"Your Majesty, the old minister still has this music!" Zhang Rang stepped forward and said.

"Oh? You old slave, you are diligent today, what else is there? Liu Hong laughed and teased, Zhang Rang suggested that he was very satisfied with Cao Cao's step, so he was in a good mood.

This old slave is not scolding, but a kind of intimacy.

Zhang Rang stepped forward, raised his head again, there were tears in his eyes, and said in his mouth, "Da Shang Zao Ma Qiang sent someone to report that Youzhou Yellow Turban Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Maobu have broken through Guangyang County, and Guo Assassin Shixun and Liu Taiwei have all been martyred!" ”

"What?"

Liu Hong stood up suddenly, and the ministers below were also in a mess, asking each other for news.

"Zhang Changshi, is this true?" Yang Ci stepped forward excitedly and asked.

"There is a suicide note from Guo Tingshi, please refer to Your Majesty." As he spoke, Zhang Rang took out a silk book from his arms, and there were blood stains on the silk book, Zhang Rang explained, "Before Guo Assassin Shi was martyred, he sent close guards to fight out of the siege, and this blood is the blood of martyrs!" ”

Liu Hong took the silk book with some trembling, opened it and looked at it, he had also seen the documents written by Guo Xun, so he recognized the handwriting, not to mention that there was a large seal of Youzhou Thorn History on it.

Liu Hong felt dizzy when he thought of the consequences of Youzhou being occupied by the Yellow Turbans, whether it was the Yellow Turbans of Youzhou and Hebei being connected as one or the Youzhou Yellow Turbans contacting the Xianbei and other tribes to let them enter the customs, it would make the situation that had been controlled collapse again.

Zhao Zhong and others on the side hurriedly stepped forward to support him, Liu Hong shook his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then asked, "What is the situation in Youzhou now?" Why only now! ”

Zhang Rang sighed, "The one who came to report the news was a white body, he went to the General's Mansion first, but he was not allowed to enter, and he was beaten, but fortunately he met the old minister..."

"Zhang Rang! You don't want to spew blood! He Jin suddenly became anxious, stepped forward and pointed at Zhang Rang and shouted.

"General, where does the old slave dare to slander you, if you don't believe it, you can go back and ask the guards outside your door if there is such a thing!"

He Jin saw Zhang Rang say this, and suddenly he was a little unsure, since he became a general, the people in his own house are a little floating, and now he has come to join his own clan If it weren't for the two thousand stones of Shiren, he would basically not have the opportunity to see himself, as for the white body, hehe... If he wasn't killed, it was his fate.

Seeing He Jin like this, Liu Hong was angry, but he thought that after all, He Jin was his relative, and he still needed him, so he could only keep his anger in his heart, and then asked Zhang Rang, "Where is that person, summoned into the palace, the widow wants to personally ask the truth about Youzhou!" ”

Cao Cao glanced at him, and suddenly felt familiar, and then thought about it, isn't this the person who sent wine to the palace last time, and hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that Jian Yong would recognize him, otherwise if he shouted something in the main hall, he would lose his face.

After a while, Jian Yong, who had his head down, walked in, only to see that he was wearing a shabby dress, which was full of stains and damages, and his shoes were also torn, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Grass people Youzhou Jian Yong, meet my emperor!" After Jian Yong saluted, he raised his head, Liu Hong was almost startled, only to see that Jian Yong's face was full of scars, and there were even blood stains.

"You... How did you become like this? Could it be Youzhou? Liu Hong thought that even the report was so miserable, so could there be any salvation in Youzhou.

"Your Majesty, these injuries were caused by this person being beaten outside the General's Mansion, it's ridiculous to say, this strong man ran all the way, and he was not injured, but in Luoyang, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he was hit so hard!" Zhang Rang looked at He Jin, but He Jin couldn't say anything, and now he also believed that it was his guards who beat him.

After all, such a person went to the General's Mansion to find him, and if his doorman didn't beat him out, he would probably beat the doorman out.

What's going on! Can't you dress better when you come to report the news?

Liu Hong suddenly felt that the person in front of him was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it all of a sudden.

After all, he and Jian Yong had only met once, and Jian Yong's face was as warm as jade at that time, unlike the blood hula now.

"Jian Yong, what's going on in Youzhou! Guo Tingshi and Liu Taishou were really martyred? ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, on February 25, the Taiping thieves Cheng Zhiyuan and Deng Mao led the crowd to rise up, claiming to have 50,000 soldiers and horses, and then captured Guangyang County, March 2, Jixian County was broken, Guo Tingshi and Liu Taishou were killed in a bloody battle. Then the thief army divided troops to capture Changping, Tongxian, Liangjiu and other places, when the grass people left Youzhou, although Changping was restored, but Jixian and other places were still in the hands of thieves, and the situation in Zhuo County was not clear. ”

"Recovery? There are 10,000 thieves, who recovered them? Could it be that the Gongsha of the Upper Valley is too guarded? Liu Hong asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, on March 8, the thieves will divide 3,000 troops to attack the capital, and then divide 3,000 troops to sweep the townships by the thieves.

"Ma Qiang?" Liu Hong recalled carefully, and then remembered Erguotou, and then recognized Jian Yong.

"The widow just thought you were familiar, it turned out that Ma Maocai was the one who was sent to pay tribute in the past, but I didn't expect that Ma Maocai was not only proficient in medical skills, but also good at fighting."

The ministers below began to talk again, asking each other who this Ma Qiang was.

After all, it has been a long time since the black plague happened, and many of the bigwigs in the court have forgotten about Ma Qiang.

"However, some villagers can actually restore a county, which shows that Ma Mao is very popular with the people." Liu Hong praised again, and then continued to ask, "What about the back?" ”

Jian Yong knelt down suddenly, held up a stack of silk books and worshipped, "My lord found the testament of Guo Thorn History and the Great Seal of Thorn History in Changping, Guo Thorn Shi bequeathed his temporary position of Thorn History, gathered Youzhou soldiers and horses to exterminate the thief army and reported to the Son of Heaven, and Fu Liming, my lord deeply felt the emperor's grace and the suffering of the people, although he knew that this move was an unforgivable crime, but he said that he ******** it, and appointed himself as a fake assassin to fight against the thief army, my lord knew that the sin was deep, and sent the grass people to come to ask for death, and asked His Majesty to appoint talents again to preside over the overall situation in Youzhou. ”

"What? Ma Qiang dares! ”

"If you are really presumptuous, you can also take the position of assassin history?"

The ministers below are about to turn the sky upside down when they hear it, and since Guangwu Zhongxing, they have never heard of anyone who dares to stab themselves.

Jian Yong swallowed his saliva secretly, he actually hoped to see Liu Hong in private, but Zhang Rang asked him to open the cards in the court.

Zhang Rang naturally wanted to ensure that Ma Qiang would definitely be branded as a member of the Ten Standing Servants, but this move also put Ma Qiang in a critical situation.

Liu Hong didn't get angry, he asked Zhang Rang to take the silk book and look at it carefully, then handed it to Zhang Rang and said, "Circulate the minister!" ”

Liu Hong is not stupid, he has reacted now, this Jian Yong and even Ma Qiang should have taken refuge in Zhang Rang, after all, Ma Qiang's background is too low, and only the ten permanent attendants in the court will accept them.

For Liu Hong, it is the most important thing that Youzhou cannot fall into the hands of the Yellow Turban, and then whether Youzhou is in the hands of the scholars or in the hands of the Shichang Servants.

In fact, to put it in the ten permanent servants is to put it in his own hands.

The ten permanent servants are nothing but their own swords.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Liu Hong decided to keep Ma Qiang's assassination position.

Because Youzhou is so important!

The importance of Youzhou lies in the soldiers, and the Youzhou Turquoise Cavalry was known as the first army in the world when it was in the middle of Guangwu, and such a strong soldier Liu Hong would never give it to the scholars after they got the central military power.

Although the assassin history is humble, but the weight, in the current time of war, as long as the means are high, it is completely possible to mobilize a state of soldiers and horses, in Liu Hong's heart, in fact, after learning that Guo Xun was killed, he was ready to launch a person in the royal family to serve as the assassin of Youzhou.

But now, before the Yellow Turban is pacified, it is not bad to give a Ma Qiang with no background, such a person is easy to control and easy to reassure.