessed that this worry was somewhat related to Mrs. Cai. However, the current situation does not allow her to distract herself from thinking about things like getting married and having children. Therefore, for what Mrs. Cai has done during this period of time, Cai Ji has temporarily adopted a laissez-faire attitude. Because in this way, at least the local family can be appeased first, so that they can have hope for the time being, and they will not have dissent because she Cai Ji has no heir.

Of course, Cai Ji can't talk to Duan E for the time being. Therefore, at this moment, she just waved her hand disapplausively, and then changed the conversation, "When will Dr. Wu arrive at Longkou?" ”

Duan E's eyebrows also perked, and she replied, "Back to the Lord, Dr. Wu has entered Donglai, if there is no accident, you can enter the city before sunset." ”

Wu Shuo's visit was both unexpected and reasonable for Cai Ji. Because Cai Ji thought at first that Xu Du would directly issue an edict in the name of the Son of Heaven, asking her to send troops to rescue Cao Cao and make a gesture. After all, Cao Jun showed no signs of rebellion after the fall of Changshan, so much so that Cai Ji's staff once thought that Cao Ying would respond to this crisis with a tough attitude. Who would have thought that Cao Ang would directly send Wu Shuo as a secret envoy to Donglai to negotiate with her about the rescue.

Cao Ang's pragmatic attitude made Cai Ji quite satisfied. It must be known that Cao Cao is now at a critical juncture of life and death, and posing a test will only waste time for rescue. But as a prince, Cao Ang obviously lacks the gambling nature necessary for a hero. If it were Cai Ji sitting in Cao Ang's position today. She will definitely gamble, gambling that Cao Ren can save Cao Cao, and betting that Sun and Liu will not take Cao Cao's life for the time being in order to compete for the Son of Heaven. Of course, Cai Ji is not a filial son like Cao Ang. Whether it is the previous life or this life, the parent-child relationship is a kind of existence that is extremely indifferent to her. So at this time, Cai Ji was most interested in how Wu Shuo would act as a lobbyist for Cao Ang and the Son of Heaven, and at what cost Cao Ang planned to exchange for Cao Cao's life.

At the same time, the car carrying Wu Shuo was speeding along the official road in the direction of Longkou under the escort of Li Da. Because asking Cai Ji for help was Cao Ang's decision to hide from Xun Yu and others, it was inevitable that Wu Shuo would pull the curtain on the carriage tightly along the way, and he didn't dare to show his face at will. Even if the car was close to the dragon's mouth at this moment, he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

However, in line with the principle of being prepared, before entering the dragon's mouth, Wu Shuo secretly paid himself, and he still needed to inquire about the reality of Qi Ying. This made him think of Li Da involuntarily. In Wu Shuo's view, although Li Da came from a humble background, he was a rare pure and loyal person, neither like Cao Ang who had a family tie, nor like Cai Ji who had lofty ambitions. His loyalty to the Son of Heaven was as pure as a child. It can be said that Li Da is now the most trusted member of Wu Shuo in Qiying. Thinking of this, he picked up the corner of the curtain and greeted Li Da, who was leading the way outside the car. "General Zhishen."

When Li Da heard the sound, he immediately pulled the reins, beat the horse and came to the front of the car and hugged his fists, "What does the doctor command?" ”

Seeing Wu Shuo said with a smile on his face, "Can Zhishen get in the car?" ”

Facing Wu Shuo's polite invitation. Li Da arched his hand in flattery. Then he turned over and got off the horse and got into Wu Shuo's carriage. Wu Shuo knocked on the roof of the car with his cane, signaling the driver to continue driving. After the two of them sat down, he glanced at the farmers who were busy sowing winter wheat on the side of the official road and praised them sincerely, "I have heard that the people of Qingzhou live and work in peace and contentment, and today I saw that it really deserves its reputation." ”

Li Da also proudly echoed, "This year's harvest in Qingzhou, the people have erected a monument for the master of my family, asking him to live forever and protect the health of Qingzhou." ”

"If all the princes are like the Marquis of Qi, then the world will be peaceful." Wu Shuo sighed with mixed feelings. then cut to the point, "Don't hide your wisdom." The old man's eastward trip this time was to save the Son of Heaven in the name of Cao. But I don't know what Qi Ying's civil and military forces think of the Son of Heaven? What do you think of the imperial court? ”

When Li Daer heard that Wu Shuo had come to rescue the Son of Heaven from Cao's demon, he was suddenly overjoyed in his heart, and he couldn't wait to rush to Longkou immediately to ask Cai Ji for battle. But when he heard the second half of the question, and then remembered the expressions of the Qi camp staff in the council hall some time ago, Li Dan's two heroic sword eyebrows suddenly twisted into a ball.

Wu Shuo saw that Li Da was first overjoyed and then sad, and expected that most of the people in the camp were disrespectful to the Son of Heaven or disagreed with Cai Ji to welcome the Son of Heaven. For such a situation, Wu Shuo was already prepared in his heart. It must be known that since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the Han court has been weak, the Son of Heaven has been covered with dust, and the local family and clan parties have taken the opportunity to welcome the warlord Haojie to divide one side. Princes like Cai Ji, who have become a climate, often have a group of local scholars to work for him. These scholars and the families behind them can still put on a show in front of the foreign princes and warlords by relying on the local forces, but once they meet the real royal relatives or the clan lords, then the phoenix will become a local chicken in a blink of an eye. Because at the end of the Han Dynasty, only the big clans whose power penetrated into the center could be called "scholars" and "gate valves". And the family whose power has only reached the county level can only be called "Haoyou". Just as at the beginning, although he had urged Yuan Shao to "serve the Son of Heaven to order the princes", he was strongly opposed by Hebei Haoyou led by Chun Yuqiong, Guo Tu and others. And Yuan Shao was also hesitant by Cao Cao to take the lead in welcoming the Son of Heaven.

So for Wu Shuo, it is not surprising that there are opponents, the key is to know who the opponents are. In this way, the next negotiations can be targeted. So Wu Shuo knowingly asked Li Da again, "How?" ”

"The heart of my lord can show the sun and the moon, but... It's just that Jia Wenhe and others are not interested in saving the Son of Heaven. Li Da said thoughtfully.

Jia Xu is also an old acquaintance to Wu Shuo. In the past, in Chang'an, the two of them were officials in the same dynasty, but at that time, Wu Shuo was the hand-picked speaker of the Son of Heaven, and Jia Xu was Li Yu's mastermind. In Wu Shuo's image, Jia Xu is a person with a deep sense of the city. But he didn't expect that the obstacle to this trip to Qi Ying would fall on Jia Wenhe. Wu Shuo, who was quite surprised, hurriedly asked, "How can you see it?" ”

"Jia Wenhe has hindered the Lord from sending troops to rescue him several times, and he has turned a blind eye to the encroachment of the Cao army, which shows that he regards Cao Cai's alliance as more important than the safety of the Son of Heaven." Li Da said indignantly.

Wu Shuo lowered his head and pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Jia Wenhe ever have any disrespectful words towards the Son of Heaven and the imperial court?" ”

"Not really." Li Da shook his head honestly and said.

Wu Shuo secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. As long as Jia Xu still has a reverence for the Son of Heaven and the court on the surface, the situation is not bad. Because Cai Ji's strength was already weaker than Cao Cao, he was even more injured after experiencing the siege of the white wolf. In this case, Jia Xu, as the mastermind of Cai Ji, tried his best to avoid conflicts between Qi Ying and Cao Cao, and put Cai Ji's interests above the safety of the Son of Heaven. Wu Shuo is not a pedantic person, so he should even make Jia Xu a target to fight for. Then he inquired from Li Da and said, "Cao Cao's army was defeated and Chibi was trapped in Dangyang, has anyone in your ministry ever mentioned yì to welcome the Son of Heaven?" ”

As soon as he talked about welcoming the Son of Heaven, Li Da immediately came to the spirit, and saw his eyebrows fluttering and dancing, "Mr. Fengxiao, Mr. Yixun, General Ziyi, etc., all support the crusade against Cao Thief and welcome the Son of Heaven." ”

Hearing that Guo Jia and other old ministers around Cai Ji expressed their support for Yingfeng Tianzi, Wu Shuo's eyes suddenly lit up, but he still asked cautiously, "Is there anyone who opposes it?" ”

"No one objected." Li Da shook his head, and then changed the conversation angrily, "However, Jia Wenhe has entered the Lord, and he must be edicted by the Son of Heaven before he can send troops." ”

In Li Da's view, Jia Xu's construction is difficult for strong people, and how could the father and son of the Cao family let the Son of Heaven issue an edict to invite Cai Ji to King Qin. But Wu Shuo knew that Jia Xu's judgment was completely correct. Right now, Cao Ang didn't send him Wu Shuo to Qingzhou. Thinking that his arrangement coincided with Jia Xu, Wu Shuo couldn't help but smile proudly, "Don't worry, Zhishen, the old man's eastward journey is to deliver the decree to the Son of Heaven." ”

"Is this serious?!" Li Da grabbed Wu Shuo's sleeve and asked.

"It's about heaven, how dare you joke." Wu Shuo's white eyebrows raised his face.

At this time, I saw Li Da adjust his sitting posture in the narrow carriage, and bowed to Wu Shuo with an extremely solemn expression, "If this is the case, I am willing to save the Son of Heaven for the vanguard." ”

Wu Shuo hurriedly helped Li Da up, "Having a righteous man like Jun is really a blessing for the Han." (To be continued......)