Huang Chao, the most famous rebel leader of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in the poem "Fu Ju after the First Queen": When autumn comes, September 8, I will kill a hundred flowers after the flowers bloom. The heavenly incense array penetrates Chang'an, and the city is full of golden armor.

Although it is already the beginning of September, the chrysanthemums all over the mountains are blooming one by one, clusters, clusters, red like fire, yellow like gold, white like snow, green like jade, and pink like clouds on the horizon.

But when Ju Yi and Chun Yuqiong absconded all the way, they didn't notice the chrysanthemums on the side of the road, because what they felt was not the burst of fragrance rising to the sky, but the majestic murderous aura of the golden armor all over the city.

They died all the way non-stop, and finally escaped from Gongsun Zhan's net, and Gongsun Chan also returned to Yijing safely after the victory in this battle, and the land of Jizhou finally temporarily returned to its former tranquility.

However, hundreds of kilometers away in Xuzhou, the fireworks of war were rekindled.

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Xuzhou, in ancient times, Emperor Yao sealed Peng Zu here, so it was called Pengcheng. The Western Han Dynasty set up Pengcheng County, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was more Pengcheng State, and the capital was Pengcheng.

Xuzhou has always had the "Nine Dynasties Emperor Xuzhou nationality" said, in China's more than 2,000 years of feudal social history, there are several founding emperors born or born here, is the "ancient dragon enclave" place.

For example, Liu Bang, the ancestor of this dynasty, is a native of Feng County, Xuzhou (Feng County), for example, Sun Quan, the Great Emperor of Wu of the Three Kingdoms, is also from Xiapi, Xuzhou, and then Liu Bei, the ancestor of Shu, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei, and Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, etc., their ancestral hometowns are also from Xuzhou.

Peng Chengguo's new prime minister, Cao Hong, was originally a close confidant of the former Xuzhou assassin Shi Taoqian, and he was always flattering, cunning, and ruthless.

When Xuzhou was still at the helm of Tao Qian, although Zhao Yu, Mi Zhu and other Xuzhou celebrities were assisted, they were still in disharmony with the criminal government, and many of the goodness were victimized by it, and all this was caused by Tao Qian's betrayal, and this Cao Hong was a minion in Tao Qian's hands.

Liu Bei first got to Xuzhou, and naturally hoped to make a big difference. But after all, this Cao Hong is the old man of the predecessor, and Cao Hong suddenly cultivated himself and stopped doing evil, disguising himself as a great good man of the tenth generation, our Uncle Liu Huang was inconvenient to take it immediately, so he simply put him in the position of the prime minister of Pengcheng.

He believes that as long as Cao Hong is given a certain amount of space, Cao Hong will definitely sprout and become the bad guy with sores on his head and pus under his feet.

But it's a pity that Uncle Liu Huang's idea is good, his script is also very well written, and Cao Hong is also acting according to his script.

However, Liu Bei, who should have mastered the evidence of Cao Hong's evil deeds and then thundered out to take down this fang in one fell swoop, was still in Shouchun in Yuzhou at the moment, and he was discussing with Sun Jian and others how to carve up Huainan, while Cao Hong, who was far away in Pengcheng, ushered in a group of uninvited guests.

During the Double Ninth Festival in early September, Cao Hong was accompanying a beautiful woman to enjoy chrysanthemums in the garden.

Of course, the so-called beauties are indeed very beautiful, not only Cao Hong's own wives and concubines, but also the wives and daughters of his subordinates, and even the famous people in the Qinglou in Pengchengguo.

In the midst of the debauchery, suddenly, a group of people hurriedly broke in from outside the garden.

There were not many people coming, only a dozen people, all of them were short brown trousers and robes and all dressed in swarthy clothes, if it weren't for the coldness and red blood of the swords in their hands, everyone would have looked like a farmer who had just returned from the field, except for the one who was the leader.

The man at the head was about thirty years old, with a sturdy figure but a light smell, and although he wore the same clothes as his companions, he looked less like a farmer and more like a battle-hardened general.

The man walked into the manor and didn't answer, the two sword eyebrows were firmly locked on Cao Hong's body, and a murderous aura condensed in the air: "You are Cao Hong?" ”

What's more, Cao Yuan on this donkey day actually let these people sneak into Lao Tzu's courtyard and disturb Lao Tzu's Yaxing, Lao Tzu won't let your daughter-in-law call her father and mother to die or live tonight, Lao Tzu will have the same surname as you!

Listening to the man's cold voice, Cao Hong trembled with anger, and had completely forgotten that he and Cao Yuan were originally surnamed, and pointed at the person and scolded: "What kind of dog is your grandson, dare to trespass on the courtyard of Benxiang, do you believe it or not, Benxiang immediately took down all your parents, wives and children and then cut them down and fed them to the dog?" ”

The man was not angry, raised his head and looked at Cao Hong, and the corners of his mouth raised a trace of ridicule: "I have long heard that Cao Hong, the minister of Pengcheng, is not a thing, he has always been used to oppressing good and doing evil, and today I know that the rumors are true!"

It's just that a certain family really can't figure it out, which makes Liu Xuande temporarily helpless, the notoriety is just a stupid thing, you stupid thing doesn't even know the name of a certain family, how do you want to get the parents, wife and children of a certain family? ”

Which one of them didn't want to go first when they saw him, let alone talk in front of him?

Cao Hong was stunned for a moment, and then said the second stupid sentence: "Who are you?" What is the last name? Where do you live? ”

However, Cao Hong was stupid, but that person seemed to be even more stupid.

The man didn't seem to know that Cao Hong's words were tentative, so he hugged Cao Hong seriously and replied: "Prime Minister of the country, a certain family Changshan is really fixed, and Zhao Zilong, a general under the command of the former general Wang Deyu, is a serious fellow countryman, with parents, wives and children at home, a certain family surnamed Chu, two names Feiyan, living in Jizhou Black Mountain all the year round. ”

"Chu Feiyan, you are so big and guts, actually..."Cao Hong pointed at the man like a fried wild boar when he heard this, and just scolded him, but the words full of stomach were stuck in his throat like a fish in his throat, and he asked tremblingly for a while

, "You are the general under His Majesty Yuan Gong of the Zhong Family... Montenegrin Army Zhang Yan Zhang Dashuai? ”

Zhang Yan smiled faintly and nodded: "It seems that although Cao Guoxiang is stupid, he is not ignorant, he still knows Zhang's notoriety in Xuzhou!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Yan admitted his origin, Cao Hong was shocked into a cold sweat, and flew to Java with a stomach full of alcohol, hurriedly bent down and put his hands tightly in front of his knees, and replied to Zhang Yan respectfully.

"The handsome man is too modest, the handsome man is unparalleled in the world in both civil and military affairs, who in the world doesn't know? Even if you live in this poor country, you know the reputation of the handsome, and the admiration for the handsome is like the surging Yellow River! The little one doesn't know that the handsome man is missing the welcome when he comes to the cold room, and he asks the handsome to forgive him! ”

Zhang Yan waved his hand, but his face still did not change: "Forgive the sin and forgive it, Ben Shuai is also here to ask for Prime Minister Cao, and please ask the Prime Minister to help Zhang!" ”

"I don't know what the big handsome man has to do when he comes to my Pengcheng, the big handsome but it doesn't matter, the little liver and brain are not hesitated!" Hearing that Zhang Yan actually asked for himself, Cao Hong looked at Zhang Yan with excitement and flattery, and the little stars in his eyes popped up.

Zhang Yan clapped her hands and squinted at Cao Hong: "Prime Minister Cao, please rest assured, Ben Shuai doesn't have anything expensive to do, he just wants to borrow a few things from you, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Cao Hong's heart finally let go, and now he finally didn't have to die, and squeezed out a brilliant flower on his face: "Dashuai, you are too polite, you can take a fancy to my Cao someone's things, this is a small great honor."

A family doesn't say two words, handsome, you value everything, whether it's money, things or people, the small ones will do their best to do it for you, mine is yours, where do you need to say a borrowed word! ”

Zhang Yan laughed and stepped forward: "Since the minister said that yours is mine, then you don't have to be polite." Cao Guoxiang, I can't hide it, Ben Shuai has heard that you are oppressing good and evil along the way this time, and Ben Shuai wants to calm the anger in the hearts of the people, and plans to borrow your head! ”

Borrow your skull?

"You..."Cao Hong heard that "the flower was discolored", and the fat "pig's trotters" were raised high again, pointing at Zhang Yan's throat with a pig-like cry, "Come on, come on, there are assassins in the house!" ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

The sound of several hard objects smashing in front of him came to his ears, and two middle-aged people dressed as Taoist priests slowly walked into the mansion, walked in front of Cao Hong, and looked at him coldly, the cold in his eyes was like frost: "Cao Guoxiang, are you calling them?" ”

Staring at the bloody hard object under his feet, Cao Hong couldn't help but shudder, those things were nothing else, they were the heads of Cao Yuan and the others who he was still scolding in his heart just now!